Rupaul's Drag Race Season 7 Episode 8 RUVIEW

Oh hey look who's back with a new episode review! This episode is full of fun and unexpected twists so let's get started!

This week's mini challenge included making boring prison outfits into drag outfits and it included the beloved Latrice Royale as the cop! The girls were supposed to drag up their outfits and have a prison fashion show. In my opinion, all of them turned it out but I think my favorite was Katya. Kennedy ended up winning. Of course. No comment.

(Katya)

After that we get to the interesting stuff. Rupaul reveals who's coming back and Trixie Mattel walks in and everyone gets all excited. And then comes Tempest. And then comes Kandy. And Sasha. And Jasmine. And  Mrs Kasha Davis. And Max. EVERYONE COMES BACK. The girls are just rolling their eyes at this point and here's the twist. The challenge is to be teamed up with one of the eliminated contestants and put together a conjoined twin look. Which ever team wins, the eliminated queen on the team gets to come back into the competition. 

Since Kennedy won the mini challenge, she gets to put the teams together. The teams were as follows:

Pearl and Trixie

Violet and Max

Ginger and Sasha Belle

Kennedy and Jasmine Masters

Jaidynn and Tempest Dujor

Miss Fame and Kandy Ho

Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis

Right away, Ginger is just not having it. She doesn't like the challenge and she doesn't want to be teamed up with Sasha. At one point she pulls Katya away for a minute and just vents to her because she feels like she's doing all the work. So right off the bat, I could tell she was going to be in the bottom for the first time ever. Ginger, girl, I love you, but you need to be ready for any challenge that's thrown at you! Pull yourself together mama!

Kennedy is complaining about Violet and her beauty. Girl. Please. I absolutely LOVE Violet and her corsets. Leave her alone.

Pearl is really excited to be with Trixie and right away I know they're going to slay this challenge because they just feed off of each other and they work together so well. So thank you Kennedy for basically making yourself lose. :) Cause I'm going to be real if I were in the competition I would put girls together that don't get along so that they would fail because I'm just shady. 

Miss Fame rambles when she's nervous and she makes me laugh. I didn't know how to feel about her but she's so quirky and silly I can't help it. Rupaul throws a joke at her and it goes right over her head. But I love her on the show. I can't help it. "Miss Fame, how's your head?" "Fine!"

I really love Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis together. I know they were teamed up when Mrs Kasha Davis got eliminated but I do feel like, regardless, they can pull it together on this challenge because they're playing characters and that's completely different from hosting an awards show. 

When Kennedy was given the power to choose the teams, I knew she would pick Jasmine. I think we all knew. And we also knew their conjoined twins would be pageant queens. No surprise. Next.

I feel terrible for Jaidynn because she was given an extra hard task but I know she's going to try her hardest to make it work. 

I realize this episode how much I actually relate to Trixie and her backstory. Bless her. I love her dearly.

RUNWAY TIME!!! My favorite!

Top looks:

Pearl and Trixie Mattel (BREATHTAKING!)

Violet and Max

Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis 

I actually agreed with Michelle Visage tonight. Thank you for standing up and saying Kennedy's look was predictable. 

In the end, Pearl and Trixie won which means Trixie is back in the competition...HALLELUJAH FINALLY A DECISION THAT MAKES SENSE! The bottom was Ginger and Jaidynn and they had to lip sync with their conjoined twins. Ginger and Sasha were conjoined at the boobs, so they literally cut themselves out of their costumes and it was really bizarre but hilarious at the same time. In the end, Ginger kept her spot in the competition and Jaidynn sashayed away. 

I really love Jaidynn but I wasn't too sad about this because I figured it was going to happen within the next couple episodes anyways. But Jaidynn is very talented and always so positive and happy. I love her.

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Rupaul's Drag Race Episode 5 Ruview

This post is a bit late but oh well. Let's jump right into the shenanigans of Episode 5.

To be completely honest this episode seemed really empty due to Trixie not being in the workroom and I still don't think she or Pearl should've been in the bottom 2.

The mini challenge this week was to create celebrity looks out of paper and everyone was divided into groups of two. The teams and looks were as follows:

Ginger Minj and Kandy Ho: Lil Kim

Jaidynn Diore and Kennedy Davenport: Lady Gaga

Pearl and Max: Cher

Mrs Kasha Davis and Katya: Björk

Violet Chachki and Miss Fame: Jennifer Lopez

The winners were Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis and that was pretty obvious because they played up their look by having Kasha act like Joan Rivers on the red carpet. Yaaasss.

