SPOILERS: This post contains details about the Season 17 finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race has crowned the 17th winner of its flagship series.
During Friday’s Season 17 finale of the MTV drag competition series, which featured a surprise appearance from ‘Giving Us Lifetime Achievement’ honoree Liza Minnelli, host RuPaul had finalists Jewels Sparkles, Lexi Love, Onya Nurve and Sam Star each perform an original song.
Jewels and Onya then advanced to the final round, in which they lip-synced for the crown to Lady Gaga’s ‘Abracadabra’ from her new album Mayhem.
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Taking home the $200,000 grand prize from TodayTix, Onya Nurve was crowned the winner of Season 17. “Time and time again, Onya Nurve delivered that ‘something extra’ that made her our undisputed champion,” said RuPaul.
The 14x Emmy winner added, “Condragulations to all the queens, and especially our finalists, for serving one of the most competitive seasons in Drag Race herstory!”
Runner-up Jewels Sparkles received a $25,000 prize provided by Anastasia Beverly Hills, which also awarded Lexi Love and Sam Star $10,000 each. Crystal Envy won Miss Congeniality and was awarded $10,000 courtesy of Olay Body, which also tipped the remaining Season 17 queens $2,000 each.
RuPaul, who performed ‘Good Luck and Don’t F%k It Up’, presented Minnelli with the ‘Giving Us Lifetime Achievement’ award in recognition of her dazzling contributions to entertainment. Previous recipients include Bob Mackie and Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira).
The drag superstar returns next month for the milestone Season 10 premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, premiering May 9 on Paramount+.
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