This week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 4/Episode 8) was downright sickening. Literally. Last week, I was shocked to see Willam in the bottom two with Jiggly. This week, I’m absolutely horrified to see her ‘sashay away’. And it’s not because she puked (off-stage thankfully) while the judges were giving their critiques. Nor was it because she was in the bottom two again. Willam’s performance was polished as usual, and she ended up being named one of the winners of this week’s main challenge. I’m really not sure what happened, but I can tell you how it all went down.
This week was the ‘Frenemy Episode’. There really wasn’t a mini-challenge in this episode. What they did instead was have all the girls take a lie-detector test to get to the “T”, if you know what I mean. For this week’s main challenge, the girls had to compete as teams. The results from the lie-detector tests were used to decide who would be teamed up together. It ended up being complete opposites on teams together. Willam and Latrice Royal were teamed up together. Then Chad Michaels and DiDa Ritz paired up. And last but not least was PhiPhi O’Hara and Sharon Needles on a team together. Talk about a match made in Hell.
For the main challenge, the girls had to perform a song & dance routine modeled after the ‘Roxy & Velma’ song in ‘Chicago’. The catch was, the girls had to sing in their own voice, no lip-syncing. As I mentioned before, Willam and Latrice were named the winners of this week’s main challenge. And if I had to pick the best of the two, I would choose Willam. Willam had good vocals, added physical comedy to the act, and designed Latrice’s look for her. A look that actually looked good on her. In my book, that makes Willam a ‘genius’. That being said, and sadly to say, Willam still had to ‘sashay away’ because she ‘broke the rules’. No one knows what Willam did exactly, but all will be revealed in the ‘Reunion Episode’.
PhiPhi O’Hara and Sharon Needles ended up in the bottom two. No surprise there. There was no chemistry in their routine. PhiPhi was absolutely unwilling to work as a team. I think Sharon Needles figured early on that she was going to be in the bottom two, because that bitch was ready when it was time to ‘lip-sync for your life’. They had to lip-sync to “It’s Raining Men (The Sequel)” by Martha Wash & RuPaul. Since they’ve both never been in the bottom two and had to ‘lip-sync for their life’, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I thought PhiPhi was going to mop up the floor with Sharon, but that did not happen. PhiPhi was definitely more animated, while Sharon’s performance had a storytelling aspect to it. For a moment it was too close to call, then PhiPhi broke what I think should be ‘cardinal rules’. DO NOT take your heels off to perform, and DO NOT take your wig off while performing. And PhiPhi did both. If the judges had to pick between the two who had to ‘sashay away’, I guarantee it would be PhiPhi O’Hara. Luckily for her, it didn’t come to that. However, if PhiPhi ever have to ‘lip-sync for her life’ again, I don’t think she would make it out alive.
Now that I’ve seen PhiPhi’s lip-sync skills, and because of Willam’s untimely departure, I have chosen my top two. It’s a ‘Battle of the Titans’ featuring Chad Michaels and Sharon Needles.
And may the best woman win.
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