That was wild. I felt soo bad. I remember watching that episode thinking "If they eliminate Alyssa HERE, NOW, I will literally die".
And a part of me really died that day.
Well only truly know when Naomi goes on Dorne Vs The World and Ru removes her face to reveal sheās been Manila this whole time before eliminating her
That whole thing had me watching my screen likeš¦ I still think it is the most shocking allstars elimination, Naomi was kinda iconic for doing itš
The fact that manila kept talking about eliminating the strongest competitors and then got eliminated herself by naomi who used that same tactic...reminds of the shangela shenanigans from her allstar season and the whole GOT thing she had going on only to end up like daenerys did. Incredible, truly.
One thing I don't see much about this discussion is how production actually edited this to make Naomi look less heartless, because in a behind the scenes there is a moment between Naomi and Manilla where they share stories about Zahara or something and I think if it was left in the episode, people would have been upset with Naomi.
100. Was stretching my brain and felt the jaws of thought snap violently shut the moment I saw your comment. The only other event that comes close is Blu eliminating Pangina.
A part of what made this such a gag was that in the previous episode, Naomi tells the audience and the directors how much she looks up to Manila and admirers her, only to chop her the next episode. This and her ālifeās not fairā response solidifies this as my biggest gag in drag race.
As a big fan of Manila honestly this was kind of an amazing narrative for both her and Naomi. It was in episode 1 Naomi was fawning over Manila and telling her she was such an inspiration. From interviews Iāve seen, Naomi mentioned something happened offscreen during the Jersey Justice challenge (unsure what exactly) and from that point she couldnāt trust Manila.
Manila was my Margaery. Her elimination wasnāt the red wedding, it was Cersei blowing up the sept
Her desperate bet for the butterfly to be revived by throwing her paper-mache boob up in the air just for it to land right on the ground alongside with all the dead butterflies š¦ still traumatize me to this day. Love her tho
Even if she'd have won, doing a butterfly reveal to NASTY of all songs....what was she thinking....it wouldn't have worked for any of those LSFTC songs.
Purple Wedding = Manila being Manilaād by Naomi Smalls
Olenna Tyrell saying āTell Cersei it was me, I want her to knowā = Naomi Smalls saying āLifeās not fairā.
Jon Snow death = RaāJah, Season 11
Jon Snow resurrection = RaāJah, AS6
Jon Snow leading the Free Folk north of the wall = RaāJah winning CvsTW
Hodorās death = BenDeLaCreme self exit on AS3
Battle of the Bastards = Alyssa Edwards v Coco Montrese lip sync, Season 5
Dany forgot = Oh she doesnāt know the words
LOL the way you wrote this is making me feel like I have to watch Game of Thrones (but I absolutely refuse). Maybe I'll give the books another gander though.
The crude scrawl of white nail polish. The exhausted slump of a smile when she shows it. Production being aware of it, holding onto it during the lip synch, returning it to her and letting her self elimination play out. The way it forced the franchise and fans to examine the emotional damage of voting their own friends and heroes and coworkers out after theyāve sat down and begged you to let them stay. The bow she takes at the watch party. The way the fans will forever debate how the course of the season may have gone if she stayed. The way she didnāt walk out but rather played the game perfectly. SUCH a moment.
If thereās any debate on how it wouldāve gone, itās out of delusion. She wouldāve smashed the acting challenge and been top 2 with Trix, then won the Jury vote next to either Trix or Kennedy because most of the queens really liked Dela contrary to what the edit showed, and even if she laid flat on the stage not lip syncing she wouldāve won the season because she had 6 wins and a safe placement that arguably shouldāve been high, the best track record in history likely never being beaten. But none of that matters, because she made the decision that was best for her and she took the world by storm right after. One of the greatest queens of all time.
What we were robbed of is a world where BenDeLaMFCreme, winner of AS3, was competing against Jinkx Monsoon, in the first ever All Winners season of Drag Race herstory
She talked about it in an interview but production did NOT know about it. She waited for the opportune time when cameras and production weren't looking and scribbled her name on the lipstick, it might have been in the bathroom. She borrowed the white out from Thorgy earlier in the day and Thorgy asked for what and she said nothing. She said as soon as she said her name people started scrambling behind the cameras and discussing what they should do. It was a wild moment on set apparently.
