This is it, folks. It’s been about a dozen weeks but the fifth season of Drag Race is reaching its finish line. I can’t believe it. It seems like just last week I was writing about how beautiful Ivy Winters is or how hopeless Serena ChaCha was, but alas that had to have been some time in February!
Our final three is Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, and Roxxxy Andrews; aka a stage actress, a lovable weirdo and a pageant diva. For this last Runway Recap, since the actual runway is so short (only 3 people from an original 14!) afterwards we’ll go through the losing queens in order of elimination to give them a final assessment now that the dust has settled. I’ve actually been looking forward to this post for some time… you’d think I wouldn’t have procrastinated it as badly as I have =P. But first things first, let’s look at the final official runway of the season, starting with our queen of queens RuPaul:
Asymmetrical shoulders can be hit or miss, but Ru’s rosebud is the perfect addition to this beautiful dress. I’m glad she ended with this look, I’ve always felt the last runway should be when you look your absolute best. It’s not the time to experiment or go for shock value, you’ve already made it to the elite so look the part! Now for the last time, let’s commence for shakedown.
COMMENCE… SHAKE… DOWN.
Ugh, Roxxxy’s overdone eyes are back.
Green and purple are those two colors that somehow just go together despite every synapse telling you it can’t be done. I like how the wispiness of the dress design even extends into the wispy angles near the bust. And what a bust it is, wow! I guess there’s a mixed blessing in not being a stick-thin drag queen, because you can use your pectoral skin to create some seriously believable cleavage. Regarding the hair, it is effective in giving her the right proportions for the dress but that’s about it. She loves that hair-shelf flippy thing and to me it just kills any illusion of realism she has. But I guess if that’s one of her signatures it’s only right to showcase it on the final runway.
Everyone classifies Roxxxy as a plus-sized girl and I disagree. Yes, she’s lost a lot of weight and her body reflects that, but to group her with queens like Latrice Royale and Stacy Layne Matthews is just wrong. Roxxxy Andrews belongs with Shannel, personally, who has rarely been called plus-sized.
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Awww she’s so pretty!! ^_^
Remember earlier in the competition when she’d go for the pretty look and it would just fail? She would look too toothy, or too wacko, but here she looks lovely!! Everything is perfect: nothing overdone or underdone, a put-together package of fishy realness. Jinkx was always the chameleon of the group who would go for the out-there look, for example the French jester or the muertos skeleton. Most often she’d be the glamour girl from yesteryear, and with this final fairytale princess look I feel like she completed the circle. There’s really nothing Jinkx Monsoon can’t do.
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In true alternative fashion, Alaska decided to do glamour by looking like Twiggy’s ghost.
Though Alaska just described her look as ‘ghoulish couture’, I personally think she looks like a zombified version of 60s British model Twiggy, especially in that last picture. Normally something like this would be a train wreck, especially for the last runway, but it’s so fully realized that it’s hard to yell at her. This is not her best drag by any means, nor does it really convey what kind of queen Alaska truly is, but the colors all coordinate and the hair and makeup just work. All of this just adds to the mystery of how you’d accurately classify what kind of queen she is. She’s funny, beautiful, edgy, intelligent and absentminded, but not one more than the other.
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Ranking Based On Runway?: Partially
Winner: No one
High-Ranking: Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews
Low-Ranking: Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews
Bottom Three: Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews
Eliminated: No one
Confused? I would be too. Drag Race is an oddity when it comes to its final episodes. In prior seasons the Top 3 would stand on the runway and RuPaul would very unceremoniously eliminate one of them on the spot. Then the final two would lip-sync for their life and Ru would pick the winner right from that. It brought 3 top performers down to a single winner within 5 minutes, and barely give the two runners-up any attention despite being strong contenders. But for Season 4 RuPaul would have all 3 racers do a triple lip-sync and then announce the winner during the reunion show 2 weeks later. It was meant to keep people from leaking who the winner was, as was what happened in Season 3. Because everyone knew Raja was the winner weeks before the third season finished airing, the winner is no longer pre-recorded. Plus it gives people a chance to vote for the winner in the 2 weeks between the final episode and reunion show. Oh boy, more abuse of social media to give people the feeling that they’re actually a part of something they’re not…
So to explain the lists above, RuPaul and the judges spent time finding equal amounts of things that each queen was good and bad at. Then there was the triple lip-sync and then everyone (including the contestants!) needed to wait until the reunion to know who wins. This is very unfair and cliffhanger-y to the contestants, as this season was filmed months ago and they needed to wait until today (5/6/13) to know their results. It also makes the episode’s challenge seem pointless, as there was no declared challenge winner. And the lip-sync? Even more pointless, as no one was eliminated from it.
