How are queens selected for the show?

Where do they stay, and what access do they have to the outside world?

Are they given any hints or clues about the competition?

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Luckily for you, we have all the answers.

Here’s what you don’t get to see on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

She also noted that there is an extensive video component of the audition, which sounds stressful.

Closeup of Brooke Lynn Heights

“I had no idea what I was doing.

That just seems brutal.

“We’d probably see him once or twice a day,” Heights revealed.

RuPaul’s Drag Race stars

“When the cameras aren’t rolling, he doesn’t speak to us really,” Heights wrote.

“Because we’re making a TV show, it needs to be kept for TV.

But he was never cold.”

Alyssa Edwards at an event

That truly sounds wild.

“We’re sent a list of looks to bring for the runway in advance of filming.

“You find out what the exact theme is a day before the runway.”

RuPaul’s Drag Race event

Can you imagine just how many amazing outfits we haven’t gotten to see?

For example, iconic queen Chad Michaels and Britney Spears drag impersonator Derrick Barry share a very special bond.

“Drag Race” has also fostered some amazing professional friendships.

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Take Milk, for example, who slayed in Season 6. and “The Bachelor,” we think it’s safe to say that spoilers are your thing.

This, honestly, is a very smart way to address the fever that is reality television spoilers.

But getting a chance to walk as the winner?

Cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race

So did we, not going to lie.

“I missed my cats a lot, so that was hard.”

Apparently, the no-visitors rule is very strict, too.

Gothy Kendoll at an event

Get me drunk enough and I will in person.”

Either way, all staying in a hotel together without phone access sounds pretty brutal.

But Ru has about four times the amount of time that contestants have to get ready.

Laganja Estranja, Gia Gunn posing

Chad Michaels posing at an event

Drag Race Season 6 finalists

Brooke Lynn Heights posing

Willam Belli at an event

Bianca Del Rio getting silly

RuPaul at an awards event