Phoenix!

It seemed to me Alaska was the only one that really thought the challenge all the way through to the production and marketing end. In fact I think the only other one that could have been produced/marketed as is was Roxxxy's and maybe Alyssa's. Detox and Tatiana's were worthless expensive trinkets while Katya's was not…

Mariah recently did a YT makeup tutorial for either Logo or WOWPresents and it was EVERYTHING……..

I would be surprised if next week we don't see Roxxxy winning and having to pick between Alaska and Detox to send home.

Thinking about it, next week is the makeover challenge featuring the queens' mothers, so of course the show wants to keep Roxxxy long enough for that considering her backstory. While there's some chance involved, it seems like RuPaul still decides who sashays away as I'm sure she knows whose lipstick each lip syncer…

Upon rewatch the camera is on Todrick when Ru says it and it's pretty clearly an overdub…

And keeping Roxxxy around just long enough as if to say,

The 'fro, makeup and Spirit of (19)76 getup was soooo 70s and fitting to the Runaways song choice…

She sure sold the fuck out of it though.

Yep, it seems a lot of people are forgetting that when a queen is brought back they tend have the burden of being under higher scrutiny for having sashayed away once before and missing several challenges…

Beware the Katya stans…

I too called out Tati's rhinestone mugs for not having any inherent value but really, these are all gag gifts that will be sold as such to RPDR fans. I mean were they really going to produce a Roxxxy DVD? And while they did have the best commercials it's rather convenient that the two winners happen to also have the…

That's true…. but that does then feed into the strategy idea. Either way I agree that keeping Roxxxy over Tati sucks for the viewer but I don't think it makes Alaska all that much of a villain.

You know I wonder how much of it is this oft-cited "clique allegiance" and how much of it is just Alaska making sure her friend gets as much screen time as possible to rework her image after her portrayal in S5. Keep in mind too that what they experience is surely way different than what we perceive, which so far is…

I know I'm a week late on this but I was really curious how the queens did their outfits last week. I normally assume it's whatever they brought as per what looks the show tells them to pack, but I was really thrown by 1. Detox and Tati's coordinated looks and 2. Alyssa and Tati's very similar lipsync looks…

She kinda did though, in a pretty veiled way: "One queen has been bringing it…and the other one lent me this top". We can't really expect her to diss her friend by saying outright that she's not getting it done, not her vibe.

I mean… wouldn't you have as well?

She was certainly between a Roxxxy and a hard place with that decision…

Well this is the first really controversial elimination all season (to the fans), and exactly what Ru was hoping for by bringing back 3/3 of Rolaskatox. I was pretty disappointed at first but thinking about it later I think that aside from the strategic benefit, Alaska made the objectively correct choice considering…

I said this upthread but I really think Tati's commercial/product got a worse response from the judges than Roxxxy's if laughter and commentary is any indication. Her T-Boz was an on-point impersonation whereas Roxxxy's look really exaggerated the pants which was the whole point of the runway was it not?