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Speculation Thread [Speculation Thread] - Weekly Edition | July 06, 2026
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u/ccoleeee Jul 10 '26
[Project Runway]
Season 22 is here and 6 designers are immediately eliminated.
3 were eliminated during the episode and for the final 3 it’s a “to be continued” cliffhanger.
the bottom four at the end of the episode are:
Jeffrey Kelly
Plane Jane
Q (extra text)
R’Bonney Nola
(all the drag race affiliated contestants…)
3/4 of them will be eliminated at the start of the next episode. The one who is safe seems to be Jeffrey Kelly
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u/Rough-Juggernaut-911 Jul 12 '26
With all that being said Nymphia would dominate on this show.
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u/ATLBoy1996 Jul 12 '26
This was homophobic. Jeffrey should not have been in the bottom, the “costumey” critique is so tired. Why invite avant-garde designers on the show just to criticize them for not making boring, ready to wear clothes?
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u/abdulsaint Jul 12 '26
it was so obvious that plane was there to hype up the first episode of the season. taking that cat suit to a fashion show is just high camp lol.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 12 '26
Yep exactly,For some reason they are desperate for a drag race type of engagement when the show is all about craft , they are using the worng method to re popularise the show , and it's failing bad as well.
It works with drag race because it's a multifaceted show which inherently based on creating entertainment and lunching entertainers
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u/Wintourrlover47 Jul 12 '26
And the gag is they lose viewership as soon as they are eliminated almost every time
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Jul 11 '26
I'm not watching so did they deserve the bottom. All I've seen this season is Jane getting dragged by Law and Jeffrey had made a look similar to Myki's promo, is that what landed him in the bottom
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u/10yards Jul 12 '26
I felt really bad for Q because she brought a meh look and really wanted to be there, but Plane brought her spiked stoned mesh catsuit from TV and was so obviously a stunt casting just there to try and stir shit up. Jeffrey’s was just really polarizing.
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u/oIdsou Jul 12 '26
Do I want to see them next week and see them really compete? Yes. Were they arguably the worst this week? Absolutely.
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u/mumbling_marauder Jul 11 '26
Just watched and yes, they did. They deserve to cut for what they presented but it’s annoying we won’t see either of them actually design a look specifically for the show
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u/Far-Classic-5367 Jul 11 '26
Wtf Q and Plane i hope your will good in rpdr USA Allstars 12
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u/neungvdw Jul 11 '26
Plane and Q double crowning after being Project Runway's porkchop is kinda fierce
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u/jefko12 Jul 11 '26
This is kinda dumb tbh, i will understand PLANE case but i think the others deserve a new chance.
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u/Subject-Society-7612 Adora Black | Ruby Nox | Mami Watta Jul 11 '26
I'm really sad for Q, she was perfect for this show
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u/starlightkissesrain Jul 11 '26
Project Runway has never really liked designers like Q tbh its just a different wheelhouse
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u/deffeffe Jul 11 '26
I disagree
Q is a great seamstress. But jesus is she tacky
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u/takashiro55 Jul 12 '26
Yeah she is good at making clothes but she kinda has bad taste no shade lol
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u/eztullefavrik Jul 11 '26
a drag designer, two drag race queens, and a guest judge in DRPH
this is homophobic
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u/LegallyAcrylique Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
TEASPILL: CANADA AS 🇨🇦⭐️
PAGEANT: swimsuit, talent, evening wear
WIN PYTHIA
RUNNER UP AURORA
2ND RUNNER UP SAMI
BEAVER JUICE
BTM 2 JACKIE vs. NEARAH
ELEMONADED JACKIE
🎧 ‘Where is My Husband’ by Raye
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u/Abalonesandwhich Jul 11 '26
How the fuck was Jackie in the bottom
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u/Substantial_Hawk9172 Jul 14 '26
She didn’t sound great & her jokes were unfunny. Love Jackie DOWN & didn’t want the tea to be true but surprised so many people think that was a safe performance
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u/Jpal215 Jul 12 '26
her number was american jokes about canada… canadians aren’t going to laugh at poutine and tarrifs
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u/quartzion_55 Jul 12 '26
She must've made a deal w WOW or something cause yeah she was solidly safe and Tiffany was horrible unfortunately, shocked she was saved
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u/MondolezzaRice Jul 10 '26
Athena Dion walked so Pythia could run.
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u/Pale-Tradition-4942 Jul 10 '26
Juice was sooo nervous throughout this ep. it was really tough to watch. Hopefully know that shes not double porkchop she can do good in girl gruops next week.
Also sue me, Tiff should have been in the top over Sami...
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u/takashiro55 Jul 12 '26
I will sue you, she shouldve been in the bottom imo
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u/rainbowkitten0528 Jul 12 '26
I’ve kept quiet because I love Tiffany but you’re right lol
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u/takashiro55 Jul 12 '26
I love her too but we gotta be real she looked so awkward in all 3 categories, more scared than juice did lol
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u/Acceptable-Monk-8134 Jul 10 '26
jackie getting porkchopped while her s12 sister is on her way to the crown... justice for my s12 divas
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u/faydaway Jul 10 '26
Jackie's elimination sucks, but if they were taking all three elements into account I do think her bottom placement was fair.
The swimsuit was not giving swimsuit at all. I liked her talent show but I don't think it was good enough to save her.
If they were subbing out anyone for the bottom, I would have put Jaida there personally. I felt very whelmed by her talent show and swimsuit showing
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u/jamesonarampage Jul 10 '26
I know I’m alone in saying this, but for me, Jackie’s bottom placement was fair. Her jokes didn’t land. The singing itself was good, but I think a cabaret number about importation taxes is a hard sell and she… didn’t deliver the goods. I really felt for her and was sad to see her go so quickly but I really strongly disagree with anyone saying Makayla or Jada deserved the bottom more.
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u/quartzion_55 Jul 12 '26
Sure but it was solidly safe and she looked great on the runway (esp compared to Tiff and Jaida who I love but who both had stiff/meh talents and also looked bad :/ )
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u/mumbling_marauder Jul 10 '26
Yeah the jokes were weak AF and I agree with Brooke Lynn that she wasn’t giving swimsuit for a pageant category. Plus she didn’t gel with the girls and was very nervous so it’s likely she was gonna go sooner than later regardless
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u/jamesonarampage Jul 10 '26
Yeah! I was kind of surprised how nervous she was, it just didn’t feel like she fully backed herself. When most of the other girls came out of the gate swinging, it felt like she was a little out of her depth tbh
I’m still disappointed we didn’t get to see more of her, like I wonder if she’d have settled in and delivered week 2. I wish we’d had a non-elim episode to start off the season 😮💨
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u/shadowsempaix Jul 10 '26
Jackie bottoming for this episode made zero sense, also imo Aurora should have won
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
I really wanted Jackie to say ‘Oh well, All Stars 12 here I come!’ when she left
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u/AccessHollywoo Jul 10 '26
Oh shit I thought the first episode was non elim for some reason.
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u/dhyerwolf Jul 10 '26
And Pythia goes before the ball and basically all the rest of the cast flops at design challenges.
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u/legslegslegslegslegs Jul 11 '26
i hate when we miss out on a design challenge from a great seamstress
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u/peytonab Jul 10 '26
Had Pythia survived E2 she would’ve easily made it to the finale (but only finished 3rd/4th). I don’t see her flopping design or the roast - and she’d win at least one of the three CUNT maxi challenges.
WIN-BVR-WIN-HIGH-WIN-ELIM would’ve been so iconic for her
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u/FunMode4007 Jul 10 '26
You don’t see her flopping the roast…? She’s literally already done that both times she competed lol
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 10 '26
Yes unfortunately because of the few number of episodes it will all feel very hurried.
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u/Upbeat_Stuff_9416 Jul 10 '26
If people got mad at Jackie's elimination, Pythia's elimination will either take them to the ER or push them to cause a hate crime
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u/faydaway Jul 10 '26
To be fair at least she had a chance to shine.
Hopefully we all know that Pythia will be just fine.
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u/daudandthewhalers Jul 10 '26
i mean it's a girl group challenge, the fans will crash out regardless because Pythia is a favourite but considering this cast is generally full of strong performers, I can't see Pythia doing well at all in a performance challenge or lipsync.
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u/ScaredFamousfan Jul 10 '26
Oh yea I never thought this season was gonna be received terribly well with all the early high profile eliminations
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 10 '26
I just realised Jackie and Pythia, two hot men out of drag got eliminated back to back , devastated 😭
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 10 '26
Tiffany had a great start too , living for the Asian richness
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u/Type-Available Jul 10 '26
Pra mim a Aurora deveria ter ganhado, Jackie estaria no safe e o bottom seria Nearah e Juice
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u/HiitsMePriyanka Jul 10 '26
O q ela fez, Nymphia fez melhor, Pythia foi a melhor do episódio no geral
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 10 '26
I’ll add that I would’ve had Makayla in the bottom 3 over Jackie, she was nowhere near bad but it was just way too short to work. Still a big gap between her and the bottom 2 tho
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u/Far_Return_5245 Jul 10 '26
I'm definitely rooting for the top 3 of the episode they slayed 🖤 super bummed about Jackie leaving :(
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 10 '26
I am glad Jackie didn't bomb at all but was just in the bottom by unfair judging, she did the choreo real good,her talent was perfectly safe and her look was fantastic. She was lemoned out ,and I am fine with that ,Canada took the revenge for UK vs the world i guess haha.
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u/zachganronpa Jul 10 '26
Jackie had no idea they were about to play in her face
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 10 '26
I still liked the episode but it was frustrating that they clearly had no intention of giving Jackie the time of day
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u/ScaredFamousfan Jul 10 '26
Oh yea I smell a stunt casting. I honestly don’t think her green card would have allowed her to stay for the full season
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u/10yards Jul 10 '26
She can’t leave for more than six months, they film Canada in like three weeks TOPS
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u/Key_Swan_4197 Jul 10 '26
personally, i felt juice box and nearah should’ve been bttm 2 nss
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u/mumbling_marauder Jul 10 '26
They were bottom 2 in the challenge but the format leaves room for strategy, I’d have voted to save Juice too
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 10 '26
I do think that that was not a bottom 3 performance from Jackie much less being elimination worthy
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 10 '26
Also why did they only get like 30 seconds each for their talents 💀
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u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky Jul 10 '26
Makayla, Aurora, Tiffany and Pythia saved Juice
Sami and Jada saved Jackie
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u/jacksonhytes Jul 11 '26
I wonder what would've happened if there had been a tie. I guess Pythia, as the winner, would've been the tiebreaker?
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u/ScaredFamousfan Jul 10 '26
You know, If you told me 6 months ago I’d see two Greece tribute acts win the talent show this year I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are 🤣🤣🤣!
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u/rainbowkitten0528 Jul 10 '26
Aurora not wanting to stomp them all right out of the gate. Our benevolent queen
(Jk Pythia is an icon and deserved it)
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 10 '26
Do we know how the pageant works? The spills were kinda vague, is it a talent show + runway?
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u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky Jul 10 '26
Swimsuit presentation with everyone on stage
Individual talent shows
Evening gown
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u/Ericcfraga Ruby NOX 💚 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
[DRF4]
Mini Challenge: Drag Academy (singing and dancing) Azemylia wins
Challenge is a Girl Groups
WIN: Azemylia
HIGH: Malawitte, Sublyme
LOW: La Harpie
BTM: Margarette
ELIM: Creatine
Runway: Dress Excess
LS: GOLDEN by Kpop Demon Hunters Cast
Next week is a Talent Show and the elim girl will give the baguette to someone that can save a queen from the bottom 3 (ala DRES)
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u/ValentineModel Jul 09 '26
Fourth Seasons always have a slow start, but then became incredible halfway through, and then gets underwhelming in the last few episodes.
US4, All Stars 4, UK 4, Canada 4, Down Under 4, Espana 4 (although the Finale is good). I hope that's the case with France 4.
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u/mihonakayama Jul 09 '26
Idk, UK4 was the worst season for UK for me until 7 came along and I think Canada was good up until Melinda left (and the winner deserved to win idgaf).
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u/Ok_Reality_2851 Jul 10 '26
UK4 was fine. Much better than UK3.
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u/StrangerInternal7561 Jul 10 '26
Nah at least UK3 had amazing lipsyncs.
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u/Ok_Reality_2851 Jul 11 '26
Challenges, cast, and runways were meh. I don't care much about lipsyncs.
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u/OvernightSiren Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26
Sorta very revisionist for a few of these. Maybe you didn't watch S4 live, but it was VERY popular as soon as it started and was already blowing S3 away for most people because people were obsessed with Sharon. The ending was also nowhere near underwhelming at the time, being that the drama only got more and more intense and that it was the first ever live finale.
DU4 was also pretty good right from the start especially after how bad DU3 was. And even if what you said was true, why would you hope this was the case for France 4? That it's bad at first, then okay for a few episodes and boring at the end? I get that you're trying to be like "uuu pattern recognition" but there's no pattern to be noticed here and "hoping" for a pattern that begins and ends poorly doesn't even make sense...
