The way they eliminated Keta Minaj on drag race Holland when she was the frontrunner, had 3 wins under her belt and never placed below safe before that point ; the fact that she was sent home by Vivaldi, who cheated by bringing a phone into the competition, is even more infuriating
I'll literally never get over the clear favoritism there. It was obvious they wanted Vanessa to win, people would KILL for a Vanessa Vs Vivaldi lip sync after their fight but if they did that then Vanessa would go to the final 3 with a worse track record than Keta Minaj and My Little Puny, and this would have to be the one eliminated. So it really sucks that they honestly kept Vivaldi just to get the biggest threat to Vanessa out of the way and then eliminate her for having the worse track record. It's even more nonsensical that 1. Vivaldi was hiding a phone from production and 2. Ivy was literally told she won a lip sync but had to go because The Countess had a better track record, then a mere couple episodes later suddenly that's not the case anymore 🙄. glad Holland may be cancelled just for pulling that shit
@@theBGCsatire the mental improvement it can give the contestants by being able to talk to their families and friends. One of the biggest challenges with drag race is the isolation within the hotel rooms. Also if a contestant has a phone, they can leak what goes on in the competition
No one is talking about Awhora on UK2 having an immaculate track record (I think the best by that point), being part of the united kingdolls with all the other members still being on the competition, having an attitude growth throughout the season, having an amazing storyline in the prior episode winning the challenge using the singular makeup of her nemesis who was eliminated in that same episode. But they still wanted Ellie Diamond in the finale..
I don't understand their obsession with Ellie that season, she's a great queen don't get me wrong, but in UK2 asides from good looks she gave nothing 😭
although sometimes production riggery DOES work. bc Ellie was fairly safe and Awhora was fairly in the bottom... but it just felt wrong lmao. and i LOVE Ellie and her style
I'm pretty sure that Awhora being in the bottom in that episode had less to do with Ellie but more with the cheap shock value of having her best friend eliminating her from the competition right before the final 4.
Awhora should've won that season. Hands down. She brought exceptional looks, surprisingly funny moment in other challenges. But still couldnt snag the finale let alone the crown. Lawrence and Ellie? Have accents.
@@cm2402 I disagree. She was in 7 episodes. One was a bottom (when she was eliminated,) two were safe, three were in the top, and one was a win. She is one of the best performing queens to ever be on the show. Not only a front runner of her season, but also of the entire cast from the entire series. Tyra was the only one in S2 that had a better track record than Jessica Wilde.
@@luckas221a you clearly miss many things. the edut she got was horrible. most queens said that she was one of the most sweet people in the competition. if she never said that thing about trixies makeup she would have never gotten the edit. she has also done incredible humanitarian actions outside of the show. donating to charities and supporting and promoting humanitarian organisations before it even necame mainstream lol. and also she visited cynthia while she was in cancer treatment
Ongina (on her season), Rose and Miz Cracker was very UNDERREATED by production. They were the front runners since the beginning, we could see their professionalism and their skills working so hard
I watched Holland S2 this year only and I already knew Keta's elimination, even so it still traumatized me lol. I was always thinking "Keta probably did bad in one challenge and lost the lip sync fairly, but the fans liked her so they went insane" and that was not the case at all, I cannot believe how much they pushed Vivaldi when she even BROKE THE RULES.
I'll say it. Ginger on All Stars 2. She was a super talented queen and the season wanted nothing to do with her. She was one of the best on a challenge where everyone was amazing (except Alaska). Her runways should not have eliminated her. That's ridiculous. Katya did her best WITH the role. Alaska did bad DESPITE her role. Alaska should have gone home, production be damned.
I would argue that Jaremi (Phi Phi) should have been in the top that week. I don't understand using the runway as the metric of putting people in the bottom if we're not going to do the same for the top 2
@@shinokyouku they just use certain runways as a reason to push their chosen narrative for whatever story line fits better that episode. as entertaining as drag race is, the heavy production can definitely ruin the authenticity of it all. it issss what it isssss
@@shinokyouku as soon as Jaremi walked out in that amazing future of drag runway, he should have been in the top. That was amazing! Also Ginger 100% was productions trash queen. That whole season looking back, pisses me off because of production clearly wanting to make it a season 5.2 and I honestly don't get the hype from everyone saying it's the "best season."
@@gerison320yeah but Starlet, runway shouldn’t be 50% of the mark. Otherwise runway would be able to inherently make a queen who completely failed a challenge be in the top bc she had the best look of the night. If runways are going to influence a win, it should only matter for, say, 25% and 25% shouldn’t decide that a queen doesn’t win a challenge she absolutely obliterated just bc her runway look wasn’t the strongest.
