The style business is cutthroat, as the women of RuPaul’s Drag Race had been reminded on Friday. You know the previous saying: One day you’re in, and the subsequent day you’re… sashaying away? Yeah, that sounds proper.
Episode 5 divided the remaining queens of Season 15 into teams of three, every of which might current a cohesive assortment impressed by one of many judges’ residence design aesthetics. More than “inspired by,” really. The queens actually needed to make their seems to be out of furnishings items — you recognize, as a result of design challenges aren’t tense sufficient already.
This episode wasn’t terribly thrilling (sorry!), so let’s leap straight to the outcomes, lets?
MINI CHALLENGE | At final, the library is open! Though fairly a number of Season 15 queens proved refreshingly literate, the winner of this time-honored shade fest was Loosey LaDuca, who’s quietly rising as a fierce competitor. Loosey’s studying materials included telling Malaysia Babydoll Foxx that she ought to stay as much as her first identify and “disappear like that plane”; telling Salina EsTitties that Yolanda Saldivar, who famously murdered singer Selena Quintanilla, shot the flawed one; and defending Mistress Isabelle Brooks’ kitten heels by saying that “they start out as stilettos.”
MAXI CHALLENGE | Luxx Noir London snatched her first win this week, turning heads on the runway in a shocking Michelle Visage-inspired look that the muse herself described as “Versace meets Cavalli.” The immaculately tailor-made zebra pants? The regal purple material? The plain Luxx swagger? Yes to all three, after which some. She actually is the right instance of a queen who talks an enormous recreation, then backs it up by strolling the rattling stroll. Quite a number of others this season may take observe.
LIP SYNC | This week’s unfortunate trio turned out to be Amethyst, whose lackluster design expertise had been on full show; Jax, whose well-intended Heathers look didn’t slay the judges; and Salina, who did absolutely the most… however forgot to additionally do it properly. Jax’s shortcomings had been deemed much less egregious than her fellow backside queens, so she was despatched to security, leaving Salina to battle three-time lip syncer Amethyst to the tune of visitor decide Janelle Monae’s “Q.U.E.E.N.” Amethyst put up an honest struggle, however Salina’s willpower to stay within the competitors was palpable with each drop, each cut up, each twerk. She had this within the bag earlier than Ru even let the music play, so it got here as no shock when Amethyst was despatched sashaying away.
As a local of the Nutmeg State, let me simply say — Amethyst, you probably did Connecticut proud.
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