# RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2

The second season of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race premiered August 12, 2022 on VH1. This season featured a major retool of the spin-off, with nine celebrity contestants — concealed by drag personas — competing in a season-length lip sync tournament. RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews returned as judges.
The season was won by Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean (as "Poppy Love"), with Tatyana Ali ("Chakra 7") and Mark Indelicato ("Thirsty von Trap") as runners-up, and Ali being voted as Miss Congeniality by the contestants.

## Background

Unlike the first season, which featured self-contained competitions based on the format of the main series, season 2 of Secret Celebrity Drag Race featured a season-length lip-sync competition with celebrities concealed via drag personas (a la The Masked Singer), with the champion receiving $100,000 for a charity of their choice. In each episode, the queens each gave a lip sync performance for the judges and a studio audience. The bottom two queens competed in a Lip Sync for Your Life for a chance to be saved from elimination; the eliminated queen would then reveal their true identity at the end of the show. All remaining queens revealed their identity at the beginning of the sixth episode.
Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and Monét X Change served as the "Queen Supremes", providing commentary for the series as well as assisting and mentoring the contestants. There were also special appearances by Eureka, Gottmik, Katya, Morgan McMichaels, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki.

## Contestants

Contestants of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2 and their charity donations :
| Drag Name | Celebrity | Queen Supreme | Outcome | Raised | Charity |
| Poppy Love | AJ McLean | Jujubee | Winner | $100,000 | Trans Lifeline |
| Chakra 7 | Tatyana Ali | Brooke Lynn Hytes | Runners-up | $5,000 | Hansavedas |
| Thirsty von Trap | Mark Indelicato | Monét X Change | Runners-up | $5,000 | Planned Parenthood |
| Chic-Li-Fay | Kevin McHale | Brooke Lynn Hytes | 4th place | $5,000 | Lions Camp Tatiyee |
| Donna Bellissima | Daniel Franzese | Monét X Change | 5th place | $5,000 | The Trevor Project |
| Milli von Sunshine | Jenna Ushkowitz | Jujubee | 6th place | $5,000 | Planned Parenthood |
| Jackie Would | Thom Filicia | Jujubee | 7th place | $5,000 | Bone Marrow & Cancer Foundation |
| Electra Owl | Taylor Dayne | Brooke Lynn Hytes | 8th place | $5,000 | Global Green |
| Fabulosity | Loretta Devine | Monét X Change | 9th place | $5,000 | NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund |
Notes:
* ↑ Chakra 7 was voted Miss Congeniality by their fellow contestants.

## Contestant progress

Legend:
Progress of contestants including placements in each episode :
| Drag Name | Celebrity | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode | Episode |
| Drag Name | Celebrity | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Poppy Love | AJ McLean | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | Winner | Winner |
| Chakra 7 | Tatyana Ali | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | TOP2 | WIN | SAFE | Miss C | RU |
| Thirsty von Trap | Mark Indelicato | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | BTM | WIN | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Chic-Li-Fay | Kevin McHale | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | Guest | Guest |
| Donna Bellissima | Daniel Franzese | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | WIN | ELIM | | Guest | Guest |
| Milli von Sunshine | Jenna Ushkowitz | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | | | | Guest | Guest |
| Jackie Would | Thom Filicia | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | | | | | Guest | Guest |
| Electra Owl | Taylor Dayne | SAFE | ELIM | | | | | | Guest | Guest |
| Fabulosity | Loretta Devine | ELIM | | | | | | | Guest | Guest |

## Lip syncs

Legend:
| Episode | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Song | Eliminated |
| 1 | Fabulosity | vs. | Jackie Would | "Venus" (Bananarama) | Fabulosity |
| 2 | Electra Owl | vs. | Thirsty von Trap | "Shut Up and Drive" (Rihanna) | Electra Owl |
| 3 | Donna Bellissima | vs. | Jackie Would | "Ain't Nothin' Goin' On but the Rent" (Gwen Guthrie) | Jackie Would |
| 4 | Milli von Sunshine | vs. | Thirsty von Trap | "My Life Would Suck Without You" (Kelly Clarkson) | Milli von Sunshine |
| Episode | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Song | Winner |
| 5 | Chakra 7 | vs. | Donna Bellissima | "Believe" (Cher) | Donna Bellissima |
| Episode | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Song | Eliminated |
| 6 | Donna Bellissima | vs. | Thirsty von Trap | "U Wear It Well" (RuPaul) | Donna Bellissima |
| 7 | Chic-Li-Fay | vs. | Poppy Love | "The Edge of Glory" (Lady Gaga) | Chic-Li-Fay |
| Episode | Contestants | Contestants | Contestants | Song | Winner |
| 8 | Chakra 7 vs. Poppy Love vs. Thirsty von Trap | Chakra 7 vs. Poppy Love vs. Thirsty von Trap | Chakra 7 vs. Poppy Love vs. Thirsty von Trap | "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters) | Poppy Love |

## Episodes
### Episode 4: Drag Duets (September 2)

The remaining queens were paired with Eureka!, Gottmik, Katya, Morgan McMichaels, Silky Nutmeg Ganache and Violet Chachki.
* ↑ Eureka O'Hara is referred to as Eureka! on the show.
* ↑ Yekaterina Petrovna Zamolodchikova is referred to as Katya on the show.

### Episode 8: Grande Finale (September 30)

The three Queen Supremes Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee and Monét X Change performed together RuPaul's "Blame It on the Edit".