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"Queens in Space" is the third episode of the third season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race. It originally aired on January 31, 2011. Lily Tomlin and Alessandra Torresani are guest judges. It was followed by an episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.

Bustle said the episode sees the contestants act in "double-entendre-laden sci-fi scenes to a fair number of laughs and snaps". In 2014, the website's Anneliese Cooper said of the episode: "It's Ziggy Stardust meets shiny chrome futurism topped with shellacked, asymmetrical 'dos — high camp strutting through a jumble of B-movie schmaltz."[1]

Episode

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Lily Tomlin (pictured in 2014) is a guest judge.
Alessandra Torresani (pictured in 2009) is a guest judge.

For the mini-challenge, the contestants pair up and try to guess their partner's choices for different questions. Mariah and Phoenix win the mini-challenge and are named team leaders, tasked with choosing teammates for the main challenge: starring in the trailers for two different installments of the Drag Queens in Outer Space Sci-Fi spoof film saga.

Lily Tomlin and Alessandra Torresani are guest judges.[2] The runway category is "Sci-Fi". Team Mariah is the winning team, and Alexis Mateo and Shangela are both declared winners of the challenge.[3] Team Phoenix is the losing team. Carmen Carrera, Delta Work and Phoenix receive negative critiques, and Carmen Carrera is deemed safe. Delta Work and Phoenix face off in a lip-sync to "Bad Romance" (2009) by Lady Gaga. Delta Work wins the lip-sync and Phoenix is eliminated from the competition.

Production

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The episode was directed by Nick Murray[4] and originally aired on January 31, 2011.

For the runway, Yara Sofia wears a sparkly outfit and a blonde wig. Raja's outfit is gold. India Ferrah has a white outfit and blonde hair. Alexis Mateo has a red outfit with a cape. Stacy Layne Mathews has a silver bodysuit. Shangela's outfit is also red. Mimi Imfurst, Phoenix, and Carmen Carrera wear headpieces. Mariah's outfit is black-and-white. Delta Work wears a blonde wig. Manila Luzon's outfit is black-and-yellow.

The show was followed by an episode of the companion series RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "21 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Moments That "Countdown to the Crown" Left Out". Bustle. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. ^ Sim, Bernardo (2019-10-27). "RuPaul's Drag Race: 10 Guest Judges You Forgot About". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  3. ^ Sim, Bernardo (2019-07-13). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Queens With The Most Maxi Challenge Wins, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  4. ^ O’Halloran, Kate (2017). "RuPaul's Drag Race and the Reconceptualisation of Queer Communities and Publics". RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: 213. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50618-0_15.
  5. ^ Brennan, Niall; Gudelunas, David (2017-08-25). RuPaul’s Drag Race and the Shifting Visibility of Drag Culture: The Boundaries of Reality TV. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-50618-0.
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