IMHO | Canada's Drag Race Season 5 Premiere & Episode 2 Review!

[@frederickmiller5492]

just as an fyi - Native American traditional clothing is considered Regalia. It's both culturally historic and beautifully intricate/interesting to look at. Many tribes don't like to alter their regalia - it's both a sign of them, as individuals, and also a deeply rooted visual account of where they came from (their specific tribes, etc.). I kind of respect the fact that Jaylene walked out in a highly specific, lowkey, monochromatic regalia. It fits her personal story of being native, trans and two-spirit - but it's also an ultimate serve, if we are being honest. The outfit tells us about her pre-drag race story (in visual terms), but in that moment, the runway was about her and her journey going forward. The outfit kind of became secondary, if that makes any sense. She's so poised and confident in who she is, that her inner beauty was allowed to shine - and I friggin loved it. (I probably didn't do a great job of explaining this, but I hope I made sense - lol) Love you both.

[@johnsmith2875]

I think you explained it beautifully

[@izzybiff]

Yesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!

[@katyawc]

I know it was said on the show about a million times but Jaylene Tyme is such a legend in Vancouver. Stunning soul, stunning performer, and stunning beauty.

[@euvicgo]

also about makayla: perla is the one that made her hair for her performance look! (perla said that she made other people's hair in this season too so that they wouldn't know that she was invited to be on this season if she suddenly refused lol)

[@joeyranks]

i believe perla made makayla's first 2 runway wigs as well alongside virgos entrance & time and place wig! super talented!

[@albertqhumperdinck]

As far as having pit crew members as queens- I feel that it`s important to point out that there are only about 75 000 people in Canada, so many of us have to be two things just because there aren`t enough of us to go around. Like dentists who are also firefighters, or politicians who are also boxers, or nail techs who roast coffee.

[@af2313]

😂

[@af2313]

Legitimately had to google the population 🤣

[@johnsmith2875]

*leaves the scene after spreading misinformation*

[@izzybiff]

Omg so here for this take

[@Youloush]

75 000 is actually the 2018 census, according to the lastest figures there are actually 7 living people in Canada

[@lilithcain1329]

Getting to watch the Xana / Jaylene moment with Xana and having a grandfather who went to a residential school here in Canada was so special. Also I’m so excited for Helena to be on this season. We started drag together and she’s just sooooo fucking talented ugh

[@nc5809]

“Love La Voix… but she’s given up, and we understand that.” 😂 Darby I’m SCREAMING

[@brentbentKRFP]

Couture is on her second drag competition, she's already been on Call Me Mother where she was under the tutelage of Peppermint. So, of course, she's killing it like her mother.

[@itstaranova]

Feeling like Sally Field when she wins her Oscar rn 🫶

[@IMHOTheShow]

!!!

[@oscarkamala]

we love you

[@brk726]

Darby and Alexis you two really make me feel better on tough days.

[@nandezjl0211]

The need a runway theme called:.Vivienne Westwood....inspired

[@johnsmith2875]

This is like so necessary it hurts

[@rachelrox96]

this is the queer art Megami wants us to protect 🙂‍↕️

[@BrandonJames2016]

I thought it was a great premiere but Tara being in the bttm both episodes made no sense to me like Brooke Lynn didn’t like her while Xana or Uma should’ve been in the bttm instead for the premiere. Makayla already is a pick for finalists. Had there been no top 2 for the lipsync Makayla would’ve won cause she was the best of the episode. Love the storyline how Perla was in the bttm and then won the next episode bc she absolutely deserved it. Jaylene is mother btw literally she’s so motherly.

[@Ijesscant]

*Darby voice* OK you might not know this but Perla has a youtube series with Aurora Matrix and Van Ghot called The PowderPuff Girls where they give more information about looks and inside tea But you might not know this, Perla has a KZbin series

[@qa2040]

The way Uma said "icon" is the French pronounciation - shes from Quebec

[@johnsmith2875]

It was also a pun on the word conne ☝️

[@lucanuspeeler1469]

"The dinosaur carried it into Chicago.." DARBY!!!!!🤣🤣

[@michaelrotch9773]

Gag

[@TombCat]

Congrats to Darby for pronouncing Newfoundland correctly. It's a fabulous place - just not a lot of money or sunshine. A friend of mine bought a house on the Atlantic Ocean there for $25,000. Turned out to be literal. Alexis admitting her preferential treatment of hot men is charity, considering her terrible taste in men. Why are the Canadian judges not allowed to speak like humans? Your thoughts. Everything is a badly written soundbite, delivered with amatuer exclamation! We know that Brooke Lynn has more leg than personality - but Traci Melchor and Brad are TV hosting pros. Is this irony? Darby makes the IMHO world go round. WE can tell. ✨

[@ranstakarry]

Darby, this look is making my heart go padam, padam ❣Darby and red go together almost as well as Alexis and her new laugh. Thank you for the double 'sode, ladies!

