Overview
- MTV confirms the Season 18 premiere airs Friday, Jan. 2, at 8 p.m. ET on MTV.
- The guest roster features Teyana Taylor, Zara Larsson, Benny Blanco, Dove Cameron, Brooke Shields, Iman, Atsuko Okatsuka, Law Roach, Jamal Sims, Amy Taylor, Annaleigh Ashford, Danielle Pinnock, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Sherman and Leland.
- Cardi B makes her first official series appearance as the premiere’s extra special guest judge.
- RuPaul returns to the panel with judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison.
- The trailer teases a “shade and sparkle” motif, with RuPaul saying, “Where there’s light, there’s bound to be shade,” and the season is paired with new episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked.