Honestly the moment Venus got a rose for her entrance look I knew she would make it to the finale no matter how good or bad she did.

@dmatt339

6 ай бұрын

They suspected she was a star and they were right!

@vanillacoffee-beans

6 ай бұрын

well a planet not a star@@dmatt339

@bigdawg6471

6 ай бұрын

YESSS .. I WAS GAGGED FOR THE WRONG REASONS!!

@kosh3501

6 ай бұрын

star where @@dmatt339

@johnnybaxter8078

6 ай бұрын

it was the moment she won that episode with some regular ass clothes

My biggest frustration with this season is that the asian queens Aurora Kiki and Melinda made the season with the performances looks and drama respectively, and in the end it feels like once again they got pushed to the side

@a.lumpia

6 ай бұрын

At some point in the season, the cast was 3 out of 6 asian queens. That was my personal peak-

@johndalevacaro5687

6 ай бұрын

meh

@SocarellaDeToussaint

6 ай бұрын

White Queens get a pass for being shady and doing less than POC Queens from some of the judging and the fans

@geileskind64

6 ай бұрын

girl what u talking about? What girl did this season get alot of passes who was white? Venus got such a push and even won when it should've been aurora (Even in the last lipsync she beat venus) @@SocarellaDeToussaint

@justsomeguy28

6 ай бұрын

This!! 100%

sprinted to watch this video faster than Melinda could recipricate with GRATITUDE

The riggory of this season was Aurora Matrix not winning the crown Melinda Verga was also iconic throughout

I genuinely cannot wrap my head around why Aurora Matrix was not crowned the winner. The math ain't mathin'-

@sweetandkindhearted

6 ай бұрын

I feel the same; though I’m not mad about Venus winning but I do think that Aurora would have been a better choice simply because of track record.

@sweetandkindhearted

6 ай бұрын

Then again… *gestures to Willow Pill*

@lipapa2147

6 ай бұрын

@@sweetandkindheartedBAHAHAHAH, GAGGGG ☠️

@user-ue4mm2je6q

6 ай бұрын

It’s mainly because of her story. Aurora was superior in EVERY way, but she didn’t have the storyline the producers wanted. Venus had first out energy with her lazy drag.

@shaedomoon

6 ай бұрын

I mean, average wise... They had the same track record. While Aurora may have won two challenges, Venus never flopped. There's points to be main for highs and lows, but there's also points to be made for consistency. Plus, Aurora fully FLOPPED that final song challenge@@sweetandkindhearted

I’ve never clicked on something so fast in my life

@lusidora

6 ай бұрын

me neither!

@noahriley2328

6 ай бұрын

lol i saw the community tab post and have been waiting for 2pm

@gingerkid1048

6 ай бұрын

Same girl same

@jaharithehippie1270

6 ай бұрын

Same

@santiagovelasco2742

6 ай бұрын

SAME

Melinda made the season for me. I haven't loved a queen this much since Icesis. This season had the best twist and the best interpretation of the lip sync tournament. I wonder how S15 would have been with THIS type of a lip sync tournament. We would have gotten THREE Sasha Colby lip syncs! (Maybe a video idea?, then we could have had a double elimination there and have a double save or even better an episode with no one going home for something like Wigloose when everyone did amazing). I just hope the main franchise uses it as well if they do a lip sync tournament for S16 I also wanted this type of lip sync tournament for AS7 as a challenge; imagine instead of having it decide the winner (which made no sense and forced such obvious production interference) that they would do the talent show last and a lip sync tournament as a penultimate episode giving a star for each win (thus likely giving Shea 2 stars and Monet 3)

the biggest let down was the absent Celine Dion lip sync in the finale

@unjaded2

6 ай бұрын

HOW ABOUT K D LANG ? HAS SHE EVER HAD A SONG ON DRAG RACE ? TO LONG AGO ?

