Episode
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked: Squirrel Games
Overview
The queens celebrate week one with a champagne toast in the all-new Untucked Lounge. The queens break off into groups wondering how tonight’s Rate-A-Queen vote will turn out. Katy Perry stops by to give her two cents on the talent show.
Details
- Series
- RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
- Season
- Season 16
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2025-01-03
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Squirrel Games is Episode 1 in Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked. It aired on 2025-01-03. The runtime is 22 min.
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