The seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race began airing on March 2, 2015.[1] RuPaul and Michelle Visage returned as judges, while the space previously occupied by Santino Rice was filled by new additions Ross Mathews and Carson Kressley.[1] Matthews and Kressley were only both present for the season premiere and took turns sharing judging responsibilities. Shawn Morales, a member of the Pit Crew since the third season and Simon Sherry-Wood, a member in the sixth season, did not appear this season and were replaced by Bryce Eilenberg. Like the previous two seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race, the season featured 14 contestants competing for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of 100,000 dollars. The season premiere debuted with a live and same-day viewership of 350,000, a 20% increase from the previous season. On March 20, 2015, it was announced that LogoTV had given the series an early renewal for an eighth season.[2]
RuPaul's Drag Race | |
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Season 7 | |
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Hosted by | RuPaul |
Judges |
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No. of contestants | 14 |
Winner | Violet Chachki |
Runner-up |
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Miss Congeniality | Katya |
Companion show | RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Release | |
Original network | Logo TV |
Original release | March 2 (2015-03-02) – June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01) |
Season chronology | |
Next → Season 8 | |
List of episodes |
The theme song played during the runway segment every episode was "Sissy That Walk". Season 6 also featured "Sissy That Walk" as a runway song, making Season 7 the only season to reuse a runway song. The song played during the closing credits was "Fly Tonight", both songs from the album Born Naked.
The winner of the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race was Violet Chachki, with Ginger Minj and Pearl being the runners-up.
(Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.)
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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Violet Chachki | 22 | Atlanta, Georgia | Winner |
Ginger Minj | 29 | Orlando, Florida | Runners-up |
Pearl[lower-alpha 1] | 23 | New York City, New York | |
Kennedy Davenport | 33 | Dallas, Texas | 4th place |
Katya[lower-alpha 2] | 32 | Boston, Massachusetts | 5th place[lower-alpha 3] |
Trixie Mattel | 24 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 6th place[lower-alpha 4] |
Miss Fame | 29 | New York City, New York | 7th place |
Jaidynn Diore Fierce | 25 | Nashville, Tennessee | 8th place |
Max[lower-alpha 5] | 22 | Hudson, Wisconsin | 9th place |
Kandy Ho | 28 | Cayey, Puerto Rico | 10th place |
Mrs. Kasha Davis | 43 | Rochester, New York | 11th place |
Jasmine Masters | 37 | Los Angeles, California | 12th place |
Sasha Belle | 28 | Iowa City, Iowa | 13th place |
Tempest DuJour | 46 | Tucson, Arizona | 14th place |
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||
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1[3] | 2[4] | 3[5] | 4[6] | 5[7] | 6[8] | 7[9] | 8[10] | 9[11] | 10[12] | 11[13] | 12[14] | 14[15] | |
Violet Chachki | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | Winner |
Ginger Minj | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up |
Pearl | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Runner-up |
Kennedy Davenport | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | Guest |
Katya | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | Miss C | |
Trixie Mattel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | IN | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||||
Miss Fame | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | |||
Jaidynn Diore Fierce | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | BTM | ELIM | Guest | ||||
Max | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | ||||
Kandy Ho | BTM | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | OUT | Guest | |||||
Mrs. Kasha Davis | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | ||||||
Jasmine Masters | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | ||||||||
Sasha Belle | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Guest | |||||||||
Tempest DuJour | ELIM | OUT | Guest |
Episode | Contestants | Song | Eliminated | ||
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1 | Kandy Ho | vs. | Tempest DuJour | "Geronimo" (RuPaul ft. Lucian Piane) |
Tempest DuJour |
