Erica Strada

Erica Strada is a competitor /u/YouGotItInMyHair from Reddit's Lipsync For Your Life Season 5, who placed 4th overall and won the title of Mx. Congeniality during the competition. She is known for her iconic soccer ball "thiddies" and her chroma-keyed, vivacious and joyful concepts.

Records
Erica's run on Season 5 was an rollercoaster ride, where she'd place low one week, she may have won or placed high the next. Her most notable and widely acclaimed video was for Themes From a Hat Week, where she was assigned Snatch Game / Celebrity Impersonation (Poor Unfortunate Souls - The Little Mermaid), was praised for how far she had come in the weeks of the competition, others criticising it for its reliance on heavy editing and visual effects to sell the concept more than the actual lip synching. Unfortunately, Erica made it just shy of Finale Week, being eliminated for her 1984 week submission to A Cruel Summer. At the finale, Season 4 Winner and Season 5 Host Marcella Fox dubbed her Mx. Congeniality.

Erica is very active in the community, posting regularly in discord and attempting every off-season challenge since Season 5.

Controversy
Unfortunately, Erica wound up in the mixing bowl of Duet Week alongside the issues raised from the newly implemented Guest Judge Save. It was revealed that there was heavy speculation that the voting pool wouldn't favour Adrena and Erica's sync that week, therefore a lot of pressure was placed upon Erica going home. It is unknown if this information affected Erica during the time, however she managed to push through and finish 4th place, further than her partner, Adrena Lin.

Trivia

 * Erica is the only Mx. Congeniality from the United States.
 * Within the LSFYL community, Erica has met fellow season 5 competitor Meme in real life.
 * Erica has participated on Tumblr's Drag Race's spin-off series dubbed Charm School, Cycle 4, alongside LSFYL alumni Blake/Shillelagh and Sean/Ophelia.
 * Erica was succumb to what is unofficially dubbed The Fun Week Curse, wherein her track record seemed to be inconsistently fluctuating from Fun Week onwards. Notably in Season 5, this also happened to Lush Monsoon and Jordan.

Quotes

 * "primanti bros is fucking awesome"
 * "tbt when Sally hoped the little girl named Debbie died lol" - on watching the Pink Emu Kids.
 * "Okay I'm going back to learning my lettuce lol"