That picture of Melinda has been used sm and will continue to be used for plenty of thumbnails😂. This season was so wild and honestly a great twist it’s simple but it made for good tv as shown we Melinda was saved to give us a great lip sync (which had an obvious winner I didn’t understand it being a double save). I thought Aurora won the finale from the runway and lipsync but congrats to Venus.

@BubcoPhonics

6 ай бұрын

That picture absolutely SENDS me. Like I'm literally about to use it as my profile picture across the board online

One thing I will say is that during the Makeover challenge this season - they never once referred to "family resemblance" and instead talked about "wanting a drag transformation". Which I generally preferred since the "family resemblance" critique is almost always bullshit, but it does give some mixed messaging in a video like this because it feels like it was judged differently than other seasons (where Aurora's near identical look might have been praised) If Melinda makes it onto a Vs. The World, Global All Stars, or ANY Ru judged season... oh she's taking it. Her charisma is unstoppable and we are reciprocating it with GRATITUDE

@ireneasare9552

6 ай бұрын

no. they said family resemblance.

@ThunderJams

6 ай бұрын

@@ireneasare9552 I just checked and I'm pretty sure they didn't? They didn't say it when introducing the challenge (Brad said they were looking for "a makeover that makes them look, act and feel like red carpet royalty", nothing about family resemblance), and I didn't hear it said in either the workroom talks or the judges critiques, unless I missed something. It is possible one of the queen's referenced "family resemblance" in a confessional, but I don't think it was ever said by the judges.

@elsanti4753

4 күн бұрын

@@ThunderJams eat them up

The riggory of DRAG DUEL coming after reunion 🤩🤩

@mathewk6026

6 ай бұрын

Please I want that so bad lol

Venus and Aurora were my top 2 from the jump, I was so happy to see them in the finals and I can’t wait for Melinda Verga to become the next jujubee *pls I’m begging*

they never said the words "family resemblance" to the queens in regards to the makeover. They lierally just said put your loved one into drag

The host of Drag Duel has returned to bless us with riggory content 😍

i love venus and i think having an indigenous winner is really important especially with the rightward swing canadian politics is taking right now. that being said i can totally see how ppl say aurora was robbed.

@anusthing

6 ай бұрын

I don't think the people's party of canada are watching drag race lol

@Kunimitsu877

6 ай бұрын

Isn't trixie mattel indigenous as well?

@wetbread6757

6 ай бұрын

yeah but did she represented that well?

i have been WAITING for someone to say aurora was saved in the design challenge bc that look was rotted

Last time I was this early Kitten Kaboodle was just starting drag

about aurora being low on the makeover for looking too similar to her partner: that's just NOT what they said?? She was on the bottom because her partner just looked the same in and out of drag and her look was just a MESS from behind??

@Dalsemien

6 ай бұрын

Aurora also fully got the musical win when several other queens deserved it more

@matheus4177

6 ай бұрын

@@Dalsemien YESS, in my opinion, while drag detective said venus shouldn't be on the top, i thought she was the best of the night

I hope Girlfriend Experience gets another chance on all stars or something because i really did like her

@jnd_jnd

6 ай бұрын

Truly a superstar! Get rid of the inner saboteur and you'll get an AS winner for sure

@Dalsemien

6 ай бұрын

Based on what? She had a nice personality, but she froze and underdelivered every chance she got

@EJVLA1

6 ай бұрын

@@Dalsemienthis she is lack luster not everyone belongs on drag race sorry. I agree

@liamscanlan4655

6 ай бұрын

she was not once a star, she had one good runway in her whole run and not one good performance! not an all star in any sense of the word

@mannytroll9572

6 ай бұрын

I honestly think the girlfriend experience had so much to offer but way too much overthinking and let her inner sabotage get her to not push herself!