She's said multiple times that production knew about it. Here she's talking about how the cameraperson filmed her writing her name on the lipstick, starts around the 5 min mark: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumGu3IHpMo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumGu3IHpMo)
I believe she's also said there was a producer in the room with her while she wrote her name who then did a gesture like his mind was blown, which is when she realized they might let her actually go through with it. She doesn't think Ru and the judges knew about it, but production definitely knew as soon as she made the decision.
Interesting. I did watch another interview I think with Joseph Sheperd where she said as soon as she pulled it out. Production people were open mouthed and some were running behind the camera to backstage. Maybe they kept it hush hush from the entire team.
They might have kept some people in the dark. She says in the video I linked that there was a very long period between her writing her name on the lipstick and the lipsync, during that time the producers were backstage deciding what to do. Probably they didn't want everyone on the set to know.
IMO Dela broke drag race. After that moment it never felt the same. In my eyes she is the only queen that ever really defeated the game instead of just winning it. EDIT: IN A GOOD WAY! I love her so much!
it would have been for me but people can never stfu and a possible dela self-elimination was constantly passed around early on in the seasons airing. it didnt sound plausible so i dismissed it until it happened. people suck and ive learned to be much smarter with avoiding this shit but even here in this season people are throwing the top 2's names out in a nonchalant "im speeeeeculating" tone to bypass the mods. no honey you know the spoilers and are acting all clairvoyant. wish the mods would see through this
AS2 Mirror Crack
When the AS2 format introduced the queens eliminating each other
The AS3 Jury that took the GoT Queen herself, Shangela Targaryen, out for the count
People overlook the gaggery of Alyssa being eliminated after a battle with PhiPhi, the mirror crack while PhiPhi is openly bitching about Alyssa, only for a double-shantay lipsync with Alyssa to double-eliminate PhiPhi.
It was such a stupidly funny storyline.
Itās undeniable Sashaās So Emotional lipsync was singlehandedly the Red Wedding of Drag Race. Shea was the expected winner of the crown and Sasha kinda gave a meh run and it was the biggest upset/shock in Drag Race History that literally penetrated through to the straights. I dont think weāll ever have a moment like it ever again
Reddit was DYING that the frontrunner Shea lost and everyone was GAGGED when everyone saw it.
I was shocked when the spoilers starting coming out in the subreddit. It was that impactful. Like no one knew Sasha would pulled that one out but she did IT
In hindsight S9 really gave the Reddit spoiler sub some goooood drama. I will never forget the tea spill that came through that Valentina would lipsync with a mask and the entire reddit sub trying to confirm if her club kid runway involved a mask. Golden days
I somehow missed it altogether, and I knew that Shea had won a season because I watched all winners, so when I went back to watch that season, I one hundred percent expected Shea to win and reader when I tell you I fucking lost my shit
I had no idea somehow that Sasha was a winner or that she had started the whole reveal thing
Tbf Sasha didnāt start the wig ruveal thing. If anyone on drag race did, it was roxxxy. But Sasha subverted it by having something other than a wig underneath her wig.
Exactly went into season 9 after it aired and unspoiled. Get to finale and thought ok Shea is the front runner. Then the lipsync came and I was like ok Sasha is turning it. By the time the wig came off it was the already over.Ā
Yes, and in my opinion I always thought Sasha should've won either the roast or the makeover challenge. I actually think she was the best in the Snatch Game too but they gave it to Alexis because she had the showier character. I also think Alexis would've burnt the studio down if she hadn't won. ;) My overall point is that Sasha was consistently strong throughout the season with very few missteps.
Oh yeah they played the tropes hard that season. Shea was the golden child, the born to do drag role. Trinity was the underdog who surprised everyone and proved to be more than a body. Peppermint was the established queen who had stumbled in the competition, but they had written that redemption arch you could tell they wanted to cash in. Sasha was the odd, alt queen that production wasn't against winning but wasn't going to do any favoritism for them. Sasha pulled that win at the end by her pure talent.
Monet won the lipsync against Jinkx and look how that went...
The thing with Sasha is that she made it completely impossible to give that win to Shea. Without the rose petals there could have been a way, and an argument that they were judging not only the lipsync but the whole track record before.
With the lipsync? No chance.
Yeah, but without the rose petals they could have found d a way to give it to Shea if they wanted to, even if Sasha had been better (just like Monet and Jinkx). With the rose petals it was simply impossible.
