RuPaul's Drag Race (season 8)
| RuPaul's Drag Race | |
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| Season 8 | |
| Broadcast from | March 7 (2016-03-07) – May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) |
| Judges |
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| Host(s) | RuPaul |
| Broadcaster | Logo TV |
| Competitors | 12 |
| Runtime | 45-60 minutes |
| Winner | |
| Bob the Drag Queen | |
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| Origin | New York, NY |
| Runner-up | |
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The eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 7, 2016. Returning judges include RuPaul and Michelle Visage, along with Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley, who shared judging responsibilities on an alternating basis. Twelve drag queens competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". The prizes for the winner are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000. The full list of contestants was revealed during the NewNowNext Awards on February 1, 2016.[1] The song "U Wear It Well" from RuPaul's album Butch Queen was featured in promotion for the show. On March 31, 2016, it was announced LogoTV renewed the show for a ninth season.[2] It was the last season to solely be played on Logo, as the show moved to VH1 for its ninth season, and RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Season 2 was broadcast simultaneously on VH1.
The theme song played during the runway segment every episode was "The Realness", and the song played during the closing credits was "Die Tomorrow", both songs from the album Realness.
The winner of the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Bob the Drag Queen, with Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls being the runners-up.
Cynthia Lee Fontaine returned on the ninth season as a surprise contestant to compete with the other 13 drag queens. She placed 10th overall.
Chi Chi DeVayne and Thorgy Thor competed on the third season of All Stars. Thorgy placed 10th and Chi Chi placed 8th overall.
Kim Chi competed on RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular on December 7, 2018.
Naomi Smalls is competing on the fourth season of All Stars on December 14, 2018.[3]
Contents
1 Contestants
2 Contestant progress
3 Lip-syncs
4 Guest judges
4.1 Special guests
5 Episodes
6 References
7 External links
Contestants
(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Name | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Bob the Drag Queen | Christopher Caldwell[4] | 29 | New York, New York | Winner |
Kim Chi | Sang-Young Shin[5][6] | 27 | Chicago, Illinois | Runner-up |
Naomi Smalls | Davis Heppenstall[7] | 21 | Redlands, California | |
Chi Chi DeVayne[a] | Zavion Davenport[8] | 29 | Shreveport, Louisiana | 4th Place |
Derrick Barry[9][10] | 32 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 5th Place | |
Thorgy Thor | Shane Galligan[11][12] | 31 | Brooklyn, New York | 6th Place |
Robbie Turner | Jeremy Baird[13] | 33 | Seattle, Washington | 7th Place |
Acid Betty | Jamin Ruhren[12] | 37 | Brooklyn, New York | 8th Place |
Naysha Lopez | Fabian Rodriguez[6] | 31 | Chicago, Illinois | 9th Place[b] |
Cynthia Lee Fontaine | Carlos Diaz[14] | 34 | Austin, Texas | 10th Place |
Dax ExclamationPoint | Dax Martin[15] | 31 | Savannah, Georgia | 11th/12th Place |
Laila McQueen | Tyler Devlin[16] | 22 | Gloucester, Massachusetts | |
^ Chi Chi Kat DeVayne is simply known as Chi Chi DeVayne on the show.
^ Naysha Lopez originally placed 12th before being asked back to the competition due to the double elimination.
Contestant progress
| Contestant | 1 [17] | 2 [18] | 3 [19] | 4 [20] | 5 [21] | 6 [22] | 7[23] | 8[24] | 9[25] | 10[26] |
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Bob the Drag Queen | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | BTM2 | SAFE | Winner |
Kim Chi | WIN | LOW | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | Runner-up |
Naomi Smalls | LOW | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | Runner-up |
Chi Chi DeVayne | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | BTM2 | SAFE | LOW | BTM2 | HIGH | ELIM | Guest |
Derrick Barry | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | LOW | HIGH | BTM2 | WIN | ELIM | Guest | |
Thorgy Thor | SAFE | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||
Robbie Turner | LOW | SAFE | BTM2 | WIN | LOW | ELIM | Guest | |||
Acid Betty | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Naysha Lopez | ELIM | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | ||||||
Cynthia Lee Fontaine | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Miss C | ||||||
Dax ExclamationPoint | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
Laila McQueen | BTM2 | ELIM | Guest | |||||||
The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
The contestants were the runners-up.