Mother Melinda was made for TV. She really carried this season on her back. I love her so much and I really hope Ru sees her flipping that table because i know if she did, Melinda's spot on all stars is basically secured. She is so iconic and will always be mothrr

Aw, you steamed your backdrop! Looks nice and professional. 🖤🔍

Btw I totally agree about the spoilers thing, the only recent spoilers I looked at was for UK vs the world 2, and that was months ago. I pay so much more attention when I don’t know who’s going home and now watching season 16 I’m so intrigued to see who’ll make it all the way

@KuriaruisBetterThanU

6 ай бұрын

i try to avoid spoilers all the time but i’m constantly getting spoilers for seasons unprompted in random comment sections, sometimes even literally in official videos 😭😭

@acetheblackfalcon

6 ай бұрын

It’s pretty much impossible to avoid spoilers now unless you go off the grid. You post a comment like “I like butter toast” and someone will comment “X goes home next week” like ???

@KuriaruisBetterThanU

6 ай бұрын

@@acetheblackfalcon "I really like Waffles" "oh yeah Waffla Pancake goes home in 15th place after she broke 6 bones" like hello who asked for that

It's been too long, I've been missing my drag detective fix 😫 it's great to have you back!!!

I was thinking that Venus probably won because she did well during the comedy challenges, so if they were looking at overall performance, they may have thought she was more well-rounded. That's not to say Aurora wasn't a super fierce competitor though, I would've been happy with her winning too!

Literally was wanted this video, forgot about the season after the finale, and just saw this now. I am sooo excited!!

How to make season 5 better: hire Kiki Coe to do Brooke’s fashion

@anusthing

6 ай бұрын

Kiki is from my hometown and she has made a LOT of the garments you saw in seasons 1-3. She's one of the best costume makers on any drag race franchise

@MeeplandHeights

6 ай бұрын

YES, like officially with the occasional Melinda design. She's so talented and amazingly sweet

@LostTomorrows

6 ай бұрын

Brooke’s fashion is amazing, her runways floor me and everyone I know nearly every week. I honestly do not know what you mean by that. I think Kiki is one of the best designers the franchise has ever seen, but Brooke definitely doesn’t need it like a Mama Pao or Rupaul herself. Haha

Thank you to you, Bucy and all the artists on drag duel, can’t lie I’ll love having u back here more but I hope another season ends up being feasible, it was great to see such variety in drag talent

I saw Melinda I clicked so quick I broke my screen protector 🤣 I was feeling my mother Goats!

You’re one of my favourite KZreadrs ever. Drag Duel was amazing and I can’t wait for some more drag race videos, I’ve been deprived :( thank you for always keeping videos high quality and well done! ❤

This presentation style is super nice. When I’m watching it on my phone I can see exactly what Derek is talking about because I can see the full picture. Sssooo glad to see rigged videos back and hopefully the unrigged video when he can! Don’t overwork yourself love but know it’s very exciting to see you back. ❤

I refuse to believe that Sisi was bad in the QVShe challenge, the world gave me the ick for not embracing the daddle doo sensation 💢

@taylorgriffin4775

6 ай бұрын

Sisi was not btm two that challenge, not from what we saw. There were queens that literally almost did nothing

@liamscanlan4655

6 ай бұрын

literally she was the only one in her group trying at all, her outfit was bad tho!

I can't over the fashion critiques about Melinda in the musical episode. Not only do I think she looked great but it was wedding themed and she wore a red dress??? Melinda is really that wedding guest that slept with the groom and wanted everbody to know. I thought it was such a serve.

New subscriber ❤ I love the way you present the information! Thank you for the well done video and the effort for the quality editing doesn’t go unnoticed, look forward to more!

I agree that Venus may have been propped up a bit, but she never bombed any challenge, was consistent, and constantly delivered. Plus, she was (dare I say) more charming and had a more "winner" energy than her runner-up. The confidence, the readiness to do any challenge thrown at her, and her authentic self hooked me instantly. I'm not saying Aurora didn't deserve to win. I think there is an argument to be made for both, but I feel like Venus is a better winner choice than Aurora. Absolutely love Aurora though. She's literally an icon.

