The Last Ball on Earth

"The Last Ball on Earth"
RuPaul's Drag Race episode
Episode no.Season 10
Episode 4
Presented byRuPaul
Featured music"Pound the Alarm" (2012) by Nicki Minaj
Original air dateApril 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
Guest appearances

"The Last Ball on Earth" is the fourth episode of the tenth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race.[1][2][3] It originally aired on April 12, 2018. Logan Browning and Tisha Campbell are guest judges. Aquaria wins the mini-challenge as well as the main challenge, which tasks contestants with creating three looks a climate change-themed ball. Dusty Ray Bottoms is eliminated from the competition, after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against Monét X Change to "Pound the Alarm" by Nicki Minaj.

Episode

Logan Browning (left, pictured in 2015) and Tisha Campbell (right, pictured in 2018) are guest judges on the episode.

For this episode's mini-challenge, the contestants photobomb celebrity pictures. Aquaria is declared the winner. For the main challenge, the contestants are tasked with creating three looks for The Last Ball on Earth; the categories are "Alaskan Winter Realness", "Miami Summer Realness", and "Martian Eleganza Extravaganza".[4] Climate change is the ball's theme.[5]

Logan Browning and Tisha Campbell are guest judges. Aquaria wins the main challenge. Dusty Ray Bottoms and Monét X Change place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to "Pound the Alarm" (2012) by Nicki Minaj. Monét X Change wins the lip-sync and Dusty Ray Bottoms is eliminated from the competition.[6][7]

Production and broadcast

The episode originally aired on April 12, 2018.

Pit Crew member Shawn Morales assists with the mini challenge.[8]

Sam Damshenas of Gay Times pointed out how the color of Monét X Change's shoes changed between shots of her runway showcase.[9] During the lip-sync, Monét X Change does a death drop "fake out".[10][11]

Fashion

RuPaul wears a Leigh Bowery-inspired outfit.[12]

For the category "Alaskan Winter Realness", Aquaria wears a Luchador-inspired bikini. She designed the look as a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The outfit was created by the New York City-based design duo Dick and Virgil.[13]

Reception

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gives the episode a rating of 'B+'.[14]

Sam Damshenas of Gay Times ranked two of Aquaria's outfits fifth and tenth in a list of the season's thirteen best runway looks.[15] Screen Rant said RuPaul's outfit was the episode's most memorable.[16] The website's Jessica Jalali included Aquaria's runway look in a 2021 list of the show's best ball challenge outfits and said she "was fully deserving of her challenge win in this episode".[17]

Jack Ronan of The Tufts Daily called the lip-sync "epic".[18] Damshenas described Dusty Ray Bottoms's performance as "entertaining" and "kooky" and Monét X Change's performance as "fierce".[19] Vulture called Monét X Change's performance "game-changing".[20] Michael Cuby of Them said her fakeout "continues to be unmatched".[21] The "Pound the Alarm" contest ranked number 31 in The Spinoff's 2019 list of the show's 162 lip-syncs to date.[22] In 2022, Bernardo Sim of Out magazine ranked the contest tenth in a list of the show's best lip-syncs with stunts.[11]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Pale Blue Ball". Vulture. April 12, 2018. Wikidata Q137644029.
  3. ^ RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10, Episode 4 Recap: The Last Ball On Earth, IN Magazine, April 13, 2018, Wikidata Q137644036
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  5. ^ "Why Blair St. Clair Can Totally Win 'RuPaul's Drag Race'". Bustle. April 12, 2018. Wikidata Q137644058.
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  9. ^ Damshenas, Sam (April 16, 2018). "This Drag Race slip-up gives away one of the show's biggest secrets". Gay Times. ISSN 0950-6101. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  10. ^ "Dusty Ray Bottoms talks to her mom 'once a week,' dedicates post-'Drag Race' single to NYC 'haters'". Houston Chronicle. April 13, 2018. ISSN 1074-7109. Wikidata Q137644067.
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  12. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Guys, Monét Was Right About British Accents". VICE.com. April 12, 2018. Wikidata Q137644062.
  13. ^ "Dick and Virgil: The Designers Behind Aquaria's Winning 'Drag Race' Look". Paper. ISSN 1073-9122. Archived from the original on October 13, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  14. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race reveals the dangers of being generous in a competition". The A.V. Club. April 13, 2018. Wikidata Q137644074.
  15. ^ Damshenas, Sam (June 29, 2018). "Get ready to gag! These are our top 13 runway looks from Drag Race season 10". Gay Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  16. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race: Every Ball Challenge, Ranked". Screen Rant. September 19, 2020. Wikidata Q137560767.
  17. ^ Jalali, Jessica (July 25, 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race: Best Ball Challenge Outfits". Screen Rant. Valnet. Archived from the original on January 8, 2024. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
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  19. ^ Damshenas, Sam (April 13, 2018). "10s across the board! This week's Drag Race served some of the best looks ever". Gay Times. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
  20. ^ McCallion, Paul (August 1, 2022). "There's Only One Way Monét X Change Would Return to Drag Race". Vulture. Archived from the original on June 15, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2025.
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  22. ^ "A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race". The Spinoff. October 3, 2019. Wikidata Q137644078.
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