This probably says more about me than anything else, but despite everything the edit did to make Rose unrelatable, she's one of the queens I have related to the most in any recent season. Then again, I felt the same way about Ella Vaday so maybe its just something about the archetype.
i think it's because ru can't relate to this type of queens i mean the only winner that is theater related is jinkx (if i'm not mistaken) and i feel those queens that are portrayed as unrelatable are the queens ru doesn't establish a connection with (max, rose, ella, bendela on s06, courtney act, etc)
I feel like Lady Boom B and Kimmy landing in the btm2 being front runners would have been equivalent to Kandy and Gottmik landing in the btm2 on the discomentary episode if they didnt want to carry Mik all thway, in that universe, Mik would have been our Lady Boom B
If we're gonna talk about Rosé I think we should also talk about Kitty Scott-Claus but more so Ella Vaday. They finally realized these twos talents after realizing their picks for the top Krystal and Scarlett weren't doing as well and Victoria went home. Ella earned 4 wins and Kitty was even included in one that genuinely felt like the moment we knew the crown was between one of them. I honestly thought they were gonna eliminate Krystal in the final episode and have a top two between them or, if anything to have a way different winner from the year before, a top2 lip sync between Ella and Krystal with Ella obviously winning. But the moment they both lost to Krystal it was such a shock, I didn't think someone who fizzled out, as much as she was painted to us to have, would win over the the only two queens on UK to never be negatively critiqued by Ru. it's even weirder to me that winning the final lip sync didn't matter for Trixie or Jinkx (Jinkx's win I do agree with, Trixie's however I do not) or ironically enough even Lawrence Chaney (I am glad though that Lawrence won she was on par with the other two almost all of her season)
@@spawn3721 uh huh, tbh I was still expecting Ella to win, I mean Lawrence was the worst in "I'm Still Standing" but still won pretty fairly. Kitty was the underdog out of the two and considering how Ru was dying at every face and movement she made I would've loved to see her get crowned too. But then they pick..... KRYSTAL??? it was just such a shock, I mean RuPaul practically disowned Krystal right after she opened her mouth in the roast 💀
I dont think there's been a single makeover challenge where there was a definitive winner. It's either a toss up between 2 or 3 queens or blantantly wrong
In regular seasons, I think Manila and Naomi were pretty obviously the best. In AS2 Katya and Detox and in AS4 Naomi again. For international seasons Envy in Holland 1, Carmen in ES1, Kita in Down Under 1 and Farida in Italia (not trying to invalidate your point, it's only like 10% where the winner felt CORRECT)
I remember Ivy's elimination and I remember the episode, but for some reason I can never remember the lip sync song and most of that lip sync in general. I just remember that Ivy stayed in one spot and Alyssa moved around the stage.
Ongina’s elimination episode was the first episode of Drag Race I ever saw. I was flicking through the channels late at night & stumbled upon this bizarre low budget drag themed spoof of ANTM hosted by RuPaul & it felt like a fever dream. When she lipsynced against Bebe, I was convinced Ongina was going to win. BeBe was so over the top, when she started taking her clothes & her wig off I laughed because it seemed so desperate & ridiculous & I’d never even seen the show before.
Astina in UK2 has a track record of Win, Safe, Elim. Also even though I don't agree with all the judging on that season I do think her bottom two placement was fair and that she legitimately lost the lip sync to Tia (though it was close).
@@jona9763 Oh yeah forgot about that. Ginny kind of got a pass from the judges that episode but also idk it would have been awful for her to go home so early.
Yeah I really wanted Astina to say because she is soooo good. But the only other person I could have seen in the bottom was Ginny, but she kind of had to get a pass that episode or it would have made Ru look terrible. Like imagine Ru going "Hey I know you don't do sexy but you totally should embrass your sexy" then judging comes around and she basically goes "Wow you really don't work doing sexy, you should have been better at being sexy. ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶t̶o̶ So you are in the bottom 2. " It basically would have been a PR disaster.
I completely disagree with the losing the lip sync part, Astina did great and Tia was a queen doing movements, other than the knee drop it was very underwhelming. I can't even say Tia was giving emotion because it was like Trinity The Tuck lip syncing, it's not emotion so much as it's just how their faces look when lip syncing.
i feel like people saying that shea was SO CLOSE to being the winner, when she would've had to lipsync against peppermint aswell if she would win against sasha. peppermint is such a good lipsyncer and it's kinda underappreciating her by saying that shea would've been the winner just by beating sasha
Can you do a video on the most slept on Queens? I am sure the list would only feature Denali since she was constantly slept on during her season. The looks were always right, she had lip syncs choreographed, and was charismatic af. I bet she will be on All Stars with Rose for that best friend storyline.
Acid Betty is a queen i don't hear people talk about often and its almost like people forget how good she actually did. Track record of course isn't the only reason she was "good" she also brought looots of drama and side eye too which is great tv
I’m convinced US drag race have just completely got rid of storylines now…. Their seems to be absolutely none of the queens get anymore or real stories
ive commented that often on your vids but let me feed the algorithm gods again, and also, let it be said again : you're spot on, like always. i cant really afford patreon atm, but ill give you all the likes and comments i can
I hope you make a part 2 to this video but for the international seasons, even if you didn’t watch the whole season you could still get a feel of what happened or have your patrons discuss for you?
Agreed but Hugaceo Crujiente was starting to falter before her elimination so it's kinda fair she went home. She started doing horrible after her win in Episode 1, so it was sad to see her go.
