IMHO | Drag Race UK Series 2 Episode 5 Review! RuRuvision! 

S14 finished filming early because Rupaul decided to crown Chan after 2 episodes

That wasn't a wig that RuPaul was wearing. She was so angry at Ginny Lemon quitting that she scalped her and wore the scalp as a warning to the other contestants that they better not pull that same shit.

Alexis in this Jessica Rabbit gig is THE MOMENT!!

Wait that’s so weird I like can’t find Chan’s waist ANYWHERE????

you're editing last episode was so good it took me a whole lil minute to assure myself chan is actually there this time

The wigs on this episode are absolutely amazing.

Petition for Chan to start doing a little Shuga Cain impression every episode

The whole "customer is always right" thing was invented in England at the first ever department store. It was from a time when the only people shopping were HIGH class, society people and the workers were of the lower class. So the rule came to be and yes, it needs to be abolished. I love you ladies. Thank you for everything you do!

I feel so bad for the queens who were struggling financially and at the same time feeling the pressure to invest more in their looks. This show doesn't have any prize money. I really believe the show should give them an allowance for their wardrobe if it's going to be judged and there is no prize. Joe Black said she sold a lot of her drag race outfits during quarantine to pay for rent since she thought her time on the show was over. I hope they all make lots of money from gigs when things are better.

i miss chan singing "THE CAUCASIAN LIFESTYLE" after darby tells her stories

I care more about this than actual drag race

The eurovision used to be entirely public voting but there was a lot of accusations of political voting. So now it's 50% public and 50% by a panel of music experts from each country. I don't think this really made a huge difference to the voting issues but it makes it more dramatic so I'm all for it. I love how the UK almost always comes either last or close to last.

As someone who has worked in customer service throughout the pandemic, I can say that customer entitlement has gotten worse🙃🙃🙃

I was so sad Joe came back just to get eliminated, and I’m gonna miss Veronica, but oh my god was Bimini fantastic this week

Ru’s H&M rant will go down in drag race herstory, but it does make me a little sad that we’ve lost a lot of that original drag edge. You’re already expected to have dozens of unique and custom looks matching all sorts of themes, and then you’re expected to keep stepping it up compared to past seasons where contestants often spent tens of thousands of dollars for custom outfits made by expensive and overwhelmingly talented designers. Even for queens who do have design experience, it’s daunting to have to design outfits against some of Chicago and New York and LA’s best designers and costumers who often have had personal friendships and business relationships with their cities’ big queens for years. That said, none of that has helped Tina Burner, so there’s still no accounting for taste. And besides Violet, none of the queens who won were purely look queens anyway, so it isn’t really that bad or big of a deal.

Only realised Aunty was there when she touched Darby’s rings😂 thought I was tripping for a second

Not to be that girl but Celine won Eurovision for Switzerland not Sweden. Other than that you did a really good rundown of the contest though for people that don't know!

this was Alexis's episode they made a crabs joke and a UK? joke Also this Jessica Rabbit look 💕

I can't tell if chan is there in person or they are really just getting good at editing her in

As soon as Rupaul said UK Hun I instantly thought of Alexis 😂😂

WOW I’m so early people might confuse me for Joe Black leaving Drag Race!

not aunty getting the asian treatment on Drag race

They didn't even tell us how Chan's winter olympics (training?) went :/

YAY chans back from the Olympics and alexis look like Jessica rabbit STUNNING!

when you're trying to figure out wether auntie chan is really there this time or have they really upped their editing

Chan staring straight in the camera gives me the most eye contact I’ve gotten in the past two years

when darby appreciated alexis's joke and they held hands for a fleeting moment.. c'mon Charmed sisters ready to overcome their troubles, cast a spell, and banish Belthazor back to hell 53:34

nobody: joe black: 👈😮👉

I felt Ru was being just so unfair with judging this week. Like I know you don't like basic but you're a millionaire and these queen's have been out of work for 7 months. Joe has even said that he could either choose between a custom dress or food to eat. That's how dire it was for some people and yet Ru has the gall to complain and moan about such an insignificant aspect of the performance to just belittle Joe

I think Ru was just mad that Joe Black didn’t shop at Old Navy 🤣🤣🤣

PLEASE DO COVER EUROVISION IT WOULD BE SO FUN!!!!

ok so until 3:15 I didn't know if chan is actually there or not

You inspired this weeks song with “U-K?”

