'RuPaul's Drag Race' Has Announced Its Sickening Season 16 Guest Judges
Drag Race Judges
Oh Pit Crew! Would you mind wheeling out the latest crop of RuPaul's Drag Race guest judges?
Drag Race is back for Season 16 and joining RuPaul, Michelle Visage, style superstar Carson Kressley, the HILARIOUS Ross Mathews and the latest permanent addition to the panel Ts Madison are a whole slew of guest judges. In years past, guest judges have included all manor of celebrity from global pop stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga to comedians like Meg Stalter and Ali Wong. It's a who's who of gay and gay-adjacent celebs as varied as fashion designer Bob Mackie, Broadway star Cynthia Erivo, actor Julia Garner and politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In some ways, learning the lineup of guest judges is almost as exciting as the lineup of drag queens themselves. After all, I know a lot more about Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj than I do about Plasma and Q.
Related: 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Is Returning for Season 16: Everything You Need to Know
Today, Drag Race announced their Season 16 lineup starting with Academy Award-winning actress Charlize Theron and pop star/actress Becky G kicking things off on the two-part season premiere. Here's the full lineup of guest judges this season:
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 guest judges
Courtesy Fox
Adam Shankman
The choreographer and director of Hairspray will be returning to the main stage after he choreographed "Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical" on the most recent season of All Stars.
Netflix
Charlize Theron
The Academy Award-winning actress from Monster, The Old Guard and the Fast and the Furious franchise will be making her main stage debut as one of the premiere judges.
Becky G
The multi-hyphenate pop star and actress has also snagged a coveted spot for the premiere episode.
Icona Pop
The Swedish pop duo behind international hit "I Love It" will be joining the judging panel together this season.
Bravo/Everett
Isaac Mizrahi
The fashion designer and former Project Runway judge will be returning to the panel after previously making a guest appearance in Season 7. He'll most likely be judging a design challenge.
Jamal Sims
The choreographer who created the "Hoedown Throwdown" has been a judge on Drag Race many times, usually after he's choreographed one of the competition's musical numbers. Happy to see him back.
Joel Kim Booster
Not to be confused with Bowen Yang, the Fire Island actor and comedian will be arriving to Drag Race for the first time.
Kaia Gerber
Straight off the success of Bottoms this summer, the actor, model and daughter of Cindy Crawford will be joining the judging panel.
Related: Everything You Need to Know About 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 9
Katherine Bomboy/NBC/Getty Images
Kelsea Ballerini
After performing with drag queens at the CMT Awards to protest Tennessee's anti-LGTBQ+ legislation, the country singer will now be joining the judging panel for the first time as well.
Kyra Sedgwick
The Born on the Fourth of July and Singles actor, who also happens to be married to Kevin Bacon, will be a Season 16 guest judge a year after Bacon praised the show's parody of Footloose.
Law Roach
While Law Roach may have retired from being a celebrity stylist, he hasn't retired from judging. While this is Roach's first time on Drag Race, he was previously a judge on America's Next Top Model, Project Runway and Legendary.
Mayan Lopez
The actress and star of Lopez vs. Lopez, who also happens to be George Lopez's daughter, will arrive on the judging panel for the first time.
Ronan Farrow
The journalist and son of Mia Farrow will return to the judging panel after previously judging the roast on All Stars 7.
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
Sarah Michelle Geller
The Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress will be arriving to the judging panel for the first time. Hopefully she's ready to slay.
