10 Queens Who REVOLUTIONIZED Drag Race
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wait- did you film this in the workroom?
yes
@@RunnerEye So kind of you to let Ru use your studio as the werkroom of her small show. #SupportLocalQueens ❤
@@GageranadaBombardaIM HOWLING LMAO 😂😂😂😂
@@RunnerEye u ate on this video. keep it up king ur doing great
He also filmed the Patreon ad on the real Club Penguin Island
katya was the first queen to ever change for the lip sinc! because of her latex outfit in AS2
I’m glad someone mentioned this!!!
Wasn't Mimi Imfurst in AS1?
It's giving GAY watch mojo and i'm here for it
Better than ms mojo, I hate the way they edit the clips and I don’t care for her voice lmao
@@Toshiboyai true
But like good tho
WatchHomo? 🤔
Should’ve called it watchhomo lmaoooo
I actually loved how RuPaul hyped everyone up during the live singing challenge in season 2, didn't matter how bad they were, that was low-key wholesome
Honestly, though suggested as to be low, bottom without immunity, Tyra killed the rocker challenge. Like that was one of the most entertaining, idgaf performances of that challenge and I lived for it
Not to mention that Henry Rollins was a great guest judge!
@@AcetylCoA605i loved Tyras Performance
@@AcetylCoA605Exactly. Idgaf if they’re bad at singing because not all drag queens sing. She PERFORMED and I wouldn’t have even put her Low regardless of immunity
@@AcetylCoA605singing was bad, dancing was GREAT
bob was the first to do two characters for snatch game, a real queen for the people
And then it was obligatory on all winners, and I think Canada vs the world if I remember correctly
our queen for the peehole😍🙏‼️
TRUE!!!
You beat me to the punch!!!!! Lol, Bob killed both impersonations
I love how they weren’t even related in anyway she just couldn’t decide who she wanted to do 😂 Bob is the best in the game
first queen who ever touched a book - serena CHACHA❤️
successor - sasha VELOUR❤️
Donatella VERSACE💜
💜
She read with Ellie and
MASON 💜
Dont try it lil boy
I love it when RuPaul doesn't laugh, she just SCREAMS
just like me fr
truly
Rupaul SCREAMS 💜
Valentina didn’t just revolutionize Drag Race, she revolutionized an entire global phenomenon of mask wearing!
then you might say, Rupaul revolutionized not wearing masks 💀
she wanted to protect everyone, including her abuela, her nana, bianca del rio.
@@alejandrodali-novara6478and her tia
@@alejandrodali-novara6478 "Your little lungs, Nana!" One of the Top 5 Pit Stops of all time.
“I’d like to keep it on please”
Surprised you didn’t mention how Willam’s shenanigans and rule breaking led to the doors getting sealed and around the clock people watching em
real 😭
isnt she also the reason why production treats the queens better than they used to?
I dont think thats entirely true. Theres wayyyy too much favouritism that goes on and shadyness which is juet bullshit. Like all stars 8 the production were showing blatant favouritism @andreyalol5931
@@J3nnyDBD trueeee
I know most people didnt watch drag race Mexico but Gala Varo who was wearing a bald cap for her runway look, landed in the bottom and in the lipsync tore her bald cap to reveal a wig 😂
Matraka was all the rage in that season and rightfully so, but honestly Gala had some smart moves too! I liked her, I hope she's really in Global as the rumors say :)c
Wow! 😊
I am screaming
I didn’t watch Mexico but I was just saying today how much I love her while watching Global All Stars, I might have to go back and watch
That’s amazing i love that
you showed a clip but violet HAS to be mentioned for her fall runway reveal, i mean there's been a reveal category for multiple seasons now
i saw that outside drag race before i came out it's that iconic
@@ames_elaine I remember seeing three things from drag race before even knowing what drag race even was:
1. Violet Chachki Fall Runway Reveal
2. Laganja's iconic entrance
3. Alyssa Edwards "is she country enough?"
Agree tear away/reveal was a thing way before the show but aside from that… show wise… Roxxxy wig reveal opened the doors for all reveals
@davidkonevky7372 My three things were
1) Violet’s reveal as a Vine
2) “This is not RuPaul’s Best Friend Race”
3) A little bit of the LaGanga fight
That clip is actually what got me watching drag race
I cannot believe you forgot to mention Victoria Porkchop Parker, first queen to ever be eliminated. So many queens after her have since been eliminated thanks to her iconic run on the show!
this comment should have a million likes LMAO 🤣🤣🤣
Morgan and Mystique revolutionized the importance of UNTUCKED
They are the REASON that if you're not watching untucked you're only getting half the story!!!
