Guys, Monday night’s episode made me very anxious — that
must mean we were down to the bottom six. The episode opened after Miss Fame’s
departure. Miss Fame really did seem like a sweetheart, further evidenced by
the fact that she left individual notes for all the queens that were left in
the competition. This made Kennedy’s “wipe that mirror” reaction after her
departure last night seem “Way
harsh, Tai.” I’ve heard that Kennedy’s true colors shine through during
Untucked, and they’re not the fun, pretty colors, but are the nasty, bitter,
tired colors.
The mini-challenge for last night’s episode had the queens using
plastic tape to create the illusion of bad, plastic surgery to shoot the
title sequence for “The Fake Housewives of RuPaul’s Drag Race.” The results, as
you can imagine, were equal parts hilarious and terrifying — I’m looking at
you, Katya.
Violet was the winner of the challenge, which meant that she
was able to pair off the queens for the mashup dance maxi-challenge,
#PrancingQueens. Each pair was assigned a dance mashup, like Country/Robot,
Charleston/Twerking, and Salsa/Vogue — but there was a twist. *Of course* there
was a twist. Each queen had to dress in half man/half queen drag, “Dr. Jekyll and
Mrs. Hide your Candy.”
Violet Chachki and Katya were paired to take on the Salsa/Vogue
mashup. Ginger Minj was paired with Trixie Mattel for Country/Robot. And
Kennedy Davenport and Pearl took on Charleston/Twerking.
Each team was coached by Kim Johnson from “Dancing with the
Stars” and Carson Kressley, who apparently was on DWS — missed that one.
Ms. Minj was nervous about this challenge … again. I don’t
like when she gets nervous because then *I* get nervous and then I stress eat
gummy worms. She was feeling the pressure of not being a dancer — “I can’t even
do the truffle shuffle.”
Trixie did not want to be outshined by Ginger again and Violet was challenged
to bring something besides the sexy.
Each pair was kind of a mess in rehearsals, but that was
expected when at least half of them were not dancers and trying to learn in one
day what for most people takes weeks.Â
Most memorable exchange of the night?
Trixie: “I do yoga”
Ginger: “I do frozen yoga”
Elimination Day arrived and the girls were worried. Ginger
stayed up all night practicing the robot and was afraid her half man-half queen
look will look like “Honey Boo Boo meets Rosie O’Donnell.”
The guests for the night were Michelle Visage, Carson
Kressley, Rachael Harris (this woman has been in everything, she was Debbie
Dangle on “Reno 911!”), and Alyssa Milano. Mona! Angela! It’s runway time!
In my opinion, everyone pretty much nailed their half
man/half queen runway looks. Standouts were definitely Violet and Pearl. And Katya
and Ginger let their inner frat boy/douchebag sides fly for their half man
personas. Time for prancing queens!
You can definitely tell it’s coming down to the wire here,
folks, because everyone was on their A-game for the dancing competition. It was
really impressive to see how much they learned and mastered with not a lot of practice
time. Trixie lifted Ginger and spun her around, Katya did a killer split, and Violet
channeled Madonna *hard* with her voguing. This really was going to come to
down to the details for the judges. I was nervous. Don’t send my Minj home!
The judges were blown away by everyone’s performance and
knew they had a difficult decision on their hands. Ginger had all the feels and
confessed to the judges that dancing put her so far outside of her comfort zone
because of her self-conscious feelings about her weight. *Sob*
The judges all agreed that Violet had the most breathtaking
runway look. Rachael thought Trixie lacked enthusiasm, but Michelle thought she
was fun. Carson thought Kennedy’s dancing was great, but she was missing the
razzle dazzle — Alyssa disagreed and thought she made it look effortless.
Everyone thought Pearl was the hottest guy and was exuding more confidence in
this competition than she had so far. Unfortunately, not much was said about
Ginger Minj, except that her outfit was just kind of blah.
Ru announced she would be judging in pairs and that Katya
and Violet were the winners of the challenge. Pearl and Kennedy were safe.
Trixie and Ginger would be lip-syncing. *Sigh* Here we go…
Both queens gave it their all to “Show me Love” by Robin S.,
but Ginger Minj brought it just a little bit more with some hilarious floor
work at the end and cinched the win. Ginger stayed, Trixie sashayed away … again.Â
Next week: And then there were five!
This article appears in May 6-12, 2015.
