Lost Drag Race Media

[@lilhonor5425]

I believe the makeover from season 6 has also been removed from streaming.

[@Vampirevanityy]

at least on hulu yes

[@brandoniswhoiam]

They removed the whole challenge over Joslyn’s partner cheating? Damn.

[@Gisele.Lisboa]

This will be the big mystery of all seasons

[@bigpapaal]

There was a lawsuit or something so the episode was removed from streaming (atleast in the US) but it can be found online

[@ejej1187]

is it on the dvd release?

[@smokeyeyes__]

That clip of Chi Chi and Naomi in the Shade Tree together just put the biggest smile on my face. I love them both so much, RIP Chi Chi ❤

[@alex-rw2yg]

I came to say the exact same

[@BurlapRat]

I would assume there is lost media of Loosey winning every challenge in season 15.

[@nbhx1862]

😭😭

[@tiersofadragqueen1779]

I wanna see the lost edit where production shows who’s lipstick Bebe chose 🙄

[@BreezySales1]

Trixie fans entered chat. 😂😂

[@Cpdrama1779]

😂

[@couldntpickone]

She picked aja to come back and picked aja again to eliminate..

[@tiersofadragqueen1779]

@@couldntpickone lmfao 🤣

[@ReiXMinako23]

Bebe did the right thing by protecting herself from the rabid Trixie fans lmao.

[@queenjohnbee3411]

A funny crowning story During Lady Camden’s crowning, one of the confetti cannon’s didn’t fire and they didn’t reshoot the crowning, making it obvious to the crowd and to spoilerinas that Willow was taking it.

[@Heterandria4mosa]

Oof that must have been awkward for her too

[@LightestKing]

okay but after that lip sync fumble she should've known she wasn't gonna win anyways 💀

[@MsJonitha]

One thing that’s fully lost to time is when logo uploaded Alyssa’s full critiques on as2 because phi phi called out wow for editing her critiques

[@jackl8025]

Woah!!

[@bennn8716]

OMG

[@VaylaRyan]

That was iconic, i remember it so vividly.

[@JesusChrist_]

I want every second recorded by the cameras in the show to come out. Most of it might be a bit boring, but because it's lost I'm interested.

[@queenjohnbee3411]

I want to see all the lost footage of complete silence in the werkroom during design challenges while everyone’s busy on their outfits.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

​@@queenjohnbee3411And then punctuated with producers bitching to the girls, pushing for drama. I want to hear that.

[@ChazSweatshirt]

deadass I wanna see full length snatch games. like the entire uncut two (or however long it is) hour filming of each of them would be incredible to see

[@GeoMusic99]

One of the weirdest things is RuPaul thinking Blair St. Clair did the shiver and shush thing but she actually she only shivered. It was really Bendelacreme (season 6) on ep 6 runway.

[@JackFedYT]

My whole life is a lie 😔

[@pedromenchik1961]

@@mikeyhamato2012 Bendela effect

[@pietrox131695]

​@@pedromenchik1961Omg this is gold

[@eewahnah]

​@@pedromenchik1961HOWLING 😂

[@stardusty]

Are you serious? Is this a Mandela effect? lol

[@tatiannatownsend1531]

Interesting you talked about the transphobia in earlier seasons. Just a week ago, a compilation of Season 2 of Untucked’s best moments was released, and I’ve seen these episodes but was so taken aback realizing how hateful the queens were to anyone they suspected of being trans… the entire season Raven kept digging into Tatianna saying she’s not a drag queen she wants to be a girl?? The classic “she’s just a pretty face” trope but they kept taking it too far and discounting her just because she was fish and Tati had to keep defending herself it was so awkward…

[@andshereadstoo7809]

They were doing it constantly, we're watching older seasons for the first time rn and on season 3 it still happens ALL THE TIME I was really taken aback

[@wilderulz]

yeah re-watching the old seasons can be REALLY jarring. I also never realized how racist Raja was in her season

[@blackmanta9697]

The irony is so many trans queens are and have been staples of the drag scene. If you look at the pageant world, (which before drag race, was pretty much one of the most prestigious titles one could obtain in the drag scene) so many title-holders are trans. I think the show pushed one incomplete narrative about what drag is, but I'm glad it's widening now. Drag exists outside of drag race. Support local queens!

[@lilo8660]

@@wilderulzshe still kind off is i always cringe when she speaks about black people its so weird

[@nelumboandrews6762]

​@@blackmanta9697its not even irony even before the pagent scene the majority of drag queens were trans women and to just be a gay man (or butch queen) was a lesser than category rupaul intentionally made a space where gay men (who had more social clout) could compete to be the best at drag intentionally excluding women. This didnt work because so many queens arebtrans and most of the best queens are trans but still that imtention is there

[@donaldmarotta1439]

Fun fact: Madonna the Rusical actually was cut down to remove Sherry Pie performing. Half of her section as film Madonna doing a more intricate dance was completely cut out, the only evidence of it existing being the second half of the segment being available on streaming and an entire rehearsal is online with no cuts

[@y.6803]

it would be so beneficial for them to post old lipsyncs and clips on their youtube maybe in the quiet months where a new regular season or all stars aren’t streaming, people constantly go to illegal websites which take away from their viewship so posting more clips online could really save them

[@JackFedYT]

I saw a tweet that pointed out they haven’t uploaded 3 of the most iconic yvie lipsyncs. The thought of how much revenue they could have garnered but haven’t…I def don’t think it’s their choice though!

[@obibraxton2232]

@@JackFedYTwell since Yvie called them out I doubt they’ll want to feature Yvie as much now 😬🤧

[@y.6803]

@@JackFedYT the three yvie lipsyncs would’ve gone so viral too if they were posted on youtube, it’s sad its out of their control for the older lipsyncs but i’m just grateful queens like anetra have really benefited from things being posted on social media cause her talent show has her booked for years and years

[@amaterasu3099]

Exactly I religiously go back every month on like 10+ years old compilation to watch the best season 1-4 lipsyncs like Raja vs Carmen, Jujube vs Sahara etc. It's absurd how much money they could make

[@oryza_citrus]

I really need them to upload Alyssa v Tatianna AS2 lipsync

[@jpk2003]

Random lost media? The original extended cut of the promo for Season 4. Starts with Ru in boy drag walking down an all white hall with an elevator musak version of "Jealous of My Boogie" playing in the background. She arrives at a door with a keypad, punches in a code, and as she enters the door transforms into that gorgeous gold garment from the original promo. Then it pretty much continues as the one we've seen. Any leads?

[@morgenmuffel5747]

Saying people weren’t missing much by not being able to watch Season 1 is just really disrespectful to the queens on that season

[@ToyotaKudoFan]

S1 is better than most if not all of the double digit seasons

[@iandean1112]

​@ToyotaKudoFan I'd say it's better than all double digit seasons other than S12. S12 is the best season since S9.

[@megib901]

​@@iandean1112exactlyyyy

[@julesviil]

The All Stars 7 reunion has to come out someday

[@donatella.5911]

one fact you didn't mention- a french tv station played the og edit of s12 episode 3, as they didn't have the new edit due to distribution issues & sherry was heavily featured

[@RyzeandFall]

Yeah I remember seeing a few clips on TikTok with it

[@obibraxton2232]

Yeahh she would be remember she technically made it all the way to the finale (top 4) it’s just the disqualification meant S12 had a top 3 instead.

[@amaterasu3099]

The way I'm french and had never heard of this

[@AmosFamos]

I have a copy of this. Amongst many other “lost” clips. I save everything. Lol.

[@felisienna]

@@AmosFamos Is there any way we could get them? :(

[@yatcho2719]

another clip lost to time is that time during all stars 2 airing that Phi Phi O'Hara was calling out production on twitter claiming they edited her to look bad and they uploaded an unedited clip of the judging critiques just to prove her wrong. Only time we've seen a judge critique in full

[@lulumimi]

it was at a live performance and the audio used to be on youtube; phi phi told the audience that carson's critiques to herself were actually for alyssa, so they uploaded the entirety of carsons comments to both of them i didn't even know that had been taken off of youtube that's crazy

[@Worthy-p7q]

Before the older seasons of drag race got removed from U.K. Netflix a few months ago, that season 6 mini challenge was still in the episode

[@JackFedYT]

Oh yikesssss I know it was removed in the American versions, but sucks to see it still circulating elsewhere 🫣

[@brandoniswhoiam]

What do they replace it with now?

[@Worthy-p7q]

@@brandoniswhoiam they didn’t, seasons 1-9 were removed from Netflix U.K. so it only has seasons 10-13 and All Stars 4-6

[@oscarkamala]

@@brandoniswhoiametflix only has a couple seasons from 2018-2021 it’s so annoying, hoping the contract expires soon

[@jackl8025]

​@@brandoniswhoiamthey cut the mini challenge and just have the winner (Ben Dela?) picking teams that week

[@Pixel-ys8wi]

Willam talks on race chaser a fair bit about the “ladies room” which was essentially the season 4 version of the shade tree. It was a bathroom set (that you can actually see in the opening to Hot in Tuckahoe) that was intended to be a place for queens to air out their thoughts and feelings while filming, but like the shade tree it was just never used.

[@nickwheeler5396]

That bathroom was seen in the wrestling challenge when Jaremi and Lashauwn are confronted by Latrice and Kenya. It's also shown again in the final three episode when Raja and James (Tyra) show up to chat with the queens

[@CamilB10]

Little correction: DeJa lipsynced solo to "Levitating", but on the Snatch Game episode (it is confirmed by Jasmine Kennedie in her whatcha packing video). Ru allegedly wanted DeJa to do a "lipsync for her pleasure", but DeJa wasn't expecting to lipsync and didn't know the words, so they scrapped the lipsync.

[@solarvide0s]

season 2 of the switch is DEFINITELY not available free and subtitled on youtube, that would be SUPER illegal and TERRIBLE

all hail gia christ

[@esmeesmeralda701]

What kink pls

[@sailorjabs]

Así es como descubro que gente fuera de Chile ha visto The Switch

[@nouh2397]

@@esmeesmeralda701 not kink 👀

[@nubiaphillips8121]

Trixie also confirmed on unhhhh that they filmed a double crowning between her and Kennedy for all stars 3

[@joacog8561]

All Stars 3 also had a double crowning! Trixie mentions it in her documentary "Moving Parts"

[@handsoaphandsoap]

somehow it feels like they film a double crowning for every season other than AS4 lmaoo

[@joacog8561]

It's been rumoured that All Stars 6 had 10 different crownings. Each of the finalists, plus each top 2 tie option! I don't believe it was ever confirmed, though

[@thatlemonadeguy6742]

Yeah, it's the footage they used to crown Trinity and Monét on AS4, that's why that footage feels choppy and why Trinity and Monét are genuienly shocked.

[@Diabetica]

Hi! I actually have a copy of the full video of S11's Meet the Queens. It definitely is kind of full of Aquaria doing her best with the worst conditions, but also an example of the like absolutely zero chemistry Adam Rippon had with the queens, like he definitely could not handle Vanjie. Let me know if you want a copy of it!

[@matheusvilela2268]

I remember watching that livestrem and Aquaria was pissed that the year before Sasha did the interview with the S10 queens and for S11 Aquaria had to do those challenges with the queens instead of interviewing them like sasha velour did, but it was very funny to watch

[@beardedqueen]

Me too, I downloaded it from VH1 before they took it down lol

[@ianhunter0360]

Omg yes I’d love a copy I need to see Silky slide a cookie off her face I remember how funny that shit was when it was airing

[@felisienna]

I would love a copy, please!

[@faggerty]

I would love a copy. I've been raving about this for years and I have been unable to find it anywhere online!!

[@colinjxmes]

I still think the shadiest bit of Drag Race lost media has to be the unedited critiques of Alyssa during AS2 that were uploaded to Logo's website. At a Roscoes viewing party, Jaremi claimed that Alyssa receiving the critique "This is fashion and I love it" was actually given to Detox but edited to look like a critique for Alyssa. A day or so later Logo uploaded a clip of Carson Kressley and Jeremy Scott's unedited critiques for Alyssa to prove Jaremi wrong. Shadiness aside, it was so cool seeing a stripped back version of the judge's critiques with no background music or sound effects, and seeing Carson look down at his notepad between his comments. Also puts into perspective how long those poor gals are standing up there when 6 or more queens are each receiving ~5 min of notes per judge. No wonder the critiques portion ends up taking close to 2 hours sometimes.

[@confuchsia9742]

Omg this is wild. Do you know if the footage Are anywhere too see today?

[@Nobootsmama]

I didn’t realize in season 6 Laganja was wearing a hat that said “Sonique” on it!

[@KylieMackLA]

Sonique dressed Adore for S6, so it was probably hers.

[@randyw617]

There is something ELSE that was cut from Season 12, a very tiny thing that I remember from the broadcast, and you can kind of still see the edits. Rock M. Sakura's Ball Look reminded the judges of a flu virus and she mimicked coughing several times on the runway, including as she was leaving the runway and walking backstage. And I remember when it was airing in early 2020 distinctly thinking, oh god, this is really really bad timing lol. And lo and behold, I cannot find the coughing edit again. It's probably only on pirated rips from the night it aired.

[@jisoochrist]

Not quite, the king of lip sync cuts Jordan T clocked that and posted a side-by-side comparison way back then, it's still up kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4rdkmODht2lZrc The full episode in question however I'm not sure, it's probably still roaming around torrent pages

[@jt4351]

@@jisoochrist btw this is blocked in the US, but you can get around it using Tor or a VPN.

