![]() ![]() When the queens go to learn choreography for “Who Is She?,” they’re greeted by a surprise choreographer: last year’s lip-sync assassin-slash-perpetual faildaughter Elektra Shock, who, as it happens, was beaten by Spankie in House of Drag, a New Zealand drag reality competition show. It’s a reality that’s true to the experience of many queens from small towns, where drag scenes are small or nonexistent, and it makes it all the more incredible that Spankie made it this far. Delta seems exhilarated by the queens’ verses, but only because it’s the first time she’s ever heard anyone rap before.ĭuring the requisite Tic Tac lunch - rebranded in Down Under as a Jaffa lunch - Spankie reveals that she’s a child-care worker and this is still not her full-time job. The queens get some songwriting help from Australian icon Delta Goodrem, which is helpful if any of them are somehow planning to shoehorn a teen trauma ballad somewhere into this 135 bpm RuPaul EDM cut or if any of them are looking to rip off a 2010s indie song. “I’m gonna give you Megan Thee Stallion meets Savage,” says Kween, offering a distinct counterpoint to Spankie: “I’m just gonna give you white chick!” That’s part of what makes the episode such a joy to watch: We all kind of know who’s going to win, so we just get to see three queens flail around as they record new verses to Ru’s new single, “Who Is She?,” and learn associated choreography. I don’t think there was any universe in which Spankie wouldn’t have taken home this crown - excepting, say, a scenario in which someone dug up some seriously egregious old content or something. I don’t think I’ve been more thrilled to see someone crowned on Drag Race.Īs I said last week, this week’s finale is, for the most part, a formality. She didn’t find herself halfway through she didn’t step her pussy up she barely bothered to fix her makeup. But she’s also one of the funniest, sweetest, and savviest, and it’s so refreshing to have a winner for whom the usual Drag Race platitudes don’t apply. She is, without a doubt, one of the messiest, least “polished,” least Instagram-ready queens to ever have won any franchise of this show. Watching this finale, it was clear that there was no other option: From the beginning to the end of this season, Spankie Jackzon has steamrolled the competition. In a way, it was like watching the final 20 minutes of a rom-com, where all the obstacles and confusions of the rest of the film melt away in favor of a neat and totally perfect finale: If, halfway during the episode, RuPaul had broken down and yelled: “It’s you, Spankie Jackzon, it’s always been you!” I wouldn’t have been surprised. It’s hard to describe the feeling of watching this week’s finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. ![]()
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