r/DragRaceTea • u/reiner_apologist she's just UNT • Sep 14 '26
Speculation Thread [Speculation Thread] - Weekly Edition | September 14, 2026
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u/LegallyAcrylique Sep 18 '26 edited 29d ago
TRAITORS SPILL: ⚔️
Bianca is on
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u/surejan94 28d ago
This is actually pretty gaggy since Bianca has seemed generally pretty avoidant of reality shows since her win.
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u/jgroove_LA 28d ago
the exposure is massive, much bigger than Drag Race and she has a tour coming...opens her up to an entirely new audience
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u/Jpal215 29d ago
so happy but i need them to branch out of this one drag friend group after this
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u/Wintourrlover47 29d ago
Also just like the pit stop (which is funny cause all the main pit stop host queens have either been on or asked) the producers ask them who they should cast next. It’s clear Pep was first then she’s really close with bob and it’s just gone from there.
Now that this group is pretty much exhausted hopefully Bianca will convince them to cast someone more anomalous from the drag race stratosphere.
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u/jcumley 27d ago
I seriously doubt the queens themselves have much of a say in casting - would guess if anything they are having conversations with WOW about who would be good. I would guess that Trixie will be coming soon.
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u/Wintourrlover47 27d ago
They don’t necessarily have a say but the producers do ask who they would recommend (WOW even asks the alumni who they think would be a good pick for the next season of drag race all the time) and the show takes that recommendation into consideration.
Trixie was asked (the same season Bob was won) and declined.
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u/jcumley 26d ago
Yes, WOW (drag race) asks contestants who they suggest because they know the local scenes, talent, what the show is about, want connections etc - but the Traitors is not the same kind of show. I can pretty much assure you they are not casting based on suggestions This is not a similar setup. Didn't realise that about Trixie, but would imagine whomever they bring will also be a big name especially now that the show continues to grow.
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u/ashico69 29d ago
I think with Bianca on this season we should be looking for Adore or Alyssa on the next season. Those seem like the most likely people Bianca would recommend that Traitors would want to cast.
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u/jgroove_LA 29d ago
I don't think they think of her in that context
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u/MintyTyrant 28d ago
Yea I'm pretty sure the casting team just go for big names. Across the board they usually go for winners of their OG shows. At this point 7 out of the 20 cast members from Survivor's all winners season will have been on the show
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u/Subject-Society-7612 Maureen | Moh Dafok 29d ago
I want Ginger Minj and Alexis Michelle on, both would win that show soooo easily.
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u/Solid-Big9614 27d ago
Why Alexis? She’s seems kind of random to me.
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u/Willuna16 23d ago
Because she is the single most dramatic contestant to ever grace the main stage (and i love her for it)
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 28d ago
Why I feel like this show would be perfect for Ginger lmao I mean cmon now
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 29d ago
LEGEND!
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u/ultimate_bromance_69 29d ago
CLUB!
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u/GardenofDune 29d ago
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u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26
TEASPILL: Latina Royale - Episode 8
Improv (inspired by Caso Cerrado)
Pairings: Eva and Mariana, Regina and Elektra, Alexis and Matraka
Runway theme: Souvenir Eleganza Extravaganza
WIN Regina
TOP2 Matraka
HIGH (Yellow safe?) Elektra, Alexis
BTM Eva, Mariana
Lipsync: 20 de Enero by La Oreja de Van Gogh
Mariana is eliminated (robbed!)
Next week: Makeover
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 29d ago
the way supremme kinda dogwalked taiga and lolita on how judge and critique omg ... reina
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u/Kind-Racoon Nini Coco | Matraka Sep 18 '26
I'd put Mariana LOW and instead of her in the bottom I would have placed Lolita Banana, girl her acting skills are almost as bad as her jokes during the runways
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 29d ago
taiga at least has some funny moments, lolita stiff as hell as much as I like her
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u/Kind-Racoon Nini Coco | Matraka 29d ago
Yeah I agree, I was expecting for both of them to flop but Taiga actually did good, her experience in theater shows.
