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 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. 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. All remaining queens revealed their identity at the beginning of the sixth episode.
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.
Contestants
+ Drag Name Celebrity Queen Supreme Outcome Raised Charity Poppy Love AJ McLean Jujubee $100,000 Trans Lifeline Chakra 7 Tatyana Ali Brooke Lynn Hytes $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
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Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 1 Fabulosity vs. Jackie Would "Venus"(Bananarama) Fabulosity 2 Electra Owl vs. Thirsty von Trap "Shut Up and Drive"(Rihanna) Electra Owl 3 Donna Bellissima vs. Jackie Would "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent"(Gwen Guthrie) Jackie Would 4 Milli von Sunshine vs. Thirsty von Trap "My Life Would Suck Without You"(Kelly Clarkson) Milli von Sunshine Episode Contestants Song Winner 5 Chakra 7 vs. Donna Bellissima "Believe"(Cher) Donna Bellissima Episode Contestants Song Eliminated 6 Donna Bellissima vs. Thirsty von Trap "U Wear It Well"(RuPaul) Donna Bellissima 7 Chic-Li-Fay vs. Poppy Love "The Edge of Glory"(Lady Gaga) Chic-Li-Fay Episode Contestants Song Winner 8 Chakra 7 vs. Poppy Love vs. Thirsty von Trap "I'm So Excited"(The Pointer Sisters) Poppy Love
Episodes Episode 1: I'm Coming Out - First Time in Drag! (August 12) + 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) + Performances in order of appearance on the second episode 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) + Performances in order of appearance on the third episode 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) 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 Contestant Drag partner Song Result Donna Belissima Silky Nutmeg Ganache "Whatta Man"(Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue) Safe Chakra 7 Eureka! "Fly"(Nicki Minaj ft. Rihanna) Safe Thirsty von Trap Katya "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
Episode 5: I Love the 90s (September 9) + 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) + 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) + Performances in order of appearance on the seventh episode Contestant Song ResultSnatch Game ImpersonationsChakra 7 as Eartha Kitt Chic-Li-Fay as Céline Dion Poppy Love as David Bowie, played as Ziggy Stardust Thirsty von Trap as Erika Jayne 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) + 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
External links Official site (in English)