Pop! Goes the Queens

"Pop! Goes the Queens"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 13 Episode 11
Episode chronology

"Pop! Goes the Queen" is the eleventh episode of the thirteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2]

Episode

Kandy Muse (pictured in 2022) wins the episode's mini-challenge.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants play a trivia game with the Pit Crew called, "Are You Smarter Than the Pit Crew". Kandy Muse wins the mini-challenge.

Tina Burner is eliminated from the competition in the episode.

For the main challenge, the contestants create, market, and film a commercial for an original soft drink.

• Gottmik – Gottmik's GotSexxx Sex Juice
• Kandy Muse – The K Special
• Olivia Lux – Liv(e)
• Rosé – RoseAid
• Symone – Sweet Toof[3]
• Tina Burner – Burnin' Up
• Utica Queen – Utican

On the runway, the category is "Beast Couture". In addition to RuPaul and Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews are judges.

Kandy Muse, Rosé, and Symone receive positive critiques, and Rosé and Symone win the challenge. Gottmik, Olivia Lux, Tina Burner, and Utica Queen receive negative critiques, are Gottmik and Olivia Lux are deemed safe. Tina Burner and Utica Queen place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas. Tina Burner is eliminated from the competition.

Production

Contestant Kahmora Hall shared on social media what she would have worn for the runway had she still been in the competition.[4]

Reception

Kate Kulzick of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B'.[5] The website Jezebel said Symone's soda "hilariously [encapsulated her] dry wit and undeniable sex appeal without taking her whole schtick too seriously".[6]

References

1. McCallion, Paul (March 19, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: LLC Queens". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 20, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
2. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 13, Episode 11 recap: Brand strategy | Xtra Magazine". March 19, 2021. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
3. Sim, Bernardo (September 23, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Symone To Star In Billy Eichner's 'Bros' Rom-Com". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on September 26, 2021. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
4. "See eliminated 'Drag Race' season 13 queens' looks that didn't make the runway". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
5. "Drag Race focuses on its endgame with another questionable elimination". The A.V. Club. March 20, 2021. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
6. Alford, Emily (March 22, 2021). "Burner? I Hardly Know Her". Jezebel. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2024.