@@everforward5561 that's why people Like Latrice and Ginger are more liked. They were versatile and showed big personality and were versatile. I legit watched one episode of season 11, saw Silky, ans was like "nope I'm out." and the lyp syncs I've seen from her are just sloppy and horrible. Can't believe she and not Vanjie was in the top 4
I totally agree. I get that when you’re bigger it’s harder to create clothing, but all the other big queens we’ve had in the past have proven that being big is not a disadvantage and that they can still turn the looks out.
@@Jynx9921 No me too, like it's one of the worst song for a lipsync, I honestly can't blame Nina and Silky for their horrible person because nobody except TKB and maybe Kameron could have survived this lipsync
@@idkGBT We both know they should have both gone home, but we know that they wanted Silky to have the end of her storyline. Silky's whole storyline, if you ignore the screwing with the competition, is honestly one of the best in all of reality TV in a meta perspective. Silky comes in as a fan favourite in the pre-season, and she immediately starts talking about how she'll be loved when she gets on the show, which makes people start to dislike her. As the season progresses and the fans start to dislike her more, she starts being more saved by the judging bumping her up 1 placement compared to where she actually should be, which just starts to infuriate the fans even more, while she continues to have her rivalry with Yvie where she says that everyone will side with her, while Yvie is the fan favourite. Everything culminates in Episode 11 where everything goes badly for her, and she isn't bumped up a placement. She fails in the lip sync, and then when Nina is sent home after the "Meh", she starts to realize that bullshit has kept her in as long as it has, and she starts to just give up, but production refuses to mercy kill her, so she has to mercy kill herself in the finale against Brooke. Even though I'm not a big fan of her, I want to see her return and NOT be favoured, because I want to see if she can improve both her skills (She is talented, even if she was hella saved multiple times on her season) and her perception from the audience. It would be a very interesting return.
I still honestly believe that if Ariel never fell, production would have kept her to fill in the “new” villain role and they would have knocked out Ra’jah in the Scarlet vs Ra’jah lip sync
Maybe they would even somehow keep Rajah, Scarlet and Ariel. Sadly I still think Scarlet would have been sent home at some point because of the more 'hero' like queens.
I think what he was trying to say was in these lip syncs the queens' respective overall performances in the competition didn't matter, but their performances in the actual lip syncs weren't necessarily disregarded
I think they mean that if a Valentina esc thing happened, they'd have to eliminate that queen, but if neither queen does awfully or amazingly then it will be determined by the storyline
My point of view: All Stars - made for Chad win All Stars 2 - made for Alaska win All Stars 3 - made for Shangela, but DeLa turned the game, then she goes home, and then Ru mess up and Trixie Win All Stars 4 - made for Manila, but life ain't fair
@@neiproductions303 All Stars 3 was clearly made for shangela, she got an undeserved high on ep 1 over BeBe and Trixie who could fill that top place better, she got the easiest role for the rusical, she was constantly getting passes on the judges
Also Cheryl Hole vs Baga Chipz on RPDRUK since Cheryl had been in the bottom frequently and it was also clear production were pushing Baga to the final
johnny baxter that episode always annoys me because Cheryl wouldn’t have been in the bottom if that challenge was earlier in the season or if her track record wasn’t so bad. Before the challenge even started it wouldn’t have mattered how Cheryl did, she had the worst track record and they were going to get rid of her regardless
I agree on this.. The lipsync song is a giveaway to Baga, an Amy Winehouse song.. Baga's first runway is an impersonation of Amy Winehouse... This is like Bob the Drag queen vs Derrick Berry lipsync in Season 8
@@aeron0828 Or Cheryl vs Blu with a Cheryl Cole song the week before? lol. Cheryl had her moment and the obvious win, now was Baga's turn and it was my fave lip sync of the season so I wasn't mad. lol at Cheryl discrimination, if she was truly discriminated against she would have been got rid of in the first few weeks when everyone disliked her, including the audience.
I always felt Pearl only won that lipsync for two reasons. Production knew Trixie would return later in the season and they were just trying to keep her from doing Anne Frank in the Snatch Game.
And because Pearl is beautiful out of drag and therefore popular amongst the fandom. Ru said that was the only reason she didn't scream at her to go home after she asked him "Do I have something on my face?"
They would never have let her do Anne frank even if she stayed. She did it for her audition tape but I remember her saying somewhere that they said she couldn’t do that on actual tv
Maybe Monét didn’t really do anything in the lipsync because they might have told her beforehand that Valentina was going to win. They probably wouldn’t though.
I guess I didn't look too much at the lip syncs like that before, but I'd still say Adore won both of hers fair and square, and Coco won the lip sync against Alyssa fair and square.
i think her performance was a bit desperate to be honest. she relied on reveals and glitter to mask her lack of lipsync skills. Rajah definitely dominated that song IMO (i said “i felt”)
i also believe that brooke lynn vs yvie is kinda pre-planed. They were the two biggest contenders at that point of the competition + they wouldn’t eliminate yvie cause storyline reasons. They both did amazing but it was obvious that both of them would stay
I think Alyssa VS Roxxxy could also fit in the storyline category. After Roxxxy's speaking up about being left in the bus stop Ru would never send any of them (especially Roxxxy) home, because that would kinda go against his "we as gay people we choose our own family" speech. And, as we know both Alyssa and Roxxxy will always put up a good fight, it didn't really matter if one of them would outshine the other.
i'm not saying your wrong, just that detox probably could have done more in that sort of song as opposed to her go to jaw wiggle the whole time. so maybe it would have been a closer call
@@ashishsingh4867 we are not talking about who the song favoured honey, we know it was in Jinx favor, I'm just saying that whatever the song could be jinx would have killed it anyways because she is too FIERCE, but thats just my opinion and I respect yours
New Lip Syncs where the queens performances didn’t matter: Brita vs Aiden (Aiden had already done poorly in the competition/Brita needed to send home Aiden to end their rivalry) Brita vs Heidi (Heidi had to send hole Brita, the villain of Season 12, to avenge Aiden, her small-town sister who had been mistreated by Brita/Brita’s 3rd time in the bottom) Heidi vs Jackie (Heidi did better IMO but Jackie had to stay for representation of being the first Iranian drag queen on RuPaul’s Drag Race) Heidi vs Jaida (This was Heidi’s 4th time in the bottom) Crystal vs Jackie (This was Jackie’s 3rd time in the bottom and had a worse track record than the other four queens. Therefore, she wouldn’t be the most deserving of being in the finale.)