Onyx was a front-runner and was out early I didn't watch drag race espana season 2 but I do think Onyx slayed the challenges. I only saw her runways and I was Gagged as heck. Edit: Saw Her TR and I was wrong
She stunisha'd episode one. Probably the best episode one of any queen in the entire show. Unfortunately, it really was a Heroes season 1 situation. She may have killed the runway of episode 2 but after that it was a bit one note. She set expectations too high with episode 1 lol.
@@alainaguillon8947 people see her as a front runner tho, in the Talent Show she didn't deserved the low placement and the Rusical was bc she got a filler roll
Acid Betty really was STRONG on RPDR Season 8.... Would have loved to see her stay because she would have rocked The Little Women Challenge and the Book Ball..... and she would be just fine at The Shady Politics Challenge too. Acid was also: * A Strong Dancer *Built Solid Characters in Acting Challenges *Could actually Skate on Roller Skate *Cracked a Mean Bullshit *Did NOT wear a Kimono on Runway lol Like Ivy Winters Acid is an Immensely Multi Talented Artist. Unlike Ivy Acid is often considered a BITCH by so many in the fandom. Also like Ivy Acid doesn't seem to be doing much of anything with Drag these days which is sad.
Only thing I disagree with, Katya and Trixie were never really pushed in season 7 as Pearl and Fame are the chose ones for this (I will agree that they did get pushed in their all stars season)
Totally unrelated but I don’t get the “drag race over saturation” thing because why wouldn’t other countries have a drag race? Other countries have “American” idol and Xfactors and “____’s Got Talent”. I’m glad that the girls that can’t get on American drag race have a show for them and the show is for the people in the respective countries for them to watch without having a vpn or wow+ subscription lol.
i love when front runners get eliminated. you did poorly, you go home. even if it's your first time doing poorly. that's how competitions are supposed to be!!!!!!!!!! im never going to stop praising sasha's win because she genuinely won the final lip sync! so what if shae did better prior to that? she should have confirmed her favoritism during the final, that's what the final is for. which is also why i'm always going to criticize jinkx winning as7 all the same. she did great during the season and that's undeniable, but she did absolutely NOT live up to that during that final, which makes her winning unfair do the people who did better than her at that particular challenge.
I disagree . I hate when a front runner gets eliminated. What’s the point in trying to win challenges when a bottom queen can just lip sync or skate her way to the finale. Bring back S1 through S8 format
Justice for Anita Wigl'it for Down Under S1. After her elimination the ep after THAT Snatch Game where she was the clear frontrunner I mostly stopped watching.......and I think that was the correct choice.
Miz Cracker elimination was the reason I started watching spoilers cause. I was so heartbroken watching kameron with 1 win also and 3 bottoms in a row. I was so upset. I didn’t wanna get my hopes up for a fav going home since then.
It’s BS that they gave Bob the RuCo’s Empire win despite having a worst runway look Thorgy but in S9, they deny Alexis the Rusical win because of her runway
IF Acid Betty did come back for an All Stars season it would be a hard run for here.... she... is not a comedy queen.... and she is LOGO season 8 meaning that the VH-1 producers will probably not know what to do with her storyline wise. Idk it is a shame. talented drag artists can still flop on Drag Race.
@@theBGCsatire asexual also is: Asexual is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or a low interest in sexual activity. Some people consider asexuality to be their sexual orientation, and others describe it as an absence of sexual orientation. The above comment is why a queen who is could be helpful.
taking her wig off aside, BeBe still did better in that lipsync. I rlly wish Ongina could’ve stayed, but as RuPaul said, BeBe outshined Ongina in that performance
I knew season 3 of drag race was rigged when boom boom went home. Love jaida and no shade, but because she was a story teller, they couldn’t eliminate her or the narrative would shift
If you do the all stars video here are some queens that would probably make the list: Yarlexis (AS1) Shannel when she was not chosen for top 2 with chad in the final (AS1) Phi Phi O’Hara even though she was bottom 3 first episode but she started have a slow climb to the top but then got elimated by alyssa and tatianna (AS2) Tatianna she was in the top 2 both times before getting elimated by alaska (AS2) Thorgy Thor placed high the first episode but then was elimated because priduction screwed her over (AS3) Bendelacreme she did eliminate herself but she was clearly the front runner (AS3) Shangela had the best track record of the top 4 but the jury twist screwed her over (AS3) Manila Luzon was the front runner up until naomi elimated her (AS4) Mo Heart had the second best track record of the top 4 but wasnt chosen for top 2 (AS4) Silky Nutmeg Ganache (if we include the lip sync smackdown) she won every round but lost the very last one to eureka (AS6) Jimbo was top 2 both episodes until she got elimated in the third episode (UKvsTW) Pangina placed either high or in the top 2 until getting elimated by blu (UKvsTW)
Canada s3 literally used ✨RACE CARD✨ for Jaida. She's good, but she isn't a top worthy. It is obvious that producers are being organ donor for her. Imagine, Fierce being the front runner with Giselle only placed 3rd/4th. Its a big disappointment
Now that Nymphia won hopefully drag race will not overlook Asian or Hispanic queens, but sadly with Nymphia still being under appreciated on the season itself I don’t think.
Onyx didn’t deserve to be in the bottom 2 on the Snatch Game Episode of España 2, she was a front runner and eliminated just before the Ball Episode which she would have slayed
These are my guesses before the video starts Ongina Max Acid Betty Mimi Imfurst Jessica Wild Stacey Lane Matthews If Lip Syncs For The Crown Count... Shea Coulée?? Rosé?? Asia O'Hara??
As someone just watching season 8 for the first time (spoiled obvi) I didn’t see acid Betty as a front runner. She had a couple amazing and creative runway looks but I think the judges all saw through it. CHARISMA the first letter and she skipped it
I was rooting for Rose in s13, but I knew she wouldn’t win because for some reason and I still don’t get it, people love Gottmik and Symone, but I unfortunately find them reaaaally boring
The way they eliminated Keta Minaj on drag race Holland when she was the frontrunner, had 3 wins under her belt and never placed below safe before that point ; the fact that she was sent home by Vivaldi, who cheated by bringing a phone into the competition, is even more infuriating
I'll literally never get over the clear favoritism there. It was obvious they wanted Vanessa to win, people would KILL for a Vanessa Vs Vivaldi lip sync after their fight but if they did that then Vanessa would go to the final 3 with a worse track record than Keta Minaj and My Little Puny, and this would have to be the one eliminated. So it really sucks that they honestly kept Vivaldi just to get the biggest threat to Vanessa out of the way and then eliminate her for having the worse track record. It's even more nonsensical that 1. Vivaldi was hiding a phone from production and 2. Ivy was literally told she won a lip sync but had to go because The Countess had a better track record, then a mere couple episodes later suddenly that's not the case anymore 🙄. glad Holland may be cancelled just for pulling that shit
Ok but how is bringing a phone "cheating"? I know it's against production rules but what advantage does it bring at all?
@@LightestKing this season had too much bullshit even for drag race
@@theBGCsatire the mental improvement it can give the contestants by being able to talk to their families and friends. One of the biggest challenges with drag race is the isolation within the hotel rooms. Also if a contestant has a phone, they can leak what goes on in the competition
@@willardmettlachson 1) I have dyslexia and I totally thought you were Willam replying to me. 2) I never thought about the mental part... Fair enough
Me on my deathbed: max did not deserve that
My grandkids: grandma it’s been 80 years get over it
No one is talking about Awhora on UK2 having an immaculate track record (I think the best by that point), being part of the united kingdolls with all the other members still being on the competition, having an attitude growth throughout the season, having an amazing storyline in the prior episode winning the challenge using the singular makeup of her nemesis who was eliminated in that same episode. But they still wanted Ellie Diamond in the finale..
I don't understand their obsession with Ellie that season, she's a great queen don't get me wrong, but in UK2 asides from good looks she gave nothing 😭
although sometimes production riggery DOES work. bc Ellie was fairly safe and Awhora was fairly in the bottom... but it just felt wrong lmao. and i LOVE Ellie and her style
Ellie was so mediocre 😬
I'm pretty sure that Awhora being in the bottom in that episode had less to do with Ellie but more with the cheap shock value of having her best friend eliminating her from the competition right before the final 4.
Awhora should've won that season. Hands down. She brought exceptional looks, surprisingly funny moment in other challenges. But still couldnt snag the finale let alone the crown.
Lawrence and Ellie? Have accents.
Surprised Jessica Wild isn’t on this list she never placed below safe before her elimination
She's just that good
Yep! She killed the whole season! I was so upset when she was sent home
she did amazing, but she didn't have a win until the episode before she went home. so i wouldn't say she was a full FRONTRUNNER.
@@cm2402 I disagree. She was in 7 episodes. One was a bottom (when she was eliminated,) two were safe, three were in the top, and one was a win. She is one of the best performing queens to ever be on the show. Not only a front runner of her season, but also of the entire cast from the entire series. Tyra was the only one in S2 that had a better track record than Jessica Wilde.
Jessica Wild a frontrunner? Oh ok sweetie, lets not get CRAZY
Acid Betty needs a redemption arc, that’s on interior illusions lounge.
unless I'm missing some kinda joke here, no she doesn't. she's bitter and mean
@@luckas221a this opinion is so tired
@@luckas221a 🙄
ikr she deserves so much more. but i doubt she will be back
@@luckas221a you clearly miss many things. the edut she got was horrible. most queens said that she was one of the most sweet people in the competition. if she never said that thing about trixies makeup she would have never gotten the edit. she has also done incredible humanitarian actions outside of the show. donating to charities and supporting and promoting humanitarian organisations before it even necame mainstream lol. and also she visited cynthia while she was in cancer treatment
Honourable mention: Kennedy Davenport was cut with the second best track record (but not via lip sync so i get why she's not on the list)
I think she actually had the third best TR, but yes. She should have been in the finale instead of Pearl.
i think after Rupaul saw this ugly asss Rainbow dress then he kicked her immediately 🤣
@@ethanbrown6188 14:05 Kennedy had the second best track record
@@Max-oi4it you're right! I looked on the progress chart and it looked like violet had a better TR than Kennedy, but I guess not.
and i hate that Kennedy was eliminated just because. like she did so much better than pearl in the competition
Ongina (on her season), Rose and Miz Cracker was very UNDERREATED by production.
