Queens in Space

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"Queens in Space" is the third episode of the third season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race . It originally aired on January 31, 2011. Lily Tomlin and Alessandra Torresani are guest judges. It was followed by an episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked .

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Bustle said the episode sees the contestants act in "double-entendre-laden sci-fi scenes to a fair number of laughs and snaps". In 2014, the website's Anneliese Cooper said of the episode: "It's Ziggy Stardust meets shiny chrome futurism topped with shellacked, asymmetrical 'dos — high camp strutting through a jumble of B-movie schmaltz." [1]

Episode

Lily Tomlin (pictured in 2014) is a guest judge. Lily Tomlin Smiles After Receiving Her Kennedy Center Honors Medallion.jpg
Lily Tomlin (pictured in 2014) is a guest judge.
Alessandra Torresani (pictured in 2009) is a guest judge. AlessandraTorresaniApr09.jpg
Alessandra Torresani (pictured in 2009) is a guest judge.

For the mini-challenge, the contestants pair up and try to guess their partner's choices for different questions. Mariah and Phoenix win the mini-challenge and are named team leaders, tasked with choosing teammates for the main challenge: starring in the trailers for two different installments of the Drag Queens in Outer Space Sci-Fi spoof film saga.

Lily Tomlin and Alessandra Torresani are guest judges. [2] The runway category is "Sci-Fi". Team Mariah is the winning team, and Alexis Mateo and Shangela are both declared winners of the challenge. [3] Team Phoenix is the losing team. Carmen Carrera, Delta Work and Phoenix receive negative critiques, and Carmen Carrera is deemed safe. Delta Work and Phoenix face off in a lip-sync to "Bad Romance" (2009) by Lady Gaga. Delta Work wins the lip-sync and Phoenix is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode was directed by Nick Murray [4] and originally aired on January 31, 2011.

For the runway, Yara Sofia wears a sparkly outfit and a blonde wig. Raja's outfit is gold. India Ferrah has a white outfit and blonde hair. Alexis Mateo has a red outfit with a cape. Stacy Layne Mathews has a silver bodysuit. Shangela's outfit is also red. Mimi Imfurst, Phoenix, and Carmen Carrera wear headpieces. Mariah's outfit is black-and-white. Delta Work wears a blonde wig. Manila Luzon's outfit is black-and-yellow.

The show was followed by an episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked . [5]

References

  1. ↑ "21 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Moments That "Countdown to the Crown" Left Out". Bustle. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. ↑ Sim, Bernardo (2019-10-27). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Guest Judges You Forgot About". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  3. ↑ Sim, Bernardo (2019-07-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Queens With The Most Maxi Challenge Wins, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  4. ↑ O’Halloran, Kate (2017). "RuPaul's Drag Race and the Reconceptualisation of Queer Communities and Publics". RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: 213–228. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50618-0_15. ISBN   978-3-319-50617-3.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Niall; Gudelunas, David (2017-08-25). RuPaul's Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-50618-0.
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