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''. It originally aired on January 8, 2021. Choreographer Jamal Sims is a guest judge. The episode, along with the season's seventh episode " Bossy Rossy RuBoot", earned production designer James McGowan and art director Gianna Costa a nomination in the Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series category at the

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Episode

The start of the episode reveals that Elliott with 2 Ts was voted out. The winning contestants from previous episode enter the Werk Room and are joined by Elliott with 2 Ts. For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants are tasked with showing two looks on the runway: Day Time Drama Mama and Night Time is the Right Time. For the main challenge, the contestants write, record, and perform verses to

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's song "Condragulations". On the runway, the category is "Lamé You Stay". Joining RuPaul and

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on the judging panel are

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and guest judge Jamal Sims. Elliott with 2 Ts,

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, Symone, and

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receive positive critiques.

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and

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receive negative critiques. Olivia Lux and Symone are the top two contestants of the week and will face off in a

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to " Break My Heart" by

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for the win. Symone is declared the winner.

Production

The original version of the song "Condragulations" appears on the studio album ''

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'' (2020). Sims has appeared on the show several times. He was a guest judge and choreographer on the eighth season's "

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" (2016), the twelfth season's "

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" (2020), and the thirteenth season's " Social Media: The Unverified Rusical" (2021). Additionally, he was solely guest choreographer on the seventh season's "

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" (2015), the twelfth season's " Madonna: The Unauthorized Rusical" (2020), and the thirteenth season's " Gettin' Lucky" (2021). On the sixth season (2021) of ''

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'', Sims was a guest judge and choreographer on " Halftime Headliners" and solely a guest choreographer on the finale "This Is Our Country".

Reception

Kate Kulzick of ''

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

References

External links

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