Catwalk (RuPaul's Drag Race)

"Catwalk"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 14
Episode 14
Presented byRuPaul
Featured music
Original air dateApril 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)

"Catwalk" is the fourteenth episode of the fourteenth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on April 8, 2022. The episode's main challenge tasks the contestants with writing, recording, and performing choreography to original verses in RuPaul's song "Catwalk". Lady Camden wins the main challenge and no one is eliminated from the competition. The episode won in the Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series category at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy and was nominated in the Variety, Reality, or Competition Series category at the Art Directors Guild Awards 2022.

Episode

For the final challenge of the season, the five remaining contestants are tasked with writing, recording, and performing their own verses to RuPaul's song "Catwalk".[4][5] The contestants rehearse with choreographer Miguel Zarate.[6] The runway category is "You're a Winner Baby".[7][8] Daya Betty and Lady Camden receive positive critiques, and Lady Camden wins the challenge. Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Bosco, and Willow Pill receive negative critiques, and Bosco is deemed safe. Angeria Paris VanMicheals and Willow Pill place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to "Telephone" (2010) by Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé. Both contestants are declared winners of the lip-sync and no one is eliminated from the competition.[9][10][11]

Production and broadcast

The episode originally aired on April 8, 2022.

Reception

Trae DeLellis of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'B-'.[12] Cameron Scheetz ranked the "Telephone" performance eighth in Queerty's list of the season's ten best lip-sync contests. Scheetz wrote: "The episode's narrative played a major role in making this one so memorable, underscoring Angeria and Willow's ride-or-die friendship that dramatically upped the stakes as Ru determined who was worthy of the Grand Finale. Earning their double-shantay, the pair played perfectly into their Gaga/Bey dynamic with heart and humor. The only downside is imagining what these two could've done had they not been limited by their runway gowns."[13] Jordan Robledo of Gay Times called the lip-sync "sensational".[14]

The episode earned production designer Gianna Costa and art director Allison Spain a win in the Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series category at the 74th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.[15][16] It also earned Costa a nomination in the Variety, Reality, or Competition Series category at the Art Directors Guild Awards 2022.[17]

References

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  7. ^ Robledo, Jordan (April 16, 2022). "Here's what happened on the dramatic reunion special for RuPaul's Drag Race season 14". Gay Times. ISSN 0950-6101. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  8. ^ Cramer, Jude. "The INTO RuView: Season 14 Episode 14 "Catwalk"". INTO Magazine. Archived from the original on June 18, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
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  13. ^ Scheetz, Cameron (April 22, 2022). "The 10 best lip-syncs from 'Drag Race' Season 14 ranked". Queerty. Archived from the original on December 22, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  14. ^ Robledo, Jordan (April 9, 2022). "The grand finale queens were revealed on the latest episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 14". Gay Times. ISSN 0950-6101. Archived from the original on July 13, 2025. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  15. ^ Inman, DeMicia (September 6, 2022). "Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Wins 3 Creative Emmy Awards". Vibe. Eldridge Industries. ISSN 1070-4701. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  16. ^ "Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Reality Or Competition Series 2022 - Nominees & Winners". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
  17. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (January 9, 2023). "'Elvis,' 'Babylon,' 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Lead Art Directors Guild 2023 Nominations". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. ISSN 0042-2738. OCLC 60626328. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2026.
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