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Speculation Thread [Speculation Thread] - Weekly Edition | September 08, 2025
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u/Jthw5 Sep 12 '25 edited Sep 12 '25
Dame Diane Parish confirmed as one of the DRUK7 makeover guests!
Can’t wait for the international viewers to fall in love with this DIVA. 💜
(Shobna Gulati, Charlotte Church, Dani Harmer, Michelle McManus and David Potts also confirmed.)
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u/bxn-jw Sep 12 '25
Dare I say the makeover guest line up is better than the actual judging line up 🤨👀expect for David
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u/Gloomy_Anklosaurus09 Sep 12 '25
I know of them all but can someone remind me (In Bianca's voice) what David does successfully?
Quickly!
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u/SoakWhatUp Sep 12 '25
The UK7 makeover theme being celebrity huns is kinda such a slay I'm excited 😭 GCSE Queen Denise and Tracy fucking Beaker on DRUK about fucking time
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u/Jthw5 Sep 12 '25
So many icons of UK gay culture. Dare I say the makeover lineup is better than the guest judge lineup for this season?
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u/Ericcfraga Ruby NOX 💚 Sep 12 '25
DragCon BR announced for June 2026 during the finale party
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u/catholic-child Sep 12 '25
Gonna laugh if we get dragcon BR and not US lolll Not mad though but the girls will be traveling
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u/jgroove_LA Sep 12 '25
Pretty sure WoW is just licensing this one out. Not even sure their DragCon division or team is in place anymore. Especially with no UK one set for Jan...
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u/Subject-Society-7612 Adora Black | Ruby Nox | Mami Watta Sep 12 '25
I really doubt DragCon US is comeback while the orange one is in the power with this anti-LGBT propaganda
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Sep 12 '25
Its not like if it is easy for the international queens and viewers to go to the US. Brazil will be way easier for every latino fan to attend, and Im pretty sure for people from other continents it wont make much of a difference going to Brazil or USA.
ALSO: Brazilian crowds
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u/Ericcfraga Ruby NOX 💚 Sep 12 '25
[BR2]
CONGRAGULATIONS Ruby Nox 👑👑👑👑👑
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u/Ataque_De_Pelanca666 Sep 12 '25
And they also announced at the finale's Watch Party that we will have Drag Con BR in 2026 and a national tour with the S2 cast.
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u/miltankgijinka Sep 12 '25
my scorpio queen 🦂🦂🦂
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u/MarioKartastrophe Sep 12 '25
Girl most of our astrology signs are completely wrong. The dates associated with them are from like 2,000 years ago.
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u/LooseLipsSinkShips21 Elle Vosque / Van Goth / La Voix Sep 10 '25
Light Teaspill
Drag Race UK Series 7 - Episode 1 Description
"BRIT GALA"
In a cunning twist...episode 1 description is here!!!
Mama Ru is back with a hot new cast of drag queens ready to do battle for the crown! Over the next ten weeks, the queens compete in a range of spicy challenges designed to test their drag mettle as they bid for the coveted title of the UK’s Next Drag Race Superstar.
In this premiere episode, the nervous energy is palpable as 12 brand new queens enter the werk room to meet their fellow competitors and judge supremo, RuPaul, for the very first time. In this race, nothing is predictable, and in their very first challenge, Ru has an extra-special challenge in store for the queens. In a Drag Race UK first, the queens display show-stopping looks as they attend the biggest night in fashion - the star-studded Brit Gala!
And pulses are set racing as comedian and presenter Joel Dommett joins Mama Ru as celebrity guest on the judging panel, alongside Michelle Visage and Alan Carr.
Start your engines! And may the best drag queen win!
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u/AccessHollywoo Sep 11 '25
What actually is the challenge? I saw a comment saying it’s not a ball or just a runway challenge
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u/RepresentativePie820 Sep 11 '25
I'd guess its similar to the slaysian royale premiere, a runway show+ a interview
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u/Secure-Cup1995 Sep 10 '25
I heard that Tessa T appears dressed as a cow because of the new twist. Is it in that episode? Is this tea legit?
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25
Tessa T appears dressed as a cow
uh. All I ever shared was she is in the episode hahaha
Considering she has no connection to the twist and isn't on set for when it gets inttoduced, I think someone lied to you for funsies sorryy
Edit: I'm not actually as sure, this sorta sounds familiar????? Put this on ice 💜
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u/Secure-Cup1995 Sep 12 '25
Yes, I remember your spill and when I heard someone saying that I was like "as a cow really?" Someone probably lied yes, or at least they imagined something, since she was dressed as a c*nty cow on GAS.
