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RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 Premiere Recap

RHAP: We Know Reality TV

Friends of Rob Has a Podcast

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4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18 Premiere Recap

Hello, hello, hello! Today, your RuPaul’s Drag Race RHAPup hosts Aman Adwin and Beth Dixon recap season 18 episode 1!

Which Queen will reign supreme? Share all of your RuPaul’s Drag Race thoughts with us on Twitter by tagging @RobHasAPodcast and using the hashtag #RHAP

Our team of Drag Race experts will be back every week to RHAPup each episode of Drag Race Season 18!

Strike a pose and head to Twitter for more Drag Race updates from our hosts:
Aman Adwin @AmanAdwin
Beth Dixon @AugustaWind11

LISTEN: Subscribe to the RuPaul’s Drag Race podcast feed
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0:00.0

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0:43.0

Hello, hello, and welcome to the Drag Race RUCap here on RHAP. We Know Reality TV.

0:54.1

I'm your host, Leona Boris, and today we are going to be talking about the premiere of episode, or the premiere of episode, the premiere, which is episode one of season 18 of RuPaul's drag race. That wonderful voice you just heard was

0:56.8

Beth Dixon. Beth, how are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm falling apart, left, right,

1:04.4

and center. No, it's a new year. I'm excited. It's a new season of drag race. Most people

1:09.7

get excited at midnight for New Year's because it's a new year. I know that I get to watch some drag queens in a matter of time. And so this year, I have been so thrilled because this is a great cast. I can't wait to talk about it with you too. And of course, we have Amon Adwin with us as well. Amon, how are you? I am fantastic. New year, new season of drag race, new beginnings.

1:33.4

It's going to be, I think this is going to be a good one.

1:36.2

I mean, I know we say that every damn season, but, you know, this cast, as we'll talk about, is a little unique in a lot of ways.

1:45.7

So I'm very interesting to see how all of this plays out considering the background of a few of these queens.

1:51.7

So I'm excited.

1:53.3

I'm excited.

1:54.6

Now, we did have a non-elimination episode, but there's still a ton to get into.

1:58.6

But before we do that, we do have an announcement for the podcast.

2:03.0

So as many of you know, I did not cover the All-Stars season that happened last year. And I think

2:10.5

having that extra time in my schedule was so incredibly beneficial for me, my mental health. And I think

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