The Drag Makeover Challenge is a recurring main challenge featured on RuPaul's Drag Race where the contestants are tasked with giving a "drag makeover" to another person who's brought into the episode as a guest. Many different types of groups of people were made over throughout the seasons, mostly including masculine men in early seasons and women, eliminated queens or contestants' family members in a later season. It is often considered to be one of the most difficult challenges since contestants have to teach "regular" people to act and look like drag queens.
The judges are usually looking for "drag family resemblance" meaning that the contestant and their pair have to look alike.
Makeover internet celebrities into "buchonas", the archetype of a rich, opulent and luxurious girlfriend of a narcotrafficker
↑This idea later became its own short lived spin-off series known as RuPaul's Drag U.
↑ 2.02.1Eliminated queen from the winning pair did not return to the competition like in Season 7.
All Makeover Challenges
Episode 5: Drag School of Charm
The girls are brought professional female fighters to teach the secrets of drag. Rebecca Glasscock wins the mini-challenge and picks the "prettiest" girl (Tempele) for herself, and pairs up the other girls with their "drag professor."
Shannel is partnered with Sweepee who was the most "masculine".
BeBe emphasizes culture with Michelle, Rebecca makes over Tempele in her own image, Nina puts her own 'Nina' spin on Mia, Ongina plays the masculine role to Jarrett's feminine touch, and Shannel goes for high glam with Sweepee. The judges love Shannel and Rebecca's output and name Rebecca the winner.
The main challenge consisted of the girls taking older gay men and transforming them into their drag mothers for the runway. The contestants were also expected to perform a lip sync with their mothers to RuPaul's song "Main Event" Tatianna, who won the mini-challenge, got to pick who each girl would be teamed up. Each girl had different problems they had to overcome while working with their drag mothers, from Raven's partner being overly hairy to Tatianna's partner having a bad leg. After their performances, the girls were judged based on their transformation of their partner into drag queens as well as their lip sync performance.
The "Golden Gals" from left to right, Annalisha, Litter Boxx, Contessa Touchė, Big Tyra and Golda Lamė
Jujubee names her drag mother Contessa Touchė, and is poorly reviewed placing Jujubee in the bottom two.
Pandora Boxx names her drag mother Litter Boxx, she is also poorly reviewed and placed in the bottom two.
Raven names her drag mother Golda Lamė, who was considered an amazing tranformation, making Raven the winner of the challenge.
Tyra Sanchez names her drag mother Big Tyra, she is neither praised nor critiqued and is safe.
Tatianna names her drag mother Annalisha, her use of a wheelchair was well recieved, but Tatianna does not win the challenge.
The queens must make over five masculine, heterosexual jocks as their drag sisters. Alexis Mateo gets to choose which queen gets which jock for winning the mini-challenge. As a twist, RuPaul reveals the queens must also dress their jocks as cheerleaders and perform cheers about safe sex. The jocks soon discover the challenges of drag as the queens teach them to walk, paint, and tuck their way to the top. Carmen decides to show off her jock's body as an expression of her own drag persona, Raja tries to bring out the fierceness in her quiet jock by using a classic movie look, Alexis is hit on by her jock as she transforms him in her own image, Yara works on getting her jock to match her spicy, sexy runway style and Manila is frustrated by her jock's antics but is helped by his eagerness to learn.
Alexis Mateo names her drag sister Avals Mateo, the Mateos are critiqued for their cheer being too busy but
The girls with their jocks, from left to right: Fuschia and Manila Luzon, Lolita Cruz and Carmen Carrera, Drewlita and Yara Sofia, Raja and Enigma, and Avals and Alexis Mateo.
are praised for their mirror-image appearance.
Yara Sofia names her drag sister Drewlita Sofia, the Sofias are praised for their runway look despite not having as dynamic performance as the other queens.
Raja names her drag sister Enigma, Enigma's poor runway walk and losing the judges attention during their cheer place Raja in the bottom two.
