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Hi ugly, it’s me, Bussy! And welcome back to Hot or
Rot! And today we’re reviewing episode 8 of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 14. Our queens were
challenged to divide themselves into 3 60s girl groups: The Shangrulas, The Runettes,
and the Super Duper Rupremes. In which they were challenged to perform original choreography, write
original verses for the new retro hits … insert name of song here for each group *twinkly smile*
And the runway category was “Heart On,” so we’ll be breaking all that down and ranking
each queen from Rottest Rot to Hottest Hot based on how I thought they did in the main challenge
and runway out of a total of 10 Hot flames combined. And we’ll also be taking a look at
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Now, let’s achy breaky some hearts. I’m so sad to say it – but my Rottest Rot tonight
is Kerri Colby. Concerning what she did in the challenge, we do see her struggling in rehearsal,
and Michelle tells her to stop trying to sound so pretty. And I had such high hopes for her as
the episode was going on, but the metaphorical writing on the wall was all over the edit as we
heard about her growing her up in a Christian household that wasn’t allowed to listen to girl
groups like Beyoncé and Destiny’s Child. And girl if I’ve ever heard of modern tragedy,
that is one. And as a result of her upbringing or trying to sound too pretty as Michelle said,
her challenge performance wasn’t that crazy, sexy, or cool. From the strange makeup in hair choice,
to the choreo, the dancing, being in sync, singing, it was all pretty bad. This performance
was a Rot. Over on the runway, I was dying watching her walk down the runway, but you know,
so was she because her heart was on the wrong side of her body *ba dum chhh* … I will say
the concept for what she did was one of the more fun ones on the runway tonight, she was
supposed to be the actual arteries of the body, I guess dangling from neck to … waist length,
but ugh what’s going on here? It kinda just looks like she just got caught in one of those cartoon
nets that villains throw on the guys when they’re running around … and it might have been cool
had she put some sort of red mesh garmet under that to hide all the pieces and parts of the
stockings and the panties and the big titty … but maybe she was just doing the whole no
pants thing to honor 2010 Lady Gaga. For this look though, my heart did not beat, it’s a Rot.
Next up, she never runs out of things to say, it’s Jasmine Kennedie. Miss girl was calling out Daya
for being 2-faced, which they expanded on in the work room, and then later when she was receiving
her critiques from Ru, I almost lost my mind. Interrupted her, cut her off, very Kanye of her.
And speaking of Kanye, did anybody actually buy that little stem player thing to listen to Donda
2? Anyways onto Jasmine’s challenge performance. So, ugh. I kind of thought the producer team maybe
did her a little bit dirty in this challenge, because yeah, her singing was pretty horrible.
Why did Michelle hear that and say “we’re gonna let you talk like we’re gonna let Jorgeous talk,”
but her lyrics were dull and she coulda done more and she just really wasn’t in sync … with her
girl group … N’Sync … oh my god I didn’t even intend to make that one. But hopefully she’ll
do better next week because this was a Rot. And on the runway, she is referencing the Aphrodite
character from the cartoon movie Hercules – the goddess of love and beauty. And I do think that’s
a fun – if very obscure reference, especially because the look is really just a pretty dress.
I just don’t think the two hearts placed on the waist and shoulder did a lot to really
meet this category beyond like “here’s some hearts attached to a pretty dress …” I also wanna say I
would not have even noticed what was going on with her hair unless her voice over specially
mentioned it. The thing about these specific type of hairstyles is that I think they can look good
in some cases, but one of the things that really finishes this type of style is having that darker
colored spray that goes along the hair line to really fill in and make it look much more full,
because if you have a literal, natural hairline going around the front of your face, but then you
have literally an entire wig attached to the back? Girl, it’s not adding up, it’s just two
totally different fantasies. Anyways, the dress is gorgeous, I’m gonna go ahead and give that a Hot.
But the outfit as a whole, was heart-ly on theme … so gotta give it a Rot.
Next up, look to the sky! … there she is! DeJa is the queen that surprised me the most this week.
I was really impressed both with her ability to corall Jorgeous and Jasmine
and how she actually performed and it turns out she’s a good singer, pretty good dancer,
and the only thing she was missing – I think – was just a tad bit of oomph in some of the lyrics,
but DeJa Beyoncé’d the hell out of this group, and for that she deserves a Hot!
