The Draglympics

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"The Draglympics"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 11
Episode 6
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"The Draglympics" is the sixth episode of the eleventh season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race . [1] [2] [3] It originally aired on April 4, 2019. Mirai Nagasu, Adam Rippon, and Travis Wall are guest judges, and Love Connie also makes a guest appearance for the mini-challenge.

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Episode

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Mirai Nagasu (left), Adam Rippon (center), and Travis Wall (right) are guest judges.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants do Galisthenics with Love Connie. A'keria C. Davenport and Plastique Tiara win.

For the main challenge, the contestants team up and perform in a free-style floor performance which includes Fanography, Voguing and Shablam. Following are the groups:

Mirai Nagasu, Adam Rippon, and Travis Wall are guest judges. The runway category is "All That Glitters Is Gold". Team Tuckpanistan is the winning team, and A'keria C. Davenport wins the challenge. Team Glamazonia is the losing team. Nina West, Ra'Jah O'Hara, and Scarlet Envy receive negative critiques, and Nina West is deemed safe. Ra'Jah O'Hara and Scarlet Envy place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Last Dance" (1978) by Donna Summer. Ra'Jah O'Hara wins the lip-sync and Scarlet Envy is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode originally aired on April 4, 2019.

Wall was previously a guest choreographer in the season 5 episode "Why It Gotta Be Black, Swan?", as well as the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars episode "All Stars Supergroup" (2016).

Reception

Kate Kulzick of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B+'. [4]

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