Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race kicked off Thursday night (Feb. 28) with a bang. The brand-new crop of queens were tasked with creating new looks using the materials of the show’s illustrious alumni, along with modeling in their very own photo shoot alongside their legendary sisters. Guest judge Miley Cyrus also made a splash after she went undercover as a crew member to spy on the queens. Naturally, after being discovered by contestant Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Miley was treated to the screams and squeals of the competitors as she offered up some advice on how to stay calm during the competition.<doc-sep>RuPaul's Drag Race Close this dialog window Streaming Options RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 will sashay to television screens across America later this month. VH1 announced Friday that the Emmy-winning reality competition series will move to a new night upon airing its first episode on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET. The impending move to Thursdays will fall just under two weeks after the current RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 4 crowns a winner on Friday, Feb. 15. Fifteen queens will enter the Drag Race family to compete on season 11, including ladies hailing from the drag houses of past contestants like Alyssa Edwards (Plastique Tiara), Sahara Davenport (Honey Davenport), and Coco Montrese (Kahanna Montrese); season 10’s first eliminee Vanessa “Vanjie” Mateo is also getting her second chance to compete for the crown as part of the season 11 cast. “Just when I think to myself – ‘shedonealreadydonehadherses’ – a new crop of killer queens sashay their way into my heart and leave me gagging for more,” executive producer and host RuPaul previously said of season 11. “Dare I say, this might be the most sickening season of all time.” RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 premieres Thursday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on VH1. Keep up with all of EW’s Drag Race coverage here. Close this dialog window Streaming Options Related content:<doc-sep>Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Just call her Barry Johnson. In a teaser for Thursday’s season 11 premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Miley Cyrus completely transformed herself into drag. In a clip shared on Instagram, the singer — who is also guest judging the competition show for the first time — channels her “Hannah Montana” days by going undercover, this time as a male crew member working for production company World of Wonder. Cyrus’ alter ego, “Barry ‘B.J.’ Johnson,” has a beard and wore a black T-shirt and baseball cap so as to blend in. “I’m going to go and meet the queens for the first time, but they don’t know they’re meeting me,” she said. “I wanted to go undercover with the ladies. So I’m going in as a crew member. They’re never going to know what hit ’em.” “I love me some f—ing beautiful women!” the pop star added. This marks Cyrus’ first time in the judge’s chair, but not her first appearance on the show: She previously sat in the audience of the season 7 finale in 2015. A dedicated “Drag Race” fan, she also tapped many of the show’s alumni, including Shangela, Alyssa Edwards, Laganja Estranja and Gia Gunn, for her 2015 MTV VMA performance of “Dooo It!” Other celebrities set to appear as judges on season 11 include Wanda Sykes, Cara Delevingne, Rachel Maddow, Kandi Burruss, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Lena Waithe and Adam Rippon. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” season 11 premieres Thursday, Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. ET on VH1.<doc-sep>
RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 queens on 'changing the next generation' of queer youth RuPaul's Drag Race Close this dialog window Streaming Options After fans spent two months watching queens pulling lipsticks on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars 4, the season 11 girls are ready to pull various gags from another place when the Emmy-winning reality competition series returns. “I think our season is going to be incredible because we are incredible,” new competitor Silky Nutmeg Ganache tells EW in earnest before joking: “You’re going to see girls who really pull things out they ass, on a budget!” All joking aside, all 15 season 11 ladies take seriously the responsibility of representing the queer community on a mainstream television show. “We’re the culture where everyone gets to pick and take what they like — take our cute sayings, take our cute little fashion trends — and then wipe us out of the picture,” contestant Yvie Oddly says. “With 15 queens, and so many of us being [people of color], girl, I dare someone to try and erase the impact we’re about to make!” “I can’t imagine myself growing and seeing a drag queen on TV that I could look at, or seeing a gay person on TV at all,” Brooke Lynn Hytes — the show’s first Canadian queen — adds. “And now we’re getting all these little kids who are watching us and becoming fans, looking at us and seeing that it’s ok to be yourself, it’s ok to be different, and it’s ok to wear makeup if you’re a boy! We’re really changing the next generation!” RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11 premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET on VH1. Watch EW’s interview with the queens above, and head here for our exclusive gallery of season 11 queen portraits. Related: