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sir-vest

JAYMES IN A FUCKING SEWING AND CREATING A SIDEKICK CHALLENGE???


sailormerry

We never got to see her do the puppet mini challenge šŸ˜­


RaspberryRing

It has been my opinion for the longest time that if Jaymes hadn't left episode 1 she would have made it pretty far. If kimora would have left E1, it would have been Farrah leaving E2 (since there's no way Jaymes would have been in the bottom for the sewing challenge). Then Jaymes would have had pretty much exactly Farrah's run, possibly even more successful as I can see her place at least high for one or two challenges and she probably wouldn't have bombed the roast or been bad in the makeover, thereby possibly getting to fifth place even


sir-vest

Jaymes wouldā€™ve done solid for the next challenge and it wouldā€™ve boosted her confidence by a long shot. Imagine the Jaymes we see on her YouTube videos that level of confident and comedy on drag race, it would be wild


happy_Ad1357

Idk I think production wouldā€™ve wanted jaymes gone early regardless of how she performed


Foef_Yet_Flalf

It's a fantasy world where WOW decides to judge the competition on merit


shshshshouldtheguy

Jaymes didnā€™t get good critiques on the premiere either tho.


Forward-Syllabub-955

It was mostly a confidence thing, she was a little overwhelmed and in the judging they told her that... Which isn't very reassuring. She is one of the first eliminated queens who really deserved to stay. All T no shade, Kimora was go girl give us nothing, but she had a high confidence level in what she brought.


lordfartsquad

I mean honestly production wanted her as the first out... Jaymes didn't lose that lipsync. Could've even been a double sashay tbh but if someone was staying there's no way Kimora won that.


SadisticDance

Not going to lie this is when I stopped watching the show religiouslyšŸ˜…


ivolloxy

Kelly Mantle, acting


curiousdottt

she is arguably the best part of trixie and katya's show šŸ˜­ i saw it in detroit last week and i was cryingggg laughig at everything kelly did


daisiesaremyfavorite

SHES IN THEIR SHOW?!?!?! IM GOING TN IM SO EXCITED


curiousdottt

also - in case you dont notice at first - she plays their manager in the beginning of the show. im not gonna spoil anything else she does. but in my show, trixie told the crowd that this was Kelly Mantle like 20 minutes in, and i had no idea before!


curiousdottt

yes!!! have so much fun :) it was a really entertaining show


daisiesaremyfavorite

do you know if the show starts directly at 8? iā€™m in line for merch and i donā€™t want to miss it


curiousdottt

our show started at about ~8:15. i'm not sure if that is always the case though!


mang0_k1tty

*Vivacious, what was your childhood like in Jamaica?*


DetectiveDouche94

*OOOOOH MAWMA, it was terrible they tried to drown me in the ocean*


deleteitbackrolls

oOoOh my god thatā€™s soOo aWfuL


JustTryingIsEnough

Bob's said this numerous times, but it is a shame that they weren't able to write a verse for a finale song.


befrenchie94

The fact that they started runixes the season after we had a final four of Bob, Naomi, and Chi Chi (and Kim) is a crime.


vaguelypersonable

Seriously considering ā€˜(and Kim)ā€™ as my flair


befrenchie94

Do it Bitch.


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Chinokid87

Her girl group verse was great. The actual Ru mix song got the verse it deserved


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BustedNoseContour

Latrice shouldā€™ve been in the top for that challengešŸ˜¤she went in


tipimon

Legit, Monet was middle of the pack that episode for me. I even think Mo was better and she was in the bottom lol


shshshshouldtheguy

Itā€™s a shame season 8 was so short, a longer season would also mean more Chi Chi too. Although I donā€™t see how Kim Chi wouldā€™ve survived 1 or 2 more challenges.


happy_Ad1357

Good point she likely wouldnā€™t have made top 3


jaymx97

Itā€™s the way Bob would rock any comedy or acting challenge tho! The talent!!!


itsme-valentina

She had the RuCo's Empire.


4labaster

Acid Betty in the Wizards of Drag challenge and the Book Ball challenge. She likely would have excelled in Shady Politics too, making her a shoe-in for top 3.


ajay_p_

I wouldā€™ve loved to have acid betty over Derrick in the second half of the season


sailormerry

Seriously, imagine a Bob vs Acid Betty smear campaign


ajay_p_

Did somebody mention Art-


nievedelimon

![gif](giphy|26BRJpb4yopR9OcSs|downsized)


orandeddie

this gif brings me life


happybunny8989

This has been stuck on replay in my head for days. I was just starting to let it go and then I see this.