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u/shutupblacknight Vinas/Gawdland/Silky Sep 18 '26
Im a drag race mexico apologist but yeah lolita is awful
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u/OvernightSiren Sep 18 '26
Wow so Mariana is really the only non-DRMX queen that ever eliminates anyone this season
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u/Kind-Racoon Nini Coco | Matraka Sep 18 '26
Xunami was going to be too, until the judged Loteria'd her
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u/ca355 Sep 18 '26
Giving Slaysian Royale with Yuhua being the only international who sent someone home
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u/Big-Astronomer-10 Sep 18 '26
From the preview for next week can we take Makeup pairings as
Alexis (Horacio)
Matraka (Xunami)
Regina (Mariana)
Elektra (Desiree)
Eva (Abby - not shown but we know Barbie is not back)
Go on Desiree gonna be apart of one win this season it seems, Abby too. Forgiveness for Brazil it seems next week
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u/Kind-Racoon Nini Coco | Matraka Sep 18 '26
I'm sad Barbie isn't back :( Being the first eliminated and then not coming back, if they had to leave someone out I think Mariana was the one (And not because I don't like her but she's the eliminated queen with more screen time).
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u/Worldly_Ingenuity119 Sep 18 '26
The improv bits were LMFAO hilarious and it was difficult to see who was going to win. But Mariana did steal the spotlight from her partner, I agree with that critique. I was hoping Alexis and Matraka or Elektra would be in the top but it was Mariana’s time….FINALLY. I love her but they put her on this ride for too long and Regina made the right choice based on track record.
Supremme has this calming, gentle, and peaceful aura to her where her energy tends to sets things into balance. 😍 her. She did it in Italia s2 and she’s making her rounds here too. Sorry she had to see Mariana leave but it was her time.
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u/Upbeat_Stuff_9416 Sep 18 '26
I've seen some strong rumors that next week Eva is top 2 over Matraka which would mean that the top 4 track records could be:
Elektra: 4 wins, 0 bottoms
Eva: 3 wins, 3 bottoms
Matraka: 3 wins, 2 bottoms
Regina: 2 wins, 1 bottom
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u/BikeSuch1054 29d ago
The way Elektra's track record as of now could have been 7 wins 1 high is crazy. Mother has dogwalked the competition.
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 Sep 18 '26
They really dragged Eva to the very end omg
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u/1998tweety 29d ago
Eva got incredibly lucky that none of her bottom placements were with other Mexican queens
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u/BoxPurple8106 29d ago
I wonder if Matraka chose Eva's lip stick this week since Mariana saved Matraka last week AND Eva chose her lip stick.
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u/LooseLipsSinkShips21 Mocha Sep 16 '26
🏁 🇬🇧 Light Teaspill 🇬🇧 🏁
Drag Race UK - Series 8 Description
Episode 5: The Piggy Pageant (Ball Challenge)
RuPaul’s search for the UK’s Next Drag Race Superstar continues.
The queens must go ham or go home as RuPaul stages the very first Piggy Pageant. Testing their stamina to the max and in a cunning twist, the queens are challenged to serve three piggy-themed looks on the runway - all against the clock! The pressure is on, but thankfully, Drag Race favourite Just May - affectionately known as season four’s Pork Chop queen - is on hand to help.
Pop legend Rick Astley and international fashion Icon Michèle Lamy join RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Graham Norton on the judging panel. Who will bring home the bacon this week?
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u/Far_Return_5245 Sep 17 '26
plot twist: Just May returns to the finale as well & wins the season & becomes the host of UK All Stars
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u/shuhup Backswamp Contessa Sep 16 '26
Pop legend Rick Astley and international fashion Icon Michèle Lamy join RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Graham Norton on the judging panel. Who will bring home the bacon this week
Since when have they had space for five people on the panel!? 🤨🧐
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Sep 16 '26
No offence to Just May but of all the *checks drag race wiki* 91 contestants from season 1-8 why her??
