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Clara Hill
Mar 05, 2021
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The judging panel on episode one of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK
Last night, we were treated to another episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK on BBC Three, a welcome distraction from the chaos of 2021; the pandemic and everything else.
As per usual, after dropping on at 7 pm, social media was burning up with chatter about the episode with lots unhappy about the result of the lip-sync.
It’s been a season of iconic moments that have set Twitter alight throughout the second season of the reality TV drag competition like Bimini Bon Boulash’s Katie Price impression, Ginny Lemon walking off the stage and the absolute tune that is UK Hun, a camp homage to Eurovision.
Imagine the collective chaos of every gay club in the country when UK Hun comes on for the first time omg. I’m giddy at the mere prospect— jack rem x (@jack rem x) 1614009869
The fear when a queen walks to the back of the stage and you think they're about to pull a Ginny Lemon #DragRaceUK— RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World (@RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World) 1614889380
Warning, there are spoilers to follow.
The competition is heating up as the show opened to remarking about the final five Queens. Chat quickly turned to how many RuPeter badges everyone had.
After securing a mini-challenge win, badgeless Ellie Diamond got to choose the running order in the stand-up comedy maxi challenge. Inspired by the ribbing received earlier, she let shade guide her decision-making process, a move not well received by other queens A’Whora and Lawerence Cheney.
However, despite a great show someone had to go home, and following the conclusion of the epic lipsync between A’whora and Tayce, fans are expressing their outrage at the outcome, either saying it should have been a double save or that the wrong queen went home entirely.
I can’t believe we’ve just had a double save in the US for a bog standard performance only to not get the same for… https://t.co/QgyiKtMSmt— Harrison Brocklehurst (@Harrison Brocklehurst) 1614888730
They should’ve done a double save on uk drag race 😓— whisper 💓 (@whisper 💓) 1614945566
Me watching RuPaul drag race UK seeing Ellie Diamond not in bottom two and no double shantay you both stay https://t.co/JNpkrKAnW9— rachel wiseman (@rachel wiseman) 1614896609
Ru should've used her double shantay this ep on drag race UK 🥺— Koon-chai 🌸 (@Koon-chai 🌸) 1614942584
The worse thing you can do in drag race is stay longer than the fans want you..... and I’m sorry but that same silh… https://t.co/5ObPxPw3nn— 🧶Joshua (@🧶Joshua) 1614888629
Still not over the fact that Awhora was voted off drag race she deserved the win😭— Em (@Em) 1614941855
GHORL THIS DRAG RACE UK EPISODE IS EVERYFUCKINGTHING A SHITSHOW OF A MAXI CHALLENGE (WHICH I LOOOVE) BIMINI SERVING… https://t.co/qix3omu5CL— Kenneth Leo🧣(Taylor’s Version) (@Kenneth Leo🧣(Taylor’s Version)) 1614924790
An episode filled with arguing meant a flurry of online opinions, not all nice.
The Queen’s posted about how unacceptable it is to be sent hate for what happens on a reality show, a call Indy100 agrees with. Scottish comedy queen Lawerence Cheney has deactivated her Twitter account following the harassment following last night’s episode.
Just remember it’s never okay to send someone hate or hateful comments! Be kind to others and KEEP YAH MOOF CLOSED! Xx— Ellie Diamond (@Ellie Diamond) 1614912354
This is a @ShadyLawrence stan account and you all need to realise it isn’t that deep. It’s a television show. If yo… https://t.co/psX96ez9ZO— BIMINI! (@BIMINI!) 1614941046
This follows after Sister Sister spoke out last week about feeling terrible after reading online comments about her performance on the reality television show, a problem that queens have often spoken about.
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