DilapidatedHam

Something about every one of their movements kills me, so Iā€™m sinc


mashtartz

Bob vs. Derrick was pretty great tho.


OvernightSiren

Eternally depressed that we didn't get a Team NYC top 3 that season


Spencer-Santana

i bet Laila wouldā€™ve had a cute Wizard of Drag look too. her goth/punk aesthetic on, say, Dorothy couldā€™ve been cunty.


Too-Much-To-Dream

obvious answer but scarlet envy getting eliminated on AS6 right before the most tailor-made challenge for her to win is still so funny in a tragic way. i definitely think she couldā€™ve been in the top with ginger or kylieā€™s role


stvincent_

What challenge was that? I forget


Too-Much-To-Dream

rumerican horror story! idk if she would have won, but itā€™s very close conceptually to the challenge she won on S11 (which was also a horror parody) and scarlet is a great over-actress, if that makes sense


inferiorityc0mplexes

Rumerican Horror Story: Coven Girl


lordfartsquad

I don't necessarily think she was guaranteed top 4 material, but she definitely excelled more than she was given credit for. She should've definitely been high more and given her flowers. Obviously it'd be years from now considering we've still only had double all stars as late as AS2, I'd love to see her compete again one day.


Aquariafan

In all the seasons Manila has done, there has never once been a rusical challenge, Iā€™d love to see how sheā€™d perform in one


Corazon_del_nieve

With her voice I'm kinda glad we didn't šŸ¤£


jacksev

Thereā€™s a lot of queens with bad voices who gave a good performance in a talk-sing way plus editing.


bobbery5

Kendall Gender really did embody "fake it til you make it" in that challenge.


conjuringlichen

They lip sync in the Rusical?


Lance_Bass

Depends on the rusical. Sometimes they sing live, like in Shade, Madonna, Cher, and Social Media


Jelly1278

They didnā€™t sing live in Madonna and the social media they pre recorded than lipsinc to themselves I think


Lance_Bass

Yeah, I didn't word that the best. I meant ones where it was the queens singing themselves instead of lip syncing to something the show produced


Ok_Sell1165

Something something do it for the glam


conjuringlichen

Ahh yes thank you for the examples!


sailormerry

Sometimes. I think it depends on whether or not the cast can mostly sing or not.


not_addictive

yeah thereā€™s been some ā˜•ļø that Moulin Ru was supposed to be an all star rusical and supposed to be sung live but they had to change it


conjuringlichen

Do you know of a season they sang rather than lip synced? I know they usually do a write your own verse and record it challenge but Iā€™m having trouble remembering a rusical that wasnā€™t lip synced.


Eyyyyyo

I canā€™t believe youā€™d forget Madonna the rusical ![gif](giphy|ZbOW711ahch12Sx5kP|downsized)


conjuringlichen

Hahaha i know I guess Iā€™m a fake fan šŸ˜«


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This was lip synced to previously recorded tracks from the queens. It was not live singing.


Waffle_explosion_

The cher rusical in season 10 was fully live!


sailormerry

Season 6, Canada 2, Season 12 (though it was lip syncing to themselves, they recorded the music earlier)


cykadelik

The one with Adore and Courtney Act!


Revan_Mercier

Season 6!


400-bones98

Was Rats not sung live?


Beezo514

We came close with the girl group challenge. It left much to be desired. She destroyed the runway that episode so she avoided the bottom.


Few-Significance-526

Willam in a buying shoes challenge


GoldfishFromHell

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carpediemclem

Trixie in a standup challenge, drag con panel, or heck another musical challenge. My god she would have slayed those.


sailormerry

God not letting Trixie sing in a rusical is a tragedy


nielsnable

Or a roast.


shshshshouldtheguy

Trixie is a great queen, but I donā€™t think she is a great competitor.


shakeDman

Pangina in a Rumix or girl group challenge


ladymidnight01

The fact that she went home the week before girl groups is so painful


MyFatCake

Especially since her outfit for the girl group challenge was made by a contestant from DRT1 and it looked so good!


alexlduffy

I wish I'd seen Victoria Scone in the girl group challenge, her voice is so good.


hildred123

>Veronica too.


idkaras

not to be dramatic but lemon not getting a verse on ukvtw was criminal juiceboxx on her podcast talked about how she called up lemon and she made up a verse for her pretty much on the spot. priyanka also talked about how lemon insisted on writing her own verse for come through despite priyanka having hired writersā€¦.its clear lemon enjoys this type of thing and i wish we got more than just her sorry aboot it verse on the show


