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'Drag Race PH': Dee Dee Marie Holiday wins 'Rusical' challenge

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Josiah Antonio, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Dee Dee Marie Holiday won the " challenge="" in="" the="" latest="" episode="" of="" Race="" season="" Screenshot="" from="" HBO="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/entertainment/09/05/09052023-dee-dee-marie.jpg"/><figcaption>Dee Dee Marie Holiday won the &#x27;Rusical&#x27; challenge in the latest episode of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; season 2. <em>Screenshot from HBO Go.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Dee Dee Marie Holiday won the &#x27;Rusical&#x27; challenge in the latest episode of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; season 2.</p><p>In the fifth episode, the 8 remaining queens battled it out in a mini challenge of Trip to Jerusalem with the Pit Crew and Captivating Katkat won.</p><p>Katkat was tasked to give the roles in the &#x27;Rusical&#x27; titled &quot;Sirena,&quot; inspired by the film &quot;The Little Mermaid.&quot;</p><p>While Bernie and OV C--T earned praises, Dee Dee&#x27;s Tiya Pusit rose to occasion and won the challenge for her on-point characterization of a villain. </p><p>&quot;Dee Dee, you were so good. You had such a strong performance on stage. Alam mo &#x27;yung when you have a kontrabida-bida almost na you wanna see more of them on stage, that&#x27;s what I felt for you because you gave such life to your character. I wanted to see more of you on stage,&quot; Anne Curtis said. </p><p>&quot;The mouthing of the words, the way your eyes, like everything worked so well, it was very fluid,&quot; Jiggly Caliente said. &quot;There was very strong stage presence, your characterization as a villain, &#x27;yung paggalaw ng mata mo, &#x27;yung mga funny antics mo, nadala mo ko roon eh, hindi ka lang one-dimensional kontrabida. I think your performance in the &#x27;Rusical&#x27; was iconic,&quot; Kaladkaren added.</p><p>M1ss Jade So and Matilduh landed in the bottom and performed a lip sync of &quot;Gusto Ko Nang Bumitaw&quot; by Morissette. </p><p>While both gave it their all and impressed the viewers with their battle Matilduh ended her journey in 8th place.</p><p>&quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; airs new episodes on Wednesdays at WOW Presents Plus and HBO Go along with its &quot;Untucked&quot; segment.</p><p>Precious Paula Nicole was crowned as the first winner of &quot;Drag Race Philippines&quot; at the conclusion of the competition series last year.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/10/12/22/precious-paula-nicole-is-the-1st-drag-race-ph-winner">Precious Paula Nicole is the first &#x27;Drag Race Philippines&#x27; winner</a></li></ul><p>The Emmy Award-winning original series has featured the talents of Filipino drag queens in the US and several overseas editions through the years.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2177170" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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'Drag Race PH': Dee Dee Marie Holiday wins 'Rusical' challenge

Josiah Antonio,

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Published September 05, 2023 06:47 PM PHT

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