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''. It originally aired on March 26, 2021.

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is a guest judge. The episode's main challenge has the remaining contestants

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former contestants who were named Miss Congeniality:

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, and Valentina.

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wins the main challenge, and

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is eliminated from the competition.

Episode

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants pair up and star in a live

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tutorial on how to take a glamorous selfie.

and

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win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will perform a

of three previous Miss Congenialities:

, and Valentina. In addition to

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and

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is a judge and

is a guest judge. On the runway,

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, Kandy Muse, and Rosé receive positive critiques. Kandy Muse is declared the winner of the challenge.

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, Symone, and

receive negative critiques, with Olivia Lux being deemed safe. Symone and Utica Queen place in the bottom and face off in a

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to "

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" (2018) by

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. Utica Queen is eliminated from the competition.

Production

Love was also a guest judge on the season's fourth ("

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"), sixth ("

Disco-mentary "Disco-mentary" is the sixth episode of the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 13), thirteenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. It originally aired on February 5, 2021. Loni Love is a guest judge. Olivia Lux wins the episode's main challenge, and Tamis ...

"), and tenth ("

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") episodes, as well as the fourteenth season's fourth episode ("She's a Super Tease").

Reception

In ''

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s 2022 overview of the show's ten "most shocking" comedy roast performances, Jim Elauria said Utica Queen's roast was "littered with eyebrow-raising and controversial jokes". Utica Queen apologized for some of her comments about weight.

References

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