[@felisienna]

The lost media we need is Blair St. Clair getting arrested on stage

[@eatrawskin]

I'm part of a small lost media community and this video reminded me of how important that hobby is. I had no idea such a documented show (all stars, untucked, whatcha packin, pit stop etc.) would have lost media, but it actually makes sense because of the amount of stuff they film for it. Great video as always Jack ❤️

[@aaron_m_04]

I fully think that the producers “lost” Coco and Arts lipsync and made them redo it multiple times because they wanted Art to win

[@kellyb7561]

no actually the reason they had to redo it multiple times was because they lost the footage for the first version where coco won and when they went to reshoot it the next morning they needed to refilm it to have the same outcome, however the first time they re-shot it they told coco she wasn't giving enough and they ended up redoing it 2 more times so they actually reshot it multiple times because they wanted COCO to win and not art. makes it understandable why they brought art back though because her treatment was pretty unprofessional.

[@greyblaspheme]

@@kellyb7561 damn, if true then arts return has a completely different context, it would've been productions way of apologizing to one of the big names before she could trash 🗑️ talk the show

[@colick8584]

​@@kellyb7561my favourite part is that Coco refused to give the reshoot lipsync her all because she knew it wouldn't change anything 😂

[@RNCHFND]

​@@greyblasphemeAND she got ALL the hate she didn't deserve

[@ErIcSaMpAiO36261000]

My question is: They put EVERY queen to dress up just for that?

[@effyelvira]

Lee Dawson’s edit of season 11’s reveal was high art and camp

[@alextirrellRI]

You alluded to it, but Logo's web site used to have a LOT of extra footage from challenges. Notably Snatch Game you'd get at least one or two more questions each season. (Ex., I think Darriene actually got to answer a question in S6 -- if you notice the regular edit it's just the initial hello and just banter after that).

[@nfr_norman]

It's not "lost media" regarding Drag Race per se but there was a 2001 Italian drag show that Rupaul guest judged called "Tacchi a spillo" but the show now is basically lost - nothing is archived except news regarding the show.

[@bennibenni2805]

this is very interesting, I can't find anything about it except for a trailer of a spanish movie about drag queens called tacchi a spillo in italian. All I know about RuPaul in Italian television is her and Elton John performing at the Sanremo festival.

[@LightestKing]

in the same regard there was a Mexican drag show that was a spinoff of the Chilean show 'Versus Drag Queens' called 'Versus Drag Queens: Edición México' and it featured April Carrión as a guest judge in one episode. The company behind VDQ removed almost every episode of each season from KZbin and only select episodes can be viewed from the entire 4+ season show. The track records of VDQ: Edición México are still available but people will never get to see moments such as Abora and Gvarjardo's unfortunate and emotional exit, Xuxú's breakdown after being nominated, Tiresias' hero edit to Becky's villain edit, and Liza's empowering return speech.

[@TinyTurtleDuck]

Concerning the Sherry Pie edit- she’s visible in the Madonna Rusical during the ending group shots wearing the “Don’t cry for me Argentina” dress from Evita, she definitely had a verse of her own that they cut. So while they mostly didn’t remove stuff from the main challenges, they definitely made significant changes to the Rusical.

[@pietrox131695]

I remember her Evita verse on the show, it wasn't cut. It's just cut from the KZbin version.

[@nickwheeler5396]

The second part of her verse that has the faster beat was taken out

[@TinyTurtleDuck]

@@pietrox131695 Were you able to watch live, or did you watch it on a streaming platform? I believe it was WOW+ I saw the episode on, and her verse had definitely been cut. It may have been a few days after the initial airing

[@matheusvilela2268]

I also remember the bonus scene of the rehearsal from the cheerleader challenge on season 9 where the choreographer asked the queens who could do the splits, and asked them to show it to everyone on the rehearsal, all the queens doing jump splits at the same time, out of drag, i also remember that LogoTV uploaded on their site many bonus stuff from season 5 at the time

[@confuchsia9742]

Is this still out there?

[@emilymarch8209]

Violet and Trixie I’m pretty sure confirmed that they got half a suit but had to do everything else themselves and was a design challenge

[@xxXantixx]

I remember violet saying in No Gorge that they gave them full suits and dress’s and had to add accessories and that she was mad it didint make the cut

[@LeCuttyFlam]

I know a lost media everybody forgot : Season 11, the episode of the 6 way lipsync, the fringe runway, Shuga Cain comes with a native american outfit. Michelle ask a question to Shuga about her origin (if she was really a native american and about cultural appropriation). It was really weird. This was aired on TV but every streaming platform cut out the segment of Michelle asking this question.

