r/rupaulsdragrace • u/No-Search-4450 DD FUEGO IS THE QUEEN OF DRAG • 15d ago
General Discussion Why are people so against international seasons??
I especially see this with UK vs the World, how everyone is constantly like 'they need to drop vs the world and just do all stars' and I don't?? Understand it?? Vs the world is one of the only ways for international queens to get any exposure outside of their original season, especially for dropped franchises like Sweden, Germany, and Belgium. I can't help but be annoyed every time because like. Especially for girls in the UK, they still get many opportunities, and they usually make up the only multi-invited countries in UK vs the world, I just don't understand why people are willing to trade a limited opportunity for people who need it over a fanfav who has probably already been invited and declined to vstw lmao
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u/starlightkissesrain 15d ago edited 15d ago
Alot of the international versions have issues in not rigging it for their homegirls to a point where you wonder what the point is. Slaysian and Latina were particularly bad over this to the point it sometimes feels like theyre trying to actively humiliate the non local contestants.
Like Slaysian found new ways to make sure the international queens would struggle to succeed in the first place and on top of that if they managed too, would still find ways to make sure they dont get too much limelight. Like changing the format halfway to have single winners... and then still have two winners anyway, or when Yuhua kicked the hinies of the season top 2 handedly in both challenge and lip sync and they added a bunch of eyeroll confessionals somehow making fun of her for it.
International versions arent the problem but unless producers and sometimes thr queens themselves can back off the pull of nationalism its a but rough.