What a long strange walk down the runway it’s been. When we first started recapping RuPaul’s Drag Race on Logo, we did it as a lark, unsure of how long it would be til we gave up on the show and went back to posting hot pics of guys. Instead, Drag Race turned out to be Logo’s first hour of appointment television and each week, we returned again and again (okay, there’s only seven episodes, so how much returning could we do?) to follow the misadventures of Ru and her merry band of dragettes. Now, it’s down to the final three: Bebe Zahara, Nina Flowers and That Bitch Rebbecca. Who will win?! More importantly, what catty things will all the sashayed human wreckage say in the reunion special?
For their final challenge, Nina, Bebe and Rebbecca are forced to endure hearing Ru’s ‘new hit’ “Cover Girl (Put the Bass In Your Walk)” over and over til their ears bleed. Just kidding! That’d be your own personal home challenge, viewer. As if you hadn’t heard the song every week during RuPaul’s stroll down Vaseline Alley, tonight’s final challenge is for the girls to lipsync to the song and add in their own rap.
Yes, it all comes down to rapping drag queens.
We see the girls learn there dance routine from Ryan Heffington, better know here in L.A. as “Sir Heffington” a self-described ‘tranimal’ (that’s half tranny-half animal for those taking notes at home) performance dancer. Heffington’s presence is the sort of street-cred thing that impresses us about this show. After all, where else are you going to see a guy in a mustache and heels teach dance moves to drag queens?
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Or try to teach. Nina and Bebe nail the routine, but poor, beautiful, perpetually pissed off Rebbecca can’t seem to get her act together.
Then we see the girls try to rap, with the aide of Cazwell, a gay hip-hop star who’s as overexpose as Heffington is under the radar. It’s not that we don’t like Cazwell, but he has a tendency in interviews to pretend he’s the only gay rapper in the world, which sounds as ridiculous on him as if Eminem were to say it, if you catch our drift. In any event, Caz helps the girls record their raps as best he can. Rebbeca decides she’s going to “speed rap”, but only as four bars of rap and even then, she fucks it up. Nina, for reasons that make no sense to me whatsoever, decides to rap in English. “I have never heard of this rapping thing”, she tells us in her adorable accent. I’m pretty sure they have rap in Puerto Rico. Can anyone confirm this? Finally, Bebe does her thing, which mainly involves saying “Face” in as many ways as possible, but sometimes simple works.
The girls also have to shoot in front of a green screen a lipsync of their rap. Since we have a lot of ground to cover: Nina- Amazing, Bebe- Amazing, Rebbecca- Late and her hairline shows ans she whines a lot. If you’ve seen any episode of Drag Race, this will all seem pretty familiar.
Mixed in with all these preparations, we get to see one-on-one interviews of the girls with Ru. The conceit is they’re having a “lunch of tic-tacs” and it’s a one-note joke that gets played way too much. We don’t really learn anything new about the girls, but are reminded what their basic storylines are: Nina is the adorable Latin can-do girl next door with a heart of gold, Bebe is the exotic, poised an articulate voice of the developing world and Rebbecca is a bitch who looks like she wants to cut you.
The final trip down Vaseline Alley begins and Rebbecca looks like a hooker, Nina looks like a stewardess for Flamenco Air and Bebe looks like an Oscar Award from the 28th Century. The judges quickly dismiss Rebbecca, finally coming to their senses and realizing she’s a no-talent hack (alas, too late for Jade and Shanelle) and Bebe and Nina are forced to do a final Lipsync for Your Life.
Watch the final moments of the show:
The two gals remind us why we love the show so much. They genuinely seem sad they have to compete against each other and hold each others hands, but once the music starts, they both go at it, working off their mutual energy. It’s sweet and fun and you can tell the girls really care for each other.
And Bebe wins. Bebe cries and Nina has to help her up off the floor and doesn’t seem the least bit sad she lost, which is why Nina Flowers is and always will be, awesome. Usually it’s a pro-forma thing to say, “The experience and friends I made are award enough”, but when our Lorca says it, we believe it. In any event– Congratulations Bebe and goodbye forever!
… But wait!
Turns out, there’s a reunion special which directly follows the show. All the queens are back and all the cattiness they reserved on the show is out in full force. Interesting things we learn: Akashia had a terrible childhood, which is why she’s a bitch. Tammy Brown was a weird kid, which is why she’s weird now. RuPaul loves D-Listed and singles them out for praise after we motherfucking recapped every episode of the show. I hope Shanelle haunts you in your dreams!
