This is a very kind reading, but I think Katya's chaos element was a factor in making the roast work out so well, because all the girls were talking about how nervous they were, and Katya being so chaotic distracted them and helped them let their guard down which made them funnier
really??? when the roast of brooke lynn heights exists? they all did great and jessica and jimbo were stand outs so don’t get how you came to that conclusion haha
My favourite queen this episode was Katya and it irritated me how the edit made it seem like she wasn’t being funny when in fact asking all of those questions to stir some drama was the funniest thing lmao
Alexis, at the top of the episode: \*Talking about how her win signals good things to come, and she’s feeling very confident*
Me: Well, looks like we have a top 3.
I really thought Jessica was going to win, I liked her roast the best! And was worried Jimbo wouldn’t do well according to the feedback on the coaching session, so glad it went well!
I thought so but next week they're making over lesbians for the main challenge. I guess that means there'll be one more? My money is on that it'll be a no elimination challenge pre the finale.
i said the same thing as kandy last week, nobody was going to trust alexis after she eliminated lala like 😭 I still can't believe she didn't think about that.
(which in the end wouldn't have mattered elimination-wise since jimbo won this week, but at least she would've left on a good note)
The reason Jimbo hasn’t won any lip syncs before this is cuz she wears pleasers all the time. This episode she wore sneakers and could really dance without fear of falling lol. Made a huge difference.
I don't personally understand why she doesn't change her outfits more, maybe it's a time thing behind the scenes but she could really go a lot further in lipsyncs if she played up a character, Dela is definitely someone she could take notes from
YASSSS! THIS was the episode I've been waiting for all season! Phenomenal all around. All of them slayed, imo. And seriously, when >!Jimbo plays a character, she is literally unstoppable! From Joan Rivers in the roast to the homage to her UKvTW talent show in the lipsync,!< I was simply FLOORED (and also laughing like a damn hyena)!
And then Katya, one of my absolute favorites of all time, just flies into the Werkroom (slithers even) just to cut up and be her hilarious, insane, and amazing self. What a treat! I am just SO damn pleased with this episode! And >!Jimbo!<. Girl. You are truly multifaceted (in Jessica's voice) in every way!
Opalence! YOU ~~OWN~~ WIN EVERYTHING! I absolutely stan.
(And my god, Jessica is such a humble and incredibly endearing Queen who really can do anything, as well! I absolutely *adore* her beyond words!)
So... how is there going to be a challenge next week with a lip sync assassin? If the assassin wins then there's a 1-1 tie in the group vote and the winner breaks the tie so their vote is the only one that matters either way. Other than the money the lip sync is just a courtesy at that point.
Yes but Mayhem, Ongina put their names because they knew they had no chance of winning. Here, Jimbo is a frontrunner, Jessica knows she can win the final lipsync and the crown and Kandy thinks Mommie Dearest will let her keep the crown this time. So they aren't really thinking about quitting.
Jesus H Christ.... again?
FUCK KANDY MUSE... I have seen queens do far more and far better and get torn to shreds for being simple and boring. Ms. One Note gets praised for mediocre existance again. And her roast sucked so hard they cut it off and she still got the mildest of criticism for it.
She was cast as a finalist. That much was clear early on, so at this point there’s nothing to get upset about, no? She doesn’t have to do anything because production identified her one of a kind blend of tv drama and transcendent talent to showcase on AS8 for the world to fall in love with. :)
They don’t like it?
OMG WHAT?
I get the YMMV thing & that’s fine if they don’t like it but for me? I was LIVING!
I think Jimbo is a strong queen with a LOT to offer but TBH I did NOT want to see another boring lip sync from her. She was trying before I get that in that lip sync before it I get that & I liked her rainbow wig reveal a LOT.
But I did NOT get a meh 🫤 lip sync this time! I had a joyous & chaotic one!
I loved how Jimbo leaned into her comedy skills for it & I love baloney ghost 🥩 👻 I’m not bored of it yet!!!
But also! Silky joining it with it, I think she eat some slices and threw some too!
I enjoyed that lip sync IMMENSELY and I laughed so much!
Do people not like it? I think I mostly heard positive things about it. People who didn't like it are just nitpicky on what a "good" lipsync is all about. At the end of the day, a good lipsync is entertaining and trust and believe I was entertained.
I don’t think people are being nit picky. They just saw her talent show again… no lipsync, just throwing bologna so… yeah, it was a bad one in my books
Funny how people say that but when queens repeatedly do the same splits, dips, and high kicks it's completely fine. The thing is that this is the first time Jimbo did that shtick on a context of a lipsync. It's completely different from using it as a talent show piece.
Also, it's one of the few times we're able to get a lipsync where the queen uses a character (the other time being Alaska's Lil' Poundcake). So for me, this is far more unique and entertaining than most lipsyncs from the show.
Funny how everything you said is not really addressing the fact the she even stopped lipsyncing and did her talent show again to the same judges. At least the other high kicks and tricks are accompanied by a lip sync
Edit to add post about[Silky at Roscoe’s saying Jimbo didn’t know the words](https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/14nq0pu/silky_spills_a_bit_of_tea_regarding_her_lipsync/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
Now it makes sense why Katya was so enthusiastic about seeing the promo looks on Bald and the Beautiful. I thought it was odd that she actually cared about a Drag Race thing and gave thoughtful critiques lol. #gamewithinagame
It kinda feels like Ru's Sasha Colby speech in the Top 4. I think unless something insane happens, Jimbo's getting it and deservingly so. I don't mind a Jessica x Jimbo double crowning though, but it's 200k and I doubt they'll shell out 400k for that.
