The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK is almost over. We could watch this season for several more months, but all good things must end. Last week, Ellie Diamond was accused of playing a shady game. Tayce wipes off A'Whora's mirror message, and the rest of the dolls (except for Lawrence Chaney) are ready to move forward to another week. But Lawrence remains pressed about something that did not affect her in any way. The tension between Lawrence and Ellie is palpable. Lawrence is still angry that Ellie set up an order for the comedy challenge that she thought would psyche her competitors out.
Lawrence says to Ellie with fury in her eyes, "It didn't get you a badge though. Was it worth it?" Tayce is so shocked that Lawrence is still upset, she says, "A'Whora's probably at home getting dicked down right now. She doesn't even care anymore." For the mini-challenge, the queens have to do impressions of each other as drag puppets. Ellie has Tayce and she hilariously wraps her in scrubber brushes, but the rest of her routine is lacking a punch. Bimini is hysterical as Lawrence Chaney, as they just keep making grunting sounds and speaking like a Scottish Oscar the Grouch. Bimini very clearly wins.
This week on Drag Race UK season 2, the mainstage challenge is to perform in a soap opera and put the poof in UK spoof. Because Bimini won the mini-challenge, she gets to assign the roles for the challenge. Then, the category on the runway is Panto Dames! Lawrence struts out with a sewing machine on her head. She looks cute but it is not her best lewk. Tayce is a stunning fairy. What did you call me? She looks like a gorgeous Seussical creature. Bimini is a fashion-forward Panto baby doll. Ellie wears her most boring outfit of the season, but keeps referring to it as "absolute camp." It is possible that Ellie thinks that camp means pretty.
The queens act well in the Beastenders soap opera challenge, but there is not a single punch line in the entire script. It is extremely long. Is this the Boston Tea Party? Because this is taxing! Tayce gets some negative critiques on the runway and she discharges by saying that she thinks Lawrence and Ellie should have gotten worse critiques than they did. In the critiques, Graham Norton says Tayce has make-up dysmorphia. The judges read her for thinking she has high camp make-up on and instead just looks gorgeous.
Bimini Bon Boulash wins this week's challenge. That is her fourth win of the season. She has officially taken the lead over Lawrence and fans on Twitter have rallied behind her to win this entire show. The bottom two are Tayce and Ellie. This is Tayce's fourth time lip-syncing for her life. The story team working on this show could have made Lawrence lip-sync against Ellie to watch that narrative play out, but this is so much better. Tayce and Ellie both slay the lip-sync, and it impresses RuPauls enough to keep them both. As such, the top four queens for next week's finale are Lawrence, Tayce, Bimini, and Ellie.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 2 finale will air on Thursday, March 18th at 11am PT / 2pm ET exclusively on WOW Presents Plus in the US and select territories worldwide, day-and-date with its international airing on BBC iPlayer in the UK.