Overview
- Season 18 premieres Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.
- MTV names a full slate of guest judges that includes Teyana Taylor, Zara Larsson, Benny Blanco, Dove Cameron and Atsuko Okatsuka, among others.
- RuPaul returns with judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison on the main panel.
- The new trailer frames the competition around a light-versus-darkness motif described as “shade and sparkle.”
- Fourteen previously announced queens compete this season, and MTV says episodes will be paired with RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.