Hello gorgeous people, hope you're having a wonderful day and today I'll be doing the review of the fourth episode of UK Vs The World. This week, the queens played The Snatch Game (basically a parody of Match Game), which is probably the most important challenge on every season because, as Rupauls says, this is the challenge that separates the ladies from the queens and vice versa. And the runway theme for this week was "Luck Be A Lady" which means wearing something that is related to luck. Before starting reviewing every single performance, I just wanna give you a warning of SPOILERS AHEAD. You have been warned.
First up, we have Blu Hydrangea. On the challenge, she portrayed Mike Myers (as Austin Powers) which is a very big risk. In general, doing a male character is very risky because it can go south very quickly especially if comedy is not something you are strong in. So knowing her character choice and realising that she is not a comedy queen, i started to fear for her but, once again, she proved me wrong and ended up slaying the challenge. Everytime Rupaul asked her a question, she would give the best and most hilarious answers. When a queen would flop on an answer, Blu would be the one that would bring the laughter into the room again, proving to everyone that she was on this challenge with only one goal and that was to win. She, on the challenge, delivered, in my opinion, the best performance. On the runway, Blu always shines and this was not an exceptio. Green is a colour that looks so good on her and that ginger wig is so beautiful and is styled in such a beautiful and professional way. Makeup wise, she is always amazing and this was not an exception. In my opinion, she delivered the second best look of the night, so as you can see, this was the strongest week for Blu and finally the judges didn't overlooked her giving some amazing critiques to her. This week also put Blu as a frontrunner in this competition, making her one of the opportunities to take the crown and honestly that would be an amazing ending to this heartbreaking season.
Next up, we have Baga Chipz. On the Snatch game, the character she chose to portray was Kathy Bates. To be honest, I don't know who Kathy Bates is but after watching this episode, I went to Google and started searching for her and I have to say, the look she did for Snacth Game was spot on. Baga being a comedy queen, she was one of the queens that i knew beforehand she would totally dominate it and i was right. She treated this challenge like it was a piece of cake and it made it look so easy when probably the hardest challenge because improving is not something everyone can do. Overall, she did amazing on the challenge, showing again why she is the queen of comedy (atleast in this season). On the runway, she served a great look, the fit of the dress is very good, i really like the hair and even her makeup looks a little bit better so we can see that she is slowly getting better that the areas that she struggles, which is nice, i like to see a queen's progress. The only negative critique i have for Baga this week is, something that even Michelle said, her runway walk looks so stiff, so awkward and even robotic, meaning she does the same thing in every runway walk, which doesn't work for every outfit. She needs to know how to sell the garments she is wearing. This was a week where i agreed with the judges critiques when it comes to Baga, i agreed with everything they said (which is rare to happen). This week was also a very good week for her and it also put her as a person that could end up with the crown (which is not the best scenario, in my opinion). Let's say that this competition will have a tight finale, i think.
Next up, we have Mo Heart. On the Snatch Game, she did a last minute decision to change her character to the gay icon Billy Porter. And let's say that decision turned out for the best because she ended up having a very solid performance. Maybe was not top 2 worthy but still was very good and she made Rupaul laugh (which is the biggest goal in this challenge) and the portrayal was actually accurate which is also a good point for her considering doing Billy was very last minute. Overall, she did good and for me, everytime she does the Snatch Game, she keeps getting better although i can see that this is the challenge that she always tries to avoid but to make it to the finale and have a shot to win, you have to do it, regardless. On the runway, she had my favourite look of the week. Everything about this look works. She is representing Las Vegas, the city of casinos, gambles, money and also luck. I love the colors that she chose for this outfit, i love the headpiece and what i love the most is the fact that this outfit lights up and I'm glad she showed that on the runway bringing this look to whole different level, suprising everyone and reminding everyone that she maybe still didn't win any maxi challenge but that doesn't mean she is not a threat when it comes to competition. I know that this season only has 6 episodes and there's only 1 more episode before the finale but i would love to see Mo having a sort of a redemption story and actually having a shot of winning this whole thing. Because if you don't have any challenge wins, it's more difficult to win a season but everything can happen.
