Dida Ritz is based in Chicago, where she performs regularly and hosts Drag Race viewing parties.

[6] She also joined the thousands participating in the Drag March for Change, "[demanding] justice for the multiple black people who have died due to police brutality," emphasizing members of the LGBTQ+ community.

On the third episode, she placed in the bottom two of an infomercial challenge[14] and defeated The Princess in a lip-sync to "This Will Be" (1975) by Natalie Cole, who was serving as a guest judge.

[16] DiDa Ritz was at times ostracized by judges and fellow contestants as "not perpetuating the hyper-glamorized look of professional drag", leading to her portrayal by editors as the antagonist within the context of the show.

[17] Despite this, her high points within the season included the aforementioned rendition of "This Will Be", judged by Cole herself, who engaged in a call-and-response duet with DiDa Ritz.

According to author Jennifer O'Meara, Cole's response to the performance "can be read as a validation that such lip-synching, with its corresponding 'body talk', takes real skill".

Brooks called the "This Will Be" lip-sync "one of the most joyous ... of all time" and wrote, "Not only does DiDa Ritz channel Natalie Cole in her prime, she confirms herself as a contender here.

[22] In his 2021 list of the ten best "one-sided" lip-syncs, Screen Rant's Ben Orosz wrote: The lovable queen from season 4 delivered one of the show's most seminal moments in this lip sync.