Listen to me, RuPaul and Drag Race producers. For Season 6 and beyond, do the final episodes like this: Have a challenge winner for the final ‘normal’ episode, and have the other two contestants lip-sync. Eliminate one person from the lip-sync (letting someone earn the title of third place), leaving us with a Final Two. During the reunion have the final two do a final lip-sync, and from that performance (plus fan votes, plus RuPaul’s personal preference), declare a winner then and there. That’s not so hard, is it?
Yes, the finale/reunion is today. If it’s anything like last season there won’t be an orthodox runway, so appropriately there will be no Runway Recap post. If I can get a good screenshot of them, and if they look good, perhaps I’ll do a post showing what all the past contestants were wearing, but personally I don’t see it happening.
Now the time has (finally) come to review all of the Season 5 contestants, one at a time, in order of elimination. This will be very similar to the ‘Meet the Contestants’ post I did before the premiere aired, but as they say, hindsight is 20/20. Back then I wondered how these queens would do, but now we know for sure and we could really discuss how much good (if any) they brought to the competition.
I’ll also be using their name banners and for the first time, we’ll be able to critique them! These banners ran under every single time they did a voiceover on the show (and the camera changed to them), so we’ve seen these pictures a lot the past few weeks. Some of them you might not even remember! In past seasons the picture used in the banner was one of their old stock photos, this season was different in that they used a candid from their first entrance to the workroom. In other words, this is the very first thing we got to really see them in, and this could almost be considered a runway itself. Now let’s have some fun!
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Aww, Penny!! Who here still remembers her? This picture practically confirms that full-on pictures do nothing for her and only showcase how awkward her eyebrows are drawn. (Though when pictured from the side it’d look much better.) Penny suffered from first-to-go syndrome, so she did not get the airtime needed to really show who she was. Therefore we really can’t cast accurate judgment on how ‘good’ she is. Her only runway look wasn’t horrible per se, and her lip-sync song was Miley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the USA’, which no one over the age of 21 should be singing anyway. This series of misfortunes had her sent home first. I’ve always thought that no one should be eliminated the first episode just to avoid having to shaft someone like this.
I can’t believe I never mentioned it earlier, but Penny Tration bears an uncanny resemblance to Season 1’s Victoria Parker, who was also the oldest of her season, a full-figured white guy, and the first contestant to be eliminated. And the racers that eliminated them totally got a lucky break…
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This banner picture is the best Serena ChaCha ever looked (which honestly isn’t bad). The self-proclaimed youngest of the group, Serena was immature as hell, so sure that her fashion school background would give her an edge. She wasted no time reading the other contestants and putting herself before them. All this would be fine if her runway looks made up for it, but they didn’t. They really didn’t. Serena may go down in history for bringing the worst look conceivable to the runway in the first episode. She made no friends but many enemies, and despite how cute she was in guy form (as well as the banner pic), she made it very difficult to be liked. I’m sure everyone would have rather had Penny Tration return than Serena.
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OMFG I’m so freakin tired of these Nicki Minaj wannabes!! These combinations of blonde banged wigs, pink lipstick and mocha skin need to be banned from fashion permanently. Ok… now that that’s out of my system, let’s talk, Monica. First of all, your name sucks. It always has. Second, I’m sorry my dear but you did not belong on this season, let me explain. It’s not because you were transgender (so calm down, trans supporters) it’s because you were not in the right mindset for it. You were in transition physically and mentally, and your confidence didn’t build up yet for this kind of competition. Ideally you should have been in a later season (or even an earlier one) so you would have been more comfortable in your own skin, but then you might have been ineligible for the show for not being biologically male. So you chose to shoehorn the show into your life when you did, before it was too late, and it didn’t help anyone. Again I wish you the best in life, but this was not your season. And please change your name!
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Oh Honey. This West Coast Milan could have brought some real fun to this season, but shot herself in the foot by wearing the same style of dress every single runway with minimal change to hair or makeup. She also sealed her fate by admitting that she doesn’t believe a drag queen’s look is important (which dumbfounded Alyssa Edwards) and that she should hire herself a stylist. As for the banner pic, it’s very blaxploitative. Yep, that about sums it up.
