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I'm gutted for Bimini. I thought they were the really clear winner, with Lawrence second. But congrats to Lawrence, she is an amazing queen and will be fabulous. I think Bimini has a fantastic career ahead of them, and not winning probably won't affect any of that too much.
 
I like the result, though I wasn’t expecting it. I think the point GN made about the change in Bimini’s drag before and after lockdown might point to the reasoning. Ru might’ve thought it would be fairer to try and discount some of that advantage. Laurence and Ellie were pretty consistent from the start, and Tayce did change, but more in confidence/wit. I thought the final critiques of Tayce were quite harsh, considering she placed higher than Ellie. Though the ankle of that final bodysuit did look horrible.

I also thought it was funny how Michelle, Anglophile as she is, nevertheless couldn’t get why the British judges felt that Ellie needs some darkness/imperfection to be really likeable. Perhaps it’s a british thing, but I thought the drag scene would recognise it too.

I think all three runners up will be absolutely fine. Bimini works hard on her equilibrium, and will have a huge popular following, Tayce has high self esteem From her family and is drop dead gorgeous, and Ellie now has name recognition to add to her make up and costume skills. Plus, who can resist a doll-faced, 21 year old drag queen standing 7ft in heels? She’s such a good story.

Funnily enough the only one I think might have struggled with losing would’ve been Laurence. He’s so young and obv has many unresolved self-esteem issues. Anyway, his win makes up for sensitive Divina Del Campo losing out to mean Vivienne last year.
 
Good points, spanglechick. Esp this :
Funnily enough the only one I think might have struggled with losing would’ve been Laurence. He’s so young and obv has many unresolved self-esteem issues. Anyway, his win makes up for sensitive Divina Del Campo losing out to mean Vivienne last year.
That makes alot of sense, I can really see that. I can really see why Ru chose Lawrence, now.
 
Ooh, fancy spoiler!

The other thing a friend said to me, an interesting point, is that maybe Bimini is a bit too alternative/underground for Ru's idea of what the winner looks like.

I still feel that Bimini deserved the crown the most. But am understanding Ru's reasoning a bit more, now.

 
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Tace was my favourite by miles in the song. their lipsyncs all seemed out of sync with the track, assume that was a technical thing.

on the runway that was the most classy Bimini has ever looked, really stunning.

Tace also super classy, loved it.

Ellie and Laurence both looked great but not on the same level imo.

Tace did the best lipsync- she was the only one who looked like she was properly going for it. I wasn’t impressed with Bimini in the lipsync, maybe that lost her the crown?

they totally gave Lawrence the win based on her personality, it felt like they didn’t take the lipsync into account at all, having already (unfairly I think) discounted Tace in their discussion beforehand.

I don’t mind Lawrence winning but I think it’s the first time I’ve seen the best lipsyncer not win. I agree it might have been because she would have been crushed to not win.
 
I don't think Bimini did herself any favours in the lipsync. Her runway was divine though.
Tayce was just gorgeous in both.
Lawrence won on stage presence and charisma and although I really REALLY wanted Bimini to win I'm not upset.

It was a fab final four😎

Bring on season 3!!!
 
they totally gave Lawrence the win based on her personality, it felt like they didn’t take the lipsync into account at all, having already (unfairly I think) discounted Tace in their discussion beforehand.

Tbh I think they film everyone winning and decide a lot later who will actually win, pretty sure the queens don't even know til it's aired?? so no they don't really take the lip sync into account :D I think they really consider how the edit has come out and who everyone is talking about on social media. Maybe do a little focus group market research. Something like that lol.
 
I'm mildly disappointed Bimini didn't win as she was my favourite but I can't begrudge Lawrence.

I actually thought Ellie and Tayce did really well in the final, especially in the group dance, though I preferred Bimini and Lawrence's catwalk look. Bimini didn't do as well in the lipsynch but I don't think that lost her the crown.

Tbh they were all great finalists :)
 
I’d forgotten Veronica Green would be back, I did like her so hope she learns from last time what to do / not do.

Some great looks for the entrance and few immediate likes for me: Scarlett, Milan, Victoria, Ella.

Loved that the Spanish one had never heard of charades and did brilliantly!

What the fuck have the plastic and goth queens done to their face?!

I didn’t like Electra much initially but she reacted to being in the bottom so well.

Fab bottom two lip sync. real shame someone had to go.
 
