Supermodel Snatch Game
"Supermodel Snatch Game" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] Gigi Hadid and Chanel Iman make guest appearances.
Episode
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For the main challenge, the contestants play the Snatch Game. Gigi Hadid and Chanel Iman star as the celebrity guests. Following are the contestants and impersonated celebrities:
- Acid Betty as Nancy Grace
- Bob the Drag Queen as Uzo Aduba (as Crazy Eyes from Orange is the New Black) and Carol Channing (Bob switches characters partway through Snatch Game)
- Chi Chi DeVayne as Eartha Kitt
- Derrick Barry as Britney Spears
- Kim Chi as Kimmy Jong-Un (Kim Jong-Un's sister, a fictional character created by Kim Chi)
- Naomi Smalls as Tiffany Pollard
- Robbie Turner as Diana Vreeland
- Thorgy Thor as Michael Jackson
The runway category is "Night of a Thousand Madonna's". Thorgy Thor, Derrick Barry, and Naomi Smalls present kimono looks based on the "Nothing Really Matters" music video, while Kim Chi does another kimono based on the "Paradise (Not for Me)" music video. Acid Betty's look is based on the "Bedtime Story" music video, Robbie Turner's on A League of Their Own, Chi Chi DeVayne on the Blond Ambition Tour, and Bob the Drag Queen on Madonna's 2013 GLAAD Media Awards red carpet look.[4][5]
Bob the Drag Queen, Derrick Barry, and Thorgy Thor receive positive critiques, and Bob the Drag Queen wins the challenge. Acid Betty, Naomi Smalls, and Robbie Turner receive negative critiques, and Robbie Turner is deemed safe. Acid Betty and Naomi Smalls face off in a lip-sync content to "Causing a Commotion" by Madonna. Naomi Smalls wins the lip-sync and Acid Betty is eliminated from the competition.
Production
[edit]The number of kimonos shown is referenced in season 9's Snatch Game where the runway category is the same, with RuPaul calling it "KimoNo She Betta Don't!"
References
[edit]- ^ Moylan, Brian (2016-04-04). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Snatch Me If You Can". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ "The Snatch Game gets strange on an underwhelming RuPaul's Drag Race". AV Club. Archived from the original on 2024-09-15. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ Crawford, Ryan. "Ry's Ru-minations: Night of 100 Kimonos". Queerspace Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
- ^ RuPaul's Drag Race (2020-12-03). Night of a Thousand Queens (Compilation) | RuPaul’s Drag Race. Retrieved 2025-05-28 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Iconic Madonna Looks". WOW Presents Plus. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
