Canada's Drag Race [begins July 2nd]

[MB.]

@ Mokka !!!

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(because clearly the word oversaturation doesn't exist in the World of Wonder offices)

[Morgan.]

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[reece(:]

RuPaul hosting this too? :skull:

[Marsh.]

Bloody hell, Ru can't be arsed doing drag for one version, but THREE?

[Marsh.]

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:laugh2: This gif never gets old.

[Shaun]

Brooke Lynn Hytes rn: https://66.media.tumblr.com/5032986bf4072a3fe9d479eb0765cf90/tumblr_inline_p2xcav7VHa1qc7g7w_540.gif

[Wizard.]

Brook Lynn's impact?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Imagine how tired we are

[Morgan.]

That means there’s gonna be 4 seasons of Drag Race per year :skull:

[Daniel-X]

I probs won’t bother with this I mean... I don’t know if I can handle four series a year.

[Shaun]

5 thank you! Not here for this Thai erasure!

But yes I'm not sure the UK/Canada ones will be much more than one-offs, I can't see Ru and Michelle having the energy to do US, All Stars and UK every single year.

Perhaps something like...
2019: UK 1
2020: All Stars 5, US 12, Canada 1
2021: All Stars 6, US 13, UK 2
2022: All Stars 7, US 14, Canada 2

and so on :shrug: since Thailand is its own entity and has no real input from Ru or WOW.

[Daniel-X]

I think UK will only span a series or two anyway. I can’t see it really taking off and being a gig franchise like the original, but then again who knows. Can’t comment on Canada as I don’t know the demographic and viewing habits.

[Mokka]

Ru isn't a judge or on the "panel". The article I read calls is Drag Race Canada... not Rupaul's drag race Canada. Ru says he gives it his blessing... but he isn't directly involved.

By this alone I give it one to two seasons tops. Shows like this don't survive in Canada because the judges are made up of no name people who think to much of their own opinions.... and so the talent stays away from it.

[Shaun]

Brooke Lynn Hytes rn: https://66.media.tumblr.com/5032986bf4072a3fe9d479eb0765cf90/tumblr_inline_p2xcav7VHa1qc7g7w_540.gif

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Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (:facepalm: ) and ANTM's Stacey McKenzie are the other two judges.

https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/all-rise-judging-panel-and-more-announced-for-new-crave-original-canadas-drag-race/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=all-rise-judging-panel-and-more-announced-for-new-crave-original-canadas-drag-race

Format sounds a little iffy, too. Not produced by WOW at all.

[Saph]

is Brooke Lynn really qualified to be a judge.. shes one of the most mediocre finalists :shrug:

Stacey McKenzie is a mess in a bad way

safe to say i'll be giving this a miss

[Saph]

I remember a year ago I was in the @WorldOfWonder offices, just after filming season 11, and I said “I want a Canadian Drag Race...and I want to be a judge!”

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[Tom4784]

Aside from Brooke, what an atrocious panel.

I think, at best, I'll just watch highlight clips on Youtube as I do with Thailand's show.

UK, All Stars and the Normal series is enough for me.

[zrc]

Oh good. Brooke Lynn can enter that one and lose again.

[MB.]

Oh good. Brooke Lynn can enter that one and lose again.

tfw when you post in a thread without reading any of the posts above yours

[Withano]

It’ll be kinda cool if all stars took contestants from USA, uk and Canada tho

[zrc]

tfw when you post in a thread without reading any of the posts above yoursWhy would I?

[MB.]

This begins July 2nd

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[Captain.Remy]

I mean....Brooke Lynn Hytes is a good drag queen but is she really THAT legitimate to host this so early? In a few years why not, but she just got off Drag Race and could possibly have another shot in All Stars. And she really isn't known to be a big drag name out there.

If anything, Bianca Del Rio should host some kind of Drag TV show (once Ru steps down, if he ever does). Just imagine her roasting tf out of the contestants but still caring for them :joker:

[Saph]

if it was someone other than Brooke Lynn I might've given it a go.. but shes one of the more forgettable contestants from one of the most forgettable seasons

[Shaun]

And she really isn't known to be a big drag name out there.

In her defence, she really is. She's a ****ing Miss Continental :joker:

I mean, so is Naysha Lopez, but shut up

[Saph]

Sasha Belles drag race outsold

[MB.]

2021: All Stars 6, US 13, UK 2

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[Captain.Remy]

In her defence, she really is. She's a ****ing Miss Continental :joker:

I mean, so is Naysha Lopez, but shut up

Yeah but not to the "mainstream" world if you know what I mean.
And yeah, so is Naysha Lopez so that invalidates the relevance :joker:

[Jigs]

None of the queens are exciting me but I may give this a go.

I do think Brooke Lynn lacks charisma but she's more than qualified to judge a drag competition considering she has one of the best track records of all-time and was in the top like 9 weeks out of 11.

[Mokka]

Yeah but not to the "mainstream" world if you know what I mean.
And yeah, so is Naysha Lopez so that invalidates the relevance :joker:

Does she need to be the biggest drag name out there? Or really just the biggest known one from Canada. Bianca is fabulous but not a Canadian. I think the general concept of "Canada's" Drag Race has escaped you.

[Daniel-X]

I think Brooke Lynn will be fine with regards to actually hosting but I’m worried she will just be a bit boring. I might give it a try when it comes out.

[Captain.Remy]

Does she need to be the biggest drag name out there? Or really just the biggest known one from Canada. Bianca is fabulous but not a Canadian. I think the general concept of "Canada's" Drag Race has escaped you.

No it hasn't escaped me. In regards to Bianca, I wasn't specifically talking about Canada's Drag Race because it takes place in (guess what) Canada. She would be a great host.

What I just meant is that I felt it might be a bit too early. Maybe she could have gained more momentum to a larger audience before taking the coach/host role.
Not taking away any of her talent, her track record on Drag Race or anything. Out of a bad season, she and A'keria were my favorites. She'll do a good job at it I'm sure. I was sharing a little thought on a public forum, but sorry if I hurt feelings.

[Morgan.]

I did find it odd that someone who didn’t even win their season of drag race (and didn’t get a chance to win on all stars) was chosen.

[Mokka]

I did find it odd that someone who didn’t even win their season of drag race (and didn’t get a chance to win on all stars) was chosen.

So who gets the role then? Do you know any other Canadian drag queens who fit the bill?

So many critics before the show starts. If you all knew of some Canadian who go got passed over for the position who is better suited... please share.

[Denver]

Just popping in to say that I keep reading this thread as Cascada Drag Race and it confuses the hell out of me

[Morgan.]

So who gets the role then? Do you know any other Canadian drag queens who fit the bill?

So many critics before the show starts. If you all knew of some Canadian who go got passed over for the position who is better suited... please share.

First of all, no I don’t, which is why I didn’t suggest any others, but Brooke Lynn Hytes isn’t the only Canadian Drag Queen that exists :joker:

Second of all, where did I say I didn’t like it? Sure it’s an odd choice, but it’s not going to make the show unwatchable, and it’s great that the host and judge is someone who knows what it’s like to experience the process. I just found it odd they’d chosen Brooke, as she didn’t win, but it’s not a bad choice?

[MB.]

This will be airing on BBC Three each Friday from the 3rd of July

[Tom4784]

I'll give it a go but I can't see it being that good. Hopefully the queens themselves can make up for the underwhelming panel.

[Shaun]

I won't get my hopes up </3

[Captain.Remy]

I can't wait to see how this turns out.

[MB.]

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Guest judges include Deborah Cox, Allie X, Michelle Visage and, er, Colin & Justin

[Saph]

I'm not sure what to think.. it looks a bit boring not gonna lie :skull: I'll give the first one a go though

[Braden]

The production/set design/cinematography is actually really nice. It looks cute and easy on the eye as opposed to the harsh/vivid-ness of Drag Race US.

I don't have any expectations, which I think is better than having high or low ones. It does serve Canada's Next Top Model syndrome, with it probably being inferior to its American sister but still enjoyable and refreshing.

Crystal making an appearance :love:

[Captain.Remy]

It doesn't look cheap from what we saw in that trailer, which is a good thing. Let's see!

[Morgan.]

LOVE the runway but I’m not a fan of the werkroom :(

[Shaun]

Yeah the production looks nice, I just... can't see any personality in any of the three main judges so this will be painful. Not that Ru/Michelle/Ross/Carson's forced banter has me rolling in stitches but... they at least have charisma.

