WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Legendary Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle” and Season 2, Episode 10, “Ballroom 5000,” which aired Thursday on HBO Max.
Once again, Legendary has released two episodes this week, Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle,” and Season 2, Episode 10, “Ballroom 5000.” This week also marks the end of the second season of the ballroom series on HBO Max, so the following contains major spoilers for Legendary, Season 2, Episode 9 and Episode 10, including who the winning house is.
Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle,” Category One
The theme for Episode 9 is jungle, prompting the houses to come up with some wild ideas and performances. For the all-house performance, each house will perform one of the three staples of ballroom: spins and dips, floor performance or hair whips. It’s on last week’s winner, Miyake-Mugler, to choose what house gets what challenge, and along with this, each house must incorporate a bizarre effect with a family member.
First up is Miyake-Mugler, who’re paying homage to Britney Spears’ VMA performance for “I Am a Slave For You,” with Father Arturo dressing as a bizarre tree, which limited his movements for hair whips, but the design won over judges. Overall, the house wowed the judges, making them want to dance with them and earning the house a 47.
Balenciaga is up next with a focus on spins and dips; however, this particular part of the challenge was seen by some as too average. They deliver a good New Orleans meets the rain forest number, but good isn’t enough, earning them a 45. Finally, Garçon steps onto the stage, and they are a group of exotic birds with stunning looks, but they also score lower with a 42.
Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle,” Category Two
Next category sees two members from each house take the stage, with one performing to the “old way” for their first time, while the other performs to the “new way” for their first time. For Balenciaga, it’s on Kalik to tackle the old way while Honey takes on the new way, and it’s almost perfect, but Tiffany Haddish cuts them. Garçon follows up with Milan representing the old and Egypt representing the new, but they are also cut by Megan Thee Stallion. That leaves Miyake-Mugler, and Malik and Prince earn tens across the board.
Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle,” Category Three
The following category is about arm control — the shapes one can make with their arms. ChaCh Balenciaga, Father Arturo Miyake-Mugler and Savion Garçon take to the stage, with Arturo being eliminated from the first round, and Balenciaga takes the category after ChaCha pulls out a clever trick.
Season 2, Episode 9, “Elektric Jungle,” Category Four
The final category is “Shake That Sexy Duo,” with one house member selling confidence and sex, and if they receive tens across the board, then another member will perform in a twerk off for bonus points. Jupiter Balenciaga is up first, but he is cut. Meanwhile, Stasha Garçon and Diego Miyake-Mugler make it through, so it’s Tati Miyake-Mugler vs. Tonka Garçon in the twerk off, cementing Miyake-Mugler’s place in the finale.
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With Miyake-Mugler in the finale, it’s between Garçon and Balenciaga for the final battle, with Savion representing the former and Honey representing the latter. While some of the judges were not feeling the energy of this performance, a decision must be made, and Balenciaga stays, sending home Garçon.
Season 2, Episode 10, “Ballroom 5000,” Category One
The finale features an all-house performance that includes all five aspects of vogue — catwalk, duck-walk, spins and dips, hands and floor performance — while embodying the future of ballroom. This time, the houses will not learn their scores until the end, but for the sake of this feature, they will be disclosed here.
Miyake-Mugler won last time, so they select who goes first, allowing Balenciaga to go before them. They lean heavily into the regal side of ballroom, with Mother Shannon embodying a queen while her family members deliver on the performance. Shannon truly steals the show, embodying confidence, respect and inspiration. They earn a 37.
Meanwhile, Miyake-Mugler embraces the futuristic side of this category, with their production design screaming Total Recall. Like Mother Shannon, Father Arturo also shines, but instead of taking on a separate role from the other house members, Arturo dives fully into their performance. Both approaches have merits, yet it appears the judges enjoyed Miyake-Mugler’s approach more, as they earn a 38.
Season 2, Episode 10, “Ballroom 5000,” Category Two
With such close scores, it comes down to category two, which is composed of five rounds. In each round a member of each house will tackle one of the aforementioned elements of vogue, with the winner getting an extra five points for their house.
Up first is hands, with Kalik beating Arturo and earning five points for Balenciaga. Then it is the duck-walk round, with Mother Shannon taking on Malik Miyake-Mugler, with the latter winning it for Mugler. Next is catwalk, with Diego vs. Jupiter, and Diego wins it for Miyake-Mugler, earning them five more points. The second to last battle is a floor performance between Honey Balenciaga and Prince Miyake-Mugler, with Honey taking it. Finally, it is the spins and dips challenge, with Tati Miyake-Mugler beating ChaCha.
Who Won Legendary Season 2?
The categories are closed, and the houses learn their final scores. With an original score of 37 and a bonus score of ten, Balenciaga is now at 47. However, on top of their 38, Miyake-Mugler earned 15 points in the final category, putting them at 53. For the fourth week in a row, Miyake-Mugler wins, and they take home the grand prize as the winners of the whole season.
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