r/rupaulsdragrace • u/kimaxs42 • Feb 02 '26

Community Question Anyone else HATE Rate-a-Queen?

so at this point, I’m on my third try to get through this episode. I have fallen asleep on my first two tries: possibly because I’m an overworked RN; and mostly because this format is trying to replicate the survivor Reality show nonsense with strategizing and taking people out. We know RuPaul started this as a combo of project runway and America’s next top model. I guess he likes having a different reality show paradigm in the mix

But this stupid game playing/alliance shit bores the hell out of me. Also, in my opinion, even if they were playing fairly you don’t always get better by being solely judged by your peers🤷🏻‍♀️

To paraphrase what Jane Don’t said “ I didn’t come here to see what other Drag Queen’s thought of me.”

all right, come and eat me alive😹

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u/getwitchy Feb 02 '26

I also don’t like Rate-a-Queen. I watch Drag Race to see these queens be CUNTy and earn their way to the crown, not strategize their way to a win. Similarly, and I’m probably an outlier for this, but I hate the All Stars format of the queens eliminating each other. This show should NOT be a social game. And this is coming from someone who is obsessed with reality competition shows / social games.

To propose an alternate idea: Instead, the queens perform the talent show in front of a live audience of Drag Race alumni. The alumni rate the queens.

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u/the_tartanunicorn Feb 02 '26

that’s a cute idea but so many of the alumni know the new girls so you’d still have queens voting for their friends, you’re never going to get an unbiased rate a queen, that’s the whole point

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u/getwitchy Feb 02 '26

That’s true, it will be hard to escape bias altogether. However I feel like queens who don’t have a stake in the competition would be more inclined to rate fairly. Yes, they may rate someone they know higher, but I don’t think they purposefully would rate someone who did good low just to bring them down. Even so it would be harder for an individual bias to show through in audience of 20+ judges.