2 | Katya | vs. | Sasha Belle | "Twist of Fate" (Olivia Newton-John) |
Sasha Belle |
3 | Jasmine Masters | vs. | Kennedy Davenport | "I Was Gonna Cancel" (Kylie Minogue) |
Jasmine Masters |
4 | Pearl | vs. | Trixie Mattel | "Dreaming" (Blondie) |
Trixie Mattel |
5 | Kandy Ho | vs. | Mrs. Kasha Davis | "Lovergirl" (Teena Marie) |
Mrs. Kasha Davis |
6 | Jaidynn Diore Fierce | vs. | Kandy Ho | "Break Free" (Ariana Grande ft. Zedd) |
Kandy Ho |
7 | Jaidynn Diore Fierce | vs. | Max | "No More Lies" (Michel'le) |
Max |
8 | Ginger Minj (with Sasha Belle) |
vs. | Jaidynn Diore Fierce (with Tempest DuJour) |
"I Think We're Alone Now" (Tiffany) |
Jaidynn Diore Fierce |
9 | Miss Fame | vs. | Pearl | "Really Don't Care" (Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd) |
Miss Fame |
10 | Ginger Minj | vs. | Trixie Mattel | "Show Me Love" (Robin S.) |
Trixie Mattel |
11 | Katya | vs. | Kennedy Davenport | "Roar" (Katy Perry) |
Katya |
12 | Ginger Minj vs. Kennedy Davenport vs. Pearl vs. Violet Chachki | "Born Naked" (RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne) |
Kennedy Davenport | ||
Listed in chronological order:[16]
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage:
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Episode 2:
Episode 7:
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Episode 12:
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80 | 1 | "Born Naked" | March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02) | |
Fourteen new queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens must walk the runway showing off two looks; one from their spring collection, and the other from their fall collection. For the mini-challenge, the queens must create a resort-wear tearaway to reveal a nude illusion. On the runway, Kennedy Davenport, Miss Fame and Violet Chachki receive positive critiques, with Violet Chachki winning the challenge. Jasmine Masters, Kandy Ho, Sasha Belle and Tempest DuJour receive negative critiques, with Kandy Ho and Tempest DuJour landing in the bottom two. The two lip-sync to "Geronimo" by RuPaul. Kandy Ho wins the lip-sync and Tempest DuJour sashays away.
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81 | 2 | "Glamazonian Airways" | March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens must give face while the pit-crew blows them with a leaf blower. Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel win the mini-challenge and become team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, in teams, the queens will perform a mash-up of spoken word and song for a pre-flight safety video for Glamazonian Airways. Ginger chooses Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Jasmine Masters, Kandy Ho, Kennedy Davenport, Mrs. Kasha Davis and Sasha Belle for her team. Trixie chooses Katya, Max, Miss Fame, Pearl and Violet Chachki for her team. On the runway, category is Jet Set Eleganza. Ginger Minj, Mrs. Kasha Davis and Violet Chachki receive positive critiques, with Ginger Minj winning the challenge. Katya, Miss Fame and Sasha Belle receive negative critiques, with Miss Fame being safe. Katya and Sasha Belle lip-sync to "Twist of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John. Katya wins the lip-sync and Sasha Belle sashays away.
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82 | 3 | "ShakesQueer" | March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens must dress up in their finest "granny drag" and dance with walkers and canes. Kennedy Davenport and Max win the mini-challenge and become team captains for the main challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will star in two twisted Shakespeare classics: "MacBitch" and "Romy and Juliet". Kennedy chooses Jasmine Masters, Kandy Ho, Katya, Pearl and Violet Chachki, and they star in "MacBitch". Max chooses Ginger Minj, Jaidyn Diore Fierce, Miss Fame, Mrs. Kasha Davis and Trixie Mattel, and they star in "Romy and Juliet". On the runway, category is Bearded and Beautiful. Team Max is the winning team, with Max winning the challenge. Team Kennedy is the losing team. Ru tells the team that they were very unprepared and should've been more prepared. Ru scolds the queens for being unprofessional and unprepared. Katya is the only queen to get positive critiques on this team, as she was prepared and had her lines all down. Jasmine Masters, Kennedy Davenport and Pearl receive negative critiques, with Pearl being safe. Jasmine Masters and Kennedy Davenport lip-sync to "I Was Gonna Cancel" by Kylie Minogue. Kennedy Davenport wins the lip-sync and Jasmine Masters sashays away.