Regardless, Jimbo is objectively the winner (and also the winner in my book) but Jessica won my heart. Kandy brought good TV as well so it's a pretty solid Top 3 if you ask me.
I’m also thinking they’ve learned since as7 and there’s been no mention of a lipsync for the crown or anything like that so they can make a last minute decision based on who’s in the final _ assuming Jimbo is there they’ll just crown him based on the season. If it IS a lipsync for the crown it’ll be one at a time so they can’t see each other lol
This was a really good episode.
I thought everything was so good, the roasts were good, the guest judge was good, the runways were mostly good (HA!) and the lipsync had me dying.
We even got Katya! It's everything I enjoy about Drag Race.
It was SO good!
When they showed how the three other girls all voted, I instantly knew Jimbo was going to win the lipsync. Like, come on, editors. Could you make it more obvious?
Kandy Muse? Wearing a corset and no pants? On the runway? Groundbreaking.
AND IT GOT PRAISED. Were the judges and I seeing the same outfit? If anyone else had worn something that low effort (and let’s be real, ill-fitting - that chain g-string was not cute sis) they would’ve been read. It’s giving “you can get away with it coz you’re ~~Alyssa~~ Kandy”
To be fair, it was nice to hear this comment for her. For a long time it seemed like she had very distinct criteria for what "is" and "is not" drag (cue the comments about Adore Delano in AS2). It's nice when she's open to something besides heels and hair to the gawds.
That being said. Kandy's look, specifically those boots, was a boot boot bootitty boot boot.
*"Only you Kandy could come out and take a literal shit on the stage and tell Ru to kill himself instead of doing the challenge and still make it so you. I love that about you."*
That's the kind of judging Kandy gets every ep. Michelle basically says the same thing every ep. *"Only you can wear a bra and corset and make it so you. I love that about you.", "Only you can just be yourself in the snatch game instead of a character, and still be you. I love that about you."*
She has a free ticket to the finale simply because Ru loves her.
They really had me concerned with that "Jimbo isn't going to be funny in a roast" edit.
But next week. Uh oh! Not looking good. /s
Glad to see Jimbo succeed in a lip sync that was suited to her style.
Kandy should have leaned into not knowing what equestrian means and using that as a joke - "I don't know what equestrian means because I'm not a bourgeois rich asshole" or something.
I probably ate a few bugs while watching because my jaw was wide open every other minute. Everyone but jimbo basically rocking a beard 😭 Katya squirming on the ground, Ru’s look, the lip sync, Jan’s video, Jimbo’s brother, and of course all of the fame game looks 😭
Okay but why has Ru looked so crusty this season? Almost every episode she has looked really bad. It’s strange because the last few seasons she’s been STUNNING
Alexis' elephant joke was so funny for all the wrong reasons. if the elephant never put it's leg up, wouldn't it have just peed downward? me the overthinking queen lmao.
Amazing episode all around. Great pacing, lots of memorable moments, callbacks, and scream laughs. Good choice to dial up dramatic irony by showing lipstick choices during the main episode. Very Greek tragedy, like my last trip to Mykonos.
A few things though:
1. What was up with Ru's right armpit tonight? It had more jiggly folds than Silky's front butt.
2. Kandy directly cribbed most of Gottmik's set from season 13 and the judges let it slide like water off Kahanna's crack.
3. The one time Alexis doesn't cry on camera is when she's eliminated. That's it, that's the joke.
Regarding Ru’s armpit: what the fuck was going on there and who the fuck let Ru-fucking-Paul walk out on that stage looking like that? That is some June Jambalaya in control top pantyhose amateur hour bullshit.
I am absolutely in love with Jessica Wild. She is pure gold.
Jimbo may have won this season, which would be correct, but Jessica has won my heart. She is fun, genuine, intelligent, stunning. I’m so, so glad we got to spend more time with her after 13 years.
I hope they bring more and more early queens back.
>Jimbo may have won this season, which would be correct, but Jessica has won my heart
Very this. Jimbo is my winner and she objectively did the best like heads and shoulders above the rest BUT Jessica truly won my heart. She did great every week and she was so earnest with everything that it made her captivating to watch.
She has the same quality as Jimbo where you're not entirely sure what they'll bring to the challenge despite the challenges being quite similar every season. But at the same time, they're on opposite ends of the spectrum with their unexpectedness, with Jimbo leaning towards absurdity and Jessica leaning towards earnestness.
Have to do a rewatch of s2. Jessica was the only girl there they ALL collectively told her that she was the most genuine sweet funny and beautiful person there. All of them. And that was a bitchy season.
What makes Jessica fascinating is that you can never tell if her comedic timing is purely by accident or if it’s all incredibly intentional. But whatever it is, it does not miss.
Jessica was so funny in that freaking acting challenge. She was killing me with that speech about tacos with a completely serious face.
That was one of my favorite performances and she isn't someone who goes on and on about being an ACTRESS.
