RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 aired an all-new episode this week on Friday, January 26, 2024. During the segment, drag performers competed in a “RDR Live” segment, a parody of Saturday Night Live! With Sarah Michelle Gellar as a guest judge on the episode.
Cast members then had to create looks inspired by the famous Cher as the runway category was “Everything Cher at Once.” While fans were quite impressed with the look of the cast, the satirical sitcom segment failed to impress.
They took to social media to express their opinions and pointed out that the show should be 'Sashay Away' with RDR. One person, @vivalasdrag, wrote on X:
“I would give RDR a solid 3/10, please don't do it again…”
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 will return next week with another episode on MTV.
RuPaul's Drag Race Fans thought RDR Live was a failure
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16, Episode 4 titled RDR Live! The remaining 13 queens returned to the workroom and divided themselves into teams. The task at hand was to place an entire skit as part of the film RDR Live! – A clip introduced in Season 8 of All-Stars. The teams had to present an entire show, in one take, with the host, “Cold Open and Weekend Update.”
Xunami Muse, Morphine Love Dion and Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige were part of one team. Their skit depicted Mahia as a field reporter while the other two were QNN anchors reporting on the flood. Plasma, Sapphira and Nymphia performed as a Christmas-inspired Barbra Shop quartet.
Fans took to social media to react to the clip and pointed out that RuPaul's Drag Race should never consider doing the RDR Live challenge again.
Later in the episode, RuPaul performed Giddy Up, followed by drag performers showing off their Cher-inspired outfits down the runway. Xunami Muse was the first contestant to walk the runway in her “Cher the Prisoner” costume. Next up was Morphine Love Dion with “Oscar Award Cher”.
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige was next in her “Cher Promotion Burlesque” outfit. Geneva Carr's “Cher as Ringmaster for Ringling Brothers” was the next queen on stage. Mirage voiced “Cher in Concert” while Megami appeared as “Cher Turn Back Time”. Jane Cher's doll from the 1974 Met Gala featured Amanda Tori Meeting as “Cher's doll”.
Dawn appeared as Mod Cher followed by Q, recreating an appearance from The Sunny and Cher Comedy Hour. Plasma embodied the icon's Met Gala look from 1985 while Nymphia Wind embodied the “Egyptian goddess Cher.” Sapphira Cristal appeared as Cher during her Vegas residency.
Plasma became the best performer this week RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 Episode 4 While Mirage was sent packing. The RDR Live hosting gig didn't impress the judges and neither did Cher. The judges noticed that the hair was from a different decade than the rest of her look.
RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16 will return next week with another episode on MTV.