The main challenge was called "The Despy Awards" and the girls stayed in their pairs and had to put together presentation speeches to present awards for the categories:

"Sexy Sexy Drag Queen" presented by Jaidynn and Kennedy

"Most Busted Queen" presented by Max and Pearl

"Shadiest Queen" presented by Ginger Minj and Kandy Ho

"Meatiest Tuck" presented by Violet and Miss Fame

Since Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis won the mini challenge, they got to be the co-hosts for the award show.

To help the queens put together their material, Kathy Griffin came back to the show. Each team had time with her during their preparation time. Right away, Miss Fame and Violet start clashing. Battle of the beauties....neither of them are comedy queens so they're throwing ideas back and forth and they both attack each other's ideas.

Kennedy and Jaidynn are clashing because Kennedy is a bit over confident due to winning last week's challenge and Jaidynn is just not having it.

Let's talk about Pearl and Max for a minute. This moment is like...the craziest point in this episode. Pearl has been picked on every week for not having enough personality and acting tired all the time. Rupaul walks in the work room to check on all the teams. He walks over to Max and Pearl and asks how everything is going since Max has a big personality and Pearl doesn't. This gets Pearl upset and she goes "well you kind of just told me I have no personality so that isn't supposed to make me feel good or give me confidence." After this, Pearl and Rupaul kind of have a huge moment of tension with a few words exchanged and a stare off in which Pearl replies "do I have something on my face?" and Rupaul basically tells her that he's not convinced. Max starts encouraging Pearl and Pearl walks out of the workroom and doesn't come back for a few hours. Eventually Pearl comes back and Max tries her best to get her back on track.

Next the girls show Kathy Griffin what they have put together. Kathy wasn't really impressed with Kasha and Katya, although I thought the "Ginger Minj is the Danny Devito of drag" line was pretty witty...but that's just me. Kennedy and Jaidynn say "girl" too much during their presentation to Kathy which I couldn't agree more. Miss Fame and Violet are the farthest thing from funny and Kathy looks bored....I still really love them though, they just aren't comedy queens. Max and Pearl walk in and Kathy isn't too impressed. Kathy is a tough cookie, that's for sure. Ginger Minj and Kandy Ho were next and Kathy calls them out on copying a joke from someone else. Ginger seems unsure of herself at this moment because Kathy told her that their speech wasn't funny.

The next part of the awards preparation was each queen had to vote on who out of their peers should win the award categories. Right off the bat I could already guess a couple of the winners and come to find out, I was correct. :)

When the queens are getting into drag for the awards, Pearl reveals her teenage years were spent being mostly angry all the time and that she has issues with past abandonment. After hearing that, it makes a lot of sense and maybe her Rupaul stand off was something that needed to happen for her to realize she isn't living up to her full potential.

This episode also helped me see how much I really and truly adore Max for always encouraging everyone and standing behind them no matter what. Even though it is a competition she obviously still cares about everyone and doesn't want to see people completely fall short and I feel she needs to be recognized for that. She seems like the rock that holds everyone together in times of tragedy.

The next highlight was Miss Fame putting her makeup on next to Violet and her talking about chickens. This is probably one of the most bizarre minute of Rupaul's Drag Race ever. Looking at Miss Fame and her flawless appearance in drag...one would never guess that she is completely obsessed with chickens. It finally makes sense. She even has a tattoo on her arm of a chicken. A whole minute of the show was dedicated to Miss Fame and her obsession with chickens and it was the best thing ever. She even revealed she sang songs to her chickens and did a chicken noise in the confessional room.

After the conversation about chickens, Violet and Miss Fame seem to open up more to each other and a friendship starts blossoming. No more battle of the beauties.

The award show starts with Katya and Mrs Kasha Davis opening the show and they threw a bit of shade at the other contestants. It was pretty witty but I thought they could've done better because I know they're capable. Same thing with Jaidynn and Kennedy...they did good. Pearl and Max were next and they had me in tears....absolutely FABULOUS. Ginger and Kandy were next and I wasn't a fan of Kandy's dress but that bit where she called Ginger an elephant was pretty funny so they didn't do too bad. I know people will disagree but I really liked Miss Fame and Violet's presentation

The winners were:
"Sexy Sexy Drag Queen": Miss Fame

"Most Busted Queen": Jaidynn Diore Fierce

"Shadiest Queen": Violet Chachki (of course)

"Meatiest Tuck": Katya

And then it was time for the critiques. Pearl and Max won the challenge which I was very excited about because they deserved it. Mrs Kasha Davis isn't over the top enough. Katya's acceptance speech was funnier than her opening speech...and she needs more volume to her wig. Ginger Minj was hilarious in her presentation and she needs to cut back on her black spray she puts on her forehead. Kandy Ho faded into the background compared to Ginger Minj (I agree) and her dress is ugly. Violet talked too fast but she looked stunning as always. Miss Fame looked stunning and the judges are seeing that she's at least trying to be more funny and stepping out of her comfort zone.

Top looks for me:
Miss Fame
Violet Chachki
Max
Pearl

In the end, Mrs Kasha Davis and Kandy Ho. Mrs Kasha Davis ended up going home. This week, yet again, I disagreed with the elimination. I'm a bit shocked about it as well. What is going on this season?

That's all for now! Check back next week for Episode 6!


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Rupaul's Drag Race WISH-LIST

So I decided to put together a list of queens who I think would do well on Rupaul's Drag Race based on what I see by following them. This is going to be a bit tough for me because my free time is nothing but promoting drag artists and showcasing them so please don't get offended. Here it goes. (This list is just my top picks and it doesn't mean these artists are auditioning-although some of them are.) Also, there's more than 14 here. I'm aware. ;)

James Majesty: James is an absolute force to be reckoned with. Lots of performers are just pretty but I have always had a love for the more artsy people in the competition because I feel like they're the full package. I can't help but admire the variety of looks she can put together. 

BibleGirl666: I worship BibleGirl. Pun intended. Every time I watch a performance of hers, she takes me to church. Literally. I love her character onstage and I love everything from the fan blowing her blonde hair to quirky sense of humor.

Aurora Gozmic: If Aurora's attitude was food, she would have food to feed the whole entire world. I'm saying this in a good way. She's really come into her own in the past year and I feel she would learn a lot from the experience of Drag Race.

Discord Addams: Discord's ideas are absolutely brilliant and out of the box. I feel like with her on the show, you would never really know what to expect. She has the power to take an idea and run with it and execute it well.

Eve Summers: Eve hasn't even been doing drag for too long and she has the look and attitude of someone who has been doing it for years. I feel like she could learn but also work really well under pressure. She seems calm, cool, and collected.

Tatiana Rexia: Tatiana would be the spooky queen. And not in a Sharon Needles way either- so don't say she's trying to copy Sharon. Tatiana is very independent and strong willed and I feel she would fight her way to the top without a question. If she won, she would use her platform for good things such as giving back. :)

Kaotica Divine: oh my goodness...where do I begin? Kaotica is absolutely beyond anything I've ever seen. I remember watching a performance video of hers and I don't even remember how I stumbled upon it whatsoever...but Kaotica takes you to a whole other dimension. Full of energy and the bitch literally PAINTS her face.

Lucky Madison: Ms Lucky is on this list because I truly believe her intentions are genuine and I know she really wants it. I know she's auditioning and I see lots of people throwing hateful words at her lately and I just really believe in her and want her on the show so that she can show what she has to offer.

Jayy Von Monroe: I know Jayy isn't auditioning this next season but that doesn't mean he wouldn't ever audition period. I've been a follower of his for years and I had the pleasure of interviewing him and I feel like he has the personality and performance experience to carry him through since he's been in a band all these years and knows how to keep people attentive. 

Arabia Felix: Arabia can't audition this season due to living in Kuwait. I feel like even if she never auditions, she will still have a huge following because I know she's fierce and I'm not saying that just because she's my drag mother...I'm saying it because I know it just as much as everyone else that she would completely slay that competition.

Chloe Knox: Chloe is pretty young yet but she has very quick wit and I enjoy her style along with her over the top makeup. I feel she would be good tv because she is really quick with insult comedy and sarcasm and I love that about her. 

Ironica Leigh: Ironica is constantly throwing shade and I feel like she would do really well in the comedy challenges and I'm really interested to see what she would put together for the snatch game.

Cupcake Canne: Well we will start with the obvious- Cupcake is absolutely STUNNING. She seems very well put together and patient and open minded. So even if she does get critiques for something (not sure what it would be) but I feel she would take it all in without getting too upset over it. She's just a very well rounded queen.

Melissa Befierce: Melissa is a straight up performer. Period. End of story. I don't know if she would ever audition for the show because I don't know her feelings on that but she is a performer in every sense of the word and if she ever did get on, she would deserve every win she gets. 

Veronica Pop: I've really enjoyed watching Veronica grow since I started following her. I think the reason I want her on the show so bad is because there's just something about her that screams STAR QUALITY. She's just an all around fun performer and I could even just listen to her talk for hours. 