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u/CelestiaLudenb3rg Sep 16 '26
Bones eating so much she's fat with power and Flesh winning a piggy ball oh iktr
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 16 '26
Not a so random Just May cameo 😭, but i would love to see her again
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 16 '26
JUST MAY ??????????????
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 16 '26
You did not know ??
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 14 '26
TEASPILL - [DRUK]
Anon 8 has given the following rundown for the Snatch Game episode! Bear in mind, they are not an on set source nor have they watched the episode so take elements such as the spilled drama with a grain of salt - some things may not make the edit such as Mocha/Lucky in episode 1
WIN - Coral Hole Mandi - Kath and Kim
HIGH - Naya Thorn - Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)
HIGH - The Delta Quadrant - Mary Todd Lincoln
SAFE - Anita Piss - Nosferatu
SAFE - Flesh - Charlotte Tillbury
SAFE - KY Kelly - Jane McDonald
SAFE - Mocha - Guy Fawkes
LOW - Paris Baby - Eve (the Bible)
BTM - Alik - Rupert Everett as Camilla Fritton (from St. Trinians)
ELIM - Tequila Thirst - Helena Bonham Carter
RUNWAY - Kitsch Please
LIPSYNC - The Look Of Love - ABC
DRAMA - Mocha vs Delta, Paris vs Everyone
also a teaspill from Anon 10 (unverified but has spilled accurately)
- The final lipsync is Modern Love (David Bowie)
- "Flesh and Naya devour Mocha"
Thanks dears, spread love and whatever you want to spread x stan Black Peppa 💜
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u/ScaredFamousfan 29d ago
I’m so over snatch game, they want us to believe something is so unfunny when it’s really just ru choosing not to be amused like the producer she is.
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u/ExtraFineItalicStub Sep 17 '26
Delta was wearing an OH, MARY! cap last ep I truly hope it's not Delta as Cole as Jinkx as MTL
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u/Aitcera Sep 14 '26
The Irish diva's assassianting snatch game for a 3rd year in a row now
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 15 '26
If you look at the Irish track record for SG ,it has been flawless, Blu was high on s1 and won on UK vs the world, Jonbers was high too albeit that was the weakest SG from an Irish queen so far.
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 15 '26
Blu was actually safe 😭 i remember thinking that no way blu n cheryl would b finalists being called safe even after a 2 very strong snatch games(and blu's iconic eye look)
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 15 '26
Oh yeah i had to check wikipedia,she had done so well ,i just registered it as high in my brains hahaha
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u/finalfanatic168 Sep 14 '26
Kath and Kim (both separately or together apparently), really are basically just insta-win choices for Snatch Game, huh?
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u/Icy-Feed9750 Sep 14 '26
i can see mochas side vs delta especially if delta legit just does oh mary
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u/fansvfavourites Sep 14 '26
well it’s a good thing the final lipsync never holds any weight in who wins
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u/OperationEqual8586 Sep 14 '26
Well. Krystal and kyran say HELLOOO!
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u/Deep_Court_3429 Sep 14 '26
Am I insane to say I feel La Voix and kyran were equal in the final lip sync
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Sep 14 '26
Am I more insane to say La Voix had little to no chance of winning, no matter how well she did in the LS? I love them both but as someone pointed out before Ru likes to crown her favourites and Kyran was clearly her favourite in my opinion.
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 15 '26
Ru has a weird bone to pick with older queens
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u/daudandthewhalers Sep 15 '26
because she knows la voix would literally do her gig better than her especially for the UK
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u/Fancy_Active2532 Sep 14 '26
honestly, the three girls up for the crown have been three of the most enjoyable queens so far, so any of them takes it, i'm happy! (i'm mainly team mocha tho)
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u/ReleaseMuted9810 Sep 14 '26
Listen I'm not a HBC fan, but how the fuck do you fuck up a HBC snatch game?!? The woman is a GOLD MINE for snatch game
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u/ExtraFineItalicStub Sep 17 '26
Just take Bellatrix and Princess Margaret and put it in a blender. Comedy gold.