Alright, to be fair, none of these things are super-interesting and the reunion special would be a bore were it not for a.) Everyone hating on Rebbecca and b.) The imperious whining of our favorite showgirl, Shanelle.
Turns out, everyone hated Rebbecca on the show as much as we did and nobody hated her more than Jade, who was clawed and strangled on stage in her Lipsync for your life with Ms. Glasscock. How’d we miss that? Well, it looked like a performance and even in replays, we have no idea that these queens are actuall fighting it out. In any event, they fake make-up and hug, but half the girls agree that Rebbecca didn’t deserve to go as far as she did.
The best part of the reunion special is watching Shanelle’s meltdown. As you may remember, Shanelle felt the judges didn’t love her enough and argued in her final appearance that she should be sent home, a fact she points out to Rebbecca. “I did not lose to you”, she keeps telling her, “I chose to leave.” Uh-huh. Shanelle then turns on Santino and Ru for not liking her and here is why you and I should never go on reality television– by the end of her tirade, it’s obvious (as if it wasn’t already) that just below her facade of “I am the best here and should win everything”, Shanelle has some massive insecurity problems.
Oh! And she fesses up to deliberately knocking her Medusa wig off her head, which we called ages ago. We’re sort of impressed she admitted it.
Finally, Ru’s had it with the complaining and goes on this big passionate tear about being true to yourself, not looking for approval in others and owning your own identity that everyone, drag queen or not, should take to heart.
One last bit of business before the girls head to the runway– Nina Flowers is crowned “Ms. Congeniality”, which is supposed to be a surprise, but the nerdwit editor put in a shot of her wearing the sash before we see her get the award. Do people not watch the show before it airs?!
And on that note, we look forward to a second season of this show, which besides giving the Logo network a reason to exist, has truly been a groundbreaking piece of television. The show is unrepentantly queer, moving because it lets real gay people be themselves and share their stories and yet, still celebrates being fabulous with *ahem* “flair for your nerve.”
mylilpip
what an awesome show and one of the cuntiest reunion shows. and not to be shady but didn’t shanelle look heavier in the reunion show?
jarrett
she definitely looked heavier
GiGi Simsbrook
Regarding Shanelle’s meltdown and her comment to Rebbecca, “I did not lose to you…I chose to leave.” What a lie! Choosing to leave would be walking your ass out the backstage door and saying no goodbyes. What Shanelle did was to say she no longer wanted to be on the show and then waited around the Illusions Lounge of Bitchery only to see if the judges would keep her over Rebbecca. And well, we all know that she was made to sashay away! She LOST to Rebbecca and she needs to suck on it!
burger king
love bebe
love nina
love tammy
love ongina
Rob W.
It’s Tammie with an IE. I’m scared if no one gets it right she will scream for someone to bring her the axe. And then we’re all fucked. Did anyone else notice the bizarre fight between Tammie and Ru at the very very end? I’m convinced that Tammie is batshit crazy. They gave her the most cutaway shots because she looks perturbed and weird in every moment.
Aaron
First off, this show is awesome. They should have drag queens read the news, for effs sake.
Secondly, regarding Gigi’s Shannel-suckfest: in the clip show, they clearly showed our favorite showgirl expressing a desire to leave before her meltdown on the runway. She just ‘gave up’ before she was booted off. However, I’d have more sympathy for her had she simply refused to lip sync for her life and just walked out.
Regarding Shannel’s and Tammy’s bitch-back to the judges, I think they are of two diffent shades of gray. Tammy had the “you all were mean” complaint, and RuPaul was right to counter that. However, Shannel’s complaint was about being judged more harshly than the other queens (arguably true,) and not getting usable advice (made poorly, but also mos def true.) Consistently, the judges told Shannel to be less perfect, less polished, less showgirl, and then they booted off the girls who were less perfect, less polished, less showgirl. I didn’t particularly care for Shannel’s personality, but she was and is really stunning, and really brought it each week (totally robbed of the Vogue win, IMHO.)
Regarding Santino giving fashion advice to ANYONE…wow. That’s hubris. Let’s go back to his Project Runway season. He stapled and glued chicken-scratch “outfits” together under the BS heading of being avant garde, and then showed a collection of drab, poorly crafted clothes which revealed that he really can’t sew OR think out of the box. (Chloe Dao won that season specifically because she brought some wildly innovative construction to classic dress forms.) So, queens…it’s important to remember where the critique from this particular judge is coming from: he didn’t just lose (Shannel just ‘lost,’) he got spanked and shamed in the house he supposedly lives. So how he can judge anyone on their taste barometer is beyond me.
