VH1 expands its Emmy(R) Award-winning franchise with "RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" premiering Friday, August 21st at 8PM ET/PT

New docu-series follows six iconic alumni as they take on Sin City's "RuPaul's Drag Race Live!" residency

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - July 22, 2020 - VH1 today announced the expansion of the Emmy(R) Award-winning "Drag Race" franchise with a six episode new docu-series, "RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" premiering Friday, August 21st at 8PM ET/PT. Cameras follow six legendary drag queens in their professional and personal journeys as they take on Las Vegas in a brand new "RuPaul's Drag Race Live!" residency. The cast includes season 11 winner Yvie Oddly, and iconic queens Asia O'Hara, Derrick Barry, Kameron Michaels, Naomi Smalls and Vanessa "Vanjie" Mateo.

"RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" brings viewers behind the scenes of a jaw-dropping live stage show as it launches on the world famous Las Vegas strip. The series gives fans a deeper look into the lives of their favorite queens as they showcase the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent it takes to pull off groundbreaking performances in front of a live audience.

Don't miss an extended first look at the trailer for "RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" during the epic finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars" airing Friday, July 24th at 8PM ET/PT on VH1. For the final challenge before snatching a crown and a spot in the "Drag Race Hall of Fame," the top All Stars must write, record and perform a verse of RuPaul's sassy new single "Clap Back." Plus, past queens return to pop off!

"RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" is produced by World of Wonder Productions with Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Danielle King, and RuPaul Charles serving as Executive Producers. Tim Palazzola and Todd Radnitz serve as Executive Producers for VH1 and Jen Passovoy serves as Producer.

For more information on "RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue" and up-to-date news, go to vh1press.com. Join the conversation using #DragRaceVegas and follow the official RuPaul's Drag Race accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.

About VH1:

VH1 is a dominant pop culture brand focused on reality content that explores the personal stories of today's popular artists and celebrities including the Emmy(R) award-winning RuPaul's Drag Race and powerhouse franchises, Love & Hip Hop and Black Ink Crew.

About World of Wonder:

For more than two decades, award-winning production company World of Wonder has introduced audiences to new worlds, talent and ideas that have shaped culture. Programming highlights include: Emmy(R) Award winning "RuPaul's Drag Race" (VH1/Logo), "Million Dollar Listing" LA & NY (Bravo), "Dancing Queen" (Netflix), "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce" (Fuse), and "Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric" (National Geographic); award-winning films and documentaries including "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures," "Menendez: Blood Brothers," "Inside Deep Throat," "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," "I Am Britney Jean," "In Vogue: The Editor's Eye," "Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking," "Monica in Black and White," Emmy-winning "The Last Beekeeper," and Emmy-winning "Out of Iraq." Seven of WOW's films have premiered at the Sundance Film festival including "Becoming Chaz" and "Party Monster." World of Wonder has also created a substantial digital footprint with its YouTube channel WOWPresents (1M+ subs), SVOD digital platform WOW Presents Plus, along with an award-winning blog, The WOW Report. World of Wonder's bi-annual RuPaul's DragCon is the world's largest drag culture convention, welcoming 100,000 attendees across LA and NYC in 2018. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey authored The World According to Wonder, celebrating decades of production, which can be found online at http://worldofwonder.net/. Randy and Fenton were honored with the IDA Pioneer Award in December 2014, celebrating exceptional achievement, leadership, and vision in the nonfiction and documentary community, named to Variety's Reality Leaders List in 2017, and chosen for the OUT100 list in 2018 for their trailblazing work in the LGBTQ+ community. World of Wonder was also selected for Realscreen's 2018 Global 100 list, which recognizes the top international non-fiction and unscripted production companies working in the industry today. World of Wonder creates out of a historic building/gallery space in the heart of Hollywood.