The successful queens got here to slay (and slay they did).
On RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Episode 2, it was a non-elimination spherical for the queens who got here out on high throughout the premiere. As a substitute of competing for security, they obtained one other probability to indicate their star high quality and potential snag some money.
These rounds aren’t essentially the most thrilling actuality TV weeks, however for those who love the fabulousness of drag, this spherical is correct up your alley.
Did anybody truly imagine the queen who obtained the chop can be eradicated?
Throughout final week’s assessment of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Episode 1, I theorized the chance however caught within the camp, it wasn’t going to occur. There is no method Mama Ru would quit that management, particularly throughout a mainline season.
It appears my guess was proper … it was all for the drama. (Hey, the drama is all the time welcome!)
Consideration, Queens! You all have an opportunity to return to the competitors, however first, you need to give one in all your fellow queens THE CHOP! Let the voting start.
RuPaul
Nonetheless, it was stunning that it initially got here right down to Elliott’s tie with 2 Ts and Utica Queen.
One queen had the quirkiest look whereas the opposite appeared a bit bit too 80s with their first look. Probably the queens voted out Elliott as a result of she appeared like the largest menace out of the primary impressions. Out of the group, she appears like a dancer/athletic queen.
It is higher to get powerful competitors out sooner than later.
Elliott getting a second probability at a primary impression was a pleasant twist. Solely RuPaul ought to determine who will get minimize in a mainline season, and it permits Elliott to shine outdoors of a lip-sync.
Although, the place did all these spy conspiracies come from?! This is not The Mole!
Something can occur in actuality TV, however Drag Race is a expertise competitors. The queens get rewarded and eradicated primarily based on the abilities they carry to the competitors. This is not RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, which has a method factor to it.
In addition to, even when Elliott was a spy, what priceless info would she get from her 1-2 days within the Werk Room? And the way might it make a distinction?
Kandy Muse and Tina Burner throwing shade shouldn’t be the most popular tea, sis.
Talking of shade, Kandy and Tina went in for the one-liners. It is solely the second week, and so they let or not it’s identified to not cross them.
Kandy Muse goes to provide us firey confessionals and confrontations. Hopefully, she makes it far into the competitors as a result of somebody will overstep, and she is going to minimize them down.
For instance, Elliott’s one query about Aja and Dahlia Sin sparked animosity from Kandy all through all the spherical. That shade grew darker and warmer, the longer it went on.
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe … Utica, you gotta go.
Kahmora Corridor
Tina Burner’s shade, then again, felt a bit snobby at occasions.
Drag Race could be establishing a possible storyline the place Tina will get humbled and eradicated within the competitors. Throughout the judging panel, Michelle Visage talked about one thing alongside the traces of her needing to regulate. This narrative might be her story.
The return of the duo style runway for the Mini Problem was a pleasing sight to see. This marks the third time after its look on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 and RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12.
Between each runways, the “Daytime Drama Mama” runway was the weaker of the 2.
A lot of the queens did not hit it out of the park. Gottmik, Symone, and Elliots with 2 Ts had the very best appears as they had been every styled to kind and made the queens shine. Elliott had a Parisian aptitude to her, Symone introduced style, and Gottmik shook issues up with a form-fitting look that experimented along with her aesthetic.
Lala Ri additionally appeared lovely on the runway. I disagree with Ross Mathews; the colour of her costume did not look drab.
Kandy Muse and Tina Burner, then again, ought to rethink their daytime appears. The outfits’ cloth was all over, and it hindered the modern assertion they had been attempting to make.
When it got here to the “Nighttime Is The Proper Time” runway, the queens introduced it. Say what you’ll, however naughty dominated over good.
My favorites of the appears had been Olivia Lux, Tina Burner, and Gottmik.
Olivia’s robe made her stand out as a trendy queen; she did not look like a junior queen in that outfit! Tina Burner’s latex look was fitted to perfection and showcased her campy high quality. As for Gottmik, she served glamour on that runway in her personal Gottmik method.