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83 | 4 | "Spoof! (There It Is)" | March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens will create a music video parody by writing lyrics, doing vocals, and shoot a music video to one of RuPauls' songs. Team 1 consists of Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Max and Violet Chachki. They get RuPaul's "Sissy That Walk" and parody it to be "Get Ready To Clock". Team 2 consists of Ginger Minj, Kandy Ho, Kennedy Davenport and Mrs. Kasha Davis. They get RuPaul's "Let the Music Play" and parody it to be "I Got Paid". Team 3 consists of Katya, Miss Fame, Pearl and Trixie Mattel. They get RuPaul's "Dance with U" and parody it to be "Tan with U". On the runway, category is Green. Katya, Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, with Kennedy Davenport winning the challenge. Kandy Ho, Pearl and Trixie Mattel receive negative critiques, with Kandy Ho being safe. Pearl and Trixie Mattel lip-sync to "Dreaming" by Blondie. Pearl wins the lip-sync and Trixie Mattel sashays away.
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84 | 5 | "The DESPY Awards" | March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30) | |
For the mini-challenge, the queens will be paired up and make their own paper versions of classic celebrity red carpet outfits. Katya and Mrs. Kasha Davis win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, remaining in their pairs from the mini-challenge, the queens will come up with funny banter and take jabs at the other queens while presenting awards for different categories at the first ever DESPY Awards. Pairs are, Ginger Minj & Kandy Ho, Jaidynn Diore Fierce & Kennedy Davenport, Katya & Mrs. Kasha Davis, Max & Pearl and Miss Fame & Violet Chachki. Katya and Mrs. Kasha Davis are the hosts. Awards are:
On the runway, Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Kennedy Davenport, Max and Pearl receive positive critiques, with Max and Pearl both winning the challenge. Kandy Ho, Mrs. Kasha Davis and Violet Chachki receive negative critiques, with Violet Chachki being safe. Kandy Ho and Mrs. Kasha Davis lip-sync to "Lovergirl" by Teena Marie. Kandy Ho wins the lip-sync and Mrs. Kasha Davis sashays away.
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85 | 6 | "Ru Hollywood Stories" | April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will gain points by selecting pit crew members while avoiding the one with a monster in his pants. Ginger Minj wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will reenact "Whatever Happened to Merle Ginsberg" from the point of view or Merle, RuPaul and Michelle Visage. Team 1 consists of Ginger Minj, Katya and Kennedy Davenport. Team 2 consists of Kandy Ho, Max and Violet Chachki. Team 3 consists of Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Miss Fame and Pearl. On the runway, category is Death Becomes Her. Team 1 is the winning team, with Katya winning the challenge. Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Kandy Ho and Miss Fame receive negative critiques, with Miss Fame being safe. Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Kandy Ho lip-sync to "Break Free" by Ariana Grande. Jaidynn Diore Fierce wins the lip-sync and Kandy Ho sashays away.
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86 | 7 | "Snatch Game" | April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens will play the Snatch Game. Michael Urie and Tamar Braxton star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Leather and Lace. Ginger Minj, Katya and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, with Ginger Minj and Kennedy Davenport both winning the challenge. Jaidynn Diore Fierce, Max and Miss Fame receive negative critiques, with Miss Fame being safe. Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Max lip-sync to "No More Lies" by Michel'le. Jaidynn Diore Fierce wins the lip-sync and Max sashays away.
