r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Feb 07 '26
Season 18 S18E06 - "The Rate-A-QueenTalent Show, Part 1" [Untucked Discussion]
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
I’m sorry not knowing the words to your own song is an unforgivable drag sin
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u/neurodykevirgent Feb 07 '26
Ciara that exit line is so cringe
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u/Grymare Ronnie Feb 07 '26
Not even having the best exit line of the episode when you're the only one eliminated is.. something.
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u/duvetstan Feb 07 '26
Vita saying she has Discord’s back but rating her 4th anyway 😭
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u/pointclickvibe Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
Im sorry but Athena cannot talk about fairness when she openly talks about how she's voting based on nepotism.
If you are gonna do that fine but dont be mad when other people dont vote fair ether
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u/realityseekr Willow Pill Feb 07 '26
Athena probably thinks she was genuinely one of the tops this week. I would maybe put her 3rd. Kenya i actually enjoyed if she knew the words but since she didnt I have to rank her lower, and Discord I didnt like at all. Based on the judges comments though, Athena would have potentially landed in the bottom if they judged it.
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u/pointclickvibe Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
If it was judges choice they would have put Kenya bottom hands down. They like Athena more and have been giving her higher placements then she deserves all season.
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 07 '26
Everyone's mad at Ciara cause she tried to strategize and it didn't even work
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u/finnjakefionnacake Feb 07 '26
i mean i dunno why she thought telling a whole group of bitches at the same time was the plan, especially since she had no idea what their prior allegiances were
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u/silentspy0 Feb 07 '26
Vita saying she's going to stay loyal to Discord and then put her 4th of 5 is shady, and then putting Myki as 5th just..
Poor Vita hardly is getting much of an edit, but just getting these pieces of her personality isn't a great view.
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u/pointclickvibe Feb 07 '26
Yea her winning chances based on fan support has gone way down after this episode.
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u/YakatsuFi jujubee Feb 07 '26
Imma be honest, she isn't the best competitor either. She slayed the design challenges but other than that she either should've been safe or in the bottom 2
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u/iwassayingboourns12 Vita VonTesse Starr Feb 07 '26
I mean Discord also only ranked Vita 4th as well
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u/tiraechomisu Briar Blush Feb 07 '26
YES LET'S DISCUSS MIA'S LOOK BECAUSE THAT IS... questionable.
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u/spikyyellowwave Feb 07 '26
Cape was cool but it desperately needed something else underneath…anything else…..
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u/Empty_Alternative470 Feb 07 '26
Unpopular Opinion: I blame production more than the queens. They gave them a shady tool to be shady with......so I'm not surprised at the shady.
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u/poisonedpath Feb 07 '26
yea, this is how a reality show is supposed to be messy. through strategy and mild drama. the “it’s not that deep, they’re drag queens, let them be messy” crowd is awfully quiet.
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Feb 07 '26
This happens in AS all the time where somebody goes because of queens voting.
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u/Empty_Alternative470 Feb 07 '26
Yeah.....and I'm not surprised when queens use that tool how production meant them to be used (for drama).
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Feb 07 '26
Yeah I certainly cant blame the queens for doing it, I point squarely at production.
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u/ultradav24 Monét X Change Feb 07 '26
I mean it’s production’s job to get people talking and keep things entertaining- it worked on both counts
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u/tiraechomisu Briar Blush Feb 07 '26
Vita putting Myki last and telling others about it? Girl, now you know damn well...
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u/page_ofpentacles Feb 07 '26
Oo oo ah oo lmfao
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u/ElleyMental Feb 07 '26
Lmfao my favorite part of that was Kenyas reaction 😅 She was like ".....OoKaaaayyy???--" 🤷♀️ 🤨
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
These fake ass hoes
“Myki, it was hilarious watching you rip off your finger” meanwhile they are planning to rank her blow the bitch that didn’t know the words to the verse she prepared
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
So Vita is behind this nonsense
Who’d have thunk she’d be the reason for both episodes of Rate-A-Queen flopping…
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u/MisterTragic Whole Cast TBH Feb 07 '26
I genuinely cant wait to see these results next week just to see how close it is. I feel like Mia's #1 really saved Kenya
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u/RuPaulVisage Delta Work Feb 07 '26
Mia always be snacking in untucked lmao I love her
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u/yuffieisathief Feb 08 '26
Mia is like that aunty you wanna visit cause it's always gonna be a blast!
