tv show RuPaul's Drag Race | Meet the Queens of Season 17

[Alyssa Edwards]

It's insane how being the best contestant has no bearing on the winner anymore.

It's like everything is decided during the first two episodes and done. Willow slayed Ru during her spagetthi bath thing, after that she won. Doesn't matter that she fizzled out (or was the worst at some points : girl group challenge for exemple ) or was given a payola'd win during the ball or didn't win sh*t afterwards.

Camden worked her ass off and had the highest highs out of everyone, statistically was a better contestant but who cares ?

 

Imma be real with y'all, i'm a purist when it comes to track record. The person with the best stats should win, almost ALWAYS. (Now mind you this show is rigged af so that's why i kept a score sheet the whole season and even in mine, Camden had 4 wins). The amount of FAKE winners in the last seasons has just been insane. Talent seems to be the most frivolous aspect of what makes a winner now on Drag Race.

 

Something happened during the S9 finale that broke the show. It has never been the same since. So congrats Willow on continuing the tradition of incorrect/produced winners.

[Hephaestus]

5 minutes ago, Alyssa Edwards said:

It's insane how being the best contestant has no bearing on the winner anymore.

It's like everything is decided during the first two episodes and done. Willow slayed Ru during her spagetthi bath thing, after that she won. Doesn't matter that she fizzled out (or was the worst at some points : girl group challenge for exemple ) or was given a payola'd win during the ball or didn't win sh*t afterwards.

Camden worked her ass off and had the highest highs out of everyone, statistically was a better contestant but who cares ?

 

Imma be real with y'all, i'm a purist when it comes to track record. The person with the best stats should win, almost ALWAYS. (Now mind you this show is rigged af so that's why i kept a score sheet the whole season and even in mine, Camden had 4 wins). The amount of FAKE winners in the last seasons has just been insane. Talent seems to be the most frivolous aspect of what makes a winner now on Drag Race.

 

Something happened during the S9 finale that broke the show. It has never been the same since. So congrats Willow on continuing the tradition of incorrect/produced winners.

Sasha Velour has f*cked up drag. Bottom line. Cut and dry.

 

[Relampago.]

There would be no point in a finale if it was solely based on track record. You’d just crown whoever on the last competitive episode and other girls wouldn’t even be in contention even if they’re finalists. Boring and no stakes. 
 

Good thing y’all aren’t producers cause this show would have been cancelled already. And we’d have boring winners like Rosé, Gigi and Brooke. It’s actually particularly funny because alot of these good track records come from payola, which is apparently what the winners get when they win? 
 

Camden needs to work in her branding to become more marketable if she wants to win. Willow washed her in that regard, no wonder she won. 

Edited April 24, 2022 by Relampago.
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[mxoonlight]

Loved Symone’s look and think Willow felt like the right winner. A really good season despite how stretched thin it felt towards the end.

 

[Graves]

I used to be a track record purist on Drag Race stuff but in the latest seasons there's a real disconnect between whoever had the "best track record" and who the actual stars are. I don't know if it's just a failure on the editors or the showrunners for not realizing who has IT earlier and judging accordingly, or if the format of drag race is just so stale that it's easy to game the system for some queens.

 

Like, going by track record we'd have the likes of Rosé, Ella Vaday and Lady Camden as winners and that's tragic. 

 

I think that, with some exceptions (Bimini), the right winners have been crowned.

[manwhore]

19 hours ago, Roberto said:

Oh wow, maybe you spilled. Although Symone is overrated, but S7 white girls take the spot as the most overrated ones of the entire franchise. 

You can’t say “white people” anymore on this thread bc apparently it’s problematic and it’s obsessive of labels. Also no more politics in drag threads.  I got a warning point for getting off topic with politics (a Nancy pelosi mod?).  Funny I thought drag WAS a political statement. Nope.

 

she really is that girl . 
 

Daya> Willow Plan b pill. At this point I would have preferred anyone but Willow as winner.  Willow is already setting up to be the most boring winner in rpdr history. Shea, Sasha and Trinity are safe now. (Damn all from season 9 ) What we witnessed was her apparent peak. 
 

