Hi ugly, it's me [ __ ] and welcome back to Hot or Rot and today we'll be
breaking down the looks from the newly announced Drag Race UK vs The World
and along the way we'll take a short stroll down memory lane through each contestant's
past as it relates to the RuPaul's Drag Race cinematic universe. Girl now we know why that
Drag Race contract included the word galaxy! Next year there’ll be Drag Race on Mars at this rate.
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Now let's shave The World. First up in groups by country of origin order we have Margaret Thatcher,
no a frock destroyer, no the queen of Brillo? It's Baga Chips. This is back a second time competing
in Drag Race having finished third back in UK season one. Baga’s a fierce competitor,
we know that. I mean she did have three wins in her original season: downtown draggy, snatch game,
and the girl group battle royale. And obviously as you know specializes in acting and comedy,
but she won't be the only funny queen with a big personality in this cast.
In addition to bringing that great sense of humor, I think Baga’s gonna need to show the judges that
she has really polished and owned her craft. Specifically all tea no shade I am talking about
those runways which she promises in her promo are going to be much bettah this time and yeah please
feel free to roast me for my British accent in the comments all you want. Look she is serving us in
the promo is kind of giving me Beetleport meets mother nature of the lizard people? And she's
complimented this leafy little fantasy with some like pop girly hair and suspiciously some camo
rain boots? I found it curious that she didn't just have a simple boot cover to go over these for
this promo shot so the boots I am going to Rot, but Baga’s look overall I’m going to give a Hot.
Next up rounding out two-thirds of the frock destroyers in this cast,
the artistry Blu Hydrangea. Blu is probably best known for her beats, um that mug is phenomenal,
untouchable, if this competition were another painted with raven, well they'd already be
giving Blu the crown. Blu originally finished in fifth place back on Drag Race UK season
1, but only finished with one challenge win which was of course the girl group challenge
with Baga and Divina. If you follow Blu on social media you'll know that she's made quite the name
for herself of course with the frock destroyers but also just as an artist. As successful a
career that Blu has had in the past couple of years, I would actually say that she has more to
prove than her UK sisters on this season. Reason being because this is a cast of comedy queens and
we know the key to success is making RuPaul laugh. But will Blu tickle bruce fancy this time around?
Guess we'll see. Concerning our promo look I think she is wearing hands down the most beautiful
and intricately crafted look of the entire cast. She wrote on instagram she was going for a
She-ra/Chromatica fantasy and the look itself was actually created by a drag queen named Crimsyn,
who you may recognize if you watched Painted with Raven where they went by the name Matt. I really
can't get over how stunning this look is from head to toe. Crimsyn, I’ll take five. This look is so
Hot it's Blu… you know cause like flames get like blue when they get Hot… and then white… I think?
And our last British queen who's sharing her home and her hole with us this season Cheryl
Hole and as excited as i am to see miss Cheryl in this cast I was actually surprised that the third
British UK queen here wasn't Divina, you know considering she's like the third member of the
frock destroyers and was the runner-up on the original season. Who knows why Divina's
not here but I did see a little conspiracy theory floating around online talking about how the BBC
specifically cast these three British queens because their first names spell out BBC. Hm.
Anyway back to Cheryl. I was dying in her little promo because they did these cards showing how
many maxi challenge wins that each queen had, and it so beautifully illustrated how she had
zero. Which I mean at the end of the day isn't that big of a deal considering she still finished
fourth and may actually work in her favor because some of these queens like Baga with three wins in
her belt may run into some problems where the judges are expecting certain things
she can't quite live up to what they're expecting. With Cheryl anything can happen and I don't know
if y'all caught this and all the chaos in that little meet the queens video but the announcer was
doing this insane reading of what was sometimes random quotes and one of Cheryl's was this:
“Up your bum, no babies!”
And I just want to say whichever gay intern was responsible for that:
prison. Anyway Cheryl's look is a fun reference obviously to Wonder Woman and I guess Captain
America with this shield and I think is a fun take on it she's got like a little rhinestone
heart around that bodice piece giving me like some care bear vibes and thank god she's prepared for
anything with those knee pads. The look is Hot, but I have to call shade here too! What
is going on with the shoes that she paired with this outfit. Girl I think miss Cheryl
and Baga thought that they were not going to be photographing these looks from the ankles down,
but what do I know? Maybe shoes that don't match your outfit is a new British fashion thing.
