Well, CDR keeps trying new or different challenges. So I think a talk show IS, as Helena said, a “good” challenge. Maybe the issue is with the execution and the edit - as in we most likely didn’t get all the responses from the queens. But for starter, why was Brad the host? Ok, it was probably his turn to hit the workroom. But it would have made more sense to have Tracy be the host due to her background. It might have worked better if it had been a tad more like the Graham Norton show, the real show or the version on UK6.
@@SheaMF that talk show on UK6 really did slay. Everyone talks about La Voix, who murdered it, but almost everyone did great. That cast was stacked though.
@ But it was also based on Graham’s real show. Now I haven’t watched the “real show” even though it does air in Canada; however, I’ve seen many many clips from the show here and there with different celebrities, and telling stories and having the guests interacting appear to be a huge part of it. I like the idea of the show for CDR, but I guess trying to emulate the house wife thingy (or so I heard as I don’t watch any of the housewives shows) might not have been the right formula. Like bring a guest judge to host it or something, like Lily Singh, and let the queens/guests talk more; let them let loose a bit. Of course, you need some direction; but the cold read, was fun but didn’t belong there. It would have been good for a mini challenge.
Exactly because they know they've tapped the supply of talented queens. They literally had a design challenge that was like "Make it look like fast fashion" because they know that's all the majority of the cast was capable of.
MANY goddesses are associated with Virgo, but as far as the Zodiac goes, the Virgo maiden is UNIVERSALLY represented holding a wheat sheaf in one hand and a palm branch in the other. so Astrea (whom literally no one has ever heard of minus a Google search deep dive) notwithstanding, the look was crazy confusing no matter how you cut it
I’ll be real, the pic they showed of Pearla I can see what Brooklyn was saying. Her face was very pale and almost washed out. Obviously it was meant to be pale but it lacked true dimension
Minhi being saved from being bttm 2 and instead Makayla was used as the sacrificial lamb to get rid of Perla bc production was scared of Perla possibly sending her home since we saw Minhi isn’t exactly a dancer. Perla’s elimination just rubbed me the wrong way.
agree- it would have been horrible to see minhi go home because she has done so well in several aspects of drag race. but if the producers are scared to put a top contender into the bottom because they can't perform as well as the others.... then maybe they aren't a top 4 contender?
@@BussyQueenexactly and they aren’t even trying to hide it. Virgo, Makayla, and Helena are all capable of outperforming her in the final lipsync. So she would win due to track record and not bc of winning the final lipsync.
I don’t think Minhi deserved bottom 2 in this episode. Now is she a strong performer? Hard to tell, but probably not as strong as the other 4 that were there due to the fact that she does drag part time. Yet, you get ppl like Xana who does drag full time and does tricks but can’t find the rhythm of any song it seems. I’m sure hoping it’s not a lip sync for the crown.
@@SheaMFMinhi deserved bttm two she was literally told she gave pageant answers instead of telling the truth. Makayla had no right to be in the bttm. Obviously it’s gonna be lipsync for the crown where they cut 2 ppl before the finale. Minhi is not gonna serve cause we saw what she’s capable of when lipsyncing with Makayla.
@ Well, we didn’t see all the answers (the judges did though), and Makayla gave “pageant” answers too, just maybe not as obvious. And on the runway, Minhi was much stronger than Makayla.
@@thisisachannel.780 at this point I hope it’s Makayla. Not that having a story makes or breaks a winner but despite how the others have performed, I know nothing about them and therefore any of them winning to me would be like “ok work.” I’m actually invested in Makayla and was invested in Perla as well. Sorry gals 🤷🏻♂️
@ what I meant is that the production wanted the viewers (like you) to root for Makayla once Perla is gone. Personally I don't think Makayla should win, but this season has no winner to me anyway.
The challenge was basically pretend you’re a guest on Watch What Happens Live (Andy Cohen’s Bravo talk show). Brad got his start on Bravo on the Rachel Zoe Project, which is why he’s playing Andy in this scenario. They trying to create something similar to the Graham Norton Show on UK6.
to be fair, the girls don't know which runway will occur when. so saying that she should've had a better look for the semi finals, when she didn't know it was going to be a semi finals look is a little unfair
@@casswashwash1070 and honestly I'd agree, Helena was phenomenal, Minis was a good look since it was different and there was a whole concept there, Mikeala's was some gold sparkly fabric hot glued on a padded catsuit and Virgo's was literally just a gold piece of fabric draped around her. I was very underwhelmed.
It was definitely an unexplainable fever dream episode! 😳 🤷🏼♀️ Your idea where the queens host would have been much better! (If we see that next season, we know where they got it from😅)
There was no way they would put Minhi in the bottom two because she would lose the lip sync and they didn't want her to go home. So Perla had to be the sacrificial lamb.
@Flameflamesonthesideofmyface And he did it using a reflection to avoid being turned to stone. I like the interpretation but knowing the myth makes it funny
No. She (a woman cursed as a punishment for being raped) was killed by the "hero" Perseus, whilst she slept. And he had been given a bunch of magical objects from the gods to help him too.
