The Riggory of Drag Race Season 12

Remember, this is a reality show, and the producers are just trying to make the most interesting stories that they can. No hate to the queens, producers, or Ru (except for the fracking)
Let me know in the comments below what you think was the biggest example of riggory in Season 12!
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[@palmyrefevrier]

The language barrier narrative is always super cringy & borderline xenophobic.

[@daakaai]

as a French fan i was M A D ! look at how iconic nicki is now, she didn't deserve that treatment

[@palmyrefevrier]

@@daakaai right?! I’m French too & the way she was treated really really annoyed me. Always reminding her that English wasn’t her first language etc... how rude!

[@MeeplandHeights]

Yup! It's either play up your accent and be a racial stereotype or "speak American dammit!"

[@pm1647]

I was always confused by why they would cast non English speakers and then read them for not performing well in speaking challenges

[@palmyrefevrier]

@@pm1647 I agree! & it’s not even a ‘nice’ read. It’s hard to speak a different language than your mother tongue even after years. I’ve lived in London for 6 years & still now there’s things I don’t understand.

[@SHIkun9000]

The way that Crystals mullet alone led her to the final 3... iconic

[@olly_lmao]

she had the rhythm of the night

[@kin1332]

Just when I thought I forgot about Sh*rry being safe in one woman show despite blatantly breaking the rules.... That was the biggest rigga morris I've ever seen, I'm still so angry about it. And it wasn't even two or three minutes too long, it was literally going twice over the time limit????? Mama this is garbage.

[@julianaaloisa5525]

Yessss it should have been an automatic disqualification! I'm surprised they didn't pull her off the stage!

[@kyu_the_best]

it wasn't only twice the time limitation, it was more than three times even 😭😭

[@thecowboyofdrag]

Almost three times over the limit. It's was like thirteen or fourteen. And then Jaida was rightfully pissed off, because she had wait longer to perform something that she and Whoopi were already sort of concerned about.

[@IrinaGomes0209]

@@julianaaloisa5525 bc they thought she'd be a fan favorite and were making it their goal to get shitty pie to top 4. Disgusting and too obvious

[@serumbae7879]

alot could be forgiven if you are funny, and she was funny... i think thats why she's safe... compared to the people who are in time but the set was not good

[@bbqbestie]

I hate when people say that “Gigi was robbed” or “Jaida only won because of blm” because Jaida deserved all her wins while Gigi was pushed into the frontrunner position by the judges

[@DragDetective]

in my opinion, Gigi's only non-contested win is i'm that bitch (which technically widow really won) and the vegas challenge (which usually doesn't even have a winner) while Jaida was the obvious winner of 2 of her 3 wins

[@leobrown8567]

@Guilherme Marques Ribeiro no girl Gigi doesn’t deserve any hate she can’t control her story ark it’s all the producers

[@LubiczPolkrwi]

But Jaida did win because of BLM. If Gigi wasn't that shitty at being political and didn't have that privilaged attitude, she might won. But Jaida was better material for a winner from that stand point. It wasn't the only factor, but crowning someone who is great drag queen and treats life and important issues seriously was the best choice.

[@bbqbestie]

aLEK It was Jaida vs Gigi and Jaida destroyed her in the finale. Saying that Jaida won bc if blm is taking away all the talent that Jaida has

[@LubiczPolkrwi]

@@bbqbestie i’m not saying that she won only because of BLM, but this season was political, there was a lot of political themes so BLM and how queens responded to it was an important factor. I’m not taking away Jaida’s talent, I’m adding to her abilities.

[@shnukiebear9661]

The fact they rigged it in sherry's favour and then she turned out to be a predator was the biggest example of things backfire ever. I thought they might think twice before rigging again.... then kandy joined the chat

[@casswashwash1070]

💀💀💀

[@duda9387]

what happened to kandy

[@astonishinglyy]

@@duda9387 i think they expected everyone to love kandy bc she has a loud personality so they rigged things a lot to keep her in the show (also her big ass mouth just made for good entertainment ig) and it turns out a very large group of the fanbase doesn’t like her.

[@GiveMePopperz]

@@duda9387 At the time she was saved, she was largely disliked. I think people (me included) began to like her a lot more after her fake elimination but at the time everyone was so confused why she was saved

[@10kSubsWithNoVideos254]

*shitty

[@satyamarora17]

If gigi wasnt favored so much and given a few extra wins I think the audience wouldve liked her more The production ruined their frontrunner

[@kotosqoposrly]

And they are doing the same right now with Gottmik. Saving her from the bottom in that disco challenge and giving her a win when Utica deserved it... girl... I was all for Gotmikk when the season started but then I saw the favouritism and now I like her less and less.

[@phoenixrising7777]

kotosqopos preach girl!! Utica got robbed on that sewing challenge. Utica made a runway masterpiece out of a sleeping bag and gottmik just tied fabric to herself and got a win. Also it’s told to us that Utica got the hardest verse and most difficult choreography in the rusical and, while I agree with rosé killing it, how does gottmik get more credit for jumping around pretending to play guitar than Utica?

[@ByronAndOnAndOn]

@@kotosqoposrly In my opinion, Symone is really the Gigi of the season. By episode 4 she'd won 2 challenges, and ever since, people don't care for her anymore since she feels so pushed by production. She'll obviously make it to the end so why bother caring what she does? Then revealing she can't put together a look herself and I doubt Symone is gonna win now with the way fans react to her (though obviously she's going straight to the top). Also the minute she was put in the bottom last episode, everyone knew she wasn't going anywhere. They just dare to put her in the bottom as opposed to Gigi who production thought couldn't lipsync.

[@kotosqoposrly]

@@ByronAndOnAndOn her too. She should have been in the bottom in the ball challenge with Lala. I guess they did not foresee that staning of Tamisha. Production this year is a mess.

[@yara1896]

@@kotosqoposrly same

[@allief2000]

Can we talk about how incredibly rude it was for them to spend all season reading poor Heidi over her name? I hate when they go after who a queen is like that.

