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Some challenges deserve a Ru-turn, and others need to sashay away for good! Join us as we count down the "Drag Race" challenges we're dying to see make a comeback and the ones we'd be happy to never sit through again. Which iconic challenge format do you think deserves another shot at the crown? Let us know in the comments!
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00:00You need to create million-dollar looks using a bunch of junk from the 99-cent store.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo. And today, we're deciding which retired drag race challenges we want to
00:12see make a return, and which challenges already done had theirses. And no, the Everybody Loves
00:17Puppets mini-challenge will not be making an appearance. If you saw season 18, you know why.
00:22Ladykins, you are all rotten. But one of you... Actually, no, you are all equally rotten.
00:36Introduced in All Stars 2, the talent competition was a great addition. It was a chance for the
00:41queens to showcase their unique talents in a way that other maxi-challenges might not let them.
00:52The same parts. The same parts. The same parts. Queens brought some truly wild skills to the
01:04main stage as a result. Once it became a faithful part of every season, though, it became clear
01:08that there are only so many lip-syncs and goofy novelty numbers you can watch before the originality
01:13drains away. The talent show has become more about trying to game the system than showing
01:24the judges a unique talent. Lip-syncs stunt showcases start to run together after a while,
01:29and there's already a place for that in the competition. It's called The Bottom 2.
01:38Number 5. Comeback. Original Snatch Game.
01:41Hey, Ma. Lady Gaga's finally gone too far. Last week, she wore a dress made of blank.
01:47Boo! Who cares? I'm so sick and tired of hearing about that bitch. Hey, Ma's world.
01:54The Celebrity Impersonation Challenge has been one of the show's perennial favorites.
01:58In recent years, though, the Snatch Game has taken some detours.
02:01It started on All-Stars when the show introduced the Snatch Game of Love format,
02:05a parody of the dating game.
02:07I never liked you and Bobby together.
02:09Ha-ha! Then dropped my cigarette.
02:12My lord, if I was a car, RuPaul, I would be all the man that I need. Thank you, RuPaul.
02:19Thank you.
02:20Season 18 saw the first time a new format hit the main series.
02:23We're hoping that the Snatch Game of Love Island variation is not here to stay.
02:27Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold everything.
02:31Zane and Froy, can I come too?
02:36Oh my god.
02:37We thought you'd never ask.
02:39The original version is great because it gives the queens free reign to take jokes where they want,
02:43without the distraction of the dating show framework.
02:46RuPaul's fill-in-the-blank questions are harder to plan for,
02:48and Snatch Game should be sink or swim.
02:51Or she bangs him, which is exactly what I'd like to do to most of these women here on this
02:55panel.
02:57Except for this one down here, Miss Donatella, she looks like a skeleton made out of beef jerky.
03:04I love you, Justin Bieber.
03:06Number 4. Sashay Away.
03:08Rue Mix Challenge.
03:19Season 2 of All Stars introduced the challenge that tasked the contestants with writing and performing their own rap verses
03:25to RuPaul songs.
03:26It's understandable they'd keep bringing it back.
03:29Red You, Rote You is probably one of the best things to come out of a Drag Race Maxi Challenge.
03:33I'm a squashing hot mess in a skin-tight dress.
03:35That's a rash, not a herpes sore.
03:38Lemon in a squeeze.
03:39Dosayetsky in the sheets.
03:40Baby, are you ready for this cold war?
03:42However, the Ru Mix Maxi Challenge has made appearances in nearly every season since,
03:47often with diminishing returns.
03:49Frankly, we can only hear so many lyrics about snatching wigs and snatching crowns before it starts to feel repetitive.
03:55Drag is a crown to lock me up.
03:57I'm gonna wear my crown to scrub my stuff.
03:59This fight is for equality.
04:00We got a superpower, you and me.
04:03Seasons 17 and 18 ditched the Ru Mix altogether, and we'd be fine if the trend continued.
