"Social Media Kings Into Queens" is the tenth episode of the tenth season of the American

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television series ''

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'', which aired on

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on May 24, 2018. The episode has contestants dress as butch men and promote a perfume called Trade for the mini challenge, and give a

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to a social media personality for the main challenge.

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and

Lizzo Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), known professionally as Lizzo, is an American singer, rapper, and flutist. Born in Detroit, Michigan, she moved to Houston, Texas with her family when she was 10 years old. After college she ...

serve as guest judges, alongside regular panelists RuPaul,

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, and

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Episode

The six remaining queens are asked by RuPaul to appear in a commercial that promotes RuPaul's perfume for men, titled Trade. Each queen is to dress as butch men and deliver comedic improvisations, and

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wins. As the winner of the mini challenge, Eureka is tasked by RuPaul to pair each contestant with six special guests for a make-over challenge. Aquaria gets paired with YouTube star Kingsley,

Asia O'Hara Antwan Mason Lee (born July 7, 1982), better known by the stage name Asia O'Hara, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the tenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race' ...

and

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, Eureka and

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Kameron Michaels Dane Young (born July 23, 1986), known professionally as Kameron Michaels, is an American drag performer who came to international attention after competing on the tenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race''. Originally from Columbia, Tennessee, ...

and

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Miz Cracker Miz Cracker (born April 19, 1984) is the stage name of Maxwell Elias Heller, an American drag queen and television personality. He is best known for placing fifth on the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and for being a runner-up on the fi ...

and

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, and

Monét X Change Monét X Change (born February 19, 1990), stage name of Kevin A. Bertin, is an American drag queen, singer, podcaster, and reality television personality. She is known for competing on the tenth season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race'' (2018), on whic ...

with

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. Additionally, each pair took part in a home-made music video to RuPaul's song "Charisma Uniqueness Nerve and Talent". RuPaul introduces the runway category, "Drag Family Resemblance". On the main stage, Asia and Eureka, alongside their drag daughters America O'Hara and Eufreaka, received positive reviews for their performances and make-overs, but were declared safe. Miz Cracker and her drag daughter Miz Cookie were commended for their performances, make-over, and chemistry, and were deemed the winners of the challenge. The bottom queens of the week were Aquaria, Kameron and Monet, who were criticized for not having a make-over resemblance to their drag daughters Capricia Corn, Kelly Michaels, and Short Change. Aquaria is declared safe, while Kameron and Monet lip-synced to "

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" by

. Kameron wins the lip-sync and Monet is eliminated from the competition.

Reception

In their review, Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers of ''

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'' rated the episode three out of five stars.

References

External links

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