Crystal (DRUK1) returning is cute.

Oh yay I liked Ralph's EP ('Tease' was a v v v v v v v v cute song)

[Captain.Remy]

OK so it wasn't as bad as people/myself thought it would be.
It was actually pretty good for a Premiere. All the ingredients were there: over-confident bitches, a fashion challenge, new lingo and a good lipsync.
It seemed forced at times, probably because Brooke Lynn is not known to be the funniest drag queen out there, but I think it will feel more natural in the coming episodes.

I think the right person went home (:skull: @ her having a panic attack and being sent packing 10 minutes later)
But the wrong one won the challenge tbh, Jimbo should have won.

[lewis111]

I’d say this was a success overall. The production and especially the cast are great, the only issue really is the judges (they aren’t even that bad it just all fees a lot more scripted and stiff than with Ru, Michelle etc). Also why was the guest judge doing the intro and runway and lip sync stuff it felt really weird

The judging was a MESS tho. Like they really put the 3rd worse look in the top cause she had a good personality? And HOW did Jimbob now win that look was spectacular! Correct bottom 2 but I didn’t really love Rita’s look. It was good with the coat thing but so plain without it

[Morgan.]

Besides Jeffrey being annoying, and my uncertainty of the joint judging/guest host setup, it was a good premiere and I’ll be sticking with it.

[Morgan.]

I’d say this was a success overall. The production and especially the cast are great, the only issue really is the judges (they aren’t even that bad it just all fees a lot more scripted and stiff than with Ru, Michelle etc). Also why was the guest judge doing the intro and runway and lip sync stuff it felt really weird

The judging was a MESS tho. Like they really put the 3rd worse look in the top cause she had a good personality? And HOW did Jimbob now win that look was spectacular! Correct bottom 2 but I didn’t really love Rita’s look. It was good with the coat thing but so plain without it

It’s because they’ve changed it to Guest Host which is ..... an odd move.

[Daniel-X]

I didn’t mind it but the Jeffrey/Stacey/Brooke combo just doesn’t work :(. They all seem a little awkward and forced (particularly Jeffrey, literally feels like he’s reading from a script.) The cast is decent though and the challenge was good. I’ll tune in again but idk if I’ll stick with it just yet.

How did Boa make top three and Kyne was bottom btw? :joker: Kyne was right, that was a liberty.

That lip sync was better than anything from DRUK or S12 though, spectacular :clap2:

[MB.]

KYNE :love: what a monster

I agree that the "guest host" thing didn't really work at all, especially when this week's guest host was more charismatic and personable than all of the actual judges combined. I thought the delivery of their critiques was unnecessarily harsh and tactless, particularly Jeffrey's, so much so that they managed to give a queen a full-blown panic attack on episode one ("everybody say love" indeed). And speaking of the judging, I'm feeling entertained... amused... the judges were interesting, their judgement was interesting...

Rita being given the win when that was her reveal was an odd decision, as was BOA Chipz being in the top for gluing stuff onto a corset :umm2:. I think my three tops would have been Jimbo, Kiara and... honestly maybe Ilona? My bottoms would have been Juice Boxx and Rita so I'm clearly not cut out to be a judge on this show lmao.

Speaking of Juice, it was obvious that she would be going during her red-eyed teary confessional about her sobriety, proving the Drag Race rule that a queen who gets personal content during the getting-ready-in-front-of-the-mirror segment is almost definitely going home (it was either going to be her, BOA, Lemon or Ilona, since we barely heard anything about the other queens). Otherwise, she gave me fairly strong season 2 Sonique vibes, so I can't imagine she would have lasted much longer anyway. Although I did think that she was winning the lip sync for at least the first half, mainly because I was in disbelief that Lemon went to the most prestigious dance school in the world and was dancing like Pearl.

[Braden]

I don’t have much to say about this other than I liked Jimbo and found the panel set-up confusing. Like, is Brooke host of the show or not? Lmao.

I don’t think I’m invested enough to watch week by week, tbh.

[MB.]

yeah the whole thing would have been much more accessible had Brooke Lynn just been the main host and Stacey and Jeffrey her Michelle and Santino, but part of me wonders if Ru's ego is so enormous that she wanted to be the only drag queen hosting an English-language Drag Race

[MB.]

Kyne
Jimbo
Anastarzia Anaquway
Tynomi Banks
Scarlett BoBo
Priyanka
Kiara
Lemon
Ilona Verley
Rita Baga
BOA

Juice Boxx

[Tom4784]

I think it has potential but there's some serious issues with the format and it's all to do with the judges. Jeffrey is really annoying in everything he does, he's pretty much a face and nothing more and everything he said sounded like a line he was being fed. He's atrocious and forced. Brooke is fine but she's not a big personality and it's showing. The other judge seems okay, I don't really have any major issues with her as an individual yet but all together I thought they made for an unlikable panel and the whole guest host thing is just strange.

I'll probably stick with it for the moment but Jeffrey's gonna test my patience, he's just so... basic and annoying.

I'm undecided on the queens, there's some good ones there but I think there's a lot of filler and queens that haven't grabbed my interest yet.

[Shaun]

Yeah this is gonna be a pass from me. That was just... forced and boring. None of the judges interest me, the guest host was :shrug: RuPaul's lingering presence is equally odd - and it's going to be a hard sell as its own franchise if he can't be bothered to show up in person but insist upon his workroom VTs and introducing the show.

The runways were by and large awful. I would have given the win to Kiara, which is odd because she has the invisible edit that surely shall doom her to a week 3 "we haven't seen the real you" boot. Bottom two looks were BOA and Juice Boxx for me... I really haven't a clue why BOA/Kyne were saved other than for the drama. Oh and having a panic attack immediately? Jesus christ.

So many of the queens' confessionals grated on me. Lemon, Kyne and in particular the Bobo girl give me major 'Ariel Versace' vibes (ie SUPER annoying twink with an inflated sense of self-worth). And then the other wacky/OTT queens didn't really impress me that much; Jimbo seems fun and goofy, reminds me a little bit of Love, Connie with her lack of attention to detail on her makeup and cheery personality. If I had to pick favourites I'd say her, Ilona, Tynomi and Rita.

I will say though, the weird explosion between Anastarsia, Kyne and BOA was mildly amusing... for all the wrong reasons.

That lip sync was better than anything from DRUK or S12 though, spectacular :clap2:

...are you on drugs? Better than Heidi vs Jaida? Better than Widow vs Gigi? Widow vs Jan? It was fine, a 5 or 6/10, and neither of Lemon's splits were necessary/wowing.

[Headie]

I quite enjoyed it actually :love: Loved Stacey McKenzie on Top Model so she’s my favourite judge on this

[Wizard.]

Watched this today... The production value matches the US and the UK so that's good, and the dynamics of the cast with their personalities have me intrigued that this could be a good season, but that's where it kind of ends...

Jeffrey is SO annoying, does he think he's Ru? Every line he says is imitating Ru to the T. I thought Brook Lynn would've annoyed me but I don't even think the Crazy Frog would be annoying if you put it next to Jeffrey Bogoff-Chapminge.

Like people say, the judging panel on the original Drag Race have that charisma and their own dyanims, Drag Race UK has the British humour, and something felt weirdly harsh when it came to the judging that I was not expecting from Canada? I will stick with it and see how it goes. JimBob is my fav so maybe until she gets eliminated.

[Jigs]

Brooke Lynn never struck me as someone who was particularly capable of being the main(ish) host on an international season of Drag Race but I feel that she rose to the challenge pretty well. Stacey McKenzie has always been a straight shooter and I think Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman is just doing what he thinks is expected of him, so I guess that explains the frosty dynamic of the judging panel. Saying that, this is S1E1 so perhaps giving them a bit more time to build rapport with eachother & the queens will put that to bed.

Kyne is so terrible but she brought the dramz so I can't really hate her! In a way her delusion makes her rootable. If she can boldly state "We're living in a world where BOA beat ME" whilst trying to catch the baubles falling off her garment and kicking them across the stage in a design challenge then she can stick around until at least mid-season for sure :love:

I would've said the top 3 looks of the week were Jimbo, Kiara and Priyanka. I also thought Anastarzia Anaquway and Scarlett BoBo did really well, and I personally would have put both Rita Baga and BOA in the middle of the pack. Overall, the correct bottom 3 was chosen and despite giving a really good lipsync it was definitely Juice Boxx's time.

