'...and DON'T *bleep* IT UP!' -- the RuPaul's Drag Race thread

Yeah I thought that too.

History began in the 21st century. Uh.

Okay finally! Season 8 contestants announced:

http://www.logotv.com/shows/rupauls_drag_race/rupauls-drag-race-season-8-meet-the-queens-acid-betty/1271420/video/#id=1739289

Get ready kitty girls !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVddfGg0laQ

I see Acid Betty is following in Sharon Needles's Project Runway footsteps.

Based on the Meet the queens on Logo's website, my favorites so far are Bob The Drag Queen, Dax Exclamationpoint, and Thorgy Thor.

Meantime fun to see Shangela on The X-Files this week.

i was just coming here to say that!

That's something I never thought I'd hear!

Extended trailer...

http://www.logotv.com/video-clips/eh1as0/rupauls-drag-race-extended-first-look

Plus judge info

http://www.newnownext.com/amy-sedaris-marc-jacobs-debbie-harry-and-todrick-hall-tapped-as-judge-for-rupauls-drag-race-season-8/02/2016/

...and finally, full marathon of all episodes from March 3 through the season premiere on March 7th:

http://www.newnownext.com/logo-is-airing-every-single-episode-of-rupauls-drag-race-ever/02/2016/?xrs=synd_facebook_logo

Debbie Harry !!!

And then there's this:

http://www.newnownext.com/rupaul-reunites-with-all-the-drag-race-winners/02/2016/

http://logoonline.mtvnimages.com/uri/mgid:file:http:shared:newnownext.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/RPDR-s8-1456336932.jpg?quality=0.8&format=jpg&width=1200

What brought these vivacious vixens together? We don’t want to spoil it, but we will say it has to do with the first challenge of Season 8’s premiere episode

As a friend said on FB, Quarter Quell?

Oh Tyra... :(

Raja looks amazing as always. Wish Raven was there for that ep.

raven just carries herself like a winner. i fully understand why tyra won but i am glad that raven is so fucking classy that i completely forget tyra

Loved the first episode. Lot's of great personalities. I can already remember most of them off the top of my head. Makes me excited about the new season!

I am sooooo feeling Bob the Drag Queen. Like, in all aspects. And Acid Betty omggg. Loving these grown New York queens, basically. Fuck yes.

Derek Barry didn't show terribly well in untucked... and Bob is packin a healthy amount of competitive shade.

is derek barry the right name? britney. whatever her name was

Derrick Barry I think. He did better than I thought he would in the challenge though. I mean it was simple, but I didn't expect him to have humor.

And yes, Bob is god. With Kim Chi and Thorgy as my holy trinity so far.

Yeah catching up on everything here. Bob is pretty damn hilarious, just want him to kill the looks a hair more (not that he can't but even so). Kim is freakin' hilarious and I have soft spots for Naomi and Chi Chi too, so far.

Kim is adorable, looking forward to more if her

I didn't watch Untucked yet but Bob and Kim Chi are my jam rn, I SQUEALED when it showed the bored-dazed photo shoot "best shot"

also lol @ tugging hard on the heartstrings w/ Kim's parents for what will inevitably be like a super gut-wrenching Untucked at some point

How did Bob get his first name? I missed that part.

"Big ole' bottom" iirc

YOU GUYS

It felt a bit set up, but it was so deserved!!

yeah, suuuuper deserved

but def set up, i agree

i thought the contrast between the two teams performances was pretty stunning, even with dax's awkard giraffe realness. chi-chi's team as a group totally killed it

I was going to say, however much of a setup it was...if you're going to do, you know, THAT song, kill the damn thing.

they both lipsynced like it was bubblegum dreampop. it's a strong, defiant song! it's a goddamn anthem whether you like it or not. You need to stomp that shit out like Adore would

I am enjoying this season a lot more than last season. I dunno if it's the influx of ny queens or the level of talent or what, but i'm diggin it

want a spinoff series where acid betty, thorgy & bob just spill the tea to camera forever

raja said on her commentary for logo that thorgy looked like a ceramics teacher out of drag & i loled so hard

I am loving this season too so far. My only complaint would be all the strobelights during the runway which make it pretty much impossible to see the looks until they actually get critiqued.

omg yes. especially since Logo is still standard def

It's definitely a fun season for sure, and with the curveball now in place already, bring on whatever is next!

lmao thorgy's adam duritz-ass dreads are so fn wack but i love them. Also that had to have been set up in some capacity but idk maybe saved until the first truly mediocre lip-sync? they both really sucked

OMG "ACID BERRY" LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

Thorgy showed up this week! As did Chi Chi. Acid Butty's runway was remarkable.

Looooooved the cuts to the unimpressed judges during the lipsync!

Guesses for the returning queen are Katya or if the queen arrives in a box, what's-her-face.

Also I thought Betty was a lot taller? Wasn't she close to 7 feet when she was on Runway?

Finally, Chi Chi and Kim need to become a couple so that we can call them Kim Chi Chi.

New episode is online somehow, for those who can't wait till tomorrow to know who Ru was calling. Haven't seen it yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0EtDdQQQA

Sorry, I tried not to embed it and it did the opposite. No spoilers thank god!

Bob is everything, Acid Betty's runway was awesome, and I keep finding more & more reasons to give Robbie hella side-eye.

I haven't watched the first 2 eps yet but oh my god i was DYING @ this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suNNLXLbcWo

she's so funny

jesus, I just watched Untucked and Acid Betty is such a cruel bully, like she's not even a love-to-hate-her bitch like Phi Phi, she's just smug and mean-spirited. It's uncomfortable to watch.

Also, I just realized how much Cynthia Lee Fontaine's wackiness reminds me of Celine Dion.

She's very compartmentalized, like she's all competition & not here for any kind of realness or yknow, humanity. I dunno if that will change over time, she seems v locked down

Like right now she's a fully realized version of what LaGanja attempting, minus apology or regret