RuPaul’s Drag Race: QNN News

“That’s so gay, but it’s so good!” Wise words from Ms. Yara Sofia, which essentially sum up how we feel about RuPaul’s Drag Race as a whole. Last night’s episode found the ten remaining queens competing in a newsroom challenge, taking on weather, some gay ass gossip and an interview with “actress” Kristin Cavallari.

Pit crew members Jason Carter and Shawn Morales (as seen here) provided an ample amount of eye candy, while debates over perpetuating racial stereotypes raged on backstage. In the end, who would be crowned the next Barbara Walters? Who didn’t meet the judge’s expectations? And last but not least, who looked like a hot mess on the runway? Click through to find out!

– Dewitt

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1. MANILA LUZON (LW – 5, Winner): There was all this hullabaloo about Manila’s character being “offensive”. Child, please! Aren’t drag queens supposed to straddle the line of poor taste? We’ve seen worse on any given night at a random NYC gay bar. Scratch that. We’ve seen much worse. This, my friends, was self-aware and totally hilarious.

2. SHANGELA (LW – 2): Are we understanding this properly? The drag queen named Shangela Laquifa Wadley is lecturing someone else on racial stereotypes. Um, okay! We’re willing to look past it, because this bitch was serving up some serious Wendy Williams realness in her QNN segment. How you doin’?

3. YARA SOFIA (LW – 1): On the whole “offensive” note, it’s almost more problematic that Yara Sofia has been repeatedly pressured into this “uber-Charo” persona. It’s happened for two weeks in a row, in which a guest judge specifically asked her to play up the role. We got so pissed off when Delta confronted her about this, to the point that we were screaming at our televisions, “It’s not her fault!”

4. RAJA (LW – 4): And what was Raja’s response to all the controversy? “Google ‘humor’. How ’bout that?” Then again, the fashionista has consistently proven to be more amusing outside of the show’s challenges, so we’re not sure we trust her grasp on humor. We’re starting to think she’s more “art” than “drag”. Yet we’ll never get tired of her creative runway looks. Never, we tell you!

5. STACY LAYNE MATTHEWS (LW – 6, Chante, You Stay): We would have ranked Stacy lower, but she won us over with her lip-synch. Unlike her competitor, it appeared she was familiar with Klymaxx’s “Meeting In The Ladies Room”. Hell, we would have believed she’s a lost member from the 1980s girl group! Not to mention, it (ironically) took balls to whip out her titty like that.

6. CARMEN CARRERA (LW – 9): At this point, we’re so amused by Carmen’s empty-headedness that we can’t even get mad at her. “Is this a real porcupine of whatever?” Um, is this a real person or whatever? She’s kind of unbelievable, both as a physical specimen and mental presence (or lack thereof). We wish she’d go more classic burlesque than trash-bag hoochie, but at this point, we’re willing to compromise.

7. MARIAH (LW – 8): It just occurred to me that we should have ranked Mariah lower, solely based on the jealousy we feel looking at this photo. Do you see her finger in Shawn Morales’ waistband? She’s practically touching his penis! Whatever, we’ll get over it. Eventually. Someday. We guess. UGH.

8. DELTA WORK (LW – 7): Are we ranking Delta Work so low because of all her shit-talking? No, we’re ranking Delta Work so low because she’s not backing up all her shit-talking. How in the hell are you gonna criticize someone else when you roll out in that outfit? This bitch looked like she bought a plus-size Princess Jasmine costume from Party City. Come on, girl! If our dear ol’ Ms. Stacy can pull off red carpet realness, you can’t make up any excuses.

9. ALEXIS MATEO (LW – 3): With the exception of this lovely image, Alexis Mateo completely faded into the background in this episode. We’d love it if she were always this “boobs on the head” crazy-ass diva, but sometimes she’s just there. Period. And in this competition, you have to be more than just “there”.

10. INDIA FERRAH (LW – 10, Sashay Away): The time to jump on it is yesterday. India Ferrah, love her or not, refused to make that jump into greatness. As the show’s youngest contestant, we weren’t sure how she’s evolve as the competition moved forward. Now that she’s gone, we’ll always remember these two things about her–Boob number one, and boob number two.