[Shaun]

Anastarzia's runway was the perfect example of someone putting a lot of skill into something that looks hideous. She clearly showed more sewing prowess than any of the others with working with such a difficult fabric, but she looked like Tempest DuJour's fall runway and wore an ugly wig to boot.

[MB.]

Thanks for helping me to the realisation that the queen Rita Baga reminds me of is Tempest

[Saph]

um okay I watched it, the thing that I noticed was theres 0 likeable people so far. Kyne was messy and just seemed desperate for the attention constantly, Lemon was very annoying especially in her confessionals, Juice Box walking out in that outfit was a scream.. she really thought she'd done something :skull: half of them has basically no edit at all.

Ill give this weeks ep a go but if it doesnt get better then I might give up.

[zrc]

Primbo or Jimyanka?

Love those two and BoBo. Didn't mind Rita either, reminds me of a local queen from years back. Absolutely hate the judges though.

[Samm]

i gave this a go and kind of liked it? definitely different but i sort of liked the neutral judging approach across all the judges. I think all three main judges were fine :shrug: obviously not as strong as the dynamic of ru, michelle and ross. I also really enjoyed the queens a lot more then i expected kyne is so funny even if she's purposely trying to stir up some attention i was living for the mess.

jimbo
anastarzia
boa
kyne
llona
tynomi
lemon
rita
priyanka
scarlett
kiara
juice

[Captain.Remy]

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Relieved to see they didn't toot Boa's outfit.
They did boot Rita Baga lmao

[zrc]

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Relieved to see they didn't toot Boa's outfit.

They did boot Rita Baga lmaoWould've been a toot if she didn't have that hideous dress underneath. Should've kept the coat on

[Jigs]

Ranking the queens for E1 was more difficult than anticipated because I see likable qualities in pretty much all these queens.

This cast kinda reminds me of S9.

1. Kiara
2. Tynomi Banks
3. Scarlett BoBo
4. Anastarzia Anaquway
5. Jimbo
6. Ilona Verley
7. BOA
8. Priyanka
9. Kyne
10. Lemon
11. Rita Baga

[zrc]

Bye Kyne.

[MB.]

Episode 2:

The way Rita should have been in the bottom last week yet won, and should have been in the top this week yet was safe... what kind of drugs are these judges on (+ Jimbo absolutely should have won)

I could watch Tynomi Banks lip sync for hours :love:

p.s. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman should never be allowed to take on "host" duties again, because even Ru manages to inject some non-robotic emotion into his lines

[MB.]

oh and

BOA should have gone home, and the fact that they sent content goldmine Kyne home over her basic ass is a pertinent reminder that this is production's first time doing this

[MB.]

Episode 2 rankings:

Jimbo (the true skinny young fashion queen of the season)
Anastarzia Anaquway (have your faves ever been shot multiple times at close range? I don't think so! not but seriously I'm glad she's safe and well and able to be with us today/walk ridiculously in figures-of-eight on the Canadian runway :love:)
Tynomi Banks
Rita Baga (redeemed herself after last week's injustice; her delivery of "help me pick up this skinny legend!" in that thick French Canadian accent of hers was far and away my favourite part of this week's challenge. Mind you, that runway was disgusting, so... swings and roundabouts)
Lemon
Scarlett BoBo (I'm not sure why it is that I like her as much as I do, considering she's barely on the show. Perhaps I'm a closet arsonist at heart)
Priyanka (I do like her a lot, it's just that... it's really obvious that she used to be a kids' TV presenter, isn't it?)
Kiara
Ilona Verley
BOA
Jeffrey Bower-Chapman

Kyne (best non-Tammie Brown second boot ever? "Don't cry. I'm about to go home, this is my moment" is an instant hall of fame quote)
Juice Boxx

[Captain.Remy]

:joker: @ "Miss Endangered Species pageant"

Jimbo should have won for the second week in a row but whatever :rolleyes:
Lemon and Priyanka did well, I just thought Jimbo edged them a little bit in both runway and challenge.

Tbh Kanye didn't do that bad but really she brought nothing except being a brat, and not even a funny one at that. Her look was a mess.

Tynomi Banks lipsyncing was so...captivating.

PS: Anastarzia and Brooke Lynn out of drag are eye candy and are so fine :laugh:

[zrc]

Second week in a row Jimbo got ROBBED. Seriously, this is gonna get so annoying.

[Morgan.]

Just saw an interview with Brooke Lynn Hytes where she said the judges hadn’t met until the first day of filming and honestly ...... it explains a lot.

[MB.]

Just saw an interview with Brooke Lynn Hytes where she said the judges hadn’t met until the first day of filming and honestly ...... it explains a lot.

Absolutely... I know we love to make fun of Ru and Michelle's stories of taking baseball bats to the projects and earning a buffalo nickel doing uppers, downers and candy corn on the J train, but at least their decades-long friendship translates into charisma on the TV screen

Jeffrey couldn't even make the "here at Tynomi Banks, we lost interest" pun funny, which is a clear sign to me that he belongs nowhere near the panel

[Saph]

they've gone for looks over charisma

[Captain.Remy]

They need to hire a big name in comedy to join the panel next season. They can alternate with Jeffrey if they like, as they do with Carlson/Ross. But like, something needs to happen.

[MB.]

Personally, I think the big name in comedy they should hire is Kyne

[UserSince2005]

Catherine Ryan is the only "funny" Canadian I can think of.

[zrc]

Stick colin and Justin on the panel, not like either are doing anything.

[MB.]

Catherine Ryan is the only "funny" Canadian I can think of.

(I mean, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Mike Myers, Dan Akroyd, Rick Moranis, Jim Carrey, Samantha Bee and Nathan Fielder would probably disagree with you, but sure)

[UserSince2005]

(I mean, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Mike Myers, Dan Akroyd, Rick Moranis, Jim Carrey, Samantha Bee and Nathan Fielder would probably disagree with you, but sure)

TBH i know next to nothing about Canadian culture, its always been a blip in my knowledge of the world.

I've never even visited!

I am loving watching the show to learn their idioms and such.

Favourite from last episode was that they call a quid a loonie and 2 quid a toonie ahaha.

[Samm]

the kyne experience short lived but gracious. can't argue that tynomi out lip-synched her though. acting challenges are always hit and miss with me, meh. jimbo served it again. queen. anastarzia was one of the most heartbreaking stories omg :sad:

anastarzia (+1)
jimbo (-1)
kyne
llona
tynomi
lemon
rita
boa (-6)
priyanka
scarlett
kiara

[Captain.Remy]

Tom Green would be gold as a panelist too. And yeah we need Jim Carrey someday!

[MB.]

Tom Green would be gold as a panelist too. And yeah we need Jim Carrey someday!

Tom Green's one of the not-technically-a-judge "guest hosts" this season, so if you ever wanted to hear him say "good luck and don't **** it up", you're in luck

[Captain.Remy]

Tom Green's one of the not-technically-a-judge "guest hosts" this season, so if you ever wanted to hear him say "good luck and don't **** it up", you're in luck

Is he??? I'm so happy about it!:cheer2::cheer2:

[UserSince2005]

Why does lemon remind me of a mix between Cheryl hole and Blair st Clair

[Beso]

Has anyone named themselves Burning rubber?

[UserSince2005]

Also love how they are only doing lip syncs to songs by Canadian artists.

Ready to see them bop out to Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen.

[zrc]

Ah Canadian Artists. That's why I don't know any of them.

[Samm]

I mean the last two songs are still kind of gay classics.

[Samm]

anyway canadian artists.. grimes lip sycn is coming WIG

[Jigs]

Give us Avril!

[Shaun]

I'm so confused, I genuinely didn't even notice who Lemon was in the challenge so how the hell did she win :conf2: Rita was the funniest and should've won, let alone been top 3. Kiara and Priyanka overacted horribly.

But yeah... that episode somehow managed to be worse than the premiere:
- Not a clue who the host was, didn't add anything
- Jeffrey had all of the lines and injected charisma into none of them
- Both teams were of a Shakesqueer standard (BOA, Scarlett, Ilora, Kyne, Tynomi, Kiara and Priyanka all grated/floundered), although Rita/Jimbo/Anastarzia did fine. Only time I managed a smirk was at Rita and Anastarzia stretchering Kiara off and teabagging her.
- Preview blew the "I forgive you :)" moment out of proportion, and it was petty of Brooke Lynn to bring that to the judges' table.
- Runways were okay, none showed huge improvements on their photos and Lemon probably only won because of the glow-up from episode one.