It sucks to should vote. I don’t wish to crush anyone’s dream, and I undoubtedly don’t need mine to be crushed. I’m scared that I might be voted out.
Rosé
Kandy Muse had the potential to have probably the greatest outfits, however why did not she cowl up that gap? Did she not assume the judges would not discover the enormous gap in her again?
Her problem throughout RuPaul’s Drag Race could be the finer consideration to particulars. She has the look and the outfits to work with, however she wants to make sure every part’s set earlier than she hits the runway.
The judges will clock her as she will get deeper into the competitors. Small particulars will not slide if it turns into a constant challenge.
For the Principal Problem, the queens wrote, choreographed, and carried out RuPaul’s latest music, “Condragulations.” (See the promotional connection?)
Total, the efficiency and music had been good. Not superb, however merely good. The music from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 12 Episode 1 nonetheless dominates forward of this quantity.
Kandy Muse and Gottmik should be so grateful this wasn’t an elimination spherical!
Gottmik did not do terribly, however her uncertainty stood out, particularly since she needed to open up the music. On the opposite facet, Kandy Muse had a foul week general. Between forgetting the steps, her unpolished runway appears, and the panic on her face, she would’ve landed within the backside two.
This efficiency is a far cry from how I initially thought Kandy would rise within the competitors. This might be the wake-up name she must get it collectively.
For the “Lamé, You Keep” runway, the queens glowed with their artistic approaches for utilizing the shiny cloth.
Gottmik, Lala Ri, Symone, and Tina Burner had been hands-down the very best of the evening. Gottmik’s golden sea creature took a special method for the material, and it labored when she wasn’t caught up within the cloth items. Lala Ri appeared attractive in her flowy golden cloth, and Tina Burner added a style contact to the Tin Man ensemble.
We now have to vote somebody off. It is a competitors; that is what we signed up for. Alright bitches, s**** about to go down!
Joey Jay
Symone’s outfit is a glance that grew on me as she walked the runway.
Initially, the outfit appeared a tad costumey. However, because the cameras centered on totally different ensemble parts, you possibly can see how the Lamé was used and the touches that had been added to make it extra modern, much less sporty (just like the match, the braids, and the lettering particulars on the clothes).
Plus, Symone’s electrical persona on the runway made the ensemble a successful quantity. All these parts collectively, in addition to her stellar Principal Problem efficiency, shot her straight to High 2.
The lip-sync of “Break My Coronary heart” by Dua Lipa was a good lip-sync. Very, very tight.
There have been occasions the place the facility place shifted between Symone and Olivia Lux. At moments, Olivia appeared just like the winner when she added humor or flowed fantastically in her waterlily Lamé robe. However then, there can be Symone including motion and dramatics to the lyrics.
I would not have been shocked if RuPaul had awarded them each primarily based on the lip-sync.
Symone edging out Olivia Lux made sense, particularly with how nicely she killed it this spherical. Symone’s appears shined throughout the Mini Problem, RuPaul mentioned she had star high quality throughout the Principal Problem, and her runway look stole the highlight.
Symone conquered RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 Episode 2. She might be an early frontrunner to observe, however we have seen this occur up to now earlier than. Something might occur.
Final Ideas From The Werk Room:
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Did anybody else really feel for Gottmik? She did not put together for the information to come back out like that. Hopefully, with the reality being out, she’ll be extra assured and in the best mindset to tackle the competitors.
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We must always play a sport at any time when Tina Burner’s boyband previous will get introduced up.
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The queens had a little bit of a superiority advanced when Elliot with 2 Ts entered the competitors. You all gained one lip-sync; issues change week-to-week and relying on the music.
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Elliott not spilling the reality about their dance previous: good transfer or will it come again to hang-out her?
- Whoever got here up with the zingers throughout the queens’ runway walks deserves a increase!
Now, over to you, Drag Race followers!
What did you consider “Condragulations”?
Who would you could have voted to get the chop? Did the woman group music make it into your High 5 greatest? Who do you assume is rising as a frontrunner?
Share your ideas within the feedback beneath.
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