Next up … so shady, our only queen from the Netherlands and runner-up of Drag Race Holland,
Janey Jacké – now this cast is full of fan favorite powerhouses and i know Drag Race
Holland wasn't everyone's cup of tea but season one was really enjoyable and if you
haven't watched Janey on her original season y'all don't even know what you're about to be up for.
This [ __ ] can compete. I have a feeling a lot of her peers and a lot of fans at home are gonna be
writing her off a bit too soon. But she's a queen that can bring the runways, the maxi challenges,
and the biting personality. She's definitely not a queen I’d want to face off with. The look
she's wearing is giving me aries, ram, huntress of the forest vibes. Signifying that she's ready to
charge to the competition. The look she says was made by mama queen her Drag Race Holland sister.
I love all of the details complimenting those ram horns on the belt, shin guards,
and in general I just really appreciate how cohesive she is in this promo. This look is Hot.
Next up oh wow! It's Jimbo she's a queen that if you are not familiar get ready to get scared
and laugh she's endlessly entertaining good at her craft and left Canada's Drag Race season
1 both an underdog and a top performer, finishing in fourth place with one win
in the snatch game, maybe the most important win of them all. And before I discuss her look
in this promo I’ve got to say that Jimbo's glow up is maybe one of the best in Drag
Race her-story. She always had her crazy concepts down but my god is it crazy what
a little bit of technical practice with makeup will do. The [ __ ] looks good.
Now onto this look it's interesting it's giving me like a purple people eater power ranger,
and I definitely think the top half of it is a lot stronger than the bottom half.
I really like all the structure built into that purple balloon holder and the gloves are fun,
but I don't quite understand why she paired this look with the black knee-high pleaser boots. I
guess shoes are gonna be the achilles heel of a lot of these promo looks, but that really
is just me nitpicking because all these looks are so good that I have to look at the shoes,
that's all I can even possibly critique these girls on. So similar to some of our UK queens
I’m gonna leave this look at a half Hot half Rot. I will say of this entire cast Jimbo is the one
queen that I will be on the edge of my seat waiting to see how RuPaul reacts.
Next up I’ve heard you can find her puthy picks up on reddit. Come through it's Lemon. Lemon was so
much fun and relatable to watch back on Canada's Drag Race season 1 because she was that newer
greener queen who had a very distinct vision for her drag, but wasn't quite as polished as she is
now. Girl I don't know what isn't that maple syrup up there but these Canada girls got some
major glow ups. She finished 5th in season one of Canada's Drag Race with two wins, I think two wins
that she really didn't expect to get – both were kind of comedy acting challenge related, whereas
I think she really saw herself as more of a dancer or fashion queen. It's always nice when you find
out you have hidden talents. In this promo look she stuck to her signature color yellow, and I
will say sometimes I do get tired of entertainers leaning into the same schtick over and over or
the same color palette, but there's something about Lemon in yellow that I honestly never get
tired of. The [ __ ] looks good. She's giving us this like yellow and golden Mugler woman-esque
bodice with fabric draped around her body giving her a little skirt to finish off the silhouette,
and yes those are her real bare legs in this promo shot – that [ __ ]. Lemon this look is Hot.
Next up always a bridesmaid it's Jujubee. Wow when I was looking at the rumored cast list I
sat there honestly thinking there is no damn way that this woman is gonna show up for a
fifth round of Drag Race competition. Fifth of course if you include Queen
of the Universe. In terms of actual seasons of Drag Race there was season two, All Stars one,
and All Stars five where she finished as a finalist each time. Despite her phenomenal
runs on Drag Race though she only ever got one maxi challenge win, which was the one she was
kind of randomly given with the little hotel room challenge, but she probably deserved many more.
I think Juju is in a really great place in the Drag Race universe, I mean she is a
go-to staple of the franchise so she's loved by them and is someone who is universally loved by
the fans. Whichever new fans weren't familiar with her work got to fall in love with her recently in
All Stars 5, I think most specifically with that snatch game performance she did his Eartha Kit.
There's been this meme going around of Juju wearing a Thanos glove that has all the
little like gems which are representing all the seasons of Drag Race, Drag U,
and Queen of the Universe that she's been in. I’ve been operating under the assumption that she has
willingly participated in all of these things, but who knows, Juju, blink twice if you're okay.