[@herbertortiz9159]

Seriously, her drag name is just fine, inventive, even

[@brendibean]

yeah heidi hydrates / heidi afrodite doesn't even suit her drag style. heidi n closet was so perfect and suits her so well lol. wish she owned it more

[@DaSpringBunny]

@@brendibean It was a joke at first but then they got overzealous and made it straight up mean

[@the_spaggot3148]

Especially since RuPaul can't even pronounce her name properly 🤣

[@dominikapales5185]

they saved jacky to ensure they had good content for the stand up challenge

[@julz3tt3]

Pretty much yes

[@traffiquejamm1780]

Wow... I was pretty sure Widow would've done amazing or at least okay. Nonetheless Jackie did pretty well.

[@juan4156]

well that backfired cause she sucked

[@luisluis9904]

@@juan4156 who sucked?

[@ByronAndOnAndOn]

@@traffiquejamm1780 They're referring to the Heidi and Jackie lipsync here. Even though Widow should not have been in the bottom the episode prior, Jackie really won that lipsync.

[@azazell_x]

like no one ever agrees with me on how robbed rock m was. like it’s genuinely insane. the “bad padding” and “over the top” drag is literally all her own style. even in the lip sync, she was putting in her all while brita was really just boring and stood in front of rock. so like either the one that’s trying too hard or the one that’s not trying enough... like 🧍

[@thatonegeekycosplayer7558]

Yes! Rock was doing her best and Brita just decided to block her!!! Rock was like, ‘imma turn it and be sickening.’ Then Brita went, ‘nope!’ *block*

[@jeannedecembre4514]

@@thatonegeekycosplayer7558 As she should ! That's what you have to do when you're performing against somebody. Make yourself seen and not the other by all means. Have y'all ever watch Ballroom competitions ?

[@TheAbigailDee]

I think the rigging against Rock was extra evident after seeing the whole episode dedicated to fart jokes 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@Ajajqiqjaa]

i cried to sleep on her elimination day

[@Ajajqiqjaa]

@@TheAbigailDee PRECISELY robbed and extracted

[@littleowleyes]

I was *astounded* that Sh*tty Pie wasn't in the bottom at the comedy show. She broke the challenge and was selfish to not be aware of her time. You fail the challenge, you should be in the bottom.

[@herbertortiz9159]

Exactly

[@hsedo2126]

Exactly Jaida should not have been in the bottom for that challenge

[@benjaminfoster7560]

Jan was robbed more than anyone this season tbh. Although Crystal was MASSIVELY robbed on the makeover challenge.

[@vibecheck5241]

really? I thought her look was not good imo

[@djehall]

@@vibecheck5241 it was very hodge podgy *alyssa edward voice"

[@markojovanovic5901]

Jackie could have been big frontrunner

[@handsoaphandsoap]

To me, Widow was by far the most robbed because they wanted to push a storyline of her second guessing herself and cracking under the pressure so they literally put her in that circumstance. I think Widow could've easily won this season if they'd just let the competition run it's course without shoving all the glaring production riggery into it, she is the whole damn package and moreso.

[@isaacmahoney5947]

@@handsoaphandsoap she has got looks, comedy, performance ability. What else is needed. My favourite queen of the season.

[@chelsealately1125]

Gigi was so favored. If any “filler” queen such as Aiden had played dead in the World’s Worst challenge, they would’ve been critiqued or put in the bottom 🙄

[@djehall]

True Also i thought nicky did good in the gays anatomy and shoulda been the "fashion queen" storyline, making her go futher cuz nickys looks are WAY better than gigis

[@jesttobagnet]

remember that it was an assignment for her to play dead - they had some traits prewritten

[@djehall]

@@jesttobagnet she coulda waited more than 10 seconds to

[@julz3tt3]

Yes. Every look was "fabulous" and that's not true at all. The frozen eleganza was meant to be just that A frozen party/fashion funshow but all Gigi did was walk out as an ice cream girl from dairy queen. Where was Elsa or something interesting I mean I loved loved loved Widows Titanic look.

[@djehall]

@@julz3tt3 if you took away the ice cream cone, it would be a very basic white dress. Jackies was very clever, shaping the bodice to be the crown and such

[@osejay]

the thing about sherry not being in the bottom when she went over the time slot in her comedy thing was: would she had been as funny if she didn't go over the time? people say “oh she was funny though so they kept her” but were her first [seven? five? whatever the time limit was] as funny as the others? does anyone get this like I feel like if the other queens had been given as much time as she took maybe they would've been funnier too? the logic just doesn't add up for her to not be in the bottom that episode.

[@amazingabby25]

Maxx ROSS i didn’t know they refilmed anything

[@amazingabby25]

Maxx ROSS i thought they had a final 4 instead of 3....it was Pxe, Jaida, Method and Gigi, and people wanted Jackie to be the 4th

[@alorockss]

Even if they gave Jaida half an hour she wouldn’t have been funny...

[@mcfrog5473]

I remember in season 6 during the interview/talk show challenge, Bianca ended up mismanaging her time and they just cut her off when the 5 minutes (or however long they had) were over. This got her a low placement (not bottom 2 though) that episode because she was unable to ask Chaz any questions. I feel like they should have done the same with Sherry. Just cut her off when the time was over and judge her for what she did within the time limit

[@brunojanowskitrojan7822]

for >>me

[@DragDetective]

flavor

[@alinamcdonald3892]

I 100% agree with all of these- I also would've been happy if Jaida won the ball.

[@Claudia-bq3sj]

@Crystal Beah DellaNebbia YES

[@Claudia-bq3sj]

1000% agree

[@stevenszmutko3501]

Controversial statement. Rock should've won the Ball.

[@owentravis8901]

Imma say this, jackie and widow should have been the double save and jackie should have been eliminted against heidi But i do believe that jackie beat crystal

[@DragDetective]

1000% agree

[@Butterball2829]

it just wouldve made sense with the whole storyline for the episode too!!!!!

[@rob005]

i believe all of that except that jackie beat crystal, no it was definitely crystal imo

[@raulchavez603]

@@rob005 yess same

[@neeliknowsnothing]

All of this. This was my first season (I'd watched 7 but didn't care for it and thought drag race wasn't for me, I've binged all other seasons since) but I legit thought the show is supppeer rigged. Having watched the earlier seasons though I feel like that tends to happen towards the end but nothing at this level

[@gaysalamandy]

hot take, jaida only bombed because shitty decided to exhaust the audience with the longest set ever. jaida would not have done as bad as she did if the audience was less tired. shitty pie should’ve been eliminated so long ago. shitty should have gone home damn near every episode.