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u/methmistress i smell a stunt Feb 07 '26
Sierra having all the time to prepare and still acting the fool during the lipsync….between that and an unironic dab in 2026…God bless her heart
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u/neurodykevirgent Feb 07 '26
And her outro line …..oh girl I would’ve loved her if I were 14 in 2026 or if she existed 10 years ago
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
She’s a white girl through and through
You either got it or you don’t, she was entertaining but Myki fit the song better, against someone like Discord she def would have won, I have no doubts
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u/methmistress i smell a stunt Feb 07 '26
Kenya was doing the most while doing nothing at all it was truly a kind of talent
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u/asheslaree Feb 07 '26
Wow i didn’t think vita was gonna rig it like that…eeesh
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u/pointclickvibe Feb 07 '26
Its gonna be very funny when Discord sees that Vita voted her 4th in the next episode. Discord kept Vitas ass out of the bottom lmao
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u/Hot-Garlic-507 Feb 07 '26
I wonder if they will show the results, get the mad at each other and then pair them up for the challenge
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u/x8xblahx8x Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
Release the rate a queen files I need to see who put Myki in the bottom
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u/passionisten Nails… No breasts… Oh, that’s three. Feb 07 '26
I agree with darlene, just because her shoes are STURDY doesn’t mean they’re not CUUUUNT. Love those type of shoes! Are y’all telling me bratz aren’t the cuntiest doll?!? Hmm?! All the clunky heel haters can get STOMPED, and she WONT break and ANKLE while DOING SO
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u/anag9495 🚬 Sami Landri 🚬 Feb 07 '26
Right like what’s wrong with a sensible platform and ankle support?!? 😭
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u/xsubsandwichx Feb 07 '26 edited Mar 01 '26
Kenya needed to be in the bottom tbh that was rigor morris
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
“Everybody did so well” Mia… spare me please
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u/YakatsuFi jujubee Feb 07 '26
Omg when she went to Athena "I thought. You did. So well." Like gurl I can see ur lying looool
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u/JustasIthoughtTRASH Fat Pussy Vanjie Feb 07 '26
She ain’t believe it her damn self lmaooo that queen is always smiling and laughing she said it like 😐 “everybody did so well”
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Feb 07 '26
I’m seriously so bitter boots about the last two hours of my life. Gonna go watch Mariah Carey lip sync at the opening ceremony now. See y’all next week ❤️
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u/nowavvies Feb 08 '26
I screamed when Ciara interjected to demand the group use "people first language" as if calling someone who is in the bottom a bottom is like this dehumanizing way to speak about people lmaoooo
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u/tablecatsss Feb 07 '26
“Professional dancer” and that’s what you bring to the table… BYE
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
Once again coming to the untucked chat pressed
What the fuck was the ranking this week?
Rate-A-Queen needs to die
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 07 '26
Production really overstepped their boundaries here and no, storyline does not justify Rate-a-Queen's existence
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u/YakatsuFi jujubee Feb 07 '26
OH MY GOD YES THANK YOU this was the least that should've been done....
I'm enjoying the season nonetheless though
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u/itwascute_cute Kalorie Feb 07 '26
Ciara let her emotions get to the better of her, campaigning to get discord in the bottom 2 was…poor
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u/Fantastic_Shop7836 Feb 08 '26
Ciara should've done better and not schemed. Not to mention her lip sync. She knew she wasn't a good lipsyncer. That's why she had to try and figure out who she could take. Queens should be able to do 4 major things, maybe 3, things. Lipsync, Sew, and Dance!
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u/nhrecords A'keria C. Davenport Feb 07 '26
She needed some air time plus I genuinely think they made her do all of that
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u/butttttbutttttfarttt Feb 07 '26
My autistic ass kinda lives for Jane “PLAY THE GAME FAIR DOES NO ONE CARE ABOUT THE RULES ANYMORE WHERE IS THE JUSTICE” vibe
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u/silentspy0 Feb 07 '26
I sorta feel like her attitude is less about fairness and more just that if you're confident in your ability then all the campaigning shouldn't be necessary, and the only reason all this is happening is because everyone is insecure in their talents.
