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https://i.gifer.com/FQGO.gif 63rd Place: Dida Ritz (Season 4) - finished 5th (technically 6th since Kenya was brought back but Kenya sucked so **** off) This is where the knockouts start to hurt: I loved Dida Ritz in season 4. She was the most down-to-earth, effortlessly fun and charismatic queen that unfortunately got sidetracked by an incredibly strong cast (well, Sharon/Chad/Latrice/Willam/Phi Phi anyway). Her talking heads are almost always great, and she put in a couple of good performances. She's seen as something of a Drag Race joke, though, and is often referenced by queens on later seasons (Courtney Act calls Joslyn Fox the "Dida Ritz of season 6" as a metaphor for her supposedly coasting; there are repeated references to Dida's thirsty wigs) and it's hard to vehemently deny all criticisms of her. She would eventually be sent home for refusing to take part in politics, and that pretty much summed up her problem: she was too shallow and surface-deep of a queen to really take to heart or even take seriously. Something of a fence-sitter in Untucked, too, poor Dida was often literally in the middle of some of the show's nastiest and most hostile environments. Other challenge lowlights include her weird CD advert as a housewife who makes vague allusions to her husband being hunky or whatever, her shaky voice in the Frenemies challenge with Chad Michaels, and her runways did indeed often leave us uh...underwhelmed. But she definitely has a far harsher reception than she deserved: she stole the scene in the Tuckahoe prison sitcom challenge, and could easily have won had Latrice not pulled off an all-time classic moment. She played a great bimbo in the Wrestling challenge, and her Snatch Game as Wendy Williams was pretty good too but sadly interrupted by childish antics from Jiggly, Phi Phi and Kenya. We also have to mention the greatest individual lipsync of all time and it's STILL Dida, I won't hear any talk of Manila's MacArthur Park. I think only the live Kitty Girl performance gave me the same level of pure, unbridled joy and awe that I felt seeing this for the first time. :lovedup: Nowadays she's part of the same Chicago scene as The Vixen and Shea Coulee, and regularly pops up in the Black Girl Magic events, so I would be more than interested to see how she's evolved and matured since Season 4. Season 4 still counts, I think, as one of those early seasons where queens were too naive and unaware of themselves, and Dida definitely has more depth than the ditsy girl who wanted to be Carrie Bradshaw in her entrance look. Memorable quote(s): "Latrice Royale. You're free now, you don't have to rock the yard-sandals any more. :)" "Baby, you were born this way. :unsure: You were born... you were born this way :umm2:" re: Milan's final disastrous lipsync :love: Best Runway(s): Has to be her gold corset she lipsynced in, but I do have a soft-spot for that Float Your Boat look even if the t-shirt was stained :worry: Best Moment(s): Obviously the 'This Will Be' lipsync, but I will throw in a vote for her refusal to play to stereotypes in the Dragazines challenge. Talking at length about how she's uncomfortable eating fried chicken or watermelon in public, whilst Latrice and Jiggly cackle :love: |
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/94...SPpEkWpfSnBv4X 62nd Place: Kameron Michaels (Season 10) - finished 3rd (I guess 'joint 2nd' but come on she wasn't ahead of/level with Eureka) Look, everyone liked Kameron Michaels. She was a sweet and understated queen with a ridiculously attractive out-of-drag appearance that was very much the underdog to support in a cast full of loudmouths and confidence. I'm placing her this low because she just...really didn't do that amazingly at enough challenges. In her favour, we have the Cher musical in which she was the only queen (bar Monet X Change and, at a stretch, Eureka) who put in a solid performance. Her Chyna at Snatch Game was decent but only really remembered for Aquaria's Melania Trump quip about the country. And she did a solid job at all of the design challenges, but I still didn't really see the hype with her Climate Change Ball looks. The wintry one was a little bit too much with the makeup (but cool, anyway) and the martian expedition girl was just... a bodysuit with a walkie talkie? :shrug: Otherwise I only really remember Kameron doing well in the Pharmarusical. I know fans lapped up her verse in 'American' but I found her voice shaky and the words pretty...bland. It's just there are, on balance, more moments that Kameron struggled with. She landed in the bottom three weeks in a row for a one-note acting performance in Breastworld, an ineffective twins makeover, and that bizarre good vs. evil challenge where she didn't actually do that badly but was lazy with her idea to just use the outfit she brought for a Prehistoric Runway that wasn't used (see also: Aquaria and Miz Cracker in the same challenge. THAT is why Asia and Eureka weren't bottom two :oh: stupid stans). This run of bottom placements sadly wasn't the only time Kameron struggled: she did a pretty disastrous job of acting in the Fibstr advert (I get war flashbacks every time I remember the joke she tried to tell, "unless you're into that :hugesmsile: hehehHEHhehhe :hugesmile:" Don't misconstrue this placement for me hating Kameron Michaels: I have no hate for her. Her lipsyncs were absolutely incredible and she deserved to make the final. It's just... she's one of those queens that don't really prompt a huge emotional reaction from me, good or bad, and as a result she winds up in a relatively safe and comfortable placement :shrug: I look forward to a future Allstars appearance, though. Memorable quote(s): "I believe that's...doable." (the Trade mini-challenge) :joker: Best Runway(s): I mean, this is a landslide obviously but her Feathered Runway was breathtaking and unarguably one of the greatest of all time. :flutter: Best Moment(s): The hair-shakes in the 'New Attitude' lipsync vs. Eureka. I know it was a double-shantay, and deserved to be, but god damn she went for blood :clap1: |
Kameron would have definitely been 2nd in that lipsync, god knows why ru did a double shanty’s between her and Eureka when Kameron wiped the floor with her, (although IA Eureka shined a lot more in the season)
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Tbf it was kinda obvious why it was a double shantay. They wanted Sharon Needles drag daughter going against a Michaels and an O'Hara like momma did.
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Time to kick out someone major for the ratings x
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Kameron was ****e, bitch be GONE
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https://i2.wp.com/sundaeco.com/wordp...dw1wo1_500.gif 61st Place: Valentina (Season 9, All Stars 4) - finished 8th, 7th respectively Oh... I think the fandom's fascination with Valentina was pretty much when I began to become jaded with the show and who it's being catered to. All of these claims - often by Valentina herself, in the reunion for instance - that she was representing a community that didn't get much representation when there have literally been queens with the talent of Yara Sofia, Alexis Mateo, Jessica Wild, Nina Flowers and Roxxxy Andrews was just the tip of the iceberg of Valentina Delusions that just quickly grew tiring in both seasons she appeared on. We'll start with Season 9: her shock elimination is indeed one of the most controversial of all time (I'd still say Willam's was a bigger gag, though) and an iconic moment in the show's history, but none of it painted Valentina in a good light. Failing to learn the lipsync words and neglecting to paint under her mask just showed her up to be a shoddy performer and someone too cocky. It's this precociousness that I find the most unlikeable about Valentina: much of season 9, and even more of All Stars 4 featured her trying to hog the airtime. Shaving her eyebrows mid-season and wearing a headwrap to accentuate it; pretending to pray to a candle every night; entering the workroom singing opera. It just all got a little tiring. Not that I am oblivious to her talents: she was funny at Snatch Game with a handful of Miss Universe references that were pretty smart. She did well in the 9021Ho and Drag cheerleading episodes, winning the latter, and she also pulled off a great sidekick in the Princesses challenge. "Hate...everyone." It's just... there were also a lot of dud moments. She was obviously sent home for the sitcom challenge, failing miserably to prepare for the filming with anything close to resembling a script with Nina Bo'nina Brown, and I will still argue to this day that her Lady Gaga runway was BASIC AS HELL and a party city wig! Allstars came along and many had her down to definitely make the top four - myself included - which made her flailing performances all the more surprising. Her roast is a trainwreck, hell, both of her roasts are a trainwreck. She danced pretty underwhelmingly in the talent show. And her Snatch Game as Eartha Kitt was convincing in voice but just...didn't have any jokes. She had two decent moments with the Jersey Justice and Girl Groups episodes, but otherwise the Valentina we expected to resurface at All Stars 4, after so notably turning All Stars 3 down to hone her craft, was just... a complete let down. And the telenovela editing in her favour did NOT mask that. I will say, however, that I absolutely came in my pants over the Into You lipsync. Monique Heart screaming in the background throughout is basically me: Memorable quote(s): Eureka: "Round is my favourite shape." Valentina: "I can see :)" Farrah: "What ISN'T true?" Valentina: "Farrah Moan... just shut up already." "Stoning really does feed my soul :(" "I'd like to keep it on, please." "But with her Aaliyah outfit, the fit of that pant? Is not okay. That is so disrespectful towards Aaliyah. How dare you." Best Runway(s): Hard decision, but it's a toss-up between her white runway (that gorgeous wedding dress) or her Madonna one. Best Moment(s): I absolutely got my life from the dramatic intro to one episode, where Trinity rips off her censored-boob strap from her Madonna runway and Valentina is just screaming. **** it, here's the clip. |
I didn’t expect Valentina to be too high because I know you don’t like her, but not even top 50?