I loved this season so much and I like the twists they had. The only change that really confused me was the rose bud thing they did episode one. Nothing really came of it. Was it just to tell the audience who to look out for?

Derek, I love your content. Please make more content for this channel. I haven’t been watching drag duel, and while I’m sure it fierce, I’ve seen the bs drama on Instagram and hope you just go back to running this channel, I’d totally want to watch more of a competition series like drag duel later down the line, but i hope you transition back to this for the time being 💖💖💖

i would have lived aurora to win! but venus did well overall so i’m not mad 🫶 remember to spread love and uplift your favs instead of putting other down

@felixhatton7334

6 ай бұрын

This!! I can't imagine how Venus feels, getting hate for something completely out of her control

WAITED FOR THIS !! Tysm plz do s3 aswell

I missed these types of videos drag detective! glad to see the comeback of the century❤😊

Yessssss i was waiting so (im)patiently for this video

This was great! Would love to see riggory of US S6 or S8 if you get a chance

28:44 I was so glad that someone finally did Julia Fox for a Snatch Game and then we barely saw any of her!

@liamscanlan4655

6 ай бұрын

probs cause she wasn’t funny and they wanted to push her to the top

Loved this season! And I agree with most of your opinions except for the finale. Aurora slayed the lipsync and the runway, but I didn't really like her song. I feel like Venus's song was by far the best and only one that was kinda catchy.

I genuinely enjoyed this season. There were so many twists and turns that made it exciting to watch. My only wish for next season is to have a bigger cast so there can be slightly more episodes (i.e. 12-13). I think the finale episode - in particular, the same song used 4 times and the winner choice - left a bad mark on the season. I read a comment online that Venus wouldn't have won if Ru and and Michelle were judges; to an extent, I agree cuz they would have criticized her for her drag aesthetic choices regarding the minimal makeup, lack of padding etc. Nonetheless, she performed well on the season, so I understand why she won.

if the as9 format doesn't work (which i dont think it will) i would love to see the golden beaver come back as the next format but i'd actually prefer it for global all stars or vs the world cause it would make them feel a bit more special

Congratulations on Drag Duel Derek!! You guys did such an incredible job. It felt so great to hear that intro again too, I can’t wait for 2024

Melinda was a great TV personality but her makeup was so... I personally couldn't stand the way she looked and the fact she got very few notes/critiques on her mug seems unfair

Yes from the beginning as soon as Venus got that rose I knew some favourites were formed from the judges. I’ll never understand why she got that….. kitten was by far my favourite and was sad to see she kinda gave up. But yes I agree with basically everything you said! I hope season 5 is a little less favourable pushing of queens

I will forever be a Derek stan for crowning my baby Hydra ❤

I find the outrage at Venus’ win to be kinda dumb, the girl just did the best. She got a lot of praise cause she was consistently performing well which can’t be said for the other girls (though Aurora did good throughout too). I saw it as an almost even race between Venus and Aurora and it was so even to me that I had to split hairs and at the end of the day, Aurora had some forgettable to bad episodes at the beginning while Venus was consistently good throughout the entire thing so I think she deserves to get her flowers. I also far prefer a predictable winner edit over an out-of-nowhere winner edit a la Willow Pill’s or when the winner is favored to no end by production a la Jimbo so Venus is a stand-out modern winner in my eyes tbh. The only real righory I saw was Kiki’s elimintion, she absolutely won that lip sync and should’ve stayed over Denim. But I see why they made that decision, they wanted the competition to be more even and Kiki had been in the bottom too much to add tension to the finale, while Denim only had the singular stumble.

I do want to note that in the spoiler Reddit thread, prior to airing, the people there would say this season and UK5 were going to be hot messes. Just goes to show, they were wrong and made incorrect assumptions because of spoilers

Omg I love when you work with other KZreadrs your KZread circle is impeccable

I introduced my cousin to drag race with this season. She has cerebral palsy and usually at home so i was like- hey lets watch this show together! She loved venus so much and was so happy to see her win. I personally was rooting for Aurora but this season was very good It was not terrible.

