RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 episode 7 begins by letting us know a teeny-tiny bit of T. Apparently Derrick talked for a LOOONNNNNGGG time during the last mainstage judging. Thorgy thinks Chi Chi wasted everyone’s time yesterday. How she did that, I have no idea. She may have wasted her own time, but that’s on her. Let it go, Thorgy.
The mini-challenge has the queens placing the expanded pit crew into the top or bottom of a giant bunk bed. I would hope that if you’re watching Drag Race & reading this blog, I don’t have to explain it to you.
How can they put Miles Davis Moody in the top bunk? He was the star of This Boy is a Bottom. FYI, you’ll have to log in to see the video because it’s naughty & might harm the children. Eyeroll.
So of course Derrick Barry wins the silly, just an excuse to see lots of men in underwear mini-challenge. He wins a prize package from Casper Mattresses worth $2000! Which I think means he wins a mattress.
Working in pairs, the queens need to create political ads. Ads supporting themselves and ripping their political rival. So the teams are:
Chi Chi and Thorgy Thor
Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls
Derrick Barry and Bob the Drag Queen
It’s a redo of season 4’s Frenemies episode. You know, the one where Willam got disqualified, even though she won the challenge with Latrice. Or the season 6’s Glamazon by Colorevolution. During that challenge no one went home. We’ll see what happens in the season 8 version.
Once again Thorgy has too much material & she doesn’t want to cut anything. Well Thorgy, that’s not going to be possible.
While everyone expects Bob & Derrick to drive each other insane, they both want to win so they work really well together. They’re both willing to do whatever they need to do to win the challenge. Derrick is willing to smear ketchup all over his face & eat plastic baby parts. They both do whatever the other person wants them to do. It appears to work & they seem to have fun.
And then there’s Naomi & Kim Chi. Sigh. Kim Chi can’t deliver the line “what a fat ass.” Naomi’s platform is that she’s a model. We’ll see how this turns out.
Chi Chi is trying to seem presidential, so she’s losing her accent. Directors Michelle & Carson think she sounds like John Wayne. While Chi Chi is trying to sound professional, Thorgy is all over the map. She keeps reading her notes & giggling. She talks to herself. She gets distracted by various things off stage. She doesn’t take Michelle’s advice for B-roll shots. Oh, Thorgy.
The runway is black & white movie realness, inspired by the Detox reunion look from her season. Oohh, let’s see if anyone can get close.
We learn about Bob’s political activism. He’s been arrested for protesting for marriage equality. In drag. Kim Chi has to educate Derrick about North Korea and everyone about the lack of drag & gay culture in South Korea.
Our guest judges are Thomas Roberts (who? Oh, I guess he’s on MSNBC.) and Vivica A Fox.
The black & white looks are fun – Naomi channels a classic Raven look. I wonder if Raven loaned her the jumper.
Kim Chi is a piece of modern art.
Bob finally has a different makeup look!
And then there’s Derrick:
Thorgy:
And finally Chi Chi:
Naomi’s ad was better than was set up, of course. Kim Chi didn’t do so well & she gets upset during the judging. She’s got a fear of public speaking because of her lisp.
Chi Chi & Thorgy weren’t smeary enough against each other. Thorgy can’t edit. Chi Chi doesn’t want to be ghetto. We’re not learning a lot about those two.
Bob and Derrick are the winners of this challenge & they each win a couture dress. Naomi & Kim Chi are declared safe. That means it’s Thorgy Thor vs Chi Chi Devayne in the final lip sync for your life. They’re performing to And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going from Dreamgirls. They are both fighting to stay – Chi Chi’s train of beads comes apart at just the right moment after getting caught on her heel. It’s pretty great. Did they tell the girls that they should hold back on the lip syncs until the end of the season?
In the end after tearing it up, Chi Chi stays. It’s the end of the race for Thorgy Thor. She let the race get to her. The positive energy she started with has devolved into too much focus on the other girls instead of her own performance.
So Bob is the only NYC girl left. Did you think the series was going to play out that way? I didn’t. Who do you think is going to go next?
Update: And here’s Untucked!
I personally love Chi Chi and i would love to see her in the top three. But, i think the top three will be Bob The Drag Queen, Kim Chi, and Naomi. Buuuuuut since this season has been really unpredictable, Chi Chi could be in the top three instead of Naomi. Does anyone else think that, before that scarecrow outfit, Naomi hasn’t really made a big impact in this competition? Well, when it comes to runway looks. She is a really good performer though. Plus those legs… Anyways. Chi Chi truly is something else. Despite her money issues, she has managed to push through so far. I think she’s putting forth more effort than anyone else. She thinks no one understands her but I DOOO!! And her southern realness is something i live for. CHI CHI FOR THE WIN!!
Yeah – Chi Chi got a really good edit early, but Naomi’s been stepping it up. It’s a tough call this season!
