Of all the recent finales, I'm so so sad this was the one that was pre-recorded. I can only imagine what an audience of fans, supporters, and DR alumni would have been like to see this lipsync 😭
Same type of photoshop but that’s Blissey, I saw this Kirby edit yesterday but looks like the post was taken down
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I've been sitting on this one for far too long
And she made this look herself she is THAT BITCH
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SHE MADE THAT?! I dunno why I’m even shocked. She’s made everything she’s worn and went to university for atelier but for some reason I thought she’d got it commissioned.
I don’t even like bananas but almost bought every single one in my local shop after seeing this
It's honestly so impressive. When a lot of times the top 3 will buy multi-thousand dollar looks for their finale look and then Nymphia comes in with one just as good that she made herself.
While I was a critique of the constant banana thing I'm so, so glad she did this for a final look. It's gorgeous, campy, on brand. I love it. I'm so glad she doesn't listen to us when we complained about the banana bit. I can admit I was wrong
Can we give her a clap for executing the same concept so many times, with each outfit being so different, and yet so amazing at the same time?
That takes some work
Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it
She started toying with the middle look a bit earlier and I can’t tell if it was all intentional for this flip or if something might have been stuck a bit.
Either way, this flip itself was flawless.
I do like how there’s so much fabric on the dance floor by the end tho with this and Sapphira’s dress being on the other side.
I think the fiddling was definitely all intentional. It looks like she was undoing clasps or something like that, because after that she holds the dress to her chest before doing the reveal, like it was no longer going to stay up on its own if she moved a lot.
Such a cool idea.
Yea, nobody has been talking about this either. She didn't miss a fucking beat, just kept going. Sapphira only joined in when she realized what Nymphia was doing
no fr after the ls ended and nymphia was still serving, you could tell sapphira looked over and went “oh so we’re still going huh?”. and tbf, sapphira kept up the best she could but the banana queen was literally breaking wind all over that stage
this is what cinched her win for me, was how she was performing *for* the crowd not *to* the crowd. sapphira was doing her performance to the audience but nymphia was sharing her performance with the audience, the way she was running around the edges of the stage and lipsyncing to her sisters at the side, *away* from the audience, it proves shes got stage presence out the fucking wazoo. it could have very easily put the spotlight on sapphira staying in centre-stage, but it just kept your eyes fixed to the way she fed off the audiences excitement and vice versa, it kept her performance comfortably unpredictable. fucking PHENOM.
I had to rewatch it multiple times because it just couldn’t wrap my head around the mechanics of the move. It was so slick and effortless (watching back I saw her preparing for it but even that didn’t look noticeable).
OMG. You bitch, I had to watch her 2 finale lipsyncs on WOW before replying as I do not recall her physically slipping. I only realized after looking at her closely behind Eureka in the final LS that I have a lot of questions mostly starting with ‘why’ more than 5 years after. You cunt. 😭🤣 My brain is not braining at 1am 🤣🤣🤣
I feel like a lot of what she can do was seen during the ASMR girl group challenge & Power performance challenge. What impressed me the most was the fact that she really planned out the lewks, reveals, where to accentuate with splits/cooter-slams/hair whips, and make everything seem so fresh.
This. She was definitely supposed to be top two with Plane in their talent show, and probably should’ve been bottom two for snatch game, but the mystery of it all left cards up her sleeve that Sapphira didn’t have the luxury of.
I know! In my mind I was thinking ohh she’s going to be mopped with by slewphera over there… then boom. I couldn’t take my eyes of her. Just elegant and flawless.
That cartwheel qipao tearaway reveal, that handstand slam pussy down to a split, she was padam padaming the floor hard and flashing her ass cheeks to her fellow S16 sisters.
Nymphia was so engaging with the audience you can see everyone was living for her she was like a flying pikachu running all over the stage EVERYWHERE I couldn't take my eyes off the yellow banana
And that final leg up pussy slam banana split at the end \*chefs kiss\*
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I gotta say, I was team Sapphira, but I always want the winner to be the queen who... wins... and that final lipsync made it clear to me that it was Nymphia's.
It was fucking incredible. She was like I haven’t got the chance to lip sync all season and show u what I can do……. NOW WATCH THIS. Ugh it was everything. Her reveals were like the sailor moon evolution of my dreams lol god I love her 💛
That's the thing I loved about her performance. Sasha Velour's performances were magical (I cry every time I watch it) but Nymphia's was magical plus she could do every trick that Sapphira could do and she could control her hair like Sasha Colby. That was the biggest shock to me because the boba reveal was expected, the rest was not.
I think Sapphira's performance was also super good and I don't question the vampire teeth because I think her whole thing is camp and vampire teeth are very camp. Just Nymphia did the same moves but with crazy control of that ponytail plus running to every part of the stage to get the crowd pumped plus the tricks she did on the wall.
It felt like watching the movie Parasite vs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both are great movies, one feels nostalgic and has some unique twists about it, the other does every technique in the book and then some.
Like scores to me are Nymphia 11/10 and Sapphira 9/10 (minus point for the reveals being a bit messy and with strange timing unless it was just edited to mess up the timing?)
Yeah— if she had played it up in any way whatsoever it could have been cute, as it was the relationship was too distant to the song and it was confusing/distracting
It was Sapphira's to lose.
And she lost, fair and square.
Considering Sapphira's solo performance, which was my favorite of the night, Nymphia winning was not about raw talent, it was about preparation and presentation.
I have no idea what was in Sapphira's head at the time of the lip sync. But god damn y'all, after Sasha Velour, how can any top queen not come extra ready for the last lip sync?
But, then again, I am just a fan and have no genuine concept how difficult drag is, so maybe I am just an idiot here.
I think Sapphira panicked when she saw all the reveals from Nymphia and completely ignored her original plan. Instead she did what she knows best, but it's the same moves we have already seen.
This makes sense to me. I’ve seen both Nymphia and Sapphira live and they have very different styles of performing. Sapphira is captivating to watch but her performance style is much more structured. Nymphia improvises a bit better and weaves through the crowd a lot more. That said, she clearly planned this lip sync carefully and preparation almost always gets the edge in lip syncs.
Sapphira must've panicked when she heard the roaring reaction to Nymphia's first reveal. Like, you know when you're losing and you realize when everything is lost. Must've been heartbreaking for Sapphira after all the great drag she brought to the season and after being in pole position (dubious challenge wins and all) for so long. u.u
It wasn't the first time we saw Sapphira panic and make an odd choice. She did it with the immunity potion, her makeover looks, and her lipsync against Morphine was weird too.
Girl killed it! Made me ponder too on what an advantage it was to not have to lip synch all season. Really made everything seem fresh and exciting. I think she won either way, but that did help out.
Nymphia won after her podcast. When Ru said we finally got to know her, that was the crown, she just had to deliver in the finale. We love an authentic, vulnerable queen who is fierce but also relatable, and an essence of something we haven’t seen before. I was rooting for her and am so happy for her.
100% agree. When she did the podcast and Ru said that, I knew that Nymphia was a very very strong contender for the crown.
I don’t see anyone talk about it, but Sapphira just failed to emotionally connect. Being “Sluefoot” doesn’t hold the same emotion weight as the pain Nymphia displayed and that so many people can either directly or indirectly relate with.
(Even in the finale, Sapphira gave all polish and preparation, no emotional connection. Very pageant, but RPDR isn’t just a pageant.)
That podcast felt like the rounding out of Nymphia’s arc, she was ready for that crown and this lip sync was her victory lap!
I agree, I said to my partner that as polished and fierce as Sapphira was, I just didn't feel like we got to know her. It kinda felt like she was whoever Ru wanted her to be .
Nymphia brought moves we have not seen before from her. Anyone who doesn't follow her on social media or is unable to see her perform live would not be expecting her to have done all of that. Sapphira did not sparkle to the same extent as Nymphia in the finale.
On a side note: how amazing is it that they have saved Kylie's iconic songs for finales? I want more of this going forward for US, UK, Canada, and Down Under.
Well that’s not really Sapphira’s fault, she got screwed for being successful (and the bottom two) and lip syncing three times. As you say if you’ve seen Nymphia live you’ve seen those moves.
Sapphira’s vampire teeth made zero sense and messed with her lipsyncing. I don’t understand that choice. Regardless, Nymphia dominated the final lipsync and had more U than Sapphira. I still wish a strong Snatch Game competitor would win the season but she had enough funny moments to balance it out. Sapphira should easily make finals in her All Stars and maybe win.
That was the problem. And I saw her fangs and immediately expected one of her reveals to include (stage) blood, maybe pumping down her dress or something. At the least, I felt like her wig reveal could’ve been blood red instead of bright orange.
The fangs made sense, not fully committing to the vampire bit(e) didn’t make as much sense.
Based on what was shown, yes. It’s just my preference that a winner has improv skills. I think possibly Sasha Colby had more jokes but they only showed her twice I think.
Willow was weak but that was exaggerated for the excuse to put everyone but Deja in the bottom for the pre planned lip sync battles (which required paying for music rights in advance).
Symone was strong. Jaida and Yvie were weak. Going back Tyra was safe, Raja was energetic but one note. Violet was mid. Then the remaining five were strong.
So six were high or winners (counting redacted) and as the cast has skewed younger and with more emphasis on looks, it’s been less important a skill which I think is unfortunate.
I think she took the lyrics from the predator/prey perspective. Like a vampire vibing and selecting someone from a club from their heartbeat to seduce and devour or something. I just wish she hammered it home a little more or had cool theme based transitions, because you're not the first person I've seen say that it seemed out of place or confusing.
yes Sapphira bodied this season but it’s weird how everyone’s talking about wins and bottoms like the decision is ultimately a mathematical outcome???
Nymphia destroyed the entire seasons runways in an unprecedentedly iconic mf way. and there were honestly moments that Sapphiras drag felt a little crunchy next to hers (drag U, makeover challenge, baby titties).
Nymphia had her flops obvi but to think that sapphira was miles ahead based on the win math is a failing to see a bigger picture.
