Filed under: Tommy D, TV Shows
Author: Tommy D
Date: Nov 6, 2012
First of all let me say sorry for my lack of review last week. I was drunk with Team RUJUBEE in Seattle. Like really drunk. Like we were all blind by the end of the night drunk. Oy vey, but I’m back this week in full force and ready to spill the T.
I want to start off my saying that tonight’s episode was really weird. Yes it was funny because who doesn’t love seeing Shannel walk on all four and bark like a dog, but to me I don’t understand what this had to do with being a drag queen. I also have some insider information that I will divulge later, but overall this entire episode was very fishy…and not in a good way.
Back in the work room after the last elimination of team Brown Flowers (NOT CUTE! I pegged Nina to be a finalist, she is the fiercest from that show EVER) we learned of the next mini challenge; taking butch queen realness photos. Sure…why not? They’ve done pretty much everything else they could why not just take some weird man photos. Yarlexis took this and I don’t even remember what their prize was? (Was there a prize?)
So for the main challenge, the teams had to “prank” people on the street. One queen would be giving instructions through an earpiece to the other, and vice versa. They would have to rack up the most points and then the winner will be chosen. I mean it was weird. Did I laugh…sure I thought it was hilarious when Juju got that guy to spray whip cream in his pants, or Manila got that girl to crack and egg on her head, or when Yara barked like a dog, but what does that have to do with being a Drag hall of famer. I’m almost 100% sure RuPaul has never done anything like that. Either way it was strange. Also I knew who was going to win the challenge before they even got the judging. Did anyone else notice how team Shad were REALLY featured tonight? I mean they pretty much got everyone to do everything they wanted? Smells trouty don’t it?
On the runway the theme was Bad Girl realness. This is where it gets a bit shady. I have heard that the theme for this runway was changed last minute to accommodate certain contestants. Which again is also very obvious. I have said it once and I’ll say it again, RuPaul will pick who RuPaul wants. I found is odd that team Shad just won like that, no judging, no review of the tapes nothing just hey you win! You got the most points!
Fine, I’ll give them that. However, according those terms the team with the lowest amount of points should automatically be in the bottom. Well if you were listening closely during the Untucked, team Yarlexis actually had the lowest amount of points but they were safe. In the famous words of Latrice…THE SHADE OF IT! I don’t know, maybe I’m partial to Rujubee and Latrila more so than Yarlexis. Maybe I felt bad that Michelle Visage came at Latrice like that for her makeup, um she looked great. Either way, I’m not Ru so I don’t get to make the call but the decision was not a fair one.
Rujubee and Latrila were in the bottom two and had to lip sync to “Nasty” by Janet Jackson. Now as much as I love my Manila theatrics, Jujubee had this one in the bag. I wish Manila didn’t mess up her costume because it was fierce, and by the end she looked a bit messy. Ugh I don’t care I REALLY hated this bottom two because I also pegged Manila and Jujubee to be in the top as well.
Jujubee won the lip sync and Latrice and Manila were sent home. In the exit interview Latrice said she was pissed. Yes hunty we all are, and Manila said she guesses that Ru doesn’t like them. Well who cares about that. We all love you…now and forevah!
BTW did you SEE Manila SNATCH her photo and knock off Jujubee’s…CLASSIC!
Sorry if this review was a bit darker than most, I guess the TV Magic just didn’t work for me on this one. Plus I’m not down with the decisions at all. Bleh. Follow me on twitter and let’s bitch about it @TommyD
PS – Manila is coming to Vancouver November 23rd. We rescheduled her date, so make sure you come out and show her some real ALL STAR LOVE!

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justin
November 6th, 2012 at 6:48 am
the picture fell by accident it got knocked off when manilla just grabbed hers cuz she was pissed.
Dragon Musk
November 6th, 2012 at 7:40 am
1st off > yay! Welcome back after not writing for us last week :-(!
I wasn’t happy at all with the results. The episode was funny though.
Sometimes I feel like RuPaul rations the wins and lip syncs a bit more evenly (for suspense) or biased (when Ru really wants a stand-out winner) if you know what I mean?