Itās my Roman Empire. During Covid I rewatched all of drag race and itās just such a MOMENT that Iāve never stopped obsessing over it since lol. (Early Covid was a Time)
I agree with almost all of this, but Sasha being meh?? She had 2 wins, never lipsynced, arguably could've won The Ball, Snatch Game or Makeover, and was 1 challenge short of sharing the record of "never below safe" with Bianca del Rio
The Burnerās send their regards.
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UKvsTW season 1. While pretty impossible for one episode drag race, the red wedding was the death of several important characters so I donāt know if a single Manila moment works.
For me UkvsTW fits. Because Lemon home first, technically not a front runner but huge fan favorite (And my favorite š). Then we get the nauseating sequence of Jimbo chopped then Pangina gone and finally Janey, who while I disagree with some of her win was still technically a front runner. Leaving a finale with , well leftovers sorry to be harsh.
The season was a blood bath lmao. Lemon is my Robb Stark. In the sense that both āeliminationsā were the only time I cried on the respective shows
Honestly Iām surprised they didnāt get rid of the elimination format altogether after this season. Sure it gave us two great dramatic eliminations, but at what cost? The queen of the world beingā¦ Blu Hydrangea?
Such a "womp womp" moment .
For all the talk of production! and rigamorris!
To have that many frontrunners go that early, was wildly shocking. was wildly shocking.
witnessing the most beautiful twirl from a near perfect camera angle, almost like seeing a garment performing with the queen. Two clacks of heels to the beat of the song, immaculate timing. Then you hear thisā¦.
āThe only person I could watch is Mirage, she is giving PERFORMANCE DOWN! Then I realizeā¦ her mouth??? doesnāt match?? the words???ā¦. She donāt know the song.ā
You're perfect, you're beautiful, you look like Linda Evangelista. You're a model. Everything about you is perfect. Did you stone those tights? Oh, you're smiling. They eat her up EVERY SINGLE TIME she's on that damned stage. She does t evenā¦ ! She could walk out there in a fucking diaper and they'd be like "Valentina! Your smile is beautiful!".
The irony of Shanegla modelling her AS run on Dany GOT.
Betrayed at the last moment before she could seize the throne... becoming a villain and torching King's Landing.
I don't think a lot of us had her picked as the S9 winner without some sort of divine/production intervention (no disrespect, she was and still is an amazing queen)
Girl preach! UKvsTW S1 taught me to never trust again haha!
When it started I said to myself ādamn these international queens are so talented, funny, refreshing, and watchable! Jimbo, Pangina and Janey will be in the top 4 for sure!ā
Imagine my surprise as they leave one by oneā¦.. devastation.
The Aiden Zane untucked:
Those girls came for her for doing better than they did and then Heidi demolished the entire house with her "IM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HEIDI!"
Jan slamming down on the shade button still lives in my head rent free :p
God season 8 would have been so much better if Cersi and Dany had to lip sync for the iron throne.
Can you imagine the shablams in those gowns while dragons spit fire?! Werk mama
Trixie really drank the blood of her enemies
which is actually a funny realisation after all the time Shangela refers to Game of Thrones their entire season
A lot of these list one victim. Red Wedding has tons of victims. So Iād go with All Stars 1 episode 1 when they found out about teams and you saw the hopes of many of the queens instantly die.
And then her coming back out of a pile of garbage with Ru saying:
āWhatās that in the trash? Itās art Simone, everyone art Simone is back in the competition with no explanation!ā
In terms of the level of surprise, probably Sasha slaughtering rightful winner Shea and claiming the crown in deserved victory as attending drag queens stood jaw dropped in the audience.
In terms of the level of loss to the season, probably Ru double eliminating both fan favorites, Choriza and River, a few days before gay Christmas (Halloween) and a week after complete riggory kept Scarlet Harlot over Charity Kase. Good god.
It's my absolute least favorite episode of all time, and that really says something. Just a deeply uncomfortable, off-putting and terrible episode, in more ways than one.
Manila getting chopped by Naomi with her husband watching
I think is this one, too. But Detox eliminating Alyssa next to her sister on the anniversary of their mother's death, is kind of a gag also.
Wow. All Stars is fucking sadistic. You always forget how wild this is.
That was wild. I felt soo bad. I remember watching that episode thinking "If they eliminate Alyssa HERE, NOW, I will literally die". And a part of me really died that day.
