Tynomi Banks, front, and the other queens stage a rap battle on “Canada’s Drag Race.”
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SPOILER ALERT: DON’T READ THIS IF YOU DON’T WANT TO KNOW WHO WON AND LOST IN WEEK THREE OF “CANADA’S DRAG RACE.”

“Canada’s Drag Race” made fun this week of Canadians’ predilection for saying sorry, but one queen left with no apologies and no regrets.

It was Anastarzia Anaquway’s turn to sashay away and she did it with class. “The thing about life, everything happens in its time. If I’m leaving it’s definitely my time. No regrets whatsoever,” said the Toronto queen.

Starzi was done in by a runway concept that missed the mark and a lip sync that was stately but dull (and to be honest I’m still waiting to see a really epic lip sync battle this season). Just as regrettable: Tynomi Banks made bottom two for the second week in a row.

Her lip sync skills saved her once again, but if she doesn’t find her footing she won’t be long for the competition — a reminder that having a name outside “Drag Race” is no guarantee you’ll be a name on the show.

Priyanka gets down with her bad self in the “Not Sorry Aboot It” rap battle.
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Speaking of names, I predict Priyanka is a name we’re going to remember for the rest of this season and beyond, jokes about the other queens forgetting her name notwithstanding.

Her wit and charisma helped her win both the mini- and maxi-challenges and made her a star on the runway. (As an aside, I really hope her father took it well when he found out she was both gay and a drag queen via “Drag Race.”)

In the mini-challenge, the queens had to pair up as anchors for morning show “Canada Gay-M,” reading their lines in English, French and “Draglish.” Quebec queens Rita Baga and Kiara had the French in the “baga” (that’s Rita’s joke) and did better in English than most of the other queens did in French, but it was co-winners Priyanka and Lemon who had the most spirited delivery. 

Honourable mention goes to Jimbo for her Nancy Grace impression.

For the maxi-challenge, the queens separated into “girl groups” (Mooseknuckles, best name ever) and prerecorded lyrics for a “rap battle” with the help of Toronto singer Ralph. Hollywood Jade taught them choreography.

Overall, it was fun, flashy and energetic, but it was more of a skirmish than a battle. Calling Rita “old,” Ilona Verley “fake” and the Mooseknuckles’ clothes smelly like “Brie” was about as biting as it got.

Priyanka had the judges gagging over her runway look on Episode 3.
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Once again, Lemon and Priyanka were the standouts, but Priyanka snatched a repeat victory from Lemon with her runway outfit.

The theme was “Quebecky With the Good Hair” and Priyanka wore a cutout hair tutu in blue and orange, with a be-bunned wig and booties to match. “Bitch stole my look!” quipped judge Brooke Lynn Hytes, who was wearing the same colour combination.

Truthfully, I liked Ilona’s powder blue “hair of the dog” outfit the best, complete with toy poodles on her arms, a diamante leash, and pawprints on her corset and matching boots. Shout-outs also to Lemon’s tree-bark dress and lemon tree wig; and Scarlett BoBo’s hair fringe mini dress with “BOBO” spelled out in her wig.

And what can I say about BOA? Underneath her luxurious-looking fur coat was a full hairy-chested bodysuit, a green sequinned banana hammock a la “Borat” and a giant fake pubic bush. You have to give her points for originality, which the judges did. 

Anastarzia combined two completely unrelated pop culture characters in her runway look.
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The worst outfit was definitely Anastarzia’s. It was Cousin Itt of “The Addams Family” in the back — Chun Li from “Mortal Kombat” in the front? Huh? I didn’t get it and neither did the judges.

They also came down hard on Tynomi for her orange and green hair dress and rainbow hair hat and I do get that; it just wasn’t flattering. Poor Kiara was brought to tears when judge Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman told her that her gold pantsuit was “a little basic” but lived to fight another day.

And can I just digress here to say that Deborah Cox was the best guest host so far? She looked like a goddess in that gold dress and she delivered her dialogue like the pro that she is. More like her please. I also loved Stacey McKenzie’s multi-coloured leopard get-up.

Next week, the nine queens who are left have to create fashion looks out of recycled materials. Who’ll think outside the (blue) box? Until then …