The Stand-Up Challenge or Comedy Challenge is a challenge where the contestants have to write a and perform a stand-up routine on the, usually in front of a live audience. The main objective of the challenge is to deliver the funniest jokes, sometimes through telling stories of a certain theme, that make the judges panel and the audience laugh.
Similarly, a Roast is a special type of a Stand-Up challenge where the queens have to write jokes that target a certain person or people. The objective of a Roast is to make the judges panel and the audience laugh by throwing quality and funny shade at someone.
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- ā The challenge never appeared in the season.
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- The Roast challenge essentially has the same objective as the famous Reading is Fundamental mini challenge, except in the Roast an opportunity to throw shade at people other than the fellow contestants is usually given.
- Interestingly enough, Bosco is the only queen ever to win both Reading is Fundamental mini challenge and a Roast maxi challenge.
- Season 5 is the first season to feature a Roast, with Coco Montrese being the first ever Roast winner.
- Bianca Del Rio, Natalia Pliacam and Carmen Farala are the only regular season winners to win the Stand-Up challenge.
- Chad Michaels, Alaska and MonƩt X Change are the only All Stars winners to win a Stand-Up challenge.
- Jaida Essence Hall, Symone and Krystal Versace are the only regular season winners to place in the Bottom in the Stand-Up challenge.
- All Stars 7 is the first season ever to feature both a regular Stand-Up and a Roast.
- Additionally, both were won by Jinkx Monsoon.
- Queens can also do Stand-Up as their talent for the Talent Show or All Star Variety Show challenge. However, so far, this has only been done by Jasmine Masters, Trinity K. Bonet and Paloma.
- Manila Luzon and Alyssa Edwards are the only queens to land in the Bottom on their first Stand-Up challenge, and then win the challenge the second time they took part.
- Roxxxy Andrews is the only queen to land in the Bottom on a Stand-Up challenge twice.
- Trinity The Tuck is the only queen to participate in a Roast three times.
- On All Stars 2, the Stand-Up challenge featured the first ever four-way win (Alaska, Alyssa Edwards, Detox and Tatianna).
Maxi Challenges | Acting ⢠Ball ⢠Choreography ⢠Commercial ⢠Design ⢠Finale ⢠Improvisation ⢠Makeover ⢠Photoshoot ⢠Runway ⢠Rusical ⢠Singing ⢠Snatch Game ⢠Stand-Up ⢠Talent Show ⢠Variety Show |
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Mini Challenges | Everybody Loves Puppets ⢠Reading is Fundamental |