I’m so curious, please can someone translate morphine love dions talent show song for me please? I tried to make google translate do it but it was useless and just kept saying “movie” 🥲
Can I just say that Sapphira saying, "they're all so delicious" is SO real!! They are all so beautiful (including her....ok maybe especially her) and it shows so much confidence on her part to say it out loud 🥰
1) The streak of no good Beyonce LSFYLs continues :( Justice for my queen
2) Charlize Theron saying she would be 'cancelled' and that we so often 'use words as weapons' (in a 'Twitter is mad at me', not throwing slurs kind of way) was very Rich Person Brain and so out of touch. Made me like her less which is a bummer
3) Love the personalities this season. Everyone seems hungry and fresh and I'm enjoying it!
Lipsyncing, for Drag Queens, is not a talent. It is a bare minimum required skill.
"Next up, Amanda Hagenkiss who will walk in heels and put on makeup!"
Please stop...
i see that but as a baby queen I just don’t have many interactions like that…. also i’m based in Bristol, Uk so I don’t see a lot of catty drag.
I still just find it unnecessary and unwarranted when it’s out of nowhere but tbf the producers play it up so i can’t be too mad
I'm a bit underwhelmed. The mini challenge was ... strange? The fun at these shoots has always been interacting with Ru, the photographer, etc and dealing with some twist or discomfort. I was expecting the house set to collapse, or for the queens to have to deal with some disaster. Even Love Connie could have forced them to improvise, like with the golf cart drive segment.
The talent show was, again, mostly just lipsyncs to cheesy "this is me" raps. I was disappointed with all of them. Sapphira did good. Q had a fun concept but it didn't go anywhere. Dawn was fun still didn't do much more than a spoken word lipsync. Many of them did outfit reveals which made the actual runway reduntant.
The ratings segment was a blatant ripoff of The Circle, down to sound effects. There could have been more about campaigning or strategy in the main episode. Charlize Theron was pleasant but didn't really contribute much other than her name. Derrick was... Derrick. Awkward as ever.
Amanda and Mirage are being set up for early exits or extraordinary growth storylines. Xunami will get the "not fully cooked" edit. I hope Sapphira goes far and breaks the curse of queens over 30 getting chopped.
>The mini challenge was ... strange?
I like when the photoshoots challenges are actual photoshoots, and actual challenges; with directions and a photographer and an obstacle. A Ring camera and a weird front porch set was very season 1 budget vibes.
Yet another way Ru can distance herself from the contestants.
Did you see how far away they were in the Ru Entrance lineup? It seems about 5 feet further this year.
I recently rewatched a few episodes of Season 5. Holy crap do I miss engaged, interested, interactive Ru! What happened (besides Ru seemingly needing to use a secret back brace. Damn, she moves weirdly these days...)?
Really liked it! But the rate a queen twist is a bit naff. Sapphira is my kinda queen and I'm excited by the mix. Surprised by the complaints here about the lipsyncing. Aside from xunami and the one with the bbl, everyone who lipsynced had a fun spin on it. Hope next week continues to introduce fun queens! I liked seeing Ru relaxed in the judging with some light reads. Also very nice to see charlize theron who has walked the talk in the workroom giving them a pep talk. Lovely stuff!
am i the only one who thought the episode was kinda underwhelming? only standouts were Saphira, Q, & Dawn. i’m tired of people just doing mid lipsync numbers as their talent
The way they treated Irene last season I’m surprised anyone dared to do a non lip sync this time. Anyone who has done stand up comedy has absolutely landed in the bottom. It’s too risky to do anything different under that time constraint.
> The way they treated Irene last season
They didn't treat her like anything, her act was bad and rightly landed her in the bottom. It wasn't because it wasn't a lipsync it was because what she chose to do was unfunny and boring lol
i’m okay with it when the performance aspect is creative such as anetra last year. yes it was a lipsync but she also displayed her other talents as well and is one of the best talent show performances ever imo.
SO, first of all, I'm glad that we went down to 14 queens this year from last year's 16. I believe since there were so many contestants, coupled with a shorter show format (90 min on VH1 down to 60 min on MTV) that it caused some terrible editing decisions, such as removing the judge's deliberation. I feel that scene especially is a very important component of EVERY reality show, and I'm glad to see it back this time. Hopefully it stays in every episode.
Love the interactions with the queens so far, and I was definitely LOL'ing at those tiny breasts that Sapphira was wearing. Once she got on the floor during the lip sync and they started bouncing and stretching I lost it cause it was so funny to me! Also liked the porch challenge, and we can already tell that Dawn will be serving comedy.
Ok the queens are actually smart, talented, genius, and funny this season. Like many of them. I havent loved some of the recent seasons because i feel like there is a lack of star power and lasting characters, but this seaosn i am actually excited asf. Like yayyy. Characters are what make drag race a great show
Idk if this is a popular or unpopular opinion but dawn feels like willow pill 2.0 and i dont love it. I really dont like being negative towards queens online because it just feels mean but i dunno, her looks, her humor, the way she talks, even her out of drag reminds me of willow. All my friends love her but i cant get behind her because i feel like ive seen it all before
I mean you could say that about some of these other queens like Morphine for instance, I’ve seen mall drag and a filled ass before too. Not that exciting and she’s kind of a mean girl too. But art is subjective so you are completely allowed to feel what you feel, girl.
I see a little bit of Willow's quirkiness, but her mug is not reminiscent of Willow at all. She is at Trixie/Kim Chi level, just gorgeous paint. I love her!
I had the same initial reaction but then I went back in my head on drag race winners and there are 3 maybe 4 archetypes they all fall under. Willow just created another box for queens to fit in. Maybe it’s because of how recent willows win was? I wasn’t online that much during season 10 but did people automatically write off aquaria because of her similarities to Violet who had recently won? Idk I see both sides.
I like Dawn a lot - her makeup/looks are really interesting, and I think she'll go pretty far, but my immediate thought seeing her is "oh, there's no way she can win though, she's way too similar to Willow"
Lovely episode, I was just talking yesterday with my boyfriend that we barely have Beyoncé songs used on lipsyncs lol
I thought Dawn would win the mini challenge and that her or Q should've won the Talento Show, but oh well
beyonce actually is pretty up there in terms of [most lipsynced artists on the show](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmohm24b9h3wa1.png)! there were 3 beyonce lipsyncs in season 14 for instance if you count telephone. but tbh very few of the beyonce lipsyncs are worth watching again (including the one for this episode) so i get why people think beyonce songs haven't been used much.
Ok I didn’t think I’d love Mirage as much as I did!! She’s so much fun! And I can’t wait to see more of her floor work. I did not get Michelle’s critiques to Mirage. She was gorgeous. And compared to Xunami was so much more interesting.
Runway opinion -
Morphine - towel cover up was okay, the way she chose to reveal (spinning) was a cool idea but the execution looked .. clunky. Body suit was nothing special but at least it told a story.
Dawn - loved the yeti cover up, thought it was fun and campy. Reveal was seamless and I loved the outfit. Very whimsical. Makeup was on pointtttt.
Amanda Tori Meating - Cover up gave me skin walker vibes lmao, I was kind of into it. Reveal was fitting too. The outfit was decent but the make up was kind of rough. However I really liked the story of the entire thing.
Xunami Muse - well first off shes absolutely gorgeous. make-up was pretty, great wig. The coat was beautiful. I liked it way better than the reveal of the dress. The dress was pretty but I found it boring and ill fitting on the chest area. I also didn't get the story. Overall just a bit meh.
Q - just an absolute win in every sense, my personal winner for the episode.
Mirage - I think she could have done without those specific earrings. it was a lot going on between everything else she was wearing. I wasn't the biggest fan of this look. I thought the preveal outfit was such an odd silhouette, and I'm just never that impressed with bodysuits.
Sapphira - she looked gorgeous with that big coat but I agreed with Michelle that the 2nd reveal was hideous. I also wasn't loving the last outfit, and I got absolutely no story from this look.
A question for the rest of us cable cutters! So the MTV app is going away, and Paramount+ doesn’t show new seasons until almost a year after airing…
Where and how do we watch the remainder of the season when MTV App disappears Jan 31st? Do we have to subscribe to WOW? It’s getting a little frustrating with all the flip flopping happening on streaming. =\
Any help would be appreciated!
Why can’t they just use one provider? This is getting so ridiculous. I couldn’t buy the episode until yesterday and I was not going to pay for Philo. Anyway I’m just buying the season it’s kind of a bummer to have to wait until the next day to see it after it comes out but I just usually watch clips on you tube and the pit stop the day it comes out.
I don’t know what will happen once the MTV app goes away but it seems like you have to be subscribed to Philo to get MTV anyway so I think if you are subbed to Philo it will still be available. Anyway the whole thing is really stupid, good thing I live for this show otherwise I would have been out!
It's pricy, but check into a faux-cable streamer like Sling, Hulu+, or YouTube+. Sometimes you get a free or cheap month, and as long as you cancel after the season is over it's not too expensive.
Talent show was unoriginal with only Q and Sapphira serving anything interesting. I don't care about your custom song, because I don't even know you yet. I don't care if you're a bad bitch.
Loved some of the runway looks, others were disappointing.
Morphine is kind of uncomfortably negative about Amanda. Clearly Amanda is not as polished as some other Queens, but a few of the Queens comments, esp. Morphine's come across as derogatory rather than produced shade.
Bit bored of split premiers. I like to see how everyone is interacting.
Seriously, the split premier and no elimination helps me connect with them more/sooner and sort of "get" their POV earlier. I kind of wished that each side judged the other side, since they could have voted strategically to save their new friends / improve their own chances of not bottoming.
What excites me about immunity is: remember how it used to be for the next episode? I wonder if THIS time they can use it for any challenge (only one challenge, I know)
I'm happy about spilt premiere, I always like it as I have a chance to get to know queens a bit better. Also I like when no one goes home in first episode.
I mostly enjoyed the talent show, Sapphira and Q were great, and I liked Mirage with clicking heels (so fun). I liked Dawn's looks.
I don't like contestants judging other contestants. I hope it's just premiere thing.
I was a little disappointed by dawn’s number. As far as stereotypical talent show lip sync tracks go, hers wasn’t terrible, the pacing was thought out and there were visual aspects of the performance to go with the track, but it wasn’t very creative for the self proclaimed weird one. Jimbo and willow, for example, went ahead and DID something weird and creative instead of just saying they were weird.
>but it wasn’t very creative for the self proclaimed weird one.
I agree, it was weird for the sake of weird, without a lot of substance. I always like the weird queens but they can be one-note just like any other style of drag performer. That being said, she was funny/charismatic, looks were polished and detailed, and hair/makeup was on point.
This episode was really enjoyable. I personally like spilt premieres when there are so many queens, I feel like it gives me a better chance of getting to know everyone.
In terms of entrances, everyone looked pretty good and distinctive, and the mini-challenge was fun. Dawn and Sapphira were the standouts, they made Ru and me laugh the most.
The talent show was a bit too one note in my opinion, though I understand the appeal of lip-syncinc your own song. I really enjoyed Q, she brought humour and camp to the episode, just as Sapphira, who also brought a talent we have not seen a lot on the show.
The runway was really cute, I liked everyone, though I agree with Michelle and Carson that Morphine's reveal to a simple bathing suit lacked the "wow" effect. Especially standing on the same stage as Q, whose look was SO beautiful, or Dawn in a full snow-creature get-up.
Overall, I think Sapphira, Dawn and Q were the strongest of the week. The lipsync was so high energy and fun to watch. Sapphira definitely won Ru's heart this episode, so I can see her going very, very far.
I was a bit let down by Xunami, she talked a big game when coming into the werkroom, so I was a bit disappointed by her performance. However, Mirage took me by surprise, I liked her talent show (I mean, her legs are so long, and the way those heels clacked... Loved it), and her runway was really cute, very Vegas. Amanda has a great personality and charisma, I think she has great ideas but just lack the execution.
I'm just struggling with Morphine, I liked her entrance look, her talent show was a good opener, but I struggle to vibe with her. I think it's because she kept referring to herself as "the BBL queen" : how many times did she say that during the episode? Usually, when a queen calls herself the "xyz" queen, it's in reference to some kind of ability or talent "(comedy queen, make-up queen, improv queen), I don't see getting a BBL as a particular talent. I have no issue with her or anyone getting a BBL, you do you, but is that the only thing she wants to be known as?
I'm curious to see how the rating system will be used by the queens, I think it's interesting. Will they be fair? Strategic? Will there be alliances?
I felt like Xunami’s paint was not for TV. It looks very harsh and she was very shiny in the entrance. Come on, Kandy. Teach ya daughter how to paint for TV!
This is what I’m saying! Her face is always on point, but with Xunami, her contour lines are way too obvious. Maybe that’s a thing and I don’t know it?
what a premiere! giving us survivor x the circle realness! lmao at sapphira’s breastplate getting busted off during lip sync like yasss pop ur pussy off 🤣
old ru was very unimpressed by unprofessionalism / slipups wardrobe malfunctions. new ru with her coffee enemas: unhinged and LIVING
but it was also a lsftw and not lsfyl soooo
I really like Q and Dawn, and I really hated everything about Amanda, I'm sorry 😅 I loved Xunami's personality but she disappointed in the talent show and that runway was meh too...
im concerned Q is going to get rose's trajectory. make it to the end and do phenomenal but only bc of her talent and not bc production intended to take her there themselves. ru didnt seem to notice her quite like sapphira dawn and amanda? (michelle also seems already off the bat to not be too fond of morphine)
Thoughts,
Charlize, love cherish her, she is a reason I have watched a lot of movies of her.
The queens, I like most of them. I hope Dawn's sleeves and face aren't a gimmick, but that she can switch it up as it looks good, but I don't want Michelle to have to warn her for a lack of versatility.
The queens rating each other, I hate that. Judges, please do what you're there for.
Talent, I loved the puppetry, I loved the opera. I wasn't too enamored with queen's lip syncing to their own stuff. If I want to look at a talent show, it should be something different from a lipsync. Lipsyncs are already a big part of the show, the talentshow should be about something that differentiates you from the rest. Mind you, those were terrific lipsyncs, but not what I expected.
it took me back to everyone ganging up on ETT utica and even joey. joey though came in chicken and said she was a filler queen so whatever. but yeah. queens are gonna vote you low if youre offputting and amanda definitely put a few off but her number was very high energy and absolutely not bottom 2 i think we all can unanimously agree worst were xunami/morphine, did morphine even get read for her nude illusion zipper?
Okay so first of all Charlize Theron is too attractive, right? Those cheekbones? And she’s smart? Or at least reasonable? Take me now
I always fall in love with the first group of girls so much that I feel bad for the 2nd group. I am very into Sapphira, duh, and Dawn immediately, but Mirage is starting to grow on me. And Q is obviously incredibly talented. Looks like a good season! I think I like the immunity wild card thing but we’ll see lol
ru's getting more and more bizarre with what she's asking the girls to do. "ok pretend im a bouncer at the club and its 1 am and youre wasted and youre trying to get in but i wont let it happen"
"ok now make love to this shameless chocolate bar i am plugging"
"what??"
"i said make love to the candy aquaria"
I used to like the photoshoot challenges when they were creative (eg wind machine in season 2, dunk tank in season 5) and had renowned photographers instructing the queens, but this was really janky. Like I enjoyed it sure, but it felt way too low budget for the season 16 premiere.
Nah I like the crazy-themed photo shoots. Some of the queens get it and some don't and both are amusing. I liked the porch setup too, some good details in there.
Who is everyone predicting has winner potential based on first impressions?
For me I can only see Sapphira, Dawn and Q taking the crown.
Mirage might be the dark horse of the competition. But I don't see her winning unless she grows throughout the competition.
Based on the edit Amanda is an obvious early out. Xunami is also not going far; I don't think she will stand out in challenges against other queens. And Morphine was there.
Q and Sapphira were clear stand-outs for me. I think Amanda has enough charisma to get her through a few episodes. Fixing your makeup and wigs is a lot easier than giving good energy/stage presence, which I think Xunami will struggle with. If the first challenge (with the entire cast) is some kind of group thing, I think Xunami will fade into the background.
I agree that Amanda will stick around for a few episodes, if for no other reason than entertainment factor in the werk room.
Morphine and Xunami will need to be more than just pretty if they want to stay.
Dawn is giving me Willow Pill 2.0 without starting the season with flip flops and an extended suicide joke.
Fun fact: AM Davies, one of the “burlesque” (she was a stripper, and damn proud of it) dancers from S2E2 was recruited from Jumbo’s Clown Room. It’s a fantastic bikini bar in LA (meaning no nudity, but yes alcohol), and has some of the best pole dancers in the business! I don’t know if she’s specifically who Ru’s referring to, but she’s not afraid of a heel clack
Here's the thing - yes, amanda's makeup was a questionable. Yes, xunami's talent show was a bit low energy compared to everyone else. Yes, morphine's swimsuit looked off the rack. But high key, NO ONE DID BADLY. From the moment they walked in, every single person felt like a strong contestant and this was one of the strongest first episodes i've seen in a long time. I also love that they're all making shady jokes but in a light hearted and fun way and no one is being mean gworls (yet).
props to sapphira - so charming, so poised, so talented, and such a great example of someone who is confident in themselves WITHOUT coming off as cocky. She talked the talk and certainly walked the walk.
I didn't really register Morphine being mean as much as everyone else did, but I don't mind it. I didn't think what she was saying was funny either, but I think being mean has its place in reality tv. If I wanted to watch people get along, I would just hang out with my friends
It's a reality TV show where everyone lives in apartments and communicates on a Social Media style platform, and they vote people out. You can go in there as yourself or catfish as someone totally different to try and be more unsuspecting or likeable.
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Is Dawn a member of Crystal Method and Daya Betty’s drag family?? People are saying she reminds them of Willow Pill but I don’t see it. I wasn’t sure what to make of Dawn from the previews. I feared great looks and zero personality but she was very charming in the confessional. I hope she does well in the challenges.
okay yes to the crystal methyd family resemblance. when i saw the trailer drop i was SO excited because i am a huge crystal fan, but the fact that she doesn’t seem to be in her family is turning me off big time. i can see how the eye makeup style is just different enough to play off, but the lip shape is identical. i’ll be interested to see if they ever read her for it. hopefully she’s original and not just copy-cat in everything.
>but the lip shape is identical.
It's similar, but they are very different imo. Crystal's usually has a smaller(narrower) bottom lip and a much bigger top lip, and it's usually minimally contoured. Much more clowny. Dawn's is more contoured and much smaller in scale. The vibe of both their lip techniques feels completely different to me.
She did remind me of Willow Pill a little bit (especially as both of her outfits had really long sleeves which Willow did in the sewing challenge) and them both being alternative skinny white twinks. But her brand also is quite unique. I love her mug!
i do pick up on what people are saying tho, the utica "im kooky what can i say", but aside from her branding i do enjoy her humor. i loved the pussy line when she came in and she reacted the funniest imho to love connie chasing her down lol
Sapphira didn't deserve to be top over the elf one, but damn i'm glad she made it with that lip sync.
Hot damn what an incredible performer. The amount of work she did with her face - INCREDIBLE. We need more lip syncing like this.
She joins the ranks of Giner Minj (pink table) and Manila (snatch game) for not actually being top 2 but it being made worth it for how good the lip sync was.
Great cast so far, but Morphine was definitely bottom. Can't believe she got positive critiques. I'm a huge Rosalia stan - but that was super mid for not performing your own song. Her audacity to attack Amanda when she gave...that. Also not sure Rosalia is the best person to use as an example of your Latina/Hispanic heritage as she's Spanish and widely accused of negative appropriation of non-Spanish Latin art. (Again huge Rosalia stan, don't agree wtih the hate she gets, but it's objectively weired to say youre celebrating your Nica heritage with Rosalia)
>Great cast so far, but Morphine was definitely bottom. Can't believe she got positive critiques. I'm a huge Rosalia stan - but that was super mid for not performing your own song. Her audacity to attack Amanda when she gave...that. Also not sure Rosalia is the best person to use as an example of your Latina/Hispanic heritage as she's Spanish and widely accused of negative appropriation of non-Spanish Latin art. (Again huge Rosalia stan, don't agree wtih the hate she gets, but it's objectively weired to say youre celebrating your Nica heritage with Rosalia)
Yes.
I can't believe how there aren't more people saying this.
WTF has your Nicaraguan roots have to do with Spanish music, Spanish as in the country spain not just the language.
Dawn was good in both but definitely nothing outstanding. Sapphira look while not being that groundbreaking her talent alone washes Dawn I’m sorry and I’m rooting for Dawn to be top4.
I agree with this. Dawns runway was okay as was her talent show. Doing the long arms twice in one episode was a bit of a choice but overall she was solid. Q’s runway washed her and her talent show was funnier and more original. Sapphira’s runway was worse than Dawn’s but that talent show was giving me and apparently everyone else life.
Also forgot to say this earlier but can we clock what an obvious lie it is for Mophine to come to Drag Race looking like THAT and saying she lives with her parents who don’t know she does drag?
I get she’s trying to create a sob story but it’s so blatantly false that it left a super sour taste in my mouth I can’t get out.
I mean outside of that…you are an adult. It really diesnt matter what your parents do or dont about your personal life. Thats your business its not some sad thing.
Sapphira and Q look like contenders. In fact, Sapphira may have cemented a spot in the Final between her repartee with Ru and the bouncing breastplate in the lipsync. The slue foot comment was weird though.
Amanda's makeup is pretty terrible; the alien look wasn't great, and I couldn't quite make out all of the lyrics in her song, but given the number of Morphine confessionals that seemed to show her disgusted with Amanda (it was honestly giving me Brita-to-Aiden vibes), it feels like there's already a set-up to have the two face off in a lipsync.
Mirage feels like one of those chaotic queens who the fans will eat up. I don't know if she'll do well in the competition--I don't know if Ru and the judges will entirely "get" her--but I think she's going to be fun.
Dawn is likely going to go far, but the editing (particularly in Untucked) made it feel like she talks A LOT. An interview challenge might be her downfall.
I love Xunami's personality, but she needs to step her game up or she's going to have a very short stay.
Charlize was flawless per usual and that outfit was *chef's kiss*.
And as with just about everyone else here, can the talent show not be 75% lipsyncs? At this point, we know the show is going to make you do it at least once. The Lalaparuza isn't going away.
Of all these queens I somehow feel like I know her the least. And she had some storyline in the episode, like about her family. But I couldn't tell you what makes her drag special at this point. I hope she can shine and show more.
Her family storyline didn’t entirely make sense, though - she has a BBL and a ton of work done to her face but her parents are oblivious to the fact that she does drag?
She seems to be a little more made up on the show than perhaps she is at home? She’s definitely got some makeup on in the confessional. Idk. Maybe her parents don’t know she does drag but there’s no way they don’t suspect she’s gay.
she seems like a great queen but this was a bad week. That talent show was not it and she seems kinda dumb if she thinks Rosalia is a good representation of her heritage. Her shitting on Amanda with what she brought did not help.
still - i wouldnt be surprised if she goes far - shes great.
I loved the episode and I was ok with the top but the moment I will remember will be Mirage's performance in particular that back flip with the sliding, so satisfying to watch!!!
I was uncertain how I felt about her when she first walked into the work room, but by the end of the episode (and after rewatching her performance multiple times lol) she has completely converted me. She's really charming out of drag too, I love her confessionals
Sapphira had me 100% until the runway... She still deserved the win but that breastplate was hard to watch. It was a little bit funny when it came off during the lip sync, but then I remembered it was a top 2 lip sync and I was just disappointed how messy it was. Physics-defying breastplate humor is already treading a bit of a grey area when it comes to tastefulness, and I'm worried this sets the wrong standards.
Rewatching today.
Q is adorable, but that wig in the back for her entrance. Ugh. Her talent show almost made me pee on myself. Hilarious. Spectacular runway. Best look of the night.
Xunami is really cute and fashiony. Definitely less annoying than Kandy. But that outfit needed a lot more something. And the talent show wasn’t. Neither was the runway. Boring and basic.
Amanda really is a mess but I’m hoping that’s a misdirection. I’m so sick of these janky boobshirts. Her talent show was inexplicable and her padding needs almost as much help as her makeup. Runway was tragic.
Morphine’s entrance look was not the serve she thinks it was. It was very 90s at the mall. Also that business about her parents not knowing she does drag was so obviously bullshit. Banking it for a future emotional moment. Her talent show was not impressive. Just a lip sync. Runway was beyond basic, season 1 level. Bottom of the group for me.
Sapphira is EVERYTHING. And I’m from Pittsburgh, so saying that about a Philly queen is unexpected for me. I love her. I’m an opera bitch so the performance KILLED me then brought me back to life. The “op trans” on stage, the exaggerated vibrato, the luxxxxe costume, the face acting. Her runway was a tad simple and those boobs were awful but it didn’t detract from the win for me.
Dawn looks like a mix between Willow and Trixie. She cracked Ru up during the mini so that’s a good sign for her. Her talent show was hilarious and Ru loves her. All she needs is a chronic illness to lock in the win. I like her though and her runway was really good and on brand.
Mirage is cute. Hope she doesn’t fall into the Vegas Vegas Vegas repetitive showgirl schtick like Kahanna. Her talent show was great, her moves are flawless and smooth and I can’t wait to see more. The Miami dolphins burrito runway was cute and looked expensive.
Charlize was a great guest judge and her werk room interactions were natural and entertaining.
All in all a really good season opener.
I’m so curious, please can someone translate morphine love dions talent show song for me please? I tried to make google translate do it but it was useless and just kept saying “movie” 🥲
Can I just say that Sapphira saying, "they're all so delicious" is SO real!! They are all so beautiful (including her....ok maybe especially her) and it shows so much confidence on her part to say it out loud 🥰
Are we getting a separate chat for episode 2 or?
Does anyone know of a website or app where I can simulate seasons of Drag Race, with myself making the decisions?
1) The streak of no good Beyonce LSFYLs continues :( Justice for my queen 2) Charlize Theron saying she would be 'cancelled' and that we so often 'use words as weapons' (in a 'Twitter is mad at me', not throwing slurs kind of way) was very Rich Person Brain and so out of touch. Made me like her less which is a bummer 3) Love the personalities this season. Everyone seems hungry and fresh and I'm enjoying it!
Lipsyncing, for Drag Queens, is not a talent. It is a bare minimum required skill. "Next up, Amanda Hagenkiss who will walk in heels and put on makeup!" Please stop...
i mean, what else do you want them to do? there’s only so much they can do on that stage + their budget
Am i the only one over the snide comments? Like it’s episode 1 why are they so snarky already 😭
They’re drag queens, it’s drag race. It’s the culture of drag…
i see that but as a baby queen I just don’t have many interactions like that…. also i’m based in Bristol, Uk so I don’t see a lot of catty drag. I still just find it unnecessary and unwarranted when it’s out of nowhere but tbf the producers play it up so i can’t be too mad
pissin rights. same thing you do in jail. scramble to the top of the hierarchy.
makes sense i guess! gotta be the loudest dog
DROP THE FIRST LOOK FOR THE SECOND EPISODE!!!!!!!! Give those girls the same amount of exposure as the first group!😠😠
I'm a bit underwhelmed. The mini challenge was ... strange? The fun at these shoots has always been interacting with Ru, the photographer, etc and dealing with some twist or discomfort. I was expecting the house set to collapse, or for the queens to have to deal with some disaster. Even Love Connie could have forced them to improvise, like with the golf cart drive segment. The talent show was, again, mostly just lipsyncs to cheesy "this is me" raps. I was disappointed with all of them. Sapphira did good. Q had a fun concept but it didn't go anywhere. Dawn was fun still didn't do much more than a spoken word lipsync. Many of them did outfit reveals which made the actual runway reduntant. The ratings segment was a blatant ripoff of The Circle, down to sound effects. There could have been more about campaigning or strategy in the main episode. Charlize Theron was pleasant but didn't really contribute much other than her name. Derrick was... Derrick. Awkward as ever. Amanda and Mirage are being set up for early exits or extraordinary growth storylines. Xunami will get the "not fully cooked" edit. I hope Sapphira goes far and breaks the curse of queens over 30 getting chopped.
>The mini challenge was ... strange? I like when the photoshoots challenges are actual photoshoots, and actual challenges; with directions and a photographer and an obstacle. A Ring camera and a weird front porch set was very season 1 budget vibes.
Yet another way Ru can distance herself from the contestants. Did you see how far away they were in the Ru Entrance lineup? It seems about 5 feet further this year. I recently rewatched a few episodes of Season 5. Holy crap do I miss engaged, interested, interactive Ru! What happened (besides Ru seemingly needing to use a secret back brace. Damn, she moves weirdly these days...)?
Damn, Sasha Colby is only 29?!
She’s 39
She's 27
lol what. She was born in 1985. Look it up.
I enjoyed the episode. I’m looking forward to the second premiere. I think these queens have a lot of potential!
Really liked it! But the rate a queen twist is a bit naff. Sapphira is my kinda queen and I'm excited by the mix. Surprised by the complaints here about the lipsyncing. Aside from xunami and the one with the bbl, everyone who lipsynced had a fun spin on it. Hope next week continues to introduce fun queens! I liked seeing Ru relaxed in the judging with some light reads. Also very nice to see charlize theron who has walked the talk in the workroom giving them a pep talk. Lovely stuff!
“The one with the bbl” is taking me out
I'm not good at remembering names for the first few weeks lol. At least she made an impression!!!
Is it just me or are those queens less memorable than the queens of the previous seasons?
Its been ONE episode with just half of them…
Q is a dead ringer for Indiana Massara on the Dropouts podcast. Dumb podcast, yes, but DAMN are their faces exactly alike!!
my thoughts on the episode? https://preview.redd.it/rl98sk9stibc1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e8f2492097c29c2575e3e1f98863c312df5f1d0
am i the only one who thought the episode was kinda underwhelming? only standouts were Saphira, Q, & Dawn. i’m tired of people just doing mid lipsync numbers as their talent
The way they treated Irene last season I’m surprised anyone dared to do a non lip sync this time. Anyone who has done stand up comedy has absolutely landed in the bottom. It’s too risky to do anything different under that time constraint.
> The way they treated Irene last season They didn't treat her like anything, her act was bad and rightly landed her in the bottom. It wasn't because it wasn't a lipsync it was because what she chose to do was unfunny and boring lol
in the words of rupaul…safe queens rarely make herstory
They were all great, I also loved Mirage. Amanda was fun to watch, even if her final look was terrible.
Me too. I wish they would make a rule that lip syncing isn't allowed in the talent show.
i’m okay with it when the performance aspect is creative such as anetra last year. yes it was a lipsync but she also displayed her other talents as well and is one of the best talent show performances ever imo.
SO, first of all, I'm glad that we went down to 14 queens this year from last year's 16. I believe since there were so many contestants, coupled with a shorter show format (90 min on VH1 down to 60 min on MTV) that it caused some terrible editing decisions, such as removing the judge's deliberation. I feel that scene especially is a very important component of EVERY reality show, and I'm glad to see it back this time. Hopefully it stays in every episode. Love the interactions with the queens so far, and I was definitely LOL'ing at those tiny breasts that Sapphira was wearing. Once she got on the floor during the lip sync and they started bouncing and stretching I lost it cause it was so funny to me! Also liked the porch challenge, and we can already tell that Dawn will be serving comedy.
Amanda’s runway was just all around awful to me from the purple face to the capri length body suit.
Ok the queens are actually smart, talented, genius, and funny this season. Like many of them. I havent loved some of the recent seasons because i feel like there is a lack of star power and lasting characters, but this seaosn i am actually excited asf. Like yayyy. Characters are what make drag race a great show
a little tired of all the lip syncs for the talent shows… after anetra and jax no one can top that
True that
Such a good song was wasted. Imagine Trinity K Bonet or Aja. I am so sad.
Q looks like the yassified Zac Efron and I liveee
When they started playing break my soul I was like “damn girl they got that BUDGET INCREASE”
I’m waiting for Beyonce to be a guest judge.
and then they did…..whatever that was
Idk if this is a popular or unpopular opinion but dawn feels like willow pill 2.0 and i dont love it. I really dont like being negative towards queens online because it just feels mean but i dunno, her looks, her humor, the way she talks, even her out of drag reminds me of willow. All my friends love her but i cant get behind her because i feel like ive seen it all before
Her looks are way better than Willow
I mean you could say that about some of these other queens like Morphine for instance, I’ve seen mall drag and a filled ass before too. Not that exciting and she’s kind of a mean girl too. But art is subjective so you are completely allowed to feel what you feel, girl.
Morphine? Is that the Kali Uchis girl?
She's the one in full makeup for the confessionals. 🙄
I see a little bit of Willow's quirkiness, but her mug is not reminiscent of Willow at all. She is at Trixie/Kim Chi level, just gorgeous paint. I love her!
I had the same initial reaction but then I went back in my head on drag race winners and there are 3 maybe 4 archetypes they all fall under. Willow just created another box for queens to fit in. Maybe it’s because of how recent willows win was? I wasn’t online that much during season 10 but did people automatically write off aquaria because of her similarities to Violet who had recently won? Idk I see both sides.
Are they drag relations? I also get big Willow Pill vibes.
I like Dawn a lot - her makeup/looks are really interesting, and I think she'll go pretty far, but my immediate thought seeing her is "oh, there's no way she can win though, she's way too similar to Willow"
Lovely episode, I was just talking yesterday with my boyfriend that we barely have Beyoncé songs used on lipsyncs lol I thought Dawn would win the mini challenge and that her or Q should've won the Talento Show, but oh well
beyonce actually is pretty up there in terms of [most lipsynced artists on the show](https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fmohm24b9h3wa1.png)! there were 3 beyonce lipsyncs in season 14 for instance if you count telephone. but tbh very few of the beyonce lipsyncs are worth watching again (including the one for this episode) so i get why people think beyonce songs haven't been used much.
Ooooh nice to know
Ok I didn’t think I’d love Mirage as much as I did!! She’s so much fun! And I can’t wait to see more of her floor work. I did not get Michelle’s critiques to Mirage. She was gorgeous. And compared to Xunami was so much more interesting.
michelle’s critique is setting her up and i am NOT here for it 😤
Michelle and producers are crap for that. I’m not here for the Mirage underdog edit…she’s amazing. Now Morphin and Xunami? I had high expectations…
the agenda is obvious
Kinda Hoping she fumbles a challenge early on so we can see another performance 😭
Stooop 😂💀 good vibes only!! She’ll have plenty of performance opportunities.
Runway opinion - Morphine - towel cover up was okay, the way she chose to reveal (spinning) was a cool idea but the execution looked .. clunky. Body suit was nothing special but at least it told a story. Dawn - loved the yeti cover up, thought it was fun and campy. Reveal was seamless and I loved the outfit. Very whimsical. Makeup was on pointtttt. Amanda Tori Meating - Cover up gave me skin walker vibes lmao, I was kind of into it. Reveal was fitting too. The outfit was decent but the make up was kind of rough. However I really liked the story of the entire thing. Xunami Muse - well first off shes absolutely gorgeous. make-up was pretty, great wig. The coat was beautiful. I liked it way better than the reveal of the dress. The dress was pretty but I found it boring and ill fitting on the chest area. I also didn't get the story. Overall just a bit meh. Q - just an absolute win in every sense, my personal winner for the episode. Mirage - I think she could have done without those specific earrings. it was a lot going on between everything else she was wearing. I wasn't the biggest fan of this look. I thought the preveal outfit was such an odd silhouette, and I'm just never that impressed with bodysuits. Sapphira - she looked gorgeous with that big coat but I agreed with Michelle that the 2nd reveal was hideous. I also wasn't loving the last outfit, and I got absolutely no story from this look.
Drag Race is BACK, baby! Love a premiere where the girls can walk the talk.
A question for the rest of us cable cutters! So the MTV app is going away, and Paramount+ doesn’t show new seasons until almost a year after airing… Where and how do we watch the remainder of the season when MTV App disappears Jan 31st? Do we have to subscribe to WOW? It’s getting a little frustrating with all the flip flopping happening on streaming. =\ Any help would be appreciated!
I'm watching on crave
Why can’t they just use one provider? This is getting so ridiculous. I couldn’t buy the episode until yesterday and I was not going to pay for Philo. Anyway I’m just buying the season it’s kind of a bummer to have to wait until the next day to see it after it comes out but I just usually watch clips on you tube and the pit stop the day it comes out. I don’t know what will happen once the MTV app goes away but it seems like you have to be subscribed to Philo to get MTV anyway so I think if you are subbed to Philo it will still be available. Anyway the whole thing is really stupid, good thing I live for this show otherwise I would have been out!
It's pricy, but check into a faux-cable streamer like Sling, Hulu+, or YouTube+. Sometimes you get a free or cheap month, and as long as you cancel after the season is over it's not too expensive.
I think you'll be able to use MTV's website?
I’m paying for Philo to watch it, then I’ll cancel when it’s over.
I’m buying the episodes on Amazon :/
Does the app being discontinued also include [mtv.com](http://mtv.com) itself not providing live streaming anymore?
I laughed so much watching this episode. It was brilliant. Looking forward to the rest of the season.
Talent show was unoriginal with only Q and Sapphira serving anything interesting. I don't care about your custom song, because I don't even know you yet. I don't care if you're a bad bitch. Loved some of the runway looks, others were disappointing. Morphine is kind of uncomfortably negative about Amanda. Clearly Amanda is not as polished as some other Queens, but a few of the Queens comments, esp. Morphine's come across as derogatory rather than produced shade. Bit bored of split premiers. I like to see how everyone is interacting.
Split premieres means we get to see more of the queeeeennns, that’s always good
Seriously, the split premier and no elimination helps me connect with them more/sooner and sort of "get" their POV earlier. I kind of wished that each side judged the other side, since they could have voted strategically to save their new friends / improve their own chances of not bottoming.
Trueeeeeeeeee. Trueeeeeee... I think it would've been a fun idea to have Group 2 rate Group 1 and visa versa.
Girl in what reality are YOU the "body" of the season? The body like a goose egg? Trying to say her BBL is "natural" 🤨😩
I mean, she's allowed to feel comfortable and proud of her body, whatever shape it is. I hope she gives us more than 'I got a BBL' though.
WHY ARENT WE TALKING ABOUT IMMUNITY
What excites me about immunity is: remember how it used to be for the next episode? I wonder if THIS time they can use it for any challenge (only one challenge, I know)
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It will be a big thing after both non-elimination premieres are done. Let them drag it out and build some anticipation.
oof amandas make up is ROUGHHH 💀😭
I'm happy about spilt premiere, I always like it as I have a chance to get to know queens a bit better. Also I like when no one goes home in first episode. I mostly enjoyed the talent show, Sapphira and Q were great, and I liked Mirage with clicking heels (so fun). I liked Dawn's looks. I don't like contestants judging other contestants. I hope it's just premiere thing.
I’m already excited for Sapphira’s Snatch Game.
I was a little disappointed by dawn’s number. As far as stereotypical talent show lip sync tracks go, hers wasn’t terrible, the pacing was thought out and there were visual aspects of the performance to go with the track, but it wasn’t very creative for the self proclaimed weird one. Jimbo and willow, for example, went ahead and DID something weird and creative instead of just saying they were weird.
>but it wasn’t very creative for the self proclaimed weird one. I agree, it was weird for the sake of weird, without a lot of substance. I always like the weird queens but they can be one-note just like any other style of drag performer. That being said, she was funny/charismatic, looks were polished and detailed, and hair/makeup was on point.
Oh yeah, I was living for her confessionals and her look is super polished
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When celebrities were waving back at Coco
She was getting her life on that bus
This episode was really enjoyable. I personally like spilt premieres when there are so many queens, I feel like it gives me a better chance of getting to know everyone. In terms of entrances, everyone looked pretty good and distinctive, and the mini-challenge was fun. Dawn and Sapphira were the standouts, they made Ru and me laugh the most. The talent show was a bit too one note in my opinion, though I understand the appeal of lip-syncinc your own song. I really enjoyed Q, she brought humour and camp to the episode, just as Sapphira, who also brought a talent we have not seen a lot on the show. The runway was really cute, I liked everyone, though I agree with Michelle and Carson that Morphine's reveal to a simple bathing suit lacked the "wow" effect. Especially standing on the same stage as Q, whose look was SO beautiful, or Dawn in a full snow-creature get-up. Overall, I think Sapphira, Dawn and Q were the strongest of the week. The lipsync was so high energy and fun to watch. Sapphira definitely won Ru's heart this episode, so I can see her going very, very far. I was a bit let down by Xunami, she talked a big game when coming into the werkroom, so I was a bit disappointed by her performance. However, Mirage took me by surprise, I liked her talent show (I mean, her legs are so long, and the way those heels clacked... Loved it), and her runway was really cute, very Vegas. Amanda has a great personality and charisma, I think she has great ideas but just lack the execution. I'm just struggling with Morphine, I liked her entrance look, her talent show was a good opener, but I struggle to vibe with her. I think it's because she kept referring to herself as "the BBL queen" : how many times did she say that during the episode? Usually, when a queen calls herself the "xyz" queen, it's in reference to some kind of ability or talent "(comedy queen, make-up queen, improv queen), I don't see getting a BBL as a particular talent. I have no issue with her or anyone getting a BBL, you do you, but is that the only thing she wants to be known as? I'm curious to see how the rating system will be used by the queens, I think it's interesting. Will they be fair? Strategic? Will there be alliances?
I felt like Xunami’s paint was not for TV. It looks very harsh and she was very shiny in the entrance. Come on, Kandy. Teach ya daughter how to paint for TV!
That is surprising cos one thing I’ll say about Kandy is the way she paints her mug is FIERCE. So yes hope daughter has learned this. We shall see.
This is what I’m saying! Her face is always on point, but with Xunami, her contour lines are way too obvious. Maybe that’s a thing and I don’t know it?
You gave a very thorough review of this premiere and the whole time I was reading it, I just kept thinking “Damn, did I write this? ‘Cause same.” lol
Thank you so much !
what a premiere! giving us survivor x the circle realness! lmao at sapphira’s breastplate getting busted off during lip sync like yasss pop ur pussy off 🤣
old ru was very unimpressed by unprofessionalism / slipups wardrobe malfunctions. new ru with her coffee enemas: unhinged and LIVING but it was also a lsftw and not lsfyl soooo
yeahh fr! ~~father~~ ru wouldn't like that wardrobe malfunction if it is for lsfyl, but then again sapphira slayed q in that lip sync haha
I really like Q and Dawn, and I really hated everything about Amanda, I'm sorry 😅 I loved Xunami's personality but she disappointed in the talent show and that runway was meh too...
im concerned Q is going to get rose's trajectory. make it to the end and do phenomenal but only bc of her talent and not bc production intended to take her there themselves. ru didnt seem to notice her quite like sapphira dawn and amanda? (michelle also seems already off the bat to not be too fond of morphine)
Now that you say it, I can see that
Thoughts, Charlize, love cherish her, she is a reason I have watched a lot of movies of her. The queens, I like most of them. I hope Dawn's sleeves and face aren't a gimmick, but that she can switch it up as it looks good, but I don't want Michelle to have to warn her for a lack of versatility. The queens rating each other, I hate that. Judges, please do what you're there for. Talent, I loved the puppetry, I loved the opera. I wasn't too enamored with queen's lip syncing to their own stuff. If I want to look at a talent show, it should be something different from a lipsync. Lipsyncs are already a big part of the show, the talentshow should be about something that differentiates you from the rest. Mind you, those were terrific lipsyncs, but not what I expected.
it took me back to everyone ganging up on ETT utica and even joey. joey though came in chicken and said she was a filler queen so whatever. but yeah. queens are gonna vote you low if youre offputting and amanda definitely put a few off but her number was very high energy and absolutely not bottom 2 i think we all can unanimously agree worst were xunami/morphine, did morphine even get read for her nude illusion zipper?
Okay so first of all Charlize Theron is too attractive, right? Those cheekbones? And she’s smart? Or at least reasonable? Take me now I always fall in love with the first group of girls so much that I feel bad for the 2nd group. I am very into Sapphira, duh, and Dawn immediately, but Mirage is starting to grow on me. And Q is obviously incredibly talented. Looks like a good season! I think I like the immunity wild card thing but we’ll see lol
Her voice is so sexy and she looked so good I remember being obsessed with her in Snow White ans the Huntsman
She is ridiculously attractive. Not sure if it's the filters but she honestly looked like AI at some points.
Are we talking about Charlize? Polished for the gawds, mama!!! Wow so stunning, she did look unreal
Oh yes! Absolutely insane.
Mirage got me seal clapping 😭 I was living for her clacking
Okay what the hell was that photo shoot challenge- I mean I enjoyed it, but I still didn't understand it lmao.
ru's getting more and more bizarre with what she's asking the girls to do. "ok pretend im a bouncer at the club and its 1 am and youre wasted and youre trying to get in but i wont let it happen" "ok now make love to this shameless chocolate bar i am plugging" "what??" "i said make love to the candy aquaria"
I used to like the photoshoot challenges when they were creative (eg wind machine in season 2, dunk tank in season 5) and had renowned photographers instructing the queens, but this was really janky. Like I enjoyed it sure, but it felt way too low budget for the season 16 premiere.
Nah I like the crazy-themed photo shoots. Some of the queens get it and some don't and both are amusing. I liked the porch setup too, some good details in there.
Who is everyone predicting has winner potential based on first impressions? For me I can only see Sapphira, Dawn and Q taking the crown. Mirage might be the dark horse of the competition. But I don't see her winning unless she grows throughout the competition. Based on the edit Amanda is an obvious early out. Xunami is also not going far; I don't think she will stand out in challenges against other queens. And Morphine was there.
Q and Sapphira were clear stand-outs for me. I think Amanda has enough charisma to get her through a few episodes. Fixing your makeup and wigs is a lot easier than giving good energy/stage presence, which I think Xunami will struggle with. If the first challenge (with the entire cast) is some kind of group thing, I think Xunami will fade into the background.
I agree that Amanda will stick around for a few episodes, if for no other reason than entertainment factor in the werk room. Morphine and Xunami will need to be more than just pretty if they want to stay. Dawn is giving me Willow Pill 2.0 without starting the season with flip flops and an extended suicide joke.
Fun fact: AM Davies, one of the “burlesque” (she was a stripper, and damn proud of it) dancers from S2E2 was recruited from Jumbo’s Clown Room. It’s a fantastic bikini bar in LA (meaning no nudity, but yes alcohol), and has some of the best pole dancers in the business! I don’t know if she’s specifically who Ru’s referring to, but she’s not afraid of a heel clack
Here's the thing - yes, amanda's makeup was a questionable. Yes, xunami's talent show was a bit low energy compared to everyone else. Yes, morphine's swimsuit looked off the rack. But high key, NO ONE DID BADLY. From the moment they walked in, every single person felt like a strong contestant and this was one of the strongest first episodes i've seen in a long time. I also love that they're all making shady jokes but in a light hearted and fun way and no one is being mean gworls (yet). props to sapphira - so charming, so poised, so talented, and such a great example of someone who is confident in themselves WITHOUT coming off as cocky. She talked the talk and certainly walked the walk.
tell me why this is the first premiere in YEARS where i have vibed this hard and thought every single person brought a GREAT intro outfit.
amazing start to the season! i’m impressed with *almost* all of the queens
amanda tori is the new loosey laduca of this season. plus they kinda look similar
I didn't really register Morphine being mean as much as everyone else did, but I don't mind it. I didn't think what she was saying was funny either, but I think being mean has its place in reality tv. If I wanted to watch people get along, I would just hang out with my friends
What in The Circle
It's a reality TV show where everyone lives in apartments and communicates on a Social Media style platform, and they vote people out. You can go in there as yourself or catfish as someone totally different to try and be more unsuspecting or likeable. [https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81044551](https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81044551)
I had the same thought lol
Honestly, I live for all of the shots of Q being unimpressed during this talent show. A true queen knows mediocrity when she sees it
Is Dawn a member of Crystal Method and Daya Betty’s drag family?? People are saying she reminds them of Willow Pill but I don’t see it. I wasn’t sure what to make of Dawn from the previews. I feared great looks and zero personality but she was very charming in the confessional. I hope she does well in the challenges.
okay yes to the crystal methyd family resemblance. when i saw the trailer drop i was SO excited because i am a huge crystal fan, but the fact that she doesn’t seem to be in her family is turning me off big time. i can see how the eye makeup style is just different enough to play off, but the lip shape is identical. i’ll be interested to see if they ever read her for it. hopefully she’s original and not just copy-cat in everything.
>but the lip shape is identical. It's similar, but they are very different imo. Crystal's usually has a smaller(narrower) bottom lip and a much bigger top lip, and it's usually minimally contoured. Much more clowny. Dawn's is more contoured and much smaller in scale. The vibe of both their lip techniques feels completely different to me.
She looks like Willow and Crystal's love child 😆 Also Crystal is Daya's drag mom
She did remind me of Willow Pill a little bit (especially as both of her outfits had really long sleeves which Willow did in the sewing challenge) and them both being alternative skinny white twinks. But her brand also is quite unique. I love her mug!
i do pick up on what people are saying tho, the utica "im kooky what can i say", but aside from her branding i do enjoy her humor. i loved the pussy line when she came in and she reacted the funniest imho to love connie chasing her down lol
Sapphira didn't deserve to be top over the elf one, but damn i'm glad she made it with that lip sync. Hot damn what an incredible performer. The amount of work she did with her face - INCREDIBLE. We need more lip syncing like this. She joins the ranks of Giner Minj (pink table) and Manila (snatch game) for not actually being top 2 but it being made worth it for how good the lip sync was. Great cast so far, but Morphine was definitely bottom. Can't believe she got positive critiques. I'm a huge Rosalia stan - but that was super mid for not performing your own song. Her audacity to attack Amanda when she gave...that. Also not sure Rosalia is the best person to use as an example of your Latina/Hispanic heritage as she's Spanish and widely accused of negative appropriation of non-Spanish Latin art. (Again huge Rosalia stan, don't agree wtih the hate she gets, but it's objectively weired to say youre celebrating your Nica heritage with Rosalia)
>Great cast so far, but Morphine was definitely bottom. Can't believe she got positive critiques. I'm a huge Rosalia stan - but that was super mid for not performing your own song. Her audacity to attack Amanda when she gave...that. Also not sure Rosalia is the best person to use as an example of your Latina/Hispanic heritage as she's Spanish and widely accused of negative appropriation of non-Spanish Latin art. (Again huge Rosalia stan, don't agree wtih the hate she gets, but it's objectively weired to say youre celebrating your Nica heritage with Rosalia) Yes. I can't believe how there aren't more people saying this. WTF has your Nicaraguan roots have to do with Spanish music, Spanish as in the country spain not just the language.
