Even with Utica's rather strange presentation of her first two looks, they looked great and that sleeping bag look was one of the best ever made in the show
When you look at critiques about Utica that she was not "fashion presenting" enough with her camp and fun persona for the two first looks AND the fact that Jorgeous won a design challeging by "selling the garment"........ It's clear they value runway presentation TOO MUCH, even more than the look itself. It's called a design challenge, not a modeling or catwalking challenge. Of course, if you sell the garment with the walk and confidence, more power to you, but that shouldn't guarantee you a win. Also, if you walk ugly but the garment is fine, that shouldn't screw you over more than somebody who actually made shit. Just look at the Farm design challenge from season 11. Nina's outfit was not good (it was the same secretary silhouette dress she always delivers made with corn husks), but she used a lot of unconventional material and trie to create something. Vanjie however "made" a skirt, that was a piece of fabric not even lined or hemmed, made an ugly rope top and put some rope on a fascinator. Yes, Nina's walk is atrocious while Vanjie's was fierce, but that shouldn't be the reason to punish somebody, Vanjie's garment was worse
The ball isnt just a design challenge, its a BALL and you have to serve: face, fashion, pose, catwalk... and things like that. Overall you have to be good in many things and not just design and sew something good. Utica served clown mess realness with her walk and thats a fact.
@@cadeonexode that doesn't change the fact that her looks were good enough. I disagree completely with your comment. Utica is a camp conceptual queen, it makes sense she would present her looks in a camp conceptual way. She only acts fierce if she feels her looks need it, like the sleeping bag look, she presented it fiercely but still had some camp elements to it like laying down on the runway. It's annoying that in order to win a design challenge a queen has to change herself and her style. If she's camp, let her be camp. It would be a breath of fresh air for a queen that's not "fashion mama werk down boots" to win the ball, and deservedly
@@PauloCesarLira5 there is no problem with being camp. The problem is being cringe. She pretended to pee on the stage like a dog, that was gore. She had the best outfit, no doubt. But I agree with Ru.
No matter how many years pass. The fact that Utica did not win the “the ball”, with what is probably the best dress made in the werkroom, will be considered one of the biggest robberies in herstory 😭😭😭
I watched it yesterday again and jorgeous won not only because ru uses her as a battery life force but she sold tf out of it on the runway and she made made that last minute (i do agree camden should have won but jorgeous looked fierce)
Utica and Lineysha Sparx were THE ultimate robbed queens it actually hurt watching. I also remember rooting for Lashauwn Beyond's 'post apopapelyctic' look because it was so amazing and different from everything we have seen, but I guess it can't be called robbed as Sharon's was iconic. But I remember feeling it was kinda underapreciated, specially being sent home the episode after.
Had she stayed longer, her "post apocaloptic" look would've been talked about more and I even dare to say it would be in the same level as Lineysha's wallpaper dress and Utica's sleeping bag look at being robbed. I always think that that look should've been something people remembered her about, not the "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race" lol.
She absolutely should have won that ! And it would have cemented her as a front runner winning the first 2 challenges being that she won the second challenge as well . Ive wanted her back for all stars for so long
The only thing you can critique over Mo's queen of hearts look was the ill fitting top. But the Skirt and the hair made out of cards is enough to land her in the top.
They thought Mayhem was going to be a stronger contender so gave her an easy win at the start to set her up. That's why Mo was safe. Safe gets sent backstage and no-one looks too closely at your outfit anymore. If she was on that stage, there's NO WAY to justify handing the win to anyone else.
Scarlett started out a nightmare dressed like a daydream and then she hit an All-stars and I fell in love. She was absolutely robbed in the design challenge. They tell queens don't be afraid to get ugly and an ultimate pretty girl as the beast from the black lagoon? Fucking phenomenal
Spot on with everything. Aja’s look was second only to Trixie’s in my opinion. It was gorgeous. And yes, Heidi and Mistress were both robbed, ignore anyone who says otherwise.
Not at all Rajas money look mighty been slightly better then Manilas but overall Manila won the ball on top of the the fact that the first part of that challenge was the performance and Raja didn’t know the words at all and was off with the dance routine and I’m still mad they never clocked her on any of that
@@marcusmelancon3426 to be fair, Raja had some things overlooked during their run. Like the cake ball for example. Even though they did point out the exposed undergarment, they still gave her the win for that despite Yara’s sensational gown.
I believe Anetra should have won the ball, mainly bc the judges generally put ALOT more emphasis on the created look and much less on the ones brought from home. Therefore it could only be Anetra for me whose creation was just straight up beautiful and jaw dropping. It will always surprise me that Sasha won that over the 3 you mentioned though for sure
Far from my favorite Jimbo moment, the smaller petals didn't really work, but the skirt was kind of extraordinary, and using produce, which was how I understood the challenge.
I thing Utica and Gottmik should have tied, gottmik has good looks all round but utica's creation was downright magical. They did her dirty on her season
I didn't like Gotmeeks bag ball design look. It just looked like scraps of fabric wrapped haphazardly around a naked body. Was it really even a sewn together garment or literally just fabric scraps tied around their body?
