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For the first time in a very long - Yvie going off on Miss Vanjie during season 11 - Untucked was a million times more intense than the actual hour and a half that preceded it. Kandy and Tamisha Iman, who each have a legit army of fans ready to meet in a parking lot with switchblades, went AT IT backstage. For many fans, Kandy is verging on Silky Ganache territory but y’all - she is not to that level. This was a heated moment that went a little too far. I never think Tamisha means for her words to be taken as insults. She is from a generation that didn’t hide behind screens all day. It’s clear that she learned to be straight as hell with people and is bringing that to ‘Drag Race’ for what seems like the first time since perhaps Latrice Royale.

While the backstage drama had all of us acting like Brooke Lynn Hytes, the runway was overflowing because it was THE BAG BALL and with a dozen queens that was *drum roll* 36 looks. Yes, three dozen looks walking down that runway, and like in years past, the Bag Ball Eleganza look had to be made in the Werk Room. A detail that left glue gun queens, Symone and LaLa Ri, shooketh. Ladies, it’s been 13 years now - you know to prepare for what? Snatch Game and to at least know the basics of sewing because there will always be an arts and crafts section.

Symone managed to throw something together which kept her safe enough in the end, but poor LaLa Ri. The look on guest judge (and hopefully permanent fixture) Nicole Byer’s face when she walked out said it all. It was the fashion world’s number one definition of a hot mess. She barely glued tiny gift bags on a corset, and still walked out with more confidence than I manage to bust out on a rare good day. There was no denying she was going to be in the bottom two. Her other two looks could have been picture perfect and she still would have been lip-syncing for her life - but they weren’t. Well, the Miss Money Bags look was beautiful, but the bottom of her Bag of Bones dress looked testicular.

I mean, there were a lot, A LOT of misses on the runway because of the crafty assignment. LaLa was rightfully in the bottom with Tamisha Iman - whose Miss Money Bags was a beautiful look but pedestrian, a rich one but still - and Joey Jay who never pulled out something good throughout all three of her looks. Her IV Bag with the poison ivy leaves, that she assured Carson were not part of the pun multiple times, was far from great. Then her Bag Ball Eleganza was just...busy. Honestly, those three were my bottoms alongside Elliot and Kandy. Elliot’s first two looks were very basic, very meh but the execution of that cow ensemble? Loved it. Then there’s Kandy whose Mixed Bag look was kind of confusing with the rabbit top. Was she the rabbit coming out of the hat, or the magician? What made her dip lower than Elliot though were the somewhat sloppy backpacks.

On the flip side were the top looks, which I 100% agreed with the judges on; Gottmik, Utica, and Rose. To me, Rose is doing so well in the sense that she knows everything that is going to be on the test, but then maybe forgets to write her name or to bring a pencil. There’s something missing that is leaving her lingering ever so close to the top spot - and I’m starting to hope she finds it. As for the top two...the judges seemed to have multiple fashgasms this week every time Gottmik turned that corner, and right at the end when Utica served up the ultimate glamp look.

I knew as soon as RuPaul saw Gottmik in that dazzling suit Lady Gaga was telling her people to get for her ASAP, we had a winner for the week. It’s the same way Ru has reacted to Symone in the past two weeks. For me though, Utica’s Bag Ball Eleganza was the only look to give me eleganza. It was Paris Fashion Week, Met Gala, and insane all rolled up into one.

Can I just say I am forgetting Tina Burner is even on the show right now? Like last week I said Elliot was lost in the shuffle but at least when Elliot serves me something like a gift bag, I remember it.

In the end, when the obvious bottoms were told to lip sync for their life, LaLa Ri went from serving up what is the worst look across the board - including All-Stars and all international spin-offs - to giving us one of the best lip syncs of this season, and the series. Joey Jay put up a fight but there was no denying that LaLa Ri delivered on her promise to give us an experience. I don’t think this is the last time we’re going to see LaLa Ri in this position, especially if they have to make something again, but I do know that it will take one hell of a queen to take her down head to head.

Bag Ball Looks Ranked

Utica - Every look was strong, but hers was the only one I felt was Bag Ball Eleganza

Gottmik - An honor roll student

Rose - She has every tool to get to the top, but there is like one bolt missing

Olivia - The suit with the cape was excellent, and her boxer was cute, but I almost wished she had a backup since we saw a boxer this season

Symone - Her pink, futuristic suit was a standout that round but this week she did just fall into the safe zone

Denali - Her looks were creative, but the Miss Money Bags was a little too boring and dragged her down overall

Tina Burner - Personally none of her looks stuck out to me but based on finish and compared to what followed in that regard...she lands here

Elliot - Her first two were basic, but her last one was executed so well. It was one of my favorites from that third round. It’s a shame her first two weren’t as great

Kandy - The homage to sex workers in the second round was excellent with the paper hair and blunt, but as I said...I was confused on the first and not impressed with her backpacks, backpacks.

Tamisha - They were all constructed well, but some lacked and some had too much going on

LaLa Ri - The African Boardroom look was fantastic but wow, she’ll never live down those gift bags

Joey Jay -

Week 5 Rankings & Reasonings

Gottmik - Con-Fucking-sistant

Rose - You can feel her get more determined the closer she gets to winning and I feel like that won’t fade

Symone - While she wasn’t at the top this week, her past report cards still make her a winner baby

Utica - Now that Michelle knows what Utica is serving, she is ordering some to go

Denali - A proven lip-sync assassin but there are some kinks to work out

Olivia - She continues to bring solid looks to the table

Tina Burner - She’s doing better than the queens that follow at the moment

Kandy - Her fire will keep her going

Tamisha - She’ll go out gracefully soon

LaLa - She may be in the bottom but because I think Elliot cannot beat her in a lip-sync, she is here

Elliot -

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