Drag Queens of Comedy

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"Drag Queens of Comedy"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 6
Episode 8
Original air dateApril 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
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"Drag Queens of Comedy" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2] It originally aired on April 7, 2014. Jaime Pressly and Bruce Vilanch are guest judges.

Contents

Joslyn Fox wins the episode's mini-challenge, and Bianca Del Rio wins the main challenge. Laganja Estranja is eliminated form the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync to "Stupid Girls" by Pink.

Episode

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Jaime Pressly (left) and Bruce Vilanch (right) are guest judges.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants lip-sync to a RuPaul song upside down. Joslyn Fox wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the contestants perform a stand-up comedy act in front of the judges and a live audience.

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Laganja Estranja is eliminated from the competition.

Jaime Pressly and Bruce Vilanch are guest judges. Bianca Del Rio, Darienne Lake, and Trinity K. Bonet receive positive critiques, and Bianca Del Rio wins the challenge. [3] BenDeLaCreme, Joslyn Fox, and Laganja Estranja receive negative critiques, and BenDeLaCreme is deemed safe. Joslyn Fox and Laganja Estranja place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Stupid Girls" (2006) by Pink. Joslyn Fox wins the lip-sync and Laganja Estranja is eliminated from the competition.

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'. [4]

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