The Riggory of Drag Race UK 3

Another season of Drag Race UK has finished up, but the reception to this season has not been nearly as positive as the first two seasons, and I'm here to solve the mystery as to why!
Double shantays, double eliminations, two winners, no winners, no season of RuPaul's Drag Race has been so twisty and turny. And not many have been called into question for its riggory like this season has. Should Choriza and River both been sent home? Should Krystal Versace have won the season? Were Charity Kase and Vanity Milan treated unfairly by RuPaul and the producers? We're going to dig into every episode of UK3 and figure out what was rigged and what was not.
Let me know what you think of the season overall and what moment had you the most enraged at your TV screens in the comments below!
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[@DragDetective]

I definitely was wrong for mistakenly calling Choriza May a POC, which she is not. I want to apologize for my own ignorance on the subject matter. This taught me I still have a lot of learning & growing to do.

[@AngryCandy89]

I don't think you meant to offend anybody and it seems to be quite a common mistake in the US. For reference, spanish actor Antonio Banderas was labeled "POC" at the Oscars. But you took the comments into consideration and addressed them, which shows will to learn. I encourage you to look into Brexit and the xenophobia inmigrants in the UK are facing if you want to learn more about Choriza's situation. Who knows, maybe you could use it for a "The mistreatment of Choriza May" video.

[@newtellah9947]

Thank you for your videos. You’re very entertaining and interesting. But you didn’t do anything wrong and tbh this sensitive can’t say anything without having to apologize is taking the fun out of everything for me. It’s sad because I’ve been a fan of drag race, your channel, and the drag community for years. The whole point of drag is to push limits, make people laugh and be yourself, and I’m sorry but constantly censoring and apologizing for jokes or mis speaking because everyone is super sensitive is not enjoyable and not letting people be themselves. IMO. I’m sorry but I think this is the last video I can watch for the reasons I mentioned. I’m sure you disagree and that’s ok. Thank you for the content I watched for years. Best of luck with the channel :)

[@ikerfuk_]

not to be that person, but you also called Victoria the first AFAB contestant which is just wrong, Gottmik being a trans man was our first AFAB contestant. What Victoria is, is our first cis woman competing.

[@zanecomarmond4425]

@@newtellah9947 you literally just apologised twice in your own comment - hypocrite much? 😂

[@newtellah9947]

@@zanecomarmond4425 if that’s what you took from that than I feel kinda sorry for you, have a good day. Peace and love ❤️

[@imascene20]

The Snatch Game episode still makes me upset because 1) RuPaul asked almost every queen to change the character they chose, regardless of how well they were able to portray their decision; 2) the only 2 queens that didn't take RuPaul's "advice" were punished with a double sashay and 3) Scarlet was given a high placement for literally only making RuPaul laugh. I like Home Alone as much as the next person, but there is nothing drag about portraying a character like that and it was extremely irritating to constantly zoom in on Scarlet's face when she would do the scream. I want more moments like Gigi Goode where RuPaul told her the robot wouldn't be funny and then she wins the Snatch Game as Maria the Robot.

[@AngryCandy89]

This! To be fair, Scarlett didn't prepare for Mackaulay, so she had no option than to go with the obvious. But I feel they saved her from the bottom just because she did what Ru said. I mean, I can't blame Scarlett for following the advice of the person that chooses the winner. If anything, blame Ru, because some of her suggestions were "choices" (Choriza as Cher, WTF?). Also, I feel like Ru isn't doing that great with her replies in Snatch Game. In earlier seasons she would still try to get a joke out of the queen that was not doing so great, now she just watches them bomb.

[@imascene20]

@@AngryCandy89 Oh, I 100% blame RuPaul. Not only were the sugguestions questionable, like you said, but the job as host is to make a show the audience will enjoy. And she's not doing her job if she's asking the queens to do characters only she will find entertaining.

[@jessicagleave7141]

Also they’ve put so many queens in the bottom for doing the same thing, such as Jaiden Diore Fierce playing Raven and them saying her seeing a vision got old but i also understand that Scarlett just didn’t have time to prepare some actual jokes other than the scream. No hate to either of them I love them both, I hope they bring Jaiden back on All stars (as long as they don’t ruin her with the edit😭)

[@ShyRonnie13]

Honestly sometimes the inner saboteur is actually Ru.

[@kidkytes6233]

It was also this episode where Krystal did really bad but RuPaul made sure to give her the pep talk on the runway about how she was born to do drag and no one can do it like her. Just to really rub it in the audience's eyes that she will be in the final even if she did bad on any episode like this one.

[@dragracerance]

I have a real problem with people saying Lawrence and Kitty have a similar drag aesthetic because THEY HAVE NOT. Kitty is all about sexy funny glam popstar when Lawrence has more of an opulent drag energy, their fashion are not the same... they just are both plus size, white and funny... Actually Kity is more like her sister Cheryl than Lawrence... the comparaison doesn't make sense at all.

[@FeloPastry]

Completely agree

[@verysillystring]

what he means is they are both fat x

[@teom.4888]

I find it baffling that production would've thought "we're not crowning Kitty, because people reacted poorly to Lawrence winning". People reacted poorly to Lawrence winning because while Lawrence dominated the first half of the season, we were literally coming off of 4 Bimini wins in 5 episodes (or something to that effect) and it felt like their momentum was unstoppable but led to an anticlimactic finale. In terms of track record, Krystal is obviously the Lawrence of the season, not Kitty: won early on, but then faded into the background, while still being favoured by Ru, even when doing mediocre. Just thinking of the producers sat around the table after the finale going "I don't understand! Why aren't they happy?! They wanted a skinny fashion queen to win last season, and that's what we're trying to give them!!!" is almost enough to make me laugh out loud... Are they that clueless?

[@lune78]

You summed it up perfectly!

[@c.k.8585]

@@lune78 It's like the queens are not actual people but interchangeable archetypes to them . . . Wait a minute, that is EXACTLY how reality show producers perceive people. As interchangeable archetypes they use to force the same set of narratives that have historically worked in the past.

[@buckwetgwenismyreligion1619]

THIS. I was genuinely kind of upset that Krystal won, I would’ve preferred either of the runner ups.

[@Amanda-js9cw]

Fans see the queens as contestants, production sees them as characters.

[@d_d_d_d_]

nail on the head

[@CryptidBones]

I feel like the loss of Victoria was really the domino effect that sent everything else into cascading chaos.

[@lizziegalbreath]

yes, I was so pumped for this season with her and all the other queens. The season was still great thanks to the queens in it, but I wonder how much better it would have been with all the contestants in it

[@LILFOC1]

I think the problem with having Ru Paul, who is very loud and proud about being American, judging international seasons is that he shows very little interest in actually engaging with that country's culture and references (outside of corny British stereotypes). British drag has very different origins from American drag...it's not so much about the glamour than it is about the performance and comedy. Each countries version of drag is valid of course but if you are having a UK based season then as a judge it should be your job to learn and appreciate that cultures drag or have a local talent do it (btw I think Michelle does have more of an appreciation for British culture and drag then RuPaul so it isn't as bad). River and Choriza were punished for not going with RuPauls American references and alternate queen's like Ginny Lemon, Joe Black and Charity Case are treated badly by the show. Drag race is sadly homogenising drag into RuPauls idea of drag (ironic for a show that is ultimately about inclusivity) and it's honestly so exemplified in Krystal's win....