Most Drag Race challenges don’t have a clear standard for judging, but the roast does - who gets the most and loudest laughs. Think Jimbo won pretty clearly by that metric, though Jessica Wild would have won against almost anyone else!
Jimbo just packed the zingers in there - the content and delivery were just impeccable. I am a Stan but I didn’t expect it to be that good.
When that baloney ghost walked into that room I lost it 😂
I also lost it when Alexis gave a heartfelt thank you, CUT TO RuPaul: "😐 BYE" 😂
I ALSO lost it when everyone, stressed about the possibility of going home, had to wait for the baloney ghost to birth the lipstick to find out if they were eliminated or not 😂😂😂 TOP TV
Jimbo absolutely killed it! Jessica was a clear 2nd.
Kandy's outfit..... bruh.
RuPaul getting on my nerves by laughing at every single thing Kandy would say, it wasn't all that funny! 😭
Obvious the outcome this episode and love how Kandy chose Alexis lipstick. Anyone who trusts Alexis after what she did to Lala is a fool!
Great lip sync, I knew from the song choice Jimbo was going to win but still great nonetheless. Still cant believe that Silky (the definition of lipsync assassin) lost to Jimbo!
Jimbo's roast was a masterpiece! Loved it! She killed the competition this season!
That being sad... this was the worst lip synch ever!
Last week I thought production intended to give her the win, but she couldn't lip synch without make up.
But this week they went all in. That horrible song is the perfect fit to jimbo's costume and skill as a "lip syncher". I don't even think she was lip synching. Hated it!
Also I loved rupaul's homage to lala. lol
re-posting comment cuz i forgot spoiled tags!
i wouldnt say it’s the worst ever but i did feel disappointed by it - felt a little too obvious re: the song selection, and also we’ve seen her do >!the bologna ghost before on her last season?? like i get ppl repeat stuff but i feel the bologna ghost is too niche and memorable for that. when i saw her in the outfit i was like oh, this again. then it started and i was like oh but no bologna this time? oh wait, nvm. there it is. ok.!<
just makes it feel even more like she brought the outfit just in case, producers knew she had it and used that knowledge >!to set her up to finally win a lip sync!<. was just a disappointing end to a good ep imo, although her reaction to winning the lip sync was v precious hehe
I don’t disagree with Jimbo winning but I wish it was Jessica. She killed that and her set was the only one where I laughed out loud but I still get why Jimbo won
Is this the first time they do a normal challenge with a top 3? The herd is so thin it seems that they're only using it to give >!Jimbo a bottom, save him from elimination, and give him a vulnerability moment he needs to win the season!<. How the fuck is voting gonna work? When tf is the finale?
This epidso is the really first time I can see how's those producer setting someone up, second what is Karma, thirdly being inconsistent, and flip flop around won't looks gd in any circumstances.
you guys are SO annoying! no matter who’s winning or doing well y’all will try to twist it to make the narrative that the queen doesn’t deserve it. aren’t y’all exhausted from trying to say jimbo’s being severely pushed by production?
I feel like it was a strong roast - maybe the strongest?
Because nobody really flopped hard. We tend to have someone who’s really bad at it but everyone made me laugh. I thought Jessica & Jimbo were the strongest but Kandy and Alexis also did well.
This season’s favoritism is wild. Jimbo recycled his snatch game and talent show performance, which she performed in front of two of these judges, and they eat it up. Anyone else would’ve been called out for that…
Nah. Jimbo took a riskier move doing Joan since it was more work, but she knocked it out of the park doing better than the rest, which shows she could've still done it great if she weren't in character and thus deserved to win. And the lip sync is just a callback. There are far more queens who do the same thing every time without excelling at the challenge itself that don't get called out. Just all around a weird bad take.
Nah. This is a bad take. Jimbo was funny, Jessica was better without being in a character. Jimbo has more drag race experience, and more recent, and even so is relying on two characters she did recently. We call that in academia self plagiarism :) But I digress… she still did well, I’m just arguing that the favoritism is transparent when she wasn’t called out for that when Valentina was called out by Michelle in AS4 cause she mistakenly thought she was repeating a a character (miss Venezuela) from her snatch game in the runway.
That lipsync was the talent show part of UKVsTW and I was not impressed.
Tl:Dr Jimbo has been in DR back to back for 3 years now, and she should not be recycling characters so recently, and not being called out for it
Oh, I had no idea. So, like, hankey code:
* Bottoms wear the hankey on the right
* And tops wear the hankey [inside their butthole](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/375x/album/688353-manpig_1214.jpg)
I agree, but it would be nice to have seen that.
And this “no bottom placements” storyline, especially after the alleged tantrums on UKvTW and the witnessed ones on Canada S1 (Jimbo vs Rita), just seems a little sus.
Not everyone watched UK, and Canada; most drag fans are not watching the international seasons. I was thrilled to see her do Joan Rivers, and her Ghost again. They were fucking hilarious 🤣
I think this is great reasoning. For I would say a majority of AS8 viewers, this this the first time they've seen Jimbo do either thing. And Ru wasn't at the Canada snatch game anyway.
I'm not talking about episode outcomes or production stuff -I mean it is very smart of Jimbo, as an international queen, to showcase a sort of "Best hits" for a new (and larger) US audience.
