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"Drag Race Vegas Live! Makeovers" is the thirteenth episode of the sixteenth season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the Drag Race (franchise), ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder (company), World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, ...
''. It originally aired on March 29, 2024.
Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Academy of Country Music Awards#Special awards, Ge ...
is a guest judge. The episode's main challenge has the final five contestants give makeovers to members of the
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of the Las Vegas variety show ''
RuPaul's Drag Race Live! RuPaul's Drag Race Live is a concert residency featuring several past competitors from the television series of the same name and its franchise. The performances are held every weeknight at the Flamingo Showroom and co-produced by Voss Event ...
''
Morphine Love Dion Morphine Love Dion, known out of drag as Michelle Orozco (born January 4, 1997), is an American drag performer best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career On ''Drag Race'', Morphine Love Dion was eliminated on the t ...
is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync against
Sapphira Cristál Sapphira Cristál (born September 27, 1988) is the stage name of O'Neill Nichol Haynes, an American drag performer who was both runner-up and Miss Congeniality on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is also a classically trained opera singer ...
to Ballerini's "
Miss Me More "Miss Me More" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini for her second studio album, '' Unapologetically'' (2017). Ballerini co-wrote the song with David Hodges and Brett McLaughlin. "Miss Me More" was released digitall ...
".


Episode

The final five contestants return to the Werk Room after
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's elimination in the previous episode. On a new day, the contestants find a ''Drag Race'' version of
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on the table.
RuPaul RuPaul Andre Charles (born November 17, 1960) is an American drag queen, television host, singer, producer, writer, and actor. He produces, hosts, and judges the reality competition series ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and has received List of awards ...
greets the group and reveals the main challenge: to give
makeover A makeover is a radical change in appearance. When the word is used to describe a change in human physical appearance, it may imply a change in clothing, haircut, or cosmetics. A personal makeover might also include weight loss, plastic surgery, ...
s to
Pit Crew Pitstop may refer to: * Pit stop, in motor racing, when the car stops in the pits for fuel and other consumables to be renewed or replenished * ''Pit Stop'' (1969 film), a movie directed by Jack Hill * ''Pit Stop'' (2013 film), a movie directed ...
dancers from Las Vegas variety show ''
RuPaul's Drag Race Live! RuPaul's Drag Race Live is a concert residency featuring several past competitors from the television series of the same name and its franchise. The performances are held every weeknight at the Flamingo Showroom and co-produced by Voss Event ...
'' The teams are determined randomly. RuPaul tasks each pair with creating choreography for a dance breakout to be held on the main stage. The pairs get acquainted and work on their looks and runway presentations. RuPaul visits the Werk Room and gets status update from each team. The pairs practice on the main stage, then make final preparations in the Werk Room.
Nymphia Wind Leo Tsao ( zh, 曹米駬; born July 23, 1995), known professionally as Nymphia Wind ( zh, 妮妃雅‧瘋), is a Taiwanese-American Drag (entertainment), drag performer and dressmaker. In 2024, Nymphia Wind was crowned the winner of RuPaul's Drag ...
shares about her lack of self-confidence. One of the Pit Crew members discusses his dance background and
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experience with
Plane Jane Plane Jane (born February 4, 1998) is the stage name of Andrew Vladimir Dunayevskiy, an American drag performer who competed on ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 16. Early life Dunayevskiy is the child of Russian Jewish immigrants. Dunayevskiy w ...
, who relates. On the main stage, RuPaul greets fellow judges
Michelle Visage Michelle Visage (born Michelle Lynn Shupack, September 20, 1968) is an American television personality, singer, broadcaster, producer, and actress. She gained recognition as a member of the dance-pop group Seduction (group), Seduction, who char ...
and
Ts Madison Madison Hinton, known professionally as Ts Madison, is an American entertainer and actress. With the reality show ''The Ts Madison Experience'', she became the first Black transgender woman to star in and act as executive producer of her own rea ...
as well as guest judge
Kelsea Ballerini Kelsea Nicole Ballerini (born September 12, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, she began having success in the 2010s, being honored with the Academy of Country Music Awards#Special awards, Ge ...
. The runway category is "Drag Family Resemblance". Q and Luna present monster-inspired outfits.
Morphine Love Dion Morphine Love Dion, known out of drag as Michelle Orozco (born January 4, 1997), is an American drag performer best known for competing on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Career On ''Drag Race'', Morphine Love Dion was eliminated on the t ...
and La Tina Love Dion have sparkly dresses that tear away to bodysuits. Nymphia Wind and Juanita Wind wear feathered bodysuits.
Sapphira Cristál Sapphira Cristál (born September 27, 1988) is the stage name of O'Neill Nichol Haynes, an American drag performer who was both runner-up and Miss Congeniality on season 16 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. She is also a classically trained opera singer ...
and Shakira Cristál wear orange, and Plane Jane and Lazi Susan wear yellow. The teams perform to RuPaul's song "Super Queen". The judges provide their critiques, then excuse the contestants from the stage during deliberations. Q, Nymphia Wind, and Plane Jane receive positive critiques, and Plane Jane is declared the winner. Morphine Love Dion and Sapphira Cristál place in the bottom and face off in a
lip-sync Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced , like the word ''sink'', despite the spelling of the participial forms ''synced'' and ''syncing''), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements ...
to Ballerini's "
Miss Me More "Miss Me More" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini for her second studio album, '' Unapologetically'' (2017). Ballerini co-wrote the song with David Hodges and Brett McLaughlin. "Miss Me More" was released digitall ...
" (2018). Sapphira Cristál wins the lip-sync and Morphine Love Dion is eliminated from the competition.


References

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