Posted April 20, 20214 yr Drag Race Down Under Premiering: May 1 Official Cast: -Anita Wig’lit -Art Simone -Coco Jumbo -Elektra Shock -Etcetera Etcetera -Jojo Zaho -Karen from Finance -Kita Mean -Maxi Shield -Scarlet Adams Elimination Order: Episode One- Challenge: Eliminated: Kita Mean Episode Two Eliminated: Art Simone Episode Three- Eliminated: Coco Jumbo AND Maxi Shield Episode Four- Returns: Art Simone Eliminated: Karen from Finance Episode Five- Eliminated: Jojo Zaho Episode Six- Eliminated: Etcetera Etcetera Episode Seven- Eliminated: Elektra Shock Episode Eight- Top Three: Scarlet Adams, Art Simone & Anita Wig’lit Bonus Tea: -Episode Two is Snatch Game which Willam was quoted saying she has heard it is one of the worst, if not the worst, in herstory! -Scarlet Adams blackface controversy is discussed in the workroom midway through the season -Art wins two challenges after initially being eliminated -Anita is most likely receiving the winners edit however Art has a huge online following- and is friends with multiple Drag Race girls already so could definitely prove popular! -Possible that Etcetera and Scarlet’s placings are switched So we have- 10th- Kita Mean =9th- Coco Jumbo - Maxi Shield 7th- Karen from Finance 6th- Jojo Zaho 5th- Etcetera Etcetera 4th- Elektra Shock Top 3- Scarlet Adams, Art Simone, Anita Wig'lit
April 20, 20214 yr The DRDU tea is a mess, I swear it changes every time it's updated, but I think we've got the "blocks" of queens roughly out with Karen possibly doing better than stated. Looking like Art and Scarlet are definitely in the top, Anita I've also seen as 4th with Karen top 3 but there's more to suggest Karen goes earlier, possibly even in the Snatch Game double. Anita as a winner just feels right, they could definitely go for Art due the existing WOW relationship etc. plus the storyline of a returning queen winning. Art I think wins ep1 (presumably a runway challenge), but still is eliminated on 2 (which I've seen is Rusical, followed by Snatch Game), then comes back due to the double elim and has a great run with another win included somewhere. I get the feeling this will be kinda messy but I'm intrigued to see how it pans out still, what Aussie culture they pull from and who they get as guest judges. I just can't think of many Kiwi guest judges they could feasibly have - Rachel Hunter? Perhaps they will be random af and kinda limp.
April 21, 20214 yr "Snatch Game" is interesting when they're trying to adapt it to overseas versions - obviously, it's based on the popular US game show format Match Game, but it hasn't really had that much success (or is as iconic) in other markets. UK seems to have had the most success with trying to adapt it with Blankety Blank, but overall most Queens (even older ones) will just know Snatch Game from RPDR. You'd think some of these overseas formats would just reimagine Snatch Game into something more locally well-known.
May 1, 20214 yr So a majority of tea has been debunked or at least called into question, the consensus was that Kita went first but it was actually Jojo! Basically there are two people in the entire t checker who could be right and said Jojo was eliminated first: Either - 10th Jojo (Art, but comes back) 9th Coco 8th Kita 7th Elektra 6th Etcetera 5th Maxi 4th Anita (:cry:) Top 3: Art, Karen, Scarlet OR Top 4 of Anita, Art, Etc and Scarlet, the top 4 is the finale. This person also said Jojo and Coco go episodes 1 and 3, and Art is brought back simply because she "left too soon" rather than as part of a challenge (lowkey seems kinda rigga morris to me but I love Art so not mad), also Snatch Game is supposed to be actually good. I was a bit doubtful of the Snatch Game being bad and Art going because if it was really bad and they wanted to protect Art, they'd be spoilt for choice for a bottom 2! Anita just missing the final is not the one so I hope it's the latter, Scarlet there either way is rather annoying.
May 6, 20214 yr Looks like the Snatch Game being bad tea might check out, somebody who spilled all the characters has said that Scarlet, Karen, Elektra and Maxi are all low with Coco and Art bottom 2, Kita is singled out as safe with Etcetera high and Anita winning. I don't think the preview seemed THAT bad but we'll see :lol:
May 6, 20214 yr I just can't fathom how it could be SO bad and they let Art go who clearly I feel is supposed to be the winner, like even if Art bombs, if there are that many in the mix who Ru is disappointed with, they could easily be bottom instead. I feel like Art must absolutely TANK like as in being one of the worst ever, then the lipsync must be an absolute murder on Coco's part, to the point where they can't keep Art, but they've rigged things worse before :lol: That or they just want a returning queen to win to claim the first, ofc we don't know if Art will be the winner but it feels she's "meant" to be the winner. Interesting that we appear to have a top 3 who all bomb Snatch Game, after Lawrence and Pri both won, plus Thailand's Angele was the worst in her Snatch Game tbh, then Yvie too. Jaida to a lesser extent, she wasn't BAD but it was definitely her worst challenge along with the one woman show.