Its cool to see a lot of people can see the clear storylines now, since I remember not being able to when I first started watching. It makes you think how real is reality tv.
I agree with most of these but I genuinely think Heidi and Jackie both did fantastically in Kill the Lights, they were very different performances and very entertaining.
Heidi also lost that lip sync against Jaida, so she was going home anyway. Jackie was as good as Heidi in the lip sync, the double shantay was deserved.
I actually think production wanted Aiden vs Brita to go the other way, kinda like pushing a Detox vs Jinkx or Jinkx and Roxxxy situation where the "victim" wins, it would make sense since production has done similar stuff before
@@Noah-rq3xt yea im a shameless stan so i didnt wanna get into it but my little heart is so happy when i watch trixie lipsync. that little drum move at the beginning was adorable!
I feel like pearl v fame should have been mentioned, it was definitely a storyline lipsync. Also I want 2 mention kandy vs Kasha davis, idk where it belongs but it definitely should b in the video somewhere
kasha was winning right until the end, over the top lip syncing to belting in a song is one of my favorite lsfyl tropes(?). also neither kasha or kandy were going to win this season, production cared for neither. plus kasha is an older queen that wasn't as into the drama as the rest of the bitter old lady brigade, and kandy was underwhelming in challenges, easily blended into the background, and was also not much involved in drama (and she's proudly latina which did not help her case).
There was another category where the lipsyncs where the outcome didn't matter. I'd call them "production problem" eliminations. * Sharon vs Phi Phi didn't matter because Willam was getting eliminated regardless of Sharon being better. * Cynthia vs. Farrah didn't matter because of Eureka's injury. * Bebe vs. Ongina, for reasons you've talked about earlier. There were also a few other competition based ones: * Both of the lipsyncs for the crown in season 9 that weren't Sasha vs. Shea, because we all knew going in that Sasha and Shea were the only serious contenders. * Kameron vs. Asia, because Eureka and Aquaria were the only serious contenders after Miz Cracker was eliminated. * Eureka vs. Aquaria. We all knew that these were the only serious contenders remaining in the S10 finale, as did production. So Ru was going to do a double save regardless of who was better, because otherwise it would repeat the problems of S9's lipsync for the crown. * S8's elimination of Chi Chi DeVayne, because we all knew she wasn't going to win at that point. * The double-eliminations, because anyone who was that awful, even if retained, couldn't win the competition and we all know it. It's kind of like how we all knew Silky vs. Brooke didn't matter because of Silky vs. Nina West. * Jiggly vs. Milan, because neither had a shot at winning after their track records at that point. Some other hybrid ones were: * Pearl vs. Miss Fame, because Pearl was the hot one "production", had a "storyline ", and because Miss Fame was bad that season "competition". * Anyone vs. Kameron, because Kameron was the Pearl of the season: The queen who performed poorly but was retained for being attractive. * Dida Ritz vs. The Princess. Dida was never going to win because she didn't fill a major storyline role in the season, and The Princess was never going to win because Ru wasn't ready to crown a bald queen at that point. * Shannel vs. Rebecca because Shannel was beyond caring and knew she couldn't win, and Rebecca was by far the worst of the top 3.
@@johnnybaxter8078 * Uckey talked about Ongina's elimination here: th-cam.com/video/3sd7GK3oPJo/w-d-xo.html * Also, had Eureka been eliminated, the final lipsync would have been Aquaria vs. Kameron, which would have had no drama.
Silky choose not to lypsync again Yvie and to think silky would win is straight up delusional. She was sloppy and barely knew any of the words in her previous lypsync. Silky knew she couldn't beat her.
It's 5 am here (Canada) and I work tomorrow but I *had to* stay up to see this, I adore your videos so this is worth it you're great keep on keeping on Uckey Lee you're amazing
I think you forgot the Sharon vs. Phi Phi lip sync, where it didn’t matter who would win or whoever lip synced because Willam was going home anyways. And also the Trixie vs. Kennedy AS3 Finale, where I believe it’s possible producers wanted Trixie to win at that point, but had she gone against Shangela, she could’ve lost, so they may have come up with a way to keep Shangela outside the final lipsync.
Can we talk about how for season 11 snatch game it should have been Yvie against Vanjie because of the runway? But they did Yvie against Brook Lyn because they’re the two “dancers” of the season
What about a video on episodes where a person was guaranteed to lip sync regardless of their challenge performance? When the producers know that a queen can win a lip sync meaning other queens who maybe did worse in the challenge get saved. Like DiDa's first lip sync, Latrice's Natural Woman, Stupid Girl (where DeLa got saved but they needed an assassin like Joslyn to send home Laganja), AS2 Shut Up and Drive (there was no way they were letting Ginger or Coco return), the Hey Mickey lip sync where only Yara Alexis and Carmen could actually lip sync to it, literally any of the AS3 judging, and you could argue that Vanjie should have lipsynced after Snatch Game but once the two frontrunners did so poorly it was a guaranteed double shantay.
Wow, you’re great at the guitar! Keep practicing, and I’m looking forward to hearing you play and sing at the end of every video, hope you’ll have the time!
I think nina/shea is somewhat in the hybrid category. It's the culmination on nina's story, with her insecurity eventually taking her out of the competition, and her being given the acceptance she'd never had. Idk I think it's arguably in the third category.
There is a shady pattern with the lip syncs and the black queens. Think about it.... Shea vs Nina & The Vixen vs Asia. They were both seen as the “negative” ones and like you said they were eliminated by there friends who did better than them It served as a good elimination because they got sent home the way they did. But for the queens to stay I was very tough. They tried to do the same with Rajah vs Akeria (second time) but it felt a lot more forced. Watch them do it on season 12 again
There is an aspect of the queens that may favor several of the queens being kept: the fact that none out of 16 seasons of Drag race winners have been big girls. In a show that prides itself in representation, Ginger Minj's words hit like a truck: "All you need to win is be skinny". Of course, that also includes no trans people winning as well, but the point is that giving big girls a chance might also be part of their goal. I personally would have loved Latrice as winner, but I wanted her to *earn* it. And I could never forgive how they sidelined Ginger - an older-style, extremely talented big girl who, as Katya said, was a given to be the winner in her season - for the young and happening skinny twink Violet. So, I think at this point they would keep Silky and Eureka just to give big girls a chance... A chance they lost when they chose Violet.
