I love that Canada’s DR always innovates with new challenges, the golden beaver, the hole, rose buds, etc… vs. just replicating the US show. Naturally not everything will work (cue the snatch game rusical), but I find the creativity refreshing among the sea of so many DR franchises.
They really are killin it with their twists, i feel like theyre not only makin up for their prev mistakes/mishaps but also listen to us cause last yr the rose buds made no sende but now they made it make since and added the thorn twist which is exciting
Apparently there is now drama with Tara and the club here for talking about the pay. I can tell you this, NO ONE goes to Velvet for the drinks. The only reason to set foot in there is the Queens he exploits. Good on Tara for talking about it
I heard on a different YT channel that apparently Tara has been let go of her contract…that might be a blessing in disguise. Now she’s free from travelling, racking up the $$ and get snatch by a different place; and let’s face it: $37.50…she can easily do better, esp. after being on CDR! I get that St. John’s isn’t a huge city (as referred in her verse) but there are possibilities.
11:30 - Okay we NEED to talk about how when the judges were deliberating they showed a snippet of Brenda's reveal that went FLAWLESSLY but they still used the first take in the actual show. The shade of it all.
I thought Nikita was going to win. Her look was soooo cool. I think it had an angle and a story and above all that just looked really good and was fashionable down to the hair choice.
Sanjina Dabish Queen was on Call Me Mother season 1 with Kiki Coe from last season of Canada's Drag Race. Xana has already gotten on my nerves however, and her coming for Sanjina's look, which was not bad, already annoyed me.
An Insta friend of mine is from Canada, he works at a drag bar and he told me that Xana and Tiffany are c*nts IRL (and not in the good way), and that Jaylene is an actual love of a person, so I'm rooting for her, and for Makayla. I loved the way she ran to hug The Virgo Queen, it felt so genuine!
They did Tara Nova a favour with starting out with her in the music video, but I still physically cringed at how generic her verse was. Like she was doing the literal parody of the "Drag Race Verse" TM. Basically: "imma snatch the crown, take them down. Look at my face, tiny waist.." and so on Like, she she seems like a nice girl and her face is stunning, but PLEASE tell me anything about yourself and dont just repeat empty phrases - I learnt nothing about her personality or drag character from the verse! Edit: I'm happy Fabrielle had the same impression
I don’t think you read TH-cam comments anymore Mera but if you do I’ll try to explain what I think the rose buds/thorns were about. So each category got one rose and one thorn, if you get one you are automatically top/bottom no matter what you do in the remaining two categories and you can’t get another in the next categories. So theoretically someone could get a thorn for entrance and even if they slayed the challenge and runway they were still a bottom. That’s why at the end they then take everything into consideration to determine top two/bottom two. I liked it but it could have been explained better or made to be relevant like have someone win the entrance but then bomb the challenge but is still a top 3
Question for you: in recent seasons, we've seen lots of girls walking the runway in corsets/strapless looks and having so many nip-slips. It's really distracting. What's going on? Why the hate for a good ole strap to hold that dress up? 😉😘👗 Love to y'all from a blue dot in Texas!
The rose and thorn twist was interesting but it falls as yet another "twist" that didn't matter. They used the runway rose to reward Virgo (who did amazing and would be in the top normally but not based on the rules they set themselves imo) and the entrance thorn to just put whoever they want in the top/bottom. They made their own rules and then forsake them which has been happening way to often on drag race lately. Ever since the porkchop lounge in s13. Twists that don't pay off / don't matter simply cause of production decisions.
I’m thinking with Canada, the third top was between Helena and Jaylene. I think Jaylene got it for a similar reason Mayhem Miller won the first challenge on Season 10 of US. Her whole storyline this episode was being an established name in the Canada drag scene who’d watched many of her drag children and family go on the show before she did, and this is finally her chance to be on the show and prove her worth. Plus, she made important points about being an indigenous Two-Spirit transgender woman and all that’s associated with that. So I could see them wanting to reward her for paying her dues and her many important messages. And I hope they keep that up through the season.
@ one thing I’d be curious about is how Jaylene will do on Snatch Game. She talked about doing a lot of celebrity impersonations at her shows, so Snatch Game feels like it should be hers to lose. I guess we’ll have to see.
