Instead, the remaining queens tonight played a little red carpet
dress-up and presented one another with some shady statuettes.
Without further ado, the nominees rankings are:
1. Another week, another stellar performance from Ginger
Minj. I don’t know if she had the most brilliant material, but she commits
to a joke and delivers it like a pro. Anyone would look like a hero next to
Kandy, but Ginger still outperformed most of the other queens. Had she not been
partnered with that Ho over there, she could’ve been a winner. In any case, it
was great to see Michelle Visage really strain to offer her some criticism on
that black spray on her forehead. Bit of a stretch, no?
2. I feel like Katya should be doing better
than she is. She’s quick-witted and her looks are more hits than misses.
However, she seems to struggle with scripted schtick. Maybe she's just been
sidled with lackluster partners. It makes me a little worried about next week’s
next acting challenge, but, good god gurl, she has the potential to shine in
the Snatch Game.
3. Oh, sweet, sweet Max. As the competition begins
to heat up, will this eccentric queen’s sensitivity lead to her getting eaten
alive by her more vicious competitors? While she’s stayed afloat (and even
turned out on top) of a few of this season’s challenges, I’ve yet to be really
blown away by anything she’s done. That said, in this bunch, that’s still
better than most.
4. When it comes to Pearl, don’t call it a comeback.
Not yet, anyway. After getting a kick in the rear from Ru in the work room, she
upped the energy a touch in the main challenge. She still wasn’t bouncing off
the walls, but it was enough of a transformation to bring her from the bottom
of the pack to this week’s winner. Can she maintain this sort of effort? I
think she can, for a few weeks at least.
5. I’ll give Kennedy that joke about the wall
clock (it was certainly a better alternative than the tired “number ten” joke
she pitched in rehearsals), but otherwise, I wasn’t very impressed this week.
Worse yet, that line about Kandy’s last name referencing that she’s a whore was
uninspired and lazy.
6. I haven’t seen anyone miss a RuPaul joke set-up as badly as Miss
Fame did tonight since Ru asked Ivy
Winters (as Marilyn Monroe) if she was into politics. (Or when he
asked Alyssa Edwards, as Katy Perry, if she ever kissed a girl.) Missed
punchlines aside, Fame’s runway look was extravagant (so much so that even
Michelle Visage loved the green frock). I still think Fame has a shot at
growing enough throughout the competition to make it to the finals (though next
week’s preview is giving me some pause).
7. Was there really any chance that Violet Chachki wouldn’t
win for shadiest queen? Unlike Fame, Chachki’s performances have been
consistent. It’s her personality arc that could keep her around. We started to
see a softer side of Chachki tonight as she worked with Fame, and that story of
softening up and letting people in is the kind of thing RuPaul (and the
reality-TV audience) tends to eat up.
8. Jaidynn Diore Fierce is adorable, but, let’s be
real, she’s not long for this competition.
9. I was ready to love Mrs. Kasha Davis when
she donned her finest Joan Rivers drag, but when it came time to slay the
opening of the DESPY Awards, it was a real letdown. There wasn’t a chance she
was going to win this thing, so I’m not sad to see her go.
10. How is Kandy Ho still here? No, really, how?
For all the jokes that fell flat tonight (I’d say it was 60-40, hits vs.
misses), Kandy’s bombed the hardest. Her runway look was ridiculous, and the
lip sync was only alright. There just weren’t any memorable moments. Miss thing
has got to go.
How would you rank the queens?
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