RuPaul’s Drag Race

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It’s my new guilty pleasure! I’ve only started watching it yesterday and I’m already on Season 2 episode 6! Where are my other MN fans?

Kennedy was HILARIOUS in that maxi challenge. A well deserved win.

Dela, sublime as always.

Trixie, nailed it, just a shame she got paired up with Milk, who's ego was developing its own gravitational pull.

Shangela! What can I say, she just keeps on getting better. That look to camera, I LIVE.

Chi Chi, I worry about her. She looks so sad. And is letting herself be overshadowed. I think she'll be next to go.

Aja, such a shame she confused needy for whiny/whatever that was because her acting has really improved. And her runway was fierce.

Milk, Milk, Milk. Girl, BYE.

What I want to know is why Ru calls it a "Maxi Challenge" - are we just not being shown the mini challenges? i know season 9 had one...

I miss the mini challenges. They were often the most fun moments of an episode. Season 9 really went for the 'emotional theme of the week' chats during make-up time and it just isn't the same.

On the topic of hottest out of drag, you missed Pearl. Who is also incredibly funny and sweet, and gave the best demonstration of NERVE over all seasons with the 'Do I have something on my face?' moment.

What I want to know is why Ru calls it a "Maxi Challenge"

I think it might be a play on feminine hygiene products. Like Maxi Pads.

No spoilers but that was one of the best lipsyncs ever

Ooh I can’t wait.
I think it must be quite well edited as Milk came across so terribly. I think he is so beautiful out of drag. Sigh.
I feel sorry for Chi Chi. She seems so sweet but so unpolished. Never warmed to Kennedy. Nothing about her really grabs me. Love Dela- seems lovely and clever/ witty/ inventive. This could be her season!!
Shangela rules all. She’s been in the X files

Just caught up. No spoilers till after Saturday though!

A better lip sync than Anaconda? Because I loved that

I've kind of given up on avoiding spoilers. I still won't watch until tomorrow night, but I read all the details this morning.

I do think so - but it was a bit jarring not hearing the full song!

I'm caught up down here in Oz. No spoilers this time, sorry bout last week.

However... This LSFYL was ok, but nowhere near Tatianna vs Alyssa for me... Or Dida Ritz vs The Princess, Latrice vs Kenya or Jinkx vs Detox...

One of my favourite lip syncs is Katya vs Sasha, Ginger. Oh! And Laganja vs Jocelyn with the simultaneous split. Amazing.

As for Snatch Game... well I think they may as well retire it, because most queens either bomb or portray some obscure person I've never heard of (I accept this may be less of a problem for Americans).

Oh Trixie... I was rooting for you...

Dela still being an absolute powerhouse. Whoever wins, it'll be Dela's season really. She's sewn it up already.

It all felt really rushed this week. I know it was a shorter programme for some reason but the runway was so quick. No mini challenge either. Why no special guests on the SG panel, just Carson and Michelle.

Right person went home I think.

Just give Shangela the crown. For the confessionals alone. I love Ben, I do, but Shangela Stormborn is KILLING it.

Trixie! What happened? Come on now Missy sort it out!

I thought Aja was hilarious as Crystal and I loved Ben's Paul Lynde ( I watched a lot of bewitched growing up and he was in The Munsters too. I love the munsters. One of the queens should do Lily. That would be amazing). Kennedy sort of fell by the wayside and I don't know what happened with Chi Chi but oh my word that was a disaster!

Now, BeBe. She is so a mole! She has to be. Her performance hasn't been that good for her to be doing this well. I love her, but there has to be something going on there.

But yes, the right person went home finally. I wonder when they are going to bring the eliminated queens back? This handmaids tale thing has been going on for long enough now.

Can anyone link to the mole rumours?
Ben is an absolute powerhouse. I really hope he wins.
This week the right person was eliminated for sure.

The theory is that Bebe, has been placed as a mole, that she will coast along, never really fail, never really excell, just sort of float along safe and then at the end she will be ruvealed as a mole and help select the winner. A la Handmaids Tale. Which I really should get round to watching.

I was sceptical at first but as the weeks go on it does kind of make sense. There are queens who've done better than her go home, Divas live was excellent but fronthere she has started to sink her Diana Ross was a bit Meh, the bitchelor fell kind of flat, Her Snatch game didn't really capture Grace Jones but here she is bobbing along safely.

Oh that makes total sense about Bebe. Very interesting. She’s just kind of dull. I can’t believe she’s not been pulled up on how safe and pedestrian her drag is. She was so boring this week. We hardly saw any of her snatch game and I think it’s because she was totally rubbish.

Plus - would a previous winner come back otherwise? They've got everything to lose.

Season 10 Starts March 22nd!

Bump!

