Kiss My Grits: RuPaul’s Stats Race, All Stars 6, Episode 7

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Hello Hello! I am traveling this week in a safe, steady, vaccinated fashion….to Puerta Vallarta! What could go wrong? Kidding but I am traveling so the next two blogs will be extra quick. With that, enjoy!

THOTS

• The song was real meh. That said- it has been stuck in my head all week. Ginger, Trinity, and Rajah were the only ones who stood out positively for me.

• I feel bad for Pandora. At least she looked great.

• So unfortunate that Trinity’s wig came off. She is truly an amazing lip-syncer but it’s not coming through this season. On the other hand, it is such a pleasant surprise that she’s doing so well.

• Alexis Matteo- “I got two lipsticks!” She is a gem.

• The tie was shocking. The producers truly do love torturing Jan.

CHART

• The queens were right- this week’s winner became the front runner. TKB is on a roll.

• Ra’jah and Eureka are now in second.

• Kylie is in 4^th. Ginger is in 5^th. Ginger is still low but has done the best (+4) in the last 3 episodes. If she wins Snatch Game, she’ll be near the top quite soon.

• Pandora is our new power bottom, bring up the rear in 6^th place. Pandora and Eureka are the only remaining queens who haven’t won a challenge.

PREDICTIONS

1. Ginger Minj +1
2. Trinity K Bonet +1
3. Kylie Sonique Love +1
4. Eureka O’Hara -3
5. Ra’jah O’Hara =
6. Pandora Boxx +1
7. Jan (Preseason Prediction: 4^th, Most Recent Prediction: 6^th)
8. A’Keria C Davenport (Preseason Prediction: 2^nd, Most Recent Prediction: 7^th)
9. Scarlett Envy (Preseason Prediction: 8^th, Most Recent Prediction: 9^th)
10. Yara Sofia (Preseason Prediction: 6^th, Most Recent Prediction: 7^th)
11. Silky Nutmeg Ganache (Preseason Prediction: 11^th, Most Recent Prediction: 10^th)
12. Jiggly Caliente (Preseason Prediction: 3^rd, Most Recent Prediction: 3^rd)
13. Serena Cha Cha (Preseason Prediction: 13^th, Most Recent Prediction: 13^th)

• I didn’t expect Jan to go! I really thought they would keep her a bit longer for the storyline and the drama. This season was a real mixed bag for Jan. At times, she came off entitled and delusional. At other times, her talents felt like they purposely weren’t rewarded. I wish Jan well and if not this, I hope she will shine in other avenues of popular culture.

• It’s hard to see Pandora going in the Snatch Game, but crazier things have happened. I worry that if Pandora doesn’t go this week, then the “game within a game” twist will be very anti-climactic. The other 5 are all so strong I would imagine that if one of them sashays away they would be brought back right away, which I always find boring.

• If Pandora doesn’t go, I think it will be Eureka or Ra’Jah. Ra’Jah has done so incredible this season and I would love to see her in the final- but her Instagram following remains super low compared to the rest of the cast. I just wonder if the audience feels more positively about Ra’Jah than the producers expected. We will see.

• Ginger, TKB and Kylie all seem like super solid bets for the final.

• Eureka still hasn’t won a challenge, which is starting to make me rethink how far she will go. She could win Snatch Game which would set her up for a great run in this final leg of the competition. She needs a win and needs it soon.

LIST

Snath Games

Since Snatch Game is our next episode, I thought it’d be fun to quickly rank the remaining queens past All Star performances. Note- Ra’Jah has never done Snatch Game, so she is not included.

#6 Kylie Sonique Love’s Lady Gaga (Season 2): There’s no energy and no characterization. I love those glasses though.

• #5 Trinity’s Nicki Minaj (Season 6): She has the look down but nothing else- and it wasn’t funny.

• #4 Ginger’s Tammy Faye Baker (All Stars 2): Her crying gag is fun and very meme-able. She just didn’t get a lot of airtime so it was hard for it to stand out.

• #3 Eureka’s Honey Boo Boo (Season 10): People love this one. To me, it was good but not nuanced or witty enough for my liking.

• #2 Pandora’s Carol Channing (Season 2): Classic and fun. The voice is great.

• #1 Ginger’s Adele (Season 7): The standout of this group. Ginger is such an incredible performer.

If our herstory foretells the future, our winner will likely be Ginger, Pandora or Eureka. Trinity and Kylie will struggle. Ra’Jah is a true wild card, though she has struggled in acting challenges at times. But of course, herstory doesn’t always repeat itself (ask Trinity the Tuck or Shea Coulee- both winners of Snatch Game in All Stars who did not stand out in their original snatches). I think Ginger, Kylie and Eureka will do well, and Trinity, Rajah and Pandora will struggle.

Alright friends stay safe, stay strong, stay superb. Let the music play!