Dragracadabra

"Dragracadabra"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 11 Episode 10
Guest appearances
Katherine Langford Gina Rodriguez
Episode chronology

"Dragracadabra" is the tenth episode of the eleventh season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race.^[1][2][3] It originally aired on May 2, 2019. Katherine Langford and Gina Rodriguez are guest judges.

Episode

Katherine Langford (left) and Gina Rodriguez (right) are guest judges.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants play a game called "Balls to the Wall", where teams of two partner with a Pit Crew member to transfer as many balls to a basket, using different parts of their bodies. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo wins the mini-challenge.

For the main challenge, the contestants team up and perform a magic show in front of the judges and a live audience. Following are the teams:

• Team Da Black Magic: A'keria C. Davenport, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, and Yvie Oddly
• Team The Mighty Tucks: Brooke Lynn Hytes, Nina West, and Shuga Cain

Shuga Cain (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2022) is eliminated from the competition.

The runway category is "Caftan Realness". Katherine Langford and Gina Rodriguez are guest judges. Brooke Lynn Hytes and Nina West receive positive critiques, and Nina West wins the challenge. Shuga Cain, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo receive negative critiques, and Silky Nutmeg Ganache is deemed safe. Shuga Cain and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "No More Drama" (2001) by Mary J. Blige. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo wins the lip-sync and Shuga Cain is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode originally aired on May 2, 2019.

Reception

Kate Kulzick of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B-'.^[4]

References

1. Rogers, Matt (2019-05-02). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Practically Magic". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
2. "Racing With Haley: Dragracadabra - WERRRK.com". 2019-05-03. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
3. Jones, Charlie (2019-05-03). "RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 episode 10 review". PinkNews. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
4. "The queens turn illusions on a magical, but surprisingly rough RuPaul's Drag Race". The A.V. Club. 2019-05-03. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2024-03-22.