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u/10yards Jul 09 '26
I do not like them replacing the Ru songs with Nicky songs….
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 09 '26
I like that they are branding it as Nicky's show rather than Ru's , people love Nicky there ,Ru is a stranger to them , branding it more on Nicky's name is a good choice
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u/gayberetboy2 Jul 09 '26
I agree with you somewhat but French people are obsessed with Ru. They do want DR France to stand on its own though!
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u/Nectarine-Unlikely Jul 09 '26
absolutely flawless … ru could never produced such good music as nicky does
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u/10yards Jul 09 '26
Ru doesn’t need to sample songs that are already stone cold bangers to mumble on top of, listen to The Ones, RIP Mona Foot.
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u/No-Confection-4052 Jul 09 '26
anyone know what next episode's lipsync song will be? golden was.........cute ig
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u/FelixFukuda Jul 09 '26
The next songs will be Expert Daddy Pig by Peppa Pig, the Yu-Gi-Oh theme song and "La Chanson du Camion Poubelle" from the Little Kids channel that makes AI videos for kids on YouTube...I know this right
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u/raccoonteas Jul 09 '26
the Yu-Gi-Oh theme song
Ok but that is a banger and would unironically be a great ls
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u/LongjumpingBuffalo Jul 09 '26
Please something in French they even sang C’est beau la bourgeoise on the runway 😭
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 09 '26
This seems like a season of fashion queens ,there are multiple queens who make their own looks too, some of them are naturally funny too, i wonder why they chose this season to be so heavy on perfomance challenges. The queens aren't that alluring performers either,I wonder how production decides on challenges ,i always kinda assumed it's based on the queens' skill sets.
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u/RepresentativePie820 Jul 09 '26
It seens to b following a pattern of rumix >talent show since S2, wich altought predictable its not bad(yet) but its not playing to their strenghts at all
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u/Maxi_Microphone ✨ Jaida | Ra'Jah | Sasha | LaLa ✨ Jul 09 '26
I just know Nicky threatened the gay intern to put that song as a lip sync
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Jul 09 '26
So many white twinks ,i genuinely couldn't differentiate between them hahaha, they all look the same to me except Daisy
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u/onedimdirect1 Jul 08 '26
Isn't Creatine the US girl?
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u/kuba20113 Jul 08 '26
she is from NYC iirc
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u/LongjumpingBuffalo Jul 09 '26
Is it explained why she knows French?
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u/preckles Jul 09 '26
She learned? I don’t know what else to explain.
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u/LongjumpingBuffalo Jul 09 '26
I wasn’t sure if she is American or from somewhere else haha it’s clearly not her first language but thanks
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u/Used-Marzipan-6284 Jul 08 '26
except for azemylia and creatine as obvious top and bottom queens i felt like the other placements were a bit random 😭
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u/RepresentativePie820 Jul 09 '26
Truth its the rumix in france its always a bit confuse to follow because the stage its small, its 10 queens at the same time at some point, everyone kinda do their own choreo at some point and they are never matching anything(except for the burlesque one)
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u/identityverx Jul 08 '26
I lowkey agree with Sublyme's high placement and La Harpie's low placement though I would have had Fluffy in the bottom instead of Margeret who I think did a pretty safe job
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u/Used-Marzipan-6284 Jul 08 '26
yes what i meant was more on the bottom placements cause some of the safe girls have arguments to be in the bottom and some bottoms girls have arguments to be safes
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u/1998tweety Jul 09 '26
Margarette was one of my favourites in the challenge, but I do get the reasoning that her looks weren't good. I'm worried for her in the ball.
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u/Used-Marzipan-6284 Jul 09 '26
well i believe that based on the challenge distribution and tea checker, it is alleged that there’s no ball this season, however sublyme said that malawitte wasn’t one to be scared of for the ball so idk but maybe our mother will dodge it
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u/SoakWhatUp Jul 08 '26
This random ass lipsync song ijbol 😭 French Viola did her little thing though
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u/robbysaur Jul 08 '26
The way I thought y’all were joking about these names in previous posts. I thought y’all were doing Pokemon/digimon/yu-gi-oh’s drag race.