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u/mrklmngbta Sep 14 '26
i feel like harry potter-HBC or the red queen-HBC is a gold mine of snatch game quips 🤷🏻♂️
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u/unreveparisien Sep 14 '26
It really seems like it's gonna be a battle between Flesh and Naya. Though, it seems like odds are more on Naya's favor since Bones just won last season.
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 15 '26
I feel like if they wanted(they can change their mind tho!) Flesh to win she wouldnt b in the BTM3 last episode because...there was a good ordeal of ppl worst than her 🤐
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u/robbysaur Sep 14 '26
Uk is determined by who is Ru’s favorite, and right now, that’s mocha.
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u/Upbeat_Stuff_9416 Sep 14 '26
Well according to the tea checker Naya ends up being Ru's favorite throughout the season
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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 Sep 14 '26
Don’t count mocha out just yet! (I say this as they take me out the psych ward)
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u/skyfullofsong Sep 14 '26
Husband clocked TDQs Oh Mary! merch last episode! Interesting to see if she does her own thing or a similar vibe
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u/AdRealistic2093 Sep 14 '26
Do we have any tea on what Mocha and Lucky fought about? 👀
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 15 '26
Ill b SO UPSET if all the fight its scrapped just like they did with S7
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u/AdRealistic2093 Sep 15 '26
Right! I was thinking the same thing. Then you end up with queens who have no storylines or weird moments because the context is missing.
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u/212throwaway2121 Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26
Paris vs Everyone being a teaspill is sending me like at this point WE KNOW
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u/ultimate_bromance_69 Sep 14 '26
TDQ auditioning for Oh Mary on west end. She definitely doesn’t waste a business opportunity.
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u/TheMakeUpBoy Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 14 '26
Mocha won this season the moment she walked in her first runway.
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u/daudandthewhalers Sep 14 '26
not with that finale lipsync tea
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u/TheMakeUpBoy Sep 14 '26
I mean if she’s doing well they could Jinx all stars 7 her.
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u/daudandthewhalers Sep 14 '26
What the hell, sure I mean that runway look was fucking incredible I agree with you that was one of the best UK looks I've ever seen on her first runway of the season. But it's like Marmalade on s6, I'm absolutely rooting for mocha but realistically I ain't getting my hopes up for them winning any lipsyncs
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u/TheMakeUpBoy Sep 14 '26
True when you bring the Marmalade argument I was gagged every single runway.
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u/ValentineModel Sep 14 '26
Girl, she's not even Ru's fave. It's gonna be Naya (said by spillers). Also, she's gonna get a main shady edit once Paris is gone.
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u/TheMakeUpBoy Sep 14 '26
I forgot you all watched the season and that the whole point of speculation was to SPECULATE.
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u/ValentineModel Sep 14 '26
Well, my speculation is she's gonna have the same fate as Kitty Scott Claus. Good track record, but not the main character of the season, so she loses at the end.
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u/CooCooCachoo_ Sep 14 '26
Kitty's whole edit was "Kitty's got no badges" and Mocha already has one, so I don't see how this works.
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u/LooseLipsSinkShips21 Mocha Sep 14 '26
The fact the arguments may not make the airing is positive sign for me
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u/SoakWhatUp Sep 14 '26
With Modern Love as the LSFTC song and Kiss My (Uh Oh) as the most likely song for episode six do we have a full LS playlist for UK8?
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u/Jumpy-Equivalent-561 Sep 14 '26
Think Naya might sneak it and win it all
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u/AndresFM95 Sep 14 '26
Yeah specially with her doing good at snatch game I feel like she may be positioned as the most well rounded
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u/daudandthewhalers Sep 14 '26
me too, Naya seems like she could be Ru's favourite next to KY Kelly and we haven't had a 'slow burn' type of winner before who only wins in the second half of the season. The latest a winner has got their first win on UK is episode 4 (ginger) I think??
