Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?

"Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 3
Guest appearances
Chaz Bono Travis Wall
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"Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?" is the fourth episode of the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . ^[1] It originally aired on February 18, 2013. Chaz Bono and Travis Wall are guest judges.

Episode

Chaz Bono (left) and Travis Wall (right) are guest judges.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants participate in a Soul Train dance-off. Coco Montrese and Jinkx Monsoon win the mini-challenge.

For the main challenge, the contestants team up and perform different ballet acts about RuPaul's life. Following are the teams:

• Team Coco Montrese: Alyssa Edwards, Coco Montrese, Detox, Honey Mahogany, Roxxxy Andrews, and Vivienne Pinay
• Team Jinkx Monsoon: Alaska, Ivy Winters, Jade Jolie, Jinkx Monsoon, and Lineysha Sparx

Chaz Bono and Travis Wall are guest judges. The runway category is "Divalicious". Alyssa Edwards, Ivy Winters, and Jinkx Monsoon receive positive critiques, and Alyssa Edwards wins the challenge. Honey Mahogany, Roxxxy Andrews, and Vivienne Pinay receive negative critiques, and Roxxxy Andrews is deemed safe. Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Oops!... I Did It Again" (2000) by Britney Spears. After an underwhelming lip-sync, RuPaul eliminates both Honey Mahogany and Vivienne Pinay from the competition.

Reception

Caroline Framke of The A.V. Club gave the episode of rating of 'B'. ^[2]

References

1. Rezsnyak, Eric. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 5, Episode 4: Faux pas de deux". CITY Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
2. "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Black Swan: Why It Gotta Be Black?"". The A.V. Club. 2013-02-19. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2024-03-26.