[@ce_982]

love jaida but her stand up was a terrible decision on her part, it was not good. sh*tty pie and her should've been in the bottom, with jaida winning the lip sync ofc

[@frog9311]

I hate how mistreated widow was this season, she did really well in the choices episode and then they trew her in the bottom for no reason.

[@markiss954]

She likely got thrown in the bottom cause she was a bit combative in the judges critique

[@karaluchyiworsuchy]

Jackie too imo

[@ingGS]

@@markiss954 Yeah she had an attitude but she was being read and unfairly critiqued when she did well, so it is also a natural reaction.

[@Kat-py4jk]

this old asl but crazy she turned out to b a domestic abuser😭

[@joey1091]

@@Kat-py4jkHOLD ON WHAT??

[@kmpiano1]

Rewatching season 5 along with the Racechasers podcast, I realized how diverse the wins were awarded. Coco had a win. Ivy had a win. Roxxxy. Detox. It made the season more suspenseful and more entertaining to watch as a whole. The production now seems to favour letting one or two person dominate a season and made things much more predictable. I basically stopped watching season 12 after half the episodes. And even though shitty pie was a sexual predator, I wanted to watch the whole season uncut so I know why she won certain challenges and safe in some.

[@edro51188]

Even Alyssa and Lineysha had a win. Season 5 has probably been the most suspenseful season to date in the franchise.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

From what I've seen, Sh*tty had incredibly extravagant outfits made for her that she wore on the runway that the judges would have ADORED and no doubt saved her a few times. The judges rode Ben dela Creme for playing old ladies too much so Sh*tty would have bored them fast with that - and comedy queens generally don't win. It was quite clear that GiGi and Jada were heading to the top though.

[@BEM2197]

If gigi wasn't a skinny white queen she would've been tore to pieces for the blue bikini look 🍵

[@bcbro2421]

AGREED

[@bastianlarsen7375]

So F****** true

[@jakebloomfield1531]

Period

[@kendracooperr]

I WAS WAITING FOR THEM TO DRAG HER.... and nothing they loved it like ?

[@silentsaturn7604]

That's so lazy. The reason it was a good look, is cause no one else thought of doing Michelle from her Seduction aera, even though Michelle has that running joke about her single on the Bodyguard Soundtrack. GiGi dug a little deeper than most of the other queen's just doing iconic Michelle looks since she became popular on Drag Race, which made her stand out.

[@meatybro9]

they were scared of Nicky Doll.

[@DaimonSmith]

I just love that Jaida came into the work room like “I’m not a drag queen, more of a female impersonator” and then won the whole season lol

[@GraceJ2]

Literally, the politics challenge made me SO BAD. Jaida winning was the BEST PART and it was amazing, but Gigi & Shitty should've been in the bottom because they both did terrible. Widow & Jackie should have not been in the bottom. I stand by this.

[@haku9059]

well i understand the low place of Jackie, like she only had one joke the entire challenge, even though it was funny at first, it became boring. But Widow omg it made me feel so bad, like she was so funny but the editing was trying to make it cringe efnefqekn terrible

[@brooklynwilson643]

Jackie deserved her place in the bottom but Widow on the other hand....that was honestly the funniest parody of a Republican I have ever seen.

[@generalkenobi2287]

@@haku9059 yeah and both gigi and shitty did the same thing over and over again too and the judges just brushed it off

[@elenav4178]

jackie cox was robbed in snatch game and i will take that to my grave.

[@kitnal4143]

did you hear her husband, Harry Hamlin, was mentioned?

[@elenav4178]

@@kitnal4143 DONT TALK ABOUT HER HUSBAND

[@EscSłonecznika]

I agree, she should have won that episode based on the runway (Gigi’s was a little boring)

[@kolcheks]

i thought u were me but yeah i agree😻

[@elenav4178]

@@kolcheks *insert that spider-man meme*

[@RikkuMaraschino]

As much as Sherry is disgusting. I would love to see what Season 12 was before she was edited out because she wins are like strange and we knew nothing about her to the judges favoring her are so strange and foreign to us because she's barely there.

[@kmpiano1]

100%. And along with the shitty things we’ve done, we already had a built in bias to hate everything she did

[@juniper665]

I'm pretty sure UK got the full Sherry edit. I've been looking for those edits specifically but I haven't been able to find them

[@jackk4220]

I kinda agree, but I feel like if we saw S12 as normal, it would have been way worse. Even disregarding the actions of Sherry, she was still percieved as not a great character from different things she did ON THE SHOW e.g. the one woman show challenge. It's likely she would have been Silky 2.0 if we saw it normally which would have really clouded the season

[@gonzaloamador7530]

I think (not 100% sure) that the UK and some countries in South America had the Sherry edit in Netflix So if you have a VPN you can watch the season, I'm from Mexico and here we got the same as the US, but I've heard some other countries didn't, so maybe Colombia or Argentina is different

[@jackk4220]

@@gonzaloamador7530 I'm in the UK and we got the same as the US so idk

[@qur1578]

I really love how Jaida ended up winning because she was obviously set up to be a second runner up afte shitty pie and Gigi who were the front runners. But because of Shitty’s actions and the gp opinion of Gigi turning sour they couldn’t reasonably force either of them into the crown.

[@jadehh5208]

Exactly! I love that the producers forced Gigi and Shitty Pie into the top four and still couldn't make either of them win, it was the ultimate irony and they (the producers) deserved every second of it 😂

[@plamenasiniye]

Yeah, Jackie should’ve totally won the snatch game episode over Gigi... I hate how they made Jackie be like the one that is just coasting through even though she’s really talented and was high in almost every episode.

[@AngryCandy89]

I thought both did great first time I watched it, but second time I didn't find Gigi as funny as the first time, while I still laughed at Jackie's. I do still think Gigi did well though. It could have been a double win, like on season 7

[@matthewdonato245]

Like Gigi won... with a basic look. Like that was nothing gag-worthy, it was a simple silhouette and costume. Jackie’s at least was not basic (though I will admit I wasn’t a fan of the bottom part of it, idk why tbh something about it was just off)

[@stevenszmutko3501]

Gigi picked a robot, whose name they couldn't use cause copyright, and then just made robot jokes. Jackie did an impersonation. Jackie had a better one woman show. Crystals was more of a sketch.

