Rupaul--39-s Drag Race Season 17 - Episode 2 (2025)

Lydia tries to do a "burlesque bubble bath" routine. She brings a small plastic tub on stage, fills it with bubbles, and attempts to do a reveal. The reveal is that she is wearing the same dress underneath. She then slips on a bubble, nearly breaks her ankle, and finishes by blowing a single sad bubble toward RuPaul. The silence in the room is deafening.

plays the harp while singing a parody of "Wrecking Ball." It’s beautiful but sleepy. Carson notes, "It’s elevator music for a haunted Macy’s." Safe. The High Performers (Top 3) 3. Lucky Starzzz (High Safe) Lucky does a "shadow puppetry" act projected onto a giant screen. Using only her hands and a few props, she tells the story of her coming out. It is avant-garde, silent, and emotionally devastating. Troye Sivan wipes away a tear. RuPaul calls it "authentic." The only critique? It felt short. RuPaul--39-s Drag Race Season 17 - Episode 2

A- (Minus for Kori King’s comedy; plus for Jewels’ stilt-walking and the wig-throwing.) Lydia tries to do a "burlesque bubble bath" routine

Shantay, you stay – Lydia B Kollins. Sashay away – Kori King. She then slips on a bubble, nearly breaks