L.A.D.P.!

"**L.A.D.P.!**"
"L.A.D.P.!"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.	Season 11; Episode 9
Guest appearances
	Fortune Feimster; Cheyenne Jackson; Natasha Lyonne;
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"L.A.D.P.!" is the ninth episode of the eleventh season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It originally aired on April 25, 2019. Fortune Feimster, Cheyenne Jackson, and Natasha Lyonne are guest judges.

Episode

Fortune Feimster (left), Cheyenne Jackson (center), and Natasha Lyonne (right) are guest judges.

Plastique Tiara (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2019) is eliminated from the competition.

For the episode's mini-challenge, the contestants "read" (playfully insult) each other. Brooke Lynn Hytes wins the mini-challenge.^[5]

For the main challenge, the contestants pair up and perform in an improvised comedy police sketch for the TV series Los Angeles Drag Patrol (L.A.D.P.). Following are the teams:

Twerking Girls Corner Disturbance: A'keria C. Davenport and Yvie Oddly
Indecent Exposure at the Trailer Park: Brooke Lynn Hytes and Nina West
Catfight at the Liquor Store: Plastique Tiara and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Back Alley Butt Pads: Shuga Cain and Silky Nutmeg Ganache

The runway category is "Face-Kini Fantasy". Fortune Feimster, Cheyenne Jackson, and Natasha Lyonne are guest judges. A'keria C. Davenport, Brooke Lynn Hytes, and Silky Nutmeg Ganache receive positive critiques, and A'keria C. Davenport wins the challenge. Plastique Tiara, Shuga Cain, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo receive negative critiques, and Shuga Cain is deemed safe. Plastique Tiara and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync to "Hood Boy" (2006) by Fantasia featuring Big Boi. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo wins the lip-sync and Plastique Tiara is eliminated from the competition.

Production

The episode originally aired on April 25, 2019.

Jackson was previously a guest judge on the season 9 episode "Draggily Ever After" as well as the season 10 episode "Evil Twins".

References

^ Rogers, Matt (April 25, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: You Have the Right to an A-Turnt-Ey". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Episode 9 recap: A solid improv challenge? Yes, and! | Xtra Magazine". April 25, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Episode Nine, 'LADP!'". Columbus Monthly. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ Jones, Charlie (April 26, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 episode 9: Reading and squirming". PinkNews. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ Guzzo, Bianca (April 26, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11, Episode 9 Recap: L.A.D.P.!". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[1] Rogers, Matt (April 25, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: You Have the Right to an A-Turnt-Ey". Vulture. Archived from the original on February 6, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[2] "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 11 Episode 9 recap: A solid improv challenge? Yes, and! | Xtra Magazine". April 25, 2019. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[3] "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Episode Nine, 'LADP!'". Columbus Monthly. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[4] Jones, Charlie (April 26, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 episode 9: Reading and squirming". PinkNews. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[5] Guzzo, Bianca (April 26, 2019). "RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11, Episode 9 Recap: L.A.D.P.!". IN Magazine. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

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