The Riggory of Drag Race Season 16
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Well, its over. Over the last 4 months we've been given one of the best seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race EVER. From Rate-A-Queen and immunity potion twists, to the top rated episode of all time with the eliminated queen LaLaPaRuZa, to one of the tightest top 3's of all time with Nymphia Wind, Plane Jane, and Sapphira Cristal. There is so much to go over and dissect as we break down the riggory of it all.
We'll go episode by episode talking about every challenge winner, every bottom 2 lip sync, and every elimination talking about the production decisions behind the season and just how much of this season was fair and how much was rigged. Was Nymphia Wind's win fair? Did Mhi'ya deserve all her lip sync wins? Was Plane Jane pushed by production? We'll talk about it all.
Let me know in the comments below what you think the most rigged moment of the season was!
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0:00 INTRO
6:33 EPISODE 1
13:43 EPISODE 2
16:18 EPISODE 3
22:23 EPISODE 4
28:52 EPISODE 5
34:21 EPISODE 6
40:55 EPISODE 7
46:08 EPISODE 8
51:40 EPISODE 9
56:37 EPISODE 10
59:21 EPISODE 11
1:04:10 EPISODE 12
1:09:04 EPISODE 13
1:11:23 EPISODE 14
1:14:34 EPISODES 15-16
1:20:33 FINAL THOUGHTS
@DragDetective 17 днів тому
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@esel2297 16 днів тому
the code isnt working for me somehow...
@felixhatton7334 17 днів тому
Mama, kudos for analysing that. For dissecting.
@dangerdays666 17 днів тому
Mama, kudos for commenting that. For appreciating.
@felixhatton7334 17 днів тому
@@dangerdays666 mama, kudos for replying that. For contributing.
@moarika7378 17 днів тому
Mamas, kudos for communicating that. For discussing.
@Orion_Cyanide 17 днів тому
Mama, kudos for speaking, for conversating-
@AhmedIbrahim-zl2ll 17 днів тому
Mama, kudos for signaling that for slaying
@itsdannyhoney 17 днів тому
Thank you for calling out the fandom for changing their mind about Megami so fast after one episode.
@SocarellaDeToussaint 17 днів тому
The real ones have been standing for Mother Megami since the start.
@nickinewnham2437 17 днів тому
@@SocarellaDeToussaint meeeee
@firebrandr 17 днів тому
@@SocarellaDeToussaintong I love my geek queen
@tzeelanoimark6049 17 днів тому
in this house we loved megami since day 1
@jake.w1lliam_ 17 днів тому
@@SocarellaDeToussaintMe lol
@heymistercarter. 17 днів тому
One thing that threw me with this season is the lip-sync song choices. I mean, Flowers? Made You Look? A chipmunked vocal version of Bloody Mary instead of the original? Even the Icona Pop song they went with is just… why? They made up for it a tiny bit by using Padam Padam as the final lip-sync song, but there were MASSIVE WTF choices this time.
@BeckywiseTheDancingClown 17 днів тому
Agreed it was wild
@sionellmccubbin953 17 днів тому
I posted about this on Reddit!! I hated almost every single song used this season. Flowers I give a pass to because of the runway theme. For the goth runway though there were literally a million other songs they could’ve used that would’ve been SO fun. Imagine they did evanescence or paramore??? The made you look song for a political challenge?? It was so wonky
@jerriana6727 17 днів тому
Bloody Mary could have been so sickening why the tik tok verson ahhhhhhh
@YkeTolsa 17 днів тому
LIKE WTV WAS MADE YOU LOOK😭😭
@demeliou3844 17 днів тому
even Padam Padam is not that great of a lip sync
@JeffMoura99 16 днів тому
In the first moment where Q showed a little bitterness I said to my friend "they'll edge this girl and take her out in the last second" AND BABY I WAS SO RIGHT
@romainmorin6622 11 днів тому
Typical Jan, Lucey Laduca edit
@JoyD.C. 7 днів тому
@@romainmorin6622 Nah, the Loosey edit was a special case 😏. Seriously though, what got Q cut was that she couldn't dance and she didn't have another strong performance skill. There have been other winners that weren't great dancers, but they had another major performance talent. Her comedy chops weren't crass/over the top enough like Jimbo, or smart and sharp like Bianca, or a stand up performer like Bob. (Jinkx is their own thing, just sheer talent.) I think if Q had stood out in another area besides design they would have done a top four. She's an awesome designer, and does quirky and creative drag - like her puppet show. However, as great as her talent show was, it wouldn't fit the finale format. to the same level of the other three.
@Globalastral5 17 днів тому
Plane putting Nymphia last in the ranking helped her in the finale l/s. We never saw her LS so it was all new and fresh. It’s what put Sapphira at a disadvantage
@puddingcake39 17 днів тому
Omg thats so true actually!!!! No wonder I was so stunned with her LS performance
@bunnydream3750 17 днів тому
this is next level theory creation omg. love it though
@JoseSena-gs4tz 17 днів тому
It’s what I be saying!!! Queens like Tyra prove that and Nina Flowers. Both didn’t lipsync till the last episode so it made Queens like Raven and Bebe more nervous. Tyra and Nina saw them lipsync so they knew what they were up against. Tyra demolished Raven though.