04:08Number 4. Come Back.
04:09Drag Movie Sequels.
04:11First days!
04:12How dare you!
04:14I was a dancer!
04:19I don't know what the hell you did in Vegas, but it sure wasn't dancing.
04:23Why do a remake when you can do a shequel?
04:26The Queens of All-Stars Season 2 breathed new life into several classics,
04:29appearing in parodic sequels to movies like Showgirls and Thelma and Louise.
04:33If it isn't that handsome Brad Pitt lookalike that stole all our money!
04:38What are you doing here, BJ?
04:40You come back to give us that money you stole from us, baby?
04:44With interest?
04:46Despite some choice moments from its first and only appearance,
04:49the Drag Movie Sequels Challenge has yet to make a return.
04:51It's a shame, because there are so many options.
04:54We want to see dragged-up, queen-centric sequels to Mean Girls,
04:57The Devil Wears Prada, or Valley of the Dolls.
04:59This one could be the gift that keeps on giving if they ever bring it back.
05:03Guess who's in a wheelchair now, Bland?
05:08Just kidding.
05:09You are!
05:11Baby JJ?
05:12You know I haven't been able to use my leg since the accident.
05:15Number three, Sashay Away, RDR Live.
05:19Sketch comedy's been done on Drag Race before,
05:21but the breezy, one-take live nature of RDR Live seemed like a welcome change to the challenge lineup.
05:26I'm Tangerine.
05:28And I'm Margarita.
05:29We've been best friends since middle school,
05:31when we lost our virginity to the same guy.
05:35Different nights.
05:36But it was all backdoor stuff, so it doesn't really count.
05:40First appearing on All-Stars 8, it made a pretty successful jump to the main series for season 16.
05:45Since then, its zany and fast-paced mini-variety show format has only worn thin.
05:50Do you feel like you've been overlooked in queer history?
05:54Oh, God, yes!
05:56All folks want to talk about is who threw me.
06:00But what about me?
06:03Seasons 17 and 18 saw less successful attempts.
06:06The big problem with the sketches here is the writing.
06:08There's an art to this kind of comedy,
06:10and even the most talented queens can't make some of these clumsy jokes land.
06:14First things first, your proportions are fine,
06:18but you gotta stop relying on that body.
06:22I'm dressed like my idol, Mizzuana.
06:26Number 3.
06:26Come Back.
06:27Music Video Challenge.
06:28During the first eight seasons,
06:30Drag Race finalists were put through one final trial.
06:33This last challenge would have them appearing alongside RuPaul
06:36in the music video for her latest single.
06:44It was shoved aside for the lip-sync smackdown for The Crown
06:47and the RuMix Challenge later on,
06:49but it's time for the music video to make a comeback.
06:51They would prove themselves in several areas,
06:54including lip-syncing, posing, acting, and dancing.
07:03It was like the great equalizer,
07:05highlighting different queens' varying strengths
07:07and helping make the case for who and who would not make it to the finals.
07:10The realness, not the realness.
07:14Catchy, patchy, touchy, touchy flavor of this fever.
07:17Number 2.
07:18Sashay Away.
07:19Lip-sync Lollapurusa Smackdown.
07:21Every season, the queens compete in a bracket-style lip-sync tournament.
07:25I'm going crazy just to let you know
07:29I'm going crazy just to let you know
07:30I'm going crazy for you
07:31I'm the last one, baby
07:33I've been around, I'm locking up tonight
07:36The lip-sync Lollapurusa has served very different purposes over the years.
07:41Sometimes, the winner receives a separate cash prize.
07:43Other times, the loser of the competition goes home.
07:46It's even been a way for Eliminated Queens to win re-entry into the season.
07:50Latrice Royale, shantay you stay.
07:59Latrice Royale is back in the game!
08:02Welcome back to the competition.
08:04The Lollapurusa has given us some great moments,
08:06but the inconsistency and the choice of songs often leaves viewers wanting.