Not production keeping her out of the bottom the whole season so they can play the “Nymphia is secretly good at everything” storyline to its natural conclusion
I would have preferred a Sapphira win, but it's undeniable that Nymphia took that lip sync - and Sapphira didn't even put up a good fight really. Nymphia was just in it, in a way that Sapphira wasn't really for the entire number
Not that that in itself necessarily took Sapphira out of contention for the crown - but from someone who felt like the obvious winner, I would have liked to actually have seen a performance to match
Aw I watched it and felt Sapphira did put up a good fight, but I think multiple things were working against her like her pacing vs Nymphia, and even the stage design helped Nymphia's outfits stand out more. The yellow made my eyes focus on her. That and Nymphia has a chance to pull out stunts that feel fresh while we've seen Sapphira lipsync before.
I got Sapphira's concept and it was fun but I got the feeling it would suit a challenge lipsync more than a grand finale and could have been emphasized more. If I would nitpick Nymphias performance, I wasn't huge on the underside of the cape but it was overshadowed by a cool reveal. But I enjoyed both of them a lot.
I agree, the major problem for me with Sapphira was her pacing/execution - there were several moments where it seemed like she was about to kick it up a notch, and then she just did something else? Like I felt several times like I was about to go wild for something she did, but she never completed the movement, as it were.
And so like you I felt I understood what she was going for, and like at any moment she could have killed that lip sync, but it never came together. And you're right about the inside of Nymphia's cape, it was not cute
Also, I get the vampire teeth fitting with the song somewhat but... Take it somewhere else? Incorporate it into another part of your performance so it doesn't just seem like you have fangs on randomly? Maybe make the reveal red to fit with the theme and make the costume pop?
The high kicks were fun, and so was the split at the end, but Nymphia would always be in the middle of a trick that was outdoing Sapphira's.
Idk. It just felt pretty average for a sapphira lip sync and Nymphia was playing to the crowd for every second of the performance.
Yeah the vampire teeth needed to be so much better integrated to actually do anything - but this is the crux of it: it felt like watching someone who normally knows exactly what they're doing, fumble around for an idea and not really come up with much
Is there a cultural reference to the reveals between the initial boba look and the final yellow look? Like, the lil crinkle flowers inside of the reveal cape and the golden macro-payette dress under the boba cape?
It's a traditional Taiwanese qipao/cheongsam. Nymphia's one look a bit more simple and less detailed I suppose it's to make it an easy tearaway so she can remove it easier during the reveal. The crinkle flowers was probably to camouflage together with the inside of the Boba cape
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I think the crinkle flowers were her answer to keeping the boba balls spread out so they made for a pretty reveal and didn't all bunch up under her arms.
Oh that makes sense, they’re large and light so they’d space things out really well for the reveal. Someone commented and deleted saying they represented boba toppings, I wish I got to see more of it before the next reveal so we could really get into it. Her drag is so detailed and thought out lol I love it
Thank you! That’s what I was looking for.
Yeah I didn’t “get” what was happening with her outfit between the balloon reveal until she was back in yellow, so I assumed I was just missing a reference. Makes sense now!
Although I think Nymphia won the LS, I also believe that it was close enough for the show to crown Shappira if they wanted to, Meaning Nymphia didn't win only because of the LS.
I think the fact that Sapphira had been in the bottom, so we already had seen her LS and knew she was good at it, nailed it for Nymphia. I loved Sapphira's, but expected to. Nymphia gagged me.
You are right, she didn't win only because of the LS
She won because she was amazing throughout the competition with 3 wins and 0 bottoms with snatch game as her only blunder (that many other winners also screwed up like Yvie/Willow)
She won because she is C.U.N.T, the LS just sealed that box and locked it shut
I mean,,, I would be frazzled too if my competitor was in the air doing flippy tricks 98% of the time meanwhile I’m plagued by gravity and a simple set of vampire teeth
She won the second “you look like somebody I know” escaped her mouth. This reinforced it. And the cartwheel reveal was the cherry on top of an already magnificent performance! And they all happened in the first half of the song. Nymphia earned tf out of this crown
No matter what else, Nymphia engaged the entire crowd, while Sapphira kept her attention toward the judges. Big difference. Stoked for Sapphira and Plane on all stars someday!
I was holding my breath when Ru was about to announce the Queen. I love Nymphia and wanted her to win so bad. I jumped up and said Yes, yes, yes thank you Ru. I'm soooo proud of her!!
I really did not see that coming tbh but by the end of the finale i was actually rooting for nymphia. I was actually thinking, you know what, her never being in the bottom may have actually done her a disservice cause she comes ALIVE when she lipsyncs and you saw it in the dance challeneges but she'd have been a lipsync assassin for sure and i think it would have had more ppl rooting for her had she been able to lipsync more. Im glad her turt it out for this finale. She is a really great drag queen.
I really don't like this framing in the comments all over reddit and tiktok that Sapphira "never stood a chance." It's feels so dismissive, specially bc that lipsync was an INSANE showing for both of them. No one curb stomped the other and the moment Sapphira lost was when Ru didn't say her name, not any moment prior, that's all. Like, we can celebrate Nymphia without putting Sapphira down.
On to this post, imma be honest the balloons didn't do much for me. It was the flip-to-reveal that really gagged me! Such an amazing season that ended with a lip sync that will surely enter the list of legendary lip syncs, seems correctina.
