Lip Sync Performances/Lady Nona's Drag Race

## Lip Sync For Your Life

A **Lip Sync For Your Life** (sometimes known as '**Lip Sync For Your Legacy**', '**Lip Sync For Your Lives**', '**Lip Sync For The Win**' or '**Lip Sync For The Crown**') is the most common style of lip sync used on the show. It has so far made an appearance on every season of the show.

At the end of each episode, the two queens (or sometimes more) who performed worst in that week's challenge will be placed up for elimination, indicating that they must lip sync for their life. Before the lip sync begins, Lady Nona will state the following to the queens:

> *"Two/Three queens stand before me. Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me, and save yourself from elimination. The time has come... for you to lip sync... FOR. YOUR. LIFE. Good luck, and don't fuck it up."*
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Following the lip sync, the queen who (in Nona's opinion) performed best will be told *"Shantay, you stay,"* while the eliminated queen will be asked to *"Sashay away."* In certain cases, both contestants may end up being saved by Nona, or alternatively, more than one queen may be eliminated.

## Lip Sync for the Win

In episodes where every queen performs well during a challenge, the **Lip Sync for the Win** format was introduced beginning Season 1. At the end of such episodes, the queens who performed the best in that week's challenge will be deemed the top two queens, indicating that they must lip sync against each other to win a $5,000 cash tip. Before the lip sync begins, Lady Nona will state the following to the queens:

*"Two queens stand before me. Ladies, this is your chance to impress me, and win a cash tip... of $5,000. The time has come... for you to lip sync... FOR. THE. WIN. Good luck, and don't fuck it up.*

Following the lip sync, the queen who (in Nona's opinion) performed best will be told that they won that week's challenge, while the losing queen will be deemed safe.

## Final Lip Sync

While still referred to as a "Lip Sync For Your Life", the final lip sync of each season follows a slightly different format, depending on the season:

* In Season 1 all members of the Top 4 would participate in the final lip sync, with Nona choosing which of the four queens to eliminate based on this lip sync and each queen's performance throughout the season. The winner would later be chosen from the Top 3 at the live reunion.
* In Seasons 2 & Season 3, the Top 5 were critiqued, and three of them would be announced as definite finalists. The other two would lip sync for their lives, and the winner would move on to the finale, where they would lip sync for the crown.
* In Seasons 4 & Season 5, all members of the Top 4 would participate in the final lip sync, with Nona choosing which of the four queens to eliminate based on this lip sync and each queen's performance throughout the season. However, no queens were eliminated.
* In Season 6 the Top 5 were critiqued, and three of them would be announced as definite finalists. The other two would lip sync for their lives, and the winner would move on to the finale, where Lady Nona would choose which of the four queens to eliminate based on each queen's performance throughout the season.
* In Season 7 the Top 6 were critiqued, and three of them would be announced as definite finalists. The other three would lip sync for their lives, and the winner would move on to the finale, where they would lip sync for the crown.

## Lip Sync For The Crown

The **Lip Sync For The Crown** was a unique twist on the lip sync format used for the Season 2 finale. Rather than Nona simply stating the winner during the live finale, it was revealed that the remaining four queens would have to compete in a bracket-style lip sync tournament in order to win the season.

At the beginning of the finale, a large wheel displaying the faces of all four queens was brought out. The queen selected by this wheel was given the chance to choose who she would compete against in the first round of the bracket, with the two queens not chosen lip syncing against each other in the second match-up of the first round. Each of the two performances began with Nona standing at the front of the stage, the two queens behind him, and announcing to the audience:

> *"Two queens stand behind me. Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from elimination. The time has come... for you to lip sync... FOR. THE. CROWN. Good luck, and don't fuck it up."*
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At the end of the two matches, Nona announced in front of the live audience which of the two queens performed better with the familiar *"Shantay, you stay."* The eliminated queen would be asked to *"Sashay away,"* this time with the applause of the audience behind them.

The second round of the tournament consisted of the winners of the first two match-ups (at this point the Top 2 queens of the season) lip syncing against each other in the final lip sync of the season. The performance began again with Nona at the front of the stage with the two queens behind him, this time announcing:

> *"Two queens stand behind me. Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me, and prove to the world that you are America's Next Drag Superstar. The time has come... for you to lip sync... FOR. THE. CROWN. Good luck, and don't fuck it up."*
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Following this performance, Nona chose the winner of the season based on this final lip sync as well as each queen's performance throughout the season.

## Lady Nona's Drag Race Lip Sync Songs

* Season 7
* Season 6
* Season 5
* Season 4
* Season 3
* Season 2
* Season 1

### Top Two Lip Syncs

Episode 9 featured a Top Two lip-sync, with no one going home.

 9

### Finale Lip Syncs

Episode 13 did not feature lip sync performances or eliminations.

 Winner

### Top Two Lip Syncs

Episode 13 featured a Top Two lip-sync, with no one going home.

 13

### Top Two Lip Syncs

Episodes 1 and 10 both featured a Top Two lip-sync, with no one going home.

 1

### Regular Lip Syncs

Regular Lip Syncs where bottom two queens lip sync and one gets eliminated continued as of Episode 2.

### Top Four Lip Sync

 14(Top 4) | "I'm So Excited" by The Pointer Sisters

### Finale Lip Syncs

Episode 15 did not feature lip sync performances or eliminations.

 Winner

### Top Two Lip Syncs

Episode 8 featured a Top Two lip-sync, with no one going home.

 8

### Premiere Lip Syncs

The premiere episode of the season included the queens face-off in Lip Sync For Your Life battles, with no queens being eliminated.

### Top Two Lip Syncs

The next two episodes of the season included the Top Two queens from each premiere ("Winners" and "Losers") lip syncing for the win, respectively, with no queens being eliminated. Episode 9 also featured a Top Two episode.

 2

### Regular Lip Syncs

Regular Lip Syncs where bottom two queens lip sync and one gets eliminated continued as of episode 4.

### Finale Lip Syncs

Episode 15 did not feature lip sync performances or eliminations.

 Winner

█ None of the contestants were eliminated in the lip sync battle.

### Finale Lip Syncs

Episode 12 did not feature lip sync performances or eliminations.

 Winner

### Top Two Lip Syncs

The premiere episodes of Season 1 and Episode 13 included the Top Two queens lip syncing for the win, with no queens being eliminated.

 1

### Regular Lip Syncs

Regular Lip Syncs where bottom two queens lip sync and one gets eliminated continued as of Episode 3. Episode 13 did not feature lip sync due to Regina Whore departing.

### Top Four Lip Sync

 19 (Top 4) | "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore

### Individual Performances

 "Take Me Home" by Cher

█ Both of the contestants were eliminated in the lip sync batte.
█ None of the contestants were eliminated in the lip sync battle.