![]() Yvie, Scarlet, Shuga, Honey, Ariel, Brooke Lynn and Plastique picked Silky, while the other five - Nina, A’Keria, Silky, Soju and Vanjie - chose Yvie. Then Ru did that wonderfully shady thing where she asked each of the queens who they would choose to send home, and the results were… kind of surprising, actually. But they weren’t all home runs this week: Yvie and Scarlet’s shredded denim look gave Ru the blues, Nina and Shuga looked like Rainbow Brite characters lost at a Pride parade, and Silky and Soju’s ’70s-inspired The silver lining, of course, is that Brooke Lynn - who did win, and deservedly so for somehow making Plastique look like her passable sister - will be taking Vanjie along for the ride. Maybe it’s because I expect so little of her, but I was actually really impressed with Vanjie’s work this week, and a part of me was surprised that she didn’t win. And there was no shortage of drama in the workroom, from Soju admitting that she’s never walked in heels before to Ariel revealing that she didn’t leave her wigs for “everyone.” In fact, everybody was so busy fighting, I don’t know how they found time to get anything done.Ĭome runway time, however, some of the queens really turned it out. Davenport with Honey, Yvie Oddly with Scarlet, Nina West with Shuga, Silky Nutmeg Ganache with Soju, and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo with Ariel. It’s a rodeo we’ve been to before, but given all of the unresolved issues between this season’s contestants, it was a rodeo to which I gladly returned.Īs the winner of this week’s mini challenge, Brooke Lynn got to pair off the queens, putting herself with Plastique, A’Keria C. RuPaul summoned six of this season’s eliminated queens - Plastique Tiara, Ariel Versace, Shuga Cain, Scarlet Envy, Honey Davenport and Soju - back into the workroom to participate in this week’s maxi challenge: Each contestant had to give a makeover to one of the returning queens, transforming them into a member of their own drag family. And while some slaps looked more like awkward karate chops, the queens did Joan Collins proud - especially Canada’s sweetheart Brooke Lynn Hytes, who won the competition with a bite just as fierce as her bark. ![]() ![]() The episode began innocently enough, with Ru challenging the queens to slap the crap out of one another for a fabulous monetary prize. Thursday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race reminded the Met Gala how camp is really done with a sickening series of soap-worthy slaps, gag-worthy returns and, of course, wigs on wigs on wigs.
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