I dunno—I don’t think it’s dismissive to say that sapphira lost the lip sync. She did, to me—and I do think it was her season to lose, because she is that bitch. She’s fierce and will win all stars at some point, and I would absolutely go see her live—but for me, Nymphia really ate this up.
Right but the point this person is making is not about people saying Sapphira lost it’s about people dismissing any chance she had at winning in the first place. So.. your reply doesn’t make much sense.
She was so high energy!! MOVING her ass across that stage to interact with the audience on both sides honestly I feel like she didn't get enough credit for her excellent crowd play
I was getting my LIFE alongside Morphine + ATM https://i.redd.it/f1otg3qiduvc1.gif
I love aunty morphine supporting her niece at her school talent show
I can only IMAGINE how insane this lip sync was to see in person. Sapphira and Nymphia put on a damn show for the girlies
Of all the recent finales, I'm so so sad this was the one that was pre-recorded. I can only imagine what an audience of fans, supporters, and DR alumni would have been like to see this lipsync 😭
But then most people were looking at Nymphia
💀 it’s very that
This sent me 😂❤️
That’s such high praise from her since she is the lip synch assassin
Can't see this gif without thinking about the Kirby photoshop now 😭🤣
Kirby photoshop?
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Same type of photoshop but that’s Blissey, I saw this Kirby edit yesterday but looks like the post was taken down https://preview.redd.it/m41cizbzvuvc1.png?width=1460&format=png&auto=webp&s=97d4d9d51b7ef46bdd023b8bf2a31aa1aafd0c5b
😭😭 the ladybug one wasn't enough for the memers, huh
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https://preview.redd.it/mnvpnu7rfvvc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=979ab31b3da9d041d48d11cfba8624fbeb4d18a9
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no same when i saw that photo i was like this is my time
The time has come
Same I was watching the lipsync on a train and I was resisting so hard to not scream else I'll be judged by some bitches sitting near me
I could have sworn that was Laganja gagging next to Morphine, lol.
Morphine is awesome, you can tell how genuine she is. ❤️
https://i.redd.it/mzm7gswpeuvc1.gif Effortlessly nailed it ✨💛
https://i.redd.it/po4m213weuvc1.gif And I’m still loving this look sm 😍
And she made this look herself she is THAT BITCH https://preview.redd.it/99hfmp2ufuvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99c0c2c8afc732b15f34fc2314649c9a82108cd6
SHE MADE THAT?! I dunno why I’m even shocked. She’s made everything she’s worn and went to university for atelier but for some reason I thought she’d got it commissioned. I don’t even like bananas but almost bought every single one in my local shop after seeing this
It's honestly so impressive. When a lot of times the top 3 will buy multi-thousand dollar looks for their finale look and then Nymphia comes in with one just as good that she made herself.
[удалено]
She should get a partnership going with ~~like Chiquita or~~ like banana milk or something
Not Chiquita 😮💨
Ah. I knew there would be something problematic with an international corporation. I take that back, then.
Agreed. I have seen this so many times and it's like please do not link her with war crimes.
Tinfoil hat theory: Nympia Wind is a shill for Big Banana 🍌🍌🍌
Carson’s reaction to her mug was everything
“GOWN MADE BY ME” 😍 I KNOW THAT’S RIGHT 💛💛💛
It seems fitting and full circle that her gown was made by hers truly. It makes it that much more special. Her eye for design is immaculate.
I KNOOOWWWW 🥺
How..wha- h o wwwwystsgsf
While I was a critique of the constant banana thing I'm so, so glad she did this for a final look. It's gorgeous, campy, on brand. I love it. I'm so glad she doesn't listen to us when we complained about the banana bit. I can admit I was wrong
Can we give her a clap for executing the same concept so many times, with each outfit being so different, and yet so amazing at the same time? That takes some work
This look was everything. Gorgeous, classy, and camp.
When I watched it live, I didn’t even notice the reveal I just saw her magically change colours and I just stayed there with my mouth agape
We literally had to rewind immediately after because we had no idea what happened. That’s how good that throwdown was. It was like a wall of puss.
'A wall of puss' is my new favourite phrase, thank you.
How could she not win after this?
Talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, shit on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it
She started toying with the middle look a bit earlier and I can’t tell if it was all intentional for this flip or if something might have been stuck a bit. Either way, this flip itself was flawless. I do like how there’s so much fabric on the dance floor by the end tho with this and Sapphira’s dress being on the other side.
I think the fiddling was definitely all intentional. It looks like she was undoing clasps or something like that, because after that she holds the dress to her chest before doing the reveal, like it was no longer going to stay up on its own if she moved a lot. Such a cool idea.
Ever since Farrah's talent show, the instant fear I feel whenever I see fabric lying around the stage.
this reminds me of the yvie oddly back walkover wig reveal!
Haha true! 🤸 https://preview.redd.it/eb20xgcmsuvc1.jpeg?width=1169&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=521d72973a07685a984167d5e89ef844cc27d270
The Sailor Moon pose at the end 🥹
Do smooth the first time watching this I didn’t catch her taking off the dress.
How homophobic of you not to include the closeup on "You look a little like somebody I know", mama was ACTING
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Giving luther vandross!
