Ru Paul's Drag Race - Statistics and Milestones

Statistics and Milestones

Season 1:

• Ongina is the first contestant to win more than one challenge.
• Nina Flowers is the first contestant to reach the finale without being in the bottom two.

Season 2:

• Tyra Sanchez is the second contestant in Drag Race history to make it to the finale without being in the bottom two, and so far the only winner to achieve this feat.
• Morgan McMichaels is the first and only contestant in Drag Race history (to date) to win the first main challenge and not achieve top 3 status.
• Season 2 marked the first time that a contestant won two consecutive main challenges. Raven accomplished this feat.
• Tyra Sanchez remains the youngest winner of the series to date. She won the title at the age of 21.

Season 3:

• Season 3 features the first return of a contestant from a previous season, which was Shangela from season 2.
• Season 3 features the first non-elimination episode in the series' history.
• Season 3 features the first return of an eliminated contestant, which was Carmen Carrera.

Season 4:

• Sharon Needles is the first contestant in Drag Race history to have won 4 main challenges throughout the competition.
• Willam Belli is the first contestant in Drag Race history to be disqualified.

All-Stars Season:

• All-Stars Season marked the first time that a contestant won three consecutive challenges: Chad Michaels and Shannel (Shad) accomplished this feat, beating the record that Raven, Alexis Mateo and Manila Luzon set (two consecutive challenges in their seasons).
• All-Stars Season also marks the first time in Drag Race's history to have a contestant being one of the worst of the week over four consecutive weeks.
• Raven is the only queen in the history of the show to place as runner-up twice during her time as a contestant.
• Chad Michaels holds the title of being the oldest drag queen to participate in the competition to date. As of 2013 Chad is 42 years old.

Season 5:

• Jade Jolie is the first contestant in Drag Race history to be neither in the top or bottom over four consecutive weeks.
• Season 5 marks the first time in Drag Race history to have more than four consecutive different main-challenge winners, with eight consecutive different winners.
• Season 5 features the series' first double elimination, when Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay are both eliminated after their lip sync.
• Jinkx Monsoon is the first contestant in Drag Race history to be in the top for more than five consecutive weeks, with eight weeks.
• Alyssa Edwards is the first contestant in Drag Race history to be among the worst of the week over five consecutive weeks.
• Coco Montrese is the first contestant in Drag Race history to lip sync four times in the same season.
• Alaska is the third contestant in Drag Race history to make it into the finale without lip syncing.