[@dissonantdreams]

Nail on the head!

[@LILFOC1]

@@dissonantdreams thank you! I'm not trying the discredit Krystal's win as she is an extremely talented queen at only 19 but I think either Ella or Kitty deserved it more and better exemplify British drag than Ru Pauls now homogenised version of it. Drag race hasn't had a unique "alternative" winner since Yvvie Oddly.

[@eleo1484]

I agree, I wish they would outsource for the international seasons like they have for CanadianDR.

[@dissonantdreams]

@@LILFOC1 I totally agree. I wouldn’t want to discredit Krystal’s achievement either, she’s obviously a real talent but she definitely exemplifies a newer generation of UK queens whose main reference point for the art of drag since childhood has been RPDR. It’s a very Americanised style of drag - “fashion queens” were never a thing when I started going to drag shows in the gay village in Manchester 20-odd years ago! It was all about the performance. I grew up watching people like Danny La Rue and Lily Savage who are true examples of British drag, and I think both Kitty and Ella stay truer to that tradition than Krystal does. Which probably explains why RuPaul favoured her so much 😉

[@lrizzard]

very that.

[@tryingtobesocial906]

Also… can we talk about how Veronica helped everyone out with no credit or understanding on why she had little time. She went home for being nice

[@elizabethjohnson6386]

Yes but we've seen that happen before. You know not focusing on yourself and letting your own looks slide just to help out others is a huge risk. Queens more worried about fan reception or Ms Congeniality don't typically fair well in the challenges.

[@kysolakonos]

wait, how did she not understand why she had little time? Maybe I missed something but I feel like there’s no way she just assumed they had an extra day of sewing. I mean not only has she been on the show before but she already competed in a design challenge in season 2, so she should know better than everyone else how fast these challenges can be. I doubt they would give a design challenge without making it clear to the queens how many days they had and when they would be hitting the runway.

[@tryingtobesocial906]

@@kysolakonos and she also explained she wasn’t in the right head space and there’s rumors this season filmed way too fast. 🤷🏼‍♂️ idk

[@toddcont6469]

Listening to this guy in 1.5x speed is sooo much better

[@tryingtobesocial906]

@@toddcont6469 hahaha 🤣 🙌

[@roelofm8465]

I think we can all agree that Victoria would have probably won this season had she not been injured. No one else felt like a full on "winner" to me this season, except for Victoria in that first episode.

[@samc749]

i was lucky enough to see her live hosting the UKD tour and she was SOOO charismatic and a fab performer!! defo rooting for her if she’s on DRUK4 🤞

[@zdaladorsey1152]

*waits patently for Victoria Scone to return and win Drag Race UK 4*

[@midnightstar2372]

Agreed by far. So happy she'll be coming back next season and hopefully she'll live up to our expectations and win because with that talent she has to. If not we'll see a great new the riggory of season 4 from here lol

[@redduskironsky1058]

nope sorry

[@KS-og7zj]

Who’s we. I’m sick of hearing that Victoria is this god level drag queen who’s more talented than the rest of the cast, based on what exactly? Bc to me it seems everyone is saying this just cause she’s a woman and want drag race to be more inclusive. Of course I support inclusivity but just cause she’s a woman doesn’t mean you can disregard the talents of the other competitors.

[@bbqbestie]

Choriza isn’t a queen of color btw, she’s Hispanic but she’s from España so she’s white, you can definitely talk about how she was mistreated for being an immigrant and having English as a second language tho

[@papyrusted]

She is white

[@elizabethjohnson6386]

@@kh4487 I've never heard Hispanic referring solely, or even particularly, to those living in the US.

[@Alephosho]

@@kh4487 Sorry, but you are wrong. I don't know how people in USA use that world, but we are Hispanics (The world btw comes from Hispania, the latin world for Spain) and it refer to people from hispanics countries that share the language and culture. And no, we are not POC in Spain, most of us are whites with a heavy colonial history, so Choriza is not POC.

[@jayphxer]

@@kh4487 While in the US the word 'Hispanic' is only applied to people living there, it does actually refer to all people who share the spanish language and culture regardless if they live in the US or not. So yes, Choriza is indeed Hispanic and as some other people have pointed out, the word Hispanic actually comes from Spain's name in ancient times. Not everything has to do with the US or how they label things, maybe you should educate yourself a bit on that to truly understand Hispanity cause you're preaching things that are factually wrong.

[@camilofajardo9199]

@@elizabethjohnson6386 todos los que hablan español son hispánicos no sólo los de USA, que ignorante y centralista este comentario es

[@alohaisland9999]

I feel really bad for Ella honestly, she was my winner from Snatch Game and it really sucks that she was so disconnected in the finale because of her injury and I think she really deserved to win, I'm happy for Krystal but the finale left a really bad taste in my mouth

[@c.k.8585]

What is telling for me that Ella is really being honest about being in pain is the makeup. There is not much you can do about a runway if the designed gave you something crappy and you don't have the skills or time to fix it (or if you switched runways around and are left with crap). But there is no reason at all for Ella to be in the worst make up by far that she had in the entire season. So something kept her from even doing her make up properly.

[@lizziegalbreath]

Ella was amazing but her padding made her look much more mature than she is

[@psg5124]

I think out of all of the drag races from all of the countries and all 15 seasons this was the most shocking final .. Ru has ever had. Not that I don't think she did a good job but there's no way Ella did not deserve that win.. it literally pissed me off so bad I couldn't believe it. I've been tracking the show for 15 years I usually get the winner 85% of the time this threw me for a left curve like none of the shows ever have . in fact if I saw Ru face to face I would tell him it's the worst decision of his career without a doubt...

[@SilverAnicore]

Production at the beginning: "Send the writers/editors on vacation, we've got our storyboards set, this season will write itself." Production when Veronica & Victoria leave: **mad scramble** "Get the writers back, we'll just fill the time with literally anything shocking." Production at the end: "Finally, the good editors are back from vacation. Here's the material you've got to work with. Good luck."

[@soneheo95]

Exactly that

[@lizziegalbreath]

periodt

[@victortorres6042]

what bugged me about Krystal winning was not that she didn't deserve but from the edit it seemed like Ru never even considered the possibility that Ella or Kitty could win.. Krystal was overpraised a lot, given a few free passes and was called a star who was born to do drag at every single moment, so I always knew she was going to win.. I do understand her winning with the idea that she did outperform both Kitty and Ella in the finale, but still this seems a little bit anticlimactic for me.. what does that mean for the franchise? does a queen who slays every single challenge lose against another who one ended up 4 times in the BTTM2 for example? i just wish they crowned whoever did the best for the whole season, not just one episode...

