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Drag My Wedding

"Drag My Wedding" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2] It originally aired on April 21, 2014. The episode's main challenge tasks the contestants with giving drag makeovers to heterosexual grooms for on-stage weddings with their spouses. Spouses David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris are guest judges.

"Drag My Wedding"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 6
Episode 10
Presented byRuPaul
Featured music"Think" (1968) by Aretha Franklin
Original air dateApril 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)
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Bianca Del Rio wins the episode's mini-challenge and main challenge. Joslyn Fox is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync contest against Adore Delano to "Think" by Aretha Franklin.

Episode

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For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants are tasked with creating abstract paintings using their bodies in honor of same-sex marriage.[3] Bianca Del Rio wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the contestants are tasked with giving drag makeovers to heterosexual grooms for on-stage weddings with their partners.[4] Spouses David Burtka and Neil Patrick Harris are guest judges.[5] BenDeLaCreme and Bianca Del Rio receive positive critiques, and Bianca Del Rio wins the challenge. Adore Delano, Darienne Lake, and Joslyn Fox receive negative critiques, and Darienne Lake is deemed safe. Adore Delano and Joslyn Fox place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Think" (1968) by Aretha Franklin. Adore Delano wins the lip-sync and Joslyn Fox is eliminated from the competition.[6][7][8]

Production and broadcast

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Spouses David Burtka (left) and Neil Patrick Harris (right) are guest judges.

The episode originally aired on April 21, 2014.

Anneliese Cooper of Bustle said, "Wives sported some fly Marlene-Dietrich-circa- Morocco -style tuxes, and the gents were made up by our beloved contestants."[3] Joslyn Fox's groom was reluctant to get a makeover.[9]

Reception

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Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B-'.[10] Gregory Rosebrugh of IndieWire said it "was a bit of a dud compared to previous episodes".[11] Victor D. Infante of the Telegram & Gazette called the lip-sync contest "fierce".[12] Contrastingly, Jeremy Feist of Xtra Magazine said the lip-sync was "not a great performance".[13] Kevin O'Keeffe ranked the "Think" performance number 46 in INTO Magazine's 2018 "definitive ranking" of the show's lip-sync contests to date.[14] Sam Brooks ranked the performance number 127 in The Spinoff's 2019 "definitive ranking" of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date, writing: "Two young high energy queens are unfortunately given the task of lip-syncing to a soulful, high energy Aretha Franklin song. There are no survivors."[15]

References

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  1. ↑ Boulet, Ruth (April 22, 2014). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 episode 10 recap: Drag My Wedding". StayTuned Magazine. Retrieved May 13, 2026.
  2. ↑ Rezsnyak, Eric. ""RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 6, Episode 10: Drag My Wedding". City Newspaper. WXXI Public Broadcasting Council. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Neil Patrick Harris & David Burtka Are a Little Too Tame on 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Bustle. April 22, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  4. ↑ "You're Born Naked, and the Rest is Capitalism: The RuPaul's Drag Race Franchise's Effect on the Politics of Drag Artistry through the Dissemination of Gay Assimilationism | Deerfield: Journal of the CAS Writing Program". www.bu.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Biggest Celebrity Guest Judges Who've Appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race". People. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ Hiramine, Brie (April 22, 2014). "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 6 Episode 10: "Drag My Wedding"". Flavorwire. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  7. ↑ Ryan, Adrian (April 22, 2014). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 Episode 10 RuCap: Drag My Wedding!". The Stranger. ISSN 1935-9004. OCLC 27341179. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  8. ↑ Finnegan, Alan (April 25, 2014). "TV Recap: RuPaul's Drag Race 6, Ep 10". Gay Community News. National LGBT Federation. ISSN 0791-7163. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  9. ↑ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' opens doors for Worcester's Joslyn Fox". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved May 18, 2026. Brandon was resistant, expressing fear about how his fellow players would react.
  10. ↑ "RuPaul's Drag Race: "Drag My Wedding"". The A.V. Club. Paste Media Group. April 22, 2014. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
  11. ↑ Rosebrugh, Gregory (April 24, 2014). "Ranking the House Down: The Remaining Five Squirrel Friends of Rupaul's Drag Race, Season Six". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  12. ↑ Infante, Victor D. "'RuPaul's Drag Race' opens doors for Worcester's Joslyn Fox". Telegram & Gazette. USA Today Co. ISSN 1050-4184. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  13. ↑ "The Drag Race Ruview: Conscious Uncoupling". Xtra Magazine. Pink Triangle Press. April 23, 2014. ISSN 0829-3384. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  14. ↑ O'Keeffe, Kevin. "A Definitive Ranking of Every 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Lip Sync for Your Life". INTO Magazine. Archived from the original on August 8, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
  15. ↑ Brooks, Sam (October 3, 2019). "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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