7:15 Yep, I agree, it could have been a double win cause I did prefer Nikita’s runway. I can totally appreciate Mandy’s garment and work it took to do, but I wasn’t crazy about the garder holding the “knee skirt”.
I didn't realize until NOW that Helena Poison was 32, I swear she said 23... and I believed it. So when she said 'Emo elder' I was like "gurl, you're 23.." lmao
In Canada, a certain percent of programming has to be original to Canada by law, I wonder if small changes like having them walk in and then out during entrances and the thorn/rose thing contributes to "original canadian programming".... hmm!!! interesting.
I think Xana saw Fiercalicious and Plane Jane become fan faves and that’s what she’s going for. But to me, it feels planned and forced so comes off unnecessary mean instead of charming or just giving fun shade
To me, the rose part is like a Batchelor parody like drag race is a top model parody. I think it’s cool that the other franchises are choosing other shows to draw inspiration from.
I feel like I'm going insane... the craftsmanship on Mandy's dress is incredible, but is that dress not absolutely hideous? I did think Nikita would win, she did an insane job with what she was given so I was shocked to see such an ugly dress win. I know she couldn't help the materials, but she could help the colors and how she used it. The gold, blue and silver... Maybe if it was just silver and blue? idk but that dress was not it at all for me
Vybe is doing great but I have to disagree with her winning the girl group ep. She had the best performance but her verse didnt rhyme and was completely off beat + her runway was nor sheer nor genius.
Basically certain songs have a few lyrics at the end that drag on till the song actually ends and sometimes it doesn’t go anywhere like we could have ended the song like 10-15 seconds ago😂
Not in her family, but they are friends and Irma even helped with some of Tara's looks. So I'm sure they've shared a few make-up tips. They're from a place with a very small number of queens and they're two of the top ones in that small number. Similarities are unavoidable. Lol.
LOL not the doggo/pupper read! I'm three years older than Brooke but I fully understand where you're coming from, Fabrielle. I think the writers on CDR are all cringey Millennials trying to act relevant haha. I don't know why, but there's always something about Canadian TV writing that just screams "we are trying SO hard to be cool."
xana do xana don’t!! it really isn’t rupauls best friend race & ppl love to hate on girls that speak their mind.. drag queens don’t all have to be nice nina wests🤷🏻
The irony being that Nina's niceness is for show and she actually treats the people around her like garbage. Xana comes off mean but when it matters (paying performers well, raising $ for and supporting important causes) she does a lot of good.
I thought Max deserved to be in the bottom on Down Under and Lucina should be in the top over Vybe. Lucina being in the bottom is wild to me. Max's outfit is illfitting and boring. Lucinas is well constructed and pretty.
When everyone was complaining about how mean JBC was, and he was, they forgot that Brooke was right there with him. I really hated that HodgePodge comment. It was completely unnecessary, she could have said, you overaccesorized or something and that would have been fine, but to come for someone by saying they look cheap and tackily put together? No. And Brooke, it’s not like your look was that great… yes, it looked expensive, and the skirt was nice, but what on earth was going on with the top… and now you’re not wearing body like a 18 year old newbie? No. Plus your performance in that video was cringe… you can do so much better so what was that? Gurl…
I mean they’ve had 4 seasons, I think we can acknowledge now that while Brooke is a legend of drag, she is not exactly born to host / judge drag race. Doesn’t seem to have the personality for it compared to some others
The rose and thorns made sense, it was just convoluted with the delivery. However, the entrance format is TRASH GARBAGE I’m unsure wtf we’re supposed to get out of that… bad tv
😬 As a native quebecois who lives in Vancouver, I’ve watched a few reviews and I can tell most people don’t get that the camp and religious aspect are actually very cultural!
Honestly I really loved all of Uma Gahd's looks/presentation. A user said this under Bu$$y Queen's you tube video regarding Uma Gahd: "Although Uma Gahd probably comes off a bit church-campy to Americans, she is such a representation of Montreal art. Quebecois culture is deeply rooted in French Catholicism, all our curse words are literally just French church terms. Uma Gahd's campy religious character pokes fun at that in her jokes and her looks, while also flipping the religious context we're used to by making it loving and accepting. I can totally see how it could seem cheesy, but with the cultural context, her verse was so funny and clever! I hope she gets to talk about it more!" - @DOvenden-Beaudry
I love that Canada’s DR always innovates with new challenges, the golden beaver, the hole, rose buds, etc… vs. just replicating the US show. Naturally not everything will work (cue the snatch game rusical), but I find the creativity refreshing among the sea of so many DR franchises.