Can someone explain what happened with Mona Moore? I'm completely clueless on what happened and why she was cut from the season.

I felt so heartbroken that Aurora didn't win that i almost didn't watch the video 😂 but this season was top tier entertainment regardless, i really love all the cast

I’ve been waiting for you talk about Canada drag Race and this season is the best time to start

Yay! You got Canada up quick. I always look forward to these.

Who is Mon Amour? Couldn’t find anything about her online. Was she dropped from the cast?

For me, Aurora was completely fine. Seemed nice and enthusiastic but lacked any charm she or spark except for when she lip synced. I think fans rallied so hard behind her bc they perceived her as the only contender not being pushed by producers like they thought Venus and denim were. For me her rusical win could’ve gone to Venus, bc I didn’t think she was emoting very well and her section had no words to memorize which seemed a bit unfair to me. Plus that runway was bad imo. I like her but I think fans are blinded by their perception of things rigged or people being pushed.

@ireneasare9552

6 ай бұрын

ballet compared tp standing there but awell. nearuh would have been a more sensible option than venus

@Nate-ht4se

6 ай бұрын

aurora’s role in the rusical required the most technical skill so i think she got the win cause they recognized that she had the hardest role and killed it other than the wigline. iirc brooke mentioned how hard that role was during critiques to emphasize how impressive aurora’s performance was. if not aurora then it would’ve been neerah since her role was the 2nd hardest and she definitely gave the most brooke out of everyone

@Dalsemien

6 ай бұрын

i 100 % agree with this. Was not that impressed by Aurora overall and though she was handed the musical win. I would not have given Venus the 1st challenge win, but the musical.

Does anyone know if it's confirmed that Mona Moore was going to be on the season? I have only seen people speculate about it before the season aired and Ilona Verley saying that Mona is/would be on the season and calling Mona out?

Yesss I was waiting for this video ! Thanks Derek ;) I do think the Golden Beaver is one of the greatest twists, in that it's not OP but still has an impact on the game, it's very balanced !

Venus felt like the only person who couldve won because she was the only one who didnt bomb like half the challenges while also having like a drop of charisma

@ecenbt

6 ай бұрын

Sorry but Venus got A LOT of push when sometimes she needed to be in bottom 3 if not bottom 2. Her track record wouldn't have been this clean if not for this push

@jamoore418

6 ай бұрын

Not even close, babes

@Dalsemien

6 ай бұрын

This top 4 was very lackluster and only Venus was ok enough to feel like winner material to me

Wait, what was the tea on Mona Moore?

@Billy21200

6 ай бұрын

She performed a number to colors of the wind from Pocahontas on Canada Day 2022, which is like 4th of July. Many First Nations people do not celebrate Canada day bc of the horrible racist treatment the govt of Canada inflicted upon First Nations tribes, as well as the fact that she used a song from a Disney property which wildly misinterpreted the story of the actual person known as Pocahontas. I guess she was removed from the cast as a result of all of this.

@ecenbt

6 ай бұрын

​@@Billy21200this feels like a very wishy washy reason to eliminate someone, are we sure there wasn't a more serious reason? I mean I understand the production is free to work with whoever they want and maybe they wanted to cut someone who got backlash, whatever, but in the end, it's just a song? Was she doing a particularly racist act aside from the music choice?

@Billy21200

6 ай бұрын

@@ecenbt I genuinely have not found any other reason as to why she would’ve been cut after being cast - she had apologized back in 2022 and worked with First Nations groups to educate herself. I’d love to give you another possible reason, I just haven’t seen anything

Premier was copy paste from UK5??? Not sure what's inventive about it.... except maybe the weird and unexplained way the queens entered and left right away.. which is surely nobody talks about...

Finally your videos are back ❤

She steamed the backdrop! But welcome back Derek. Watching Drag Duel was one helluva rollercoaster, but I'm also glad we have you back on this channel as well. 💜

oh that’s so awkward… the entrances of uk s5 were judged too 😭

Can someone fill me in on Mona Moore drama? Why was she cut from the cast?

