Sibling Watchery - Drag Race UK Season 3 - Episode 10

Summary

Sibling Watchery: Drag Race UK Season 3 - Episode 10 (Finale)

Podcast: Sibling Rivalry | Hosts: Bob the Drag Queen & Monét X Change | Guest: Tia Kofi | Date: November 29, 2021

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Episode Overview

This episode of Sibling Watchery is a lively, laugh-filled recap of the Drag Race UK Season 3 finale, co-hosted by Bob the Drag Queen with special guest and UK queen, Tia Kofi. Together, they break down the final episode, dissect the top 3’s journey, critique the grand finale performances and looks (with plenty of tea and humor), and review the eliminated queens' runway returns. The episode features sharp fashion commentary, candid opinions, UK/US drag culture contrasts, and plenty of memorable quips as Bob and Tia maintain their signature mix of affection and straight-talking honesty.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

The Top 3 and Their Journey

Timestamps: [04:15–10:00]

• Top 3: Crystal Versace, Kitty Scott-Claus, and Ella Vaday.
• Diversity Commentary: Tia notes, “It’s a strong top three... It’s a little white red. But we move. We move. Vanity on top four, so at least that's something. But I think they're all strong in their own way.” [04:30, Tia]
• Strengths Breakdown:
  • Crystal: Fashion Queen, “the most stunning fucking bitch this entire time” [17:53, Bob]
  • Kitty: Comedy, warmth, authenticity.
  • Ella: Performer, professionalism (“Always on time, always prepared,” like Alaska or Ginger Minj, says Bob [05:22])
• Badge Discourse: Should most badges = winner? Both agree no, referencing queens like Yvie Oddly and Sasha Velour who won with fewer badges. [07:08-08:20]

The Maxi Challenge: "Hey Sis, It's Christmas"

Timestamps: [08:41–13:30; 22:32–31:28]

• Queens write and perform verses for RuPaul’s Christmas track.
• Mixed excitement for the song ("Not even the best song on that RuPaul Christmas album…" [09:04, Tia])
• Kitty leans hard into comedy: “This is not the time to be showing the judges versatility. This is the time to be like, you put me here for a reason… So smart about her.” [10:41, Tia]
• Ella surprises with vocals: “She sounds fucking incredible on this track.” [22:32, Bob]
• Crystal's dancing: Consistently a “beat behind” but “she’s just got equality… her lyrics mean anything? No… but I’m obsessed.” [30:38, Tia]

Notable Quotes on Performance:

• “Kitty has been, in my opinion, the most naturally charismatic, funny person.” [10:20, Bob]
• “Something something, snatch the crown, something something I’m from London.” [11:24, Tia — riffing on finale verse tropes]

Critiques of Verses and Lyrics

Timestamps: [24:55–31:28]

• Ella’s verse praised for vocals and wordplay; Kitty lauded for reference-rich lyrics but missed a pun on her own name (“How you gonna call yourself Claus and not make a joke of that in a Christmas song?” [27:49, Tia])
• Crystal’s verse fun and confident, but less substance (“Her lyrics mean anything? No, they absolutely don’t.” [30:38, Tia])

Judges Panel Chats

Timestamps: [13:30–21:05]

• Conversation about how Kitty and Crystal present themselves.
• Kitty’s authenticity: “She’s just having conversation… doesn’t feel like she’s trying to hit bullet points.” [13:30, Bob]
• Ella’s ‘failed actor’ arc: A nuanced discussion about drag as a pivot for people from theater, with Tia defending Ella’s genuine desire to do drag. [16:04–17:28]
• Crystal’s charisma breakthrough: “Crystal is coming across very charismatic in a way that I have not seen her in this competition… I am seeing this…” [17:53, Bob]
• Tea: RuPaul reportedly took Crystal aside to compliment her privately after a challenge. [18:26, Tia]

Finale Runway Review (Eliminated Queens)

Timestamps: [35:11–53:41]

• Each queen’s look reviewed with direct, sometimes brutal honesty (“It just looks a bit cheap from the waist down.” – Bob on Anubis, [35:49])
• Victoria Scone: “Stunning… I’m glad that she could walk at this point.” [39:22, Tia]
• Veronica Green: Apparent runway “statement” by appearing topless, possibly as protest (“she was just like… you don’t deserve my finale runway… here are my nipples.” [43:19, Tia])
• Charity Case: Possibly referencing prehistoric, but bob and Tia aren’t sure (“Why is this the finale look?” [45:07, Tia])
• Theresa May: Praised for Spanish heritage. [46:42–47:04]
• Vanity Milan: Look praised for body and silhouette, but not viewed as finale enough. [52:20–53:39]

Finale Runway Review (Top 3)

Timestamps: [53:41–60:49]

• Ella Vaday: Critiqued for mismatched jewelry/shoes, rushed hair/makeup (“She walked out and I said, you should have come out of drag, mama.” [53:52, Tia]). “If Ella would have… slammed dunk the finale Eleganza, I think Ella would have been crowned…” [55:39, Bob]
• Kitty Scott-Claus: “You can tell she loved this gown… she looked… And that radiated off of her.” [57:54, Bob]
• Crystal Versace: Universally acknowledged as stunning with minor critiques for accessories (“If she had lost those [belt and pearls], the whole thing would have made sense.” [59:04, Bob])

The Lip Sync & Winner Discussion

Timestamps: [63:49–65:54]

• Best Lip Sync: “Kitty was the best lip sync for me. She did. She. I couldn’t take my eyes off her.” [63:50, Bob]
• Surprised at how Ella faded, considering her background. “There were points where she was literally facing away from the judges…” [64:52, Tia]
• Crystal wins: Both agree she had star quality, grew in charisma, and delivered a strong performance in the final moments.
• Reflections: Bob might have picked Ella, while Tia was “biased” toward Kitty, but both respect Crystal’s growth and potential.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• "This is the thing about Crystal that I'm furious about because I wish I had it... she's just got equality. Like, yes, she was a beat behind. Yes. Do her lyrics mean anything? No, they absolutely don't. They're just noises. But, like, I'm kind of obsessed with her." – Tia [30:38]
• “If I was on an All Stars with River with her, I’d just quit. She should win.” – Tia [48:53]
• "Honestly, if she would have just did a catsuit out of take the skirt off and it'd be a catsuit... it would have been phenomenal." – Bob (on Anubis) [36:25]
• “That would have been sickening. I would have been screaming!” – Bob, about the idea of Veronica Green adding a prosthetic on the runway [44:21]
• “If Ella came over to my house and we fucked, I would not be afraid that Ella might stab me and take my shit.” – Bob, on “the trade of the season” debate [15:19]
• “Kitty has been, in my opinion, the most naturally charismatic, funny person... she just has jokes all the time.” – Bob [10:20]
• "You never see Tia Kofi and Meghan Markle together, have you?" – Tia [66:03, joking about her multi-roles]
• “She has a very big, bright year ahead of her, for sure… She’s coming for your Bimini. She’s coming for your fashion gig.” – Tia [66:56]

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Key Timestamps for Reference

• [03:33] – Discussion of eliminated queens returning
• [04:15] – Top 3 discussion and diversity
• [08:41] – “Hey Sis, It’s Christmas” challenge announced
• [13:30] – Judges’ conversations with top 3
• [17:53] – Noting Crystal’s charisma breakthrough & RuPaul’s private compliment
• [22:32] – Reaction to performances in the challenge
• [35:11] – Runway deep dive: critique of eliminated queens' looks
• [53:41] – Top 3 final runway critique
• [63:49] – Lip sync and winner reflections

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Tone and Style

Bob and Tia maintain a lighthearted, teasing, and unfiltered tone. There is plenty of sharp wit, drag slang, affectionate teasing, and insider Drag Race references. They balance playful critique with real admiration for the queens’ skills and journeys—never shying from being “as mean as [they] want” (Tia, [03:08]), while showing love and respect for the competitors.

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Conclusion

The Sibling Watchery finale breakdown is as much about fun and camaraderie as it is about drag analysis. Bob and Tia mix runway reads with respect, pepper in behind-the-scenes Drag Race culture, and offer a hilariously honest, richly detailed review of Drag Race UK’s finale—making this episode essential listening for any fan wanting all the tea, shade, and receipts on a season’s climactic close.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

My name is Bob the Drag Queen. And I'm Monet X Change. And this is sibling rivalry. Here ye hear ye, listeners and watchers of sibling watchery. Y' all are in for a treat because y' all have asked for this for a while. Besides Dorgy. But we have a beautiful queen from across the pond. The gorgeous, the stunning, the tantalizing. Tia Coffee. Hey, girl.

