"Blame It on the Edit" is the fourteenth episode of the fifteenth season of ''

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''.

Episode

The episode's main challenge has contestants perform in a space-themed

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's song "Blame It on the Edit", a song from

's fourteenth studio album ''Mamaru'' (2022). The contestants write their own verses and learn choreography by Miguel Zarate. The contestants also have a

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lunch with RuPaul and

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. In addition to RuPaul, the judges are Visage and

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is declared the winner of the challenge.

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is deemed safe, placing

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and

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in the bottom. The two face off in a

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to "

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", but neither is eliminated from the competition.

Reception

Trae DeLellis of ''

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'' gave the episode a rating a 'B'. Charlie Ducan of ''

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'' opined, "The verses are surprisingly original for the umpteenth cast version of a Ru song in the past few years, and though an otherwise frontrunner stumbles in her offering, the music video is sickening." Production designer Gianna Costa received an

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nomination for the episode.

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