‘Drag Race’ Recap: Season 15 Episode 5 — Amethyst vs. Salina EsTitties

The style business is cutthroat, as the women of RuPaul’s Drag Race have been reminded on Friday. You understand the previous saying: Someday you’re in, and the following day you’re… sashaying away? Yeah, that sounds proper.

Episode 5 divided the remaining queens of Season 15 into teams of three, every of which might current a cohesive assortment impressed by one of many judges’ house design aesthetics. Greater than “impressed by,” truly. The queens actually needed to make their appears out of furnishings items — you recognize, as a result of design challenges aren’t anxious sufficient already.

This episode wasn’t terribly thrilling (sorry!), so let’s leap straight to the outcomes, lets?

MINI CHALLENGE | Eventually, the library is open! Although fairly a number of Season 15 queens proved refreshingly literate, the winner of this time-honored shade fest was Loosey LaDuca, who’s quietly rising as a fierce competitor. Loosey’s studying materials included telling Malaysia Babydoll Foxx that she ought to dwell as much as her first identify and “disappear like that aircraft”; telling Salina EsTitties that Yolanda Saldivar, who famously murdered singer Selena Quintanilla, shot the improper one; and defending Mistress Isabelle Brooks’ kitten heels by saying that “they begin out as stilettos.”

MAXI CHALLENGE | Luxx Noir London snatched her first win this week, turning heads on the runway in a surprising Michelle Visage-inspired look that the muse herself described as “Versace meets Cavalli.” The immaculately tailor-made zebra pants? The regal purple material? The simple Luxx swagger? Sure to all three, after which some. She actually is the right instance of a queen who talks an enormous sport, then backs it up by strolling the rattling stroll. Fairly a number of others this season may take word.

LIP SYNC | This week’s unfortunate trio turned out to be Amethyst, whose lackluster design abilities have been on full show; Jax, whose well-intended Heathers look didn’t slay the judges; and Salina, who did absolutely the most… however forgot to additionally do it effectively. Jax’s shortcomings have been deemed much less egregious than her fellow backside queens, so she was despatched to security, leaving Salina to battle three-time lip syncer Amethyst to the tune of visitor decide Janelle Monae’s “Q.U.E.E.N.” Amethyst put up a good combat, however Salina’s dedication to stay within the competitors was palpable with each drop, each break up, each twerk. She had this within the bag earlier than Ru even let the music play, so it got here as no shock when Amethyst was despatched sashaying away.

As a local of the Nutmeg State, let me simply say — Amethyst, you probably did Connecticut proud.

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