Hi hotties it's me BUSSY; and welcome back to Hot or Rot and happy new year. Long time no see and
might I say aren't I looking beautiful? Today we are going to be reviewing the premiere of RuPaul’s
Drag Race season 14. The first of this season's two premieres. Our queens were challenged to show
us a little special something in the charisma and nerve talent show noticeably missing the u,
and on the runway they showed us signature show-stopping drag. We'll be breaking all of
that down and ranking the queen's performances in the talent show from Rottest Rot to Hottest
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Now let's get into it. First up Drag Race's first constellation – Orion. In the talent show she is
giving us not much of anything but she called it aerobics trailer park fantasy. Now I will say the
idea for this was not horrible – it could have gone really well, but it didn't what she ended
up serving felt more like I think a half-committed character study half comedy set it was very like
what you might walk into on an open mic night at your local comedy show which you know in the right
venue works really well, but this is the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race and I just don't
think the caliber of her talent stacked up to her peers into her credit she did have one of the
funniest moments of the entire episode with that little hot one in the chamber bit but wouldn't
it be such a gag if that was just like part of the improv and she actually did have to fart?
Anyhow it's too bad she didn't have a few more hot ones in the chamber because this one was a
Rot overall. Honestly the talent show number left me confused but I understood a little bit
about more who she was when she got to more of her story on the runway. My first reaction was like
girl what the hell am I looking at? But then as I broke it down and she tore off the cape
and revealed the third member I really grew to love this look and appreciate who she is as an
artist she gave me like little raggedy and doll that spent too much time out in the cold meets
glamazonian airways meets psychedelic trip … and she says she made this herself which was
no surprise considering the cutout for the third member. You don't find too many tops
like that in your local JC Penny. It really is a shame this is all we got to see from Orion
because after seeing this runway I was wanting to turn a few more pages. This look is Hot.
Next up it's not rabbit season it's Alyssa Hunter season. In the talent show she brought
me all the way back to season eight, episode four, you know the one. Where they split the
girls into rock band groups … but at the end of the day she really was just lip
syncing for a talent and there are so many opportunities on Drag Race for these girls
to show us their lip syncing abilities and she almost got to show it to us twice tonight, but
I think when you're doing these talent show variety show things there needs to be another
layer because more so than in a variety show where this might have been a lot more acceptable this
was a talent show … so by definition we're looking for originality something that she can do better
than anybody else. And with this little number I wasn't convinced. I’m gonna give this a Rot.
But in the runway I think she more than made up for falling flat in the talent show this
is an inspired by reference to the iconic My Fair Lady look she says and I think she looks
stunning in it I love that she took that classic silhouette and very much turned it into her
own thing the nude color I think is really pretty and I love the way it's shimmering and reflecting
with all those crystals it can be easy i think to let really intricate outfits wear you but there
was none of that here. But it was no surprise she looked show-stopping on the runway considering her
background in pageantry and what we've seen on her instagram and such. That is to say I
highly doubt that at any point in this competition when it comes to looking beautiful, she will slip
up. But she'll need more than bull's eyes on the runway to succeed in Drag Race this look is Hot.
Next up I think it's about time for a little jambalaya in June. Her talent she says is
African dance. And purely from a talent and performance perspective I think June did really
good. And I want to commend her for the amount of energy that she expended and this performance was
I think overall enjoyable because you could feel her having fun even if she couldn't see
how much fun she was having … because you know the bandana? However the one thing missing from
her performance was I think an element of humor she took herself so seriously that it came off a
little flat and let's be honest if you're not making RuPaul laugh, girl so overall I would
give this performance a Hot for what it was but a Rot for execution and not knowing your audience.
On the runway June is giving me gay glamazonian power ranger, and June is
gorgeous. I think that is an undeniable fact that we must state here but i'm not so sure
what part of this garment is necessarily signature to who she is and how she does drag I just wanted
a little more personality for this look because as beautiful as it is it does kind of feel like there
are many different people who could wear this and look gorgeous in it well I think
the challenge of a runway category like this is to show the audience and judges something that only
you look good in. Like when it's all said and done I don't think this runway is gonna be keeping me
up at night or making me go oh my god do you remember that iconic Drag Race moment? So I
kinda have the same feelings here for June as I did about her talent show. Hot yes but Rot for
the overall execution and I think not knowing what the judges were really really looking for.