[@elvangulley3210]

Bull Krystal deserved the win she was the only queen to do good every week on the runway and was only in the bottom once were she beat the lip sync assassin

[@aquapichu4863]

krystal literally slayed every challenge wdym????? she was supposed to be the one with 4 wins, too bad she wasnt favoured like kitty

[@royalparty6174]

@@aquapichu4863 Krystal only won episode 3 and 7 that’s it

[@zaldigr863]

@@royalparty6174 You literally can't deny she won episode 1 lol she had the best looks out of the top 3 and won the lip sync hands down. If anything she deserved episodes 1, 3, and 7 as well as a high placement in the commercial challenge (the judges praised her for going out of her "comfort zone") She also did slay every challenge like she never "bombed" any challenge, except for Snatch Game but everyone except Ella bombed as well lol

[@DkGamerYoutube]

It has been like this since Yvie won. Track records simply doesn’t matter anymore

[@Cat_Woods]

Just want to put in a word of appreciation for Charity Kase. I lost interest after seeing how unfairly she was treated - how unappreciated her art and talent were.

[@lizziegalbreath]

her runaway where she was in that orange gown, holy shit, the most amazing runway of the season

[@ayanevonriegan]

I was just thinking to myself “oh man I can’t wait for the riggory of uk3” and this happens lmao. Time to think about being filthy rich 🤑

[@psycane8462]

Please remember not to send hate to any of the queens or be rude to them because of a highly edited and sanitized reality competition show - they had no power or choice over the things that happened and the issues with the season and are all wonderful and talented and deserve nothing but love

[@殺人光線]

Imagine even having to say this because this isn't common sense for too many people. It's so easy to just keep critiques in a section that's actually dedicated for discussion. If you're going out of your way to directly shit on queens on their own personal pages, that's really miserable and gross. This is a much needed reminder.

[@user-ke5rt3ji8c]

Just say please don’t send hate to vanity so they understand.

[@MSlushalot]

Yes to giving each queen a stipend for clothes! 👏🏼

[@Will-db4qo]

So true. I absolutely hated the reality tv show character krystal Versace, but looking at her off the show, i feel like i could be a fan of hers

[@isaacscruggs3713]

In fact, do the opposite. Give the ones you like extra love. Buy merch, tip them, and watch their content

[@FYFAYAS]

The real winner was alesha Dixon, miss girl was getting her LIFE that entire episode

[@FaliusAren]

Kitty and Lawrence's aesthetics really aren't similar at all. Lawrence is far more royal and old-fashioned, she paints herself as a lady in her 30s-40s... Kitty is all pretty in pink, emanating youthful energy and spunk. I think you meant to say they're both fat and funny. Correct conclusion (that she couldn't win because she was too superficially similar to the previous winner), but weird premises

[@itsgabbybtch5587]

Fair, but while Kitty usually has a more “youthful” look it’s also very vintage to me a lot of the time, so it’s old fashioned too in it’s own way? Naomi did that too a lot on AS4, where she’d go super vintage and camp, but still looked youthful, ofc, it was much more fashion forward than Kitty’s, but Kitty is an actual camp queen, not a queen who’s focused on fashion who just so happens to look camp looks.

[@crabnebula3781]

Thank you! Him saying they had the same aesthetic kept pissing me off. Similar body type? Yes. But if I saw one of their looks on a mannequin I wouldnt be confused who it belonged to

[@lizziegalbreath]

yeah I wouldn't even think to compare them

[@malcriada9087]

I feel like Kitty is much closer to a mashup of Cheryl and the Vivienne or Baga than she is to Lawrence. And I felt like she was not counted as competition early on because of her weight (funny how all you have to do for that to be an issue is put on a skirt lol) which to producers, makes her LC 2.0. So basically I agree with you lol just still annoyed about it

[@maxcastillon6246]

Did anyone else notice how they were clearly having a Kitty vs Ella rivalry storyline throughout the entire second half of the season? There were so many moments in the confessionals where Kitty would literally be like "Ella is definitely my biggest competition..." and vice versa. They even lip-synced against each other for a win. Kind of a gag that krystal was the one who ended up winning, but this means that Ella and kitty could return on an all stars season to continue the rivalry

[@Eeveehavoc]

I think they were just desperate and clutching at straws for some sort of queen rivalry. Reality is all the queens had a great relationship with each other at the end and sadly for production their planned rivalries went nowhere. They're always so desperate for that Coco/Alyssa narrative it's becoming desperate.

[@lizziegalbreath]

rightttt

[@cemozarda5078]

I think you categoizing Choriza as POC is kind of US-centric, because she’s spanish, not south american. Spanish people aren’t really POC if you don’t count a german or a french person to be a POC. (That obviously doesn’t take away from the fact that she gets treated differently due to her immigrant status and language barrier) great video anyway

[@tecalentito]

this!! i was looking for this comment. european people aren’t POC

[@c.k.8585]

And really, someone from one of the biggest colonial empires in history being treated as underprivileged?

[@valentin866]

@@tecalentito *being European doesn't make you POC but there are POC in Europe

[@nicholasgermanotta3995]

I’m glad I’m not the only one to notice this! She is Spanish not Latin.

[@pizzasmoothieyt]

But if you're born into a colored family in Europe, you're still… European and a poc. I don't get what yall are saying

[@ejirokirishima4604]

I know krystal wasnt the fan favourite nor had they the best track record but damn did I fell in love with her over the season at the beginning I thought I would hate her but she grew on me so hard she was so entertaining, grew so much and she was my winner, even though I was so sure she had no chance so I am very happy with the winner, still the season had major flaws, justice for choriza and river

[@DragDetective]

The shift I had on her mid-season….I adore her now!

[@殺人光線]

I'm glad she got the opportunity to show so much of her true nature in 1 take. Production could have easily took the tiny spat she had with Victoria in the beginning and ran with a villain edit as they try to leave out all her humanizing traits, nice demeanor and sheer talent. I was definitely surprised with how she started to grow on me too. It was really fun to see her do the more silly roles. That mini challenge with her as the trainer tickled me so much lol

[@lizziegalbreath]

we love character growth

[@ellenflc1964]

I wish there had been a proper Rusical this season, so we could've seen Veronica back in her element - it's always satisfying when a returning queen does well. We know musical theatre is one of her strengths and it would've sent a strong message, both to the other queens and the audience that she's properly here to slay. Plus we could've seen queens like Ella and Kitty do well, and it could have replaced that weird dance challenge in ep 2

[@jackh7889]

That would've been so much better.

[@殺人光線]

I agree. As someone who really wasn't paying much attention to Veronica, I think having the signature early Rusical would have done wonders all around. Veronica gets a chance at proper redemption after her untimely exit, satisfying her fans. Ella could showcase her theater experience and producers would have a blast with a Veronica vs Ella storyline. Kitty could have gotten her validation a lot sooner with her performance. And it would have been fun to see how all the other queens would adapt.

[@cjrun2422]

Absolutely lol

[@c.k.8585]

Yeah imagine if we could replace Dragoton with a Rusical the entire season would probably be much better fast.

