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The Unauthorized Rusical
"The Unauthorized Rusical" is the eighth episode of the tenth season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race, which originally aired on VH1 on May 10, 2018. The episode's mini challenge has contestants attempt to get RuPaul to fake slap them. The main challenge tasks contestants with singing live a musical about Cher. Billy Eichner and Andrew Rannells are guest judges, alongside regular panelists RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and Carson Kressley. Kameron Michaels wins the main challenge and The Vixen is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against Asia O'Hara to "Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite.
The seven remaining contestants are asked by RuPaul to participate in an improv mini-challenge, called "Slap Out of It", that pastiches a similar scene from the finale of season two. Each queen has to try and make RuPaul fake slap them. Asia O'Hara, who is accidentally slapped for real by RuPaul, wins the mini-challenge.
For the main challenge, the contestants are tasked with performing and singing live in a tribute act to American singer and actress Cher, titled "Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical". The contestants portray Cher from different phases of her career: Aquaria as Disco Cher, Asia O'Hara as Movie Star Cher, Eureka as Rock Star Cher, Kameron Michaels as '60s Cher, Miz Cracker as Comeback Cher, and Monét X Change and The Vixen as Variety Show Cher. The contestants rehearse with Todrick Hall.
RuPaul introduces guest judges Billy Eichner and Andrew Rannells, and reveals the theme for the runway: "Glitterific". On the main stage, Monét X Change receives positive comments for her performance and mixed reviews for her runway look, conversely for both Eureka and Miz Cracker with their runway and performance; all three contestants are deemed safe. Kameron Michaels receives praise for both her runway look and Cher performance, and wins the main challenge. Aquaria, Asia O'Hara, and The Vixen are complimented for their runway looks, but their performances place them in the bottom three. Aquaria is declared safe, while Asia O'Hara and The Vixen face off in a lip-sync contest to "Groove Is in the Heart" (1990) by Deee-Lite. Asia O'Hara wins the lip-sync and The Vixen is eliminated from the competition.
The episode originally aired on May 10, 2018.
Cher appears in a recorded video on the episode.
The mini challenge received a positive response. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club said "Slap Out Of It" "might be the best Drag Race mini-challenge ever". Roby Abraham of Wussy Magazine said the mini challenge "may be the lowest budget mini challenge ever on Drag Race, but it was also one of the best".
Jared Richards ranked "Groove Is in the Heart" number 28 in Junkee's 2018 list of the show's 40 "most iconic" lip-syncs, writing: "If there was a song to lip sync to while dressed as Pennywise The Clown's gay cousin, it's 'Groove Is In The Heart', one of the most joyous songs to ever exist. Not even The Vixen's dabbing — a Drag Race first — could ruin the lip sync, as both queens embrace the song's weirdness, shifting between sexy moves to goofy air-drumming and stupid faces. Both are clearly having the best time, and it's infectious." Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant called the lip-sync "dramatic".
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The Unauthorized Rusical
"The Unauthorized Rusical" is the eighth episode of the tenth season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race, which originally aired on VH1 on May 10, 2018. The episode's mini challenge has contestants attempt to get RuPaul to fake slap them. The main challenge tasks contestants with singing live a musical about Cher. Billy Eichner and Andrew Rannells are guest judges, alongside regular panelists RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and Carson Kressley. Kameron Michaels wins the main challenge and The Vixen is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against Asia O'Hara to "Groove Is in the Heart" by Deee-Lite.
The seven remaining contestants are asked by RuPaul to participate in an improv mini-challenge, called "Slap Out of It", that pastiches a similar scene from the finale of season two. Each queen has to try and make RuPaul fake slap them. Asia O'Hara, who is accidentally slapped for real by RuPaul, wins the mini-challenge.
For the main challenge, the contestants are tasked with performing and singing live in a tribute act to American singer and actress Cher, titled "Cher: The Unauthorized Rusical". The contestants portray Cher from different phases of her career: Aquaria as Disco Cher, Asia O'Hara as Movie Star Cher, Eureka as Rock Star Cher, Kameron Michaels as '60s Cher, Miz Cracker as Comeback Cher, and Monét X Change and The Vixen as Variety Show Cher. The contestants rehearse with Todrick Hall.
RuPaul introduces guest judges Billy Eichner and Andrew Rannells, and reveals the theme for the runway: "Glitterific". On the main stage, Monét X Change receives positive comments for her performance and mixed reviews for her runway look, conversely for both Eureka and Miz Cracker with their runway and performance; all three contestants are deemed safe. Kameron Michaels receives praise for both her runway look and Cher performance, and wins the main challenge. Aquaria, Asia O'Hara, and The Vixen are complimented for their runway looks, but their performances place them in the bottom three. Aquaria is declared safe, while Asia O'Hara and The Vixen face off in a lip-sync contest to "Groove Is in the Heart" (1990) by Deee-Lite. Asia O'Hara wins the lip-sync and The Vixen is eliminated from the competition.
The episode originally aired on May 10, 2018.
Cher appears in a recorded video on the episode.
The mini challenge received a positive response. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club said "Slap Out Of It" "might be the best Drag Race mini-challenge ever". Roby Abraham of Wussy Magazine said the mini challenge "may be the lowest budget mini challenge ever on Drag Race, but it was also one of the best".
Jared Richards ranked "Groove Is in the Heart" number 28 in Junkee's 2018 list of the show's 40 "most iconic" lip-syncs, writing: "If there was a song to lip sync to while dressed as Pennywise The Clown's gay cousin, it's 'Groove Is In The Heart', one of the most joyous songs to ever exist. Not even The Vixen's dabbing — a Drag Race first — could ruin the lip sync, as both queens embrace the song's weirdness, shifting between sexy moves to goofy air-drumming and stupid faces. Both are clearly having the best time, and it's infectious." Bernardo Sim of Screen Rant called the lip-sync "dramatic".