Some examples
Season 1 Rebecca winning Ep 5.
Season 2 Tyra having immunity during the Rocker Chicks ep.
Pandora being bottom 2 for no good reason!
Season 3 (I love Raja but…) Raja winning as the punk rocker.
Season 4 Willam getting DQ’d during the Sharon/Phi Phi lip sync.
Random note… wasn’t that the same top Shannel had during S01E05?
I can understand Shad winning if I’m honest (but I still think it’s to even out the playing field- I BET BOTTOM DOLLAR RUJUBEE WILL WIN THE CHALLENGE NEXT WEEK). But I still think Yarlexis should have been B2.
hamoboy
November 6th, 2012 at 7:43 am
Manila was ROBBED! ROBBED I TELL YOU! But yeah, Latrice is a darling, but she dragged Manila down. But unlike Yara and Chad, Manila was much too lady-like to do something as uncouth as actually admit it.
Micamyx
November 6th, 2012 at 7:59 am
I felt really bad for Manila :( I’m glad that the Latrila team released a new single though as a treat to the fans hehe. I have a feeling Ru just doesn’t want Manila to win it. Manila will be a legend on her own. I can sense it especially now that she’s collaborating with really good people. Oh, TheChop!
Mike
November 6th, 2012 at 10:34 am
Am I the only onw who thinks Rupaul really FUCKED up the all-star season??? The potential this season had with the contestants was insane!! Putting them in teams is just about the STUPIDEST thing he could have done!! Many of them have been screwed!!! Pandora – SCREWED! Nina – SCREWED! Manila – Even though she annoys me, SCREWED! She didnt derserve to go!
Love the contestants, but this season sucks ass!!
Rebel
November 6th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Ooh please spill some more tea, hunty! So Rupaul changed the format last minute to accomodate Chad?? I am beyond pissed that my favorite team was eliminated. Manila deserved to win this competition, hands down. I do feel that Rupaul is more biased when it comes to Raven and Chad. I guess she just doesn’t like Manila and Latrice. I’m thinking Raven and Chad as the final two. I hate Chad this season. Just stfu with all the hunger games references, u are 40, not 13!
Tommy D
November 6th, 2012 at 1:15 pm
@Rebel OMG! THE REFERENCING HUNGER GAMES IS DRIVING ME MENTAL! First of all if you’re going to reference it do it properly. It’s not 12 contestants that went in…it’s 24 CONTESTANTS! God…drives me nuts.
ALLEGEDLY the theme for last nights runway was changed from something about your worst nightmare…to bad girls. I just have a REALLY weird feeling about last night. I just felt it was SO rigged.
AFan
November 6th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
I don’t particularly like this new format, however, I do like that they have to step outside their own comfort zones and work well with the partner they chose. I think Latrice and Manila deserved to go home. Even though I wanted Manila to win it all they were not cohesive. One of the judges made a comment about them not looking like teammates but separate entities. On the flipside, at the start of the season Ru mentioned Synergy and honestly I think Yara and Alexis alongside Raven and Jujubee have had a great team connection.
A lot of people are hating on Yarlexis because they don’t have a lot of “fans” but you cannot knock them on the crazy outfits they have pulled on that runway all season.
Allstars is stacked with “popular” characters so no matter who goes home and when fans will be pissed.
Rebel
November 6th, 2012 at 1:42 pm
@tommy that’s explained Team Latrila and Yara’s choices. Really RU is starting to become the next Tyra. I honestly feel that RU chose Team Rujubee to be in the bottom two with Team Latrila so that they would send Team Latrila home. If Yarlexis team was in the bottom two with Latrila, they would have gone home. If Team Latrila had stayed, they would have gone all the way to compete with Shad. If they do a live final again, I’m sure every wants either Latrice or Manila to win instead of Chad and Shannel. And RU clearly prefers her old queens to win this round. I’m predicting Chad, Raven and Jujubee as the final three.
Tommy D
November 6th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
@rebel you’re absolutely correct.
If they stay in teams, it will come down to RUJUBEE.
