The queens go balls to the LOLs with their late-night commercial spoofs

And the Canadian Tuxshedo runway? Iconic.
August 6, 2020 10:15 p.m. EST
August 11, 2020 1:42 p.m. EST
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The queens were greeted with quite the chore when they returned to the workroom after Kiara’s elimination, as the Montreal queen used an entire tube of lipstick for her goodbye message. (What a power move.) This week, the top seven queens became lady litigators with some high-energy late-night TV parodies on episode six of Canada's Drag Race (Thursdays at 9pmET on Crave).

The medium is the message

The mini-challenge was familiar territory to Priyanka, as the queens had to get into quick drag and improvise as psychic hotline operators with a ~MyStErY gUeSt~. She called it “rubbing salt in the wound” and yeah, agree. Pri still managed to deliver some laughs, using tarot cards to see that secret caller Crystal from RuPaul's Drag Race U.K. would one day get reeeeaally friendly with a ghost. All of the competitors were actually pretty funny, but Lemon was crowned the clairvoyant queen, giving her the power to form the teams for the maxi challenge.

Laugh-out-law TV spots

If you’ve ever dozed off in front of the TV during the wee hours of the night, chances are you’ve woken up to a low-budget, aggressive (and aggressively low-budget) ad for an American law firm. The queens teamed up to write, act, and direct their own late-night law commercial spoofs with a drag race slant.[video_embed id='2010371']RELATED: BOA has arrived to serve tea on her 'Canada's Drag Race' exit[/video_embed]Priyanka and Lemon went the personal injury lawyers route, coming to the rescue for queens who’ve "popped their poum-poums" as Priyanka put it. They were by far the most prepared group and delivered a solid concept with lots of laughs.BOA, Rita Baga and Jimbo formed a drag queen defence squad against unruly bachelorette parties in gay bars, basing it on their personal experiences. It was hilarious to see Jimbo dressed as a bride from hell, shrieking “IT’S MY SPECIAL DAY!”The sissies Ilona and Scarlett Bobo were paired up and tackled sissies suing each other. Their catfight act seemed to get a little too real, though. After Ilona spat in Bobo’s face (an agreed-upon part of their act) you could hear how hard Bobo struck back with a prop book. This could have been a sign of some sissy stress since Bobo accused Lemon of being vindictive by pairing her up with Ilona. Lemon shot back by asking her whether that meant she didn’t believe in her bestie Ilona’s abilities. Sissy sour![video_embed id='-1']RELATED: ‘Canada’s Drag Race’ judges spill the tea on the show’s exciting first season[/video_embed]

Denim on denim on denim

Sorry Britney and Justin, we did denim on denim first in the Great White North.  An unexpected highlight of the Canadian Tuxshedo runway, other than Jimbo's avant-garde head-to-toe patchwork wonder, was when guest judge Tom Green pointed out BOA’s frayed denim wings reminded him of a costume he wore as a kid when he was the wind in a church play. He even called his mom who provided photo proof.Before they left the runway, Brooke Lynn Heights asked the queens that famous, drama-inducing question: Who did they think deserved to go home? While Priyanka, Lemon, and Rita Baga said Ilona should go home due to her sub-par performance in the commercial, which felt like a retread of what she's been doing for the duration of the series, the others all pointed to Lemon, citing issues with her underwhelming and sloppy denim look, but giving different reasons backstage. *shade sound effect* During deliberation, judge Stacey McKenzie mused that they may have thrown her name out because they feel threatened by her.Though all three commercials were funny, Rita Baga’s bilingual barrister bit won the day as the judges were impressed with her humourous use of Canada’s two official languages. That makes un, deux, trois challenge wins for Rita.

Bye-bye BOA

Her teammate BOA wasn’t so lucky, as the judges (not counting Tom Green) felt her look seemed cheap and that she faded into the background in the infomercial. Ilona’s denim chaps look failed to impress the judges (Brooke Lynn implored her to use some booty makeup next time) and they felt her performance in the commercial was too one-note and, just like that, the bottom two were lip syncing for their lives.During the performance, Ilona harnessed the soulful, inspirational energy of Brampton, Ontario native Alessia Cara's "Scars to Your Beautiful". BOA meanwhile seemed a little lost and low energy in the lip sync, which perplexed the judges. It was our fave Bitch on Arrival's turn to depart, and she did so as committed to drag as ever, saying it gives her the opportunity to "be herself, times a million."Next week, the top six will be putting on Canada's Drag Race's first pageant and we can't wait to check out this piece of herstory and find out who will be crowned Miss Loose Jaw.[video_embed id='2007453']:BEFORE YOU GO: Portia de Rossi breaks silence on Ellen scandal[/video_embed]

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