Manila Luzon names her drag sister Fuschia Luzon, The Luzons dazzled the judges with their Chinese doll look and hilarious cheer routine, making Manila the winner.
Carmen Carrera names her drag sister Lolita Cruz Carrera, the judges rave over Carmen's personal look but critique her choice in wardrobe for her drag sister's muscular build, placing her in the bottom two.
The queens are paired up with dads for a maternity runway/makeover and striptease. It is revealed that Kenya has returned to the competition and wins the mini-challenge. Chad and Phi Phi fare well in the challenge, with Phi Phi being declared the overall winner.
The queens had to perform as a girl group with daughters of famous celebrities, drag them up, and lip-sync to one of RuPaul's songs. All the teams had mixed critiques but in the end Team Shad was the winning team, while Team Yarlexis was eliminated.
For the mini challenge, the remaining queens were exposed to drag boot camp by Storm (fitness trainer). Alaska won the challenge for outlasting the other queens, with her prize being to match the queens to a gay veteran for a drag makeover. Roxxxy was annoyed that Alaska picked Iszy, a short veteran for her, while Alaska gave Jinkx to the oldest veteran in order for her to perform badly due to her being Alaska's competition. On the main stage, the queens and veterans were challenged to perform a patriotic flag salute before walking the runway displaying their
From left to right: Nebraska, Beth Adome, Horchata Montrese, Fortuna Monsoon, and Isabella Andrews.
transformation
Alaska names her drag sister Nebraska, although her padding was off; which made Nebraska look squared, their look was moderately well received and their color guard salute was well reviewed.
Jinkx Monsoon names her drag sister/mother Fortuna Monsoon, they decided to pay homage to actress Judy Garland (whom Fortuna actually knew) and her daughter, actress Liza Minnelli for which they were well reviewed.
Detox names her drag sister Beth Adome, Detox fumbles through her flag salute and Beth-Detox's looks were not up to the judges par, placing Detox in the Bottom Two.
Coco Montrese names her drag sister Horchata Montrese, the judges read Coco for making herself the "pretty" sister and appearing to give Horchata the scraps left over from her outfit to make Horchata's. Coco is placed in the Bottom Two.
Roxxxy Andrews names her drag sister Isabella Andrews, they're perfectly matching looks and Isabella's remarkable transformation make Roxxxy the winner of this challenge.
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens were challenged to use their bodies to create abstract paintings representing marriage equality. Bianca wins and is given the task of assigning each queen a bride-to-be for this week's makeover challenge. However, in a twist, it is revealed that the queens will be making over the grooms into blushing brides, not the brides themselves.
Joslyn Fox names her daughter Bradonna Fox and struggles with her bride's aversion to doing drag because of his profession. Joslyn ends up in the bottom two and Lip Syncs against Adore Delano and is sent home.
Courtney Act names her daughter Rien Act and is accused of upstaging her bride with her personal look. She is safe.
Bianca Del Rio wins the challenge with her daughter Fifi Del Rio.
Darienne Lake encounters problems when her couple decide they want a Gothic-themed wedding and she cannot find any appropriate material. Her goth-themed bride Ann Drogyny did not land with all the judges who also criticize her personal look. She was safe.
Adore Delano panics about not being able to sew and both her personal look and her bride Honey Bun Delano is also heavily criticized. She ends up in the bottom two against Joslyn Fox, gives an impassioned performance and she is saved again while Joslyn sashays away.
BenDeLaCreme and her daughter Suzette à la Mode are given very positive critiques from the judges, both the bride's makeover and BenDeLaCreme's personal look are praised.
For the mini-challenge the queens had to create Orange Is the New Black-inspired look, using only prison uniforms and personal items the queens have, under the supervision of season four contestant Latrice Royale. The queens walk a make-shift runway in the workroom, and Kennedy Davenport is declared the winner. RuPaul gathers the queens to address his previous announcement of intending to bring one of the eliminated queens back into the competition. All the eliminated queens return. The main challenge for each queen still in the competition will be paired up with an eliminated queen, and create a conjoined twins-inspired drag look. The eliminated queen from the winning pair will then return to the competition, and once again be in the running for the title of America's next drag superstar. Because she won the mini-challenge, Kennedy gets to pair the queens up.