I’m sorry but anyone that does a “Mary Jane” inspired look is just tacky to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for it and anyone who partakes. But the looks I’ve seen on the show just give me juvenile or red neck fair merchandise.
Love videos like these that just stick to their guns on their opinions. Especially because it brings up Lineysha Sparks. This girl was SO overlooked by the fandom! She could've won that challenge, making her a bigger frontrunner than she already felt like. Then the lip sync vs Detox? She really held her own and I think if the legendary wig reveal never happened, it could've been the first double shantay lets be totally real.
I don't agree that Mistress deserved to win over Sasha. Mistress' first look was a bodysuit with quotes pasted on it - very amateur-looking. Her second look, although great concept, had visible fitting issues . Finally, the look she made looked great, but was being pulled too much by the stones at the bottom. Sasha on the other hand, had a good first look, great second look, and her third look, although somewhat simple, looked amazing on stage. Overall, Sasha presented the best package. However, I think Anetra should have won it for her third look alone.
if u do a pt 2, u MUST include: Jaidas bubble bath dress Roxxxys candy dress Angerias American wedding dress Nymphias goth dress (q was a mime, not goth) Milks bearded look Akerias Kennedy look Sheas Rupaul recreation Alexis's backyard ball gown Scarlets blue dress
the whole point of the video was to highlight actually sewed looks... jaida basically glued white balls on a corset, she did NOT deserve to win that challenge.
I disagree with most of these. I'll give my reasoning: - Scarlet's was during the ball challenge. Her design outfit was stunning yes, but her blue collar look was just ok and her blue jeans look was ugly. Although she had one of the best blue bonanza looks, she had one of the worst blue jeans looks, you can't balance that out. It's like TKB, her Cinderella design and presentation for the last look was incredible, but her blue collar look was one of the ugliest things of the season. There's no way you can win the ball in those conditions. - Alexis' I kinda agree, but this challenge was very wrong to begin with. They factored more the funny part of the challenge, the character they have created, and in that, yes, Alexis fell short. If it was just the design, she should absolutely win. Also, it was that stupid all stars thing of "if you're not in the top you're in the bottom", because she deserved at least a high placement. - Shea's RuPaul recreation was really good, but she wasn't better than Trinity or Shea. If she had done something to the pants, absolutely, but she didn't have the time, so the plain pants were a turnoff. - Akeria's Kennedy look - What's that? What look is that? - Milk's bearded look - this one I agree and disagree. I wouldn't mind Milk winning, because her outfit was original and fashion, but Bianca's and Trinity's were very well constructed, they all looked like looks brought from home. We have to remember that at the time Milk's drag was not so praised on the show, so her not winning makes absolute sense, and in my eyes it wasn't much better than the other looks for it to be a robbery, the top3 looks were all good. - Roxxxy's candy dress I feel the same about Milk's toga party look. Both Roxxxy and Alaska did great for the 3 categories, so I wouldn't mind her winning, but I think Alaska was a tiny bit better on the first two. - I like Jaida's concept for her look at the ball, but the discussion could be made that she didn't modify the balls, just glued them together. But at the same time, so did Gigi, Gigi constructed a dress and glued balls to it to adorn it. Both winning would be fine by me. I actually prefer Jaida because of her second look, the sport one, it's more different and creates a more interesting package for a ball About Angeria and Nymphia I completely agree.
I think the monster ball win is always so contested. I think Nina, Plastique, Rajah and Scarlet all ate uppp but i think rajahs outfit overall were my favourites. Her wicked inspired look was so cute and her design look was perfectly constructed
Utica won the bag ball for me, first 2 looks were fab and her design look was perfection. Gott miks design was bags wrapped to her legs and chest, no design and her first 2 looks were great yes but mik is very good at standing still and wearing other designers clothes 😂
I politely disagree with some of these, but your background music reminds me of the music in a game i used to play as a kid so its so soothing watching your vids xD Think we can all agree on number 1 though
I think acid Betty was just high on s8 because to me the look is uninspired from the og ball (looks same pov as Manila raja) and Kim had a cooler concept.
Totally agree about Heidi. She was robbed and it made me sad how production treated her. She’s so beautiful and talented. I def agree with you about Aja too. She had a huge glow up from her first season. I would go with Plastique rather than Scarlet, but both are fantastic. I totally agree about Scarlet being under appreciated too
Season 8's design challenge was very misjudged. How Robbie Turner wasn't in the bottom 2 while Laila McQueen was as well as Derrick Barry being in the top and Naomi being in the bottom will always be a mystery to me.
