"Halftime Headliners" is the fourth episode of the
sixth season of the American
reality competition
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television series ''
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
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'', which aired on online streaming service
Paramount+
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on July 8, 2021. The episode has contestants impersonate famous singers and musicians and
lip sync
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Audio for lip syncing is generated th ...
to a medley of
RuPaul
RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960; stylized as RuPaul) is an American drag queen, television personality, actor, musician, and model. Best known for producing, hosting, and judging the reality competition series '' RuPaul's Drag Race ...
songs, inspired by
Super Bowl's
Halftime Shows.
Jamal Sims
Jamal Sims is an American choreographer, executive producer, director.
Career
Since 2014, Sims has regularly appeared in '' RuPaul’s Drag Race'' as a choreographer and guest judge. His directorial debut, ''When the Beat Drops'', premiered on L ...
served as guest judges, alongside regular panelists RuPaul,
Michelle Visage
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and
Carson Kressley
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.
Episode
The ten remaining queens chose a singer or musician to impersonate in the "All Stars 6 Hall of Fame Half-Time Show", a tribute act in the form of a live medley of RuPaul’s songs. After rehearsing with
Jamal Sims
Jamal Sims is an American choreographer, executive producer, director.
Career
Since 2014, Sims has regularly appeared in '' RuPaul’s Drag Race'' as a choreographer and guest judge. His directorial debut, ''When the Beat Drops'', premiered on L ...
,
A'Keria C. Davenport performs as
Prince
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,
Eureka! as
Madonna,
Ginger Minj
Joshua Allen Eads, stage name Ginger Minj (born September 11, 1984), an American drag queen, actor, singer-songwriter, and reality television personality. After achieving recognition for placing as the runner-up on the seventh season of the real ...
as
Fergie,
Jan
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Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Numb ...
as
Lady Gaga
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,
Kylie Sonique Love
Kylie Sonique Love (born May 2, 1983), formerly known as Sonique, is an American Entertainer, singer, dancer, model and reality television personality. She rose to prominence as a contestant on the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' in 2010 ...
as
Steven Tyler
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,
Pandora Boxx
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as
Carol Channing
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,
Ra'Jah O'Hara
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as
Diana Ross
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,
Scarlet Envy
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as
Katy Perry
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,
Trinity K. Bonet
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as
Beyoncé and
Yara Sofia
Yara Sofia is the stage name of Gabriel Burgos Ortiz (born May 8, 1984), a Puerto Rican drag queen, professional make-up artist, and reality television personality.
She is most known for appearing on ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 3, where she ...
as
Shakira
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.
Runway
RuPaul introduces guest judges Sims, and reveals the theme for the runway: "The Frill of It All". Upon judgement, Kylie Sonique Love, Ra'Jah O'Hara, Scarlet Envy and Pandora Boxx are deemed safe. Eureka, Jan and Trinity K. Bonet receive positive feedback on their performances and runway looks, and Jan is announced as the winner of the challenge. A'Keria C. Davenport, Ginger Minj and Yara Sofia are all criticized for their performances, while their runway looks receive praise. Ginger Minj is declared safe from the bottom two. Due to the "RuMocracy System" adopted since the
fifth season, all the contestants are called to vote to decree the elimination of the week.
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
' Season 6
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, Episode 4. Paramount+
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After the vote Jan, the Top All-Star of the week, is called upon to challenge a lip sync assassin in a "Lip Sync for Your Legacy" to try to win a cash price of $20,000 and earn the power to eliminate a contestant at risk of elimination. The lip sync assassin is revealed to be
Jessica Wild
José David Sierra, better known as Jessica Wild (born June 10, 1980), is a Puerto Rican drag queen, professional make-up artist, and reality television personality, best known as a contestant on the second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''.
...
, a contestant from the
second season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
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''.
Jan and Jessica Wild
lip sync
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against each other to
Britney Spears
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' "
Womanizer
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". Jessica Wild wins the lip sync and reveals that the queens voted to eliminate Yara Sofia from the competition.
Results
Voting history
: The elimination was determined by the group's vote, for the Lip Sync Assassin won the Lip Sync for Your Legacy.
: The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
Production
Sims has appeared on ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
'' and ''All Stars'' several times. For ''Drag Race'', he was a guest judge and choreographer on the
eighth season's "
Bitch Perfect
"Bitch Perfect" is the second episode of the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8), eighth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. The episode's main challenge is a Rusical (musical threatre) inspired by ''Pitch Perfect (franchise), Pitch Perfect''. Ester Dean a ...
" (2016), the
twelfth season's "
Viva Drag Vegas" (2020), and the
thirteenth season's "
Condragulations" and "
Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" (2021). Additionally, he was solely guest choreographer on the
seventh season's "
Glamazonian Airways
"Glamazonian Airways" is the second episode of the seventh season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. The episode aired on March 9, 2015, and features a Rusical (musical theatre challenge). Olivia Newton-John and Jordin Sparks serve as guest judges, alon ...
" (2015), the twelfth season's "
Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" (2020), and the thirteenth season's "
Gettin' Lucky" (2021). On the sixth season of ''All Stars'', Sims was a guest choreographer on the finale "This Is Our Country".
Reception
Allison Shoemaker of ''
The A.V. Club
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'' praised the
Rusical
A Rusical (portmanteau of "RuPaul" and "musical") is a musical production on the television series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. The productions have been featured on the series since season 6, and have been described by Cordu Krubally of ''Screen Rant ...
for "Turn out uniformly solid performances".
See also
*
List of Super Bowl halftime shows
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*
List of Rusicals
References
External links
Halftime Headlinersat
IMDb
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