Next up someone I’m so glad I kept an open mind for Bosco. Her talent tonight is botany meets
burlesque – she's dressed as a literal rose for this burlesque number and is taking off the outfit
petal by petal which was a total gag I’ve gotta say. It was a super inventive and fresh way to
approach this type of thing, however I will say I maybe wanted a little bit more energy
and excitement from her on stage. And while I certainly don't claim to be a professional at
anything I like most when burlesque is combining the art of tease and also that high energy campy
or sexy performance whichever flavor you go for, you know whether you're the Ben De la Creme of the
art or Scarlet Envy. So while I would have maybe liked a little more metal in her petal tonight,
I still would have picked this rose and sniffed it. This was Hot.
And on the runway this little rose finally showed us where she keeps her thorns; on her [___] -
duh! She really took cone bra to a new level with this and I was living! This
look was beautiful artsy elegant and I think says a lot without doing too much I also love
that this look was self-referential of course inspired by Dita Von Teese who what is famous
for doing burlesque and she what did that in the talent show we love a brainy queen
the show has come to a full stop I’m gagged, choked and bound I think this look is Hot.
Next up shout out to Dallas Tex-ass put ya lightas up ow it's Kerri Colby the talent
she chose to showcase tonight was lip syncing and jump roping at the same damn time which
were really just added treats considering I would have been just as happy watching Kerri
walk out on the stage and stand in silence for 60 seconds while I stared at her beauty.
Firstly I want to point out that she got a Nicki song for her number,
girl season 14 has the budget. There is a budget this time around and that song I think naturally
added a lot of energy and excitement to what she was doing because I think the judges did get her
critiques right the first half of her performance which was just lip syncing was okay but nothing
necessarily unique or talented in a special way. I think she could have sold this whole thing a
lot better had the entire routine been involved with jump ropes of maybe different sizes colors
I don't know, something just to keep us a little more entertained. But I did overall have fun with
the performance because once she did pick up the jump rope and started to get silly with that and
was lip syncing while jump roping I was impressed. Her performance all things considered was Hot.
I think a safe hot and on the runway I super enjoyed this outfit because it felt expensive
gaudy and kind of like a knowing nod to how she's been talking about the Colby Dynasty
plus I like the idea that she is telling the judges her signature drag is looking flawless
effortlessly. This look is Hot.
Next up, "Wee Woo Peel" - why does RuPaul keep saying that
why her talent as she describes it is a lip sync and self-care tutorial and
again with the song budgets girl they really do have that budget she got an Enya song – she
was walking around stage in this giant tool 90 eating meatballs throwing toasters in bathtubs
and finally getting into it. She acknowledges this performance is very much a nod to her darkness
that she has inside her from the chronic illness that she's been facing since she was a child. I
think a really fun way for her to cope and also for us to get some enjoyment out of her like weird
twisted sense of humor. I loved this performance so much because she took that raw edgy real
local drag and brought it to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race – finally! Because I feel
like pretty much forever RuPaul's Drag Race has only shown one side of drag and there's
so much more to the art than lip syncing top 40 pop songs – as fun as that is sometimes.
In fact I think the most shocking thing about her talent was not her throwing the
toaster in the bathtub but the judges loving it so much. Willow this performance was Hot.