The trans point doesnt hold up well because the only openly trans queen to make it to the top 4 was Peppermint, but she had been in the bottom twice before and less wins than Sasha iirc. Gia, Monica, and Sonique were all eliminated well before the top 4 so they were eliminated in a regular way
So they should give the win to Someone only for being obese? They could have crowned Madame Laqueer in season 4 then.. When was a big girl ever the best in the competition or win all lip syncs in the finale?
i think she did win them fair and square but i think she would have won them regardless of how she did because the producers liked having her around due to her being entertaining and likable. she did deserve to win them but they had to make sure she did for the show and storyline.
I will never forgive Ru for keeping Rebecca on so long. Those tired bodycon dresses and the same flat wigs looked so lackluster compared to the other queens.
If Nina's depression and anxiety weren't making her do bad in the competition, she would've had way more wins and would've absolutley MURDERED Shea in the lip sync. She would've also done amazing in the finale and probably would've won.
I know I'm late to this party, but what about the lip-sync between Brooke and Yvie in season 11 with the double shantay? There was no way either of them was going home that episode given both of their runway looks and the lip-sync
When the competition based lip sync description was govern I immediately thought of TKB vs Adore because TKB was doing her 3rd lip sync but it was an amazing lip sync
detox is actually a very comedic performer. you can search that. just saying. i know jinkx was favoured on season 5, but detox has plenty of hilarious performances.
Although Jaida clearly won her lipsync against Heidi, i think it didn't matter at that point. While i agree that they were the bottom two that week, i think for story line purposes Jaida needed to show off a weakness (like Bob) and give a killer performance. It was heidi's 4th time lipsyncing and the end of her story line (she was in the bottom, grew as a queen and won a challenge) and there was no chance she was gonna win the competition at that point. While Jaida had 3 wins and safe otherwise. I'm just glad Heidi didnt give up like Nina did against Shea
I would also put the Jaidynn vs Max lipsync in the hybrid category, Max was doing super well in the competition and had already won two challenges before Snatch Game (which the only other queen I can remember doing that was Sharon Needles) while Jaidynn has not won a single challenge up to that point and seemed to he struggling. Rumor had it the producers did not like Max behind the scenes because she pulled a little bit of a Willam, she refused to be rushed and challenged them when they tried to force her to hurry up. Granted that lipsync in general I also think should have been Jaidynn vs Fame, instead of Max, but that's just me.
@@gingerkid1048 I meant that Willam has gone on record pissing off the producers and telling them to eat shit when he felt he was being disrespected, because he knows how he should be treated and knew the show wouldn't kick him off (off-camera). Mad purportedly did a less severe version of the same thing, she knew the producers wouldn't kick him off or call him out on it on-screen because it makes for bad television (but the producers can still fuck you over in the story and edit).
James season two didn’t have double sashay/shantays but it did have immunities which messed with it slightly (if there was no immunities Tyra would’ve most likely been sent home at some point)
Hi! What is with Kameron Micheals Performances? She was pushed on her season for the "underdog"/"Doing drag for the First time But is already gorgeous "-Storyline. She literally Made evertime her Split and Grabing towards the judges thing. When she had to lipsync against eureka it was a double stay bc they were both favoured. I Think also that was the reason why miz cracker had no chance against her... so it belongs here too....or did i missed it?
@@johnnybaxter8078 meh.. She was not bad but she did the things she always do.flip her hair. Goes on the ground with her legs strechted and her Hand reached out. Its quit the same. But Read to the end... i dont care if she was better than eureka... she was favoured (eureka too) .that lipsync was meh. It s just obviouse. No Matter how Bad or good both would do they would both stay.and at kameron VS. miz Cracker ...no Matter how good mit Cracker had been she would habe ohne home. For kamerons Storyline
Yes i thing doing the same things all over and winning is cruious. Latrice for example wore almost everytime a gown no Matter what theme is asked.is it her signatur - yes. In the competition when she is saved instead of there Who answered it ,is it fair/not favouring because her signatur- well no. Same her. When it is the same...why even lipsync? Record some "signaturmoves" of each Queen lay the Song beneath it.play This for the audiences. More easy. Therefore those "it is just her thing" sounds like an excuse. In my opinion the miz Cracker vs. Kameron was unfair judging to keep her although also her third time.thats that. But you can still be excited about the Show and Look At it despite it with your view. Your welcome:)
Scarlet envy in my opinion was sent home because the producers recognised that she wasn't really feeding into the drama and raja stayed as she had the villain who lipsynced alot storyline, it's kind of the same with nina and silky
hey im finally early here i have a question? what are your top 3 lipsyncs ever? *not including finale's and LSFTC* Mines are : Joslyn Vs Laganja *Joslyn predicted that split and the satisfaction was sickin* Jinkx vs Detox *Jinkx being the theatre kid i have always experienced since diapers* Alyssa vs Tatianna *Look,im still watching this till this day* and also can you do an opinion video about Dragula Thank you and have a good day/night and enjoy Season 12❤️🤍💙
Uckey Lee: "I didn't make this video to say that they's queen's performances didn't matter." Video Title: Lipsyncs where the queen's performances didn't matter
What if Shangela/Cynthia/Eureka/Vanjie didn't return other seasons of drag race? I know with Cynthia not much would change but I think the others would be interesting idk :) Edit: Also I'm sure you've had 100 comments saying this but if not, the lip sync between Jinkx and Detox was supposed to be "free your mind" I believe
@3:02 *Miss Gay America. Miss Gay USA (now known as Miss Gay USofA, literally due to Trump) is a separate competition, and Alyssa completed her reign for that (she won in 2006)
I think every single lip sync Alyssa and coco were in were predetermined. They weren’t gonna get rid of either of them until they got to go against each other so if you found yourself against one of them you were out.
