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 the main challenge, the queens team up to lip-sync and re-enact famous scenes 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.

For the main challenge, the queens team up and star in two different children's TV shows.

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.