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Lollipop19 said:
Why do you say her drag is Vegan? I don't see that at all. I see someone who thinks outside the box and isn't clichéd to be honest. Not much has been linked to vegans I don't think
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I think some people will see Bimini as annoyingly woke, just because she has a combination of beliefs and aesthetic that they associate with being (or just flat out deem) “woke”. They will dislike her drag based on their dislike for that type of person, and will assume that because she has voiced that particular set of beliefs, she will be annoying as duck about them, because they think that “woke” people generally are. People think that the BBC will favour this type of person.

She’s probably had less air time talking about veganism in the whole show than Lawrence has when she’s complained about being treated unfairly in the last few episodes, and she is quite self-aware about the veganism thing. In and out of drag, they care a lot about it, but they recognise that they go on and so they joke about it.
 
Beastenders fell a bit flat for me- it would have been better if there were more queens and roles I think- part of the soap charm is that there’s a lot of characters who know everyone’s business etc and I think production missed the mark on this one.
I’m well and truly sold as team Bimini- can’t believe I wanted her to go home on ep 1.
 
I think it comes across that Ru just doesn’t like Tayce for some reason 😔

Also I don’t always trust this whole ‘this doesn’t fit the brief’ after learning from the queens that some of the categories can change once they get there! For example, the ‘monster mash up’ was said bring a mash up of your 2 favourite fancy dress costumes - which is why some weren’t as ‘monster’ as others. How do we know they didn’t just say pantomime? I seriously have no trust left for the show 😂

Also, can anyone correct me if I’m wrong but has Ellie always work that exact same shape/size wig style and nearly always white blonde? I can’t think of many times she’s switched it up like the others and that would 100% usually be clocked by Michelle. I call bullshit 😌😌😌
 
fashionfoodlaughs said:
I think that all of Ellie’s silhouettes are the same - I can’t believe she hasn’t been called out on it by Michelle in particular. Love all the others and don’t mind who wins, but you have to respect the journey that Bimini has been on (especially when you think back to THAT tape in week 1!).
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Bimini makes me laugh the most but I do like the attitude that Tayce shows (ie get on with it) but at the same time they always do the skimpy look and I would’ve like to have seen a more grandiose outfit at some point to step out of that box.
 
Veronicacorningstone said:
Also I don’t always trust this whole ‘this doesn’t fit the brief’ after learning from the queens that some of the categories can change once they get there! For example, the ‘monster mash up’ was said bring a mash up of your 2 favourite fancy dress costumes - which is why some weren’t as ‘monster’ as others. How do we know they didn’t just say pantomime? I seriously have no trust left for the show 😂
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I read that last week's runway was briefed as "stones" and not "stoned on the runway" which is quite a different vibe. I think Bimini tweeted it actually - they mentioned it'd have been good to see someone come out as a stoner but that wasn't really the brief. So you'll have the likes of Lawrence coming out as rocks/stones which seemed odd if the runway was "stoned" but it makes sense given what they were told!

I also thought this week's runway was panto so thought the Tayce critique was a bit unfair. Panto DAME is super specific. The other three all had similar looks, in a way - big dresses, clowny makeup and big knickers 😂
 
StephenTJackson said:
I didn't even realise Bimini was a vegan until last night.
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Neither did I. I know it was mentioned someone was in the first episode but I didn’t know any names then, so I couldn’t remember who it was.

I haven’t really enjoyed this series very much to be honest. The challenges haven’t really grabbed me. Hated Rats the Rusical!

Bimini to win for me, she’s the most interesting. Really like Tayce & Ellie seems quite sweet, but their looks are generally not as strong as the other two. The Lawrence stuff last week put me off her. She was the most literal pantomime dame though, she always fits the brief really well (although as someone else said, who knows what the briefs to them actually are)
 
My housemates and I were talking last night as we were watching it, and I think this year the problem is that there is less consistency across the board. Last year, although Baga, Divina and Vivienne were the frontrunners, the other queens were (mostly) consistently good and all on the same level ish? Whereas I feel this year there's a bigger divide in the quality of the queens and it's really obvious when you're comparing some of the finalists to the others.
Anyways, #teambimini.
 
Bimini or Tayce to win, I just love them both, they’re both hilarious, talented and excellent performers. I’d be happy for either to win. Depending on the challenge, I think Ellie will be 4th, Lawrence 3rd, and then between my faves hopefully. Tayce has a good chance on this against LC and ED as from the preview it involves performance/dance.
 
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