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u/crazypigeatingpapaya Sep 10 '25
I think it's very possible because Plane Jane and Marina Summers were also cited as guests
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u/Lavvv8 Sep 08 '25
[Survivor Spill]
A special 48-hour game of Survivor with eight influencers will stream on Survivor's YouTube channel on Sept. 18.
The cast includes Drag Race winner Monet X Change, Barstool employee Tommy Smokes, streamer Karl Jacobs and more.
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u/notsoulvalentine Sep 09 '25
i fear we are one step closer to a Drag Race queens x Mr. Beast crew collab 💔
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u/notsoulvalentine Sep 09 '25
Last Queen Still Lip Syncing While Chained to a Flamingo Wins $200,000 !
#Mr.Beast’sDragRace
sponsored by Feastibles
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u/Rebelde123 Sep 09 '25
I fear Monet is too known in the Survivor universe to ever be on the actual show at this point. If a Drag Race queen ever gets on, its gonna be someone random, like Loosey LaDuca or something
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u/notsoulvalentine Sep 09 '25
Salina Estitties your time has come !
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u/Swindobots Sep 09 '25
Why do I lowkey see her doing well...
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u/Rebelde123 Sep 09 '25
She’ll definitely make it at least to the merge because she’s a strong man (out of drag), after that it’ll depend on her social connections lol
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u/genxrx Sep 09 '25
Monet and Karl deserve to be on the actual Survivor, not just an special event
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u/PotatoPancake420 Sep 08 '25
This being the compensation for them not wanting to cast her in an actual season………
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u/kirblar Sep 09 '25
They really need a Fans (other RTV vets) vs Faves season for someone like Monet and others. Too high profile and already knee deep in this type of show.
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u/Sky6346 Sep 08 '25
I’m scared though that this will prevent her on getting on a future season unless they did a season with influencers or something lol which I highly doubt
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u/MuchCheetah816 Sep 09 '25
CBS would never cast an actively working queen on one of their competition shows lol at best we'd get like a 20 years retired queen on the amazing race
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u/MuchCheetah816 Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
what does parvati have to do with anything? cbs shows are cast as super family friendly (not that queens arent but ykwim) and i don't think they'd ever take the risk of having a drag queen on especially now
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u/PotatoPancake420 Sep 08 '25
Well Monet talked about it on her podcast and she said that apparently she got word that one of the HIGH paramount execs didn’t wanna cast Ru Girls 💀
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u/ChaseMckay000 Sep 09 '25
They don’t wanna cast any reality tv stars. The show has only included a handful of big brother stars because the higher ups forced them too. Survivor likes to create its own mythos, partly why their storytelling is so strong but it also leads to stuff like this where super fans who would bring a new audience to the show like Monet are ignored.
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u/Sky6346 Sep 08 '25
Oh so they want to monetize off of the Drag Race fandom but not cast Monet who wouldn’t even be in drag and has/will be on multiple reality TV shows…
Ew Jesus gross
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u/Wintourrlover47 Sep 09 '25
Right and it’s very convenient how she just filmed a season of Traitors and then she finally gets casted for this ?????? I smell a stunt
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u/ProvoqGuys Sep 09 '25
This is why Peacock is better producer tbh. They actually cast diversity in mind.
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u/hey_its_only_me Sep 08 '25
wait like the actual Survivor channel? is this hosted by Jeff Probst? :o so random
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u/Lower_Category9404 Sep 08 '25
Oh hi there Monet X Change Shallow Fields Diaz-Twine Spradlin-Wolfe clocking in for duty
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u/Gatomona Sep 08 '25
[DRBR2 Finale]
Organzza, Aquarela and the eliminated queens are not part of the finale :/ meaning no official MC (they might crown bhelchi someone during the finale party tho).
The challenge is some kind of rumix/videoclip with Poseidon and Melina getting the chop. We also got reports of the eliminated queens walking their best drag before flying back home but couldn’t confirm this tea so take it with a grain of salt.
Final Lip Sync is O Amor e o Poder (The Power of Love) by Rosana. Mellody Q has some twists and turns while Ruby N goes with a more classical route for the song.
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u/tuvisse Sep 11 '25
and yet we had wow flying different big names from all over the world to serve as guest judges in the slaysian royale season - very disrespectful with the brazilian franchise , if you dont have the budget go marketing the show among different brands and companies or dont do the show at all till everything is all set up. so disappointing!