@sittinginacornerihaunt3764 17 днів тому
also she immediately handed nymphia the "robbed' storyline, which made her popularity skyrocket even more than it would have otherwise.
@samabercrombie 17 днів тому
Plane and Sapphira I thought were heavily pushed throughout the process. Nymphia may have been saved after Snatch Game but I think she thoroughly deserved to win the season. Sapphira was great this season but Nymphia had that extra special something required for the crown. Congrats Nymphia!!!
@Zyxie_Zyxie_Zyxie 17 днів тому
I’m sorry but the drag race fandom of all fandoms calling out people for how they behave on twitter will never not be funny to me
@jaykknight2248 17 днів тому
Nymphia's was absolutely goth. The mystery is totally part of the aesthetic.
@PureHoneyBoo 16 днів тому
She was literally giving Morticia Adams . How did he find Q’s goth and not Nymphia’s lol
@audacity1970 15 днів тому
They were both goth 😭 sick of people trying to discredit one or the other
@Rysiimpson 15 днів тому
the theme was neo goth tho..
@lckyminer_2256 15 днів тому
@@PureHoneyBoo Maybe because the theme is Neo Goth. Neo means new, so maybe the judges are expecting for a new outlook/vision of goth?
@SirenRyan 13 днів тому
@@Rysiimpson Ru gave them conflicting guidelines for the challenge though. When she announced the challenge to them she said word for word "Think Morticia (Adams) meets Mugler. Beetlejuice meets Balenciaga. Elvira meets St. Laurent." and that's what Nymphia made exactly lol. A high fashion couture Elvira/Moritica ensemble. I'm not sure how the queens were supposed to know what "neo goth" means either lol.
@BeckywiseTheDancingClown 17 днів тому
Plane Jane has the most interesting arc. She went from being hated to people loving her because she can back up her words with great drag
@rocketpit101 17 днів тому
Disagree
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaaaaaaaaaaa1 17 днів тому
@@rocketpit101congrats you're an outlier, so different, so edgy
@natnuss98 17 днів тому
No Not really. I still dislike Plane. Being rude isn't justified by honestly very cookie cutter looks. Also I just hate how she is the 'russian bitchy girl' like it's tired. @@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaaaaaaaaaaa1
@Elsith01 17 днів тому
Speak for yourself
@button_mashuu 17 днів тому
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaaaaaaaaaaa1disagree
@blackko1334 17 днів тому
i clicked so fast that the balloon didn't touch the roof yet
@ciropiedra478 17 днів тому
FOR REAL GIRL I DID EVEN READ THE TITTLE
@user-mz2ne4yh2t 13 днів тому
I clicked so fast he hasn't mentioned Mayhem yet
@jagv4r 16 днів тому
I appreciate that Nymphia didn’t get an obvious winner edit, I truly didn’t know she won until rupaul said her name and thats probably the thing I look for the most in a good season
@HeyLetsDoAThing 9 днів тому
Really? I prefer the winner to be the person who dominated the whole season. I like when the winner is predictable and that person ends up winning. Sasha Velour is the exception but she was my winner pick before the finale. Sapphira had the same energy as Bob, Bianca, or Sasha Colby.
@heymistercarter. 17 днів тому
The unexpected success of early outs like MIRAGE and Amanda Tori Meating indicates to me that they should consider doing what Hell’s Kitchen did and have a Rookies Vs. Veterans season, where it’s maybe early outs who had a lot of potential but not a full Drag Race run competing against a new cast of DA’s. It could be a cool new themed season to consider alongside the multiple All-Stars seasons.
@JcIIIpr 17 днів тому
I ❤ this idea! In that same vein, I would also love to see Villains vs Sweethearts (Congeniality and fan favorites) season. 😊
@mohdhazim8193 17 днів тому
sorry but what is DA’s?
@sionellmccubbin953 17 днів тому
@@mohdhazim8193drag artists
@reenybeeny 17 днів тому
@@mohdhazim8193 drag artists, i believe :)
@niemand9362 17 днів тому
Amanda's success is people pitting her
@guineppe3405 17 днів тому
I’m still convinced that plane used her immunity on nymphia to jump start her redemption story arc. I called it from weeks prior that plane wouldn’t use the immunity for herself.
@shanel4294 6 днів тому
All stars redemption arc with vulnerability here we go
@leovivas4252 2 дні тому
@@shanel4294imagine they have a jury twist again 💀💀💀
@psycane8462 17 днів тому
"I don't know if something fell through last minute" Sapphira has talked about how her initial concept was to be a vampire and wanted to pull out a beating heart as well as blood - The prop was difficult to get together in time and she also didn't want to spill blood all over the stage when that could make Nymphia slip. Basically, she had a concept, but just couldn't see it through, and there wasn't enough time to re-strategize. So that's why Sapphira wasn't giving as much as we normally expect from her
@TravioliRavioli 16 днів тому
Damn, that … sucks (I will see myself out)
@benedictburgess2678 16 днів тому
Makes sense. The only other time Sapphira struggled was in the makeover, when she had to pivot and re-strategize.
