RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race is an American reality competition series that premiered April 24, 2020 on VH1. A spin-off of RuPaul's Drag Race, the series features celebrities competing for charity, as mentored by alumni of the Drag Race franchise.
The first season consisted of self-contained episodes based on the format of the main series, each featuring three celebrity contestants competing in challenges to win money for their chosen charity. For the second season, the format was changed to a season-length competition focused on lip sync performances. The field of celebrities was concealed via drag personas, with their identity revealed upon elimination.
Format
Both seasons of the series have featured celebrity contestants competing for charity, becoming drag performers mentored by alumni from past seasons of the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise.In its first season, each episode was a self-contained competition between three contestants, who competed in "fan favorite" Drag Race challenges. Similarly to the main series, each episode featured mini and maxi challenges, followed by a final lip sync round to determine the winner.
The second season was retooled as a season-length competition focusing exclusively on lip sync performances, with some similarities to the music competition series The Masked Singer; the season began with a cast of nine contestants, identified only by drag personas. In each episode, the contestants give a solo lip sync performance for the judges and a studio audience. The bottom two contestants compete in a "Lip Sync for Your Life" round to determine who is safe, with the losing contestant eliminated and required to reveal their true identity. The last remaining celebrity at the end of the season would win $100,000 for their chosen charity.
The series maintains the same judging panel as the main series, consisting of RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews.