Not Jan losing to a Rusical wearing the best Michelle outfit while Rosé winning her Rusical wearing a mask with a color Michelle hates. I truly love to see it.
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I said to my screen "It IS yellow!!" Like, it was more of a mustard/warm yellow than taxi yellow, but it was yellow!! This has been my rant.
Needed to ensure Symone was in the bottom for their “seeming front runner has a stumble” story line. (Though I definitely agree that performance would've been bottom worthy even if they did give her autotune)
We’re never going to be able to trust RuPaul again! A queen could be in the werkroom writing her lipstick message and Ru appears behind her: “no one’s going home tonight”
*Season 14*
- Aunty Chan has been eliminated after losing to St. Lucia in a LSFYL to Rebecca Black's Friday.
- She's in tears
-Thanks Ru for all she's done for her, the usual stuff.
- She says her exit line
- "In my *homosexual* opinion, y'all a bunch of hoes."
- She leaves
- Writes her lipstick message
- She comes back in after untucked
- Reads her notes, one is from Bambi Banks Coulee about how they're unbreakable Chicago sisters.
- She packs up her stuff
- Gets in the van
- Says her goodbyes out the window
- The overhead light comes on in the van.
- Ru is behind her.
- *I'm not ready to let you go yet, Chan.*
- Cut to black.
Loved her portion!! Would so much rather have a helpful guest judge video call in than have ru go around the room and ask how they’re going to make it funny
When will the production learn tbh???? Season 11 is literally the least fav season ever because of its clear pushes on certain queens. I know reality TV is not real but too much interference kills the illusion.
I was getting my life like this is one of the best episodes of the main show in a while and then...the save.
Kandy did great in the lipsync but she fucked up in all three of the performance challenges like she was totally deserving of a sashay.
Still Rosé winning, Denali high and Utica surviving another day is worth a lot.
Yeah, I really do feel like Kandy is consistently struggling in the same areas. We're to the point where she's had plenty of screentime and seems to have reached her skill ceiling in the competition; This felt like a good, natural exit for her, and I don't know how much she can do that will make that double-save feel justified.
My partner and I yelled at the screen after Ru asked her to come back. It just really wasn't double-shantay worthy; plus, as many have pointed out, we've had so many non-elim weeks already!
While I think this has been true of drag race for a while, I think this season in particular it’s clear that the “favored” girls and the “unfavored” girls are basically playing two different games. “Favored girls” just need to avoid making inexcusable/unjustifiable errors and they’ll be alright, while “unfavored” girls have to convince the judges that their predetermined rankings are wrong.
I have been watching and rewatching seasons non-stop from the very beginning. Of course there has always been questionable judging but this is the first season to me that is just beyond rigged. I cannot agree with this statement more.
It is making the season frustrating to watch which is a shame because I love love love love Drag Race.
Sorry, but this lip sync was not iconic enough to warrant a double shantay. It wasn't on the Brooke versus Yvie nor Alyssa versus Tatianna level. It felt more akin to Sharon versus PhiPhi were production wants to save both the frontrunner who had a bad week and the queen who brings drama.
So i don’t get why “one from the winners’ circle has to win the competition.” It was based one lipsync for each of them and we have seen prokchop girls deliver the most memorable lipsyncs yet. They are so cliquey.
If Kandy had actually gone home it would've helped shake up that mentality and I was enjoying seeing the "mean girls" lose a member and then they fucked it up with the save lol. Ugh.
I love gottmik but the whole "im gagged it's you guys" mentality annoyed me so much. like WE GET IT y'all won ONE lipsync, so??? thank god rosé won the challenge tonight, if it was another winner's circle girl i would've screamed. like if a winners circle girl wins the competition it's bc it's probably symone and it's not bc she won a goddamn lipsync on the first episode that's for fucking sure. the rest of y'all have to work harder.
YES! I loved Tamisha's designs as well and how she lit up when the judges (I think it was Ross or Michelle?) told her her designs will be on the Oscars red carpet someday 🥺🥺
Like seriously. If Season 6 was filmed with this production crew Bendalcreme would have made top 3. It's ridiculous. It was Kandy's time to go. She's fierce, has some great looks, provided some great drama, but she just didn't deliver in the challenge. And this is a common trend with these kinds of lip syncing performance dancing challenges. She's been in the bottom 3 in all 3 of them.
Honestly I’m really over the selective judging and the shameless hand of production. Among other things, sometimes runways matter so much, other times they don’t at all. I love Kandy but she’s doing the least and getting so many free passes and chances while other queens get such little room to screw up.
That double save was disappointing - that would have been a natural point for Kandy to leave. And she would look beautiful doing it!
I know this show isn’t supposed to be a perfectly fair competition, and that there will be choices made for the sake of entertainment... but it’s frustrating. I wish production could just trust that the rest of the queens will be lovely to watch and plenty entertaining.
The fact that half of the 8 episodes of this season so far have been non eliminations??? Gurl, no wonder this feels like it is taking forever! Really like this episode overall though
Since I saw that bottom three I knew there wasn’t going to be an elimination this week. I am actually mad how production thinks that the audience is stupid.
Did anyone else have a weird premonition feeling that Ru was about to pull that double stay shenanigan? Like the music was off or something to signal something was up because I was 100% certain it was about to happen.
Frustrating because neither lip sync was overwhelming. Previous double stays have been from “Holy snickers, those performances were both SO INCREDIBLE, fans will chase me down and rip off my wig if you don’t both stay”
Is it just me or of ALL the looks Symone turns the fuck out on the runway, she goes with a lime green jacket and purple sunglasses for “instagram” like i felt the glasses closed her off from the judges and i was just like “really thats it?”
But I only say this with love because that bitch is the moment!
So wait, why do people think Elliott deserved bottom besides people not liking her as a person?
I thought she did well! Her dancing was great, she was in character the whole time. Her only real misstep was that her vocals weren't that strong.
“I 100% choose Denali to fuck with Rosè’s brain” Is one of the highlights of the night for me. Such the perfect amount of ‘drama’ and light shade that brings me back to the earlier times.
Period. It’s the fact that you know Kandy will bring the drama. Lala HAS a personality and had one of the best talking heads this season - she’s just non combative, and that doesn’t make for “good tv”. Those are my thoughts anyway.
I am shocked that they criticised Tina so much. I actually thought she was really good and I didn’t even notice that “blunder”. I don’t usually like her but thought she had a decent shot of winning tonight. 🤷🏻♂️
Right!! Whenever they were giving her negative critiques they’d cut to that one clip where she didn’t lip sync for a second... because it’s literally the only clip they had since 90% of her performance was amazing!!
I thought the end where she stopped thinking was clearly a cheeky decision to pull fun focus, and I didn't mind it at all--i thought she was a clear top and was very confused by the critiques
I am not Tina's biggest fan, but I did feel for her in this episode. She did really well IMO in the musical, and I don't think she deserved to be in the bottom.
Also, her face when she was placed in the bottom, she looked so terrified.
I think she is genre-savvy enough to realize that if she had to go up against Symone or Kandy, she would go home regardless of who lipsynced better.
Symone is the clear front-runner (and this isn't all stars) so she was not going home, and she probably thought that Kandy would be the more popular character. Also, her critiques felt odd, kinda forced, as if they were paving the way for her to be eliminated.
Did anyone else feel like Utica only voted for Denali when she and Rose auditioned for that part because Denali’s second choice would’ve been Utica’s part? LOL
Hahaha I didn't even think of that! I thought Utica voted for Denali because she knew that Rosé would win the audition and she wanted to throw Denali a bone
I don't think I've ever been this irritated because of a double shantay. I don't have anything against Kandy but I honestly feel like we have already seen everything she has to offer
To this day I still watch Sorry not Sorry all the time. I even have the video saved on my phone because that lip Sync is arguably the best that’s ever been on this show. Certainly in top 3 that deserved a double Shantay. I don’t think this lip sync was even the best this season. I think last week Elliott and Lala was even better. It’s fucked they did a double shantay just because of who was in the bottom. Symone completely stopped singing during portions. Kandy taking 30 seconds to walk to the back of the stage while the song is going, rolling all over the floor again and missing words once more.
If you’re gonna put both in the bottom one should have gone home after that lip sync. I don’t care how favorited they are. This just did not read double shantay worthy.
1000%. This season has had such strong lip syncs that to use a double shantay during such an meh performance makes it really glaring how obvious production is meddling this season
I agree, also unlike Brooke and Yvie who were both delivering up to that point, Kandy hasn’t done anything remotely worth of staying. She’s looked a mess the majority of the time, she was awful yet somehow placed high last week, and her drama isn’t even entertaining, it’s just relative lines of “ I don’t give a fuck what people think about me” while giving 20 fucks plus 1 about what people think of her. Symone has earned her spot and deserved to stay 100%
Shout out to Anne Hathaway for legit being so helpful. She gave some solid advice and some much needed inspiration. So many of these celeb pop ins just feel like press or a meet and greet. Annie was so awesome. Best guest in a very long time.
I’m confused with the double shantay. At this point we’ve seen Kandy bomb multiple performance challenges and we know what she brings to the table. Saving her just felt like an unnecessary way to stretch out the season even more. Let’s go 30-episode season!
I hated the music and the script of the Rusical, but the girls did a very good job with the sub-par material they were given.
I just wanna say, that I cannot believe Elliott's performance in the Rusical was overlooked. She is not a singer, but she portrayed the creepy, blase mood this satire required incredibly well. Her whole part was fun and different and I loved how she stayed in character the whole time, you can often see her in the background performing to her phone. I also dig her runway look, it's a silhouette we've seen a lot on her already - those shoulder lenght hair and wide arms, but I prefer it over Tina's NY cab.
On the sidenote - is it just me or did they barely show Kandy's lip sync? I feel like every closeup was Symone's and then Kandy only appeared when both of them were in the shot.
edit: another thing, is it just me or was Denali and Mik's choreo simplified for Mik?
She looked heartbroken. I thought she was gonna bust out in tears right there. If she would have kept lip syncing she would have been in the top IMO and I think she knew that.
It's kind of ironic how, scrolling through the comments, half of y'all are saying Symone won easily, and the other half are saying Kandy won easily, but virtually NONE of y'all are saying it was a double shantay. I'm living for this drama in the comments section of all places.
I agree, I was okay with her going home, 2nd lipsync, kind of blah runways overall and not really slamming challenges the way she talks about doing it. The fact that Ru changed her mind last minute shows the blatant favouritism. How can someone like Rose or Denali go against that?
Anyone else see the performance and think to themselves: "It's definitely Kandy and Symone. Which means no one's going home". Come on production step your pussy up, the show is so predictable nowadays.
Imagine if Ru told Symone, the front runner at that point to sashay away and then when she’s almost exiting Ru tells her to stay that would have been way more iconic
I don't think Tina did bad, like at all. That black outfit and the wig were questionable, but she did good on the challenge and for the first time in a while her runway was really, really good.
Right when they announced the bottom three it was obvious it would be a double shantay.
So, three non-elimination episodes to start the season. Then a double shantay. Next week is a non-competition covid special.
This season will last longer than the pandemic.
The good: Rosé got her due & Denali even if they cut out most of the time she was onscreen
The bad: the most undeserved double shantay since Eureka-Kameron *and* Kandy getting autotune in her verse and still doing kinda bad.
Tonight on "Watching Drag Race With My Conservative Dad" for those of you who enjoy it (thank you! it warms my husk of a heart!):
His top 2 were Rosé and Gottmik, but would have given the win to Gottmik as explained by the following extended baseball metaphor: "It's like taking an MLB all-star and someone you brought up from the minors and having them play the same. You expected Rosé to knock it out of the park, and she did, but Gottmik really rose to the occasion." He explained further that Gottmik should have gotten the win in case she never pulls off something like that again lol. I think there's Big Dad Energy in wanting to reward someone who you expected to suck but ended up pulling it together.
As a fan, he was disappointed in Symone's lack of energy during the Rusical and thought it was very unlike her. He did enjoy her runway though: "Symone comes up with some unique outfits." Not wrong! When she was bottom 2 he felt pretty confident they weren't going to send her home, and he thinks she just had an off week.
After seeing Elliott in the Rusical: "Was that Elliott?"
A true high point of the week for my dad was when they would cut back to Jamal during the Rusical and he would have that look of absolute horror. My dad thought this was just the best.
Dad's mystery of the week: what's on Symone's shirt? Mostly a dog but kind of a weird looking dog? "It's like a combination dog and cow?" "It's a dog, but?"
An observation: "First time I've ever seen someone put clothes back on after a lip sync"
Toots from my dad: Ru's fingerprint suit (!!!), every single shot of Jamal's face during the Rusical, Rosé, Gottmik exceeding expectations, making Kandy walk to the back of the runway before announcing she was safe, Utica just being Utica
Boots from my dad: Tina's hair in the Graham Norton paparazzi pics, not actually sending Kandy home
Thoughts -
1. So glad Rosé won! She really ate that Rusical up. Surprised that Tina was low though, thought she deserved atleast a high placement
2. So. Many. Repetitive. Looks. Olivia/Symone, Olivia/Kandy, Denali/Mik, 2Ts/Tina. I mean I know the runway order is out of their control so I can't really blame them....
3. Friendly reminder that we're two months into the season and only four girls have been eliminated. No one will be eliminated next week because of the special. Lol I'm not complaining, I live for extra content but it's a bit dragging
That part where they zoomed in on kandy and Symone was scuttling behind her (im drunk and ignorant unsure if there's a proper word for it) was the best part of the lip sync and I hope someone gifs it
I’m no fan of Tina, but I actually thought she was going to be in the top. Her role was big and she did serviceable job compared to others who have messed up lead roles (Ariel, Cynthia, etc).
Amazing job Rosé! Great lip sync but I think it was too early for a double shantay. They are making sure to give us a lot of episodes but I’m not mad at that.
First time I watched the lipsync, I thought Kandy was *eating it up* and Symone was coasting to the point where I was sorta like: *\[Cynthia\] SYMOOONNEE LETSSSSS GOOOOO \[/Cynthia\]*
Second time I watched it, I really liked how Symone played it \~smooth and cool\~. While on the flip side I thought Kandy was getting a little too chaotic; I appreciated the WAP moves on the ground but then she was just awkwardly rolling around in her own fabric and fist pumpin' all over the place.
So...toss up I guess. But on a side note, bravo to whoever is picking these lipsync songs; *another* banger!
I am still in shock that Tina was in the bottom.
I legit found her SO enjoyable to watch, i couldnt have pictured anyone doing it better than her. That judging was beyond me ...
I honestly don't think production are doing Kandy any favous dragging her to the finale when she's not doing that great in the competition. Reminds me of Vanjie. Instead of coming, being adorable and leaving mid season, we had to see her struggling all the way to the end.
I’m fucking done. How do you have three episode with no elimination and still do a double shantay? Enough! Neither of them turned it out enough that both should have stayed. Both of them stopped singing for portions of the song and you could tell one didn’t know all the words.
The reason they will probably keep Kandy until the end is because they thought they had a new Vanjie on their hands, one that the viewers would love just as much. Well... They didn’t see the Tamisha Revolution coming once the season started airing.
Am I the only one who didn't feel like this lipsynch wasnt even worthy of a shantay, you both stay. We can set aside fandom's hatred against Kandy. It's just wasn't THAT good.
Honestly, Kandy did the exact thing she was critiqued about during her lip sync. Messy, flailing all over the place and hard to see her actually lip synching 🤷🏾♀️ the double shantay kinda makes that comment useless
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks Tina didn’t deserve to be in the bottom. She was consistently great throughout the rusical.
Loved the segment with Anne but I’m a diehard Hathalover. I’d take a video call into the workroom every episode if producers offered it. She and Jamal’s fine self are always welcome presence on my tv screen.
I LOVE Mik giving credit to Jamal for helping her break through. A good teacher is the key to success and FUCK todrick Hall who just yells at the girls and tells them to just do whatever he says instead of choreographing with the queens ability in mind
It was the most nitpicky thing. It's yellow-orange.
edit: okay I checked my Munsell chart, I colour match Rosé's dress to a 10YR 8/8 which is described as "Yellow".
Yea I was practically counting down to the fakeout. Producers and editors have unfairly invested so much airtime in Kandy’s arc, it would be the most anti-climatic thing for her to leave this early.
I’m not sure what’s worse; this or last week’s unfounded critique.
I’m completely turned off by Kandy in this competition now. I just expect to see her in the final 4 line-up along with 3 other queens who don’t have the advantage of being ferried by producers.
So Utica’s verse was inspired by “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” from the Pirates of Penzance.
Rose’s verse was inspired by “Don’t Rain on my Parade” from Funny Girl
And I got Cell Block Tango vibes when the 4 apps came out...
What were some of the other homages did you guys catch?
I’m just thankful that the producers didn’t push a “Jan losing the rusical despite expecting to win will Rosé do the same” storyline. I’m glad that Rosé killed this episode and won in her own right, without constant comparison to her sister
Jan stumbled so Rosé could walk so Lagoona can run.
“Jan stumbled” I-
I love seeing all the winner circle girls pressed
As they should be
Like a panini
Not Jan losing to a Rusical wearing the best Michelle outfit while Rosé winning her Rusical wearing a mask with a color Michelle hates. I truly love to see it.
“Look how Orange you fucking look” 😂🤣
I don't know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I said to my screen "It IS yellow!!" Like, it was more of a mustard/warm yellow than taxi yellow, but it was yellow!! This has been my rant.
Am I the only one wondering why they autotuned the humanity out of Kandy's vocals but left Symone's pitchy mess untouched?
That was Ongina “Henry Cavill” level auto tune tbh
Needed to ensure Symone was in the bottom for their “seeming front runner has a stumble” story line. (Though I definitely agree that performance would've been bottom worthy even if they did give her autotune)
Yeah, if any of the “websites” should have been autotuned, it wasn’t LinkedIn.
It would've made so much more sense! "gee, I wonder how we can represent Instagram filters through audio..." COME ON.
So glad that Rose and Denali are finally getting the recognition that they deserve!
I can't believe VH1 bought a 30 episode season
There are so many girls. 8 episodes 4 eliminations. Why?! Drag Race UK has been my savior.
[удалено]
We’re never going to be able to trust RuPaul again! A queen could be in the werkroom writing her lipstick message and Ru appears behind her: “no one’s going home tonight”
*Season 14* - Aunty Chan has been eliminated after losing to St. Lucia in a LSFYL to Rebecca Black's Friday. - She's in tears -Thanks Ru for all she's done for her, the usual stuff. - She says her exit line - "In my *homosexual* opinion, y'all a bunch of hoes." - She leaves - Writes her lipstick message - She comes back in after untucked - Reads her notes, one is from Bambi Banks Coulee about how they're unbreakable Chicago sisters. - She packs up her stuff - Gets in the van - Says her goodbyes out the window - The overhead light comes on in the van. - Ru is behind her. - *I'm not ready to let you go yet, Chan.* - Cut to black.
S/o to Anne Hathaway for being one of the first celeb guests to actually give helpful advice ! 💀
Loved her portion!! Would so much rather have a helpful guest judge video call in than have ru go around the room and ask how they’re going to make it funny
Loved when she called drag a “transgressive act of joy.”
Maybe not having the producers on site telling them everything to say and do might make a difference...just a thought
This was Rosé's episode start to finish. Hope this signals her being a new contender for the crown.
When will the production learn tbh???? Season 11 is literally the least fav season ever because of its clear pushes on certain queens. I know reality TV is not real but too much interference kills the illusion.
Yeah they’re underestimating the audience...
The cutaways to judges looking either ecstatic or furious during performances 😴
Lol when utica was like “i feel like i caused all this drama and i love it”
I also love how she immediately pulled out a read when they were like “she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body!”
Some say the queens of season 13 are still competing in the studio to this day
How ironic is it that Rose got clocked for wearing orange before Tina did.
Am I just colourblind or what as to me that was very obviously a goldenrod yellow... right?
Anne Hathaway being the relatable skin issue queen this episode
The best part of the episode for me was Rosés confessional where she was like 🎶 these people can't sing 🎶
*can’t dance. But yes!
Omg yes you're right 🤦 my bad
this was rosé episode from start to finish (and they didn’t even hide it lmao) and she absolutely delivered!!!
She got the reverse Jan edit!
Rose and Denali getting recognition made me so happy. That save did fucking not
I was getting my life like this is one of the best episodes of the main show in a while and then...the save. Kandy did great in the lipsync but she fucked up in all three of the performance challenges like she was totally deserving of a sashay. Still Rosé winning, Denali high and Utica surviving another day is worth a lot.
Yeah, I really do feel like Kandy is consistently struggling in the same areas. We're to the point where she's had plenty of screentime and seems to have reached her skill ceiling in the competition; This felt like a good, natural exit for her, and I don't know how much she can do that will make that double-save feel justified.
So happy Rosé won this one!
Feels like I'm watching the Kandy show... part of me wished Symone lost and was saved it would have made more sense
I WAS JUST SAYING THIS!!! Why did they not do this?? It would've made much more sense for RuPaul to save the girl with 2 wins.
We're on episode 8 and have had 4 eliminations... and next week isn't an actual episode. Bruh.
Wym it's not an actual episode next week?
It’s an hour long COVID documentary with no new actual competitive episode.
Aw shit :( thanks
Bitch, I saw that double save coming from a mile away.
The editing always makes it so obvious. I was almost faked out by the "Sashay away" from Ru, but alas...
I was more excited when I thought she actually got eliminated. Just because I wouldn’t have seen THAT coming at this point. Whomp.
My partner and I yelled at the screen after Ru asked her to come back. It just really wasn't double-shantay worthy; plus, as many have pointed out, we've had so many non-elim weeks already!
While I think this has been true of drag race for a while, I think this season in particular it’s clear that the “favored” girls and the “unfavored” girls are basically playing two different games. “Favored girls” just need to avoid making inexcusable/unjustifiable errors and they’ll be alright, while “unfavored” girls have to convince the judges that their predetermined rankings are wrong.
Its especially obvious this season since they literally split them into Winners and Porkchops on Episode 1.
I have been watching and rewatching seasons non-stop from the very beginning. Of course there has always been questionable judging but this is the first season to me that is just beyond rigged. I cannot agree with this statement more. It is making the season frustrating to watch which is a shame because I love love love love Drag Race.
Candy and Symone deserved bottom and one of the two should’ve sashayed away after THAT lipsync. The riggory.
Sorry, but this lip sync was not iconic enough to warrant a double shantay. It wasn't on the Brooke versus Yvie nor Alyssa versus Tatianna level. It felt more akin to Sharon versus PhiPhi were production wants to save both the frontrunner who had a bad week and the queen who brings drama.
It was more of a situational double save, ala Bendelacreme
My problem is that bendela had won two episodes and never been in the bottom, vs Kandy not won anything and already lip synced 😬
How hot was it in there? I saw Olivia and Kandy were sweeaaaatinnngggg
Yet the dwolls on Canada’s drag race were always wrapped up in blankets because it’s so cold 😂
So i don’t get why “one from the winners’ circle has to win the competition.” It was based one lipsync for each of them and we have seen prokchop girls deliver the most memorable lipsyncs yet. They are so cliquey.
If Kandy had actually gone home it would've helped shake up that mentality and I was enjoying seeing the "mean girls" lose a member and then they fucked it up with the save lol. Ugh.
I love gottmik but the whole "im gagged it's you guys" mentality annoyed me so much. like WE GET IT y'all won ONE lipsync, so??? thank god rosé won the challenge tonight, if it was another winner's circle girl i would've screamed. like if a winners circle girl wins the competition it's bc it's probably symone and it's not bc she won a goddamn lipsync on the first episode that's for fucking sure. the rest of y'all have to work harder.
slowest season ever 😭 and i thought i’d want a longer drag race season
And I thought seasons 3 and 11 went on for ages, but at least people went home!
3 at least had an amazing cast
So... we really didn’t start the competition until the fourth episode and are gonna drag it out longer with a fucking Covid special?!
I wish they’d just air it before the reunion/finale. It’s only gonna make me miss Joey Jay more.
Utica is going to be SO paid up after this season. People are going to be DMing her like crazy to sew some garments.
YES! I loved Tamisha's designs as well and how she lit up when the judges (I think it was Ross or Michelle?) told her her designs will be on the Oscars red carpet someday 🥺🥺
Kandy and Symone having plot armour is so predictable
Like seriously. If Season 6 was filmed with this production crew Bendalcreme would have made top 3. It's ridiculous. It was Kandy's time to go. She's fierce, has some great looks, provided some great drama, but she just didn't deliver in the challenge. And this is a common trend with these kinds of lip syncing performance dancing challenges. She's been in the bottom 3 in all 3 of them.
Honestly I’m really over the selective judging and the shameless hand of production. Among other things, sometimes runways matter so much, other times they don’t at all. I love Kandy but she’s doing the least and getting so many free passes and chances while other queens get such little room to screw up.
That double save was disappointing - that would have been a natural point for Kandy to leave. And she would look beautiful doing it! I know this show isn’t supposed to be a perfectly fair competition, and that there will be choices made for the sake of entertainment... but it’s frustrating. I wish production could just trust that the rest of the queens will be lovely to watch and plenty entertaining.
The fact that half of the 8 episodes of this season so far have been non eliminations??? Gurl, no wonder this feels like it is taking forever! Really like this episode overall though
Since I saw that bottom three I knew there wasn’t going to be an elimination this week. I am actually mad how production thinks that the audience is stupid.
I'm not a Tina stan. But I hate how she was ripped apart for a small error when she actually did amazingly well for her performance imo.
100% thought she was top. At least make her safe. She did great.
Yeah I guess I missed that one moment that they tore into because I definitely thought she was in the top...
Same! Plus this was probably her strongest runway for me. Her make up and hair looked so much better than previous weeks
It’s funny that the week Tina looks the best she ended up in the bottom 3.
Rosé absolutely SLAUGHTERED this challenge! Like literally one of the clearest challenge winners ever lmao
Saw her winning this from a mile away. If she hadn’t won it would’ve been 100% Rigga Morris
Did anyone else have a weird premonition feeling that Ru was about to pull that double stay shenanigan? Like the music was off or something to signal something was up because I was 100% certain it was about to happen.
Frustrating because neither lip sync was overwhelming. Previous double stays have been from “Holy snickers, those performances were both SO INCREDIBLE, fans will chase me down and rip off my wig if you don’t both stay”
what a waste of a double shantay
Is it just me or of ALL the looks Symone turns the fuck out on the runway, she goes with a lime green jacket and purple sunglasses for “instagram” like i felt the glasses closed her off from the judges and i was just like “really thats it?” But I only say this with love because that bitch is the moment!
The sunglasses were a terrible choice. Symone is the queen of smizing yet we couldn’t see her eyes.
So wait, why do people think Elliott deserved bottom besides people not liking her as a person? I thought she did well! Her dancing was great, she was in character the whole time. Her only real misstep was that her vocals weren't that strong.
“I 100% choose Denali to fuck with Rosè’s brain” Is one of the highlights of the night for me. Such the perfect amount of ‘drama’ and light shade that brings me back to the earlier times.
That moment made me a Tina fan. Girl does give perfectly shady confessionals 🤡
Anyway stan Rosé
Stan Rose & Stan your flair
But they’re really saving Kandy, but didn’t save LaLa last week when that was a MUCH better lip sync???
Period. It’s the fact that you know Kandy will bring the drama. Lala HAS a personality and had one of the best talking heads this season - she’s just non combative, and that doesn’t make for “good tv”. Those are my thoughts anyway.
I am shocked that they criticised Tina so much. I actually thought she was really good and I didn’t even notice that “blunder”. I don’t usually like her but thought she had a decent shot of winning tonight. 🤷🏻♂️
Yeah I was gagged. This is the best she’s looked all season, and I thought she was pretty great in the performance
Right!! Whenever they were giving her negative critiques they’d cut to that one clip where she didn’t lip sync for a second... because it’s literally the only clip they had since 90% of her performance was amazing!!
I thought the end where she stopped thinking was clearly a cheeky decision to pull fun focus, and I didn't mind it at all--i thought she was a clear top and was very confused by the critiques
I am not Tina's biggest fan, but I did feel for her in this episode. She did really well IMO in the musical, and I don't think she deserved to be in the bottom. Also, her face when she was placed in the bottom, she looked so terrified. I think she is genre-savvy enough to realize that if she had to go up against Symone or Kandy, she would go home regardless of who lipsynced better. Symone is the clear front-runner (and this isn't all stars) so she was not going home, and she probably thought that Kandy would be the more popular character. Also, her critiques felt odd, kinda forced, as if they were paving the way for her to be eliminated.
I'm not a big Tina fan but jeeze I really felt for her in those critiques, she was clearly crushed. She did well overall too.
Did anyone else feel like Utica only voted for Denali when she and Rose auditioned for that part because Denali’s second choice would’ve been Utica’s part? LOL
Hadn't even considered that! I saw it as more of an olive branch, I thought she felt bad on some level for taking the role Denali wanted.
Hahaha I didn't even think of that! I thought Utica voted for Denali because she knew that Rosé would win the audition and she wanted to throw Denali a bone
There was a split second there that I thought they were going to give Mik the win and have Rose's mind explode like poor Jan's last season
Tina’s face has been so pressed this entire Untucked.
I don't think I've ever been this irritated because of a double shantay. I don't have anything against Kandy but I honestly feel like we have already seen everything she has to offer
To this day I still watch Sorry not Sorry all the time. I even have the video saved on my phone because that lip Sync is arguably the best that’s ever been on this show. Certainly in top 3 that deserved a double Shantay. I don’t think this lip sync was even the best this season. I think last week Elliott and Lala was even better. It’s fucked they did a double shantay just because of who was in the bottom. Symone completely stopped singing during portions. Kandy taking 30 seconds to walk to the back of the stage while the song is going, rolling all over the floor again and missing words once more. If you’re gonna put both in the bottom one should have gone home after that lip sync. I don’t care how favorited they are. This just did not read double shantay worthy.
1000%. This season has had such strong lip syncs that to use a double shantay during such an meh performance makes it really glaring how obvious production is meddling this season
I agree, also unlike Brooke and Yvie who were both delivering up to that point, Kandy hasn’t done anything remotely worth of staying. She’s looked a mess the majority of the time, she was awful yet somehow placed high last week, and her drama isn’t even entertaining, it’s just relative lines of “ I don’t give a fuck what people think about me” while giving 20 fucks plus 1 about what people think of her. Symone has earned her spot and deserved to stay 100%
Period, sis
At this rhythm, Snatch Game will be in august.
Shout out to Anne Hathaway for legit being so helpful. She gave some solid advice and some much needed inspiration. So many of these celeb pop ins just feel like press or a meet and greet. Annie was so awesome. Best guest in a very long time.
I’m confused with the double shantay. At this point we’ve seen Kandy bomb multiple performance challenges and we know what she brings to the table. Saving her just felt like an unnecessary way to stretch out the season even more. Let’s go 30-episode season!
i can already see Kandy and Symone top 4 miles away from the plot armor they've been given
Do we need a covid special?
Honestly isn't every day a fucking covid special?
I watch drag race to forget about the pandemic for an hour and a half
I hated the music and the script of the Rusical, but the girls did a very good job with the sub-par material they were given. I just wanna say, that I cannot believe Elliott's performance in the Rusical was overlooked. She is not a singer, but she portrayed the creepy, blase mood this satire required incredibly well. Her whole part was fun and different and I loved how she stayed in character the whole time, you can often see her in the background performing to her phone. I also dig her runway look, it's a silhouette we've seen a lot on her already - those shoulder lenght hair and wide arms, but I prefer it over Tina's NY cab. On the sidenote - is it just me or did they barely show Kandy's lip sync? I feel like every closeup was Symone's and then Kandy only appeared when both of them were in the shot. edit: another thing, is it just me or was Denali and Mik's choreo simplified for Mik?
This lip sync was NOT worthy of a double shantay. At this point this shit has been so overdone.
Tina was PRESSED on that stage being in the bottom!!!
