10s Across the Board

January 2025 January 2025 RuPaul's Drag Race 10 1 2018 03 22 Nick Murray Christina Aguilera Grand Finale PharmaRusical RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 "10s Across the Board" is the first episode of the tenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race.Henderson Eric 2018-03-23 RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Season 10, Episode 1, "10s Across the Board" https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1-10s-across-the-board/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240102114623/https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1-10s-across-the-board/ 2024-01-02 2024-02-01 Slant Magazine en-US 2018-03-22 RuPaul's Drag Race Season Premiere Recap: Dime-store Girls https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20230331094712/https://www.vulture.com/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-recap-season-10-episode-1.html 2023-03-31 2024-02-01 Vulture Vox Media enBenwell Max 2018-03-23 'Is it usually this intense?' A Drag Race newbie's piping hot take on episode 1 https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/03/23/drag-race-season-10-episode-1-recap-review/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20240302214041/https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/03/23/drag-race-season-10-episode-1-recap-review/ 2024-03-02 2024-02-01 PinkNews en-US It originally aired on March 22, 2018. The episode's mini-challenge has contestants walk a runway in front of former contestants and the main challenge tasks current contestants with creating looks with limited resources. Christina Aguilera is a guest judge. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo is eliminated from the competition after placing in the bottom two and losing a lip-sync contest against Kalorie Karbdashian Williams to "Ain't No Other Man" by Aguilera. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's exit line went viral and generated many memes on social media. The episode received three awards from seven nominations at the 70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Episode thumb|Mayhem Miller (pictured in 2018) wins the episode's main challenge. The season's fourteen contestants enter the Werk Room one a time. RuPaul greets them and introduces the first mini-challenge, which tasks contestants with walking a runway surrounded by former competitors from the series. Among the visiting contestants are Adore Delano, Bob the Drag Queen, Chad Michaels, Darienne Lake, Delta Work, Derrick Barry, Detox, Jaymes Mansfield, Jessica Wild, Jiggly Caliente, Jinkx Monsoon,Guzzo Bianca 2018-03-23 RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10, Episode 1 Recap: 10s Across The Board https://inmagazine.ca/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-episode-1-recap-10s-across-board/ 2024-03-02 IN Magazine en 2021-04-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20210412230301/http://inmagazine.ca/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-episode-1-recap-10s-across-board/ live Jujubee, Katya, Kim Chi, Laganja Estranja, Manila Luzon, Mariah Paris Balenciaga, Morgan McMichaels, Mrs. Kasha Davis, Ongina, Pandora Boxx, Peppermint, Victoria "Porkchop" Parker, Raja, Raven, Tempest DuJour, and Trixie Mattel, and Yara Sofia. Back in the Werk Room, the contestants get out of drag. RuPaul enters and reveals that Monét X Change is the winner of the mini-challenge. RuPaul then reveals the main challenge, which tasks contestants with creating looks with limited resources ("drag on a dime"). Members of the Pit Crew bring in various materials. The contestants select their materials and work on their looks for the fashion show. Miz Cracker shares about her experience being raised in a lower income household. On a new day, the contestants put the final touches on their outfits and apply cosmetics. Eureka O'Hara shares about her experience getting injured on the previous season and her recovery process. She describes the joy she feels being able to dance again. Dusty Ray Bottoms discusses the origins of her signature dotted make-up pattern. The contestants notice the cosmetic similarities between Aquaria and Miz Cracker; Aquaria suggests this is a common occurrence. On the main stage, RuPaul welcomes fellow judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, and Ross Mathews. RuPaul introduces the challenge and the fashion show commences. RuPaul dismisses the contestants deemed safe and says another contestant is entering the competition. The new contestant, claimed to be Farrah Moan, is revealed to be Christina Aguilera. Mayhem Miller is declared the winner of the main challenge. Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo place in the bottom and face off in a lip-sync contest to Aguilera's song "Ain't No Other Man" (2006). Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams wins the contest and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo is eliminated from the competition.2018-03-23 RuPaul's Drag Race delivers 10s across the board with an exhilarating premiere https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-delivers-10s-across-the-board-with-a-1824004768 live https://web.archive.org/web/20230616193149/https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-delivers-10s-across-the-board-with-a-1824004768 2023-06-16 2024-02-01 The A.V. Club Paste Media Group en2018-03-23 Racing With Haley: 10s Across The Board https://werrrk.com/2018/03/23/racing-with-haley-10s-across-the-board/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20220131130617/https://werrrk.com/2018/03/23/racing-with-haley-10s-across-the-board/ 2022-01-31 2024-03-02 Werrrk.com en-US2018-03-23 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Premiere: Tens Across the Board (Published 2018) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/arts/television/rupauls-drag-race-season-premiere-recap.html 2025-11-23 The New York Times en November 1, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231101192040/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/arts/television/rupauls-drag-race-season-premiere-recap.html live Production thumb|Christina Aguilera (pictured in 2006) is a guest judge; her song "Ain't No Other Man" is used for the episode's lip-sync contest. Prior to the episode's lip-sync contest, Aguilera visits with the contestants back stage for the corresponding episode of RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked.Youtt Henry 2018-06-19 Top 5 Music Moments From 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 10 https://www.billboard.com/culture/pride/rupauls-drag-race-season-10-music-moments-8461769/ 2025-11-21 Billboard en-US Fashion For the fashion show, Aquaria wears an outfit inspired by Little Bo-Peep with a large bow. She carries a cane and wears a large hat. Asia O'Hara's colorful outfit has various party materials. Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams's dress is made of fake dollar bills. Blair St. Clair presents a Vivienne Westwood-inspired outfit made from reflective sun visors. Dusty Ray Bottoms similarly has an outfit made from visors. Kameron Michaels has an outfit with many flowers attached. Monét X Change's green-and-yellow outfit has many pieces of sponge attached. The Vixen's outfit is made of pool noodles. Mayhem Miller presents a black dress made from bin bags and other materials. Eureka carries a purse with a stuffed dog and she sucks on a lollipop. Part of her outfit has a print depicting doughnuts. Monique Heart's outfit has playing cards. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo has dolls attached to her mostly pink outfit. Yuhua Hamasaki's outfit has yellow barricade tape and she has a headpiece shaped like an ankh. Miz Cracker wears a widow-inspired dress. "Miss Vanjie" thumb|Vanessa Vanjie Mateo (pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2018) is the season's first contestants to be eliminated from the competition.Upon being eliminated, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo left the main stage by walking backwards and repeating the phrase "Miss Vanjie" three times. According to Marcus Wratten of PinkNews, "the Internet was awash with memes, merch and demands for her to make a big return". Wratten included her exit in the website's 2023 list of "the most hilarious yet underrated Drag Race exit lines ever".Wratten Marcus 2023-04-09 9 of the most hilarious yet underrated Drag Race exit lines ever https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/09/best-drag-race-exit-lines/ 2025-11-22 PinkNews en-US The website's Charlie Duncan called Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's exit "iconic" in 2022.Duncan Charlie 2022-10-14 Drag Race UK's Sminty Drop explains iconic 'sad twerk' exit https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/14/drag-race-uk-sminty-drop/ 2025-11-22 PinkNews en-US February 6, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250206191628/https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/14/drag-race-uk-sminty-drop/ live Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's exit ranked second in BBC's list of the funniest Drag Race meme's in the last decade.2019-09-29 RuPaul's Drag Race: Funny memes from the last 