[C]

Hi, babes. How are you?

[B]

I'm all right, babes. You all right?

[C]

I'm all right, babes. I'm doing well. Just keep it on, Keep it on.

[B]

Samesies, samesies. You know, we. I'm very excited to have you here on the pod. People who watch and listen to us often ask for. Can y' all please bring Tia coffee? Please bring Tia coffee. Where's Tia coffee at? We want Tia coffee. So ask and ye shall receive. Tea of coffee is in the mother tucking building.

[C]

Here she is. This is my cousin. Like a British cousin.

[B]

Oh, my God, you are. You are British cousin. You used to come to the family barbecues, but on account of how your mom got mad at Bob's aunt, you don't come anymore. So we're happy to have you here.

[C]

Very nice. It's nice to be back. Do you know what I mean? Back at the family barbecue. Yeah, I'll bring the coleslaw.

[B]

Wait, is coleslaw a thing in the uk Because I've had many a UK food and I've never had. Had coleslaw. Is that a thing in the uk?

[C]

Oh, we've got like. We've got variations of a coleslaw. We've got like your regular coleslaw. We've got a little sort of coleslaw with a salad cream situation. We even got a Waldorf salad that's got apples and walnuts in it. Do you know what I mean?

[B]

We've got a lot Waldorf salad. Not had a Waldorf. I mean, I've had my salad toss, but never a Waldorf salad toss.

[C]

Oh, babe, I'm getting My salad toss right now. You can't see below the waist as

[B]

you're talking to me. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the season finale of Drag Race UK Season 3 is officially upon us. And Tia Coffey and I are here to review the episode. And, you know, first, all I want to say this was a really good finale. A lot of things I did not expect to happen. Obviously, we'll get to it. I loved how they brought the eliminated queens back because, again, bitches spent a lot of you, and I know, Pete, you spent a lot of fucking money on the show. So the chance to wear as many of your looks on camera as possible. I am always here for 100%.

[C]

Yeah. No, I absolutely loved it. Like, I know from, like, our season. I was so happy to come back and just, like, wear my African moment on that Runway. So I'm glad that they've had the opportunity to come back. I can't wait to chat some nonsense about some of their looks as well, because I know that, like, obviously you said that you're going to be a bit nicer because people have come for you. Like, I didn't promise anything. I promised the girl. I'm going to be as mean as I want.

[B]

Well, with our last episode, our editor and also our podcast manager, Jacob here, has said that the comment says that you being really mean. And I'm like, I am not being. In my mind, I'm not being mean. Meaner than I normally am. I'm telling my speaking my truth. And that's what people like about sibling rivalry. And watcherry Bob and I speak our truth, whether that's good, bad, or ugly. And, you know, I'm not gonna be nice or I'm just gonna give my honest opinions. And I just happen to like a lot of the things more in this episode than the last one. And we're just gonna go with that. You know what I mean?

[C]

Yeah, absolutely. You liked a lot of things about this episode. And I will give my opinion shortly.

[B]

Well, let's jump right on in, girl. At the top of the episode, in the fallout, Krista Versace has sent Vanity home. And now we have the official top three. My question to you is, how do you feel about this top three? Was this the top three you were envisioning? Are you happy with it? What's your tea?

[C]

Listen, it's a strong top three, isn't it? It's a little. It's a little white red. But we move. We move Vanity on top four, so at least that's something. But I think they're all strong in their own way. Like, you've got the fashion, you've got the comedy, and you've got the performer. Like. Yeah, there's something for everyone.

[B]

Yeah, it is definitely three very different queens in how they approach drag race. You know what I mean? Crystal is, like, you said, is a fashion queen. Would you say Crystal? I mean, would you say Kitty or Ella is the comedy queen?

[C]

Well, this is the thing. Ella's won the comedy challenges, but, like, Kitty's actually funny. I would say. I would say Kitty's. But here we are. Ella's just, like, so professional that nothing's ever going to favor. So she's not a comedy queen, but she's still going to win the challenge, you know what I mean? Because she's so professional.

[B]

You know what that is? That. That's what I want to say about Ella Vay. Ella Vaday. Like, in my experience, as much like a ginger minj, but much like in Alaska, much like a lot of those queens, above all, they are super professional. Ginger Midge is always on time. She's always prepared for every gig. Alaska's always on time, always super prepared. Ella V comes in that same realm for me. Like the queens that, you know, when you do gigs together, bitch, they are early or always on time, and they have every look. They're never borrowing an eyeliner, nothing. They have all their ducks in a row all the time. And Ella does come off to me that way, which it's good. Cause I'm not that girl. I'm always like, girl, you got extra this so I could borrow for the clothes? And I forgot my thing. You know, I'm that girl.

[C]

Well, I think that's true. But also, maybe Ella should have borrowed an eyeliner for the finale. But we'll get to that. We'll get to that.

[B]

Tia. Tia. Here we go. Yeah. And, you know. And so these returning queens come back, and for the most part, there's not a whole bunch of shade. Except for Veronica being like, oh, I actually, like. I actually laughed at your joke. It was good. I was surprised, which was a little shady.

[C]

I mean, Veronica is secretly. She's lovely, but she's literally so shady all the time. She does it to me constantly, but I like that. I think Veronica was sat there just being like, listen, we need to make sure this bit's not boring, so let me say something. You know what I mean? Try to spice it up a bit,

[B]

which I can appreciate. And then again, Veronica is a queen who didn't get a great showing on Drag Race. UK season three compared to how great she showed on season two. So, you know, I'm like, bitch, soak up every moment you get on camera and be like, show. Let everybody know why you're that bitch. So work.

[C]

Well, I mean, she did. Did you see what she was wearing at the end? She took her moment. She really took her moment.

[B]

That's pretty much it for the beginning of the episode. And then we come in the next day, and we get the traditional official badge count by all the queens, and Ella officially has four badges. Do you think the most badges should equal the winner?

[C]

Right? I kind of did last year when I was there, because I was like, listen, I've got no badges. Send me home. But now I'm watching this season back, I'm like, no, not really. Because, like, someone like Kitty was basically second for every single challenge that happened.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, because someone took you to the post.

[C]

If you were, like, right there the whole time, then you deserve that recognition.

[B]

Yeah, Yeah, I could see that too. And we have queens like Yvie, Oddly, who. Yvie only had one win her season, but she won the whole. And I don't remember if Jada had the most wins, but anyway, long story short, I don't ever think that the most wins should be the winner. Sasha Velour, for example, someone who came in at the end and really did a great fucking job and be like, bitch, I deserve to win. You know? So, yeah, I agree. I don't think it always means who has the most wins or who else has the most badges. And for this, they never give a winner.

[C]

Sorry, they never give a winner for that final challenge. Do you know what I mean? It's very much like, you know, on your all Stars. I don't want to say it, but you definitely won that final challenge. You know what I mean? So, like, that sort of, like, evens the count as well. And on this one, like, you didn't give a badge for that last maxi challenge, so who knows?

[B]

Yeah, for sure. For sure. And for this week, speaking of maxi challenges, this week's maxi challenge, they are writing verses to hey, sis, it's Christmas. Now, RuPaul, this song been done had come out, like, two or three years ago, and we just writing verses to it. I mean, RuPaul could have put out a new Christmas banger for us this year, but he said, nah, I'm gonna rehash an old song and make these bitches write to my old shit.

[C]

Mm. And not even, like, the best song on that RuPaul's Christmas album. Like, where would my get to you for Christmas? We went with, hey, sis, it's Christmas. Not. Not the strongest. Not the strongest. Do y'.

[B]

All. Do y' all have Old Navy in the uk? No. Right?

[C]

No, we don't.

[B]

Okay. So hey, sis, is Christmas was really. I want to say really popular, but we saw it a lot here in the US because it was with an Old Navy commercial, which was which. Old Navy is a big brand here in the States. And so, like, Everybody was seeing RuPaul singing Hey, Sis, is Christmas. So I kind of get why. But I agree, it's not my favorite song from the Christmas album.