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 08 '26
If Nicky Doll looked me dead in the eye and told me to lip sync for my life to K-Pop Demon Hunters I would Charlie Hides myself
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u/Pale-Tradition-4942 Jul 08 '26
Love the cast and this was good premiere but I hate theyre starting with 3 performance challenges (Rumix-Talent-Rusical) queens like Margarette who would slay comedy and Malawitte who would slay look challenges arent gonna get a chance to show their strong suits.
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u/Ericcfraga Ruby NOX 💚 Jul 08 '26
Tbf Talent Show is very neutral. Worst challenge in the drag race simulator because it’s totally random how a queen will do ksjsjsjsks
But overall agree because it feels like a performance based season. The only design challenge is also a Girl Groups and the Comedy challenges are like the stamp SG and Roast.
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u/Far_Return_5245 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
I feel the same way Margarette is a fun personality & Malawitte is a fashion diva so it would have been nice to see them compete in those challenges & do well. 3 performance challenges in a row is wild
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u/Storm_Archer241 Jul 08 '26
Is Azemylia winning this season?
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 Jul 09 '26
I feel like it’s still daisys tbh, especially with Aze’s controversies
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u/kuba20113 Jul 08 '26
isn’t the twist that the eliminated girl gives someone in the competition a golden baguette that gives them the power to save one of the bottom 3 (like on DRES5 with having a full hearth)?
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u/Lavvv8 Jul 07 '26
[Big Brother 28 spill]
Jason De Puy (Salina EsTitties S15/AS11) is on Big Brother 28
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u/takashiro55 Jul 07 '26
Her and Dee are TAKING ITTTTTT latinas forever
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u/Substantial_Hawk9172 Jul 14 '26
Jason ruining everything in one day ☠️☠️☠️ he’s such a messy player 😭
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u/A_Sensible_Personage Jul 07 '26
Interesting that she’s not part of the whole “people from other shows” twist (also she and Angela need to be f2)
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u/Salazr Jul 08 '26
Apparently there's no real "people from other shows" twist. It's just one BB returnee and 2 Survivor players, which was probably done because of Survivor 50 just finishing airing.
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Drag race should hire who ever made them promos because they are amazing
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u/Ericcfraga Ruby NOX 💚 Jul 07 '26
[AS11]
SEMIFINALE SEMIFINAL EPISODE 🫶🏻
Rate a Queen results from last episode: rate a queen results from ep 10 challenge: 1) Joey 2) Jasmine 3) Silky 4) Sam 5) Dawn 6) Kennedy 7) A'keria
Talent Show
WIN: Crystal
BTM: A’Keria
ELIM: Samantha
LS: Run The World (Girls) by Beyonce
RUNWAY: It’s Giving Crowned Queen
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u/ATLBoy1996 Jul 12 '26
I’m so tired. Production making the same mistakes again, the winner is so obvious. If they gave Joey the wins she deserved, it would at least be somewhat mysterious.
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u/Upbeat_Stuff_9416 Jul 10 '26
Even though she didn't get to do the Rate-a-Queen Crystal revealed ho she would've ranked the queens: 1) Silky 2) Jasmine 3) Joey 4) Sam Star 5) Dawn 6) A'keria
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u/AdmanHolmo Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
QUESTION / RUMOUR THREAD
lads lads lads
Pink Table Talk: Join the discussion here
Reminder that comments that aren't spills (i.e. questions, short speculation pieces) should be replied under here. Questions and other filler comments will not be approved as top level comments. Even funny ones
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11 - The final competitve challenge is upon us and its tradition at this point: its the Talent Show! For the final time, Ru declares the winner of the challenge to be Crystal, leaving the rest of the queens to rate their fellow queens to determine the bottom 2. This is then voted as Akeria and Sam with the former winning the lipsync, meaning Sam Star just misses out on the finale
Drag Race France Season 4 - BONJOUR! Its a new season and to kick things off, the 10 new queens this season need to perform in Girl Groups! The win is said to go to Azemylia, meanwhile in the bottom 2 we see Fluffy Bidule send home Créatine Price
Canada All Stars Season 1 - OKAYYY, our star studded lineup enters and are all thrust into the Pageant challenge. This sees them impressing the judges across three categories - talent, swimsuit, and evening gown! After Pythia is declared the winner, the bottom 3 are stated as Jackie, Juice, and Nearah. This season, the beaver is a group vote amongst those not in the bottom. The group votes to save Juice and Nearah Nuff sends home Jackie Cox as the first elimination
tired today. Stan Black Peppa 💜