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Season 13 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Was Filmed in the Summer of 2020

When was Season 13 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' filmed? Reportedly, the capturing started in July 2020 in Los Angeles, and it wrapped in August 2020.

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VH1 renewed RuPaul's Drag Race for a thirteenth season on Aug. 20, 2020, and lovers had been eagerly expecting the premiere of the widespread truth TV display ever since. 

Shooting the new season didn't come with out complications — ever attempted to get hang of chicken feathers in the middle of an international pandemic? But the next batch of episodes is here and promises unparalleled entertainment. When exactly was Season 13 filmed? 

Season 13 of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' was filmed in the summer of 2020.

Reportedly, filming started in July 2020 and wrapped someday around the end of August 2020. The names of the contestants have been introduced on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020.  

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The contestants come with Kandy Muse, a proud New Yorker and former Haus of Aja member, Denali, a Chicago-based skilled figure skater, and Gottmik, a Los Angeles-based makeup artist and the first-ever trans guy on RuPaul's Drag Race.

The creators of the show presented several adjustments to offer protection to the contestants and the workforce and save you the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Take, as an example, the logo new judge sales space that Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews exhibit in one of the first episodes. Instead of your usual fare, the judges are separated by means of a majestic construction made of plastic. 

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Shot in Los Angeles, the Season 13 premiere can be the first in the herstory of RuPaul's Drag Race to kick off with a super-intense lip-sync combat. 

Instead of allowing the 13 contestants to mingle in the Werk Room, moderately read about each and every other's outfits, and work out who the real heavyweights are, the producers have made up our minds to modify issues up and pair contestants together, and cause them to lip-synch for his or her lives straight away. 

Described as the "ultimate gag," the fierce face-offs are certain to lend a hand some contestants cement themselves in the competition. As for the losers? It's won't be fairly so just right for them.

Instead of putting a large crowd in one room, contestants had been going head-to-head with each and every other. It's only one means that they show is enforcing social distancing and holding everybody protected.

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It's understood that every contestant was required to self-isolate in a resort sooner than the capturing kicked off. It is believed that checking out happened steadily. 

The Season 13 queens had to face some unheard of demanding situations.

"It was wild to prepare our [Drag Race] package [during lockdown], to have to run around here and there to pick up little things. That was really difficult, obviously, and quite scary," one of the queens, Rosé, advised Decider

"At the time, things were closed. Fabric stores were closed," Kandy printed. 

"From what I've heard in the previous seasons, you arrive on a Friday or Saturday and then they film day one on Monday. We got there and we were isolated individually for 10 days, not knowing who else is on cast," Joey Jay informed the outlet.

"Correction: it was actually 12 days. I looked at my little diary, it was 12 days," Kandy corrected Joey. 

Season 13 of RuPaul's Drag Race premieres on Jan. 1, 2021, at 8 p.m. ET on VH1. The display shall be simulcast on the CW, MTV, MTV2, PopTV, and Logo. 

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Abbie Anker

Update: 2024-05-24