[@danielokat7207]

I mean it literally wouldn’t have mattered with the runways she had 🤷‍♂️☹️

[@craigkleehamer9667]

I hope Charity gets on a future season of Dragula. I know they’ve already “done” the Drag Race thing with Jade this season but if there were EVER a Rugirl that belongs on Dragula it’s Charity. God her looks were so good and so under appreciated 😭 That fugly ball burn book look?? Amazing

[@genevievesweet7741]

She's stated she wouldn't :(

[@lunar_moth]

Charity has stated that she wouldn't go on Dragula, and actually picked RPDR over Dragula because she felt it would give her more exposure. I don't think she went on drag race unaware that her drag wouldn't be appreciated; in fact, she went against the themes of a few challenges deliberately knowing she would be called out for it. Obviously that's her choice and she's free to make it, but she was also aware that Dragula wanted her and chose to turn them down.

[@craigkleehamer9667]

@@lunar_moth I totally understand her reasoning! It’s sad to see her drag not be appreciated the way it could but I understand career wise why she made the choice she did. And the drag race contract has no compete clauses so if she ever did want to do Dragula, it would be a while before she even could. Oh well. I’ll just have to admire her art via insta with everyone else!

[@jillb3072]

It would depend on her ability to get a work VISA in the USA especially with COVID surges in both countries then and even currently if she wanted to be on Dragula

[@mariopork4945]

Am I the only one who’d love to see cherry Valentine on Dragula

[@lalalacie]

as a fellow mediterranean i just gotta say that seeing choriza counted among the queens of colour of the season is hilarious to me, but other than that great video!! uk3 was an absolute mess lol

[@katej910]

Me too. Spain is a European country!

[@Lucy-zl8ly]

maybe he meant POC/immigrant

[@lalalacie]

@@Lucy-zl8ly poc and immigrant have very different meanings and can't be used interchangeably though, so him having her picture there while talking specifically about queens of colour is just kinda...funny

[@katej910]

@@Lucy-zl8lywhite immigrants are people of colour? Why would you conflate the two?

[@alwaysannoyed1381]

Or how about we all stop talking about skin color and race 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@Silva-ek9hd]

I just have to comment to praise some of these queens. First off, congrats to Krystal. She's a talented queen with an amazing future. Kitty was so lovable and fun T.V. I did want to take a second to speak on Ella though. She is perhaps one of the strongest queens we've seen in any franchise. She is one of the few queens to have won 4 challenges, and not only that but not a single one of them were forced by production. She simply did so well that she won nearly half the season. And even then was underestimated by the judges. Ella is a force of nature and if her edit hadn't been 'I'm boring', in order to make other queens stand out she would really be one of the fan favorites of the entire franchise.

[@c.k.8585]

The thing is, her story was not even that. I guess I am not the intended audience for this but I find someone who struggles to accept their sexuality until later in life and then revels in it far more empowering and relatable as a message than young people who were really always comfortable with their sexuality and had relatively accepting environments (in Kitty's place, very accepting).

[@lizziegalbreath]

+ she was hot as fuck in and out of drag too (doesn't add anything to your post but just had to state :)

[@highonsugar6273]

If they weren’t gonna have a winner for episode 5 because no one was good enough then it would’ve made plenty of sense to put both the leaders in the bottom for not leading there teams successfully right?

[@dylannolastname730]

This , group leaders in past challenges would be in the bottom if their team flopped, Miss tuck for example

[@JairoJuber]

They should've given the win to Vanity for the Draglexa episode. The challenge that shouldn't have had a winner was the Dragaton episode. It was boring and messy. It like that they tried something different but it's still a no for me.

[@c.k.8585]

@@dylannolastname730 At the same time, Trinity was ALSO in the bottom because some of the queens picked her when asked. I think the same thing happens here. The queens are asked who should be in the bottom and Ru obliges (even though in Vanity's case it made NO sense; imo she was the winner). In essence, they make her life easy.

[@lizziegalbreath]

when Synthia kiss was tossed into the bottom for being team leader even thou her verse in bye flop ATE, kendall should have been in the bottom with eve, but synthia took the fall due to be the team captian

[@lukas4112]

Krystal was so over-hated throughout this season for no reason but being a stereotype. Honestly it made me look at her as the underdog because no one wanted her to win despite her being clearly very talented.

[@maxcastillon6246]

100% agreed. It seemed like the fandom, the other queens, nd ev en the judges at times were criticizing her and short-changing her left and right. She was fierce as fuck and slayed almost every challenge (including the ones she wasn't good at)

[@daisysw3147]

She's a brat. That's why.

[@lukas4112]

@@daisysw3147 no she’s not. You just stepping with the bandwagon of hate

[@nakitsura]

Krystal's looks were good, but if you watch her in group numbers, shes usually behind. Her own choreos and lipsync performances are good, but she's messed with her face so much that she has pretty much two expressions so she doesn't really emote that well and has no softness. Her acting was okay, her comedy was crap and after the first few runways she felt stale despite turning out great looks because they kind of ran together for me. And her snatch game was meh AF.

[@lizziegalbreath]

when ella said "she plays a robotic fashion queen, talk about typecast" that was so fucking funny and a read, but the audience genuinly thinking that was kinda upsetting

[@carmeljames9594]

In Wales we pronounce it as "Scon'" (not scone) - so when you say this Cardiff girl's name 'Victoria Scon' it's supposed to sound like a pun (pun being Victoria's Gone).

[@stripedbandit5252]

I have had the most stressful day ever, and this is exactly what I needed. Thank you for everything 😍😍

[@DragDetective]

Hope tomorrow is better for you! ♥️

[@tamcar04]

I hope your day gets better!! 💛💛

[@marcinjanik666]

My theory for one of the production stunts is as follows: both the spice girl and the commercial challenge needed an even number of queens. Spice girls are a 5-girl group so they probably wanted to make a girl group challenge on the top10 episode, but because of victorias injury they were forced to go from 11 to 9, so thats why they made the design challenge first, and then the number of queens was even - 8. But now they have two group challenges one after another both needing equal number of teammates, so the production was kinda forced into the double save of Scarlett and Charity.

[@handsoaphandsoap]

Would also explain why they were okay with losing Veronica, they probably wanted her around for either of those challenges so they could give her a top placement or a potential win (as I’m sure she’d do well in either), but then she flops the design challenge and they have no choice but to eliminate her.

[@atoz4497]

@@handsoaphandsoap they could have easily had the double shantay there ngl

[@genevievesweet7741]

@@atoz4497 Still think it should have been the double shantay

[@DkGamerYoutube]

Scarlett lost the lip sync, but it was too early for her to go home. So save them both!

[@lizziegalbreath]

the scarlett and charity double shantay made me exit out the episode and in silent protest not watch the following week I was so annoyed

[@makaylao8839]

Choriza is Spanish from Spain right? Not POC, but is a minority in that she’s an immigrant

[@schmokmok69]

Yeah that was a weird thing to say lol

[@volfgang1393]

Yea I noticed that too

[@tylerchapple2091]

Starting to get the feeling that being a good dancer is a death sentence on drag race, just an excuse for production to throw you in the bottom to assure another girl goes home (ex: Electra and Vanity). Or save a girl who would lose who is a weaker performer by taking her out of the bottom.