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Vivienne’s story is also a sad one. You might not be able to tell from the banner pic (that wig is awful) but Vivienne is easily one of the fishiest queens to grace RuPaul’s Drag Race, along with the likes of Carmen Carrera and Tatianna. Unfortunately she thought this innate beauty alone would be able to carry her to the finish line. She didn’t speak much and when she did it was usually not something very nice. I wanted to like her for more than her fishy realness but never gave me anything else to feed on. Vivienne Pinay was eliminated alongside Honey Mahogany (a Drag Race first): Honey for never changing her damn outfits and Vivienne for having the personality of a brick.
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Ah, the obligatory Puerto Rican contestant, who know less and less English as the seasons go by. Lineysha was a beautiful queen and a very cute boy, but his poor grasp of the language and his bizarre thought processes doomed him to failure. His first name is also rather stupid. On a positive note, his banner pic is the first one so far to accurately reflect how he generally looks in drag, with the structured up-do and solid makeup. He even won a challenge, being the only ‘bad’ contestant to do so. All in all though, there’s nothing that Lineysha brought that Season 5 was better off for.
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Jade Jolie, the queen everyone loved to hate, and I loved to love. Jade was the pure embodiment of stereotypical happy things, like hearts, flowers, rainbows and glitter. Literally. Almost every sentence was punctuated with a chuckle, and his banner pic perfectly sums up who he is: colorful, unedited and slightly messy. He’s hard-wired to rub people the wrong way with his saccharin nature, and he did, but I always liked it. He made his realness so fake and his fakeness so real, and never once didn’t remain true to himself.
Jade’s elimination was relatively early, but a direct result of being ‘safe’ too long. He never did exceptionally well, nor did he really slip up. He always just blended in with the others (which sounds odd given his colorful nature) and at this point in the competition his cover was weeded out, leaving him vulnerable without an excuse. Too bad he didn’t last just one more week…
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And now we begin the second half of the contestants, i.e. the ‘good ones’, i.e. the ones that won all the challenges (Lineysha was a fluke). Ivy was another one of my favorites, and actually one I wanted to win. She had almost everything: good looks, creativity… but of all the ‘good’ ones she probably had the weakest personality. You never really heard much of her, and what you did wasn’t anything you’d remember. She was one of those queens who bragged that she’d make outfits out of everyday objects and yet we barely saw any of them (Alaska was also guilty of this). Her banner pic is so 80s-licious it kills me, I absolutely love it. It’s also odd that she looks best as a blonde but is naturally dark-haired. Speaking of his boy alter-ego, I’m sorry but when he’s out of drag, he looks more like a lesbian woman than an actual guy, it may have something to do with the single dangling earring thing. Seriously, google it.
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Always and forever, Alyssa Edwards… at least that was her self-defined catchphrase. Alyssa was a former Miss Gay America who had her title revoked since she didn’t exactly fit in the cookie-cutter mold she was supposed to during her reign. Can’t blame her, but she took the hit very personally and she came to Drag Race to redeem herself. I’m not sure if finishing in 6th place is much of a redemption, but for her it was enough. She took the runway portion of this competition extremely seriously, letting everything else for the most part wind up wherever it will. I personally wasn’t in love with her runway choices and I hated that jaw-dropped expression she constantly made, as if it made her look couture (if anything it accentuated her massive overbite). Her pic is a good representative of her: the makeup is on point but the head-on intensity comes off uncomfortable, and the hair is big and draggy, but just a little too much so. I tried to like her but couldn’t bring myself to.
On a side note, in some shots Alyssa looks *just* like my mother… it’s hysterical. And Penny Tration reminds me heavily of my deceased great-grandmother! I find it very soothing, as if she’s reaching out to me through one of my favorite shows. I’m odd. =P
It’s in this left picture here. That’s my freaking mother!!
