The Rigged Recap

Get ready for an unhinged one, folks. Kayla and I are ON ONE as we dissect and discuss the grand finale of Season 17. Public callouts from Derek, enraged speeches from Kayla, we go out with a bang as we enter our hiatus! We'll break down the finale looks, the performances, the Abracadabra lip sync, and give our final thoughts on Season 17! 

Thank you for listening to us bitch and moan for another season

It's the highly anticipated LaLaPaRuZa episode on Drag Race this week, and we all have a lot of feelings.... Did it live up to the hype of last year's episode? Did the lip syncs slay? Did anybody get their Megami moment?? Well we brought the MVP of last year's LLPRZ to answer all of these questions! Megami spills some tea, gives her thoughts, and we all go over whether we think this was a fair episode or not!

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Breaking news, folks! Tooters all over the globe are in arms over her elimination from Drag Race, and Kayla and Derek are on the case to determine if it was rigged or not. This top 5 Vegas challenge was a LOT to take in, and has a LOT of questions about what all went into it. We'll break down all the aspects of the challenge and give our winner pick and predictions heading into the season finale! 

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It's makeover week, Kayla's favorite challenge and we have a LOT to talk about. From the fandom coming for these queens' MOTHERS, to the weird critiques, a controversial lip sync, and much more! We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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Kayla is busy in Amsterdam, so YouTube shitposter extraordinaire RunnerEye is here as my co-host for the week! We talk about the bizarre interpretive dance challenge, disagree on basically everything, and go on many tangents as we do. We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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In a rare miss for Season 17, we're talking about the dud that was the recent acting challenge, Ross Mathews vs The Ducks. We'll get into the Suzie and Lexi storyline, Lydia's devastating lip sync flub, Onya's winner arc, and Derek and Kayla's origin stories! We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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We go a bit off the edge today with our iconic guest, runner-up of Drag Duel AJ Nox. We talk about Mayhem, all of the insane drama from the newest episode, the villains roast, and semen. But mostly semen. We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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It's time for another design challenge, this one inspired by Betsey Johnson. So to help us judge these.....interesting looks, we have Drag Duel contestant and outfit construction extraordinaire Titanic Donavon! We'll go through every look, talk about the iconic lip sync, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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It's time for another rusical and this, yet again, was an absolute slayage. We'll talk about the iconic rusical and amazing runway, Onya's winning chances, why they hated Acacia so much. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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Derek's Social Links
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It's Snatch Game week! And unfortunately, this seems to be a turning point for the season as fans have turned against it and many of its queens. We'll talk about the Crystal Envy elimination, the hatred towards Lana Ja'Rae, and give our thoughts on how bad we really thought this episode was. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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It's the Sea Sickening Ball and we have 36 looks to discuss with the seamstress extraordinaire herself Trisha Can! We'll get into TarpGate, the insane stuff being said on Twitter, and disagree a BUNCH! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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Live from our bedrooms, we're talking about RDR Live! In another banger episode of Season 17 we see cliques forming, frontrunners pulling ahead, and the shocking end of the Badonka-Dunk twist! Kayla and I are here to give all our thoughts as always and talk a bit about the Grammy's and Abracadabra!

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It's time for a comedy challenge and this one was especially chaotic, so of course we had to bring back the chaos demon himself RunnerEye! We talk about losing Joella, disagree about everything, and make some sports puns!

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It's design week on Drag Race Season 17 and who better to talk about the looks than the seamstress herself Bucy! We break down the ICONIC Onya/Jewels fight, all the tension in the workroom, and break down each look from the Monopulence challenge while Kayla's house is surrounded by chaos and mayhem!

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RuPaul's Drag Race is back for it's seventeenth season, and so are Kayla and Derek to break down every part of it! It's part 2 of the premiere talent show and the talents were....something! Kayla and Derek are especially unhinged as they break down the Is it Cake? looks, the talents, and the new twist of the season!

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RuPaul's Drag Race is back for it's seventeenth season, and so are Kayla and Derek to break down every part of it! So much happened in this premiere from the Squirrel Games, to the Rate-A-Queen twist to the....controversial guest judge. We'll break down every look, every performance, and as always give out Cold and Closed cases to our favorites and least favorites! Catch us every week breaking down everything Season 17 of Drag Race!

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A new season of RuPaul's Drag Race is just around the corner and we were introduced to the brand new cast of 14 queens on Season 17. From internet stars, famous drag daughters, and queens from exciting new places, this season is bound to be a splash.

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It's finale time, which means stan wars, Twitter erupting into chaos, and Derek getting lots of hate for his takes! We'll dive into the current Derek discourse, discuss all of the controversial moments of the finale, give our final takes on the season, and much more!

The Rigged Recap WILL be back! Everyone enjoy your summer and be good people!

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It's LaLaPaRuZa week! And the theme is reusing songs we've already seen be lip syncs previously. Kayla and I will give our opinions on the lip syncs and compare them to the previous versions, deciding which is ultimately better!

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It's Rusical week on Drag Race, and we were given yet ANOTHER Rusical for the ages with RoseMarie's Baby Shower! Derek flexes his horror knowledge, Kayla gripes about the season, and together we give praise to the cast for an iconic challenge and runway presentation!

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We're nearing the end of Drag Race All Stars 9, and Shannel is front and center as we dissect her storyline throughout the season, as well as some of the other arcs present in this episode. As always, Derek is living and Kayla is...not living. We talk about Nina Bonina threatening to sue Derek, Nina's redemption arc, and much much more!