[@igasulkowska625]

And also I don't really get why they had to put Vanity in the bottom against Electra. Couldn't they just choose a different song, which would not be in Electra's wheelhouse so she wouldn't be able to perform it with just her dancing ability or stunts? Also, how clueless are the producers that they thought she would even do good in ,,moving up"? They knew she would pull a lot of stunts and they don't really go with the song so to my mind they could've really put anyone who deserved it in the bottom and not ruin Vanity's track record and give her the Tayce edit.

[@lizziegalbreath]

I like how they praised Electra in the first lipsync for dancing the house down, but in the second lipsynce michelle was like "what the fuck" when Electra was dancing the house down

[@LM11116]

if they had just given the dragoton win to kitty they could've given the fugly ball win to krystal and make both of their track records more balanced. and if they had just given kitty the solo win for the bra wars lip sync, ella wouldn't have been so far ahead. just a few small adjustments to make the placements fairer would've made more sense for their chosen winner!

[@valentin866]

But Ella was also good in the lip sync and better in the challenge

[@EdwinWalkerProfile]

I think even just giving Krystal the win for the Fugly Ball would have assured the audience that she was still in the race. Winning the first 2 challenges then dropping off the radar failed to set up any hype for Krystal going into the final.

[@lizziegalbreath]

ugh I hate that we as the audience understand the judges, ru, and productions give out of wins is almost always to push certain queens to the top

[@looneyluna6742]

Thank you for pointing out that River's looks for the camp ball were good and deserved more recognition. It really annoyed me how Kitty and Vanity said she should have been in the bottom when their looks for me were worse

[@Ale_Creates]

Justice for Anubis, if it weren't for Victoria being invited back because of her injury, I feel like Anubis would definitely be the one to return.

[@melpomenathemuse]

I'd like both Anubis and Cherry Valentine to get another chance.

[@lizziegalbreath]

Anubis winning miss congeniality just shows how much of her we didn't get to seee

[@charliee.7833]

Dying at the white Choriza May being called a POC

[@plokijm22]

I think it's because in the States they view Hispanic people as POC, but obviously European Spanish people are white Caucasian. It does annoy me when people conflate nationality and race

[@lizziegalbreath]

@@plokijm22 yeah, people do assume they are all the same race due to them all being hispanic. I think it's very common in the states due to Spain being the only one across the ocean from the majority of Spanish-speaking countries, causing people to not think about it and group all Hispanics as being the same race as those in North, Central, and South America. People can be straight-up ignorant about it, but I also think some non-intentional ignorance could be out of a place of not wanting to be offending someone. Calling a Hispanic person a white caucasian seems out of place if you aren't thinking about how Hispanic people from Spain are indeed white and caucasian, but I think that's only because the majority aren't, so I can see where people make that mistake, but I also wish people would think about it a little more than lobbying everyone that is the same type of way into only one thing.

[@adolfoarias6857]

Truth be told, the queen with least support on the "Whose team are you on?" posts (at least on Instagram) had won *all three series* . That is for sure surprising

[@ilbloccodellettore]

To be fair Ellie last season had less support than Lawrence

[@lizziegalbreath]

@@ilbloccodellettore I wonder if it would be different if Awhora was in the top 4 rather than Ellie, if people would be on her team more than Lawrence

[@ilbloccodellettore]

@@lizziegalbreath idk I think they would be pretty tied. Maybe A’whora would’ve got the edge tho

[@heymistercarter.]

So, I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it here too: I almost compare the 3 seasons of Drag Race UK to the three films in the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, in a way. The first season is like the 2002 Spider-Man, in that it's a good origin for this franchise in the UK, sets up a lot of great characters and storylines that we can follow pretty well with and relate to, and it also includes a lot of what we already love about other iterations of this franchise. It's not perfect per say, and some aspects of it haven't aged as well as others. But quite a lot of it still does hold up, all things considered. The second season is like Spider-Man 2. It continues a lot of what made the first season work so well, while including a number of its own elements that cause it to work pretty well too. There are new challenges thrown in there, new characters that we grow attached to and relate to in similar ways that we did the original season. Plus, just like Spider-Man in that movie, there's a bit of a stretch where our heroes are out of action for a bit, but they come back for more fight and save the day in the end. And as a result, we get what is probably everyone's favorite of this trilogy. And then this third season is like Spider-Man 3. There are a number of enjoyable characters and parts of the previous installments that are part of this one too. That said, it seemed like there were too many twists and turns that were thrown in this, a feeling of the whole thing being rushed together to give us so much of what we want without letting things happen organically, and too many obvious decisions by production that gives us a storyline that doesn't work as well as the other two. And as a result, we have a season that tried to be too much at once and came off like a jumbled mess in the end. So this film, just like Spider-Man 3, is often regarded as by FAR the weakest of the bunch. At least that’s my analysis anyway.

[@Olivia-no2hl]

YES YES YES

[@nicorain6902]

I fucking love this analogy! 2000s Spider-Man trilogy is my favorite! And Drag Race is my favorite reality show, uhhh, love this!

[@arsonvamp]

i’m a known spider-man 3 defender but you’re absolutely right lmao. i’ve never seen a better analogy for drag race

[@AngryCandy89]

I want to point out that Choriza is white, but she's an inmigrant, which means she can experience xenophobia, but not racism. The whole Brexit thing has made it super hard for inmigrants in the UK and she did get a few xenophobic comments when the cast was announced. Her drag name is a pun on Theresa May who was very pro-Brexit. I think the show missed an opportunity to talk about this, just as they've talked about other social issues on different seasons and franchises. But instead, she was asked to use her accent as the bottom of the joke, which rubbed many people the wrong way (rightfully so). I really encourage you to look more into the whole Brexit thing. I feel like you didn't get the full scoop on Choriza's situation, but I do appreciate that you aknowledged that she was in a situation of disadvantage.

[@jamkwasowski5207]

Yes! All of this! 💖

[@mcwyman7928]

I think the strongest comparison you can make to this season is US season 11. Had a pretty strong start, then a big slump in the middle, but the last couple episodes were pretty strong. I don't think it's going to be a season people come back to a lot. Not a complete dumpster fire, but aside from the Scandalous lip sync, Ella's Snatch Game, and River's first runway, I don't think I'll remember too much from this season long term, at least in a good way.

[@殺人光線]

Yeah I think so too. I forgot a majority of things that happened. The only highlights for me were Vanity letting Scarlett be her backup dancer in their lipsync, Elektra's manic dancing forcing Michelle to say "What the fuck" on autopilot, and Ella putting the Snatch Game in the *MicroWave* right before eating it up.

[@lizziegalbreath]

The roast with the top 4 was really good, but I get what you mean, not much stood out super super well, just like season 11. But season 11's untucks have stuck with me way more than the main show

[@zdaladorsey1152]

Riggory aside I hope Vanity, Veronica and Scarlet come back on the UK All Stars in the future. ❤💚🧡🖤💙💜

[@_.Idk._]

Vanity REALLY DID NOT deserve her bottom 2 placement in episode two, I found her really funny and entertaining in the challenge.

