Sunday, April 27, 2014

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6: Drag My Wedding

The Race keeps getting tighter and tighter, and now that we're down to the Top 6 the smallest little mistake could send a queen packing. This week gay power couple Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka guest judge. For this week's mini-challenge, the producers actually came up with something clever and different for once. The girls get into leotards and use their bodies as a paintbrush and then create their own modern works of art by flailing on top of the canvas. It's quite she-larious, but as always Bianca takes home the win.

When the girls return to the Werk-room, six women come walking in and it's clear that it's the makeover challenge. As the winner, Bianca gets to pair up the women with the queens and she does it quite fairly in my opinion. But then, and I think we all saw it coming, Ru says that he couldn't make it that easy. Six burly, bearded men come walking in and take their places next to their finacées. The queens will have to make-over the men in preparation for the main stage ceremony where ordained minister RuPaul will marry the six lucky couples.
The girls all have their work cut out for them with these straight men, but all of them (mostly) are fans of the show and are excited for this transformation. Joslyn's guy is very hesitant to get in drag because he feels like his locker room buddies are going to harass him for doing this. Darienne's guy wants a goth wedding, and that obviously goes against everything Darienne does which spells disaster. And then there's Adore who can't sew, and thus she's at a major disadvantage this week.

Joslyn Fox
Joslyn herself came out looking stunning this week, her ass covered and looking very glam. This was definitely her strongest look of the competition. Her bride, on the other hand, was a bit of a mess. The corset was ill-fitting and the make-up was just atrocious. She missed the mark too many times.

Courtney Act
Courtney was by far the most stunning one to step on the stage in her butterfly dress, but therein lies her downfall: she upstaged the bride. With her elegant beauty she made Rien Act look like her frumpy mother. While she did a fantastic job with the makeover, that work was lost as it was left in Courtney's shadow.

Bianca Del Rio
We all knew Bianca had this one in the bag because she's a talented seamstress and artistic visionary. Bianca came out in a gorgeous yellow dress that looked exactly like something the mother of the bride would wear. Fifi Del Rio looked equally stunning, and she was easily the one with the most resemblance to her mother. Although I do think her make-up is giving me major Tammie Brown teas, it's great nonetheless.

Darienne Lake
Darienne constantly wears the same outfit every time she's on the runway, and this week is no different so I was wondering how she would handle this challenge. Ann Drogyny wanted a goth wedding and he got it, but it was just not flattering enough to work. Both queens were a mess.

Adore Delano
The challenge this week spelled disaster for Adore because she cannot sew, and she doesn't always have the greatest vision. I really liked the look she was going for with Honey Bun, but she needed more finesse to pull it off. Even if the make-up had been a bit more refined it could have worked. I thought Adore's look was a bit boring as if she just threw something on at the last minute.

BenDeLaCreme
DeLa is always primped and polished and it's no wonder that she pulled it off. I wasn't a huge fan of the make-up, but Suzette à la Mode's gown was gorgeous. DeLa knows how to work those flowers and her attention to detail is astounding. DeLa's outfit was cute as well, and I loved the performance she put on while walking down the aisle.

There was only one contestant this week that delivered on all counts with no faults to be found, and that was the incomparable Bianca. She won a trip to Hawaii, making that her second trip win of the season. Adore and Joslyn fell into the Bottom Two and had to lip sync to Aretha. The song fits neither of their styles so it really was a toss up as to who could pull it off. Thankfully Adore brought the energy and lip synced for her life ultimately getting her to stay another week. Sadly, Joslyn was told to sashay away. Joslyn was such a great queen and it's sad to see her leave. She's definitely a shoe-in for Miss Congeniality this year.
I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but this week's challenge used to be reserved for Top 5 and next week's Ball challenge used to be Top 4. With the main final challenges being moved up, there's either going to be a new, more challenging final challenge or there's about to be a major twist. I'm not sure what it's gonna be but something big's obviously gonna happen.

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