[C]

No shit. No, listen, Mama's got to get her Spotify plays up in the UK Somehow, so fair play, Mama ruffles. You gotta go.

[B]

And the girls commence to writing their verses for their song, and Kitty is saying hers. Now, I know, y'.

[C]

All.

[B]

I know it is not a derogatory word, but the word knickers sounds very similar to something else. And every time somebody say it, I'd

[C]

be like, wait, what?

[B]

I just hear knickers.

[C]

It just. It just means panties. Do you know what I mean? But I'm literally the same. What did you just call me? Very. That energy.

[B]

And, yeah, Kitty is definitely leaning into the comedy, which, again, I think is smart for her. This is what she's done the whole time. Kitty has been, in my opinion, the most naturally charismatic, funny person. Like, she's not, like, overly trying. She just. She just has jokes all the time. So I think leaning in that direction for your. For your material, for your song is smart.

[C]

Yeah. This is not the time to be showing the judges versatility. This is the time to be like, you put me here for a reason. Mama Ru put me on this earth for a reason. So I'm gonna stick to what I know. But I think that was so smart about her.

[B]

Yeah. And I've heard girls and other things I've seen online being like, I hate when girls be like, oh, I'm here. I'm gonna slay. I'm gonna win a competition. I mean, yes, it's kind of like a trope we hear every season with the final song. But, I mean. I mean, that's what all these rappers and should be doing in their song. Being, like, how they got all this money and this and the other they gotta do. You know what I mean? I'm like, so who cares? I don't understand. I'm not upset by that. I like when people do that in their songs, and I think it always fits the challenge. Just tell us why you deserve to win. And I think Crystal is thinking about that, but she doesn't quite know how to do it.

[C]

Yeah, I totally agree. Listen, if there's ever an all star season and I get invited back, my verse is just going to be something, something, snatch a crown something something. I'm from London, like very that kind of energy just literally say something something. I mean it's got to be done. Because that's the whole point you're trying to explain to them this is your last chance to impress me and get that crown.

[B]

Tn that's so stupid. I fucking love that. And it would be iconic. There will be so many tiktoks about it. Something something, snatch the crown something something from London town. Honestly, I would live. I would fucking scream at my tv. That would be great. Just saying.

[C]

I love that you rewrote it for the rhyme scheme. You came back and you said, no, no, my brock is cousin. Let me rewrite that so you can rhyme. Thank you.

[B]

T A yuma says I'm looking out for you bitch. I want you to get that motherfucking crown, bitch.

[C]

Listen, it's gotta be. It doesn't matter where you place on the first season, does it? Just come for the All Stars.

[B]

Honestly. Honestly. Guilty as charged.

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[B]

And so now the kid. The queens all go and have their their one on ones. Well not they're not one on ones anymore. They're two on ones with Michelle and Ru and what I my takeaways from each one. Kitty. Starting with Kitty. I feel like Kitty had the most. Well no, that's not true. But something about Kitty's, again, felt so effortless, and she's just having conversation with them. It doesn't feel like she's trying to hit bullet points and try to say the right thing. It just seems like Kitty is carrying a conversation with Ru and Michelle and I, and from watching seasons of Drag Race, that seems to be what RuPaul likes a lot. It's just someone that feels effortless and easy, and that's what Kitty feels like talking to Ru and Michelle.

[C]

To me, yeah, it's just like, Kitty's so natural. It doesn't. At no point have I been like, oh, she's turned it on for the cameras. All. She's playing a character that's just her. Like, she's doing all those silly voices and quotes, and, like, that's. That's always been the Kitty that I've known as well. So it's nice to, like, actually watch a person be them, like, authentically themselves on camera as well, and just have everyone fall in love with them.

[B]

Yeah. Wait, so did you do. Did you work a whole bunch with Kitty before Drag Race? Before she and you were on Drag Race?

[C]

Yeah. So I, like, know Kitty from, like, around the scene. I mean, pretty much everyone you see on Drag Race uk, we probably either know each other or know of each other, because I think there's about 12 drag queens in the whole of the UK. We're a small island, so, like, we all pretty much know each other. So I've seen Kitty around London. She's always been gorgeous, she's always been lovely, and she's always been blonde. So, like, that's her.

[B]

Kitty is so pretty. I've said it so many times that people are gonna be saying it, but I am such. Her transformation from out of drag to in drag. She is so stunningly beautiful. I'm like, oh, my God. Come on, bitch. Gorgeous.

[C]

No, I totally agree. It's like Jennifer Coolidge energy, sexy.

[B]

Oh, for sure, for sure, for sure. And then Ella has hers. Okay, now I know people have been calling Ella the traitor season. I still don't agree. To me, trade is somebody is. Is. Is. Trade is somebody that come home that might. That might steal your shit. If Ella came over to my house and we fucked, I would not be afraid that Ella might stab me and take my shit. I don't. I don't get that vibe from Ella, but I do. Looking at her, I was like, oh, my God. El. Ella is a. Ella is very handsome. A very traditionally handsome dude. Like, he's hot. I just Saw it.

[C]

Yeah. If you took Ella home in the morning, she'd cook you a delicious dinner of roast duck and foie gras. Like, is that energy?

[B]

You know what I mean? It's very that. It's very that.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah. But I still would have pronounced, oh, absolutely. Let me tell you something. I would absolutely get on my knees and suck Ella's dick, for sure. Or her mind, whatever she's into, I'm down. And then Ru asked Ella a question, which I'm very happy Ru did this, because, you know, that is. Queens in the past on Drag Race have been accused of this when Ru asked her about being a failed actor who turned to drag. And I love having this dialogue on camera because, you know, I think it's an important thing. I know back home in New York City, there were some queens who, because they didn't quite make it in Broadway or acting like how they wanted to, they turned to drag, and it became their fail safe, and they ended up excelling at it. Sometimes not excelling at it. And Ella's like, no, this is something I really want to do, and I think this is a good dialogue for the people to see.

[C]

Yeah, absolutely. Is Ella weaponizing her bfa? Who knows, right?

[B]

Oh, that thing about. Yes, exactly. Weaponizing her bfa.

[C]

Jan and Rose really turned that bit around, didn't they? No. I've also known Ella for a while. Ella. Ella might be old, but she has not been doing drag for that long. So, like, I've known Ella is like a little baby sort of coming to the two brewers and talking to me in something wrong about wanting to start drag. So, like, really? Yeah, it's a genuine, like, interest, I don't think.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

I think you can say that Ella's failed at anything because she's literally been on the West End and, like, performed in shows. Like, if she wanted to, she could go and, like, carry on doing that, but she's chosen to, like, follow this path. And I'm like, good for you. Good for you.

[B]

Yeah, for sure. For sure. So Rose and Jan CCL on how to do drag successfully and be happy at it.

[C]

Yeah, exactly. Very that.

[B]

And with Crystal, shockingly not, because she. Yeah, shockingly, I will say that I think Crystal is coming across very charismatic in a way that I have not seen her in this competition. I feel like, obviously, Crystal has been the most stunning fucking bitch this entire time, and she always looked pretty much great every time on the Runway. But in terms of charisma, like, being, like, really a charismatic person, I can't say I've seen that, but in this conversation, I am seeing this with Ru and the way she's dialogue with Rue Michelle, it seems really. I'm like, okay, this is a different side of Crystal that I haven't seen, and I like it.

[C]

Well, I mean, at this point, Crystal's comfortable. So, like, after each queen's been eliminated, I've been doing, like, interviews with them for Attitude magazine and New York. I spoke to Crystal. She literally said that after, like, a few of the challenges, RuPaul herself took Crystal to one side and told her how amazing she was in the challenge and told her that she. No, I think it was after the lip sync, she took Crystal to one side and said, the way you moved your body was amazing. You told a story with your body. Now, listen, I'm pretty sure on my season, Ru thought my name was Tina Cough Syrup. I have no idea if she even looked like, fighting the street at this point. Did you take a Crystal to one side and just have it, like, bounce, bounce, bounce. Lads, lads, lads. Like, taking her for a pint down the pub. Unbelievable. Like, this girl must have known. This girl must have known.

[B]

Okay, that changes a lot of things. Y' all heard it here first. We got the. The.

[A]

The.

[B]

The interview. Queen Tea Coffee herself. You had so work. I am. I am goopedag Shook shatter. That's the. That's a great compliment for RuPaul to pull your ass aside and talk to you and say, bitch, you turned it, bitch. Work. Huh? I mean, work, work, work.