08:11Lackluster smackdowns in recent years might be a sign that the formula has run stale
08:15and might need to go on the shelf for a while.
08:26Number two, come back.
08:28Makeover challenge with the other queens.
08:30This is a makeover challenge, and I have been paired with a Scottish caveman.
08:36That's right, each of you needs to turn your partner into your drag doppelganger.
08:41How a queen paints her face is very personal.
08:43When the queens aren't making over strangers, members of the crew, or family members,
08:48they're sometimes paired with each other.
08:50Watching them put their faces on another queen could be an emotional rollercoaster,
08:54or it could be a hilarious disaster.
08:56Tina!
08:59What did you learn from Rosé?
09:01I learned that even after you take a dress in, you still have to add shoulder pads
09:06so she can get these beautiful line back her shoulders.
09:09Season 7 probably had the best version of this challenge.
09:12The queens were asked to make over an eliminated contestant who would be welcomed back into
09:16the competition if their partner won.
09:18Whatever the stakes, it is easily one of the most entertaining challenges ever featured on
09:23the show.
09:23We're doing this weird routine where she's just pissing me off and she won't cooperate.
09:30I'm taking every single opportunity to reach for the joke.
09:33I need to show the judges that they made a mistake when they cut me the first time.
09:36Number 1.
09:37Sashay Away.
09:38Makeover Challenge.
09:39We're not sure what RuPaul means by drag family resemblance, and at this point, we're
09:43too annoyed to ask.
09:44You know, Michelle's going to be looking for a family resemblance.
09:47She doesn't really take to these highfalutin concepts too much.
09:52Well, I think what's good is that the preppy girls are mean.
09:55The punk girls are mean.
09:56So it's like we have the same face, but like the opposite aesthetic.
10:00Near the end of a season, queens will be tasked with turning another drag newbie into their
10:04drag daughter.
10:05While we've gotten some absolute gold over the years, if season 18 proved anything, it's
10:10that this challenge is the one that's in desperate need of a makeover.
10:13You know I'm going to tell you I'm not getting family resemblance.
10:16The style of the dress is different.
10:19The jewelry is different.
10:21You have to give us something that would make us believe that you're related apart from
10:25the same hair color.
10:26From inconsistent criteria to wonky judging, this one has been on the chopping block for
10:31a long time.
10:32No more makeover challenges until we figure out what's going on.
10:35I thought you kids did a really cute job in family resemblance.
10:40What could have been a little bit stronger was the fun on the stage.
10:43I felt like you were both doing something separate, and you needed to have that chemistry
10:47to keep you together.
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11:13Influence.
11:18You need to create million-dollar looks using a bunch of junk from the 99-cent store.
11:26Now, you can use your own hair, heels, and undergarments, but everything else that meets
11:31the eye should be bargain-bin-beautiful.
11:36These days, drag race is a major investment.
11:38Constantly raising the bar for fashions, the queens spend thousands on their runway packages.
11:43But there's something to be said for good old-fashioned drag ingenuity.
11:46The drag-on-a-dime challenge appeared in the very first episode ever, and it really needs
11:51to make a comeback.
11:52I've got headpieces and headdresses and 16 pairs of shoes, 22 outfits, things with Versace
11:58buckles on them.
11:59And our challenge is create a fabulous outfit from some of the ugliest, tackiest, most horrible
12:07thrift store clothing that...
12:09It forces the queens to design looks based on what they can find and where their own
12:13skills lie.
12:13Anyone can throw on a beautifully designed garment.
12:16Not everyone can make one.
12:18It demonstrates taste level like no other design challenge can.
12:21I am serving queen of hearts, queen of cards, queen of structure, queen of...
12:26Bitch, is that hair made out of plastic?
12:28It is!
12:30Hashtag stunning.
12:31Which drag race challenges need to make their grand return?
12:34Tell us in the comments.
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