'...and DON'T *bleep* IT UP!' -- the RuPaul's Drag Race thread

Maybe she had a lot of interaction with Sherrie that had to be chopped.

Last night's episode was kinda sweet, as in earnest, in the best way. And of course it had to end that way. Daisy was a fun judge.

WAAAAY better Super Celebrity episode too, thank goodness. And the second We're Here was engaging as well.

Such a great episode & the untucked was v lovely too

All the feels!!

For a season that started indifferently for me, I would have no problem with anyone* winning. The queens still around all have something that stands out for them that could take them all the way.

LOVED the superfans, and even before that lipsync I was thinking that an episode involving them should not end in an elimination. Glad to see both Heidi and Jackie make it another week, I couldn't imagine this season without either of them.

Obviously Jaida dotted her i's and crossed her t's and earned the win (and she has been on fire), but Opal charmed the hell out of me. If you blink when she's on stage, you could easily forget which one was the drag queen and which one was the superfan. JTP too performed the hell out of her routine too.

PS I hope that Afrodite is the name that Heidi finally settles on, though I bet there's still some juice left in this running gag.

Yeah otm I love all these queens

Ep 2 of Celebrity Drag Race was def better than ep 1. Loved all three of these women, they did so great. Vanessa announcing her drag name is Vanquisha slaaaaaaayed me i could not breathe
so great

Agreed that the remaining queens (Sherry I guess being Sherry) are all pretty great. Hell, why have a season finale at this point, it would have to be some weird remote thing anyway. In any event I am glad this is stretching out for, presumably, at least two more weeks of episodes, if not three.

Good gravy, they're really going the Project Runway route with an All-Stars EVERY YEAR.

https://youtu.be/H2dXou6v8gA

You'd think networks might want to start keeping a few aces in their sleeves for the years to come.

lol at the YT comment saying, more or less

Derek: On my season I fell into the Britney box.
Also Derek: *walks into workroom in extremely famous Britney look*

xpost I mean as I muttered re Super Celebrity, you pile it all on now when nobody's sure when 'Hollywood' as such starts working again and that'll leave you high and dry sooner rather than later.

And I am STILL unclear exactly how the finale for this season is supposed to happen.

Well, I think Prince would have enjoyed that lipsync. I really liked this episode. The choice of winner was 100% correct.

Yes to all of the above !

And I am STILL unclear exactly how the finale for this season is supposed to happen.

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I've heard they filmed the reunion on Zoom. Not sure if that means the finale too.

Whoopi <3

Yeah that was a pretty solid episode. I am still sad to see Heidi go, she's just so frickin' FUNNY. Ah well.

Super Celebrity this time not as good as ep 2 but still good. 3rd We're Here a very interesting one.

Sherry was doing some subliminal messaging between being a cat and a fish

I loved all the things Ru said to Heidi during gbe elimination. That queen is really somethin! I loved Crystal’s character, so fuckin funny & weird & awesome.

I quite enjoyed this Celebrity Drag episode too

The celebrities all killed the roast and the lipsynch !

I will miss Heidi too. She should be so proud. She's got to be a lock for Miss Congeniality.

And AllStars

OK that Ru Roast really was all killer no filler.

Unlike the faces on the judges' panel.

lol

Good mentor lineup for the final episode next week too; if that sticks the landing then I can see why they put the first episode where they did because lord that sucked.

Anyway, Shangela gets a Texas Monthly profile, as is deserved:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/shangela-drag-queen-hbo-show/

Nice little "lucky bitches" shout-out to the classic French & Saunders sketch.

That was a little TOO much Rusical but.

Am mildly surprised they didn’t just have Jackie be part of the actual top four for the next couple of episodes but here we are.

Final Secret Celebrity was fun! But I’m glad I don’t have to stay up to 11:30 anymore.

And separately We’re Here continues carving out its own interesting space. Two episodes to go.

The very start of the episode, where Jaida came stalking back into the workroom in her amazing dress, and just want to say again I don't think she got enough props for how she managed to effortlessly honour Whoopi and Prince together in one look.

Her runway look this episode was INCREDIBLE. Carson’s Nolan Miller comment was on the money. Plus I think in addition to having an amazing drag career after this, she should be tapped to create gowns for Ru, she’s at that level of impeccableness imo.