How could you forget Gia Gunn? The doors she's opened...
Real, it’s wild that being trans excluded someone from competition to begin with but she definitely deserves the recognition
@@atlasssss6471but she wasn't the first nor was she the most vocal about it at the time.
The only thing she was on her seasons was annoying and a cunt😅
Absolutelyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@@atlasssss6471Carmen Carrera protested first against RuPaul and all production...
@@AuraMilenariaZX thanks for letting me know also the first trans queen was Kylie Sonique Love I believe, when I tell you the moment I realised I’d fallen for a lie the embarrassment I have felt since
I would say that Naomi was the reason that all stars changed the format to group voting after pulling manilas lipstick
💄 Life's not fair 💄
Yeah she chopped a frontrunner who may have won the season. Naomi didn’t have a chance in hell of winning.
@@taintedlife2618life is not fairrrrrr
They should’ve learned that in AS2 after Roxxxy was in the bottom every single episode except the first one. 😭
If I'm not mistaken, Shangela wrote a lipstick message in the mirror because she wanted to say goodbye to Sahara Davenport and other queens before going away, but production didn't allow.
Roxxxy also revolutionized All Stars deliberations.
The 1st Episode of All Stars 2, Roxxxy & Tatianna were the Top 2, and went back to the werkroom to talk. While Tatianna had already made up her mind (not surprising considering they weren’t asked to discuss their choices), Roxxxy pulled Adore aside to ask how she’s feeling, etc. This discussion was filmed and the next episode immediately became mandatory as Katya & Alaska talked with the Bottom Queens of the week.
But it was Roxxxy & not the producers who came up with the idea of talking to the Bottom Queens for input as to who to choose.
Yes!!! I always think about iconic moments from queens who didn’t win their seasons and Roxxxy is a very underrated one. She had a huge impact on regular seasons & all stars
Ripping off a wig…to have the same wig under will always be my favorite, it’s just TOO god Damn funny😭👏🏼
IM SORRY BUT "ugh Ru never" WAS HILARIOUS
the “can I get a gay man” in the roast was also so good
It’s my daily monologue now it’s so hilarious
But- uh, yeah
I say this all the time 😂😂
that scene or Jinkx being congratulated by Roxxxy always kills me. Roxxxy was just there for a good time
And Alaska totally not having it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lady Gaga was the first judge that wanted to chat backstage with the Queens. The producers said NO but they couldn’t stop her. Now, it’s like an expectation. Some of the best ideas on this show didn’t even come from the shows creative team. 😂
Serena Chacha - the First Queen who reads books, the First Drag Scholar
Scholar of the first read
Marcia x3 changed the game by being our first bare faced queen.
Im sure in her attic, theres a portait of her in full makeup.
Please excuse my ignorance. Is that a Dorian Grey reference?
@@chrisz7494 it sure is
Your mind
Shangela already did that in season 2.
didn't trixie do that first?
Jujube being plastered for that black velvet lip sync worked so damn well
SASHA! She literally made every single queen after her worry more about a reveal than the actual lipsync delivery when it came to the finale. However, she was just trying to add to her own performance, which made her win the crown fair and square. Plus the fact that nobody saw it coming! But nowadays, every girl pulls up to the finale stage with a 6ft tall wig or in a huge ass box to conceal a reveal that's just for shock factor.
i know right, hers was iconic because of perfect timing and interpretation! the smart idea just added to it and made it stand out, but queens using the concept way too often miss the point :C
I will never forget Season 7 Snatch Game with Kennedy as Little Richard and Ginger as Adele, truly iconic stuff.
The best snatch game so far (im currently starting season 12)
Ginger is a genius!
“My house” lives rent free in my head. I’m dying for the day I can use it myself.
The lack of Derrick Barry in this video has disturbed me
Keep your kinks to yourself
Nobody was kill3d in this video?
What did she do tho
derrick needs her own video bc that roast rant is my everything
Hey Derrick~
Shangela legiterally changed the game. I’ve watched from the beginning, but the lipstick message is such a big part of the show that my brain has manufactured memories of s1 queens reading lipstick mirror messages. It is such an integral part of the show that my brain is just refusing to acknowledge it was ever missing!
