RuPaul's Drag Race - Drag on a Dime Rucap
10s, 10s, 10s across the board! In all this excitement, I completely forgot last week was the All Stars Final! Congratulations to Trixie Mattel, I still have so many thoughts on the final but she did do really well! I’m going to miss all of Shangela’s GOT analogies but back to the topic at hand, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10 is here!! I know I’ve said this time and time again (for 2 seasons to be fair) but the commentary for this season will be every week, posted on either Saturday or Sunday (depending on work and how much sleep I want) and will go on until the final! Now that that is out of the way, time to talk about our first episode!
Just in case you missed all of the buzz online or our post all about the new queens, here is a full list again:
Aquaria
Asia O’Hara
Blair St Clair
Dusty Ray
Eureka O’Hara
Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams
Kameron Michaels
Mayhem Miller
Miz Cracker
Monet X Change
Monique Heart
The Vixen
Vanessa Vanjie
Yuhua Yamasaki
As much as I loved the old workroom, I have to say this new one did look amazing and set the stage perfectly for the queens to arrive. My favourites straight away were Monet, Vanessa & Yuhua, they had the funniest and most memorable entrances. I was so happy when Ru came in and announced the mini challenge, last season seemed so short because they took it away from us. I always love any excuse to bring back past queens and now we get a giant room full of them! The queens were challenged to work the runway in front of Drag Race alumni, I do have to admit skipping some of the girl’s turns because I was cringing too hard, cough Vixen & Kameron cough, but I got through it, I loved this challenge and I was so excited when Monet won! It did get a bit awkward then when Yuhua couldn’t tell the black queens apart, it was funny for about 2 minutes then I was hoping they would move on to another conversation.
Anyway, the maxi challenge this episode was going back to Drag Race roots, to the first ever challenge, Drag on A Dime! It’s always hilarious when these kind of challenges come around because the first thing we hear is ‘I don’t sew’ or ‘I don’t do drag on a dime’ (courtesy of Vanessa this season). I’m always in awe at the creations made on this show because I’m pretty sure if someone stuck material in front of me, I would do a Derrick Berry and tie something around my waist and call it couture. Of course the girls didn’t disappoint and this runway was amazing, there were a few outfits that definitely made side eye a bit, Asia’s especially. I’m not sure why but I was expecting a lot more from her but luckily she was part of the group that were safe. Then we got the best twist ever, Ru said she had invited Farrah Moan to come back and who comes round the corner? CHRISTINA AGUILERA, as in the singer, as in the LEGEND! I don’t know what Ru did to get the budget for the show but she is spending it wisely! First Lady Gaga then Christina, she’s set the bar high for amazing first episodes now.
So now after deliberation, we have our first maxi challenge winner, Mayhem Miller! I really felt for her when she started crying about how long it’s taken her to get there, she was even crying in her confessional! Hopefully she’ll be around in the competition till the end. The bottom two were Kalorie and Vanessa which I was so confused about. Vanessa definitely did not have the worst look, The Vixen or Kameron definitely should have been in the bottom two. The lipsync was to Ain’t No Other Man by Xtina herself, one of my favourite songs ever, and then the worst thing happened, Vanessa got sent home! The lipsync as a whole wasn’t anything special and Kalorie is super adorable but I really didn’t think it was Vanessa’s time, hopefully she’ll be back later on! You know how Ru loves her ‘twists’.
I think I want to change my predictions, I actually don’t know anymore if I think Aquaria is going to make it to the final, I feel like Mayhem may have a better chance:
Top 3: Aquaria/Mayhem, Monet X Change & Yuhua
Funniest moment: Monique’s face when Miz Cracker introduced herself
Side-eye moment: The ‘drama’ with Aquaria and Miz Crackers makeup, was it just me or did it not look alike at all? This was a really poor attempt to start any sort of drama
Winner (in my eyes): I really did love Mayhem’s look
Bottom Two: Should have been Kalorie and The Vixen