It’s Christmas in April because it’s finally time for the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7 Snatch Game episode! Screw the mini-challenge! There’s only room for one challenge this episode!
And in the vein of “you have no idea unless you saw the preview” both Max and Violet are planning on doing Donatella Versace. Kennedy claims that she hasn’t thought of who she’s going to do on Snatch Game.
WHO GOES ON DRAG RACE WITHOUT THINKING OF THEIR SNATCH GAME CHARACTER?!
Ru does her typical Jedi mind tricks on the contestants as she walks around the workroom checking in with them. She tells Fame not to give in to Violet and do Donatella herself instead of the Long Island Medium. Katya’s addicted to fear (I smell a preview of things to come). Kennedy has to make decisions on her own instead of asking Ru what she should do. No one cares if Jaidynn could actually see herself hanging out with Raven Symone. Everyone else is either on the right track or has no immediate emotional buttons to push.
In the end we don’t get two Donatellas on stage. Duh. Of COURSE we weren’t going to get two of the same character on Snatch Game. Violet goes with Alyssa Edwards and does a good job with it, especially if she really wasn’t planning on doing Alyssa Edwards. Kennedy goes with Little Richard. Little. Richard. It’s a gamble but she’s funny.
Our Snatch Game players are Tamar Braxton and Michael Urie. Once again, Fame doesn’t really seem like she listens to the questions. Every time we see her responses, she’s got pat answers. Pearl’s Big Ang is awesome. There are a lot of strong performances this season, which is how it should be. These queens should’ve had these impressions down.
Max’s Sharon Needles is way off. There is no G rated version of Sharon Needles. Ginger Minj as Adele is great. Katya’s Suze Orman is pretty good. Jaidynn is ok, but she keeps repeating some staring off into space thing that must’ve been a part of That’s So Raven. I think it’s going to be Max & Fame in the bottom, if we’re basing just on the Snatch Game.
The runway theme is leather & lace. It’s not my favorite runway theme – it’s too easy to go super tacky. I know, these are drag queens. Tacky is sometimes the point. Violet and Pearl are safe & get to leave to talk about everyone else. I’ll post what better be a shady Untucked here when it goes up tomorrow morning.
On the mainstage when Max was getting her critique, she decides she needs to undo her corset. Then the crew has to help her. Then she starts singing. No one’s sure if she’s actually doing poorly or if she’s acting. I’m feeling very uncomfortable right now. And then she’s fine. Okey dokey then.
Katya is safe. Kennedy ends up winning for her Little Richard. Ginger Minj is also the winner of the challenge. TWO! Two challenge winners! They both win feather accoutrements.
Up for elimination is Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Max. Miss Fame is safe. We know Jaidynn can lipsynch. We’ll see how Max can do. The song definitely favors Jaidynn as it’s not a 1930’s German cabaret song or showtune. Jaidynn’s way higher energy, although that doesn’t mean much. We don’t get any commentary from the other queens during the lip synch. Will we have a non-elimination? There’s a conjoined twin challenge next week, so an odd number of queens wouldn’t work for that team *sigh* challenge.
In the end Max is eliminated, but then Ru wonders if she let one of the eliminated queens go too early. Of course she did. So we’ll have to wait until next week to find out which eliminated queen will return for next week’s conjoined twin challenge. I know the buzz online is that Trixie is coming back, but of those 7 girls, Max is probably the one who should return, at least in my opinion.
By the way, if you can’t get enough RuPaul, check out the Good Work premiering tomorrow on E! Ru is leading this show too, all about plastic surgery. And Skin Wars season 2 premieres in June. This has been your RuPaul media domination update.
What did you think of Max’s elimination? Who do you think is coming back next week? Let’s start speculating!
Hey Kids!
I don’t normally embed these, but this week’s Whatcha Packin is a good one – see what Max’s family did for her trip to Drag Race. It’s so cute!
Ah! We’ll see how long Logo keeps this up on the web, but here’s a sneak peek at episode 8. There’s a special guest you’re gonna love! Yay!
I was stopping by to see if you had updated on last night’s sneak peak.
Of course I was waiting to see who tonight’s returning queen was but I knew that they would end it on that cliffhanger.
I’ll be back tonight to read your recap.
Let it be Trixie.
Sorry to disappoint! I’m assuming it’s the same preview they had on LogoTV.com. Yeah, I knew there was no way they would announce who was coming back in a preview. My recap will be up tonight!
I knew they wouldn’t show the returning queen on the Sneak Peek but a girl can hope.
Well in the past, when they bring back queens that queen always leaves the same episode (if I remember right, they usually stick them in team challenges with an uncooperative outsider as a partner), sooo…unless some major change happens this season whoever comes back will probably just be gone again by the end of the episode.
I’m so glad that I’m not the only one who didn’t get Jaidynn’s staring off in to space routine.
Max’s meltdown was so strange.
I’m hoping that they bring Trixie back.
That’s the rumor – we’ll see if it pans out next week.
Ruthie!!!!!
My Maxxy was eliminated?!!??! Ugh…I’m devastated. But like you said…there’s no G rated version of Sharon…she lives on the R to NC-17 range at all times! Although aesthetically she looked like her, we all know it’s not about that. But now I’m confused I don’t know if I want Max of Trixie to come back. I feel like you that technically Max should come back, although she didn’t do well in this challenge, her track record has been great and she didn’t get a chance to have her “a-ha!” moment to really push her outside of the comfort zone like other queens get, I’d like to see her get a 2nd chance BUT then again I did LOVE me some Trixie and truly felt like she got shafted and that’s just not fair, so technically she should get a 2nd chance too…If I was Ru, I’d bring them both back for the Siamese challenge and say that next week is a DOUBLE elimination so if you bring it, you’re cool, if you don’t you out!
Agreed, if it wasn’t a campy song, it probably wouldn’t be to Max’s benefit BUT it’s up to her to make it her own, but in this case Jaydynn just did better, and it’s probably because she knows she made a foolish mistake in pickin Raven. Like you said…it is season 7…they’ve been doin Snatch Game since season 2…get it together queens. You need to know who you’re doing…and have a back-up person just in case someone else tries to do them too and know how to make them HILARIOUS with either some current relevance or some past notoriety that’s easily recognizable…Raven Symone? She’s famous and I give her props all over the place but she’s not in front of the camera like that, hardly any scandals, the girl just works…not exactly a prime person to pick for the now FAMOUS snatch game.
Kennedy did do good, BUT I feel a little cheated…I mean I get Little Richard isn’t exactly the pinnacle of HE-MAN Manliness (and that’s no shade) so she did have to transform…but it’s still picking a guy…and you’re suppose to be impersonating a girl, so I feel like she skirted on the lines…like she didn’t violate the rules, just the spirit of the game.
All the other girls were good, except Fame…like you said, she’s so ready with an answer, she barely even listened to the question, although aesthetically she looked good, she didn’t connect the dots and I feel like she, and a couple of the other girls…mainly Pearl keep getting a chance to do better and other girls with a better track record (i.e. Max and Trixie) haven’t. Not that I want Fame to go home, I like her, she pretty outside and from I can see inside too, but it’s like you wanna take a close-pin to her mouth and be like “girl….LISTEN!”
Next week should prove interesting, not quite a group challenge, more person to person which will let us see some more personable moments so I’m excited.
I have a feeling that if the queen that’s brought back doesn’t win the challenge, she’ll be eliminated. Or it could be that we’ll have a double elimination, since they’re doing a conjoined twin challenge.