...or you can watch Canada’s Drag Race, which is exasperating in different ways!

If the producers are smart, they’ll steal most of the August 6th episode of Canada’s Drag Race for a future season of the main show. The phone psychic mini-challenge was surprisingly excellent, and the sleazy late-night lawyer ad Maxi Challenge was awesome. The lipsync was a letdown, though, and what the hell was…

I don’t think that any of the AS seasons can be “good” anymore, because they’ve largely followed the established pattern set by season one: the winner will either be the season’s runner-up (Chad Michaels; Alaska) or act as a do-over for Ru retrospectively (Trinity and Monet; Shea) in the face of longterm criticism…

The “Reading is Fundamental” challenge also featured some great reads, and it was nice seeing all of the queens have fun and not take it “personnel” (in the words of Alyssa). I’m disliking Ilona less after her spirited performance of that porn star with whom I’m completely unfamiliar. She didn’t throw many laughs in…

Jimbo was amazing on the July 30th ep. of Canada’s DR. It’s really incredible just how much of a gap there is between her, Rita Baga, Lemon, and the rest of the contestants; shockingly, only Ilona Verley, amongst the also-rans, also really rose to the occasion. I was also surprised that, even though that Snatch Game…

And can we get a collection going to help Michelle through that bout of pinkeye? It looked horribly painful.

That song should have come with its own fast-forward button. No, I did not want to hear any of the lyrics, and from the expression on Jujubee’s face, they were even worse when you had to pretend to lipsync to them.

Celeste’s “Stop This Flame” needs to happen for whatever series comes next.

Women (and men) in the eighteenth century did not powder their arms, so I just don’t get the complaint that Jimbo should have done this for accuracy. That critique was just wrong. If the panel was going to try to read a bitch, they should have known their fashion history first. I loved the way that Jimbo just stared…

Or maybe we live in Canada! 

They’ve probably figured out that she’s one of the few queens who’s mature enough — and has got her head screwed on tight enough —to be able to take criticism without imploding on the stage. The judges are not going to after the little kids, which makes her one of what — three? — viable candidates for a real critique. …

“Seeing you dance like that? I was like, “that man’s having a good time”.

Again, though: the prize isn’t the prize. Whatever the outcome, Jujubee played this expertly, as she went to the end and came out of it with nothing but love from the fanbase (okay, most of the fanbase) and her fellow contestants. That wouldn’t have happened if she had won. And now she can use her exposure for years…

I mean, nothing was as remotely exciting as “Kill the Lights” in S12. That was an excellent choice, because it was an excellent song, a great lipsync song, and a recent excellent song that I’d not heard before. Even with cash on the line, I never felt a sense of urgency or drama in any of the lipsyncs this season…

Your tone seems very pointed right now.

That’s not really fair. Jujubee was top 3 in all of her seasons (and I missing a fourth season somewhere?), and when you get to that point it’s all something of a crapshoot that is determined by factors aside from “not being good enough”. Ru was simply not going to give the win to a queen who first graced our screens…

How about just letting the fans pick some of the songs? The selection was terrible this season of AS.

Maybe we can convince Kate to do mini-recaps of the remaining episodes. They’re bound to be much more fun than what happened on AS this season.

No, the final runway and mini-reunion showed that all the cast members were talented, charismatic, and very telegenic -- and I’m even going to throw Derrick into that mix. The problem, as you’ve stated, is that the season was stacked with improv and acting challenges that were poorly structured and played to…

Every season is the worst season ever after the finale! Okay, take away Jujubee from the mix, and this one might actually deserve that title, at least for All Stars. It just wasn’t very entertaining.