Your mileage may vary when it comes to Rusicals-unless they’re singing live, I’m pretty uninterested-but this one at least has a unique premise! Each queen is assigned an odd take on a beloved musical character (think “Tracy Fatberg” instead of Tracy Turnblad from Hairspray), and they’re thrust into a comeback reality competition called “West End Wendys” to try and return to the spotlight. It’s a bit of foreshadowing that Baga will remain disappointing throughout this episode, as Ru introduces the maxi-challenge: the Rusical. Only Mo completely bombs-and she bombs-but Baga’s not great, either. But overall, the results are solid across the board. Jujubee earns her third Reading Challenge win across her many runs on this show, becoming the first queen to win it three times. Jujubee to Baga: “You walked into the room as Princess Di, but I just saw Princess Diarrhea.”.Jujubee to Pangina: “RuPaul was looking for the most beautiful, talented drag queen from Thailand.Jimbo to Mo Heart: “You’ve been passed around more than a collection basket on Sunday-and gotten less change!”.(I remain confused as to whether Juju is a beloved veteran and a threat to win it all, or a tired queen on her fourth try who is flopping-the queens seem to change their idea of her on a dime.) The rest of the cast is shocked by this decision, particularly in how Jimbo frames it as strategic. She frames this as a strategic decision both to the other queens and in a confessional, claiming that her “devilish side” prompted her to pick her bigger competition at the last second. The seeds for this strategic shift are planted early, as Jimbo reveals she picked Jujubee’s lipstick last episode, not Cheryl Hole’s. The lipstick shock heard ’round the world: Pangina Heals sends Jimbo home. If the first two episodes of UK Versus The World felt like a show that was still deciding what it wants to be, this episode is a clear declaration: this is drag Survivor, and no one is safe. It’s one that will no doubt upset the fans of the queen eliminated, but I can’t help admire the drama of the result. Finally, after years of queens not embracing the chance to eliminate their biggest competition, someone makes a dramatic move. The one exception to this pattern of safe decisions came in All Stars 4, when Naomi Smalls so memorably eliminated Manila Luzon-but that was late in the season, after a run of largely fair decision-making by the rest of the cast.īut UK Versus The World, which has so far shown sparks of potential strategic gameplay, suddenly changes the game in its third instalment. Even a change to the group vote format in All Stars 5 didn’t change much: an attempt to get Shea Couleé out that season ultimately went nowhere, and while there were some split decisions in All Stars 6, frontrunners like Ginger Minj and Ra’Jah O’Hara never felt in real danger.
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