Also congrats to the last man to ever be crowned anything on Drag race. Since Symone’s win, we’ve only had trans winners. Sonique kornbread Willow. Y’all better strategize now girls. Start saying you trans, and find a disability or crutch. Something that garners woke points from the Hollywood neoliberal press.  Is crippling depression a disability bc the rape stuff had no effect on getting ru to empathize  with you. (Looks at Blair st Clair)  It’s not trendy anymore since Gags made that song.  

 

edit. The only thing I can fault DAYA with is what Naomi pointed out. The tongue lip licking.  Stop it.   

 

Edited April 24, 2022 by manwhore

[Hephaestus]

7 minutes ago, Subomie said:

I used to be a track record purist on Drag Race stuff but in the latest seasons there's a real disconnect between whoever had the "best track record" and who the actual stars are. I don't know if it's just a failure on the editors or the showrunners for not realizing who has IT earlier and judging accordingly, or if the format of drag race is just so stale that it's easy to game the system for some queens.

 

Like, going by track record we'd have the likes of Rosé, Ella Vaday and Lady Camden as winners and that's tragic. 

 

I think that, with some exceptions (Bimini), the right winners have been crowned.

My perception is that in the last years they’re throwing wins to who they feel is less likely to win as a consolation prize. If they’re in the US they also get money from each win which is a big plus.

[Orsay]

i'll say it. I haven't truly loved a season since they switched to vh1. AS2 was the last time any US drag race gave great TV

[manwhore]

Maybe the plan was always to get boring  winners year after year since Sasha velour. (Minus Monet snd Jaida essence of beauty)  It’s all by design  to payola the all winner crowning of Bianca del Taco in a future season

 

 

 

 

[manwhore]

6 minutes ago, Orsay said:

i'll say it. I haven't truly loved a season since they switched to vh1. AS2 was the last time any US drag race gave great TV

But you won’t watch the superior franchise bc it’s in Spanish.

As2>=España s1 >s5> España s2>s6>s9> uk s2> ….
 

 

I love seeing ignorant plain Jane Americans suffer (not saying this about you specifically). 

[Relampago.]

Sometimes this thread gives more entertainment than the show itself

[BTS]

16 minutes ago, manwhore said:

You can’t say “white people” anymore on this thread bc apparently it’s problematic and it’s obsessive of labels. Also no more politics in drag threads.  I got a warning point for getting off topic with politics (a Nancy pelosi mod?).  Funny I thought drag WAS a political statement. Nope.

 

she really is that girl . 
 

Daya> Willow Plan b pill. At this point I would have preferred anyone but Willow as winner.  Willow is already setting up to be the most boring winner in rpdr history. Shea, Sasha and Trinity are safe now. (Damn all from season 9 ) What we witnessed was her apparent peak. 
 

Also congrats to the last man to ever be crowned anything on Drag race. Since Symone’s win, we’ve only had trans winners. Sonique kornbread Willow. Y’all better strategize now girls. Start saying you trans, and find a disability or crutch. Something that garners woke points from the Hollywood neoliberal press.  Is crippling depression a disability bc the rape stuff had no effect on getting ru to empathize  with you. (Looks at Blair st Clair)  It’s not trendy anymore since Gags made that song.  

 

edit. The only thing I can fault DAYA with is what Naomi pointed out. The tongue lip licking.  Stop it.   

 

Theres been 12 years of cis men winners with no problems and you’re throwing a tantrum over 2 trans winners in a row 

 

 

[Weld_E]

The Symone stans working overtime to justify the worst winner look of the franchise 

[Relampago.]

Symone’s look which got the girls talking, while also doubling down on her brand, is being called inappropriate for the occasion.

 

Meanwhile, corset model Violet Chachki’s non-event look at the MET Gala with the theme “camp”:

 

[Relampago.]

I like Lawrence but the sheer amount of payola she’d get on a Winner’s season is just unappetizing. 

