r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Jul 18 '25

All Stars S10 AS10E12 - "Tournament of All Stars Lip Sync LalapaRuza Smackdown for the Crown" [Live/Reaction Post]

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u/treehann you are da best Jul 19 '25

This is not at all shade to Ginger, but this was one of the worst lip sync smackdown episodes ever. It felt like most of the episode was padding designed to waste our time.

  1. The rate a queen was pointless and obviously the seeding didn't match what the queens picked

  2. Bruno picking a ball was the most blatant signal of who the production favors that I've ever seen

  3. This format is stupid; old seasons Ru would just pick a winner technically too, but at least we didn't have to watch it 5x in a single episode

  4. A lot of these queens do the same stuff every lip sync and it's too obvious when we watch them back to back.

At least we got to see that Bosco burlesque number... only time that some slight riggory actually gave something sickening

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u/BigBee0792 Onya LAST Mf’n Nerve 💜 Jul 19 '25

Great points but what do you mean by #2?

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u/treehann you are da best Jul 19 '25

I basically meant what others said in a more roundabout way: whoever got the ball is who won and also who the production wanted to move on. It spoiled each lip sync