I dont know if you already did that but what about 10 or 15 pop or mainstream songs you would like to be in a future lipsyncs (if u already did that, maybe 10 songs from 2019)
Idk if I missed it or not but does the exclusion of the finale (excluding lip sync for the crown episodes ) where the final 2 (S1-S2), final 3 (S4-S5), final 4 (S6-S10) had an actual impact on the competition
Silky lasted so long, despite all her outfits being largely the same. The exact same thing they harped on Vanjie for.
@ScarletSc I can't stand it when someone overweight gets on the show and all their comedy is I'M SO FAT I LOVE FOOD SO MUCH.
I know right?? Silky was just messy in general and I don't understand why she made it into the top 4
@ScarletSc well season 12 we got that
@@everforward5561 that's why people Like Latrice and Ginger are more liked. They were versatile and showed big personality and were versatile. I legit watched one episode of season 11, saw Silky, ans was like "nope I'm out." and the lyp syncs I've seen from her are just sloppy and horrible. Can't believe she and not Vanjie was in the top 4
I totally agree. I get that when you’re bigger it’s harder to create clothing, but all the other big queens we’ve had in the past have proven that being big is not a disadvantage and that they can still turn the looks out.
Silky is such a messy lipsyncer honestly, who tf doesn’t know the lyrics to No Scrubs
Maya She knew the lyrics, she just performed horribly
morgan. Am i the only one who thinks that no scrubs is bad asf
@@Jynx9921 yes, no scrubs is a iconic. But not the best lipsync song tbh
@@tj-bk1eb I'm just thinking if it was s6 TKB would have slayed No Scrubs
@@Jynx9921 No me too, like it's one of the worst song for a lipsync, I honestly can't blame Nina and Silky for their horrible person because nobody except TKB and maybe Kameron could have survived this lipsync
Silky vs Nina still hurts, you're right 😭 s11 was just pretty big mess that I'd like to forget
@@idkGBT We both know they should have both gone home, but we know that they wanted Silky to have the end of her storyline.
Silky's whole storyline, if you ignore the screwing with the competition, is honestly one of the best in all of reality TV in a meta perspective.
Silky comes in as a fan favourite in the pre-season, and she immediately starts talking about how she'll be loved when she gets on the show, which makes people start to dislike her. As the season progresses and the fans start to dislike her more, she starts being more saved by the judging bumping her up 1 placement compared to where she actually should be, which just starts to infuriate the fans even more, while she continues to have her rivalry with Yvie where she says that everyone will side with her, while Yvie is the fan favourite. Everything culminates in Episode 11 where everything goes badly for her, and she isn't bumped up a placement. She fails in the lip sync, and then when Nina is sent home after the "Meh", she starts to realize that bullshit has kept her in as long as it has, and she starts to just give up, but production refuses to mercy kill her, so she has to mercy kill herself in the finale against Brooke.
Even though I'm not a big fan of her, I want to see her return and NOT be favoured, because I want to see if she can improve both her skills (She is talented, even if she was hella saved multiple times on her season) and her perception from the audience. It would be a very interesting return.
There was a great cast of queens too, it just sucks that the judging was so bad
Agree! One of the worst seasons, which is very sad, because there were so many talented queens
Worst season evah, too many filler queens and the robbery and favoritism RUINED it for me. It was hot mess
@@ashleighs781 Right! I really liked season 11 but the judging was a mess
I still honestly believe that if Ariel never fell, production would have kept her to fill in the “new” villain role and they would have knocked out Ra’jah in the Scarlet vs Ra’jah lip sync
That makes sense
That actually makes a ton of sense, and that's why they put Suga in the bottom for the magic episode and they realized "oh shit, she's still here"
@@emmy7318 lol exactly. silky shouldve gone home that episode
Maybe they would even somehow keep Rajah, Scarlet and Ariel. Sadly I still think Scarlet would have been sent home at some point because of the more 'hero' like queens.
James she probably would’ve made top 4 (deservedly) but she would have probably lost to any of the queens akeria,yvie, and Brooklyn
👏🏼 SILKY 👏🏼 SHOULD👏🏼 HAVE 👏🏼GONE 👏🏼 HOME 👏🏼
👏 *Clap* *clap* 👏
No she's so talented and funny
yes yes yesss
@@henrylopes8324 girl stop using jinx perfume
@@Pratyushhhh delusion convince yourself
“That’s not to say the performances in these lip syncs did not matter...” (checks the title again)
I think what he was trying to say was in these lip syncs the queens' respective overall performances in the competition didn't matter, but their performances in the actual lip syncs weren't necessarily disregarded
I think they mean that if a Valentina esc thing happened, they'd have to eliminate that queen, but if neither queen does awfully or amazingly then it will be determined by the storyline
My point of view:
All Stars - made for Chad win
All Stars 2 - made for Alaska win
All Stars 3 - made for Shangela, but DeLa turned the game, then she goes home, and then Ru mess up and Trixie Win
All Stars 4 - made for Manila, but life ain't fair
All stars 3 was made for a comdy queen to win (so trixie or bendela)
And all stars 4 was made for valentina... Everyone thought she will win
All stars 5 was definitely made for Shea to win as well
@@neiproductions303 All Stars 3 was clearly made for shangela, she got an undeserved high on ep 1 over BeBe and Trixie who could fill that top place better, she got the easiest role for the rusical, she was constantly getting passes on the judges
@@ladyharley4885 i meant shangela not trixie.... Why did i write that? Ok... I agree. Shangela didnt have any difficult roles and such.
Allstars 2 was actually made for Adore to win, but she quit.
The first two lipsyncs of the finale of season 11 fit into the first category, because the finale had the storyline of Brooke vs. Yvie
The entirety of season 11 fit into the category.
AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT! my fav top 2 ever
to be fair yvie and brooke won their final lipsyncs pretty easily even tho akeria and silky tried
@@germywormy Akeria was better than Yive IMO
ben sadowitz she didn’t know the words tho 💀
Also Cheryl Hole vs Baga Chipz on RPDRUK since Cheryl had been in the bottom frequently and it was also clear production were pushing Baga to the final
And Baga shit all over her
johnny baxter that episode always annoys me because Cheryl wouldn’t have been in the bottom if that challenge was earlier in the season or if her track record wasn’t so bad. Before the challenge even started it wouldn’t have mattered how Cheryl did, she had the worst track record and they were going to get rid of her regardless
I agree on this.. The lipsync song is a giveaway to Baga, an Amy Winehouse song.. Baga's first runway is an impersonation of Amy Winehouse... This is like Bob the Drag queen vs Derrick Berry lipsync in Season 8
They did that to justify her staying. “Oh- she won that lipsync”
@@aeron0828 Or Cheryl vs Blu with a Cheryl Cole song the week before? lol. Cheryl had her moment and the obvious win, now was Baga's turn and it was my fave lip sync of the season so I wasn't mad.
lol at Cheryl discrimination, if she was truly discriminated against she would have been got rid of in the first few weeks when everyone disliked her, including the audience.
I always felt Pearl only won that lipsync for two reasons. Production knew Trixie would return later in the season and they were just trying to keep her from doing Anne Frank in the Snatch Game.
Would Trixie in the snatch game be a game changer?
And because Pearl is beautiful out of drag and therefore popular amongst the fandom. Ru said that was the only reason she didn't scream at her to go home after she asked him "Do I have something on my face?"
They would never have let her do Anne frank even if she stayed. She did it for her audition tape but I remember her saying somewhere that they said she couldn’t do that on actual tv
You forgot about Monet vs. Valentina lipsync. Valentina would win regardless for the storyline and Ariana Grande lipsync reasons
that lipsync was sooooo heavily edited my eyes were hurting!
@victor von blanc it still wouldn't have mattered if she had done anything
Maybe Monét didn’t really do anything in the lipsync because they might have told her beforehand that Valentina was going to win. They probably wouldn’t though.
No bitch, Valentina win because was bettere than monet
@@TheLadyisATrampPage we found the Valentina stan
I guess I didn't look too much at the lip syncs like that before, but I'd still say Adore won both of hers fair and square, and Coco won the lip sync against Alyssa fair and square.
Szlendak Adore vs TKB was a double shantay, even though i liked more Adore’s way of lipsync, both of them should have stayed
Don't get me wrong. I love TKB. She can lip sync like nobody's business, but I think Adore was better in that last lip sync.
When i saw "anyone vs. Rujubee" on my screen, I actually started laughing
Scarlet won that lip sync. Period
i think her performance was a bit desperate to be honest. she relied on reveals and glitter to mask her lack of lipsync skills. Rajah definitely dominated that song IMO (i said “i felt”)
Oh my god, you can't be serious
i also believe that brooke lynn vs yvie is kinda pre-planed. They were the two biggest contenders at that point of the competition + they wouldn’t eliminate yvie cause storyline reasons. They both did amazing but it was obvious that both of them would stay
Juampi Paladino same with Brooke and vanjie’s lip sync. That was so planned so viewers would freak out because they were a couple
I think Alyssa VS Roxxxy could also fit in the storyline category.
After Roxxxy's speaking up about being left in the bus stop Ru would never send any of them (especially Roxxxy) home, because that would kinda go against his "we as gay people we choose our own family" speech.
And, as we know both Alyssa and Roxxxy will always put up a good fight, it didn't really matter if one of them would outshine the other.
and as bianca shamelessly pointed it out, it didnt end up saving blair
The Miz Cracker vs Kameron Michaels lip sync has always been an interesting one to me.
Luka Morganite considering kameron did just like... lay on the floor for a bit...
Moosedraw did we watch the same video because Kameron slayed Miz
@@Ultravioletskies on her 3rd time in the bottom IN A ROW and after copying the same "lie on the flor3r and do shit with your legs" that Alaska did
It always bothered me that Kameron did the SAME exact dances every lip sync (which she had a lot) but made it all the way to top 4 sjdjjddhdhhdhdhdhx
@@WindyColors But she did it
goooooood 😎
7:28 correction season 9.
Oh boy, Jinx would've KILLED Detox with a in Vogue song, or with anything, Lets dont understimate her
i'm not saying your wrong, just that detox probably could have done more in that sort of song as opposed to her go to jaw wiggle the whole time. so maybe it would have been a closer call
@@tinseltina oh yeah thats for sure but Jinx is just a better performer, i mean WHAT A QUEEN
Detox is a legit lipsync performer. Jinx is a comedy queen. The song favoured Jinx. Both are great queens though.
@@ashishsingh4867 we are not talking about who the song favoured honey, we know it was in Jinx favor, I'm just saying that whatever the song could be jinx would have killed it anyways because she is too FIERCE, but thats just my opinion and I respect yours
@@tinseltina the lip quiver was getting old very fast. During the Malambo No. 1 lip sync Detox pointed to her lip and a scowl grew on Michelle's face
akeria and asia had the most similar storyline it’s unbelievable
I sometimes forget they are different people... lol
And both of them were burned alive.
New Lip Syncs where the queens performances didn’t matter:
Brita vs Aiden (Aiden had already done poorly in the competition/Brita needed to send home Aiden to end their rivalry)
Brita vs Heidi (Heidi had to send hole Brita, the villain of Season 12, to avenge Aiden, her small-town sister who had been mistreated by Brita/Brita’s 3rd time in the bottom)
Heidi vs Jackie (Heidi did better IMO but Jackie had to stay for representation of being the first Iranian drag queen on RuPaul’s Drag Race)
Heidi vs Jaida (This was Heidi’s 4th time in the bottom)
Crystal vs Jackie (This was Jackie’s 3rd time in the bottom and had a worse track record than the other four queens. Therefore, she wouldn’t be the most deserving of being in the finale.)
Its cool to see a lot of people can see the clear storylines now, since I remember not being able to when I first started watching. It makes you think how real is reality tv.
I agree with most of these but I genuinely think Heidi and Jackie both did fantastically in Kill the Lights, they were very different performances and very entertaining.
Heidi also lost that lip sync against Jaida, so she was going home anyway. Jackie was as good as Heidi in the lip sync, the double shantay was deserved.