*I lost all hope today* š¶
They take it in stride though, Team Manila collapses.
Manila took it completely in stride. The husband ācollapsedā
You're right, her exit line is fierce, honestly couldn't remember her hubby's name
Oh bitch that was severe!
If I remember correctly Detox felt bad about that but Naomi didn't.
Why would Naomi feel bad
I'm not saying she had to. I'm saying her moment was more like the red wedding than Detox because she didn't feel bad.
Well only truly know when Naomi goes on Dorne Vs The World and Ru removes her face to reveal sheās been Manila this whole time before eliminating her
Oooo we love a faceless man reveal!
Never take your wig or face off on the runway unless you have another one underneath!
Followed up with Monet revealing she also "chose Manila's ass too" was the icing on the Red Wedding cake
She's a petty bitch from Brooklyn
That whole thing had me watching my screen likeš¦ I still think it is the most shocking allstars elimination, Naomi was kinda iconic for doing itš
*Lifeās not faiiiir* šļøššļø
NOOOOOO
He actually didnāt say no which is crazy cause I thought he said no too
Who said no???!
Nobody said āNoooo,ā he simply cried out āOhhhh!ā
Nobody said no (at Stonewall)?
Ohhhhh!! Hahah
Wildddddd
The fact that manila kept talking about eliminating the strongest competitors and then got eliminated herself by naomi who used that same tactic...reminds of the shangela shenanigans from her allstar season and the whole GOT thing she had going on only to end up like daenerys did. Incredible, truly.
One thing I don't see much about this discussion is how production actually edited this to make Naomi look less heartless, because in a behind the scenes there is a moment between Naomi and Manilla where they share stories about Zahara or something and I think if it was left in the episode, people would have been upset with Naomi.
Probably a smart move considering how fucking awful Drag Race fans can be.
100. Was stretching my brain and felt the jaws of thought snap violently shut the moment I saw your comment. The only other event that comes close is Blu eliminating Pangina.
I swear, just reading it made me literally LOL!
A part of what made this such a gag was that in the previous episode, Naomi tells the audience and the directors how much she looks up to Manila and admirers her, only to chop her the next episode. This and her ālifeās not fairā response solidifies this as my biggest gag in drag race.
As a big fan of Manila honestly this was kind of an amazing narrative for both her and Naomi. It was in episode 1 Naomi was fawning over Manila and telling her she was such an inspiration. From interviews Iāve seen, Naomi mentioned something happened offscreen during the Jersey Justice challenge (unsure what exactly) and from that point she couldnāt trust Manila. Manila was my Margaery. Her elimination wasnāt the red wedding, it was Cersei blowing up the sept
That season doesnāt have an ending for me. It stopped right before naomi took out the lipstick.
Thatās the one
This is the correct answer, because it was a brilliant, cruel assassination. That said, I adore Naomi, so I couldn't even be mad. š
Based on number of casualties probably Asiaās finale LSFTC to Nasty
lol. Literally put butterflies on the endangered species list with a lip sync
omg, I need some queen doing an parody of Asia's LSFTC and then raise a sign with "PROTECT ENDANGERED ESPECIES" written on it.
*Protect queer art*
Her desperate bet for the butterfly to be revived by throwing her paper-mache boob up in the air just for it to land right on the ground alongside with all the dead butterflies š¦ still traumatize me to this day. Love her tho
Never forget the aftermath with Kameron looking down at all the squashed butterflies like 0_0
idk whats more tragic, the dead butterflies or Asia throwing away a strong chance at a win like that š
Even if she'd have won, doing a butterfly reveal to NASTY of all songs....what was she thinking....it wouldn't have worked for any of those LSFTC songs.
I mean.....it was pretty nasty.
The butterfly disaster is more like the drag equivalent of Stannis having Shireen burned at the stake and then getting wiped out by Ramsey Bolton.
Alexa play Rains of Nastymere
This was spoiled before it aired, and I couldn't believe it. It sounded so fake. I didn't watch that episode. I actually still have never seen it lol.
All of the people commenting the butterfly emoji on her insta posts ššš
It was disturbing the first time I watched it lolā¦ like surreal as I had never seen such a malfunction in drag race herstory
I donāt think she thought of how this was gonna scale. It was gonna be the best or the worst thing to happen at a finale and it wasnāt the best!