Anyone else think the top two would go the other way, based on the lipsynch?
Absolutely agree 💯 Poss. the production doesn’t want to give too much to VS too soon, even though she’s clearly fab? Crawling and passing out during the mini challenge 😂

I literally lmao’d at Choriza’s entrance line 😍 Also liked River a lot, clever camp and only 22 😎 Vanity Milan had to soak up a lot of emotion from others that ep and also seems like a contender. Charity Case is not my cup of tea, either in outfits or attitude but maybe I just don’t get it 😌
 
What a fantastic group of queens. So many fantastic characters. I particularly love Choriza, River Medway and Vanity Milan. I thought Krystal was a well deserved winner of the first episode - though it was really close I think, it could have gone either way. I think the bottom two were absolutely right. And despite River Medway's very poor musical outfit, her statue performance was so entertaining that I think she deserves to be there still. The lip sync between Elektra and Anubis was very close I think but Elektra just went for it so much more and saved herself.

I was surprised that Charity Case was just 'safe'. Her costumes are amazing, but is it drag? Whatever it is, it's incredible. I particularly liked her rose runway outfit. Stunning and she caught the character of a thorny rose in her movement so well. One to watch...
 
so last week I wasn’t sure if Krystal was a shady bitch or just very over-confident, I think we all know the answer now…

massive love to Veronica Green for making the last season joke that Krystal SHOULD have made, instead of just ‘you look old’

I do think the basic nature of the insults possibly came from her being unable to come up with something clever rather than definitely trying to be mean. Or maybe she thought everyone would think it was hilarious and is frantically back-tracking after the shocked silence reaction!

Oti’s choreography for all groups seemed dead hard! It’s a bit harsh cos it’s putting the pressure on Ella and Veronica to basically coach their teams. Also how the fuck do the bike people get to practice? They can’t just do that anywhere. I do wonder if they simplify the choreo after they’ve been filmed struggling, it never seems as hard in the real thing.

Krystal’s boobs on the runway are too plastic for me.

I think Ella was my favourite runway, also loved Veronica and River and actually Charity which was a surprise.

Expected Ella to be in top instead of Krystal or Kitty. Also expected Veronica to win!

I feel for Electra as she should have been great but wasn’t. same for Milan. I would rather Charity go than either of them.

Gah, I think Milan has more potential and presence, but I really like Electra now. I think Electra fucked herself up by just doing endless tricks and not feeling the music.
 
Victoria is going to have to withdraw and come back next time, isn’t she? 🦵🏼A shame as I am enjoying her immensely.

I did not understand one bit of the the dragaton thing 😂 I know 0 about peloton or being shouted at by class instructors and the music was awful and it was all a horror so I can’t even agree/disagree with the judging 😌 Did think Kitty was good fun. Krystal is dull, though polished, and I always judge the skinny white queens against Violet Chiacki who started her season just pretty and a bit thick but grew and showed up to have huge CUNT. I just don’t think Krystal has it….and especially not after all-rounders like The Viv and Lawrence have won.

You’ve got to be clever to get ahead and not sure Ella, Veronica or Scarlet are bright enough so next outs IMO.
 
They filmed during lockdown (while season 2 was airing) so the queens had all sorts of trouble getting materials for their outfits. Apparently the schedule was brutal too, with most episodes being rushed. No wonder the Dragaton seemed like a fever dream. And the mini-challenge was very strange, a version of the superlative game from AS6 designed to set Krystal up for a 'learning journey' and rapid rudemption?


I thought Charity Kase had a fantastic runway and did not deserve the critique.
 
Wilam on the Race Chaser podcast hinted that Ru was eager to film the "International" series so instead of having two to three days per episode, the UK queens sometimes had to film "back to back". Not surprised if things got chaotic or dangerous.
 
I really loved Ella in the first runway.

Hope Krystal doesn’t win for her fashion-y ‘I just glued things on a corset and even then I needed help from several other queens’ outfit.

Great outfits from Kitty, River, Chorizo, Scarlett, Ella, Veronica. Real shame that Veronica’s was meant to be better but she ran out of time.

So glad Scarlett won. Milan was a bit shady to her and I loved Scarlett’s dress.

I hate it when the bottom two early on are both people I like. Am very glad they gave us the recap that Veronica had never lip synced before because I was wondering that!

Honestly I thought it was a draw but I wasn’t that keen on either of their lipsyncs.
 
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