@Marco-el2he 16 днів тому
And why did she decide to keep the teeth if she didn't bring the heart? I feel like some of these girls like to get home and imagine what else they could've done. and Sapphira had since august to dwell on that. Me personally I don't see her bringing that much concept or worrying that Nymphia cold slip because would there need to be so much blood that it would get on the floor? IMO she was simply overly confident on who she was up against. She wasn't worried about Plane and Nymphia hadn't lip-synced and was previously critiques for not knowing lyrics etc. She thought the teeth would be funny and enough to clear any of the other 2
@efsunlalacksoz9862 15 днів тому
@@Marco-el2he Some of you fans always need to be skeptical about her intensions while she has been so nice all the time, and on top of that you guys also love to discredit her performance skills and her entire run. Wonder why.
@JoyD.C. 15 днів тому
@@Marco-el2he The idea that Sapphira thought "that would be enough" doesn't fit with her entire season on Drag Race. All of outfits were huge productions, with major concepts, so, really? In light of what we saw during the season, your explanation is illogical.
@SocarellaDeToussaint 17 днів тому
The riggory is that they did not air the episode where Megami saved Queer art from Rupaul who has revealed she is actually Mother Rooseberry from the Outlast trials and that the hilarious Ross Matthews is her drill hand puppet. Fortunately, Megami destroyed Rupaul's drag children which contained Mother Rooseberry's power and defeated her.
@damianweav 17 днів тому
BUT DID GENEVA DO A SPLIT?!?!?
@EternallyHappy29 17 днів тому
MAMA KUDOS FOR SPILLING, FOR THE TELLING THE TRUTH ❤️❤️❤️
@reenybeeny 17 днів тому
plz this made me feel like there's a gas leak in my house LMFAO
@SocarellaDeToussaint 17 днів тому
@@reenybeeny It's because of the PusHER, also known as Carson Kressley. He is a minion of Mother Rooseberry and spray his victims with hallucinogenic gas to make them have visions of the Foareskeen Man.
@SocarellaDeToussaint 17 днів тому
@@reenybeeny It's because of the PusHER, also known as Carson Kressley. He is a minion of Mother Rooseberry who sprays its victims with hallucinogenic gas to make them have visions of the Foar Skeen Man.
@VestAround 17 днів тому
I feel like rate a queen could have been so much more when they showed the results, like show exactly how the girls voted 😭
@VestAround 17 днів тому
And delulu opinion on Q being saved not being rigged
@divorcioexxxpress3534 17 днів тому
They didn't because they didn't wanna risk the queens targeting Plane
@Juanchocho14 17 днів тому
@@divorcioexxxpress3534I mean sure but how can you target someone in a regular season
@JinMeowsoon 17 днів тому
@@Juanchocho14 And would the girls have been really been mad at her more than 10min? It was inconsequential, no one got eliminated.
@button_mashuu 17 днів тому
Honestly i don’t think it’s actually true but the conspiracy theorist in me thinks they didn’t because they rigged this and had plausible deniability. I think maybe nymphia was still top or someone else was bottom and they hid it for production reasons. Idk why they’d do that on ep one but I see so much riggory in this show I don’t trust them for shit.
@natjedra4350 17 днів тому
I got here so quick Ms.Minogue only said the first Padam.
@saigedoesart 17 днів тому
When Megami called Dawn buzzlightyear 🫠
@rubydown3329 17 днів тому
I fully re-choreographed Sapphiras Padam Padam lip sync in my head, it involved her going full Dragula, eating a prop heart, covering herself in blood, and having a glowing stomach that would pulse in time to the music 😂 If i had any sort of talent, I'd make it a reality myself, but alas
@kaym7704 17 днів тому
Instead of a heart…it could have been a banana. Lol…but I can’t see Sapphira using a banana over a heart since thats not her brand. Had she invested more in the vampire theme during the final lipsync, worn white over blue so we can see the blood, it would have been epic.
@propagandaangie 17 днів тому
Apparently there was a bloody heart prop that got ditched at the last minute!
@RikkuMaraschino 17 днів тому
Welp....you did it again....I knew you would gag when Mayhem Miller would appear as the secret queen after rate a queen. No one knew she would storm the competition winning every challenge after episode 2 Sapphira replaced Rupaul and Morphine Love Dion sent the entire cast home then won the lalaparuza and then miss congeniality with Xunami. Plasma was robbed in the emo challenge after coming out as Elvira's black rose toy.
@DragDetective 17 днів тому
i have no words
@chrisbuckley1785 16 днів тому
She crashed the party!!!
@chunkymonkey356 16 днів тому
@@chrisbuckley1785She ended it
@koji6745 12 днів тому
How could they not make a reunion on THIS season!
