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The sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing February 24, 2014. Like the fifth season, the season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar". For the first time in the show's history, the season premiere was split into two episodes; the fourteen queens are split into two groups and the seven queens into each group compete against each other before being united as one group for the third episode.

Santino Rice and Michelle Visage are back as judges at the panel. Two new pit crew members, Miles Moody and Simon Sherry-Wood, joined Jason Carter and Shawn Morales.[1] The winner of this season won a prize package that included a supply from Colorevolution Cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.[2] This was also the first season where Absolut Vodka and Interior Illusions, Inc. were not sponsors for the show, more specifically for the Untucked episodes. The Interior Illusions Lounge is now simply known as the Silver Lounge or FormDecor Lounge. The theme song played during the runway segment every episode was "Sissy That Walk" while the song playing during the credits is "Dance With U", both from the album Born Naked.

The winner of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Bianca Del Rio, with Adore Delano and Courtney Act being the runners-up.

Adore Delano competed on the second season of All Stars. She quit the competition and placed 9th overall.

BenDeLaCreme and Milk are competing on the third season of All Stars.

Courtney Act went on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother 21 in the UK.

Contestants

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)

Contestant Name Age Hometown Outcome
Bianca Del Rio Roy Haylock 37 New York, New York Winner
Adore Delano Danny Noriega 23 Azusa, California Runner-up
Courtney Act Shane Jenek 31 West Hollywood, California
Darienne Lake[a] Greg Meyer 41 Rochester, New York 4th Place
BenDeLaCreme[b] Benjamin Putnam 31 Seattle, Washington 5th Place
Joslyn Fox Patrick Joslyn[3] 26 Worcester, Massachusetts 6th Place
Trinity K. Bonet[c] Joshua Jones 22 Atlanta, Georgia 7th Place
Laganja Estranja Jay Jackson 24 Van Nuys, California 8th Place
Milk Dan Donigan[4] 25 New York, New York 9th Place
Gia Gunn Gia Ichikawa[d] 23 Chicago, Illinois 10th Place
April Carrión Jason Carrión 24 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 11th Place
Vivacious 40 New York, New York 12th Place
Magnolia Crawford Reynolds Engelhart[5] 28 Seattle, Washington 13/14th Place[e]
Kelly Mantle Kelly Mantle 36 Los Angeles, California
  1. ^ Miss Darienne Lake is simply known as Darienne Lake or sometimes Miss Darienne on the show.
  2. ^ BenDeLaCreme is often referred to as DeLa or BenDeLa on the show.
  3. ^ Trinity Kardashian Bonet is known as Trinity K. Bonet on the show.
  4. ^ Gia legally changed her name following her gender transition.
  5. ^ Kelly Mantle and Magnolia Crawford competed on separate episodes and therefore, both were the first to go home, but neither was in a higher place than the other.

Contestant progress

Contestant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
Bianca Del Rio WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE Winner
Adore Delano SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE BTM2 BTM2 WIN SAFE Runner-up
Courtney Act SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE Runner-up
Darienne Lake BTM2 WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM2 ELIM Guest
BenDeLaCreme WIN SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Miss C
Joslyn Fox SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE ELIM Guest
Trinity K. Bonet SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE BTM2 SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Laganja Estranja SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM2 SAFE WIN ELIM Guest
Milk SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Gia Gunn SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
April Carrión SAFE BTM2 ELIM Guest
Vivacious BTM2 ELIM Guest
Magnolia Crawford ELIM Guest
Kelly Mantle ELIM Guest
  The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race.
  The contestants were the runners-up.
  The contestant was voted Miss Congeniality by viewers.
  The contestant won a challenge.
  The contestant received judges critiques and was ultimately chosen to be safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant returned as a guest for the finale episode.

Lip-syncs

Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1 Kelly Mantle vs. Vivacious "Express Yourself"
(Madonna) 		Kelly Mantle
2 Darienne Lake vs. Magnolia Crawford "Turn The Beat Around"
(Vicki Sue Robinson) 		Magnolia Crawford
3 April Carrión vs. Vivacious "Shake It Up"
(Selena Gomez) 		Vivacious
4 April Carrión vs. Trinity K. Bonet "I'm Every Woman"
(Chaka Khan) 		April Carrión
5 Gia Gunn vs. Laganja Estranja "Head to Toe"
(Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam) 		Gia Gunn
6 Milk vs. Trinity K. Bonet "Whatta Man"
(Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue) 		Milk
7 BenDeLaCreme vs. Darienne Lake "Point of No Return"
(Exposé) 		None
8 Joslyn Fox vs. Laganja Estranja "Stupid Girls"
(Pink) 		Laganja Estranja
9 Adore Delano vs. Trinity K. Bonet "Vibeology"
(Paula Abdul) 		Trinity K. Bonet
10 Adore Delano vs. Joslyn Fox "Think"
(Aretha Franklin) 		Joslyn Fox
11 BenDeLaCreme vs. Darienne Lake "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
(Kelly Clarkson) 		BenDeLaCreme
12 All remaining contestants:
Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake 		"Sissy That Walk"
(RuPaul) 		Darienne Lake
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after final lip sync of the season.

