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Legend:
Myki Meeks won RuPaul's Drag Race season 18.
Nini Coco was the runner-up.
Jane Don’t was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
Juicy Love Dion was declared Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses (SDADHH) after winning the final lip sync in the RuPaul-A-Paruza Smackdown.
WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
Guest indicates that the contestant remained or returned as a guest.
LOSS indicates that the eliminated contestant participated in the RuPaul-A-Paruza Smackdown, but lost one of the lip syncs.
| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1][a] | 2[2] | 3[3] | 4[4] | 5[5] | 6[6] | 7[7] | 8[8] | 9[9] | 10[10] | 11[11] | 12[12] | 13[13] | 14[14] | 15[15] | 16[16] | ||
| Myki Meeks | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | BTM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | Guest | Winner | |
| Nini Coco | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | BTM | BTM | Guest | Runner-up | |
| Darlene Mitchell | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Guest | Eliminated | |
| Juicy Love Dion | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | Guest | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | SDADHH | Guest | |
| Jane Don't | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Miss C | ||
| Discord Addams | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||
| Kenya Pleaser | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | Guest | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | TOP2 | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||
| Athena Dion | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Guest | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||||
| Mia Starr | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Guest | SAFE | ELIM | TOP2 | Guest | |||||||
| Vita VonTesse Starr | TOP2 | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Guest | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||||||
| Ciara Myst | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM[b] | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||||||
| Briar Blush | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest[c] | Guest | |||||||||||
| Mandy Mango | BTM | BTM | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | ||||||||||||
| DD Fuego | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | Guest | |||||||||||||
- Notes
- ↑ In episode 1, Kenya Pleaser and Mandy Mango were announced as bottom two of the week. However, it was later announced that there would be no eliminations.
- ↑ In episode 5, Ciara was voted by her fellow competitors as the bottom queen of the week, but did not lipsync until episode 6, when Myki was also placed in the bottom by group vote.
- ↑ Briar revealed during the episode that due to medical complications, she will not be participating in the RuPaul-A-Paruza.
- ↑ "You Can't Keep a Good Drag Queen Down!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 1. January 2, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Q-Pop Girl Groups". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 2. January 9, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "RDR Live Returns!". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 3. January 16, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Red Carpet Mash-Ups". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 4. January 23, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 1". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 5. January 30, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "The Rate-A-Queen Talent Show, Part 2". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 6. February 6, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Drag Queens for Change". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 7. February 13, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Snatch Game of Love: Island Edition". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 8. February 20, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Fannie: The Hard Knock Ball Rusical". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 9. February 27, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Drag in a Bag". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 10. March 6, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "A Toast to Alyssa Edwards". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 11. March 13, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Drag Queens". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 12. March 20, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Karens Gone Wild". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 13. March 27, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Good Morning Bitches". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 14. April 3, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "All RuPaul-A-Paruza Smackdown". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 15. April 10, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.
- ↑ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 18. Episode 16. April 17, 2026. MTV / WOW Presents Plus.