Utica’s sleeping bag look has to be one of the best looks in the history of drag race, if not the single greatest. Same goes for lineysha’s wallpaper dress. (Though it’s not the BEST, it’s one of the best, truly amazing)
My 2 cents: 9. Loved Acid Betty's look of course, but I do believe Kim Chi had the upper hand, especially considering the material she had to use (wigs). 8. This whole challenge was chaotic, but I agree that Misstress killed it and should've won. 7.Glueing things to a corset CAN win you a challenge, as long as nobody does anything better, which is not the case here, because Heidi ATE. She should've won. 6. The AS3 ball was also a confusing mess. Raja should've been on top, especially because the look Bebe wore reminded me of those plastic strip curtains we find in industrial freezers. And it was pretty fucked up of Bebe to kick out Raja. lol 5. I honestly liked Plastique's look, but I would've been fine if Scarlett had won. 4. Monique Heart's design was amazing and should've won. Mayhem's look was fine. 3. IT BAFFLES ME TO THIS DAY LINEYSHA SPARKS DIDN'T WIN THAT CHALLENGE! AAAAAAGH!!!! 2. Jorgeous should not have won this fucking challenge. I wanted to riot and set something on fire when I watched that episode. 1. Although I do think Utica had the best look of the evening, when considered all 3 pieces and presentation, I could se Gottmik coming out on top. Personally, Utica's silly faces and funny walk cheapened the looks and worked against her. If she had put on a fierce Naomi Campbell walk, she would've won.
I felt so thrown off when not only Utica didn't win, but GottMik's final look did. Like I'm sorry, all these years later, I feel like people were insisting the emperor had clothes. I think GottMik is great and a very fashionable queen but I just felt like I was being told that final look was high fashion when to me it looked meh and simple. Maybe the technical skills were really well done but the final product? I was so confused.
The narrative that first two Utica's looks were bad is asinine. And for the life of me, I can't stand behind the gore/intestines look Gottmik brought, not to memtion the trash she wore as her 3rd.
i remeber watching the season 10 drag on a dime and when Mo was only called safe i screamed. my girl was ROBBED!! she DESERVED a top placement AT LEAST if not the win!!
Brooke winning the Halloween ball made me MAD! Miss thing was straight up one of the ones ripping into scarlet’s design, when she should’ve won straight up!!
I loved Gottmik's money bags look, but Utica's sleeping bag look should have taken it. I would love to see Utica back again for more design challenges.
I agree with virtually none of the opinions displayed here besides Aja and Lady Camden. Fashion and art are subjective so we're all allowed our own opinions. Though I do believe that if Utica walked all 3 of her looks with a supermodel walk, she could have stolen the win. But she was distracting the looks when she should have been selling them.
if you really think Utica didn’t deserve the win just because she didn’t “model walk” the first two outfits, then youre just silly. Mik literally just sewed straps together and called it an outfit whilst Utica actually listened to the prompt and made an actual outfit. and since it’s the only prompt in this particular challenge where the queens had to physically make their own looks, Utica shouldve gotten more points for it and should’ve won
@@angel-jp6wf Utica's first two looks also werent too behind of Mik's first two looks either....its not Anetra's crystal ball situation where she devoured self-made look but her first two looks were bad enough to cost her a win
Acid Betty was such an underrated queen that was mostly ignored by fans and production. Tbh, the fawning over Sasha Colby was tiring throughout season 15 and her ball win (and the interview challenge) was one of the riggory she didn't need. Heidi should've been in the top (even though I didn't like her last look, proportion was weird).
I was really baffled when Sasha won the ball over Mistress because I didn't care for two of her looks. And the next week, she won that improv challenge...... you can guess my reaction!!
ive never understood why people say kahanna should have won...the last look was fine but in what way is it more inspired or sppealing than jessicas? her milk look was meh as well. if it was a top 2 its heidi and jessica 100%
I'll NEVER undestand HOW UTICA DID NOT WIN that DESIGN challenge. I remember I was so frustrated I just stopped watching drag race for a while.. I mean, wth, that design was G I V I N G IT, could've easily be on a actual fashion design competition as in Next in Fashion for an example. I still struggle to undestand how gotmilk won that challenge.
The way I've always thought with a ball (3 looks) that each of the at home looks is 30% and the design 40% So yeah, what you make matters but it can't undo bad looks
IMO, rajah did the best in the monster ball and she was safe, i feel like it would have made a great storyline too if rajah had a win somewhere even tho she was lipsyncing a lot, like what they did with the vixen the season prior, and to me, her designs were more well constructed than scarlets (despite scarlets being better conceptually)
Yeah like to this point I can’t accept any design look presented on the runway as being better than Utica’s Moncler inspired sleeping bag look. The reference, the whimsy, the presentation, the total package of how she styled the look. It was inarguably FLAWLESS… and she should’ve won. Not an opinion, straight fact… she won. I love Gottmik but Utica won.
I feel like the design challenge is meant to give a rise to the contestants. At the end of the day this is a reality show and production needs to create drama if the cast isn’t doing it on their own. And choosing people who were subpar would obviously make others feel some type of way. That’s what I think at least.
Utica's dress was undeniably the most beautiful dress ever made but it was also not unreasonable for Gotmikk to win because her looks were so good. Honestly Gottmik winning didn't bother me I was just so happy Utica got her flowers online.