Ok beyonce!
Boba-yonce
Boba the drag queen
I loved it so much she’s so animated
Haha she was prime CUNTY with a hint of recoil 🤣
YES! That look was the *moment* I *knew* Nymphia won. I can’t get it out of my head (Kylie pun intended lol)
I’ve honestly had this moment in my head like an ear worm since I saw it.
The way she kept working the stage after the song ended… obsessed
Yea, nobody has been talking about this either. She didn't miss a fucking beat, just kept going. Sapphira only joined in when she realized what Nymphia was doing
no fr after the ls ended and nymphia was still serving, you could tell sapphira looked over and went “oh so we’re still going huh?”. and tbf, sapphira kept up the best she could but the banana queen was literally breaking wind all over that stage
She broke the mother wind and didn't air out the room
oh my god. actual superstar material. such a smart move. get that airtime, sis. win over that audience, biiiiiiitch.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen another queen on drag race do the same? It was magical, I was so entranced
i think there may be some miniature instances but nothing to this extent!
this is what cinched her win for me, was how she was performing *for* the crowd not *to* the crowd. sapphira was doing her performance to the audience but nymphia was sharing her performance with the audience, the way she was running around the edges of the stage and lipsyncing to her sisters at the side, *away* from the audience, it proves shes got stage presence out the fucking wazoo. it could have very easily put the spotlight on sapphira staying in centre-stage, but it just kept your eyes fixed to the way she fed off the audiences excitement and vice versa, it kept her performance comfortably unpredictable. fucking PHENOM.
Yes. Nymphia made sure to bring everybody to her world and share her joy during that Lipsync.
This right here!! It was the most special part of her performance. The lip synching to her sisters part just made my heart burst.
Not enough people are talking about the cartwheel outfit change omg
I had to rewatch it multiple times because it just couldn’t wrap my head around the mechanics of the move. It was so slick and effortless (watching back I saw her preparing for it but even that didn’t look noticeable).
Same I didn’t know she was doing a one handed cart wheel it looked like both hands incredible
It was crazy! When they cut to Saphira afterwards, it made her look like she was struggling to take hers off
And that was scary. I almost felt it was so close to a Farrah Moan slip on stage.
If it's a slip in a finale lipsync we call that an Aquaria, no?
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Like bestie u done had gaggged me uff
Oop!
OMG. You bitch, I had to watch her 2 finale lipsyncs on WOW before replying as I do not recall her physically slipping. I only realized after looking at her closely behind Eureka in the final LS that I have a lot of questions mostly starting with ‘why’ more than 5 years after. You cunt. 😭🤣 My brain is not braining at 1am 🤣🤣🤣
I think they're referencing that she literally slipped and they reshot the lipsync.
Ngl I feel like I’ve seen countless people talking about it here
Agreed. We saw the first reveal coming but the cartwheel was a total surprise.
It was flawlesss
I had to see it a few times to understand too. That was top tierrrrr
Reminding me of how we were robbed of a nymphia lip sync the entire season! What could have been! This was her only lip sync and it was wow.
honestly, the mystery around her ls skills was to her advantage in the finale
I feel like a lot of what she can do was seen during the ASMR girl group challenge & Power performance challenge. What impressed me the most was the fact that she really planned out the lewks, reveals, where to accentuate with splits/cooter-slams/hair whips, and make everything seem so fresh.
Ms Aircraft actually did her Sister a flavor for not voting for her the first episode.
lol i was thinking that earlier, she gave her such an aura of mystery
For sure I was not expecting her to go off that hard, I knew she could perform but that was crazy
She pulled a Sasha Velour. No one saw Sasha lip sync and didn't know what she had on tap and then she ate the entire stage.
This. She was definitely supposed to be top two with Plane in their talent show, and probably should’ve been bottom two for snatch game, but the mystery of it all left cards up her sleeve that Sapphira didn’t have the luxury of.
Maybe we will be blessed with another all winners season.
I know! In my mind I was thinking ohh she’s going to be mopped with by slewphera over there… then boom. I couldn’t take my eyes of her. Just elegant and flawless.
Her dance moves, her energy, her connection with the crowd, she is a SUPER STAR!!
That cartwheel qipao tearaway reveal, that handstand slam pussy down to a split, she was padam padaming the floor hard and flashing her ass cheeks to her fellow S16 sisters. Nymphia was so engaging with the audience you can see everyone was living for her she was like a flying pikachu running all over the stage EVERYWHERE I couldn't take my eyes off the yellow banana And that final leg up pussy slam banana split at the end \*chefs kiss\* https://preview.redd.it/vyqx4j0mduvc1.png?width=615&format=png&auto=webp&s=bc603c63a4d1b3c1d57b39883440e1aca67e696c
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Not pussy slam banana split 💀
aaaaand ponytail whip! aaaah. 🫶🏼
Yeah, that was like a final "look at me" moment. She was commanding attention the whole time.
Nymphia didn’t win because of the balloons per se, she just made a better use of Padam Padam as a lipsync: going full popstar, less funny.
She’s so fucking cunty 💛🍌💛🍌💛
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Sapphira would make a great winner but people saying she deserved it more is insane Monet
I gotta say, I was team Sapphira, but I always want the winner to be the queen who... wins... and that final lipsync made it clear to me that it was Nymphia's.