The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
The contestant won a challenge.
The contestant received positive judges' critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
The contestant received judges' critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
The contestant received negative judges' critiques but was ultimately declared safe.
The contestant was in the bottom two.
The contestant was eliminated.
The contestant returned as a guest for the finale episode.
Lip-syncs
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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| 1 | Laila McQueen | vs. | Naysha Lopez | "Applause" (Lady Gaga) | Naysha Lopez |
| 2 | Dax ExclamationPoint | vs. | Laila McQueen | "I Will Survive" (Gloria Gaynor) | Dax ExclamationPoint |
Laila McQueen | |||||
| 3 | Cynthia Lee Fontaine | vs. | Robbie Turner | "Mesmerized (Freemasons radio edit)" (Faith Evans) | Cynthia Lee Fontaine |
| 4 | Chi Chi DeVayne | vs. | Naysha Lopez | "Call Me" (Blondie) | Naysha Lopez |
| 5 | Acid Betty | vs. | Naomi Smalls | "Causing a Commotion" (Madonna) | Acid Betty |
| 6 | Derrick Barry | vs. | Robbie Turner | "I Love It" (Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX) | Robbie Turner |
| 7 | Chi Chi DeVayne | vs. | Thorgy Thor | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Holliday) | Thorgy Thor |
| 8 | Bob The Drag Queen | vs. | Derrick Barry | "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" (Sylvester) | Derrick Barry |
| 9 | Bob the Drag Queen vs. Chi Chi DeVayne vs. Kim Chi vs. Naomi Smalls | "The Realness" (RuPaul) | Chi Chi DeVayne | ||
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
The contestant was eliminated after final lipsync of the season.
Guest judges
Listed in chronological order:[27]
Nicole Richie, television personality
Ester Dean, singer/songwriter- Jamal Sims, choreographer
Lucian Piane, music producer
Faith Evans, singer
Tasha Smith, actress and comedian
Chris Stein, musician
Debbie Harry, singer
Chanel Iman, model
Gigi Hadid, model
Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
Todrick Hall, singer and internet personality
Thomas Roberts, journalist
Vivica A. Fox, actress
Amy Sedaris, comedian and actress
David Sedaris, writer
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 1:
BeBe Zahara Benet, winner of season 1
Tyra Sanchez, winner of season 2
Raja, winner of season 3
Sharon Needles, winner of season 4
Chad Michaels, runner-up of season 4, and winner of All Stars Season 1
Jinkx Monsoon, winner of Season 5
Violet Chachki, winner of Season 7
- Shannel, contestant on season 1 and All Stars season 1
Latrice Royale, contestant and Miss Congeniality of season 4, All Stars season 1, All Stars season 4.
Raven, runner-up of season 2 and All Stars season 1
Morgan McMichaels, contestant on season 2
Episode 2:
- AB Soto, musician
Episode 5:
Charo, musician and comedian
Episode 6:
- Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly journalist
- Cast of Little Women L.A.
