60s Girl Groups

"60s Girl Groups"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 14
Episode 8
Guest appearance
Alec Mapa
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"60s Girl Groups" is the eighth episode of the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3][4] It originally aired on February 25, 2022. Alec Mapa is a guest judge. Bosco wins the episode's mini-challenge, and Daya Betty wins the main challenge. Kerri Colby is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against Jasmine Kennedie.

Episode

Alec Mapa (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2023) is a guest judge.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants "read" (or playfully insult) each other. Bosco wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the contestants write, record, and perform verses as 1960s-inspired girl groups.

Kerri Colby is eliminated from the competition.

Alec Mapa is a guest judge. The runway category is "Heart On". Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Daya Betty, and DeJa Skye receive positive critiques, and Daya Betty wins the challenge. Jasmine Kennedie, Kerri Colby, and Lady Camden receive negative critiques, and Lady Camden is deemed safe. Jasmine Kennedie and Kerri Colby place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Un-Break My Heart" (Hex Hector Remix) by Toni Braxton. Jasmine Kennedie wins the lip-sync. Kerri Colby then opens her chocolate bar to reveal a plain chocolate bar, and is eliminated from the competition.

Reception

Trae DeLellis of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating a 'B+'.[5]

References

  1. ^ McCallion, Paul (February 26, 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Up the Ladder to the Ru". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Harrison, Frankie (February 26, 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 Episode 8 Recap: 60s Girl Groups". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on January 30, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  3. ^ "The Diamond Drag: Episode 8, '60s Girl Groups of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Diamondback. March 4, 2022. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 Episode 8 Recap: "60s Girl Groups"". Honeysuckle Magazine. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race heads to RuTown in a '60s girl group challenge". The A.V. Club. February 26, 2022. Archived from the original on September 29, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2024.


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