[@lizziegalbreath]

true, but her dragaton outfit was my least favorite by far

[@user-yn2jm9ew2u]

10:15 "we have our first AFAB (assigned female at birth) queen on drag race ever" I just wanted to correct that yes Victoria is the first AFAB queen on Drag race UK, and yes Victoria is the first ever queen on drag race who is an AFAB woman on the show, Gottmik as a transgender man is also AFAB and therefore that statement is not correct! Being transgender from female to male means you were assigned female at birth then transitioned. Great video though, and I do also love Victoria!

[@elizabethjohnson6386]

Yeah I guess cis female queen would've been a more appropriate term used in this specific instance. I just don't like the idea of lumping in trans men with afab queens even though it's *technically* correct. "Afab queens" is just a more widely used term for cis women in the drag scene who aren't drag kings or doing male-presenting drag. Your point still stands though.

[@user-yn2jm9ew2u]

@@elizabethjohnson6386 I think cis female queen would be more correct in this instance, yes. As a trans male myself I do think that lumping trans men and cis women in the same category is a little bit iffy, but in this specific instance I just thought that using the term cis female would have been better.

[@ilsedewot6739]

Thank you, I was getting confused as to why people kept referring to Victoria Scone as the first AFAB queen. I don't like lumping in trans men with cis women but isn't the whole point of AFAB/AMAB to show that what you're assigned at at birth isn't always how you identify? Conflating "AFAB" with "cis woman" doesn't seem to be very helpful either.

[@bsg111987]

This is why Ru should have absolutely maintained her principled stance that only men can compete in drag race. The inclusion of others only confuses the art form and creates division and unnecessary conflict. Sadly, the very toxic and radical transactivist community intimidated and harassed and issued countless death threats against Ru and the producers until they caved to this type of toxic behavior. We need a safe space for gay men to do drag without being erased, harassed, belittled, or sexually assaulted.

[@margaritavlacci]

@@bsg111987 Trans contestants have been competing on the show for a long time, since season 2 of the US franchise actually, but they just had to be down-low about it on camera until recent years, so Ru was never principled in her stance about only men competing. Get out of here with that BS.

[@jrooburke1779]

Spanish queen being discussed as one of the “three queens of color” ? Spain is in Europe… she white. Don’t think she would identify as a person of color either…

[@echomae1814]

for anyone curious abt the subtitles for ella winning: crave tv is a canadian subscription service and it is really bad with subtitles/captions in general. as krystal was being crowned, all of the captions were what was being said during ellas crowning instead. then during the episodes credits it was reading kittys crowning. dont know what happened there but i dont think it was about ella originally winning or anything since kittys moment was there too also unrelated but: im watching canada s2 on crave and there are a lot of moments where they must have been captioning a different edit than what were watching. my favourite so far was the caption reading “ow i sat on my testicle” when literally no one was talking

[@sweetiedahling8137]

The subtitles on Crave are absolutely awful! Half the time they have no idea what any of the Australian or British queens are saying.

[@heitorpergon]

What pisses me off the most is the fact that they didn't even try to hide their favoritism toward Krystal most of the time. And I hate that they praised her even when she didn't do well. In the end, I think she showed she's a great fashion queen... but is lacking in basically every other regard: acting, comedy, design (she got help from Veronica, and I don't even think she thanked her on the main stage). In my head, she could have a compelling story arc for winning a potential All Stars season -- like the young queen who matured a lot between her appearances. Also, none of the queens I was rooting for has ever won Drag Race UK hahaha first Divina, then Bimini, now Kitty (even though I know she didn't stand a chance)

[@josiejordan7190]

To me the "episode a day" myth is pretty easily debunked when the queens came into the workroom with not just 5 o'clock shadow but like full on beards nearly- multiple times. I've never seen so much scruff on drag race to be honest. Not saying that in a bad way. But they obviously didn't just do a runway the night before and have complete facial hair the next morning.

[@carmen___amor]

am I the only one who noticed krystal messing up the choreography every time? DISCLAIMER: I love her, I'm happy she won, she is a great dancer nevertheless and I'm aware that her missteps are due to her dyslexia (she usually goes left when the others go right and viceversa); I'm genuinely curious to know if someone else has seen it too

[@Andre-nz7cd]

Yes i saw that too

[@huskofmanga9086]

Idk why everyone keep calling Voctoria the "first afab queen on dr ever". It's not the case ! She's the first cisgender woman drag queen cast on dr, but the first "afab" person cast on dr is Gottmik. "Afab" shouldn't be use outside of specific conversations. Victoria is the first cis woman that does drag to ever be casted on dr, not the first afab queen

[@MarkusAndersen96]

How the hell is Gottmik an afab queen, she literally has a guy's body?? No doctor would ever assign her as female when she has boy parts... And excuse my ignorance, but doesn't Gottmik identify as nonbinary with they/them pronouns?

[@bonehunter6967]

@@MarkusAndersen96 Key words "assigned female AT BIRTH" also Gottmik said on the show he goes by "he/him" out of drag and "she/her" in drag. It's almost like you completely guessed who Gottmik is by throwing darts at a dart board

[@oliverbrydges]

@@MarkusAndersen96 bro do you know what afab means 🗿 the comment literally explained it fully. Gottmik is a trans man, Victoria is a cis woman, both are afab

[@huskofmanga9086]

@@MarkusAndersen96 so yeah just look at what afab means. Also keep your energy to stand for trans people, it's good, and do some research lol

[@殺人光線]

I can't speak for anyone else but for me, that's because when I hear AFAB, my brain immediately jumps to someone being assigned as female at birth and they've decided that their assignment is accurate. Of course AFAB doesn't always mean the person is identifying with their assignment. So basically it's like I process half of the way through the meaning of AFAB. Also, I forget that many people do have more than 1 major identity category. So for Gottmik, my first instinct is just Gottmik being trans rather than remembering Kade was also AFAB

[@maxsupernova]

I hated the Draglexa concept. It was dumb -- there's nothing drag about Alexa. I mean, the challenge might as well have been about high-speed trains. Ru can't blame the queens for bad results when the concept was terrible. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh!t.

[@managicality]

you calling choriza POC is absoluetely sending me 😭😭

[@melodramaniac2763]

24:50 I completely agree, one thing that really bothers me this season was that i felt that the juges were extra harsh on the queens, they kind of acted like they were not very talented and it pissed me off, i feel like the queens were kind of disregarded by Ru and Michelle overall during the season, which just shows that they should not be the judges on the uk seasons anymore because they don’t fully appreciate the style of drag there and are just looking for american drag style

[@LeDameMarciana]

i really appreciate your videos because they’re insightful, but i think these riggory ones are my favorite because your idea isnt “um dont rig reality shows wtf.” this one in particular is like “i mean, if you’re GONNA rig a season this much, you really could rig it better” while also acknowledging BOTH the queens and the production aspects of things. i also really like and super agree with “i want to see the queens hyped and uplifted, not torn down” because HONESTLY. the show brings them on because they’re the best of the best, or so they say/they want their narrative to be. so what is the logic in knocking them down so much, especially in times when it’s not even deserved? like, “they’re judges, it’s what they do” i dont think so? they’re meant to critique the work based on what’s being asked for, so when they’re just attacking, they’re not being judges.