But on the runway it is always a good week when DeJa doesn't bring the entire California king
sheet set on the runway with her! And I love that she did a hair up and off of her shoulders – it
just totally lifts up her entire silhouette. So like, for DeJa, yeah I was really happy
to see this look on her, but critiquing this look as a look from any queen on the runway,
I think the most unforgivable part of this outfit is actually the way that sock and skirt line meet
leaving like 3 inches of skin there … oh, it just is giving me like grandma going to church
vibes … Why? Why DeJa Skye, why? *full gay drama tears* And of course, the hearts on her shoulders,
well they barely had enough blood to stay pumped up! This look is a Rot.
Next up she's looking good and feeling Jorgeous! As I mentioned earlier, Michelle ended up letting
her talk through the verse – something that was afforded to no one else. Despite being able to
sing definitely not being something that drag queens should be asked to do. But because of
the talking, Jorgeous did pretty good. Plus she did look confident out there in her group even if
she maybe wasn't hitting some of the choreo like she should have been. And this confidence gets a
soft Hot for me tonight. And on the runway, let me just read all what Jorgeous was saying in her
runway voiceover confessional. “You want a heart [ __ ]? I'll give you a big ass heart. I'm giving
you a bra and panty, because the [ __ ] could wear it, and you know how the judges are reacting!”
Like, like she said nothing … she literally said nothing! Y’all want a Hot or Rot YouTube
video? I'll give you a Hot or Rot YouTube video! I'm giving you a wig
and a top because I can wear that! And you know how you're reacting! *crowd goes WILD*
But to be honest maybe you shouldn't have much to say about the look because
there's honestly not that much to say about the look. But she's got
a heart on and she looks Jorgeous, so I'm gonna give this look a soft Hot.
Next up, the lady! Lady, Lady, Lady Camden … she too, like Kerri in her group,
made a strange hair and makeup choice, the effect of those two honestly was kind of scary.
But look aside, it actually surprised me that the judges put her in the bottom 3.
I didn't particularly think that her verse was bad, or even that she was bad at the choreo. I
think it was more so the judges were just looking for that WOW factor that they saw
last week from her. I thought she did okay though … at least enough to be safe, so I'm gonna leave
it a soft Hot here. And on the runway, somebody call a nurse! She's been shot! By a tiny little
boy with two arrows. This immediately brought me back to Aquarius little cupid look and, uh,
this look is cute though – I think it fits her silly personality, and it's kind of big,
larger than life … it's very kids campy TV show host kind of vibes, and in that sense, I think
it's really fun. And for what it was, was executed well, so I'm going to give this look a Hot.
Next up, Angeria Paris, London, Texas, Tokyo, Van-drag-queen-Beyoncé Michaels the third. As
usual, Angeria slayed the challenge. Her group's song overall, wasn't the most inventive. The
second two groups really just wrote lyrics that matched the chorus of their songs that they
were given. Angeria had the look, the voice, the acting and performance of the dance and all of it,
completely, supremely Rupremely done. This performance was Hot. And on the runway,
she says this is a 60s mod-harajuku barbie doll fantasy. The good thing about fantasies – is
they could be anything to anyone! Is it 60s mod? Yes, absolutely. She's got this giant harshly-cut
banged blonde wig on that's like 3 feet above her head, and then she walks out to
the end of the runway to reveal the little “I heart U” on the front of the outfit,
and that was really the only way that she met the theme of the runway … like maybe she was tapping
into that Viktor & Rolf runway thing from a couple of years ago where they put all those words on the
gowns? Or maybe she just had this dress in her closet and wanted to find a way for it to fit
the brief … on anyone else, I might have just said that I hate it, but I actually
love this look on Angeria. I think it's really fun, fresh, unique, and I mean my god, at least
someone on this runway gave us something exciting. So yes, I do hearts this look.
And by the way the next 3 queens: Willow, Bosco, and Daya all have 9 out of 10 hot flames for me
tonight, and they're being presented here in no particular order. And because of how insane and
great their group was, I'm just going to critique them as a whole. What they did here was next level
legendary. They took this 60s girl group song and then turned it into this creepy stalker song,
where he gets hit by a Bussy at the end. It was weird, it was fun, they took us on a journey,
and the only one of this group that I didn't give the full 5 hot flames to was Willow. Her
performance style is a little more muted than her 2 groups in this girl group. More muted than her
2 groups … what did I just say? Groups … girl … But they all get Hots.