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Remember when I said Alyssa Edwards lost her title of Miss Gay America? Guess who was first runner-up to replace her. Yes, Miss Coco Montrese. Talk about awkward. So crazy pageant drama aside, I found Ms Montrese to be one of the more glamorous queens of the season, who could pull off an evening gown better than any woman I know. She liked looking pretty, and even her edgy looks had a hint of glamour to them. Challenge-wise, Coco either did great or would completely flatline. These mood swings are not becoming of America’s Next Drag Superstar, and I expected so much more from a seasoned girl such as Coco during those times. I do like the banner pic though, it’s screams ‘Hollywood’ to me. And on a random note, Coco was one of those people who had contact lenses in every color and would switch them constantly. And yet none of them would help correct her lazy eye…
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Easily my favorite banner pic of them all. It’s just the way the hat and the hair play off each other, combined with the well-done face. Anyway, Detox did a wonderful job during the show. All of her runway looks, challenge performances and lip-syncs were unique and crafted with care. She probably has the most stern look of all the queens, and she combines this with raw sexiness to create such a forbidden pleasure to look at. She also had the admirable ability to force me to like every look she created, even if I personally didn’t like it. Her level of confidence could have made her the ‘villain’ of the season but it was her humility that made her likable, relatable and just such a pleasure to watch. She deserved to be in the Top 3, but 4th place is the next best thing, I guess.
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Now for the Top 3 queens, I’ll list them in the order I think they’ll be in. And I’m probably not far off.
Roxxxy Andrews rubbed me the wrong way right from the start. Similarly to Detox she has a lot of confidence, but doesn’t have the humility to keep it in check. Roxxxy would always think about how beautiful and pageant she was, and that her form of drag is the only form of drag. I for one was not buying it. (As Alyssa Edwards would say, ‘She’s selling, you ain’t buying?’) All I saw was overdone makeup, hair that was too big (like in the banner pic) and this self-proclaimed fabulosity with little to support it. Detox should be here in 3rd place, not Roxxxy. And for goodness sake, cut some Xs out of your freakin name! It’s been a bitch to keep writing her name out and keep forgetting Xs (or adding additional ones!)
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Alaska… love of my life… I am so F*CKING proud of you. You auditioned for Drag Race every year since Season 1, only to have your boyfriend audition one time for Season 4 and take home the crown, and then finally you made it to Season 5 albeit with so much hype and pressure on your shoulders. Despite all this, you took this season by storm and gagged RuPaul with guilt as to why you weren’t on this show earlier. You have everything a good drag queen needs, physically, mentally and socially, and you kept me on the edge of my seat with every moment. I dreaded every episode out of the fear that you’d be sent home early, but with every episode you continued to impress and floor me with your raw talent. I love you and everything you embody, so much so that I’m willing to overlook that you wear the same 3 wigs over and over, especially that off-center poofy blonde one… that you happen to be wearing in your banner pic… =P
You have showed me never to give up on my personal dreams as a writer. With every post on this blog that comes and goes without anyone to read it or comment, it’s like how your audition tapes would be sent in vain. And yet… eventually… you made it on the show and wowed me over, letting your talent and destiny shine. Same here. One day the right person will read this and see that the world needs more of my beautiful prose, and will finance me so I may do this forever more in more mainstream venues. But until then I’ll keep sending in my audition tapes… I mean, keep blogging.
Alaska also belongs to a very elite group of Drag Racers who have never landed in the bottom two, and never lip-synced for her life save for the finale where she had no choice. Only Nina Flowers and Tyra Sanchez have accomplished this; Nina was 2nd place and Miss Congeniality of Season 1 and Tyra was Season 2’s winner. So Alaska is destined to win something.
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And then there’s Jinkx Monsoon, the very definition of an underdog, a dark horse, or any kind of animal metaphor to describe a fierce competitor that no one took seriously. Jinkx is the latest in a long line of camp queens that have been until now, unsuccessful on Drag Race. Tammie Brown, Mimi Imfurst, Pandora Boxx… all of them were misunderstood for their humor and uniqueness and therefore had their times on the main stage cut short. But Jinkx had just the right amount of lucidity to remain relevant at all times, all while ironically suffering from narcolepsy lol. Jinkx rarely looks like she’s in the same time period as everyone else, but never used it as an excuse. She just has ‘winner’ written all over her, combining stage presence with grace and an infectiously wholesome, caring demeanor. In my opinion she’s the embodiment of the new face of drag, and an accessible one at that. That’s just what the industry needs now more than ever. She dreams of performing on Broadway, and mark my words, she will. Though my heart is with Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon is the true and best deserved winner of Season 5.
All hail the queen.
