RuPauls Drag Race
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Just water and SPF!
(I wasnt listening, so I just assumed you were complimenting me).
But even if Id heard you, I wouldnt have believed you.
But I would have been dead wrong.
Im getting ahead of myself, but Im in a good mood!
(Read in a Nina BoNina Brown voice.)
Lets back up and talk about the remote Grand Finale.
Unlike the reunion, theDrag Racefinale is traditionally an extravagant affair.
Since season five, finales have taken place at the lavish Orpheum Theater in LA.
However, as we learned tonight, none of that is what makesDrag Racespecial.
And it wouldnt be a finale without theDrag Racestaple: celebrity video messages.
Afterward, we move on to the interviews with the top three.
You cried and you loved it, you big homo!
We also take a moment to crown our new reigning Miss Congeniality … congrats to Brita!!
Of course, the prize goes to Americas sweetheart, Heidi N. Closet (the well-named).
Sorry, make that onesecond-to-lasttime.
In a final gift to us all, Heidi stars in a social-distancing PSA.
Im about to get to the lip syncs (I swear!
The number culminates in her regurgitating spittle to feed herself.
Its kitschy, its bizarre, its beautiful, its fuckinghilarious.
Shes the fan favorite of the final three, and its easy to see why.
Gigi performs A-Has Take on Me against a jaw-droppingly well-designed comic-book backdrop.
Its also completely excellent.
Finally, its Jaidas turn, who has chosen Get Up by Ciara featuring Chamillionaire.
Jaida is, as always, pure sex, and pure drag excellence.
Much like the season ten three-way lip sync, its an overwhelming spectacle to behold.
With that, RuPaul is ready to crown.
And so, he declares that Americas Next Drag Superstar is … Jaida Essence Hall.
(Wow, that felt great to throw in.)
Jaidas victory is truly deserved.
In it, Jaida explains that her confidence and drag prowess are not innate, they were fought for.
Skills that require hard work and struggle to develop and maintain.
But as Jaida proves, its work thats worth doing.
Congratulations to our newly crowned queen.
Long may she reign.