[@AllieBorse]

What gets me is the told morgan to tone it down and she still honestly ate. I wanna know how much better it could've been

[@PeanutsAssorted]

The one piece of lost/unmade media I really want is that comic book that Chad and Shannel were supposed to appear in as their AS1 prize in the superhero runway challenge (you know, the one where Jujubee and Raven lipsync). I've looked but never heard anything about it since, either it got made and did so poorly that it's just scrubbed or that's another prize the girls didn't get.

[@kidkytes6233]

One thing that is missing is when Jaremi was speaking out against WOW for All Stars 2 about who was getting which critiques. WOW uploaded the full uncut runway critiques for episode 3 onto KZbin to try and show Jaremi was lying and it’s been since removed.

[@xxXantixx]

I thought that was cause the guest judge that episode said that they Didn't call Alyssa’s Outfit that week fashion and that they edited it and WoW Posted a response by showing him fully saying the critiques

[@LightestKing]

​@@xxXantixxno, they uploaded the unedited critiques after Jaremi said that Alyssa was highly favored and alleged that Alyssa's "this is fashion" critique was actually given to Detox. WOW released Alyssa's full unedited critique to prove it was directed at her and not Detox and that Jaremi had lied.

[@nickwheeler5396]

Season 4's Dragazines challenge had a separate pre-taped segment that had the queens answering an advice column called "Dear Draggy" (a parody of Dear Abby) but they were all cut. They also took out them critiquing the queens for their design choices on their magazine covers even though they never physically did the covers themselves. They had someone else do them haphazardly. This is all according to Willam

[@lycan8252]

Also, on season 6, the episode where the queens had to makeover men was taken off of streaming services for the longest time. This was because Joslyn Fox's makeover contestant was embarrassed and couldnt stand to see himself on tv looking like that.

[@mchur001]

There is more to it than that. He was a cheater and his wife gave him punishment by making him appear on a make over show, he didn't know it was going to be drag show until they got to the studio. So she essentially forced him into doing drag as penance for his cheating, even though he was very uncomfortable the whole time. Apparently she did it to embarrass him and so he sued, causing WoW to pull the episode from there on out.

[@therobotdevil2284]

That lost footage of Naomi and Chichi having fun in the shade room 🥺❤️

[@itsallwayspouringo]

Can I just say, I appreciate you actually just saying Sherry’s name. Idk why, but it’s such a pet peeve of mine when people censor or use dumb nicknames when talking about problematic people like her. Like, I get the reasoning behind it, but at the end of the day you’re still talking about them so the people who know know who you’re talking about, and the people who don’t might be lost. I don’t think she deserves any kind of respect, but I also think how some people “get around” talking about her is ridiculous so, again, I appreciate you just using her name when talking about her.

[@LightestKing]

SAME, it gets so annoying when I'm watching a video and names like Sherry Pie, Sharon Needles, or Scarlet Adams are censored. Yes they're horrible people but it was so annoying getting into the fandom years ago when the literal winner of season 4 was censored everytime she was brought up and I had no idea why. Even now sometimes they'll be brought up and I'll have to do a double take wondering who they're talking about. I get we don't wanna give them a platform but avoiding their name can do more harm than good if not everyone knows who they should be against

[@lll.24601]

I often say Cherry instead or the Cherry emoji but after Cherry Valentine’s existence I just used Sherry or Sheryl instead.

[@itsallwayspouringo]

@@lll.24601 wait so if you don’t use cherry because of Cherry Valentine, then why use Sheryl since Sheryl Hole exists?

[@lll.24601]

@@itsallwayspouringo I didn’t know that drag queen also existed, my bad. Also is it Cheryl Hole?

[@itsallwayspouringo]

@@lll.24601 ah yeah my bad. I got mixed up because it’s the same sound and we were talking about Sherry lol

[@maraiakereibr3059]

I have to say something. There used to be a drag race clip, available on youtube, that showed rupaul sitting behing her desk, in full drag, but wearing swetpants under her gown. It was a really short clip, black and white, and Ru looked at the camera briefly while sitting down. The clip is not available anymore on YT. Has anyone else seen it??? Edit: I just found the clip on reddit

[@kobemartinez1082]

link?