[@spawn3721]

@@stevenszmutko3501 and to top it all, they put her in the bottom in the drag vegas episode when she shouldn't even have been there to begin with (also giving gigi a win based on her track record is bullshit)

[@AnnE-dj9iw]

I used to hate jackie cos they keep on and on with the immigration confessions, but i have to agree that she is good with the performances and challenges. It just bother me so much like listening to constant whining. But now i dont hate her so much, just dislike whenever they edited in the political stuffs

[@andreahudgins-miles5405]

“I guess she won because, you know, it’s a skinny white queen wearing it” Umm what flavor tea is this boo? 👀 Lipton?? 😂

[@palamedes4740]

Idk but its pipping hot

[@kitnal4143]

@@palamedes4740 if your Lipton is hot there is something very wrong.

[@EscSłonecznika]

Tbf there is partial truth here. It’s the same as her Michelle Visage look. If any other Queen came out wearing that they would get absolutely slated

[@juicetinn]

jan low key got the blu hydrangea edit .. they both had decent “ commercials “ .. both put in the bottom over a “ funny “ ( shtick heavy ) finalist .. went up against a great lipsyncher to their idols song with the idol on the panel .. considered robbed .. and they’re the fan favorites from their respective season .

[@sneakers_8579]

Wow I didn't notice that until you brought it up. But yeah Blu and Jan were robbed

[@Lsaldana92]

They were both put in the bottom to save a queen who was highly favored by the judges.

[@juicetinn]

@@Lsaldana92 THAT PART !!

[@amcuevas]

I still think Jan gave up on purpose after not winning the Rusical. In her commercial shoot they kept telling her it was one-note and constant over the top, but she never applied the critiques. Jan loves the show and she should've known to listen.

[@juicetinn]

@@amcuevas I don’t think she gave up .. a) giving up on drag race is basically taboo so if jan loves the show why would she do the one thing that could ruin her chances of coming back on the show for all stars ? b) it’s usually seen more in “ fatigue “ situations , emotional or physical ( ex . widow von du , adore delano , nicky doll ) going off of what you’re saying about her critiques .. wouldn’t someone who’s giving up give less energy and not more than necessary .. then she talked and cried about how much she wanted to stay in untucked and then tried in the lip sync .. going back to her critiques that u mentioned in the droop challenge how can she apply a critique that she got the ep she was eliminated in ?

[@Max-oi4it]

Shitty and Jan were both good in the same way in the fossy challange bit Jans runway was great, smart and out of the box while Shittys was "swallowing her up". For this Jan should have been in the top 2

[@AngryCandy89]

I do agree.

[@colevan11]

Oof. Disagree. That "tool" outfit was a cute concept, but it looked basic to me. Yeah, Shitty's runway wasn't perfect, but I also really liked the concept, and I think it was executed (and presented!) better than Jan's.

[@carlosblanco5975]

No, Sherry was better. Sorry.

[@tiamg11]

Sherry’s outfit did not swallow her. U wanna know who’s did? Rock M. Sakura but no one says shit about that cause she’s so overrated.

[@error13_genderexpunged]

@@tiamg11 it was literally what she was critiqued for in the challenge? Calm down

[@femkev.5245]

I am SO happy that someone else brought up what was wrong with Gigi's redcoat outfit. I mentioned it in a comment after the episode aired and how she should have been in the bottom purely for that, and I got RIPPED APART. So thank you for validating that opinion.

[@Boss-cj6zn]

Link the video, I just wanna talk with the repliers 👀

[@gillianc592]

Didn't Nina West wear the right colours in her season?

[@iamsad9107]

@@Boss-cj6zn Me too. This is a year old but I still want to know

[@mary-catherineelizabeth7277]

THANK YOU for calling out how bad it looked to put Jackie and Widow in the bottom in the election episode lol. That really pissed me off.

[@s_libraaa]

I'm still so annoyed with how much people liked Gigis Michelle look. Its literally just two pieces of fabric, long nails, and a messy blonde wig.

[@paimon2206]

It was too overpraised for a bikini, but it's not THAT bad like people say it

[@kiralaurent1237]

& it’s not like a commonly recognizable Michelle look. Without knowing about that music video, you would have no idea who she was dressing as

[@miguelfreitas8517]

@@kiralaurent1237 of course it wouldn't be recognizable, bcs in that look, michelle was blonde. maybe the judges liked the look bcs her look was "outside" the box, although in the lovely day video (the one that gigi took her look), there was better looks

[@friday13thirteen]

I can see why audiences didn't like it because it was "obscure" and didn't look like the version of Michelle we know and love, but tbh I think she was extremely smart to pick a look that would be nostalgic and exciting to see FOR MICHELLE. Of course Michelle and the other judges were going to love it - it shows she did research beyond RPDR/Michelle's IG and it brings back fond memories (and of course it doesn't hurt to portray Michelle's youngest skinniest self lol).

[@ashishsingh4867]

Nobody made a stunning look anyway. It was supposed to be inspired and she chose the most different one.

[@amarcehic2780]

To me, Jaida should have won the ball challenge. Gigi literally only stuck some balls to her 3rd look wheras Jaida made an entire look out of balls.

[@peytonjames]

I mean Gigi sewed the entire white thing which I think is commendable

[@amarcehic2780]

@@peytonjames again, it was just a white garmet with some balls stuck to it. No hate towards Gigi but I don't think she deserved the win.

[@bobbozo8893]

@@amarcehic2780 and Jaida was also a corset with some ball stuck to it🤷

[@timothyianflores7192]

I think its because of the execution. I love jaidas lewk but tbh her look isnt super unique. this is coming from a fashion school student

[@amarcehic2780]

@@timothyianflores7192 And Gigi's is?

