If that really happened, it was edited out, but even that edit wasn't enough to convince anyone Jinkx won. What you may not know is that several of the queens present for it alleged that at one point, Jinkx was so certain that Monét beat her that she stood in place and watched her perform. Those familiar with the showdown are well aware that Jinkx Monsoon, the season's winner, clearly lost the final lipsynch against Monét X Change. Additionally, nobody would be sent home, which meant that the four queens with the most badges by the end of the season would compete in lipsynch smackdown for the crown. Similarly, there's good reason to keep the queens who represent the show well in a positive light, which was especially the case for All Stars Season 7, which pitted the franchise's winners against each other for the title of "Queen of All Queens." This season used RuPaul's Drag Race: UK' sbadge system with the added twist that the winning queen could block a competitor from earning a badge even if they won next week's challenge. While those traditions are all in good fun, RuPaul's Drag Race does bare some level of responsibility for the contestants' public images, which makes All Stars the perfect time to right any slights with the benefit of hindsight. Seasons 14 and 15 also gave out Golden Boot awards, so it doesn't seem like anyone will be forgetting it anytime soon.
It seems likely that in addition to attempting to make good TV, the forces behind RuPaul's Drag Race also might've felt like they should throw LaLa a bone for using her "Bag Ball" failure as a recurring source of entertainment, in a similar vein to the treatment of Victoria "Porkchop" Parker, whose name became synonymous with failure after subsequent seasons referred to being eliminated first as "getting the porkchop." LaLa Ri received the first ever "Golden Boot" for her look, which denotes the worst look of the season. If top and bottom placements are going to be used as a metric of fairness, they should be, well, fair. Although the queens technically can vote to eliminate whichever bottom queen they please for any reason, those who try to take out the top competition are effectively declaring open season on themselves if/when they end up in the bottom, as Jimbo swiftly learned on UK vs The Worldafter taking out front-runner Pangina Heals. However, track records play an important role in All Stars because of the format's advancement system. It's not like she got the win, after all. LaLa's top placement might seem harmless. Instead, the episode received heavy criticism for not giving Heidi N Closet or Kahana Montrese a spot in the top. With how iconically awful her first ball was, LaLa being safe would've been enough of a comeback to satisfy fans. The look she creates in the werk room is undeniably a major improvement from her Season 13 "Bag Ball" look, but can it really get worse than some gift bags sloppily glued to a corset? The Miss Congeniality winner has a lovely personality, so it doesn't feel great to take a moment of triumph from her, but any fan with functioning eyes knows her top placement wasn't earned, which undermines the point of ru-demption.
In Episode 3, "The Supermarket Ball," LaLa Ri ends up in the top for what's frankly a passable package. On All Stars Season 8, which is currently airing, the narrative beats have felt notably more forced. Whether it's real or produced, it comes across as genuine, and that's what matters in the world of reality television. If this was a pre-planned excuse to keep Roxxy on the show, Alaska and the producers got me, gal. Throughout All Stars Season 2, the trio of Roxxxy Andrews, Detox, and Alaska (dubbed " Rolaskatox"), is reunited, which creates a compelling struggle for Alaska, who wants to come into her own as an individual, but finds herself unable to vote out Roxxxy even when it's clearly her time to go. In a successful season, these storylines will play out organically- or will convincingly appear to, at least. Returning queens have built-in narrative potential, whether it's facing the challenge that sent them home last time or interacting with a queen they have history with.
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