They were the front runners since the beginning, we could see their professionalism and their skills working so hard
i'm glad that you don't need to live every single day knowing the front runners eliminations on Drag Race Holland
They literally did that for nooo reason omg, I hate that you made me think about this again
@@mulberriespiss9212 agree. A trauma
I watched Holland S2 this year only and I already knew Keta's elimination, even so it still traumatized me lol. I was always thinking "Keta probably did bad in one challenge and lost the lip sync fairly, but the fans liked her so they went insane" and that was not the case at all, I cannot believe how much they pushed Vivaldi when she even BROKE THE RULES.
I love how they say "Shea was the best competitor at that point" and then immediately after we see the table showing that she and Sasha were tied.
kinda spected to see lineysha here, she deserves more appreciation
Missed the brief
I’d love to see a video going over all the nonsense that happens in the Makeover challenges. The bullshit critiques and the nonsense placements.
If that does happen I'm calling that Joselyn Foxx's makeover and Monet winning AS4's makeover are gonna be big discussions in that video
seeing the perfect gradient of colors in 9:43 is *chef's kiss*
I'll say it. Ginger on All Stars 2. She was a super talented queen and the season wanted nothing to do with her. She was one of the best on a challenge where everyone was amazing (except Alaska). Her runways should not have eliminated her. That's ridiculous. Katya did her best WITH the role. Alaska did bad DESPITE her role. Alaska should have gone home, production be damned.
I would argue that Jaremi (Phi Phi) should have been in the top that week. I don't understand using the runway as the metric of putting people in the bottom if we're not going to do the same for the top 2
@@shinokyouku they just use certain runways as a reason to push their chosen narrative for whatever story line fits better that episode. as entertaining as drag race is, the heavy production can definitely ruin the authenticity of it all. it issss what it isssss
That entire challenge was trash. How can you judge them on a pre written script for a rusical?
@@shinokyouku as soon as Jaremi walked out in that amazing future of drag runway, he should have been in the top. That was amazing! Also Ginger 100% was productions trash queen. That whole season looking back, pisses me off because of production clearly wanting to make it a season 5.2 and I honestly don't get the hype from everyone saying it's the "best season."
Sure, because Detox or Alyssa would have eliminated Alaska... What world do you live in?
Widow Von Du and Nina Bon B. deserve mentions too, such talented, creative performers and both won early on
I think is because they weren't frontrunners anymore by the point they were eliminated.
They were early frontrunners but kinda got lost in the herd by the time of their eliminations
@@styles2535 yes like the vixen and utica both started strong and then felt hard
I think you missed the brief
Ongina was the original robbed queen. I see no lies.
I really need Acid Betty to come back for an all stars season. Her shock drag is just too good.
Bob won the ruco empire challenge because she was BY FAR the funniest one, thorgy was really good, but Bob was EVERYTHINGGGGGG
but by that logic Alexis Michelle should have won the Kardashian Rusical in S9. If runways didn't matter..
@@gerison320yeah but Starlet, runway shouldn’t be 50% of the mark. Otherwise runway would be able to inherently make a queen who completely failed a challenge be in the top bc she had the best look of the night. If runways are going to influence a win, it should only matter for, say, 25% and 25% shouldn’t decide that a queen doesn’t win a challenge she absolutely obliterated just bc her runway look wasn’t the strongest.
This probably says more about me than anything else, but despite everything the edit did to make Rose unrelatable, she's one of the queens I have related to the most in any recent season.
Then again, I felt the same way about Ella Vaday so maybe its just something about the archetype.
Same, I just relate to a hard working musical theatre bitch xD
Rosé gave me sharpay Evans type of overconfident theatre kid
i think it's because ru can't relate to this type of queens
i mean the only winner that is theater related is jinkx (if i'm not mistaken)
and i feel those queens that are portrayed as unrelatable are the queens ru doesn't establish a connection with (max, rose, ella, bendela on s06, courtney act, etc)
I feel like Lady Boom B and Kimmy landing in the btm2 being front runners would have been equivalent to Kandy and Gottmik landing in the btm2 on the discomentary episode if they didnt want to carry Mik all thway, in that universe, Mik would have been our Lady Boom B
But neither kandy or gittmik were frontrunners at that point
Rupaula Nicole saying in Down Under s2 that the makeover challenge is her favorite challenge scares me
Because she can rig it like there's no tomorrow 💀
If we're gonna talk about Rosé I think we should also talk about Kitty Scott-Claus but more so Ella Vaday. They finally realized these twos talents after realizing their picks for the top Krystal and Scarlett weren't doing as well and Victoria went home. Ella earned 4 wins and Kitty was even included in one that genuinely felt like the moment we knew the crown was between one of them. I honestly thought they were gonna eliminate Krystal in the final episode and have a top two between them or, if anything to have a way different winner from the year before, a top2 lip sync between Ella and Krystal with Ella obviously winning. But the moment they both lost to Krystal it was such a shock, I didn't think someone who fizzled out, as much as she was painted to us to have, would win over the the only two queens on UK to never be negatively critiqued by Ru. it's even weirder to me that winning the final lip sync didn't matter for Trixie or Jinkx (Jinkx's win I do agree with, Trixie's however I do not) or ironically enough even Lawrence Chaney (I am glad though that Lawrence won she was on par with the other two almost all of her season)
When I was watching Ella bomb the final lip sync, I was thinking "Kitty has this in the bag" and to my shock Kitty lost too 💀
@@spawn3721 uh huh, tbh I was still expecting Ella to win, I mean Lawrence was the worst in "I'm Still Standing" but still won pretty fairly. Kitty was the underdog out of the two and considering how Ru was dying at every face and movement she made I would've loved to see her get crowned too. But then they pick..... KRYSTAL??? it was just such a shock, I mean RuPaul practically disowned Krystal right after she opened her mouth in the roast 💀
good name
I always think about how Mimi was actually doing very well until her elimination 😂 I want her on all stars no shade
are you the reason mimi imfurst was number 3rd in the voting?