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yes I'm sure it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Manila was thrown under the bus in the very next episode x
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I found AS4 more boring when Valentina was gagging for the cameras every 5 minutes and being constantly over dramatic tbh,it didn’t really get more boring afterwards cause Monique could carry an entire season herself
Her AS4 preformance was a massive let down and her attitude for a while after S9 was very unlikeable, If anything that’s a generous placement |
Is there a list of who is left?
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Valentina is ****e. Bye.
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I have a love/hate relationship with Valentina, so I would’ve found her very difficult to place myself anyway. My opinions can change on her from one episode to the next.
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I adored her in S9 but found her kinda deluded and overly-serious in AS4
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She also kinda flopped in AS4, I think a lot of ppl had her pegged as a winner
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Remaining queens:
S1: Bebe Zahara Benet, Nina Flowers, Ongina, Shannel & Tammie Brown S2: Raven, Jujubee, Tatianna, Jessica Wild, Morgan McMichaels & Shangela S3: Raja, Manila Luzon, Alexis Mateo, Yara Sofia, Mariah, Shangela, Stacy Layne Matthews & Mimi Imfurst S4: Sharon Needles, Chad Michaels, Phi Phi O'Hara, Latrice Royale, Willam & Jiggly Caliente S5: Jinkx Monsoon, Alaska, Roxxxy Andrews, Detox, Alyssa Edwards & Coco Montrese S6: Bianca del Rio, Adore Delano, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake & Bendelacreme S7: Violet Chachki, Ginger Minj, Kennedy Davenport, Katya, Trixie Mattel, Mrs. Kasha Davis & Jasmine Masters S8: Bob the Drag Queen, Chi Chi DeVayne, Thorgy Thor, Robbie Turner & Acid Betty S9: Sasha Velour, Peppermint, Shea Coulee, Trinity the Tuck, Alexis Michelle, Nina Bo'nina Brown, Aja & Eureka S10: Aquaria, Eureka, Asia O'Hara, Monet X Change, Monique Heart & Mayhem Miller |
Mrs Davis coming for the crown!
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Jasmine and Mayhem still being in this
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Ginger, Trixie, Roxxy OUT!
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https://media.giphy.com/media/qX7ZjWum8eh7W/giphy.gif 60th Place: Alexis Michelle (Season 9) - finished 5th This has been something of a season 9 cull recently, but hear me out. I love Alexis Michelle. I think the hate she received throughout season 9 was disgusting and a perfect example of how nasty, toxic and downright stupid the fans of this show can be. The very idea that someone should receive death threats and "kill yourself" messages merely because they were a little delusional and conceited at one or two times during a ****ing drag competition is just innately dumb and horrible. She was very much edited to be a villain in a season where everyone was tiptoeing around extremely carefully trying not to receive the same sort of hatred and give out the same sort of negativity and cattiness that the Bitter Old Lady Brigade of Season 7 had dished out, and Derrick/Betty gave out in Season 8. So being the villain of season 9 means getting pretty much the same trajectory, and having the same personality, as some of the better-received queens of season four :shrug: I won't deny though there were times that Alexis Michelle really got me confused and concerned. Worried that someone can be that far up their own ass sometimes. We all watched the S9 premiere and saw some of the trailers and immediately assumed Alexis would be the hunky daddy of the season... and I guess with how some of the others looked she still was? But yeah, things rapidly went south for miss "I see something, I say something". Alexis displayed a lot of talent, though: her Kris Jenner impression and Liza Minelli impression were absolutely stellar and both should have been winning performances, but the judges have a hard on for "queens stealing the show with the smallest part" story arcs so Shea Coulee's Blac Chyna snatched one away from her (not helped, of course, by Alexis' hideous fur runway). In other performances, Alexis did a fine job in 9021Ho as the evil mirror Mona Dartin, did well in the cheerleading with her floozy characterisations, and I still think it was unfair that she should land in the bottom 3 for the Jesus, Mother of Gay sitcom because her southern lady really wasn't that bad? It was certainly on par with Peppermint's, but Peppermint murdered the runway where Alexis struggled again so :shrug: whatever. The very idea that Valentina stans thought she should've lipsynced vs. Nina was a wondrous sight to behold. Unfortunately I'm removing Alexis from my rankdown because her attitude was, at times, unpleasant. The reaction to the reading challenge, that HELLA awkward "Oh... you did :bored:" snipe at Farrah Moan for her Pillsbury Rools joke, whilst Trinity and Shea pat her back and look like someone's just farted in an elevator, was just...excruciating and so petty and unnecessary from Alexis. Her attack in the Kardashian muscial Untucked was another bizarre one, where even Nina turned her back and just lied down on the couch ignoring her :joker: whilst she blamed the other queens for not telling her that her Fur Runway theme was basic, and refusing to let Farrah / Cynthia learn their lipsyncs. In hindsight it's pretty funny and trivial, but during a rather dry season of drama it was everything. Also, challenge-wise, there were quite a few embarrassing moments. Her Roast is EXCRUCIATING and so too was her clapback at guest judge ("well," ) Tamar ("have you ever watched the show?") Braxton. Her claims to have been the producer of 90% of Trinity/Peppermint's sitcom have spawned a meme that is still thriving, with Reddit accrediting Alexis as a show producer to this day. And her Princess challenge sidekick of that tadpole is honestly nightmare-inducing. I do, however, absolutely love Alexis Michelle for her authenticity, her refusal to beat around the bush and hide her true feelings, her immense talent, her performance ability and her lipsyncs. The video below is also the greatest 'reveal' performance I've yet seen. I look forward to an All Stars with both Alexises. Oh and finally: her promo look is maybe my favourite of all time. (you might wanna skip 2 minutes) Memorable quote(s): "They definitely had more natural eyebrows in the 90s, so not too thin, not too sculptural-" "Did y'all get the T on Koont?" "I saw this bowl of beautiful turquoise embellishments." "Fuckin' shady whores." Best Runway(s): The Madonna one was solid but I'd vote for her White runway. Gaga runway was also gorgeous. Best Moment(s): The start to her Macho Man lipsync with Peppermint where she turns around and applies a moustache out of nowhere is a STUNT :clap1: Also the Wario laugh in her crazy hair runway <3 |
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https://thumbs.gfycat.com/Enlightene...restricted.gif 59th Place: Ongina (Season 1) - finished 5th Long before the tragic trajectories of Manila Luzon, Shea Coulee and Ginger Minj were cut short, the original "robbed queen" was Ongina. Ongina was eliminated five episodes in, but she had already won two of them. It's really quite telling just how primitive and confused the show was in its first season, that a queen could have placings that go "HIGH-WINNER-HIGH-WINNER" and then immediately land in the bottom two and get eliminated, for a makeover challenge that Rebecca Glasscock SOMEHOW won?! I liked Rebecca, but even I still can't get my head around that. Especially when her makeover looked like this: Spoiler: Onto Ongina herself, though, and whilst the early seasons were plagued by complaints that Ongina Was Robbed, I was...never really that much of a fan. I've only placed her this high on her track record alone, and for bringing something to Drag Race that was different, and would set the tone for future queens to break convention and push boundaries. Her signature bald look would obviously, indirectly, pave the way for Sasha Velour, and her androgynous sort of "ladyboy" aesthetic would often polarise the judges, despite that now being a key fixture on the show. And of course there was the dramatic and heartbreaking reveal of her HIV status on the runway, which would (again indirectly) allow later queens like Trinity K. Bonet to tell their story and be themselves. Her HIV activism is not to be ignored, either, because there are really few instances where a person on television has been so open and raw about the condition. Performancewise, Ongina won for the challenge above which might not be the most showstopping turn now that we're accustomed to choreographed gymnastics routines and live stand-up comedy, but it was a fine-tuned and commanding performance nonetheless. She also won for the Destiny's Child girlgroup challenge, stealing the spotlight from Shannel, and did well in the original Drag on a