I need to tear myself away from the Olympics for this week’s Project Runway. Have you been watching? You should be, it’s been fabulous. And addictive. I’ve been sleep-deprived because I can’t turn it off and go to bed.
Chris March is here to introduce this week’s challenge. What could tear me away from athletes challenging themselves to new levels? Drag queens.
We get a few different reactions from the designers. Straight guy Joe doesn’t quite know what to do. Terri is, of course, digging this challenge — because she’s secretly Donna Summer!
Our selection of drag queens have a collection of fabulous names to go with their fabulous looks. Drag queen selection goes pretty uneventfully, with the exception of Suede. Since Suede has a heada ocean, he needs a Hedda Lettuce. I was not aware that the blue mohawk was a heada ocean.
The designers get $200 to spend at Mood. I’m disappointed that there isn’t a House of Sparkles, like there’s a House of Spandex.
Poor Joe. He thought he had drama queens in the workroom before. He ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Leanne thinks she’s going to go futuristic and Jetsons with her drag queen. I don’t think I can ever look at Leanne and think futuristic. Ever. At least she didn’t talk about her surrealism. Yet. I’m more convinced than ever that Leanne and Jennifer were the same person. One just had glasses.
The designs will be auctioned off for an AIDS charity and the winner will get immunity.
Blayne is annoying everyone with his addition of -licious to everything. He’s got a pink piece of fabric on his head and seems like he’s losing his mind. It’s a bit early in the challenge for that, don’t you think? They’re not even sleep-deprived at this stage of the episode yet.
The drag queens come in for a fitting as their normal non-drag self, which throws the designers for just a second. Suede’s Hedda Lettuce is not happy with her outfit and is not shy in voicing her displeasure. Suede had put a bunch of small lettuce leaves on his dress because his grandfather came to him in a dream and scattered seeds all over Suede’s creation. Regardless of Suede’s annoying 3rd person habits, his sentiment is sweet, so when Hedda Lettuce tears into him, I’m instantly on Suede’s side.
So Tim comes to give his critiques, and Chris is joining him to give his expertise. Blayne’s dress is compared to a pterodactyl at a gay Jurassic Park. Both Tim & Chris support Suede to tell Hedda Lettuce to put on the gloves & shut up already. Daniel, of course, does a nice dress, but it’s a dress and not a dress for a drag queen. It’s colorful, but there’s no over-the-topness to it. Keith’s dress is black & white. Jerell calls it a wookie-onesy. Again, I love Jerell.
It’s runway day. Suede has a heart-to-heart with Hedda Lettuce, and to her credit, she gets onboard. Stella is ripping Jerell’s outfit for being too classy, forgetting that his drag queen didn’t wear ‘costumes’ as she put it.
Let’s start the show and get down to 10 designers.
RuPaul is the guest judge and girl should’ve had her wig done. It looks like a blonde rat. Blayne’s wings are droopy. Joe went with ‘Ann-Margret on the Love Boat’ and I can totally see it. Hedda Lettuce sure doesn’t act unhappy with her dress. Terri Stevens created a glam rock kimono that’s fabulous. And shockingly, Leanne’s outfit is futuristic.
Blayne, Kenley, Suede, Stella, Leanne are placed in one category — the mediocre middle. They leave the runway, leaving Keith, Daniel, Terri, Korto, Joe and Jerell.
Terri’s outfit is called a cross between Kiss and Mahogany. Michael Kors wants the boots. RuPaul calls Keith on making excuses. Michael Kors thinks Keith’s outfit is a messy gray chicken. The judges love Joe’s pink extravaganza and don’t think Jerell went far enough. RuPaul loves Korto’s outfit. Nina asked Daniel why he didn’t put any sequins on his dress, and sequins make Daniel throw up a little bit. RuPaul reminds him that this is drag & these girls need to make money or they’ll be selling hormones in Harlem.
After talking behind their backs, and really it’s nothing that hasn’t been said to their faces, it’s time to start cutting. Terri is in, but didn’t win. Joe, straight guy, is declared the winner. Korto is in. Jerell is in. Daniel and Keith are in the bottom two, and Daniel is finally sent home. It’s about freaking time. He’s got a new boyfriend in Wesley to go home to anyway. Keith is way upset about Daniel leaving. Of course he leaves talking about his ‘good taste.’
Hooray! Laura Bennett is judging next week! I hope lots of things get called seriously ugly on next week’s Project Runway.