RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 Thread!

[Jordan Catalano]

It's heeeeeeeeeeere!!!!!!

[Jordan Catalano]

I LOVE BOB THE DRAG QUEEN!!!!!

[Cupid Boy2]

It's season 8, and girls are still showing up having no idea how to design a garment. I can't understand. Have they never seen the show?

 

On an unrelated note, everything out of Acid Betty's mouth is beyond irritating. Bob the Drag Queen is my early favorite. 

[TotallyEffed]

It's Bob.

[Jordan Catalano]

What's Bob?

[TotallyEffed]

The queen to root for!

[ClydeBarrow]

Final two: Bob and Kim.

[TotallyEffed]

Kim's runway look was seriously impressive.

[RippedMan]

Yeah her whole look was flawless. 

Bob is great, I love him, but he needs to step it up to compete with the other girls. His wigs and makeup are pretty basic. But I'm still rooting for him. 

And I love the Britney. 

[Kad]

Bob and Kim are clearly the standouts. Bob is gonna kill it in performance challenges; Kim is gonna slay in design challenges.

I actually think this is an amazing group of queens. No one was tragic last night.

In terms of personality, I think Acid Betty and Robbie Turner are both obnoxious. Can't really fault Acid Betty's look, though.

Also: is it just me, or is Bob the spitting image of Viola Davis when he's in drag?

[ClydeBarrow]

Kad said: "Also: is it just me, or is Bob the spitting image of Viola Davis when he's in drag?"

 

He's also the spitting image of her out of drag. 

[Roscoe]

I share the Bob love.  I'm much more interested in this year's group than in last year's -- what a tedious bunch that was.  Looking forward to the rest of the season.

[Jordan Catalano]

In drag, Bob (to me) is the spitting image of Miss J Alexander.

[wicked1492]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyCTWDUj3zU - speaking of Bob resembling Viola...

Also, I was really not impressed by a single look on the runway last night... I don't know if it was the stale-ness of the past challenges or what, but I was not into a single queen's choices...

[Jordan Catalano]

Reminder that Untucked is now online. 

[ClydeBarrow]

Jordan Catalano said: "Reminder that Untucked is now online."

 

Is it still terrible like last season?

[Roscoe]

Was anyone else bothered by all those flashing lights during the runway section?  It made it really hard to see the outfits, the image got even blurrier than it already is.

[ClydeBarrow]

Roscoe said: "Was anyone else bothered by all those flashing lights during the runway section?  It made it really hard to see the outfits, the image got even blurrier than it already is."

 

It's funny you mention this because I've been rewatching all the seasons (finally getting to see 1-3 again) and the runways are always filmed so poorly that it's nearly impossible to see the outfits. At first I thought it was a streaming thing, then I thought it was a season 1 thing but it's definitely an always thing. How they haven't corrected this in 8 seasons is beyond me.

[Jordan Catalano]

Clyde, I just finished the first Untucked and while it still follows the same format as last year, overall it's a lot more fun. I just wish they'd stop trying to make it "serious". But after what we got last season, I can't complain about anything, seeing how great the first episode was. 

[TotallyEffed]

Season 7 already feels like a distant memory. I'm loving these queens. Even though I don't like the YouTube morning-after thing, Untucked was still fun. Can't wait to see what unfolds!

[Roscoe]

ClydeBarrow said: It's funny you mention (lousy lighting during the runway) because I've been rewatching all the seasons (finally getting to see 1-3 again) and the runways are always filmed so poorly that it's nearly impossible to see the outfits. At first I thought it was a streaming thing, then I thought it was a season 1 thing but it's definitely an always thing. How they haven't corrected this in 8 seasons is beyond me."

 

I'm remembering having an issue with it in previous years, too.  I didn't remember it being an issue last season because I bailed on last season pretty quick.  I found a comment where I refer to Season Six as looking like a blurry VHS dupe.

 

 

[wonderfulwizard11]

Bob the Drag Queen is an obvious early favorite, and Kim Chi is stunning and adorable out of drag. Thorgy Thor also seems like a lot of fun, even though I wasn't in love with what we saw of her look. Cynthia Lee Fontaine also made me laugh, she seems like an adorable oddball.

Not at all surprised with who went home, though I didn't think Laila McQueen showed a lot of fire in her performance either. But a few underwhelming queens aside, it seems like a very fun and talented group, so this season should be a blast!

[trentsketch]

The person who went home got called out on Michelle's Whatcha Packing? after show on the Logo site for not knowing the words to Applause. That's why she went home. Default elimination. 

[newintown]

It's good to remember that any eliminated queen might very well return later in the season; I hope that happens for this week's losing gal.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Really? She was gorgeous, no doubt, but I thought she was personality free- pretty does not an interesting contestant make, at least for me. Even during Applause she smiled through the whole thing like she just won another pageant.

And besides, I hate when Ru brings eliminated queens back. They rarely last beyond that episode anyway, and even when they do it's never a particularly strong showing.

[Cupid Boy2]

I just finished watching Untucked, and I agree that its a vast improvement over last season. I know it's only the first episode, but it was nice to see them all band together for the most part. It was definitely a nice change of pace after the consistent cattiness of season 7.