[@Megan-wf2yv]

Rewatching season 12 and woooooow Rock M Sakura was so robbed in favour of Aiden’s narrative. Such a talented and sweet queen

[@Thepersianpopinjay]

Crystal managed to stick around because she learned how to market herself to production and RuPaul and honestly good for her for doing that. Crystal found the best strategy to keep herself in the game and I don’t think she ever believed she was going to win the season but she knew she didn’t need to. Crystal also best embodies the “Losing is the New Winning” strategy on Drag Race where a contestant knows if they can just be entertaining and capture the fans they don’t need to win challenges or win the season to have a successful run on the show, but in order to do that they need a reason for production to keep them and not put them up for elimination. Crystal found what RuPaul liked about her and exploited that, it was optimal gameplay for a queen who was never going to win the season. I think Crystal is really an unrecognized genius for maximizing their potential on the show. Edit: when I say Crystal was never going to win I’m not saying that because I don’t like her or don’t think she talented. I love her and think she is incredibly talented, but let’s be real about the Queens who win drag race. You can tell when a queen is just never going to win and it’s often regardless of the talent of the queen.

This is exactly how I felt about Utica (my favorite contestant)... we all knew she wasn't going to win because, let's be honest, RuPaul definitely has a type when it comes to winners-and it's not an androgynous, contemporary-art-esque queen with theater-kid humor. A lot of people point out the comedy/acting challenges but like, I doubt the season would've played out much differently if she were perceived as funny.

[@snoezibol503]

I totally agree w/ Gigi's Michelle look not being a winner, how are u doing a Michelle Visage look and not PAD a single inch of your chest?

[@sasukespussy]

in the music video her implants weren't there yet🤣 accuracy you know

[@davidstone7257]

I also feel like given the garment it would have been hard to hide a breast plate

[@milkgalactic]

The rusical was not as close of a call as many people think… no runway would’ve given Jan that win after doing the most basic choreo with flat shoes on

[@victorlaranjeira3795]

The riggery is: they wanted Crystal to be the late blossoming queen, so Jan couldn't fit this story line. Love both tho.

[@bloodysweetzombiegirl]

Jaida’s “He’s a DINOSAUR DOCTOR!!!” was everything! 😂😂😂 👀LOOK OVER THERE 👉🏻

[@roberts3776]

Thank you for your thoughts on the Rusical. Completely agreed. Jan did a better job embodying Madonna, while showing off her talent, AND wearing a look that had me double-take. I was like "Why is Michelle on-stage?" Then I realized it was Jan, doing Michelle's outfit from the Glamazonian Airways challenge. She was Michelle, while still being a bit of Jan. Gigi was Gigi, in a bikini and a wig, with nails. There was not a lick of Michelle in there. And if the Toot-N-Boot staff for WOWPresents can't find a picture of the original look for the official review, something is wrong there xD In short, Gigi deserved second or third on the Rusical, not first. Jan did the deed, and she didn't need a backflip or a trick to be the best. She just needed the talent she had and showed :)

[@Jayjay_07]

Producers did "not find a picture", they couldn't show it because of copy right. Just look up the Soul System music video with Michelle Visage and see how Gigi looks 100% like her.

[@donovangallegos7839]

@@Jayjay_07 and the fact that gigi looks like michelle, with just a bikini is so much complicated than just wear a dress

[@DMCpawn]

Any Michelle visage tribute look with no titties is an automatic fail for me, full stop. Not a huge jan fan (neutral), but she won that episode!!!

[@Jayjay_07]

@@DMCpawn But she had no tiddies then lol make it make sense

[@Frankieclaw]

@@Jayjay_07 They couldn't show a single picture from a music video? Like, not even a picture from a music video Michelle Visage herself was not only in but also sang in? Seems like some crap made up to me. But a bikini is soo much better than a dress that, might I add, also looks basically Identical to Michelle.

[@RomansR2]

I wish we had the original edit of the show where (according to the queens in interviews before the Shitty Pie stuff came out and they re-edited it) Gigi was the season's villain. Re-editing her into the show's protagonist and papering over her mistakes ultimately didn't work out for the producers bc instead of being an iconic villain she just came off as unfairly favored and un-self-aware.

[@AngryCandy89]

In some countries a few episodes aired unedited, but by the end of the show I believe she was pretty much gone everywhere. You can search for those if you're interested.

[@bbqbestie]

AngryCandy89 honestly I kinda saw Heidi as the protagonist of season 12

[@poota5042]

@@AngryCandy89 Do you know where I can watch these?

[@arthurriam2958]

@@AngryCandy89 what countries were those?

[@Kunimitsu877]

@@AngryCandy89 how drastically different was the season? And another question im asking this because I am genuinely interested in studying mental health is the uncut confessionals that feature sherry does she seem unstable in them at points? I ask because all the previous interviews sherry had she seemed unstable almost as if she was uncomfortable in every single 1.

[@davidwilliamklak]

A huge part of why Shitty was so underwhelming in Madonna was the fact that they cut out like a third of her number where she broke into dance, which I’m gonna guess the judges lived for.

[@lll.24601]

also her voice was not bad… she is a theatre queen so…

[@chase-tt1xz]

You could’ve talked about how Jaida was the last cast and while everyone had 3 weeks to prepare jaida only had 2 because if tamisha not able to compete

[@briciolaa]

and she still was so polished im gonna lose my mind

[@jadehh5208]

Oh my god, I love Tamisha but can you imagine how terrible it would have been if Jaida wasn't in this season? Even though I loved so many of this season's queens, I can't imagine anyone else having won, and I assume the producers would have got away with crowning Gigi which probably would have gone down like a lead balloon.

[@carlyhickman630]

Jaida didn’t replace Tamisha, she replaced someone else but that queen hasn’t been named as far as I know. Nicky Doll replaced Tamisha.

[@mikeparez]

Jaida was the first queen I rooted for from the beginning that won and the emotions I felt watching her take the crown was amazing

[@cameronschultz8253]

I think they really set Gigi up for a Shea Coulee kind of trajectory for an All Stars Season. She’ll be the clear front-runner coming into an All Stars, but hopefully there will be some more uncertainty with who wins that season. I loooove Shea and totally think she deserved the win in AS5, but I also felt like it was obvious she was gonna win the whole time.