@ellies.4781

6 ай бұрын

Racism and anti-indigenous actions from what I could find online

When are we getting The Riggory of Drag Duel Season 1?

The notification bell rang and I clicked immediately. Icon, supermodel Lerv Lerv Lerv the channel been watching for YEARS ur a fav !!

Tbh i feel like what made the season so good, is that there was no real winner edit. So it was everybodys game at some point and it made the season interesting and very watchable

@lnfreeman

6 ай бұрын

I didn't even finish the season and I was sure Venus was gonna win (despite comparative performance) and no one over 30 was gonna be in the final

@inventions178

6 ай бұрын

But there was a very obvious winner edit lol.

@fynnhmr

6 ай бұрын

@@inventions178 Venus had moments just like Nearah, Denim, Aurora and Melinda. They all couldve led to a winner edit but i think it was pretty balanced. (Denim and Venus got some obvious favoritism tho

What happened to the 12th queen? Didn't know there was supposed to be one.

Can't wait to see your opinion on drag race season 16!

Hi! Who is the 12th queen ? 😮

can someone tell me who is mona more?

Drag Duel was amazing thank you!!!!!

I’m Canadian, from Toronto, and I’ll tell u we all thought Aurora was going to win. Just knowing her as a queen in the Toronto scene, she’s one of the main girls. We were all pretty gagged she didn’t win

I jumped the second i saw the notification I missed you!

glad you're back ❤

The fact that I was living for this season then finding it beyond meh to then COMPLETELY living for this season just reignited my love for Drag Race. The thrill of getting more and more excited and I'm not ashamed to admit I listed to The Love Bugs song repeatedly.

on the topic of the Priyanka song for the lip sync. I agree I would love to see more alum music being used in the show, but I almost don't think thats the reason they used it there. (i'm a canadian) In Canada there are some very weird laws around entertainment and such (its actually the reason Ru does not host Canada's Drag Race), there has to be a certain percentage of Canadian Artist's music that is being used, and I just wonder if they did it because she is Canadian...

Yeah I’m out of my spoilerina era. I’m really enjoying s16 just because I don’t know what’s coming.

The entire season was really good, I liked it a lot 😊 is sad that even in challenges that, example, Aurora did better there's some "But Venus is winning" edit.

Who’s mona moore? What did I missed?

OMG IM HEREEEE Happy for the winner of drag duel 🤩 When is drag duel season 2 coming out?

Canada 4 is the first season of drag I couldn't complete... and I completed both seasons of Down Under!

How did nobody of judges say anything about how wrong Melinda’s makeup is?

Unpopular or incorrect opinion. I feel like Venus's I'm indigenous I'm doing this for my culture storyline came later and influenced her win but it was never a part of her story in the beginning? It sounded kind of tacked on later on in the season ...am I wrong?

So question, what happened to the missing queen? I haven’t kept up with drag race in a while.

I understand if fans disagree with venus' win because outside the show, she really doesn't stand out much unlike melinda or aurora

YAYYY watching this while I wait for the s16 ep tonight

i watched these religiously i’ve missed them omg

Somebody please explain me who is Mona Moore and what she did?????

@ellies.4781

6 ай бұрын

Pretty famous Canadian queen who also had some racist and anti-indigenous actions from what I found online

I definitely feel the drag race fatigue. For this season of Canada my partner and I did a fantasy draft of the queens and it made it much more enjoyable. I found myself rooting for queens I wouldn't normally

Aurora, Nearah, and Denim got a funny version of the music while Venus got a more sexy ,winner version. It was clearly a winner edit.

at the 26:05 mark, who is mona more?

is it OK to ask who Mona Moore is or at least why a Queen was cut?

The riggory of Drag duel next video please!

omg I’ve missed you!!

I didn’t even watch season 4. So, I’ll spoil myself again! 😂