Logo unfortunately gave us two weeks to mull and stew over Pandora’s unfair elimination. Watching it happen again in the previously on, the sting is still there. “It is so empty,” Miss Bitch observes as they walk into the dressing room. Yeah, and all the wrong people left.
To prove my point, Tatianna tells Jujubee that based on the lip sync, she thought Pandora was going to stay. Nice. She also takes offense at Raven’s opinion that Pandora wasn’t a star. It’s a testament to how much I hate her that I want to disagree.
Jujubee brings up her dead father again, when explaining why she doesn’t talk to her real mother. Oh good. Glad we got that out of the way early on.
After some Liza and Sally Fields She-Mail references, RuPaul comes out to explain the week’s mini-challenge. The fab four will be given four identical dresses, and they’ll have to accessorize them in their own unique styles to stand out from the rest. The dresses are so alike they’re even in the same size!
Jujubee is slathering makeup over her stubble, and Miss Bitch, who says she has fish face (slang for looking like a real girl), is fashioning her Rihanna wig. As is Tatianna. Christ, Rihanna again. None of them have the time to really do their usual makeup, and the effect is hallucinatory. Too bad, Miss Bitch wins.
For the main challenge, the girls have been nominated for the Diva Awards. They’ll need three different outfits for three different awards. First is as teen idols, then as fancy business ladies, and finally as Hollywood glam goddesses. The muscle men wheel out clothes racks. Nice to see them again!
Miss Bitch wants the lime green fur. Of course she does. As Raven says, “Tyra looks like she skinned all of the Muppets and is making a gown out of their fur.” I’ve hated Miss Bitch longer than Tatianna; I’m not prepared to see her next week.
“Maybe I’ll go all Mary-Kate on everyone and wear, like, 30 things at once,” Jujubee says. She then goes on to bond with Raven over wanting to kick ass in order to defeat Miss Bitch and Tatianna. I wish Tatianna was interesting enough for a nickname.
Oh good. Miss Bitch is treating everyone to a song again. Because that worked out so well for her before. Jujubee urges her to keep on, saying she has a “beautiful voice.” Miss Bitch knows she’s being read, though. And she’s sad because she’s missing her son’s first day of pre-school. Imagine having Miss Bitch as a father! Girl, I’d run away.
Tatianna is staring at her dress form, claiming that you never waste your time thinking. That’s true, but what are you doing, Tatianna? She’s aiming for complicated with just three pieces of fabric and some hot glue. Bless, child.
RuPaul is concerned that Miss Bitch’s fur gown is shedding too much. I hope it sheds her. Raven is going for a little Sarah Palin with her business lady outfit. Oh, sad! Jujubee’s Hollywood glam look is a little Bea Arthur caftan-like. And Tatianna is giving Ru sass about her dresses. “I don’t want to throw you off your game,” Ru says, “but these bitches are coming for you.” Yes, we are.
The guest judges at the Diva Awards will be Marissa Jaret Winokur, Tony stealer from Bernadette Peters (never forget!) and Tatum O’Neill. Wow. Way to go low-rent with the awards winners, Drag Race.
But before they hit the awards ceremony circuit, Ru cautions them, they have to perform a Diva Awards ceremony opening number, for which they’ll all have to contribute to the choreography. And since Miss Bitch won the mini challenge, she’s in charge. Ru gives an overwrought goodbye acceptance speech, which I would find funnier if this show didn’t annoy me so much. Really, Ru? You can’t manage one drag queen guest judge?
Tatianna is annoyed about the opening number, because it takes time away from her getting her shit together. Oh, child, that’ll never happen. Miss Bitch has no idea what she’s doing, which Tatianna is quick to point out in confession.
Raven couldn’t sleep over the night because she was worried about her dream teen outfit. As well she should; she looks as much like a teenager as Cloris Leachman.
Miss Bitch and Tatianna both think they deserve to be in the bottom two. Tatianna thinks she’s grown a lot over the course of the competition. No, Tatianna. You have not. If anything, you have turned into a bigger and bigger child. All the girls but Tatianna think she should go home this week. They’re not the only ones. She doesn’t care. They won’t break her spirit. Yeah, she’s too dumb to be broken.
Ru hits the runway wearing a tattered prom banner of roses on her dress. Marissa’s hair is ginormous. Tatum seems game but uncertain. And Merle makes an unfortunate “rose bud” joke.” Oh, Merle.
The dolls come out to lip sync, and everything’s going well until Jujubee misses a step. She gets it together quick enough, but everyone noticed. The number is actually funny, which is surprising.
Laura Bell Bundy is advertising her new country CD on Logo? She knows where her fan base is on Monday nights. And in the spirit of Gossip Girl, the Logo announcer says, “Oh my tucking God” over the Untucked preview.
For the teen awards, Tatianna walks out in another black-and-white striped outfit that looks like something Lindsay Lohan would collapse in. Raven looks ethereal, if old. Jujubee looks like Dina Lohan, though she claims to be channeling Mary J. Blige. Miss Bitch feels like she’s turned 16 all over again, but she looks like Beyonce’s hot mess tranny sister.
For the fancy business lady, Tatianna looks like a slutty librarian and acts like Sarah Palin. Ru gives us a tired “I can see Russia from my house joke,” before Raven comes out dressed as Hillary Clinton. Her whole runway walk is based on pushing her glasses up and down her nose. Oh no, Jujubee! She waddles out in an ill-fitting satin top, looking like Kimora Lee Simmons again. She has the bad Kate Gosselin hair and can’t pull it off. Miss Bitch is wearing a black jumper. Yawn.
For the Hollywood glam, Tatianna walks out in one of her usual cut-to-there gowns. Raven is giving deadpan Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams. Jujubee walks out in an Auntie Mame sari; Miss Bitch is giving us her tired old Beyonce routine. Why be a drag queen and not just a Beyonce impersonator? Merle and Ru agree that she’s giving us Rita Hayworth in Gilda. Bitch, please. Miss Bitch couldn't even give us old, Alzheimer’s-afflicted Rita.
Now the ladies have to give their acceptance speeches. Tatianna thanks her mother (bored). Raven tears up when Ru announces her name, before thanking God (trite), RuPaul (kiss-ass) and her fans. Jujubee thanks Jesus, her dead father, and her incommunicado mother. There’s an awful lot of sincerity for the Diva Awards. Miss Bitch sounds like a man, of course, and dedicates her award to her son, who keeps her going. Too bad. She also steals Ru’s line from earlier, and says, “I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.”
Now for the critiques. Ru wants to know if Tatianna was intentionally doing Sarah Palin She says no. Santino hates her gown (surprise), and thinks she was soft-spoken during her dull interview. Ru loves Raven’s Hollywood glam dress, which she says is for a biological woman. “I’m a psychological woman,” she says, to much laughter. Marissa thinks she had the best backstage interview. Merle loved her heartfelt acceptance speech. I’m sorry, are drag queens supposed to be giving us sincerity?
Marissa thought Jujubee covered up her missteps well, but dislikes her costume-y gown. And Tatum takes the opportunity, while talking about Jujubee’s acceptance speech, to drag her father into things. Jujubee has clearly met her match in the daddy department with this one.
Ru wants to give Miss Bitch a standing ovation for saving her gown until this challenge. Santino finds her so impressive. Well sure! She makes him seem less monotonous.
The girls are sent off for an Absolute cocktail in the Interior Illusions Lounge. I’m also enjoying a cocktail tonight, courtesy of Boomerang Australian vodka and a bottle of C-Town’s Tom Collins mix. Delicious! The judges get down to business. Ru thinks something about Tatianna feels unfinished. Really? It’s taken you this long to figure that out? Even Tatum O’Neill gets that it’s not just about a beautiful face.
Ru is impressed by Jujubee’s intellect, but finds her a bit one-dimensional. Marissa disagrees, though, and thinks she’s an actress. Tatum was drawn to Raven, and Merle loves that she’s been peeling back the layers week after week. Tatum also loved Miss Bitch, though, so let’s not take her too seriously. She does point out that she needs to work on her voice. Yeah, no shit. Merle claims she’s gotten better, which is clearly a case of wishful thinking. Ru has made her decision. Please be Tatianna. Miss Bitch is clearly going all the way.
Raven is safe. No surprise there. She’s pissed that she didn’t win though. Miss Bitch wins the challenge. Ugh. Which leaves us with Jujubee and Tatianna werking it for the last slot. Tatianna isn’t surprised. Yeah, neither am I. The ladies will have to lip sync for their lives to “Something He Can Feel,” as sung by Miss Aretha Franklin.
Tatianna’s performance is so obvious and boring. Jujubee works her face, twitching her mouth, lowering her lids, then hitting the floor and moaning like a dog in heat. It’s no surprise that Jujubee gets to stay. Which means… YES! Tatianna has been sent home. Ru thinks she made this competition fun and fresh and young. Um, no. She made this competition one of those things. She and Ru repeat “Thank you” to one another over and over again, strangely. Then she points out that she’s wearing a short skirt (like she ever wore anything else) before leaving. Bye bye, bitch.
I cannot believe that we have a clips show next week, involving Shannel from season 1. When will it end?
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