I think Bebe is mainly there for exposure. Because season one is the "lost season" that never gets shown on TV/Netflix (something due to music licensing issues?) she is virtually unknown and doesn't have anything like the profile of the other winners.

Have we all caught up?

May I join? I’m loving this series and want more than one episode a week so I’ve been rewatching the regular series in between - started with Season 6, then 5 and 4 and I think I’ll go for 3 next as I love Raja and Manila.

Spoilers for this week’s episode below!

I think I’d like Shangela or Trixie to win this series. DeLa has been fantastic but I’m not keen on how she tried to mess with Shangela both times they were lip syncing for their legacy. I get the impression that on both season 6 and this all stars she feels she is the runaway best contender but knows she needs to be sweet and nice. She definitely deserves Top 3 but the problem with this format is that someone with several top 2s just needs one bad week to get kicked off as they’re the biggest competition.
I think Shangela has been brilliant, though this week was a definite fail. I felt she got a rough ride both her previous seasons and I love that she’s massively redeemed herself this series.
I was never a fan of Kennedy. For a pageant queen, I’ve always found her runway looks kinda ugly.
I not convinced BeBe is a mole. Rather, I think Rupaul is very protective of her as the first winner. The first couple of series showed the raw magic and watchability of the show and the early Queens were a big factor in that, but didn’t get the exposure and income boost that later, (earlier-booted) Queens have got.
I’d like to see Kennedy go next, then BeBe with a final 3 of Shangela, Ben DeLa Creme and Trixie. Of course, that’s dependent on the ousted Queens having influence on top 5 rather than 1 being brought back. I’m intrigued to find out what the Handmaids stuff is all about & I really love Alaska and Chad. (Still think it’s a shame Alaska & Sharon split up.)

Oh, one more thing! It’s hilarious watching the audition tapes of those who didn’t get on the show at the start of seasons 3 & 4 - Alaska is featured heavily, but Katya and a few others are also included.

Spoilers for episode 5
I have no idea how Bebe is even still there. I see nothing inventive or interesting. Her can was rubbish. Her outfit wasn’t all that- mind you neither was anyone’s. Even the theme was almost to suit her (see Stevie Nicks/ Thory in the opposite direction) so she could be Diana Ross. What am I missing here?!
I felt Dela got a really hard time. She looked good and did what she does well.
Kennedy meh. Not overly impressed but ok
Aja. Never warmed to her anyway. I don’t think her look is ever that great, even with all the work she had done before all stars. Glad she’s gone tbh.

There be spoilers...

Sad to see Aja go, I liked her. Disappointed to see Shangela in the bottom two, I don't think she deserved that, her outfit wasn't great but her can was right on brand. Dela got an unnecessarily rough time of it. Her outfit said disco to me more than any of the others. I can't even remember what Kennedy did it was that forgettable and as much as I do like her I think she should be next to go.

Bebe. I don't even know what to make of that situation. She's either a mole or is getting an easy time of it. Something does not add up. Her look wasn't the best and her can was meh.

A much deserved win for Trixie. Who has finally decided to show up after 5 weeks.

I've been surprised by Aja. I thought it was far too soon to waltz into All Stars just a few months after season 9, but she's been brilliant. I'll miss her confessionals, which have been a highlight (only matched by Shangela and Trixie).

That lip sync couldn't have been any more rigged. Diana bloody Ross? "Hmm, I wonder who's going to win this?" said no one.

So glad Trixie finally got a win. Loved her soup can look with pink wig. But having said that, the entire soup can concept was a load of barrel scraping shite

Shangela's outfit was AWFUL and she really deserved to get more heavily criticised for it.

Spoilers aplenty!

Hooray for the return of the mini-challenge! I loved it, loved the queens' looks and loved the Warhol-ed prints. Fast drag is funny stuff - I'm glad they found time for it, even though everything else felt so rushed this episode.

But come on, only 2 looks for a ball? And one of those is a giant soup can? Such a dud challenge. I feel like for alleged 'all stars' all the challenges (except The Bitchelor) have been so light on. Not really challenging when compared to All Stars 2.

But I'm so glad Trixie found her groove this week. She looked amazing in the pink jumpsuit and her voiceover was hilarious! IMHO, Trixie won the mini-challenge, maxi-challenge and the lip sync. Her peformance was so much better than Bebe's... all she did was crazy eyes and a bit of a sway. Trixie matched the lyrics much better. But given how big a Diana Ross fan Ru is, her win was a given.

Poor Aja - she did so much to help Bebe with the dress and then got slapped in the face in return. I too have been so impressed with ther drag this season - she's grown so much since S9! Can't wait to see when she's had even more time to evolve her craft.

I'm excited about the ru-venge/Handsmaids Tale storyline for next week. I wonder which 3 are coming back? One looked like Aja from the arm tattoos? Don't think Thorgy was there (unsurprising really) because no one looked tall enough.