Dime challenge. So all of that should mean a high placing, right? Well... no. The truth is: I just find her extremely annoying and overbearing :worry: There was a reunion of Season 1 at Drag Con a few years ago and if you've got the patience to watch it, it should explain why I'm just so cold about Ongina... the constant talking over everyone, answering questions directed at Merle/Jade/Tammie, the nasal voice, the tangential storytelling and ego taking over... it's an attitude I've clocked in other videos with Ongina and something that's just stuck, for me. :shrug: I think she thinks she's funnier than she is. It's almost a running joke now that Ongina will be an eventual All Star - it's just pretty surprising she hasn't already. Memorable quote(s): "I'm going to be blamed if we lose, just because I'm team captain, and I swear to god if we do - I will cut someone :bigsmile:" Best Runway(s): https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20180616173158 Best Moment(s): The lipsync with Bebe to Britney's "Stronger" is one of the show's greatest and closest.[/size] |
I’m kinda the same I was a fan of her on the show but I can’t hardly even bare to watch interviews with her now - watched a bit of her viewing the AS4 opening at Roscoes at the constant “I still haven’t been on all stars” jokes were just so annoying
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https://media.giphy.com/media/O2dlueEtGMp0s/giphy.gif 58th Place: Jiggly Caliente (Season 4) - finished 8th I'm sure that placing her this highly will raise eyebrows but hear me out: Jiggly Caliente is a perfect example of how real and raw this show can be and how its queens have gone through hell and back and still continue to shine. Obviously, Jiggly had some well-documented low points on Season 4. She landed in the bottom for the first challenge with her "baked potato couture" apocalyptic outfit that fell apart as she sent Alisa Summers packing, and again for a pretty confusing Pride Float boat ("very St. Tropez..."). She then infamously fell foul of Phi Phi O'Hara's villainy and decided to tackle weight-loss as a serious subject in the Dragazines challenge, instead of taking Latrice/Chad's advice to be funny. It'd be her downfall: she was sent home by Willam in one of the show's most lacklustre lipsyncs of all time. She never won a challenge, but I will argue that she made great TV and did very well in some, too: the wrestling challenge performance was excellent and she embodied that loud, obnoxious villain character perfectly (but was held back by a weak team). She took some time but warmed up eventually in the Tuckahoe sitcom, playing the prissy character who wasn't impressed by nuts, and she also did fine with Phi Phi's trite Asian stereotype in the Glamazon advert challenge. As for the drama, she was a key player in season four. Her fight with Lashauwn in the first Untucked is now iconic, and she also gets into it with Sharon, Willam, Milan and - most dramatically - Phi Phi at the reunion. I mostly place Jiggly this high for her off-show endeavours, though: as a trans queen she's proven a far more enlightening, endearing and human role model than Carmen Carrera and she's featured in a whole range of stuff I've enjoyed: she was excellent on Billboard's "Spillin the T" series on YouTube and had brilliant chemistry with Bob/Peppermint/Gia/Aja. Her music career is just taking off and is pretty well-polished and interesting: She's appeared on Saturday Night Live, Search Party, made a cameo in the greatest American sitcom of the 2010s, Broad City, and also appeared in Ryan Murphy's "Pose". Jiggly is one of many queens who've more than evolved since a messy Drag Race showing, and whilst she might not want to do All Stars - she was one of many trans queens vocal about their disappointment with RuPaul during that "no trans contestants" debacle last year - she is certainly one to watch in the future. Memorable quote(s): "Clearly I don't get along with you. Nuff said. No **** sherlock." "One small corset plus another small corset equals one FATASS corset :bigsmile:" "I beg your pardon... but I am NOT into horticulture." "That's not soy sauce in your panties, that's happy endings" Best Runway(s): I did like the candy-princess one I've used in the GIF at the top, but her yellow gown was also gorgeous on her so that gets my vote. Best Moment(s): Oh this is a no-brainer: that small bit in the Hope Floats episode, where everyone's about to hit the runway and she walks around going "where the fuck are my tits?" |
May I call you Jiggly?
