Frenemies (RuPaul's Drag Race)

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"Frenemies"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 8
Presented by RuPaul
Original air dateMarch 19, 2012 (2012-03-19)
Guest judges
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"Frenemies" is the eighth episode of the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2] It originally aired on March 19, 2012.

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Episode

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Willam is eliminated from the competition.

For the mini-challenge, the contestants take a polygraph test. Based on these results, the contestants are then paired up for the main challenge, in which they must sing a duet to "So Much Better Than You". Following are the teams:

The guest judges are Pamela Anderson, Lucian Piane, and Jennifer Tilly. Latrice Royale and Willam win the challenge. Phi Phi O'Hara and Sharon Needles are announced as the bottom two and face off in a lip-sync to "It's Raining Men (The Sequel)" by Martha Wash and RuPaul. After the lip-sync, RuPaul announces that Willam has broken the rules and will be disqualified from the competition immediately. Because of this disqualification, Phi Phi O'Hara and Sharon Needles are both deemed winners of the lip-sync.

Production

The episode originally aired on March 19, 2012.

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References

  1. Garvey, Georgia (April 27, 2012). ""RuPaul's Drag Race" episode 8: Frenemies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Frenemies"". The A.V. Club. March 20, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2024.