courtesy of Twitter/@RuPaulsDragRaceFilm & TVNewsThe Drag Race season 12 contestants have been revealed13 queens ‘pledge allegiance to the drag’ShareLink copied ✔️January 23, 2020Film & TVNewsTextThom Waite RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12 is coming soon, building up with the announcement of 13 new queens in a star-spangled reveal video, which sees them “pledging allegiance to the drag”. The new series promises “twisted, outrageous challenges”, “truly legendary” celebrity guest judges, and a cast of queens that is “the most talented we’ve ever had”, according to RuPaul in a new interview for EW. That cast? Crystal Methyd, Heidi N Closet, Dahlia Sin, Aiden Zhane, Gigi Goode, Jackie Cox, Jaida Essence Hall, Nicky Doll, Rock M Sakura, Sherry Pie, Widow Von’Du, Jan, and Brita (formerly Brita filter). I pledge allegiance to the drag... 🇺🇸🏳️🌈 #DragRace S12 premieres FRI 2/28 at 8/7c on @VH1! 🏁💋 pic.twitter.com/ZC7w13GzRI— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) January 23, 2020 Among the lineup are some firsts for the show as well, such as Rock M Sakura: the first “anime, J-pop, manga queen”. Last year, RuPaul picked up his fourth consecutive Emmy for best host for his work on the show, and Drag Race UK, which came to an end back in November, exceeded expectations, with a second season incoming. The twelfth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race begins February 28. Meet our latest batch of Queens coming for the crown!! #DragRace Season 12 premieres FRI 2/28 at 8/7c on @VH1! pic.twitter.com/G2TIMHob4q— Ross Mathews (@helloross) January 23, 2020Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe Voice of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian drama moving audiences to tearsMeet the 2025 winners of the BFI & Chanel Filmmaker Awards InstagramHow do you stand out online? We asked two Instagram Rings judgesOobah Butler’s guide to getting rich quickRed Scare revisited: 5 radical films that Hollywood tried to banPlainclothes is a tough but tender psychosexual thrillerCillian Murphy and Little Simz on their ‘provoking’ new film, Steve‘It’s like a drug, the adrenaline’: Julia Fox’s 6 favourite horror filmsHow Benny Safdie rewrote the rules of the sports biopic Harris Dickinson’s Urchin is a magnetic study of life on the marginsPaul Thomas Anderson on writing, The PCC and One Battle After AnotherWayward, a Twin Peaks-y new thriller about the ‘troubled teen’ industry