The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race premiered on February 1, 2010, and aired its final episode on April 26 of the same year. On May 1, 2009, the casting website for the series opened, allowing prospective contestants to create user profiles and upload videos of themselves to be voted on by viewers; the applicant collecting the most votes being invited to become a contestant of the second season. At the end of the online casting period, Jessica Wild had collected the most votes and was announced as being a season two contestant. Filming took place during the summer of 2009.
For season two, the number of contestants was increased from nine to twelve, and the prizes were slightly modified: a lifetime supply of NYX Cosmetics and be the face of nyxcosmetics.com, an exclusive one year public relations contract with LGBT firm Project Publicity, be featured an LA Eyeworks campaign, join the Logo Drag Race tour, and a cash prize of $25,000. A new tradition of writing a farewell message, in lipstick on their workstation mirror, was started by Shangela, the first eliminated queen of the season. Each week's episode is followed by a behind-the-scenes show, RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked.
The theme song playing during the runway and the end credits every episode is the Gomi and RasJek remix of "Jealous of My Boogie" from RuPaul's album Champion. On December 6, 2011, Amazon.com released this season on DVD via their CreateSpace program.
The winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Tyra Sanchez, with Raven placing as runner-up.
Sahara Davenport died of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on October 1, 2012, at age 27. She is the first contestant from RuPaul's Drag Race to pass away.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race season 2 and their backgrounds Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Tyra Sanchez 21 Orlando, Florida Raven 30 Riverside, California Jujubee 25 Boston, Massachusetts 3rd place Tatianna 21 Falls Church, Virginia 4th place Pandora Boxx 37 Rochester, New York 5th place Jessica Wild 29 San Juan, Puerto Rico 6th place Sahara Davenport 25 New York City, New York 7th place Morgan McMichaels 28 Mira Loma, California 8th place Sonique 26 Atlanta, Georgia 9th place Mystique Summers Madison 25 Bedford, Texas 10th place Nicole Paige Brooks 36 Atlanta, Georgia 11th place Shangela Laquifa Wadley 28 Paris, Texas 12th place
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Future appearances
Raven, Jujubee and Pandora Boxx returned to compete in 1st season of, Rupaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1 where Pandora placed 11th/12th place alongside Mimi Imfurst, while Jujubee placed 3rd/4th alongside Shannel and Raven was Runner-Up.
Shangela returned to Rupaul's Drag Race season 3 and Rupaul's Drag Race All-Stars season 3 where she placed 6th and 3rd/4th alongside Bebe Zahara Benet. Morgan McMichaels also competed in the 3rd season of Rupaul's Drag Race All-Stars season 3 where she placed 5th.
Sonique returned to Rupaul's Drag Race All-Stars season 6 under her current stage name where she would go on to win.
Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 Sahara Davenport vs. Shangela Laquifa Wadley "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)"(RuPaul) Shangela Laquifa Wadley 2 Nicole Paige Brooks vs. Raven "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"(En Vogue) Nicole Paige Brooks 3 Mystique Summers Madison vs. Raven "I Hear You Knocking"(Wynonna Judd) Mystique Summers Madison 4 Morgan McMichaels vs. Sonique "Two of Hearts"(Stacey Q) Sonique 5 Morgan McMichaels vs. Sahara Davenport "Carry On"(Martha Wash) Morgan McMichaels 6 Jujubee vs. Sahara Davenport "Black Velvet"(Alannah Myles) Sahara Davenport 7 Jessica Wild vs. Tatianna "He's the Greatest Dancer"(Sister Sledge) Jessica Wild 8 Jujubee vs. Pandora Boxx "Shake Your Love"(Debbie Gibson) Pandora Boxx 9 Jujubee vs. Tatianna "Something He Can Feel"(Aretha Franklin) Tatianna Episode Contestants Song Winner 11 Raven vs. Tyra Sanchez "Jealous of My Boogie (Gomi and RasJek Edit)"(RuPaul) Tyra Sanchez
Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Mike Ruiz, photographer Kathy Griffin, comedian Kim Coles, actress and comedian Dita Von Teese, burlesque performer Kathy Najimy, actress Tanya Tucker, singer Lisa Rinna, actress and television personality Niecy Nash, comedian, actress, and model Mathu Andersen, make-up artist and photographer Martha Wash, singer-songwriter Henry Rollins, musician, actor, and comedian Terri Nunn, singer and actress Gigi Levangie, novelist, screenwriter, and producer Jackie Collins, novelist Debbie Reynolds, actress and singer Cloris Leachman, actress and comedian Toni Ko, CEO of NYX Cosmetics Tatum O'Neal, actress and author Marissa Jaret Winokur, actress
Episodes
Controversy Tyra Sanchez has gone through many controversies throughout the years since her win in season 2, leading to many people calling for her to be disqualified as the winner of season 2. She has a history of inflammatory tweets '"Drag Race winner under fire for comments on suicide"' which either implicitly or explicitly call for violence, which has led to Drag Race distancing itself from her, including her being banned from RuPaul's DragCon LA 2018 after making a potential bomb threat while she claims to be the victim. Sanchez has come under renewed scrutiny in 2025 after posting widely criticised tweets mocking the passings of Drag Race UK Series 1 winner The Vivienne and Rupaul’s Drag Race season 4 contestant Jiggly Caliente. Renewed calls for her disqualification were made, and RuPaul seemingly responded by tweeting a GIF from a scene in season 2 where she appears to slap Tyra.
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