[@puppypundit]

The way I gasped when I thought you were *really* coming to Canada. Please come to Montreal.

[@sarahoover6014]

My sole reason for hoping ya'll would review this season of Canada's Drag Race was to see you react to Makayla, and your reaction is as correct as I imagined it to be ❤ Hoping to see Makayla in the finale!

[@tylarrrr11]

50 mins of IMHO might cure me.

[@flushit.]

It's a scam, only 60mins can provide cure.

[@katyawc]

thank you for saying newfoundland correctly, instead of someone who claims to do research and then blatantly says it wrong multiple times in their video....

[@racontoor]

This is the last time Newfoundland will ever come up again.

[@PeterMarinari]

Your tone seems very pointed right now 😂

[@johnsmith2875]

Now who is this about

[@PeterMarinari]

I should have expected that your takes on both of these episodes would be 💯, but I was still delighted by every second of it.

[@Unstbecsta]

it’s $55 per show now….but the bar in question is currently imploding in on itself. we need drag queen unions!!!!

[@peytonc6368]

Darbyyyyyy nobody pulls off red like you! Taking my breath away! 😍😍

[@joek1436]

Boq *IS* in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He's the "richest Munchkin in the land" and throws a party for Dorothy on the way to the Emerald City in the 1st book.

[@Anthonyyeah.n0]

Wow Alexis really did call it… the P should stand for Psychic

[@hallm3lbp]

After a season of UK where the girls enter joking about climbing out of a bin I did have cultural whiplash watching this premiere 😂 I was like oh yeah that’s not what regular drag race is like 😂

[@banyonmckart4703]

It amazes me how many reviews you do weekly and they’re always hilarious

[@Jackysaurus]

I stopped watching drag race a while ago, but god do tune in, you guys could be watching the Holland spinoff of the paint drying championships and I would tune in

[@Peace2Mateo]

This cast feels like it's gonna be a classic season. Makayla, Virgo, Sangina, Jaylene icons.

[@sophiahibbs3242]

Being from Newfoundland, i was so excited when Terra was saved ep1, then equally as heartbroken when she was up against tiffany 😭😂 Also there is only a drag scene in St.johns and some surrounding communities, which is 1 town in the whole island. The fact you gave terra her props for not being in the same universe as the vancouver/toronto queens is so real. Thank you for pointing it out! ❤

[@Xanasrevenge]

Love yall so much ❤❤

[@IMHOTheShow]

❤️❤️

[@tangent5]

THANK YOU for recognizing Perla!! I can't put my finger on it either but I instantly became obsessed with her

[@sixfootfiveguy]

I think to solo introductions made sense for the looks being judged. It was less reactionary shots of the ones who came in first.

[@coolguywithahat]

Jesus Christ Darby looks incredible; LOVE the makeup. Wow

[@martingomezmarinich7059]

love your eye makeup darby. SEE? We give you compliments

[@EmmaFlorez]

Looks like Drag Race UK, Canada, and season 17 are slaying to make up for GAS and Canada vs the World. Although CVTW2 finally gave Lemon her crown. I got to see her live, and she's even more beautiful in person

[@moss_quartz]

Lemon is also hosting a review show where she interviews the eliminated queens! I think it's on the Canada's Drag Race on Crave KZbin channel.

[@rachelrox96]

love how both of you decided to hit the slay button today

[@marcelthestars]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!