[C]

Like, the way that she lip syncs. She does have, for sure.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree. I agree. Yeah, it was great. It was great. Oh, so they're getting ready? Oh, no, no, sorry. They're going to the rehearsal and one, and there's nothing pretty exciting that happens about that. They're, like, rehearsing the song. Nothing craz. Besides, we know that Crystal does not memorize choreography well. Although she can move. She does. She's not, like, a dancer to learn choreo, so obviously, but that's been her thing the whole season, so we get that. But what I don't like. This may seem petty, is Ella is. Did y' all see? It was, like, a small clip where she was rehearsing with those red fucking chunky platform shoes. And I said, she better not wear these ugly fucking shoes for the challenge or else. I'm about to read that, bitch. She did not. I think she was trying it out, and luckily, she decided against it because they were hideous.

[C]

Yeah, I mean, it was a Smart move. They were the worst shoes, maybe, of the whole season. Maybe. Well, I don't know. Teresa's trainers, one episode, so second worst year.

[B]

Oh, she did. She did, she did, she did. And we go to the makeup beat when the girls are getting ready. And the only thing gaggy I notice here, obviously, they did a lot of impressions of each other, but Crystal. So if y' all don't know, like, a lot of queens, like RuPaul, Raven, Naomi Smalls, a lot of queens, I think Vivian as well, they use tape, and they tape the sides of the. Of their heads to, like, give this to, like, pull everything back and.

[C]

And.

[B]

But there's a special tape they make for this. Crystal Versace is using, like, regular Scotch tape. I'm like, how is that possible? If y' all rewind to when they're getting ready. She has the two regular sides of tape on her face. She's about to yank and pull back, and I'm like, that is crazy to me. Which I should do that more. Look at that girl. Oh.

[C]

Oh, she looks good.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I mean, she spent all her money on Bang London bodysuits, so she's got to save a penny somewhere. Fair play.

[B]

And the impressions were really cute, and nothing big happened here. Am I missing something that may have happened here that's bigger than I thought? Not really, right?

[A]

No.

[C]

I think they were just having a good time waiting for the rubway.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Let me tell you something on that last day. Cause the only time I got to the end was on All Stars 4, season 10. I was an episode shy, but All Stars 4, by the end of Drag Race. You know, this Drag Race is so tiring. You're like, ugh, let me just do it one more time. Because you're, like, mentally exhausted. Your fucking body is tired. You had, like, four hours of sleep. You're like, let's just put this fucking makeup on and be done. And I feel that.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I mean, I can't relate. Never got to the end. But, like, it's so tiring. Like, as soon as I genuinely. When I got eliminated, I was like, at least I can sleep. Do you know what I mean? I might have let down my community, but at least I could go to bed for a little bit.

[B]

Exactly. Let's get to the challenge. So, hey, sis, is Christmas off the top? I think Ella. Okay, now, there was a challenge where she had to record vocals, and she was not good. Bitch. She sounds fucking incredible on this track. And the run she was doing, I was genuinely shocked that that was Ella, she sounded so good.

[C]

I mean, that's what she does. That's her trade. She's a musical theater performer. So, like, you expect some level of vocals. And, like, I know we all heard BDE and we were like, are you really a Cigarella? Yeah.

[B]

BTE was not a good showing for her.

[C]

Yeah, not that this time, though. Yeah, she smashed it. Absolutely.

[B]

Oh, so good. So good. Also, I will say this, the pressures, because on All Stars, for our vocals, we recorded off camera for both challenges. For the everybody say love. And also the final super queen. And just recording off camera, you're just a little more. Maybe, Maybe. Everybody said we recorded on camera. Sorry. We did do it on camera anyway with this. It's just. It's just when you're. Because we didn't see them recorded, they did it off camera. There's just way less pressure. You're not thinking about how you're coming off. You're not thinking about trying to sound good. You're just, like, doing your thing in the studio. And that's why she's probably more at ease. And she sounded really, really, really good. So Ella's look is cute. It's Christmas again. Here we have the breastplate with this dress. I see why you would want to wear a breastplate, though, because it's hard to wear that top with a bra, because you'll see the bra and then it won't look good. So I get it. But, I mean, you can see the breastplate thing, but that's neither here nor there. And she wore the black boots, which I'm a fan of.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I think of the three of them, Ella did the best job at covering the breastplate up because apparently this is the season with the breath plate. It. I mean, it's. It's giving to me, it's giving a bit. And summers sort of like lingerie rather than sort of finale dance.

[B]

It is lingerie, huh?

[C]

Yeah, it's a little bit. It's a little bit. Babe. Did you pop to Primark just before the final? That's what I'm getting.

[B]

And as a queen of Primark, I can confirm probably.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I love Primark Ridge.

[C]

I'm not reading anyone because that was my drag on season two, but, yeah, I think she looks gorgeous, though. And she definitely, like, slayed the actual challenge, too.

[B]

Oh, she was the best in this challenge, for sure. These are her lyrics. Ding a ling dong come jingle my bells Pat pat my patted ass I promise I won't tell Aha. I'm on the naughty List But I'm a top three queenie for if you catch my drift hey, we're under the mistletoe Come to prove myself to you Ho ho, ho Come on up and jump on my sleigh have a L of a Christmas with a L of a day oh, that last line is really cute. Have a L of a Christmas with a L of a day that's cute.

[C]

Yeah, I like. I like the first two lines of the ending. I think they're pretty strong. She's got good rhythm.

[B]

Yeah, she has good rhythm. And she's saying she's the only one who likes. Well, Kitty. Did Kitty sing?

[C]

No, Kitty sort of did this. Kitty Socks.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. Ella's the only one who sang, so it really set her apart and she sounded good. So good for her.

[C]

Yeah, she did. But that's a weird thing because, like, they praised Ella for sort of, like, changing the game by singing her verse, But I was like, did you watch season one? They all sang their verses like you were there, Michelle. Every single one of them.

[B]

Let's go on to Kitty Scott Claus. What are your thoughts about Kitty?

[C]

Oh, well, she's giving sort of like, I guess, like Christmas. 60s Bond girl.

[B]

Yeah, I see that. With the furry top and, like, the go Go boots and like, the Glo. Yeah, I could see that.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, the neck of the breastplate was very visible, but, like, forgive us, bitch.

[B]

The rose. I was like, oh, no, Kitty. Which she's done such a good job the whole time, hiding in the fashion channel, girl. I'm telling you, at the end of the draggers, you're like, whatever, bitch. Put it on. Let's go do it. She's probably like, I'm over it.

[C]

Just get it done. Yeah, she just wanted to go home and have a little nap.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I do think she looked gorgeous, though. She's giving sort of like Blonde Bombshell. I thought she'd go a little bit more like Marilyn energy with it, but I like it.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. You want to read her lyrics?

[C]

Yeah, let's do it. Kitty's lyrics. Pull my cracker. It's your favorite. Kitty Scott Claus is the name always blonde what a fitty A thousand voices in this busty queen Stella, Gemma and even Nadine oh, Scylla, Gemma and even Nadine I made my way to a spot in top three Old Saint Nick I'm gonna climb you like a tree don't need no gifts I'm here to win the crown Santa baby, come and pull my knickers down Just wanted to emphasize that Clearly.

[B]

Okay. I really like her lyrics too. Cause when you watch the episode, it's hard to hear every word. But I really like her lyrics. I think they're very clever. Calling back to things in the season. Calling back to who she is. Saying she's always blonde. Yeah. I think this is a good verse. I really like it, actually.

[C]

Yeah. But I'm gonna say one thing. How are you gonna call yourself. How are you gonna call yourself Claus and not make a joke of that in a Christmas song? Her name is Kitty's got claws. There's a little trick that she's with, but it's a strong verse. I'm just being a dick because I'm better that I've never got to the finals. So fair play.

[B]

That's a fair critique. Though if she did a play on that and her name, it would have been like top tier. Like work, bitch. You're right. And last but not least, Krystal Versace. Krista Vertace. Now I would say this is the most dancer esque look. It's like a red leotard with the fur at the top. She has the black gloves. Like, it's a leotard. So it is the. Also the. I guess. Is it more simple than Ella's? Probably because you just one piece.

