Raja's set was based upon and inspired by the film The judges unanimously loved Raja, Yara, Shangela and Carmen's routines. Judges commented on Mariah's performance in Snatch Game, that Joan Crawford she was served is not that from "Mommie Dearest"/ Backstage, tension heated up between Shangela and Raja. Twelve new contestants and one returning contestant competed for the title of "America's Next Drag Superstar", a headlining spot on the Absolut Tour, a lifetime supply of Kryolan makeup, and a cash prize of $75,000. A look back at the highlights, low-lights and previously unseen footage from the first 13 episodes. In this week's mini-challenge, the cast were asked to "read" each other (popularized by the filmOn the main stage, the contestants debut their comedy routines for the judges and the audience. Carmen's performance lands her in the bottom two again, while Manila and Alexis, who took some heat for her outfit, are declared safe. The winners became the team leaders as news anchors for "The Morning After News" on fictionalized QNN. Yara's performance was high energy, but the judges questioned whether her "crazy Latina" persona would carry her through to the title, and she was also put up for elimination.

Being a news-related episode, the winning photos were shown on WOW Report (Carmen's revealing crotch shot) and NewNowNext (Stacy's wardrobe malfunction). Manila's look was lauded, but her act was called unoriginal, while Delta was criticized for being too nervous. The queens choose as follows: The winners became the team leaders as news anchors for "The Morning After News" on fictionalized QNN. Off the set, the elimination created controversy in the media.

During the lip-sync, the pressures of the competition get to Yara (who in the "Untucked" felt unfairly negatively critiqued, as compared to Raja) who completely gives up, shredding her Eleganza look, and breaking down, crying on stage. Yara levels with the judges and tells them she is broke and needs the money to move to America. Each contestant comes up with their own strategy. The girls are asked to pair up with the person they feel they have the strongest psychic connection to (Raja & Delta, Mariah & Phoenix, Carmen & Manila, Alexis & Stacy, Shangela & India and Mimi & Yara) and are then separated by a screen. In this reunion special, all thirteen contestants return to give their take on what happened during the show. In this reunion special, all thirteen contestants return to give their take on what happened during the show. Alexis makes her case for her imperfections but her desire to continue. As the episode begins, RuPaul reveals that Carmen Carrera is returning to the competition after being unanimously voted back by the other judges. Mimi is criticized for her outfit's execution, but praised for the concept and is declared safe. Yara and Carmen are also safe, which places Delta in the bottom two against Manila. Stacy, once again, was scolded for holding back. The following day the queens find mp3 players with their recorded songs, and all are pleased with the final products except Carmen, who thinks she sounds horrible. During the related "The sky is full of stars, but the brightest are those from Hollywood" Les participantes sont généralement des candidates perdantes mais arrivées en haut de classement lors de l'émission principales ou qui sont particulièrement populaires. The first challenge was a Christmas-card photo shoot on a trampoline (with Mike Ruiz taking the pictures).

This caused much controversy backstage because most of the queens disagreed with the judges' decisions. Venus and Shangela land in the bottom for their forgetful outfits and poor execution. Carmen won the challenge and was given the task to assign each contestant a cake. For this week's mini challenge, the remaining contestants were asked to create a fashion-forward, beach themed headpiece, with Raja being declared the winner. Raja makes the case for the LGBT youth and wanting to share her story, and leave her legacy. During the episode, all of the contestants agreed that this was the hardest challenge so far. Manila wants to carry her message of love to everyone if she wins.

RuPaul's Drag Race est une émission de téléréalité américaine produite par World of Wonder Productions pour la chaîne de télévision à thématique LGBT Logo TV puis, à partir de 2017, pour VH1. In the workroom, the contestants complained that Yara's rowdy behavior was distracting, but they all agreed that she would do well in the challenge because hair is her specialty as a drag performer. Furthermore, each cake had to be decorated to reflect the contestant's personality. RuPaul next announces the maxi challenge: The queens must make over five masculine, heterosexual jocks as their drag sisters. Shangela sashays away, and the remaining queens believe that they have made it to the top four, but RuPaul reveals that one of the queens eliminated during this season will be brought back in the next episode. Carmen wants to speak seriously but entertain with her visual performance, Raja is unsure but wants to be humorous, Manila chooses to focus on the diversity of food in the U.S., and Shangela plans to be as funny as possible. The maxi challenge called for a couture fashion ensemble modeled after the assigned cake.

Both queens were asked to lip sync to Donna Summer's disco hit "In the mini-challenge the contestants are asked to bedazzle black bras into something spectacular, and Manila and her sparkly torpedos wins. At the beginning of the episode, the contestants are asked to do a tasteful nude photo shoot with photographer Deborah Anderson.

The twelve remaining queens work in two teams to star in the original and remake of "Queens in Space". For their mini-challenge, the queens were asked to create a fashion style using duct tape. To mentor the girls, anchor Debbie Matenopoulos provided tips on personality and delivery.

Episode 13. Manila won the challenge, leaving India and Stacy to lip sync for their lives. RuPaul commented that Mariah was not fully delivering on challenges and was "resting in pretty". In their runway presentation, the contestants are told to dress in their most patriotic drag.