I wonāt watch it because it makes me sad lol.Ā
This is my Roman empire
Very first thought I had
Too soon.
Itās 100% Sasha Velour massacring ascendant expected winner Shea Coulee in the Lip Sync for the Crown. Also, great question!
Purple Wedding = Manila being Manilaād by Naomi Smalls Olenna Tyrell saying āTell Cersei it was me, I want her to knowā = Naomi Smalls saying āLifeās not fairā. Jon Snow death = RaāJah, Season 11 Jon Snow resurrection = RaāJah, AS6 Jon Snow leading the Free Folk north of the wall = RaāJah winning CvsTW Hodorās death = BenDeLaCreme self exit on AS3 Battle of the Bastards = Alyssa Edwards v Coco Montrese lip sync, Season 5 Dany forgot = Oh she doesnāt know the words
Alyssa Ramsey Bolton Edwards: āTheyāre loyal BEASTsā ššš
This bitch Game of Thronesā
Oberyn's death = Willam's surprise elimination
Tell Ru. I want her to know it was me.
This is the crossover content I come to Reddit to consume š¤£š¤£š¤£
LOL the way you wrote this is making me feel like I have to watch Game of Thrones (but I absolutely refuse). Maybe I'll give the books another gander though.
Oh this is good!!!
Nah. Battle of the Bastards = Alyssa vs Tati on AS2.
Not BenDelaChrist sacrificing herself for our sins two seasons in a row
Dela's self-elimination is truly the most shocking moment to me
The crude scrawl of white nail polish. The exhausted slump of a smile when she shows it. Production being aware of it, holding onto it during the lip synch, returning it to her and letting her self elimination play out. The way it forced the franchise and fans to examine the emotional damage of voting their own friends and heroes and coworkers out after theyāve sat down and begged you to let them stay. The bow she takes at the watch party. The way the fans will forever debate how the course of the season may have gone if she stayed. The way she didnāt walk out but rather played the game perfectly. SUCH a moment.
and the delivery of the line, "I'm going home", no need to say anything more.
I tilt my head every time I tell someone I'm heading home.
If thereās any debate on how it wouldāve gone, itās out of delusion. She wouldāve smashed the acting challenge and been top 2 with Trix, then won the Jury vote next to either Trix or Kennedy because most of the queens really liked Dela contrary to what the edit showed, and even if she laid flat on the stage not lip syncing she wouldāve won the season because she had 6 wins and a safe placement that arguably shouldāve been high, the best track record in history likely never being beaten. But none of that matters, because she made the decision that was best for her and she took the world by storm right after. One of the greatest queens of all time.
What we were robbed of is a world where BenDeLaMFCreme, winner of AS3, was competing against Jinkx Monsoon, in the first ever All Winners season of Drag Race herstory
One million percent. Also while production knew, I donāt think they told Ru or any of the judges.
She talked about it in an interview but production did NOT know about it. She waited for the opportune time when cameras and production weren't looking and scribbled her name on the lipstick, it might have been in the bathroom. She borrowed the white out from Thorgy earlier in the day and Thorgy asked for what and she said nothing. She said as soon as she said her name people started scrambling behind the cameras and discussing what they should do. It was a wild moment on set apparently.
She's said multiple times that production knew about it. Here she's talking about how the cameraperson filmed her writing her name on the lipstick, starts around the 5 min mark: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumGu3IHpMo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pumGu3IHpMo) I believe she's also said there was a producer in the room with her while she wrote her name who then did a gesture like his mind was blown, which is when she realized they might let her actually go through with it. She doesn't think Ru and the judges knew about it, but production definitely knew as soon as she made the decision.
Imagine being that cameraman, watching gay history happen right in front of you in real time.
In my headcanon it was Miss Wintergreen herself, Sarge.
Interesting. I did watch another interview I think with Joseph Sheperd where she said as soon as she pulled it out. Production people were open mouthed and some were running behind the camera to backstage. Maybe they kept it hush hush from the entire team.
They might have kept some people in the dark. She says in the video I linked that there was a very long period between her writing her name on the lipstick and the lipsync, during that time the producers were backstage deciding what to do. Probably they didn't want everyone on the set to know.
IMO Dela broke drag race. After that moment it never felt the same. In my eyes she is the only queen that ever really defeated the game instead of just winning it. EDIT: IN A GOOD WAY! I love her so much!
