RuPauls Drag Race All Stars
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Despite ending in victory, Yvies journey in season eleven was defined by silver medals.
The only time Yvie was truly unstoppable was when she lip-synced.
In those moments, her talent was plain for all to see.
Indeed, it quickly became obvious that lip-syncing was Yvies most undeniable strength, herDrag Racetrump card.
And ultimately, she played that card often enough to win.
In a regular season, lip-syncing can be a queens salvation.
And she arguably did itagainas a lip-sync assassin against India Ferrah onAll Stars 5.
But this season, creating another moment wont be so simple because lip-syncing isnt a necessity at all.
In fact, its practically inconsequential.
Far from salvation, a good lip sync could even be a queens downfall.
So much so that she comes into this episode as the only queen without a win.
But despite all that, Yvie emerges from this episode with not one buttwoLegendary Legends Stars.
How did she do it?
The challenge this week?
And thank god for that!
Jinkx says this is because she believes in this queen, but its pretty easy to deduce her strategy.
Or so she thinks.
And just like that, Yvie claims her first charity star of the episode.
And were not even ten minutes in!
Both teams come up with strong concepts for their backstories.
Team Titanic (or M.S.T.R.)
elects to portray a girl group on the ropes.
One of their members has just gone solo, and theyre doing their first TRL performance without her.
Shea and Monet are the indisputable stars, hitting every beat of choreo and nailing their verses.
Love you anyway, queen!
Team Together 4ever chooses to focus on their individual characters personalities as opposed to concocting a specific group history.
Jinkx, pro that she is, has my favorite verse.
However, thats not to take away from Jaida and Vivienne, who are excellent as well.
Coming up in fourth, Yvie Oddly.
Ross loves the pace of her rap as Yvie replies, the triplets!
But the judges are convinced!
When this lip sync pairing was announced, I assumed Yvie had it in the bag.
The Vivienne, already in chic Dolly drag, is an impressionist first and foremost.
She embodies not only the country song but also Dolly Parton herself.
Yvie, on the other hand, is at sea.
It quickly becomes monotonous, and next to The Vivienne, its wholly ineffective.
RuPaul seems to agree and awards a resounding victory to Viv.
But something tells me lightning wont strike twice.