They really are killin it with their twists, i feel like theyre not only makin up for their prev mistakes/mishaps but also listen to us cause last yr the rose buds made no sende but now they made it make since and added the thorn twist which is exciting
The hole was Global right?
@@registmb Canada VS the world 2
@@sasharfisher oh, you were talking about the challenge I see 😅😅😅😅
Apparently there is now drama with Tara and the club here for talking about the pay. I can tell you this, NO ONE goes to Velvet for the drinks. The only reason to set foot in there is the Queens he exploits. Good on Tara for talking about it
I heard on a different YT channel that apparently Tara has been let go of her contract…that might be a blessing in disguise. Now she’s free from travelling, racking up the $$ and get snatch by a different place; and let’s face it: $37.50…she can easily do better, esp. after being on CDR! I get that St. John’s isn’t a huge city (as referred in her verse) but there are possibilities.
It was Vinegar Strokes who was hodgepodge on UK1.
At least Tara’s makeup is better than Vinegars…just saying 🤷♀️
Fabrielle saying Brooke Lynn gives millennial energy and looks like she says doggo is so specific yet so true🤣🤣🤣
Millennials don’t say doggo, talk about brain rot
My best friend says doggo and pupper and it has always bothered me but it's never been important enough for me to say anything.
11:30 - Okay we NEED to talk about how when the judges were deliberating they showed a snippet of Brenda's reveal that went FLAWLESSLY but they still used the first take in the actual show. The shade of it all.
We liveeeee for Fabrielle here in Canada. 🇨🇦 🍁
I love Scarlett, Fabrielle, AND Chloe ❤️
💛💛💛
Uma’s verse at the beginning was hilarious but it helps if you understand french.
I put the "conne" in icone, made me scream (tho, it's not the most innovative line but I wasn't expecting it)
They should have a permanent judge who speaks/understands French.
14:38 i have waited so long for a “that’s june” reference 😭😭😭
such a great recap!!! one of my faves in a while. Fabrielle is an icon. ✨✨✨
I thought Nikita was going to win. Her look was soooo cool. I think it had an angle and a story and above all that just looked really good and was fashionable down to the hair choice.
Oh my gosh Fabrielle is so cute
Sanjina Dabish Queen was on Call Me Mother season 1 with Kiki Coe from last season of Canada's Drag Race. Xana has already gotten on my nerves however, and her coming for Sanjina's look, which was not bad, already annoyed me.
Xana is typical vancouver snob
ive honestly been dying to know what mera thinks about uma
15:35 Fabrielle's version of the Jade Jolie laugh ❤
An Insta friend of mine is from Canada, he works at a drag bar and he told me that Xana and Tiffany are c*nts IRL (and not in the good way), and that Jaylene is an actual love of a person, so I'm rooting for her, and for Makayla. I loved the way she ran to hug The Virgo Queen, it felt so genuine!
I live in the area they’re from…I might have to go check it out! That being said, in the words of Versex, Xana, you’re doing too much babe!
They did Tara Nova a favour with starting out with her in the music video, but I still physically cringed at how generic her verse was. Like she was doing the literal parody of the "Drag Race Verse" TM. Basically: "imma snatch the crown, take them down. Look at my face, tiny waist.." and so on
Like, she she seems like a nice girl and her face is stunning, but PLEASE tell me anything about yourself and dont just repeat empty phrases - I learnt nothing about her personality or drag character from the verse!
Edit: I'm happy Fabrielle had the same impression
I know we're all obsessed with Fabrielle... but I gotta say it again. I'm OBSESSED with Fabrielle.
I don’t think you read TH-cam comments anymore Mera but if you do I’ll try to explain what I think the rose buds/thorns were about.
So each category got one rose and one thorn, if you get one you are automatically top/bottom no matter what you do in the remaining two categories and you can’t get another in the next categories. So theoretically someone could get a thorn for entrance and even if they slayed the challenge and runway they were still a bottom. That’s why at the end they then take everything into consideration to determine top two/bottom two. I liked it but it could have been explained better or made to be relevant like have someone win the entrance but then bomb the challenge but is still a top 3
Question for you: in recent seasons, we've seen lots of girls walking the runway in corsets/strapless looks and having so many nip-slips. It's really distracting. What's going on? Why the hate for a good ole strap to hold that dress up? 😉😘👗
Love to y'all from a blue dot in Texas!
