After being hyped up as the world’s greatest comedy queen for the entire episode, Pixie Polite ended up in the bottom for the political campaign/roast challenge in last week’s episode. She then had to battle against this season’s lip-sync assassin Black Peppa and if that wasn’t bad enough, she even took a tumble during the final performance. This is why in my opinion it made total sense for her to go home in last week’s episode as it was not the best episode for Pixie! To the surprise of literally no one, however, Danny Beard absolutely dominated the comedy roast challenge securing their fourth badge this season and guaranteeing their place in this week’s final! I have to admit that from day one it was very clear that Danny and Cheddar would be the front-runners this season but I was not expecting that...
- 11/29/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
I have to admit that I was thoroughly disappointed with the ‘squirrel games’ acting channel on last week’s episode and to be honest it was not down to the queen’s performances themselves. While the queens did seem to struggle during the rehearsal process, their individual performances were mostly entertaining but the biggest problem I had with the challenges was the script itself. I don’t know who writes these challenges but the entire sketch was crammed full of random pop culture moments that did not really make sense in the overall narrative. We saw characters inspired by Bear Grylls, Kim Woodburn and Ashley and Pudsey from Britain’s Got Talent in a Big Brother-style competition run by a killer squirrel that hosted murderous Squid Games-style challenges. On top of this, there was also dialogue that paid homage to viral videos, Drag Race references and many other pop culture phenomena.
- 11/23/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
It’s crazy to think that has been almost four years since the first ever season of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK was announced which shone a light on a much more British version of drag. I think when this show was first announced there was concern amongst the fans that the Drag Race format would overlook the much more camp and entertaining style of drag that British queens have become synonymous with. We are now in the fourth season of the show and people are starting to realise that the UK queens can easily stand toe to toe with many of the American competitors. In fact winner of that first-ever UK season, The Vivienne, put up an incredible fight during the international, all-winners season this year, proving that British queens are just as talented as their American counterparts. It is clear however that Ru herself did not have...
- 11/22/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
All the way back on Drag Race US season two (which was just over twelve years ago) Ru Paul introduced the first-ever snatch game that saw the queens showcase their best celebrity impressions in a bid to make the queen supreme laugh. Since then this challenge has become a key part of any season of Drag Race and has become a decisive challenge that instantly marks the front runners of every season. It not only takes a talented queen but also a clever choice of character in order for a queen to excel in the snatch game and I for one am not sure that I would struggle under the intense stage lights in this improvised, impersonation challenge! Last week’s episode of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK saw the return of this iconic challenge with two both Cheddar and Dakota doing surprisingly well (as Queen Elizabeth 1st and...
- 11/8/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
In all honesty, I am not the biggest fan of the voting-style mini-challenges that have become so frequent across all franchises on Ru Paul’s Drag Race because they are clearly just ploys to introduce some drama into the show. Getting the queens to vote for each other in categories such as background character, hot mess and best in show always seems to end up with one person feeling put down. I find that forcing a rift between the queens is unnecessary and in fact winning the awards does not provide any actual benefit to the rest of the competition. After the turn of this drama-creating mini-challenge, the queens were paired up to create complimentary looks for a night at the bingo. At the top of the episode was the unique pairing of Baby and Dakota Shiffer, who created a set of black Pvc/Versace print outfits that looked amazing...
- 10/18/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
In last week’s episode of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK so the remaining queens grouped together to write and perform an original verse to “Come Alive” during the first-ever Yas-tonbury music festival. While it wasn’t the most memorable song/performance I do think a few queens were able to shine. Sminty, Jonbers and Starlet however seemed to all really struggle with the challenge and tripped over the lyrics that they themselves wrote. This reminds me of last season when Starlet Harlet forgot her words mid-performance, which I thought should have been grounds for an instant elimination as knowing the words is vital to these challenges and she literally tensed up on stage. It was only Jonbers and Starlet who ended up in the bottom with the latter being told to sashay away after the lip-sync performance. It was Starlet’s reaction however that still has viewers shocked – as...
- 10/11/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
From a very young age, I was always told that first impressions are the fundamental step in showcasing yourself as a person. Whether you are at a job interview or meeting new colleagues etc then making sure you portray yourself in a positive light is vital and the ideas formed from this first meeting are very difficult to change after the fact! This is why I believe that many of the queens on Ru Paul’s Drag Race become obsessed with making sure that their entrance look and line are the perfect embodiment of who they are as this might be the first time the audience have seen them (it is also an opportunity to advertise yourself to potential customers in the future!) Nobody embodied this idea more in last week’s premiere episode of Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK than Black Peppa, who pulled out a challenge winning splits during...
- 9/30/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
I don’t think it’s a particularly well-kept secret but I am a massive fan of all things Ru Paul’s Drag Race! I honestly become overcome with excitement whenever a new season is announced but I have to admit that I am not watching as many of the international franchises as I would like to due to the sheer volume of them. Right now, for example, there are four separate iterations of the show running simultaneously. While I don’t have an issue with the volume of Drag Race seasons, I think it is the frequency that stops me from being able to watch as many of the shows as I would have liked to! With the four seasons airing at the same time this would mean that over half the evening every week would be taken up with some form of drag show which is totally not viable for me!
- 9/26/2022
- by Rhys Payne
- Nerdly
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