Pageant queens are so damn predictable.

I’m the wrong person to ask, seeing as I went through a Cher phase in my teens — from the self-titled comeback album (admittedly excellent) to the Mermaids soundtrack, as well as her entire back catalog (even “Take Me Home”!), and know off the top of my head that she’s had five #1 hits (one with Sonny!) on the US Hot…

We can still be friends! I was underlining some weaknesses with Tina’s drag, and not Tamisha’s. Tina is full-on camp; Tamisha is not, and that makes her drag far more flexible and current. I was actually irritated with Ru for putting Tamisha on the spot by asking her to name three Cher songs to prove her homo bona…

Her mannerisms (especially in the acting challenges), drag, and makeup all speak to an older generation of drag and drag performers and it’s coming across as pretty stale now, no matter how much Ru wants to see it. She shares much of the same problem that I had with Sherry Pie: she’s reaching back to dead stars from…

I think that depends on what type of queen you claim to be (or what you want others to perceive you to be). I’d be pretty surprised if a theatre kid or comedy queen didn’t get the refence to Beyond the Forest (even though the movie is over seventy years old at this point, and not widely seen), and it would be a fair…

It’s an interesting experience watching S13 along with S2 of UKDR, as S13 is coming across as the lesser entertainment at this point. There’s a joyful, excited energy amongst the UK queens that’s just missing in the American bunch. I still like the S13 queens, but you still get the sense that it’s all business, and…

Utica’s theme may not have been terribly original, but it was executed beautifully and was a nice counterpoint to the queens who were critiqued for not knowing their classic cultural references, gay or otherwise. The fact that she paid homage to a tv bit that aired nearly two decades before she was born says alot…

Utica continues to charm me. And she seems to be self-aware, which is a nice bonus among reality show contestants these days.

Symone was heads above all of the other queens this week both in the challenge and on the runway. No one else was even close.

I noticed with interest that none of the panel brought up the delay, an issue which is normally inexcusable. Does this mean that Kahmora is out next week ? Is it supposed to be ominous foreshadowing of a mid-season temporal implosion, in which she is teleported (wearing her Betty Ford bouffants), back to 1971? Or IS…

Denali looks a lot like Tatiana in drag

I’d like her looks more if she toned down her hair, as that volume just completely overwhelms her gorgeous face. It’s not a coincidence that her lady look, where she reined it in, was her best of the night.

There’s a difference between that pack of screaming twenty year-olds on Canada’s Drag Race and people who are loud, but fun and have loads personality, like this bunch. Lawrence Chaney for the win! Of only the talking heads, unless she ups her drag and loses the self-deprecating bit.

...with a questionable elimination. Do not excite me with talent and then yank it away like that! And none of the runway looks were as fun as last seasons’ QE2 tributes.

but I’m hoping Tamisha’s storyline isn’t just “she’s so motherly” at the expense of her actual talent

Rose may even be as good as she thinks she is, but that Moe Howard haircut he uses when out of drag has GOT to go.

I’m really enjoying Utica! Okay, her drag’s not perfect -- although I did love the Edwardian Vamp look -- but she’s still a lot of fun to watch. Still, though, Ru’s introduction would have been a lot more effective if she had said “Rochester...Brooklyn Park...Utica. Minnesota!” Missed opportunity, girl.

After the half-way point, it also seemed like S1 turned into a family reunion of everyone’s craziest aunts. It was still pretty good entertainment, but the drag was also a bit scary. It’ll be interesting to see how this group turns out.

I thought that tonight’s episode was actually a grade above last week’s...but that’s entirely due to Nicole Byer’s appearance at panel. Both Ru and the producers must love her as well: she got more airtime and more of her commentary was showcased than anyone else. Deservedly.

Agreed, and I always cheer the queens who are making it on this show without a lot of resources. But even cheap wigs can be styled well, and she proved in her beautiful runway look that she can turn it out.