I think the chief problem with this show is that the show's biggest example of drag success is someone who won 3 challenges in her season, and was a lipsync assassin, and still couldn't beat someone with one shared challenge win. I find it hard to respect what she says. She looks impeccable but there is just nothing in her that commands a stage.

I think I'm done here.

[Amy Jade]

I thought this was going to be shocking judging by the comments here but I enjoyed episode one a lot!

The presenting was awkward but I liked almost all of the queens and the lip sync was sick

[Saph]

its just SO boring.. it actually makes me really appreciate Ru and Michelle

[Jigs]

1. Kiara
2. Tynomi
3. Anastarzia
4. Scarlett
5. Jimbo
6. Lemon
7. Priyanka
8. Ilona
9. Rita
10. BOA
11. Kyne

[Tom4784]

I actually liked the second episode a lot, Jeffrey's still an anchor weighing the show down but Stacey and Brook are already becoming more tolerable (I liked how they both offered constructive criticism, Stacey instructing them how to walk the runway better was cute). The cast feels a lot stronger in this episode than the last and the acting challenge was a typical acting challenge tbh.

I think the main issue is that the producers making the decisions don't really know what they are doing. The choices for the winners in both challenges have been bizarre and there's some real odd top and bottom choices too. The bottom two should have been BOA and Tynomi.

[reece(:]

Finished episode 1

Love Miss Kyne messy monster <3
I actually loved the guest host wish she was a judge over ****in Jeffrey, as for the guest host role itself it felt a bit awkward and that Brooke was hosting anyway...

Some of it really missed the mark for me but I’ll stick with it.

[Amy Jade]

I agree Elisha was a really good host.

[Captain.Remy]

First off, Jimbo and Scarlet had the best runway looks. Priyanka and Scarlet did the best in the challenge so it was a deserving top.

The bottom 2 was corny, Kiara and Ilona should have been there. Kiara for both runway and challenge, and Ilona for the challenge (her runway was cool!) I don't get some of the critiques. And they are unnecessarily harsh sometimes? Idk, something's off about the judging for the 3rd week in a row.

I feel bad for Anastarzia, I wanted her to stay much longer but the lipsync was her downfall, she didn't push as strongly as Tynomi did (who delivered something clean and focused again!).

[Morgan.]

MB would you mind putting spoilers in the thread title my dear, I keep forgetting what day this airs and clicking by accident :laugh:

[Tom4784]

It's becoming better with each episode, Brooke and Stacey are getting better as judges but Jeremy still acts like he's reading off a teleprompter.

The challenge was pretty good and I'm really liking the cast, I'd say Priyanka and Jimbo are positioning themselves as my faves atm. I miss Kyne though </3

[MB.]

Starzy providing the most entertaining talking heads of the episode, doing her choreo rehearsal in a full-on overcoat, taking to the runway as Cousin Itt and still being sent home... that's not sitting right with me, luv!

MB would you mind putting spoilers in the thread title my dear, I keep forgetting what day this airs and clicking by accident :laugh:

I would, but I'm not able to edit the title after a year. I probably could ask a mod to do it though?

[Jigs]

Yeah there's something really unpalatable about the judging decisions so far. Anastarzia is such a talented queen and I thought she'd make final 6 at least so it's shocking to see her leave so early.

I am finding Rita Baga to be one of the weakest girls in the competition alongside Ilona Verley. I cannot believe she won the challenge in week 1 and continues to skate by!

[UserSince2005]

Its official. “Quebeccy with the good hair” convinced me.

CDR > RPDRUSofA

[Jigs]

1. Tynomi Banks
2. Priyanka
3. Jimbo
4. Kiara
5. Lemon
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6. Anastarzia Anaquway
7. Scarlett BoBo
8. Ilona Verley
9. Rita Baga
10. BOA

[Shaun]

Someone told me this was a much better episode than the first two so I jumped back in :ninja2: and it was!

The only thing is I feel like they wasted two good challenges on one episode? Both the newsreader and the girlgroup challenge should have their own episodes. But that's the only real issue I have with this week (bar Jeffrey who is beyond help).

I don't really understand the appeal with BOA and it's starting to feel like she's just being given false praise to get in the heads of the other girls and create conflict. Her performance was fine but not top three, and her runway was hideous. Ginger Minj's nude runway is not an ideal inspiration for a reboot!

Priyanka did the best in all 3 aspects of the show; she was charming as a newsreader, memorable as a performer and had a great take on the runway theme. As much as I like Jimbo, he really floundered in the performance and was visibly uncomfortable (despite being great at the newsreading and the runway). I'd have said the best 3 were Priyanka, Lemon and Scarlett/Rita. I like Kiara but I can't help but feel she should have lipsynced (even though I cannot defend either of Anastarzia or Kynomi's performances; Anastarzia literally stood still and swayed whilst smiling during some of the choreo :joker:) I thought Tynomi would be a competitor but she's just...not... and at this point it feels like it's Rita's or Priyanka's to lose.

[Samm]

I agree with dezzy the episodes seem to be getting better as the week goes on. I’m actually liking the guest judge kind of being the host every week since, maybe that’s because every guest judge so far has been quite good.

Anastarzia!!! NOOO she was so funny and I always enjoy the mother queens but tynomi did out do her in that lip sync I feel like starzy just gave up in the end. This whole thing around BOA is a bit conflicting she’s definitely not awful but I think the praise she’s getting isn’t what she deserves.

[Samm]

1) anastarzia :sad:
2) jimbo
3) rita (+3)
4) priyanka (+4)
5) scarlett (+4)
6) llona (-3)
7) boa
8) tynomi (-4)
9) kiara (+1)
10) lemon (-4)

for some reason lemon really grated on me this week :/ she’s like a annoying, dislikable version of farrah moan (not an insult against farrah because I love ha)

[Captain.Remy]

That episode was a CHOICE.

The fashion line idea was cute, but 90% of the outfits were horrible.
Apart from Lemon who made something polished and decent, the others (even Priyanka, Jimbo and Rita Baga) were really not good whether on the execution part or the idea itself.

Jeffrey better stop coming at Jimbo :nono::nono: Sis was robbed twice already, give her some air.
I can't deal with his tone and him trying to imperonate RuPaul all the time.
Boa safe despite wearing...this. But whatever.

And of course Ilona gave us some usual Untucked moments "I'm in the bottom and you don't care about me". Thank God Jimbo put her in her place :laugh:

Priyanka solidifying herself as the confessionnal queen of the season and an overall front-runner. We love to see it.

And the guest host is so hot, he really looks like my future husband and 60% of my exes :joker:

Next week Brooke is hosting the Snatch Game which I have nothing to say about because it just shows how stupid this is.

[Samm]

I actually thought this episode was the best of the season? in terms of drama as well. I was entertained throughout. I love design challenges this one was fun to watch because a good majority of the outfits were ****ing awful :joker:

In terms of outfits, Rita Baga was easily the best, Priyanka, Jimbo also were okay, I found Priyanka's one cute but I felt like it needed a little more work, Jimbo's make up let her down a lot as well. Boa was by FAR the worst another gimmick and a tinfoil diaper? BOOT GIRL!

untucked was hilarious Ilona and her ****ing meltdown, Jimbo rightfully attacking her, Tynomi attacking the judges for the entire episode brilliant :joker:. I can't at Ilona doing a cock destroyer next week for snatch game before the UK girls got a chance I hope it's good. Also I don't have a problem with Brooke hosting it, yes she bombed in her snatch game but it doesn't mean she'll be the same as a host. Jeffery really annoyed me this week :skull:

1) jimbo
2) rita
3) scarlett (+1)
4) priyanka (-1)
5) tynomi (+2)
6) llona (-1)
7) lemon (+2)
8) kiara
9) boa (-3)

[Amy Jade]

I don't like jimbo.

Ilona was definitely annoying but jimbo sabotaged them, agreeing to the sparkle idea and then decides he's doing something different, so selfish.

[Jigs]

Ok so I understand the paper looks were a bit of a shambles if you're looking through a fashion lens but I definitely don't agree that they were the worst team judging by the skill/effort/vision that it took to construct all three of those looks. As much as I enjoy Lemon, her Brillo pad dress was lacking imagination and Priyanka's - while being the best out of that group - also left me wanting a bit more. At this point, BOA is the cockroach that won't die when it comes to her narrowly escaping the bottom two. Her look was half baked and I would have had Lemon send her home in a lipsync this week, honestly.