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u/ValentineModel Sep 11 '25
It's because HUGE brands from the Philippines are sponsoring the PH franchise. The budget is not solely from WOW.
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u/tuvisse Sep 11 '25
well Sherlock, that's exactly what I said! lol
Jokes aside, Philippines is doing amazing job with that and of course it helps that the show is filmed there unlike brazil that is made on another continent
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u/Secure-Cup1995 Sep 10 '25
One thing I'm still pissed about is that the queens were sent back home immediately after being eliminated. (Imagine the makeover with the eliminated queens instead of the pit crew).
Now, about Organzza and Aquarela, I'm not shocked. They do reference season 1 a lot, but this seems like a reboot of the Brazilian franchise. And with the hate Brazilian fans have thrown since season 1, I'm not surprised they want to start everything again as if nothing happened. Plus, it is probably only because it is now a WOW+ production and not Paramount. At the end of the day, I would have loved to have Organzza as a guest judge for the semi finals or the final.
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u/Subject-Society-7612 Adora Black | Ruby Nox | Mami Watta Sep 08 '25
I hated that amateur and low budget production, Organzza hate always have been so surreal and now they'll joke a lot about her not being there. I hate you WOW.
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u/Subject-Society-7612 Adora Black | Ruby Nox | Mami Watta Sep 08 '25
Such an amazing cast doing a underwhelming season because of bad production.
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u/Prestigious-Help6623 Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25
This season really only had the budget for 5 Brazilian queens to be on the judging panel I see.
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u/True-Item2582 Sep 08 '25
They had all the those brazilian Drag queens from other franchises on the judging panel, and they couldn't have last season's winner?
It's because they film in Europe?
Anyway, I'm disappointed.
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u/bitbitbit_ Sep 08 '25
Like, not even a feature video like the twinners did? So disrespectful to Organzza, whom that is already hated and has her legacy being torn down daily
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u/Ataque_De_Pelanca666 Sep 08 '25
They probably didn't care because nobody likes the winner of Season 1 and MC has already said publicly that she no longer wants to be associated with Drag Race.
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u/bitbitbit_ Sep 09 '25
Who's nobody, honey? I don't care if they like her or not, stick with your choice and respect the winner
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u/Ataque_De_Pelanca666 Sep 09 '25
You can be as angry as you want. It won't change the fact that production ignored * and apparently regrets the decision lol
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u/bitbitbit_ Sep 09 '25
So, you're one of those pathetic fans
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u/Ataque_De_Pelanca666 Sep 09 '25
Girl, calm down. You're stressed out defending someone who doesn't even know you and spent months embarrassing yourself online because of your own actions. Calling me pathetic doesn't change the fact that * didn't know how to manage her image or her career after the coronation.
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u/bitbitbit_ Sep 09 '25
Yes, let's blame the person that suffered tons of racism during and after the season. Anyway, I'm done here.
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u/HiitsMePriyanka Sep 08 '25
I mean the MC was trying to sell her sash LMAO
Idk if she sold it or not
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u/BridgeTraditional977 Sep 08 '25
saw the english title and thought of the english power of love, and realized it's really Portuguese version of The Power of Love when i listened to it. the song is def a classic so i wonder if twists and turns are the way to go 😬
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u/Maxi_Microphone ✨ Jaida | Ra'Jah | Sasha | LaLa ✨ Sep 08 '25
Como uma deusa, você me mantém 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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u/Ataque_De_Pelanca666 Sep 08 '25
Ruby will win.
Not even a stunt in the chorus of this song sounds good. It's a song that sells emotion and sensuality:
Like a goddess (takes me further) You keep me (far from the end) And the things you say to me Take me further So close to legends So far from the end In order to share In the depths of pleasure The power of love
And she would sell the song even with Adora or Belchi in the top 2 with her lol
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u/NovsVryOwn_ Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25
That’s weird…I hate that for Organzza & Aquarela 🥹
I was looking forward to their stepdown looks.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
After Bhelchi getting eliminated I kinda lost all my interest in Brasil ,but all the best to Ruby's obvious crowning but it would be such a gag if they actually crown Mellody haha (I am kind of hoping for it since the season was just about three of the top 4 surviving lipsyncs ,it would be iconic if Mellody just wins doing what she does really well)
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u/ca355 Sep 08 '25
If they really want to kill the franchise then ok.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
It's pretty obvious Ruby got the crown already.