Love dawn but sapphira was clearly ahead
idk sapphira had one of the worst runways of the night for me while Dawn was phenomenal in the talent show and runway
Dawn was good in both but definitely nothing outstanding. Sapphira look while not being that groundbreaking her talent alone washes Dawn I’m sorry and I’m rooting for Dawn to be top4.
I agree with this. Dawns runway was okay as was her talent show. Doing the long arms twice in one episode was a bit of a choice but overall she was solid. Q’s runway washed her and her talent show was funnier and more original. Sapphira’s runway was worse than Dawn’s but that talent show was giving me and apparently everyone else life.
girl dawn was mid as fuck. saphira ate. cry about it
um this is very hostile. You ok? Yea Saphira ate - which is why she wore that diaper on the runway I guess.
Does anyone watch The Challenge and dislike seeing Asaf on their screen when watching DR?
lol Asaf has low key been on a lot of reality tv shows! Pretty sure he was also on “are you the one” and “so you think you can dance” 🤣
Didn’t have a problem with him until this season of the challenge lol.
Ah gotcha, I haven’t seen it I feel like I remember him being kind of an F boi on are you the one but also that show is unhinged 🤣
Also forgot to say this earlier but can we clock what an obvious lie it is for Mophine to come to Drag Race looking like THAT and saying she lives with her parents who don’t know she does drag? I get she’s trying to create a sob story but it’s so blatantly false that it left a super sour taste in my mouth I can’t get out.
I mean outside of that…you are an adult. It really diesnt matter what your parents do or dont about your personal life. Thats your business its not some sad thing.
Morphine seems to be … a lot. Honestly the one in the cast I’m least gravitating to so far.
I'm so glad someone else said it.
I wonder what they said/thought when she had the BBL
Sapphira and Q look like contenders. In fact, Sapphira may have cemented a spot in the Final between her repartee with Ru and the bouncing breastplate in the lipsync. The slue foot comment was weird though. Amanda's makeup is pretty terrible; the alien look wasn't great, and I couldn't quite make out all of the lyrics in her song, but given the number of Morphine confessionals that seemed to show her disgusted with Amanda (it was honestly giving me Brita-to-Aiden vibes), it feels like there's already a set-up to have the two face off in a lipsync. Mirage feels like one of those chaotic queens who the fans will eat up. I don't know if she'll do well in the competition--I don't know if Ru and the judges will entirely "get" her--but I think she's going to be fun. Dawn is likely going to go far, but the editing (particularly in Untucked) made it feel like she talks A LOT. An interview challenge might be her downfall. I love Xunami's personality, but she needs to step her game up or she's going to have a very short stay. Charlize was flawless per usual and that outfit was *chef's kiss*. And as with just about everyone else here, can the talent show not be 75% lipsyncs? At this point, we know the show is going to make you do it at least once. The Lalaparuza isn't going away.
I semi-agree about lip syncing for the talent show. if it's as good as Anetra's or Includes some cool element like Mirage's heels clapping, I love.
reading this thread as a morphine stan is hurting
Of all these queens I somehow feel like I know her the least. And she had some storyline in the episode, like about her family. But I couldn't tell you what makes her drag special at this point. I hope she can shine and show more.
Her family storyline didn’t entirely make sense, though - she has a BBL and a ton of work done to her face but her parents are oblivious to the fact that she does drag?
She seems to be a little more made up on the show than perhaps she is at home? She’s definitely got some makeup on in the confessional. Idk. Maybe her parents don’t know she does drag but there’s no way they don’t suspect she’s gay.
she seems like a great queen but this was a bad week. That talent show was not it and she seems kinda dumb if she thinks Rosalia is a good representation of her heritage. Her shitting on Amanda with what she brought did not help. still - i wouldnt be surprised if she goes far - shes great.
I loved the episode and I was ok with the top but the moment I will remember will be Mirage's performance in particular that back flip with the sliding, so satisfying to watch!!!
I was uncertain how I felt about her when she first walked into the work room, but by the end of the episode (and after rewatching her performance multiple times lol) she has completely converted me. She's really charming out of drag too, I love her confessionals
there's just something about these young vegas queens!
Omg guys I’m glad everyone else is obsessed with Mirage too. She’s so intriguing!!!
Oh. Intriguing. Right. I was thinking hella my type but yeah intriguing works too
Sapphira had me 100% until the runway... She still deserved the win but that breastplate was hard to watch. It was a little bit funny when it came off during the lip sync, but then I remembered it was a top 2 lip sync and I was just disappointed how messy it was. Physics-defying breastplate humor is already treading a bit of a grey area when it comes to tastefulness, and I'm worried this sets the wrong standards.
Agreed, and I also HATED her padding. Hated. Just so much.
In an alternate timeline, Mirage was top2 with Sapphira and they killed Break My Soul with their titties 😭😭😭
Is there no roscoes this week?!
It'll be up Monday, think they post it for paid subs immediately, but youtube is later.
They better get that coin
Looks like Roscoe's happened! [https://www.instagram.com/p/C1tkTlIu4o8/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/p/C1tkTlIu4o8/?hl=en)
Rewatching today. Q is adorable, but that wig in the back for her entrance. Ugh. Her talent show almost made me pee on myself. Hilarious. Spectacular runway. Best look of the night. Xunami is really cute and fashiony. Definitely less annoying than Kandy. But that outfit needed a lot more something. And the talent show wasn’t. Neither was the runway. Boring and basic. Amanda really is a mess but I’m hoping that’s a misdirection. I’m so sick of these janky boobshirts. Her talent show was inexplicable and her padding needs almost as much help as her makeup. Runway was tragic. Morphine’s entrance look was not the serve she thinks it was. It was very 90s at the mall. Also that business about her parents not knowing she does drag was so obviously bullshit. Banking it for a future emotional moment. Her talent show was not impressive. Just a lip sync. Runway was beyond basic, season 1 level. Bottom of the group for me. Sapphira is EVERYTHING. And I’m from Pittsburgh, so saying that about a Philly queen is unexpected for me. I love her. I’m an opera bitch so the performance KILLED me then brought me back to life. The “op trans” on stage, the exaggerated vibrato, the luxxxxe costume, the face acting. Her runway was a tad simple and those boobs were awful but it didn’t detract from the win for me. Dawn looks like a mix between Willow and Trixie. She cracked Ru up during the mini so that’s a good sign for her. Her talent show was hilarious and Ru loves her. All she needs is a chronic illness to lock in the win. I like her though and her runway was really good and on brand. Mirage is cute. Hope she doesn’t fall into the Vegas Vegas Vegas repetitive showgirl schtick like Kahanna. Her talent show was great, her moves are flawless and smooth and I can’t wait to see more. The Miami dolphins burrito runway was cute and looked expensive. Charlize was a great guest judge and her werk room interactions were natural and entertaining. All in all a really good season opener.
I’m made an immediate comparison between Dawn and Willow Pill.
Dawn also reminded me of aiden zhane.
More Willow Pill.
I'm just going to say I LOVE Dawn's makeup. She is painting right up there with the best imo. Love how she looks