And concerning Willow’s runway – well this is a panty dropper isn't it? I really enjoy how dumb
this look is – and Willow's one of those queens that I think can make a little bit say a LOT,
because this really is just random undergarment panties all stuck together on some sort of
harness piece … it did take me back to Manila Luzon's leather belt thing
where she hopped down the runway as a rabbit, and I enjoyed that reference! If
intentional or not. She's probably not a freak in the sheets, because you know
by the time she gets all that off, her partner's asleep, but this look is Hot.
And concerning Bosco tonight, firstly can we please have a moment of silence for her
iconic reads? “You put the bottom in lobotomy(!)” and to Kerri, “your face
is so frozen that it just asked me, ‘do you want to build a snowman(?!)’” And of course,
when she was talking about RuPaul's will, and said she “wanted you all to be her
pallbearer so you could let her down on the runway, one last time(!)” And on that note,
can we also take a moment of silence for Kennedy Davenport's Tweet about this? “Some ugly *beep*
on this runway.. yes I can says. I’ve had an ugly thing or 1 on the runway myself lol”
And Bosco on the runway, came for blood. She gave us a little vampire fantasy,
and had several literal interpretations of hearts throughout her outfit in the hair styling,
the cutouts of the dress on the front, and back. And to top it all off, I suppose,
was also carrying an anatomical heart. She was giving us the weird, the vamp, the camp,
the glam-p, and she's another queen, like Willow, who can make a little really look like a lot,
and at the end of the day, I think that is truly the essence of drag. This look is Hot!
And concerning Daya’s runway. The thing I love most about this look is that
she put it on … Daya’s style is so unique to her, it's all very special, and you've gotta
appreciate the detailing on everything she does. Like down to a microscopic level, this [ __ ] has
clothes pins up and down from her shoulder to her wrist. She took the detailing and complexity of
the word heart to the highest degree. Eat your heart out baby, all 3 of them. This look is Hot.
And concerning Daya’s message to the fans, on February 22nd, she
Tweeted “words matter, let's do better,” with the following screenshots of the message written out
writing “over the past couple of days, I received some very hateful messages. Messages telling me
that I quote ‘deserve nothing, not even to live,’ messages telling me that I should probably just go
ahead and [_] myself. Now I can usually ignore these comments. I know people only say these kinds
of things because they're upset, either upset with how something played out on television,
or upset with something going on in their own personal lives. However one thing I cannot
ignore is why grown adults in our community think it is okay to say these things to one
another. Reading messages like this really made me think back to how I felt as an outcasted kid,
a feeling I'm sure many people can relate to. My sisters and I, we are human beings,
and regardless of moments that you see while watching the show, regardless of who you're
rooting for, regardless of your emotions thoughts or opinions, is never okay to say these kinds of
things to another person. And at the end of the day, when we lay our heads down to rest
we are all one and the same. So let's start acting better, let's be better, do better.”
And considering the tops and bottoms this week, how everything shook out, I pretty much agreed
with the judge's decisions. There wasn't a lot to disagree on. The Shangrulas were hands-down the
best group, and I thought they were so good that I was kind of upset they didn't just give the win to
all 3 of them. Like they really deserved it for hitting that one out of the park. But Daya, who
was I think the most animated of her little girl group, gets the win, and I was very happy for her.
Lip syncing, we've got Jasmine and Kennedie,
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But my general thoughts are that Jasmine did really well in the lip sync especially
for losing one shoe. It could have gone south real quick for her – in the edit if she had taken the
other one off and then been dancing with none … as we've already seen happen twice … but like
round of applause. She did the damn thing. And Kerri, well she did good in the face department,
again, just kind of missed the mark on the dancing and choreo, especially when compared with Jasmine.
But even though she goes home because she has chocolate, I think we all know her real prize was
getting that face seen by millions. I think that she will be a very successful model, if that's
something she wants to pursue. She's got a face and a body so beautiful and transfixing, if she
picked up some trash on the side of the brood and told me to eat it … I would … just to impress her.
And finally the moment you've all been waiting forrrrrrrrr. My Hottest Hot on the runway goes
to Willow Pill. And yeah, what she did was simple, but it was fashion, irreverent, and memorable! And
the main challenge I'm gonna give it to my girl Daya Betty. I also asked my patrons to vote on
their Hottest Hots and they've chosen Willow Pill for the runway and Angeria in the girl
group challenge. But as always I'd love to know what you thought about this episode. Let me know
down in the comments below – did you agree with tops and bottoms? And who won and who went home?
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