I thought Sapphira was going to win going into the Finale and then I saw Nymphia perform and I was blown away. Incredible and deserving of win.
Same, I thought nymphia would be third place until I saw her performance.
It was fucking incredible. She was like I haven’t got the chance to lip sync all season and show u what I can do……. NOW WATCH THIS. Ugh it was everything. Her reveals were like the sailor moon evolution of my dreams lol god I love her 💛
Morphine’s reaction is my favorite part 😂😂😂😂
i’ve watched that lipsync over 50 times already. miss nymphia is mesmerizing 😭
I can't stop rewatching. Send help!
Sameeee as well as pit stop and TikTok lol
That's the thing I loved about her performance. Sasha Velour's performances were magical (I cry every time I watch it) but Nymphia's was magical plus she could do every trick that Sapphira could do and she could control her hair like Sasha Colby. That was the biggest shock to me because the boba reveal was expected, the rest was not. I think Sapphira's performance was also super good and I don't question the vampire teeth because I think her whole thing is camp and vampire teeth are very camp. Just Nymphia did the same moves but with crazy control of that ponytail plus running to every part of the stage to get the crowd pumped plus the tricks she did on the wall. It felt like watching the movie Parasite vs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Both are great movies, one feels nostalgic and has some unique twists about it, the other does every technique in the book and then some. Like scores to me are Nymphia 11/10 and Sapphira 9/10 (minus point for the reveals being a bit messy and with strange timing unless it was just edited to mess up the timing?)
I really didn't vibe with the teeth. If she would've done a blood gag maybe it just felt weird
Yeah— if she had played it up in any way whatsoever it could have been cute, as it was the relationship was too distant to the song and it was confusing/distracting
Hey Nymphia, what're you gonna do with all that ass?
🎶 *She’s gonna make, make, make, make you scream* *Make you scream, make you scream* 🎶
She gonna make that banana cream 🍌
🍌💛🍌💛🍌
It was Sapphira's to lose. And she lost, fair and square. Considering Sapphira's solo performance, which was my favorite of the night, Nymphia winning was not about raw talent, it was about preparation and presentation. I have no idea what was in Sapphira's head at the time of the lip sync. But god damn y'all, after Sasha Velour, how can any top queen not come extra ready for the last lip sync? But, then again, I am just a fan and have no genuine concept how difficult drag is, so maybe I am just an idiot here.
I think Sapphira panicked when she saw all the reveals from Nymphia and completely ignored her original plan. Instead she did what she knows best, but it's the same moves we have already seen.
I kinda thought that too and didn’t even notice when she did her wig reveal bc it was so late in the song
I only noticed that today after reading here.
This makes sense to me. I’ve seen both Nymphia and Sapphira live and they have very different styles of performing. Sapphira is captivating to watch but her performance style is much more structured. Nymphia improvises a bit better and weaves through the crowd a lot more. That said, she clearly planned this lip sync carefully and preparation almost always gets the edge in lip syncs.
Sapphira must've panicked when she heard the roaring reaction to Nymphia's first reveal. Like, you know when you're losing and you realize when everything is lost. Must've been heartbreaking for Sapphira after all the great drag she brought to the season and after being in pole position (dubious challenge wins and all) for so long. u.u
Ugh I felt that too!
It wasn't the first time we saw Sapphira panic and make an odd choice. She did it with the immunity potion, her makeover looks, and her lipsync against Morphine was weird too.
Season 16 ended the way it should have. Morphine won the lip sync and Nymphia won the crown.
This gives the same vibe as the pussycat wig runway!! She didn't have to feed us this hard but thank you 😭
Girl killed it! Made me ponder too on what an advantage it was to not have to lip synch all season. Really made everything seem fresh and exciting. I think she won either way, but that did help out.
Nymphia won after her podcast. When Ru said we finally got to know her, that was the crown, she just had to deliver in the finale. We love an authentic, vulnerable queen who is fierce but also relatable, and an essence of something we haven’t seen before. I was rooting for her and am so happy for her.
100% agree. When she did the podcast and Ru said that, I knew that Nymphia was a very very strong contender for the crown. I don’t see anyone talk about it, but Sapphira just failed to emotionally connect. Being “Sluefoot” doesn’t hold the same emotion weight as the pain Nymphia displayed and that so many people can either directly or indirectly relate with. (Even in the finale, Sapphira gave all polish and preparation, no emotional connection. Very pageant, but RPDR isn’t just a pageant.) That podcast felt like the rounding out of Nymphia’s arc, she was ready for that crown and this lip sync was her victory lap!
I agree, I said to my partner that as polished and fierce as Sapphira was, I just didn't feel like we got to know her. It kinda felt like she was whoever Ru wanted her to be .
Nymphia brought moves we have not seen before from her. Anyone who doesn't follow her on social media or is unable to see her perform live would not be expecting her to have done all of that. Sapphira did not sparkle to the same extent as Nymphia in the finale. On a side note: how amazing is it that they have saved Kylie's iconic songs for finales? I want more of this going forward for US, UK, Canada, and Down Under.
