The Daytona Wind
"The Daytona Wind" | |
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RuPaul's Drag Race episode | |
Episode no. | Season 14 Episode 7 |
Guest appearance | |
Ts Madison | |
"The Daytona Wind" is the seventh episode of the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on February 18, 2022. Ts Madison is a guest judge.
Lady Camden wins the episode's main challenge, which has contestants act in a 1980s-inspired soap opera. The parody is revisited in "The Daytona Wind 2" (season 15).
Episode
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For the episode's main challenge, the contestants act in a 1980s-inspired soap opera parody called "The Daytona Wind". Following are the contestants and their roles:
- Angeria Paris VanMicheals plays Maxine O'Hara
- Bosco plays Fancy Micheals
- Daya Betty plays Micheals Sister #1
- DeJa Skye plays Maggie O'Hara
- Jasmine Kennedie plays Hattie Ruth
- Jorgeous plays Sierra Micheals
- Kerri Colby plays Deandra Davenport
- Lady Camden plays Leona Micheals
- Willow Pill plays Micheals Sister #2
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Ts Madison is a guest judge. The runway category is "Chaps on the Runway". Bosco, Daya Betty, Jasmine Kennedie, Jorgeous, Lady Camden, and Willow Pill receive positive critiques. Daya Betty and Lady Camden are declared the top two contestants of the week and face off in a lip-sync to "One Way or Another" by Blondie for the win. After the lip-sync, Lady Camden is announced as the winner of the challenge. RuPaul then announces that no one is being eliminated from the competition this time.
Reception
[edit]Trae DeLellis of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating a 'A'.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ McCallion, Paul (2022-02-19). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: One Hand, One Fart". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 14 Episode 7 Review". Spill the Tea. 2022-02-20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "The Diamond Drag: Episode 7 The Daytona Wind of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". The Diamondback. 2022-02-23. Archived from the original on 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Everyone on RuPaul's Drag Race gets what they want in "The Daytona Wind"". The A.V. Club. 2022-02-19. Archived from the original on 2022-08-20. Retrieved 2024-03-26.