RuPocalypse Now!

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"RuPocalypse Now!"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 1
Presented by RuPaul
Original air dateJanuary 30, 2012 (2012-01-30)
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"RuPocalypse Now!" is the first episode of the fourth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] It originally aired on January 30, 2012. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Mike Ruiz are guest judges.

Contents

Episode

Sharon Needles wins the episode's main challenge. Sharon Needles Play.jpg
Sharon Needles wins the episode's main challenge.

Thirteen new contestants enter the Werk Room. For the first mini-challenge, the contestants participate in a photo shoot on a spinning platform while being sprayed with "hazardous waste". Jiggly Caliente wins the mini-challenge.

For the main challenge, the contestants must create a post-apocalyptic couture outfit made from items taken from drag queen zombies. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Mike Ruiz are guest judges. Lashauwn Beyond, Sharon Needles, and The Princess receive positive critiques, and Sharon Needles wins the challenge. Alisa Summers, Jiggly Caliente, and Kenya Michaels receive negative critiques, and Kenya Michaels is deemed safe. Alisa Summers and Jiggly Caliente place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to "Toxic" (2004) by Britney Spears. Jiggly Caliente wins the lip-sync and Alisa Summers is eliminated from the competition.

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'. [2] In 2019, Mariana Fernandes included Lashauwn Beyond's look in Screen Rant's list of ten "design challenge runner-ups that should have won". [3]

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References

  1. "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: RuPocalypse Now! - BUST". February 1, 2012. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  2. "RuPaul's Drag Race: "RuPocalypse Now!"". The A.V. Club. January 31, 2012. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  3. Fernandes, Mariana (November 8, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Design Challenge Runner-Ups That Should Have Won". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved May 9, 2024.