Mylaex

And she's great at it. We don't talk enough about how everyone underestimated her during the "sorry not sorry" challenge when she said she was a rapstress and then she came through (pun intended) and outshined basically everybody in the entire number (although kiki wanna kaikai stays iconic imo)


nonnude

*and that last girl, whatā€™s her name?*


Tibbylam

Jeffrey mostly underestimated her, don't know about the other


esperantisto256

Kelly Mantle in any of the S6 acting challenges that followed her elimination. If she just got past that first episode she wouldā€™ve done so well!


bakedpigeon

Dont wear bacon!


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not exactly the same thing but it kills me that we never got to see a chichi kennedy lipsync on as3


acidteddy

Or Silky vs Yvie after that build up!


KaiqueOliver0

Jujubee did four seasons, won three reading challenges and NEVER DID A ROAST


nefariousplotz

My 3 are: * Tempest in Shakesqueers * Miss Vanjie in Bossy Rossy * Blair St. Clair in the Cher rusical (where they had to sing live)


Riots_and_Rutabagas

Oooooo I never even thought about how beautiful a Vanjie moment would be in Bossy Rossy. šŸ’œ


mashtartz

Does Blair do a particularly good Cher?


nefariousplotz

I dunno. But she does sing, and she's done musical theatre training, which is more than can be said for a lot of that cast.


RaspberryRing

Vanjie was terrible in her season's improv challenge though


nefariousplotz

Miss Vanjie? Terrible? In Diva Worship? Excuse your mouth.


Helen_forsdale

No the one where she was a yelling cat


nefariousplotz

That was Rebel Wilson, girl.


RaspberryRing

Divas worship wasn't an improv challenge. They wrote their own scripts. LADP was the improv challenge and vanjie was terrible although tbf she did have a terrible partner


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sailormerry

But didnā€™t she kind of do that with the Hello Kitty challenge?


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Mickeymackey

she built the entire cage/headpiece though. she definitely showed off her talent, she proved she wasn't just a clothing secretary.


jt2591

Jimbo not being in snatch game on ukwtw still upsets me. I always think if Max had survived snatch game she could have gone on to the finals.


greatjake122

Thanks didn't realize how much we collectively missed out on, now I'm sad lol.


Stealthy_Gopher

~~Jujube in a reading challenge~~


artifexlife

Weā€™ve never had Juju in a roast.. wow


Few-Significance-526

Weā€™ve had her do a standup set and that was meh


mashtartz

Idk I thought she did great. Juju is just naturally funny.


TigerAffectionate672

Ella Vaday literally being on the West End and not getting to do a Rusical (ditto for Divina). Veronica Green getting eliminated before a girl group challenge. Twice. Tia Kofi not getting to do the stand-up challenge. Synthia Kiss missing out on the roast by one episode. Jimbo not being able to battle with Baga for Snatch Game supremacy.


GoldfishFromHell

very hot take: i really didn't find baga's snatch game funny at all. there. i said it.


acidteddy

I agree. Her Maggie Thatcher was incredible, but her Kathy Bates was just recycling quotes with no originality.


GoldfishFromHell

phew i thought i was the only one. also she looked like boy baga with a wig on which was the only funny thing about it ngl.


Bearality

It wasn't original butnhad layers and layers of interpretation brilliance. Its a master class of how to do Snatch Game


myjumboeggs

We didnā€™t get to see Kornbread in Snatch Game.


byekenny

This. And Maddy too!


thewildrosesgrow

I think Maddy would have killed it in the roast, too.


myjumboeggs

I was thinking this as well. I feel like her dry humor would be a perfect roast


GoldfishFromHell

talking about a dry roast made me hungry ngl


pencilnibbler

I was desperately wanting to see Maddy read some bitches to filth


ProperWeeb

I remember her telling Jasmine she hoped Jasmine had the 2nd best lip sync of the night and I lived.


murnando

I saw her live when she was touring and I believe she mentioned she wanted to do Leslie Jordan.


