The Rigged Recap

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?! Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective

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?! Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective

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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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. Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Pressed Conference's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PressedConference/featured Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeRPressed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pressedconferencepodcast/ BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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? Bucy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bucy Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuaBucy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bucymua/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com RunnerEye's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RunnerEye Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunnerEyeYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pierce_mcc/?hl=en Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT Derek's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

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??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

It's time for one last episode where Kayla and I fight as Megami's defense attourneys. This week is the Sound of Rusic rusical! Another absolute banger of an episode, Kayla and I break down the iconic flower runway, the performances in the rusical, the drama in the workroom and in untucked, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

It'a a double dose of Drag Race here on the Rigged Recap, as we cover both Season 16 AND now UK Vs the World 2! I'll be joined all season long with our international correspondant, BelakBoy! Today, Matthew and I break down the Happy Endings Ball! With 30 looks to go through, bountiful amounts of terrible strategy to discuss, and an extremely sad elimination, this is a jam-packed episode. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

It's time for the second design challenge of the season, but this time with a twist! Kayla and I talk about the challenge, random shit like our ethnicities, continue being Megami's defensive attorneys, and more. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

It'a a double dose of Drag Race here on the Rigged Recap, as we cover both Season 16 AND now UK Vs the World 2! I'll be joined all season long with our international correspondant, BelakBoy! Today, Matthew and I break down all of the entrance looks, alliances, talent shows, and runway looks from the premiere of UKVTW2! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/belak_matt_/ The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

It's girl group time (Kayla's favorite! ;)) and we were given three amazing performances this week! With a chaotic runway, drama the house down, a shocking elimination, and cries of robbery as well, there is a LOT to dive into this episode. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective

Liiiiive from our apartments, it's Kayla and Derek talking all things RDR Live! There's a lot to chat about this episode from multiple storylines set up, the random repeat challenge, the strange writing, and an ICONIC Cher runway! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT The Drag Detective's Social Links Tiktok: @thedragdetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdete... Twitter: https://twitter.com/DragDetective Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedragdetective