Drag Race Review: Season 13, Episode 12 – [Spoiler] Bombs At The Roast

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Moments after extinguishing Tina Burner on the main stage, Utica Queen returned to the werkroom on Friday’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race – but not everyone was in a downright mood.

While Rosé was quick to praise Utica for a well-timed lip, Kandy Muse refused to acknowledge his victory – at least in Utica’s face. “I’m not going to sit here and say to you, ‘Oh, girl, you killed lip sync when I don’t think you did,” Kandy said in a confessional. “I thought Tina had killed that fucking lip sync.” In the meantime, Utica wondered aloud if she could be the new killer with lip sync from season 13. (Uh, we are not going to rush ahead now.)

“Maybe next time, it will be a triple winning. “Kandy suggested, still dressed in the laziest costume to hit the catwalk since LaLa Ri’s gift bag haute couture. But the jokes about Kandy end here and now, because she entered Week 12 determined to win. And she finally did. Twice.

Her first win, which she shared with Rosé, came through this week’s mini challenge, which tasked the queens to star in their own live makeup tutorial for the perfect glam selfie. The footprint? They had to do this in pairs, with one person serving as a face while the other provided the arms from behind. Watch it all Muppet Show the madness go down in the video below:

As winners of this week’s mini challenge, Kandy and Rosé were able to choose the show’s race for Drag Racethe first “Nice Girls Roast”, which brought back three iconic Miss Sympathy from the past: Heidi N. Closet, Nina West and the perfect, beautiful, Linda Evangelista… Valentina! Both winners wanted to keep the opening slot, which ended up going to Kandy, leaving Rosé committed to ending things as the final act of the night.

Here is an analysis of the good, the bad and (above all) the ugly moments of Friday’s Nice Girls Roast, in order of appearance:

KANDY MUSE | Going up to the podium with sexy hair and a marked waist, Kandy raised the bar with quick jokes that made the judges wet their Depends all the time. My favorite lines include Kandy telling Valentina that her angel Rent Live “He needed an angel”, as well as his contribution to Ru’s growing library of jokes about Ru’s age: “RuPaul is so old that I told her to act according to her age … and she died”.

SYMONE | As I had never witnessed a comedy roast before (“The only roasts I saw are in my mother’s clay pot”), Symone was nervous about this challenge, but I was confident that it would end in the end … until it became very clear that she would not be doing this. Even Nina had to admit: “Symone is bombing. It is as if time has stopped. Time is stopping now! “At least Heidi was nice enough to say,” I wish your jokes were as good as they look. ” There is that spirit of Miss Sympathy!

UTICA QUEEN | Thankfully, Clara the Cow was not around to see this tragedy unfold. After starting with a successful dig at Symone for bombing his set, Utica went on to also pump. Even more difficult, in fact. Look, did I laugh out loud at her “Symone and Pumbaa” line for Ross Mathews? Yes. But I was there with the rest of you crickets when she thought Nina could “talk whale”, and when she described Heidi as “toothless and full of bull semen”. It was really weird. And I mean. And it’s not funny.

GOTTMIK | A funeral would have been a funnier continuation for Utica and Symone, so it was no surprise that Gottmik kicked her out of the park. One thing she did especially well was to maintain a playful vibe, even while casting a serious shadow. For example, she saying to Ross: “You are the only person I know who watches porn and ec – ms when the pizza is delivered!”

OLIVIA LUX | This was another bomb. It was not as disastrous as that of Symone or Utica, but it was not a good one. And what was happening to that strange girl that she chose to play? I will say, I liked her joke about Ru (“She is so old, she signed the Declaration of Independence as father-bar-guardian”), but it was a brief flash of a bright spot in a dark setting.

ROSE | Last place may have been a risk, but it was worth it for Rosé. Her jokes about Valentina being delusional, Nina having broad shoulders and Heidi trying to sleep with her (“Lies!”) Were funny enough to keep the momentum going – and almost hysterical compared to the non-jokes that some previous roasters tried to serve.

Kandy’s victory was a foregone (and well-deserved) conclusion, just as Utica and Symone were among the last two. Olivia “One-note” was certainly a contender, but she ended up being sent to safety, which left Utica and Symone fighting to the sound of Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left to Cry”. (The bop!)

As usual, Utica kind of Betty Spaghetti walked around the stage, while Symone opted for a more nuanced performance. The subtle movements, the characterization, the drama!

In the end, Utica did not fulfill her self-titled title of lip sync killer. She was sent away, while Symone returned to drag herself another day. Your opinion on these results? Weigh in our poll below, so leave a comment with your full review.