1:00:10 we saw that smirk, Alexis... ☠️

“bæbz.. covid’s happnin innit?” future clip on the next “best of” video

At 47:00, it is mentioned how Chips are served in Newspaper. Some cute little insight, from a person who lives in Britain, and has had the story told to me many times by Friendly Pensioners! Though, this is much nicer/neutral way of putting it... Newspaper wrapping originated due to a shortage in serviceable wrappings for Food; Much like many things during the War & Economical Crisis, Britain has always had a hand in quickly figuring out a makeshift plan to continue life as normal as possible, even Clothes! That's why those Grandpa Caps have fifty different fabrics! As an immediate resort, Newspapers were seen as re-usable makeshift Wrappings & Plates to eat from, since nobody was keeping them and they were literally everywhere in the Streets and stacked more than anyone could sell, it helped that they were thick and soaked a lot of grease, too, which is what further established the idea after the shortages were over. Oh, of course it also helped that they were marketed and sold by Errand Children, which helped have them turn into a Doorstep Service, just like Milk Men! Many kind souls would be Local Samaritans and bring their own Newspaper they weren't using, too. However, it was abolished eventually, due to the specific inks found in those Newspaper's factories, turned out to contain traces of poisonous qualities and hazardous to Citizen's Health. It was ruled that whilst each Factory might've had a different ink to use, if it so impossible to delegate how poisonous it is, then they should forfeit risking poisoning the Nation. Now we just use blank cream paper, which serves as similar enough to the original design. I believe some locations do still try to re-create the original Art of eating out of a Newspaper, and it would be much safer, though still highly not recommended to eat from some manky Newspaper from yesterwhenever, by Health Regulators. Which, transition time! All Food related Stores with a Kitchen, are monitored by a Health Regulator, secretly or bluntly, and have their Hygiene ratings scored from 1-5 on big green stickers around the Food Seller's abode. Using Newspaper would likely damage the Store's rating and possibly hurt sales, which is why it has not returned more broadly across the Nation. Of course, Piers (Seaside Resorts) and other such places outside of more immediate legal repercussions, can easily continue the trend and is why you might associate immediately that those locations can use the original style of Fish & Chips. This has been Communicative History, with your's truly, Cinnamon Sundae! Thanks for tuning in, stay safe out there, lovely peoples of the internets!

Alexis is out here doing what miss Tina Burner thinks she's doing

if you guys cover eurovision, i will LITERALLY lose my shit

The lockdown special shows that Ellie had some knowledge of the pandemic as she watched tv early in the mornings but didn't know the extent of it Cynthia Lee Fontaine also came back they considered that her health conditioned her performance OMG Chan doesn't know about "Silence of the lambs" call Ru the acting challenge is cancelled Not only Joe Black was not understood by judges but I think she wasn't the right fit for the competition, I had the feeling that any physical challenge would have been a sure bottom position (they had to "dumb down" the choreography this ep & she Charlie Hided the 1st lipsync) I felt bad when Ru went for her thinking she was a seasoned queen/contemporary to her, then I realized she is 30,... younger than me even

I didn't realise Alexis did Aunty's hair this episode but it's so good!!!! queen of many talents

Honestly. I'm alone at home and was feeling little pandemic sad, but these ladies gave my life. Thanks

Darby: doing Raven Auntie Chan: doing The Vivienne Alexis: doing Jessica Rabbit 😄💖

Not Alexis loving the Dolly perfume and Chan and Darby going "That's old"!

Just wait until Alexis finds out that the US are getting their own version of Eurovision this year with each state competing

“So anyway, Veronica Green died” “No, no just no” Girl I CANNOT 😂😂😂

Fish and Chips used to be wrapped in old newspapers many decades ago. Long replaced by more hygienic greaseproof paper these days and more often other types of cartons. Places that spend a bit more on packaging might have printed newspaper on their packaging. As nowhere in the UK is more than 70 miles from the sea, going to the seaside is an ingrained habit for many family holidays especially when kids are very small and people can't face a plane trip. Eating seafood in general is something you usually do when you go to the seaside, and and Fish and Chips is the cheapest and most popular. Many other kinds of shell fish are available for those that like them.

Did Ru watch and get is idea from alexis “you okay hun”

I can't believe I've been watching y'all since season 11. Time really flies

Fish & Chips shops are hugely iconic in the UK, you'll find them in every city and town and even at *minimum* one or two in the rural villages, but they're doubly iconic for seaside towns like Brighton, Whitby, Blackpool etc. The newspaper wrapping isn't super common and it's more of an aesthetic thing to go with the "bag of chips" custom, they'll have actual grease-proof paper that they wrap around the chips first and then the newspaper or just have two layers of plain grease-proof paper. And typically they fully close and bag it, the "cone" of paper is more an aesthetic thing from coastal towns too. There's also styrofoam boxes. Then you slather the whole thing in tomato sauce or vinegar, and (again for the aesthetic) eat it with a small disposal cheap wood fork with two prongs. It's fun! And tasty c:

I think the RuPaul yellow wig moment was her referring to quarantine hair

UK hun? Is a common joke in the UK. When young mummies post minion memes about shit boyfriends on Facebook or post “feelin like pure shit xx” a friend will come along and ask “ u k hun? X” And they’ll reply “inboxed you hun x” It’s an actual thing, us Brits all got that

Yes please, you should totally cover Eurovision, though this year it might be quite different from the usual because of miss Rona. But hey, at least it’s happening in some way shape or form...