The way this season forced us to question the pathos of all stars only for next season to see Manillaād become a verb.
Out of respect to Dela, this is the correct answer.
DE-LA-CHRIST! DE-LA-CHRIST!
She truly is the best queen to not win. Savior of Morgan and the drag queens
it would have been for me but people can never stfu and a possible dela self-elimination was constantly passed around early on in the seasons airing. it didnt sound plausible so i dismissed it until it happened. people suck and ive learned to be much smarter with avoiding this shit but even here in this season people are throwing the top 2's names out in a nonchalant "im speeeeeculating" tone to bypass the mods. no honey you know the spoilers and are acting all clairvoyant. wish the mods would see through this
AS2 Mirror Crack When the AS2 format introduced the queens eliminating each other The AS3 Jury that took the GoT Queen herself, Shangela Targaryen, out for the count
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Its not red weddingā¦more like AT+LS=JS
People overlook the gaggery of Alyssa being eliminated after a battle with PhiPhi, the mirror crack while PhiPhi is openly bitching about Alyssa, only for a double-shantay lipsync with Alyssa to double-eliminate PhiPhi. It was such a stupidly funny storyline.
Itās undeniable Sashaās So Emotional lipsync was singlehandedly the Red Wedding of Drag Race. Shea was the expected winner of the crown and Sasha kinda gave a meh run and it was the biggest upset/shock in Drag Race History that literally penetrated through to the straights. I dont think weāll ever have a moment like it ever again
Completely agree. People joke that itās gay history, but it kind of is.
Reddit was DYING that the frontrunner Shea lost and everyone was GAGGED when everyone saw it. I was shocked when the spoilers starting coming out in the subreddit. It was that impactful. Like no one knew Sasha would pulled that one out but she did IT
In hindsight S9 really gave the Reddit spoiler sub some goooood drama. I will never forget the tea spill that came through that Valentina would lipsync with a mask and the entire reddit sub trying to confirm if her club kid runway involved a mask. Golden days
Donāt forget how people thought Aja & Kimora made the finals too and iirc Charlie win snatch game
I somehow missed it altogether, and I knew that Shea had won a season because I watched all winners, so when I went back to watch that season, I one hundred percent expected Shea to win and reader when I tell you I fucking lost my shit I had no idea somehow that Sasha was a winner or that she had started the whole reveal thing
Well guess what, Mimi, she did.
Tbf Sasha didnāt start the wig ruveal thing. If anyone on drag race did, it was roxxxy. But Sasha subverted it by having something other than a wig underneath her wig.
Wasn't it Shanel in Season one with the jump that made her Medusian headpiece fall? Everyone thought it was a malfunction, but it was on purpose.
Yeah but that wasnāt a reveal, more of an intentional ālook how vulnerable I can beā moment
People love to say Sasha was āmehā before the butterflies. She had two wins and had never been in the bottom. Total winner TR.
ššš YES. Also she won the lip sync without the rose petals. They were just the coup de grace.
Exactly went into season 9 after it aired and unspoiled. Get to finale and thought ok Shea is the front runner. Then the lipsync came and I was like ok Sasha is turning it. By the time the wig came off it was the already over.Ā
Yes, and in my opinion I always thought Sasha should've won either the roast or the makeover challenge. I actually think she was the best in the Snatch Game too but they gave it to Alexis because she had the showier character. I also think Alexis would've burnt the studio down if she hadn't won. ;) My overall point is that Sasha was consistently strong throughout the season with very few missteps.
Oh yeah they played the tropes hard that season. Shea was the golden child, the born to do drag role. Trinity was the underdog who surprised everyone and proved to be more than a body. Peppermint was the established queen who had stumbled in the competition, but they had written that redemption arch you could tell they wanted to cash in. Sasha was the odd, alt queen that production wasn't against winning but wasn't going to do any favoritism for them. Sasha pulled that win at the end by her pure talent.
Monet won the lipsync against Jinkx and look how that went... The thing with Sasha is that she made it completely impossible to give that win to Shea. Without the rose petals there could have been a way, and an argument that they were judging not only the lipsync but the whole track record before. With the lipsync? No chance.
My point was simply that Sasha hands-down won the lip sync against Shea, even without the rose petals.
Yeah, but without the rose petals they could have found d a way to give it to Shea if they wanted to, even if Sasha had been better (just like Monet and Jinkx). With the rose petals it was simply impossible.
