Liаm
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08 Aquaria: Melania Trump (Season 10, win)
Possibly the biggest Snatch Game shock of all time, whilst we know now that Aquaria has quite a fun personality and is more rounded than she seemed at first, I'm sure at the time not many of us expected the looks queen of Season 10 to smash Snatch Game as much as she did! Melania Trump was a perfect character for a breakout performance, there was so much to pack into the small period of time the queens get for Snatch Game but she managed it without it feeling suffocated, try hard or rushed.
I could almost do a countdown of moments from this Snatch Game turn alone - "it's alright Barack no worries" and the visual gags of giving Ru a gift that said help me plus the Michelle Obama placecard especially :rofl: Whilst I loved Eureka's Honey Boo Boo, this totally decimated this Snatch Game and it was pretty much this that sealed Aquaria's win this season and showed she could be the Next Drag Superstar, not just a pretty face.
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I wouldn't take away Raja's win as she's still the best runway queen to ever be on the show but if any season should have had a double crowning (it's not AS4 x), it should have been S3 with her and Manila but I know that S3 was for sure too early for such shenanigans :lol:
In terms of winners, I'd have Raja is the most underrated, you don't see her get the credit she deserves.
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100% Alyssa Edwards obv, I just don't find her that funny at all and she was terrible at basically everything on S5. Granted she was better on AS2 for sure and giving her a -1 in the rate for example was a bit much she's not the worst, I just do not get her at all.
Latrice is one as well, like I said in the unpopular opinion thread I never found her that great in S4 in the first place and it is more based on that as ofc she isn't rated as much after AS4, but I never found anything she did too memorable, she was likeable enough and I didn't dislike, but the fact she was revered as such a fan fave always baffled me a bit.
Also definitely Naomi Smalls. There's no doubt she stepped it up on AS4 and showed more variety but I still just wasn't a huge fan.
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09 Adore Delano: Anna Nicole Smith (Season 6, high)
This is very nearly the best performance to never win, only beaten by a certain other Season 6 queen... This could easily have been a bit mean but she definitely got away with this. This is one of those where it wasn't her playing herself, but the character was one that fit Adore's personality without leaning on herself. This was a real high of possibly the absolute best Snatch Games, so many quotable moments, her spelling vodka wrong, the vocal affect, all of it was just hilarious.
Even without all that, this showed Adore could really shine as a charismatic performer you're drawn to, holding her own against huge characters like DeLa and Bianca who performance and comedy came naturally to. It was the icing on the top that she nailed her character and took every chance she got to make us laugh. On virtually any other regular season, this could have been a win, but this is still iconic.
"Well I haven't tried it much, but I like it by itself, so I just put vodcuh" :rofl:
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10 Natalia Pliacam: Sumanee Guna-Kasem (Drag Race Thailand Season 1, win)
This was head and shoulders above anything in DRT's two seasons of Snatch Game, it says it all that I can put this up there with the likes of Alaska, Katya and BenDeLaCreme. That was lot of hubub about this rich queen "buying" her win last season, but this if nothing else proves she more than deserved it. I had no idea who Sumanee was, not a word of English in the whole performance (I watched subtitled obv) but I barely stopped howling throughout the whole thing! I remember watching clips of Sumanee and being struck that it was so spot on.
She is a perfect Snatch Game character, think Jocelyn Wildenstein in looks and Donatella Versace in personality (speaking of, we really need a decent Versace on Snatch Game, but I digress), and Natalia absolutely nailed it all. She cut quite close to the bone with a joke about a fellow character (country singer Jintara Poonlarp) being "the help" as she's from a poor part of the country, which got some classist accusations, but it fit the character and I always love when queens use other characters to bounce off of. This was just brilliant in every way, not a thing missed and basically carried a whole Snatch Game. It was one of those classic great performances where you're left feeling like you know and love the character just off of a minute or so of an impersonation on a TV show.
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15 Alaska: Lady Bunny (Season 5, high)
Much like Sharon's Michelle, this could be seen as a risk impersonating a close friend of Ru's who she will know inside out, and Ru has said that Lady Bunny is the funniest person she's ever met, so no pressure. But Alaska nailed it, "well I just wrote anus" :rofl: It was one of those performances where I felt I'd have cackled at pretty much anything she said, we're getting into brilliant territory now *.*
14 Bob The Drag Queen: Uzo Aduba/Carol Channing (Season 8, win)
I wasn't the hugest Bob fan, but you can't deny her nailing two wildly different characters was incredible back in Season 8. Crazy Eyes from OITNB was ripe for the picking to lampoon, and Bob had evrything about her nailed. I'd have been more than happy with just her in that Snatch Game, but the eccentricity of Carol Channing was perfect for Bob to bring another side to Snatch Game, and it was *almost* as good as Pandora's. Between the two, Bob more than earned the Snatch Game win and quite frankly the Season 8 crown .
