One Night Only, Part 2

"One Night Only, Part 2"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 15 Episode 2
Episode chronology

"One Night Only, Part 2" is the second episode of the fifteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.^[1] It originally aired on January 6, 2023.

Episode

Ariana Grande is a guest judge.

Irene Dubois (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2023) is eliminated from the competition.

For the episode's main challenge, the contestants must perform in the "One Night Only" talent show, and also choreograph and perform an ensemble entrance number. Following is a list of the contestants and their acts:

• Amethyst – comedy lipsync
• Anetra – original song lip-sync and taekwondo^[2]
• Aura Mayari – hip-hop dance routine
• Irene Dubois – stand-up comedy
• Jax – lipsync and gymnastics
• Loosey LaDuca – live singing
• Luxx Noir London – original song lip-sync
• Malaysia Babydoll Foxx – original song lip-sync
• Marcia Marcia Marcia – comedy ballet
• Mistress Isabelle Brooks – original song lip-sync
• Princess Poppy – original song lip-sync and puppetry
• Robin Fierce – lip-sync
• Salina EsTitties – original song lip-sync
• Sasha Colby – lip-sync
• Spice – original song lip-sync
• Sugar – original song lip-sync

On the runway, the category is "Who is She?". Ariana Grande is a guest judge. Anetra, Jax, and Marcia Marcia Marcia receive positive critiques, and Anetra wins the challenge. Amethyst, Irene Dubois, and Loosey LaDuca receive negative critiques, and Loosey LaDuca is deemed safe. Amethyst and Irene Dubois place in the bottom two and face off in a lip-sync to "7 Rings" (2019) by Ariana Grande.^[3] Irene Dubois is eliminated from the competition.^[4]

References

1. "RuPaul's Drag Race's season 15 premiere puts the pedal to the metal". The A.V. Club. January 7, 2023. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
2. Damshenas, Sam (January 9, 2023). "Drag Race star Anetra goes viral with talent show performance: 'This was iconic'". GAY TIMES. Archived from the original on February 17, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
3. "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15 Episodes 1 & 2 Recap: "One Night Only, Parts 1 and 2"". Honeysuckle Magazine. January 7, 2023. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
4. Damshenas, Sam (January 23, 2023). "Irene Dubois reflects on the "critical reception" of her Drag Race talent show". GAY TIMES. Archived from the original on January 23, 2023. Retrieved March 10, 2024.