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RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2

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RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race
Season 2
Promotional poster for season two
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants9
WinnersPoppy Love
(AJ McLean)
Runners-upChakra 7
(Tatyana Ali)
Thirsty von Trap
(Mark Indelicato)
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkVH1
Original releaseAugust 12 (2022-08-12) –
September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)
Season chronology
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Season 1

The second season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race premiered August 12, 2022 on VH1. This season featured a major retool of the spin-off, with nine celebrity contestants — concealed by drag personas — competing in a season-length lip sync tournament. RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews returned as judges.

The season was won by Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean (as "Poppy Love"), with Tatyana Ali ("Chakra 7") and Mark Indelicato ("Thirsty von Trap") as runners-up, and Ali being voted as Miss Congeniality by the contestants.

Background

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Unlike the first season, which featured self-contained competitions based on the format of the main series, season 2 of Secret Celebrity Drag Race featured a season-length lip-sync competition with celebrities concealed via drag personas (a la The Masked Singer), with the champion receiving $100,000 for a charity of their choice.[1][2] In each episode, the queens each gave a lip sync performance for the judges and a studio audience. The bottom two queens competed in a Lip Sync for Your Life for a chance to be saved from elimination; the eliminated queen would then reveal their true identity at the end of the show.[1][2] All remaining queens revealed their identity at the beginning of the sixth episode.[3]

Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and Monét X Change served as the "Queen Supremes", providing commentary for the series as well as assisting and mentoring the contestants. There were also special appearances by Eureka, Gottmik, Katya, Morgan McMichaels, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki.[4]

Contestants

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Contestants of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2 and their charity donations
Drag Name Celebrity Queen Supreme Outcome Raised Charity
Poppy Love AJ McLean Jujubee Winner $100,000 Trans Lifeline
Chakra 7 Tatyana Ali Brooke Lynn Hytes Runners-up[a] $5,000 Hansavedas
Thirsty von Trap Mark Indelicato Monét X Change Planned Parenthood
Chic-Li-Fay Kevin McHale Brooke Lynn Hytes 4th place Lions Camp Tatiyee
Donna Bellissima Daniel Franzese Monét X Change 5th place The Trevor Project
Milli von Sunshine Jenna Ushkowitz Jujubee 6th place Planned Parenthood
Jackie Would Thom Filicia Jujubee 7th place Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation
Electra Owl Taylor Dayne Brooke Lynn Hytes 8th place Global Green
Fabulosity Loretta Devine Monét X Change 9th place NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Notes:

  1. ^ Chakra 7 was voted Miss Congeniality by their fellow contestants.

Contestant progress

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Legend:

  Poppy Love won RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2.
  Chakra 7 and Thirsty von Trap were the runners-up (RU).
  Chakra 7 was voted Miss Congeniality (Miss C) by fellow contestants.
  WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
  TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
Progress of contestants including placements in each episode
Drag Name Celebrity Episode
1[5] 2[6] 3[7] 4[8] 5[9] 6[10] 7[11] 8[12]
Poppy Love AJ McLean WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM Winner
Chakra 7 Tatyana Ali SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE TOP2 WIN SAFE Miss C RU
Thirsty von Trap Mark Indelicato SAFE BTM SAFE BTM SAFE BTM WIN Runner-up
Chic-Li-Fay Kevin McHale SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Donna Bellissima Daniel Franzese SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE WIN ELIM Guest
Milli von Sunshine Jenna Ushkowitz SAFE SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest
Jackie Would Thom Filicia BTM SAFE ELIM Guest
Electra Owl Taylor Dayne SAFE ELIM Guest
Fabulosity Loretta Devine ELIM Guest

Lip syncs

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Legend:

  The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.
  The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1[5] Fabulosity vs. Jackie Would "Venus"
(Bananarama)
Fabulosity
2[6] Electra Owl vs. Thirsty von Trap "Shut Up and Drive"
(Rihanna)
Electra Owl
3[7] Donna Bellissima vs. Jackie Would "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent"
(Gwen Guthrie)
Jackie Would
4[8] Milli von Sunshine vs. Thirsty von Trap "My Life Would Suck Without You"
(Kelly Clarkson)
Milli von Sunshine
Episode Contestants Song Winner
5[9] Chakra 7 vs. Donna Bellissima "Believe"
(Cher)
Donna Bellissima
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
6[10] Donna Bellissima vs. Thirsty von Trap "U Wear It Well"
(RuPaul)
Donna Bellissima
7[11] Chic-Li-Fay vs. Poppy Love "The Edge of Glory"
(Lady Gaga)
Chic-Li-Fay
Episode Contestants Song Winner
8[12] Chakra 7 vs. Poppy Love vs. Thirsty von Trap "I'm So Excited"
(The Pointer Sisters)
Poppy Love

Episodes

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Episode 1: I'm Coming Out - First Time in Drag! (August 12)

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Performances in order of appearance on the first episode
Contestant Song Result
Poppy Love "You Oughta Know"
(Alanis Morissette)
Winner
Chakra 7 "I'm Every Woman"
(Chaka Khan)
Safe
Donna Belissima "Super Bass"
(Nicki Minaj)
Safe
Milli von Sunshine "Sweet but Psycho"
(Ava Max)
Safe
Jackie Would "Juice"
(Lizzo)
Bottom
Electra Owl "Raise Your Glass"
(P!nk)
Safe
Thirsty von Trap "Don't Cha"
(The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes)
Safe
Fabulosity "Just Fine"
(Mary J. Blige)
Eliminated
Chic-Li-Fay "Goodies"
(Ciara ft. Petey Pablo)
Safe

