"Snatch Game" | |
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RuPaul's Drag Race episode | |
Episode no. | Season 16 |
"Snatch Game" is an episode of the sixteenth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2] [3] [4] It originally aired on February 23, 2024. Kyra Sedgwick is a guest judge, with Chad Michaels appearing as a special guest.
The mini challenge of the episode is the annual 'Reading is Fundamental', based on the documentary Paris is Burning. Xunami Muse wins the challenge. [5]
RuPaul reveals the episode's main challenge is the annual Snatch Game. Chad Michaels, winner of All Stars season one and season four's Snatch Game for her performance as Cher, is a special guest and talks to the queens with RuPaul in the Werkroom prior to the challenge. [6]
The characters portrayed are: [7]
On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes fellow panelists Michelle Visage and Carson Kressley, as well as guest judge Kyra Sedgwick. The runway category is "Dancing Queen", with each look representing a style of dance. [5] Dawn does polka, Morphine does flamenco, Mhi'ya does 90s hip hop, Nymphia does Butoh, Plasma does tap, [6] Q does the robot, Sapphira does majorette in a Drag U-inspired look, and Xumani the salsa.
Plane Jane is declared the winner of the challenge. Morphine Love Dion and Xunami Muse place in the bottom two and face off in a lip-sync contest to "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" by Whitney Houston. Morphine Love Dion is deemed the winner of the lip-sync and Xunami Muse is eliminated from the competition.