13 BenDeLaCreme: Paul Lynde (All Stars 3, win)
Along with Alaska, DeLa is the only queen to be in this top 20 twice, and while this isn't quite as high as her Maggie Smith this is yet another masterclass in Snatch Game. I doubt a lot of people watching knew Paul Lynde, but DeLa brought the character to life from a place of love, and having watched some Paul Lynde since I saw little nuances and mannerisms that DeLa nailed, and that's always great to see in a Snatch Game. She was hilarious with every answer, had the character down and enjoyed herself, you can't ask for more than that.
12 Pandora Boxx: Carol Channing (Season 2, high)
The true season 2 Snatch Game winner, whilst it was great to see Tati surprise and get her win, this was the original Snatch Game robbery years before poor Nina West. I could honestly just watch her "RASPBERRIES" on loop for like an hour, makes me die every time, but the entire character was so well realised and in the first Snatch Game, this and Tati's Britney really solidified what Snatch Game should be about.
11 Eureka O'Hara: Honey Boo Boo (Season 10, high)
I know she's hated, so this might be controversial and if not for the best Drag Race Thailand impersonation to date, this would be top 10, but nobody can tell me this bitch didn't have Honey Boo Boo DOWN. This was simultaneously a weirdly random pick yet so perfect for Snatch Game, especially someone as loud as Eureka. It was just hysterical, from the "artwork" to the hyper personality to the belly gags, it might have all been obvious and very Eureka, but I just found it brilliant and a worthy challenger to Aquaria's seminal Melania Trump.
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So we're left with a top 10 of, in alphabetical order:
Adore Delano as Anna Nicole Smith
Aquaria as Melania Trump
Alaska as Mae West
BenDeLaCreme as Maggie Smith
Bianca Del Rio as Judge Judy
Chad Michaels as Cher
Jinkx Monsoon as Little Edie
Katya as Bjork
Natalia Pliacam as Sumanee Guna-Kasem
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I prefer the excitement it adds tbh, breaks up the results presentation a bit having a "twist" like that, if people really want to show off their votes they can post them, it just feels like people are only interested what they get from who but I like the suspense of who's gonna be where in the "jury", granted it works way better when there's a shock but you can't really know that beforehand to plan the results reveal round it :lol:
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20 Kennedy Davenport: Little Richard (Season 7, win)
The only ever Snatch Game joint win went to this and Ginger Minj's Adele, and it's easy to forget how groundbreaking this was! Kennedy dared to play a male character for Snatch Game, on a show where just a couple of seasons earlier Milan got read for filth for boy drag, and the season before, Milk was ripped to shreds for her workroom Ru look. But Kennedy silenced all that with a damn good Little Richard, personally not my absolute favourite but I can't slate anything, Season 7 was a pretty good Snatch Game actually!!
19 Sharon Needles: Michelle Visage (Season 4, high)
This was one of the earliest huge risks in Snatch Game, portraying the Drag Race mainstay Michelle Visage when she would be on the judging panel, but Sharon went for it! She ripped the piss out of Michelle and Ru's relationship without being too offensive or weird, she kept up the anecdotes as if it was really Michelle on the judging panel making an offhand comment or remark :lol:
18 Thorgy Thor: Michael Jackson (Season 8, high)
Kennedy paved the way and Thorgy moonwalked in her wake *.* It would be easy to really rip the shit out of Michael Jackson, being one of the quirkiest and biggest male figures in history, but this was more such a fun impersonation that nailed small mannerisms and really brought the character to life, if it wasn't for Bob nailing two characters this would have been a worthy winner.
17 Sasha Velour: Marlene Dietrich (Season 9, high)
As great as Alexis was, this should have won Season 9. Marlene is one of those iconic stars who's a bit lost to time and many viewers today won't know, but Sasha did one of those Snatch Game performances that left everyone feeling like they did know and love Marlene. It might have been done a good few times, but the lesbianism jibes played into this really well, it was a nuanced and different kind of performance that only Sasha could have pulled off.
16 Ginger Minj: Adele (Season 7, win)
The second of Season 7's historic double win, Ginger went for one of the biggest icons in current music in Adele, and this certainly fared much better than other attempts at current pop girls (just ask Detox, Phi Phi, Sonique, Morgan, Asia, Tyra or Kenya)! Adele is a big personality which helps, Ginger really hammed her up due to the connations of her accent being that she's a bit thick, and that was pretty hilarious. "I love you Justin Bieber" to Katya's Suze Orman always makes me proper belly laugh and comes out of nowhere :lol:
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Yeah this was the best season yet for me - that ending!!!!!!!!!! Really makes me want to see S4 already. Tommy and Jean were incredible additions too so hopefully more of them, I also love Wynter.