I dont think there's been a single makeover challenge where there was a definitive winner. It's either a toss up between 2 or 3 queens or blantantly wrong
In regular seasons, I think Manila and Naomi were pretty obviously the best. In AS2 Katya and Detox and in AS4 Naomi again. For international seasons Envy in Holland 1, Carmen in ES1, Kita in Down Under 1 and Farida in Italia
(not trying to invalidate your point, it's only like 10% where the winner felt CORRECT)
I remember Ivy's elimination and I remember the episode, but for some reason I can never remember the lip sync song and most of that lip sync in general. I just remember that Ivy stayed in one spot and Alyssa moved around the stage.
Ongina’s elimination episode was the first episode of Drag Race I ever saw. I was flicking through the channels late at night & stumbled upon this bizarre low budget drag themed spoof of ANTM hosted by RuPaul & it felt like a fever dream. When she lipsynced against Bebe, I was convinced Ongina was going to win. BeBe was so over the top, when she started taking her clothes & her wig off I laughed because it seemed so desperate & ridiculous & I’d never even seen the show before.
Astina in UK2 has a track record of Win, Safe, Elim. Also even though I don't agree with all the judging on that season I do think her bottom two placement was fair and that she legitimately lost the lip sync to Tia (though it was close).
i would have put ginny in the bottom over Tia, though, so that’s where a lot
of frustration comes from, i think
@@jona9763 Oh yeah forgot about that. Ginny kind of got a pass from the judges that episode but also idk it would have been awful for her to go home so early.
See I think Ginny did worse than both Asttina and Tia when it came to the looks they made, and they both would’ve sent her packing
Yeah I really wanted Astina to say because she is soooo good. But the only other person I could have seen in the bottom was Ginny, but she kind of had to get a pass that episode or it would have made Ru look terrible. Like imagine Ru going "Hey I know you don't do sexy but you totally should embrass your sexy" then judging comes around and she basically goes "Wow you really don't work doing sexy, you should have been better at being sexy. ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶d̶i̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶o̶l̶d̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶t̶o̶ So you are in the bottom 2. " It basically would have been a PR disaster.
I completely disagree with the losing the lip sync part, Astina did great and Tia was a queen doing movements, other than the knee drop it was very underwhelming. I can't even say Tia was giving emotion because it was like Trinity The Tuck lip syncing, it's not emotion so much as it's just how their faces look when lip syncing.
the first person to come to mind is MAX, i am absolutly convinced she would win season 7 easily
i feel like people saying that shea was SO CLOSE to being the winner, when she would've had to lipsync against peppermint aswell if she would win against sasha. peppermint is such a good lipsyncer and it's kinda underappreciating her by saying that shea would've been the winner just by beating sasha
Can you do a video on the most slept on Queens? I am sure the list would only feature Denali since she was constantly slept on during her season. The looks were always right, she had lip syncs choreographed, and was charismatic af. I bet she will be on All Stars with Rose for that best friend storyline.
i sincerely could not imagine caring THIS much about a show where one of the challenges last season was acting in a soap opera about farts
You should do an update of your “do queens perform better on standard seasons or all stars?” Looking at AS5,6&7.
Acid Betty is a queen i don't hear people talk about often and its almost like people forget how good she actually did. Track record of course isn't the only reason she was "good" she also brought looots of drama and side eye too which is great tv
It's interesting that so many of these are my favorites or Drag Queens that I liked the most on that season
I’m convinced US drag race have just completely got rid of storylines now…. Their seems to be absolutely none of the queens get anymore or real stories
Will you ever review DR Italy? it's one the the most overlooked season, but i think it deserves a bit of spotlight for once
I was so sad when Lady Boom Boom went out. She should have been in the top 4. 😢
ive commented that often on your vids but let me feed the algorithm gods again, and also, let it be said again : you're spot on, like always. i cant really afford patreon atm, but ill give you all the likes and comments i can
I only thought Rosé could win because I’m a hardcore Rosé stan, but I knew in a lsftc it wouldn’t happen
I hope you make a part 2 to this video but for the international seasons, even if you didn’t watch the whole season you could still get a feel of what happened or have your patrons discuss for you?
from España, Hugaceo Crujiente on S1 and Onyx on S2. so sad they didn’t let such talents being on the finale
Onyx is fucking amazing! I was really shocked to see her going home so early in the season
Agreed but Hugaceo Crujiente was starting to falter before her elimination so it's kinda fair she went home. She started doing horrible after her win in Episode 1, so it was sad to see her go.
