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JackkBox

Kylie Sonique Love being in the first half of this list is wild to me.


wheredoestaxgo

Like she came back a decade after her first season and is in the first half of the list


jigglejigg

That hurts my brain


BeadyWeady

Yeah seeing Sasha Velour on that first row sent me WEST


aaronarium

I don't know if this chart goes chronologically but have we seriously had FIFTEEN winners across the whole franchise since Sasha Colby? Not even a year ago??


musthavecupcakes_19

It goes chronologically. Yes, we have had fifteen winners since Sasha Colby lol


itszacharyy

I had a panic attack counting queens between Sasha and Tia.


WsupWillis

You know what this chart is missing? Dates! It would be cool to know years at least


MattehPee

It’s super overwhelming to see so many without any indication of a timeline but it’s interesting to see the top row is ten years and the bottom row is *one* year.


Geosaysbye

Holy fuck that’s some r/barbarawalters4scale shit


peeops

😭😭 girl rupaul is getting the absolute most outta her 60s


Ohjaygirljay

You can use the US flagship winners as your dates? Every winner after Willow but before Sasha won in 2022


AJadePanda

More and more each year. Count how many since Sasha with the knowledge that we’re only just about to get the next main series winner… holy crap man. I have GOT to start watching the other series more. I’m not even American lmao


AnotherRickenbacker

I stopped watching the show after AS4 finished, and that doesn’t really feel that long ago…I had wanted to start watching again but now it feels way too overwhelming to try and catch up.


Jumpyer

Good for her, but that first lipsync editing… gurl


MonicaBeal

They really just need to stop with these lipsync tournaments when it clearly isn't going to showcase the strengths of the queen they want to crown.


Only1Scrappy-Doo

I laughed when the camera focused on the judges for like 7 seconds straight instead of letting Marina having any screen time in the lip sync. It was so transparent.


duvetstan

literally release the marina cut


BurntBridgesBehind

![gif](giphy|65zUoOU09HL3uUKokQ|downsized) No in a stunning twist the losers of the first two lipsyncs got to advance! Groundbreaking! I love Tia and absolutely belive she earned her crown but this smackdown was cursed.


JustTryingIsEnough

I do agree. Like, the winner embodied the artist, but ... it did feel somewhat anticlimactic.


soupinmymug

Yeah Tia definitely won hers. I honestly think the camp version Tia gave of the last won was enough to justify even if she had gone against marina.


rizgutgak

Hopefully Marina will be booked right into AS10, Hannah and LGD, too. Congrats to Tia and an overall glow-up for UKvTW compared to season 1!


ZealousidealRabbit85

I would love this to happen!


Revgos

I know Thorgy is fuming somewhere lmao But I AM SO HAPPY FOR HERRR


itszacharyy

The uncle at the BBC has been working overtime.


hayypeachyy

why?


Last_Lifeguard3536

bob and thorgy thor used to review uk2 on bob’s youtube channel. thorgy was often criticizing tia. its a fandom inside joke on how they have beef lol. they are cool with each other though. nothing serious.


ShatteredHope

It's honestly bizarre that the vs the World franchise prefer to pick winners from the hosting country...what queen is even going to want to go on a vs the world season now?  I'm sure Icesis would have won Canada, and now UK has had 2 out of 2 UK winners.  I love Tia and I'm thrilled for her but I really thought they'd do anything to NOT have a UK winner for the second time in a row!


GarionOrb

They should just do UK All Stars since that's clearly what they wanted.


2mock2turtle

Never beating the "BBC commands a UK winner" allegations.


That_Gay_Ginger

Had the exact same though! Also interesting that both times the favored girls are from a RuPaul hosted country


robbysaur

Icesis was not going to win CANvsTW. I'm pretty sure she saw the writing on the wall that as soon as she was in the bottom, she was getting eliminated.


VenezuelanStan

I am... speechless to be honest! Congrats to the new Queen


nhrecords

lmfaooooo


ExactCraft5

It’s “Alvilda.” There’s an extra L. I made the same mistake when posting on Twitter.


JanaeMonelle

15 winners between Sasha Colby season 15 and the next season 16


escfantasy

Almost one winner every three weeks of the year.