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u/neungvdw Sep 14 '26
Asian queens on main UK seasons are either eliminated before snatch game or eliminated during snatch game 💀
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 14 '26
UK1, UK3, UK4, every UKvsTW season and now UK8 😭
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u/neungvdw Sep 14 '26
Marina was only in the bottom and Zahira is safe while Gawdland won the snatch game on UKvsTW though.
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 14 '26
Keta Minaj is part Indonesian and was eliminated. Minty Fresh from the Philippines was eliminated on SG next season
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u/neungvdw Sep 14 '26
True, but what I originally meant for the main season is that there's no Asian queens left after snatch game 💀 But you are also right.
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 14 '26
actually a shocking statistic, i hate to see it thank you 💜 Chai T Grande on All Stars will fix this
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 14 '26
Oh this is an exciting lineup , can't wait
Also I am kind of very team Flesh at the moment,she is just scratches my brain the right way, but it feels like Naya is gonna take it as she does well and is Ru's favourite
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u/Beneficial_Tap_683 Sep 14 '26
Delta wore Oh, Mary! merch in the werkroom last week…. absolutely PRAYING this is inspired by Oh, Mary! I’ll be on the FLOOOOR
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u/ExtraFineItalicStub Sep 17 '26
I'm sort of the opposite ... if it's an Oh, Mary! snatch game, it feels a tad lazy, but honestly, if I had a nickel for every snatch game choice I wasn't excited about ... LOL.
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u/MeepMorpsEverywhere Sep 14 '26
Paris just not being good at anything the whole season 😭😭😭
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u/_babyl0n Marina | Cheddar | Diamond | Victoria | Rajah | Colby | Couenne Sep 14 '26
she's amazing at one thing
Paris vs Everyone
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u/027huds Sep 14 '26
Here to say again - So. So. Tired! of the over-reliance of historical and fictional characters on Snatch Game 😭
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 16 '26
Main problem its ru encourages that, she preffers that over ppl she doesnt know, i think the only series ppl are encouraged to pick real ppl its canada, you can notice they try to listen to the fans and know we dont like that, most of the snatch games are currently alive ppl
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u/DiphthongSong87 Sep 14 '26
Preach. I know Snatch Game is a comedy/improv challenge moreso than an impersonation challenge, and there have been good fictional/historical performances, but fictional characters, historical characters, and completely made up characters go against what the challenge is supposed to be.
I'd rather they just get rid of Snatch Game and come up with some other way of testing their improv skills.
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u/gameofmikey Sep 14 '26
I tend to agree ( less on the historical) but at least they’re still doing snatch game…
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u/Hazzaj2001 Sep 14 '26
agree but i’d rather someone real than the fuckin tooth fairy
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u/ineverlikedyou2 Sep 14 '26
I see the point, but noon said that when Pythia did Zeus lol
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u/027huds Sep 14 '26
I'd trade one or two half decent snatch games for the wasteland of awful ones the historical figures / charactwrs have given us 🤷🏻♀️
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u/Fine-Example3328 Sep 14 '26
Coral's track record is so good
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 14 '26 edited Sep 15 '26
QUESTION / RUMOUR THREAD
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
Drag Race Mexico: Latina Royale - Well... this is the one week we have almost nothing 😭 Its the Acting challenge and we know we will be seeing Mariana eliminated. Beyond that is a mystery 💜
Drag Race UK Series 8 - This week is the Snatch Game, but that weird Take Me Out version they used last year... ok anyways. Scroll down for a full rundown with characters, for now confirming that Naya and The Delta both get top critiques while Coral wins the challenge. On the other side, Paris is called safe out of the bottom 3 and Alik sends home Tequila Thirst
So apparently UK All Stars is happening LMAO that was a surprise
(sadly I was warned quite a few times of the imminent cancellation but this eased the sting!). Tayce and Lill please pick up the phone. Stan Black Peppa 💜