World's Worst (RuPaul's Drag Race)
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"World's Worst" is the third episode of the twelfth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{Cite web |last=McCallion |first=Paul |date=2020-03-13 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Improv Everywhere |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-3-worlds-worst.html |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=2023-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129144708/https://www.vulture.com/2020/03/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-3-worlds-worst.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Dylan B. |date=2020-03-16 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode three |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/16/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-three |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2024-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508015833/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/mar/16/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-12-episode-three |url-status=live }} It originally aired on March 13, 2020. Olivia Munn is a guest judge. Sherry Pie wins the episode's main challenge, and Dahlia Sin is eliminated from the competition.
Episode
File:Olivia Munn by Gage Skidmore.jpg is a guest judge.]]
File:DragCon 2023 @ DVSROSS Photgraphy -225.jpg is eliminated from the competition.]]
For the episode's main challenge, the contestants team up and improvise in the talent competition "World's Worst".
Following are the teams:
- Team 3 Girls, 1 Brain: Aiden Zhane, Brita, and Sherry Pie
- Team Fruity Patooties: Dahlia Sin, Jaida Essence Hall, Jan, and Rock M. Sakura
- Team Squirrel Scouts: Crystal Methyd, Nicky Doll, and Widow Von'Du
- Team The Del Rio Triplets: Gigi Goode, Heidi N Closet, and Jackie Cox
On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes fellow judges as well as guest judge Olivia Munn. The runway category is Buttons and Bows. Heidi N Closet, Jackie Cox, and Sherry Pie receive positive critiques, and Sherry Pie wins the challenge. Crystal Methyd, Dahlia Sin, and Nicky Doll receive negative critiques, and Crystal Methyd is deemed safe. Dahlia Sin and Nicky Doll face off in a lip-sync to "Problem" (2014) by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea. Nicky Doll wins the lip-sync and Dahlia Sin is eliminated from the competition.
Production
The episode originally aired on March 13, 2020.
Reception
Kate Kulzick of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B'.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-14 |title=Charmers, and some clunkers, come to the fore as RuPaul's Drag Race gets competitive |url=https://www.avclub.com/charmers-and-some-clunkers-come-to-the-fore-as-rupaul-1842323050 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812233532/https://www.avclub.com/charmers-and-some-clunkers-come-to-the-fore-as-rupaul-1842323050 |archive-date=2022-08-12 |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}} Amaya Lynch included the episode in Screen Rant{{'s}} 2022 list of the show's ten worst, according to IMDb.{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Amaya |date=2022-09-12 |title=RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Worst Episodes, Ranked According To IMDb |url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-worst-episodes-ranked-imdb/ |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=ScreenRant |language=en |archive-date=2022-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008054104/https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-worst-episodes-ranked-imdb/ |url-status=live }}
References
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