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franchise. Lewis stated the episode recaptured the unselfconscious fun of the earlier US series, showing that the contestants do not need to turn everything into a recognisable reality TV "moment". She highlighted an exchange from the episode between Lawrence and Bimini, where Bimini suggests
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were brought back into the Werk Room in animal costumes. Each returning contestant was asked to make a short pitch as to why they should be allowed to return. Then each of the remaining 7 contestants voted by writing in lipstick on a handmirror the name of who they were voting for.
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In response to the events during the runway critique, H&M sent Joe Black a cake with the inscription "Roses are red, violets are blue, we loved your fit, don't listen to Ru!, Love H&M.", along with a bunch of red roses, which arrived on
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Each group had to write and record their own versions of the song. MNEK was the vocal coach for each group. On the main stage, the judges watch the performances of both groups. The contestants performed a mixture of sung and rapped vocals.
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RuPaul declares United Kingdolls as the winners, and all of the members receive a RuPeter badge. They are then sent backstage while the Bananadrama members are critiqued. Sister Sister and
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and all of the contestants are sent home. The filming of the show continues 7 months later with 7 of the 8 original remaining contestants present. It was announced by RuPaul that
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received mixed critiques and were ultimately declared safe. Joe Black was praised for their runway look, but strongly criticised for their look in the Main Challenge:
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In the hiatus period of the show, the 12 contestants for the series documented their time during the lockdown, which was made into a stand-alone special called
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and had been removed from the remainder of the competition, but was given an open invitation to return for the third series.
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were made team captains and had to select members to form a Eurovision style group to perform the song "
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both did the same outfit of a bag of chips. This caused tension between the two backstage.
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was also criticised for their outfit being "too regional" and not up to the standard of
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wrote that the episode was responsible for breathing new life back into the
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was not included due to having eliminated themself from the competition.
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The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
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was forced to withdraw from the competition due to testing positive for
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style performance for the main challenge. There was no mini-challenge.
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The episode begins in the Werk Room after the self-elimination of
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The bottom two were Joe Black and Tia Kofi who lip-synced to "
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stated their challenge outfit could have been bought from
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served as a guest judge, alongside regular rotating judge
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RuPaul introduces guest judge MNEK and returning judge
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featuring a trio of clowns named Bing, Bang and Bong.
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of the American reality competition television series
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5th episode of the 2nd series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK
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The song was alluded to in the second episode of the
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Index

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
MNEK
Ian Masterson
RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2)
List of episodes
second series
UK version
RuPaul's Drag Race
BBC Three
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
COVID-19 pandemic
Veronica Green
COVID-19
Joe Black
Cherry Valentine
Asttina Mandella
Ginny Lemon
Eurovision
MNEK
Graham Norton
RuPaul
Michelle Visage

MNEK
Ginny Lemon
COVID-19 pandemic
Veronica Green
COVID-19
Joe Black
Cherry Valentine

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