[@davidkonevky7372]

Exactlyyy. Shea Coulee was lowkey robbed because they built an entire season around her making her win feel less deserved. If they made it less obvious I think her win would have been more triunphant

[@liz257]

Still sad Crystal didn't win the makeover challenge it was iconic

[@gavinmitsdarfer]

The double shantay should have been with widow and Jackie’s not Jackie and Heidi

[@adisuryapratama1458]

It should Heidi and jaida

[@shanicekillmenow5583]

THATS WHAT IVE ALWAYS THOUGHT, WIDOW SHPWED LOADS OF EMOTION

[@ambrosiaaa9064]

@@adisuryapratama1458 I disagree only because that was Heidi’s 4th time in the bottom but if it was her 2nd or 3rd absolutely

[@crimeyfruit5676]

Question is who would had stayed? Personally heidi did better on the lipsync

[@jaydenhill635]

I liked gigi’s runway for the stars and stripes.... but it wasn’t stars and stripes, but she got praise for it, she should’ve been in the bottom, but they knew she’d get beat by widow, like i love gigi but they really protected her

[@andrewductoc9825]

But also take into account she wore a uniform from the wrong country lol

[@AngryCandy89]

Yes, It was Stars and stripes, not Red White and blue. On season 11 Nina West wore something similar on the sequins on the runway (snatch Game episode) and people said It was "awful". Gigi was more original with it looking more like a bodysuit, but Nina did use the right color

[@EmpathicJustice]

I think no matter how well The Widow Von'Du performed, production was determined to make her a filler queen.

[@yo_gabygabba]

She was set up as a front runner the first ep and then was forgotten abt 🤕

[@tekkie7445]

suggestion for the series: at the end give a summary of how many wins and bottoms all the queens would have in the unrigged version. For example, here Shitty would have had 1 win, and 3,4 or even 5 bottom 2 placements!

[@DragDetective]

look for the follow up coming soon :)

[@hannahpop355]

Bussy queen does something similar!

[@lll.24601]

woah, look, i know her actions are bad but if you were at least sexually abused or catfished, i can get on your mind, but her status overall was, in the voice of detox: MEH

[@milkgalactic]

that would be purely his opinion, which would have no relevance… for example: for me and many other madonna fans, saying Jan should’ve won the rusical is criminal but that’s purely our opinion.

[@turtleduck16]

I think the makeover episode was always going to be a double shantay - the fans were there for the 'ultimate drag race experience' and I think having to see your partner lose a lipsync would be a bit of a damper on the whole thing. Heidi clearly won the lipsync, but they had to justify the double shantay, hence saying that Jackie's performance was really funny.

[@maddiej2165]

“I remembered that I was wearing a cardigan,” was so iconic in snatch game. Jackie literally deserved to win that

[@psnahdha8657]

Can I just say that Jackie was both favored and mistreated, she was favored at times but then was the mistreated due to the favoritism of other queens

[@jessewiggins5947]

I wish you showed the outfit you were talking about

[@ionia1572]

Jan should have never said "Push further into mainstream than any Queen before"... I can still RuPaul's eyebrow shoot up to their hair line. Ru was like.. lets get this girl out of here ... NOW

[@triasmchenry5742]

LMAO!!! Was that what triggered her?? Because Ru did NOT like Jan haha

[@mononam9673]

I think Widow got robbed the most this season. She's such a great queen but she doesn't get much attention from the producer

[@liamwhite1719]

I think the re-editing of the season fucked it so bad. Cause allegedly sherry and Gigi had a rivalry, which explains the constant favoritism. It was for a story we never saw

[@ImmortalBroken]

And from what I've heard, SP was supposed to get a hero edit and Gigi a villain edit, hilariously enough. Having to almost completely cut out their "hero" leaves the would-be "villain" with a very muddled edit and explains a lot of the mixed feelings about Gigi.

[@oneartsygal]

I was really upset about Rock going home. I didn't think her looks were that bad, maybe low safe, but not eliminated.

[@gabrielemartin9864]

the reason why gigi won snatch game is because being a robot in snatch game is taking more risk than the one you have seen on a television show over and over again. Just like the Walter mercado vs Flava Flav. Shea took risk by being flava flav

[@chakryand]

It’s gotten to the point that you can tell which queens are front runners by how they are never put in the bottom when they are obviously underperforming in challenges. I think they also cast more filler queens as well.

[@reiwormproductions]

@ gottmik

[@kiebbler1]

I die every time you say “Shitty” so casually 🤣🤣🤣

[@dalniente2020]

I wonder what a season would look like if they based their decisions off of actual performance and integrity...honestly. I think they a big reason Jinx’s season was so satisfying was because she actually deserved to win.

[@herbertortiz9159]

I mean, not every decision was produced

[@CamilaRodriguez-zs6fv]

kinda late to the party but even Jinkx herself claims she hates how producers made her look like a little innocent one, maybe she was also shady knowing how she is out of her season

[@eumrtn9056]

low key i think the sherry pie mess kind of saved season 12. it made the show drop most of the storylines it had planned and as a result it came across as less overproduced than the previous seasons

[@jarggleflargglesmith2328]

I agree with Jaida’s win for the makeover, because her makeup was so beyond perfection and she made her outfits (all of them), even tho I wanted Crystal to win, if I was being fair I would have still given it to Jaida.

[@DereBear]

Jaida didn’t have to serve so hard. She really said “not only do I know makeup, I can paint anyone of any color” and made that tiny white girl look like her fuggin family. A Neice for sure

[@DMCpawn]

The only person I could accept crystal losing to for that makeover challenge is indeed jaida 😤

[@tanesharichardson3311]

Jaida one that challenge because she actually made a white woman look like her. Black swag queens on this show always kind of get the short end of the stick in these makeover challenges.

[@grayson3774]

When he said crystal had the worst runway in episode three I can’t agree with that cause aiden wore that a sweater with tiny bows stuck to it and that wig she has wore 80 times

[@kelsynicole9135]

I’m still mad Widow went home when she did. But I just saw her perform this weekend in Kansas City, and I can say she is still thriving. Hopefully we will see her on All Stars 7!

[@bedhead9975]

I really hope so too :(

[@htcolb8508]

It’s funny cuz the storyline you gave Jan (late front runner that did well and people like etc) is what it seems like they wanna give Rosé this season

[@wiseman_snap7346]

To me, ever since the show was recognized as fashion forward, especially with the MET Gala, queens who can output fashionable looks go much further into the competition than other queens, like Gigi or Gotmik

[@1itslaurahere1]

The double shantay on the makeover episode happened because they were making over fans and they surely wouldn't want a super fan of the show feel like they're the reason a queen was eliminated

[@Anna-nf6ku]

i don't think it's fair to hate on gigi for the favouring and riggery involved in this season, it's not her fault what the producers chose to do

[@jadehh5208]

I totally agree that queens shouldn't get hate for poor judging/production decisions, but I do think Gigi deserved the criticism she got at the end of the season for ignoring pandemic guidelines and being generally politically ignorant.