I’m doing this post immediately after Episode 10’s, no week-long wait for you guys this time. Not only have I actually found some time to do all this, but I couldn’t put it off any longer. This runway is easily one of the BEST I’ve seen in the entire series!! I can’t even begin to tell you how much I loved it! This is the kind of challenge I dreamed of when I decided to do Runway Recaps for this season, where I could really have some fun.
This was the obligatory penultimate ‘ball’ challenge where the four remaining contestants had to create 3 totally different looks (replicating a traditional drag queen ball pageant). This season was the Sugar Ball: the first category was ‘Super Sweet 16’ (get it?), the second category was ‘Sugar Mama Executive Realness’ (ha ha), and the final category was ‘Candy Couture’ which required the outfit to be composed mostly of candy. This challenge is usually the most stressful one of the season because not only is it creatively demanding, but this is the challenge that determines who is in the Top 3. No one wants to be fourth, even though by now you’re considered Drag Race royalty anyway. We’ve got a lot to cover and a lot of pictures to sift through, so let’s get started! Here’s RuPaul this week:
Ru’s been looking pretty good the past few weeks! The exaggerated leopard spots look a little Flintstone, but I’ve noticed RuPaul gravitate to that kind of pattern before. Hair is classic, jewelry once again is minimal, and the clean makeup just seals the deal.
Did I mention this was the first runway ever to feature different runway songs? I totally was not expecting it, but when the category changed and I started hearing that godly remix of ‘Sexy Drag Queen’ (same one from Drag Race Allstars) I nearly died!! I love that song!!! =D And the song for the last category is a remix of Cover Girl that we’ve never heard before on Drag Race! Could this be Season 6’s theme?? Omg omg omg just hearing Sexy Drag Queen’s remix on the runway again made all of my problems just melt away. Ok, time to get myself together. Focus, Andre!!
COMMENCE… SHAKE… DOWN.
Category 1: Super Sweet 16
(dress like a teenager)
Runway BGM: I Bring the Beat
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BEAUTIFUL!! I just realized now that the bow in her hair is a gift ribbon, and as you know, I love attention to detail!
I am in love with Alaska. That is all.
But seriously, she took the SoCal teen girl trope and ran with it. The wannabe black dress, the pink accents, the overdone smiling, the cell phone breaks in between runway poses… Alaska knocked this one out of the park. Beautifully, wonderfully done.
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No one ever said they had to be a teenager from the 2010s!
It took a while, but we’re finally beginning to discover a weakness in Jinkx Monsoon: she has a big problem looking modern. All of her looks are dated to the mid-20th century, and don’t get me wrong those looks are great (including this one!) but rarely does she choose to look like she’s from 2013. When the category of teenager was announced she immediately asked if she could look from the 60s/70s. Being caught in a time warp is great for a drag queen, but not every single time. And that wig is about 3 feet too long.
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I’ve never seen a teenager with a bust quite like that…
Roxxxy looks young, pretty and vivacious. I love that shade of blue and the way it sparkles something fierce, and she acted just the way a 16-year-old would. The white spots all over her are marshmallows because hey, it is a ball based on candy! The only thing that puts this off are the gratuitous boobs. It’s fine for 20-something Roxxxy, but a little too much for a teen look, no matter how slutty she is =P.
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If Jinkx was a teen from the 70s, Detox is her counterpart from the 80s.
Yes, Detox time warped herself also, but for her it’s more forgivable. Detox has looked modern (if not ahead of her time) this whole competition, so for her to step back 30 years here it’s a welcomed change. Detox also brought candy into her look via her lapel and her lollipop. She looks great here, just like a girl that’s so wrapped up in her pop culture (right down to the leggings). And that smile in the last pic looks so cute!
Category 2: Sugar Mama Executive Realness
(dress like a careerwoman)
Runway BGM: Sexy Drag Queen (‘dootdoot ‘doot-swift’’ remix) =D!!!
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Alaska the Architect/Foreman. They decided to forego the name graphics from here on =\.
In RuPaul’s positive critique of this look, he said how it’s very difficult for a drag queen to wear a tailored suit and still look like a believable woman. But Alaska nailed it. The cut of the blazer and the way she cinched in the waist were the secrets, and she utilized them perfectly. And she’s got on a cropped wig, no less! Yes the look is plain but if anything it’s a proof of concept: this queen is truly talented and gifted at what she does.