Yolandii Fizzure: I just added Yolandii on facebook not too long ago and there's just an element of mystery to her that I can't point my finger on but I just really want to learn more. 

Ari Ola: All I can say is Ari Ola is the full package. She is kind, hilarious, a wonderful performer, and uses her performances for good. She could do a performance and move you to tears and it takes a special type of person to do that. She's an advocate for social change and I feel if she won the competition she would use it to help other people.

Anaol: It's hard for me to remember that she dropped that last name. Anyways, Anaol has never been boring to me. I'm always interested in what she has to offer and what she has to say. I need more of her in my life.

Skarlet Starlet: GIRL. Skarlet is a southern belle and everything about her is ON POINT. She has that loud personality that just makes you fall in love with her and she can make you laugh without even trying to. She's another one where I'm just entertained by listening to her talk. 

Diana Dzhaketov: Diana is another person who has the full package. Believe it or not it's possible to be really pretty and extremely funny all at once. I fell like if she did make it on she would be the underdog and make it really far.

Dakota D'Vil: I know there's some people who might disagree with me but I would really love if Dakota did the show because I love her performances and I feel she could work under pressure and just do what she had to do to win. I just adore her. 

Sissy Spastik: I put Sissy on this list because I feel she's very versatile and she could do anything. Even with her looks, you never really know what she's going to pull out and I love the unpredictability of her drag.

Crystal Mess: Very down to earth, very genuine, very well rounded. Her style is pretty interesting too and I just want to see more.

Meth: I know Meth is from the UK but if this show expands itself I would pretty much freak if Meth got on just because she makes me laugh and her style is absolutely wicked.

Rhea Litre: Either you love Rhea or you hate her and in my case I can't get enough of her. Although I feel like she won't audition, that doesn't stop my urges to see her on the show. Everywhere I turn on social media, Rhea is there...on almost everyone's pages in selfies and whatnot and she has a huge following already.

Cake Moss: She has told me before she's not going to audition anymore and she doesn't need the show because she's doing well on her own but my wish list wouldn't be complete without her because there's no denying she's talented and I feel like she could school some bitches.

Tatiana Mala-Niña: This queen definitely needs to be on my list because even if she isn't auditioning I feel she will still go really far just on her own. 

Noodles: I feel like if you have your own makeup look and you still can learn how to do other queen's faces as well on your face, you're an artist. I would LOVE to see Noodles on a future season of Drag Race because I know she's capable of doing well.

Giselle Dijon: Giselle is absolutely hilarious and I feel it won't be long until she breaks out. She's got the talent to keep people entertained and I feel she's only going to get better. 

Kim Chi: If you don't know Kim Chi, you really need to get out from under that rock you've been under. Kim Chi gives me life. 

Trannika Rex: Drag Race needs some life, and Trannika would be the perfect person to stir it up a bit. I don't know how she comes up with half her jokes but I love her. 

I was going to put Vicky Vox and Miss Coco Peru on here but I feel they don't need the show and I don't think they're ever going to audition. I'm perfectly okay with that because they're absolutely amazing on their own.

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Rupaul's Drag Race Season 7 Episode 4 RUVIEW

Lots of T will be spilled in this specific review of this week's episode, so let's just jump right into this. Episode 4 was an extremely big pill for me to swallow and I feel like I completely disagreed with the outcome of this episode.

There wasn't a mini challenge this week. Rupaul had the girls jump right into the main challenge. He had the girls divide themselves into 3 groups and each group got a Rupaul song that they had to write, record, and make a music video parody for. The teams were as follows:

Ginger Minj, Kennedy Davenport, Kasha Davis, Kandy Ho
Got "Let The Music Play" and turned it into "I Got Paid" talking about Rupaul's accomplishments and poking fun at her.

Trixie Mattel, Pearl, Katya, Miss Fame
Got "Dance With You" and turned it into "Tan With You"
Beach scene with massive sunburn and severe tan lines.

Jaidynn Diore, Max, Violet
Got "Sissy That Walk" and turned it into "Get Ready To Clock"
Made a parody of the "Sissy That Walk" music video where Violet was Adore, Jaidynn was Bianca, and Max was Courtney Act.

During the preparation, the teams are obviously clashing with their ideas...especially Trixie's group and Violet's group. Pearl and Miss Fame were going head to head about ideas regarding the theme and Max and Violet seemed to clash a bit. Honestly Violet clashes with pretty much everyone so I wasn't too shocked because she says what she's thinking and that's it. When the recording was happening, I felt that Jaidynn did excellent because she seemed to really grasp the concept and her playing Bianca was absolutely genius. She slayed. Period.