I also adored the very public smackdown of the Glasscock. Leaving out her personality for a moment, the entire show revealed her to be an amateur amongst pros (or eager amateurs.) I’m certain she’s been burying her glasscock in some Ru!
Children in Nature
The best lines by far from the reunion show were Tammy’s “I don’t see you walking children in nature!” What does that even mean?!? Anyone care to chime in on that one. And of course, the viewer mail that said Akashia’s look was akin to a “day-shift hooker.”
GiGi Simsbrook
Oh Aaron…. Perhaps Shannel expressed her desire( if that’s what you want to call it) to quit the show prior to being asked to sashay away, but the fact remains that Shannel did NOT quit or leave the show. Like I said before, if you choose to quit then leave, use the exit and bye bye. Instead, she bitched and whined and said she didn’t want to be there anymore; and still in the end she chose to stay and lip-sink for her life and she lost. Certainly, if after her lip-sink performance the Judges asked Rebecca to sashay away — are you telling me that Shannel would have walked out the door and quit — I don’t think so…Okaaaaay. That Bitch would have stayed and made more good TV! So she still needs to suck it — or– walk the children in nature, you decide!!
Kisses.
Aaron
Gigi, as previously stated, I agree: Shannel should have just left if she wanted to quit. It’s why I have less sympathy for her (and the abrasive nature of her personality isn’t doing her any favors, either.)
I also agree that La Shannel would have stayed had she won the LSFYL moment with Glasscock. I don’t LIKE her and I think she’s kind of a hypocrite as well.
Having said that (typed that,) Shannel was right in that the judges looked at her much more harshly than the other contestants. She was right to attempt to (but not really succeed at) making her point about the judges not really giving her good advice. She was right in that Rebecca Glasscock is entirely out of her (and Nina’s and Bebe’s…and for that matter, Ongina’s) league. And she was right to bitch about it, no matter how much you want her to suck it.
Shannel was/is a bitch, but she was/is easily one of the top 3 drag queens in this competition.
Rob W.
@Children in Nature: I noticed that too. WTF! Santino looked totally confused…
frisky
If you have BBC America, be on the lookout for one of the American episodes of How Clean is your House they did about 4 years ago. Tammy is on it, as a man. and crazy as can be.
Z reveals
Love the show! Can’t wait for second season!
Michael
Next season, I really hope that they have the contestants live under one roof, ala Top Chef or as they do on Project Runway. Though the cutaway scenes are always brief, it does add a bit to the tension.
As for Shannel, after dieting down for the show, I’m sure it was a great disappointment to lose, but honestly, she just couldn’t get out of her own way. Because she was so closed off to taking any criticism at all, she felt she already knew better, had achieved just about all there was to achieve, and was rendered stuck. As Rebecca alluded, some had already achieved all that they would, and Shannel was a shining example of that. Besides, her lip-synch against Rebecca was, as always, way over the top for the song, and in all her broad gesturing and ass jiggling, she distracted herself from connecting to the material.
Bebe was talented, that’s absolutely true, but it would have been great to see Nina win, for I felt she walked that line between drag queen and female impersonator well, and exhibited best the campy humor that has been a cornerstone for drag, and for the gay community at large.
Geoff
I loved this show…but one thing reaaaally stuck out at the end: Why was it so low budget? (come on….a pack of designer sunglasses?) They could have sold the crap out of it for bigger prizes and paychecks, and what about doing a big freaking party at the end for the winner announcement? Like I said…LOVED this show but it should’ve been sold much more extensively and could have. Drag Queens are the best event salespeople in the biz.
BootsieGee
I would not be surprised see a second season with better prizes, more cash and better/more sponsors. Keep in mind that the show was enough of a success that it was re-run on VH1 which in and of itself ensures a broader audience than just running it on Logo. The finale was also listed in Entertainment Weekly as a Must Watch on Mondays.
I say bravo to Ru and all the contestants. Regardless of the outcome or the production quality, the show provided delightfully fun escapism. Kudos to all involved.
Sean
Love the show! Nina was my favorite but Bebe was the next best choice. They were two different styles but they proved themselves professional.
Who will go on to success after? Ongina will be the biggest success. Nina will have a lot of undergrouns cred and travel broader. Bebe’s fate is in her hands. Shannel, despite her diva crown, will have larger success in Vegas I bet for the next year and have an opportunity to seize upon that and make a great cabaret out of it.