It's the Shandela Effect
I would love to confirm that I’m a vixen bot & immediately voted for her the minute votes opened 🥴
Your campaign for one Vixillion votes has not gone unappreciated
And to be fair - she was one of the girls that did kinda deserve the title. She was said to help others on set and the actual interactions of her with other cast members we have seen were really nice. And she was also voted during queen's choice.
@jennifermolinary I honestly don't think there were "vixen bots" but people that was really mad with the way the vixen was portrayed on the show, she really said some truths, on how she was being shown as the "angry black guy" going after the "fragile white guy" Aquaria. I remember on the reunion Rupola got really mad at Asia when she tried to defend the vixen, I'm not saying the vixen was a poor victim, but she made some comments that were real and connected with people
the scene of jinkx winning and alaska's "I'm so happy for you" while having a meltdown will never not crack me up 😂
I would love for a queens entrance for her to just walk straight in and take a seat without saying a word
I also would like to mention queens like Raja who decided not to wear a chest plate. The beginning of the show queens were expected to wear a chest plate and also have a high pitched voice. Drag race has come so far. And also “let the best DRAG QUEEN win” vs “woman win” 🏆
Ru did sometimes say "let the best woman win" in the current season tho.
pretty sure we can thank gottmik for that one ❤
Remember when they used to say “ooooooooh girl, you got she-male!” 😂
It's crazy watching the first few seasons and seeing queens be criticised for "looking like men in dresses" or not being feminine enough
when milk dressed up as the six flags guy for the rupaul outfits challenge I sat my white ass down and LISTENED
Willam change the way production handles the queen outside the competition
wait what did he do again i forgot
@@arjunaramph. Willam snuck their spouse into their hotel room, which became the official reason why she was disqualified.
@@grecomicEdited coz apparently the reason I was told Willam left was also inaccurate. But yeah not the husband thing.
Morgan McMichaels and Kylie Sonique Love and to a lesser extent Bebe and Ongina for creating such good close lipsyncs that double shantays were introduced.
love how season 16 immediately broke the 1 cocktail and no immunity changes lol
Melinda Verga revolutionised drag race after winning Canada VS The Universe Season 16 because she did gravity defying moves, winning against Jujubee despite Juju having 691 wins and Melinda being in the BTM2 every episode. So sad Michelle had a heart attack that day :( 🕊️🕊️
It's ok bc Melinda had 701 challange wins (counting Mini challnages and stars and lipsync wins) ❤
In a Vivienne Westwood Outfit
@@sito7186 hand designed by Vivienne, herself, who came back to life just to design for Melinda, as well. Truly a legendary moment.
@@Conifer_Cons and blue contacts
and even after acid betty had returned to punch michelle in the right tit as well
Violet chacki changing the game with her tartan reveal making 2 in one looks popularised
I would also add Bendela changed the game forever after eliminating hersef. Also Trixie and Katya elevated drag race to the mainstream. And Violet actually established a more polished fashion-oriented approach to the show
This. Very surprised this wasn’t mentioned. After Dela eliminated herself, rules changed regarding white nail polish and white out
I believe before Violet queens were heavily criticized for not using breastplates and after her it almost become the norm, up until recently it had a renaissance with Yara, Jessica, Jimbo and now Miss Meating, i don't like her very much but gotta give it to her for being a trendsetter
Drag Race was mainstream way before those two overrated hacks
@@PhoenixRoseYT agree and agreed!
@@user-mz2ne4yh2t Not so much breastplates as for not padding. There's a difference. Remember how tacky it seemed when India Ferrah kept wearing that big knockers breastplate and bragging that it cost her $600?
Not mentioning Willam is a crime! Loved the video, though.
tbh the thing about forcing queens to talk about the difficult parts of their personal lives no matter how personal is FUCKED UP and i will never forgive production for making Blair talk about her SA just because she "dressed childish/innocent", Ru pulling a whole Freud thing to "get to the bottom of why Blair dresses like this" as a way to force her to talk about her literal R*pe was disgusting. I don't have a whole lot of strong RPDR opinions but this is one.
I fully agree ! It’s emotional manipulation at its finest and every time they ask the final 4 queens what they would say to their younger selves I always ask myself “how the fuck would I react” and the answer is always “not well at all”. Having to talk about your childhood trauma without your consent or knowledge on a tv show is fucked up
I knew Roxxxy changed wig reveals completely, but i never knew it was because she was the first to have something underneath. That makes total sense in context now
naomi saying "its about time a big girl won" ahhahaha
I'd say Carmen getting them to change the Rumail notification was pretty revolutionary, since it's something featured in every single episode.
i still can’t get over #rupology
Season 5 was a wild time #thoseshouldersshouldmatchthemhips
Jinkx's scream being exactly like R2D2's death scream was fucking hilarious, brought me right back to my childhood playing that game with my mum ❤
Katya's latex look on AS2 introduced the idea of the winners changing outfits before the lip sync. In ep1, Tati and Roxxy wore their talent show outfits. On ep2, Katya changed out of her outfit and Alaska didn't. Now it's customary for queens to change into a dance costume when they lip sync for their legacies.
The R2D2 moment was gold. I love LEGO Star Wars.
waaaiitttt ive never seen that Jinkx and Roxxxy winner reaction thats so cuuuute
The jinx r2d2 edit 💀
I guffawed.
I’ve got two suggestions:
I think Tatianna in AS2 paved the way, then Aja in AS3 led to the explosion in performing original songs in the talent show (or even continuing the talent show challenge at all, since it was new at the time). Those acts not only go viral, songs also make BIG streaming money that the show can swoop in and take. It’s to the point where Sugar/Spice said somewhere that on their packing list production outright encourages queens to prepare a track for the talent show.
It’s too early to say if this will be a “trend”, but I felt something shift when Kitten and Nearah both did Jennifer Coolidge in the Snatch Game. Many queens have brought identical characters before and they basically play chicken until someone caves, but both of them refusing to back down and production allowing two identical characters was a first and I wonder whether it could keep happening.
Ru's reaction to Scarlet's snatch game... like girl be calm it was not that funny
they should still do a fan vote but for fan favorite. like what big brother does
I'm surprised Willam wasn't mentioned. There are so many rules that were either changed or made due to all the craziness that Willam caused on their season. They started taping doors, no "relationships" 😂 between staff and contestants, and many more. Hell, she's the only queen to be disqualified (i think) due to acting a fool. 😂
Thank you for bringing these up. Babies forget how the show has changed. It's because of our legendary queens of seasons past 🙌
I think Jiggly Caliente was the first queen to do an exit line.
Deuces!😂
I think the real queen who revolutionalized RPDR was Sharon Needles. I knew she's not the queen you want to talk to today but you cant deny that Sharon opened so many doors to drag queens who didn't follow a beauty standard of drag at that time.
You missed Charlie Hides and Valentina changing the finale format because they didn’t know how to lipsync and Ru couldn’t live with the idea of a queen not knowing how to lipsync and then winning 🤣
Bianca won her season and didn't lipsync once
@@Majorhavok89she did on episode 12
As a Vixen bot, it feels correct to be given some well-deserved recognition. 😌
From what we've seen about Bebes and Trixies friendship in the recent Pit Stop, I could imagine that Bebe chose Kennedy; afterall she had seen Kennedys quick decision for Milk. Plus, I think she might have thought more of within the show and not really about the wrath of the fans.
either way it's gaggy, the doors she opened 😔
I mean, its pretty clear that Bebe legit barely watches any more so maybe she doesn’t even KNOW about fan wrath lmao
@@agwarddd "who's ornacia, i don't know who that is?"
Yeah, I just don't get the reasoning that Bebe was afraid of Trixie stans. Like if she felt comfortable possibly eliminating her, why wouldn't she also feel comfortable with revealing the lip stick. She would have gotten way more shit for actually eliminating her if she won. (Little conspiracy theory, but maybe Bebe knew she wasn't going to win so she picked a lipstick at random and that's why she didn't reveal it.)
@@agwarddd Exactly
Really surprised to not see Willam on here... She famously was a massive rule breaker and as a result the queen's are on much stricter hotel lockdowns!
You forgot the most important of them all: GIA GUNN OPENED THE DOORS FOR TRANS PARTICIPANTS TO COMPETE ON ACTUAL SEASONS OF DRAG RACE
The doors she's opened 😍💋💅✨
You’re editing is some of the best I’ve ever seen. I died laughing when I saw the Lego Star Wars R2-D2 scream replace jynx’s scream 😂
19:18 the LEGO R2D2 scream is such an absurdly specific reference I love it.
“Hi @Runnereye, I played you on #DragRace during #SnatchGame.I want to RuPaulogize for not serving #RunnerEyeRealness. PS I'm a huge fan!”
Ring a bell?
Ornacia was the first and only queen to get a piggy back ride from a celebrity guest judge on screen.