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Jiggly is one of the most complex queens of any season IMO. I mean she deffo had unlikeable moments but she was clearly prettt broken at that point in her life and some of her breakdowns were so hard to watch <\3
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https://78.media.tumblr.com/470a81de...rvzco6_500.gif 57th Place: Sasha Velour (Season 9) - Winner A lot of the blame for season nine being received so poorly and perceived to be so bland and sterilised must surely fall at the feet of Miss Sasha Velour, who took 5 minutes of airtime in every episode to drone on about queer history, eating disorders, the Russians, the Pulse shooting, the AIDS crisis, cancer, the club kids. These are all topics worthy of discussion, but there's something about the cadence of Sasha's voice that just turned them into lectures and extremely uninteresting viewing (coupled with the fact that she never said anything groundbreaking, just read the room for something plain and obvious and safe to say in a confessional). Combine this with some of the absolute nonsense that she chose to fight over and you have: one insufferable winner! I did fairly well to disguise my dislike of Sasha towards the end of Season 9 because I was under the illusion that the crown would be going to Shea or Trinity. She started off incredibly unique, with the best promo look and a distinct style and voice, and paired up with Shea to win her two challenges in a convincing fashion. But something about Sasha reminds me a lot of Yvie Oddly, and not just because they're both bald :oh: this attitude and feigned-wisdom they bestowed upon themselves rapidly turned me off their personalities. That whole "don't joke about that" interaction with Eureka was so dramatic and acting like a dying swan over one throwaway bad joke that it was pretty much the turning point for me re: Sasha. This'd later manifest in her treatment of Nina Bo'nina Brown. For a queen who spent so much of the season begging for Serious Issues to Be Taken Seriously, to watch someone so visibly and loudly dismiss Nina and use phrases like "I'm over it" re: her mental health was pretty telling that Sasha just exploits hot topics to look virtuous. Also this insistence with how artistic she is when... she just uses an over-head projector in her performances? Obviously, Sasha did a good job with season 9. She never landed in the bottom and never really deserved to either. I've already mentioned her two wins, as a vaguely lesbian cookery presenter on the Good Morning, Bitches! (or was she Not On Today? idk) challenge, and as Assky in the brilliant sitcom pitch. She also did well in Snatch Game with a complex Marlene Dietrich impression, did just about fine in the Roast and even handled her bombs well, and could easily have won the makeover of a crew member episode with Duncan. I will not, however, for a second, entertain the idea that Sasha should've won the Gayest Ball Ever. http://i.imgur.com/sZCuyrV.gif THAT. COWBOY. RUNWAY. WAS. HIDEOUS. The hat is disgusting, the boots are disgusting, the hair doesn't go with it, and the cravat is only there to mask the fact her top is falling apart :oh: And her unicorn look was more "tribal warrior" than unicorn :hmph: And her deconstructed rainbow was so...blah and pedestrian. Shea deserved the win. Sue me. I retract my earlier statement about how she should never have had to lipsync, I just remembered her Princess runway and that ridiculous voice she put on for her sidekick "Lump". https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20170415202127 That is literally... [michelle visage voice] a piece of fabric stapled around her. With a birdcage on her head. The story should not have saved this hideous look and Kimora/Farrah should've been safe :oh: And finally, other reasons I'm getting rid of her now: her Category Is verse and performance was just dumb, her verse in that C.L.A.T. song was hilariously pretentious, she's now RUINED drag race finales for the foreseeable future because everyone's going to try and pull off ridiculous reveals, she did a pretty poor job of interviewing the S10 queens before Aquaria/Adam Rippon really stole the show and showed us how to present a trainwreck... I'm also sick to death of the "hey beauties" outro to every god-damn VH1 video on YouTube now. I will say this in her defence though. She got Katy Perry to talk about why she should win. Sasha, sweetie, I'm so sorry- Memorable quote(s): Trinity: "Well, if this [Sasha's clubkids dress] goes missing, I didn't take it :)" Sasha: "Good luck fitting in it". "Tonight, we really do have an opportunity to salute empowering representation in the media. We have an out and proud lesbian comedian. Thank you so much, Ross Mathews." "And now a queen who combines all the excitement of smiling, with the thrill of just...standing there. Give it up for Valentina." :joker: Best Runway(s): It's a tie between her Madonna look and that fur runway with the russian cossack dancing she did. Best Moment(s): Her impression of Farrah Moan was pretty funny. |