Episode 7:
Andrew Christian, fashion designer
Episode 9:
- Jayson Whitmore, director
Bianca Del Rio, winner of season 6
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
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| 94 | 1 | "Keeping it 100!" | March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07) |
The 12 queens enter the work room of RuPaul's Drag Race, where they are met by RuPaul himself. The queens were asked by RuPaul to compete in two maxi-challenges; feature in a photo shoot alongside each winner of the competition from season one to then-current season 7 (alongside All Stars winner Chad Michaels), and re-create specific looks taken from previous seasons; these two challenges were to coincide with the series' 100th episode.[28] During the judges critiques, Acid Betty, Derrick Berry, and Kim Chi were deemed the best for their runway looks, with the latter contestant winning the challenge. Naomi Smalls was declared safe, whilst Laila McQueen, Naysha Lopez and Robbie Turner were criticized for their runway looks, though Turner received positive remarks for her photoshoot. Turner was declared safe from the bottom two, whilst Lopez and McQueen lip-synced against each other to Lady Gaga's "Applause"; McQueen won the lip-sync, while Lopez was sashayed away by RuPaul.[28]
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| 95 | 2 | "Bitch Perfect" | March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14) |
The 11 remaining queens were asked by RuPaul to compete in two lip-sync teams in the "Bitch Perfect" show, loosely based from the film Pitch Perfect; contestant Chi Chi DeVayne lead the team Shady Bitches, and Cynthia Lee Fontaine was the leader to Lady Bitches. The runway theme for the week was "Red Carpet Realness".[29] During the judges critiques, Acid Betty, Chi Chi DeVayne and Thorgy Thor were complimented for their performances and runway looks, with DeVayne winning the challenge overall. Dax ExclaimationPoint, Kim Chi and Laila McQueen were all criticized for their performances, though Chi received positive remarks on the runway. Kim Chi was declared safe from the bottom two, whilst ExclaimationPoint and McQueen lip-synced against each other to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". For the second time on RuPaul's Drag Race, RuPaul eliminated both contestants due to their poor performance, and announced that a previous drag queen would return to the show.[29]
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| 96 | 3 | "RuCo's Empire" | March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) |
The queens perform in a mini challenge where they must turn a judge's robe into a fashionable look. Naomi Smalls wins the mini challenge and becomes a team captain. Naysha Lopez returns after the double elimination and becomes the second team captain. The queens must act in two "episodes" of RuCo's Empire. The Runway theme of the week was "Roller Girl Realness". Naomi, Chi Chi, Kim, and Naysha are called safe. After the judge's critiques Bob wins the challenge despite negative reviews on her runway look. Thorgy, Acid Betty and Derrick are called safe. Robbie receives positive reviews for her runway but winds up in the bottom 2 with Cynthia, who was criticized for both her runway and performance in the challenge. Robbie lip syncs in roller skates while Cynthia lip syncs in heels. Robbie wins the lip sync and Cynthia is sent home. [19]
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| 97 | 4 | "New Wave Queens" | March 28, 2016 (2016-03-28) |
The queens have to sing live in ‘80s style New Wave girl bands.
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| 98 | 5 | "Supermodel Snatch Game" | April 4, 2016 (2016-04-04) |
The queens impersonate celebrities in a quick-witted TV game show, and dress in iconic Madonna looks for the runway. Bob wins as his portrayal of Carol Channing and Uzo Aduba. While the queens walked the runway, Derrick, KimChi, Naomi, and Thorgy all wore kimonos, causing the judges to criticize the look.
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| 99 | 6 | "Wizards of Drag" | April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) |
The queens give cast members of Little Women: LA drag makeovers in the style of The Wizard of Oz.
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| 100 | 7 | "Shady Politics" | April 18, 2016 (2016-04-18) |
The queens shoot shady presidential campaign ads, throwing their wigs in the ring to become the first drag president of the USA.
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| 101 | 8 | "RuPaul Book Ball" | April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) |
The queens compete in a pageant of book inspired couture, and perform a musical tribute to Jerri Blank from Strangers With Candy.
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| 102 | 9 | "The Realness" | May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02) |
The queens compete in their final challenge - starring in the music video for RuPaul's hit "The Realness."
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| 103 | 10 | "Grand Finale" | May 16, 2016 (2016-05-16) |
Wigs fly as the queens discuss the drama of the season. Plus, both "America's Next Drag Superstar" and "Miss Congeniality" are crowned.
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References
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