Ilona rubbed me the wrong way this episode too. Commanding all the attention of the room for herself when it was pretty much an unspoken consensus that the group just basically wanted to mourn Tynomi sjkfsjsfkj. I also thought her high school story about having the popular girlies as besties and trying to "out-fag" another gay student who came out after Ilona just reeked of privilege. Especially following Starzy's story a couple of episodes, Ilona came off very conceited to me this week.

Rita's growing on me despite getting off to a weak start in the competition IMO. I'm also hot and cold with both Kiara and Scarlett each episode. Scarlett works best away from Ilona who tends to try marketing them as a double-act, whereas Kiara works best away from Rita who tends to outshine her.

1. Tynomi Banks
2. Priyanka
3. Jimbo
4. Scarlett BoBo
5. Kiara
6. Lemon
7. Rita Baga
8. BOA
9. Ilona Verley

[Tom4784]

I can't stand Jeffrey, Stacey's carrying the judging panel while Jeffrey is weighing it down with his bad impersonations of Ru and desperate need to be the Simon Cowell of Drag Race.

The challenge was an interesting twist on the design/ball challenge but the actual looks were mostly poor.

[Shaun]

OH MY GOD SHUT UP ILONA.

Hmm Twitter seemed outraged at most of the judging decisions this week and I can't say I'm that flabbergasted? Like, I can fathom why they thought Tynomi and Ilona looked like pinatas...

But that said, I think they did a better job and had more cohesive looks than the metal girls. I know metal was the hardest material to work with, and I had brief nightmares of Baga Chipz' scourer dress that MIRACULOUSLY was 'safe' and not 'worthy of the death penalty being brought back', but I did not think any of them looked good. And it didn't help that they all had cheap Kardashian wigs on, and Priyanka's makeup looked awful. Lemon's was perhaps the least interesting of the bunch, but BOA should definitely have lipsynced. I would've ranked them thusly:

Winner: Scarlett
High: Kiara & Rita
Safe: Jimbo, Tynomi & Lemon
Low: Priyanka
B2: Boa & Ilona

I think the plastics looked very professionally executed, and could've easily been a real fashion collection, and any of them deserved the win. For a club kid approach I thought Rita's face - which should be the focus in a club kid look - was a little too lost in her chest plastic so would've opted for Scarlett instead.

And yeah at this point I would happily contribute towards a gofundme to have Jeffrey assassinated in a hate crime. Obnoxious little prick.

[MB.]

I agree with most of the above tbh, in particular that Scarlett ought to have pipped Rita to the win and Team Metal (or at least Lemon) should have been called out on their Party City wigs

Speaking of Rita, she's grown on me massively since the beginning, and I think "it's a new day in the workroom and I'm feeling subtitled!" was my favourite moment of the episode (right next to her taking off her hat you balding bitch) :love:

[UserSince2005]

I’m appalled by the judging this last episode. How dare they decide the girls who literally just wrapped themselves in spray painted plastic should win. Never mind putting the paper girls in the bottom who were the only ones to actually construct something out of the materials rather than just attach it to their bodies.

[Braden]

Lmfao, Tynomi Banks just liked my tweet about Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman being an awful judge :joker:

[MB.]

Lmfao, Tynomi Banks just liked my tweet about Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman being an awful judge :joker:

Jeffrey be dutty dutty and needs to wash his panty panty!

[Shaun]

:lovedup:

Jimbo and most of the other franchise Drag Race girls are not being particularly diplomatic about hating him either. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of him.

[Shaun]

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[Captain.Remy]

Jeffrey is what happens when the entire world is hyping you up because you're cute. It's supposed to be constructive criticism, the goal is to help the queens do better. But he's not helpful, he's simply mean.

In reference to Jimbo, this mf Jeffrey didn't know what Rococo is. Because indeed back then they painted their face and chest, but not their arms. He doesn't even have technical knowledge to be part of this panel.
tbh Stacey is the best one of them all. She makes solid points.

[Captain.Remy]

I think Jimbo held back to not be seen as someone who claps back at the judges. But seriously, someone should have told Jeffrey this is part of the Rococo art (maybe Brooke if she had the knowledge?)

[UserSince2005]

I can't stand Jeffrey, Stacey's carrying the judging panel while Jeffrey is weighing it down with his bad impersonations of Ru and desperate need to be the Simon Cowell of Drag Race.

More like the Natalia Kills of Drag Race.

She needs cancelling and cutting out of every remaining episode.

[Captain.Remy]

The outcome was fair I think. Boa, Priyanka and Kiara were the right bottom 3.

That lipsync was really good! and I like how they extend the duration of the songs. I feel like they're longer than the lipsyncs in RPDR?

I'm glad Priyanka is not eliminated, hopefully she redeems herself in the commercial challenge next week! Such a shame she bombed the Snatch Game.

That being said, I'm happy Jimbo won. Both of her Snatch Game and runway look were really good. Rita Baga did a solid good job as well. It's safe to say she's is in the top 3 already.

I wish they didn't use the "Celine" runway theme already, I would have loved them to do it in front of Celine if she ever takes part in season 2 (like S9/Lady Gaga). But oh well, they all did a nice job overall.

[MB.]

That was a brilliant Snatch Game :love: I can't remember the last time queens physically transformed themselves quite the same way that Rita and Jimbo did for their characters, and it really paid off (as did Lemon putting on a blonde ponytail and immediately turning into Jojo Siwa. Some transformations take less effort than others)

The lip sync was... long, but good! I can't help feeling that Kiara won it though, even if her performance veered a little into Kenya Michaels territory towards the end, so that may be one of my few downsides to an otherwise strong episode. Even Jeffrey was more bearable than usual, but that's likely because I was instead focusing on the delightful Mary Walsh (more guest hosts need to bellow "GENTLEMEN! START YOUR ENGINES!" while revving an invisible motorbike engine :love:)

[MB.]

(one of the other downsides was my general discomfort with a queen playing a woman who killed her abusive mother for Snatch Game, and one of the judges subsequently using said murder as a pun to critique that queen's runway outfit. I think I'll stick to Edith Piaf and the Cock Destroyers)

[Tom4784]

I found it all very boring tbh. I just didn't care much for this snatch game.

[MB.]

That's nice

[Shaun]

I've only seen the lipsync so far and I'm in two minds about it! Priyanka clearly won, and everyone calling for a double shantay just... doesn't understand the concept of outperforming your rival, I guess. There were... too many splits and jumps for what is ultimately a power ballad. Priyanka had some great emotional moments though, and embodied the song more, but still relied on some stunts (perhaps fearful that Kiara's 4 minute gymnastics routine might win her the decision).

Maybe I'm getting jaded... but people really overhyped the first lipsync with Lemon/Juice as well... it was a little bit messy girls!

[Captain.Remy]

A double shantay over that lipsync? It was good but not amazing to deserve a double shantay. Priyanka outperformed Kiara (whose time was over anyway), though I will give Kiara probs for fighting despite showing none of that energy so far in the competition.

I'm not a fan of too much stunts either (or none at all when not called for). But you're right Shaun, maybe she was scared the judges would give the shantay to Kiara because...a lot of people think a good lipsync is non stop splits, drops etc We can only blame the twitter gays for that, for hyping the performers to do more and more everytime on the show or on the scene.

[Amy Jade]

Loved this episode, not a fan of Snatch Game of Love so this hit the mark for me. Only really Kiara and Priyanka were bad really.

Ilona is annoying af but her Rebecca Moore was fun and I howled when Jimbo said smell my fingers to Scarlett and she was a bit stuck for works and Ilona ran over asking if she could :laugh2:

[Amy Jade]

I agree with those saying this wasn't worth a double shantay.

Priyanka was miles better and embodied the song so much better, I actually wish she hadn't done the flip or split really it wasn't needed but I get her adding them in because she could have been called low energy otherwise but yeah Kiara had amazing fight but she just did everything really and for me it didn't work.

[Jigs]

I thought the Snatch Game was great but idk if I'm alone on this... Rita's Edith Piaf didn't blow me away and I thought she deserved to be safe. I'd have replaced her with Scarlett BoBo who I thought did a great Liza.

