Doug

I agree that Bimini should have had that solo win for the amount of energy in that performance. A’Whora had the better runway out of the group and also gave a lot as did Tayce but it did seem like another reason to be like “go on Lawrence you have another one x”. The group was definitely better on the whole than the other group though - you could just tell from the recording sessions who things were not going to go as they seem. I get why they wanted someone to take Veronica’s place but Joe was not going to be the right choice in terms of competition - her drag was just not right for the show even if she is obviously good at what she does. It should have been Asttina for sure. Oh well. Out of her group though I’m glad Ellie was safe as her runway definitely deserved it, even if in the performance she held back a bit but I put that down to her wanting to go further with the choreo and the others being like “well we’re old we’re not doing that”. Sister gave a fair amount but her runway was outclassed by A’whora’s, not to mention her attitude is starting to show a hell of a lot of cracks. Tia’s runway though... good god hun.

01: Shea Coulee 02: Peppermint 03: Sasha Velour 04: Aja 05: Cynthia Lee Fontaine 06: Trinity Taylor 07: Valentina 08: Nina Bo'nina Brown (09: Eureka) 10: Farrah Moan 11: Jaymes Mansfield 12: Alexis Michelle 13: Charlie Hides 14: Kimora Blac Sorry not sorry for Cynthia's placing - I thought she was hilarious.

01: Thorgy Thor 02: Kim Chi 03: Bob The Drag Queen 04: Chi Chi DeVayne 05: (Cynthia Lee Fontaine) 06: Dax Exclamation Point 07: Robbie Turner 08: Laila McQueen 09: Acid Betty 10: Naysha Lopez 11: Naomi Smalls 12: Derrick Barry This season was only minorly better than 7, it was a shambles. Thorgy deserved a lot better on both seasons she appeared in, and the bottom two act so far above their station.

Last week: 01: Utica Queen [03-02-01-01] 02: Rosé [02-01-03-02] 03: Symone [05-05-02-03] 04: Olivia Lux [04-03-07-04] 05: Denali [07-04-05-05] 06: Gottmik [08-08-08-06] 07: Kandy Muse [01-06-04-07] 08: Tamisha Iman [10-07-06-08] 09: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10-09-09] 10: Tina Burner [08-12-12-10] 11: Lala Ri [12-09-11-11] (12: Joey Jay [11-11-10-12(X)]) This week: 01: Denali [07-04-05-05-01] 02: Utica Queen [03-02-01-01-02] 03: Olivia Lux [04-03-07-04-03] 04: Rosé [02-01-03-02-04] 05: Symone [05-05-02-03-05] 06: Gottmik [08-08-08-06-06] 07: Lala Ri [12-09-11-11-07] 08: Kandy Muse [01-06-04-07-08] 09: Tina Burner [08-12-12-10-09] (10: Tamisha Iman [10-07-06-08-10(X)]) 11: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10-09-09-11] I'm happy Olivia won this week but Denali was robbed - imo the best runway this week and her performance is great, too good to be just safe and she's really showing great consistency, I'm classing her as one of my faves now! Utica's critiques made little sense to me either, she put her own stamp on the performance and it was entertaining to me, and the runway was sick! Yes it had to be explained, but when it did it was excellent! Art generally does need explaining to make sense so who cares?

Hoax can go now.

I’m definitely expecting a step up for Ellie and Tayce and consistency for Bimini now that she’s found her rhythm. The former in particular has a lot to give despite not a lot of coverage, but then again when you’re not the bitchiest person it’s easy to see why as there’s a lot of bitchy energy in that studio. She just needs to find her comedic side a bit more like Blu did last season and she’ll be fully set as her runways are stunning and there is a performer in there. I understand that Lawrence is one-note and has her moments where she’s mean for the sake of it which is why she isn’t a favourite of mine, but I’m not quite tired of her humour just yet as it’s not failed to give me a laugh, although I can see it happening. She needs to find a range. I also don’t think her runways are as great as the judges are making out - A’Whora did improve and deserve to win that bit more than her I think. Also, I thought Bimini’s hair was meant to be a bit trashy on purpose so what was that critique from Michelle? It made the monster runway look more monsterish. Tia I just can’t warm to at all, not just because the outstanding talent doesn’t seem to be there but because I’ve seen her as a host at a pub quiz in Clapham she co-hosts with Sum Ting Wong and what you see there is not what you see on camera. She is rude and just looks you up and down as if she just wants everyone gone. What you’d expect from A’Whora really.

01: Bimini Bon Boulash [09-03-02-01] 02: Ellie Diamond [01-02-01-02] 03: Lawrence Chaney [03-09-05-03] 04: Tayce [02-01-03-04] 05: A'whora [08-11-10-05] 06: Veronica Green [12-06-06-06] (07: Ginny Lemon [04-05-08-07(X)]) 08: Sister Sister [07-07-07-08] 09: Tia Kofi [10-10-09-09]

I don’t think I’ve cheered as loud as I did when Leshurr was saved in a while. Without her slips she could have neared the top of the leaderboard, she just has so much charm and put on a great, entertaining performance and I am obsessed with her. Joe and Faye also did really well too. I would have had Jason in the skate-off with Rebekah but I’ve accepted that he’s not going to go anywhere for a while because of the show’s demographic, but Graham was weak and overscored tonight. Saying that though I just can’t abide Rebekah at all, her skating is good but not as good as the judges are scoring her and there is not a lot to warm to. She won’t last much longer I’d imagine.

