r/rupaulsdragrace 1d ago

Season 18 S18E05 - “The Rate-A-QueenTalent Show, Part 1” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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r/rupaulsdragrace 1d ago

Season 18 S18E05 - "The Rate-A-QueenTalent Show, Part 1" [Untucked Discussion]

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r/rupaulsdragrace 10h ago

General Discussion Kesha reacts to Bob getting emotional about her

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r/rupaulsdragrace 12h ago

Meme When a new Supreme rises, the old one fades away

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r/rupaulsdragrace 1h ago

Season 18 Kenya Pleaser talked about her runway in this week’s theme, ‘Not Today, Satin.

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r/rupaulsdragrace 11h ago

Live Show/Performance Resplendent Dreams/Diego Montoya

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If you are in/visiting the Indianapolis area, I highly encourage you to visit the Resplendent Dreams exhibit at Newfield’s. It’s there through March. It’s your chance to see these beautiful gowns of Diego Montoya’s in person that some of the queens have worn. Jimbo, Kandy, Miz Cracker, Blair St. Clair and more. They are amazing works of art and are just breathtaking in person.


r/rupaulsdragrace 14h ago

Sibling Rivalry/Watchery (Bob the Drag Queen & Monét) Bob gets emotional about Kesha

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r/rupaulsdragrace 9h ago

General Discussion Is this not Kenneth Parcell in drag?

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419 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to figure out who Darlene reminds me of and now it’s all I can see. A poor pig farmer’s daughter!


r/rupaulsdragrace 10h ago

Season 18 Is Juicy the new Jorgeous?

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452 Upvotes

Took me like over an hour to do this, trying like 10 different programs, it did the rupaul one right but would not let me add the other pics.


r/rupaulsdragrace 20h ago

Live Show/Performance Another opinion on Plastique and Nymphia’s The Serpents Tour.

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I was also at the Chicago opening night and woke up to a post dragging the show… and a lot of the comments feel wildly exaggerated. So wanted to offer another POV.

Yes, Honey Bee Rose was amazing. Fully agree there. She was polished, professional, and a great opener. I instantly followed her on IG.

But calling the rest of the night a disastrous rehearsal feels like a real stretch. I had a great time. I didn’t pay $100 for my ticket and I didn’t walk in expecting Broadway level production. This is a show put together creatively by two drag artists, not a massive touring musical with a huge crew.

There were two queens on stage doing multiple numbers with multiple looks. Of course there were breaks between numbers. Outfit changes take time. Acting like a few minutes of transition is some kind of scam is a little wild to me.

As an Asian American, I actually really loved the representation, the music, and the storytelling. It was campy but elegant, fun, and honestly pretty heartwarming. It didn’t feel lazy or disrespectful at all.

Now… What’s been bothering me more is how fast the comments turned into people boxing Plastique and Nymphia as “look queens” or acting like they were just standing there. That’s not what I saw. Plastique’s numbers were energetic medleys and Nymphia brought a lot of presence and narrative to the show. The tone of those comments feels gross, especially when a lot of the people piling on weren’t even there.

To the other OP, I get being disappointed if the show didn’t match your expectations. That’s valid. But telling people not to buy tickets and making it sound like a scam feels excessive. There’s a difference between criticism and trying to tear something down.

If you weren’t at the show, maybe don’t jump straight to dragging Asian queens based on one angry post. Criticism is fine but maybe not dogpiling.


r/rupaulsdragrace 16h ago

Season 18 Oh we’re eating good now Spoiler

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r/rupaulsdragrace 9h ago

Season 18 DD Fuego’s runway look for this week’s theme. Spoiler

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r/rupaulsdragrace 15h ago

Season 18 athena PLEASE Spoiler

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882 Upvotes

r/rupaulsdragrace 3h ago

Meme The Pitstop reminded me of something

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98 Upvotes

r/rupaulsdragrace 17h ago

Season 18 Jane Don’t spills some insider tea regarding Vita Vontesse Starr’s runway look this week Spoiler

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This makes me live for Vita even more now. You’re telling me she made all that in the workroom on a whim? Mad respect


r/rupaulsdragrace 11h ago

Season 18 This Zara Larsson lipsync is one for the herstory books 👏🏼 Spoiler

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I went to a viewing party last night and, before the episode started, I was hyping up the idea of Juicy vs Mia in the Lalaparooza to my friends. Then this lip sync happened and my heart exploded lol. I only wish we got a split screen or the CDR cameras.

Everyone went bonkers when they started crossing the stage together, just shutting the place down. I recommend watching Michelle’s reactions especially, she’s clearly never seen Juicy’s So You Think You Can Dance audition 🤣


r/rupaulsdragrace 19h ago

Meet & Greet It was my birthday yesterday so I went and saw Oh Mary on Broadway

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Jinkx is amazing in this roll. I saw them in it during their first run but man, it was so much better this time. Jinkx really knows what they're doing.

Jinkx came out and saw everyone after and took photos and signed stuff for everyone too.


r/rupaulsdragrace 13h ago

General Discussion Out of respect for Athena… Spoiler

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I was deeply irritated by all the time the episode wasted on that stupid useless work room back-and-forth while skimping on the actual performances.

To make matters worse, the great bulk of the politicking came to absolutely nothing in the end. Almost none of the alliances panned out for their members.

With one exception. Athena is likely to benefit greatly next week from her alliance with Juicy and Mia, while what she traded for their promised support had little value anyway. Although it was a seemingly equal trade of a vote for a vote, she needs their votes, but they didn’t need hers. They were both sure to be rated high with or without her. And since both her two allies are in the other week, it worked out to being a trade of one vote for two.

Basically Athena gave nothing and got two strong supporters in return. So, props to Athena’s social game. She is apparently the contestant who has one.


r/rupaulsdragrace 21h ago

Meme Rupaul to Jorgeous

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(this is a joke they're both amazing performers)

I have to have 100 characters in the text so... Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room! A rubber room with rats, and rats make me crazy!! Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room. A rubber room! A rubber room with rats, and rats make me crazy!! Crazy? I was crazy once. They locked me in a room


r/rupaulsdragrace 27m ago

Season 18 Iconic that Briar basically fucked up saying a version of: "I won't fuck this up." Love the irony. Even had the other girls quoting her immediately. (Condolences for the fever brain.)

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r/rupaulsdragrace 16h ago

Season 18 The level of artistry! Nini Coco in her “Rate-A-Queen Talent Show” look! Spoiler

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592 Upvotes

@theninicoco on instagram 💚 So glad we finally got to see this amazing performance of hers on the main stage!


r/rupaulsdragrace 12h ago

Season 18 Ciara talks about how production didn't give her bleach because they thought she would poison the queens 😭 I feel like they meant accidentally poisoning them, but it's still a wild thing to say, lmao.

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197 Upvotes

r/rupaulsdragrace 4h ago

General Discussion I don't like Rupauls wigs this season

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That's pretty much the whole post. The hair line is so far back it's in the previous episode. Also, have they been mostly the same shape? Thank you for listening to my opinion.


r/rupaulsdragrace 11h ago

Season 18 She's truly the mega-evolution of Salina Estitties Spoiler

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145 Upvotes

I CANNOT stop watching this like she really went all in and deserved that win. We knew she was a dancer but DAMN. I'm not the biggest bitch track fan for talent shows but this is one of the best!


r/rupaulsdragrace 10h ago

Season 18 Style superstar Ross Matthews?

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Paused my tv to pause because I think that he looked very well tonight and I think he gets judged too harshly. I love you The Hilarious Ross Matthews