Connecticut's Season of RuPaul's Drag Race: Some Dish and Shade

There was Amethyst killing it on her first Lip Synch-For-Your-Life—and triumphing—after making the ultimate faux pas of wearing sneakers on the runway.

Then there was Robin Fierce, trying to be her glamiest in a photo shoot while straddling a blazing red chopper with a nearly naked hunk behind her, as a flockful of feathers stuck stubbornly to her glossed face.

But most of all there was Loosey LaDuca, winning challenges both maxi and mini, withstanding waves of covert and overt bitchery and proving herself to be one tough Connecticut cookie in the 15th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race which crowned a new super-queen in mid-April when Sasha Colby took the crown.

Connecticut drag fans were stunned when it was announced in December that after 14 years and nearly 200 queens from around the country—there would finally, finally, be Connecticut representation in 2023.

But few would have imagined that there wouldn’t be just one queen from the state but three—and four if your count the New York-based Jax who grew up in Darien.

But alas, from this nut-megadose of talent, each eventually sashayed away, though Loosey came this close to the Final Four before having to pack her bags and head back to Ansonia. Still, she emerged as Connecticut’s queen of queens, branded a song and a slogan, and proved she could deliver big time on the national stage.

So, what did we think of Season 15 and the Connecticut glamour gals? Well, allow me to spill the tea. (Spoiler alert though: Details of the season are discussed but if you’re a true fan, none of this is breaking news.)

There wasn’t one Land of Steady Habits drag:

Watch each Connecticut queen make their entrance in the workroom in the opening episode and see that this trio reflected their own individual essence, rather than a group dynamic style of pageantry, performance or personality.

Just check out the appealing quirkiness of “resident meme queen” Amethyst from Bristol—and with less than three years of performing. Though her stay was relatively brief, this “baby queen” still shone with her off-beat humor and witty confessionals, demonstrating from the get-go that she deserved to be there, too. She also got makeup contouring tips from Michelle and RuPaul confessing that “I’m a nose queen and I love your nose. It’s gorgeous!”)

Then, consider the allure of Hartford-based Robin Fierce (“Connecticut’s great diva, darling”), so classy, so cool, so mysterious: an enigma wrapped in fabulousness. The “tea” that an earlier tryst with Amethyst was a tantalizing tease in the early episodes, but dammit, there was no drama, mama; they’re just friends now. And soon Robin would join Amethyst at the exit after confessing that she wasn’t a gambler.

Then there was Loosey, the last Connecticut queen standing, so polished, so professional, and often just pissed—though her Joan ….[CONTINUED]