10 // Sound of the Underground 08 // No Good Advice 08 // Life Got Cold 09 // Jump 09 // The Show 06 // Love Machine (definitely their most overrated, it’s good but not worthy of being one of their most known) 05 // I'll Stand By You 08 // Wake Me Up 07 // Long Hot Summer 09 // Biology 05 // See the Day 08 // Whole Lotta History 07 // Something Kinda Ooooh 06 // I Think We're Alone Now 06 // Walk This Way (Sugababes vs Girls Aloud) 09 // Sexy! No No No... 11 // Call the Shots 07 // Can't Speak French 09 // The Promise 07 //The Loving Kind 10 // Untouchable 07 // Something New 09 // Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me (gets way too much hate imo, it’s their best ballad single for me, they all sound stunning and the chorus slaps, helps that it’s led by Nicola)

That’s 0/however many Silk City songs there have been - only heard this and Electricity and against the hive mind I thought that was a solid 6/10 at best. It’s just pretty naff.

01: Ellie Diamond [01-02-01] 02: Bimini Bon Boulash [09-03-02] 03: Tayce [02-01-03] (04: Asttina Mandella [05-04-04(X)] 05: Lawrence Chaney [03-09-05] 06: Veronica Green [12-06-06] 07: Sister Sister [07-07-07] 08: Ginny Lemon [04-05-08] 09: Tia Kofi [10-10-09] 10: A'whora [08-11-10] Ellie was the best this week imo - it's a shame her and Lawrence were against each other because they both shone so bright and were easily the best pairing, but at least the judges saw that and didn't give her any odd negative critiques. I really don't understand how Asttina's was bad - rather basic yes but wasn't Veronica's for example? Neither were bad but definitely better than Tia and Ginny's things - the latter I don't understand how she escaped the lip sync... As much as Tia is this year's Cheryl Hole in terms of being """entertainment""" despite being aware of not being very good and will probably clutch on for weeks now like she did, A'whora is just too unlikeable and while her look was good it was hardly as Met Gala as she thought it was. But hey we love delusion.

01: Utica Queen [03-02-01] 02: Symone [05-05-02] 03: Rosé [02-01-03] 04: Kandy Muse [01-06-04] 05: Denali [07-04-05] 06: Tamisha Iman [10-07-06] 07: Olivia Lux [04-03-07] 08: Gottmik [08-08-08] 09: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10-09] 10: Joey Jay [11-11-10] 11: Lala Ri [12-09-11] 12: Tina Burner [08-12-12] (13: Kahmora Hall [13-13-13]) Utica cracked me up so much this episode, and her performance in the challenge was worthy of being high imo, plus her runway concept was so strange and so her that I couldn't help but love it. Symone is coming through strongly as I thought she would and Rosé still delivered even if the runway missed it a bit this time. Kandy also delivered and I'm absolutely loving her - she reminds me a lot of Vanjie although I think she'll pull off more versatility in episodes to come. I like everyone down to Elliott who isn't bringing as much, as with Joey and Lala. Tina I just can't warm to, and Kahmora definitely deserved that exit.

Betty to go, it's the only song I dislike on the album although there is a lot of meh that can leave soon after. Not My Tears Ricochet getting votes already :angry:

01: Katya 02: Ginger Minj 03: Jasmine Masters 04: Max 05: Jaidynn Diore Fierce 06: Trixie Mattel 07: Kennedy Davenport 08: Mrs Kasha Davis 09: Pearl 10: Kandy Ho 11: Miss Fame 12: Sasha Belle 13: Tempest DuJour 14: Violet Chachki My god this cast was dire. The top 2 are in the ultimate fave bracket but after Jasmine it’s the “they’re good I guess” up to Pearl who I dislike and everyone below. Then there’s Violet who I can’t fathom the love for at all.

01: BenDeLaCreme 02: Bianca Del Rio 03: Joslyn Fox 04: Courtney Act 05: Adore Delano 06: Trinity K. Bonet 07: Laganja Estranja 08: Darienne Lake 09: Vivacious 10: April Carrion 11: Kelly Mantle 12: Magnolia Crawford 13: Milk 14: Gia Gunn Bendela is my favourite of all-time and Bianca is another in my top 10. Milk and Gia however are in my bottom 10, even bacon dress and swordfish gave me more entertainment.

