Pop! Goes the Queens
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"Pop! Goes the Queen" is the eleventh episode of the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite web |last=McCallion |first=Paul |date=2021-03-19 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: LLC Queens |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-13-episode-11-pop-goes-the-queens.html |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=2021-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320014027/https://www.vulture.com/article/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-13-episode-11-pop-goes-the-queens.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-19 |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13, Episode 11 recap: Brand strategy {{!}} Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-season13-episode11-recap-196993 |access-date=2024-03-08 |language=en-CA |archive-date=2021-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323050858/https://xtramagazine.com/culture/rupauls-drag-race-season13-episode11-recap-196993 |url-status=live }}
Episode
File:RuPaul DragCon 2022 (52073487739) (cropped - Kandy Muse).jpg (pictured in 2022) wins the episode's mini-challenge.]]
For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants play a trivia game with the Pit Crew called, "Are You Smarter Than the Pit Crew". Kandy Muse wins the mini-challenge.File:DragCon 2022-156 (52075297806).jpg is eliminated from the competition in the episode.]]For the main challenge, the contestants create, market, and film a commercial for an original soft drink.
- Gottmik – Gottmik's GotSexxx Sex Juice
- Kandy Muse – The K Special
- Olivia Lux – Liv(e)
- Rosé – RoseAid
- Symone – Sweet Toof{{Cite web |last=Sim |first=Bernardo |date=2021-09-23 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: Symone To Star In Billy Eichner's 'Bros' Rom-Com |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-symone-cast-billy-eichner-movie/ |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=2021-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926110315/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-symone-cast-billy-eichner-movie/ |url-status=live }}
- Tina Burner – Burnin' Up
- Utica Queen – Utican
On the runway, the category is "Beast Couture". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews are judges.
Kandy Muse, Rosé, and Symone receive positive critiques, and Rosé and Symone win the challenge. Gottmik, Olivia Lux, Tina Burner, and Utica Queen receive negative critiques, are Gottmik and Olivia Lux are deemed safe. Tina Burner and Utica Queen place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas. Tina Burner is eliminated from the competition.
Production
Contestant Kahmora Hall shared on social media what she would have worn for the runway had she still been in the competition.{{Cite magazine |title=See eliminated 'Drag Race' season 13 queens' looks that didn't make the runway |url=https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-season-13-eliminated-queen-looks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229230157/https://ew.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-season-13-eliminated-queen-looks/ |archive-date=2023-12-29 |access-date=2024-03-07 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}
Reception
Kate Kulzick of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B'.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-20 |title=Drag Race focuses on its endgame with another questionable elimination |url=https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-focuses-on-the-seasons-endgame-with-1846517682 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007192108/https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-focuses-on-the-seasons-endgame-with-1846517682 |archive-date=2022-10-07 |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} The website Jezebel said Symone's soda "hilariously [encapsulated her] dry wit and undeniable sex appeal without taking her whole schtick too seriously".{{Cite web |last=Alford |first=Emily |date=March 22, 2021 |title=Burner? I Hardly Know Her |url=https://www.jezebel.com/burner-i-hardly-know-her-1846527641 |website=Jezebel |access-date=March 8, 2024 |archive-date=November 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126123511/https://jezebel.com/burner-i-hardly-know-her-1846527641 |url-status=live }}
References
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