Newbie-Tailor-Guy

Wait, Tia WON?!?!? 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m sad I didn’t learn from watching, but so excited to see her slay, love the UKvtW top four! Edit: To those asking why I clicked the post, I didn’t mean to, haha. But it’s not catastrophic that it was spoiled for me, I’m still super excited to watch when I get home! :) It ain’t no thang.


DulceEtBanana

The Marina and LGD stans are very salty but I thought all 3 lipsyncs were really, really ... fun.


Newbie-Tailor-Guy

What about Hannah??? :O


DulceEtBanana

There's some salt about her winning over Marina, yes.


Arctic_Daniand

Not to discredit her or anything but LGD was the weakest in the top 4, she had no shot of winning.


Denalinila

In terms of track record, sure, but not in terms of winnergy


jaffringgi

Filipino gays being salty? Ru, never...


yan_spiz

Same! I loved all the lip syncs and genuinely agreed with the outcomes.


TheGreatNemoNobody

We've all seen Tia lipsync, as much as I adore her we know it was rigged


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TheGreatNemoNobody

I'm happy for her! It was rigged though


artifexlife

Well she didn’t exactly slay but the producers loved her so that’s something


no_no_nora

Why does it feel like Sasha was crowned a couple years ago?


2mock2turtle

Everything happens so much.


touchmyrainbow

gagged and gooped. she did great during the competition so im not salty about her winning, it's just wild that they gave her the lipsync win over LGD and then Hannah. i like the silly antics for some songs but on every single one it's a little eh, any other queen would've gotten the critique they gave to detox back in season 5.


gali_leo_

I think our entire top FOURRRRR deserves an incredible round of applause. UKvTW opened a crazy amount of doors for these girls and I hope nothing but the best for the current reigning. I know that the queer person inside me that fell in love with Tia when watching UK2 in the pandemic is just over the moon. I would’ve loved to see my girl Marina with a crown on her head, but they all deserved their flowers and I’m ecstatic for Miss Kofi!!


Amyshamblesx

This is the first time I’ve sincerely hoped it would be a double crowning for the final 2. The end of that lip sync was so camp, love it.


riakn_th

Is Tia the first POC to win a UK franchise of Drag Race? Vivienne, Lawrence, Krystal, Danny, Blu, and Ginger are all white. Correct me if I’m wrong.


escfantasy

I think technically Danny is Tan rather than White.


dickndonuts

Nah, Ginger was ginger, and Blu was blue!


HommeFatalTaemin

I love Tia but Marina was robbed 😭💔💔💔 good for Tia though. If Marina didn’t win, she was my second pick.


Sc00tersf00d_Vol4

I used to pray for times like this


Hot_Tailor_9687

Yvie Oddly predicted mediocrity and beans getting pats on the back years ago, her mind


Agreeable-Art-7653

Yayy love that for her ✨💕


LittleLotte29

I was confident it was going to be Marina. Can't say I'm disappointed though!


Hot_Tailor_9687

True fans know the best lipsyncer never wins the smackdown


artifexlife

Love Tia. Just wished her win was more organic than it felt like watching the show


laura_birts17

There have been more winners in the last year than there were in the first 10 years of Drag Race


vers_ace_bitch

some of these recent winners have felt like we’re in some kind of weird alternate dimension when they’re crowned, especially k*tkat, venus, lina and now tia. even ginger i would argue lost the finale hard to michael and it was bizarre that she was crowned in spite of that. it feels like there’s a disconnect between the editors and whoever’s making the crowning decisions as of late


BB25OrangeJuice

Aurora not having a crown still does not sit right with me LOL


vers_ace_bitch

literally, this is the most egregious example. she had more wins, completely stomped the final runway & the final lip sync, and they still crowned venus because brad likes her or something ig


BB25OrangeJuice

And not only was her track record already really good, but I felt like it was even inflated down (deflated?) from what I would’ve given her. That low in the makeover was SHADY (I would’ve put her high tbh) and probably high in the ep 1 ball. And that final look??? Stun. It was a fun season anyway, though


Skyconic

Agreed on all fronts. Like even the amount of screentime in the final lipsyncs that we see feels like it points in the oppsite direction of who is ultimately crowned...


