February 25, 20232 yr Author I thought that was a great ball! They really had to nitpick for the bottoms and pretty much everyone had at least one pretty solid look. Have to say the ultimate result surprises me though based on the edit of this ep and all season! Both in terms of winner & who goes!
February 25, 20232 yr I would have given the win to Mistress tbh, she had 3 really great looks and I absolutely adore a big girl fashion moment! Like Eureka, she absolutely knows her body and exactly what works without resorting to the same silhouette every time, each look was a different thing. Sasha I thought was definitely in the top, but the win was a bit of a stretch I feel. Anetra would have won for me if it was just a design challenge, but unfortunately that second look was horrible, she had the best designed look by far imo! Everyone had at least one great look I agree and I think Spice was better than I thought she would be here but there was a pretty high standard and she had to be in the bottom here, plus she’s lucky to not have gone home most episodes since the design challenge :lol:
February 25, 20232 yr sasha overall was low for me 🙈. definitely found it to be quite a weak ball, only mistress had 3 solid looks. anetra’s final look though WOW
February 25, 20232 yr I thought the judging was fairly good overall. I thought Mistress would be the winner though. All 3 of her looks were different and great - she looked so stunning in her design look. Sasha's first look felt a bit too simple? And her design look was good but wasn't as good as Mistress's. I was 50/50 about the 3rd person in the top. I could see Luxx or Malaysia being in the top but Anetra's design look was by far the best of anyone's so deserved to be in the top for that. Her first look was OK but her second look wasn't that good. If she had done better first and second looks she could've quite easily have won the ball! I'm kinda rooting for Mistress to win now! She's grown on me to become my favourite queen of the competition. :wub:
February 26, 20232 yr Anetra’s look omfg. I think they should’ve been judged mostly based on that one honestly. Who cares about what some designer has made for you
March 2, 20232 yr Here are my views on each contestant in this episode (its a long read) Mistress Isabelle Brooks – Her racer look was definitely the truest to RuPaul’s original and the catchphrases all over it from prior plus sized queens was a fantastic detail and a celebration of seasons past and who she is as a drag queen. Her ball look was incredible, visually exciting and kinda scary at the same time. Then her final look was stunning, gorgeous, elegant, especially for a design challenge. Mistress knocked all 3 of these looks out of the park & probably should have won this challenge. Spice – I think the writing was on the wall for Spice after her talk with Ru and Carson, saying that her entire season runway looks weren’t very interesting & after last week where despite losing all of her lipsyncs she got saved by pure riggory. As for her looks in this episode firstly I enjoyed her first racer look, the silhouette and details were stunning and true to her persona. Her ball look was decent and visually interesting, but it felt very seen that before. Her final look wasn’t great and had technical issues with the bottom half and the top half not fitting very well. But I still don’t think that she deserved bottom 2 though, safe maybe low because of that last look, but not bottom 2. Luxx Noir London – Firstly didn’t care for her first racer look, it was very basic and cluttered especially with that black bra showing. Her second look was amazing, high fashion, elevated and definitely her strongest out of her 3 looks. The final look was under-whelming, despite having an interesting concept, it just felt off to me with its proportions and NOT as great as she thought it was. Overall I do agree with her safe placement this episode, her second look saved her I’d say. Marcia, Marcia, Marcia – Really liked the pastel colours of her racer look and her hair and make-up has definitely improved this week. Her bag look was quite ugly and not very interesting. Her final look was strong, fun, beautifully tailored with a stunning colour palette. A solid safe performance from her on this episode. Salina Estitties – Her first look was cute and fun, everything else well…her second look was horrendous, while I do commend her for doing something else other than the ball or bag balls (which is what everybody else pretty much did), there was too much going on, it was a mess. Her final look wasn’t good, it didn’t fit her very well and it looked like a duvet cover. She fully deserved her bottom 2 placement this episode. Malaysia Babydoll Foxx – She did fine in all three categories tonight. Her first look was a bit unfinished and plain, but still managed to look polished so I’ll give her a pass. The second look was definitely her best of the 3. Then the third look was okay, but not very memorable though. Loosey LaDuca – I used to like her, but over the last couple of weeks she has been insufferable and certainly seems to be getting shafted by the editing (which does make great TV). Her looks in this episode weren’t up to much. The first one was great very camp and cartooney, but it was all downhill from there. Her second look WTF was this, it seemed very out of character for her to go this unpolished, it was just doggy bags glued to a white dress, hideous & the WORST look of the episode for sure. The final look was also a major fail, the details weren’t finessed and the concept fell flat. Loosey SHOULD have been in the bottom 2. Sasha Colby – I know a lot of people were mad that she won this episode, but personally I didn’t mind and thought that all 3 of her looks were amazing and she looked incredible as always. Her first look she looked breath-taking and loved her interpretation of the racer look. Her second look was campy, fun and ridiculous, and yet still maintaining that beauty and glamour that she always has. Then her final look was another wow moment for me, simple yet effective and elegant at the same time. Anetra – I’m glad that his queen is finally getting some love after fading into the background during the last couple of episodes and despite winning the first episode I was worried that she was gonna get a similar run to Widow Von Du from season 12, who also won the first episode and then was just safe until her elimination. But after last week Anetra really impressed me. Her first look was fantastic, very casual and yet sexy at the same time with a unique colour palette. But her second look was horrendous, it lacked attention to detail or any sort of vision. Thankfully for her 3rd look all was forgiven as this was amazing. The jewels on the back in a shape of a spine was OMG incredible and loved that shape of the bottom half of the dress. She fully deserved her high placement tonight as out of all the crystal looks Anetra’s was the BEST. My personal placements for this episode WIN: Mistress Isabelle Brooks HIGH: Sasha Colby, Anetra LOW: Spice, (I'd also put Luxx there for her poor & deluded attitude) BTM 2: Salina Estitties & Loosey LaDuca Spice did NOT deserve bottom 2 at all, okay her 3rd look was a mess but her first 2 were decent. Loosey however failed at 2 out of the 3 looks. That lipsync though was DREADFUL, the worst of the season so far, very surprised it wasn't a double SASHAY. From a production standpoint they just didn't know what to do with Spice anymore and plus she didn't really excel at any of the challenges or lipsyncs and therefore her storyline is over. The same goes for Salina who will probably be out next week, due to her story coming to a natural end and plus she's been in the bottom twice already & can't really see her progressing any further. My other prediction for next week will be Loosey also ending up in the bottom 2 with Salina, as she is really cracking under the pressure & judging from next week's clip with her having a spat with Mistress, all of this will lead to her nearly getting eliminated next week. Edited March 2, 20232 yr by Nina West