I've seen some stories though that they made this ending not knowing if they had S4 so if it ended there, it wouldn't be left hanging, which I can see but it also leaves potential for S4 so I'm hoping it gets renewed again as it's just so so good.
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25 Nina West: Harvey Fierstein & Jo-Ann Worley (Season 11, high)
Ok we all know this deserved to win the most recent Snatch Game, TWO brilliant characters as opposed to being herself but ok xx This challenge was made for Nina, and she had fun with both characters, brought them to life and as she always does,she brought such joy :wub: I wish we could have seen more of Jo-Ann, as I got so much from that one question and she's already one of those characters I didn't know but now feel like I love.
24 Alexis Michelle: Liza Minelli (Season 9, win)
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Theatre queen Alexis and Liza Minelli were a dream pairing, so there's no surprise that she nailed this and won Season 9's Snatch Game. The jazz hands, the pure love injected into this character, you can tell Alexis idolises Liza and had fun with this which always makes for a great Snatch Game.
23 Tatianna: Britney Spears (Season 2, win)
The first ever Snatch Game winner, and during the season you definitely wouldn't have bet on Tatianna to win! And she might not have quite been as good as Pandora's Carol Channing but this was a triumph and a bit of a breakthrough for Tatianna. She nailed the ditzy naive Britneyisms, I always love Snatch Games where the queen surprises and breaks out, this was the original.
22 Manila Luzon: Barbra Streisand (All Stars 4, win)
Much like her Imelda Marcos, this was another mad impression but even better than the last! Barbra is one of those characters I always wanted to see on Snatch Game, and this crazily OTT exaggeration of her was utter hilarity. It was controversial among the Jewish community and obviously we can't dictate to them what they may or may not feel, but it seemed to me the nose was simply an exaggeration of Barbra's most iconic feature.
21 Aja: Crystal LaBeija (All Stars 3, high)
If i had to choose a single most underrated Snatch Game performance in history, it'd be this. It might not have been edited to stand out that much, but when you look at Crystal and look at this, this was absolutely spot on, all the mannerisms, the cadence, small little details and tics, Aja totally nailed this and this showed exactly how much she stepped it up between S9 and AS3, and this is every reason why she was robbbed.
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30 Roxxxy Andrews: Tamar Braxton (Season 5, high)
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The "(Toni's sister)" on the place card :rofl: It's easy to forget how good Roxxxy's first Snatch Game was given the disaster of Alaska, but this was a great comedy turn alongside Tasha Salad that showed Roxxxy could be versatile. You could tell she had so much fun with a celebrity she loved, so she poked fun at Tamar from a place of love and that made for a great performance.
29 Naomi Smalls: Wendy Williams (All Stars 4, high)
I FEEL VERY EXCITED!!! It's well documented I wasn't a Naomi fan on AS4, but this is the best Snatch Game glo-up, from a limp Tiffany Pollard among the worst of all time to a spot on Wendy Williams, I absolutely died when she worked in the fainting gag :rofl: Naomi showed she could do comedy and wasn't scared of making fun of herself, she stepped it up and I have to give her credit for a great performance.
28 Katya: Suze Orman (Season 7, high)
The comedy queen of season 7 was always going to do well in Snatch Game, and parodying the financial advice queen Suze Orman just felt like a super Katya move that really paid off. Every reference to her lesbianism was hilarious, lusting over the women on the panel, it felt so perfectly characterised yet natural to Katya.
27 Stacy Layne Matthews: Monique (Season 3, win)
This could be seen as a bit of a narrative win, but it was definitely the best of Season 3's Snatch Game! The Precious character was perfect as one of those unbothered on edge characters that make for a funny Snatch performance, with the visual food gags and attitude this was more than enough to shine and give Stacy a high point on Season 3, before she became the ironic icon she is today getting 83 cameos on AS4.
26 Pearl: Big Ang (Season 7, safe)
It kills me to snatch Katya's high, but this is the best safe performance ever in Snatch Game. Right from the comedic look, Pearl had me hooked but she nailed the mannerisms, affect, jokes, she took every chance to make this character shine. This is one of those performances where even if you have no idea who Big Ang is, you'd feel like you knew and loved her after this.
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Drag Race Season 11 / Episode 9: LADP
in RuPaul's Drag Race
That and Brooke's were the only funny ones! Truly carrying this season along with Nina but poor Nina flopped there oops
Silky was absolutely unbearable omg, even Ru was like bitch please stop!!