[@c.k.8585]

I think the only time when I really wanted to just stop watching Drag Race was S13 for this exact reason. Exploiting the queens in such a manner for some cheap drama just made me feel bad for the queens and hateful towards production.

[@connorslibrarycorner4996]

I can't believe people blame the queen's for how the show went. They literally had no control!

[@phoenixrising7777]

Kitty Scott Claus spilled the tea in the roast on why Krystal shouldn’t have won. I can’t even with this season. 🙄

[@camilofajardo9199]

Wait where can I watch that interview?

[@genericchannelname8374]

@@camilofajardo9199 they meant the moment where Kitty was like "You know what Krystal wasn't born to do? An acting challenge...."

[@phoenixrising7777]

@@genericchannelname8374 exactly kitty made it clear and when she called out the judges saying that they would’ve liked her outfit if Krystal wore it. Kitty saw the bullshit.

[@anthonylawless2156]

So excited for this! I really enjoyed this season, it had some of my favorite queens of all time, but some of the comments and decisions from the judges were...choices

[@Sam-dp5op]

Chorizas not a POC, being an immigrant who’s native language isn’t English doesn’t equal POC

[@klutz_stringz]

Very that

[@moonlightbae6143]

Shes Latino?? I thought Lation’s were POC. Just because she emigrated countries doesnt change her race and background lol

[@Sam-dp5op]

@@moonlightbae6143 here is the definition of latino: (in North America) a person of Latin American origin or descent, especially a man or boy. She is hispanic. The original ethnic group from Spain is white. The acronym POC stands for Person Of Color. Speaking Spanish doesn't equal being a race. Spain is in EUROPE

[@moonlightbae6143]

@@Sam-dp5op Latina america was literally colonised by spain tho???. Same with Australia, Australia only became caucasian after england colonised it. Mexico only become latino after the spanish colonised it.

[@Sam-dp5op]

@@moonlightbae6143 OMG READ THE DEFINITION, LATINO REFERS TO THOSE IN NORTH AMERICA ORIGINALLY COLONIZED BY SPAIN, THEY AREN'T LATINO BECAUSE THEY SPEAK SPANISH, THEY ARE LATINO BECAUSE THEY ARE FROM LATIN AMERICA

[@mingbotlarue5694]

Im still so disappointed with how Choriza was rinsed. She is such a wonderful queen and they did her wrong

[@lizziegalbreath]

amen

[@glewde6311]

CHORIZA IS NOT POC !!! she's literally a white european, just because she has a strong accent, doesn't mean she is a person of color !!!

[@highonsugar6273]

Anubis’ look weren’t that bad on episode 1 in my opinion, Veronica Green, Kitty Scott-Claus and River Medway had worse looks

[@eddiecucuzza6697]

Totally expected kitty to be in the bottom

[@highonsugar6273]

@@eddiecucuzza6697 her looks were so basic and looked cheap in that first episode, I love her but she definitely got saved

[@jackh7889]

@@highonsugar6273 So glad someone agrees with me about anubis! I have my own opinions about how the season would go if it wasn't rigged.

[@highonsugar6273]

@@jackh7889 I genuinely think Anubis could’ve gone all the way to the end if it wasn’t for that first episode

[@jackh7889]

@@highonsugar6273 I agree honestly I think we could agree on a lot, what is the best way to talk to you, would love to discuss more

[@nnn326]

I guess you don't know because you seem to be from North America, but in Europe Spanish people are not considered people of color: they're caucasian same as everyone else who's ancestors are from Europe. Sure, Choriza is an immigrant in the UK, but a white immigrant, same as Krystal who is Greek (although Krystal seems to be maybe second gen). It didn't even cross my mind that some people would see her as a person of color, and I know for a fact Spanish people don't see themselves that way.^^

[@AngryCandy89]

Correct!

[@njpp92]

How Choriza is a PoC ? She's from Spain, part of Europe, her heritage is Spaniard, and she's white!

[@jeromepoulain7384]

Indeed!

[@samsstudio9913]

i don’t think Choriza should be considered poc, she’s spanish (not latin-american) therefore she’s white or at least mainly white since she is European. Just a heads up! 😉😋

[@paulclousier3856]

Spanish imigrant especially with an accent are discriminated in countrys like France, Uk, germany etc too, so its really doesn't matter at the end, no need to gatekeep discrimations

[@femkev.5245]

I was thinking the same thing. Choriza is an immigrant to the UK; that doesn't necessarily make her a POC.

[@chimmybacon1964]

just a little reminder, veronica stone isnt the first afab queen on rpdr! that title would go to gottmik she IS however the first cis woman on the show, so thats also amazing!

[@imsadlol4528]

afab queen is a title typically given to females that do fem presenting drag. i don’t think it’s fair to group gottmik in with women even if it is technically true

[@saidlakolatroniczucomg2094]

The storytelling of this season was a complete hot M E S S.

[@mambels]

uk 3 would have never been as good as The UK 2 basically because they didn't have Tia Kofi

[@MSlushalot]

Regarding the Queens, I look at it like this; ANY dude willing to put on a dress, hair, makeup and go out in public-has balls and is helping to break sterotypes. Even queens that aren't my favorite, and even queens that are on the bottom alot or get sent home first. They have balls. Theyre tryng to change things for the better, trying to change gender sterotypes, making their art, etc. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@dashi7070]

I think Krystal deserves her win to like 60%. Honestly when RuPaul held this entire speech of "you were born for Drag" on Snatch Game I said to my friend "Oh she won't win, they can't let her win now, it would be too obvious setup" and she won... I think she had a very similar storyline to Lawrence and Bimini. Lawrence was really strong in the beginning of the season and fell off towards the end while Bimini was weaker in the beginning having to lipsync but had a better Trackrecord by the end of it. Same with Ella and Krystal. I just really disliked that it happened again

[@thisworldiswonka]

Comparing apples to oranges

[@dashi7070]

@@thisworldiswonka elaborate

[@ikerfuk_]

ok girl how in the hell is choriza a "queen of color"?? shes literally a white spanish man.

[@chris_1412]

After Choriza and River got eliminated I had no motivation to continue watching either. As a Filipino I enjoy and appreciate Spanish and Asian representation. I was sad for Victoria Green when she got eliminated, and I love Alt drag and seeing Charity be eliminated so early was disappointing to see as well. I kinda hated this season lmao. Was so difficult and many times not enjoyable to watch. The production team really screwed up.

[@borntodie4411]

River Choriza and Vanity deserved WAYY better. The mistreatment towards them is so terrible.

[@lizziegalbreath]

they are by far some of my new favorite all time queens

[@julz3tt3]

Agreed completely 💯

[@BigFloppa14]

Charity 🥺

[@Vinigalves07]

Technically, Victoria Scone is the first Cisgender Woman on Drag Race herstory, but not the first AFAB contestant. The tittle of fist AFAB goes actually to Gotmik since Kade is a transman and was assigned female at birth. But I totally get that people use AFAB all the time to refer to Cisgender Women who do drag, so it fits as well

[@dunnowhatever9703]

I think Drag Race has less of an issue with PoC queens (they had several PoC winners, at least in the main US seasons: BeBe, Tyra, Raja, Bob, Yvie, Jaida, Symone and Sasha C.) and more an issue with queens whose first language isn't English, particularly latina and asian queens.

