[Shaun]

Youtube video

It's starting girls!!!!

[Shaun]

"and may the best drag queen win" caught me off guard, guess they're finally warming up and changing to be more inclusive

[Shaun]

also nnnnnn @ them getting 6 licensed songs for the first episode. RIP to the budget. (I assumed they'd just get 6 Ru songs again)

[Smithy]

Does he say may the best drag queen win bc there’s a trans woman this year?

[Shaun]

Yeah, plus Gottmik is a trans man (out of drag) so I guess the pronouns were getting a bit of a headache.

Re: the lipsync... the edit is setting up for a Kandy win but I honestly thought Joey did slightly better Kandy relying on a Monet fake-out to excuse the fact she doesn't do much else, isn't great.

[Braden]

They must have chosen this format to test what the new panel would like on a tv screen? Or something COVID-related? It's so bizarre, lmao.

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Yeah, plus Gottmik is a trans man (out of drag) so I guess the pronouns were getting a bit of a headache.

Re: the lipsync... the edit is setting up for a Kandy win but I honestly thought Joey did slightly better Kandy relying on a Monet fake-out to excuse the fact she doesn't do much else, isn't great.

I agree, I thought Joey was better. Mandy relied on comedy most of that lipsync

[Ammi]

...honestly, I’m not ready to lose queens from the werkroom when we’ve only just met them...I mean, neither really lip synced for their lives, they were too dazed and shocked for that...what on Earth...

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Barry.

I agree, I thought Joey was better. Mandy relied on comedy most of that lipsync

She was super lucky she had a giant prop already on hand, because that did most of the work for her

[Ammi]

...I hate so much that Queens are often judged on first appearance etc...and there Ru is, promoting the exact same...I’m cross that we’re going to lose some without getting to know them...

[Ammi]

...I’m CROSS...

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...I hate so much that Queens are often judged on first appearance etc...and there Ru is, promoting the exact same...I’m cross that we’re going to lose some without getting to know them...

Spoiler:

No queens will actually be leaving in the first episode, the lip syncs are to decide the group splits. The winners will compete in episode 2, the losers will compete in episode 3 and the they merge together in episode 4!

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Spoiler:

No queens will actually be leaving in the first episode, the lip syncs are to decide the group splits. The winners will compete in episode 2, the losers will compete in episode 3 and the they merge together in episode 4!

Is the first ep just lip syncs then?

Honestly that’s low key boring

[Morgan.]

Originally Posted by Smithy

Is the first ep just lip syncs then?

Honestly that’s low key boring

I believe so yeah

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Spoiler:

No queens will actually be leaving in the first episode, the lip syncs are to decide the group splits. The winners will compete in episode 2, the losers will compete in episode 3 and the they merge together in episode 4!

Spoiler:

....ooooops, I couldn’t bear to lose any queens without getting to know them and their unique talents.../...thank you so much, Morgan......

[UserSince2005]

looks like the uk one cannot start airing soon enough.

[Captain.Remy]

I find Kandy Muse to be annoying already.

[Saph]

joey jay having the most annoying voice on drag race ever confirmed?

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

Spoiler:

No queens will actually be leaving in the first episode, the lip syncs are to decide the group splits. The winners will compete in episode 2, the losers will compete in episode 3 and the they merge together in episode 4!

Oh good, makes sense I guess. Still looking forward to it though

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Saph

joey jay having the most annoying voice on drag race ever confirmed?

Laganja remains unbothered

[Saph]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Laganja remains unbothered

a close 2nd

[Captain.Remy]

Putting my views in SPOILER tags because apparently it still isn't on Netflix or something.

Spoiler:

It was alright. At least they changed something about the format, though I LOVE when a Premiere is split a la S12. But I'll take it.

It was fine, nothing crazy or a "wow" moment happened. The results were fair overall?
It got sloppy at the end because I know the producers are trying to save the drama for next week, but it got confusing right there at the end.

This episode goes to Tina Burner hands down. I'm a little surprised no one else really sparkled or had bigger charisma. Tina came in and ate the personality part of the episode.
And for me who wants a funny/comedy/theater type of queen to win this year (my hopes got crushed last year with Sherry Pie), I think I'm about to get served.

Also, a lot of people online had something negative to say about Elliott but she served during the lipsync. She did better than a lot of them.
Too bad she went against Tina but I actually don't think she'll be one of the first to sashay away.

Overall, it was a decent nice first episode, let's see next week what hey are going to bring.

PS: we talk about Joey being the trade of the season, but Rosé is fine too

[Ammi]

Spoiler:

...I felt really sad for the Queens that they were genuinely confused if that was it for them and their dreams dashed in going home...as if 2020 wasn’t torturous enough, how could Ru......and the lip syncs themselves were okay but they felt a little flat because they weren’t really prepared for them in the same way...but I guess a Queen always has a lip sync ready near her lipstick....I agree with Remy, Tina Burner was the show stealer with her style and personality.....but there are some great ladies this season...I adore Rose, she’s gorgeous....also loving Kahmora Hall, Gottmik, Utica, Olivia Lux and Elliott, actually really loved Elliott......

[Gstar]

Interesting way to split the contestants in half, looking forward to some actual looks next week. Awful with names but collectively a cute bunch

[Shaun]

The sheer drop in quality from the S12 premiere to this one like... sure, 12 was pretty much untoppable... but god this was a chore to watch. It's not that it's a dumb twist that serves little purpose (well, that is a factor too) but just going through the exact same edit 6 times in one episode, having to listen to every pair (or trio) of queens make the exact same reactions, and the stakes never really being that high anyway because anyone with a brain knows they aren't sending home 6 queens in episode one, for a season of 7 others to carry on with the rest of it... made this very boring indeed.

Not to mention repeating bloody lipsync songs we've already had 'When I Grow Up' before.

The other choices were odd... Elle King and Lindsay Lohan were not ones I'd considered getting chosen some time soon. As for the lipsyncs themselves... some were good! Some... were average.

Symone vs. Tamisha was the stand-out, both were excellent and could've feasibly been a double-shantay were it regular. Denali vs. Lala was tough, too. The threeway was decent... I'm struggling to remember the others but I think the right queens won with the exception of Kandy.

I'm quite drawn to all of them... I was expecting not to like Elliott but she's quite sweet. The only one I'm a bit iffy on is Rose.. might be a little too much ego and barbs for episode one, not really sure.