@k____k____ 8 днів тому
they're saving it for dragcon
@silvestresilva9390 17 днів тому
i’m sorry but as long as I live, i’ll never forget Plane ending her Power verse with “and if you at the polls, you can catch this box” 💀
@bluecircle06 17 днів тому
Like she said "yeah blah blah blah vote yadiyadiyada but don't forget my hot, wet poosay🤩😍"
@IanLemes-cc7yg 17 днів тому
This was the strongest, unique, most consistent TOP 3, since Season 3. Each one of those Queens got what It TAKES to DEVOUR This competition, and they ALL deserved ALL the love they got. #TripleCrowning
@tatehartman9857 17 днів тому
I feel like producers wanted Sapphira in the end game and knew she was going to make it there regardless so they kept picking other queens over her for wins. Then all of sudden they realize that there’s not many chances for her to snag a win left so they decided to on the giving her the power point win out of nowhere. It gave me Sasha winning the interview challenge vibes.
@trekel9084 17 днів тому
i’d have to agree. That episode being followed by the bathroom hunties episode truly kills me. The things that sapphira gets commended for in the powerpoint episode (commandeering the stage) is a thing Q gets ragged on the bathroom episode (pulling the focus from morphine). and then the things sapphira and plane get commended for in the bathroom episode (having great charisma and working as a team) is what q and plane did very well on the powerpoint episode. if both episodes were judged the same way, then q and plane would have won the powerpoint episode and sapphira and plane would have won the bathroom episode. that would have been crazy though because plane would be the first queen with 5 wins in a regular season
@aliahsarchive 17 днів тому
the thing with nymphia is for every rigged saved that she gets, there's an equal rigged "not winning" placement so i feel like it balances out 😭
@sylvain_3 17 днів тому
36:40 We have to take into consideration that Michelle told Dawn she was bored of the elf ears, and I think that is what made Dawn go for the alien thing.
@Orion_Cyanide 17 днів тому
VERY THAT. I mean Michelle LITERALLY told Dawn NOT to do her brand right BEFORE a branding challenge- And it definitely screwed her over imo
@Furrito_272 17 днів тому
Yeah… honestly Dawn got the short end of the stick a lot. She’s so amazing, and honestly I can’t wait for her inevitable all stars run
@Orion_Cyanide 17 днів тому
@Furrito_272 Which she'll slay obv- I also noticed the only comedy chances she had, she was sort of ran over by her partner- And all Design challenges she was either outshined or was just not given the win (I would've given her the goth design challenges personally)
@Furrito_272 17 днів тому
@@Orion_Cyanide I can see the goth point, but I’d give it to Nymphia. Dawn really is amazing though, I’d love to do her makeup tutorial sometime
@jessicakoch2331 15 днів тому
I like dawn, but she needs to learn from Gottmik, who knew Michelle would get on her case for her iconic white paint look. She still did her usual makeup, but she changed it enough that no one could tell her to "stop looking like a clown". Love Gottmik, love Dawn, I look forward to seeing her grow
@Jamieswiftie13 17 днів тому
Not many can say that they’ve been unrigging with you for 3/4 years but here I am!!! So thankful for you derek you really are the full time detective of rpdr!
@DragDetective 17 днів тому
THANK YOU SO MUCHHHH 😭
@matthewberger4741 16 днів тому
My plane Jane immunity potion theory is that production asked her to use it on Nymphia so that she wouldn’t be on stage when they asked everyone if they were registered to vote. My guess is that Nymphia isn’t registered since she’s from Taiwan and they didn’t want her to mess up everyone saying they’re registered
@k____k____ 8 днів тому
just fyi: Nymphia has US citizenship as she was born in the US
@ai_ai69 17 днів тому
Nymphia not being saved for the Snatch Game, but Aura Mayari being saved because of her runway is true camp. We love to see it, mother.
@maximeminassian6002 17 днів тому
I think it’s because he explained Aura and the twins were equally bad in his eyes, whereas here Morphine was clearly better than Nymphia.
@ai_ai69 17 днів тому
@maximeminassian6002 yes, but i recall him saying that runways should not matter when it comes to picking bottom placements.
@efsunlalacksoz9862 15 днів тому
@@maximeminassian6002Morphine was the clear worst. If a picking was required, it should have been between Xunami and Nymphia. They were equally bad and undoubtedly, Nymphia's runway saved her. Rightfully.
@maximeminassian6002 13 днів тому
@@efsunlalacksoz9862 I thought Morphine had a decent start, but flopped towards the end. Xunami just didn’t know what she was doing and Nymphia… god she was so bad.
@user-yr8rn3el4f 17 днів тому
I could see SO MANY of these girls not only slaying future All-Stars seasons, but I could see multiple winners come out of them, kind of like S9 did
@dino2064 17 днів тому
In the middle of making my daily bagel, and couldn’t find anything to watch. Thank you for saving my breakfast drag detective!
@DragDetective 17 днів тому
is it an everything bagel?
@dxnnxxmc 17 днів тому
@@DragDetective oooooooonn a baaaageeeeel
@thedallasryan 17 днів тому
Got my lunch and I’m SEATED!
@paninilist4678 16 днів тому
tbh i think they saw nymphia as a fan favorite and someone that they wanted to go far which is why she was kept from the bottom, but tbh i don't think they wanted her to win, only because usually if theres a challenge where two-three queens do well, they'll usually give the win to the one they wanted to push further where as nymphia had at least one or two times where she could have one (not rigged she didn't) but instead they gave the win to someone else. For example if they wanted nymphia to be a viable winner they could have given the win to the gothic design challenge but they didn't. So i think they liked her but I honestly think when filming and editing this season they saw plane and sapphira as potential winners.
@vstoneman9755 11 днів тому
I think they should've given her the make over challenge. She had the second best dance, and the best make up(after morphine obv) and the best outfits/concept(ties with Q)
@timo_2948 17 днів тому
For ep 9, I actually don’t agree : Dawn and Nymphia Wind were representing the Gothic theme the most, with Q landing on a more Punk theme. And with Nymphia’s veil covering her face, it’s a nice trick for the Wednesday theme that you were talking about : She’s the scary one you worry about, who’s an angel in reality. This is the reason why people think so much that Nymphia should have won this challenge (and I’m apart of them!)
@NalleDoris2 17 днів тому
It always baffles me when a queen from a “losing group” wins. Like you didn’t succeed in the teamwork aspect of the challenge? Especially in the power point challenge where the win clearly could have gone to Plane and Q
@jjcelever 17 днів тому
“And she made him look like Gothy Kendoll” No but I died wtf 😭 I also kinda agree, Plane convincing that hot man to shave his body hair is why she deserves the win for that episode
@impossiblesoul 17 днів тому
i completely agree about megami her run is so underrated. her ball design look was amazing, she won me over with the girl groups and then i think she should have been high in the doll design look instead of plane. happy that she received her recognition now with the lalaparuzza but i wish people appareciated her more during her run. like she showed she could write and design and be funny her shade was amazing
@user-jb8gv6gy9c 17 днів тому
ngl Q not winning the episode when she opened up about her HIV status was really difficult to watch. i think the production was just cruel and trying to break her down for no reason at all and i totally understand her being upset
@danielsernarestrepo1113 День тому
Q really deserved much more recognition. I loved his outfits. But I do think that the production wanted to break her. In the last few episodes she seemed very frustrated. (I felt a little jan, "you do very well you are very talented. You are up for elimination")
@strawberrylatte6616 17 днів тому
The Saphira win on the prezi challenge felt like - Ginger winning the table talk - and Juujuu winning the hotel challenge
@rogelio9225 17 днів тому
One of my biggest problems with the season was the song choices for lip syncs lol, Shower, Bloody Mary (tik tok wendesday dance version), Made You Look, Miss Me More, i feel like we got quite a few interesting and very tame choices, maybe a lot of the song budget went to Break My Soul and Padam Padam lmao
@ryanager8029 17 днів тому
Preach about Megami! I honestly think she could have been third place in both the Doll Design challenge over Plane and third place in the SNL parody. (Mostly coz I was not a big fan of Q’s brick) The way her doing well was getting dismissed by other people was really weird. Like, she redeemed herself and got the win in the girl group, what do the fans want from her?
@nokocchi1983 17 днів тому
nymphia genuinely has the worst winner edit of all time 😭 like it could have been a sickening edit but they did an absolutely abysmal job
@jaykknight2248 17 днів тому
They were way too busy giving saphira 897 wins to pay attention to nymphia. Then they saw the polls on social media and went WHOOPSIE
@ryanng-cp5rb 16 днів тому
@@jaykknight2248 ikr lmao nymphia's win was inevitable shes unstoppable
@ryanng-cp5rb 16 днів тому
i honestly think first few eps nymphia's edit was good until half season they decided to switch and focus on sapphira and then they saw the polls and social response lolol
@happiestplace3754 14 днів тому
Because obviously she wasn't going to win until she got the landslide of #team votes.
@MrJohnnyboy754 9 днів тому
@@jaykknight2248What wins would Sapphira not get that she did? The only I could see was the powerpoint episode, but even then, Nymphia & Sapphira were miles funnier & natural on stage than Q & Plane were.
@Zyxie_Zyxie_Zyxie 17 днів тому
Damn am I the ONLY one that likes emergency??? It’s such a fun draggy song lol
@nathanieletrent3872 15 днів тому
I honestly thought Morphine’s “Oop - drag queen flopping!” was kinda funny 😂😂
@christianmartinez1091 14 днів тому
I think Nymphia’s edit made sense at the end of the season, and it really shows in the episodes she won, like in the ball when Q and Dawn were arguing about who was the better seamstress and then out of nowhere Nymphia ate them up in the challenge, also the storyline for her girl group was that nobody believed they could do well just to end up being the winning team, and in the last challenge when at the start of the episode she says she doesn’t not want a writing challenge just to end up doing really well and also winning, she had the weakest track record of the top 3 which made everyone not have faith on her winning just to end up having one of the best lipsync for the crown and slay the finale to snatch the crown. The edit of the season focused more on other strong contenders putting Nymphia in the sideline just for her slay them at the end, love that for her.