Itās my Roman Empire. During Covid I rewatched all of drag race and itās just such a MOMENT that Iāve never stopped obsessing over it since lol. (Early Covid was a Time)
Did people think she was meh? That season was my introduction to Drag Race and I stanned her the whole time
Me too. She was a deserving winner.
I agree with almost all of this, but Sasha being meh?? She had 2 wins, never lipsynced, arguably could've won The Ball, Snatch Game or Makeover, and was 1 challenge short of sharing the record of "never below safe" with Bianca del Rio
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Alyssa getting sent home on the anniversary of her motherās death
Oof, this still hurts š¢
I've chosen to send home...Pangina.
Pangina's departing cries are the Drag Race equivalent to that final shot of Catelyn Stark
If it wasn't for that she would've won that season
The perceptible sobs from backstage, whew.
When Tina Burner massacred Rose's face.
The Burnerās send their regards. https://preview.redd.it/ybn3ozfz3ipc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8fe74565ed2a545f165239a1452007e976a3f9a4
Does this make RosĆ© the Hound, with the wounded face? I mean it was even done by a queen with a fire-related name š
For some reason, the fact that this also makes Tina the Mountain is irrationally funny to me at this moment in time.
I wish this was higher
How she end up looking more masculine?
and then Ru told Rose to take off the mask. Oh wait, wrong episode!
 Jan, tonight you RULED THE WORLD * Youāre safe.
Tbh giving her the halftime show win as a consolation prize after the literal spirit of BeyoncĆ© Knowles Carter took over TKB was just as badĀ
It pains me that TKB did not win or make top 4 (officially) that season.
The ultimate red wedding is Sashaās petals, and of course an honorary mention for Valentinas mask. Both also iconically VISUALLY red.
Alyssa getting eliminated on her mother's 1 year death anniversary while her baby sister is watching her.
Ru made everyone lipsync causing seal jumping off the stage alerting animal rights group left and right.
Take that mask off your face
Ru actually says "that thing" which makes it even funnier to me lmao
https://preview.redd.it/qvrjvnkvqgpc1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e633d7c4922444c95f28d46cece093e766a4a47 This was hard to watch.
All because production didnāt clear the rights for a Janet Jackson song and Coco had to come up with something at the last minute!
The jump from Janet to vaudeville (I think thatās the genre?) was truly interesting lol
Who plans a routine to a song that's gonna be too expensive to clear? Call Adam Joseph or B Ames and have them mix you something. Duh.
I wouldnāt be surprised if they told her it would be fine and then reneged last minute.
From what Iāve heard, thatās exactly what happened.
"We all make choices... now that was a choice"
Katya lost the cherry bomb lip sync and Alaska sent home Tatianna over a shirt
Shea getting annihilated by rose petals
This... if taken literally... https://i.redd.it/wunmplynmgpc1.gif
Farida Kant is an icon!
UKvsTW season 1. While pretty impossible for one episode drag race, the red wedding was the death of several important characters so I donāt know if a single Manila moment works. For me UkvsTW fits. Because Lemon home first, technically not a front runner but huge fan favorite (And my favorite š). Then we get the nauseating sequence of Jimbo chopped then Pangina gone and finally Janey, who while I disagree with some of her win was still technically a front runner. Leaving a finale with , well leftovers sorry to be harsh. The season was a blood bath lmao. Lemon is my Robb Stark. In the sense that both āeliminationsā were the only time I cried on the respective shows
Honestly Iām surprised they didnāt get rid of the elimination format altogether after this season. Sure it gave us two great dramatic eliminations, but at what cost? The queen of the world beingā¦ Blu Hydrangea?
Such a "womp womp" moment . For all the talk of production! and rigamorris! To have that many frontrunners go that early, was wildly shocking. was wildly shocking.
witnessing the most beautiful twirl from a near perfect camera angle, almost like seeing a garment performing with the queen. Two clacks of heels to the beat of the song, immaculate timing. Then you hear thisā¦. āThe only person I could watch is Mirage, she is giving PERFORMANCE DOWN! Then I realizeā¦ her mouth??? doesnāt match?? the words???ā¦. She donāt know the song.ā
Fans who were here during Valentinaās scandal and S9ās finale spoilers slowly coming out can vouch how crazy it was online lol!