[C]

Yeah, I would say so. But also, like, the thing about Crystal is that she's always giving mug and body. So it's like she could have turned up in like a Sainsbury's bag and everyone would have been fine with it.

[B]

For all you guys listening, in America, Sainsbury's is like a shop. Is like a Stop and shop or shoprite. One of those. Go ahead.

[C]

Oh, yes. She could have turned up in a Target bag.

[B]

Oh, my God, Tia, how great. Cause Target is red and white. So you're actually. You're like nailing it on many sides of that reference. Thank you so much.

[C]

Oh, my goodness. Thank you to my American cousins. I appreciate you so much. I've never been to America, so I really don't know what I'm talking about. So I'm glad I got that reference down.

[B]

Let me read Crystal's words. Get crystalized at Christmas time All these other girls better get in line. It's Crystal with a K. Go straight to the V. It's time to party with Ms. Versace. Santa Babe, I really want my crown. The time has come for these girls to bow down. So delish. Come taste the diss. Shush. Ha. You wish.

[C]

Sorry. What does it mean? What does it mean?

[B]

I'm not sure what the end means. I think she did a good job of telling us who she is. And I will say her dance moves. The K to the V thing, I thought that was strong. But in the group pieces, when they did that breakdown thing, Crystal was clearly the weakest. Like, Kitty and Ella were, like, nailing the choreo. Ella more so even a little bit more than Kitty. But Crystal was, like, a little bit of a beat behind on many parts. And no matter how many times the camera changed to different people when they did the wide, Crystal was just a step behind every time.

[C]

But this is the thing about Crystal that I'm furious about because I wish I had it. She's just got equality. Like, yes. She was a beat behind. Yes. Do her lyrics mean anything? No, they absolutely don't. They're just noises. But, like, I'm kind of obsessed with her. Like, I was watching her being like, you could never. I feel like Krystal Versace is it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

So, like, even though it was. It was maybe not the strongest outing, she definitely sold it to me for sure.

[B]

Yeah. You know, it's star quality. It's like. It's like that star quality thing that even though you're not the best in the room, everyone is looking at you because you look like a star. So, yeah, that's like. That's that thing, you know, which bitch work. If you could. If you can fuck up the Corey on slow, Happy would be like, but you. But you turned it, mama bitch. That's the thing that everybody wishes they had, honestly.

[C]

I mean, she did it in episode two in the dragon episode. Absolutely fucked the choreo. And still won the challenge, so.

[B]

And still won.

[C]

She really does have, like, something about her.

[B]

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[A]

close your eyes. Exhale. Feel your body relax.

[B]

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[A]

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[C]

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[A]

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[B]

Visit 1-800-contacts.com today to save on your first order. 1-800-contacts. Shall we go on to the final Runway looks? Tia.

[C]

Yes. As the Runway queen of my season, I feel qualified to judge these.

[B]

Listen, you and I are kindred spirits in that way. Bitch. I look back at my season 10 runways, and I literally can't even. Also, not you. Drinking this cocktail with not even a cube of ice cream. This. That is the most British thing about you. There's not a block of ice in your warm ass cocktail. Bitch.

[C]

Listen, the UK is freezing cold. We don't need any ice in our drink because this room is cold enough. But speaking of, can I get another? Thank you. Thank you. I'm making a night of it. You know what I mean? Let's have a party.

[B]

Let's get into the looks. First of all, this is finale eleganza, and RuPaul is gilded in gold. I like this RuPaul look. I would, I would wear a dress like this. Listen, what I love about his fabric also is that it's so forgiving. So if you have one. Because sometimes, you know, when you wear a corset and that, well, you're so skinny, you probably don't even wear corsets, but you have that little bulge at the top. Fabric like that forgives all that. And I think RuPaul looks great also. Michelle is cute too.

[C]

Yeah, she does. I don't. I, I, I, I do have to make a confession. I don't want to come for Mother, Ru, but I never understand her shoes. I've always got an issue with Ru's shoes.

[B]

You know, I'm not a huge fan of wearing stockings and open toed shoes, and mother often does, and, you know, but she's Mother.

[C]

I know, I know. Honestly, I didn't say anything. Ru, I swear, I love your shoes. Been all over the tiktoks recently, so I don't need a TikTok about me.

[B]

Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Bitch. She did one recently, and the transition on it was so good. Like, it was the one when she looked at the camera and she did this and it spun around and she came back out in the look. I was like, I know RuPaul is not sitting in her dressing room doing this herself. So whoever did that shit, it looks so good.

[C]

I think Rue's got herself a little bit Adobe Premiere Pro account You know what I mean? Like, she's getting spicy on these tiktoks. I love to see it.

[B]

Imagine if RuPaul was editing his own videos. Bitch, my wig would catch on fire. All right, let's get into it. First queen up is Anubis.

[C]

Right? I love Anubis. Representing their Egyptian heritage. We love to see it. We know that Anubis likes a very firm wig that's pointing in any direction. It's giving, it's giving. Do you know what? Oh, I don't want to be harsh. It's giving Egyptian, but with a bit of like traditional British panto. So in that sense, I feel like it does sum up and represent Anubis heritage. It just looks a bit cheap from the waist down. The waist up. I love the waist down.

[B]

Agreed. Yeah, agreed. From the waist up, it looks great. I love the gradient red on the arms. I love that collar detail. That hair is dope. Having the letter A in it. The stonework, that gold stonework in those gold aurum stones, the barrel ones, that looks fucking incredible. Then you go from the waist down, you're like, girl, what? You're doing such a good job. Honestly, if she would have just did a catsuit out of take the skirt off and it'd be a Katsu continuing whatever is going on the bodice, it would have been fucking phenomenal. But the skirt does cheapen it a little bit.

[C]

Yeah, it's like she's wearing like a gorgeous, like, Egyptian bodysuit, but she accidentally fell into some curtains just before she walked out.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. And also, bitch, I caught up on Anubis Instagram. She is fucking hot. What is the tea on Anubis? Is she. What's her tea?

[C]

Well, I know that Anubis has a boyfriend. I don't know what. I'm just gonna text her now. I'll find out by the end. There we go.

[B]

Okay. Work, work, work, work, work. Let's go to our next queen, which was Electra Fence.

[C]

Mm.

[B]

Uh huh. Uh huh. Now everyone, keep in mind this is finale Eleganza. So had Elektra made it to the finale, like Kitty, Ella or Krystal, this would. This would have been her finale Eleganza look. That being said, her body looks great. This is not a finale. Look.

[C]

No, I. I don't know what brunch she had to do just before she came here, but I think. Do you know what? I'll give it to Elektra. I think she thought she was being clever because everyone expects a gown at the finale. So last year Did a bodysuit. Not her best bodysuit, but she did a bodysuit. And so, like, maybe Elektra was sort of going for that vibe. I mean, she does look gorgeous. I like. I like her.

[B]

Oh, she looks great.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Her face looks beat.

[C]

It's. I just do wish it was a gown. I wish there was, like, a little skirt piece or something to it.

[B]

Yeah, I really wish. Which, again, we'll get to this later. But how Kitty had a gown on, and she revealed into, like, that bodysuit under her, which was really great. I felt like she would've did something with that. That would've been great. Cause her face and hair look great, but it's like I like everything. Then she added the tights. Maybe if the tights were stoned as densely as the bodysuit is, then that could have maybe felt a little more luxe, but it just doesn't feel like your final shirt. Also, I will say she looks tall. Cause she's like, what, five' one or five' two? Something like that.

[C]

Yeah, five, two. She is over a foot shorter than me. Gag.

[B]

But she looks tall here.

[C]

She did.

[B]

She did a good job of elongating her body to look tall. But, yeah, I wish there was a little bit more to make it feel like the final presentation to the world

[C]

and the judges, you know, proportionizing. She's proportionized very well.

[B]

Yes, she is. Up next. Next, Victoria Scone. Stunning. I love this look. I loved the. I loved the tulle. I loved the gloves. I love the body. Her body always looks so fucking good. She really corsets and pads really well. Like, look at that. Va va voom, bitch. Yeah, I love it. I thought this was great.

[C]

Oh, yeah, me too. This is the thing about Victoria is that, like, the secret tea is that she is technically my drag daughter. And when people find that out, they're like, how. How is she so good? And you look like this. Like, it's very drag daughter.

[B]

How is she a drag daughter?

