It is time for another episode of RuPaul's Drag Race season 13! Last week, fan favorite Tamisha Iman, went home and this week another beloved queen is asked to sashay away.
RuPaul enters the Werk Room and declares that the library is open! The queens really kill this mini-challenge with Gottmik clearly coming out on top. Gottmik says "Kandy Muse... it is so amazing how we represent such different communities here. Gay, trans... pug." It makes RuPaul cackle with laughter. The other great read of the evening comes from Symone who says to Tina Burner, "How much Tina have you actually burned b**ch?" This season is comprised of an unbelievably talented cast and they really show off in the mainstage challenge.
For the maxi-challenge, the dolls are doing an improv show! Bring out the Upright Citizens BriGAYed! Ross Matthews returns for The Bossy Rossy Show which we saw on Season 10. Rosé, LaLa Ri, and Denali are paired together. LaLa and Denali were both in the bottom three for the last acting challenge so they need to Step Up! Olivia Lux, Utica, and Gottmik are on one team, and Olivia plays a sneaky game to get the mim character that she wants. Tina Burner calls Olivia "a diva" in the confessional. Tina is paired with Elliott with 2 Ts and she is not happy about it!
Rosé and Denali prove that they are a great team once again. They do a fabulous job in the improv challenge. LaLa Ri comes out strong but drops some of the lobs Ross sends her way. Gottmik and Olivia Lux absolutely slay and then Utica comes on and literally does the opposite of an improv pro (which is an oxymoron because no one gets paid for improv, but she did say she had a lot of experience). Utica is in trouble. Symone and Kandy Muse kill it together. Tina Burner is loud and makes big choices, which is sometimes all it takes in an improv challenge. Elliott can not quite keep up, but it isn't as bad as Tina thought it was going to be.
The runway category is... Bead It! Denali looks sickening! She serves a full on Phantom of the Opera chandelier runway. LaLa Ri is giving a nod to Mardi Gras, but unfortunately for her two of the other queens have the same idea. After seeing Tina Burner and Elliott with 2 Ts also walk out in Mardi Gras beads, the gimmick starts to feel Old Orleans and we want NEW Orleans. Gottmik serves an anal beads lewk that is hysterical. Latrice Royale has done that already, but this is still a full slay. Kandy Muse's outfit is a bit of a hodgepodge. She looks very beautiful, but there is a lot going on with the fur and the silhouette. The judges love it, but we feel she should have edited that fur back into the suitcase. Olivia Lux has her first miss on the runway. It is very cute, but very simple compared to the rest of the cast. Plus, she is wearing the same wig that Kandy wore a couple of weeks ago and it is too memorable of a lewk to wear that soon. Symone looks amazing as usual. She is serving Glamazon extravaganza with her name in the beads of her hair! Rosé serves one of her best runways of the season. It's very creative and the colors are gorgeous. Tina Burner's outfit is once again a bit more clown than it is fashionable.
The top three of the week are Olivia Lux, Symone, and Kandy Muse. The bottom three are LaLa Ri, Elliott with 2 Ts, and Utica. Olivia Lux is declared the winner. Olivia is so talented, so charming and so much fun, but it must be said that Gottmik did not get enough credit for making Olivia's performance work this week. Olivia was very funny but Gottmik was the one actually providing the punchlines. Without Gottmik's comedic timing, Olivia's performance would not have worked. Symone should have won this week's challenge.
Utica's lewk saves her from the bottom. That means Elliott with 2 Ts and LaLa Ri have to lip-sync against each other, which we guessed in our predictions article. This seems like a very obvious win for LaLa, but we later learn in Untucked that LaLa Ri feels very defeated by the judge's critiques and Elliott serves a spectacular lip sync. LaLa is asked to sashay away. Nine queens remain.
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