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Jinkx Monsoon the Burned-Out Schoolteacher. (from the 60s…)
Jinkx managed to tell a complete story in her runway walk: she’s a tenured schoolteacher that’s clearly ‘over it’ and has been for years. She still thinks she’s got the sex factor (by biting on the pencils) but she still doesn’t have much care for her appearance (the tousled hair). The facial expressions are killer and it’s so much fun to watch her in action. Oh, and that dress is so hideous it’s brilliant. I really wish this runway lasted longer!
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Roxxxy Andrews the Whackjob Businesswoman. Keep your distance, people!
If the left splitscreen photo needs explanation, she’s popping a gummy bear in her mouth. Roxxxy has the notable distinction of being the only contestant to incorporate candy into all 3 of her looks, a difficult feat. Keep in mind it was never required to do this (only the last outfit had to include candy), so maybe Roxxxy misunderstood this. Regardless it helps pull together all 3 very different looks very effectively.
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Detox the Trendy Executive. (from the 80s)
Detox continues to rock the 80s (while I keep rocking to this amazing runway BGM) and it continues to work well for her. The hot pink and magenta has morphed into a stunning shade of blue, and that hair is a gamble that paid off in spades. This is what I love about Detox, she takes something simple (dress) and adds something avant garde (wig), all brought together with a icy glare that could stop traffic.
Category 3: Candy Couture
(haute couture outfit made primarily of various candies)
Runway BGM: Cover Girl (‘RevoLucian’s I Am The Runway’ remix)
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Alaska’s candy of choice: cotton candy. (and omg that Cover Girl remix is sick!!)
There’s no question that Alaska hot glued a ton of cotton candy to a corset and called it a day, but wow did it turn out well! The wig and shoes go along with the dress perfectly, and luckily Alaska didn’t overdo the makeup, allowing the look to speak for itself. Appropriately enough, this whole getup reminds me of Amanda Lepore’s single ‘Cotton Candy’. Look it up on YouTube if you’re in the mood for something… alternative.
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Jinkx Monsoon’s candy of choice: candy cane/peppermint.
Right off the bat, Jinkx was determined to make create a Christmas, reindeer, candy cane explosion, and that’s exactly what this is. From the neck up, Jinkx looks absolutely beautiful, with her white wig and red lips punctuating her alabaster skin. From the neck down… it looks a little rough. Maybe it’s just me but I don’t actually see any candy on her, just a dress that resembles candy. She did know she had to have actual sugar on her person, right? And those antlers are just a bit overkill.
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Roxxxy Andrews’ candy of choice: licorice.
Roxxxy is the self-proclaimed seamstress of the group (as well as Ivy Winters, I could only imagine how amazing she’d look if she was around for this challenge), and she was so excited to finally have a challenge that showcased her talent. Yes, Roxxxy just glued long strings of colored licorice to a corset (Alaska style), but it works. The pictures really do the dress no justice; every swish and turn made every individual strand activate and flourish. It would have been hilariously tragic if the glue failed and all of those strands flew off when she spun… lol =P
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Detox’s candy of choice: ???
I think Detox mistook ‘Sugar Ball’ for ‘80s Ball’, because that’s the only thing that she appeared to capitalize on. I think the black spots on her dress are coiled black licorice, and with the black sash that’s the only candy reference this dress could possibly make. So yes, in the candy sense Detox bombed this challenge completely. But that’s no reason to discount that she still looks really good in this handmade dress!
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Ranking Based On Runway?: Yes
Winner: Alaska
High-Ranking: Roxxxy Andrews
Bottom Two: Detox, Jinkx Monsoon
Eliminated: Detox
There’s no question that Alaska beasted this challenge hook, line and sinker. Roxxxy also did very well, though it would have been nice to see some different hair colors. Detox kept the self-prescribed 80s look going through the whole ball but forgot the candy aspect entirely, and for the first time all season Jinkx landed in the bottom two. The lip-sync was something fierce (though that song was totally messed up), but Detox was asked to sashay away. After being in the top for the past 8 weeks straight it’d be downright evil to suddenly send Jinkx home now.
So our Top 3 is Alaska, Jinkx Monsoon and Roxxxy Andrews. Honestly I thought Detox would have made it instead of Roxxxy, but given her turnaround the last few weeks I suppose it’s justifiable. Since next week is the season clip show, I’ll respond with a Season Recap where we’ll go through each queen’s performance and some of my favorite screenshots of the season. If you ever wanted to sound off yourself and leave a comment, there’s no better time! =)