@timeep 17 днів тому
i think your read on plasma is wrong.. i don't think production ever planned for her to go far, they gave her 2 wins just to create a shocking elimination because they know the fandom was getting tired of the rigging and predictability. The fact we got so many design challenges was not random, they knew the bottom would be mhiya and plasma and mhiya would serve
@hatelovebowel4571 12 днів тому
Plane Jane rigging the rate a queen ironically helped nymphia win the final lip sync because she didn’t lip sync the whole season
@thomasg3387 17 днів тому
did we watch the same bathroom hunties challenge?? upon multiple rewatches i really don't think nymphia was consistently bulldozing dawn and talking miles a minute like you said she was lol, dawn had instances with michelle and carson there where she couldve had funny moments
@xviolaa 17 днів тому
There were multiple instances where you can tell Dawn wanted to say something and kept getting cut off
@thomasg3387 17 днів тому
@@xviolaa this literally only happened once at the start of the presentation... lmfao
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaaaaaaaaaaa1 17 днів тому
They were both terrible.
@thomasg3387 17 днів тому
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1aaaaaaaaaaaa1 nymphia had lots of funny moments but ok werk
@feeelsx 17 днів тому
Been Team Plane , Sapphira & Nymphia since the premiere 🎉 Season 16 has really revived the franchise to the good. Also big shoutout to MIB for bringing the shade back.
@damonlamar6874 17 днів тому
I clicked faster than Morphine eliminating Dawn
@MsWeirdgiraffe 17 днів тому
hey, queen! girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all and doing it flawlessly
@blackko1334 17 днів тому
this season was amazing the best part is that every queen really got to showcase a lot of their talents and thats amazing!
@heymistercarter. 17 днів тому
What’s funny about DAWN and Q is that they’re connected to two DA’s who were on Dragula Season 5, which aired right before this. Q is the drag sister of Cynthia Doll, and DAWN is best friends with Jay Kay. In fact, when DAWN mentioned they had a friend that they get really annoying with on the mic during performances, it was Jay they were talking about (Jay even confirmed that).
@northsouteastwesk3435 17 днів тому
Speaking of dawn and jay kay, it's kind of interesting to see them both being on opposite ends of an absolute murder in a lipsync battle, with morphine demolishing dawn while jay kay demolished jarvis hammer
@Moonbunbunn 17 днів тому
Jay Kay accused PJ of SA just as a PSA
@heymistercarter. 17 днів тому
@@northsouteastwesk3435 I'm sure there are some songs out there DAWN would've been decent at. Body by Megan Thee Stallion is NOT one of them (especially not next to Morphine!)! And with Jay and Jarvis... I've seen Jarvis live, and he is a MUCH better performer than the show portrayed him. Apparently he was in the midst of a panic/anxiety episode when the BB's made them lip-sync practically on the spot with no preparation. And I mean, he was put in the bottom when he didn't deserve it (I mean, BlackBerri was right there), so I can tell he was off his game. But he's definitely a better performer in person.
@JinMeowsoon 17 днів тому
@@heymistercarter. Wait so they really just suddenly pulled a random song? I was wondering if maybe that song was on the references list the ghouls are given when they get ready for the show.
@heymistercarter. 16 днів тому
@@JinMeowsoon Jarvis gave an interview with Fangoria where he said the song he and Jay lip-synced to (Worldwide Torture by Jazmin Bean) was given to them beforehand, but he (and I guess a few others) assumed it was the song they'd perform to for the Monsters Of Rock/Battle Of The Bands challenge, sorta like what the Poppy song was the season before.
@reenybeeny 17 днів тому
Soooo here for the Megami redemption*. I wasn't really a Megami *fan* per se during the season (but still liked her!!) because she wasn't given a proper chance to shine during the show and I am SOOOOOO glad that mama was finally able to show Drag Race fans what she's capable of during the Lalaparuza. *plz, she didn't need "redemption" but she def stuck it to the DR fans who wrote her off during the season
@JoseSena-gs4tz 17 днів тому
Nymphia, Sapphira, Morphine using Amanda’s purple mug for the Power Point will forever send me when they screamed in horror 😂😂😂😂 Nymphias accent and mannerisms was hilarious!! Idc what the judges say
@bradparris7651 14 днів тому
I’m really annoyed I skipped this season since I let drag race fatigue get to me
@indigobeaumont1246 14 днів тому
I'm definitely rewating it when Paramount+ adds it later this year, so maybe you could give it a try then. This is a top 5 season of the main franchise for me, definitely worth the watch
@StellaOfSalem 16 днів тому
As a goth I want to say Nymphia and Dawn's looks WERE goth. I think non goths only think of trad goth when there is so much more than that. Nymphia and Dawn's looks are great examples of romantic goth. I don't think Q's look was a good representation of any branch of goth hence why a lot of us goths think the win should have gone to Nymphia.
@illxyd 17 днів тому
me going straight from the intro to ep1
@johngaudet7363 17 днів тому
I'm actually a little surprised Plane hadn't leaned into her Russian culture and heritage a little more during the season. Still love her a lot
@khntou4178 17 днів тому
This is kinda like season 9 where the placements are not really rigged because whoever did the best and the worst is so obvious. Besides maybe some lip sync results, nothing big really changes. It's obvious the queens are getting prepared for the challenges now and the sewing abillity of these queens are really high. They should start changing up the challenge structure now.
@xviolaa 17 днів тому
Apparently Sapphira was supposed to have a beating heart prop in the final lipsync that ended up not working out (also think she may have just given up after winning Miss C because after that I think she and everyone watching knew they weren't gonna crown her)
@northsouteastwesk3435 17 днів тому
15:15 no mention of Megami wanting us to protect queer art? *Gay gasp* diva...
@user-tx8ts1fw4w 17 днів тому
The Plane Jane stan in me both destroyed by her loss but unbelievably happy that we probably have her for 2 more AS seasons in the future ❤
@button_mashuu 16 днів тому
lol the shade in preemptively assuming your fave will not win all stars.
@roguephoenix 11 днів тому
yea we never got the vibe that plane and nymphia were good friends so that potion was shocking. from their appearances together and how they interact with each other outside of the show it clearly shows that they are good friends. i think she even went to taiwan with nymphia, so now the use of the potion was very understandable. they might have had to eliminate Q before the finale because they didn't have enough time to squeeze in one more lip sync because sasha was performing. could be they opted to keep sasha's performance over a second lip sync battle. sapphira was the fav from the edit of the season. i pegged her to win from episode 3 cause it was giving me sasha colby edit. there were episodes where nymphia had no spoken word at all, not in the work room and no confessionals. there's no one else in the season they did that to. did they ever do that to anyone on any season? but they probably took fan votes into account this time, unlike the disaster they had on uk vs tw 2 when they didn't.
@cellularcrime4989 17 днів тому
Definitely confused with Nymphia’s track record. She slayed 3 challenges (Slideshow, Goth Ball, and Makeover) that they could’ve given the win to her but just didn’t and decided to give 2 of those challenge wins to Q and Plane, queens who it was pretty obvious would never win this season due to the win being decided by a lip sync, and that song being Padam Padam as the finale lip sync and they would’ve been against Nymphia or Sapphira. This was a confusing season but still loved the hell out of it (and I’ve been wanting for this video since episode 1!!!)
@lckyminer_2256 15 днів тому
The goth ball, I can still see Q winning since it's Neo Goth. Though I love Nymphia's Morticia Adams' look and take, its nothing new. Q's look is quite contemporary for a goth outfit, which, Neo is.
@rrrrrr-yo7sz 10 днів тому
@@lckyminer_2256it may be contemporary but nymphia’s just looks better lmao
@cellularcrime4989 8 днів тому
@@lckyminer_2256 I know it’s Neo-Goth, I just in general liked Nymphia’s better and I don’t disagree with the decision to give Q the win. I think it would’ve made more sense for Nymphia to win storyline wise in the end and I just thought it was kinda confusing why Q was given this win when they didn’t want to keep her, cuz a lot of people were suspecting and probably would’ve been okay with a Plane and Q double save or a top two lip sync but they just didn’t want to
@kevinolano4073 17 днів тому
You saved Aura just last season for an amazing look in the same challenge but not here with Nymphia? Hmm. Choices.
@jagv4r 16 днів тому
It’s been bugging me so much that the immunity potion expired on a non-elimination episode. Like just make it expire the next episode or the one before, it made the whole immunity potion feel like nothing (but I guess that’s how immunity potions go, i liked your point about throwing a ton of them out there until one creates a moment) hopefully we see immunity twists kinda like this one in the future that still gives power to the queens to pick (instead of default immunity for winning a challenge)
@brayannalise5430 15 днів тому
straight up called me out about the teenage girls loving the quirky weird queens (i am fully 23 years old but im still there)
@KieranP-wr9nl 17 днів тому
81 Minutes wow we are being FED!!!!!
@marypresslike 17 днів тому
thank god, a video to get me thru the last hour and a half of my workday
@citrinethecorgi 14 днів тому
"so what's your favorite movie?" "The riggory of drag race season 16"
@tannerrussell9759 14 днів тому
I understand that Q technically "won" the lipsync but Amanda gave more energy, more passion, and even more dancing. Sorry but I still think Amanda won vs Q. P.S. it's a lipsync for your life, not a track record.
@Floptinaagulara 17 днів тому
This video is the queer art megami wanted us to protect
@ainsleykinney6325 17 днів тому
actual out-loud gasp when i saw you uploaded this. i just loveee your channel. you’re a legend thank you drag detective 🙌
@PaintingMeJosh 17 днів тому
The political rumix was definitely a moment of riggory and wasted potential. Why announce 2 episodes prior that this would be the last chance for Plane Jane to use her immunity potion and continuously remind her all the way up until critiques this episode, just for it to not matter in the end? I truly do believe that it would've been bottom 2 lip sync if Plane had used the potion on herself. But because she didn't do so, the producers had to scramble last minute because they didn't want to risk losing her yet. So they simultaneously saved Plane from the bottom and made the immunity potion entirely pointless. Imagine how great that payoff would've been if we got to see Plane's face crack when she realized she made a terrible decision in giving it to Nymphia.
@JinMeowsoon 17 днів тому
I’m mixed on this. On one side, I get production not wanting to risk another Mirage. But on the other, Q would have been in the bottom with PJ, and it’s unlikely she could have outperformed her, and knowing what we know today, production wasn’t sure about what they wanted to do with Q and ultimately cut her before the finale.
@Deedj1 17 днів тому
Despite her edit, I do feel bad for Q. I don’t agree that the top 3 were “clearly” the best of the season. Q had SEVERAL high placements, 1 uncontested win and one that was still completely justified, was open about personal issues like her HIV Status, one win she was “robbed” of with the drag presentations challenge, and a moment of vulnerability when she lip synced before getting her win. On paper she literally had every single piece it took to get to the finals on any other season, but those pieces just never fit together. Her attitude and her survived lip sync being against an “underdog” in Amanda really soured people against her, and that sucks. This being the first time there were intentionally 3 finalists since season EIGHT just makes me feel bad for her at the end of the day.
@TSUNAMI-MAMI 17 днів тому
Truly adored this cast together. So, so good.
@idkgirlidksorry 16 днів тому
i’m so excited to watch this i’ve been saving it for this moment
@izzyjoshuadavis 17 днів тому
I don't know why but you saying Plane was telling people that they were ugly and talented to their faces had me cracking up.
@MrZzToOoFlyY 17 днів тому
Planes makeover partner went in as Dawn 2.0 and came out as gothy kendoll in a body suit lol 😂
@lucastaylor3399 16 днів тому
Dawn’s twink death to buff gothy kendoll 😭
@AnRuixuan 16 днів тому
I totally agree with you on watching seasons unspoiled. The one and only season I watched with spoilers was Season 9, and after Maskgate happened I swore off spoilers forever because I wish I had gone into that not knowing what was about to happen.
@SanaKhan-do2fc 17 днів тому
I have been waiting for this video all season!
@emmajones6482 17 днів тому
YESSSSS right on time for my nightly bedrot splatoon session thank u legend!!
@yosmosonic 17 днів тому
Yesssss… someone else who agrees that Amanda’s bird nest look and Salina’s street lamp look aren’t _that_ bad!
@bobdeng8014 17 днів тому
@55:04 clock that tea. The fans this season showed so much hypocrisy by saying that Mirage and Plasma should have stayed despite losing their lip syncs by a mile
@geebygeeb9940 17 днів тому
Love love love loved this season! Feel like it’s a more recent season that I’d happily go back and watch repeatedly. Thinking about Q, she really did shoot herself in the foot. I feel like producers were rubbing their hands when she was clearly upset at not winning certain challenges. Think if she could strengthen herself, perhaps, and maybe develop different comedy characters she’d be amazing for an all stars.
@Langelito637 17 днів тому
Love your vids… I swear I seen you at Disneyland last weekend… anyway. Finally subbed. Took long enough
@hx0ad5 16 днів тому
tbf when i was watching this season i had the feeling that a big part of why dawn wasn't doing amazingly was because that super cluttered elf fantasy iconic look of hers (which i absolutely adore) just isn't something the judges were likely to be obsessed with and i think she knew that, like she was sort of trying to work around the expected reactions from the judges. then in terms of comedy i think she just didn't end up with any challenges that let her showcase how funny she is past the first mini challenge which sucks but it happens lol drag race comedy challenges are such a dice roll
@lyterrr 17 днів тому
THANK YOU FOR DEFENDING AND SPEAKING UP FOR MEGAMI!!! She deserved so much better! Justice for Megami on all stars!!!!!! ✨
@alexap530 17 днів тому
Always love these vids!
@androidpaw 17 днів тому
Thank you Mama. Kudos for uncovering the riggory. For investigating. work
@cuzitsnecessary 16 днів тому
I miss this cast so much and it's only been a week.
@erintwohey7235 15 днів тому
Megami is one of my favorite queens period. She is so talented and was I championing for her before the season started (we need more cosplay queens). Her biblically accurate angel is one of my favorite runways and I even bought the sticker because I loved it so much. Hated how people treated her after her talent show.
@koasterlover1045 17 днів тому
This has the runtime of a feature length film. Thank you.
@feeelsx 17 днів тому
Season 6&16 parallels are uncanny and it's no surprise both of them are my favorite seasons!!
@francesco2102 13 днів тому
One thing that put me off this season is how production handled the immunity potion gag. It had the potential to be such a fresh new addition to the show, but turned out to be just a way for production to select 2 queens from the very beginning that they wanted to keep as long as possible. A bit disappointing imo, I would have loved a return to the older format of win = immunity in the next episode.
@Xcharge83 15 днів тому
I would like to say that I believe that sapphira did an interview about her finale performance in that she had more vampire motifs, but she had to scrap them
@jonathancohen510 17 днів тому
Mama, kudos for creating amazing content. For spilling 😌
@saigedoesart 17 днів тому
Another video so qiuckly, thank you😁
@tata-yo9id 8 днів тому
Imo, some of these commenters should stop watching drag race if they're gonna burst a vein every time they come for queens they don't like. Just shup up babe, no one gives a f*ck. Anyway, this season was the best and most entertaining one we've had in a loooooong time, and the biggest credit for that goes to Plane Jane, whether certain part of the fandom likes it or not. Not even kidding, my all time fav seasons now are AS2, S6 and S16. The next seasons have a bigger shoe to fill.
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