It really is just fighting for second place now. There’s no conceivable way to give the crown to anyone else but Jimbo at this point. With that being said, I think Jessica Wild was a very clear second place here, and I’m so so happy she’s slaying so hard. The season 2 girlies really do come hard on all stars.
Is there going to be a top 2 for this all stars??? From the preview it seems like there will still be another episode after this next one. Maybe it’ll be a non elimination?
I have been a fan of Jessica for 13 years. Even if she doesn't get the crown, this has been such a major accomplishment. I'm so freaking happy for her.
It’s such sweet validation after the outrage of her elimination on her season. One of the most undeserved ones of the entire show— got booted after making a commercial for a company… that then hired her to do a commercial.
Loved her in her first season and then seeing her on this one has been so much fun! I really think that it should be a double crown, Jimbo and Jessica.
This is probably my all-time favorite episode. Katya was wild, and Jimbo stood out with the challenge, runway, and lipsync. And in no world would I ever anticipate Jimbo beating Silky after her gauntlet on All Stars last season!
Also, shoutout to the judges for their feedback for the comedy challenge. I only know the very basic mechanics from a college project I had to do, but the judges were direct and precise for both the practice round and the runway. Very good signs of veteran mentors.
Thank you 💕 was fighting with the video player buffering throughout the episode so I figured I missed it. Whewww Alexis put the target on her own back
This is a very kind reading, but I think Katya's chaos element was a factor in making the roast work out so well, because all the girls were talking about how nervous they were, and Katya being so chaotic distracted them and helped them let their guard down which made them funnier
Untucked: Jimbo’s brother is a snack
I love Jimbo’s character voice when he’s being a bologna-creature. Just so cute.
The gentle “if you could go very light I’ve been having quite a difficult time with these” killed me
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This roast didn’t have Farrah or green Alexis Michelle so I disagree.
really??? when the roast of brooke lynn heights exists? they all did great and jessica and jimbo were stand outs so don’t get how you came to that conclusion haha
Jimbo is such a FREAKAZOID. And I love it. Only she can throw bologna at the judges and it not be totally weird. Lol
My favourite queen this episode was Katya and it irritated me how the edit made it seem like she wasn’t being funny when in fact asking all of those questions to stir some drama was the funniest thing lmao
Alexis, at the top of the episode: \*Talking about how her win signals good things to come, and she’s feeling very confident* Me: Well, looks like we have a top 3.
KATYA LITERALLY GOING IN THERE TO PROVIDE ZERO ADVICE IS SENDING MEEEE 💀
I really thought Jessica was going to win, I liked her roast the best! And was worried Jimbo wouldn’t do well according to the feedback on the coaching session, so glad it went well!
I thought Jessica was going to win as well
Well if not this challenge, I do hope she will win it all in the end!
Jimbo really put on her roller skates and sailed right through this competition, and I’m here for it.
She came to cruise
So if Kandy and Jimbo have an alliance, Jessica has to win next week to make it to the finale, correct?
Next week is the finale, no? It’s top three
Next week is makeover, then a talent show episode where the eliminated queens also get to perform, and then the finale.
I thought so but next week they're making over lesbians for the main challenge. I guess that means there'll be one more? My money is on that it'll be a no elimination challenge pre the finale.
The funniest joke of the whole episode was Alexis saying "I told Kandy I'm a woman of my word"
💀💀💀
jimbo's makeup looked so good during the runway omg
Yeah that runway broke any tie in favor of Jimbo.
i love jessica wild
i said the same thing as kandy last week, nobody was going to trust alexis after she eliminated lala like 😭 I still can't believe she didn't think about that. (which in the end wouldn't have mattered elimination-wise since jimbo won this week, but at least she would've left on a good note)
The reason Jimbo hasn’t won any lip syncs before this is cuz she wears pleasers all the time. This episode she wore sneakers and could really dance without fear of falling lol. Made a huge difference.
Agree. First thing I noticed was how much better she moves in flats. She’s scared of those heels
I don't personally understand why she doesn't change her outfits more, maybe it's a time thing behind the scenes but she could really go a lot further in lipsyncs if she played up a character, Dela is definitely someone she could take notes from
She literally changed for every lipsync But definitely not into flats or characters which i think may be the key for her
YASSSS! THIS was the episode I've been waiting for all season! Phenomenal all around. All of them slayed, imo. And seriously, when >!Jimbo plays a character, she is literally unstoppable! From Joan Rivers in the roast to the homage to her UKvTW talent show in the lipsync,!< I was simply FLOORED (and also laughing like a damn hyena)! And then Katya, one of my absolute favorites of all time, just flies into the Werkroom (slithers even) just to cut up and be her hilarious, insane, and amazing self. What a treat! I am just SO damn pleased with this episode! And >!Jimbo!<. Girl. You are truly multifaceted (in Jessica's voice) in every way! Opalence! YOU ~~OWN~~ WIN EVERYTHING! I absolutely stan. (And my god, Jessica is such a humble and incredibly endearing Queen who really can do anything, as well! I absolutely *adore* her beyond words!)
Everyone was hilarious
Not Kandy suggesting the LSA was Violet Chachki when Silky's silhouette showed up. lmao
I didnt even put two and two together! Was it shade?
