2nd episode of the 8th season of RuPaul's Drag Race
"Bitch Perfect " is the second episode of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race .[ 1] The episode's main challenge is a Rusical (musical threatre) inspired by Pitch Perfect . Ester Dean and Lucian Piane are guest judges, and Jamal Sims is the guest choreographer.
Episode
For the mini-challenge, contestants participate in a Latin-style dance circle to music by AB Soto, wearing outfits from Out of the Closet . Chi Chi DeVayne and Cynthia Lee Fontaine are declared the winners.[ 2]
For the main challenge, contestants are tasked with performing choreography in a Pitch Perfect -inspired sketch called Bitch Perfect . Jamal Sims is the guest choreographer.[ 2]
Ester Dean and Lucian Piane are guest judges. Dax ExclamationPoint and Laila McQueen placed in the bottom two and face off in a lip-sync to "I Will Survive " (1978) by Gloria Gaynor . Both contestants are eliminated.[ 2]
Production
Sims has appeared on the show several times. He was a guest judge and choreographer on the twelfth season 's "Viva Drag Vegas " (2020), as well as the thirteenth season 's "Condragulations " and "Social Media: The Unverified Rusical " (2021). Additionally, he was solely guest choreographer on the seventh season 's "Glamazonian Airways " (2015), the twelfth season's "Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical " (2020), and the thirteenth season's "Gettin' Lucky " (2021). On the sixth season (2021) of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars , Sims was a guest judge and choreograper on "Halftime Headliners " and solely a guest choreographer on the finale "This Is Our Country".
Reception
Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A-'.[ 3] Stephen Daw ranked "Bitch Perfect" eighth in Billboard 's 2024 list of the show's Rusicals to date.[ 4]
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