[@lewisturrell2643]

SP’s Madonna Rusical section was cut down by about half. If you listen to the track on streaming, her section was originally longer

[@dancommadirty]

I actually do think Sherry's part in the Madonna Rusical may have been trimmed down from its original length. It seems innocuous at first, however listening to the full thing on Apple Music (or spotify or whatever 😒) her verse as Eva Peron Madge had its back section completely removed from broadcast. Whether this was ever actually filmed or trimmed for time before everything with her went down, I don't know. However, Sherry did record the vocals for a more upbeat back half of her verse, so it's possible they cut corners with her wherever they could

[@kaystray5034]

Nearly 10 years ago I tweeted at WOW and asked if Season 1 would be available on DVD. They responded that they were unable to release it because of copyright issues with the music. At that time all other seasons were available on DVD which is funny thinking about now as most seasons are available on streaming :)

[@mchur001]

Yes, there was a copyright issue with the Destiny's Child songs "Say My Name" and "Independent Women 1" not sure the exact fact because it has been 14 years, but when they initially did Drag Race, they were unsure if it would be a hit or flop completely. So they didn't get the extended copyright on those two songs, which they did because Michelle Williams was the guest judge. The DVDs didn't come out until 2012 right before season 4 began to air. By that point, they had lost the permission to use the two songs, which were obviously the main point of the challenge and episode. This is why season 1 was never put on DVD, and then season 1 was unavailable for years and years, until WoW renewed the copyright so that they could air the episodes again using the songs. So yeah 10 years ago they were unable to air the episode or put it on DVD.

[@keastonz]

I wish they would bring back DragU. I actually really enjoyed it. I know Ru is extremely busy, so I could understand him not having time. But maybe it could be a thing where each season they use the latest All Stars winner as the host or something. That’d be really fun.

[@hisnameispan]

the biggest piece of lost media is when in season 1 RuPaul goes ham on one of the queens (Shannel) and screams: "I PUT YOU FIRST IN THIS COMPETITIOOOOON". we got it in the trailer for the season, but the extract never ever aired.

[@brandoniswhoiam]

Lost media is fun to discover!

[@matheusvilela2268]

I want to see The footage of Tatianna saying "shut The f*ck up or i'll make you shut up" to Tyra, because the cameras were on but they didnt show anything about it on the episode and we were left with a He said she said situation

[@TheBabysittersReview]

Lost media that was returned: Seeing Chi Chi's version of the Realness after she passed

[@baroqueandbeyond]

I recall some moments in Season 1 that seem to have been edited out. Like when Pork Chop was lip syncing for her life and didn’t know the words, Rupaul called her out on it. I also remember Rupaul asking Jade “how big is it?” when they were discussing her “meaty tuck”

[@vinnym5607]

I was a teenager when "The Rupaul Show" was on. It was a lot of campy fun. I'm pretty sure the reason it isn't available to stream is musical performances. Lots of divas, including a pre "Believe" Cher.

[@overdrve3374]

i’ve been waiting for someone to make a video like this in so long- lost media and drag race are my biggest interests right now. thank God for the youtube algorithm

[@Ohara764]

I’m sooooo glad you brought this up I wish they’ll do more of these 11:57

[@albell26]

As far as social media experimentation goes, I also remember randomly stumbling on Instagram videos 5 or 6 years ago of the girls each doing their adlibs for "Can I get an Amen?" from Season 5. Like a full 30-40 second of each girl doing an adlib which included Jinx doing the infamous held note. Edit: Nvm there is youtube upload of them all form 10 years ago that I never knew about - search "Can I get an amen adlib"

[@joshualuke7003]

Jade Jolie’s iconic adlibs I’d forgotten 😂😭

[@victornoe7387]

I can think of a couple more: - Monet vs Jinkx full lipync - Season 1 Untucked (It had a different name) - The hilarious audition tape of Jaymes Mansfield

[@thebumpercar1344]

The alternate eliminations! I know that Bianca, Adore, Courtney and Darienne have talked about how all of them had to shoot their elimination on the penultimate episode of Season 6. I think Courtney said she volunteered to have her elimination shot first. So they didn't know who would be the top3 until the end of the penultimate episode. I don't know if that's how it was done for any other seasons.

[@LeeDawson]

Great video Jack, as always. I still have the Season 11 RuVeal, it tends to surface on KZbin for a few days before being swiftly taken down again. There's currently one up that was uploaded last week, though!

[@JackFedYT]

LOVE that video Lee!! Always appreciate your support

[@MeretrixTricks]

One day my hard drive with every og drag race and untucked episode stored right after premiere will be very valuable.

[@BenGaGaMusic]

There's fun edits & compilations by Lee Dawson that I just cannot find anymore & it's so devastating. I recall the two RPDR UK trailers he made etc but they just cant be found, sadge.

[@NikaylaRose]

The extra clips from LOGO that we lost absolutely haunt me. I wasn't watching at the time but I'd give anything to have what was posted of S5 and AS2!

[@QueenNPC]

I remember when S12 came out, in the UK where I was at the time had slightly different cuts of episodes than the US did. Sh*rri was still cut out of the majority of the season but we had some small scenes where she was in them for an extended period of time, I remember people mentioning it on Reddit as well.

