Welcome to Canada’s Drag Race Power Rankings! Every week, we’ll debrief the week’s new episode of Canada’s Drag Race Season 4 to find out which queens are using excessive, and which want she-mergency care. We have now despatched our first queen home, which suggests we’ve our first departure on the facility rankings.
11. Sisi Superstar (final week: 11)—ELIMINATED
Drag Race was simply not the appropriate home for Sisi’s work. She wasn’t the one downside in her manic group—in reality, I favored her kooky declarations of “That’ll do!”—however she turned an avatar of kinds for his or her failure. And not carrying sneakers on the runway is so absurd I don’t even know easy methods to get into it. We can argue the deserves of not carrying sneakers in drag extra broadly, however there are established conventions on this present, and it’s weird to me to come back on and simply ignore them. If you do need to take a stand for a change, make it an announcement! Do what Venus did along with her bulge-focused entrance look and make some extent about not tucking! Just walking down the runway in stocking ft and hoping nobody will discover just isn’t the identical factor. Ultimately, when Sisi mentioned the critiques have been taking her again to highschool, it was apparent she ought to go. I’m glad she not less than acknowledged that she shouldn’t marketing campaign for the Golden Beaver, and that she put up a good combat within the lip sync on the finish.
10. Luna DuBois (final week: 8)
I got here out of this episode understanding Luna higher, due to her opening up about why she’s so quiet in Mini-Untucked. However, as efficient as her marketing campaign for the Golden Beaver was, I’m in the end glad she didn’t get it, as a result of she made fairly a couple of errors this week. Most egregious was her gemstone runway look having nothing to do along with her gemstone, and as an alternative simply utilizing the color to put on an unrelated catsuit look. As I discussed final week, participating with the method of Drag Race is an enormous a part of doing effectively in it, and whereas some have been in a position to flout runway classes and get away with it ( you, Willow Pill), it often requires charisma out the wazoo to promote. Luna, by her personal admission, is sort of a bit extra reserved. That clearly turned her undoing within the problem, too, as she couldn’t improvise alongside along with her group-mates. She did not impress in both class this week, so it is sensible that she’d must lip sync. She did a pleasant job, too—hopefully it’s lit a hearth below her ass to kick issues up a notch.
9. The Girlfriend Experience (final week: 5)
All the love on the planet to TGE, who I feel is clearly gifted, extremely charismatic and gives a singular standpoint in her drag. Unfortunately, I feel she actually lacks the nerve to compete at this stage. While we bought some perception from Venus into why she had such an emotional response in Mini-Untucked, it was regarding to see her disintegrate after what have been truthfully fairly variety critiques of a efficiency by which she actually stopped speaking at a sure level. I feel rather a lot about when Nina Bo’nina Brown began crying throughout critiques when the judges have been being complimentary, and Ross Mathews (bear in mind when he gave insightful and good notes?) instructed her she wanted to metal herself if she wished to get by means of the competitors. Drag Race just isn’t an enviornment that rewards fragility, I concern. That mentioned, her pearl runway was attractive, and if she listens to Traci Melchor’s notice to lookup whereas walking, she might actually be a runway queen this season.
8. Aimee Yonce Shennel (final week: 4)
A quieter episode for Aimee, though she regarded attractive in her sapphire runway look. (I screamed at Ra’Jah O’Hara’s runway joke: “Semi-Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire.”) Aimee was, like most queens, fairly dangerous in the course of the QV-She problem, falling off any deliberate script early and simply going as zany as potential. It was really type of enjoyable to see her escape of the pageant mildew and goof round. But yeah, no, she’s one of many ones Brooke Lynn Hytes was calling fortunate that there are solely three backside slots. She might’ve simply been there as effectively.
7. Kiki Coe (final week: 3)
So might Kiki, who I’d say was really extra of an issue in the course of the first group than Sisi was. (But her emerald runway was beautiful, not less than, so she had that over Sisi.) The make-up selections specifically for her QV-She character have been shockingly dangerous. And in fact, their group stopping 10 seconds too early and doing nothing to successfully fill the time was the icing on the cake. Honestly, I’m frightened about lots of these women for Snatch Game. It could possibly be a traditionally dangerous one if the improv abilities are this shallow.
6. Nearah Nuff (final week: 9)
As I kind this, I maintain wanting on the six subsequent to Nearah’s title and eager to rank her decrease. No queen managed to be fairly as disagreeable to her teammates as Nearah was this week, continuously expressing that she didn’t need to work with them in her confessionals and wishing her “Pretty Girl Corner” pals Venus and TGE would’ve chosen her as an alternative of Aurora Matrix. (Funny how neither Venus nor TGE has talked about the Pretty Girl Corner, however Nearah has finished it twice in two episodes.) But I’ll give Nearah credit score for being the most effective in her skit. She had the appropriate vitality and characterization, simply not one of the proper materials. And whereas I didn’t actually like her ruby look on the runway, I favored her hair. That is sufficient to get her to the center of the checklist this week.
5. Denim (final week: 2)
Denim was arguably simply as unhelpful as TGE within the problem, breaking a number of instances and laughing by means of her group’s failure. Her practically walking off the set whereas her teammates tried to stall within the final 10 seconds might have been relatable, however it is a Drag Race problem! You gotta stick it out! But on the runway, she totally dedicated to her moonstone look, and had among the finest displays of the forged. A protected sufficient efficiency from Denim in a really horrible week for the forged.
4. Aurora Matrix (final week: 6)
Aurora is the one different queen who was on the highest three’s stage this week. She picked up on what Venus was placing down when it comes to characterization, and ran with it because the inventor of the Tip Tits. I additionally thought her runway look, the jade goddess outfit, was among the many best this week. Again, I’m not totally positive what her trajectory goes to be this season, however I really feel higher about her possibilities after this week. She can declare security throughout this episode’s group flopping, and that’s a stable badge of honour.
3. Melinda Verga (final week: 10)
She’s a girl on the verge-a, and I’m stanning. Everything about Melinda is simply so enjoyable and dynamic, from her keen teamwork with Kitten Kaboodle to her giving herself sound results in the course of the judging. (The “ber-ber-ber-ber” when Brooke Lynn known as her title? Absurd! I like her!) I’m actually glad that Melinda not solely recovered this week within the problem, but additionally mustered a a lot stronger effort on the runway. As Ra’Jah famous, Melinda might nonetheless stand to promote her look extra within the face. But that’s some small progress she will be able to make, in comparison with the mountain it felt she needed to climb final week. Great episode for Melinda, and I’m thrilled.
2. Venus (final week: 1)
Venus is having a dream begin to her Drag Race journey. Winning the primary episode for her appears to be like, and instantly following it up by being a standout in an improv problem? It’s a good way to indicate you’re a flexible, gifted queen, and that impression sticks with the judges. Not solely that, however she bought lots of confessional time on this episode, too. Her stanning Kitten whereas she and Melinda did their QV-She section was lovable, and he or she bought to fill in lots of the gaps relating to TGE’s emotional response in Mini-Untucked. Venus is giving foremost character vitality, and I’m a completely dedicated fan.
1. Kitten Kaboodle (final week: 7)
What a terrific win for Kitten! She completely smashed this problem, understanding precisely what the immediate was and discovering all types of latest methods into her character. Kudos to her for actually embracing working with Melinda, as a result of they each actually elevated their skit. On the runway, Kitten actually smashed it in a tourmaline look. You know the runway is nice when it has an enormous piece just like the cape, however is nonetheless beautiful with or with out it. The physique is right here, and her title is Kitten! I’m actually excited to see all that Kitten has to indicate this season, and it’s nice to see her acknowledged proper out of the gate.
