[MB.]

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Jinkx Monsoon & BenDeLaCreme

One’s a quirky weirdo outsider from Seattle who managed to overcome her inner saboteur and slay the three-headed beast that was Rolaskatox to snatch the crown in season 5, the other’s a quirky weirdo outsider from Seattle who took one look at Bebe Zahara Benet’s jungle kitty and decided to quit All Stars 3. Together, who knows what they might be capable of? Y'know, other than a straight-to-DVD remake of the movie Us (and as long as Jinkx doesn’t face any Roadblocks involving water and/or the backs of ducks, and Dela doesn’t face any involving lip syncing, that is). Fingers crossed Jinkx doesn’t accidentally mistake a clue for giblets for the cats either.

Most likely to: scour duty free for lipstick and white-out before catching a flight.

Least likely to: get a tan at any point during the race.

[MB.]

Clue for Team #8: they were eliminated in the same episode, eight years apart

[MB.]

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Mayhem Miller & Morgan McMichaels

Mayhem & Morgan have a lot more in common than just being from West Hollywood - they both won the first challenges of their original Drag Race seasons, only to be eliminated in week five after losing a lip sync to a Davenport (yes, Monét X Change is technically a Davenport, I swear I’m not making this up). As WeHo queens are known for being as vague as possible at all times, preferably when bitching about another queen on social media, these two should have the strategic element of the race on lock - if not just because they’ll always be too vague to accidentally give vital information to any other teams. Oh, and if our teams happen to run into any Nazis along the race, Morgan’s got you covered. Thanks Morgan.

Most likely to: be eliminated fifth (it’s the statistics speaking, not me).

Least likely to: have grievances with anyone they actually specify by name.

[MB.]

Clue for Team #9: they have competed in seventeen episodes of Drag Race together, but have never lip synced against each other

[MB.]

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Monét X Change & Monique Heart

Rumour has it that Monét was initially supposed to compete on the race with her podcasting sister Bob the Drag Queen, but it turns out that Bob is so inherently New York that it’s biologically impossible for her to leave the tri-state area for longer than a fortnight. So instead production roped in Monique, thus allowing her to put her hypothesis that the ooh ah ah sensation can indeed be felt in every nation to the test. Given how well they worked as a painting and decorating duo back in All Stars 4, racing across the planet should be a breeze for these two. Who said? Jesus.

Most likely to: wake up in cold sweats in a hotel in eastern Europe after having had simultaneous nightmares about The Vixen.

Least likely to: complete a painting Detour in a reasonable amount of time.

[MB.]

Clue for Team #10: two queens who have participated in a Lip Sync for the Crown against each other

[MB.]

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Sasha Velour & Shea Couleé

Hey beauties, it’s Sasha & Shea! Given that they were basically edited like a team of annoyingly competent Amazing Race winners in their original Drag Race season, Sashea will likely have no qualms about being paired up in another high-pressure competition situation this time around. Unless they end up comparing the trajectories of their careers post-Drag Race at any point. Or their social media followers. Or get onto the subject of rose petals. Or unless Shea decides to gift Sasha a basket of hamburgers and shampoo for being such a great race partner. And that’s something you definitely shouldn't joke about.

Most likely to: have the highest collective IQ of any team on the race. Well, unless Serena Cha Cha decides to take part, that is.

Least likely to: joke about that.

[MB.]

So, those are the ten teams I've chosen to take part in the race!

Originally Posted by MB.

Alaska & Willam / Alyssa & Shangela / Bunny & Coco / Farrah & Valentina / Gia & Laganja

Jasmine & Kennedy / Jinkx & Dela / Mayhem & Morgan / Monét & Monique / Sasha & Shea

Now, however, I'm handing over the power to the members of the Conservative Part-oh wait, sorry, I mean you guys (secret Tories among you included, sure why not, I'm a tolerant guy). It's your job to choose the eleventh and final team.

Next, I'll be introducing you to the four potential wildcard teams, and then it'll be up to you to pick which one you want to subject upon an unwilling planet...

[MB.]