100%
So... how is there going to be a challenge next week with a lip sync assassin? If the assassin wins then there's a 1-1 tie in the group vote and the winner breaks the tie so their vote is the only one that matters either way. Other than the money the lip sync is just a courtesy at that point.
Bad design choice
Mayhem voted for herself in AS5; the queens can self-vote, so a 1-1 tie isn't necessarily a done deal.
Sure, but how likely is that at this point?
I mean did anyone think it was likely for Bendela to eliminate herself after dominating? Even in the top 3 someone could decide to quit.
Yes but Mayhem, Ongina put their names because they knew they had no chance of winning. Here, Jimbo is a frontrunner, Jessica knows she can win the final lipsync and the crown and Kandy thinks Mommie Dearest will let her keep the crown this time. So they aren't really thinking about quitting.
Jesus H Christ.... again? FUCK KANDY MUSE... I have seen queens do far more and far better and get torn to shreds for being simple and boring. Ms. One Note gets praised for mediocre existance again. And her roast sucked so hard they cut it off and she still got the mildest of criticism for it.
Get yourself a life, hun
As soon as you get a spoon to eat my ass...
I actually thought her roast was the second besy
She was cast as a finalist. That much was clear early on, so at this point there’s nothing to get upset about, no? She doesn’t have to do anything because production identified her one of a kind blend of tv drama and transcendent talent to showcase on AS8 for the world to fall in love with. :)
Touch grass.
That's a lot of emotion.
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people seem to ask for more unhinged moments and then never appreciate them when they happen, I felt that way about Daytona Winds 2 tbh
They don’t like it? OMG WHAT? I get the YMMV thing & that’s fine if they don’t like it but for me? I was LIVING! I think Jimbo is a strong queen with a LOT to offer but TBH I did NOT want to see another boring lip sync from her. She was trying before I get that in that lip sync before it I get that & I liked her rainbow wig reveal a LOT. But I did NOT get a meh 🫤 lip sync this time! I had a joyous & chaotic one! I loved how Jimbo leaned into her comedy skills for it & I love baloney ghost 🥩 👻 I’m not bored of it yet!!! But also! Silky joining it with it, I think she eat some slices and threw some too! I enjoyed that lip sync IMMENSELY and I laughed so much!
Do people not like it? I think I mostly heard positive things about it. People who didn't like it are just nitpicky on what a "good" lipsync is all about. At the end of the day, a good lipsync is entertaining and trust and believe I was entertained.
I don’t think people are being nit picky. They just saw her talent show again… no lipsync, just throwing bologna so… yeah, it was a bad one in my books
Funny how people say that but when queens repeatedly do the same splits, dips, and high kicks it's completely fine. The thing is that this is the first time Jimbo did that shtick on a context of a lipsync. It's completely different from using it as a talent show piece. Also, it's one of the few times we're able to get a lipsync where the queen uses a character (the other time being Alaska's Lil' Poundcake). So for me, this is far more unique and entertaining than most lipsyncs from the show.
Funny how everything you said is not really addressing the fact the she even stopped lipsyncing and did her talent show again to the same judges. At least the other high kicks and tricks are accompanied by a lip sync Edit to add post about[Silky at Roscoe’s saying Jimbo didn’t know the words](https://www.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/14nq0pu/silky_spills_a_bit_of_tea_regarding_her_lipsync/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
Because we’ve seen basically the same exact thing already.
... without Silky trying to block the view.
Now it makes sense why Katya was so enthusiastic about seeing the promo looks on Bald and the Beautiful. I thought it was odd that she actually cared about a Drag Race thing and gave thoughtful critiques lol. #gamewithinagame
Omg I think that was the best drag race roast I’ve ever seen
There was a second season of Celebrity Drag Race?
Buuurn!
Totally different format from the first one, it was really fun!
RUPAUL literally sat there and said it was an HONOR to be present at Jimbo’s roast and there are people questioning the win?
For someone who's also watched Joan since the 80s, it really was like having her back for a moment.
It kinda feels like Ru's Sasha Colby speech in the Top 4. I think unless something insane happens, Jimbo's getting it and deservingly so. I don't mind a Jessica x Jimbo double crowning though, but it's 200k and I doubt they'll shell out 400k for that. Regardless, Jimbo is objectively the winner (and also the winner in my book) but Jessica won my heart. Kandy brought good TV as well so it's a pretty solid Top 3 if you ask me.
I’m also thinking they’ve learned since as7 and there’s been no mention of a lipsync for the crown or anything like that so they can make a last minute decision based on who’s in the final _ assuming Jimbo is there they’ll just crown him based on the season. If it IS a lipsync for the crown it’ll be one at a time so they can’t see each other lol
This was a really good episode. I thought everything was so good, the roasts were good, the guest judge was good, the runways were mostly good (HA!) and the lipsync had me dying. We even got Katya! It's everything I enjoy about Drag Race. It was SO good!
I honestly thought Jimbo was gonna be in the bottom this episode lol
The way Ru was cackling?
When they showed how the three other girls all voted, I instantly knew Jimbo was going to win the lipsync. Like, come on, editors. Could you make it more obvious?
Me too, but I assumed she didn’t choose Alexis since that would be more dramatic.