10 years https://www.bbc.com/bbcthree/article/f8e71012-af11-462c-8211-fce39971a543 2025-11-22 BBC Three en-GB In Screen Rant 2023 ranking of the show's "most iconic" quotes, Michelle Konopka Alonzo said "no farewell statement has made more of a cultural impact" than Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's. Alonzo said she "unintentionally affected the rest of season 10 and single-handedly changed RuPaul's life by repeating her name as she exited the main stage. Vanjie's quirky but catchy phrase was frequently mentioned by Michelle Visage, RuPaul, and the other queens as the episodes progressed; Vanjie's popularity later led to her return on RPDR season 11."Alonzo Michelle Konopka 2023-02-02 The Most Iconic RuPaul's Drag Race Quotes Ranked https://screenrant.com/most-iconic-rupauls-drag-race-quotes-ranked/ 2025-11-22 Screen Rant Valnet en RuPaul recreated Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's exit on the season's tenth episode ("Social Media Kings Into Queens").Damshenas Sam 2018-05-25 RuPaul paid tribute to Miss Vanjie on this week's Drag Race runway https://www.gaytimes.com/culture/rupaul-paid-tribute-to-miss-vanjie-on-this-weeks-drag-race-runway/ 2025-12-19 Gay Times en-US Bernardo Sim included Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's exit in Out 2023 list of the 25 "most iconic and gag-worthy moments" in the show's history. He said she "established a new standard for how exit lines should be delivered when a queen is eliminated".Sim Bernardo 25 of the Most Iconic & Gag-Worthy Moments in 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Herstory https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-iconic-moments 2025-11-22 Out Pride Media en 1062-7928 October 11, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251011225545/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-iconic-moments live Sim later included her "unforgettable"Sim Bernardo Ru Throws a Ball to Celebrate 'Drag Race's 200th Episode in New Teaser https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-200th-episode 2025-11-22 Out en May 21, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250521075310/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-200th-episode live exit in the magazine's 2025 list of the "best and most hilarious" memes in the show's history. He described it as the "best, most impactful, and most memorable exit line of all time".Sim Bernardo 32 best and most hilarious memes in Drag Race herstory https://www.out.com/drag/drag-race-meme 2025-11-22 Out en Sim also included "Miss Vanjie" in Pride.com's 2023 list of the ten best Drag Race memes "that belong in the hall of fame".Sim Bernardo 10 Best 'RuPaul's Drag Race's Memes That Are Totally Iconic https://www.pride.com/culture/drag/rupauls-drag-race-best-memes 2025-11-22 Pride.com Here Media en July 17, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250717060942/https://www.pride.com/culture/drag/rupauls-drag-race-best-memes live The Houston Chronicle Joey Guerra said "Miss Vanjie" was among the show's "truly iconic" exits in 2025.Guerra Joey October 3, 2025 'Drag Race: Canada vs. the World' Q&A: Stephanie Prince found happiness through drag https://www.houstonchronicle.com/movies_tv/article/Drag-Race-Canada-vs-the-World-Q-A-Stephanie-17627000.php Houston Chronicle Hearst Communications 1074-7109 30348909 In 2018, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo released a song called "I'm Vanjie". Sam Damshenas described the song as a dance anthem and said Vanessa Vanjie Mateo references her exit from the show in the song as "legendary".Damshenas Sam 2018-06-25 Vanessa Vanjie Mateo drops dance anthem I'm Vanjie - listen https://www.gaytimes.com/culture/vanessa-vanjie-mateo-drops-dance-anthem-im-vanjie-listen/ 2025-11-22 Gay Times en-US 0950-6101 Reception and recognition 260 RuPaul's Dragcon 2017 - Delta Work (cropped).jpg File:RuPaul's Dragcon 2017 - Delta Work (cropped).jpg Raven (cropped).jpg File:Raven (cropped).jpg Hair stylist Delta Work (left, pictured at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2017) and make-up artist Raven (right, pictured at the 23rd GLAAD Media Awards in 2012), both former Drag Race contestants, received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for their work on the episode. Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club gave the episode a rating of 'A'. She described it as a "thrilling, hilarious premiere introducing an exciting lineup of new queens while honoring the show's past for this milestone season". John Paul Brammer of Them magazine said Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams "displayed formidable chops" and wrote of Vanessa Vanjie Mateo's elimination: "I don't think I've ever been so sad about the first queen to be eliminated. Her confessionals were genuinely hilarious, and I was looking forward to her screaming at us mere inches from our faces every Thursday."Brammer John Paul 2018-03-23 'Drag Race' Episode One Recap: 'All Stars 3?' We Don't Know Her https://www.them.us/story/drag-race-episode-one-recap-all-stars-3-we-dont-know-her 2025-11-21 Them Condé Nast en-US June 21, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210621201254/https://www.them.us/story/drag-race-episode-one-recap-all-stars-3-we-dont-know-her live Sam Brooks of The Spinoff ranked the "Ain't No Other Man" performance number 116 in a 2019 "definitive ranking" of all 162 Drag Race lip-sync contests to date.Brooks Sam 2019-10-03 A definitive ranking of all 162 Lip Syncs on RuPaul's Drag Race https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race 2025-11-21 The Spinoff en May 25, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230525074940/https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/03-10-2019/a-definitive-ranking-of-all-162-lip-syncs-on-rupauls-drag-race live In 2025, Out magazine's Bernardo Sim wrote, "It's fair to say that Kalorie did a slightly better job than Vanjie in that lip sync, and thank gawd for it — that loss led this queen to deliver her iconic 'Miss Vanjie' exit line that went viral immediately and entered the Drag Race herstory books."Sim Bernardo Porkchop Queens: Drag Race's list of first-eliminated queens https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-porkchop-queens-first-eliminated 2025-11-21 Out Pride Media en 1062-7928 October 27, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251027020459/https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/rupauls-drag-race-porkchop-queens-first-eliminated live The episode received three awards from seven nominations at the 70th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Nick Murray won in the Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program category. American fashion designer Zaldy Goco won in the Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming category and Hector Pocasangre and Delta Work (Gabriel Villarreal) won in the Outstanding Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program category.Hipes Patrick 2018-09-10 Creative Arts Emmy Awards Winners: Anthony Bourdain, Craig Zadan's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Fittingly Lead Way On Night 2; 'SNL' Tops With 7 Wins – Full List https://deadline.com/2018/09/emmy-awards-2108-winners-creative-arts-live-blog-list-1202460382/ 2025-11-21 Deadline Hollywood Penske Media Corporation en-US August 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230808100507/https://deadline.com/2018/09/emmy-awards-2108-winners-creative-arts-live-blog-list-1202460382/ live Director of photography Michael Jacob Kerber was nominated in the Outstanding Cinematography for a Reality Program category and editors Jamie Martin, Drew Forni, John Lim, and Michael Roha were nominated in the Outstanding Picture Editing for a Structured Reality or Competition Program category. Make-up artists Nicole Faulkner, Jen Fregozo, Natasha Marcelina, and Raven (David Petruschin) were nominated in the Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program category. Lousine Shamamian was nominated in the Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program category for the corresponding episode of Untucked. 2018-07-12 Emmy Nominations: The Complete List https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/emmys-nominations-list-2018-1202871084/ 2025-11-21 Variety Penske Media Corporation en-US 0042-2738 60626328 July 12, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180712173050/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/emmys-nominations-list-2018-1202871084/ live See also Christina Aguilera videography References External links 10s Across the Board at IMDb Miss Vanjie Reveals Her Favorite Memes, The Advocate ‘RuPaul's Drag Race:’ The Very Best of the ‘Miss Vanjie’ Memes, Billboard The Best "Miss Vanjie" Memes Will Have You Shouting "Miss Vanjie" Right On Back, Bustle 10 of the best memes that show why Miss Vanjie is the true Drag Race winner, Gay Times RuPaul's Drag Race's Vanessa Vanjie Mateo Loves Your ‘Miss Vanjie’ Memes, Vulture Andrew Garfield Has Some Thoughts About Miss Vanjie's Exit From RuPaul's Drag Race, W Fashion LGBTQ Television United States Category:Emmy Award–winning episodes Category:RuPaul's Drag Race season 10 episodes Category:Works about ball culture