Drag Race Philippines - S3E7: The recap.
Are you up to speed?
Drag Race Philippines is back for Season 3 and it's arguably the best franchise spin-off of the Drag Race multiverse.
Are you up to speed? Let's get into it.
The mini-challenge
This week's mini-challenge was the reading challenge.
This was tricky because it seemed that the queens were tasked were delivering their reads in rap style - sort of like Kendrick Lamar taking down Drake.
The winner was obviously Maxie.
The maxi-challenge
This week's maxi-challenge was the make-over challenge - making over family and friends in a super-hero theme.
Family make-overs are always fairly emotional, but obviously the Philippines turns it up to 11.
Overall, everyone did a fairly good job. Maxie's looks were particularly strong, as were Zymba's.
The judging
Myx and Tita were declared safe.
Zymba and Maxie were the top, with Maxie declared the winner, which made total sense.
In the bottom were Angel, Khianna, and Popstar.
Angel was declared safe - which seemed like a very lucky escape for her - leaving us with a Bottom 2 of Khianna versus Popstar. That seemed harsh as neither Khianna or Popstar had done anything wrong, but we're at that point of the competition where strong performers are going home.
The lip-sync
The track was Get Your Rebel On by RuPaul.
This is a deep cut from the RuPaul songbook. Not a terrible track and I guess if you're contracted to use RuPaul tracks then it's not a bad idea to look for interesting options.
This was strong from both Khianna and Popstar. Popstar is a great performer, but Khianna edged it with just a bit more intention and attack on the song.
Episode 7, done!
The Cast
Still in contention
- Angel
- Khianna
- Maxie
- Myx Chanel
- Tita Baby
- Zymba Ding
Eliminated queens
- Popstar Bench: A strong season for Popstar - demonstrating that she's a talented performer with plenty of personality.
- John Fedellaga: Known as a social media queen, John has had a solid season - she's likeable and warm, and seems to have overcome a fair bit of personal trauma in pursuit of her drag career.
- J Quinn: Drawing heavily on K Pop, J Quinn has a distinct point of view but never really got motoring in this competition. Eliminated in Episode 5, beaten in the lip-sync by Zymba.
- Yudipota: Yudipota effectively eliminated herself in Episode 4, giving up during the lip-sync and walking off the stage. There's nothing easy about Drag Race.
- Versex: Versex is the Pork Chop of the season. This wasn't a great showing from Versex - she came off a bit insecure. It's hard to see where she goes from here.
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