Nice Girls Roast

"Nice Girls Roast"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 13
Episode 12
Original air dateMarch 26, 2021 (2021-03-26)
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"Nice Girls Roast" is the twelfth episode of the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on March 26, 2021. Loni Love is a guest judge.

The episode's main challenge has the remaining contestants roast former contestants who were named Miss Congeniality: Heidi N Closet, Nina West, and Valentina. Kandy Muse wins the main challenge, and Utica Queen is eliminated from the competition.

Episode

Kandy Muse (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022) was a winner of the mini-challenge as well as the episode's main challenge.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants pair up and star in a live makeup tutorial on how to take a glamorous selfie. Kandy Muse and Rosé win the mini-challenge.

For the main challenge, the queens will perform a roast of three previous Miss Congenialities: Heidi N Closet, Nina West, and Valentina.[4] In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews is a judge and Loni Love is a guest judge.

On the runway, Gottmik, Kandy Muse, and Rosé receive positive critiques. Kandy Muse is declared the winner of the challenge. Olivia Lux, Symone, and Utica Queen receive negative critiques, with Olivia Lux being deemed safe. Symone and Utica Queen place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "No Tears Left to Cry" (2018) by Ariana Grande. Utica Queen is eliminated from the competition.

Production

Loni Love is a guest judge.

Love was also a guest judge on the season's fourth ("RuPaulmark Channel"), sixth ("Disco-mentary"), and tenth ("Freaky Friday Queens") episodes, as well as the fourteenth season's fourth episode ("She's a Super Tease").

Reception

In Screen Rant's 2022 overview of the show's ten "most shocking" comedy roast performances, Jim Elauria said Utica Queen's roast was "littered with eyebrow-raising and controversial jokes".[5] Utican Queen apologized for some of her comments about weight.[6]

References

  1. ^ McCallion, Paul (March 26, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Let's Get This Roast A'Cookin'". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "Drag Race balances the sweet and the salty with the "Nice Girls Roast"". The A.V. Club. March 27, 2021. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13, Episode 12 recap: Roasters with the most-ers | Xtra Magazine". March 26, 2021. Archived from the original on March 27, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  4. ^ Gregory, Drew Burnett (March 27, 2021). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Episode 1312 Recap: Roast Me Like One Of Your Ru Girls". Autostraddle. Archived from the original on December 11, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Elauria, Jom (September 18, 2022). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Most Shocking Comedy Roast Performances". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on November 24, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  6. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race's Utica Queen apologises for "horrible" weight jokes". Digital Spy. March 30, 2021. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2024.