<P> The fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on January 28, 2013, with a 90 - minute premiere episode . It had the most contestants since the creation of the show with fourteen . </P> <P> As this season's winner, Jinkx Monsoon walked away with the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar" along with a lifetime supply of Colorevolution Cosmetics, a one - of - a-kind trip courtesy of AlandChuck.travel, a headlining spot on Logo's Drag Race Tour featuring Absolut Vodka and a cash prize of $100 000 . Santino Rice and Michelle Visage were back as judges at the panel . The theme song playing during the runway every episode is "I Bring the Beat", while the song playing during the credits is "The Beginning", both songs are from RuPaul's album Glamazon . </P> <P> The winner of the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Jinkx Monsoon, with Alaska and Roxxxy Andrews being the runners - up . </P> <P> Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox and Roxxxy Andrews competed on the second season of All Stars . Coco placed 10th, Alyssa placed 5th, Roxxxy placed 4th and Detox was runner - up with fellow season 7 contestant Katya . Alaska won the competition . </P>

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