Acid Betty needs to come back! She really needs a redemption, I couldn't believe it when she got eliminated
I do think Bebe did better than Ongina in that lip sync but was very even.
You should do an international version of this! Both seasons of Holland, Canda 1, Thailand 2, and so many more have shining examples
Por favor tienes que hacer riggory de Canadá season 3 y season 2 😭😭😭
Onyx was a front-runner and was out early
I didn't watch drag race espana season 2 but I do think Onyx slayed the challenges.
I only saw her runways and I was Gagged as heck.
Edit: Saw Her TR and I was wrong
How do you think she slayed the challenges if you never even watched it...
She stunisha'd episode one. Probably the best episode one of any queen in the entire show. Unfortunately, it really was a Heroes season 1 situation. She may have killed the runway of episode 2 but after that it was a bit one note. She set expectations too high with episode 1 lol.
just slayed first episode, then safe and low twice, and then eliminated
She was there 5 episodes, 3 of them in the bottom, not a front runner
@@alainaguillon8947 people see her as a front runner tho, in the Talent Show she didn't deserved the low placement and the Rusical was bc she got a filler roll
Acid Betty really was STRONG on RPDR Season 8.... Would have loved to see her stay because she would have rocked The Little Women Challenge and the Book Ball..... and she would be just fine at The Shady Politics Challenge too.
Acid was also:
* A Strong Dancer
*Built Solid Characters in Acting Challenges
*Could actually Skate on Roller Skate
*Cracked a Mean Bullshit
*Did NOT wear a Kimono on Runway lol
Like Ivy Winters Acid is an Immensely Multi Talented Artist.
Unlike Ivy Acid is often considered a BITCH by so many in the fandom.
Also like Ivy Acid doesn't seem to be doing much of anything with Drag these days which is sad.
Wait, Awhora? lady boom boom? Keta?
at the start of the video he says that hes doing regular us seasons only (for now)
the dumbness
Maybe actually listen to what he says hm
@@robinvannoortwijk631 no need to get all riled up missy, not that deep, i got it after one comment, stop being unnecessary
Queen awhora yes but have no idea who the others are chii
Only thing I disagree with, Katya and Trixie were never really pushed in season 7 as Pearl and Fame are the chose ones for this (I will agree that they did get pushed in their all stars season)
Viñas Deluxe of Drag Race PH should now be added to this list. Her elimination was really undeserved
What about Jessica Wild on S2?
I would like a video discussing frontrunners eliminated in all stars and vs the world seasons !!!
Totally unrelated but I don’t get the “drag race over saturation” thing because why wouldn’t other countries have a drag race? Other countries have “American” idol and Xfactors and “____’s Got Talent”. I’m glad that the girls that can’t get on American drag race have a show for them and the show is for the people in the respective countries for them to watch without having a vpn or wow+ subscription lol.
thank you for the video
Imo Ongina 100% lost that lip sync but k
i love when front runners get eliminated. you did poorly, you go home. even if it's your first time doing poorly. that's how competitions are supposed to be!!!!!!!!!! im never going to stop praising sasha's win because she genuinely won the final lip sync! so what if shae did better prior to that? she should have confirmed her favoritism during the final, that's what the final is for. which is also why i'm always going to criticize jinkx winning as7 all the same. she did great during the season and that's undeniable, but she did absolutely NOT live up to that during that final, which makes her winning unfair do the people who did better than her at that particular challenge.
I disagree . I hate when a front runner gets eliminated. What’s the point in trying to win challenges when a bottom queen can just lip sync or skate her way to the finale. Bring back S1 through S8 format
Justice for Anita Wigl'it for Down Under S1. After her elimination the ep after THAT Snatch Game where she was the clear frontrunner I mostly stopped watching.......and I think that was the correct choice.
Miz Cracker elimination was the reason I started watching spoilers cause. I was so heartbroken watching kameron with 1 win also and 3 bottoms in a row. I was so upset. I didn’t wanna get my hopes up for a fav going home since then.
The editors did Max so dirty.
worst case is Keta Minaj's
What's the dark horse edit.
My guess is that Shangela's elimination on All Stars 3 doesn't qualify because that could have been number one if it did
It’s BS that they gave Bob the RuCo’s Empire win despite having a worst runway look Thorgy but in S9, they deny Alexis the Rusical win because of her runway
Acid Betty wasn’t even doing that great. Y’all just had crazy high expectations for her and she never delivered.
IF Acid Betty did come back for an All Stars season it would be a hard run for here.... she... is not a comedy queen.... and she is LOGO season 8 meaning that the VH-1 producers will probably not know what to do with her storyline wise. Idk it is a shame. talented drag artists can still flop on Drag Race.