I will forever stand on this, Scarlet WASNT robbed. Her pirate looked cheap and store-bought. Her witch look was safe. Her design look was pretty and fashionable but not finished. If u look deeper it had holes in random spots, and the gown doesnt touch the floor
I understand that Utica did a great outfit on the bag ball, but I still think that Gottmik deserved the win. All of the outfits put together, Gottmik was also so fashionable and chic, whereas the critics for Utica talked about how it was almost ruined by her playing a character with them. Plus, Gottmiks take on the last category was not meant to be this big and eccentric thing, it was made to be futuristic and to her style, which worked.
I pretty much stopped watching drag race when Utica didn't win that ball. Not even trying to be dramatic or anything, it's just true. RuPaul may have been forced to have trans contestants on his show (for the better), and walk back several wack comments over the years, but it's obvious they and the production still cling to their rigid definition of drag. They still heavily favor the hyper feminine, mainstream-palatable, "fashion mama werk down boots" aesthetic (as another commenter put it), and won't genuinely celebrate anything else. I want to see the best drag has to offer, but I've seen so many queens at this point be snubbed because they don't do drag the same way Ru does it. Shoutouts to Lineysha as well, though. We can only guess why production didn't care about her- probably the language barrier- but she didn't get her full recognition either.
Even with Utica's rather strange presentation of her first two looks, they looked great and that sleeping bag look was one of the best ever made in the show
When you look at critiques about Utica that she was not "fashion presenting" enough with her camp and fun persona for the two first looks AND the fact that Jorgeous won a design challeging by "selling the garment"........ It's clear they value runway presentation TOO MUCH, even more than the look itself. It's called a design challenge, not a modeling or catwalking challenge. Of course, if you sell the garment with the walk and confidence, more power to you, but that shouldn't guarantee you a win. Also, if you walk ugly but the garment is fine, that shouldn't screw you over more than somebody who actually made shit. Just look at the Farm design challenge from season 11. Nina's outfit was not good (it was the same secretary silhouette dress she always delivers made with corn husks), but she used a lot of unconventional material and trie to create something. Vanjie however "made" a skirt, that was a piece of fabric not even lined or hemmed, made an ugly rope top and put some rope on a fascinator. Yes, Nina's walk is atrocious while Vanjie's was fierce, but that shouldn't be the reason to punish somebody, Vanjie's garment was worse
The ball isnt just a design challenge, its a BALL and you have to serve: face, fashion, pose, catwalk... and things like that.
Overall you have to be good in many things and not just design and sew something good. Utica served clown mess realness with her walk and thats a fact.
@@cadeonexodeGottmik SERVED THREE LOOKS with modeling pose, Utica was a hot mess with her dog look, she bombed...
@@cadeonexode that doesn't change the fact that her looks were good enough.
I disagree completely with your comment. Utica is a camp conceptual queen, it makes sense she would present her looks in a camp conceptual way. She only acts fierce if she feels her looks need it, like the sleeping bag look, she presented it fiercely but still had some camp elements to it like laying down on the runway.
It's annoying that in order to win a design challenge a queen has to change herself and her style. If she's camp, let her be camp. It would be a breath of fresh air for a queen that's not "fashion mama werk down boots" to win the ball, and deservedly
@@PauloCesarLira5 there is no problem with being camp. The problem is being cringe. She pretended to pee on the stage like a dog, that was gore. She had the best outfit, no doubt. But I agree with Ru.
No matter how many years pass. The fact that Utica did not win the “the ball”, with what is probably the best dress made in the werkroom, will be considered one of the biggest robberies in herstory 😭😭😭
She had the best dress ever.... And who I would have picked to win... But the ball was three looks, not one.
It really wasn't that serious. SMH 😊❤
@@Zyryne1it was gotmik!
yess😭😭😭😭
@@Zyryne1lmao they were just stating an opinion, no one was making it “that serious” 😊❤️
The Jorgeous cookie cutter win makes me so mad to this very day 😭 That thing was safe AT BEST.
Yes over Angeria, Willow and Camden????
I watched it yesterday again and jorgeous won not only because ru uses her as a battery life force but she sold tf out of it on the runway and she made made that last minute (i do agree camden should have won but jorgeous looked fierce)
Daya Betty full villain origin story came to fruition this week 😂
Utica and Lineysha Sparx were THE ultimate robbed queens it actually hurt watching.
I also remember rooting for Lashauwn Beyond's 'post apopapelyctic' look because it was so amazing and different from everything we have seen, but I guess it can't be called robbed as Sharon's was iconic. But I remember feeling it was kinda underapreciated, specially being sent home the episode after.
Had she stayed longer, her "post apocaloptic" look would've been talked about more and I even dare to say it would be in the same level as Lineysha's wallpaper dress and Utica's sleeping bag look at being robbed. I always think that that look should've been something people remembered her about, not the "This is not RuPaul's Best Friend Race" lol.
@@quangminhtran2916 yes, totally!!
Lineysha not winning the trash design challenge was SUCH a robbery. That dress was beautiful. And the shoe fascinator???
She absolutely should have won that ! And it would have cemented her as a front runner winning the first 2 challenges being that she won the second challenge as well . Ive wanted her back for all stars for so long
Agreed with u that dress was amazing
Heidi was most definitely robbed for that design challenge, I was so over the season from that episode.
