“ RuPaul’s Drag Race ” is headed back to TV screens in January 2026 with a brand new batch of drag queens who are ready to slay — and the brand new tagline, “In shady times, let there be light.”

Season 18 of the main show returns to MTV with 14 new queens who will enter the Werk Room to compete for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar,” and a cash prize of $200,000.

In the premiere episode, the queens will show their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in the first challenge of the season: “Reclaim! Renew! Rejoice!” The queens will pay tribute to the queens that came before them by using their leftover treasures from the Drag Race vaults to create their own signature drag look.

Among the new queens are Athena Dion, who considers Morphine Love Dion and Plane Jane her drag dau

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