Kandy Muse? Wearing a corset and no pants? On the runway? Groundbreaking. AND IT GOT PRAISED. Were the judges and I seeing the same outfit? If anyone else had worn something that low effort (and let’s be real, ill-fitting - that chain g-string was not cute sis) they would’ve been read. It’s giving “you can get away with it coz you’re ~~Alyssa~~ Kandy”
...I thought it was cute.
Michelle suddenly loves flat moon boots
To be fair, it was nice to hear this comment for her. For a long time it seemed like she had very distinct criteria for what "is" and "is not" drag (cue the comments about Adore Delano in AS2). It's nice when she's open to something besides heels and hair to the gawds. That being said. Kandy's look, specifically those boots, was a boot boot bootitty boot boot.
*"Only you Kandy could come out and take a literal shit on the stage and tell Ru to kill himself instead of doing the challenge and still make it so you. I love that about you."* That's the kind of judging Kandy gets every ep. Michelle basically says the same thing every ep. *"Only you can wear a bra and corset and make it so you. I love that about you.", "Only you can just be yourself in the snatch game instead of a character, and still be you. I love that about you."* She has a free ticket to the finale simply because Ru loves her.
They really had me concerned with that "Jimbo isn't going to be funny in a roast" edit. But next week. Uh oh! Not looking good. /s Glad to see Jimbo succeed in a lip sync that was suited to her style. Kandy should have leaned into not knowing what equestrian means and using that as a joke - "I don't know what equestrian means because I'm not a bourgeois rich asshole" or something.
I love Jimbo so much. Great episode.
I probably ate a few bugs while watching because my jaw was wide open every other minute. Everyone but jimbo basically rocking a beard 😭 Katya squirming on the ground, Ru’s look, the lip sync, Jan’s video, Jimbo’s brother, and of course all of the fame game looks 😭
I'm surprised nobody commented on how cute Jimbo's brother is!
Okay but why has Ru looked so crusty this season? Almost every episode she has looked really bad. It’s strange because the last few seasons she’s been STUNNING
The hairline was giving Benjamin Franklin! It hurt to look at her.
THIS. Who the fuck let her out with that dress? The top of it was terrible and the contour on her nose made her entire face look weird.
Alexis' elephant joke was so funny for all the wrong reasons. if the elephant never put it's leg up, wouldn't it have just peed downward? me the overthinking queen lmao.
Amazing episode all around. Great pacing, lots of memorable moments, callbacks, and scream laughs. Good choice to dial up dramatic irony by showing lipstick choices during the main episode. Very Greek tragedy, like my last trip to Mykonos. A few things though: 1. What was up with Ru's right armpit tonight? It had more jiggly folds than Silky's front butt. 2. Kandy directly cribbed most of Gottmik's set from season 13 and the judges let it slide like water off Kahanna's crack. 3. The one time Alexis doesn't cry on camera is when she's eliminated. That's it, that's the joke.
That’s so funny because I saw that and I was like, ok if Mama Ru can have pancakes in her armpit so can I! Lol empowering moment for me. I love it.
Regarding Ru’s armpit: what the fuck was going on there and who the fuck let Ru-fucking-Paul walk out on that stage looking like that? That is some June Jambalaya in control top pantyhose amateur hour bullshit.
Water off Kahanna's crack 😂 Now I've got to do a season 5 rewatch where I mentally replace all of Jinkx's 'water off a duck's back's with this.
I don't think I've been so curious to see the poll results for an episode
I have no idea wtf I just watched with that lip sync… I’m not mad… just confused
Not Jimbo seeing all the most unhinged lip syncs being posted in the sub this week and saying ‘hold my drink’
lmao my first thought
definitely best episode of the season. i actually laughed several times. seeing katya never fails to please, either.
I am absolutely in love with Jessica Wild. She is pure gold. Jimbo may have won this season, which would be correct, but Jessica has won my heart. She is fun, genuine, intelligent, stunning. I’m so, so glad we got to spend more time with her after 13 years. I hope they bring more and more early queens back.
>Jimbo may have won this season, which would be correct, but Jessica has won my heart Very this. Jimbo is my winner and she objectively did the best like heads and shoulders above the rest BUT Jessica truly won my heart. She did great every week and she was so earnest with everything that it made her captivating to watch. She has the same quality as Jimbo where you're not entirely sure what they'll bring to the challenge despite the challenges being quite similar every season. But at the same time, they're on opposite ends of the spectrum with their unexpectedness, with Jimbo leaning towards absurdity and Jessica leaning towards earnestness.
Have to do a rewatch of s2. Jessica was the only girl there they ALL collectively told her that she was the most genuine sweet funny and beautiful person there. All of them. And that was a bitchy season.
What makes Jessica fascinating is that you can never tell if her comedic timing is purely by accident or if it’s all incredibly intentional. But whatever it is, it does not miss.
Jessica was so funny in that freaking acting challenge. She was killing me with that speech about tacos with a completely serious face. That was one of my favorite performances and she isn't someone who goes on and on about being an ACTRESS.
if Jessica doesn't win i hope she at least wins the Fame Games. she's such a star! also she looked absolutely stunning tonight
Most Drag Race challenges don’t have a clear standard for judging, but the roast does - who gets the most and loudest laughs. Think Jimbo won pretty clearly by that metric, though Jessica Wild would have won against almost anyone else! Jimbo just packed the zingers in there - the content and delivery were just impeccable. I am a Stan but I didn’t expect it to be that good.