I actually think production wanted Aiden vs Brita to go the other way, kinda like pushing a Detox vs Jinkx or Jinkx and Roxxxy situation where the "victim" wins, it would make sense since production has done similar stuff before
im sorry but watching trixie lipsync against pearl was very fun and you saying it should have been a double sashe shook me
trixie was so cute in it. pearl was awful
@@Noah-rq3xt yea im a shameless stan so i didnt wanna get into it but my little heart is so happy when i watch trixie lipsync. that little drum move at the beginning was adorable!
I feel like pearl v fame should have been mentioned, it was definitely a storyline lipsync. Also I want 2 mention kandy vs Kasha davis, idk where it belongs but it definitely should b in the video somewhere
kandy destroyed kasha
@@notearslefttocryy4194 Kasha was doing her best, but Kandy was stunning
kasha was winning right until the end, over the top lip syncing to belting in a song is one of my favorite lsfyl tropes(?). also neither kasha or kandy were going to win this season, production cared for neither. plus kasha is an older queen that wasn't as into the drama as the rest of the bitter old lady brigade, and kandy was underwhelming in challenges, easily blended into the background, and was also not much involved in drama (and she's proudly latina which did not help her case).
There was another category where the lipsyncs where the outcome didn't matter. I'd call them "production problem" eliminations.
* Sharon vs Phi Phi didn't matter because Willam was getting eliminated regardless of Sharon being better.
* Cynthia vs. Farrah didn't matter because of Eureka's injury.
* Bebe vs. Ongina, for reasons you've talked about earlier.
There were also a few other competition based ones:
* Both of the lipsyncs for the crown in season 9 that weren't Sasha vs. Shea, because we all knew going in that Sasha and Shea were the only serious contenders.
* Kameron vs. Asia, because Eureka and Aquaria were the only serious contenders after Miz Cracker was eliminated.
* Eureka vs. Aquaria. We all knew that these were the only serious contenders remaining in the S10 finale, as did production. So Ru was going to do a double save regardless of who was better, because otherwise it would repeat the problems of S9's lipsync for the crown.
* S8's elimination of Chi Chi DeVayne, because we all knew she wasn't going to win at that point.
* The double-eliminations, because anyone who was that awful, even if retained, couldn't win the competition and we all know it. It's kind of like how we all knew Silky vs. Brooke didn't matter because of Silky vs. Nina West.
* Jiggly vs. Milan, because neither had a shot at winning after their track records at that point.
Some other hybrid ones were:
* Pearl vs. Miss Fame, because Pearl was the hot one "production", had a "storyline ", and because Miss Fame was bad that season "competition".
* Anyone vs. Kameron, because Kameron was the Pearl of the season: The queen who performed poorly but was retained for being attractive.
* Dida Ritz vs. The Princess. Dida was never going to win because she didn't fill a major storyline role in the season, and The Princess was never going to win because Ru wasn't ready to crown a bald queen at that point.
* Shannel vs. Rebecca because Shannel was beyond caring and knew she couldn't win, and Rebecca was by far the worst of the top 3.
@@johnnybaxter8078
* Uckey talked about Ongina's elimination here: th-cam.com/video/3sd7GK3oPJo/w-d-xo.html
* Also, had Eureka been eliminated, the final lipsync would have been Aquaria vs. Kameron, which would have had no drama.
I'm just gonna say: no.
how was sasha better than trinity if she had one win more than sasha
Season 11 was average, but I wouldn’t choose to rewatch
yeppp i only really liked brooke lynn.. it just felt like such a rigged season
Feel like it was rigged for Silky but then she sucked in the finale so I mean silky is a big eh.
It wad slighty better than season 10, I usually like at some degree all the queens, Ra'Ja is the queen I've liked the least in all the seasons.
The only thing I would rewatch from Season 11 is the episode where they have to make those religious tv channels based on celebrities
I love the top 2 and felt they deserved that, but everyone else's progression and the eliminations up to that point were mostly bs
Finally!! Ive been waiting for a new video from you. I cant wait to watch your s12 reviews.
Im mad
We never have Silky vs Evie
Silky was that ready
💀😡
Silky choose not to lypsync again Yvie and to think silky would win is straight up delusional. She was sloppy and barely knew any of the words in her previous lypsync. Silky knew she couldn't beat her.
It's 5 am here (Canada) and I work tomorrow but I *had to* stay up to see this, I adore your videos so this is worth it you're great keep on keeping on Uckey Lee you're amazing
I think you forgot the Sharon vs. Phi Phi lip sync, where it didn’t matter who would win or whoever lip synced because Willam was going home anyways.
And also the Trixie vs. Kennedy AS3 Finale, where I believe it’s possible producers wanted Trixie to win at that point, but had she gone against Shangela, she could’ve lost, so they may have come up with a way to keep Shangela outside the final lipsync.
Can we talk about how for season 11 snatch game it should have been Yvie against Vanjie because of the runway? But they did Yvie against Brook Lyn because they’re the two “dancers” of the season
I think they did it to save Vanjie because she was needed for the romance storyline and the lip sync against Brooke Lynn
And Brooke won that lip sync.
Yvie was desperate with her crazy faces and if she was only relying on her medical condition making her body flexible.
What about a video on episodes where a person was guaranteed to lip sync regardless of their challenge performance? When the producers know that a queen can win a lip sync meaning other queens who maybe did worse in the challenge get saved. Like DiDa's first lip sync, Latrice's Natural Woman, Stupid Girl (where DeLa got saved but they needed an assassin like Joslyn to send home Laganja), AS2 Shut Up and Drive (there was no way they were letting Ginger or Coco return), the Hey Mickey lip sync where only Yara Alexis and Carmen could actually lip sync to it, literally any of the AS3 judging, and you could argue that Vanjie should have lipsynced after Snatch Game but once the two frontrunners did so poorly it was a guaranteed double shantay.
Wow, you’re great at the guitar! Keep practicing, and I’m looking forward to hearing you play and sing at the end of every video, hope you’ll have the time!
so excited to be disappointed by a new season of drag race soon !
This season looks promising
Well, I gotta know: did season 12 disappoint you?
