Well, I thought that episode was great. It was quite a surprise to see all the old queens come back simultaneously to interact with the new queens, and it retrospectively changed a my opinion of a bunch of them. I think Ms. Kasha Davis showed more than she ever had during the competition, and it's a shame we didn't get to see more of this side of her. I also thought that Max showed himself to be a little....boring.? I still think he was eliminated too soon, but we may have seen the crest of the Max wave. I thought his and Violet's effort was a little ho-hum when a big win was needed. Of course, the big winner this week was Trixie Mattel...but we'll get to that.
8.) Jaidynn Diore Fierce (OUT)- I thought Jaidynn put in quite a good effort during this competition. She stuck around as long as she could have expected to, and knocked out a few good queens in the lip sync competitions. Her lack of imagination on the runway and her pairing with the awful Tempest DuJour finally did her in, however
7.) Miss Fame- Ru protects Miss Fame once again. This is the third week in a row that Miss Fame has placed in the bottom, and Miss Fame still hasn't been made to lip sync for his life. Her inane narcissistic banter is really starting to get on my nerves as well. It's time for Miss Fame to go. With Jaidynn's exit she is the only queen remaining who hasn't one a single challenge, and she hasn't really distinguished herself in any way.
6.) Violet Chachki- Violet is hanging in there and got high praise for his attitude adjustment from Ms. Kasha Davis. I've noticed the change too. However, I can't shake the feeling that Violet is slightly closer to being on the outs than making a big leap into the final three. While Violet has been pretty competent throughout the competition, she hasn't impressed since the very first week. Kennedy was correct to note that the corset thing is getting kind of tired. If that was Violet's big card to play, she should have saved it for the end when it could make an impact in the tough rounds, but, then again, maybe she doesn't have any other cards to play? That's my fear with Violet.
4.) (tie) Trixie Mattel- Trixie made quite the leap back into the competition, not only winning this challenge but one upping Pearl on the runway. Now that Trixie's back, she suddenly seems dangerous where she seem moribund at the time of her elimination. If Trixie can realize her promise as a genuine comedy queen, she'll be a definite threat to get into the top 3. Ginger has shown more talent than Trixie through this competition, but she's also shown signs that the pressure is getting to her a bit. A newly energized Trixie, with nothing to lose, could overtake Ginger in the comedy queen lane if Ginger isn't
4.) (tie) Pearl - Pearl has been spot on since out performing Trixie in their lip sync competition. Pearl has been one of the funnier queens since then, and her growth is reminiscent of Adore Delano last season. Unfortunately Pearl doesn't have the huge singing voice that Adore did, otherwise I think Pearl would already be in the top three. Before we can consider Pearl a serious contender, I think we need to see him nail something on his own.
3.) Ginger Minj- I'm kind of worried about Ginger. Her ability should make her a shoe in for the top three, but her flagging confidence threatens to put her out. I thought she was simply out of it for this competition. While Sasha Belle was one of the worst queens to be paired with, Ginger still should have been able to pull something decent off without getting rattled. I thought Ginger's effort was the worst of the queens. I think it was entirely her fear and self doubt that wrecked her and not her ability.
2.) Kennedy- In contrast to Ginger, Kennedy's best asset is her unflappability. It might just be all the pot. She seems to always be in control of the room. She showed confidence by pairing the queens in a way that way just rather than rawly strategic. Her talent and sense of humor is not quite up to Ginger's but she doesn't seem to get as easily discouraged or rattled.
1.) Katya- Katya is a weak number one, but she is the one I can most envision in the top three. After misremembering her lines in week 2, she hasn't taken a wrong step since, and seems to be the funniest queen in the competition. I thought her runway look this week was hilarious, and of a piece with her sense of humor. Katya's doesn't have Ginger's bawdy one-liners nor does she mug for the camera like Trixie. But Katya has a sense of the subtly hilarious that none of the other queens do. I think she is the most oroginal and, therefore, the favorite at this point.
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