*CAUTION: Minor spoilers ahead for the March 29 episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 16, “Drag Race Vegas LIVE! Makeovers”—but don’t worry, we won’t spoil the outcome of the challenge here!”
Another week of Drag Race, another new crop of hunky Pit Crew members to drool over. Is it just us, or is Mama Ru really delivering the goods this season?
As is tradition, it’s time again for a makeover challenge, one that’s been with us since the early days of the blown-out “season one filter,” tasking queens to drag up everyone from gay veterans to social media stars to the cast of Little Women: LA.
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This time around, Ru called in a favor from Sin City, inviting the “Pit Crew dancers” of the RuPauls’ Drag Race LIVE show in Las Vegas to the Werk Room to be our makeover guinea pigs.
Understandably, the girls are gooped and gagged seeing these gorgeous men walk into the room, and we watched with pen and paper in hand, writing their names down for… reasons!
The queens each take turns drawing balls with colors that correspond to the dancer’s underwear, getting their makeover partners assigned at random. As ever, the name of the game is “drag family resemblance,” meaning they’ll have to glam up these burly macho men to turn them into sisters, and Ru throws in an added element where they’ll have to choreograph a signature dance break, just for fun.
Morphine Love Dion manifests getting partnered with her Puerto Rican prince Miguel, who moonlights as a Chippendales dancer. Nymphia Wind winds up with Jonathan, a *gasp* straight, married man. Plane Jane really connects with the furry-chested Nick, dubbed as the “hairy, big, strong version of Dawn.” Q gets paired with Sebastian, whose quiet demeanor hides a shady b*tch at heart. And Sapphira Cristál scores with the handsome Mark—it’s her typically big, opulent drag aesthetic she’ll have to worry about.
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The guys have no qualms about performing, and they’re certainly at ease around queens, but it’s a total blast watching them learn about tucking, walking in heels, and how to really lean into their drag personas.
Whether you’ve watched the episode yet or not, we’re sure you—like us—would enjoy getting to know the Vegas Pit Crew a little bit better, eh? So, we went ahead and did some social media detective work, finding each of the gents on Instagram.
Scroll down below for a few of our favorite shots from each of the guys’ profiles. Go ahead, give’em a follow if you feel so inclined!
Jonathan Claudio, a.k.a. Juanita Wind
Miguel Rivera Laureano, a.k.a. La Tina Love Dion
Nick Lemmer, a.k.a. Lazy Susan
Sebastian Gonzalez Molina, a.k.a Luna
Mark Romain, a.k.a. Shakira Cristál
Hint, hint: You can follow along for more from all the RuPaul’s Drag Race LIVE guys on their dedicated Pit Crew Instagram page:
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dario717
Mama Ru stuck both thumbs on the scale last night. Morphine won that lip sync.
Major
dario717
I have to agree. No tea, no shade to Sapphira… but Morphine did a much better lip sync to that Kelsey song. However…. if you take everything into consideration with all of Sapphira’s wins, then Sapphira was the logical winner. This was the first time she faltered at all.
I do have mad respect though for Morphine’s showmanship. I wish her continued success and maybe we will get a chance to see her in a future All-Stars.
MISTERJETT
i agree with you, but maybe Ru took into consideration that this was Morphines fourth lip sync. either way, i knew Rupaul would never get rid of Sapphira Cristál. she has her favorites.
henare
Yeah, she did. I think, though, Morphine didn’t even need to be here past the first few episodes. Morphine is gonna kick ass and take names.
bachy
It’s either steroid muscles or strapless, sequined Oscar-acceptance speech gowns with this crowd.
Huron132
Loved all the men on the show last night! They were funny, sweet and a hoot to watch. The only thing that made me unhappy and well it was all for entertainment. But shaving the faces and Nick having to shave half of his chest were so hard to watch!. But Nick (Lazy Susan) was everything you wanted to see! It was a good show!