Vixen I second this!!
ik you already know this but I think u meant season 9 for Cynthia vs Pepperment
i'll never stop loving sasha and shea dancing in the back while peppermint and alexis lipsync
I think nina/shea is somewhat in the hybrid category. It's the culmination on nina's story, with her insecurity eventually taking her out of the competition, and her being given the acceptance she'd never had. Idk I think it's arguably in the third category.
There is a shady pattern with the lip syncs and the black queens. Think about it.... Shea vs Nina & The Vixen vs Asia. They were both seen as the “negative” ones and like you said they were eliminated by there friends who did better than them It served as a good elimination because they got sent home the way they did. But for the queens to stay I was very tough. They tried to do the same with Rajah vs Akeria (second time) but it felt a lot more forced. Watch them do it on season 12 again
James 2 times
On season 12 it may be widow vs jaida
@@Valery0503 oh god no i love them both
Only difference is that akeria was a horrible person in season 11.
I stan Rujubee! It makes me cry everytime and although I think Juju did better, I was so happy that they both stayed.
There is an aspect of the queens that may favor several of the queens being kept: the fact that none out of 16 seasons of Drag race winners have been big girls. In a show that prides itself in representation, Ginger Minj's words hit like a truck: "All you need to win is be skinny". Of course, that also includes no trans people winning as well, but the point is that giving big girls a chance might also be part of their goal. I personally would have loved Latrice as winner, but I wanted her to *earn* it. And I could never forgive how they sidelined Ginger - an older-style, extremely talented big girl who, as Katya said, was a given to be the winner in her season - for the young and happening skinny twink Violet. So, I think at this point they would keep Silky and Eureka just to give big girls a chance... A chance they lost when they chose Violet.
The trans point doesnt hold up well because the only openly trans queen to make it to the top 4 was Peppermint, but she had been in the bottom twice before and less wins than Sasha iirc. Gia, Monica, and Sonique were all eliminated well before the top 4 so they were eliminated in a regular way
So they should give the win to Someone only for being obese? They could have crowned Madame Laqueer in season 4 then..
When was a big girl ever the best in the competition or win all lip syncs in the finale?
@@kev7600 Do you read before commenting?
@@atlaslife3800 violet did better than Ginger
@@atlaslife3800 violet did better than Ginger
Jade vs Rebecca was the start of the Rigga Morris epidemic
I love learning about the shady antics of the producers. It's interesting and infuriating how much they meddle and plan.
I personally think that even though they were close, Adore won her lipsyncs fair and square. I kinda agree with the rest tho
i think she did win them fair and square but i think she would have won them regardless of how she did because the producers liked having her around due to her being entertaining and likable. she did deserve to win them but they had to make sure she did for the show and storyline.
what the fuckity ?! yeah, definitely.
I really wanted Nina to like walk more on the lip sync and move
more or maybe even go at Alyssa dance wall.
I will never forgive Ru for keeping Rebecca on so long. Those tired bodycon dresses and the same flat wigs looked so lackluster compared to the other queens.
I just realised I wasn’t subscribed to your channel??? I love your content you are sooo real with your statements I love it.
If Nina's depression and anxiety weren't making her do bad in the competition, she would've had way more wins and would've absolutley MURDERED Shea in the lip sync. She would've also done amazing in the finale and probably would've won.
No one...
Literally no one...
A little trixie moment to end the video 💜💜💜
I know I'm late to this party, but what about the lip-sync between Brooke and Yvie in season 11 with the double shantay? There was no way either of them was going home that episode given both of their runway looks and the lip-sync
When the competition based lip sync description was govern I immediately thought of TKB vs Adore because TKB was doing her 3rd lip sync but it was an amazing lip sync
detox is actually a very comedic performer. you can search that. just saying. i know jinkx was favoured on season 5, but detox has plenty of hilarious performances.
Detox was the weak link and they wanted Jinkx still over powered
13:54 when did vixen do the split-
14:15 We need a lipssyncs with that song NOW!!
btw Cynthia and Peppermint were on season 9 not 10 c: honestly I hate to be that person but it was bugging me haha
Although Jaida clearly won her lipsync against Heidi, i think it didn't matter at that point. While i agree that they were the bottom two that week, i think for story line purposes Jaida needed to show off a weakness (like Bob) and give a killer performance. It was heidi's 4th time lipsyncing and the end of her story line (she was in the bottom, grew as a queen and won a challenge) and there was no chance she was gonna win the competition at that point. While Jaida had 3 wins and safe otherwise. I'm just glad Heidi didnt give up like Nina did against Shea
The Screenshot of the Willam vs Jiggly lip sync…
The thing about Bebe vs Dela is also that Bebe had apparently chosen Trixie’s lipstick and I don’t think Ru wanted to lose Trixie
Loved your guitar play!
I loved waking up to this video
I would also put the Jaidynn vs Max lipsync in the hybrid category, Max was doing super well in the competition and had already won two challenges before Snatch Game (which the only other queen I can remember doing that was Sharon Needles) while Jaidynn has not won a single challenge up to that point and seemed to he struggling. Rumor had it the producers did not like Max behind the scenes because she pulled a little bit of a Willam, she refused to be rushed and challenged them when they tried to force her to hurry up.
Granted that lipsync in general I also think should have been Jaidynn vs Fame, instead of Max, but that's just me.
Wait you mean Willam spends more than ten minutes on that mug?
@@gingerkid1048 I meant that Willam has gone on record pissing off the producers and telling them to eat shit when he felt he was being disrespected, because he knows how he should be treated and knew the show wouldn't kick him off (off-camera). Mad purportedly did a less severe version of the same thing, she knew the producers wouldn't kick him off or call him out on it on-screen because it makes for bad television (but the producers can still fuck you over in the story and edit).
What if there couldn't have been double shantays and sashays
Just like on season 2 ! Keeps the season going and everything really matters
James season two didn’t have double sashay/shantays but it did have immunities which messed with it slightly (if there was no immunities Tyra would’ve most likely been sent home at some point)
@@jasminew6815 Tyra was on danger LITERALLY one week 😂
Jhawk2711 snatch game and the rock and roll challenge
Kennedy vs jasmine also
“My crush on Rebecca out of drag is not what we’re here to talk about” that’s tea Rebecca out of drag 🥴🥵
7:26 cynthia's performance on s10 was pretty lackluster? well, i guess so, but she didnt really get the opportunity to shine tho-
She did get an opportunity to shine, just imagine if she knew the words to the Kardashian musical. Or if she did good in Snatch Game.
