"Spoof! (There It Is)" is the fourth episode of the seventh season of ''

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''. It originally aired on March 23, 2015.

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and

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are guest judges.

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wins the episode's challenge, and

Trixie Mattel Brian Michael Firkus (born August 23, 1989), better known by the stage name Trixie Mattel, is an American drag queen, television personality, makeup entrepreneur, DJ and singer-songwriter originally from Silver Cliff, Wisconsin, Silver Cliff, Ma ...

is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a

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against

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Episode

For the episode's main challenge, the contestants team up to create music video parodies to songs by RuPaul. * "Team Get Ready to Clock" (spoof of "Sissy That Walk"):

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, and

Violet Chachki Violet Chachki is the stage name of Paul Jason Dardo (born June 13, 1992), an American drag queen, burlesque/Aerial dance, aerial Performing arts, performer, Content creation, content creator, model, and Music artist (occupation), recording arti ...

* Team I Got Paid (spoof of "Let the Music Play"):

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, Kandy Ho,

, and Mrs. Kasha Davis * Team Tan With U (spoof of "Dance with U"):

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, and

On the runway, the category is "Green". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Ross Mathews is a judge and

and

are guest judges. Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Katya, and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, and Kennedy Davenport wins the challenge. Kando Ho, Pearl, and Trixie Mattel receive negative critiques, and Kando Ho is deemed safe. Pearl and Trixie Mattel place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to " Dreaming" by Blondie. Trixie Mattel is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode originally aired on March 23, 2015. Piane had previously been a guest judge on the fourth season's "Frenemies" and appeared in the fifth season's "Can I Get an Amen?" He was also a guest judge on the sixth season's " Shade: The Rusical" and the seventh season's ninth episode "

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". Piane would later serve as a guest judge on the eighth season's second (" Bitch Perfect") and fourth (" New Wave Queens") episodes.

Reception

Oliver Sava of ''

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'' gave the episode a rating of 'B+'.

References

External links

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