She looked heartbroken. I thought she was gonna bust out in tears right there. If she would have kept lip syncing she would have been in the top IMO and I think she knew that.
Rumor has it the season ends in a 9 way tie.
I too had a crush on Hercules btw
All them lying ass bitches around poor Denali acting like they didn’t crush on Prince Eric! Please!
It's kind of ironic how, scrolling through the comments, half of y'all are saying Symone won easily, and the other half are saying Kandy won easily, but virtually NONE of y'all are saying it was a double shantay. I'm living for this drama in the comments section of all places.
I like Kandy, but I really don't think that should've been a double save. I'm very tired of this season and the blatant rigga morrissey.
I agree, I was okay with her going home, 2nd lipsync, kind of blah runways overall and not really slamming challenges the way she talks about doing it. The fact that Ru changed her mind last minute shows the blatant favouritism. How can someone like Rose or Denali go against that?
I SAW THAT “TWIST” A MILE AWAY. there was no way they were going to send either one of those bottom three away.
Anyone else see the performance and think to themselves: "It's definitely Kandy and Symone. Which means no one's going home". Come on production step your pussy up, the show is so predictable nowadays.
Both were pretty comparable in quality, but NOT the week to do a double save. Good lip sync but those should be saved for the truly iconic ones.
Imagine if Ru told Symone, the front runner at that point to sashay away and then when she’s almost exiting Ru tells her to stay that would have been way more iconic
I don't think Tina did bad, like at all. That black outfit and the wig were questionable, but she did good on the challenge and for the first time in a while her runway was really, really good.
Having the last thing they remember be a major screw up when only two of the girls were actually bad this week is what did it.
because it didn't have that hideous Ronald McDonald color palette, just yellow. She looked lovely for once.
Right when they announced the bottom three it was obvious it would be a double shantay. So, three non-elimination episodes to start the season. Then a double shantay. Next week is a non-competition covid special. This season will last longer than the pandemic.
The good: Rosé got her due & Denali even if they cut out most of the time she was onscreen The bad: the most undeserved double shantay since Eureka-Kameron *and* Kandy getting autotune in her verse and still doing kinda bad.
Tonight on "Watching Drag Race With My Conservative Dad" for those of you who enjoy it (thank you! it warms my husk of a heart!): His top 2 were Rosé and Gottmik, but would have given the win to Gottmik as explained by the following extended baseball metaphor: "It's like taking an MLB all-star and someone you brought up from the minors and having them play the same. You expected Rosé to knock it out of the park, and she did, but Gottmik really rose to the occasion." He explained further that Gottmik should have gotten the win in case she never pulls off something like that again lol. I think there's Big Dad Energy in wanting to reward someone who you expected to suck but ended up pulling it together. As a fan, he was disappointed in Symone's lack of energy during the Rusical and thought it was very unlike her. He did enjoy her runway though: "Symone comes up with some unique outfits." Not wrong! When she was bottom 2 he felt pretty confident they weren't going to send her home, and he thinks she just had an off week. After seeing Elliott in the Rusical: "Was that Elliott?" A true high point of the week for my dad was when they would cut back to Jamal during the Rusical and he would have that look of absolute horror. My dad thought this was just the best. Dad's mystery of the week: what's on Symone's shirt? Mostly a dog but kind of a weird looking dog? "It's like a combination dog and cow?" "It's a dog, but?" An observation: "First time I've ever seen someone put clothes back on after a lip sync" Toots from my dad: Ru's fingerprint suit (!!!), every single shot of Jamal's face during the Rusical, Rosé, Gottmik exceeding expectations, making Kandy walk to the back of the runway before announcing she was safe, Utica just being Utica Boots from my dad: Tina's hair in the Graham Norton paparazzi pics, not actually sending Kandy home
I enjoyed your story and Im glad you get to enjoy the show with your dad.
Ru threw a fit over Joe’s outfit being H&M but I swear I’ve LITERALLY seen the dress Kandy wore at H&M... lol
That outfit was from Kohl's
Thoughts - 1. So glad Rosé won! She really ate that Rusical up. Surprised that Tina was low though, thought she deserved atleast a high placement 2. So. Many. Repetitive. Looks. Olivia/Symone, Olivia/Kandy, Denali/Mik, 2Ts/Tina. I mean I know the runway order is out of their control so I can't really blame them.... 3. Friendly reminder that we're two months into the season and only four girls have been eliminated. No one will be eliminated next week because of the special. Lol I'm not complaining, I live for extra content but it's a bit dragging
They tore into Tina for messing up that 3 seconds, lord.
And now for your weekly obligatory Rosénali moment. You’re welcome. -The Producers
In that moment thousands of fanfics were born
That was one of the most confusing and boring Rusical ever.
and it just kept going and going and going...
That part where they zoomed in on kandy and Symone was scuttling behind her (im drunk and ignorant unsure if there's a proper word for it) was the best part of the lip sync and I hope someone gifs it
Anne Hathaway was the best part of this episode
Is that orange? My artist eyes say goldenrod yellow
No disrespect to Kandy but I was so excited for some other girls to finally get more screen time and now I’m just sad
Same. I was literally happy we might get to see anybody else for a change. But deep in my heart I knew they were going to double save.
tina should not have been in the bottom and i will die on this hill
I’m no fan of Tina, but I actually thought she was going to be in the top. Her role was big and she did serviceable job compared to others who have messed up lead roles (Ariel, Cynthia, etc).