The best line defintely will be the Tammie one about the children LOL!
Did anyone think like I did that the respect angle though was here (except for Rebecca) throughout (minus the hosedown car segment) and the reunion show allowed each contestant to tell their own story?
RUPAUL MASSIVE
@Children in Nature: Tammie does charity work-taking disadvantaged children on nature walks. And yeah, how anyone else besides Tammie was supposed to know this is a mystery.
Qjersey
Shannel is another of those tired queens who thinks an expensive wardrobe means she has talent. Her lip syncing was dreadful.
Best luck to Nina and Bebe!
But RU, drop the realness and house/ball crap. You were an East village queen darling while paris was burning uptown.
atdleft
@Aaron: Agreed on Shannel. While she may not have deserved to go the finals, she deserved it FAR MORE than that bitch Rebecca! It was good to see Merle & Santino admit in the finale that they were too easy on Queen Bitch Rebecca, though I still suspect the producers wanted Rebecca to go all the way to “turn up the drama”. IMHO, Shannel deserves to be a little miffed at the judges for telling her to “be more real” while constantly giving that fake bitch Rebecca free pass after free pass up until the final episode.
Honestly, the fix for Rebecca nearly ruined the show.
faghag
wtf is up with the layout? couldn’t you just leave it alone once and for all.
You’ve just lost a reader. solong.
DM
This show was a true trashy joy.
I wanted Ongina or Nina to win. Bebe is great but seemed to be a watered-down version of Ru. Who didn’t think Bebe wasn’t the winner after all the “Cameroon” swooning in the first 7 eps? Even though Ru messed up by having her in the bottom 2, against Ongina no less, but that’s for dramatic effect which was clearly scripted.
Anyway, to the best part:
The Reunion show was frigging great and served as a worthy cherry on this C.U.N.T. Extravaganza.
Why was Shannel even cast for this show? It’s obvious Ru does not like her (some major shade baby, major shade).Shannel was a major whine and not my favorite, but she made valid points. She was possibly the most polished performer of the bunch. And I can see why she states how some people compare her to Streisand (looks and attitude). Ru cast Shannell betting that Shannel would be the “villain” and when that didn’t happen (Ms. Glasscock anyone?)then they were stuck with a character they had no use for, thus the weird criticisms to stir the pot which only made her whine more. Some of Bebe’s costumes were very Cirque d’ Soleil too but Shannel’s costumes reminded Santino (designer?)of the Circus? Bebe looked like she was on the touring version of Lion King. Santino’s lucky Shannel and Tammie didn’t cut him. Ru was also very enamored with Ms. Glasscock and perturbed that nobody liked her “pet”. Look at Ru’s expressions as the others cut Becky down. If looks could kill, lasers from Ru’s eyes would’ve scorched Jade right in her tucking as she dissed her “pet-glasscock”.
Ru’s argument with Tammie was right out of the land of the insane (and the best part of the Reunion might I add). Tammie hushed Ru over the use of foul language which was funny. She earlier (and I think honestly) was appalled at being called a slut because she’s a “lady”. Then Ru went into this long-winded nonsense about critcisms and what not. So you should take criticisms to heart so that they can make you better and also simultaneously ignore them because they come out of ignorance and insecure people who can’t do for themeselves and want others to fail too????? Huh?????? Ru, watcha talking bout here for those five minutes? Tammie’s slotmachine eyeballs came up 7’s as Ru talked endlessly about this. Grrrlll, were those really tic-tacs on that plate??? Next time Ru, just tell them “Shut the F*ck up Bitch, this is my Show, and what I say is the Law! And this next song is dedicated to all my Champions, you can get it on I-Tunes now.”
Needless to say, this train-wreck was a guilty pleasure and am waiting anxiously to see Season 2. Hopefully Ru won’t be plugging her new album every five seconds but instead be plugging up Ms. Glasscock as Ms. Photogenic…
RS
@Geoff: The show was so totally low budget, and the most obvious example is that the queens weren’t allow to do anything involving their own real talent. Some queens sew their own gowns and some don’t. Some do their own wigs, but not all. Most do their own make-up … but the one thing that distinguishes drag queens is their performances. And that includes choosing what to perform (whether it’s lip-synching or live singing) and how to stage it. A true competition would have given them a theme (like Annie Lennox tribute night, or songs from the 80s, or fairy tales) and have them choose a song and craft a performance around that.