Next up, we have Pangina Heals or as I like to call her PanPan. On the Snatch Game, she made the (risky) decision to do Mariah Carey. Mariah is a very hard character to do and i think she felt that as soon the Snacth Game started. Well, PanPan did look like Mariah, so i give props to her because she did a fantastic job with makeup in order to change her face estructure which is not that easy to do. Her first answers were funny and she made Rupaul laugh, which was a good sign but as the challenge went on, she got weaker in terms of answers, damaging her overall performance, sadly. There are some celebrities that you just don't do on Snatch Game because there isn't a lot of material to work with when it comes to be funny and one of those celebrities is Mariah. She is could be funny when she throws shade but for you to do that as well, you have to be very comfortable with comedy and being quick with it and unfortunately PanPan is not that comfortable with comedy. On the runway, PanPan delivered also a Vegas inspired look. The look itself looks very expensive, i love all the gold in her arms and legs, i love the slot machine that she is wearing and what i loved the most was the how she sold the outfit on the runway (Baga could learn something with her). Overall. she did a good job this week but comparing to what she did in the first three weeks, this was her weakest week which is sad because i know how talented she is and for her to not do good, really affected her especially when she thinks that she doesn't win this competition, she will not make the asian people proud. I can't speak for the asians but i think they will be proud of her regardless if she wins or not, this competition.
Next up, we have Janey Jacké but i like to call her JJ. JJ was another queen that did a risky and problematic decision by choosing James Charles for Snatch Game. For those that don't know James Charles was accused of having sexual relationships with minors mostly kids and that's why even saying his name is a not good idea. Just like PanPan, Janey looked like James, she did a wonderful job with the makeup but i have to say, looking like him was the only thing she did right in this challenge (Sorry JJ). Almost all of her answers were not funny and you could see that she was trying her best but sadly it was not enough and she ended up having probably the weakest performance in this challenge. One of the points that are being used to justify the not so strong performances of her and PanPan is the fact that their first language is not english. I have to admit that could be a reason why their performances were not so strong because with me, being Portuguese, I would have a harder time to do comedy in English than i would in Portuguese so I get why some people are saying that but, at the end of the day, this is a competition where everyone agreed to speak english so I understand but at the same time it's not an excuse. When it comes to the runway, she did very good, i love the wig she wore, i also love that thing she has on her back but i don't like that pink dress because when you compare to the rest of the outfit, the dress looks very cheap but at least is a colour that looks good on her. Janey after two strong weeks is struggling again. Can she rise up from the ashes and climb to a top placement again?
Lastly we have Jujubee or as i like to call her, Juju. On the Snacth Game she chose to do the timeless legend, Cher. Doing Cher was a very bad decision for Juju because she has been done in the past and mostly the people who've done her did stellar on it so Juju had big shoes to fill and let's say that she didn't fill those shoes completely. The performance itself was very funny, i laughed at it but because as Rupaul said, the performance was ridiculous. Juju tried to do the Cher voice many times during the challenge but never nailed it and as Snatch Game went along she started to land some jokes but was not sucessful doing it, sadly. So, on the challenge, she did okay. When it comes to the runway, once again, Juju lets me down by wearing a gold dress that it doesn't fit on the bottom, also why she decided to wear that wig especially when she said that she was being one of those lucky cats that move one paw (and are super cute). Actually when she explained her outfit, i was even more disappointed because she could have done such a cooler look, she could have a crazy cat makeup and not wear a wig, basically painting her head in the gold. If she had done that, she would have one of my favourites looks of the week but actually she has my least favourite look of the night, which hurts me to say it because she is not living to her own expectations. At this point, i think she is basically the only queen that has 0% chance of winning just judging that her performance on this season. On 4 episodes, in 3 of them you are in the bottom, it just shows that you are proving why you deserve to win, in my opinion.
Placements of this episode:
TOP 2 - Baga Chipz and Blu Hydrangea
BOTTOM 4 - Mo Heart, Pangina Heals, Janey Jacké and Jujubee
So, the top 2 queens are Baga and Blu and in the bottom we have all the other 4 queens that are not in the top, it's basically a rule created by Rupaul "If you are not in the top, you are in the bottom". This rule was more used in All Stars 5 when there was also only 6 queens in the competition. Each of the top 2 queens has to decide which queen they want to send home but for that to happen they have to win the lipsync. The top 2 performed "Let it go" by the british singer Alexandra Burke. I have to say i really like this song and let's say that Baga tried her best but she also tried too hard while Blu gave her all and did some stunts that were more sucessful than Baga's but it was not the cleanest performance. Blu ends up winning the lipsync and she decides to make a shocking decision that none of the queens saw it coming. The queen eliminated, on this episode, was Pangina Heals. It was a huge shock even to Rupaul and Michelle. Pangina started to cry a lot when she heard she was going home, she was heartbroken thinking she let everyone down and punishing herself over and over again. Even though, Pangina is my favourite queen of this season, i understand why Blu made that decision and it was simply because Pangina was the biggest competition out of everyone so keeping would be a huge risk because she could be one taking the crown and Blu thought that eliminating her she would have a chance.
Well gorgeous people, that was the review of the fourth episode of UK Vs The World Season 1. I hope you like it, and feel free to share your own opinions because i will read and answer all of them. What do you think about this shocking elimination? Do you think that's the best way to play the game? I hope you have a wonderful day and talk to you soon. Bye 💖💖
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