Episode 2: Dance Your Padded Ass Off! (August 19)

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Performances in order of appearance on the second episode[13]
Contestant Song Result
Chic-Li-Fay "On the Floor"
(Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull)
Safe
Electra Owl "Last Dance"
(Donna Summer)
Eliminated
Thirsty von Trap "Physical"
(Dua Lipa)
Bottom
Milli von Sunshine "Dancing On My Own"
(Robyn)
Safe
Jackie Would "Pump Up the Jam"
(Technotronic)
Safe
Chakra 7 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
(Whitney Houston)
Safe
Donna Belissima "Mambo Italiano"
(Rosemary Clooney)
Safe
Poppy Love "Show Me How You Burlesque"
(Christina Aguilera)
Winner

Episode 3: Money, Honey (August 26)

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Performances in order of appearance on the third episode[14]
Contestant Song Result
Poppy Love "9 to 5"
(Dolly Parton)
Safe
Milli von Sunshine "Work from Home"
(Fifth Harmony ft. Ty Dolla Sign)
Safe
Chic-Li-Fay "Bitch Better Have My Money"
(Rihanna)
Winner
Jackie Would "Work Bitch"
(Britney Spears)
Eliminated
Donna Belissima "I Don't Want It at All"
(Kim Petras)
Bottom
Thirsty von Trap "7 Rings"
(Ariana Grande)
Safe
Chakra 7 "M.I.L.F. $"
(Fergie)
Winner

Episode 4: Drag Duets (September 2)

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The remaining queens were paired with Eureka!, Gottmik, Katya, Morgan McMichaels, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki.

Performances in order of appearance on the fourth episode[15]
Contestant Drag partner Song Result
Donna Belissima Silky Nutmeg Ganache "Whatta Man"
(Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue)
Safe
Chakra 7 Eureka![a] "Fly"
(Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna)
Safe
Thirsty von Trap Katya[b] "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
(Eve ft. Gwen Stefani)
Bottom
Poppy Love Morgan McMichaels "The Boy Is Mine"
(Brandy, Monica)
Safe
Milli von Sunshine Gottmik "Side to Side"
(Ariana Grande ft. Nicki Minaj)
Eliminated
Chic-Li-Fay Violet Chachki "When You Believe"
(Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston)
Winner
  1. ^ Eureka O'Hara is referred to as Eureka! on the show.
  2. ^ Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is referred to as Katya on the show.

Episode 5: I Love the 90s (September 9)

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Performances in order of appearance on the fifth episode
Contestant Song Result
Poppy Love "Wannabe"
(Spice Girls)
Safe
Donna Belissima "Sin Wagon"
(The Chicks)
Winner
Chakra 7 "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
(Lauryn Hill)
Top 2
Chic-Li-Fay "Genie in a Bottle"
(Christina Aguilera)
Safe
Thirsty von Trap "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
(Britney Spears)
Safe

Episode 6: RuPaul-A-Palooza! (September 16)

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Performances in order of appearance on the sixth episode
Contestant Song Result
Group Number "I Made It"
(RuPaul's Drag Race Live!)
Thirsty von Trap "Sissy That Walk"
(RuPaul)
Bottom
Chakra 7 "Cha Cha Bitch"
(RuPaul ft. AB Soto)
Winner
Chic-Li-Fay "Peanut Butter"
(RuPaul ft. Big Freedia)
Safe
Poppy Love "Devil Made Me Do It"
(RuPaul)
Safe
Donna Belissima "Born Naked"
(RuPaul ft. Clairy Browne)
Eliminated

Episode 7: Yaaas Gaga (September 23)

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Performances in order of appearance on the seventh episode
Contestant Song Result
Snatch Game Impersonations
Chic-Li-Fay "Yoü and I"
(Lady Gaga)
Eliminated
Thirsty von Trap "Bad Romance"
(Lady Gaga)
Winner
Chakra 7 "Paparazzi"
(Lady Gaga)
Safe
Poppy Love "Born This Way"
(Lady Gaga)
Bottom

Episode 8: Grande Finale (September 30)

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Performances in order of appearance on the eighth episode
Contestant Song Result
Chakra 7 "Better Be Good to Me"
(Tina Turner)
Runner-up
Poppy Love "I Touch Myself"
(Divinyls)
Winner
Thirsty von Trap "Hollaback Girl"
(Gwen Stefani)
Runner-up

The three Queen Supremes Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and Monét X Change performed together RuPaul's "Blame It on the Edit".

References

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  5. ^ a b "I'm Coming Out! - First Time in Drag". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 1. August 12, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
  6. ^ a b "Dance Your Padded Ass Off!". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 2. August 19, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
  7. ^ a b "Money, Honey!". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 3. August 26, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
  8. ^ a b "Drag Duets". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 4. September 2, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
  9. ^ a b "I Love the 90s". RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. Season 2. Episode 5. September 9, 2022. VH1 / WOW Presents Plus.
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