I think it was supposed to be a take on Watch What Happens Live, which doesn’t make sense since it’s not Canadian 🥴 I would have thought that if they were going to do something like this they would have at least used a Canadian show like they did Graham Norton Show for DRUK
@@Imjustkev2024 The point is that it is a basic bodysuit with some decorations....nobody said it didn't look good, but that it was a boring bodysuit when compared to the other girls.
Was wild to hear Pearla get critiqued for not being vulnerable when she shared so much later on in the workroom, even if it was outside of the so called "challenge". She's not my personal fave, but I thought Pearla would be in the finale. I also was expecting the challenge to have been flipped with the queens hosting, so bizarre.
I feel like doing this challenge instead of of a makeover challenge was such a fail… I appreciate how CDR is always thinking outside the box with their challenges but this wasn’t it … it would have been a nice moment to see Makayla put someone else in drag the way Icesis put her in drag.
Predicatable because they're clearly the best two queen on the show you mean? Why would you prefer an undeserving 'unpredictable' winner over a predictable worthy winner? Make it make sense.
I think this challenge could potentially work with a bit of retooling and if it was earlier in the season, like the talk show challenge from the most recent UK season, I just think by this point in the season any queens who aren't going to be able to have a conversation while in a interview like setting are going to be gone, and the judging is going to feel really arbitrary. This is a top 10 challenge not a top 5 challenge.
Yeah all the girls were good and kinda felt the same (except helena, she was playing off of other queens' replies, kinda like the best snatch game performances). Your idea is good, i was thinking maybe they should've assigned characters to play like in the Hole challenge from CvsTW2 or the Bitchelor. They needed something to differentiate queens from each other and see how they fare. But i guess they couldn't do it seeing how queens kept fumbling over in comedy challenges
How is it we’re at the finale and I feel like I know next to nothing about Virgo, Helena, or Minhi? This episode was also confusing af. I genuinely thought while watching it that Perla or Virgo was going to win. Helena did ok but I felt like she was kinda stiff idk. Her winning the design challenge last week would have made way more sense than this.
I agree with you on the fact that it was weird to expect someone's emotional reaction to count in the judging ?? Like, as someone who doesn't externalize my feelings and has been called "cold" too many times, I would be cooked LMAO. Just a weird challenge overall and I'm sad to see Perla go.
If I had a nickel for every time they made a personality-based challenge up just to have an excuse to send whoever they want home at top 5, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
THANK YOU!! Why are we judging them on how they respond to the videos of their family. It feels so exploitative!! I really didn’t like how they did this “challenge” they tried to squeeze too much in this moment. It was really weird.
The thing is, I liked the talk show challenge on UK series, but they tried to fill more things in there that really broke this idea. Was actually excited for this challenge and was let down.
There's a constellation myth that when Virgo and Libra are combined, they form Lady Justice. It is essentially combining the constellations Virgo and Libra, one of which is significantly larger than the other.
It might be time for Brooke to step down from hosting. She said that she didn’t get a sense of who Perla was. WHAT⁉️ Perla was one of the smartest queens ever on DR Canada and had incredible fashion sense. I’m disappointed.
@@susankeefer5981 Perla seemed guarded, and I think that’s what Brooke might have been referring to. Now she did spill a tad in the workroom, but the judges don’t see that.
I hope crown is between Minhi and Helena because the other two has just been pushed through the season, while theyre good performers and thats about it, zero versatility. CHOICES.
Pushed how? Theyve both been in the bottom twice. Theyve done great in some places and bad in others. Theyve been great lipsyncers. I'll wait while you exolain what you mean by they've been pushed.
@@Smarterthanyew right. in the challenges they've done good in, they won. And in the challenges they've done bad in, they were in the bottom. And they rightfully won their lip-syncs. I'm confused on how anyone thinks they've been pushed through the competition. i think they're just upset that their fav perla got eliminated
While I loved Pearla's runway. It failed in the statute department. Makayla's didn't register as statute either. Both were meh in the challenge. Helena was top in the challenge and Minhi was the top on runway. The bottom placements were fair.
This actually is really shady though. You’re saying that 4 separate queens aren’t giving you a winner’s energy. Like damn. I think every single one of them has put in the work and talent to warrant a crown or some kind of accolade.
I loved this maxi challenge! I felt like it was more so a test of how they could represent the Canada’s Drag Race brand as a talk show guest. Sometimes being a talk show guest is challenging!
It was kind of silly to reference “watch what happens live” but not be bitchy or gossipy. Brad does not have that big daddy top energy like Andy Cohen does.
I really feel like the judges are grooming the audience for a Minhi win in the finale. The last poll I saw posted by a different youtuber, surprisingly the most votes were for Minhi to win. I feel like they really want to push this Pit Crew to Contestant narrative. BTW, why did Canada stop having Pit Crew members????