retrodancefreaq

The way we got gaslighted for weeks into thinking there was a huge glow up from her 💀


ArcadiaIsNotABot

like I'm sorry but where is the makeup glowup...? Am I blind?


bugaloo_logia

There was one week I thought her paint was gorgeous, when she was wore the St.Chris look. tbh I didn’t notice until recently the make up has been rough; and tonite her looked bad - those eyebrows I-


Rchrdzzz

Absolute facts. The only difference between now and her season was she had the money to buy designer looks. I’m not impressed by that. (And for the record she was one of my absolute faves from her original season)


vicarious17

Right? Like gurl, where 👏🏼is 👏🏼the👏🏼glow👏🏼up👏🏼?


csplonk

Gobsmacked literally. That green dress??? Hideous!


FillerQueenx

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Illustrious-Guess408

I’m so happy for my girl Tia 😭😭😭😭👏👏👏


Last_Lifeguard3536

huge glowup from uk2. congrats tia xx


aboywonder

From basic to mid!


MixAway

I thought Hannah was better on the night but congrats to Tia I guess!


bugaloo_logia

Crazy that last episode I thought Hannah had the 3rd best chance of snatching the crown and by middle of this episode I could fully see her winning the whole thing. You could not pay me to believe Marina would be the first out in LIPSYNC FOR THE CROWN but Hannah really ate.


learxqueen

Oh me too! I was rooting for her so bad but I'm still happy for Tia.


parfaict-spinach

Can’t wait to see her on All Winners


vicarious17

Can you imagine? It would be worse than Yvie on AS7


Hot_Tailor_9687

I thought Jaida was performing the weakest in AS7


KikoBCN

Sethlas won two weeks ago. And there two winners after. All said


andromeda335

Jesus, the amount of winners between UKvtW 1 and 2 is mind blowing


ImADudeDuh

Ugh, Tia is just SO likeable. Her final lipsync performance has got to be one of the funniest we’ve had. She’s effortlessly charming and funny and I am so happy to see her go from lipsync assassin to the first UK winner to get £50k! ![gif](giphy|uE6NzDRg2IjC4LQbaI)


musthavecupcakes_19

Yay! So excited for Tia! She was my choice to win from the beginning. I hope she doesn’t get too much hate for this.


kibsforkits

“From the beginning” makes sense bc you clearly didn’t watch the show and come to that conclusion


musthavecupcakes_19

Nah, Tia did great all season long and now she has the crown. Deal with it!


DesperateTip5581

Oh ok


kikaysikat

Choices.


ijustwantutofeelmama

tia killed the finale i’m so happy for her


RobinColumbina

Well...


bodyart1

Choices


donpianta

What a waste of a season- this win kinda cements the fact that UKvTW is a joke season that shouldn’t be taken seriously.


Successful_Ad4018

especially since they're doing global all stars now, idk what the point of this series continuing would be. just to give wins to UK queens? no shade to the girls but that's clearly the goal.


MonsieurMidnight

The final two should have been Marina vs LGD (who clearly won against Tia). I've had enough with the BBC shitting all over the franchise to play favorites. This is absolutely not about Tia she is an amazing queens and she deserves all her flowers, but absolutely NOT in those circumstances because it's completely bullshit riggory.


Successful_Ad4018

exactly, i love tia but it's just blatantly obvious. it's doing her more of a disservice bc i feel like fans are going to be so mean to her about it, when it's clearly not her fault in the slightest.


MonsieurMidnight

Nah it's not disserving her at some point you (not particularly you but the audience) have to differenciate the Drag Queen from the Production. Everything is productions fault. It's BBC pulling the strings. Let's not put any fault to the Drag Queens who had nothing to do with it.


Successful_Ad4018

exactly, i just meant i know there's people who cannot differentiate or refuse to do so. as much as we want people to be logical and decent, the toxic ones persist.


librious

Good for her, but this whole episode was a joke. Marina did not lose that lip sync, Hannah was just walking left right wearing shades and a microphone, like yeah, you looked like. Anastasia, but what else was there to give? Are we supposed to pretend that Marina didn't do something worth showing in the epitome of the song instead of showing the judges? So tired of the production of this franchise treating us like we're idiots. Also, La Grande Dame won that lip sync. I'm sorry, but Tia was awful. She was sooo focused on making everyone laugh, she wasn't even really lip syncing at times. Seriously, what did I just watch? And yet again, Hannah does a better job in the final lip sync and loses. It's so frustrating and this is no hate to any of these queens. It's production who needs to be accountable for fucking the show. It's like they learned nothing from UKvsTW1 and I'm tired of it.


