I was surprised, and disappointed, to discover that the Top 10 guys were performing instead of the girls. Nobody's really very good this year, but the ladies are certainly the stronger of the sexes. The reason for the switch: Crystal Bowersox was...

After Crystal's illness yesterday, which forced the guys and girls to switch performance nights, our resident busker chick was back, and apparently just fine. I'll be honest, I thought this was maybe the show's way of getting rid of a really...

Ryan started the episode ominously by promising that "Drama is about to unfold on this stage." Apparently Simon felt that he got some stuff wrong last night, and said that one person that he paid compliments to was so bad watching it back on TV...

We're down to just eight ladies, so it was blessedly only an hour tonight. When the show opened, Ellen was nuzzling Simon with her nose, Ryan was sitting in Ellen's chair, and I thought Kara was Alanis Morissette for a second. Very...

It was role-reversal week as the guys - who came into semis seriously sucking - somehow kicked the girls' asses in Week 3 of semi-finals. There was only one really bad performance, a couple pitchy but acceptable ones, and several really...

I knew that last season was the "short cycle," only featuring girls 5'7" or shorter. I did not know that this season was the "hideous cycle," starring almost exclusively unattractive, stank bitches. I know Tyra has made some questionable...

We're finally getting down to the Top 12. Doesn't it seem like this process has gone on longer than normal this season? I think it was the return to the three weeks of whittling down during semis. I much preferred the system they used last year,...

I was pretty bummed last week after we lost three talented musicians right at the end of semi-finals. So I was actually dreading the Top 12 performances, especially when I heard it was Rolling Stones week. I love the Stones, but I feared what...

After seemingly endless filler, this week's Rolling Stones continued with Season 7 winner David Cook came out to growl his way through "Jumpin' Jack Flash." Honestly, I thought he sounded terrible. I hated what he did to the song. You can change...

Given my very low expectations for this crop of singers, last week I found myself pleasantly surprised by how well they handled the Rolling Stones songbook. Apparently all the suck they staved off for that show was accruing interest in their...

The group sing was to "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by WHAM. I won't be discussing that. The pimpomercial turned a water fountain into a ballpit, and Andrew got left behind. If only that were a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Prior to results, Ryan...

I haven't blogged this show for a few weeks, but that's not a reflection of its quality. I actually think this season has been pretty good. Maybe not as exciting as past competitions, and the designers are a tad boring, but the clothes have...

Oh, TRAGEDY! I have not been blogging this season of "RuPaul's Drag Race" as regularly as I should have been, and that's simply because I've been enjoying it too much. I didn't want to dissect every little bit of it, you know? But I have been...

The Season of Doom continues. After an insanely awkward opener in which Ryan basically harangued Simon into kissing Ellen, we got down to the evening:  r'n'b/soul night, with guest mentor Usher. I have never understood Usher's career. He has...