"American Idol" diehards surely
recognize Danny Noriega as the hair-flipping, Simon-sass-talking Azusa
teen from that show's Season 7. "RuPaul's Drag Race" diehards know him
better as flawed-but-fabulous drag queen and self-described "punk-rock
mermaid" Adore Delano. And when original "Idol" judge Paula Abdul
guest-judged "Drag Raçe" this week, she recognized Danny/Adore right
away, despite the fact that Adore was wearing a Hannibal Lechter-style
mask, waist-length crimson wig, and enough jewerly to fill an entire new
Paula Abdul QVC collection.
[Related: An Exclusive Interview With Danny Noriega]
At first I was upset that Adore was in the bottom two for the first
time this season — almost as upset as I was when Danny sashayed away on
"Idol" six years ago. But then I realized this was the perfect
setup by those genius World of Wonder producers to get Adore to
lip-synch a song by old pal Paula (the "most lip-synched artist in 'Drag
Race' herstory"), and create some amazing TV.As Adore herself would say, PARTY!
While the other contestant in the
bottom two this week, Trinity K. Bonet, was an extremely worthy
opponent, it was clear that Adore — with her charisma, uniqueness,
nerve, and talent — would forever be Paula's girl.
Paula was totally vibing off of
Adore's beyond-sickening performance of "Vibeology," and this was a true
full-circle moment for the artist formerly known as Danny. I actually
would have gotten little choked-up watching this, if I wasn't too busy
shouting, "Can I get an amen?" and "Halleloo!" during this lip-synch.
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