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Hi dears. This will be my quickest quicky blog ever (Missy Elliot would never). I’m still in the throes of jetlag from Paris, which is ironic because there’s nothing less Paris than getting up before 10. Anyway, enjoy this short one!
THOTS (mostly about TKB)
- This Snatch Game was…. good. The half group format really doesn’t go well when there’s not at least 2-3 home run performances. What we had this season was home runs from Ginger and Kylie (though honestly neither made me LOL), so weird they’re entertaining performances from Eureka and Rajah, and hard misses from Pandora and Trinity. It was fine.
- Trinity’s runway outfit was amazing.
- “Not in front of miss Tina”. Trinity has such an awkward charm.
- The lip-sync was fun. Always happy to see Heidi N Closet.
- Ginger is such a TV pro. She genuinely created some suspense on whether she would go through with chopping Trinity instead of Pandora. Of course, she didn’t: not going to risk that fan reaction.
CHART
- Pandora finally went- which marks the third episode in a row that the lowest scoring queen on my chart went home. Pandora was a fun calm presence throughout the season but was definitely at her ending point. Wishing her well.
- A lot of similar scoring pages on Instagram (my favorite is this one- https://www.instagram.com/bfedrag/?hl=en ) have Eureka in first even though she’s never won a challenge. My point system prioritizes winning over safe placements enough that this is not the case.
- It’s a super even playing field right now- a 4-way tie for first with Trinity one point behind (and remember- she won just last episode).
- If we look at the scores from just the last 3 episodes, Ginger and Kylie have both scored 4, Eureka and Trinity have a net score of 0, and Rajah is in last with a net score of -1.
- As we look towards the ever elusive “Game Within a Game” for the eliminated queens, Yara Sofia had the highest score on the chart when she was eliminated. So, using that metric, she would be the most deserving of a ruturn.
PREDICTIONS
- Ginger Minj =
- Kylie Sonique Love +1
- Trinity K Bonet -1
- Eureka O’Hara -3
- Ra’jah O’Hara =
- Pandora Boxx (Preseason Prediction: 12th, Most Recent Prediction: 6th)
- Jan (Preseason Prediction: 4th, Most Recent Prediction: 6th)
- A’Keria C Davenport (Preseason Prediction: 2nd, Most Recent Prediction: 7th)
- Scarlett Envy (Preseason Prediction: 8th, Most Recent Prediction: 9th)
- Yara Sofia (Preseason Prediction: 6th, Most Recent Prediction: 7th)
- Silky Nutmeg Ganache (Preseason Prediction: 11th, Most Recent Prediction: 10th)
- Jiggly Caliente (Preseason Prediction: 3rd, Most Recent Prediction: 3rd)
- Serena Cha Cha (Preseason Prediction: 13th, Most Recent Prediction: 13th)
- I finally got another one right! I was starting to forget how that felt. My preseason predictions have been insanely wrong thus far, but I did correctly guess that Ginger and Eureka would be in the final 5.
- As the chart shows, it is super even right now and very hard to predict. The first look shows us that the challenge is creating your own children’s cartoon character.
- Obviously, Ginger and Kylie aren’t going anywhere, and both seem very likely to excel at this challenge.
- Eureka seems the obvious choice having never won but I think she’ll do well at this challenge- she’s a seasoned TV personality and her characters throughout the season have been super cartoonish anyway.
- Trinity seems the most likely to struggle with this challenge as acting is not her strong suit. Rajah meanwhile has been very hit or miss in the acting challenges. I’m going with Rajah as the next to get the boot, if only because I think the fandom has received her much more warmly than the producers probably expected. We shall see.
LIST
ALL STARS 6 MOST INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
Again, going for super quick here so I’m going to do a simple Instagram followers update. Was I smart enough to record all the queen’s pre-season Insta follower numbers? I think we all know the answer to that, but I did create a list in the preseason ranking the queens in terms of followers. Thus, find below the updated last and see whose spot has changed. Spoiler: the fandom remains shockingly and ire-inducingly racist. Anyway, enjoy!
13- Serena Cha-Cha (Preseason Rank: 13)- 54, 500 Followers
12- Ra’Jah O’Hara (Preseason Rank: 12)- 185,000 Followers (What the Fuck Are Y’all Doing? FOLLOW HER!)
11- Jiggly Caliente (Preseason Rank: 11)- 219,000 Followers
10- Silky Nutmeg Ganache (Preseason Rank: 10)- 271,000 Followers
9- A’keria C Davenport (Preseason Rank: 8 (-1))- 309,000 Followers
8- Yara Sofia (Preseason Rank: 7 (-1))- 346,000 Followers
7- Pandora Boxx (Preseason Rank: 5 (-2))- 395,000 Followers
6- Kylie Sonique Love (Preseason Rank: 9 (+3))- 424,000 Followers
5- Trinity K Bonet (Preseason Rank: 6 (+1))- 428,000 Followers
4- Scarlet Envy (Preseason Rank: 4)- 525,000 Followers
3- Eureka O’Hara (Preseason Rank: 3)- 537,000 Followers
2- Ginger Minj (Preseason Rank: 2)- 560,000 Followers
- Jan (Preseason Rank: 1)- 567,000 Followers
Cliff Notes: Kylie and Trinity both made major gains with followers this season (duh- they’ve both done well and are breathtaking to look at). The fact that Ra’Jah is so low in followers is criminal. Also, sure they’re pretty and fun, but how do Jan and Scarlet have more followers than Trinity and Kylie?
Alright friends I’ll be back in form next week. Until then- let the music play!
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