[C]

Well, okay, so I sort of adopted her because I saw her at her first ever performance that she did, and this was years ago, and it was a drag competition, and she got told by judges that maybe this is the wrong competition for you, because obviously they were expecting assist man in a dress for a drag competition. So she got critiqued for it, and I was the only one who was nice to her, basically. So I sort of adopted her, and I. I have absolutely nothing to do with her creativity or her talent. That's not me. I'm just. We've just created this narrative around ourselves. But, like, she looks absolutely stunning. Like, gorgeous. And I'm glad that she could walk at this point. That's good.

[B]

Yes. Yeah, yeah. She looks really good. I really. I really hope to see her on a future season of Drag Race. Cause I feel like we missed out on just in the one episode she was in. She had so many funny bits, and she wasn't like. I feel like we're missing out on a lot of great Victoria's content. So I hope she can come back in a future season for sure.

[C]

Skip her straight to an All Stars. Do you know what I mean? She doesn't need another regular season.

[B]

Yeah, agreed. Hopefully they bump her straight to an All Stars, and she can slay that and be the first AFAB Queen to win Drag Race, which would be fucking great. Up next is Veronica Green.

[C]

You first.

[B]

I'm gonna start with what I like. I really like her hair. We have not. Well, I have not seen this kind of hair on Veronica. I think it looks great. And does she have a cigarette in her hand? Is there some story here that I'm missing that she's trying to tell? I think there's a cigarette in her hand or there's. There's something in her hand I'm seeing in the picture that we have here. And maybe. Maybe this concept is going over my head. This seems like a very specific story and reference she's making that I am missing.

[C]

Right. So what I will say is this was not Veronica's intended finale. Look. This was actually for another one of the runways, but I'll let her explain that. Explain that herself. But she decided to do it for the finale, I think, just because she's kind of a bad bitch. Do you know what I mean? I think she was kind of like, listen, you got rid of me earlier, so you don't deserve my finale Runway. Bye. Like, I. I don't want to speak for her. She was just like, this is me. Like, you're all born naked and the rest is drag. So here I am, naked.

[B]

Got you. Okay, Okay.

[C]

I am kind of speaking for her a little bit, so I don't want her to get in trouble. World of wonder if you're listening. That was me. Assuming we haven't had a conversation about it.

[B]

Yeah, listen, this is all conjecture. We don't know what Veronica's intention was. I mean. Yeah, we don't know what Veronica. We can only assume what the statement is. And, I mean, she has a great body. I mean, look at her little V's. Like, obviously, Veronica has a Very nice body out of Dragon. This is to me, it's incom if the statement that we're assuming she's making like, you got rid of me. You don't deserve the best of me. Here are my scraps. I feel like there would have been a more avant garde and couture way to do that because again, the hair and the makeup was pretty and then she. And then my eyes took in the entire image and I was like, what is going on? And honestly, at that point, just be. Yeah, I don't know. I don't love this. I love the hair and makeup. This outfit thing, I'm not a fan of. There are pieces missing to give us the full story to make it really, truly impactful.

[C]

Listen, I know I'm biased because she's my bestie from my season, but I just think it's such a bad bitch move to come out of the finale and be like, here's my nipples. Do you know what I mean? Like, it's, it's. It's one of those things that, like. Yeah, you know, we've all heard the stories of people getting, like, you get shadow banned on Instagram if you've got a nipple out and you're female presenting and all of that kind of thing. And she's walked out on the BBC. Nips to the wind, pierced.

[B]

That's true.

[C]

I'm completely biased. I'm completely biased. I'll defend her forever. I think she's your case.

[B]

Okay. On that token, what would have been fucking fierce bitch is if she got a fucking prosthetic, big flaccid dick and just had. And just put her own stuff out there, have a prosthetic flaccid dick just hanging in that look. Now I would have been like, it's so bad that they had to blur it, but you kind of see it, like, moving in the blur. That would have been. Now, that would have been sickening. I would have been screaming,

[C]

I can't breathe. Someone Photoshop that in and tweet it. Yeah.

[B]

Oh, my God, someone please Photoshop a big flaccid dick onto Veronica Green. Like, that would be so fierce.

[C]

I kinda live.

[B]

Okay, I've come around now. I've come around the way I come around to me. That's the only piece that's missing to make me die and gag and live. Up next was Charity Case. Charity Case. So is she supposed to be like. Again, I like the look, but is she supposed to be a cave person? Bat. Like a bat cave person?

[C]

Yeah, I think she's the dead version of my prehistoric Runway. It's definitely prehistoric energy. I'm not.

[B]

Got it.

[C]

I don't know why, though. Why is this the finale look?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

I don't know. Maybe she also, like, Veronica. She's doing a category another look, not her finale eleganza. This is something else that they didn't end up using. But if that was the case, we probably saw more of things in that vein. But, yeah, I don't know. I don't know the story, but, I mean, again, it's very on brand for Charity. It's a little gothic, a little gore, but with, like, a bit. A little bit of glam in there as well. So, I mean, I wish I could have seen her eyes. Cause Charity does do very pretty eye makeup, so I wish I could have seen her eyes and her. At least her eyes. But I think it's a cool look. Cool concept.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, I think there must be a reference in it that I'm not getting, because usually, like, Charity's looks are so smart, so thought through, and so, like, understood. I just. I'm not sure why this would be your finale look. Unless there's just, like, there must be something that I'm not getting. So in that way, it's good because I'm, like, intrigued. I want to know what it's about.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Which again, now I'm gonna go to her Instagram page and see what she posted and see what the caption is. So good for her, because I'm trying to do a research on her ass. So. Smart bitch. Up next was Theresa May. This is a pretty simple look, pretty straightforward, and for your final look, I think this is a good statement. This kind of tells us we get a sense of who Theresa's drag is with this hair and the gown and the roses and kind of. So I think this is a great way to end the season. Has she made it to the end?

[C]

100%. She's giving, like, full Spanish heritage. Sort of like walking out there feeling gorgeous. I think she looks stunning. I think it's a really smart way to do that kind of ruffle and still be able to walk in it, because it's like. It is. It's floating above the floor, but I'm not mad about it. We'll come back to Ella. It's floating above the floor, but I'm

[B]

not mad about it, girl.

[C]

Huh, huh, huh. She looks stunning. It made me miss her even more.

[B]

Also, this hair is very Bianca Del Rio, and we. We love a Bianca Del Rio. Up do curl fantasy.

[C]

Very. That, very. That.

[B]

Next was River Medway. Tia.

[C]

So right again, Tia. Coffee coming with the. The tea. River wore her finale gown in another episode.

[B]

Which one?

[C]

So when they did the red carpet Runway, river was so nervous because she'd been like, critiqued really harshly. She wore her finale gown for the red carpet Runway, you know, that gorgeous purple dress that she wore, and then she was safe.

[B]

Oh, I love that. That was so good.

[C]

So sickening. So she's had, she's had to wear something else. She's had to wear something else.

[B]

That makes sense. That makes sense. And you know what? Smart on her because after she did that, I think that helped her get a few more episodes further in competition. So I think that was well played by river wearing that dress when she did because it definitely helped her stay long in a competition for sure.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, this, this, this one's not. Her hair is lovely. Her mug is lovely. This one's not the one.

[B]

It's not. It's not. It's not. And, and, and y'. All, yes, they get eliminated, but they, they. When you get eliminated, you don't go home. Like, they probably kept them there especially. They had them come back for the rose. He had to come back for this. They probably. I'm. I mean, again, I wasn't there. I'm assuming they kept all of them there. That's why she couldn't go back and get something else. And all the way also, you spend all your fucking money on the show. You probably. Even if they sent you home, you don't have money to go buy, to go buy a new fucking gown or get one made. So you gotta do what you got, bitch.

[C]

Mmm. I mean, she does look. She looks alright. It's like the worst part is the shoe for me, but also I'm team River forever. Like, if I was on an All Stars with River with her, I'd just quit. She should win.

[B]

Now here's. I. Rumor has it that she made. She does hair and she made a lot of girls hair for the season. Is that true?

[C]

I think after the season, she's made a lot of hair for people I know she's done. Like, she doesn't just style it. She fully, like, knots the wigs herself. Like, it's like the whole process, it's amazing. But she's done hair for, like, Chaney and like, lots of other people, so she really good at it.