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87 | 8 | "Conjoined Queens" | April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will recreate prison uniforms as "Orange is the new Drag" fashion looks. Kennedy Davenport wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will participate in the makeover challenge. RuPaul then invites all the previously eliminated queens back to the competition. It is then announced that the competing queens will create a conjoined twin with an eliminated queen. Ru then announces that whichever pair wins, the eliminated partner in that pair, will return to the competition. As winning the mini-challenge, Kennedy Davenport gets to assign the pairs. She chooses Jasmine Masters for herself. She then pairs Ginger Minj with Sasha Belle, Jaidynn Diore Fierce with Tempest DuJour, Katya with Mrs. Kasha Davis, Miss Fame with Kandy Ho, Pearl with Trixie Mattel, and Violet Chachki with Max. On the runway, Katya, Pearl and Violet Chachki receive positive critiques, with Pearl winning the challenge, meaning Trixie Mattel has returned to the competition. Ginger Minj, Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Miss Fame receive negative critiques, with Miss Fame being safe. Ginger Minj and Jaidynn Diore Fierce lip-sync to "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany along with their conjoined twinse Sasha Belle and Tempest DuJour, respectively. Ginger Minj wins the lip-sync and Jaidynn Diore Fierce sashays away.
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88 | 9 | "Divine Inspiration" | April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will read each other. Trixie Mattel wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, in teams, the queens will create musical versions of iconic films from John Waters. Team 1 consists of Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel. Their movie is "Pink Flamingos" and their song is called "Eggs". Team 2 consists of Katya and Kennedy Davenport. Their movie is "Female Trouble" and their song is called "Cha Cha Heels". Team 3 consists of Miss Fame, Pearl and Violet Chachki. Their movie is "Pink Flamingos" and their song is called "Poo". On the runway, category is Ugliest Dress. Ginger Minj, Katya and Kennedy Davenport receive positive critiques, with Ginger Minj winning the challenge. Miss Fame, Pearl and Violet Chachki receive negative critiques, with Violet Chachki being safe. Miss Fame and Pearl lip-sync to "Really Don't Care" by Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd. Pearl wins the lip-sync and Miss Fame sashays away.
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89 | 10 | "Prancing Queens" | May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will create a "Fake Housewives of Drag Race" look using tape. Violet Chachki wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will dance live in a live drag dance spectacular in pairs. The first pair is Kennedy Davenport and Pearl. Their dances are the Charleston and the Twerk. The second pair is Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel. Their dances are the Hoedown and the Robot. The third pair is Katya and Violet Chachki. Their dances are the Tango and the Vogue. On the runway, category is Half Man, Half Queen. Ru tells the queens that this week will be judged in pairs. Katya and Violet Chachki win the challenge. Ginger Minj and Trixie Mattel are the bottom two and lip-sync to "Show Me Love" by Robin S. Ginger Minj wins the lip-sync and Trixie Mattel sashays away.
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90 | 11 | "Hello, Kitty Girls!" | May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11) | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens will have a bitchfest with puppets. Ginger Minj wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens make two looks based on Hello Kitty: Hello Kitty BFF and Hello Kitty Eleganza. On the runway, Ginger Minj, Pearl and Violet Chachki receive positive critiques, with Violet Chachki winning the challenge. Katya and Kennedy Davenport are the bottom two and lip-sync to "Roar" by Katy Perry. Kennedy Davenport wins the lip-sync and Katya sashays away.
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91 | 12 | "And the Rest Is Drag" | May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18) | |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens will star in the music video for RuPaul's single "Born Naked". The queens then walk the runway one last time. For the final time, all queens lip-sync for their life to "Born Naked" by RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne. Kennedy Davenport is eliminated.
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92 | 13 | "Countdown to the Crown" | May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25) | |
This episode took a look back on the highlights, low-lights, and previously unseen footage from the season using various countdowns. The show included commentary from past contestants including Adore Delano, Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Bianca Del Rio, Jinkx Monsoon, Jujubee, Latrice Royale, Raja, Raven and Sharon Needles. | ||||
93 | 14 | "Grand Finale" | June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01) | |
All the queens are back for the reunion and finale. For the first time, the finalists all lip-sync to a song specifically written for them. Ginger Minj lip-syncs to "Pray and Slay", Pearl lip-syncs to "Sleep Walker" and Violet Chachki lip-syncs to "Too Many Daddies". It is then announced that Katya has won Miss Congeniality. It is then announced that Violet Chachki is the winner, leaving Ginger Minj and Pearl as the runners-up.