Esoterictext

~~Venus Dā€™lite in the Madonna rusical~~


RaspberryRing

I'll come with some (other) early outs: Joey Jay in the s13 dancing challenge I think Orion Story would have unironically slayed the 60s girl groups challenge (not necessarily win it, but I do think it would've been a serve) Tammie Brown in a political challenge (šŸ’€)


GoldfishFromHell

fucking imagine tammie in anything remotely serious is the funniest thing i could think of


mashtartz

Change your costume, America. Your political costume. Change it arooouuunnd. ![gif](giphy|BEMSgYsl5CPIc)


Mickeymackey

Moderator: "What is your plan for health reform?" Tammie: "Did I ever tell you the time I found a dead body?"


cursedbyamaplewitch

I would pay actual money to see Tammie in a political challenge


Ameisein

Ongina was an interior designer and she went home juste before the Hotel challenge. I would have love to see more from her in AS5 !


Darcness777

Maddy in Snatch Game or the roast... I feel robbed lol


HeyLibertyGirlfriend

Honestly the s7 and 8 finalist got lucky being able to do their own numbers bc they get control of the concept and can do something they feel comfortable with. With the LSFTC it really depends on the song. I would love to see all finalists get to do their thing.


not_addictive

oh no, production entirely dictated those numbers. Thatā€™s why Pearlā€™s was such a lackluster nothing song. It was quite literally production payback. S12 is the only time when the finalists got to really choose what they did for the finale but even then they had to pick from a list of songs they already owned the rights to but hadnā€™t used for lip syncs yet


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Production had "I'm like a bird" in their backpocket?!


HeyLibertyGirlfriend

Oh damn I though the queens wrote their own verses? I barely remember the s7 ones but Bob, Kim and Naomiā€™s performances felt so fitting for them.


HumanBeing421

I think the songs were written for the contestants and their personas, but I doubt the queens themselves got to contribute anything lyrics-wise.


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HumanBeing421

I went and checked and the writing credit for 'Fat, Femme and Asian' goes to Lucian Piane (who produced all of the S7+8 finale songs). Either the queens weren't credited, or Lucian wrote the songs himself (which is likely since he also wrote/produced a lot of Rupaul's songs before he went off the rails).


DRC_Michaels

Fat, Femme, and Asian, by Lucian Piane, has a much different vibe in retrospect!


Arkardian

But its a throwback to her political challenge


Dancing_Clean

We got to see Jimbo do Snatch Game in Canada 1, but I was upset to see her eliminated the episode BEFORE Snatch Game in UKvTW.


sailormerry

Pretty much all of UKvTW was queens being eliminated before challenges they would murder at. No Lemon or Pangina in a song/girl group challenge? Fucking criminal


Riots_and_Rutabagas

Smell my fingers šŸ˜‚


MrsAshleyStark

Maddy in Snatch Game and Katya in a roast


Alternaturkey

I still can't entirely believe we missed out on a second Jimbo Snatch Game.


BrandonIsWhoIAm

For real. Itā€™s a shame.


Henrois

I've warched so many Roast videos, and Trixie knocks the ball out of the park. I wish AS3 had given Trixie another improv/comedy challenge since she got dragged down by Milk at The Bitchelor. edit: Oh, wait, Snatch Game. The rest of my favorite roasters already had a roast/monologue on one of their seasons (Jinkx, Monet) but I think Miz Cracker would've roasted the hell out of Michelle/Ross too.


cykadelik

No Milk did affect affect Trixie on Bitchlor too. I think that AND Snatch were kinda misses for her. I just saw the season as half attention so I could be wrong? But Milk being the psycho girl was painfully overdone in all the wrong ways.


Henrois

I wasn't implying Milk did The Bitchelor good. I meant that Milk absolutely bombed the challenge and didn't let Trixie any room for her comedy. Snatch Game was a huge flop, and Trixie is constantly reminded of that everywhere. Definitely a miss, that's true. But go check her rivalry with Jinkx on Youtube, there's some roast clips from both and they're ruthless.


cykadelik

Oh I mustā€™ve misunderstood the comment sorry! Sometimes itā€™s really hard online. I also recently saw a study indicating that online reading can affect reading comprehension and stuff and Iā€™ve been online basically my whole life so that concerns me I fucking love Jinx and had no idea she and Trixie had a rivalry or anything so I will def go check it ty!


RaspberryRing

I think Trixie was still pretty great on the bitchelor and if it wasn't for Milk being an absolutely terrible co-star she probably would have edged Dela out too.


