Your Pilot's on Fire explained

Series:RuPaul's Drag Race
Season:9
Episode:9
Prev:RuPaul Roast

"Your Pilot's on Fire" is the ninth episode of the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.[1] [2] [3] It originally aired on May 19, 2017. Lisa Robertson and Noah Galvin are guest judges.

Sasha Velour and Shea Couleé were both winners of the episode's main challenge, and Valentina is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom and losing a lip-sync against Nina Bo'nina Brown to "Greedy" by Ariana Grande.

Episode

For the episode's main challenge, the contestants pair up to create, write, and perform in their own television pilots.

On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes judges Michelle Visage and Carson Kressley, as well as guest judges Lisa Robertson and Noah Galvin. The runway category is "Club Kid Couture". Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Shea Couleé, and Trinity Taylor receive positive critiques, and Sasha Velour and Shea Couleé are both winners of the challenge. Alexis Michelle, Nina Bo'nina Brown, and Valentina receive negative critiques, and Alexis Michelle is deemed safe. Nina Bo'nina Brown and Valentina place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Greedy" (2016) by Ariana Grande.[4] Nina Bo'nina Brown wins the lip-sync and Valentina is eliminated from the competition.[5]

Production

The episode originally aired on May 19, 2017.

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henderson . Eric . 2017-05-20 . RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Season 9, Episode 9, "Your Pilot's On Fire" . 2024-03-15 . Slant Magazine . en-US . 2022-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220926110452/https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-9-episode-9-your-pilots-on-fire/ . live .
  2. Carson Kressley Questions His Own Styling Choices In Tonight's Recap Of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' . 2024-03-15 . . en . 2023-10-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231008185713/https://ew.com/recap/rupauls-drag-race-season-9-episode-9/ . live .
  3. Web site: Burns . Chase . 2017-05-06 . RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: "Your Pilot's On Fire" Reminds Us RuPaul Is Savage and No One Is Safe . 2024-03-15 . The Stranger . en . 2023-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207020914/https://www.thestranger.com/film/2017/05/19/25154988/rupauls-drag-race-recap-your-pilots-on-fire-reminds-us-rupaul-is-savage-and-no-one-is-safe . live .
  4. Web site: Valentina's Masked 'Drag Race' Lip Sync Was Crazier Than We Thought . 2024-03-15 . www.out.com . en . 2023-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230927115132/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/valentina-drag-race-lip-sync . live .
  5. Web site: Is This the Most Shocking Elimination in 'Drag Race' Herstory? . 2024-03-15 . www.out.com . en . 2023-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230929081100/https://www.out.com/2017/5/20/most-shocking-elimination-drag-race-herstory . live .
  6. Web site: 2017-05-20 . Drag Race season 9 finally reaches excellence when the queens make TV pilots . 2024-03-15 . The A.V. Club . en . 2023-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230813180454/https://www.avclub.com/drag-race-season-9-finally-reaches-excellence-when-the-1798191391 . live .

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