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The trailers for this season featured clips of the songs "Geronimo" and "Modern Love", both of the album Born Naked.[citation needed]
RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2 | ||||
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Released | February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03) | |||
Recorded | 2014 | |||
Genre | Dance | |||
Length | 54:32 | |||
Label | World of Wonder | |||
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RuPaul Presents: CoverGurlz 2 is a 2015 compilation album by entertainer RuPaul, featuring the season 7 cast of his show RuPaul's Drag Race. The album was released digitally on February 3, 2015.[20]
Similar to last season, the compilation consists of 14 covers of songs previously released by RuPaul, performed by all of the RuPaul's Drag Race season seven contestants. It features tracks originally from RuPaul's albums Born Naked, Glamazon, Red Hot, Starrbooty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, SuperGlam DQ.[citation needed]
All songs were written by RuPaul Charles and Lucian Piane, with the exception of tracks fifteen and sixteen, which were written solely by Charles himself.[citation needed]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "New York City Beat" (featuring Michelle Visage) | 3:54 |
2. | "Throw Ya Hands Up" (featuring Kennedy Davenport) | 3:19 |
3. | "Freaky Money" (featuring Jasmine Masters) | 3:22 |
4. | "Can I Get an Amen" (featuring Mrs. Kasha Davis) | 3:14 |
5. | "Drop That Pimp" (featuring Violet Chachki and Miles Davis Moody) | 2:39 |
6. | "Let the Music Play" (featuring Ginger Minj) | 4:32 |
7. | "Sweet Kandy of Mine" (featuring Kandy Ho) | 2:40 |
8. | "Drag U" (featuring Katya) | 3:05 |
9. | "Hey Booty" (featuring Pearl and Miles Davis Moody) | 2:49 |
10. | "Geronimo" (featuring Trixie Mattel) | 2:58 |
11. | "The Beginning" (featuring Jaidynn Diore Fierce) | 3:58 |
12. | "Call Me Starrbooty" (featuring Sasha Belle) | 3:15 |
13. | "Dance with U" (featuring Max) | 3:58 |
14. | "Drag Race Theme" (featuring Miss Fame) | 3:07 |
15. | "Sissy That Walk" (featuring Tempest DuJour) | 3:26 |
16. | "Hollywood U.S.A." (featuring The PitCrew) | 4:16 |
Total length: | 54:32 |
Episode no. | Title | Airdate | Rating (18–49) |
Total viewers |
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1 | "Born Naked" | March 2, 2015 (2015-03-02) | 0.19[21] | 348,000[21] |
2 | "Glamazonian Airways" | March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09) | 0.21[22] | 374,000[22] |
3 | "ShakesQueer" | March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16) | 0.15[23] | 265,000[23] |
4 | "Spoof! (There It Is)" | March 23, 2015 (2015-03-23) | 0.18[24] | 325,000[24] |
5 | "The DESPY Awards" | March 30, 2015 (2015-03-30) | 0.23[25] | 404,000[25] |
6 | "Ru Hollywood Stories" | April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06) | 0.16[26] | 285,000[26] |
7 | "Snatch Game" | April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13) | 0.19[27] | 340,000[27] |
8 | "Conjoined Queens" | April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) | 0.19[28] | 367,000[28] |
9 | "Divine Inspiration" | April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27) | 0.17[29] | 320,000[29] |
10 | "Prancing Queens" | May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) | 0.16[30] | 263,000[30] |
11 | "Hello, Kitty Girls!" | May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11) | 0.16[31] | 266,000[31] |
12 | "And the Rest Is a Drag" | May 18, 2015 (2015-05-18) | 0.17[32] | 310,000[32] |
13 | "Countdown to the Crown" | May 25, 2015 (2015-05-25) | 0.09[33] | 229,000[33] |
14 | "Grand Finale" | June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01) | 0.18[34] | 387,000[34] |
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