Favorite/Least favorite Drag Race queens

I HATED the Heathers thing. I see absolutely no difference in the way they behaved and all the hate that RoXy spewed and by the end, the "boogers" were every bit as good as them. Manila sort of won me over on All Stars and Raja was rather gorgeous, though she seemed above it all. Carmen Carrera made me sick on the show and sick ever since. Ick. So freaking boring.

Hated the first 7 who got eliminated on season 5.

Favorites by season
1: Nina Flowers
2: Raven
3: Yara, I think
4: Willam (with honorable mention to Sharon & Chad)
5: Detox

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Updated On: 7/28/13 at 06:29 PM

The lip-synchs on the show have proved, to me, some of the best moments in t.v history

1. Delta vs Manila: How incredible was their lip-synch??
2. Mimi vs India: come on, Mimi!
3. Yara vs Alexis: This one brings a tear to my eye every time I watch it

Regarding Willam: Does anyone know why exactly he was eliminated? I know he broke rules but apparently meeting with his husband every so often was not the final nail in the coffin.

Updated On: 7/28/13 at 07:09 PM

I STRONGLY disliked Mimi during both of her stints on the show. She was annoying and way over the top. Then I found about about her band Xelle and oh my god are they good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZrlmHSZBw
And I watched Mimi on the Elimination Lunches and she's very smart.

If you have Spotify listen to Xelle's The City! It's beautiful.

Favorites by season? Season 1 would have to be Nina because she was the only one who didn't come off as a colossal bitch. Season 2 would be Jujubee even though I wanted to smack her anytime she would would out with that short dirty blonde wig. Season 3 I've gotta give it to Manila.

Season 4 is where it gets hard so there's a few for me here. Willam because it's ****ing Willam and everything he touches is gold. The rest are Latrice, Chad, & Sharon. They should have been the top three because PhiPhi is an annoying ass hat. Season 5 I was in it for Jinkx, Alaska, & Detox. Honorable mention to Alyssa for being so damn entertaining.

Regarding Willam: Does anyone know why exactly he was eliminated? I know he broke rules but apparently meeting with his husband every so often was not the final nail in the coffin.

He said he broke A LOT of rules and saw behind a lot of the "reality" of it and didn't shy away from saying what goes on behind the scenes. Season 5 reportedly had a lot of crackdowns on the girls because of Willam. The producers hold no hard feelings toward him though because he's always at their Drag Race sponsored events, appeared on an episode of All Stars, Drag U, Season 5 Clip show, was invited to the finale of Season 5.

May I say something? Ripping your wig off should be an immediate loss during the lip sync. It reeks of so much desperation like you can't sell the song without relying on the shock value? I mean Sharon of all people relied on shock value for ONE Runway and it was appropriate.

Updated On: 7/28/13 at 08:33 PM

Sharon Needles
JuJubee
Manila Luzon
Nina Flowers
Willam
Jinkx Monsoon
Alaska
Latrice Royale
Raven

As for least favorite: Roxxy and Phi Phi. Yeesh, gals, I know you each had rough upbringings but the ugliness you each brought on your fellow drag-sisters was rough.

I remember during Willam's season that the early reviews on major sites covering the show had Willam in the comments section when people were a little put-off by her early on and found her 'show credit-whoring' humorous. It made me think that she was not a finalist. I figured she may have had a series of minor infractions that perhaps blew the secrecy cover on the competition.

"May I say something? Ripping your wig off should be an immediate loss during the lip sync. It reeks of so much desperation like you can't sell the song without relying on the shock value? I mean Sharon of all people relied on shock value for ONE Runway and it was appropriate."

A-MEN. This has happened at various clubs and parties I have gone to that featured a drag queen. It is a trend that must be stopped. Unsurprisingly, each 'wig-pulling' incident was during a lip-synch of Dreamgirls.

Updated On: 7/29/13 at 09:27 PM

A-MEN. This has happened at various clubs and parties I have gone to that featured a drag queen. It is a trend that must be stopped. Unsurprisingly, each 'wig-pulling' incident was during a lip-synch of Dreamgirls.

That is so random. I mean I could get it if you're singing 'I Am What I Am', but for any old song? It's embarrassing. And just jumping into an epileptic fit that Milan seemed so commonly poised to do. Just no.

Also, if you're a Latrice Fan and have 2 hours she did an interview about her entire life that is very insightful.
http://www.dragofficial.com/1/post/2013/07/latrice-royales-life-journey.html

Willam pretty much got kicked off because he wanted to leave. He had a prior commitment to an off-off-Broadway show. He said he was supposed to have been gone before Jiggly, but Ru kept keeping him. Hi finally bitched loudly enough and the producers didn't leave Ru any other way to go. Apparently Ru has little involvement in the running of the show beyond his on-screen time.

It wasn't really about rule breaking. Phi Phi had a cell phone and other queens were shooting hormones, both of which are against rules and producers knew. It puts Phi Phi's generous gift of her winning phone call to Chad in perspective, doesn't it? He'd been calling whomever he wanted all along.

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Willam pretty much got kicked off because he wanted to leave. He had a prior commitment to an off-off-Broadway show. He said he was supposed to have been gone before Jiggly, but Ru kept keeping him. Hi finally bitched loudly enough and the producers didn't leave Ru any other way to go. Apparently Ru has little involvement in the running of the show beyond his on-screen time.

That is always what I thought! Willam was honestly too big to be on Drag Race because he wanted to be there. I've always felt that the Producers put him there to stir up drama and make things entertaining. There was never even a thought in his, or the producers, mind that he would be winning. He was also their fail safe for disqualification for if their chosen queen gets knocked to the bottom as Sharon did.

"other queens were shooting hormones"
How were these queens not disqualified? Willam meeting with his husband doesn't really give him an advantage over the other girls in the competition while hormones surely would..? I'm assuming those queens were Jiggly and Kenya?

I don't know which queens were doing it. I do know that Jiggly lives as a woman. I assume Kenya does. That's why I got annoyed when Monica Beverly Hills was declared the first trans contestant.

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How on earth was Nicole Paige Brooks ever on this show? lol

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"I know I asked this before and got a reply but I cannot seem to find it so: Does anyone know if the queens are briefed on what type of challenges they will be doing ahead of filming? I always find it fascinating every queen (even the non sewers) has a costume related to the theme (e.g: 80's in se 5 or the Spanish runway on the telenovela episode)."

Sharon said in an interview that she was always prepared to go as Cher for the Snatch Game and then the moment she saw Chad Michaels, she went back to her car and put it away- hence the quickly thought out, busted genius of going as Michelle Visage.

They definitely know beforehand.

What did people have against Alexis? I've come across very few people who felt she deserved a spot in the top 3. I had no problem with her being there as I was just happy to see Manilla but felt that had Yara not broken down in the lipsynch, she would have made it into the top 3 over Alexis.

While I agree that Chad was a very polished queen, I think Willam was one of the best performers to ever step into the werk room. She had the look, the attitude, the drive, the humour..everything! I adored her! Had she not been DQ'd, I think she would have made it all the way to the crown!

Latrice was one classy queen who I felt deserved a spot in the top 3 over that malicious Phi Phi.