Mo Heart’s look was STUNNING, I was obsessed with it
The only thing you can critique over Mo's queen of hearts look was the ill fitting top. But the Skirt and the hair made out of cards is enough to land her in the top.
The card look? That was incredible. 😊❤
They thought Mayhem was going to be a stronger contender so gave her an easy win at the start to set her up.
That's why Mo was safe. Safe gets sent backstage and no-one looks too closely at your outfit anymore. If she was on that stage, there's NO WAY to justify handing the win to anyone else.
1:53, common misconception. It was actually MANILA that won the money ball but honestly, could've been a double win back in s3
Scarlett’s ALWAYS robbed, and I hate that.
Scarlett started out a nightmare dressed like a daydream and then she hit an All-stars and I fell in love. She was absolutely robbed in the design challenge. They tell queens don't be afraid to get ugly and an ultimate pretty girl as the beast from the black lagoon? Fucking phenomenal
Utica still served one of my most favorite looks EVUR! With that sleeping bag realness that will live forever and always exist within my memory!
The fact that Uticas design dress was in Vogue magazine as well, speaks to how delusional the judging can be from Roople.
@@BTgla O m Grosh. I didn't even know it was featured in Vogue! 100٪ deserved.
Spot on with everything. Aja’s look was second only to Trixie’s in my opinion. It was gorgeous. And yes, Heidi and Mistress were both robbed, ignore anyone who says otherwise.
Put it simply: they have few queens that they want to push as winners whether deservedly or not.
She's been on 3 seasons and scarlet envy is still treated like crap by the show :(
Three?
@@jbear3478 S11, AS6 and UKVTW2
@@jbear3478 uk vs the world i think
@@felixwood5 scarlett is a good drag queen, but that's it. She's not an all rounder like some of the others.
Since Manila actually won the money ball, you should put Raja as the 10th spot on the list!
Not at all Rajas money look mighty been slightly better then Manilas but overall Manila won the ball on top of the the fact that the first part of that challenge was the performance and Raja didn’t know the words at all and was off with the dance routine and I’m still mad they never clocked her on any of that
@@marcusmelancon3426 to be fair, Raja had some things overlooked during their run. Like the cake ball for example. Even though they did point out the exposed undergarment, they still gave her the win for that despite Yara’s sensational gown.
I don’t wanna be mean but it’s hard for me to trust these people if they’re not double checking their sources
Thank God someone is talking about how Mistress devoured that challenge
tbt to when production attempted to throw away mik's ball look because they thought it was literally garbage and then she won the challenge
We all know the Bag Ball win was the most controversial one, yes, but not for Utica, that win was for LaLa 😤
soooo hilarioussss …
It was certainly the most memorable design challenge look at least. 🤣🤣🤣
I believe Anetra should have won the ball, mainly bc the judges generally put ALOT more emphasis on the created look and much less on the ones brought from home. Therefore it could only be Anetra for me whose creation was just straight up beautiful and jaw dropping. It will always surprise me that Sasha won that over the 3 you mentioned though for sure
Manila won the money ball...
You’re right! My bad. I just loved Raja’s look so much I thought she had won
@@Wild-Speer They both did amazing looks; Acid constructing a look on that level is the point (comparing it to those two amazing looks)
That’s fine to make that mistake. Even Raja didn’t know Manila won the money ball and she was angry about it 😂
@@Wild-Speerlmao common misconception, even Raja thought she won when they ask her on the pit stop
@@HermenejildoPimientoYup, the only reason I caught that error is because I could hear Raja saying "MANILA WON THE MONEY BALL?!?" lol
A design only season would be insane! I would LOVE that! The design challenges are always my favorite.
I have NEVER sat through a video like this and have agreed with EVERYTHING on the list. You are SPOT ON! New sub!
That Kimchi win always irked me. An unaltered beige bra and a corset with hair glued on? Gurl.
saying Jessica and Jimbo shouldn’t have won for only gluing stuff on a corset but then saying Camden should have won for doing the same…
The wings are so well constructed though. The material too. Not comparable sorry
Far from my favorite Jimbo moment, the smaller petals didn't really work, but the skirt was kind of extraordinary, and using produce, which was how I understood the challenge.
well she clearly did more aswell.. rubber is VERY hard to work with and those wings were so symmetric and well constructed
Yeah, but Jorgeous' look was so mid that even a corset with stuff glued on was better.
nah camden done much more, she did a three way wings
Utica at her time was the most UNDERATED fashion queen, they said she was clown or comedy but she was fashion CAMP!
saw that acid betty was first and knew we wasn’t gonna click bae
a new Mandela effect just dropped. MANILA won the money ball
Utica and Crystal Methyd are two who truly shocked me how much I liked by the end like how they stared and then wow the change
Lineysha Sparkx is my all time favourite! I would LOVE to see the return of this Goddess. So talented but painfully overlooked.
i still think that nymphia from season 16 got robbed from the "goth" callenge by Q
I really didn’t like that season. It was really rigged.