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https://i.redd.it/53s82t88x8i21.gif 56th Place: Jasmine Masters (Season 7, All Stars 4) - Finished: 12th and last, respectively Even typing her finishing positions made me question if I've placed Jasmine too high but a quick trip to her Instagram page will surely rectify that. Jasmine... sucked at Drag Race. She really didn't have an episode where she shone, although I would argue her 'Glamazonian Airways' showing was deserving of a top 3 with Ginger and Kasha. Instead they gave it to Violet for wearing french fries and wrapping a seatbelt around her waist :unsure: I guess Jaidynn would've been equally deserving as Jasmine so perhaps this is a losing battle. As for every other episode she featured on: she had her nightmarish cocoon naked runway, an ABYSMAL Shakesqueer acting challenge ("basic bitches.... not wanted... *takes off skirt 3 seconds later*"), a pretty confusing and sad stand-up routine about washing your ass at the AllStars talent show, and then a lost cause of a lipsync against Trinity the Tuck to 'Peanut Butter'. I never knew she had the twerking of a white girl :( All of this is immaterial though when you consider how many iconic quotes and moments she delivered in such a short amount of time. Obviously the 'Bitter Old Ladies Brigade' were frowned upon at the time and treated as if they were the four horsemen of the apocalypse, but her continued dismissal of queens like Miss Fame and Pearl was, ultimately, fighting the good fight :clap1: Jasmine wanted to save the season, and y'all turned on her for it. She ended up going third and had she not been against Kennedy Davenport I'd have loved her to have gone further (and she would've, if she lipsynced against Fame like she should have :hmph:) but unfortunately those squats she turned out against Kennedy - whilst amazing - were pretty much the only move she had in her bag. Jasmine is mostly beloved for her off-screen rants, though, and here's a collection of some of the best. Memorable quote(s): "Get your jush!" "Panties, bitch." "No tea, no shade, no pink lemonade." "Pop the corns and feed the children!" Best Runway(s): I mean, obviously the Shakesqueer gown that she was sent home in. Best Moment(s): RuPaul / the show surprising her at the reunion with a video from Patti LaBelle was honestly heart-warming and so deserved after such a disgusting and hateful reaction from the "fans". |
Sasha is definitely the worst winner to date (and I doubt there will ever be a worse winner). S9 is by far my least favourite series, just so bland and not many queens to actually actively root for in the cast. Her winning pretty much cemented my opinions to the series, I’ve tried to rewatch it since but I can’t bring myself past about episode 3 because it really was trash. Pretentious, self-righteous and completely lacking of any sort of personality.
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https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20171130232631 55th Place: Morgan McMichaels (Season 2, All Stars 3) - Finished: 8th and 5th, respectively I adore Morgan McMichaels. I originally had her around 10 places higher but a late crisis of confidence has had me throwing queens out of this rankdown on a whim and I hope I don't live to regret this decision. Morgan is one of the most perfect examples of polished drag not translating brilliantly to Drag Race: she's immaculately put-together, razor-sharp and smart, full of good bitchy putdowns, and has tonnes of charisma. It's just unfortunate that she can't make P!nk a funny character, or had to impersonate a swan in an acting challenge Morgan burst into season two as part of the legendary WeHo queen circle (that would later offer up queens like Detox, Willam, Mayhem Miller, Delta Work and Raven) and was very much an organic character: ie. she didn't give a **** about mincing her words and managed to pick the first ever Untucked fight with Mystique. I know it's tired to say it but god I miss the old Untucked :( Like her friend Mayhem, Morgan won the first sewing challenge and then ended up being fifth-eliminated, but that would be pretty under-selling of her talents: that Gone With the Windows look was pretty stellar and she also managed to put in a great pole-dancing routine in the second challenge, but just wound up on the losing team. Her Country Queens challenge was also decent, serving a ridiculously-good "grandma" makeup. Unfortunately, Morgan didn't quite steal the hearts of the judges and ended up in the bottom two pretty quick thanks to silly immunity twists and not being as good-for-storylines as Tatianna or Tyra, and she was sent home by Sahara Davenport after one of the show's most underrated lipsync performances: I'm still confused as to how she was in the bottom two for that wedding dress challenge, though, when Pandora looked like this and Jessica looked like this: http://images5.fanpop.com/image/phot...77-540-380.jpg NEVER MIND. Morgan eventually made it onto AllStars 3 and infamously decided to announce to the room that she would send