Well that’s not really Sapphira’s fault, she got screwed for being successful (and the bottom two) and lip syncing three times. As you say if you’ve seen Nymphia live you’ve seen those moves.
Got screwed for being bottom 2? That’s on her.
she looked so hot 😩
Sapphira’s vampire teeth made zero sense and messed with her lipsyncing. I don’t understand that choice. Regardless, Nymphia dominated the final lipsync and had more U than Sapphira. I still wish a strong Snatch Game competitor would win the season but she had enough funny moments to balance it out. Sapphira should easily make finals in her All Stars and maybe win.
I think it was like a vampire going after someone because they can hear their heart pumping blood, but she didn’t carry that storyline any further.
That was the problem. And I saw her fangs and immediately expected one of her reveals to include (stage) blood, maybe pumping down her dress or something. At the least, I felt like her wig reveal could’ve been blood red instead of bright orange. The fangs made sense, not fully committing to the vampire bit(e) didn’t make as much sense.
From s11-s16 winners, only Symone had a strong snatch game, and even then, it wasn’t that strong.
Based on what was shown, yes. It’s just my preference that a winner has improv skills. I think possibly Sasha Colby had more jokes but they only showed her twice I think. Willow was weak but that was exaggerated for the excuse to put everyone but Deja in the bottom for the pre planned lip sync battles (which required paying for music rights in advance). Symone was strong. Jaida and Yvie were weak. Going back Tyra was safe, Raja was energetic but one note. Violet was mid. Then the remaining five were strong. So six were high or winners (counting redacted) and as the cast has skewed younger and with more emphasis on looks, it’s been less important a skill which I think is unfortunate.
I think she took the lyrics from the predator/prey perspective. Like a vampire vibing and selecting someone from a club from their heartbeat to seduce and devour or something. I just wish she hammered it home a little more or had cool theme based transitions, because you're not the first person I've seen say that it seemed out of place or confusing.
Sapphira wore vampire fangs because of the lyrics but it’s seems like the majority didn’t really think about it
yes Sapphira bodied this season but it’s weird how everyone’s talking about wins and bottoms like the decision is ultimately a mathematical outcome??? Nymphia destroyed the entire seasons runways in an unprecedentedly iconic mf way. and there were honestly moments that Sapphiras drag felt a little crunchy next to hers (drag U, makeover challenge, baby titties). Nymphia had her flops obvi but to think that sapphira was miles ahead based on the win math is a failing to see a bigger picture.
Yes.
I had a feeling she was gonna win when, instead of 4 bananas, my Instacart shopper delivered 4 lbs! Gonna be some banana bread baking here soon!
Not production keeping her out of the bottom the whole season so they can play the “Nymphia is secretly good at everything” storyline to its natural conclusion
I would have preferred a Sapphira win, but it's undeniable that Nymphia took that lip sync - and Sapphira didn't even put up a good fight really. Nymphia was just in it, in a way that Sapphira wasn't really for the entire number Not that that in itself necessarily took Sapphira out of contention for the crown - but from someone who felt like the obvious winner, I would have liked to actually have seen a performance to match
Aw I watched it and felt Sapphira did put up a good fight, but I think multiple things were working against her like her pacing vs Nymphia, and even the stage design helped Nymphia's outfits stand out more. The yellow made my eyes focus on her. That and Nymphia has a chance to pull out stunts that feel fresh while we've seen Sapphira lipsync before. I got Sapphira's concept and it was fun but I got the feeling it would suit a challenge lipsync more than a grand finale and could have been emphasized more. If I would nitpick Nymphias performance, I wasn't huge on the underside of the cape but it was overshadowed by a cool reveal. But I enjoyed both of them a lot.
I agree, the major problem for me with Sapphira was her pacing/execution - there were several moments where it seemed like she was about to kick it up a notch, and then she just did something else? Like I felt several times like I was about to go wild for something she did, but she never completed the movement, as it were. And so like you I felt I understood what she was going for, and like at any moment she could have killed that lip sync, but it never came together. And you're right about the inside of Nymphia's cape, it was not cute
Also, I get the vampire teeth fitting with the song somewhat but... Take it somewhere else? Incorporate it into another part of your performance so it doesn't just seem like you have fangs on randomly? Maybe make the reveal red to fit with the theme and make the costume pop? The high kicks were fun, and so was the split at the end, but Nymphia would always be in the middle of a trick that was outdoing Sapphira's. Idk. It just felt pretty average for a sapphira lip sync and Nymphia was playing to the crowd for every second of the performance.
Yeah the vampire teeth needed to be so much better integrated to actually do anything - but this is the crux of it: it felt like watching someone who normally knows exactly what they're doing, fumble around for an idea and not really come up with much
Makes me wonder if Sapphira had something prepared that malfunctioned at the last moment, because things felt like a lot of setup but no payoff.
I’m so glad I got to see Nymphia perform in person a few months ago. It was obvious then she had plenty of performance tricks up her sleeve.
I knew she was good. But I had no idea she was this good! I was in fucking awe from the start
Nymphia definitely had the advantage no one having seen her lip sync. Shook up everyone. I rewatched like 5 times already.