[@jared9727]

I cannot believe you didn’t include the AS7 reunion that was hosted by Bob and Monet for their KZbin channel!!! WoW sent them a cease and desist to not upload it!

[@RyzeandFall]

From what I read, the reason season 1 was not on streaming or in syndication was because they didn’t get some of the licensing for the lipsync songs (specifically the Destiny’s Child songs) Also correct. When Paramount+ started putting up drag race, they did not have all stars 5 for the LONGEST time. They did got 1-4 and then 6 then they put on 5

[@TH1515FAK3]

This is true I’m pretty sure. I vaguely remember it being missing.

[@josesena6416]

That's true! I have Paramount and S1-4 of AS then AS6 but AS5 wasn't posted for a long time 😂😂😂 I think it wasn't even available during AS7

[@andrewthomas8687]

Oh you right about as5. I remember for the longest time the only copy of “clap back” I could find was a Facebook recording off a tv.

[@christianotter0528]

Season 12 on Paramount+ being the full edit was real. I watched it for the first time when it dropped on Paramount, and then tried to re-watch it again recently and it's a totally different edit.

[@gilkot4633]

Also the darienne, kennedy nina flowers and rebecca glasscock cuts of the music video challange (when chi chi passed away wow uploaded her cut)

[@louisajanssen5447]

Jack, I just want to thank you for all the hard work you put into making these videos and all the positivity behind them. They seriously get me through my workday and I can’t thank you enough for making working at my desk alone for 10 hours a little less lonely

[@naomisdiary9835]

i can’t believe the season 11 thingy got lost i loved it so much ironically

[@khaiidehara]

another more cut than missing piece of media was the down under episode 5 untucked that wasn't in the released episode. from what i remember being spread around, it was cut because it consisted of most of the queens (but notable etcetera etcetera) basically all being angry at sc*rlet ad*ms, because that was the episode ru adressed her blackface. It's also said to be the reason why etcetera was put into the bottom that episode because it was painfully obvious that production wanted a redemption and winner storyline for scarlet (that ultimately never came because why the hell would she get one?) and etcetera wouldve gotten in the way of that

[@joshualuke7003]

I’m sure this will be an unpopular opinion in this community but my god Etcetera is such an arsehole. Like you think it makes you a good person to be stank-faced, virtue signaling and endlessly berating someone on international television who’s actively apologising for their mistakes? We have very different definitions of a good person.

[@belladonnaatropa6915]

my favorite peice of dr lost media is this edit video of aquaria with the saint spakle look, called aquaria can't see, that's my biggest loss i loved it sm

[@richrm]

I don't know if this counts as lost media but has anyone noticed that Violet's and Pearl's finale performances and interviews were cut from streaming? Like why would they do that lol

[@pyrolusite_d]

i have on my hard drive the entirety of season 3 and some of season 4 in horrendous quality in a format of how exactly they appeared on logo tv, in 4:3 aspect ratio, with the cutest thing being how a frame would occasionally appear on tv and would show tweets of the fans and comments to the gurls and advertisements for shows of that time. clips of such footage would always be spread around on youtube but nowadays it is near impossible to find full episode footage in that format. for some reason i really wanted to collect all of them and i scoured all of shady pirate sites for a chance of a link that would contain it, now i can't watch season 3 any other way.

[@pyrolusite_d]

the only thing is that the swear words are bleeped, but actually once rewatching the cake design challenge, on the rumail message the bleeps actually add to the comedic effect because every time ru said cake it was bleeped so everybody thought she said cock, the uncensored version kinda ruins the joke

[@Blastertoyo]

Wish u had talked about the casting calls and casting videos. The one from season one leaked pretty recently

[@Cvntydoll]

3:34 the Vivienne pinay shirt 😭😭

[@7gagamonster]

One thing I came across about 3 yrs ago was an uncut version of all the reads from seasons 5 and 6 if that counts as lost media, they were on dailymotion sonewhere

[@Viggatos]

Something that not a lot of people talk about is Violet and Katya watching the Season 7 grande finale. together. I loved that and Violet and Katya work super well together. Like really well.

[@kevin_yuhh]

More about the alternate crowning: there's photos of Jujubee and Miz Cracker with the scepter from AS5

[@PantheraRex]

AS5 was the first season I watched and I vividly remember when those photos were leaked. She's photo with her scepter was leaked first, and allegedly, someone from WOW decided to leaked Jujubee's and Cracker's the next day as a response to that in order to "save" the surprise of Shea winning the season

[@Mororlese]

Aquaria is not cringe in that Meet the Queens - she's adorable! The whole thing was ridiculous - but she played off it as best she could and everyone seemed to have a good time.