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Wildcard Team #1: Kelly Mantle & Tammie Brown

As much as it’s fun to bring in well-established pairs of queens to compete in the race, production knows that forcing queens with seemingly little history to work together is when the sparks truly fly. Which is to say that Tammie “it was a dead body!” Brown and Kelly “oh mama they tried to drown me in the ocean” Mantle deserve to be heralded as one of Drag Race’s finest dynamic duos as much as the next… er, I don’t know, Dusty Ray Bottoms and Jaidynn Diore Fierce (why not) and with any luck this race will rectify that. No combination of potential queens in the running matches the description of wildcard better than these two, which is why inflicting them upon a divided world as a kind of peace offering sounds pretty good to me. C’mon Bolsonaro! Teleport us to Mars!

[MB.]

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Wildcard Team #2: Kim Chi & Naomi Smalls

That’s right, Kim & Naomi are hoping to be the first team sponsored by Klarna to ever run The Amazing Race! That’s Klarna, the shopping app that lets you buy now and pay later in just four easy installments. Enter now via the app or on the website to be in with a chance of meeting Kim & Naomi during a fag break in between filming in some random village in Moldova! #Klarna #RaceLikeAQueen #spon

[MB.]

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Wildcard Team #3: Nina West & Shuga Cain

No stranger to controversial eliminations, Nina & Shuga should have plenty of fans on their side ready to go to battle for them in the event that they somehow get rigged out of their second reality competition in a row. But then again, they’re both so calm and congenial that I highly doubt they’ll kick up a fuss, even if they do happen to get eliminated on a leg consisting of a "learn and perform a magic trick" Detour and a "do a lip sync to No Scrubs" Roadblock. You know, just as examples.

[MB.]

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Wildcard Team #4: Silky Nutmeg Ganache & A'keria C. Davenport

Silky & A’keria are determined not to let the absence of their third Dreamgirl, Miss Vanjie, stop them in the race. That’s because they’re planning on smuggling her into Silky’s backpack, and if anything they’ll be more likely to get stopped because of Vanjie’s presence, namely in customs. Bonus points if they subject a terrified Phil to their two-woman rendition of And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going at the Pit Stop at any point and force a non-elimination in the process.

[MB.]

Your job:

It's now your turn to choose which of the four wildcard teams you'd like to see try and navigate immigration at the airports of the world while dressed like women. Will it be:

Kelly Mantle & Tammie Brown (#TeamBrownBacon)?

Kim Chi & Naomi Smalls (#TeamKlarna)?

Nina West & Shuga Cain (#TeamNana)?

or Silky Nutmeg Ganache & A'keria C. Davenport (#TeamDreamgirls)?

To decide, please rank the above from 1st (your favourite) to 4th (your least), as below. For this round only, there'll be no randomising involved: simply, whoever gets the most votes will join the race.

1st -
2nd -
3rd -
4th -

I'll close the votes in a day or two, and inform you of the results if you haven't already counted them up yourselves. I'll then kick off the game proper

[Braden]

Team Brown Bacon have to get through because Team Brown Bacon are winning the entire thing.

[Morgan.]

PM or in thread?

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Morgan.

PM or in thread?

In thread is fine!

[Morgan.]

1st - Team Klarna
2nd - Team Nana
3rd - Team Brown Bacon
4th - Team Dreamgirls

[Braden]

Team Brown Bacon
Team Dreamgirls
Team Nana
Team Klarna

[Mokka]

1. Team Brown Bacon
2. Team Nana
3. Team Dreamgirls
4. Team Klarna

Love this btw... so here for it

[Daniel-X]

1. Team Nana
2. Team Dreamgirls
3. Team Brown Bacon
4. Team Klarna

[MB.]

Thanks all

[Ammi]

Team BrownBacon
Team Dreamgirls
Team Nana
Team Klarna

[Liam-]

Team Nana
Team Klarna
Team Brownbacon
Team Dreamgirls

[RileyH]

Nearly missed my bus reading this dd this is brilliant

1. Dreamgirls
2. Klarna
3. BrownBacon
4. Nana

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Team Nana
Team Klarna
Team Brownbacon
Team Dreamgirls

This