2022 season of the television series
Season of television series
RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Promotional poster for season two
Hosted by RuPaul Judges No. of contestants9 Winners Poppy Love (AJ McLean ) Runners-up Chakra 7 (Tatyana Ali ) Thirsty von Trap (Mark Indelicato )
No. of episodes8 Original network VH1 Original release August 12 (2022-08-12 ) – September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30 )
The second season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race 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 lip sync tournament. RuPaul , Michelle Visage , Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews returned as judges.
The season was won by Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean (as "Poppy Love"), with Tatyana Ali ("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 The Masked Singer ), with the champion receiving $100,000 for a charity of their choice.[1] [2] 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.[1] [2] All remaining queens revealed their identity at the beginning of the sixth episode.[3]
Brooke Lynn Hytes , Jujubee and Monét X Change served as the "Queen Supremes", providing commentary for the series as well as assisting and mentoring the contestants. There were also special appearances by Eureka , Gottmik , Katya , Morgan McMichaels , Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki .[4]
Contestants
Notes :
^ Chakra 7 was voted Miss Congeniality by their fellow contestants.
Contestant progress
Legend :
Poppy Love won RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2 .
Chakra 7 and Thirsty von Trap were the runners-up (RU).
Chakra 7 was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
Lip syncs
Legend :
The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.
The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
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! , Gottmik , Katya , Morgan McMichaels , Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki .
^ Eureka O'Hara is referred to as Eureka! on the show.
^ Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is referred to as Katya on the show.
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 Monét X Change performed together RuPaul's "Blame It on the Edit ".
References
^ a b Swift, Andy (July 18, 2022). "RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Returns to VH1 for Totally Revamped Second Season — Watch Trailer" . TVLine . Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022 .
^ a b "RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 2: See the First 5 Minutes of the Starry Premiere" . People . Retrieved September 14, 2022 .
^ Eakin, Marah. "RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Recap: Baby, We Made It" . variety.com . Retrieved December 29, 2023 .
^ Sim, Bernardo (July 18, 2022). "Meet the 9 Queens Appearing on Secret Celebrity Drag Race Season 2" . Pride.com . Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022 .
^ a b "I'm Coming Out! - First Time in Drag". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 1. August 12, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "Dance Your Padded Ass Off!". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 2. August 19, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "Money, Honey!". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 3. August 26, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "Drag Duets". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 4. September 2, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "I Love the 90s". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 5. September 9, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "RuPaul-a-palooza". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 6. September 16, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "Yaaas Gaga!". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 7. September 23, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ a b "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race . Season 2. Episode 8. September 30, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus .
^ Quinn, Dave (August 19, 2022). " 'RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race' Sends an Iconic '80s Pop Singer Packing — Find Out Who" . People . Archived from the original on August 20, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022 .
^ Quinn, Dave (August 26, 2022). " 'RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race' Judge Carson Kressley Gags as Former Costar Is Revealed" . People . Archived from the original on August 27, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 .
^ Quinn, Dave (September 2, 2022). " 'Glee' Alum Sparks Surprises During Latest 'RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race' Reveal" . People . Archived from the original on September 3, 2022. Retrieved September 2, 2022 .
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