home the strongest competition. I do wish she'd had the opportunity to land in the top just for the drama of it all, but instead she was sent home by Bendelachrist because Ben has a tendency to be boring and "above all that" or whatever. Cow. And again: Morgan shouldn't have been bottom two, Milk should have. She then fell foul of the "returning queen who has no chance of winning because she's had 2 episodes of airtime where the rest have had 6 or 7" rule and went home again despite a pretty decent job of a terrible role in that Best Friend's Wedding challenge (which, in hindsight, might be the worst acting challenge the show has ever had). I place Morgan this high because of her effervescence whenever popping up in World of Wonder videos; her appearances on shows like Fashion Photo RuView, the Pit Stop or the Trixie and Katya Show have often been great - such as the time she literally threw a guy's phone on the floor in the latter :love: There's also the time she broke her hand punching a Nazi :love: Memorable quote(s): "Sweetie. Sweetie. Go fix your hair, go fix your mug." "I look pretty good for a dead bitch." Best Runway(s): I loved her Scottish look for the Red Runway in AS3 but I would opt for her 'High Class Drag' look in episode two of S2. Best Moment(s): https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjI9...AoIU/giphy.gif |
I can’t help but wonder how much different AS3 would have played out had she not gone home first, would we have ended up with a worse winner then Trixie? :worry:
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She's a good performer so most likely would've been safe until Snatch Game, but couldn't see her winning a challenge and sending the strongest "bottom" queen home (which, even then, would've only been Kennedy or Milk in Ep2+1 respectively)
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https://media3.giphy.com/media/l46Ch...sOmA/giphy.gif 54th Place: Robbie Turner (Season 8) - Finished: 7th I'm in a good mind to say that Robbie Turner might be one of the most underrated queens of all time. The edit did a spectacular job of painting her out to be a conceited bitch who was always the inferior Seattle girl to Jinkx & Dela, and maybe she is a little bit, but that shouldn't undermine her talents. That's not to say she didn't suck at times: the two design challenges showcased Robbie's sewing skills to be questionable, and probably could've been sent home first for that weird, shapeless canine couture look. Her lion-inspired Oz runway was even more hideous; a scrunched up wig stapled to her waist and a couple more dangling on her shoulders. She was a little disappointing with Snatch Game, too, with a poor choice of Vogue editor Diana Vreeland (at least go for Anna, since she's iconic AND recent?!) and all of this, added with the fact she landed in the bottom AGAIN for a bad performance in the RuCo's Empire challenge, would be reason enough to make her an early boot in this rankdown, right? Wrong. Why is she this high? She �� can �� lip �� sync �� in �� god �� damn �� roll �� er �� skates �� also Derrick should've lipsynced but I'm long past talking about that drunken bitch What I love about Robbie is how she bought so much into her own delusion, and that's manifested since Season 8 in the bizarrest of ways, isn't that right, Uber? She was loathed for the first two or three episodes for throwing shade at Sharon Needles, Laila McQueen and the New York girls, Were it not for Acid Betty equally hamming up the "cold bitch" angle, she could've been the most hated queen of all time :love: And at first I was fooled into buying it: she must just be a jaded, bitter bitch. But Robbie had talents to back it up: she won a challenge with Kim & Naomi as "Les Chicken Wings" in the New Wave Queens episode, winning praise from Debbie Harry on her birthday. She did great at the reading challenge, and stole several scenes in the Bitch Perfect challenge despite being on the worst team. Spoiler: I still believe she should've at least been top 3 for Bitch Perfect, and maybe should even have won for this runway alone. https://media1.tenor.com/images/109d...itemid=5247212 Otherwise I just loved Robbie's personality for livening up a weak season of Untucked; playing around with Bob and Thorgy and teasing the dumber, vapid queens (convincing Naomi Smalls that Greta Garbo was in the Spice Girls), throwing shade in the workroom, and just generally having the ability to tell a story. Even if it's weird, fabricated, and leaves you as a social outcast with the Drag Race fans :worry: Come back soon, Robbie. We forgive the Uber thing! And All Stars would be richer with your presence, dear. Memorable quote(s): "I'm gonna tell you a story about flats... No." "Too real?" "Derrick. Let's not get crazy." "BUY OUR VINYL IN THE BACK :mad:" Best Runway(s): Already posted it, but her neon showgirl was also good (a bit like Detox's Marie Antoinette, but Robbie did it first x) Best Moment(s): Breaking a light on the runway in her Mesmerize lipsync :love: |
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