I have a strong feeling that after Yarlexis goes next week, that the groups will be split up and the final 3 will be Chad, Raven and Jujubee.
They have finished filming and have filmed three different endings so like last year the winner will find out when it airs. I will be absolutely fine with either Raven or Jujubee. Jujubee will most likely be the fan favourite to win, but chances are Ru will pick Chad because she wants Chad to win. If she picks someone who isnt a fan favourite it will be REALLY bad for the show. people will stop watching.
Scott P
November 6th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Watching the episode, I thought that Rujubee and Yarlexis should have been in the bottom two because there is NO way they got more points than the other two. As far as the elimination goes, I am devastated!!! There is NO way that Yarlexis is better than Latrila. I hope that Rujubee wins this with the title going to Raven. I think Raven should have won over Tyra Sanchez (btw, has anyone heard anything from Tyra??). And I totally agree that the format of this season is horrible. Don’t like the teams theme, would rather see them perform as individuals!!!
fanila
November 6th, 2012 at 5:10 pm
The man who does the editing FAILED me thinks. It was so obvious who were the real winners.
Hate that Manila got knocked off, its bullshit
Gummy
November 6th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
I’m so sad for Manila…but I think it was because of Latrice, She didn’t do anything memorable this season I think she’s so overrated…..Manila’s runway outfit was sooo sickening! -very Raja tough-… I’m still shocked :(
JMC
November 6th, 2012 at 7:14 pm
After their challenge performance and runway Yarlexis should have gone home. Their outfits were incredibly messy yet Raven and Latrice cop flack for their outfits. Ultimately I think one of the earlier posts nailed it that often the lip syncs seem to be shared around so no team cut a clear path to the finale.
@jorgealison
November 6th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
All Stars format is totally fucked up. I don’t even know how Latrila got eliminated before Yarlexis, I mean, come one. I’m not saying Latrila didn’t deserve to be in B2 this week. They did. Latrice spent more time trying to catch the props than actually trying to convince people to do the pranks. BUT Rujubee was NOT B2 material. Yara fucked up the main task more than Latrice herself. Manila should’ve lypsyncked with team Yarlexis. That was the fair thing for Ru to decide.
I love Latrice, I really do. But she dragged Manila down for sure. Fucked up format.
Rebel
November 6th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
I think Manila was right. RU just doesn’t like her as much as Rujubee and Shad. Oh well, at least it means she and Latrice have another shot at next year’s All Stars. Also I don’t want to see Janice DICKenson again. I thought I missed her but bitch was just too mean last night.
Charles
November 7th, 2012 at 9:23 am
LATRILA DOES NOT DESERVE TO GO HOME. MANILA SERVING UGLY-PRETTINESS. I thought Rujubbe also did not deserve to be in the bottom two with Latrila. It should have been Yarlexis’ time to go, they annoyed me A LOT since season three. I wish Ru will have a “comeback” like in the last two previous season and bring LATRILA back.
@TommyD so, this season and last season shot three different ending ? It sounds so weird. I think Ru should follow ANTM by giving fan’s vote for All Star cycle only because we already know the queens and it is quite fair.
Tommy D
November 7th, 2012 at 11:47 am
My sources tell me they shot multiple endings just like last season. So I’m sure Ru will take into account fan favourites like last season with Sharon…or she won’t and she’ll make the wrong decision like in season 1, 2, & 3.
Charles
November 7th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
@TommyD I thought last season was aired live. I do not think choosing Raja as the winner is a wrong decision, but I prefer Manila instead.
Tommy D
November 7th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
@Charles
It wasn’t live, LOGO can’t afford live girl. They filmed 3 different endings 5days before the reunion. Then they edited in the ending ru wanted.
Seth
November 7th, 2012 at 7:22 pm
BOO!! HISS!!! Manila was screwed and this team nonsense is ricockulous. A pox on Ru and plague on the show!!
Charles
November 8th, 2012 at 12:16 am
I bet Manila will win this if it is an individual competition. Duo thingy does not make any more sense. Almost all of them carry their partner (Chad carries Shannel, Manila carries Latrice, Yara carries Alexis).