[B]

Work, Work. Yeah, I heard that Adora said that when the season started. Next up was Scarlet Harlot. She's giving me, like, ice Queen. I will say for Scarlet, this seems a little old for Scarlet, which I was shocked. Scarlett's 27. She's so. I thought she was 17. She's. Scarlett looks really young, and this seems, like a little heavy and like, a little old. Like, it makes her read older than she is. What are your thoughts?

[C]

Yeah, no, it definitely ages her up quite a look, but then quite a lot. Sorry. But that, like, that kind of makes sense to me because Scarlett's grown up with, like, really old school cabaret. Like, Scarlett likes to work with, like, the bagger type sort of energy of people and stuff. So it does kind of make sense to me that she got it like a finale. But, I mean, she looks.

[B]

Looks.

[C]

She looks 50, so.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. And I really like her eye makeup. I like when Scarlett puts more color on her face. I don't. I said this throughout the season. I don't think Scarlett puts enough color on her face. And she kind of. She paints her eyebrows really light, so you lose a lot of her features. But the. The. The pinker lip and the. And the eye color, like, these things are giving her more quote, unquote body to her face, and it's giving her more dimension, which I like. But, yeah, the gown. And. And also that. That shawl, that's such, like a grandma shawl. Like, literally. Literally. My grandmother has the same one in red that she wears to church on New Year's Eve every year. So I'm like, yeah, girl.

[C]

Do you think. Do you think she was trying to play it smart because she knew obviously they were gonna do a Christmas number at some point. So do you think she was trying to give you, like, an Elsa from Frozen Moment because she knew it was gonna be, like, towards Christmas maybe?

[B]

Yeah. Elsa is. Elsa is 17, not 70. Elsa's grandmother, if that's the case, not Elsa. I'm going to be Elsa's grandmother for Zell.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

No. Even if that was her thought process, bitch. Still no. It's a no for me, Tia. I'm sorry. Sorry.

[C]

It's a dive. It's a dive.

[B]

And last but not least of the illuminated girls is Vanity Milan. This is Vanity Milan's finale Eleganza. And one thing about vanity I can appreciate is her body's always right, her hip's always right, her waist is always singed, and she wears tits. She wears big boobies. That being said, kind of like, who else was it? Kind of like Elektra. This is not like a finale Eleganza look. And we know obviously Gowns are predictable. The finale. So people want to break that mold. But I don't think this is the right choice. Something for being your final presentation to RuPaul, like, why you should win. You know what I mean?

[C]

Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. And it is not. It's not a finale number. But you know what? I'm kind of obsessed with it because it is vanity. Like, at that last moment, she's sort of come out and she's been like, I did the assignments. I ticked every box that you forced me into. But now I'm just doing me, and I can't. I kind of like the fact that she turned up for brunch. Do you know what I mean? Like, I kind of love the fact that she could take that off and twirl the house down. Boots to. You don't owe me. Like, I, I, I don't know.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

You know what I mean? It's not a finale, but it's her, so I love it.

[B]

Yeah, I also do. I. I also do like this hair with, like, kind of like a reverse kind of like a. Kind of like a black queen does Cruella. It's like you have the dark hair where you have. Instead of that white streak. It's like the blonde, which. The 627 honey blonde, which I like that, but. Yeah. And also, I do like a big coat train. And the way you can see in this picture we have here in our document, you can kind of see the light coming in her waist. And her waist looks fucking teeny, and her hips look huge, which obviously we know I'm a very big fan of. I like a bitch with a fat ass. It's fierce.

[C]

Maybe if she just belted the coat around it or something, it might have given a bit more.

[B]

No, no, no. I think it's giving a lot. Oh.

[C]

What?

[B]

Yeah, yeah. And let's go with our top three. We have first up, Ms. Ella Vida. What say you to your coffee?

[C]

I'm fuming. I'm fuming. I'm absolutely fuming. I. She walked out and I said, you should have come out of Drag Mama. Like, I. That's harsh, isn't it? Sorry, Ella, we're friends. I was. What was this floating, like, piece on the. Why was it not on? Why was the hairline here? What was the make? Why was the jewelry? Why was there no eyeline? Who was the eyebrow? Why was the wrist not. Who was the ring? Where was the silver shoe and the hat?

[B]

Yeah. Out of the three, this is probably my least favorite. The gold Jewelry and silver shoes, which, I mean, her friends are so shady. Cause I know one of these fucking girls, either in the top three or the eliminated girls, someone had a silver necklace, a stick of silver necklace, and some silver earrings. Cause if the choice was jewelry over shoes, obviously shoes are more important because not everyone has your shoe size. So select the shoe, bitch. Get a silver choker and some silver earrings for somebody else. And if all of them said no, then those bitches ain't your friends. They're your fucking enemies, bitch. Because that was wild to me. The gold jewelry with the silver shoes, I gagged.

[C]

I just. I would not feel comfortable sitting here being like, this was great. I. It was like one of those moments where you were like, she walked around the corner and I just went, you were so close. You were so close.

[B]

It was so close. So close.

[C]

Yeah, it just wasn't.

[B]

Honestly, I think because of how good she was. Sorry, go ahead.

[C]

I was just gonna say, did she grow 3 inches taller during the competition? Maybe?

[B]

Honestly, because of how good she did in the challenge and how good she looked in challenge. If Ella would have come and, like, did a slam dunk home run in her finale Eleganza, I think Ella would have been crowned the winner. I really do. Because I think she was, like, clearly the best in the challenge. And I think they were just looking for just that final to be like, work, you win. Hey. She had the most badges, best in the challenge. A great finale Eleganza, I think, would have really, really, really sealed the deal for her. And the shoes and the jewelry and the drawers being a little too short did not do her any favorite favors.

[C]

There's also, like, I'm not one to sort of like, critique makeup because I'm still on a glow up journey. Do you know what I mean? So I'm not going to come for anyone. There's something very different about the two eyes. Like, one eye looks so small and one eye looks so big. And I'm confused.

[B]

Yeah, I see that in this. In this picture I'm looking at. Yeah, yeah.

[C]

I think it might have just been like a. You're in a rush and your lash goes. I've done it a thousand times, so I can't judge.

[B]

Oh, bitch. This whole time, have you seen this lash? This lash is trying to jump, girl. I have adjusted her this entire time. She gonna go any minute. And it is what it is.

[C]

Me, I can't wait for the comments to be.

[B]

But also, I'm sitting here in my apartment.

[C]

I've never made it to a Finale. So, you know, we move.

[B]

Next up was Kitty Scott Claus. Kitty looks great. I love. I love her. Always love her face. I love this hair. I don't wear hair like this often. I would wear this, though. I think this is very pretty. She looks like. She looks like she's going to a little. A gown in. In. In fucking Princess Fairyland, and. But she doesn't like a princess. She looks like a fairy godmother. Right?

[C]

Yeah. I mean, the energy. Because you could tell that Kitty absolutely loves this outfit. Like, me watching, for sure. Like, I sent my. My, like 7 year old onto a pageant. I was like, watching her being like, you're living your dream, honey, and I'm proud of you. And, like, I kind of love that because, like, that's what I want to see from, like a drag race.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Finale is someone, like, literally feeling the most beautiful they've ever felt. And Kitty did that for me.

[B]

Yeah. Oh, for sure. You can tell she loved this gown. You could tell it was. She was so proud to wear it, so happy to wear it. She looked. And that radiated off of her. Definitely. It felt good to watch her walk in the gum, for sure.

[C]

And the eye makeup as well.

[B]

Oh, the eye makeup is always stunning. I love the way she paints. I really, really, really do. Last but not least is Krystal Versace. Crystal Versace. What are your thoughts, Ms. Tia? Coffee, what say you?

[C]

Well, I'm trying to give you a little Crystal Versace right now. With my puff sleeves and my human hair unit. Do you know what I mean? Crystal Vape. I would. She looked gorgeous. I could never come for her. She looks absolutely stunning. Her makeup is perfect. She's stunning.

[B]

Stunning.

[C]

I'm obsessed with her. I would have lost the, you know, that one metallic all the way round belt that every drag queen has. I'd have lost that one in the mix.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And I'd have maybe popped a little powder. Powder on the boobies.