I want to see an asexual queen. I don't think there has been a queen who has told a story about that.
Probably because that's a term to describe beings that can reproduce with themselves... Not some cool identity to play with.
@@theBGCsatire asexual also is: Asexual is the lack of sexual attraction to others, or a low interest in sexual activity. Some people consider asexuality to be their sexual orientation, and others describe it as an absence of sexual orientation.
The above comment is why a queen who is could be helpful.
@@theBGCsatire you're kidding right? you're choosing to be dense?
@@skyco5395 nope. Let's stop obsessing about who the queens want to have sex with and focus on their talent 🙄
taking her wig off aside, BeBe still did better in that lipsync. I rlly wish Ongina could’ve stayed, but as RuPaul said, BeBe outshined Ongina in that performance
Kimonogate is so funny omg
oh i knew this was gonna be about ongina..im still not over it ;-;
dondé está la paper cut?
Nina’s Win in episode 1 lady Gaga then Nina literally going down hill on episode 9 when she was eliminated
I knew season 3 of drag race was rigged when boom boom went home. Love jaida and no shade, but because she was a story teller, they couldn’t eliminate her or the narrative would shift
Season 3 was most least rigged season. It’s one of the hardest seasons of the show 💀
@@Khryssi05 They mean Canada not regular
@@tatiannay2k thank you for the clarification because I was about to say😂😂
@@Khryssi05 no worries lol
I love Boom Boom, but her snatch game made me wanna turn the episode off and Kimmy destroyed her
Can we add Lady Camden?
You should do all stars!
surprised astinna isn't here
Awhora...Jimbo...Boom Boom :-(
If you do the all stars video here are some queens that would probably make the list:
Yarlexis (AS1)
Shannel when she was not chosen for top 2 with chad in the final (AS1)
Phi Phi O’Hara even though she was bottom 3 first episode but she started have a slow climb to the top but then got elimated by alyssa and tatianna (AS2)
Tatianna she was in the top 2 both times before getting elimated by alaska (AS2)
Thorgy Thor placed high the first episode but then was elimated because priduction screwed her over (AS3)
Bendelacreme she did eliminate herself but she was clearly the front runner (AS3)
Shangela had the best track record of the top 4 but the jury twist screwed her over (AS3)
Manila Luzon was the front runner up until naomi elimated her (AS4)
Mo Heart had the second best track record of the top 4 but wasnt chosen for top 2 (AS4)
Silky Nutmeg Ganache (if we include the lip sync smackdown) she won every round but lost the very last one to eureka (AS6)
Jimbo was top 2 both episodes until she got elimated in the third episode (UKvsTW)
Pangina placed either high or in the top 2 until getting elimated by blu (UKvsTW)
I think Willam could also be on the list
Canada s3 literally used ✨RACE CARD✨ for Jaida. She's good, but she isn't a top worthy. It is obvious that producers are being organ donor for her. Imagine, Fierce being the front runner with Giselle only placed 3rd/4th. Its a big disappointment
I'd add Nina West
Thought this was supposed to be ten eliminated front runners, not unwarned spoilers on a recently season of Canada's Dragrace, ffs.
Now that Nymphia won hopefully drag race will not overlook Asian or Hispanic queens, but sadly with Nymphia still being under appreciated on the season itself I don’t think.
I won't consider them eliminated if they reached top 4? Talking abt Rosé and Shea, they lose their lipsync
MAX?? Shady edit? Yes. - BUT, Max was absolutely terrible at Snatch Game & terrible yet again on the lip sync.
Jimbo and Pangina
I understand why she's not here given how she was eliminated, but Willam could be on the list
It's really hard to understand what you're saying because you're not annunciating your words clearly.
Onyx didn’t deserve to be in the bottom 2 on the Snatch Game Episode of España 2, she was a front runner and eliminated just before the Ball Episode which she would have slayed
Miz Crackers elimination always annoys me on the rewatch :(
Season 13 is thw worst season ever, the winner/looser circle was trash, and the way they push queens to be in the top, aka Kandy
Acid Betty dogged Trixie. Wow’s prize. Lmao if fans liked her. Afraid they would follow Acid in the hate. 😂
These are my guesses before the video starts
Ongina
Max
Acid Betty
Mimi Imfurst
Jessica Wild
Stacey Lane Matthews
If Lip Syncs For The Crown Count...
Shea Coulée??
Rosé??
Asia O'Hara??
As someone just watching season 8 for the first time (spoiled obvi) I didn’t see acid Betty as a front runner. She had a couple amazing and creative runway looks but I think the judges all saw through it. CHARISMA the first letter and she skipped it
"She's just UNT"
Wait Courtney had the second best track record two wins and no bottoms?
I was rooting for Rose in s13, but I knew she wouldn’t win because for some reason and I still don’t get it, people love Gottmik and Symone, but I unfortunately find them reaaaally boring
Hated Acid betty, well still hate her now 👋🏻
Ongina is our true winner!!
You forgot Astina
IVVYYYYYY WINTUUUURRRRRRSSSSSS
I absolutely love max, max deserved so much better, and I think that max beat jaidynn
Manila….