This week on RuPaul’s Drag Race, the remaining contestants are challenged to record an infomercial for RuPaul’s album of greatest hits. They have to write it, costume it, stage it, and perform it in a small amount of time.
RuPaul Gives Back
Piyah is pleased with the winning design.
Since Jiggly didn’t actually get picked for a team, the prize goes to Phi Phi O’Hara and Kenya Michaels. They are the team leaders on the main challenge. The queens of season 4 have to sell RuPaul’s most recent albums. Each queen will be lip syncing to one song and writing a testimonial about how that song changed their life. The teams will also be working on scripts to introduce the infomercial, choreography, and the overall theme and look of the finished ad.
The overriding arc of the season seems to be set already. Phi Phi O’Hara really does not like Sharon Needles. She thinks Sharon is a one note queen who can only do horror. As such, when Sharon tries to add some creative ideas to Phi Phi’s vision, she is shut down and told to put on some white powder and act spooky. Keep that in mind for later.
There are quite a few standouts in the challenge. From Team Kenya, Chad Michaels as the announcer of Team Kenya. She once again is super polished and entertaining in an acting challenge. Kenya Michaels goes completely over the top again with her lip sync concept to “Get Your Rebel On” and it works. Willam excels at finding a personal link to RuPaul’s “Click Clack” and really pops in the finished ad.
Standouts from Team Kenya
From Team Phi Phi, Sharon Needles gives Vampirella-inspired dry wit and proves that she can lip sync with the best in the contest. Phi Phi O’Hara goes for chola realness and makes RuPaul and Michelle Visage lose their composure on set. Latrice Royale takes it to the church and sells her lip sync like the main stage attraction at a gospel music festival.
Standouts from Team Phi Phi
On the runway, the queens are told to dress in their best gold or platinum ensemble. Chad Michaels, Kenya Michaels, and Sharon Needles all wind up in the top for pulling it together in the commercial and on the runway. Madame LaQueer, Dita Ritz, and The Princess get dinged for either their commercial performance or runway look.
The Top and Bottom Queens of Ep. 3
Ultimately, Sharon Needles wins for her spooky wit and severe runway ensemble while The Princess is sent home for not bringing enough personality to the runway or the challenges. That’s two weeks in a row that excellent runway styling wasn’t enough to save a contestant in the bottom 2.
All I want to know is when Willam is going to get her due. She’s kind of gliding through the contest right now without being recognized on the main stage and it’s confusing me. Her runway looks are always polished and I like the intentional androgyny. There’s something refreshing about an un-padded queen exposing her chest but still coming across as a beautiful woman.
When does Willam get her due?
I can’t complain too much. Sharon Needles shut down Phi Phi O’Hara again. If they would just team up and cooperate, they would practically guarantee each other a spot in the finals.
I can’t complain about that, either. The fights this season are amazing. Watch UnTucked! to see everyone turn on everyone else this week. That doesn’t include Latrice Royale. She just sits back and laughs at them all.
Thoughts? Love to hear them.
Maybe WRATH of the Titans’ll be set in a strip club.