I had the pleasure of interviewing Lee Anne after her much-deserved win.
Lots of fun details here, including that Jonathan Sawyer recommended she bring extra socks to change into every few hours, and also that 24 hours is actually 27 or so because they stop the clock to bring in judges or clear the stations. That makes it seem even more impossible to me!
In this recap, Marshal Knight writes that the AS11 E5 maxi challenge is “another entry into Drag Race’s laundry list of ‘What is the actual goal here?’ challenges,” and it’s a “total crapshoot” what the judges want: “pure comedy or genuine instruction or intricate line delivery”?
And that got me thinking: Is it better to be given a wide-open challenge so the queens can do their thing? Or is it better to get a very narrow set of criteria so the queens can deliver what the judges want?
I requested public records to find out how much Charlotte paid for Top Chef. (Wild that public money goes to Bravo!)
The total was $1.2 million, and I break down what they got—and also broke down this season to see how much of the time in Charlotte actually featured the city. Answer: only about half!