May 6, 20214 yr Author Art really does seem set up to be an Envy Peru easy ride to the finish so it’s bonkers they eliminate her this episode i’m SUPER excited to see how it all ends up!
May 6, 20214 yr I'm so cynical lately but it honestly feels like they didn't give Art the win last week so they could eliminate her early, get her back so they can have a returning queen win and that's her storyline set up even before you factor in whether she has drama, whether she absolutely dominates when she comes back etc. It's also looking like Kita and Anita may be swapped in their elimination order which is interesting, Anita wins Snatch Game but only then lasts until episode 4. I'm thinking that may be a design challenge given we have Snatch Game and next week is girl groups? This season just seems a total mess but I'm here for it :lol:
May 9, 20214 yr Apparently Scarlet wins the next two challenges which are of course girl group and possibly design, as well as maybe another later in the season :drama: Kita gets just one, Art gets possibly two.
May 12, 20214 yr New potential tea which is BLEAK and I do not want: Top 4 of Art, Karen, Kita, Scarlet Karen only wins one challenge Scarlet wins girl groups and design as well as a later challenge Kita lipsyncs once and sends home Etc in episode 5, she also wins one challenge Art doesn't win any challenges!!! From this we can deduce that Maxi or Elektra win the remaining challenge? Episode 3: Coco out Episode 4: Anita out Episode 5: Etc out Episode 6: Maxi out Episode 7: Elektra out
May 12, 20214 yr My brain knows they won't crown her but part of me doesn't trust that they won't :drama:
May 13, 20214 yr i know we have only seen 2 episodes but kita top 4?? i have seen nothing from her so far that suggests she is a threat art to be the first winner who was eliminated AND won 0 challenges lol
May 15, 20214 yr It's looking increasingly likely Anita out next week is right, which is going to be devastating :(I guess it's unavoidable if she absolutely tanks but I feel like she'll be one of the most robbed queens in RPDR history.
May 16, 20214 yr Our only hope is some people think her and Kita might have been mixed up in tea, as earlier in the season it was said that Anita was top 4 and Kita was out in the 4th episode (or even first). Either way we lose one of the two most likeable queens this week which is going to be a big hit to the season for me. I'd be gobsmacked if they didn't have a Elektra vs either one storyline with Elektra lipsync assassin'ing one of them out of the competition, as it's a design challenge I could see it!
May 17, 20214 yr Elektra HAS to do well this week for her storyline to go anywhere i feel. it could be Kita vs. Anita? kita's taste level so far has been questionable so she is the most likely to fall in the design challenge. just trying to delude myself here.... not here for scarlet potentially winning another episode. even without taking into account her past, i just find her so smug and unlikeable lol. hoping art manages to buck the returning queen trend and win.
May 17, 20214 yr Elektra is heavily thought to win episode 5 which is an acting challenge, which would make sense as she's done really well in mini challenges to do with acting so far. That could kind of buoy her over the next couple of weeks with a better trajectory until she goes? I just can't see how she'd do well in a design challenge. I know this would be a third bottom placement in only 5 episodes though and against someone who is probably the front runner at this point in Anita would jus be bizarre, I'm leaning more towards it being Kita to be honest. For the storyline of judge/contestant I think it would be a gag for Elektra to send either home although I don't want to lose any of them :( Perhaps Elektra if she is bottom again just eviscerates the other one in the bottom so they have to keep her, but who knows with how they're judging this series :lol: Anita vs Kita would be interesting too, I know Anita is sometimes kind of seen as the "other" one in Kita's shadow which I know she has mentioned so for her to send Kita home at this stage and be a front-runner would be a great storyline for her. They seem to love a storyline bottom 2 this season so I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of these two scenarios. I think the Anita/Kita potential mix up could possibly be that they were both in the bottom as well actually, which I could see for a design challenge out of who's left. Perhaps Elektra makes like a basic but ok outfit and Anita/Kita bomb.
May 18, 20214 yr Episode 5 confirmed to be branding, if the Kita vs Etc lipsync rumour is true that seems very odd that they would do badly in a branding challenge!
