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28 minutes ago, Starchild said:
The winner should be the queen who performs the majority of the tasks/assignments the best, as determined by the judge(s).
That is generally what happens on regular seasons of (US) Drag Race, and most the international versions that I have seen.
All-Stars adds an interesting elements to the game... something that is very drag pageant... where congeniality and gamesmanship are rewarded.
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1 hour ago, Starchild said:
... Isn't that how it is in the US version as well?...
Yes. The US series of Drag Race has an elimination formula with bottom two queens lip-syncing and then Ru (alleged at times: Ru and Ru alone) decides who goes home based on the lip sync.
The All-Stars seasons of US Drag Race have had varied methods of eliminating queens. Beginning in All-Stars 2, the top ranking queen(s) of the week would have the opportunity to eliminate a (selected arbitrarily by the judges) bottom queen.
In the case of All-Stars (and UK vs. the World: International All-Stars) the queens are allowed to decide what they gauge elimination worthy: track record, friendships, individual day performances, competition, etc....
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I don't get all the hate that Pangina is getting. Jimbo clearly did the worst in the challenge, and I am glad we are finally with an All Stars cast tha doesn't try to weigh track record and past performances. You suck this week, you go home this week. Baga and JuJu were also bland, but Jimbo was outright bad. Pangina was also not living for Jimbo's backtracking, excuse making, and all around shadiness wrapped in the guise of being a 'goofy clown.' IF Baga had been in the bottom, Pangina may have eliminated her, based on how directly Pangina informed Baga that her sour energy was bringing down the entire cast. I bet she felt similarly to Jimbo.
9 hours ago, charliesan said:I never really payed attention until Jimbo said it but, the prize is a duet with Rupaul? Is that an actual prize? No offense but that sort of reminded me when, in the company I work for, part of the "recognition" prizes is having a 1:1 with the lead manager, what kind of trash prize is that?
Since UK v The World is on BBC3, and is tax payer funded programing, the show is not allowed to give out substantial prizes (cash or otherwise) unless the producers agree to an impartial party sitting in on production and judging to deem that all decisions are fair and unbiased. That would never fly in a reality show like RuPaul's. Anyhow the queens don't go on for the prize money but to increase their booking demand. Likewise, Ilona Verley recently mentioned that the queens this season got a stipend to prepare their drag package... so at least what they present is not entirely out of pocket.
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WTF?? Season 5 was an all female finale: and season 6 was and all female final 4!
If we want to pretend PR just emerged on this Bravo reboot… then Christian has no viable name value.
I know Andy Cohen knows better.
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I grew to like Bones a lot over this season, but he was not the best designer left … and like Aaron, he goofed this challenge.
At least we know a woman will win this Bravo season: and unlike the past two years, I don’t see an obvious winner like Sebastian or Geoffrey
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42 minutes ago, Maximona said:
Question: Have there ever been this many women before in the Project Runway top five?
Yes: Season 6. Season 14 too!
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We can talk about Precious, but Elaine’s too looked awful.
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Was there a blur over Precious’s decolletage?
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This season is really fun. I’ll give it that.
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3 minutes ago, RoxiP said:
Rose did say she was in an accident and badly sprained her ankle.
While Rose did have a sprained ankle, that shouldn’t have affected her lackluster, and rather flat looking, bodysuit reveal.
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A great ending can save a meh season!
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Rose is the Panto Dame of season 13.
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Those 69 Question bits were awful, all around... overproduced, staged and sort of smug. It managed to turn me off to all the finalists.
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8 hours ago, cameron said:Can someone explain Kwame's painted nails.
He likes it? That should be explanation enough.
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Booo! The fifth episode with no elimination. Sixth if you count the COVID special.
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7 hours ago, ladle said:
One legitimate critique of Rose is that she's not really doing anything innovative with her drag
I retattle the retittle of your rebuttal : if Rose cannot win the war against her beard, how can she win the wars that we might have to fight for America? Thank you.
And not only is her hair line awful, but so is her contour line.
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There are rumblings that this is the new worst season of Drag Race, and I don't know if I'd go that far... but it certainly ranking up there. The sheer number of episodes are not helping. We had four episodes this year with no eliminations and a week off for a COVID/filming special, and it is just too much. I feel as though we have been over-exposed to these queens. Even those like Symone, who at the beginning seemed so poise, regal, and naturally funny... is now coming off insecure, unfunny, and repetitive. Likewise, she is my favorite to win the season. So what does that say about the other girls?
Also, as much as I don't care for Kandy, she clearly won (or editing showed) that lip sync. So I am not too pressed. Olivia was working my nerves anyhow, so either going home was ok with me.
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I agree that Utica was wildly inappropriate, and mean spirited... but that read of RuPaul, asking her to stand up to show off her dress. GURL, that was next level roasting that I am surprised they left in the episode. Ru's response may have made it all the better.