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We're back with another episode of All Stars 9, and everyone is getting bitch slapped by the whiplash of this season. From an amazing episode, to another lackluster one, this time we saw the queens over-acting with RuPaul in scenes parodying some of Ru's favorite movies. RuPaul is the true winner of the episode, but who do Derek & Kayla think ACTUALLY won? And is someone clearly being pushed by production?

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Oh my god, we're so back and Derek has seen the light!! We're here to talk about TWO episodes of All Stars 9, both the Property Queens and the Roast episodes, and Derek is a big fan of both! Kayla is....not! There's robberies, storylines, messy lip syncs, and much more to explore, so enjoy a double episode of chaos!

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In one of the biggest robberies in recent seasons, All Stars 9 has hit a new low. If you are obsessed and living for this season and don't want to hear any negatives about it ever, this is NOT the podcast episode for you! You've been warned!!

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective

It's time again for the most iconic challenge of the season...Snatch Game! And yet another season of made up characters, bizarre stunts, and the entire cast ijboling their way through the season! We have Kevin McDonald to join us and spice up the conversation as we ijbol our way through this podcast!

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We're back back back again with another season of The Rigged Recap, this time covering RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 9! Get ready for lots of disagreements and two very different perspectives on the season so far as Derek and Kayla dive into the first two episodes of the season. We'll talk about all the looks, Drag Queens Save the World, the Paint Ball, the "lip syncs" and of course ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?!

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It's finale time! And WOW were Derek and Kayla wrong about how things were going to go. We both mourn Sapphira's loss and celebrate and explain Nymphia's win, as well as break down all the moments at the finale, discuss the runways and performances, and dig deep into the final "Padam Padam" lip sync that determined it all.  And of course ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?!

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In a very special episode of RuPaul's Drag Race, we watched the eliminated queens lip sync in a tournament for a $50,000 cash prize. In what's being rated as the top episode ever, we saw stunts, flips, shocking moments, and some amazing redemption arcs. Kayla and I will dive into every lip sync, give our thoughts, and of course ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?!

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We're back after taking a week off while Derek almost croaked from the flu! We have 2 episodes to talk about, both the makeover and this week's book creation challenge! We'll dive into the end of Q's journey, the recent Sapphira vs Nymphia stan wars, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

Kayla's Social Links
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It's finale time on UK Vs the World, and Matthew and Derek have brought on another iconic podcasting duo, Niru and Amanda from Pressed Conference to break it all down! We'll get into the drama at the mini reunion, the controversial lip sync decisions, give our final thoughts on the season, and speculate on the future of the series.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pressedconferencepodcast/

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In one of the most amazing lip syncs of the season, we saw Morphine ANNIHILATE Dawn in the lip sync battle. With a chaotic episode filled with bathroom jokes, hell, Pit Crew boners, German club owners, and a seething Q, there's a lot to get through. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

Kayla's Social Links
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT

Derek's...

It's top 5 and there's a special wedding to attend between Michelle Visage and Graham Norton! As the queens give their wedding speeches and rock their wedding dress couture, we find out the 4 queens making it to the finale, establish some new frontrunners for the win, and try to determine who the winner of the season might be. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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Another episode of Season 16, another episode of watching the slow decline of Q's sanity as she is "robbed" of yet another win (in her eyes). We'll break down the chaotic powerpoint maxi challenge, talk about our high school superlatives, descend into madness ourselves, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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It's time to PRANCE MY QUEENS, PRANCE (strictly come style) on UK Vs the World. The queens are split into 3 groups of 2 and each given a different style of dance to perform to. We also get the mixed bag of the "Business in the front, Party in the back" runway, and some major disagreements between Matthew and Derek this week on performance. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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Kayla's back! And in a jam-packed episode, we discuss our recent twitter drama, the discussion around Nymphia and how many is too many bananas, the immunity potion that was finally used, and have very differing opinions on this week's maxi-challenge, Power. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

Kayla's Social Links
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Derek's Social Links
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Another episode of UK Vs the World, another episode of Scarlet Envy being ignored by RuPaul. Some things never change. This episode was the Rusical (it wasn't a rusical) Seven! We got some fantastic performances, some forgettable performances and....Gothy Kendoll! We break down Gothy's journey, the Filipina Winna, and of course we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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In one of the most shocking eliminations of all time, we lost two-time challenge winner Plasma this week on RuPaul's Drag Race! With Kayla out of the country, I brought back OG Rigged Recap Co-Host and fellow Drag Duel judge Bucy to break it all down! We'll get into all of the goth runways, the workroom drama, and of course ask the age old question: IS IT RIGGED?

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuaBucy
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It's Snatch Game time on UK Vs the World, and yet another pretty flop of a challenge. But this episode does give us a shocking elimination, a cringefest moment with Gothy Kendoll, and an incredible Cruisin' runway! We'll break all of this down, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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It's Snatch Game time! And we're bringing on a very special guest to break down the chaos, a chaos goblin himself, RunnerEye! Good luck following the madness of this episode! We talk about the drama, the Snatch Game, the Dancing Queen runways, and MANY other random things. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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RunnerEye's Social Links
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunnerEyeYT
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After last week's amazing ball episode, UK Vs the World 2 dips back into mediocre territory with a very confusing challenge, a tired runway, but with a VERY satisfying top 2. We'll break down some of the inconsistencies and unfair qualities of the challenge, theorize some behind the scenes shenanigans, and break down all of the performances and looks! And s always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???

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