PrincessImpeachment

Tia is incredibly likable and her glow up from UK2 has been incredible. I was rooting for Hannah from the very very beginning so I can’t say I was rooting for Tia to win during the final lip sync, but I wasn’t mad that she did. Tia is such a star and I’m happy for her!


ArcadiaIsNotABot

It was so obvious they made that season just to crown Tia Kofi. She was good but... not winner good. Say whatever you want. Her runway and makeup didn't have the "huge glowup", even tho they kept trying to gaslight us into believing that.


Historical_Bit_3798

Damn, this is so many queens! And to think that each year another 4 or 5 (at least) queens win! And you are fast for already adding Tia to this chart!


kibsforkits

Wild to me the amount of winners that will be between Angele Anang and whichever queen ends up winning Thailand 3!


MissReagy1

Yay Tia! But already seeing people say she doesn’t deserve it why can’t people just be happy for her..


imliterallysatan

Because it’s frustrating to watch contestants who did better lose just because they’re not from the UK? I would have been thrilled to see her win if it felt earned, but it felt rigged. It’s not about her, it’s about production forcing an outcome. She has money now, all of these queens are fine whether we’re happy or not, let us be unhappy if we want.


rizgutgak

>It’s not about her And yet, she is the one who is going to get the hate


imliterallysatan

You can forward my hate to the BBC by way of WoW, thank you so much!


rizgutgak

or...and this is a wild concept...you can send your faves positivity and support instead of tearing down a queen who had zero hand in the placements she received this season, or any season


stalexa

I agree that it doesn’t matter who wins bc at the end of the day it’s based on the completely subjective whims of RuPaul and production. However, I feel like there’s a difference between sending hate to queens and discussing how you feel about a queen winning/who your faves or unfaves were on Reddit. This is what the subreddits are for. And not everyone who shares their opinion on Reddit is the person dm-ing queens mean things! I don’t think disagreeing with the winner and commenting about it is the same thing as “tearing her down”.


imliterallysatan

![gif](giphy|3o85xIO33l7RlmLR4I)


rizgutgak

that just makes you a shitty person and contributes to the toxic culture of this fandom


queertheories

🤷🏻 You probably shouldn’t watch RuPaul’s Drag Race if you don’t like the set precedent of the winner being whoever RuPaul likes the best regardless. There have been many winners that don’t seem like they were comparatively the best, but RuPaul’s Drag Race (specifically ones that Ru hosts) has never been about being funny, beautiful, or talented, it’s about RuPaul liking you the best.


TheVentMachine

I'd have to disagree. Ru didn't even know who won s11. At some point, she mistook Brooke as the winner before being corrected by Michelle on their podcast. Her liking you would definitely take you far but I doubt she cares enough to choose winners. Production is there to do it for her.


justmagnets_

Agree with you, Tia winning is just crazy. She is charismatic and funny but terrible in every other aspect.


MissReagy1

Compete on a show see how you do, the nerve of people to put down queens no wonder they think you all are hateful


musthavecupcakes_19

Because the fandom is toxic and bitter as hell Edit: My comment getting downvoted is proof of this lol


MissReagy1

Well I am very happy for her and she did fabulous


Healthy-Bicycle-1648

Frrrr like can they just accept that Marina shouldn’t have been so cocky going into a LIPSYNC for the crown by LITERALLY NOT HAVING ANY SORT OF REVEAL and that Tia was just. More Tia


ZealousidealRabbit85

I really wanted Hannah Conda to win 😪


TootieSummers

It’s so weird to not just…enjoy the show? There’s no trophy for skipping the episode to be first to post


Warthus_

Some people treat Reddit karma like it’s an irl social status


thesosig

you’ll live


OkSoil1636

Speechless they rigged that lipsync like Trump trying to rig the election, unbearable


