RuPaul's Drag Race

[kostgard]

Okay, I laughed at Untucked with Dita Von Teese sitting there bored, reading the wall and talking to herself - all the stupid stuff everyone does when they are stuck in a room by themselves.

My rule of thumb on the Phi Phi situation is Chad's reaction. Chad seems like one of the nicest people in the world, and she's not into bullshit and tries to give people the benefit of the doubt (even Willam has said that Chad was the only person who truly had her back). In Untucked Chad basically crossed Phi Phi off her list, and apparently she really meant it -- she's got her Dream Girls Revue show in LA every week, and apparently she's invited all of the top 6 from the show...except one. I think you really have to be a turd to have Chad Michaels completely wash her hands of you.

[Hamatron]

Oh yeah. I have Sharon Needles and Willam in my Tumblr feed, and they post all sorts of pics of themselves hanging out with each other, Manila, Carmen Carrera, and others from previous shows... no Phi Phi. The only interactions I know of with Phi Phi is that she apparently likes to flame Sharon Needles over Twitter.

[huntergrayson]

Ohhhhh, RuPaul, you trolling bitch. I feel so used.

[kostgard]

Haven't seen the episode yet, but figured out what happened when Twitter started trending with all three finalists. I can't believe they are dragging it out. And I can't believe that Phi Phi is still in the running.

But I did laugh that all of the tweets I saw for Sharon and Chad were of the "I hope she wins!" variety and the tweets for Phi Phi were along the lines of "If this bitch wins, so help me god..."

And if Phi Phi knew this was coming, why has she been acting like such a turd online? Getting into Twitter and Facebook fights with people is not exactly a way to endear yourself to the people who will be using Twitter and Facebook to vote for you.


ETA: Now that I've seen the episode - dude. Phi Phi is just not on the same level as the other two. She was good with the choreography in the video, but that's about it. Chad and Sharon both have something that Phi Phi does not. And I laughed at her "death drop" during the LSFYL. It was more of a "slowly and carefully lower yourself to the ground" drop.

I wonder how much the social media voting will play into the results. I'm sure it's still very much just Ru's decision.

But if it factors in at all, Phi Phi doesn't have a chance. Just on tumblr, the reblog numbers (so far) are Chad = 182, Sharon = 1,009, Phi Phi = 40.

[Hamatron]

Wow. I had no idea. I watched the whole episode totally nervous, only to be TROLLED!!! Sharon or Chad better win. Phi Phi is not the future of drag. At all. Gah!

RuPaul really screwed herself over if she had her heart set on PhiPhi winning, like a lot of people believe she does. It seemed like the show was even trying to soften Phi Phi and give her a bit of a more sympathetic edit for the last episode. The problem is, the voting is clearly demonstrating how many people don't like her. So, if RuPaul chooses her she's going to come across pretty badly.

Also, apparently the winner announcement was delayed because RuPaul was pissed about the season 3 winner leaking before the show even aired.

ETA: Here's another interesting theory: Some folks are speculating that Absolut is pushing for PhiPhi and that the show is trying to use online voting as leverage to give the award to Sharon Needles. Interesting... the episode with the Absolut rep would certainly support this as he did not like her at alllllll.

[Ninja Bunny]

But if it factors in at all, Phi Phi doesn't have a chance. Just on tumblr, the reblog numbers (so far) are Chad = 182, Sharon = 1,009, Phi Phi = 40.

I just peeked in on FB and based on the section I saw of the 60,000+ replies, Sharon is the runaway favorite.

After Ru being a troll and not revealing why Willem was ejected and trying to gaslight me about boring, generic Phi Phi. I'm not happy with Ru this season.

[kostgard]

Report from someone who went to the reunion taping.

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the three finalists are at a point where they don't give a shit who wins anymore. Cut the shenanigans, Ru.

[huntergrayson]

Wow, based on her personal Twitter, Ru is MAD AS HELL that the winner leaked last season, justifying the choice to film three endings at the reunion taping.

As annoying as all the trolling has been, I can't even be mad because the reason why this show is so awesome is that it completely foregrounds and makes explicit all the conventions of reality shows. It's an awesome reality show in and of itself *and* a satire thereof. I mean, the product placement alone!

[Deleted]

Yea! Sharon Needles!

Up yours, Phi Phi!!!

[huntergrayson]

I actually cried at Sharon winning and Latrice getting Miss Congeniality. No reality show has ever done that to me.