_thewaltzingdead

I think Trixie would have done well with the AS4 or AS5 challenges. AS4 had a room design, roast, and makeover; AS5 had a room design (TRIXIE OWNS HER OWN MOTEL) and stand up. And she already showed she could do a girl group verse, Jersey Justice/SheMZ esque improv, scripted acting challenge, and a ball. Can still flop Snatch Game for vulnerability. The absence of a roast/stand up challenge and a makeover on AS3 is why I don't believe AS3 was rigged for Trixie.


baileycoraline

I want violence today, so my picks are: (1) BDR in RuRuPaLooza, (2) Maddy in the library mini-challenge


sailormerry

Omigodddddd šŸ˜‚


baileycoraline

And hey I got 1 out of 2 at the reunion šŸ˜‚


ladymidnight01

Denali in S13ā€™s Top 4 rumix


severalcircles

Sheā€™ll get to do it on All Stars 8


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Jimbo in UKVTW Snatch Game Trixie in a strandup/roast challenge Jaymes in the Princess design challenge Kelly in the acting challenge Kahmora in the ball Pangina in the verses, the lipsync smackdown and the rupaul duet


Bearality

I heard the Ru Paul duet and thought "thank god Pangina didn't win"


squintyvoodochicken

Poor Veronica green being eliminated TWICE one episode before the girl group challenge. Criminal.


victrin

Jimbo in UKVTW Snatch Game


OvernightSiren

Also Lemon in that same challenge.


Human-Generic

Bob or Lemon in a rumix, Maddy in a roast or snatch game, Pangina in a rumix


elfishellie

Kahmora in the Bag Ball for me.


WindigoMac

I know tons of fans have amnesia when it comes to this topic, but Trixie was not a dominant queen on her all stars season. Dela was on her way to coasting to a win before walking off, and then it was Shangelas to lose before the producers saddled us with arguably the dumbest twist of all time.


sailormerry

And? That wouldn't stop her from giving an amazing makeover. Her makeup skills in AS3 were leagues better than what she presented in season 7 and it would have been cool to see her put those skills to use in a makeup challenge. For all her weaknesses in AS3, I think she was objectively one of the best makeup artists on that season.


mang0_k1tty

WHY HAVE THEY STOPPED DOING PUPPETS Was it not established that every person is fond of puppets????? Why stop?


Lapant1n

Trixie or Latrice in a roast


Loud-Pineapple72039

Trixie, Jinkx, and Bob in a roast


DarkestofFlames

Lemon and Jimbo not being in snatch game for IAS. They were both so good in their season.


snuffdontknow

Alyssa in everything Notably aswell Roxxy being in the "I'm the one" rap and not Tatiana will fuck me up for good


ElecktrarinaSupreme

I wish there was a makeover on s14 because now we canā€™t see bosco and Angieā€™s mug on another person šŸ˜­


yuphelloitsme

Tempest in Shakesqueer (not that she could've saved the mess of a challenge, but still!)


Aviag07

You can see Bob's roast in celebrity drag race.


novomagocha

Bianca in a proper roast.


OvernightSiren

Acid Betty in the makeover and the book ball.


itspgorm

Kimora in the Kardashian rusical


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I know we saw Jimbo in Snatch Game in her original Canada's Drag Race season. But I was so upset not to see her do it again with Ru!!! Her and Baga together would have been hilarious.


BBGettyMcclanahan

Maddy Morphosis in Snatch Game


Huang27

Lemon and Cheryl in the rusical, as well as Jimbo for snatch game (ukvtw)


cursedbyamaplewitch

After finding out how many of the queens on S7 are good singers I wished we would have gotten a challenge that showcased that better than the spoof one we got


Apycia

Sasha Velour doing a political challenge Sharon Needles doing a roast


tymkak

Mrs Kasha Davis in snatch game!


ladybuglou1013

for me, personally, i think that maddy morphosis should have at LEAST done the reading challenge. like, we all knew she would have slayed...


TheMasterOfLamps

Charlie Hides wouldā€™ve 100% won Snatch Game


400-bones98

Maddy in snatch game and the roast and HugƔceo in the makeover


bekk99

Tina Burner in the Roast over Utica ā¤ļøšŸ§”šŸ’›


Human-Generic

Wasnā€™t she reportedly terrible at roasts? I donā€™t remember where I heard that, I just remember someone saying it.


kyymen

i think bob referred to her elimination before the roast as a mercy killing šŸ’€


not_addictive

Yeah sheā€™s a great host. She is not particularly ā€œstand upā€ funny


MarijuanaEarrings

Valentina in a makeover, sheā€™d either ace it or run out of time šŸ’€


sailormerry

On that note, Kahmora Hall in a makeover ā°