Helena poisson is like the scene kid version of chloe curiosity lol
The rose and thorn twist was interesting but it falls as yet another "twist" that didn't matter. They used the runway rose to reward Virgo (who did amazing and would be in the top normally but not based on the rules they set themselves imo) and the entrance thorn to just put whoever they want in the top/bottom. They made their own rules and then forsake them which has been happening way to often on drag race lately. Ever since the porkchop lounge in s13. Twists that don't pay off / don't matter simply cause of production decisions.
it's so funny when some folks are arguing one queen should have been in the top while others are arguing for the same queen in the bottom
Brooklyns side burns were nonexistent for her runway look and it bothered me 😂
I feel like virgo is Robin fierce and evie oddly mixed. Watching Brooklyn watch her I feel like she feels this evie connection too
How does Fabrielle keep on holding her hand on that one spot on her chest without moving much?
27:09. Two words regarding Perla's entrance look... "It's chocolate".
Thank you, friendsss!!! I was also confused 🤭
I’m thinking with Canada, the third top was between Helena and Jaylene. I think Jaylene got it for a similar reason Mayhem Miller won the first challenge on Season 10 of US. Her whole storyline this episode was being an established name in the Canada drag scene who’d watched many of her drag children and family go on the show before she did, and this is finally her chance to be on the show and prove her worth. Plus, she made important points about being an indigenous Two-Spirit transgender woman and all that’s associated with that. So I could see them wanting to reward her for paying her dues and her many important messages. And I hope they keep that up through the season.
agree, love her
@ one thing I’d be curious about is how Jaylene will do on Snatch Game. She talked about doing a lot of celebrity impersonations at her shows, so Snatch Game feels like it should be hers to lose. I guess we’ll have to see.
Helena fucking KILLED her verse but Jaylene's looks were even more memorable.
IMO it was between Jaylene and Xana, Helena did an amazing job but her runway wasn’t on the same level
I thoroughly enjoyed both of these episodes of DRDU & Canada’s premiere. Are there criticisms? Sure. But enjoyment factor was on point for me.
Watching Down Under, Max’s mug in drag reminds me of Mera sometimes. Not sure what it is. It’s a little bit Mera and a tiny bit Lady Camden.
Clara the Cow got mentioned, everyone do a shot
7:15 Yep, I agree, it could have been a double win cause I did prefer Nikita’s runway. I can totally appreciate Mandy’s garment and work it took to do, but I wasn’t crazy about the garder holding the “knee skirt”.
I didn't realize until NOW that Helena Poison was 32, I swear she said 23... and I believed it. So when she said 'Emo elder' I was like "gurl, you're 23.." lmao
Makayla is such a star!
Freya looks like rupaul in that screenshot omg
In Canada, a certain percent of programming has to be original to Canada by law, I wonder if small changes like having them walk in and then out during entrances and the thorn/rose thing contributes to "original canadian programming".... hmm!!! interesting.
I think Xana saw Fiercalicious and Plane Jane become fan faves and that’s what she’s going for. But to me, it feels planned and forced so comes off unnecessary mean instead of charming or just giving fun shade
Yeah, but in the words of Versex, you’re doing too much babe!
~this is said with so much love~ Uma God looks like Williow Pill in 40 years!!
To me, the rose part is like a Batchelor parody like drag race is a top model parody. I think it’s cool that the other franchises are choosing other shows to draw inspiration from.
Can you make a wishlist of who you want to see in Drag Race France All Stars since it was announced recently
I would like to put myself up as an example of your Wiccan look! We witches need to stick together!!!
good morning christine’s🥰🥰
I feel like I'm going insane... the craftsmanship on Mandy's dress is incredible, but is that dress not absolutely hideous? I did think Nikita would win, she did an insane job with what she was given so I was shocked to see such an ugly dress win. I know she couldn't help the materials, but she could help the colors and how she used it. The gold, blue and silver... Maybe if it was just silver and blue? idk but that dress was not it at all for me
I feel like poor vybe is getting edged for a win 🥲 and Virgo ate that lipsync, she was so much fun
Vybe should’ve won the girl group and I won’t hear anything otherwise
@ oh yeah definitely, but lazy’s look gagged them hardcore, but I loved vybe the entire episode 🥲
@@maximeminassian6002, She is a late bloomer. She'll get there eventually😊
Vybe is doing great but I have to disagree with her winning the girl group ep. She had the best performance but her verse didnt rhyme and was completely off beat + her runway was nor sheer nor genius.