Now that Alexis isn't an intern... she needs to be in the intro

Wow Chans back already s14 filming must be short

Re. Tia's vanilla ice cream cone - soft serve cones here in the UK are synonymous with the seaside and they only really exist in 'vanilla' (is it even vanilla? It's kind of just white) flavour. You usually have a little chocolate flake bar in there and that's called a '99'. But it never costs 99p it usually costs like £3 now depending on the town.

Eurovision is a live 3-day TV concert-event, it's quite captivating.

Somehow these girls get funnier every episode

the fact that i farted the moment u sprayed the perfume, mama your reactions were ON point *chef’s kiss*

omg, darby scared the shit out of me by saying "hey siri" to her phone, bc all of a sudden my homepod reacted to it and it caught me so off guard LMAO.

There is a special on the Uk queens at home during lockdown if you can find it in the USA it’s on BBC iplayer here in the Uk .

Celine Dion won singing for Switzerland

Darby dead serious: Victoria died...." 😂😂

YES PLEASE COVER EUROVISION!!!! I WOULD LOVE THAT

Everybody’s wig is so stunning this episode but Chan’s wig is especially amazing

As a British person I can confirm chips (French fries) have not been wrapped in old newspaper since the 80's. Yuk

I spent the last 5 years building a karaoke night to the point where I didn't have to do anything except host karaoke to live. I was so happy. But I lost it all because of covid. So I relate to Bimini's "disposable industry" comment so hard. But she's also been my fav since the soccer hooligan look. Idk why I just loved it.

As an American who's been a huge Eurovision queen since 2012, I absolutely *love* that more and more of us are learning about/getting into it. Also, I will *LOSE IT* if you all cover Eurovision this year, eeee!

Q-FEEL's "Dancing in Heaven" was my introduction to Eurovision culture. It's an amazing song/video 👏🙌😍 BONUS: if you watch the eurovision performance, you can see a slightly younger Darby performing as a background dancer 😄

I'm loving the hair story this week! And the moral of this week's episode of Rupaul's Drag Race UK is "If you are wearing something off the rack, keep it to yourself, for fuck's sake!"

"Please MAAM may I have some more" is what I d Say to alexis this week! You look fabulous!

i liked Tia's outfit, i think it would've been better if the ice cream wasnt vanilla and i did think some of the critiques were a bit harsh but i can see why Ru acted the way she did however it did seem very unprofessional...

Btw the ESC is with for example Australia, Morocco or Israel because they're part of the Eurovision, a network that focuses on exchange and making connections between broadcasters in the European Broadcasting Union which also includes countries from North Africa and the Middle East and broadcasters from other countries.

Darby! You summoned MY Siri!

Two Queens left the competition due to health reasons and was invited to come back. Eureka and Cynthia Lee 😉

Guess Chan didn't go that far in Season 14 🥺

Please watch the DocRumentary “Quarantine Queens” its EVERY season 2 queen talking about the 7 months we missed out on. Veronica has a personal story that touched me and it’s not just full of boring videos it’s an insight to the personalities of the cast and I particularly loved Bimini in it. Cherry Valentine also talks about being a mental health nurse and taking on new roles due to under staffing in the NHS

I’ve never met anyone who could activate my Siri except me, until now when Darby said “hey Siri” voice twins!

Darby Chan and Alexis PLEASE MAKE THESE TWO HOURS LONG!! I LOVE YALLSO MUCH!!!!❤️😍

Really enjoying these videos! And since I have nothing better to do with my time, I did as requested. Compilation of Alexis' best transitions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A4wXFOSFzEk.html

not joking my bf looked over and said Tina Burner has never looked better when he looked at Alexis

I watch your UK episodes as white noise, and I never get tired of the Panera cares story.

Love your show, You guys need to film these like a podcast and then release them to stream

fun fact: the full quote is "the customer is always right in matters of taste" but half of it got lost over the years. It's not supposed to apply to anything else

sister sister looked like her dentures were about to fall out every second

@8:56 “hm? did you do your transition yet?”

please. alexis wafting the perfume to herself.

Fully living for y'all talking about eurovision! Please please come through covering this year's contest

They predicted the concept of Eurovision coming to the US. I don’t know what fresh hell this new Kelly Clarkson and Snoop Dog thing will be 😳😳😳

i cant stop looking at alexis. she is feeding the children today

Yes, please please do Eurovision!! So looking forward to it

Darby: Veronica Green DIED !! Alexis: 😒 nooooo

Chan staring straight at the camera into my soul is making me sweat.

Hi, I’m Alexis P Bevels..... and I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way 😏

“How amazing did it feel when your older parent or old sibling-“ “Died” PLEASE STOP IMMEDIATELY 😂😂😂

YALL ARE TRULY... Helping me go through depression. Thanks 🥺✨

Drag Race UK being able to have MNEK produce their music is really amazing. They weren't kidding about their achievements, worked with Dua Lipa, Madonna and Kylie Minogue? Wow!

When she went into the reading rainbow theme lol

I just wanna say Alexis looks so good as always

Congrats on 700! 💚

@34:40 is where the drag race discussion starts. Y'all welcome 😄