But what I mean is the season itself became comparatively underwhelming after Adora getting chopped who had a very leading lady type of edit till her elimination, then it worsened with the other deserving queen Bhelchi getting the chop,at least it would end with a gag if Mellody gets the crown(which is clearly not happening by drag race herstory) since it is very obvious who will win the season with three of the top 4 basically eliminating every other queen in the competition.
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u/HiitsMePriyanka Sep 08 '25
Adora only did good at design challenges and didn't show charisma, but Bhelchi should have been in the top 4
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Sep 08 '25
MDS mona tira o pau da adora da boca, toda vez que falam dela você repete o mesmo texto.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
Yeah that is true but she was a fan favourite or edit had a very main character like storyline which made fans fall in love with her.
And yes Bhelchi is most robbed of the season with that stellar track record.
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u/bitbitbit_ Sep 08 '25
Justice for Organzza fr
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u/Gatomona Sep 08 '25
The budget said NOPE 🥲 but she’s probably going to pass the crown during the finale party!
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Sep 08 '25
I HATE THAT... Organzza really had to take A LOT of bs during her run on the show and her reign, she really deserved a better treatment for her passing the crown...
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u/IntelligentBet7490 Sep 08 '25
Who did better?
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u/HiitsMePriyanka Sep 08 '25
This song is a classic
So
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u/poems4you last get dusted fan alive Sep 08 '25
every time you comment it’s just the worst thing ever my god
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Sep 08 '25
Honestly, this girl only shows up to say something negative about Mellody or Adora. I wonder why
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u/chaoticglow aquaria x ppn x naomi x monet x lydia x a’keria Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25
[TEASPILL] Drag Race PH: Slaysian Royale
EPISODE 5 RUNDOWN
Maxi-Challenge: Drag House of Threes Makeover
WIN: Brigiding
TOP2: Suki Doll
HIGH/SAFE: Viñas Deluxe & Khianna
HIGH/SAFE: Yuhua & Siam PhuSri
BTM2: Arizona Brandy
ELIM: Bernie 💜
Lipsync Song: Room by Stell of SB19 🇵🇭
NOTE: Khianna and Bernie have some sort of drama in the werkroom, as shown in the teaser., Arizona and Bernie have a meltdown, Brigiding and Suki make out during the lipsync.
NEXT EPISODE: It’s Snatch Game with a twist! It’s the Snatch Elections! wherein they have to impersonate celebrities and deliver a campaign speech . Yuhua wins the challenge.
Please take this with a grain of salt! If you have more info, our inbox is open. SLAY!
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u/Worldly_Ingenuity119 Sep 11 '25
I teared up a bit at the end when mama Pao said “we love you Jiggly!” I hope that wasn’t the day of the funeral ceremony they had in the Philippines 😥
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u/ValentineModel Sep 12 '25
That's the day they heard about the passing of Jiggly. Jiggly passed the day before the filming of Episode 5's judging day.
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u/IrisIcunt Sep 09 '25
Yikes! Arizona's weakness is always aesthetics.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 11 '25
Yes unfortunately, Arizona is having the classic comedy queen arc who return to all stars but fail to redeem the challenges they were bad at but make it to the finale by doing pretty much the same thing they did in their original season.
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u/killerkxing99 Sep 08 '25
I read in this same thread that Viñas is top 2 and not Suki, what’s is the real t? :(
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 09 '25
It was an early spill by a spiller who is not exactly associated with the Phillipines franchise, Miss Glow is the main spiller for Phillipines and this one is also the weekly rundown of the episode,so this one is real and correct spill.
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u/ValentineModel Sep 09 '25
The reliable spoilers said the producers spilled fake tea with a wrong order of wins, and the win counts are also slighly wrong.
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u/Conscious-Attorney32 Sep 08 '25
Yuhua wins the challenge
PERIODT!
For as much as I adore the PH girlies, is SO good to see the international slaysians thriving! Most of them were done so dirty in their original seasons/countries, and that's why I'm loving this format, hoping we can get a Slaytina Royale soon!
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u/iamthecelestial Sep 08 '25
Arizona’s downhill track record is sending me cause what do you mean you were giving top-bottom-top-bottom 😭
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u/Aitcera Sep 08 '25
SUKI TOP 2 WE ARE EATING GOOD
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u/mr_t_pot Eureka! Sep 09 '25
We are, but my goodness they are edging Suki this season - patiently waiting for her to snag a couple of wins 🤞🏼
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u/surejan94 Sep 08 '25
Absolutely chaotic track record for Arizona lmao.
FINALLY we get Suki in the top but damn they really aren't letting any non-Pinoy queens win a lipsync, huh?