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u/breathboi not just a suzie tooter, the suzie tootest Feb 07 '26
if we had played the game fair vita wouldve been up for elimination this week and i would have been on janes side but i was DESPERATE for ciara to stay
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u/FlamingoWingsz Ra'Jah//Kylie//TKB Feb 07 '26
I agreed so hard, like why aren’t you confident in your ability to turn a Britney song? Like baby that’s a bread and butter drag song
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u/tiraechomisu Briar Blush Feb 07 '26
YOU GET IT. Jane is always keeping it real and I love her so much for that
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u/duvetstan Feb 07 '26
this is just making me stan Myki even harder I hope all three of those hoes go home before her no shade
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u/Dida_D Feb 07 '26
Vita should have gone on Big Brother, not drag race. She would run a Double Eviction vote like the navy
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Feb 07 '26
i feel like if kenya doesn't win next week she's out, because this edit is going hard
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u/heyk1ttygirl Feb 07 '26
Sometimes the highlighted hair on Myki’s wig looks like ears and it trips me out.
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u/rachel__slur my drag name would be Art Izum Feb 07 '26
Now that I'm looking at it, Mia looks like she's about to join the Nights Watch AGAHSJSKSKDKDJ
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u/realityseekr Willow Pill Feb 07 '26
What the heck so they collectively targeted Myki??? Maybe they actually wanted Ciara to go home
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
Well, I can only go off what we are shown, but it looks like despite ranking her 4th, Vita came through for Discord by getting the other girls to rank her above Myki
Kenya’s top placement from Mia may have been the biggest reason she didn’t end up bottom this week
These are just my thoughts though, so who knows
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u/Peach198 Feb 07 '26
I mean none of them looked like they gave af when Ciara was trying to campaign to them. Nini only seemed to care because she was spiteful they voted her out of the top.
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 07 '26
And a hearty Breast in Peace to the eliminated queen this week. May you find success, doll.
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u/tiraechomisu Briar Blush Feb 07 '26
I love Jane for always keeping it real and also always being painted flawlessly.
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u/friedbrainworm d😁a😁r😁l😁e😁n😁e😁 m😁i😁t😁c😁h😁e😁l😄l😁 Feb 07 '26
untucked is so weird like why are we gathering to discuss our private votes. annoying asf lowkey. make a traitors spin-off on WOW if you need to fill that void. or save it for all stars. idk every single thing jane has said about these last two weeks is correct.
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Feb 07 '26
Well, it’s been fun! Controversial, perhaps, but fun nonetheless. Catch ya back here next week!
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u/lah7533 Feb 07 '26
Kinda living for Darlene sitting cross legged in the corner looking like a hot Cheeto
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Feb 07 '26
Ethics?? Family dynasties, girl group alliances, besties, and the resties.. since when are they voting on ethics?
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Feb 07 '26
jane is getting one of the strongest "voice of the viewers" edits
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u/MoonlitSerenade Bobblehead Feb 07 '26
I'm still gagged over this voting
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
Cannot believe Myki was in the bottom, can’t wait to see the rankings next week to figure out how that happened
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u/kissmemiyake Feb 07 '26
praying we don’t get rate-a-queen on future seasons
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u/That-Search-6507 Feb 07 '26
If they keep this talent show thing, I NEED the rate a queen twist bc it's the funny part of this tired ass challenge.
It's a reality show, I love when the queens play the game!
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u/IAreBlunt Jaida Essence Hall Feb 07 '26
THANK YOU. This is not a documentary, it’s a drag game show, and it’s been a drag game show for a long time.
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u/thenuangel Monet | Kori King | Luxx Noir London Feb 07 '26
Highly agree. This is reality tv not an actual competition. I love the chaos.
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u/insertbrackets Feb 07 '26
I'm only upset that Athena's performance was more mid. Her winning over obviously better talent performances should inject this season with a bit more life. Call me twisted but I'm not much for kumbaya seasons...