Lemon's JoJo was great but she's leaving me to go hungry when it comes to her runway presentations. I want to be blown away by her but she leaves too much to be desired. Jimbo on the other hand is constantly surprising us and showing us versatility which can be really hard to do on a show that churns out new seasons constantly.

I thought BOA disappointed in both the Snatch Game and on the runway this week. Kiara's look was much better than hers but Priyanka had the best look of the week by far, which arguably could have saved her from the bottom two. I think the judges wanted to make an example out of Priyanka since they didn't expect her to fail. For me, I would've put BOA against Kiara and let them have a proper fight rather than 4 minutes of us waiting for Priyanka to get saved.


Tynomi Banks
1. Jimbo
2. Priyanka
3. Lemon
4. Scarlett BoBo
5. Kiara
Anastarzia Anaquway
6. Rita Baga
7. Ilona Verley
Kyne
Juice Boxx
8. BOA

[Samm]

another enjoyable episode! thought that was a very strong snatch game everyone performed nicely apart from the bottom three on the episode. jimbo KILLED it as joan. the lip sync was great! I agree with some of the comments about the stunts and drops, some of the stunts made by kiara just weren’t really necessary.

side note: i do kinda feel bad for scarlett i swear she’s literally been safe for the entire competition so far :skull:

1) jimbo
2) priyanka (+1)
3) scarlett
4) rita
6) llona
7) lemon
8) kiara
9) boa

[UserSince2005]

Defo not a double shantay lip sync. The girl in the back was so messy. Lots of energy. But so messy.

Intact it is technically impossible for there to be a double shantay with the format.
The judges decide without discussion.
There would have to be a set up agreement before the lip sync or edited out where all three just happen to write on their cards “I don’t know”

[Shaun]

Just watched the full episode now. This is the first guest host I've really enjoyed, she was funny and captivating.

I think the Snatch Game was a pretty mixed bag... there were some brilliant performances (Jimbo and Lemon) and then some that were just very repetitive and annoying (but still technically 'safe' at least)... Scarlett's Liza was basically just "I'm ****ing Liza!" every 5 seconds and whilst the voice was there, it was ****ing annoying, and Ilona's take on a Cock Destroyer accent was offensively wrong. Also didn't really say anything funny until she got up to smell Joan's fingers :love:

I had no idea who Jojo Siwa or the cancer girl were so had nothing to base them off of; but Lemon transformed completely and could've easily won this challenge. I didn't really think much of Rita's performance as Edith Piaf tbh... she just played an old tired woman and had nothing much to do with her other than being French. Kiara obviously did the worst, joining the "Just be a Massive Popstar, What Can Go Wrong?" ranks of Kenya's/Tyra's/Asia's Beyonce, Phi Phi's/Sonique's Gaga, Morgan's P!nk, Milan's Diana, Sahara's Whitney, Delta's Cher, Detox's Ke$ha, Alyssa's Katy, Tatianna's Ariana, Brooke's Celine and TKB's Nicki :love:

Priyanka could MAYBE have been safe over BOA just on a merit level, ie. "BOA you've been in the bottom 3 every ****ing week, either turn this lipsync out or go home already" but I was content with the decisions made.

I grow more and more tired of Ilona in general though. Such a whiny, irritating queen.

[MB.]

I know Rita didn't by any stretch of the imagination deserve to win this week's challenge (or, really, either of the other two that she won), but I think she's my favourite on the basis of being the only one capable of coming out of nowhere with a quote like "I had a finger in my anus! :oh:" :love:

elsewhere, I thought the editing was just... off throughout (the primary justification the judges seemed to give for Rita's win was something we didn't even see her do in her team's commercial, the edit seemed to be gearing towards a Scarlett win that never materialised, Lemon being in the bottom came out of nowhere considering how well she did in the challenge, and the lip sync really could have done with a talking head or two to break up the monotony of BOA and Ilona park-and-barking an Alessia Cara ballad), I thought Jimbo continues to outperform everyone on the runway, and I thought Stacey McKenzie + whichever random guest host they manage to convince to stop by/read off the autocue/phone their mum during taping continue to outperform Brooke Lynn and J*ffr*y on the judging panel!

[UserSince2005]

What does everyone think of Boa doing Gypsy Rose? Too far?

[MB.]

What does everyone think of Boa doing Gypsy Rose? Too far?

eh, I was a little uncomfortable with the choice itself (I can't really see where someone would find the humour in that particular case given how recently it happened, though I imagine the impersonation would have been better received in a club setting instead of, like, a glitzy televised fake game show next to Mariah Carey and Joan Rivers)

Then again, the judges seemed disappointed that BOA didn't go further in *checks notes* making fun of the victim of Munchausen's by proxy, so maybe I'm just way off the mark again

[MB.]

like, there's definitely a room for edgy humour on Snatch Game (see: Joan Rivers encouraging Jojo Siwa to snort her husband's ashes), but when you're rocking up to set with headphones in your nose and the judges are telling you that you didn't look terminally ill enough... maybe you would have been better off doing Cyndi Lauper

[UserSince2005]

Yeah its such a horrific choice, nothing about Gyspy Rose is funny even when you just isolate her personality within all her mess. It be like doing that little scouse kid that was murdered, or one of the brothers.

[Captain.Remy]

Rita winning...for what? Her outfit wasn't that good, her performance wasn't great either. I mean she's good overall, but was her win justified this week? idk.
I thought Jimbo had it because her outfit was great (it's going to haunt me forever) and she went crazier than usual in the challenge. And the "welcome to the competition Jimbo" when she has been SERVING every week is so wrong. But then again it's coming from Jeffrey, so...

They went all out for the judging this week. Last week it got better but this week they're back to their "twitter mean gays" attitude. It looks like the editing team saw all the backlash the judges have received so far, and went "yeah let's not change anything, might as well piss the viewers off". Jeffrey is unbereable, even his voice is annoying. It's like, you can say things but not being so sharp or mean about it.

I wanted BOA to stay, it was her first time in the bottom but she got in her head too much and it showed. She's lovely, she has this touching side to her. Ilona also did better in the lipsync.

Most of the outfits weren't great except Jimbo's. Ilona's was nice too, but she ain't no Detox to pull an ass reveal like that. It was ill-fitting behind. I like BOA's one too, yeah it's a jumpsuit but wings always work on me for some unknown reason.

:skull: @ them saying Lemon should go home just based on the runway. Like yeah it was not good, but she wasn't the worst in the maxi challenge and so far in the competition.

[Shaun]

Jimbo a robbed legend once again </3

I thought the challenge was pretty good overall. Priyanka and Lemon had the best cohesive advert and were the most amusing parody of the challenge, whilst Jimbo and Rita did a great job on the other team. Scarlet and Ilona were just ****ing irritating, though, I don't know how tf they weren't clocked for every other word being "sissy" and I don't understand why they placed Scarlet high for doing exactly the same thing as the bottom-2 Ilona :shrug:

I'm surprised that BOA went, for some reason I had it in my head that she made it to the top 5. Ilona just about won the lipsync, though, she had emotion in her face and I don't understand why BOA was so overwhelmingly lacklustre in her movements. Completely boring and uninspiring.

Lemon getting the ganging up edit for just a bad runway was pretty ****ty but hopefully she can send one of the Sissies home next week because I'm tired of both of them.

I've mostly liked Stacey as a judge recently but when she came out with this weird little moment of how Rita's an insanely gifted actress for that performance was completely baffling. I enjoyed her presence during the filming scenes, though; it was a refreshing tonic from the dementor giving the workroom talks.

[zrc]

Isn't that Jeff guy meant to be an actor or something? Because I was more convinced that Jujubee was a lady frog.

[UserSince2005]

They were so rude about Ilona’s bum bum

[Tom4784]

Rita was a bizarre winner and it felt forced, she wasn't bad by any stretch of the imagination but we didn't see why she won. The editing in this show has been odd throughout the season, I wonder if the show has had trouble with their sponsors for prizes because I've noticed that they do really rough cuts a lot when it comes to detailing prizes and this week, that editing extended to the main challenge.

From what we saw, it really should have been a Priyanka/Lemon/Jimbo victory judging from their performances (admittedly, Lemon's outfit was vile).

The bottom 2, however, was correct and I thought the Lipsync was underwhelming although I'm surprised by how terrible BOA was, bitch was channeling Charlie Hides. I wouldn't have minded a double sashay though as Ilona is becoming more annoying by the week. That being said, the goblin's comments about her arse were uncalled for.