Now it's time for each team to film the music video and first up was Jaidynn's group. The only one who seemed to have any trouble was Max. Max was trying to channel some Courtney Act realness and it's hard to make Courtney funny. Other than that, Violet was brilliant as Adore and she seemed to really embody the personality well. Jaidynn basically was Bianca...to a T. Jaidynn was absolutely flawless in this challenge. You go girl.

Next was Ginger's group and I mean...I felt they could've been more clever with it. I mean some of it was funny but it wasn't really my cup of tea. Let's be honest. I loved Kasha's voice though because she did full camp which is what she's good at. Ginger is always hilarious to me and I don't think that will ever change. Kandy kind of faded into the background.

Last was Trixie's group and they basically did a beach themed video about tanning too much. I don't know exactly what happened to Trixie in this challenge but she seemed so nervous and confused. I think it was mainly nerves. Katya was absolutely brilliant...this challenge was right up her alley and she chopped it up and served it on a gold platter. Once again Rupaul got on Pearl's case for being too chill and it's starting to bother me. Miss Fame's most defining moment was when they were trying to figure out a scene and she laid out a towel and said "it would be great if we could all roll like rotisserie chicken." Oh Miss Fame and her chickens. Geez.

Kennedy talked about Sahara Davenport while getting ready for the runway. Rest in peace, girl.

The runway theme was green...you're welcome Michelle Visage!


Top Runway Looks
1. Pearl

2. Miss Fame

3. Trixie Mattel

4. Violet Chachki

5. Ginger Minj

I want to say that I wasn't all about Violet's look until I watched the episode more than once and then I was like crazy over it. Violet serves the runways every week. Period.

My favorite was "Get Ready To Clock" because I thought Jaidynn tied it together with her impersonation of Bianca Del Rio. If I didn't know better I would say she was Bianca. Good job girlfriend. Absolutely slayed it.


Kennedy ended up winning. I was really feeling Kennedy's vibe when she came on the show but now I'm not really sure anymore what to think. With this particular challenge, I feel the win should've went to Jaidynn just because she really nailed her part and she was hilarious. Katya was also brilliant...so either Katya or Jaidynn should've won. That's just my perception.

And here come the feelings. :(

First critique tonight went to Pearl. Pearl was once again getting thrown under the bus for not coming out of her shell. Michelle called her a stoner and Pearl defended herself. I am really getting pretty annoyed with the judges critiques of her because I know the relaxed vibe is just who Pearl is.

Next was Trixie. The judges basically built her up and called her funny but then shot her down saying she doesn't stand out enough. I completely disagreed with that and maybe it's because I see what Trixie is capable of and I get her and her drag. It disappointed me how it wasn't good enough. I get during the filming of the music video she was nervous but don't completely throw her under the bus for not being funny and saying you don't know who she is.

Max was called out for the grey hair which I knew she eventually would be. I disagree because Max is a character and if she's forced to be "versatile" I feel she might lose sight of herself and her character. I thought it was rude.

Violet was critiqued because she apparently didn't do enough for playing the character of Adore Delano. For the record, I loved Violet's impersonation of Adore and I thought she did all that she could've done.

Kandy's critiques...I agree with her blending into the background. What I don't agree with is the fact that, yes, she wears pretty dresses. That's just her drag and how she is. I thought she looked pretty this week and she improved her makeup. I just wish she would stop blending into the background.

Ms Kasha Davis was the last one to get critiqued and it was mainly about her singing. I thought she played up the camp in her singing and she had me rolling of laughter. I didn't really care for her runway look though.

In the very end, Rupaul decides to put Trixie and Pearl against each other in the lip sync. This is where things get sticky for me because I love both these queens so much. Pearl is someone I've completely fallen in love with this season. Trixie I've been following for a little over a year and I've always been so impressed with her and her style. So this happening really had me torn apart. Trixie ended up going home and Pearl stayed. I didn't want either of them to go home and I don't think either of them deserved to be in the bottom. It was also really hard for me to watch because they're friends outside of the show and they've worked together before and to see two friends against each other like that and see how they're forced to send someone home is a tough thing. After the lip sync was over, Pearl broke down and cried and Trixie walked out with a smile on her face and she held herself together really well. This episode had me crying at the end, I'm not going to lie...because not only did my favorite go home but seeing Pearl cry was heart breaking.

Drag Race was very disappointing this week and I wish it would've went differently.


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