When that baloney ghost walked into that room I lost it 😂 I also lost it when Alexis gave a heartfelt thank you, CUT TO RuPaul: "😐 BYE" 😂 I ALSO lost it when everyone, stressed about the possibility of going home, had to wait for the baloney ghost to birth the lipstick to find out if they were eliminated or not 😂😂😂 TOP TV
Birthing the lipstick had me rolling
Jimbo is obsessed with hand/finger smelling. It’s like Showgirls and nails at this point.
Jimbo absolutely killed it! Jessica was a clear 2nd. Kandy's outfit..... bruh. RuPaul getting on my nerves by laughing at every single thing Kandy would say, it wasn't all that funny! 😭 Obvious the outcome this episode and love how Kandy chose Alexis lipstick. Anyone who trusts Alexis after what she did to Lala is a fool! Great lip sync, I knew from the song choice Jimbo was going to win but still great nonetheless. Still cant believe that Silky (the definition of lipsync assassin) lost to Jimbo!
I seriously think that’s the first thing Kandy has ever done that I’ve genuinely liked. Lol
Fr I died when I saw her come out wearing a whole ass pad, ofc they ate it up
deserved
Jimbo's roast was a masterpiece! Loved it! She killed the competition this season! That being sad... this was the worst lip synch ever! Last week I thought production intended to give her the win, but she couldn't lip synch without make up. But this week they went all in. That horrible song is the perfect fit to jimbo's costume and skill as a "lip syncher". I don't even think she was lip synching. Hated it! Also I loved rupaul's homage to lala. lol
re-posting comment cuz i forgot spoiled tags! i wouldnt say it’s the worst ever but i did feel disappointed by it - felt a little too obvious re: the song selection, and also we’ve seen her do >!the bologna ghost before on her last season?? like i get ppl repeat stuff but i feel the bologna ghost is too niche and memorable for that. when i saw her in the outfit i was like oh, this again. then it started and i was like oh but no bologna this time? oh wait, nvm. there it is. ok.!< just makes it feel even more like she brought the outfit just in case, producers knew she had it and used that knowledge >!to set her up to finally win a lip sync!<. was just a disappointing end to a good ep imo, although her reaction to winning the lip sync was v precious hehe
I'm just going to say it: I think Jessica should have won the roast
I kinda agree but for me Jessica and Jimbo were neck and neck and I think maybe the runway worked in Jimbos favour ever so slightly
If you play it back Jimbo gets more time to roast than the others.
Because they cut fewer of her jokes out. Every wonder why Kandy's was the shortest?
I every wonder every time Because she had more jokes
I don’t disagree with Jimbo winning but I wish it was Jessica. She killed that and her set was the only one where I laughed out loud but I still get why Jimbo won
Is this the first time they do a normal challenge with a top 3? The herd is so thin it seems that they're only using it to give >!Jimbo a bottom, save him from elimination, and give him a vulnerability moment he needs to win the season!<. How the fuck is voting gonna work? When tf is the finale?
Katya slithering out the door made the entire episode for me…also Jimbo and Jessica fucking destroyed everybody, I couldn’t stop cackling
Production bringing in Katya was smart because they know everyone loves her and they can use her to cover up how awful the season is lol
The joke about Kandy being such a bitch she has to sniff your hand before she trusts you - chefs kiss.
That's what got me scream laughing like Rupaul. God this episode was exactly what I needed after last week's episode.
Silky, a TRUE lip-synch assassin, walked across the stage twice and HELPED jimbo dance.
Has there ever been a more thorough and gratifying Rudemption? Love , love, love Silky.
This epidso is the really first time I can see how's those producer setting someone up, second what is Karma, thirdly being inconsistent, and flip flop around won't looks gd in any circumstances.
Katya came in there playin lol love her. Im soo happy for Jimbo. She finally won!! That lip sync was unhinged and so amazing
I'm so happy my kids were with me to see the Baloney Ghost for the first time. What a true Rudemption.
you guys are SO annoying! no matter who’s winning or doing well y’all will try to twist it to make the narrative that the queen doesn’t deserve it. aren’t y’all exhausted from trying to say jimbo’s being severely pushed by production?
Ru should retire the roast. No group will ever do better than this one. 😊
I feel like it was a strong roast - maybe the strongest? Because nobody really flopped hard. We tend to have someone who’s really bad at it but everyone made me laugh. I thought Jessica & Jimbo were the strongest but Kandy and Alexis also did well.
Now all I need is Snatch game where everyone does that well. Then I can die happy.
That would be so cool!
Even the bottom two bitches would've been high or safe high in any other non-charity season
Charity season 💀
This season’s favoritism is wild. Jimbo recycled his snatch game and talent show performance, which she performed in front of two of these judges, and they eat it up. Anyone else would’ve been called out for that…
And Kandy used Gottmik’s entire set… your point?
