Glamazon by Colorevolution

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"Glamazon by Colorevolution" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite web |last=Boulet |first=Ruth |date=2014-04-08 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 episode 7: selling Glamazon recap |url=https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2014/04/07/rupauls-drag-race-season-6-episode-7-selling-glamazon-recap/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Channel Guide Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303110150/https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2014/04/07/rupauls-drag-race-season-6-episode-7-selling-glamazon-recap/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rezsnyak |first=Eric |title="RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 6, Episodes 7 & 8: Rupersize Me |url=https://www.roccitymag.com/EntertainmentBlog/archives/2014/04/08/rupauls-drag-race-season-6-episodes-7-and-8-rupersize-me |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=CITY Magazine |language=en}} It originally aired on April 7, 2014. Lainie Kazan and Leah Remini are guest judges.

Laganja Estranja wins the episode's mini-challenge, and she and Adore Delano are both winners of the main challenge. BenDeLaCreme and Darienne Lake place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Point of No Return" by Exposé, but no one is eliminated from the competition.

Episode

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File:DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -66.jpg (pictured in 2023) won the episode's mini-challenge as well as the main challenge, alongside Adore Delano]]

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants design nails and hand model different fruits and vegetables. Laganja Estranja wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the contestants pair up and film an infomercial for RuPaul's Glamazon Cosmetics.

Following are the teams:

Lainie Kazan and Leah Remini are guest judges. The runway category is "Black and White Drama". Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio, Laganja Estranja, and Trinity K. Bonet receive positive critiques, and Adore Delano and Laganja Estranja both win the challenge. BenDeLaCreme, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake, and Joslyn Fox receive negative critiques, and Courtney Act and Joslyn Fox are deemed safe. BenDeLaCreme and Darienne Lake place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Point of No Return" (1985) by Exposé. Darienne Lake is declared the winner of the lip-sync, but BenDeLaCreme is saved and no one is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode originally aired on April 7, 2014. It was the show's fourth episode in which no contestant was eliminated.{{Cite magazine |last=Daw |first=Stephen |date=2022-03-03 |title=10 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Syncs That Were Highway Robbery |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/rupauls-drag-race-lip-syncs-robbed-stolen-1235037497/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529050725/https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/rupauls-drag-race-lip-syncs-robbed-stolen-1235037497/ |url-status=live }}

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A-'.{{Cite web |date=2014-04-08 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: "Glamazon By Colorevolution"/"Drag Queens Of Comedy" |url=https://www.avclub.com/rupauls-drag-race-glamazon-by-colorevolution-drag-q-1798180095 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} Sam Brooks ranked the lip-sync number 60 in The Spinoff{{'s}} 2019 "definitive ranking" of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date, calling it "an example of literally one wrong move losing you a lip-sync".{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Sam |date=2019-10-03 |title=A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Spinoff |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074940/https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race |url-status=live }} In 2023, Entertainment Weekly{{'s}} Joey Nolfi said Darienne Lake's lip-sync performance is "iconic".{{Cite magazine |title='Drag Race' assassin Darienne Lake reviews best and worst lip-syncs |url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-darienne-lake-reviews-best-worst-lip-syncs/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714075838/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-darienne-lake-reviews-best-worst-lip-syncs/ |url-status=live }}

References

Category:RuPaul's Drag Race season 6 episodes

Category:Television episodes about advertising