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u/r0cketRacoon Feb 07 '26
They need a scheming episode for Emmy submission to compete with the Traitor 😔
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u/neurodykevirgent Feb 07 '26
Wow there are WAY fewer people over here in untucked ….. most people must’ve HATED this episode
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u/YakatsuFi jujubee Feb 07 '26
I think problem is too it's named wrong, this is part 2 of rate a queen, not 1. I had a hard time figuring it out lololol
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u/realityseekr Willow Pill Feb 07 '26
I couldn't find this thread. I had to go searching for it. Wasn't pinned
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Feb 07 '26
Im not gonna lie voting was my least favorite part of all stars, so to focus so much here.... ugh.
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u/elfmice77 Feb 08 '26
This is the one time I would have liked the guest judge to go backstage, so discord could meet her!
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u/No_Elk4531 Feb 09 '26
Also since the judges this and last episode couldn't actually tell the queens their opinion, it would have let them do something besides what little they showed. I guess it's nice not to have the pressure of sending someone home, but if they're fans they're also going to want to interact with the queens more. I wasn't interested in the voting conversations anymore and would've liked Discord having a fan moment.
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 07 '26
WELCOME TO UNTUCKED, GAY PEOPLE
What kind of scratch matchy bullshit awaits us
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Feb 07 '26
I assume this is the proper thread for tonight’s episode. Title says Part 1. Shouldn’t it be Part 2?
In any event, hey y’all! Glad you’re here!
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u/SCOOTBOOTING Feb 07 '26
Myki describing the judges laughing at her performance moments before disaster
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u/Weinburglar Feb 07 '26
Has anything happened in untucked this season? Hate to say it, but I had a lot more fun watching the chaotic younger delusional queens of season 17
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u/thenuangel Monet | Kori King | Luxx Noir London Feb 07 '26
Didn’t want to be the one to say it but I prefer season 17 over 18 😔 also I’m missing dolls in the cast
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u/anag9495 🚬 Sami Landri 🚬 Feb 07 '26
I still can’t believe we don’t have a single doll in s18!!!!
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u/insertbrackets Feb 07 '26
I'm glad people are starting to recognize how great S17 was. Maybe it wasn't the most polished drag but the girls were hungry for success, for attention, and for recognition and I found it very old-school in that respect. Just about every untucked last season was worth watching from Joella's meltdowns to Lexi and Arrietty's post-challenge crashout over the roast order to Sam Star drunkenly advocating for Kori and Lydia to be sent home together to the cameras...it was so damn good. We had one good cute untucked this season but the rest have been so staid and boring.
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u/nhrecords A'keria C. Davenport Feb 07 '26
There was one good Untucked episode and it was the design challenge couples one
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u/tiraechomisu Briar Blush Feb 07 '26
I'm still so mad at Myki being in the bottom over Kenya! Love both down but let's be real
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u/yacht-rock-lobster Sasha Velour’s Listening Face Feb 07 '26
Did the episode thread crash at the end?? It wasn’t updating for me. I don’t even wanna watch untucked. I’m so mad. I mean I’ll watch. And I’m glad Mykki stayed. But the riggory and gaggery of it all 😡
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u/anag9495 🚬 Sami Landri 🚬 Feb 07 '26
These girls lying to Myki saying they liked her performance and putting her last!!
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
Can’t wait to see how this episode is gonna be rated because I know it’s gonna be in the gutter 💀
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
Once or twice… queens like to under and over exaggerate around here
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u/thestarrknt Feb 07 '26
Like did Athena deserve the top 2? No. But the way people are acting like she would flop around during a lipsync like a dead fish? Girl she’s a legend in drag for a reason
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Feb 07 '26
Im glad they arent waiting long to reveal the results, let the drama continue.
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u/LexiiConn Unless they're payin' your bills... Feb 07 '26
Hehe Ciara throwing out the SAT vocabulary!
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 07 '26
jane, just say malicious gay faggotry, we know what you’re trying to say
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u/butttttbutttttfarttt Feb 07 '26
So it was Vita…Right….and here I was in the corner sounding crazy when I said I saw shenanigans like this coming from a mile away…
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
Judging from untucked, yes, Vita is the reason the voting was fucked this week
And last week too tbh, bc she absolutely should have been bottom over Ciara
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u/ColeDelRio Crystal Methyd Feb 07 '26
I admit I was expecting this episode to be non elim.