I predict Top 3 as BobTDQ, Naomi, and Chi Chi. Might as well crown Bob now. Haven’t had a black queen since Season 2 and nobody in S8 is close when it comes to charisma and nerve. His smarts are everything.
I do hope we can see something where he does, at least, appear to look like a woman. I never ever see the illusion with Bob. Just see a cute guy with make-up on.
Yeah, Bob has got to do a glamour look – like Michelle requested.
I think my top 3 would swap out either Naomi or Chi Chi for Kim Chi. The only surprise for me would be Derrick making top 3. I just don’t see that happening
I want Derrick gone next week. I didn’t see anything about him and Bob having immunity. I doubt that’s the case this close to the end of the season. So far all the “hating” queens have left. They’re setting their own selves up because like Thorgy, they are giving too much attention to someone else and wish someone else’s demise, than worrying about what they need to do. Betty, Robbie, and now Thorgy. Derrick is the last hater left. He needs to go. My top 3 is Bob, Kim, and Chi Chi/Naomi. I’m really pulling for Chi Chi, but I think Naomi may slide into the top 3. This season has been unpredictable so who knows what can happen. I’m gonna keep my finger crossed though.
I think Chi Chi is a little bit of a wild card – she’s been given a great edit, but the finishing early during the makeover challenge made me wonder if she’s making it all the way to the final 3.
Everything is playing out in unpredictable ways. I wish that Derrick would have gone home a few episodes back, but she honestly brought it in this one. So in a way I’m glad she stayed so she was able to prove herself. Her and Bob have immunity in the next episode so its just between, Naomi, Chi Chi, and Kim. Out of those three its tough to assume who will leave. Everything has played out so weirdly, I would have thought Acid would have been here instead of Derrick, but we saw how that turned out. I honestly can’t think of who will leave next. I love Naomi and she has started bringing it more as the seasons progressed and I would HATE for her to go, but right now I don’t know if she’s at the same caliber as everyone else… Kim is a little awkward at times and I feel like she may be the one to go next, yet she has an interesting sob story and she is quite talented in make up. Plus, I can see Chi Chi winning based on the sole fact of her situation with bankruptcy. It would be a sort of “rags to riches” lifestyle transformation if she gets crowned, “America’s Next Drag Superstar”, which she does have skills for. I don’t know. Im so stumped on this situation that I honestly can’t wait to see how this season turns out. Bob is defiantly top 3 though.
Seriously? Bob and Derrick have immunity? I don’t think that’s the case. Where did you see that? Regardless, yeah, I can’t predict who will go home next. I thought Derrick should’ve been gone awhile ago.
In past season the main challenge winner would get immunity on the next challenge, but they got rid of that since season 6 and I forgot, thats why I brought it up. Personally I don’t like Derrick, but he did do a lot more this episode that I’ll credit him for.
I got a sense from the preview that Thorgy could be leaving when she predicted other people’s demise. That’s reality show realness for the person saying it is the next to go. It happened to Robbie Turner just last episode when she said Bob was like Jenga. It’s as much a cliche as someone saying, “I’m not here to make friends….”
I liked Thorgy and after the first few episodes thought she’d be in the Top 3 but the last few episodes her jealousy of Bob and her energy seemed to have changed to where she was focused more on what other people were doing wrong instead of what she was bringing to the competition. Granted that could be the way the show was edited to have everything play out, but I do think it contributed to her elimination.
I think she’ll be voted Miss Congeniality.
I totally agree – she seemed so positive when the Race began, but over the course of the season she’s let what other people do or don’t do wind her up.
I’m really stumped on Miss Congeniality. I think Cynthia has/had a good chance, but I have a feeling people will forget about her. I don’t see another Katya episode happening, where a really popular queen is eliminated early so she gets MC.
Thorgy was nice, but she also got stuck in her head. So I’m not sure if she’ll take MC.
I’m voting for Cynthia Lee Fontaine. Generally people don’t vote for queens who leave so early, but BobTDQ said in an interview she’s the nicest drag queen he ever met…and I loved her on the three episodes and Untucked’s in which she appeared.
Also love her “Memoirs of My Cucu” on YouTube.
She’s my MC.
I think she’s got a good shot & we don’t seem to have a Katya this year – that queen that everyone loved who gets eliminated before the finale. The question is, will people who haven’t watched Cynthia’s YouTube channel remember her to vote for her. Time will tell!
What the actual thorgy should have been in the top 3 abousultly rubbish!!!
I think she would’ve been, if she had gotten out of her head. She did herself in, really.
I’m surprised Thorgy went home but I’m glad Chi Chi is still there. I love Chi Chi.
Chi Chi is great. I’m not sure she’ll make the top 3, but she’s been doing really well. I hope someone swept up all those beads & got them back to her.
I loved Chi Chi’s lip sync.
As far as top 3 I always route for the underdog which is why I’m routing for Chi Chi.