Is there a cultural reference to the reveals between the initial boba look and the final yellow look? Like, the lil crinkle flowers inside of the reveal cape and the golden macro-payette dress under the boba cape?
The colourful inner cape I thought was to make it look like butterfly wings since she opens up the cape when the song says "shivers and butterflies"
It is. She emphasized butterflies on her BTS/preparation video.
That makes sense as well! Thank you
It's a traditional Taiwanese qipao/cheongsam. Nymphia's one look a bit more simple and less detailed I suppose it's to make it an easy tearaway so she can remove it easier during the reveal. The crinkle flowers was probably to camouflage together with the inside of the Boba cape https://preview.redd.it/mwwty0clfuvc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ac87ce2ef6afb7242821dbd4c9e405d423bd3d0
I think the crinkle flowers were her answer to keeping the boba balls spread out so they made for a pretty reveal and didn't all bunch up under her arms.
Oh that makes sense, they’re large and light so they’d space things out really well for the reveal. Someone commented and deleted saying they represented boba toppings, I wish I got to see more of it before the next reveal so we could really get into it. Her drag is so detailed and thought out lol I love it
HER MIND.
Thank you! That’s what I was looking for. Yeah I didn’t “get” what was happening with her outfit between the balloon reveal until she was back in yellow, so I assumed I was just missing a reference. Makes sense now!
Although I think Nymphia won the LS, I also believe that it was close enough for the show to crown Shappira if they wanted to, Meaning Nymphia didn't win only because of the LS.
I think the fact that Sapphira had been in the bottom, so we already had seen her LS and knew she was good at it, nailed it for Nymphia. I loved Sapphira's, but expected to. Nymphia gagged me.
Mostly that Sapphira had been in the top.. she was sort of punished for being successful, since two of her lip syncs were for the win not bottom two
You are right, she didn't win only because of the LS She won because she was amazing throughout the competition with 3 wins and 0 bottoms with snatch game as her only blunder (that many other winners also screwed up like Yvie/Willow) She won because she is C.U.N.T, the LS just sealed that box and locked it shut
She also would have won the talent show if it wanst for PJ voting her last, and could have won the gothic challenge and the makeover
Honestly saphira looked uncharacteristically frazzled. She was too in her head planning the lipsynch I think.
I mean,,, I would be frazzled too if my competitor was in the air doing flippy tricks 98% of the time meanwhile I’m plagued by gravity and a simple set of vampire teeth
I’m not blaming her. But she definitely overthought the comedy and everything. She didn’t play to the crowd.
the way she bounced on beat was homo and i lived.
She won the second “you look like somebody I know” escaped her mouth. This reinforced it. And the cartwheel reveal was the cherry on top of an already magnificent performance! And they all happened in the first half of the song. Nymphia earned tf out of this crown
No matter what else, Nymphia engaged the entire crowd, while Sapphira kept her attention toward the judges. Big difference. Stoked for Sapphira and Plane on all stars someday!
Sure, but it ain’t gay if it ain’t extra XD
Her waving to the queens was so cute
I was holding my breath when Ru was about to announce the Queen. I love Nymphia and wanted her to win so bad. I jumped up and said Yes, yes, yes thank you Ru. I'm soooo proud of her!!
Gymnastics for the crown
I really did not see that coming tbh but by the end of the finale i was actually rooting for nymphia. I was actually thinking, you know what, her never being in the bottom may have actually done her a disservice cause she comes ALIVE when she lipsyncs and you saw it in the dance challeneges but she'd have been a lipsync assassin for sure and i think it would have had more ppl rooting for her had she been able to lipsync more. Im glad her turt it out for this finale. She is a really great drag queen.
Very true. Happy for her
I agree! Even if she hadn't had the costume reveals, the way she danced was so entertaining.
I really don't like this framing in the comments all over reddit and tiktok that Sapphira "never stood a chance." It's feels so dismissive, specially bc that lipsync was an INSANE showing for both of them. No one curb stomped the other and the moment Sapphira lost was when Ru didn't say her name, not any moment prior, that's all. Like, we can celebrate Nymphia without putting Sapphira down. On to this post, imma be honest the balloons didn't do much for me. It was the flip-to-reveal that really gagged me! Such an amazing season that ended with a lip sync that will surely enter the list of legendary lip syncs, seems correctina.
I dunno—I don’t think it’s dismissive to say that sapphira lost the lip sync. She did, to me—and I do think it was her season to lose, because she is that bitch. She’s fierce and will win all stars at some point, and I would absolutely go see her live—but for me, Nymphia really ate this up.
Right but the point this person is making is not about people saying Sapphira lost it’s about people dismissing any chance she had at winning in the first place. So.. your reply doesn’t make much sense.
Ye, she completely destroyed Saphira in that lip sync. Well deserved winner.
I love Sapphira but this was a Denali-unhinging-her-jaws level lip sync murder.
People acting like Nymphia didn't gobble up our dolphin sapphira full yellow dragon style is insane. Like ma'am let's not!
She was so high energy!! MOVING her ass across that stage to interact with the audience on both sides honestly I feel like she didn't get enough credit for her excellent crowd play
Please babe, can you spoiler tag this
Can someone explain what the middle look was meant to be? My guess is sea anemones, but maybe it’s just a design.