[@kyledoan]

Drag Race Thailand is unavailable everywhere because the production company in Thailand that produced/funded the show can't continue to pay for the rights to all of the songs they used in the season. Every lip sync song is a huge song from a huge record label, and the company distributing the season apparently is no longer in operation. Therefore it had to be removed from distribution.

[@kev7600]

What was weird to me was that they sometimes showed Sherry’s runways and sometimes they didn’t (even when placing Safe with no need to showcase her). Except when she won, there wouldn’t have been any reason to show her being critiqued on the runway either.

[@iJay2000]

the season 15 60 min episodes will be posted online. the editors were working on it early this year :)

[@callyfoot]

JackFed is a secret guest judge for season 16 thats why he gotta keep them happy

[@cyverbunny]

wait- the S6 "female or ***male" thing is considered lost media? I literally watched that like yesterday. it's still on a ton of those borderline-illegal streaming sites that haven't been updated in years, so really not hard to find. I also saw the bride makeover that's apparently removed from some streaming providers as well. it was a weird episode- was probably removed for one of the makeover guys cheating on his wife, but there were a lot of other issues with it. like that same guy throwing up on stage and they literally filmed it. also he was homophobic and kept whining about how his friends would make fun of him seeing him in drag, and how he'd want to know if someone is gay so he "doesn't get checked out in the locker room". at least the queens read him to filth but it's uncomfortable how it was brushed over by production. additionally his makeover sucked because he was the only black guy paired with a white queen and she didn't have makeup in his skin color. so- yeah. ALSO regarding S15 - by now they've released an extended cut on Paramount+ (also to be found on various previously mentioned streaming sites) I recommend watching it, it feels much more complete with 60 minutes.

[@Nehu_22]

I remember when I started watching the show (circa 2017/18 I think) I watched it on Netflix, and season 1 wasn't available at the moment, so I watched Season 2, and after that, I searched for Season 1 on KZbin and watched maybe 2 episodes, then after a couple of months it was uploaded to Netflix and continued it there

[@josephstaub6967]

Something that wouldn’t be considered lost media, but I still find really interesting is the way that Untucked is uploaded to Paramount+. Paramount+ is supposed to be the home of all things Drag Race in America, but literally every season of Untucked up until Season 10 is missing from the service, including All Stars 1. Plus, all of the seasons that aren’t Paramount+ exclusives (everything except All Stars 6, 7, and 8 and their respective Untucked’s) are censored on the service when the uncensored cuts are very easily available elsewhere.

[@taylorwinston1546]

The first ever lost media I heard about on drag race was the season 6 wedding makeover challenge

[@hellstar8859]

I rememeber seeing on tiktok there was a promotional video of RuPaul anouncing drag race was coming to Germany way before it was officially announced to be in the work It looked like it was from the season 5/7 era

[@Velho765]

I remember this too! But I wonder if it was reworked to Queen of Drags?? Or just frozen until now.

[@keroroplatoon3216]

I think with the Morgan Vs Cracker thing, the idea that they refilmed it because Morgan was beating Cracker too hard in the lip sync was debunked by Morgan herself. She said it was because they were having audio issues, I believe. I don’t remember where she said it, maybe at Roscoe’s, but I remember hearing it.

[@summeroflove394]

Lee Dawson's Rucaps are the biggest lost media related to RPDR

[@jonyoung3536]

I have heard that for AS6 that final 4 filled both a crowing and every version of a double crowning. So there is footage for a Eureka and Ginger double crowning out there

[@m0rShh]

My two favourite genres colliding!

[@charlii7386]

Nirvana was on the rupaul show, rupaul made Kurt Cobain sing her merry Christmas or something like that. It’s the only thing I found about that episode.

[@nathansandy4221]

I live in Australia and we have a streaming service called “Stan” Dragrace is a flagship show shown on the streaming service. It has every Season of Every Franchise! Are you telling me there’s a world out there where you can’t find full episodes. I mean First lip sync of all stars 5 is amazing!!!

[@justanotherfangirl8386]

I was literally just lurking on the channel and you posted!!😭

[@edgelordshoji8871]

All of the all stars are available on Paramount+ because AS7 & AS8 premiered/are airing on it, so they put all of the previous seasons onto paramount+ - and regular seasons goes up to season 14 rn

[@chrisbeal4466]

She actually was cut down in the madonna rusical, check the rehearsal footage, she had a whole dancing section.

[@sanchisan6997]

OMG! I totally forgot about the female or ***male game! I just checked, and it's still in the copy that I have. 😬😬