[@coolio1197]

"The Dinosour" DARBY! lol

[@basedgodevoir2487]

I think they could’ve swapped it so Tiffany got her thorn for the entrance and Tara for her runway because Tara‘s runway was way worse than her entrance look

[@julienbeauregard5424]

About Uma's verse, I saw the "icon" prononciation being cleared up, but there more. The way she said it made it rhyme with the word "conne" she said before, which is a Quebecois french way to say stupid Suits her personna to a T! Ahaha! Love her! And she's an amazing host in Montréal, bringing diverse kinds of drag to her shows 🫶🏼

[@jrome9825]

Love y'all reviews every week❤

[@Hilmyz4u]

I will pay a lot of money just to have Darby give me a whole episode reviewing Crash Landing On You 😭😭

[@jaelespinoza5062]

Makayla, Virgo, Jaylene and Helena are already my personal faves so far this season!

[@B.Black_Val]

NOT "THE DINOSAUR" ☠️☠️☠️

[@AnRuixuan]

"Do you remember when we first started drag-" "no...." Such a small passing moment but had me absolutely cackling.

[@a.s.1659]

minhi is not from new zealand 😭

[@a.s.1659]

also crying at saying uma mispronounces words like 'icône' girl thats just french 😭

[@izzybiff]

@@a.s.1659omg thank you I was searching through the comments looking to see if anyone else clocked this

[@Peace2Mateo]

I bet they would call Nebraska to be on a 19 person season just so she can be 19th

[@CharlieRain1003]

When Uma sang I put the conne in Iconne is not only to highlight that shes french its also that conne means stupid

[@sillysausage2244]

Minhi Wang is from Australia.

[@javiterrazas9825]

Love y'all, but I wish y'all would finish seasons

[@B.Black_Val]

Lmao real. Honestly most of the seasons/franchises I get it, but not finishing Philippines S3 is something I think about almost daily.

[@IMHOTheShow]

yeah same :///

[@eezacc]

The "icon" mispronunciation was just Uma saying it in French

[@blushslice]

Jaylene is godly, met her years ago when she taught some drag makeup to a group of younger queens and can’t say enough good things about her GO WATCH HER DO MARIAH OH MY GOD

[@brandonspeake7]

Love you both!

[@joseapar]

Dying at Alexis's special scarfs

[@Whynotyertl]

Darby sounds realllllllll Tennessee tonight 😂

[@terrythewol7970]

On the Minhi situation, I kinda get it. For a lot of drag queens who may not have been considered "conventionally attractive" drag was how they felt beautiful and confident in themselves and their bodies. Seeing someone who already is very conventionally attractive do it "because it seemed fun" feels almost unfair. Even though having a knee jerk reaction of ew you shouldn't be doing drag because you are already a hot man is a bad thought to have, drag should be for everyone, I do completely get where you are coming from and it is refreshing seeing people be fully honest with their initial feelings. When you think about and address your feelings that is how you are able to grow and ideally work on fixing that mindset. Because like you guys kinda said, it isn't Minhi's fault, she wasn't the one who made you feel bad about yourself, but because she was able to benefit from her looks outside of drag it is hard for bitterness to not be present. Edit: hopefully this wasn't rude as that was not the intention at all, love you both!

[@mondaynightballroom20]

I'd wanna teach aliens about customs (culture), music (culture club), and yogurt (live, active cultures).

[@crownlace]

the similarities of what Tara gets paid and is asked to do verses with the Toronto girls are paid and get asked to do are actually not that different. Toronto girls are asked to put on one woman shows and are paid peanuts. It is my genuine belief that most American performers would not be able to survive a full time Canadian girls schedule

[@ricardoesco8146]

IMHO is a gift mawma 😊

[@auburndust]

Alexis looks great, kinda fresh faced (but with quite a lot of makeup on)

[@mattnemite]

Ugh im so excited

[@Simonicity]

Makayla or Jaylene will be taking the crown it’s not up for debate

[@derekaitken3352]

Six numbers is too many? Don't try to work in Toronto. (I heard and have observed) You get like three half hour sets - so 4-6 songs in a row without a break. Wait half an hour while the other person performs. Then perform again for half an hour. Then again to fill 3 hours with 1.5 hours of performing split. After seeing it live I don't know how their hearts don't explode from exhaustion. Then they are like jumping into the splits, doing hand stands, ... and then sometimes the queens/kings ask the audience what songs they want performed. On vacation in Toronto my boyfriend and I were basically someone's whole audience (Or, nobody else was looking at the queen). So she pointed at us to ask what songs we wanted performed, and then she performed the song I asked for. Which suggests she knows the words to a huge number of songs she can do on the fly.

