"The Last Ball on Earth" | |
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RuPaul's Drag Race episode | |
Episode no. | Season 10 Episode 4 |
"The Last Ball on Earth" is the fourth episode of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on April 12, 2018. Logan Browning and Tisha Campbell are guest judges.
Aquaria wins the mini-challenge as well as the main challenge, which has contestants create three looks a climate change-themed ball. Dusty Ray Bottoms is eliminated from the competition, after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync against Monét X Change.
For this episode's mini-challenge, the contestants photobomb celebrity pictures. Aquaria is declared the winner.
For the main challenge, the contestants are tasked with creating three looks for The Last Ball on Earth: Alaskan Winter Realness, Miami Summer Realness and Martian Eleganza Extravaganza.[4] Climate change is the ball's theme.[5]
RuPaul wears a Leigh Bowery-inspired outfit.[6] Logan Browning and Tisha Campbell are guest judges. Aquaria wins the main challenge. Dusty Ray Bottoms and Monét X Change place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Pound the Alarm" by Nicki Minaj.[7] During the lip-sync, Monét X Change does a death drop "fake out".[8][9] Dusty Ray Bottoms is eliminated from the competition.
Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gives the episode a rating of 'B+'.[10] Screen Rant said RuPaul's outfit was the episode's most memorable.[11] The "Pound the Alarm" performance ranked number 31 in The Spinoff's list of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date.[12] In 2022, Bernardo Sim of Out magazine ranked the performance tenth in a list of Drag Race's best lip-syncs with stunts.[9]