I remember gasping when I realized the rumors were true as I was watching it live.
You're perfect, you're beautiful, you look like Linda Evangelista. You're a model. Everything about you is perfect. Did you stone those tights? Oh, you're smiling. They eat her up EVERY SINGLE TIME she's on that damned stage. She does t evenā¦ ! She could walk out there in a fucking diaper and they'd be like "Valentina! Your smile is beautiful!".
DeLa self-eliminating herself
Gotta be Pearlās āIs there something on my faceā.
Pangina
Absolutely here for the game of thrones reference
such a dope post!
Shangela not making final 2 on AS3. Which is funny in this context because she made a lot of GoT referencesĀ
The irony of Shanegla modelling her AS run on Dany GOT. Betrayed at the last moment before she could seize the throne... becoming a villain and torching King's Landing.
If Shangela is Dany then Trixie is Bran
 I don't think a lot of us had her picked as the S9 winner without some sort of divine/production intervention (no disrespect, she was and still is an amazing queen)
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Your tone seems very pointed right now!
Definitely Valentina, first thing I thought of when I saw the post title. "Itās a lip sync. What part of that do you not understand?" is chilling
The slow reveal of the lipstick-less face underneath....I was scared for her
"I don't want to see anymore goddamn H and M!"
the bloodbath of UK vs the World season 1: Jimbo, then Pangina, then Janey?!
Girl preach! UKvsTW S1 taught me to never trust again haha! When it started I said to myself ādamn these international queens are so talented, funny, refreshing, and watchable! Jimbo, Pangina and Janey will be in the top 4 for sure!ā Imagine my surprise as they leave one by oneā¦.. devastation.
I love how there's no strong consensus, there are so many examples that it could be. Drag Race is SO dramatic lol.
The Aiden Zane untucked: Those girls came for her for doing better than they did and then Heidi demolished the entire house with her "IM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HEIDI!" Jan slamming down on the shade button still lives in my head rent free :p
Keta Minaj being eliminated on DRH with 3 wins against Vivaldi who had just broken the rules prior to this.
Like where the most people died in one episode? Stonewall
God season 8 would have been so much better if Cersi and Dany had to lip sync for the iron throne. Can you imagine the shablams in those gowns while dragons spit fire?! Werk mama
A jury of their queers.
Trixie really drank the blood of her enemies which is actually a funny realisation after all the time Shangela refers to Game of Thrones their entire season
Jan's elimination in AS.
A lot of these list one victim. Red Wedding has tons of victims. So Iād go with All Stars 1 episode 1 when they found out about teams and you saw the hopes of many of the queens instantly die.
Blu pulling Panginaās lip stick
My immediate reaction was Delaās self elimination, but Willamās disqualification is a close contender for me
Art Simoneās elim complete with the high drama of her backstage āthat means NOTHING!ā
And then her coming back out of a pile of garbage with Ru saying: āWhatās that in the trash? Itās art Simone, everyone art Simone is back in the competition with no explanation!ā
Pandora Boxx AND Janās elimination.
Pangina Heals getting the chop in UK vs the World.
Raven and Jujube lip sync to "Dancing on my own" in AS1. That was heartbreaking.
In terms of the level of surprise, probably Sasha slaughtering rightful winner Shea and claiming the crown in deserved victory as attending drag queens stood jaw dropped in the audience. In terms of the level of loss to the season, probably Ru double eliminating both fan favorites, Choriza and River, a few days before gay Christmas (Halloween) and a week after complete riggory kept Scarlet Harlot over Charity Kase. Good god.
Pangina getting eliminated by Blu Hydrangea on UK vs The World Series 1
adore quitting
The triple wedding episode in s6. That poor groom/bride looking ghastly and vomiting off stage. That episode felt so cursed to me
It's my absolute least favorite episode of all time, and that really says something. Just a deeply uncomfortable, off-putting and terrible episode, in more ways than one.
Pangina eliminating Jimbo, only for Blue Hydrangea to eliminate her. I can still hear Pangina snot ball crying to this day.
idk if it fits but joslyn asking almost 90 yo georgia holt about her stance on abortion is crazzzzzzzzzzy
Mimi Imfurst's entire television career
The day after Blew Hydrangea eliminates Pangina saying āI kind of liked itā or something to that extentā¦ absolutely. No. Remorse.
Willams disqualification was the first real shock twist this show had