Continue to love this season and admittedly an odd but still fun episode. Honestly would’ve expected TS Madison host the show instead of Brad. But the cast is so likable it’s hard to hate on any of it too hard
This was just like the UK queens ‘being on’ the Graham Norton show in their challenge, and the name clearly suggests it was a twist on ‘Watch What Happens Live.’ I’m not sure why it was so hard to get that…
Virgo should get some faux wheat stems, or faux fronds, spray paint them gold and toss the scales, cuz that’s a whole libra. Virgo is earth and nature/nurture and anxiety
i’m glad i wasn’t the only one who thought that challenge was weird. i had 0 idea who was top and bottom or how they would judge it. by the end of the episode i was just ready for it to be over.
Gurl, as I mentioned before this Canada’s drag race season was Trauma’s drag race, 6/8 episodes so far always featured someone dealing with some trauma and crying at the getting ready section of the show. Definitely I feel the producers want this season winner to be a Cinderella story, where the queen with the hardest background will be the winner.
This is the first season of Canada I’ve actually enjoyed. The first few seasons had great queens but production wasn’t great. No shade just wanted better. This season went above and beyond
i have enjoyed a lot of the production choices for twists, the beavers, and especially the design challenge where they created looks for brooke! it's been a good season. but this challenge was just ... not even a challenge. lol
@ fair… I also think if Brooke isn’t responsible for her make up that there should have been people tasked with making but face match. I think the beat was pretty but didn’t match enough for all the clothes they made.
What would have made the "challenge" more interesting was having the Queens take turns being the interviewer of the others. Have them come up with their own questions for the others.
8:05 Thank you. I thought they were clock that about Libra holding scales on the runway given that Virgo is right before Libra is in the astrological calendar.
I think that Brad and Traci are not qualified to be judges. I am always bothered by them pretending that they know everything. They are tons of qualified people like iconic drag queens, fashion models and real fashion designers who would be more fitting to be judges.
Exactly! There’s too many times Brad is cringeworthy whilst taking himself way too serious. The excitable head bobbing,clapping and jumping around in his seat is ODD.
For real. Traci is useless and Brad just seems to be there as the Carson-type "fashion" judge. Brooke's "banter" with them is always so forced and awkward. I love Brooke Lynn and I think she's doing well as a host, but she'd do so much better with more charismatic co-hosts/co-judges.
@@deaderontheinside6871 Remember Sofonda Cox, she would be perfect to replace Traci Melchor. 27 years of drag excellence. I saw her as a baby drag queen in Toronto so many years ago and she was a fire house, still is.
I think any of the finalists have a case to win. I’d like to see all of them perform but I think production will prolly have Makayla win in a lip sync against Minhi for the story line
This whole season is a mess. They want so bad to give TVQ the crown and she did nothing all the season. She won a rose on first episode and won a lipsync on the lipsync challenge. That's it. Last season was top tier and this was a choice.
The edit of this challenge felt weird. It felt like half of Minhi's answers or reactions were cut off or not shown. And she got a single line in the script read. Watching it, I felt like there must have been more to it, and Brooks' comments also made it seem like we weren't shown half of Minhi's answers. Maybe they wanted to show more of the others succeeding/failing and Minhi was left looking the worst because she mostly edited out. Just a theory.
I am rooting for Minhi to win but I was shocked she wasn't in the bottom as well. However, I don't understand why the judges didn't want more pageant level answers? I guess the purpose of the challenge is still a little unclear to me. Part of why I could see Makayla in the bottom is it sometimes felt like she was almost doing too much (to me) to try and maintain attention on her, so I was surprised when she got the opposite critique. Still, this was such a mess of a "challenge" and you're absolutely right that there have to be better ways to do a charisma check 😵💫
It was definitely a wanna be moment of "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen on Bravo. That's what the challenge was modeled after. Down to the background imagery. That's why it wasn't so good loll
I understand some of the criticisms for the talk show challenges but we also have to remember, these queens surge into the spotlight shortly after they are cast. To me it could be great chance to have some PR training before getting swung into the mix of it. It’s hard to be vulnerable on the spot but a neccessary skill to learn being in the public eye
This season felt so weird and the winner doesn't feel like high stakes but I want so much of this cast to be back for an allstars or some other reality tv show
Minhi took that answer with grace , blaming yourself for underestimating yourself is a graceful thing to say , So devastated that makayla the drama queen will be in the top 2 , should’ve been sent packing by the show after her meltdown against Xana….
The What Just Happened is a play on Bravos Watch What Happens hosted by Andy Cohen. A late night talk show on Bravo that usually has housewives and celebs on it. I don’t think Brad brought the same energy as Andy does or it just didn’t translate bc WWHL is funny.
