The next "drag superstar?"

Sorry...major spoiler alert ahead for those who have not seen the season two finale of Rupaul's Drag Race. 

The next drag superstar is...

Tyra Sanchez?

WTF you say?

Yes, my response exactly.  And here's why.

There is absolutely no doubt that Tyra brought a sense of style to the show.  She was beautiful and poised and had an amazing ability to accessorize.  She started the season with total bitchiness...which I absolutely abhorred.  But, she grew on me over the last couple of episodes as the layers were peeled back.  Understanding some of her background and the events in her life that brought her to this place made her human.  I can honestly say that I liked the change and I can understand the desire for a young father to make a better life for his young son.

But that's where it ends for me.

I would assume the next "drag superstar" would at least be able to entertain.  I've spent a lot of time in drag bars in my youth and the best drag queens were true entertainers.  I lived in Atlanta from late 1979 until late 1988 and I met RuPaul on a couple of occasions at Weekends Warehouse.  I hung out at clubs called Illusions and 551 Downstairs and The Cove and Backstreet...and I saw hundreds of WONDERFUL drag shows there with queens like Charlie Brown, Tiffany Middlesexx, Amber Richards, Lilly White, and countless others.  They could work a crowd and be a comedian, a dancer, a singer, an actor, or whatever the situation called for...RuPaul is that kind of entertainer.

Tyra has none of these abilities.  Just look at any one of the episodes that required any talent other than looking pretty.

Look at the celebrity impersonation episode...her Beyonce was BORING as hell.  No charisma.  No uniqueness.  No nerve.  No talent.  Just a superficial illusion that slightly resembled Beyonce.  Pandora and Tatianna stole the show.

Her lack of talent showed again during the rocker chick episode.  She was not just a bad singer, but a horrible entertainer and she tried again for that Beyonce look that flopped the first time.  Raven, Pandora and Tatianna again performed rings around her.

Look at the book interview episode.  Raven kicked ass in that episode.

And I'm sorry, but Pandora was robbed on the drag mother episode.

Take all of Tyra's shortcomings and add her personality (or lack thereof) and minimal oral communication skills and you have nothing on which to base RuPaul's final decision...other than a lipsynch performance that Tyra pulled out of her butt on the last episode.

Yes, a lot of these skills can be coached...but many of the other girls had these abilities.  Pandora, Jujubee, Raven...they all displayed these abilities in abundance.  Their personal fashion sense held them back compared to Tyra, but it seems to me that fashion sense would be a lot easier to coach than the other traits.

Tyra may have been beautiful on the runway and she certainly gave great face...and hair, and gowns, and body.  But she opened her mouth and it all disappeared.  She flopped in every single challenge where she needed to show any talent, sophistication, or basic speaking ability.

I'm just saying. 

This choice relegates the next drag superstar to lipsynching and looking pretty...at least until she gets some experience, maturity and training under her belt.

I wish her nothing but the best...I do have a new-found respect for her as a person, but not much as an entertainer.

Do you agree with me?  Why or why not?