Ginger Minj is paired with Sasha Belle. Ginger has difficulty doing the makeover because of her and Sasha's lack of sewing ability and is upset with Sasha being distracted while they are meant to be working on the challenge. Sasha Belle leaves Ginger and talks to other contestants instead of helping in the challenge. The two land in the bottom because of the poorly executed and "tacky" look and lip sync for their lives. They win and Ginger keeps her place in the competition.
Jaidynn Diore Fierce is paired with Tempest DuJour, because of their complete physical differences they have trouble coming up with a cohesive look and end up with a "basic" runway. They are put in the bottom against Ginger and Sasha. They lose the lip sync and Jaidynn is eliminated.
Katya is paired with Mrs. Kasha Davis. They created a strong concept and character with comedic value and Katya is safe from elimination.
Miss Fame is paired with Kandy Ho. The look is critiqued for not being original. Miss Fame is safe.
Pearl is paired with Trixie Mattel. The look they create is complimented for being diverse and funny, while still sticking to a twin theme. Pearl is announced the winner of the challenge and Trixie is allowed back her place in the competition.
Violet Chachki is paired with Max who was eliminated the previous episode. The look is praised and well done, Michelle comments on being happy to finally see Max in a different coloured wig. They are safe.
The queens were tasked to make over male actors in her drag "clones".
This challenge had two parts, the first part was only to make up her twin drag, Stephanie won immunity for the second part, the second part was to present a lip sync show with her drag twins and from here the second winner of the challenge would come out. The winners are immunity for the Singing Challenge and can´t be eliminated. The bottom two of the singing challenge they face the elimination duel.
In episode 10, the 6 remaining drag queens were asked by RuPaul to give make-overs of themselves, and six crew members of RuPaul's Drag Race. During the judges' critiques, Trinity Taylor won the challenge alongside her partner, with Sasha Velour receiving high critiques. Peppermint was declared safe, while Alexis Michelle, Nina Bo'Nina Brown and Shea Couleé were criticized for their make-over looks. Alexis Michelle was declared safe from the bottom two, while Nina Bo'Nina Brown and Shea Couleé lip-synced against each other to Demi Lovato's "Cool for the Summer"; Shea Couleé won the lip-sync, and Nina Bo'Nina Brown was sashayed away by RuPaul.
On this episode of the fourth season of All Stars, the queens were tasked to make over their best 'Judys' which were their best friends, partners or husbands.
On the fourth episode, the queens are challenged to makeover the grooms of 11 heterosexual couples into beautiful brides, in a similar way to Season 6's makeover challenge'
On the tenth episode, the queens are each paired with one of their own family memebers and are asked to turn them and themselves into couples of twins superheroes
In Seasons 3, 4, and 7, this challenge marked the episode where a previously eliminated queen returned to the competition.
All Stars 3 and All Stars 5 are so far the only seasons of the American series that did not feature a Makeover challenge. Both featured a Ball Challenge instead.
Season 12 is the first season where no one went home on the makeover challenge.
Naomi Smalls is the only queen to win two makeover challenges.
Miz Cracker and Trixie Mattel are the only winners of the makeover challenge to not make it to the Top Finalists of their season, reaching 5th and 6th after losing the lip-sync to Kameron Michaels an Ginger Minj.
Monét X Change and Kandy Zyanide are the only queens to be eliminated on their first makeover and win their second one, and Manila Luzon is the only queen to win her first makeover and be eliminated on her second.
Jujubee, Latrice Royale, and Alaska are the only three queens to compete in two makeover challenges and be in the bottom in both of them.
Alaska's Season 5 partner Nebraska is one of Derrick Barry's partners, and Derrick later helped Nebraska become a professional drag queen.