Y'all really gotta give Q her flowers.
She really ate that challenge up
@@veryboojayna69 It was cute but nymphia was definitely more in theme ..
its still crazy to me that blaire was in the top with that wrinkled poorly fit mess. use a steamer
I thing Utica and Gottmik should have tied, gottmik has good looks all round but utica's creation was downright magical. They did her dirty on her season
I didn't like Gotmeeks bag ball design look. It just looked like scraps of fabric wrapped haphazardly around a naked body. Was it really even a sewn together garment or literally just fabric scraps tied around their body?
*Cut to the Pit Stop episode where Raja finds out that Manila won the Money Ball...*
We all know Utica was robbed... I almost punch the Laptop out when Ru gave the win to gottmeh !!
I’m sorry but anyone that does a “Mary Jane” inspired look is just tacky to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for it and anyone who partakes. But the looks I’ve seen on the show just give me juvenile or red neck fair merchandise.
Love videos like these that just stick to their guns on their opinions. Especially because it brings up Lineysha Sparks. This girl was SO overlooked by the fandom! She could've won that challenge, making her a bigger frontrunner than she already felt like. Then the lip sync vs Detox? She really held her own and I think if the legendary wig reveal never happened, it could've been the first double shantay lets be totally real.
It honestly means a lot that people want to watch videos about my opinions!
I don't agree that Mistress deserved to win over Sasha. Mistress' first look was a bodysuit with quotes pasted on it - very amateur-looking. Her second look, although great concept, had visible fitting issues . Finally, the look she made looked great, but was being pulled too much by the stones at the bottom. Sasha on the other hand, had a good first look, great second look, and her third look, although somewhat simple, looked amazing on stage. Overall, Sasha presented the best package. However, I think Anetra should have won it for her third look alone.
Thinking acid Betty’s dress was on par with rajahs is peak delusion
Can we also talk about how Rock M Sakura was super robbed in her season?
if u do a pt 2, u MUST include:
Jaidas bubble bath dress
Roxxxys candy dress
Angerias American wedding dress
Nymphias goth dress (q was a mime, not goth)
Milks bearded look
Akerias Kennedy look
Sheas Rupaul recreation
Alexis's backyard ball gown
Scarlets blue dress
Na! Gigi was better
the whole point of the video was to highlight actually sewed looks... jaida basically glued white balls on a corset, she did NOT deserve to win that challenge.
@@milkgalactic not to mention the reason whu aiden got so much flack that episode was because he ALSO glued balls to a corset
I disagree with most of these. I'll give my reasoning:
- Scarlet's was during the ball challenge. Her design outfit was stunning yes, but her blue collar look was just ok and her blue jeans look was ugly. Although she had one of the best blue bonanza looks, she had one of the worst blue jeans looks, you can't balance that out. It's like TKB, her Cinderella design and presentation for the last look was incredible, but her blue collar look was one of the ugliest things of the season. There's no way you can win the ball in those conditions.
- Alexis' I kinda agree, but this challenge was very wrong to begin with. They factored more the funny part of the challenge, the character they have created, and in that, yes, Alexis fell short. If it was just the design, she should absolutely win. Also, it was that stupid all stars thing of "if you're not in the top you're in the bottom", because she deserved at least a high placement.
- Shea's RuPaul recreation was really good, but she wasn't better than Trinity or Shea. If she had done something to the pants, absolutely, but she didn't have the time, so the plain pants were a turnoff.
- Akeria's Kennedy look - What's that? What look is that?
- Milk's bearded look - this one I agree and disagree. I wouldn't mind Milk winning, because her outfit was original and fashion, but Bianca's and Trinity's were very well constructed, they all looked like looks brought from home. We have to remember that at the time Milk's drag was not so praised on the show, so her not winning makes absolute sense, and in my eyes it wasn't much better than the other looks for it to be a robbery, the top3 looks were all good.
- Roxxxy's candy dress I feel the same about Milk's toga party look. Both Roxxxy and Alaska did great for the 3 categories, so I wouldn't mind her winning, but I think Alaska was a tiny bit better on the first two.
- I like Jaida's concept for her look at the ball, but the discussion could be made that she didn't modify the balls, just glued them together. But at the same time, so did Gigi, Gigi constructed a dress and glued balls to it to adorn it. Both winning would be fine by me. I actually prefer Jaida because of her second look, the sport one, it's more different and creates a more interesting package for a ball
About Angeria and Nymphia I completely agree.
@@milkgalactic that's funny cause Gigi basically did the same thing lol
If you think about it, a LOT of these ended up being iconic untucked episodes. Coincidence, I think not.
Acid bety? no way
When Jourgeus won, Drag Race lose. I'm pissed to this day. The same feeling I have about Utica loosing to Violet's secretary.
