RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10 Episode 3 - Power Rankings

Queen's of a Feather Flock Together

This week, the queens had to create hilarious ads for fictional dating apps, and then hit the runway in their best feathery couture. Which queens soared to the top and which queens moulted away this week?

1) Asia O'Hara

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Tweety Bird slayed every aspect of the challenge this week. Following the likes of Trinity Taylor, Asia proved that she's SO much more than a polished pageant queen - she can get messy too. Her but-her-face was easily the standout of the challenge and will be meme'd for weeks. Finally, she thought out of the birdhouse and came out in a campy yet couture Tweety Bird outfit. Asia's performance on the main challenge and runway this week will be one to remember in drag race her-story.

Edit: 9

Challenge: 10

Storyline: 9

Her edit remains overall positive and she's given plenty of talking heads. The pageant legend is more than living up to her reputation outside of the show. A chameleon queen indeed.

2) Blair St. Clair

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Blair has been surprisingly solid every single week of this competition. Placing HIGH in every challenge, and receiving enough of an edit for her to be a front-runner. I don't believe she's had any standout moment yet though, but she's been consistently in the top, never completely faulting in any of the challenges.

Edit: 9

Challenge: 8

Storyline: 8

Blair is likeable, even if her drag hasn't been ground-breaking or exciting. Ru clearly likes her a lot too, ending her name with "I do declare" every time he calls on her. Ru usually reserves those nicknames for his favorites. Blair is sticking around a lot longer than I'm sure most of us had her pegged in pre-season.

3) The Vixen

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The Vixen has single-handedly made Untucked the drama-fest we've been craving after the last few seasons of best friend race. I don't remember her much from the challenge or runway, BUT, her discussion about race politics on untucked, how black queens are perceived over white queens, is so fucking important. It's probably one of the most fascinating fourth-wall breaks in reality television history. It's a historic moment, and I am solidly on The Vixen's side in this Aquaria/Vixen feud.

b>Edit: 7

Challenge: 6

Storyline: 10

The show needs a queen like The Vixen, some might be put-off by her, but a lot of that argument sort of reeks of racism to me. You're sort of giving in to exactly what The Vixen was talking about. She's a complex character, and it's damn good television.

4) Miz Cracker

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Personally, I would've placed Cracker HIGH this week over Eureka, but hey. I think she shined in the main challenge, giving us some of the funnier lines of the night. Her runway wasn't anything to die for, but it got the job done and was still pretty to look at.

Edit: 9

Challenge: 7

Storyline: 8

Even though the Cracker and Aquaria storyline has sort of taken the backseat to the Aquaria and Vixen drama, I still don't think the show is going to let that go without being resolved. Cracker is getting a consistent edit and is gaining a massive fanbase. She's a frontrunner for the crown.

5) Eureka

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Even though I don't think she deserved to be HIGH this week, for storyline purposes, it made sense. After struggling last week, Eureka definitely seemed more in the zone and focused, showing us a more playful side to her personality. I'll also give her some extra points for that absolutely gorgeous runway. I've always thought Eureka's runways could use some work, but this week proved that she can really stun.

Edit: 7

Challenge: 8

Storyline: 9

Eureka isn't going anywhere soon either, I don't know if I'd consider her a front-runner just yet, but I do think she'll make it past halfway.

6) Aquaria

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There's a lot to say about Aquaria this week. Challenge-wise, she faded into the background, she didn't accomplish anything memorable and is really struggling to show off her personality. Her runway however, was a beautiful and well-executed concept, so she gets points for that.

Edit: 7

Challenge: 6

Storyline: 10

Now, onto her feud with The Vixen. Aquaria exemplifies a lot that's wrong with the drag race fanbase right now. An instagram-popular white queen, trying to come for the less popular queens of color, and then acts a victim when the queen of color defends herself. Rewatch the episode, Aquaria came for The Vixen FIRST. The Vixen had every right to defend herself, and when Aquaria couldn't fight back, she resorted to tears. This is a bad look for Aquaria, and I'm not sure what her chances at the crown are if the show wants to start acknowledging the racist structures of its fanbase and production. Oof. It's a heavy topic, and it's a lot to deal with in my weekly power rankings, but it needs to be addressed. Aquaria has been SAFE every week, failing to standout. Her storylines are what's keeping her afloat at this point.

7) Dusty Ray Bottoms

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Dusty surprised me this week! I think she was quite strong in the main challenge, but she loses points for being one of the worst on the runway, in what was a very strong overall showing from the queen's.

Edit: 8

Challenge: 6

Storyline: 9

Most importantly for Dusty, she got a heartbreaking backstory about her religious past and how she went through conversion therapy. It was tragic, and gave a layer to Dusty that made her rootable, an aspect that wasn't there for Dusty before. I thought she was sort of here on borrowed time, but she turned it around for me this week.

8) Monet X Change

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I thought Monet would be crushing the competition, and all signs point to her possibly doing so later on, but right now I'm just underwhelmed. She's been mediocre at best in challenges and her runways have all been absolute *choices*.

Edit: 10

Challenge: 6

Storyline: 5

She gets a strong 10 for edit, because even though she's been invisible in the challenges, she's been getting the most talking heads, and she's been set-up as the season's narrator. She has personality for days, but I hope it starts showing through the challenges soon.

9) Mayhem Miller

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Mayhem's lipsync is all I'm going to be talking about for the next WEEK!!! She landed in the bottom, deservedly, but I have to give her extra points for giving us an iconic lipsync that won't be forgotten anytime soon. She showed that she's here to fight.

Edit: 8

Challenge: 7

Storyline: 5

However, her storyline is getting kind of stagnant. I kind of feel like her story came and wrapped up all in episode 1. She keeps on talking about how she's been 'waiting for this for so long', and I don't know how much longer that card can be played.

10) Monique Heart

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I think overall, the edit's have been pretty fair, EXCEPT for Monique's. I'm absolutely baffled as to how they're trying to portray her. She's been easily one of the best queen's in every single challenge, but the judges have been just placing her SAFE or LOW. I'm giving her as many points as I can, but the judges do not want us to think she's a frontrunner at all.

Edit: 6

Challenge: 7

Storyline: 6

Unless she starts winning challenges next week, I don't think Monique is making it much further. Which is SUCH shame because she oozes personality and has been killing the runway.

11) Kameron Michaels

Kandy Ho - I mean - Kameron Michaels is completely invisible this season. I'm upping her as many points as I can because her runway this week was an absolute shoot, and easily one of my favorite runway looks of all time. Everything about it was absolutely stunning. She sort of sucked in the main challenge though and winded up in the bottom, but her runway definitely saved her.

Edit: 4

Challenge: 6

Storyline: 2

Kameron is getting such a strange edit. She's only gotten 2 confessionals, and those were both in the first episode. Is she not interesting? Are they saving her for more content later on because she makes it far? I'm curious to see how this plays out, but for now, I have no idea who Kameron is.

Eliminated - Yuhua Hamasaki

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Boooooo, I definitely wanted to see more of Yuhua. She was so loveable and charismatic, and totally thought she would've made it further. Every elimination this season is going to hurt, it's a talented cast, but Yuhua deservedly placed in the bottom and lost the lipsync this week. For now, BYE GAY PEOPLE!!!

Alright queens, that's it for this week, this season really is shaping up to be a return to form. Who do you have as your faves so far? Who can't you wait to see go home? Let me know!