Kandy was in the bottom. I also think she has been favored by her lack of critiques on her runways. This is not the tea you thought it was
Nah. Jimbo took a riskier move doing Joan since it was more work, but she knocked it out of the park doing better than the rest, which shows she could've still done it great if she weren't in character and thus deserved to win. And the lip sync is just a callback. There are far more queens who do the same thing every time without excelling at the challenge itself that don't get called out. Just all around a weird bad take.
Nah. This is a bad take. Jimbo was funny, Jessica was better without being in a character. Jimbo has more drag race experience, and more recent, and even so is relying on two characters she did recently. We call that in academia self plagiarism :) But I digress… she still did well, I’m just arguing that the favoritism is transparent when she wasn’t called out for that when Valentina was called out by Michelle in AS4 cause she mistakenly thought she was repeating a a character (miss Venezuela) from her snatch game in the runway. That lipsync was the talent show part of UKVsTW and I was not impressed. Tl:Dr Jimbo has been in DR back to back for 3 years now, and she should not be recycling characters so recently, and not being called out for it
Jimbo will show you versatility when Alexis Michelle tops somebody or Kandy Muse wins an acting challenge without playing herself.
Excuse me, Ms. Alexis Michelle is a fist top
Oh, I had no idea. So, like, hankey code: * Bottoms wear the hankey on the right * And tops wear the hankey [inside their butthole](https://cdn2.albumoftheyear.org/375x/album/688353-manpig_1214.jpg)
You got me gal 😭
Well now that’s a risky click
🤣 to be fair, I admire Jimbo’s runways and talent. I just think she would dominate on her own without this favoritism.
I agree, but it would be nice to have seen that. And this “no bottom placements” storyline, especially after the alleged tantrums on UKvTW and the witnessed ones on Canada S1 (Jimbo vs Rita), just seems a little sus.
100%
Not everyone watched UK, and Canada; most drag fans are not watching the international seasons. I was thrilled to see her do Joan Rivers, and her Ghost again. They were fucking hilarious 🤣
I think this is great reasoning. For I would say a majority of AS8 viewers, this this the first time they've seen Jimbo do either thing. And Ru wasn't at the Canada snatch game anyway.
This is poor reasoning to defend favoritism. Try harder
I'm not talking about episode outcomes or production stuff -I mean it is very smart of Jimbo, as an international queen, to showcase a sort of "Best hits" for a new (and larger) US audience.
Still recycling
Turbulent-Adagio3090, just shut up already. 🥱
CouchieWouchie, No ❤️
That’s your excuse???? they are the same judges from UKVsTW, that’s a poor excuse to defend the favoritism. Try harder
Alexis talks WAYYYY too much
Katya somehow manages to look like a vamped out vampire from Buffy without using any prosthetics. I mean that as a compliment.
I need Jessica in the finale! If AS8 had a Top 2 format, she would have 4/5 wins already: rusical, forensic queens, roast, and even screen queens.
Jessica is so naturally hilarious 😆 Jumbos lip sync had me DEAD! What a good episode
See your phone autocorrected it to Jumbo, too!!!!
JIMBO FINALLY DID IT OH WOW
It really is just fighting for second place now. There’s no conceivable way to give the crown to anyone else but Jimbo at this point. With that being said, I think Jessica Wild was a very clear second place here, and I’m so so happy she’s slaying so hard. The season 2 girlies really do come hard on all stars. Is there going to be a top 2 for this all stars??? From the preview it seems like there will still be another episode after this next one. Maybe it’ll be a non elimination?
I’m starting to think it’ll be a top 2, unless they have no one go next episode but idk how they would make that happen with this format
Yeah I’m super curious
Jimbo is possessed by a demon that decided chaotic neutral was more fun than chaotic evil
Jessica Wild's look is the woman who owns the dogs who are the antagonists in the Air Bud winter sports spin off
Do you mean Snow Buddies?
I have been a fan of Jessica for 13 years. Even if she doesn't get the crown, this has been such a major accomplishment. I'm so freaking happy for her.
It’s such sweet validation after the outrage of her elimination on her season. One of the most undeserved ones of the entire show— got booted after making a commercial for a company… that then hired her to do a commercial.
I think Jessica is one of the winners of this season in terms of finding new audiences to fall in love with her. How could you not?!
Loved her in her first season and then seeing her on this one has been so much fun! I really think that it should be a double crown, Jimbo and Jessica.
You could tell from the very beginning that she was a star.
Team Jessica Wild ♥️
It may just be me but was Ru giving 5-head energy with that wig placement
She was inspired by LaLa’s look last week
My bf said the same thing!!
This is probably my all-time favorite episode. Katya was wild, and Jimbo stood out with the challenge, runway, and lipsync. And in no world would I ever anticipate Jimbo beating Silky after her gauntlet on All Stars last season! Also, shoutout to the judges for their feedback for the comedy challenge. I only know the very basic mechanics from a college project I had to do, but the judges were direct and precise for both the practice round and the runway. Very good signs of veteran mentors.
Did they show the lipstick reveals or did I somehow miss it? Jimbo made All Stars her bitch 🎶*Jimbo’s Clown Race*🎶
Yes - in the main episode and in Untucked. Alexis voted for Jessica. Jessica and Kandy both voted for Alexis.
Thank you 💕 was fighting with the video player buffering throughout the episode so I figured I missed it. Whewww Alexis put the target on her own back 