The Queens have had more than one cocktail plenty of times since JuJubee. If you watch Roscoe's view parties, you would know that. The guests often talk about getting drunk - extra cocktails, hiding bottles, smoking weed & doing edibles while filming. On All Stars, Raja drank wine all day. Provided by production.
maybe now but in between season 3 and 2017, the queens were limited. This was verified by Raven who worked for WoW by that point. That DragCon clip in the video where Raven talked about it was in 2017 which is why i said 2017
Bob taking off her wig just to reveal the exact same wig will always be so iconic to me 😭💐💐💐
The way she RIPS her wig off KILLS ME it’s so damn funny
The title should had been " the 10 queens that opened doors on drag race"
The split second Lego star wars clip SENT ME. Teleported me all the way to Mars. 😂
TH-camrs who REVOLUTIONIZED Drag TH-cam
RunnerEye💯💯
Naomi’s winning line 😭😭 I love her
fuck that perez guy takes all the fun out of a finale
I got into punk and drag race at pretty much the exact same time and seeing Henry Rollins blew my MIND. his face in that challenge always gets me
I SCREAMED AT THE R2D2 CUTAWAY OH MY GOD INCREDIBLE
That was fun, I enjoyed your video, thanks 😊
Now I could be wrong, but did Roxxxy Andrews’ wig reveal just accidentally end up being iconic? Some queens especially back then stacked their wigs for more volume. Roxxxy knew the song was called “Whip My Hair” and if she whipped it the top one would go flying so she just took it off with style and Ru was gagged so hard she just went along with it. Maybe I’m wrong but it wouldn’t be the first or last time Roxxxy did something accidentally iconic.
Wait, cuz that actually would make a lot of sense and I never thought of it that way, changing history by accident purrr 😍
@@Lucas_TheUmbreon she’s really the queen of it our accidental icon ♥️
It totally does just look like one track of wig being peeled off the more you look at it
I lost my shit with this video THANK YOU VERY MUCH
You forgot to mention Katya from season 7 who single-handedly elevated the game by being the first hunty diva to werq it fiercely ont the show 💅🏻
Ohh there ain't no other way 💋💅❤✨
Jujubee going around to take everyone's drink is peak filipino behavior I love it so much
17:40 I actually genuinely voted for Vixen. Show was misrepresenting her and in interviews/leaks and rucaps we learned she was helping other girls on set. And she commonly had nice playful interactions with the cast. The real villain of that season was RuPaul and production and Vixen like a lot of girls on that season, deserved that title. Which - she did get voted as well when queens got the choice.
How would they have created the "what would u say to your younger self" segment for pearl when it would have been extremely hard for this show to get pictures from the queens considering some of them dont have relatives that have acces to their kid pictures
My bestie runnereye feeding us all today but mostly me who’s just trying to make it the end of my workday.
Me popping up every time runner eye posts a video
So the alcohol rule hasn't been a thing since they switched from cocktails to the house of love canned alcohol. A lot of times in untucked you'll see queens opening more than one can and just in season 16 One of the queen's literally said I'm going to have another drink.
Hi pierce, i’d love to see you look at the second out queens bc not many remember them
back when i had no idea they filmed multiple crownings, i was soo confused when i see the videos of the top 3 reacting to the winner announcement LOL but yeah it makes so much sense now :D
looking back after so many years, LaGanja's entry really does remain one of the or maybe even the most iconic entry EVER.... oh y'all wanted a twist? 👄
Why am I not subscribed yet? I have been binge watching your videos all day❤❤
It is a glowing tribute to you that I knew all this and really enjoyed the video anyway 😘
About limiting alcohol: in the most recent episode of untucked (season 16 episode 4) I'm pretty sure someone announces that they're getting another drink. And in recent seasons queens on tour or in interviews have talked about getting drunk in Untucked. So I think they may have loosened that rule!
As they should. The untuckeds have even so boring since season 6
Jujubee performing Black Velvet lives in my head rent free.
I actually voted for the vixen as Miss C back then because I felt she was unfairly demonised and genuinely liked her 🫣
Great vid 😘
That Lego R2-D2 clip placement was pure art my guy. Pure art.
Imagine a queen trolling and writing CONGRATULATIONS RAJA lol!
I love watching your videos! They always entertain me 💕
You forgot to mention Joey Jay being the first gay contestant in the show which still is revolutionary
Honestly, she is SO brave, and SUCH an inspiration 😍😍😍
One of the best Patreon promos I’ve ever seen
The Roxy Andrews performance still gives me chills hunny!!! I LIVE FOR IT BABY
This was excellent, mawma