[Papa]

Bob the drag queen was the last actual winner of drag and it has been downhill ever since her. Someone said it earlier but i fear sasha velour done fd up drag race

 

[Hephaestus]

7 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Symone’s look which got the girls talking, while also doubling down on her brand, is being called inappropriate for the occasion.

 

Meanwhile, corset model Violet Chachki’s non-event look at the MET Gala with the theme “camp”:

 

I’m not even a Violet stan, but that look was perfectly fine for the theme 

[Orsay]

35 minutes ago, manwhore said:

But you won’t watch the superior franchise bc it’s in Spanish.

As2>=España s1 >s5> España s2>s6>s9> uk s2> ….
 

 

I love seeing ignorant plain Jane Americans suffer (not saying this about you specifically). 

Maam I specified US cause I've seen the other franchises  well, most of them. Australia is WORSE than anything

[Melquiades]

3 hours ago, Shinning said:

This season aired on VH1  

Is no longer been released on Netflix in many international countries. 

[Rotunda]

It’s clear that we’re getting these weird finale formats because the producers don’t want the show to just become RuPaul’s Track Record Race. The issue is that the finales themselves are often as rigged as the random challenge wins they give out sometimes, which makes everything seem like a waste of time. 
 

 

- Aquaria was apprently slipping and falling against Eurka 

 

- Yvie vs Akeria was a mess 

 

- Daya clearly had the best number 

 

- S12 was the weird covid finale so I’ll let it slide

 

- S13’s was just bad because none of them can lip sync 

 

If you want the finale to matter it really needs to be this massive challenge where the girls get to show all their stuff and prove they earned it. 

Edited April 24, 2022 by Rotunda

[Melquiades]

2 hours ago, LastKiss said:

 The queens based on their passing the crown look:

Violet >>>>>>>>> Sasha >>> Bianca >>> Jaida >>> Aquaria > Bob > Jinkx >>>>>>>> Symone >>>>>>>>>>>> Yvie

Personally: 

Violet >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sasha >>> Yvie >>>>>>>> Bob >>>>>>> Symone >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bianca >>>>>>>>>> Jaida >>>>>>>>>> Jinkx >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aquaria. 

[Alyssa Edwards]

6 minutes ago, Papa said:

Bob the drag queen was the last actual winner of drag and it has been downhill ever since her. Someone said it earlier but i fear sasha velour done fd up drag race

 

Purr, the closest thing we have is Aquaria and the b!tch was reportedly dog-walked by Miss Eureka The Elephant Queen all over that stage during their Lipsync battle but Ru saved her so she could win no matter what in the end. A produced winner.

[Alyssa Edwards]

Oh, and here's a little more tea for you girls :

 

Winning or losing the finale lipsync has no effect on who gets the crown.

 

I hate how so many of y'all act as if that's the case.

 

[Melquiades]

16 minutes ago, Alyssa Edwards said:

Oh, and here's a little more tea for you girls :

 

Winning or losing the finale lipsync has no effect on who gets the crown.

 

I hate how so many of y'all act as if that's the case.

 

This is no longer true for regular seasons lol. 

Sasha, Aquaria, Yvie, Jaida, Symone, Willow...all won their last lipsync fairly (or because the second place did worse, like Camden having that wig fuckup). 

The only OBVIOUS production-guided decision in the post s8 finales has been Aquaria's tie with Eureka (Eureka completely destroyed her). 

[Hephaestus]

32 minutes ago, Rotunda said:

It’s clear that we’re getting these weird finale formats because the producers don’t want the show to just become RuPaul’s Track Record Race. The issue is that the finales themselves are often as rigged as the random challenge wins they give out sometimes, which makes everything seem like a waste of time. 
 

 

- Aquaria was apprently slipping and falling against Eurka 

 

- Yvie vs Akeria was a mess 

 

- Daya clearly had the best number 

 

- S12 was the weird covid finale so I’ll let it slide

 

- S13’s was just bad because none of them can lip sync 

 

If you want the finale to matter it really needs to be this massive challenge where the girls get to show all their stuff and prove they earned it.