Seven new contestants enter the Werk Room. RuPaul announces that this season will be a split premiere. For the first mini-challenge, the contestants participate in a photo shoot while jumping off a platform. Laganja Estranja wins the mini-challenge.
For the main challenge, the contestants create an outfit inspired by a TV show.
Adam Lambert and Mike Ruiz are guest hosts. On the runway, April Carrión, BenDeLaCreme, and Gia Gunn receive positive critiques, and BenDeLaCreme wins the challenge. Adore Delano, Kelly Mantle, and Vivacious receive negative critiques, and Adore Delano is deemed safe. Kelly Mantle and Vivacious place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Express Yourself" (1989) by Madonna. Vivacious wins the lip-sync and Kelly Mantle is eliminated from the competition.[5]
Mariana Fernandes included April Carrión in Screen Rant's list of ten "design challenge runner-ups that should have won" and wrote, "this win belonged to April Carrión, and her edgy backless number inspired by Duck Dynasty. It was a departure for her in terms of looks, and it showed just how versatile this talented queen actually was. It was a shame we didn't see more of her."[1]
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