[Ammi]

....I only got to watch the first episode...(...it’s just too hot to watch TV atm..)...I’m not sure if I’ll continue just because I’ve followed the thread...so it’s not the same obviously, knowing the outcome of each episode/challenge etc...with one episode in, though...I really love Jimbo, particularly...:lovedup:..

[Captain.Remy]

Tough episode to watch. Nobody did stand out in the challenge apart from Jimbo obviously.
The judging is still....I mean I feel like I'm repeting myself week after week so I can't do it again.
Finally Jimbo said something about the bull**** that is happening with the panel. Her runway look was fine and different from what you can typically expect. She's different, let her craft shine instead of always bringing her down. She should have won this week.
The way she read Rita's hair :skull: Jimbo was pissed.

Scarlett gave us Season 12 Jan's face crack vibes. :joker:
Ilona and Priyanka were the right bottom 2 and Ilona the rightful evictee.

So, meh episode.

[Samm]

JIMBO IS A ****ING LEGEND :love: her runway and performance were amazing **** these judges.

lemon and priyanka feel like they're flip flopping every week from top to bottom lol but I feel like both still stand a chance at the end. also screamed at scarlett i feel bad for her a bit :laugh:

1) jimbo
2) priyanka
3) scarlett
4) rita
5) lemon (+1)
6) llona (-1)

[Tom4784]

Thank god Illona is gone, she is insufferable.

[Jigs]

I really enjoyed the pageant challenge this week. Everyone servedddd (minus Ilona lol)

1. Jimbo
2. Lemon
3. Priyanka
4. Rita
5. Scarlett
6. Ilona

[Amy Jade]

So I am a week behind but Ilona being body shamed by Jeffeey enraged me so much especially as the lip sync was to an anthem about body confidence.

I actually enjoy Canada Drag Race a lot, I think it's better than Britain's Drag Race in fact but Jeffrey is clearly the weakest link by far, he is genuinely one of the worst judges I've ever seen.

[Captain.Remy]

OK so this week the judging was a little better? Or maybe I'm getting used to it and it still sucks. I meant, it still sucks, but it was less harsh than previous weeks? Idk.

I usually don't like makeover challenges, because the episodes tend to be boring and most of it is people crying left and right with sob stories.
I really don't get the judging scale for those makeovers, even in US DR. It seems to be changing every season. I really never know what they're looking for.

It's really a filler kind of episode. BUT this week was good. I love what they did with this charity, that dude from Jamaica was FINE, and the looks weren't bad (except Rita's)
Obviously Priyanka deserved her win, it was really engaging.
I cannot with the judges towards Jimbo. She really turned one of the best look this week, had a full narrative that they label "incomfortable". Girl, this is Drag! It's not meant to be PC. Get over it, this is Jimbo's style.

Not really surprised at the bottom two, the lipsync was very good though. No, not a double shantay, but good.

And my dumbass went to check Drag Race accounts on IG and got spoiled next week's elimination under a tribute post to Chi Chi, that is:

Jimbo :bawling:

[Samm]

I love make over episodes, one of my favourites. Jimbo absolutely served it, I can’t at the “too sexual” critiques when that was the theme and Jimbo has served camp plenty of times. Lemon’s was rightfully horrible that make up made her sister look over 60 :skull:

I actually thought Rita’s was quite good? I liked the theme of the clown aesthetic.

1) jimbo
2) priyanka
3) lemon (+2)
4) rita
5) scarlett (-2)

[Samm]

also LOVED Amanda Brugel best guest judge thus far

[MB.]

This episode is the epitome of how the judges can use the "we didn't get the family resemblance!" excuse to justify the most insane decisions, holy **** what were they on this week

(like, even the mini challenge was won by the person who did the worst, I didn't know it was even possible to judge a mini challenge poorly)

[Tom4784]

I love Priyanka but I really don't get how Jimbo didn't win. The resemblance was uncanny, the outfits were sensational considering she created them herself and I thought they generally had the cleanest looks out of all the pairs. I liked Priyanka's makeover a lot but I thought there was something a bit rough about it.

Rita's looks weren't great but I thought they were put together well enough to be safe. I think Scarlet should have been in the bottom with Lemon tbh. The costumes were too contrasting to the point they looked ugly.

I kinda wish there was a double shantay as well since I liked both Rita and Lemon's lipsync.

[MB.]

so the fans who watch this show are all such pieces of **** to the queens (and the judges, and the hosts) on social media that Ilona tried to take her life a few weeks ago:

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and somehow I can't see this stopping any time soon, given what Brita's quite publicly gone through recently, given that Jeffrey just deleted his Twitter and given the fact that just yesterday I saw people in Roxxxy's Instagram comments, in 2020, telling her that her parents were right to leave her at a bus stop

[Captain.Remy]

This fandom is so toxic :skull: It really is problematic and horrible.

[Barry.]

Why are the fans so toxic, I mean it's just a show. I'd never tweet a queen bad things that would be hurtful.

[Moniqua]

twinks are so fckn dangerous </3

[Captain.Remy]

I hope Ilona is felling better and is in good recovery. Drag is supposed to be fun and never that deep.

[Amy Jade]

tbh the earlier series of Drag Race were much nicer to follow, I used to enjoy watching and then going on twitter but I barely look anymore because the more it's become mainstream the worse the fandom has become

[Captain.Remy]

tbh the earlier series of Drag Race were much nicer to follow, I used to enjoy watching and then going on twitter but I barely look anymore because the more it's become mainstream the worse the fandom has become

Yeah exactly. You could tell the girls were not bothered by their image on social media. For instance the first moments when the two groups of queens in S6 met would have caused chaos today. Gia's "there's room for everybody" and other comments were probably the shadiest minute in DR history, yet they didn't care. I can't imagine the "backrolls" comment etc today. It was raw, sometimes problematic indeed, but overall fun. I don't check/read RPDR stuff on social media anymore, it's so heinous.

[Captain.Remy]

Jimbo not making it to the top 3 doesn't make sense with my fantasy, but K.

Rita should have gone home tbh I didn't like any of the 3 looks (the last one was the best out of the 3 but I wasn't impressed). But that never was going to happen given her track record.
Scarlett coming through last minute was nice. Priyanka's last look was a choice, but she did the best she could. Both did a good job this week.

When JBC said that Jimbo's outfits being unpolished was a constant critique throughout the season. When exactly? She litterally gave most of the best looks this season. Another not understandable critique. Him being nice to Jimbo at the end was fake as hell.

And you can tell the judging is wrong when you hear Michelle talking to the queens. Yes sometimes she's tough, but not harsh to the point it's uncomfortable. We need her as a full-time judge next season instead of JBC.

At this point I'm rooting for Priyanka to win, but Rita will probably take the crown.

[Shaun]

still haven't watched since BOA was eliminated, primarily because I knew this was coming and did not care about any of the top 3 enough to want one to win :sad:

Rita or Priyanka would be fine I guess but... eh... this season's sucked.

[UserSince2005]

biggest robbery since Shangie

[Amy Jade]

I wasn't even the biggest Jimbo fan but my god she was shafted!

Rita is incredibly overrated.

[Samm]

**** I’m mad

[Captain.Remy]

First time I will watch a finale without being excited. Just "meh". This season sucked big time. :shrug:

[Jigs]

Yeah the questionable judging decisions sunk this season a bit.

My winner picks were Jimbo and Lemon </3

[zrc]

I do wonder how Jimbo would've done, had he been picked for normal DR. Then again probably would've got robbed then too. Riggs Morris girl, Rigga Morris.

[Tom4784]

It was an utterly ridiculous episode, the editing continues to be a problem and the judging makes little sense. Jimbo's makeup was bad but, let's be real, that dress she made should have made her safe as ****, it was the most well constructed thing on that runway. I love Priyanka but, honestly, she should have lipsynced against Rita because the look was terrible and there was basically no reason for her to be safe. It's been made apparent that production probably decided on sending Jimbo home this week and nothing she could have done would have prevented that. The production influence is felt so strongly on this show that All-Stars would blush.

It's a great shame really, we had an interesting cast of queens, a judging panel that was 2/3rds likable and an interesting variety of challenges that made a nice change from the usual acting challenges over and over again and I liked how there was more design challenges than usual but shoddy decisions, editing and poor utilisation of the cast they had has ruined this season.

