Episode
RuPaul's Drag Race: The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2
Overview
Alliances form and schemes are hatched, as the other half of the cast takes to the stage for their talent show, and to be rated by their sisters. Musician Amy Taylor (Amyl and the Sniffers) guest judges.
Details
- Series
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2026-02-06
- Runtime
- 63 min
Episode context
The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2 is Episode 6 in Season 18 of RuPaul's Drag Race. It aired on 2026-02-06. The runtime is 63 min.
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