[@triasmchenry5742]

Yes they shouldn't hate on gigi but the majority were hating on Jaida for winning

[@forgotmyun]

The AUDACITY of Widow being in the bottom for the Choices challenge...she deserved so much better

[@davidmorris8319]

Fight me, but Gigi fully deserved the Rusical win. She was pushed a lot, and saved from the bottom multiple times, but she did THAT in the Rusical

[@phoenixrising7777]

Thank you for calling out the favoritism of Aiden since her fans are too busy being bullying hypocrites to own the truth!!!!! Aiden got favored on stuff that have gotten queens in the bottom or eliminated in the past (same wig/pussycat wig, halfassed ball outfit, not setting up her game) and she twisted the narrative by saying the girls were judging her for being different when they just didn’t like how lazy she was being and not owning what she did wrong.

[@jurassicmark9368]

I love your voice so much. You're so easy to listen to and it really matches the way that your points are always logically thought out. 😍

[@rohankirk8712]

Jan should not have gone home I feel like shitty pie or Gigi should of been in the bottom two like at that point I really didn't understand the hype behind Gigi like her runways weren't even fashion they were all essentially costumes

[@bencepeszmeg4997]

You should look up the word fashion, because it's bullshit!

[@WickdImplse]

@@bencepeszmeg4997 I don't wanna say costumes are bad in drag because i don't want to attach that connotation to it. However let's be honest here was Gigi was really a "fashion queen" I honestly don't think so. She's polished, but i feel like she didn't give us anything we haven't seen, or something normal with a Gigi twist. Personally her aesthetics don't appeal to me

[@rohankirk8712]

@@bencepeszmeg4997 gigis looks were polished but none were original looks if you get me they were all essentially based off a reference the capes look was the look from troop Beverly hills, her purple was just Daphne, her frozen look was an ice cream girl (you can not tell me that was not a costume). The only original looks i got from gigi was the bows and buttons- even though she missed the bows part.

[@miguelfreitas8517]

it's hard. i think gigi know fashion, but she aplied it in some looks (sparkle, buttons and bows, balls to the wall, black wedding, makeover) and the rest felt too costumey

[@sharkazoo]

The second he said that Gigi wasn't that good in the Snatch Game I was like "BYE" that was literally the funniest SG I've ever seen

[@itchylemon11]

Here’s a theory they made the top 2 in episode one and two because they wanted to see Gigi lip sync to know if she can lip sync and to see if they could put her in the bottom once or twice which she couldn’t lip sync so they kept on saving her

[@Ðřëam_Ëater]

Wowww and the only 2 queens who didnt bttm 2 were GiGi and Sh*tty.. the two who didn’t win their lipsyncs in ep 1&2

[@neeliknowsnothing]

She wasn't even bad though. And after her showing in the Madonna rusical they should've put her in the bottom

[@alexp.4190]

Her lip sync honestly wasn’t that bad. It was more comedic. It wasn’t high energy like widows but it was decent. Widow 100 percent won that lip sync tho.

[@Ðřëam_Ëater]

@@alexp.4190 I agree I was throughly entertained by gigi's lipsync on episode 1

[@alexp.4190]

@@Ðřëam_Ëater Exactly. Don’t get me wrong, widows was fucking amazing and obv the winning one but Gigi’s was still entertaining.

[@isobelle3839]

in widow's choices 2020, i was sat watching it like oh that's funny, and then with the editing I was like, oh, is that not funny?

[@kevin_yuhh]

Gigi and shitty shouldve been in the bottom for Droop and Choices 2020 in my opinion

[@axisboise]

Agreed

[@AnabelM0309]

Absolutely. But that lipsync was amazing 🤩

[@AnabelM0309]

It should've been a double shantay tho

[@marvin5624]

I will never understand all the Gigi hate, she did really good on this season

[@davidkonevky7372]

I think it's less about hating gigi more so hating the fact that production ruined her reputation by saving her multiple times just to keep her for the finale. Would have loved to see gigi at least lip sync for her life at some point

[@juannnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

@@davidkonevky7372but how is that her fault. thats the thing wjth drag race fans…someone will be a production favorite and take that out on the queen whos just doing the job shes told to do😭😭😭

[@colombosmarco]

Gigi Goode was the moment on the runway but honestly the "stars & stripes" was awful, the Michelle was basic and the buttons no bows was disappointing. The edit helped a lot. I still remember my reaction to some Jan's looks being way better.

[@martimoleraijaner8010]

Watching s13 the favoritism of certain queens is still there and I believe that production should judge the queens more fairly, because the "fans" send hate to the the pushed queens when they have no control over the judging. This happened in season 10 (eureka), 11(silky), 12(gigi) and now 13 (kandy).

[@phoenixrising7777]

Cough Gottmik and Kandy with a bit of Symone cough

[@getsomerest4773]

please god do season 13 when it’s finished...this current series is a whole choice

[@Sam20309]

I’m still confused to this day why sh*tty pie won the worlds worst challenge. Not only from a judging standpoint should heidi have won, but it would make more sense for Heidi to win from a storyline standpoint. The main plot of the episode was the winners of the last episodes ranking the other queens and they made a big thing of heidi being placed in the bottom by jaida. So if Heidi won the challenge wouldn’t that make a lot of sense to wrap up the episodes story? Just a thought I had

[@addicted2myxbox]

I really feel like they threw Jan under the bus the whole season and I don’t get why. Maybe she was too polished and they thought fans would be bored by that... She was in the top or safe the whole season and then eliminated (rightfully so even though she’s my favorite queen EVER).

[@carson7955]

Your season 13 episode is gonna be a 2 hour long soliloquy

[@matthewgerwing6520]

Jaida is so poised and mature. She deserved it.

[@ChachkiCoH]

The reason Jan didn’t win the Madonna Musical has been discussed - she was wearing flats! Gigi did a backflip in heels.