Surely she's the front runner to win. Nothing against the other two.

Also, LOL at the very start of the episode where the warm Heidi thoughts are flowing and...the lights go out.

"Condragulations to my final four! Who do you want to be America's next drag superstar? Are you Team Crystal? Team Gigi? Or Team Jaida?"

I realized watching this Untucked that I just dont like Gigi Goode. Love her looks, sure - but she just seems so insincere all the time

Jamal Sims was a TERRIBLE coach in that episode. Absolutely nothing to offer but vague platitudes about energy. Also my eyes hurt at Carson's outfit.

Crystal is really endearing but just isn't good enough to beat Jaida at this. Gigi would be a fine winner, dully competent I guess, if they're going to give the prize to another white slim young fashion queen then they might as well forego any pretence of casting any diversity for the next season.

I was genuinely surprised they didn't read Crystal over her boots on the runway. They were not good.

They usually seem incapable of doing anything other than fawn for the last challenge episode.

Reunion was fun. But what I wouldn't give for the obviously-never-going-to-be-broadcast chat they all must have had about Sherry. (A true level of nonpersoning at this point.).

Did love that Lisa Renna -- and Harry -- have a good sense of humor.

Meantime so we're getting the next All Stars, Canadian Drag Race in July, new season of Werq the World and Race Chaser discussed a rumor that Drag Race UK already filmed season 2 so I guess we'll have plenty of CONTENT to tide us over?

Anyway, fully deserving winner, but they were all good -- I suspect if Yvie hadn't won last year Crystal might have been in but there ya go. Not a bad way to handle the episode all around and the individual lipsync choices were all killer.

I was rooting hard for Crystal but I felt like she was the weakest in all 3 lip syncs :(

the baby bird thing was SO smart but it just kinda lacked momentum and stalled, and idk if it was too much makeup or her just not being as expressive but her face thing didn't seem as dynamic as the other two, idk Crystal is so incredible but Gigi and Jaida are just better performers imo

Yeah, fair. But it was absolutely something she would do so you know, credit for being yourself all the way down the line.

I think that's the most enjoyable lockdown programme I've watched. I don't know what treatment Ru can't access at the moment that is leading her to cover her face, but I love that it resulted in the big floating eye.

RuPaul just doesn't know how to do make-up any more is the theory I'm sticking with

Crystal is a great drag queen. But she isn't someone who could ever have won the show, based on the metrics it measures success by. I can't wait to subscribe to her YouTube channel because her creativity and charm will thrive there. And based on the lip-synchs, I couldn't imagine her being exceptional in a club stage performance.

I was really glad to see Jaida win, even more so with everything going on this week. The tribute to Wilson was lovely too. It's been a much better season than the show has had in recent years. None of the queens seemed like obvious filler material. I think having a gaping hole in the shape of Sherry Pie forced production to abandon the pre-set narrative and it felt a lot less predictable this time around, even if some of the victories felt contrived.

I think Ru is just playing on “wear a mask” but mb I’m wrong

Love Jada, thrilled that she won but would have been happy with any of them

Crystal’s bird was a great concept but she should have revealed into a full glam bird costume lipsync to keep the momentum - it stalled out having just the single concept imo

Holy shit at Gigi’s Take On Me - art direction, everything so incredible. But my only tony note is that she needs to maybe expand her choreo a bit she has a lot of crutches she falls back on imo.

Jada’s final lipsync was unstoppable tho. Just plain fire.

Jaida clinched it in the final lip sync -- she stood out by far among the three.

the baby bird thing was SO smart but it just kinda lacked momentum and stalled

Yeah, it was a charming and cute concept that needed one more hook to elevate it.

I don't know what treatment Ru can't access at the moment that is leading her to cover her face

I think Ru just wants to avoid a repeat of the last time she went on TV without the benefit of a professional makeup artist.

Ouch, that clip. Yes, I guess that could well be it, although I also like the "wear a mask" theory. I hadn't thought of that.

At one point my mam came into the room while the big floating eye was talking to Crystal. My mam asked me if it was Sesame Street.

lol!

Hahah Crystal would take that as a total compliment.