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-}}"'''The DESPY Awards'''" is the fifth episode of the [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'', which aired in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rushe |first=Dominic |last2=Carpentier |first2=Megan |date=2015-03-31 |title=RuPaul's Drag race recap: season seven, episode five - the Despy awards |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/31/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-seven-episode-five-the-despy-awards |access-date=2024-02-01 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=2023-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120010208/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/mar/31/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-seven-episode-five-the-despy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Drag Race GIF-Cap Extravaganza: The DESPY Awards |url=https://www.out.com/2015/3/31/drag-race-gif-cap-extravaganza-despy-awards |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=www.out.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225163517/https://www.out.com/2015/3/31/drag-race-gif-cap-extravaganza-despy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-31 |title=Talking Drag Race With Chiffon Dior: Episode Five “The DESPY Awards” - WERRRK.com |url=https://werrrk.com/2015/03/31/talking-drag-race-with-chiffon-dior-episode-five-the-despy-awards/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902023446/https://werrrk.com/2015/03/31/talking-drag-race-with-chiffon-dior-episode-five-the-despy-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Isaac Mizrahi]] is a guest judge.
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-== Episode ==
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-[[File:Isaac Mizrahi (12852).jpg|thumb|[[Isaac Mizrahi]] is a guest judge on the episode.]]
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-For the mini-challenge, contestants are tasked with creating replicas of red carpet looks from paper, in teams of two. [[Ginger Minj]] and [[Kandy Ho]] create a version of [[Lil' Kim]]'s purple pasty look from the [[MTV Video Music Awards]] in [[1999 MTV Video Music Awards|1999]], [[Jaidynn Diore Fierce]] and [[Kennedy Davenport]] recreate [[Lady Gaga]]'s [[Meat dress of Lady Gaga|meat dress]], and [[Miss Fame]] and [[Violet Chachki]] replicated [[Jennifer Lopez]]'s [[Green Versace dress of Jennifer Lopez|green Versace dress]]. [[Katya Zamolodchikova|Katya]] wears a version of [[Björk|Bjork]]'s [[swan dress]] as [[Mrs. Kasha Davis]] impersonates [[Joan Rivers]], and [[Max (drag queen)|Max]] (channeling [[Cher]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Libby |first=Katie |title="RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 7, Episode 5: The DESPY Awards |url=https://www.roccitymag.com/EntertainmentBlog/archives/2015/03/31/rupauls-drag-race-season-7-episode-5-the-despy-awards |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=CITY Magazine |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224221929/https://www.roccitymag.com/EntertainmentBlog/archives/2015/03/31/rupauls-drag-race-season-7-episode-5-the-despy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Pearl (drag queen)|Pearl]] create a [[Bob Mackie]]-inspired outfit. Katya and Mrs. Kasha Davis are declared the winners of the mini-challenge.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title='RuPaul's Drag Race' recap: The DESPY Awards |url=https://ew.com/recap/rupauls-drag-race-season-7-episode-5/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629011318/https://ew.com/recap/rupauls-drag-race-season-7-episode-5/ |archive-date=2023-06-29 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bates |first=Bryony |date=2015-04-02 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race Episode 5: The DESPY Awards |url=https://vadamagazine.com/entertainment/television/rupauls-drag-race-episode-5-despy-awards |access-date=2024-02-25 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2024-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225163612/https://vadamagazine.com/entertainment/television/rupauls-drag-race-episode-5-despy-awards |url-status=live }}</ref>
-For the main challenge, contestants present at the DESPY Awards. Katya and Mrs. Kasha Davis are co-hosts, and the remaining contestants are presenters and award nominees.<ref name=":0" />
-[[Isaac Mizrahi]] is a guest judge. Kandy Ho and Mrs. Kasha Davis placed in the bottom two and face off in a [[Lip sync|lip-sync]] to "[[Lovergirl]]" (1984) by [[Teena Marie]]. Mrs. Kasha Davis is eliminated from the competition.<ref name=":0" />
-== Reception ==
-Oliver Sava of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the episode a rating of 'B-'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-31 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race: "The DESPY Awards" |url=https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-the-despy-awards-1798183270 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810225314/https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-the-despy-awards-1798183270 |archive-date=2022-08-10 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The A.V. Club |language=en}}</ref>
-==References==
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-{{RuPaul's Drag Race}}
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-[[Category:2015 American television episodes]]
-[[Category:2015 in LGBT history]]
-[[Category:RuPaul's Drag Race episodes]]