I think the monster ball win is always so contested. I think Nina, Plastique, Rajah and Scarlet all ate uppp but i think rajahs outfit overall were my favourites. Her wicked inspired look was so cute and her design look was perfectly constructed
Utica won the bag ball for me, first 2 looks were fab and her design look was perfection. Gott miks design was bags wrapped to her legs and chest, no design and her first 2 looks were great yes but mik is very good at standing still and wearing other designers clothes 😂
Closed the video the moment you said Acid Betty's dress was on the same level as Raja's
Utica and Gottmik should’ve been a double win
Gottmik's wasn't even close to Utica's level
Gottmik’s design look was mistaken for trash oop
Very good list. I agree I wanna project runway season. These looks these days is based on budget. I wanna see crazy creative queens raise the bar.
I politely disagree with some of these, but your background music reminds me of the music in a game i used to play as a kid so its so soothing watching your vids xD Think we can all agree on number 1 though
I think acid Betty was just high on s8 because to me the look is uninspired from the og ball (looks same pov as Manila raja) and Kim had a cooler concept.
Totally agree about Heidi. She was robbed and it made me sad how production treated her. She’s so beautiful and talented. I def agree with you about Aja too. She had a huge glow up from her first season. I would go with Plastique rather than Scarlet, but both are fantastic. I totally agree about Scarlet being under appreciated too
Season 8's design challenge was very misjudged. How Robbie Turner wasn't in the bottom 2 while Laila McQueen was as well as Derrick Barry being in the top and Naomi being in the bottom will always be a mystery to me.
Mama EVERY drag race season is the project runway inspired season, thats the primary inspiration of the whole franchise
Omg, I would absolutely love a season where every outfit was made by the queens, project runway style
Utica’s sleeping bag look has to be one of the best looks in the history of drag race, if not the single greatest. Same goes for lineysha’s wallpaper dress. (Though it’s not the BEST, it’s one of the best, truly amazing)
I love the idea of a project runway season. All design challenges with queens who can design would be amazing.
My 2 cents:
9. Loved Acid Betty's look of course, but I do believe Kim Chi had the upper hand, especially considering the material she had to use (wigs).
8. This whole challenge was chaotic, but I agree that Misstress killed it and should've won.
7.Glueing things to a corset CAN win you a challenge, as long as nobody does anything better, which is not the case here, because Heidi ATE. She should've won.
6. The AS3 ball was also a confusing mess. Raja should've been on top, especially because the look Bebe wore reminded me of those plastic strip curtains we find in industrial freezers. And it was pretty fucked up of Bebe to kick out Raja. lol
5. I honestly liked Plastique's look, but I would've been fine if Scarlett had won.
4. Monique Heart's design was amazing and should've won. Mayhem's look was fine.
3. IT BAFFLES ME TO THIS DAY LINEYSHA SPARKS DIDN'T WIN THAT CHALLENGE! AAAAAAGH!!!!
2. Jorgeous should not have won this fucking challenge. I wanted to riot and set something on fire when I watched that episode.
1. Although I do think Utica had the best look of the evening, when considered all 3 pieces and presentation, I could se Gottmik coming out on top. Personally, Utica's silly faces and funny walk cheapened the looks and worked against her. If she had put on a fierce Naomi Campbell walk, she would've won.
I felt so thrown off when not only Utica didn't win, but GottMik's final look did. Like I'm sorry, all these years later, I feel like people were insisting the emperor had clothes. I think GottMik is great and a very fashionable queen but I just felt like I was being told that final look was high fashion when to me it looked meh and simple. Maybe the technical skills were really well done but the final product? I was so confused.
After all these years I still dont like Camden's look.
PS: Daya Betty should have won the ball!
Yara sofia cake dress is underrated
Who could think of using a Shoe as a headpiece? ...Umm Manila? Or even Elsa Schiaparelli in the 30's
The narrative that first two Utica's looks were bad is asinine.
And for the life of me, I can't stand behind the gore/intestines look Gottmik brought, not to memtion the trash she wore as her 3rd.
Lady Camden got robbed a lot.
Lol, you are talking about season 8 like it premiered in XIX century, and you are the sole survivor remembering this.
Excellent idea! Would love a “designers” season, I never thought of that, would be pure eye candy.
Disagree with Scarlet and Camden but otherwise I agree
i remeber watching the season 10 drag on a dime and when Mo was only called safe i screamed. my girl was ROBBED!! she DESERVED a top placement AT LEAST if not the win!!
Vanjie and Crystal better be on here for their makeover challenges
Raja didn’t win the money ball challenge baby doll, Manila did
Brooke winning the Halloween ball made me MAD!
Miss thing was straight up one of the ones ripping into scarlet’s design, when she should’ve won straight up!!
Acid Betty did not win that challenge.
I dont think Mo Heart deserved the win, it’s still stuff glued to a corset and it looks boxy
Actually.... Manila won the Money Ball on S3. Its always confusing, because EVERYONE (including me) thinks Raja won that...but it was actually Manila
Even Raja thought she won that.
Nah, because you think Acid Betty even came close to the other winners. I'm not even continuing with the rest of the video. 👋
Season 12 with Gigi winning for pom poms glued to a fabric dress while Jaida had a corset sculpture entirely made of balls
I loved Gottmik's money bags look, but Utica's sleeping bag look should have taken it. I would love to see Utica back again for more design challenges.