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I am more annoyed that they re-used Shackles by Mary, Mary as a lip sync? First they did it with Stronger for Season 9's finale. Then When I Grow Up for the first episode this year.
I don't wanna see any fuckin' repeated lip syncs! Anymore!!
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I find it distracting how terrible of a walker Gottmik is. She makes Kim Chi look graceful.
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Well that was a shocker. Also surprised RuPaul acted so nonchalant about it, she was clearly not in the mood.
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On 1/21/2021 at 7:56 PM, Stardancer Supreme said:
What is the deal with Lawrence Cheyney's boy hair?
LOL I think the same thing whenever he is on screen. I am convinced his boy hair is a toupee and we are getting set up for a big reveal later this season.
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I'm not sure how I feel about this new format. It's sort of like Season 6 and 12... and may have been part of COVID filming precautions (number of people on set, contestants, producers, camera crews, running all around... adds up to a crowded workspace the first few episodes.) I wonder if the queens meet up again after next week. It would be interesting if Ru had the two teams against each other for 3 weeks each with no eliminations... then cut them both in half, with the top 3 performing queens from each group progressing into a new top 6.
Has drag fully moved from female illusion into cosplay? So many of these queens would benefit with some more shape in the chest. I'm looking at you Kandy. I find something so interesting about Gottmik having chest reduction surgery, only to try to present female with a boy chest and a pasty. Whereas Symone puts on a padded bra, and I buy it.
Although, I think I'm team Symone, so I might be biased.
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On 7/27/2020 at 8:12 PM, BloggerAloud said:
Shea won four challenges on her season so I don't know how she was not the front runner of the season. Like you can prefer one of the other folks to her for a variety of reasons but just on like track record alone, she was legit the front runner of the show. Her loss was a lot more shocking compared to say Jujubee or Alexis. Jujubee hadn't won a challenge on her season and Alexis was on Raja's season, who pretty much won the moment she walked through the door. Shea's loss showed that getting to the finale no longer guaranteed your win because the finale took such huge importance.
I think there is some revisionist history going on here. Going into the finale of Season 9, Shea and Trinity were pretty much seen on equal footing, with Sasha at the same level or only slightly behind. Shea had won four challenges, but two of those wins were co-wins with Sasha. Trinity won 3 challenges all by herself. While Sasha "only" had her two co-wins with Shea, Sasha also never appeared in the bottom 2 all season. If anything, it was a three-woman race to the finish line with Peppermint seemingly in fourth... but I don't think Shea was necessarily the legit break away front winner. It anything, heading into the finale, I thought it was Trinity's crown.
Season 9 was also "special" with the finale lip sync twist. From Seasons 4 through 8 all the finalists were filmed at the finale chosen by Ru as the winner, giving production the option of selecting and airing the winner up to the very last moment. The winner could be swayed by social media, fan responses, general vibe of the moment, what have you. Interestingly enough, Juju and Alexis were both finalists in seasons that still taped finales on a closed set. Likewise, given the fan reaction back in Season 2, Juju may have won if Ru was able to select a winner based on fan response. Since it leaked Raja won in Season 3, a live format with multiple filmed winners seemed logical. It was also the year that social media really took interest in the show and the contrast of Sharon Needles and Chad Michaels' approaches to drag.
Fast forwards to Season 9's Finale... and maybe Shea was gooped by the Lip Sync tournament (although they apparently had some head's up). I wonder if Shea had some ego in losing to Sasha, whose only wins were shared with Shea (while Shea also had two solo wins). Maybe there is bitterness in never even having that "phony" moment of being crowned the winner, even if it never aired. Whatever it is, Shea made it part of the narrative of her return to All Stars, much more than Trinity did when she returned on All Stars 4, even though both queens were eliminated in the first round of lip sync tournament.
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs. The World
in RuPaul's Drag Race
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making my lip-syncs and lipsyncs consistant
I think it all comes down to what you value more: the overall track-record performance of a queen, or how a queen performed that individual week. All-Stars is fun because there is no set method how to play, the queens decide and act on their own accord. The producers have some string pulling in selecting the bottom queens or even who wins the lipsync... but in the end, the queens themselves are creating their own rules. [Rumors abound that during the infamous Bebe vs. BenDeLaCreme All-Stars lipsync Bebe removed her wig as she knew who Ben selected, and that there was no way she could win wigless.] Likewise, Pangina played by the rule of "week-to-week" scrutiny, which was great for challenges she excelled at. This gives her credence to send Jimbo home, as Jimbo really was the worst in the Rusical. Thus, when Pangina stunk up Snatch Game, she set up herself by the rules of her own gamesmanship.
I am curious who Baga selected to eliminate and bet that it was also Pangina. Also agree with poster above: Pangina hosts a Drag Race franchise and has eliminated several queens... so I also found the OTT dramatics a bit... much.
I still love this show and will hate-watch it to the end. If anything, this move really opened up the possibilities of who ends up with the crown. Watch JuJubee win now after so many queens had the opportunity to eliminate her.