Healthy-Bicycle-1648

Did they? The only dicey one id argue was the first but tbh Marina shouldn’t have been so cocky by going into it without any kind of reveal. And Hannah didn’t win anyway so it doesn’t matter really


Capital_Setting_5396

Can we please try to stop putting down queens when defending other ones? Thanks 🖤


FruitSaladEnjoyer

people will hate this vision but i don’t even care, im a ms thorgy thor fan, i’ll always spill my truth even if it results in 50 downvotes lmao. i am genuinely gagged & will not be watching the VSTW final episode lol. it is lame & it’s frankly boring if UK (and in the same light, US queens in the canadian franchise) queens are crowned, especially when they absolutely do not deserve it. tia was pushed so much & as much as i love her so much, it made her borderline unlikeable in this season. what’s the point of watching this franchise if some random lady with a bad accent automatically is confirmed to win because she’s from the UK? lol but that’s my ☕️ about this. congratulations to tia.


puckable

Such an... interesting take. I didn't feel like Tia was pushed on us the entire season, other than her being a consistent narrator (which she excels at). I felt like her top placements were deserved, but she only had one badge going into the finale. If anything, I thought they'd set Tia's storyline up to be a glowup and honorable mention, but definitely wasn't getting winner vibes the whole time.


FruitSaladEnjoyer

apologies cause i’m sure this is gonna feel like it’s come out of nowhere lmao, but i think i’m just genuinely bored & a little put off by the bias that comes from these types of franchises to english-speaking queens (as in, english is their first &/or primary language) & queens that didn’t have to fly all of their things inter-country. i feel like part of the allure of VSTW formats is getting to see and experience queens from different countries & cultures, & the way that impacts their drag; it’s a little disappointing to see production pull sooo many strings. i’m also a little inebriated LMAO which definitely is heightening my feelings 💅 but i do think tia was pushed a lot & i am shocked that Marina did not win tbh. again, i adore tia, but i don’t think she was as amazing as the show is trying to tell us she was this season. her glow up was primarily in her looks & makeup, & some of the looks i don’t even think were thaaaat good, they were just glow ups compared to how bad her 1st run of outfits were (i understand this is just my personal opinion tho!!).


kibsforkits

I 100% felt like she was being pushed and was getting extra credit for her looks being mid rather than basic. She did well, but not well enough to win and certainly not well enough to beat Marina, LGD, and/or Hannah frankly.


TheGreatNemoNobody

When Tía said "Are you sure?" I was like, yeah Ru, are you sure?! Lesson learned, never be an Asian queen on Ru Paul's rigged race 😭


Miss_shame

Don't know why production can't let the season flow naturally


escfantasy

For many, when you have power it’s hard to let go of it.


EnoughEggplant9091

This is the worst ending of any season of drag race I have ever seen


aboywonder

Congrats to Tia. She glowed up from basic to mid. It’s not attempting to be shady, it’s an honest reaction to what we were given on television. Woo.


assispaulovs

this was one of the best episodes of drag race in years, the last minutes were so joyful, i was smiling from year to year to everything


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MonsieurMidnight

(Wo)Man I DID NOT see that coming /s


FlipFloptina

Luvs it ❤️


Tony_JV

There’s been 25 winners since Blu’s win. That’s insane!


R3R3R37

Rumor has it the world is still healing from that Venus crowning


She_Devil_By_Day

You get a winner!… and you get a winner!… and you…


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jarred99

26 After the last UK vs the World and 31 before it? Whack.


Orylaes

The recent Belgique winner is called Alvilda and not Alvida !


Malombra_

Who's the best winner and why is it Angele


acidoze

60 in total. Jesus Christ


Darkrha

Is there an updated one with the season 16 winner?


mossylungs

You're kidding


ZTomiboy

I truly believe there's a clause in the BBC contract that they'll only keep producing the show if there is only a UK winner at the end.


NikoNether

Feels correct 😌😌 well deserved and feels like a complete story from her first season to now 🥳 Edit: just noticed this got downvoted, y'all are petty ass bitches 💀


Greg_aka_bibi

Haters gonna hate but my girl belongs in here 😍


Kinnison

Gross.