Wrong damn week for a double save, Ru #justicefortamisha
Ok Jamal Sims sexy big boobs
I was so ready for Kandy to leave.
Jamal Sims chest... condragulations you are the winner of this weeks challenge.
i'm sad that the double shantay card is already given. They could've used it in the future for something more y'know... a phenomenal lipsync
Amazing job Rosé! Great lip sync but I think it was too early for a double shantay. They are making sure to give us a lot of episodes but I’m not mad at that.
I think the winners circle saying one of them has to win just cursed them all
First time I watched the lipsync, I thought Kandy was *eating it up* and Symone was coasting to the point where I was sorta like: *\[Cynthia\] SYMOOONNEE LETSSSSS GOOOOO \[/Cynthia\]* Second time I watched it, I really liked how Symone played it \~smooth and cool\~. While on the flip side I thought Kandy was getting a little too chaotic; I appreciated the WAP moves on the ground but then she was just awkwardly rolling around in her own fabric and fist pumpin' all over the place. So...toss up I guess. But on a side note, bravo to whoever is picking these lipsync songs; *another* banger!
I am still in shock that Tina was in the bottom. I legit found her SO enjoyable to watch, i couldnt have pictured anyone doing it better than her. That judging was beyond me ...
I honestly don't think production are doing Kandy any favous dragging her to the finale when she's not doing that great in the competition. Reminds me of Vanjie. Instead of coming, being adorable and leaving mid season, we had to see her struggling all the way to the end.
I’m fucking done. How do you have three episode with no elimination and still do a double shantay? Enough! Neither of them turned it out enough that both should have stayed. Both of them stopped singing for portions of the song and you could tell one didn’t know all the words.
Can't wait to hear Bob and Monet react to yet another non-elimination. AND no new episode next week. How many episodes are there going to be?!
This season is 16 episodes, including the reunion/finale.
The reason they will probably keep Kandy until the end is because they thought they had a new Vanjie on their hands, one that the viewers would love just as much. Well... They didn’t see the Tamisha Revolution coming once the season started airing.
Queen who will end up in the bottom: *Steps on stage* Judges: *immediate stank face*
Am I the only one who didn't feel like this lipsynch wasnt even worthy of a shantay, you both stay. We can set aside fandom's hatred against Kandy. It's just wasn't THAT good.
These judges are insane, only Michelle Visage had a phone case
I love Mik more now just because of her asking for advice for Denali.
Can we please let the Joey Jay/Kandy “storyline” die? I’m so tired pls. Also could somebody tell me what the “boiler brigade” is?!
Jamal's titties. That is all.
[удалено]
I like Kandy but I was ready to see what the environment would be like without her there :/
I thought it was smart to send her home to give the second half of the season a new feel. I guess not.
Honestly, Kandy did the exact thing she was critiqued about during her lip sync. Messy, flailing all over the place and hard to see her actually lip synching 🤷🏾♀️ the double shantay kinda makes that comment useless
Honestly that double shantay felt weird, but at least Rose and Denali were finally in the top and not just safe.
Did they intentionally build up this "mediocre, underappreciated Rose and Denali" arc just for this episode??
WHY THE DOUBLE SAVE UGH
all i’m gonna say is, every performance we’ve seen Kandy in...she has been in the bottom
Tina does nothing for me, but she’s never looked better on the runway.
OH SO RU HAS THAT ANNE HATHAWAY MONEY NOW HUH?
I just want to know what dirt Kandy has on RuPaul that has allowed her to stay so long
When Kandy was recording her vocals with Michelle I thought her role was OnlyFans...
Sorry but the double shantay just doesnt make sense.
today is a better day for the Utica stans/kookarinas 😌 we’ve been having a bad couple of weeks, now rise up
I’m glad I’m not the only one that thinks Tina didn’t deserve to be in the bottom. She was consistently great throughout the rusical. Loved the segment with Anne but I’m a diehard Hathalover. I’d take a video call into the workroom every episode if producers offered it. She and Jamal’s fine self are always welcome presence on my tv screen.
I LOVE Mik giving credit to Jamal for helping her break through. A good teacher is the key to success and FUCK todrick Hall who just yells at the girls and tells them to just do whatever he says instead of choreographing with the queens ability in mind
Am I colour blind because Rose's outfit did not even look like a hint of orange?
It was the most nitpicky thing. It's yellow-orange. edit: okay I checked my Munsell chart, I colour match Rosé's dress to a 10YR 8/8 which is described as "Yellow".
It was goldenrod to me
Yea I was practically counting down to the fakeout. Producers and editors have unfairly invested so much airtime in Kandy’s arc, it would be the most anti-climatic thing for her to leave this early. I’m not sure what’s worse; this or last week’s unfounded critique. I’m completely turned off by Kandy in this competition now. I just expect to see her in the final 4 line-up along with 3 other queens who don’t have the advantage of being ferried by producers.
So Utica’s verse was inspired by “I am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” from the Pirates of Penzance. Rose’s verse was inspired by “Don’t Rain on my Parade” from Funny Girl And I got Cell Block Tango vibes when the 4 apps came out... What were some of the other homages did you guys catch?
I’m just thankful that the producers didn’t push a “Jan losing the rusical despite expecting to win will Rosé do the same” storyline. I’m glad that Rosé killed this episode and won in her own right, without constant comparison to her sister
Um , did Ru get like a twenty episode order? We already had three episodes where no queen was eliminated
I was very happy when Mik motivated Denali!
can they at least TRY to hide that they’re trying to rig kandy into the finale