Drag Queens of Comedy
| "Drag Queens of Comedy" | |
|---|---|
| RuPaul's Drag Race episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 8 |
| Presented by | RuPaul |
| Original air date | April 7, 2014 |
| Guest appearances | |
"Drag Queens of Comedy" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2] It originally aired on April 7, 2014. The episode's main challenge tasks the contestants with performing stand-up comedy for the judges and a live audience. Actress Jaime Pressly and comedian Bruce Vilanch are guest judges. Bianca Del Rio wins the main challenge. Laganja Estranja is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync contest against Joslyn Fox to "Stupid Girls" by Pink.
Episode
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The contestants return to the workroom after no one was eliminated on the previous episode. On a new day, RuPaul greets the group and reveals the mini-challenge, which tasks the contestants with lip-syncing upside-down to a RuPaul song. Joslyn Fox wins the mini-challenge. RuPaul reveals the main challenge, which tasks the contestants with performing stand-up comedy for judges and a live audience. As the winner of the mini-challenge, Joslyn Fox gets to decide the line-up order. The contestants begin to write their scripts. RuPaul returns to meet with each contestants individually, asking questions and offering advice. Before leaving, RuPaul reveals that the audience will be made of seniors. Joslyn Fox shares her decision about the line-up order.
On elimination day, the contestants make final preparations in the workroom for the comedy and fashion shows. Joslyn Fox talks about her relationship with her grandparents. On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes fellow judges Michelle Visage and Santino Rice, as well as guest judges Jaime Pressly and Bruce Vilanch. RuPaul shares the assignment, then the comedy show commences. The judges deliver their critiques, deliberate, then share the results with the group. Bianca Del Rio, Darienne Lake, and Trinity K. Bonet receive positive critiques, and Bianca Del Rio wins the challenge.[3] BenDeLaCreme, Joslyn Fox, and Laganja Estranja receive negative critiques, and BenDeLaCreme is deemed safe. Joslyn Fox and Laganja Estranja place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to "Stupid Girls" (2006) by Pink. Joslyn Fox wins the lip-sync and Laganja Estranja is eliminated from the competition.[4]
Production and broadcast
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The episode originally aired on April 7, 2014.
Both contestants perform a split during the final lip-sync contest.[5][6]
Fashion
[edit]Adore Delano has a striped dress and a small hat on the top of her head. BenDeLaCreme has a short red dress and a matching headband. Bianca Del Rio wears a colorful long dress and a red wig. Courtney Act wears a black-and-gold outfit and a blonde wig. Joslyn Fox has a black-and-tan dress. Laganja Estranja has a colorful outfit with a purple tutu and a large pink wig, which she removes to reveal a short wig with a purple streak. Trinity K. Bonet colorful short dress and a short dark wig.[7]
Reception
[edit]Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'.[8] Katie Walsh of Slate described the final lip-sync contest as "organic, unplanned, unproduced, unadulterated talent that displays how lip-syncing is a skill, not just a party trick".[9] Jeremy Feist of Xtra Magazine and Chiffon Dior of Werrrk called the simultaneously double split "epic" and "spectacular", respectively.[10][11] In 2016, Brian Moylan of The Guardian opined, "Laganja Estranga was perhaps the most annoying thing on television since that never-ending beep that announces a test of the emergency broadcast system. But when she and Joslyn Fox did unplanned simultaneous splits while performing Pink's Stupid Girls during season six, it was the kind of moment that made everyone watching jump up off the couch and wag their fingers at the screen. Also, Laganja was sent packing after this number, so it is a twice blessed event."[12] Kevin O'Keeffe ranked the performance number 13 in INTO Magazine's 2018 "definitive ranking" of the show's lip-syncs to date.[13] Sam Brooks ranked the performance number 79 in The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date.[14] Keisha Hatchett ranked the performance twelfth in TV Guide's 2019 list of the show's best lip-syncs to date.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Boulet, Ruth (April 8, 2014). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 episode 8: Comedy challenge recap". Channel Guide Magazine. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ Rezsnyak, Eric. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 6, Episodes 7 & 8: Rupersize Me". City Newspaper. WXXI Public Broadcasting Council. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Amii (September 23, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Best Episodes, Ranked According To IMDb". Screen Rant. Valnet. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ Rosebrugh, Gregory (April 11, 2014). "Ranking the House Down: Our Squirrel Friends of Rupaul's Drag Race, Season Six (Recap #6)". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ Baxter, David (April 8, 2014). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Double Features". Manhattan Digest. Archived from the original on June 14, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ Rosebrugh, Gregory (May 17, 2014). "Ranking the House Down: Who Will and Should Win Rupaul's Drag Race (Season Six)". IndieWire. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ "Drag Queens of Comedy". RuPaul's Drag Race. Season 6. Episode 8. April 7, 2014. LogoTV.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Glamazon By Colorevolution"/"Drag Queens Of Comedy"". The A.V. Club. Paste Media Group. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
- ^ "Why Is the Lip Syncing on Lip Sync Battle So Bad?". Slate. The Slate Group. May 18, 2017. OCLC 728292344. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ "The Drag Race Ruview: Double the race, double the fun". Xtra Magazine. Pink Triangle Press. April 9, 2014. ISSN 0829-3384. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ "Recapping The Drag Race Recaps (AKA Beating A Dead Horse) Part II -". Werrrk. May 27, 2014. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ Moylan, Brian (March 7, 2016). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 best moments of TV's most fabulous reality show". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ O'Keeffe, Kevin. "A Definitive Ranking of Every 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Sync for Your Life". INTO Magazine. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ Brooks, Sam (October 3, 2019). "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
- ^ Hatchett, Keisha. "RuPaul's Drag Race Best Lip Syncs, Ranked". TV Guide. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