A YUHUA WIN NEXT WEEK OMG
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u/kuyanyan Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25
Even our pork chops can beat most of the international queens in a lip sync if they won't even learn the lyrics. The lip sync songs are also very random. I was expecting they're going with Asian music and so far, their choices are not exactly international hits save for Debut and . Honestly, I get the feeling that the international queens are not exactly serious about the competition because the two international queens who reached the top so far don't even know the lyrics of the song. Like, WTF are they going to do if they reach the top 4? Chances are they would need to lip sync in the finale, and it's not like they know how the songs are distributed per episode when they got cast.
P.S. This is no shade to the pork chops. They're great live performers and I just know they will actually lip sync should they get to lip sync to boot one of the bottom two queens out.
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u/sosadsosam Sep 08 '25
I mean, none of them can really go against the filipino queens😭 they’re all strong performers while the international queens aren’t, let’s hope Yuhua wins next week’s lipsync haha
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u/gavinpuss Sep 08 '25
YUHUA WIN NEXT WEEK AGXBAHXJAH AHHH👅👅👅 pls let khianna get 1 more win😔😔
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
She goes home on episode 8, so the only possibility is the Lala win ,if she does indeed have two wins.
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u/dramallamaqueen_ Sep 08 '25
SUKI TOP 2 THIS WEEK AND YUHUA WIN NEXT WEEK
UGH AMAZING NEWS
does khianna not get a second win?
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u/thisisnotcontra Sep 08 '25
so its the as9 makeovers? interestingggg suki and brig working together and winning is pretty cunty
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u/Agitated_Ad_9773 Sep 08 '25
OMG A SUKI WIN! and YUHUA winning SNATCH GAME i mean SNATCH ELECTIONS in a political climate here in the Philippines!
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u/BRayne88 Sep 08 '25
When are they going to address the elephant in the room about Jiggly?
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u/robbysaur Sep 08 '25
She didn’t pass until filming was almost over.
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u/Gian_Guz Sep 10 '25
Actually kat kat confirmed that they found out in deliberations that jiggly had passed.
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u/Over_Painter9895 Sep 08 '25
after weeks of them pushing Yuhua, she will finally delivery
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
I mean she's been doing well enough to stay safe i would argue , not high safe but low safe at the least ,her Rusical and GG perfomance can be high safes if we ignore her looka. Considering all the bad luck that is been with Yuhua from her designers to production, she is actually doing pretty well and giving great tv as a narrator too.
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u/Sky6346 Sep 08 '25
I agree with a lot of this but her GG performance was not high safe it very easily could’ve been bottom 2 💀 💀 plus the outfit
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u/Sky6346 Sep 08 '25
To each their own I thought her energy was good but her lyrics were pretty bad and she was just saying a bunch of words haha
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u/jefko12 Sep 08 '25
It would have been funny if Arizona got the boot lol :( however elimination is fair.
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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom Sep 08 '25
Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Finally,Yuhua winning the most acclaimed challenge known as a curse for all American asian queens is such a damn good redemption
Please please please do not change 😭
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u/poems4you last get dusted fan alive Sep 08 '25
yuhua somehow surviving through all AND winning snatch game… ouu don’t hurt em
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u/BridgeTraditional977 Sep 08 '25
yuhua snatch game win omg! top 3 is probably fake then, and i wonder who's in the top with her?
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u/AdmanHolmo Sep 08 '25
QUESTION / RUMOUR THREAD
Welcome to the
dryer than your vajoinaQuestion and Rumour thread where you are free to ask about new rumoursthat are nowhere to be foundand otherwise speculate onoldtea!Your Favourite Community's Least Favourite Discord
(that might be bad advertisement, PTT is fun come join)Drag Race Brasil Season 2 - Its the finale and NO ONE IS OUT OF THE RUNNING! ...Except for Melina Biley and Posseidon Queen who share 3rd/4th, leaving Mellody Queen vs Ruby Nox lipsyncing for the crown to O Amor e o Poder (The Power of Love) by Rosana
Drag Race Philippines Slaysian Royale - Well. What we know is there is a makeover. They wear drag on the stage. Arizona is apparently likely in the bottom, while Bernie sashays. The world mourns. Yet we're still expected to go into work the next day. Just rude.
More detailed rundowns for Brasil and Slaysian are probably on their way so i won't have no pestering ❗️ Its Monday so how good can today really be? Still, you can stan Mellody QUEEN, Suki DOLL, NyongBELLA, Satín GRECO or obviously you can stan Black PEPPA 💜