[B]

Little powder on the boobies so they're not so shiny. Yeah, yeah, agreed. I think that metallic obi belt thing, it throws off everything else. I feel like had she. I feel like if she would have taken that off and also the pearls, it would have been more consistent as opposed to. Cause what it felt like is that she just put a whole bunch of stuff on, as opposed to her taking these specific jewels to put them around, like the belt and the pearls. Throw it off for me. If she had lost those, the whole thing would have made sense. And obviously you can't talk about the bitch's face. Her face is stunning. Her hair is stunning. I love. I have this gown in, like, three colors. I have it in black, I have it in green, and I think I had it in red. I don't know where the red one went, though. So, yeah, the gown. Nothing wrong with the gown. It's the accessories kind of. The wrong accessories kind of cheapened a little bit.

[C]

Yeah, I think. I think she must have. It's. It's one of those moments where you're going, I need to make sure my waist looks tiny. So she's whacked that belt on. I don't think it was intended to go with this because the rest of it kind of looks like it's been put together deliberately. But that belt, it just really took me out of the fantasy.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, for sure. For sure. But I mean. Oh, she. She looks always. There has not been a single time in this entire season I've looked at Crystal and not been like, she's stunning every time. Every time. Her face always looks great. Everything always looks really, really, really good about her, always. But just those two little details for me. That silver metallic belt and the pearls, I think those kind of. Maybe she just lost that metallic belt. The pearls, that make sense. But at this point, you're mixing three kind of different metals, like this, like, chain link, the gold stuff, the pearls and it. So, yeah, I think that belt really, really, really throws it off for me.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I'm just coming home.

[C]

I'm old. So

[B]

what. Just really quick about at this point in the conversation, seeing everything to this point, obviously we know who won this season, but who would you have picked to win? Going through, like, their ancestor RuPaul in their little. And saying. Talking to their younger selves. Why does. Why they deserve to win. Who do you think was the winner this season?

[C]

Yeah, so Kitty, Ella, and Crystal are the finalists. So for me, the winner I would have chosen is River Medway. No, I'm obsessed with River. River's the best person I've ever met in my life. I'm obsessed. I think I would have probably just because I know what I did on my season. I know what I can bring to the table. I know what my drag is. So I'm biased towards someone that I might feel is a bit similar. So I probably would have gone for Kitty personally. But that does not take away from the fact that, like, Crystal does literally everything that I. I'm still working towards doing off the back of being on my season because I've never done the fashion. I've never done the look, it's not something I've been interested in necessarily, because

[B]

it's not part of my draft. Yeah.

[C]

So, like, Crystal does, like, everything that I can't do and I'm still working on, and she's 19, and I haven't been 19 for a decade. So, like, I'm with.

[B]

Yeah, yeah. Krystal has done a phenomenal. A phenomenal. A phenomenal job this season and everything. But, yeah, for some reason, this finale, seeing what she did and the challenge, stuff like that, and thinking about all the challenges, she did one, I think everyone knows I'm a very big Kitty Scott Claus fan. I fucking love her. Love, love, love, Kitty. I think in this finale, Ella edged her out a bit for me. Even though Kitty had a great finale gown. Something about Ella's whole package, the whole season and what she did, this finale, I would have probably chosen her to win the season for sure.

[C]

I mean, I think that's fair enough, isn't it? Like, Ella's kind of, like, smashed it out of the park with every single challenge.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

But just for me, like, I'm biased. I love the underdog. I love the comedy. I love the chat. Like, it's always been Kitty for me. Babes, day one.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah. That being said, though, Krystal does a really good job of the season of really putting more of her charisma in here and her really, really, really coming out of her shell more. And when Ru asked about her younger self, it was so passionate. It felt so real. And the way she. And then how she ended it with the jokes on the filler thing like that. That is such RuPaul humor to, like, b, have the serious, serious, serious moment at the end. Put that little thing at the end to make you seem even relatable and to make you seem like that bitch. So, yeah, I think Crystal nailed it, and congratulations to her. Oh, my God, the lip sync. We didn't talk about the lip sync in the. Yeah, in the lip sync.

[C]

Oh, yeah. My God.

[B]

Kitty was the best lip sync for me. She did. She. I couldn't take my eyes off of her. Everything she did, she was doing comedy, she was being serious, she was being dramatic. I think Kitty was the best in the lip sync.

[C]

Hands down, 100% agree. Kitty won the lip sync for me, but I was quite stunned at Krystal's ability to, because, you know, I thought Krystal was 19, so she's just gonna whip a human hair wig and jump into the splits. But she acted the song, like, so brilliantly and was Giving, like, the drama and stuff like that. And then. And Ella was not good.

[B]

Ella kind of faded, which I was really surprised, which. We've never seen Ella lip sync. Huh? This is the first time seeing lip sync. She definitely faded to the background. She was not. I was very surprised. Again, she is like a stage performer. She performs on the West End. That's her career. So I was shocked at how much I saw her fade into the background for this final lip sync. I was very shocked by that.

[C]

Yeah. I mean, we got some shady closeups of maybe the one or two times she might have fluffed the word, but I thought, yeah, she was. There were points where she was literally facing away from the judges, and I was like, they are making the decision. The wall is not making the decision. RuPaul is making the decision. It just. I don't know what it was. I think maybe it was like she'd done so well, and that moment kind of maybe was too, like, the last bit of pressure that tipped her over the edge. It just went off.

[B]

Yeah. Yeah, for sure. I was. I think, again, that may have been why Crystal edged her out, because Krystal was good in the lip sync and she was really doing a good job of showing us who she was in the finale. But that being said, very, very, very, very big congratulations to Ms. Kristen Versace. She is the new reigning Queen of the United Kingdom. She has her crown of scepter right next to the queen at Buckingham Palace. She got. She got her own room up in the castle.

[C]

Yeah, I've been. Babe. She invited me over. I had a sleepover last night. It's great.

[B]

Oh, how was it? How is. How are Harry And I heard Meghan is visiting.

[C]

Oh, yeah, no, I. I actually also play the role of Meghan Markle. I. I'm. Tea, coffee, sometimes play mechanical occasionally. It's. You gotta have two jobs these days. Do you know what I mean? Make that coin.

[B]

I mean, you've never seen. You've never seen Tia Coffee and Megan separately. I mean, together, separately, whatever. The thing is the trope. I just made that joke and I fucked it up. But no, no. Big congratulations to Krystal. Versace did a great job this season. Looked phenomenal every time, and I'm really excited to see what she does with her reign, you know what I mean? So far, the two winners have been different in what they've done post Drag Race, so I'm excited to see what, obviously, she's gonna be doing. A lot of fashion shit. I can see this bitch is gonna be in magazines and doing spreads and doing Runway. She's gonna be doing all the things. So she has a very big, bright year ahead of her, for sure.

[C]

Absolutely. She's coming for your Bimini. She's coming for your fashion gig.

[B]

Babes, girl, I don't think anyone can come for.

[C]

Bimini's an icon.

[B]

She's so good. She's so cute. I've never met her. I have not. Because of the pandemic. I have not met so many of the new queens. I'm really excited to meet them. I never met you.

[C]

We're hopping over the pond for LA dragcon soon, so we have to have a little bevy. I'll buy us some shots.

[B]

Oh, bitch. I'm not doing la. I'm not doing LA dragcon. But I will definitely come to the convention and walk up. I'm not doing a booth this year, bitch. DragCon is so stressful. DragCon is so stressful. But I'll definitely see you there. I'll definitely pop by a booth and be like, hey, bitch, how you doing?

[C]

I've only ever been to one drag card, and I was Something Wong's assistant for dragcon uk. And then the next day, I got the phone call for season two, so you're welcome.

[B]

Well, y', all, this has been another season of sibling watchery. The ending, y' all said, we got real dark. We got real crazy, girl. But listen, what the beauty of sibling rivalry and Ratria is that y' all are always going to get the honest Myself, Bob. I mean, Myself, Monet, gonna get the honest Bob. And I love that our guests, like Tia Coffey, like Kesha Carr, like Lawrence Chan, like all these people who come on the show, always get their honest opinions as well, good, bad, or ugly. So thank y' all so much for another season, and we'll see what happens next. You know what? I think we should. We should. We gonna review some Barney. Cause that seems like that's gonna be something good for y'.

[C]

All.

[B]

We gonna do some Barney from season one to season. What they up to 42 now? Barney's up next for simultery. It's gonna be great. Until next time.