But on the runway the judges weren't particularly green with envy for this look Lizzo specifically I
think called out the green kermit the frog gloves which like sure the gloves maybe could have used a
nail but I actually really liked this look because I immediately thought of Daphne with that hair
and the green and purple colors bringing me to the mystery machine of Scooby-doo
plus the look was very different and quirky which is very much in line with Willow's signature so
let there be no mystery about it I think this look is fat and I of course can't move on from
Willow tonight without bringing up her entrance look which has sparked quite the controversy
online yesterday when the sneak peek premiered I saw memes of her Dida Ritz and Rebecca Glasscock
bubbling up online calling them like going to the mall drag realness, and then on the night of the
premiere I saw Dida Ritz say this on twitter “okay so after this I need y'all to leave me
alone about my fashion thank you” with a photo of Willow's shoes attached to the tweet. Firstly
this meme is funny as hell but they are missing Jujubee’s mall manager realness look to compliment
it, but also Dida has a really valid point here. For her to have been on the show eight
or nine years ago and too still to this day have people in her twitter mentions trying to like drag
her and read her for her runways? It's weird. Y’all gotta stop doing that if you're doing it.
And finally well I think it's undeniable that Willow's look is certainly not
how do we say fashion? It was very smart because it got people talking and considering
the brainy performance that we saw from her in the talent show I think it's safe
to say we know exactly which angle she was approaching this entrance look from. That's all.
And finally the queen that's more than just a side dish she's a full course
meal of entertainment it's Kornbread. For her talent she performs an original rap
and shockingly this was the only [ __ ] track that we saw of the night I can only guess that because
we normally see so many of these for this type of main challenge the queen's thought to stay away
and smartly so but Kornbread found a way to take this overly cliche type of performance
and blow me away. Mostly because she's just so damn funny. It's episode 1 of a split premiere and
she has already cemented herself as the narrator of the season, but even better she knows how to
take that casual comedian inside of her and apply it to something like a rap song, which by the way
Kornbread when is that single dropping? Cause I’m ready to download it. I also love the physical
comedy that she brought to his performance for example with Merle Ginsburg missing on the milk
carton and her chicken wing necklace which considering her other Drag Race references in
this set could have been a reference to Stacy Lane Matthew's workout challenge? Or maybe a
reference to Nicki Minaj's iconic pink chicken wing necklace? Or maybe just a funny nod to her
food based name. And even though I thought this performance was Hot no ifs ands or buts about it.
I thought it was interesting how Michelle commented that she could only understand every
like fifth or sixth word especially considering this was like a pre-recorded track so it's not
like Kornbread could have enunciated any clearer on the night that she was performing it. It was
a very like I’m gonna give her critique just to give her critique type of moment and on the
runway when corporate first walked around the corner she kind of surprised me with the more
serious looking outfit she's dripping in rhinestones and reminding me a little bit
of that Rihanna outfit that she wore back to the CFDA awards – had to check my notes – but then
she brought the comedy there too giving us a kind of robotic walk down the runway. But I will agree
with Michelle here even though the campy bald take was a fun look for this runway it did need
some kind of height even if just a fascinator to hold her little rhinestoned headpiece up
higher. Aside from that small detail though I think this look was a warm and safe tasty Hot.
Lip sync tonight was June Jambalaya and Orion Story. And if you want to catch my full reaction
to this lip sync in the challenge I did post that over on my Patreon at patreon.com/bussyqueen -
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But the short of it is that I think June deserved to stay based on what we saw in the live sync
and while Orion did a good job in the lip sync, I felt like her tone kind of missed the message
of the song and the wig reveal felt unnecessary there but I will also say I was kind of surprised
to see June in the bottom our winner tonight was Kornbread of which of course y'all already know
I completely agree with based on my placements of each queen's performance in the challenge tonight.
My final thoughts on this episode are that I very much enjoyed it. The past several
season premieres and seasons in general have felt like they've been trying to
top each other each year getting bigger and grander, but this one felt more like
a comfortable viewing of an older season when things were less serious and intense,
and all the queens felt super genuine and I connected with pretty much all of them.
Sometimes I think it's good to have that little break push that they did with this premiere but
let me know what you all are thinking down in the comments below – who do you think deserve
to be in the bottom two sashay away shantae and who do you think deserve to win the challenge?
And finally my Hottest Hot on the runway goes to Bosco. I also ask my patrons over
on patreon.com to vote for their Hottest Hot on the runway and tonight they've
chosen Bosco. For the talent show they did disagree with me and chose Willow Pill.
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