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Drag Race s Gottmik Opens Up, Symone Reigns Supreme
The performer had an emotional moment on the latest episode.
If you thought that RuPaul was done with the gags and twists for season 13 of
RuPaul s Drag Race, you clearly don t know the producers of the show. After a gaggy first episode where all the performers were forced to lip sync immediately upon entering the Werk Room, and the losers forced to give one queen The Porkchop, Ru threw another wrench into the format. Well actually, she basically brought back another premiere format.
On Friday s episode, things kicked off with the competitors in the Porkchop Loading Dock voting for a queen to eliminate. The vote ends in a tie with Utica Queen and Elliott with the 2 T s up for the boot. Ru makes them all vote again with only those two as choices, and Elliott is sent packing. We cut to the Werk Room to find the winning queens preparing for the next week s mini-challenge which is the show staple: a runway challenge with two l
RuPaul on ‘Drag Race’ Casting First Trans Competitor: ‘Kids Have a Different Idea’ of Drag
“This man is fantastic,” Rupaul says of “Drag Race” Season 13 contestant GottmikSamson Amore | January 6, 2021 @ 3:57 PM
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” cast its first transgender male contestant in Season 13, and RuPaul finally spoke up on the show’s historic move, saying he supports the trans queen, Gottmik.
Speaking as a guest on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Tuesday, RuPaul said he’s glad that Gottmik has a chance to compete in Season 13. RuPaul said it was important “to keep an open mind,” though at first he wasn’t sure how a transgender male contestant would fit into the drag world.
A Complete Guide to Drag Families in Drag Race Season 13
By Mikelle Street
Looks like RuGirls groom RuGirls. What is likely the most notable family connection in
RuPaul s Drag Race herstory is season 10 s Aquaria and season four s Sharon Needles; the pair were the first linked performers to both win crowns from the franchise. And though that has yet to happen again, Ru has formed a habit of keeping things within the family: season 11 had over half its cast plucked from drag collectives familiar to the fandom.
While season 13 doesn t have quite that many, there s more than a few notable ones. But, because of the pervasiveness of the show, many of the contestants have worked closely with alums even if they aren t related Joey Jay notably first expessed an interest in drag to Alyssa Edwards who still keeps in touch, and danced backup for Coco Montrese before getting into full geish. Others have formed families of their own as with Olivia Lux s Haus of Lux and Tina Burner w