Snatch Game
Queen Impersonation Result
Aja Alyssa Edwards SAFE
Alexis Michelle Liza Minnelli WIN
Cynthia Lee Fontaine Sofia Vergara ELIM
Farrah Moan Gigi Gorgeous LOW
Nina Bo'nina Brown Jasmine Masters HIGH
Peppermint NeNe Leakes BTM2
Sasha Velour Marlene Dietrich HIGH
Shea Couleé Naomi Campbell SAFE
Trinity Taylor Amanda Lepore SAFE
Valentina Ariadna Gutiérrez SAFE
RuPaul 's Drag Race -- Season 9
See also : RuPaul 's Drag Race ( season 9 ) Alexis Michelle ( left , pictured in 2017 ) won the challenge in season 9 for her portrayal of Liza Minnelli ( right , pictured in 1997 ) . The guest celebrity contestants for the ninth season 's installment of `` Snatch Game '' were Candis Cayne and Denis O'Hare , both of whom served as guest judges during the main stage competition later in the episode .
Snatch Game is a challenge held each season (starting with the second) of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race, as well as its all-star and spin-off series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, Drag Race Thailand, and RuPaul's Drag Race UK. The challenge is a parody of the game show Match Game (known by the title Blankety Blank in the UK), except in season four of All Stars, when the format was changed to parody the game show The Dating Game. The challenge tests the contestants' skills at celebrity impersonation and improvisational comedy. It is normally staged approximately halfway through the season, although the number of contestants still in the race at the time of a Snatch Game challenge may vary from season to season. Snatch Game is commonly perceived as one of the most important and memorable challenges of the show and, in RuPaul's own words, the challenge separates the basic bitches from the fierce-ass queens. It is rare, although not unprecedented, for a queen to win the entire season without having placed at least high in the Snatch Game challenge: only three contestants have ever won the season after not receiving any critiques (i.e. being safe) in the Snatch Game episode, and only two contestants have ever won a season after being placed in the bottom for their Snatch Game performance. Due to the show's format, impersonated celebrities are usually female, although there have been several instances of contestants choosing male celebrities whose public images were sufficiently flamboyant to fit in with a drag aesthetic; one contestant chose to create the character of a male public figure's fictional twin sister, and several contestants have chosen to impersonate other people directly associated with the show, such as other past or present contestants, Michelle Visage or even RuPaul himself. For copyright reasons, queens cannot officially choose film or television characters, although some have selected real-world actresses while actually basing their portrayal on one of the celebrity's film or television performances rather than her real-world personality.