The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90-minute premiere episode, and ended on May 6 of the same year.

The winner of season five headlined Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka, won a one-of-a-kind trip, a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, and a cash prize of $100,000.

It is also the first series to feature a queen, Coco Montrese, lip-sync for their life four times and send 3 people home.

For the main challenge, the queens create a Hollywood realness and glamour outfit made from items found in a dumpster.

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens lip-sync to one of RuPaul's songs with only your mouth visible.

For the main challenge, the queens team up to lip-sync and re-enact a famous scene from a past season of RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked.

Monica Beverly Hillz and Serena ChaCha receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two.

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens create a mannequin doll in pairs for "America's Junior Drag Superstar" pageant.

Coco Montrese and Monica Beverly Hillz lip-sync to "When I Grow Up" by The Pussycat Dolls.

For the main challenge, the queens team up and perform in different acts of a ballet about RuPaul's life, entitled "No RuPaulogies".

I Did It Again" by Britney Spears, RuPaul eliminates both Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay from the competition.

Alyssa Edwards and Roxxxy Andrews lip-sync to "Whip My Hair" by Willow Smith.

For the main challenge, the queens create, market and film a commercial for a signature fragrance.

Alyssa Edwards and Ivy Winters lip-sync to "Ain't Nothin' Goin' on But the Rent" by Gwen Guthrie.

For the mini-challenge, the queens have to create a fake "sob story" and produce real tears for RuPaul.

Alyssa Edwards and Coco Montrese lip-sync to "Cold Hearted" by Paula Abdul.

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens have to last as long as possible in drag booty camp with a fitness trainer.

For the final challenge of the season, the queens star in RuPaul's music video "The Beginning" and shoot a courtroom scene.

It is then announced that Jinkx Monsoon is the winner, leaving Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews as the runners-up.

The overnight ratings for the fifth-season premiere of Rupaul's Drag Race reinforced the show's position as Logo's juggernaut.

[16] Furthermore, RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked was the most-watched premiere ever averaging 291,000 total viewers and a .5 rating P18-49.

On social media platforms for premiere night, RuPaul's Drag Race and Untucked showed a 136% increase in social activity versus the fourth-season premiere – this includes tweets, Facebook posts and Get Glue check-ins.