With one small twist, ‘All Stars 7’ delivers one of ‘Drag Race’s’ most delightful runways ever
Drag Race All Stars 7, “The Realness Of Fortune Ball.”We know the fact that Paramount+ drops these episodes over night means everyone’s watching on their own time, but we have to talk about the oh-so-charming moment that occurred when the queens first hit the runway for the Maxi Challenge.To back up a bit, the third episode of the already all-time-great All Stars 7 season tasks this legendary cast of winners to once again bring it to the ball.
A classic challenge format, the ball puts everyone’s styling and sewing skills to the test by asking them to walk the runway in three distinctive categories, all under one cohesive theme, with the final look made on the spot with materials provided in the Werk Room.In the creatively themed “Realness Of Fortune Ball,” the name of the game is game shows!
The first category is “Vanna White Realness,” in which the queens must serve classic game show hostess glamour. Round two is “Before And After,” a prompt that uses combined-phrase wordplay to spawn some wild looks (to use Ru’s example: “Diana Ross Mathews” fits the bill).
And, finally, “Realness of Fortune Eleganza” asks the queens to design an outfit from scratch using materials of a specific color, inspired by “exotic vacation destination.”While all of the categories gave everyone the opportunity to earn 10s across the board, it’s the first, “Vanna White Realness,” that makes the biggest impression for the way it ever-so-slightly tweaks the formula to surprise the queens and keep them on their toes.Kicking off the ball, none other than White herself—game show legend—walks the runway, looking just as stunning as she did when she first started co-hosting Wheel Of Fortune nearly 40 years ago.