Now concerning Juju's promo look for this season I will say she is a queen who is not necessarily
known for going all out on the promos. She always keeps a pretty low profile at this
point during the seasons, but this look is I think one of her best promos. She looks damn
gorgeous. She's giving us a little Robina-hood fantasy and I love how that leather-esque cape
comes around the neck and then also attaches as a belt cinching in her waist – it's a really great
detail. Overall this look is simple but effective, it meets the brief and I think it's Hot.
Next up we knew and fell in love with her as Monique Heart, but she's entering UK vs The
World as Mo Heart. This is Mo’s third time in the ring having finished in eighth place back
on season 10 and as a runner-up in All Stars four. Mo’s name change definitely caught me off guard,
and I’ve seen a lot of mixed reactions to the change but to be fair shouldn't really
have a chance to explain why she changed the name in the little meet the queens video.
She did however give the fans some rationale in this instagram story:
“the reason I changed my name’s because I’m growing as an artist right and I believe that
artists should always evolve and grow and I just felt like I as an individual
just want to give more heart more love more everything and just for
branding it just makes sense to be just Mo. I might also feel that my artistry is evolving into
more of a gender-fluid kind of non-binary like I’ve been working on a lot you know what I mean?”
And with something as dramatic as a name change Mo isn't going to please all of the fans, but I
do think it's important that we give artists some space to grow and change as time moves on. And Mo
is yet another well-rounded queen. She got three maxi challenge wins back in All Stars four for the
variety show, improv, and an acting challenge. Mo’s promo look is also incredibly strong. She
leaned in more to the royalty side of where this promo theme could go than the standard supershero
idea that many of the other queens went for, wearing a beautiful set of gold feathers a crown
on her head giving me some like Nefertiti: Queen of Egypt vibes and she's carrying a scepter. She
looks incredibly powerful and commanding the room and I hope that that is just a taste of the power
that we're gonna see from Mo this entire season. This look is 24-karat gold, I think it's Hot. And
in Mo’s meet the queen interview she mentions that this is her last lap in the RuPaul's Drag
Race race… race race. Race? Race… *gay laughs* And I think her saying that is communicating
to the fans and herself that she needs to take this very seriously and hopefully that pays off.
And our final queen of The World: Pangina Heals. Now as you undoubtedly know Pangina was a judge on
Drag Race Thailand season one and two and we've had several queens in the Drag Race universe go
from contestant to judge but never from judge to contestant – it's a new pathway. And I’ve
gotta say I thought about this a lot. My first reaction was oh that's not gonna be fair … I mean
she was a judge. She's probably gonna have some special treatment she may even have some behind
the scenes knowledge that could help her in these challenges, but then again I realized that many
of these other queens have competed in several different seasons, and they know their way around
a lot of these challenges from the inside a lot better than Pangina does just from the outside.
And as to why this happened I think the biggest reason they're allowing Pangina to compete here is
because Drag Race Thailand hasn't had another season in a while, and as a judge you can only
really show off so much of your drag in certain ways. Competing will allow her to get a huge fan
base and show us what she can do in terms of acting, comedy, singing … who knows? And
if you're totally unfamiliar with Pangina, here's some of her looks from her instagram.
This [ __ ] is a stunner. You'll get lost in the beauty, both as a drag queen and out of drag.
What? It's not a crime to look! She's the one posting thirst traps.
Back to the look. Pangina as I said is a stunner,
and this look is no exception. She's giving me futuristic medieval space woman vibes,
and compared to the rest the queens in this lineup I have to point out that she
took her look to a much more fashion place than many of the other queens who I would
say kind of stayed in the more campy world. Pangina’s look? Perfectly executed, and Hot.
Now that's my final thoughts on this season. Just looking at the caliber of the cast I can tell you
going to be an incredible season. Also a little fun fact – every single queen
aside from Pangina of course finished fifth or higher in their original season
and I don't think we've had a season cast like that since All Stars 2 or
1 maybe. Someone do the math on that – let me know in the comments below.
And more than just being excited for this cast I think I’m most excited to see
how these huge personalities who are excellent drag queens and competitors in
the competition that is RuPaul's Drag Race – how are they going to react to each other?
And how are these different styles of humor going to play off each other in things like
the snatch game. Girl all I know is I will be holding on tight to my tuck.
As always though please let me know what you are thinking down in the comments below,
let me know who you're rooting for, and who had your favorite look of the promos.
And finally my Hottest Hot of these promo looks goes to Blu Hydrangea. I also asked my patrons to
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