Bitch Perfect

"**Bitch Perfect**"
"Bitch Perfect"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 8; Episode 2
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"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

Ester Dean (left) and Lucian Piane (right) are guest judges on the episode.

Dax ExclamationPoint (left) and Laila McQueen (right) are both eliminated from the competition.

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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References

↑ Bates, Bryony (2016-03-16). "RuPaul's Drag Race S8 E2: Bitch Perfect". Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
1 2 3 "'RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: Get ready for one aca-mazing episode". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
↑ "Drag Race gets "Bitch Perfect" with a demanding performance challenge". The A.V. Club. 2016-03-15. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
↑ Daw, Stephen (2024-02-21). "Every Rusical from 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Ranked Worst to Best". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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[1] Bates, Bryony (2016-03-16). "RuPaul's Drag Race S8 E2: Bitch Perfect". Archived from the original on 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

[:0-2] 1 2 3 "'RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: Get ready for one aca-mazing episode". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 2023-04-20. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[3] "Drag Race gets "Bitch Perfect" with a demanding performance challenge". The A.V. Club. 2016-03-15. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2024-02-03.

[4] Daw, Stephen (2024-02-21). "Every Rusical from 'RuPaul's Drag Race,' Ranked Worst to Best". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-02-26.

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