I’m kinda with you on the challenge, because it just shifted from the arbitrary makeover challenge to something just as arbitrary. I think everyone did pretty well, but we didn’t really have a rubric or know what any of the criteria was, so we were left - literally - going “What just happened?” This is like the Snatch Game Rusical in the respect that it was a valiant effort at something new, but it just didn’t quite land. If they wanna do this again, let’s hope we get a clearer vision of what they want. Also, I feel like if they’re gunna keep taking risks like this, maybe make the season a bit longer so that the risks don’t appear so jarring in relation to the challenges we consider to be staples of Drag Race. This season’s come off as overly experimental, and it’s been a bumpy ride as a result.
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It's bananas that CDR went from such a creative unique challenge like designing for Brooke...to this ...
When my friend group watched this we all agreed, it was such a strange season overall some things are so creative and some are bare minimum
Well, CDR keeps trying new or different challenges. So I think a talk show IS, as Helena said, a “good” challenge. Maybe the issue is with the execution and the edit - as in we most likely didn’t get all the responses from the queens. But for starter, why was Brad the host? Ok, it was probably his turn to hit the workroom. But it would have made more sense to have Tracy be the host due to her background. It might have worked better if it had been a tad more like the Graham Norton show, the real show or the version on UK6.
@@SheaMF that talk show on UK6 really did slay. Everyone talks about La Voix, who murdered it, but almost everyone did great. That cast was stacked though.
@ But it was also based on Graham’s real show. Now I haven’t watched the “real show” even though it does air in Canada; however, I’ve seen many many clips from the show here and there with different celebrities, and telling stories and having the guests interacting appear to be a huge part of it. I like the idea of the show for CDR, but I guess trying to emulate the house wife thingy (or so I heard as I don’t watch any of the housewives shows) might not have been the right formula. Like bring a guest judge to host it or something, like Lily Singh, and let the queens/guests talk more; let them let loose a bit. Of course, you need some direction; but the cold read, was fun but didn’t belong there. It would have been good for a mini challenge.
This challenge was just them thinking “what if we made the Reunion episode have stakes” and then didn’t think any deeper than that.
Or Brooke just deciding to not do the "tictac interview"
At least it wasn't like Pythia almost getting eliminated on the reunion.
You missed the reference. It was a reference to Andy Cohen's show on Bravo.
Exactly because they know they've tapped the supply of talented queens. They literally had a design challenge that was like "Make it look like fast fashion" because they know that's all the majority of the cast was capable of.
@@1bwash that was.... Actually quite smart from producers
This was not a challenge. This was like a pre-season promotional TH-cam video. I hated it.
very that
It gave "can you answer a question"
I was thinking the same thing when I watched it
What if we had our first no-winner season? LMAO
Brooke just crowns herself lol 😂😂
Why not Minhi? She was great
“Canada’s next drag superstar is… nobody! You all lose! 💕”
@@DonoZeek because I think they’re gonna put The Virgo Queen and Makayla in top2 😭
To be truthful guys, I’m #teamHelena
JUSTICE FOR PERLA!😭
Mini was the worst and Even then not bad lol hated this challenge
Perla definitely deserved to be in the finale. Especially considering that she would have been bottom episode 1 and her upward trajectory.
Her and Makayla were the only ones left I felt like I actually knew a lot about 🤷🏻♂️
I would even go as far as to say that Perla was the only queen with fashion and humor and nerve
I was rooting so hard for Perla 😭😭😭
ME TOO! She was my favorite! SO SAD SHE WENT HOME!
How the hell did she go home?!? She was so goooddd
all she had to do was maybe spray tan before the season and things would have been so different lmao
Allegedly the Goddess represented in the Virgo constellation is Astrea and she indeed holds a scale - libra.
MANY goddesses are associated with Virgo, but as far as the Zodiac goes, the Virgo maiden is UNIVERSALLY represented holding a wheat sheaf in one hand and a palm branch in the other. so Astrea (whom literally no one has ever heard of minus a Google search deep dive) notwithstanding, the look was crazy confusing no matter how you cut it
Perla's looks were top tier, I'm shocked that BKH voted the opposite. Confused more than shocked, actually
It was a great look…Brooke Lynn just didn’t think it read as statuesque.
I’ll be real, the pic they showed of Pearla I can see what Brooklyn was saying. Her face was very pale and almost washed out. Obviously it was meant to be pale but it lacked true dimension
Bizarre that Virgo's boring yellow dress didn't get read to filth tbh
I love her, she was my winner, but I hated the look
@ It was simple, indeed, but it met the brief. And maybe the judges did read it and it didn’t make the edit.
Minhi being saved from being bttm 2 and instead Makayla was used as the sacrificial lamb to get rid of Perla bc production was scared of Perla possibly sending her home since we saw Minhi isn’t exactly a dancer. Perla’s elimination just rubbed me the wrong way.
agree- it would have been horrible to see minhi go home because she has done so well in several aspects of drag race. but if the producers are scared to put a top contender into the bottom because they can't perform as well as the others.... then maybe they aren't a top 4 contender?
@@BussyQueenexactly and they aren’t even trying to hide it. Virgo, Makayla, and Helena are all capable of outperforming her in the final lipsync. So she would win due to track record and not bc of winning the final lipsync.
I don’t think Minhi deserved bottom 2 in this episode. Now is she a strong performer? Hard to tell, but probably not as strong as the other 4 that were there due to the fact that she does drag part time. Yet, you get ppl like Xana who does drag full time and does tricks but can’t find the rhythm of any song it seems. I’m sure hoping it’s not a lip sync for the crown.
@@SheaMFMinhi deserved bttm two she was literally told she gave pageant answers instead of telling the truth. Makayla had no right to be in the bttm. Obviously it’s gonna be lipsync for the crown where they cut 2 ppl before the finale. Minhi is not gonna serve cause we saw what she’s capable of when lipsyncing with Makayla.
@ Well, we didn’t see all the answers (the judges did though), and Makayla gave “pageant” answers too, just maybe not as obvious. And on the runway, Minhi was much stronger than Makayla.
Helena Poison's Runway + Makayla Couture's Lipsync = the episode
that part
I wasn’t a big fan of Helena’s runway . I feel like we’ve seen it before, minhis tho was amazing
@andreadeans2520 Where have you seen it??? Not being rude I genuinely don't know what other seasons of Drag Race did a statue runway.
justice for perla, congrats to whoever the de facto winner is 💀
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@@thisisachannel.780 at this point I hope it’s Makayla. Not that having a story makes or breaks a winner but despite how the others have performed, I know nothing about them and therefore any of them winning to me would be like “ok work.” I’m actually invested in Makayla and was invested in Perla as well. Sorry gals 🤷🏻♂️
@@PrisonHoney96 that literally is what the production wanted
@@darkblue4959 how busted is that though like wouldn’t it be more iconic to see Makayla and Perla go at it in the finale? Missed opportunity.
@ what I meant is that the production wanted the viewers (like you) to root for Makayla once Perla is gone. Personally I don't think Makayla should win, but this season has no winner to me anyway.
The challenge was basically pretend you’re a guest on Watch What Happens Live (Andy Cohen’s Bravo talk show). Brad got his start on Bravo on the Rachel Zoe Project, which is why he’s playing Andy in this scenario. They trying to create something similar to the Graham Norton Show on UK6.
Glad I’m not the only one that got the reference!
Absolutely! WWHL is sometimes pretty cringe, so that segment was fairly accurate to the reference.
Of all shows to parody why this one?
Ngl i disagree with the 5 flames for mikeala. It was a crafty bodysuit that looked a little too costumey and simple for the semi finals.
Hers was very nice. I didn’t like virgo or mini (hair and makeup but not the fit) only helena did good
This! I'm in shock they praised her so much for that look. i felt gaslit by the judges on that one 😮
to be fair, the girls don't know which runway will occur when. so saying that she should've had a better look for the semi finals, when she didn't know it was going to be a semi finals look is a little unfair
@@casswashwash1070 and honestly I'd agree, Helena was phenomenal, Minis was a good look since it was different and there was a whole concept there, Mikeala's was some gold sparkly fabric hot glued on a padded catsuit and Virgo's was literally just a gold piece of fabric draped around her. I was very underwhelmed.
@@dylanplatts9914 then all her looks should be up to the same standards.
Helena or Minhi for the win. They are the nicest, realest, and most talented of the remaining queens.
It was definitely an unexplainable fever dream episode! 😳 🤷🏼♀️
Your idea where the queens host would have been much better! (If we see that next season, we know where they got it from😅)
I fell asleep watching this episode and when I found out on socials the next day that Perla had been eliminated I was shocked
There was no way they would put Minhi in the bottom two because she would lose the lip sync and they didn't want her to go home. So Perla had to be the sacrificial lamb.
Perla being set up for an all stars or vs. The world season
i would love to see perla compete again; i think she's really cool
@BussyQueen same!
That is literally the story of Medusa… she accidentally sees her reflection and turns herself to stone.
we learn new things every day
Didn’t she get decapitated by Perseus tho
@Flameflamesonthesideofmyface And he did it using a reflection to avoid being turned to stone. I like the interpretation but knowing the myth makes it funny
No. She (a woman cursed as a punishment for being raped) was killed by the "hero" Perseus, whilst she slept. And he had been given a bunch of magical objects from the gods to help him too.
This challenge felt like Pink Table Talk, only worse. They need to save the serious topics for the mirror chats.
this would have been a great segment to include in the finale. but here? on this day? at this time? nah
I think it was supposed to be a take on Watch What Happens Live, which doesn’t make sense since it’s not Canadian 🥴 I would have thought that if they were going to do something like this they would have at least used a Canadian show like they did Graham Norton Show for DRUK
Makayla is wearing a body suit with cardboard glued on it.
And she looks amazing in it. What’s your point?
@@Imjustkev2024it doesn't
@@Imjustkev2024 The point is that it is a basic bodysuit with some decorations....nobody said it didn't look good, but that it was a boring bodysuit when compared to the other girls.
Raja's marie antoinette look is also a bodysuit but its widely regarded as an exceptional look.. not everything has to be a $20,000 rhinestone gown
She should have went home. I have grown to loath Makayla. 2
The air quotes in every "challenge" 😂😂😂
Was wild to hear Pearla get critiqued for not being vulnerable when she shared so much later on in the workroom, even if it was outside of the so called "challenge". She's not my personal fave, but I thought Pearla would be in the finale. I also was expecting the challenge to have been flipped with the queens hosting, so bizarre.
I feel like doing this challenge instead of of a makeover challenge was such a fail… I appreciate how CDR is always thinking outside the box with their challenges but this wasn’t it … it would have been a nice moment to see Makayla put someone else in drag the way Icesis put her in drag.
I'd love to see Minhi Wang go all the way. She's the most down to earth, likeable queen to me. And I love her drag. This episode though -
I'm also rooting for Minhi Wang. I think she's great !
I'd love Minhi or Helena to win - it'd be very predictable if Virgo & Makayla won
Predicatable because they're clearly the best two queen on the show you mean? Why would you prefer an undeserving 'unpredictable' winner over a predictable worthy winner? Make it make sense.
Oooh unless you mean because they're black, so production MUST favour them? Deapite their bittom placements throughout the series 🙄
@@Smarterthanyew Predictable because both of them have been forced by the narrative, Minhi and Helena rules
@-piolho- ok so you're unintelligent. That's okay!
@@-piolho- what narrative are y'all talking about? 😭 literally no one in this top 4 gives winner energy
I think this challenge could potentially work with a bit of retooling and if it was earlier in the season, like the talk show challenge from the most recent UK season, I just think by this point in the season any queens who aren't going to be able to have a conversation while in a interview like setting are going to be gone, and the judging is going to feel really arbitrary. This is a top 10 challenge not a top 5 challenge.
Yeah all the girls were good and kinda felt the same (except helena, she was playing off of other queens' replies, kinda like the best snatch game performances).
Your idea is good, i was thinking maybe they should've assigned characters to play like in the Hole challenge from CvsTW2 or the Bitchelor. They needed something to differentiate queens from each other and see how they fare. But i guess they couldn't do it seeing how queens kept fumbling over in comedy challenges
5:37 she is walking the runway holding a hand mirror, that's why she turned herself into stone
getting rid of Perla is complete shitfoolery!!
40sec? Finally the algorithm understands
How is it we’re at the finale and I feel like I know next to nothing about Virgo, Helena, or Minhi?
This episode was also confusing af. I genuinely thought while watching it that Perla or Virgo was going to win. Helena did ok but I felt like she was kinda stiff idk. Her winning the design challenge last week would have made way more sense than this.
I agree with you on the fact that it was weird to expect someone's emotional reaction to count in the judging ?? Like, as someone who doesn't externalize my feelings and has been called "cold" too many times, I would be cooked LMAO. Just a weird challenge overall and I'm sad to see Perla go.
If I had a nickel for every time they made a personality-based challenge up just to have an excuse to send whoever they want home at top 5, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice.
The big shrimp is actually called the big prawn! 🦐 It’s here in Ballina where I live, I drive past it a lot 😂
I only liked Perla so I’m pretty indifferent on the winner now…anyone but Makayla I guess? 😂
THANK YOU!! Why are we judging them on how they respond to the videos of their family. It feels so exploitative!! I really didn’t like how they did this “challenge” they tried to squeeze too much in this moment. It was really weird.
The thing is, I liked the talk show challenge on UK series, but they tried to fill more things in there that really broke this idea. Was actually excited for this challenge and was let down.
Same.
There's a constellation myth that when Virgo and Libra are combined, they form Lady Justice. It is essentially combining the constellations Virgo and Libra, one of which is significantly larger than the other.
Imagine getting eliminated because they didnt like yout tic tac lunch. Thats what this week felt like and its stupid
Perla shoulda won - none of these other 4 have the chops to be a winner.
It might be time for Brooke to step down from hosting. She said that she didn’t get a sense of who Perla was. WHAT⁉️ Perla was one of the smartest queens ever on DR Canada and had incredible fashion sense. I’m disappointed.
@@susankeefer5981 Perla seemed guarded, and I think that’s what Brooke might have been referring to. Now she did spill a tad in the workroom, but the judges don’t see that.
As a libra i am glad my confusion was not alone lol
I hope crown is between Minhi and Helena because the other two has just been pushed through the season, while theyre good performers and thats about it, zero versatility. CHOICES.
Pushed how? Theyve both been in the bottom twice. Theyve done great in some places and bad in others. Theyve been great lipsyncers. I'll wait while you exolain what you mean by they've been pushed.
@@Smarterthanyew right. in the challenges they've done good in, they won. And in the challenges they've done bad in, they were in the bottom. And they rightfully won their lip-syncs. I'm confused on how anyone thinks they've been pushed through the competition. i think they're just upset that their fav perla got eliminated
@@dylanplatts9914 that, and the very obvious singling out of the two....i can't even say any more because of deletions
I'm gonna stand by my opinion that Helena deserved to have 2 wins in this competition and, for me, is my winner pick.
While I loved Pearla's runway. It failed in the statute department. Makayla's didn't register as statute either. Both were meh in the challenge. Helena was top in the challenge and Minhi was the top on runway. The bottom placements were fair.
I feel like The Virgo Queen was attempting to represent Lady Justice, you see her statue in a lot of court houses, but she failed to describe that.
If based just on the challenge, Perla and Minhi are the bottom
If based on the runway, its Perla and Virgo
LETS GET THAT WIN MINHI!!
JUSTICE FOR PERLA
WILL MAKAYLA WIN?
FIND OUT TOMORROW 😅🤣
If I was a betting person, I’d say Virgo will win and they’re saving Makayla for an All Stars is my thinking.
I absolutely love ending my days by watching your videos. Thank you so much for all the entertaining content Bussyqueen!
It's literally a toss for who the winner could be. None of these queens showed that they are the "next drag super star". No tea, no shade.
This actually is really shady though. You’re saying that 4 separate queens aren’t giving you a winner’s energy. Like damn. I think every single one of them has put in the work and talent to warrant a crown or some kind of accolade.
I loved this maxi challenge! I felt like it was more so a test of how they could represent the Canada’s Drag Race brand as a talk show guest. Sometimes being a talk show guest is challenging!
It was kind of silly to reference “watch what happens live” but not be bitchy or gossipy. Brad does not have that big daddy top energy like Andy Cohen does.
Didn’t Perla say “I got you girl” to Makayla in the lip sync?? I found this bizarre to include in the edit, as if they trying to imply something..
I really feel like the judges are grooming the audience for a Minhi win in the finale. The last poll I saw posted by a different youtuber, surprisingly the most votes were for Minhi to win. I feel like they really want to push this Pit Crew to Contestant narrative. BTW, why did Canada stop having Pit Crew members????
Perla wrote in the comments on IG that the dress was heavy and she didn't want to ruin it. That's why she didn't give 100%.
Continue to love this season and admittedly an odd but still fun episode. Honestly would’ve expected TS Madison host the show instead of Brad. But the cast is so likable it’s hard to hate on any of it too hard
This challenge was very left field 😂 honestly what was the point? Like give us nothing 😅
I hope Minhi or Helena win this season.
This was just like the UK queens ‘being on’ the Graham Norton show in their challenge, and the name clearly suggests it was a twist on ‘Watch What Happens Live.’ I’m not sure why it was so hard to get that…
Mama this challenge was NOT IT
Medusa turned herself into stone because she looked into the mirror she was holding
I thought this season was made for Virgo to win but my heart now is rooting for Minnie and Helena. ❤️👼🙏🏽🥂
This was a mess and Perla should have never gone home from the main challenge
The "acting out" past conversations from the show was so cringy. I don't need to hear an entire conversation from season 3. I want to hear new stuff.
when they've done this as a full challenge, i support it. but only when its truly ICONIC fights/breakdowns.
Virgo should get some faux wheat stems, or faux fronds, spray paint them gold and toss the scales, cuz that’s a whole libra. Virgo is earth and nature/nurture and anxiety
The fact they chose the ONE EXAMPLE of Perla’s “pale makeup” where it was intentionally pale for the look 💀 😩
i’m glad i wasn’t the only one who thought that challenge was weird. i had 0 idea who was top and bottom or how they would judge it. by the end of the episode i was just ready for it to be over.
Gurl, as I mentioned before this Canada’s drag race season was Trauma’s drag race, 6/8 episodes so far always featured someone dealing with some trauma and crying at the getting ready section of the show. Definitely I feel the producers want this season winner to be a Cinderella story, where the queen with the hardest background will be the winner.
Perla was the only one i liked😭😭
Helena Looked in the mirror, she is holding a mirror
i didnt get statuesque from mckayla at all. blue velvet jumpsuit with stuff attached? nor do i get it from minhi.
But Minhi shoeerd Stauesque.
This is the first season of Canada I’ve actually enjoyed. The first few seasons had great queens but production wasn’t great. No shade just wanted better. This season went above and beyond
i have enjoyed a lot of the production choices for twists, the beavers, and especially the design challenge where they created looks for brooke! it's been a good season. but this challenge was just ... not even a challenge. lol
@ fair… I also think if Brooke isn’t responsible for her make up that there should have been people tasked with making but face match. I think the beat was pretty but didn’t match enough for all the clothes they made.
What would have made the "challenge" more interesting was having the Queens take turns being the interviewer of the others. Have them come up with their own questions for the others.
8:05 Thank you. I thought they were clock that about Libra holding scales on the runway given that Virgo is right before Libra is in the astrological calendar.