01: Tayce 02: Ellie Diamond 03: Bimini Bon Boulash 04: Asttina Mandella 05: Ginny Lemon 06: Veronica Green 07: Sister Sister (08: Cherry Valentine) 09: Lawrence Chaney 10: Tia Kofi 11: A'whora I know Tayce was mediocre in the rusical and the runway but my god her lipsync, and not the sort of style I thought she specialised in, she embodied the song so beautifully and I'm so excited to see what she has to offer. Ellie remains a favourite too and is proving the same level of excitement. Bimini has shown an improvement too and her personality is quite infectious. Lawrence I went off quite a bit this episode - her performance was poor and her personality has shown to be a bit stand-offish without much reason. Tia I can't take to really and A'whora is just unlikeable without anything to really back that up, her looks and performance were okay but that's not enough.

Leshurr absolutely smashed her first performance and brought such energy - I could watch her do literally anything and be entertained because of how infectious she is. Not only was she undermarked but being in the skate-off over Joe who fell, Jason who was more tense than a beef brisket that had been left outside for a month, Denise who held back too much and Rebekah who isn’t at all a likeable person despite a good performance is absolutely rotten. God I hate this country and the voters. Rufus was my second favourite though so I guess it was good to see him get immunity but that doesn’t excuse the issue. The scoring... the voting... it was all just wrong.

01: Raven 02: Tatianna 03: Jujubee 04: Pandora Boxx (would have been a couple of places higher and I can't ignore her comedic talent but my god did AS1 hurt her) 05: Morgan McMicheals 06: Jessica Wild 07: Sahara Davenport 08: Sonqiue (Shangela - her S3 ranking reflects more of my general opinion of her, this does not) 09: Nicole Paige Brooks 10: Mystique Summers Madison 11: Tyra Sanchez (one of the worst ever)

01: Manilla Luzon 02: Shangela 03: Raja 04: Yara Sofia 05: Stacy Layne Matthews 06: Alexis Mateo (AS5 hurt her for me imo) 07: India Ferrah 08: Mariah (not on board with the hype for her, sorry) 09: Carmen Carerra 10: Delta Work 11: Mimi Imfurst (both her and Venus avoid bottom place for their hilariously trash lipsyncs, Mimi overtakes for her iconic untucked moments too) 12: Venus D-Lite 13: Phoenix

01: Sharon Needles 02: Willam 03: Chad Michaels 04: Latrice Royale (All Stars 4 hurt her a bit) 05: Milan (I feel like she was done dirty a lot of the time imo) 06: DiDa Ritz 07: Phi Phi O'Hara 08: Jiggly Calliente 09: Kenya Michaels 10: Madame LaQueer 11: The Princess 12: Alisa Summers 13: Lashauwn Beyond

01: Jinkx Monsoon 02: Detox 03: Alyssa Edwards 04: Alaska 05: Ivy Winters 06: Jade Jolie 07: Coco Montrese 08: Lineysha Sparx 09: Vivienne Pinay 10: Serena Cha Cha 11: Honey Mahogany 12: Monica Beverly Hillz 13: Penny Tration 14: Roxxy Andrews

I'm going with... 13th: Kahmora Hall 12th: Joey Jay 11th: Elliott With 2 Ts 10th: LaLa Ri 9th: Tamisha Iman 8th: Gottmik (assuming this is Snatch Game - I can see her struggling the most with it out of this bunch should this be the top 8, maybe throw Olivia and Denali in the mix) 7th: Denali 6th: Utica Queen 5th: Tina Burner 4th: Kandy Muse 3rd: Rosé 2nd: Olivia Lux 1st: Symone I'm confident with that being the final 3 but can see Symone winning the most as I have a feeling she's going to be very versatile and hardly put a foot wrong. I wouldn't be mad either - even though I prefer Rosé, Utica, Kandy and Olivia on the whole in terms of the general package I have a feeling they will slip up somewhere or the judges will choose their competitors in the lipsyncs.

01: Ellie Diamond 02: Tayce 03: Lawrence Chaney 04: Ginny Lemon 05: Asttina Mandella 06: Cherry Valentine 07: Sister Sister 08: A'whora 09: Bimini Bon Boulash 10: Tia Kofi (11: Joe Black) 12: Veronica Green

01: Rosé [02-01] 02: Utica Queen [03-02] 03: Olivia Lux [04-03] 04: Denali [07-04] 05: Symone [05-05] 06: Kandy Muse [01-06] 07: Tamisha Iman [10-07] 08: Gottmik [08-08] 09: Lala Ri [12-09] 10: Elliott with 2 Ts [06-10] 11: Joey Jay [11-11] 12: Tina Burner [08-12] 13: Kahmora Hall [13-13] I LOVE Rosé's style - looks, performance and edge of comedy to boot. Not seeing the unlikeability that others are seeing in her either, I find her really endearing. I also think she did very well in her lipsyncs and brings so much energy and a unique edge. She ought to go so far in this. Utica reminds me a lot of Thorgy in her extreme creativity and I can't wait to see more of what she has to offer. Kandy falling is more a representation of how much the others stepped up whereas she fell pretty flat last week, but I know she still has potential. I love Tamisha as a person and respect how much she's given to the drag world, but I want to see something truly exciting for her to rise. I only dislike the bottom 3. Kahmora... may not be as unlikeable as Tina but she surely has to be the first out.