Things they need to change next season:

- Get rid of Jeffrey, he wasn't as infuriating this episode but he has no business being a permanent judge. He's not entertaining, he's not knowledgeable about drag and he kind of brings the whole show down around him.
- Have Brook and Stacey both handle hosting responsibilities, the whole guest host thing is odd.
- Get new editors and sort out sponsorships, A lot of the time, I've been utterly confused in some acting challenges by who ended up winning and why, which is partly down to good old Rigga Morris and partly down to bad editing that doesn't highlight why the winner was justified in winning. The rough cuts surrounding the wins annoy me greatly too. I'm so tired of 'For winning the challenge, you have run a (jump cut) holiday t- (jump cut) congratulations!' Get your sponsorships together, gurl.
- Most of all, less Rigga Morris and more consistent judging, because BOA shouldn't have been safe when she often was and others winning challenges were just unjustified and odd. It's so odd when you get see that the judging is so out of wack with everything else.

[Wizard.]

HOW was Priyanka not in the bottom this week? My mind is blown. Yes Jimbo can't do makeup, but it's so obvious they wanted Priyanka in the final they couldn't let her lip sync.

BoBo for the win I guess.

[Wizard.]

It was an utterly ridiculous episode, the editing continues to be a problem and the judging makes little sense. Jimbo's makeup was bad but, let's be real, that dress she made should have made her safe as ****, it was the most well constructed thing on that runway. I love Priyanka but, honestly, she should have lipsynced against Rita because the look was terrible and there was basically no reason for her to be safe. It's been made apparent that production probably decided on sending Jimbo home this week and nothing she could have done would have prevented that. The production influence is felt so strongly on this show that All-Stars would blush.

It's a great shame really, we had an interesting cast of queens, a judging panel that was 2/3rds likable and an interesting variety of challenges that made a nice change from the usual acting challenges over and over again and I liked how there was more design challenges than usual but shoddy decisions, editing and poor utilisation of the cast they had has ruined this season.

Things they need to change next season:

- Get rid of Jeffrey, he wasn't as infuriating this episode but he has no business being a permanent judge. He's not entertaining, he's not knowledgeable about drag and he kind of brings the whole show down around him.
- Have Brook and Stacey both handle hosting responsibilities, the whole guest host thing is odd.
- Get new editors and sort out sponsorships, A lot of the time, I've been utterly confused in some acting challenges by who ended up winning and why, which is partly down to good old Rigga Morris and partly down to bad editing that doesn't highlight why the winner was justified in winning. The rough cuts surrounding the wins annoy me greatly too. I'm so tired of 'For winning the challenge, you have run a (jump cut) holiday t- (jump cut) congratulations!' Get your sponsorships together, gurl.
- Most of all, less Rigga Morris and more consistent judging, because BOA shouldn't have been safe when she often was and others winning challenges were just unjustified and odd. It's so odd when you get see that the judging is so out of wack with everything else.

Are you watching on iPlayer? If so I assumed sponsorships were removed by the BBC. Hence why the Blue Peter badge on Drag Race UK.

[Tom4784]

Are you watching on iPlayer? If so I assumed sponsorships were removed by the BBC. Hence why the Blue Peter badge on Drag Race UK.

Oh, that makes sense, I thought Canada had lost their sponsorships and had took a hatchet to those scenes :laugh:

Still, the editing is rough though, it's just not cohesive with the narrative the producers are pushing.

[Captain.Remy]

Very happy with the outcome even though the whole season sucked. Priyanka did the best in the final challenge, and she's overall a solid entertainer and performer. Confessional queen too :love:
The good things to come out of the season were Jimbo, Priyanka, and the extended lipsyncs. The rumix was longer than usual (I felt like it was?) so more lyrics which was nice.
Anyway, very happy for Priyanka!

[Shaun]

She won? I heard the winner leaked and it was Rita :skull: must've been a last-minute change with her reception throughout the season.

[MB.]

Priyanka: proof that you can bomb all the challenges you say you're good at and still win, as long as the fans send enough hate to your biggest competition :love:

[Captain.Remy]

I mean, from the moment you accept that track record doesn't mean anything anymore on Drag Race, then it's an open field and you can feel free to support anyone :joker:
Technically I think Bobo had the best track record, but it wasn't good enough in the end. Same goes for Rita, such a good entertainer but she got a weaker ending. I'm not mad at it, any of the three winning would have been fine. But to me personality wise, Priyanka was my winner.

[Captain.Remy]

Though I'm curious as to how they changed it last minute since at the end the judges handed out cards with (I suppose) the winner's name on it. But they still filmed all winning scenarios? Or maybe there were nothing on the cards and just did that for show :skull:

We have three good, strong winners this year, it feels right once in a while!

Edit: wait no, I've just seen the video of Priyanka reacting to her crowning, so they filmed different scenarios.

[zrc]

Yeah they filmed three endings. They had six months to choose which one haha

[Wizard.]

I mean Bobo clearly have the best U Wear It Well verse and performance and the best lip sync. Priyanka has the best runway, but is that enough to win? Maybe that coupled with public popularity and a hint of Riga Morris.

[UserSince2005]

Pryanka has the face they want to represent Canada drag race. Her win is that simple. I knew she’d win from the very start.
Jimbo was too freaky
Baga was too old

[MB.]

...Rita's younger than Jaida Essence Hall

[UserSince2005]

Though I'm curious as to how they changed it last minute since at the end the judges handed out cards with (I suppose) the winner's name on it. But they still filmed all winning scenarios? Or maybe there were nothing on the cards and just did that for show :skull:

We have three good, strong winners this year, it feels right once in a while!

Edit: wait no, I've just seen the video of Priyanka reacting to her crowning, so they filmed different scenarios.

The whole card this is just for show every week. Do we really believe the judges aren’t heavily influence each week as to who should be going home?

[UserSince2005]

...Rita's younger than Jaida Essence Hall

No way!!!!
Black definitely don’t crack.

[UserSince2005]

is there a reunion episode or anything?

[MB.]

The queens coming back in the finale counted as the reunion episode

[Tom4784]

I didn't end up watching the last episode but I'm happy with Priyanka winning. Rita did well but I never really found her all that exciting to watch, and Bobo annoyed the hell out of me.

[Daniel-X]

Watched this over the last few days on iPlayer and I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the judging decisions are definitely iffy and the panel doesn’t quite work, but I thought it was decent for a first season. The cast was decent I thought and a lot of the challenges were better than the ones we’re subjected to on the American seasons sometimes.

JBC was grating but I did warm to him a bit more towards the end. He comes across forced and a lot of his lines feel like he’s reading them from a teleprompter. So I would definitely be not opposed to him being axed.

Rankings:

1. Lemon - (I loved Lemon. She wasn’t fully polished in some of her runways but I thought she always brought it in the challenges. I loved her verse in Not Sorry Aboot It and thought she did great in Snatch Game/the pageant. She was naturally funny and just came across genuinely nice in her talking heads. Hopefully she’ll be back for an All Stars considering she lives in NY.)
2. Priyanka - (Priyanka winning is definitely questionable because she did BAD in several challenges :laugh2: but I just loved her personality and for me she was my winner. She provided great talking heads, turned some great looks and was a stellar lip-synced)
3. Tynomi - (I wanted Tynomi to do well really bad :sad: as did all of the other queens in the cast it seemed :sad:. She was my favourite for the first few episodes and her exit stung a lot, hopefully with her popularity we’ll see her again.)
4. Jimbo - (I did like Jimbo, but having read the adoration for her on here and Twitter I found her a little overrated. She was likeable and funny but her drag was a little rough around the edges and I think she relied too much on looking like a slut/being cooky. Great snatch game though.)
5. Rita - (Rita was really funny in the talking heads and some of her runway looks were stunning, but she left me feeling a bit flat sometimes. All of her maxi challenge wins were questionable for me too :laugh:)
6. Anastarszia - (Potential to be a fave but she went really early before she had chance to really shine :sad:.)
7. Kiara - (Liked her personality and thought some of her runways were nice.)
8. Scarlett - (Meh. She didn’t stand out for me in a single challenge besides the final and she could be pretty annoying.)
9. Ilona - (She too could be very annoying but I liked some of her runways and she could occasionally be funny.)
10. Juice Boxx - (nothing to say really.)
11. Kyne - (she was pretty funny but also annoyingly delusional and bratty.)
12. BOA - (I didn’t hate her but she too could be bratty and annoying on several occasions. She also did not deserve to make top 7 and receive the regular praise the judges gave her.)