@@maximeminassian6002it was nothing new? Why are you gagging?
Can someone explain to me the fade out they talking about?
Basically certain songs have a few lyrics at the end that drag on till the song actually ends and sometimes it doesn’t go anywhere like we could have ended the song like 10-15 seconds ago😂
I'm wondering if Tara is in Irma's drag family. Their beat is fairly similar too
Not in her family, but they are friends and Irma even helped with some of Tara's looks. So I'm sure they've shared a few make-up tips.
They're from a place with a very small number of queens and they're two of the top ones in that small number. Similarities are unavoidable. Lol.
TIME FOR A "RUPAUL'S TRANS RACE"???👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I wish you guys would've payed more attention to the canada verses to better judge them
They post the first episodes on youtube so seeing the comments there people felt the same for the crafty opinion
LOL not the doggo/pupper read! I'm three years older than Brooke but I fully understand where you're coming from, Fabrielle. I think the writers on CDR are all cringey Millennials trying to act relevant haha. I don't know why, but there's always something about Canadian TV writing that just screams "we are trying SO hard to be cool."
it feels weird being the very first view. I miss Scarlotta monterrey
Isn't Uma just religious and that's why she was mentioning God
😂😂😂😅😅😊
xana do xana don’t!! it really isn’t rupauls best friend race & ppl love to hate on girls that speak their mind.. drag queens don’t all have to be nice nina wests🤷🏻
People were just crying bullying for calling someone annoying
The irony being that Nina's niceness is for show and she actually treats the people around her like garbage. Xana comes off mean but when it matters (paying performers well, raising $ for and supporting important causes) she does a lot of good.
I thought Max deserved to be in the bottom on Down Under and Lucina should be in the top over Vybe. Lucina being in the bottom is wild to me. Max's outfit is illfitting and boring. Lucinas is well constructed and pretty.
When everyone was complaining about how mean JBC was, and he was, they forgot that Brooke was right there with him. I really hated that HodgePodge comment. It was completely unnecessary, she could have said, you overaccesorized or something and that would have been fine, but to come for someone by saying they look cheap and tackily put together? No. And Brooke, it’s not like your look was that great… yes, it looked expensive, and the skirt was nice, but what on earth was going on with the top… and now you’re not wearing body like a 18 year old newbie? No. Plus your performance in that video was cringe… you can do so much better so what was that? Gurl…
OH SNAP 💀💀💀
Auntie Brooke is the mean auntie who comments on your weight 🤣🤣🤣
I mean they’ve had 4 seasons, I think we can acknowledge now that while Brooke is a legend of drag, she is not exactly born to host / judge drag race. Doesn’t seem to have the personality for it compared to some others
The rose and thorns made sense, it was just convoluted with the delivery. However, the entrance format is TRASH GARBAGE I’m unsure wtf we’re supposed to get out of that… bad tv
True that Canada Drag Race has the worst light for the queens. They look dull under this light.
I know it’s supposed to be Ariana but all I see is lady Gaga lol 😍 Nikita ate that for me! Mera that hair is coming out from tbs scalp
How long until Mera trash the Québec girl...
😬 As a native quebecois who lives in Vancouver, I’ve watched a few reviews and I can tell most people don’t get that the camp and religious aspect are actually very cultural!
Bring back Scarlett 😭
girl she has rotating guests shut the eff up 😊 respectfully
Honestly I really loved all of Uma Gahd's looks/presentation. A user said this under Bu$$y Queen's you tube video regarding Uma Gahd:
"Although Uma Gahd probably comes off a bit church-campy to Americans, she is such a representation of Montreal art. Quebecois culture is deeply rooted in French Catholicism, all our curse words are literally just French church terms. Uma Gahd's campy religious character pokes fun at that in her jokes and her looks, while also flipping the religious context we're used to by making it loving and accepting. I can totally see how it could seem cheesy, but with the cultural context, her verse was so funny and clever! I hope she gets to talk about it more!"
- @DOvenden-Beaudry
I loved her “I put the conne in icone”. Lol