Unfortunately, song royalties cost a lot of money, and this show will never have American Idol’s budget. But perhaps if their budget increases they will find some work-around.
Children in Nature
@RUPAUL MASSIVE: Thanks for clearing that up. Also, what on earth was Tammie wearing on her head? A headband? A sweatband? My friends said she must have had it on because she’d had an eyebrow malfunction.
atdleft
OK, I’m watching the reunion show now. Thank GAWD the girls are ripping Rebecca to shreds! Finally, we have some honesty on the show…
NewYorkness
L O V E D IT!!
Great show and can’t wait to see the future seasons…it will go far because I don’t know any queens who didn’t see it or didn’t like it.
Here’s my take in order of dragging rights IMHO:
1. Nina – the overall best in terms of clothes, performance, attitude, and sensibility. She rocks!
2. Ongina – a small bundle, but HUGE joy! She would be great face of any product. She is the epitome of drag PR.
3. Bebe – love her exoticness and grace and style.
4. Jade – talented dancer but not very exciting.
5. Shannel – talent but very Vegas…I guess what plays in Vegas should stay in Vegas. And lies lies lies. HUGE ego but very low self-esteem…somehow an odd mix that generates a lot of “I AM beautiful” “I AM talented” “WAHHH Somebody love me”. I think she figured she was miss vegas and therefore better than all the rest. When Santino beatch slapped her into reality, she tried to bite back.
6. Rebecca – pretty but young, hung, and full of dumb. Attitude sucked big time but her youth shines.
7. Pork Chop Parker – seems like a nice personality but eating that whatever out of that bucket is weird.
8. Tammie – entertaining and weird. Seems to put on her mask and becomes this thing that she feels comfortable in…but again…seems she’s wearing her “mask” to cover something…
9. Akisha – hurt, angry but just not pretty in drag. or talented. was misplaced in this competition.
Good job Ru!
Geoff
@RS: I think you’re right on all counts…and I loved the show as it was too. Knowing how well Queens on the local circuit finagle prizes and throw events, I would have thought someone would’ve done just a little more here. I think the glaring part for me was the empty studio as Bebe was crowned…I mean…they could’ve packed that little soundstage with people so a proper walk down the runway could’ve happened. But again you’re right…next time I’m sure they’ll do more with the learning curve under their belt…I think this was so much fun and can’t wait to see Nina live in Denver!
Confessions of a Bad Boy
Oh lord! I thought it was Tiffany “New York” Pollard there for a second…
chuy
I loved this show it was awesome. But I think that the made this show look so cheap that it looked like the smeared Vaseline all over the lens is because the dint want Ru look as old a she really is. If you look closely at her her cheeks are sinking in. And having everything look blurry helps her look younger
JS
Totally loved the show, even though I felt the judges (except Ru of course) sucked. ANOTHER THING, I really loved the Recaps and want to thank Japhy and Queerty for posting some really fucking funny shit. I loved reading what you had to say and all the comments everyone left too. I hope you guys cover season 2!!! Thanks again!
Doug
Did anyone else notice how Miss Nina Flowers was wearing pink miss congeniality ribbon before it was given to her in one of mis-editing shots? Great show but needs a bigger budget…
dgz
loved this show, and glad it caught fire! (anyone notice it airing on vh1?) loved the reunion special, too… but have to call bullshit on one aspect: there is no WAY they made their own outfits. none of them can sew, but in 24 hours they can put together a gorgeous dress/costume, and choreograph a routine? nuh-uh.
i have to disagree with several posters above, though. shannel DID quit, and her lipsyncing afterward reflected good sportsqueenship, imho. just walking off would’ve been childish. sure, i thought she was annoying as hell, but she was far superior to rebecca.
really wish nina would’ve won… happy for bebe, but also heartened that the video director told her she looked crazy. her default face (open mouth, chin tucked, wide eyes) is not cute. much prettier when she smiles.
p.s. glad japhy loves the choreographer, but i think he needs a good manscape, especially if he’s gonna wear a tank. ew.
rigoberto
I agree with DGZ Shannel did quit she just was a good sportsmanship and just finished what she started.
MontroseMonitor
IMHO; Rebecca and Shanell were two sides of the same producer’s coin. Rebecca was the ingenue slattern that clearly didn’t deserve to be there and was just kept around to provide drama till the last moment. Shanell was the extremely polished Miss Shirley Temple; kept on the show to provide dramatic tension by being overtly criticized until the producers were through with her and sent her back to Vegas with all the other well polished and talented over-the-top performers (although, she had an amazing body that thing she did with her mouth as the orange vodka simultaneously made my jaw drop and caused me to look away).