Now that the opening for Season 12 has passed, you should do a “What If” Seasons 1 - 11 had started with the Top 2 Queens lip syncing for the win!
Can you do what if a queen went home on episode 1 season 9 and how it would change the competition and who would of won?
I LOVE YOUR VOICE OMG
Hi! What is with Kameron Micheals Performances? She was pushed on her season for the "underdog"/"Doing drag for the First time But is already gorgeous "-Storyline. She literally Made evertime her Split and Grabing towards the judges thing. When she had to lipsync against eureka it was a double stay bc they were both favoured. I Think also that was the reason why miz cracker had no chance against her... so it belongs here too....or did i missed it?
@@johnnybaxter8078 meh.. She was not bad but she did the things she always do.flip her hair. Goes on the ground with her legs strechted and her Hand reached out. Its quit the same.
But Read to the end... i dont care if she was better than eureka... she was favoured (eureka too) .that lipsync was meh. It s just obviouse. No Matter how Bad or good both would do they would both stay.and at kameron VS. miz Cracker ...no Matter how good mit Cracker had been she would habe ohne home. For kamerons Storyline
Yes i thing doing the same things all over and winning is cruious. Latrice for example wore almost everytime a gown no Matter what theme is asked.is it her signatur - yes. In the competition when she is saved instead of there Who answered it ,is it fair/not favouring because her signatur- well no. Same her. When it is the same...why even lipsync? Record some "signaturmoves" of each Queen lay the Song beneath it.play This for the audiences. More easy. Therefore those "it is just her thing" sounds like an excuse.
In my opinion the miz Cracker vs. Kameron was unfair judging to keep her although also her third time.thats that. But you can still be excited about the Show and Look At it despite it with your view. Your welcome:)
i wish alaska went home in detox’s place so that detox and roxxxy stayed cause they were jinx’s biggest bullies
“RuPaul’s group therapy” I literally died
i'm watching this during the silky & nina performance and... idk how silky made it this far
I really wanna do drag but im stuck in the middle of nowhere in the philipines!
Same sis ;_;
Manila is way to expensive and far away ( im from Zamboanga )
@@gabrieldelgado4660 I think it was just a joke about Manila Luzon (as in the drag queen)
also nina bonina brown vs valentina, absolutely set up for valentina to win but valentina screwed herself up.
AHAHAHHA I LOVE NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT EUREKA
Scarlet envy in my opinion was sent home because the producers recognised that she wasn't really feeding into the drama and raja stayed as she had the villain who lipsynced alot storyline, it's kind of the same with nina and silky
Idk, in most of these the queens performance who won was better, so im still hesitant to say some of these were pre determined
i liked aja vs nina better than peppermint vs Alexis but thats just my opinion
The song at the end reminded me of SU and makes me happy
hey im finally early here
i have a question?
what are your top 3 lipsyncs ever?
*not including finale's and LSFTC*
Mines are :
Joslyn Vs Laganja *Joslyn predicted that split and the satisfaction was sickin*
Jinkx vs Detox *Jinkx being the theatre kid i have always experienced since diapers*
Alyssa vs Tatianna *Look,im still watching this till this day*
and also can you do an opinion video about Dragula
Thank you and have a good day/night and enjoy Season 12❤️🤍💙
Adore vs Trinity
Trixie vs Ginger
Naomi vs Monet
3: Brooke vs Yvie
2: Adore vs Trinity
1: Tati vs Alyssa
Kath
VIBEOLOGY AAAAAHH
*me : questions my sexuality and my well being*
Alyssa vs Tatianna
Kandy vs Jaidynn
Adore vs Trinity
1. Manila vs Delta
2. Tatianna vs Alyssa
3. Dida Ritz vs The Princess
I really love your accent, where are you from? Your English is perfect by the way💜
Austria i thinm i dont remember
What if there were no double eliminations and double shantay
Coco VS Alyssa is more of a hybrid as both had been in the bottom 3 times
aja vs nina? pls that lip sync was fire
Where do I get this episode without a prescription
Wait Alexis was the villain of S9?
Uckey Lee: "I didn't make this video to say that they's queen's performances didn't matter." Video Title: Lipsyncs where the queen's performances didn't matter
Love your song! 😘
The lypsinc of peppermint and cintya from season 9*
Am I the only one who can’t watch violent lip syncs? I’m watching RPDR for runways mostly is this even normal?
What if Shangela/Cynthia/Eureka/Vanjie didn't return other seasons of drag race? I know with Cynthia not much would change but I think the others would be interesting idk :)
Edit: Also I'm sure you've had 100 comments saying this but if not, the lip sync between Jinkx and Detox was supposed to be "free your mind" I believe
@3:02 *Miss Gay America. Miss Gay USA (now known as Miss Gay USofA, literally due to Trump) is a separate competition, and Alyssa completed her reign for that (she won in 2006)
Tatiana not knowing the words? Wtf
I think every single lip sync Alyssa and coco were in were predetermined. They weren’t gonna get rid of either of them until they got to go against each other so if you found yourself against one of them you were out.
That said, Coco and Alyssa also outperformed every single queen they faced in the lip syncs until their eliminations
The Cynthia vs peppermint lip sync was from season 9 not season 10
I didn't know I needed this video
I genuinely love pearls lip sync against Trixie! Pearl was dramatic and the blazay da attitude made her seem like an evil, powerful being!
It didn't fit with the song.
But explain Kameron Michael's situation please? She was the bottom for 3 times and was ultimately the finalist
I dont know if you already did that but what about 10 or 15 pop or mainstream songs you would like to be in a future lipsyncs (if u already did that, maybe 10 songs from 2019)
Idk if I missed it or not but does the exclusion of the finale (excluding lip sync for the crown episodes ) where the final 2 (S1-S2), final 3 (S4-S5), final 4 (S6-S10) had an actual impact on the competition
I don’t want to influence your uploads but I would love to see your opinions on the lip syncs on each season!
And also wins only count when ur in the top 2 or 3. If track record mattered shea and trinity wouldnt have been eliminated