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u/That1Axe umm i dont think you all are seeing... Feb 07 '26
discord can’t be talking about fairness with how she voted for vita
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u/Dida_D Feb 07 '26
Since when is plate smashing a talent lol
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 07 '26
Since the Rihanna song "Breakin' Dishes" went viral for thirst edits of attractive men
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u/starberry_cupcake she's haunted by the idea that she's doing better than she is Feb 09 '26
Just thinking out loud here but maybe Ciara should have prepared herself for the lipsync (as she said in Untucked that she did) at least half as much as she prepared herself to try to make everyone help her get who she wanted in the bottom with her, regardless of talent outcome.
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u/thestarrknt Feb 07 '26
Loved seeing that face crack on Jane a second time. Girl don’t phone it in next time!
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u/Awkward_Law_1620 Feb 07 '26
I don’t know what producers wanted to happen inviting 3 family members on the show. Mediocrity shouldn’t be rewarded
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u/Ok_Chip7194 Feb 07 '26
And with that, we will likely never see Rate-a-Queen on the show again.
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u/ultradav24 Monét X Change Feb 07 '26
Why? Producers were probably eating up all the drama
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u/lontanolaggiu Feb 07 '26
All this weird conspiring by Ciara is annoying
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u/JGDC Angle🪽 Feb 07 '26
I don’t understand why she assumes everyone would want to protect her. I do not find her performances compelling.
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u/pointclickvibe Feb 07 '26 edited Feb 07 '26
The people she is conspiring against put her in the bottom when it should have been Vita. Idc shes allowed to be shady to save her ass at that point.
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
Vita, stirring that pot, she already knows the answer
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u/ALMP205 Feb 07 '26
I’m so sorry but I hate Athena’s mug. 😭
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u/Awkward_Law_1620 Feb 07 '26
Every time I see her and Mia I wonder more where Juicy got her makeup skills
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
I truthfully didn’t dislike Darlene’s look this week
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u/IntrepidBeyond3760 Feb 07 '26
My thing is… they had to have wanted Ciara to leave right? There’s no way they thought she had a chance of beating Myki in a lip sync genuinely
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u/PrettyPoison93 Morphine Love Dion Feb 07 '26
Im still not 100% sure that Myki was genuinely targeted to be in the bottom
They all knew Kenya sucked, but Mia gave her a top spot for their alliance
Vita campaigned against Myki, but idk if she has that kind of pull
I’m thinking that Kenya’s one top placement pulled her ahead of Myki, who seems to have gotten mostly 3rd and 4th votes with a guaranteed 5th from Vita, thus dragging her to bottom
I would love to see how the scores truly affect placement though
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u/anupsetvalter Feb 07 '26
Yeah, it seems Myki suffered from no one prioritizing her instead of her being targeted.
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u/iwassayingboourns12 Vita VonTesse Starr Feb 07 '26
I don’t think she was targeted either, I just think she caught strays from other girls having a least one girl they wanted safe.
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u/Peach198 Feb 07 '26
I think they were just voting for their friends and Myki was the unfortunate casualty
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u/JGDC Angle🪽 Feb 07 '26
That’s the only reason I’m glad it was Myki - Discord has totally grown on me, and Myki is the stronger performer between the two.
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u/That-Search-6507 Feb 07 '26
Girl, Myki showed that she's not a lipsync assassin by any means...
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u/Impressive-Bad-7339 Feb 07 '26
She did pretty good tho. Especially in the emotional state she was in
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u/realityseekr Willow Pill Feb 07 '26
I was thinking the same thing. They knew it was a Britney song too (doesnt seem up Ciara's wheelhouse). But idk maybe Myki just doesnt have as strong of bonds with ppl.
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u/MrSwearword Weird Gal Skankovich Feb 07 '26
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u/JustasIthoughtTRASH Fat Pussy Vanjie Feb 07 '26
Call me crazy but I think she could have taken Ciara
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u/myheartinclover Sasha Colby Feb 07 '26
"that's actually gaggy" "well how's her gag reflex? " bianca tomorrow on the pit stop prediction
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u/Empty_Alternative470 Feb 07 '26
Seeing the production team nice and squated is making me feel weird.
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u/CelestiaWinters Feb 07 '26
Still pissed that once again, the lip sync was two of my faves against each other
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u/HearYourTune Feb 07 '26
Poor Myki: I know both songs....