Well, kittens, it's finally here! The sixth season of the critically acclaimed and cult-favorite RuPaul's Drag Race premiered last night with a plethora of sickening looks, competitive spirits, and twists that made us gag. Season 6 promises to be the best with an incredible collection of queens that rival Season 4 in terms of diversity. Season 5 was a bit disappointing, in my opinion, so I'm hoping Ru took some notes and improved this season. I have so many favorites this season that it's hard to keep up, but with a major twist Ru made it a bit easier. Let's get to it, shall we?
As always, we start with the girls' entrances into the iconic You Better Work-room. Adore Delano, self-proclaimed mermaid, is the first to enter. You may remember her as Danny Noriega from American Idol a few years ago (a fact that the show doesn't let us forget). BenDeLaCreme is next and makes one of the most entertaining entrances I've seen. Then comes Gia Gunn with her knock-off purse and her annoying voice. But thankfully my palette is cleansed when Laganja Estranja, of the famed House of Edwards, enters with a death drop. Seriously, could she be more perfect? Then we have April Carrión in her Boy Scouts attire (which is not too appealing) followed by Kelly Mantle in '60s pin-up realness. And then we get the most bizarre (and funny) entrance from club kid Vivacious. Complete with Ornacia on the top of her head, Vivacious hits a snag with her zipper before announcing "Mother has arrived." With that, Ru interrupts with a special She Mail, confusing the girls.
With only seven girls having arrived, RuPaul makes his first entrance to tell the girls some very important information: this year there will not be one but TWO premieres. This is in an effort for the audience to get to know the queens better before the competition gets going. The first seven queens will compete this week with one going home, and then next week the other seven will arrive with one being eliminated so that for the third episode we'll kick things off with only 12 queens and hopefully be more familiar with them. I love this idea, and think it's going to work well. So Ru also gives the girls their first mini-challenge which is of course a photoshoot with world-renowned photographer Mike Ruiz.
The first queen to take to the challenge was Adore. Basically the queens had to jump off a platform and strike their most sickening pose in the air. Adore served face but unfortunately she didn't quite get her limbs to cooperate.
BenDeLaCreme was easily my second favorite and could have easily won the mini-challenge. After getting corrections, she gave a beautiful pose mid-air and werked the camera.
Gia didn't get quite enough leverage and sort of just plopped down. It felt kind of awkward and like a three year old was trying to do a cannonball into the pool.
Up next was Laganja, and did she turn it out. Her first try didn't yield great results, but the second time around she gave what was probably the best pose and extended her limbs to the fullest. She was the clear winner in my opinion.
Kelly was completely out of her element here. She couldn't get a nice pout on her face making her look uncomfortable, and then her pose was non-existent. She looked like she was trying to be Superman.
April was another favorite of mine. She struck quite a nice pose and showed off her gorgeous legs. The face wasn't quite there, but otherwise it came out well.
Rounding out the photoshoots is Vivacious, although Ornacia was really the star of the show here. Vivacious really had no concept of posing so she just kind of jumped out there and tried to make it work.
After reviewing the photos, Ru announced that Laganja was (quite rightly) the winner of the first mini-challenge. After leading the girls to a warehouse where a Ru-Haul pulled up, Ru unveiled boxes that contained junk relating to a certain TV show. Since she won the challenge, Laganja had the pleasure of assigning the girls to their respective TV shows. In usual premiere episode fashion, the girls have to craft a couture outfit from the pre-chosen junk.
Gia Gunn
First to hit the runway was Gia representing
Keeping Up With the Kardashians. If there was anyone who could pull off this look it was Gia. She showed off legs for days, and although I didn't care for the fringe skirt, I have to say that she turned it out. She probably came the closest to representing her show. But it's her attitude that really turns me off and seems to be turning the judges off too.
April Carrión
Our Puerto Rican queen is the next to hit the stage, and I have to say that she's really won me over. She was one I hadn't been keeping an eye on during the lead up to the show, but she's proven herself to be very likeable and quite talented. She unfortunately got stuck with
Duck Dynasty, but I think she did a good job. It reminded me a lot of the first challenge of Season 4. Plus, the fact that Adam Lambert quite clearly wanted to fuck her was quite amusing.
Laganja Estranja
Coming from the House of Edwards I was expecting more from Laganja. She chose
Dancing With the Stars for herself, but the outfit just wasn't doing it for me. The train was a mess and I didn't like the collar. But her runway walk was pure pageant queen and I lived for it. I really hope she brings it in two weeks.
Kelly Mantle
Poor, Kelly. I really like her and was rooting for her, but she failed on many counts this week. She got
Downton Abbey which was probably the easiest thing to translate into couture but her outfit turned out to be very basic. The flower petals were a terrible decision on her chest, and don't even get me started on the shake-and-go wig. I expected more.
Adore Delano
Adore clearly is not one to sew outfits, and from the Work-room we saw she had some difficulties. Working with
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo could easily be fun and I think she captured that, but the outfit was very elementary. Thankfully her personality is infectious and she has the sense of humor to sell the garment. She's clearly being set up as the dark horse of the competition this season so I'm expecting some big things from her.
Vivacious
My love for Vivacious has been growing over the weeks, and having seen her this week I am officially a fan. Her
Game of Thrones inspired outfit was quite disastrous, although it had good potential. It was her runway walk though that had me living. I've never seen a walk like that before, but it made me a huge fan. She definitely deserved to be in the Bottom Two though.
BenDeLaCreme
BenDeLaCreme completely surprised me this week. She's a talented queen and I love her, but her runway outfit was out of this world. For not having sewed a stitch, the dress was immaculately created and shaped to her curvy body. It was colorful and and made the
Golden Girls proud. I'm hoping she can make it pretty far in this competition.
It was clear that BenDeLaCreme was the winner of this week's main challenge. Everything she did was pure perfection. Kelly and Vivacious found themselves in the Bottom Two, competing in the dreaded first Lip Sync For Your Life of the season. In a not so shocking result, Kelly Mantle became the first queen of Season 6 told to sashay away. Next week the second batch of seven queens will make their debut and with the high caliber of queens in that group I'd say we should prepare for some gag-worthy moments.
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