[@sneakers_8579]

But Jan embodied both Madonna and Michelle. Madonna is not known for doing back flips. And out of all the queens, the choreography was in Gigi's favor. And Jan had every little detail down to the tee with her runway look. Like the person said in the video, if any other queen came out in a basic bikini, they would've been in the bottom. But since it's a skinny white queen, they get praise for it.

[@newtellah9947]

I don’t think anyone is saying Gigi didn’t do great cause she did. I’m not even a Jan Stan I think she was a bit over rated too, But it’s kind of not fair when they pick and choose when the runway matters for queens they want to push through. Jan was the best runway and she was as good as Gigi was in the challenge, flats or not. Gigi’s look was disgraceful.

[@japhethfabellon325]

The reason for giving Gigi the win is because her runway (despite being a simple bikini) is thinking outside the box. The judges didn't see it coming that someone would wear a Michelle Visage outfit when she was part of a girl group. Also they said that Gigi embodied Madonna more as compared with Jan. But I still think that Jan should've win as well. It could've been a double win. Or they could've give it to Jan. But I guess they wanted to give Jan a rudemption when she's competing for All Stars 6.

[@paimon2206]

@@sneakers_8579 I mean Widow did a cartwheel and people think she should have been in the top. Is Madonna known for her cartwheels?

[@foxroxy86]

Jan got the lesser Madonna. Early Madonna is less interesting that True Blue Madonna. Jan could’ve done a back flip in heels too.

[@Adrianandthrust]

i hope the producers of the show actually watch this and are just like “yup you right, you right”

[@HorrorGeek9]

Jaida did the overall best this season and I was so happy she won💙🙌🏽.

[@SkarGig]

How they STILL be bringing up the Broccoli even tho they put her in the bottom for it.

[@julz3tt3]

Love that you call her "shitty pie" The first challenge was fair then the second one, worlds worst was the worst in terms of riggory and baiting. "Let's make fun of the french girl" it's not racist it's ignorant so noone will care? Uh no it's rude and incredibly intolerant. Heidi for the second challenge win Jaida for the ball challenge win but yes, Gigi did alot of work. I don't get how Aidens outfit wasn't in the bottom, it was not good at all. Poor Sakura.

[@ImmortalBroken]

Unpopular opinion I guess, but as a Madonna stan of 36 years, I believe Gigi deserved the Rusical win. She gave me the Madonna feels. And my 2nd fave was Jaida. Jan was my 3rd favorite, the best only if judging purely on vocals.

[@CarlosAugusto-ct2qz]

I loved how you managed to criticize Gigi on the show, they usually love her so much that they end up going blind

[@sebastianopirone9961]

In my opinion Gigi deserved every win she got: - Ball challenge, she did good, sew the Whole garment she wore and had other two strong looks (I honestly preferred jaida’s outfit but hey, i can see why Gigi won). - Snatch game, she did the best out of every one, she took a character that no one thought could be funny and made it really funny, i liked her runway a lot more that jackey’s which in my opinion was not really pleasing to look at. - The Rusical, she, once again did the best in the performance, Jan did also really good, but the her “dance routine” or how is it called was just not exciting to me, Gigi other than the backflip, did the moonwalk thingy, was lifted in the air, it was just much more exciting to me. - Last challenge, Last season the Last performance became a competitive episode, having two bottom Queens, but had backlash because didn’t have a winner, this season they changed it, once again Gigi had the best performance and deserved the win. The only thing i can say is that she deserved to be in the bottom over widow during the political debate challenge. Plus she didn’t win episode one, she is just considered to be high. With that being said pls don’t judge too harshly my english cause i’m italian and it’s not my first lenguage

[@DragDetective]

I have changed my tune on snatch game, Gigi did deserve that as well as the top 2 placement in episode 1 and the win in the final challenge (even if I do think they added it to boost her track record before the finale)

[@sebastianopirone9961]

@@DragDetective see, I was happy they had a winner in the Last challenge, it didn’t make and sense that in season thirteen they didn’t

[@holynabua]

true, especially on the rusical, the top three should've been gigi, crystal and widow or even jaida

[@DaniKuruKuru]

I don't think that Gigi was SO MUCH benefited from production as you say in the video, and that is because Sherry Pie was getting the exact treatment from production. The only difference between them is that at the time of airing, we already knew that Sherry Pie was disqualified and even got cut from the final editing in some episodes. I think that fans were pissed because there was no competition until Jaida won her second challenge, and not because of Gigi getting so much praise. Think about it, Sherry Pie already won 2 challenges and one top2 by episode 5. And at all time we knew that she couldn't win, so the only one frontrunner left was Gigi. Jaida's win was totally deserved, but I think that Gigi's not winning was not because the fanbase was sick of her. Look at the numbers, Gigi has double the instagram followers than Jaida.

[@MakuraZalis]

I feel like they didn’t crown Gigi because they knew the fan base would destroy Gigi over it

[@888lunary]

maybe im biased bc crystal is my all time fave queen but she definitely knew what she had to do to make it to the top. she picked up on what ru loved abt her like her mullet and was able to incorporate it into her droop commercial and choices 2020. i mean at least she did listened to the advice she was given. anyways i think she definitely deserved her high placement in the competition because she was so smart! you rlly spilled in this video

[@Chf149]

I also found very interesting how in the debate episode the 2 girls with the “different” runway looks (with a deep, important and serious meaning) ended up in the bottom 🤨 their messages were powerful and actually raised awareness, unlike Sh*rry’s look which was literally disgusting and horrible. Jackie and Widow we’re definitely robbed

[@jl7185]

I’m very on the “Jaida should have won the ball” train but Gigi had a more ~fashun~ arsenal that episode. Jaida’s look was conceptual, and although it wasn’t constructed in a traditional “sewing” sense, Gigi’s outfit wasn’t too creative construction and aesthetic wise. Just because you can sew doesn’t mean you can design. I’m thinking of Shea’s construction man look, where she created that beautiful train and employed her knowledge of physics, or Raja’s hairball utilizing the lace from the wigs to create a different material. we know jaida made 99.9% of her outfits and expressed different silhouettes, her ball look was definitely the best constructed bc there’s a stark difference between gluing those balls on a corset to Aiden’s

[@ramonmaldonado3713]

Widow's mistreatment was just disgusting ! 🥺😭😭😭 Also, if they put Gigi or Sherry vs Widow...they would've gotten slayed by Widow.