[@andrewlocke6103]

Y'all please stop using AFAB wrong. Yes, Victoria was AFAB, but she is a cis woman, which is more to the point here. Gottmik was also AFAB, but he is a trans man. Both identities are important to note, but the first here for Victoria Scone is that she's the 1st cis woman on Drag Race, not the first AFAB person.

[@themaxtails]

Thank you!

[@samsuppa8816]

Unpopular opinion: Victoria was heavily favored in the few episodes she was in. I'm a firm believer that she was going to be in the top for the first episode and that's why they had the top 2 lipsync. She was also safe in a dancing challenge where she sat in a chair the entire time.

[@tyagirodriguez4947]

I also think it's worth nothing that the only two storylines set up in the first episode went out the window by episode 3, with the "frontrunner rivalry" between Krystal and Victoria, and the "musical theatre rivalry" between Ella and Veronica

[@0f428]

28:09 just a reminder that Choriza is not a queen of color... Spain is not South America

[@apostolisplitsis5791]

Came home from a difficult day in work, ordered some comfort food and im about to watch it. Your videos calm me so much and i use them to relax♥️

[@matthewwatts5068]

Idk about the whole “Krystal slayed the finale so she should’ve won” excuse because by that logic Tayce should’ve won UK2 right? She did the best in the song and the final lip sync so by the logic that has been applied to Krystal then Tayce should’ve won last season?

[@CrystalSki67]

Agreed, Tayce won the finale episode.

[@laracurasev9825]

I live in Canada and used crave to watch UK 3, and my captions showed Kitty winning and her acceptance speech!! I noticed it immediately (because I wanted her to win). Definitely some sort of conspiracy...lol

[@jackh7889]

What did it say?

[@lowwfeh]

28:14 just reminding y'all that even though Choriza is iconic and an immigrant, she is NOT a queen of color. She is White. Mainland European is not a race

[@aitor7162]

Choriza ain’t a queen of color, she’s from Spain, she’s white 😵‍💫

[@zacw4688]

Choriza is not a POC. She’s Spanish which is white, idk why Americans keep doing this

[@helena4440]

Their school system is a mess

[@chineguy4562]

Totally agree over the mean-spirited judges' comments through this season ruining the mood of the show. I think only Michelle managed to stay constructive throughout and she always seems to be on the queens' side, but I would be happy never to see Graham Norton on the panel again.

[@adrian_hook]

28:37 Not to be that person, but does Choriza identify as a person of color? If not, she probably shouldn't be included in that group.

[@bp2159]

I think that had Krystal won episode 1 and 3 and then later on the fugly ball episode, then given Kitty the episode 2 win and the solo bra wars win it would’ve balance the season out waaaay more and made Krystal winning the crown make tons more sense but for some reason it’s like they had the c team produce this season

[@smartcam8095]

I feel like the reason why the first half was so bad was because of UK2 like you said earlier. I believe that the production for the first half was trying to recreate the magic from UK2 for this season, and the season probably ended halfway thru filming. Think about it, why else would they put more time in the stories for the second half if they have no other content from the previous season to use? If they wanted to keep using UK2 as a crutch and use the feedback from that season, they’d continue this throughout the entire time if they had more content. Production either had no more feedback or just didn’t want to use it anymore in order not to risk making the season any worse.

[@RainbowUnicornRemix]

Choriza is not a POC. shes white

[@vcam9]

I think what probably happened is that Ru might’ve seen the parallels between Charity Kase and Sharon Needles especially during the branding challenge and maybe acknowledging the surrounding drama around Sharon the past couple of years that have come out, gave Charity the boot once she got her moment. Plus she wanted a fashion queen like Raja to win the season although ironically Charity IS Raja Gemini’s drag daughter.

[@MakuraZalis]

That's a psyche out for Charity right there. Pushed aside for someone who has high fashion tastes like her drag mom. Let's be real, Krystal did deserve it. Look at how well her drag was for like 18 years old.

[@biminibonbaddie]

I've always felt like production chooses a winner from day one and is too stubborn to consider anyone else, then has to force some narrative around a queen winning despite others doing better

[@dylanedge8651]

This perfectly explains exactly how I felt the whole season! It was doomed as soon as Victoria and Veronica left... then river and choriza leaves together and it just made me feel like I didn’t care about the rest of them!

[@isaacmahoney5947]

Am I dumb or is choriza not a poc? She's Spanish, that's white. This isn't like america where people who speak Spanish are generally Latin x, she's literally just from Spain.

[@natsby4life842]

Spanish people can be POC, but it's Spanish + black/brown/something, not just... Spanish. And there are white latines too (I don't know if USA is any kinder to them or not). American and British people are just confused 😂

[@isaacmahoney5947]

@@natsby4life842 but Spanish people aren't latin. They're just Europeans.

[@natsby4life842]

@@isaacmahoney5947 Yes, but in addition to that, being latine doesn't make you a person of color by itself.

[@tiedyedsheep7195]

As much as I love Ru, this season showed again why he should stay out of european drag. Spain and Netherlands are so enjoyable because they have a host that gets the national specifics and the regional scene. If he really needs to still take over a european drag show, he can have Queen of Drags (somewhat the german drag race), because everyone would do a better job than Heidi Klum and her Toy Boys - but keep Conchita.

[@valentin866]

Pls remember that Veronica had 0 recources and was already in debt because of s2 so the questionable runways made sense

[@yasssgawwwd5643]

Veronica was real depressed the entire time she went home from season 2 as she reiterates to Tia in Tia’s show with Taimi. I don’t blame Queen’s for not being able to give strong couture. I couldn’t imagine getting a call to be on the show but feel so inadequate for not having the means whether lack of friends/designers or money or either .

[@alicewright9291]

I just want choriza, vanity and especially River getting a little credit, a little recognition for their amazing work this season. Is it so hard for production to be like these guys are doing really well and deserve at least some positive critiques? No, no it is not

[@donaldkinsella]

somethin that gets me is how thay let eurika back after her knee bunt not victoria

[@Shimo2130]

Unpopular opinion: Krystal wasn't born to do drag. SUE ME

[@nateparedes44]

Veronica got the most unlucky bottom being with vanity…… Ru was not going to get rid of the only black queen of the season SO early. That episode should of been a double shantey, especially after Victoria had to leave the competition.

[@nateparedes44]

OR brought back Anubis the next episode…..

[@draven2237]

@@nateparedes44 there is no point in bringing back a queen that has not shot at the crown, anubis didnt mostly all of the other queens were way stronger then her

[@igasulkowska625]

14:53 actually, shangela when she came back for season 3 was lipsyncing in the first episode (against venus dlite which already was an interesting storyline since she was the most pressed about shangelas return) and in my opinion, it was a good move narratively cause she made top 5, plus of course bimini lipsynced the first ep and it was amazing

[@Random_Personnnn]

Producers: let’s make the beginning and middle of the season horrible, sending home Victoria, Veronica, River and Choriza! Then suddenly, make Vanity and Krystal like able and Kitty and Ella front runners!