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'' premiered August 12, 2022 on VH1. This season featured a major retool of the spin-off, with nine celebrity contestants — concealed by drag personas — competing in a season-length

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tournament. RuPaul,

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returned as judges. The season was won by

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member AJ McLean (as "Poppy Love"), with

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("Chakra 7") and Mark Indelicato ("Thirsty von Trap") as runners-up, and Ali being voted as Miss Congeniality by the contestants.

Background

Unlike the first season, which featured self-contained competitions based on the format of the main series, season 2 of ''Secret Celebrity Drag Race'' featured a season-length lip-sync competition with celebrities concealed via drag personas (a la ''

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''), with the champion receiving $100,000 for a charity of their choice. In each episode, the queens each gave a lip sync performance for the judges and a studio audience. The bottom two queens competed in a Lip Sync for Your Life for a chance to be saved from elimination; the eliminated queen would then reveal their true identity at the end of the show. One exception to this format came in its seventh episode, where the top four additionally competed in the recurring "Snatch Game" challenge. Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and

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served as the "Queen Supremes", providing commentary for the series as well as assisting and mentoring the contestants. There were also special appearances by

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Contestants

Notes:

Contestant progress

Lip syncs

Legend:

Episodes

Episode 1: I'm Coming Out - First Time in Drag! (August 12)

Episode 2: Dance Your Padded Ass Off! (August 19)

Episode 3: Money, Honey (August 26)

Episode 4: Drag Duets (September 2)

The remaining queens were paired with Eureka!,

and

Episode 5: I Love the 90s (September 9)

Episode 6: RuPaul-A-Palooza! (September 16)

Episode 7: Yaaas Gaga (September 23)

Episode 8: Grande Finale (September 30)

The three Queen Supremes Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and

performed together RuPaul’s " Blame It on the Edit".

References

External links

Official site
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