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New Wave Queens
"New Wave Queens" is the fourth episode of the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Debbie Harry and Chris Stein are guest judges, and Lucian Piane is also a guest. Episode For the main challenge, contestants are tasked with performing in new wave groups of three. The teams are: Acid Betty, Bob the Drag Queen, and Thorgy Thor; Kim Chi, Naomi Smalls, and Robbie Turner; and Chi Chi DeVayne, Derrick Barry, and Naysha Lopez. Chi Chi DeVayne and Naysha Lopez place in the bottom two and face off in a lip-sync. Naysha Lopez is eliminated from the competition. Reception Oliver Sava of ''The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was created in ...'' gave the episode a rating of 'B'. References RuPaul's Drag Race season 8 episodes {{LGBTQ-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race (franchise), ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder (company), World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the fifteenth season, MTV. The show documents RuPaul in the search for "America's next drag queen, drag superstar". RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week. Contestants are judged by a panel that includes RuPaul, Michelle Visage, one of four rotating judges (Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Ts Madison, or Law Roach), as well as one or more guest judges, who critique their progress throughout the competition. The title of the show is a play on drag queen and drag racing, and the title sequence and song "Drag Race" both have a drag-racing theme. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' has aired for seventeen seasons and inspired the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob The Drag Queen
Christopher Delmar Caldwell (born June 22, 1986), also known by his stage name Caldwell Tidicue and better known by his drag name Bob the Drag Queen, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, activist, musician, author, and reality television personality. He is best known for winning the RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. As of 2020, he has more than one million followers on Instagram and was the first Black ''Drag Race'' queen to reach the milestone. After ''Drag Race'', he pursued acting, appearing in television shows such as ''High Maintenance'' (2016), ''Tales of the City (2019 miniseries), Tales of the City'' (2019), and ''A Black Lady Sketch Show'' (2019). In 2020, he began co-hosting ''We're Here'' on HBO alongside fellow ''Drag Race'' contestants Eureka O'Hara and Shangela. Early life Christopher Delmar Caldwell was born to Martha Caldwell on June 22, 1986. His last name, "Caldwell", was later incorporated into the professional name "C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lip Sync
Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , like the word ''sink'', despite the Hard and soft C, spelling of the participial forms ''synced'' and ''syncing''), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a Speech, speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals. Audio for lip syncing is generated through the sound reinforcement system in a live performance or via television, computer, cinema Loudspeaker, speakers, or other forms of Audio signal, audio output. The term can refer to any of a number of different techniques and processes, in the context of live performances and audiovisual recordings. In Filmmaking, film production, lip syncing is often part of the post-production phase. Dubbing foreign-language films and making Animation, animated characters appear to speak both require elaborate lip syncing. Many video games make extensive use of lip-synced sound files to create an immersive environment in which on-screen characters appear to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naysha Lopez
Naysha Lopez is the stage name of drag performer and beauty pageant winner Fabian Rodriguez (born June 20, 1984), who won the 2013 Miss Continental competition and appeared on the eighth seasons of both ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Career After competing on the beauty pageant circuit, Naysha Lopez won the 2013 Miss Continental competition. Naysha Lopez competed on the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2016, after building a drag career in Puerto Rico and Chicago. She was the first queen eliminated, losing the lip sync battle to "Applause" by Lady Gaga against Laila McQueen. Naysha was quickly brought back to the show for ep. 3 after a lackluster performance on ep. 2 by McQueen and Dax ExclamationPoint resulted in their dual-elimination; Naysha subsequently placed in the bottom two again and lost another lipsync, this time against Chi Chi DeVayne to Blondie's " Call Me", and became the fourth queen on the show to be eliminated twice i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Barry
Derrick Prentice Barry (born July 18, 1983) is an American drag performer, Britney Spears impersonator and reality television personality. He is best known for competing on the third season of ''America's Got Talent'' (2008), and later the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' (2016) and fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' (2020). Outside of reality television, Derrick Barry has toured internationally, released several musical singles, and has numerous film and television credits. Early life Barry, born July 18, 1983, was raised in Modesto, California. He first saw Britney Spears when he was 15 in her " ...Baby One More Time" music video on MTV, and first went to see her in concert in 2002. His first time in drag was when he dressed as Spears for Halloween in 2003. His second time dressing as Spears was two weeks later on November 17, 2003, at the audience of ''The Tonight Show'' where Spears was a guest star. Derrick was the 2010 representative for a National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chi Chi DeVayne
Zavion Michael Davenport (September 24, 1985August 20, 2020), better known by the stage name Chi Chi DeVayne, was an American drag queen and reality television personality who came to international attention on the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and on the third season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. DeVayne began her drag career in her native Shreveport, Louisiana, where she was known locally prior to her 2016 debut on ''Drag Race''. Following her time on the show, DeVayne embarked on a number of domestic and international tours, and she was featured on several web series about drag. Davenport was diagnosed with scleroderma in 2018 and, two years later, he died following a bout of pneumonia he contracted after a hospital stay for scleroderma-related kidney failure. Early life and career Zavion Michael Davenport was born on September 24, 1985, in Shreveport, Louisiana, to Alberteen Wyandon and Zan Davenport III. He had a sister, Brittany; a brother, DaRico Wy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Turner (drag Queen)
Robbie Turner is the stage name of Jeremy Baird, an American drag queen and writer most known for competing on the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Early life Baird was raised by Pentecostal ministers in Centralia, Washington. Career Early in her career, Turner performed at Tacoma, Washington's pride festival. In Seattle, she performed at the bar R Place and hosted the Robbie Turner Revue at the Hard Rock Café. Turner auditioned for ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' multiple times before being cast for the eighth season. Fellow Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon endorsed Turner in the submitted audition tape. During the "Snatch Game" competition, Turner portrayed Diana Vreeland. Turner was eliminated from ''Drag Race'' after losing a lip sync battle to Derrick Barry. ''Vulture'' ranked Turner number 53 on their list of "Every Snatch Game Impersonation on ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', Ranked". ''The Independent'' Lily Pearson included Turner's lip sync against Cynthia Lee Fontaine in her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Smalls
Naomi Smalls is the stage name of Davis M. Heppenstall (born September 8, 1993), an American drag queen and reality television personality, best known as one of the runners-up on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8), eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' as well as ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'' RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 4), season 4. Early life Heppenstall was born on September 8, 1993, in Fresno, California, and was later adopted in Redlands, California, Redlands. He has eight brothers and three sisters, many of whom were also adopted. Career The name Naomi Smalls comes from supermodel Naomi Campbell and rapper The Notorious B.I.G., Biggie Smalls. ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' Smalls was announced as one of twelve contestants for the eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' on February 1, 2016. At 21 years old, she was the season's youngest contestant. Smalls was in the bottom two in the fifth episode after she played Tiffany Pollard for the annual "Snatch Game" compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