Guest Judges

(In alphabetical order by stage name and/or last name)[2]

Additional guest appearances this season include

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
66Template:Ancor1"RuPaul's Big Opening"February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)[a]
67Template:Ancor2"RuPaul's Big Opening Part 2"March 3, 2014 (2014-03-03)
68Template:Ancor3"Scream Queens"March 10, 2014 (2014-03-10)
69Template:Ancor4"Shade: The Rusical"March 17, 2014 (2014-03-17)
70Template:Ancor5"Snatch Game"March 24, 2014 (2014-03-24)
71Template:Ancor6"Oh No She Betta Don't!"March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)
72Template:Ancor7"Glamazon by Colorevolution"April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
73Template:Ancor8"Drag Queens of Comedy"April 7, 2014 (2014-04-07)
74Template:Ancor9"Drag Queens of Talk"April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)
75Template:Ancor10"Drag My Wedding"April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
76Template:Ancor11"Glitter Ball"April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)
77Template:Ancor12"Sissy That Walk!"May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)
78Template:Ancor13"Countdown To The Crown"May 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)
79Template:Ancor14"The Finale"May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)

Controversy

After use of the term "Shemale" in the "Female or She-male?" challenge of episode 4 led to complaints over transphobic slang, Logo temporarily removed the episode from all platforms and will no longer use "You've got she-mail" as the mini-challenge intro.[6] Episode 4 was eventually put back up on streaming services with the "Female or She-Male?" mini-challenge segment removed.

Soundtrack

In this season the theme song for the series remains unchanged from the original season, only being condensed to a shorter length to allow for more show time.[citation needed] As in previous seasons, while RuPaul enters walking the runway before the judging each episode his song "Cover Girl" plays; an instrumental version of the song continues to play while he introduces the judges and celebrity guests. The main musical change-up of the season comes during the runway while each contestant struts, modeling their looks. As in each previous season the song changes to promote more album and/or single sales for RuPaul. The song this season played during the segment is "Sissy That Walk", from RuPaul's album Born Naked. Also from the album "Dance with U" plays at the end of each episode while the remaining queens dance on the runway, exiting the stage.

Born Naked essentially serves as a soundtrack for the season. Its release coincided with the season premiere, primarily for promotional reasons.[citation needed] However, in the time just after Logo's release of the season 6 "Meet the Queens" interviews, which announced and introduced the season's cast, an album entitled The CoverGurlz was released digitally presented by RuPaul, meant to promote the upcoming season.[citation needed] The single "Oh No She Better Don't" was also released during the season.

"Oh No She Better Don't"

"RuPaul's Drag Race season 6"
Song
Further information: RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6) § Episode Six: Oh No She Betta Don't!

Following the airing of episode six, RuPaul & DJ ShyBoy released the single "Oh No She Better Don't," along with its music video made during the episode's main challenge, online. The song and video feature RuPaul and all of the queens still standing as of episode six.

Background

In episode six, the cast was broken up to form two rap groups. Darienne Lake won the mini challenge, so she was given the ability to choose four contestants to form her group. For her own group she chose Laganja Estranja, Bianca Del Rio, and Adore Delano and Courtney Act as they appeared on "American Idol" and "Australian Idol" respectively. Leaving BenDeLaCreme, Joslyn Fox, Milk, and Trinity K. Bonet to form the opposing group. Darienne, Laganja, Bianca, Adore, and Courtney formed the group "The Panty Hos." BenDeLaCreme, Joslyn, Milk, and Trinity named their group "Ru-Tang Clan," a play on words referencing the Wu-Tang Clan. For the challenge, BenDeLaCreme took on the stage name "Creminem" after rapper Eminem. The queens were directed by guest judges Eve and Trina.

It was announced in the episode that DJ ShyBoy would produce the song. The queens were responsible for writing their own lyrics. Though the queens filmed their music video for the episode, their vocals were recorded in an unknown studio off camera. RuPaul's part in the song was co-written by DJ ShyBoy (Jason Arnold) and Mark Nubar. RuPaul and ShyBoy recorded their vocals at The Spaceman Agency in Hollywood, CA with co-producer Mark Nubar.[7][8]

Music video

The music video was filmed and produced during the episode. It was at least partially directed by female rappers Eve and Trina as they advised the queens during the filming.[7] However the video was primarily directed and produced by World of Wonder, the same company that produces "Rupaul's Drag Race". The video was released to YouTube on World of Wonder's account on April 2, 2014, two days after the single's release,[9] but was aired on Logo during the episode before the episode's judging portion.[7]

Release and track listing

On March 31, 2014, the song became available on iTunes.[10]

  • iTunes single
  1. "Oh No She Better Don't" (featuring The Cast of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6) – 2:42

RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz

Untitled

RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz is a 2014 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 6 cast of his show RuPaul's Drag Race. The album was released on January 28, 2014.[11][12] The album was only released digitally to iTunes and Amazon.[11][13]

Background

Although previous winners and top-three contestants have been given the chance to collaborate with RuPaul either on a song[a] or by performing in one of the artist's music videos, respectively, this album marks the first time in RuPaul's Drag Race history that an album has been produced which features every contestant from the season.

The compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the RuPaul's Drag Race season 6 contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums Champion and Glamazon, as well as his extended play SuperGlam DQ, and the 2013 non-album single "Lick It Lollipop". The album also features an outtake from Champion entitled "Let's Turn the Night", reproduced with new vocals by Jason Carter and Miles Davis Moody of the RuPaul's Drag Race pit crew. April Carrión's cover of "Sexy Drag Queen" also features Jipsta from the original version of the song.[b][13]

As promotion for both the season's contestants and the, then, upcoming season, each contestant is also featured in a short music video for their cover ending with a montage of clips from their respective audition tapes.[14] World of Wonder also produced a music video for the pit crew's song "Let's Turn the Night",[15] which also promoted RuPaul's, then, recently released fragrance Glamazon, released as part of a limited edition make-up line with Colorevolution Cosmetics.[16]

Release history

Before the compilation's release, RuPaul confirmed on Twitter that a new album, in which each of the Season 6 contestants covered a song from his catalog, would be coming out.[citation needed]

Reception

The week of release the compilation album debuted at number 6 on the iTunes Dance album chart.[17]

Track listing

(All writing credits adapted from the liner notes of the albums the songs originally appeared.)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Let's Turn the Night" (featuring The Pit Crew)
3:40
2."Ladyboy" (featuring Gia Gunn)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
2:33
3."Tranny Chaser" (featuring Joslyn Fox)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:56
4."I Bring the Beat" (featuring Vivacious)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:22
5."Superstar" (featuring Adore Delano)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:29
6."Click Clack (Make Dat Money)" (featuring Bianca Del Rio)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:09
7."Destiny Is Mine" (featuring Milk)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
2:58
8."Devil Made Me Do It" (featuring BenDeLaCreme)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
2:59
9."Lick It Lollipop" (featuring Darienne Lake)
3:13
10."Glamazon" (featuring Magnolia Crawford)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
4:02
11."Main Event" (featuring Kelly Mantle)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
2:52
12."Champion" (featuring Courtney Act)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:27
13."Jealous of My Boogie" (featuring Laganja Estranja)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:06
14."Cover Girl" (featuring Trinity K. Bonet)
  • RuPaul Charles
  • Lucian Piane
3:01
15."Sexy Drag Queen" (featuring April Carrión with Jipsta)
  • RuPaul Charles
3:40
Total length:49:27

Notes

  1. ^ A preview of the first episode was unveiled on February 17, showing all but the lipsync.

References

  1. ^ Lambe, Stacy (February 19, 2014). "Meet RuPaul's Drag Race's New, Bulgier Pit Crew". out.com, Popnography. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Shumaker, Jason; Jake Slane (January 13, 2014). ""LET THE TRANSFORMATIONS BEGIN!..."RUPAULS DRAG RACE" RETURNS TO LOGO TV FOR A SIXTH SEASON ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH AT 9 PM ET/PT". Logo Press Room. Logo. Retrieved January 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Biography". Joslyn Fox official site. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  4. ^ Avery, Dan (January 19, 2017). "Milk Out Of Drag—And Out Of His Clothes". Logo. Archived from the original on May 4, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "My Interview with the Former Magnolia Crawford, Reynolds Engelhart - The WOW Report". 4 June 2015.
  6. ^ Nichols, James (April 14, 2014). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' to Refrain from Using 'Transphobic Slur' in Wake of Controversy". Retrieved April 14, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "RuPaul's Drag Race Episode 6 Season 6". World of Wonder, LogoOnline, Viacom International Inc. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  8. ^ "American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers - ACE Database".
  9. ^ "RuPaul's "Oh No She Better Don't" Official Music Video feat. The Cast of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6". World of Wonder & YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  10. ^ "Oh No She Better Don't (feat. The Cast of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 6) - Single by RuPaul on Apple Music". iTunes.
  11. ^ a b "RuPaul Presents the CoverGurlz by RuPaul on Apple Music". iTunes.
  12. ^ Avery, Dan (January 21, 2014). ""LET THE TRANSFORMATIONS BEGIN!...Drag Race Season 6 Girls Pay Homage To RuPaul With "Covergurlz" Cover Album: LISTEN". NewNowNext.com. NewNowNext. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  13. ^ a b https://www.amazon.com/RuPaul-Presents-The-CoverGurlz-Rupaul/dp/B00HWSHNOO
  14. ^ "RuPaul Presents The CoverGurlz". homorazzi.com. homorazzi.com. January 30, 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  15. ^ "RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz - The Pit Crew "Lets Turn The Night" Music Video". World of Wonder & YouTube. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  16. ^ "RuPaul's "Glamazon" Limited Edition Makeup and Fragrance Available Now!". World of Wonder. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  17. ^ "RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz Album Debuts #6 on iTunes Dance Chart". World of Wonder. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
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