The students meet RuPaul, who explains the competition, and then asks them to "walk this way" to the Drag Lab.

Each episode includes an "extra credit" game in which students can earn a special prize.

On "Draguation Day", the women strut their stuff on the runway, perform their designated song and dance routine, and get graded by the judges on the DPA.

The student with the highest DPA wins and is presented with a diploma and feather boa from her drag professor, performing the show's theme song.

When season 2 was green lit, an open casting call for women in the southern California area was announced through Facebook.

Students no longer receive letter grades but instead are sent backstage to the green room as the judges deliberate and decide on a winner.

Season 3 of RuPaul's Drag U began airing in June 2012 on the logo network.