In all honesty this week, much like this week's returnee, felt like a lackluster redo of the much more entertaining 'Jocks-in-Frocks' challenge. Like many others, I'm beginning to wonder if the final four had any real reason to worry about the returnee sending any of them home. Don't get me wrong; all four deserve to be there, but what's the point of creating drama like a returning competitor when she just goes right back out the door? Also, how cute were (most) of those daddy's? Phi Phi's and Chad's partners had my attention any time they were on screen! No surprise they were top two, they were the only ones who really ran with the whole drag idea (much like Manila and Alexis' jocks last season.)
Phi Phi O'Hara: Easily the winner, and not just by default like the magazine challenge. She looked just like her sister/mother...(how were they supposed to be related,)but her heartfelt confession and her partner's support is what really sealed the deal for her. I'm still not a fan, but this is easily the most I've liked Phi Phi!
Chad Michaels: Honestly, she came in second because the other three turned out so bad. Her partner was willing enough, and he was a sweetheart, but they really didn't stand out in any way. Chad's claws are coming out though, at least in the workroom. That banter with Sharon's partner, and even her jabs at Phi Phi have me wondering/hoping she's had enough of being the sweet queen. Pull out the b!tch guns for the finals, girl!!!!
Sharon Needles: I love Sharon, and this week hasn't changed my thoughts on her, but I could not root for her this week. Not that she was bad, her runway look was traditional Sharon fab, but her partner was just a jack-ass!!! You don't come in the workroom day one and start attacking others, especially a bunch of exhausted and cranky drag queens, expecting them to just be "in on the joke!" He was a nightmare to work with and watch, and frankly Sharon should thank heavens Ru generously granted her safety for the week, because her partner nearly ruined it for her!
Latrice Royale: Latrice looked great, her partner...not so much. He was (like "most" of the others) an absolute sweetheart to work with, in fact they seemed to hit it off the fastest, but his look was busted! The strip-tease (what little we saw) served to remind us that Latrice is not a "sexy" queen, and she really made no attempt to match her partner in appearance. She aced the lip sync again, but she's (almost suspiciously) lucked into two old-school,black woman songs, how long will that hold up? My guess is that unless Phi Phi messes up first, Latrice is going home next week.
Kenya Michaels:...Who cares? Her partner was so uninterested in the whole process I wondered why he even agreed to appear on the show! I wasn't that unimpressed with her lip sync until she ripped her wig off, and any minute chance she had at staying (let's face it, as soon as the Aretha Franklin music started it was over) went off with it!