I agree with virtually none of the opinions displayed here besides Aja and Lady Camden. Fashion and art are subjective so we're all allowed our own opinions. Though I do believe that if Utica walked all 3 of her looks with a supermodel walk, she could have stolen the win. But she was distracting the looks when she should have been selling them.
Yes we watched the pit stop too, now give us your opinion
@@E-nameso you can agree with this opinion but they can't with Violet's??
if you really think Utica didn’t deserve the win just because she didn’t “model walk” the first two outfits, then youre just silly. Mik literally just sewed straps together and called it an outfit whilst Utica actually listened to the prompt and made an actual outfit. and since it’s the only prompt in this particular challenge where the queens had to physically make their own looks, Utica shouldve gotten more points for it and should’ve won
@@angel-jp6wf Utica's first two looks also werent too behind of Mik's first two looks either....its not Anetra's crystal ball situation where she devoured self-made look but her first two looks were bad enough to cost her a win
Lemme guess #1…. Ah I knew it. 😂
Acid Betty was such an underrated queen that was mostly ignored by fans and production. Tbh, the fawning over Sasha Colby was tiring throughout season 15 and her ball win (and the interview challenge) was one of the riggory she didn't need. Heidi should've been in the top (even though I didn't like her last look, proportion was weird).
I was really baffled when Sasha won the ball over Mistress because I didn't care for two of her looks. And the next week, she won that improv challenge...... you can guess my reaction!!
Omg same
The world is one big Sasha Colby meet and greet
Nah aside from her design looks, I would love for Utica to return in AS because she's my favorite lip syncer in s13
The money ball was won by Manilla Luzon lol
I think S14's ball should have had two winners, because it was pretty much two separate balls. Angeria and Willow should have gotten a double win imo
I would so watch that project runway style design season w drag design all stars 😍
ive never understood why people say kahanna should have won...the last look was fine but in what way is it more inspired or sppealing than jessicas? her milk look was meh as well. if it was a top 2 its heidi and jessica 100%
Acid was not robbed lol
Let’s get into it because there’s been PLENTY!!!!
I'll NEVER undestand HOW UTICA DID NOT WIN that DESIGN challenge. I remember I was so frustrated I just stopped watching drag race for a while.. I mean, wth, that design was G I V I N G IT, could've easily be on a actual fashion design competition as in Next in Fashion for an example. I still struggle to undestand how gotmilk won that challenge.
All of Scarlett's ball designed looks were impecabble. Surprisingly, never even placed high. The riggory
The way I've always thought with a ball (3 looks) that each of the at home looks is 30% and the design 40%
So yeah, what you make matters but it can't undo bad looks
I dont think I’ll ever be able to get over Aja’s elimination tbh
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Thank you! Will do!
IMO, rajah did the best in the monster ball and she was safe, i feel like it would have made a great storyline too if rajah had a win somewhere even tho she was lipsyncing a lot, like what they did with the vixen the season prior, and to me, her designs were more well constructed than scarlets (despite scarlets being better conceptually)
Yeah like to this point I can’t accept any design look presented on the runway as being better than Utica’s Moncler inspired sleeping bag look. The reference, the whimsy, the presentation, the total package of how she styled the look. It was inarguably FLAWLESS… and she should’ve won. Not an opinion, straight fact… she won. I love Gottmik but Utica won.
I feel like the design challenge is meant to give a rise to the contestants. At the end of the day this is a reality show and production needs to create drama if the cast isn’t doing it on their own. And choosing people who were subpar would obviously make others feel some type of way. That’s what I think at least.
Utica's dress was undeniably the most beautiful dress ever made but it was also not unreasonable for Gotmikk to win because her looks were so good. Honestly Gottmik winning didn't bother me I was just so happy Utica got her flowers online.
I will forever stand on this, Scarlet WASNT robbed. Her pirate looked cheap and store-bought. Her witch look was safe. Her design look was pretty and fashionable but not finished. If u look deeper it had holes in random spots, and the gown doesnt touch the floor
I disagree with the Scarlett part
I understand that Utica did a great outfit on the bag ball, but I still think that Gottmik deserved the win. All of the outfits put together, Gottmik was also so fashionable and chic, whereas the critics for Utica talked about how it was almost ruined by her playing a character with them. Plus, Gottmiks take on the last category was not meant to be this big and eccentric thing, it was made to be futuristic and to her style, which worked.
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I pretty much stopped watching drag race when Utica didn't win that ball. Not even trying to be dramatic or anything, it's just true. RuPaul may have been forced to have trans contestants on his show (for the better), and walk back several wack comments over the years, but it's obvious they and the production still cling to their rigid definition of drag. They still heavily favor the hyper feminine, mainstream-palatable, "fashion mama werk down boots" aesthetic (as another commenter put it), and won't genuinely celebrate anything else. I want to see the best drag has to offer, but I've seen so many queens at this point be snubbed because they don't do drag the same way Ru does it.
Shoutouts to Lineysha as well, though. We can only guess why production didn't care about her- probably the language barrier- but she didn't get her full recognition either.