35 tones and 9 metres high 🤣🤣, it’s literally just called the big prawn 😭🦐 it’s at Ballina NSW
I cancelled my WOW subscription after this episode.
I think that Brad and Traci are not qualified to be judges. I am always bothered by them pretending that they know everything. They are tons of qualified people like iconic drag queens, fashion models and real fashion designers who would be more fitting to be judges.
Brooklynn has absolutely no chemistry with them either. The Traci -bot and Brad Mathews feel more like cement blocks to keep the diva down.
Exactly! There’s too many times Brad is cringeworthy whilst taking himself way too serious.
The excitable head bobbing,clapping and jumping around in his seat is ODD.
For real. Traci is useless and Brad just seems to be there as the Carson-type "fashion" judge. Brooke's "banter" with them is always so forced and awkward. I love Brooke Lynn and I think she's doing well as a host, but she'd do so much better with more charismatic co-hosts/co-judges.
I still miss Stacey McKenzie!
@@deaderontheinside6871 Remember Sofonda Cox, she would be perfect to replace Traci Melchor. 27 years of drag excellence. I saw her as a baby drag queen in Toronto so many years ago and she was a fire house, still is.
The virgo constellation is traditionally depicted carrying the scales of libra.
I think any of the finalists have a case to win. I’d like to see all of them perform but I think production will prolly have Makayla win in a lip sync against Minhi for the story line
This whole season is a mess. They want so bad to give TVQ the crown and she did nothing all the season. She won a rose on first episode and won a lipsync on the lipsync challenge. That's it. Last season was top tier and this was a choice.
as a libra and a greek myth fan, virgo's look was so frustrating LOL
idk if u're gonna say this in the video (i just started it) but i thought that brad would had sent home after that glacial hosting presence :/
This was a most odd challenge in history like what - these talk challenges confuse me so much???
I hated the challenge but I loved the runway. I’m sad to see Perla go 😢
Aussie here, don't call them shrimp, they're prawns!
The edit of this challenge felt weird. It felt like half of Minhi's answers or reactions were cut off or not shown. And she got a single line in the script read. Watching it, I felt like there must have been more to it, and Brooks' comments also made it seem like we weren't shown half of Minhi's answers. Maybe they wanted to show more of the others succeeding/failing and Minhi was left looking the worst because she mostly edited out. Just a theory.
I am rooting for Minhi to win but I was shocked she wasn't in the bottom as well. However, I don't understand why the judges didn't want more pageant level answers? I guess the purpose of the challenge is still a little unclear to me.
Part of why I could see Makayla in the bottom is it sometimes felt like she was almost doing too much (to me) to try and maintain attention on her, so I was surprised when she got the opposite critique. Still, this was such a mess of a "challenge" and you're absolutely right that there have to be better ways to do a charisma check 😵💫
It feels like they were trying to do Watch What Happens Live but like as a reunion.
This felt like a fire episode challenge?
Such a bizarre episode.
I think Minhi has the best track record? This season is so all over the place haha
It was definitely a wanna be moment of "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen on Bravo. That's what the challenge was modeled after. Down to the background imagery. That's why it wasn't so good loll
Minhi being the Rebecca Glasscock of the season and I’m not mad at it 😂
I understand some of the criticisms for the talk show challenges but we also have to remember, these queens surge into the spotlight shortly after they are cast. To me it could be great chance to have some PR training before getting swung into the mix of it. It’s hard to be vulnerable on the spot but a neccessary skill to learn being in the public eye
This season felt so weird and the winner doesn't feel like high stakes but I want so much of this cast to be back for an allstars or some other reality tv show
It was named correctly.. what the F just happened?? Not a damn thing. Not a challenge.
Minhi took that answer with grace , blaming yourself for underestimating yourself is a graceful thing to say ,
So devastated that makayla the drama queen will be in the top 2 , should’ve been sent packing by the show after her meltdown against Xana….
I totally agree - worst challenge potentially ever in drag race history …
The What Just Happened is a play on Bravos Watch What Happens hosted by Andy Cohen. A late night talk show on Bravo that usually has housewives and celebs on it. I don’t think Brad brought the same energy as Andy does or it just didn’t translate bc WWHL is funny.
I’m kinda with you on the challenge, because it just shifted from the arbitrary makeover challenge to something just as arbitrary. I think everyone did pretty well, but we didn’t really have a rubric or know what any of the criteria was, so we were left - literally - going “What just happened?”
This is like the Snatch Game Rusical in the respect that it was a valiant effort at something new, but it just didn’t quite land.
If they wanna do this again, let’s hope we get a clearer vision of what they want. Also, I feel like if they’re gunna keep taking risks like this, maybe make the season a bit longer so that the risks don’t appear so jarring in relation to the challenges we consider to be staples of Drag Race.
This season’s come off as overly experimental, and it’s been a bumpy ride as a result.
The true Canadian divas know that Makayla ATE that Marianas Trench song up 11:50