Also, while Shanell looked slightly meatier on the reunion show I thought Bebe seems a bit slimmer. Who’s with me?
jaybee
Nina is the sweet auntie every kid should have, and the face? Hella fierce. But her bod is man-like.
Anyway, we all know Ongina is America’s next drag superstar.
atdleft
@jaybee: Heh. Maybe Ru realized it when she called Ongina “The Next Jennifer Hudson”? I hope we see more of Ongina soon… Perhaps even her very own teevee show! Considering how little good content there is on Logo, they’d REALLY do themselves a favor by airing “The Ongina Show”. 🙂
Gary
I loved this show. My favorites were Tammie and Ongina. I’ve met Tammie a few times around town (shes a local queen in Long Beach, CA) and she is as crazy as she is fabulous. Come down to the bottomless mimosas brunch at Hamburger Marys on sunday and get the firsthand experience.
ANYWAYS, I can’t express how angry I am that Bebe won. Every single week, shes like “I AM AFRICAN _______”, “I am CAMEROON ________”. Either looking like an African priestess or animal or tribal person. There was no diversity. And the judges at the end had the absurdity to claim that she “evolved the most”. PFFT! Try not at all. Not to mention she has the face of a muppet. Those eyes are abusrdly large.
Panzi
I loved this show – and I loved all the comments – All Great Point! What does IMHO mean?
Mark M
@atdleft: By the time she called her the next Jennifer Hudson, I was well into happy hour, and I remember thinking “What, he’s gunna kill her mom?”
kevin (not that one)
Umm..that reunion show was something else! RuPaul LOSES it…very uncomfortable.
And what was up with Victoria and Shannel’s foundation?
I think this show was the one I was waiting for, with all of the cattiness out in the open. Although Tammie seems a little unhinged, I have to say that I think she was pretty much picked on from the beginning. And Shannel…Shannel, Shannel, Shannel. She’s beautiful and fierce, but her ego gets the best of her.
I simply love Nina and even though she didn’t win, I think ultimately she was a winner to everyone who watched. She has such a large heart and I really respect her immensely.
Yikes!
@mylilpip: just mean!
sparkle obama
@Children in Nature:
>>The best lines by far from the reunion show were Tammy’s “I don’t see you walking children in nature!” <<
i am living for miss tammie brown.
“excuse your mouth?!”
QueerKY
Japhy, loved the show as much as I loved your commentary. Sorry I won’t be visiting the site again, but I look forward to running across your articles when you are working for a better Editorial Director. Yes, change is good–that’s why I’m changing websites…
Scrufff
is just me, or during the finale, was Bebe channeling Dianna Ross in “Mahogany” ? everything from the hair-doo, costumes, to the hands pressed together during her bow, reek of Ms. Ross’ 70’s film “Mahogany”? In any case I’vd the old school gay drag aspect of it all.
cayuga
I LOVE NEW YORK!!….oh, wrong “rality show…my bad boo”
sparkle obama
@Scrufff:
bebe was totally channeling ross as tracy chambers – “mahogany”.
she also was giving you fierce ross in mahogany “oriental” drag during the absolute challenge.
she found ross in a bunch of raspberries and beat shannelle at couture realness.
shannel was beautiful, but bebe was beautifu, intelligent and chic, as well.
i felt that nina had a stronger personality, but bebe shone on the vocal rapping challenge.
she was the only one of the three that came up with a rhyme worthy of rupaul:
“face, face/watch my body go insane”.
bebe stole the crown and snatched the trophy!
give it up for bebe zahara bonet, or whatever her name is.
she excelled at meeting the standard set by rupaul and she showed grace, beauty, class, talent & wit.
give it up, you all.
give it up 4 bebe
Alan
I loved the show!!! It is true about being true to yourself, not looking for approval in others and owning your own identity.
What a wonderful teaching show. We needed the drag queens to start the frist wave of fighting “ohers” for our rights. Now they are leading us into the next wave where the fight is witin our selves. I love every one of the “girls” for they have shined some light on our own “shame”. How wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!
renee
Did anyone notice that RuPaul would always say that the judges were looking for C-U-N-T???????
C harisma
U nigeness
N erve
and
T alent
Hahaha. Good one Ru. I got it!