[@PinkuRockett]

Uma: _pronounces 'icon' in french_ Darby: "I love how she was purposefully mispronouncing words" Jk Darby ur an icone

[@ColdDaveball]

Love you red-blooded Canadian girls ;) Did your Season 17 Reveal Review did copy-right struck? Didn't get a chance to see it yet

[@frenchlama]

Although Perth is basically as far away from the populas side of Australia as New Zealand, its still part of our country. But key if you love punk/alternative music

[@rubyk.1506]

Love you D and A❣ AND, I love Canada, but I don't love this season of CDR. Sorry, but it just isn't speaking to me. I think I have drag super saturation or something... Love you Canada and Canadians! I have a special love for BC and QC since I know them best!🇨🇦 Oh Canada... tra la la 🎶

[@marcelthestars]

Jaylene Tyme, my mother Mary in Christ, my winner idc also she does as amazing Dolly!!!!

[@eironyyy]

The screenrecording 🤣

[@Chase-likethe-Bank]

Alexis - for what it’s worth/take this as you may, I ALWAYS thought you were a biological female. Only when watching older IMHO videos/going down an Alexis P Bevels rabbit hole (the P stands for Private Investigating) did I learn you’re a trans woman. Just wanted to share if it helps whenever you’re feeling down on yourself. You’re an icon, a legend and you are the moment.

[@vanessacontreras9771]

Sooo miss 5:08 is giving Trixie Mattel’s look from Katyas 40th bday. It’s cute

[@flushit.]

I just love this show. That's all.

[@Bastonikov]

One more IMHO episode will fix me

[@jamesmcgeorge06]

sangina's outfit for the second episode did not make it in time. so her and suki doll a week before sangina left created the brothel look in 2 days

[@robertgriffith9703]

This Episode is full of Canadian Goodness!.Eh? They don't call them Mounties for nothing.

[@davecsaszarable]

Babes be looking good

[@aeons_era]

lmao Uma was saying stuff in French, not "weird", during the music video challenge...

[@spexification]

FINAL FANTASY XIV G’RAHA TIA VOICED BY JOHNATHAN BAILEY MENTIONED IN A IMHO EPISODE!!!!!!!!! everyone go play ffxiv it has a free trial with no restrictions on playtime get hooked on it and get to the shadowbringers expansion to hear the talents of Johnathan Bailey you will not be disappointed i am not being paid to leave this comment i am just that insane

[@cereyza]

DARBS UR MUGGIANTA

[@WillowPiffle]

It's not fair at all xo

[@madelinedaoust6279]

Is this the dress Alexis wore to her thanksgiving? ❤

[@martingomezmarinich7059]

divas we need the cast ruveal reaction for rpdr season 1392!!!! with the undersea creatures fantasy mama slay boots house down

[@agonybabie]

i’m currently making pork chops do you want any?

[@PJElroy]

The makeup, the hands, and legs matched? 🧐

[@mattmclaughlin6787]

Still begging for a housewives review show

[@syrupinabun04]

Did you guys decide to walk in to this franchise and walk out (mid-season) of the others you started reviewing?😂

[@AveryGram]

She didn’t do it to you

[@cambojoe]

Can't even remember what "boy" Alexis used to look like (sorry, Darby). She's always been a woman to me.

[@diminished4th510]

The walk-in, walk-out is to level the playing field since they're being judged on their entrances. It'd be unfair to give the later girls the energy of an audience if the first few are coming into a cold room.

[@erickirner3359]

Maple syrup eye……

[@marcocaste04]

woah… i’m early

[@BaaFoKeemb]

Uma is speaking French 😂😂 not mispronouncing English 😂😂 i still didn't love her verse though lol

[@goodgirl-z5v]

the only thing im seeing through those gloves is an aged adult male

[@goodgirl-z5v]

🐍

[@oscarkamala]

not very good girl from u

[@Stiletta2193]

Damn, 4 minutes ago

[@jenniferwebb4628]

I smoke my buds 😂 Edit: love you ladies

[@rextrek]

64th well, woohoo- juist what I needed right now - my anti-depressant & weed can only do so much!? Hello Ladies.... so far Im really liking this season a lot... MWAHAH xo :)

[@joshacei7725]

im canadian

[@Queerkid95]

Jaylene and Makayla are my favorites this season. I also feel like Canada has finally found it’s rhythm