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Top 10 Exact Moments a Queen Won the Season on Drag Race
MsMojo
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8/17/2024
Just crown these queens now. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most memorable moments from the U.S. version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” when it became clear a queen was destined to win their season.
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♪ May the best woman win! ♪
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Welcome to Ms. Mojo,
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and today we're counting down our picks for the most memorable moments
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from the U.S. version of RuPaul's Drag Race
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when it became clear a queen was destined to win their season.
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Needless to say, there are plenty of spoilers ahead.
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They will vote to decide...
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who will be the top two all-stars of the season.
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Number 10.
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Malumbo No. 1 Lip Sync.
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Jinx Monsoon.
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Season 5.
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Even though she was a talented comedian, actress, and singer,
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Jinx Monsoon's victory was far from guaranteed.
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Her makeup skills and fashion sense lacked polish,
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and she faced stiff competition from Roxy, Alaska, and Detoxx.
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At the final hour, Jinx had her lowest moment in the competition,
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landing in the bottom two for her disastrous sugar ball designs.
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However, when she faced off against Detoxx in this lip sync,
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she made it exceedingly clear why the crown was meant for her.
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Jinx is kicking and dancing, and she's bumping her hips.
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I hate to say it, but Detoxx might be getting outdanced by Jinx.
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Pulling faces and employing every quirky move in her arsenal,
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Jinx gave the song the right dose of eccentricity it needed.
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Certainly, if she could survive this week,
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her underdog narrative would pay off in the finale.
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And it sure did.
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Number 9.
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The Lip Sync Stumble.
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Kylie Sonique Love.
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All Stars 6.
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The finalists of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 were an exceptionally well-matched
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group of queens.
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Raja O'Hara and Ginger Minj had won two challenges each,
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while Eureka and Kylie Sonique Love both had one win.
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The four faced off in a spliced-together lip sync to Lady Gaga's Stupid Love.
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Using split screens and parallel editing, it was hard to tell who was ahead.
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That is, until Kylie stumbled on her discarded dress and nearly fell on her face.
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But she immediately recovered by turning the fall into a beautifully executed somersault.
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RuPaul's cheers sealed the deal.
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Any queen who can turn a stumble into an even more fabulous serve is a real winner.
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Number 8.
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Being Nice to Adore Delano.
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Bianca Del Rio Season 6.
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Well, they're all helping me out by being horrible and making me look better.
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This hateful New York queen strutted into the
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workroom firing off poisonous barbs and one-liners, with little regard for being liked.
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Given her confidence and strong showing in every challenge,
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Bianca Del Rio was a strong contender for the crown.
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It would have been more surprising if she didn't win.
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However, for many viewers, her victory was telegraphed when the show's storyline began
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highlighting her kindness towards fellow contestant Adore Delano.
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A brief but meaningful moment where she offered
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to help Adore cinch her waist revealed a softer side to Bianca.
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This narrative of her being motherly and helpful to her competitors made
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many believe the show was rounding out her personality for an eventual win.
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They were not wrong.
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Number 7.
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The Bridal Runway.
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Tyra Sanchez Season 2.
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I feel great.
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My dress looks amazing.
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It's daddy's little girl.
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Although her win was controversial even then,
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Season 2 champion Tyra Sanchez consistently won RuPaul's heart every week.
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Episode 5 was a particularly significant moment in Tyra's journey to the crown.
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Not only did she have one of the biggest fights of the season with Tatiana,
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She also dazzled the judges with a stunning bridal runway.
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This wasn't RuPaul's Best Friends race, but it soon became clear that it was
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about to be Tyra Sanchez's drag race.
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Despite backstage drama spilling onto the main stage, Tyra was still given the win.
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If she was getting this much praise regardless of the personality clashes,
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then it was obvious she would make it all the way.
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Number 6.
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The Jury Vote.
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Trixie Mattel.
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All Stars 3.
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When All Stars 3 frontrunner Ben DeLaCreme shocked everyone by quitting
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two weeks before the finale, it changed everything.
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What?
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What did you just say?
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This was Shangela's third shot at drag race glory,
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and it looked like she would finally take the crown, with Trixie Mattel as a worthy runner-up.
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But then, the jury twist was introduced.
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Previously eliminated queens were invited to cast their votes for the most worthy finalists.
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Unfortunately, Shangela was shut out,
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and Kennedy Davenport advanced to the final two with Trixie instead.
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Kennedy Davenport.
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And Trixie Mattel.
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From then on, the writing was on the wall.
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Kennedy is a great queen, but her winning seemed unlikely.
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In the end, it was Trixie who emerged as the third All Stars champ.
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Number 5.
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Asia's Butterflies.
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Aquaria Season 10.
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Continuing the previous season's lip-sync smackdown for the crown,
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Season 10's top four had to battle it out on the finale stage.
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At the time, it was largely seen as a race between Asia O'Hara and Aquaria.
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Sadly, the two never got their face off.
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During her first lip-sync against Cameron Michaels, Asia had a few surprises up her sleeve.
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But her butterfly reveal did not go as planned.
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In fact, it became one of the biggest fails ever seen on the show.
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Her loss cemented Aquaria's win.
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Against the remaining two competitors, Aquaria seemed like the only viable winner,
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given her better track record and reputation with the fans.
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She was crowned later that night.
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Number 4.
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Ruko's Empire.
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Bob the Drag Queen.
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Season 8.
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In Season 8, Bob the Drag Queen was the definition of a steamroller.
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She walked into the workroom with big talk and a big personality to match.
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From the jump, she was the one to beat, and frankly, no one else compared.
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Don't get us wrong.
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There were other great queens on the season.
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But after hearing Rue cackle throughout Bob's entire performance in the Ruko's Empire Challenge,
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it was pretty safe to assume that the $100,000 check already had her name on it.
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The fact that her runway look was not spectacular and she still won?
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That was the final nail in all the other queens' coffins.
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Number 3.
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The Moment She Walked In.
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Sasha Colby.
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Season 15.
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Even her castmates couldn't believe she was there.
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Sasha Colby was already a legend long before she walked into the workroom.
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But from the moment she entered the competition,
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her fellow contestants couldn't stop falling in love with her.
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The moment she walked in, Sasha Colby was already a legend long before she walked into the workroom.
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Her fellow contestants couldn't stop fawning over her.
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You know you're the winner when they rename the whole season the Sasha Colby Meet and Greet.
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She was the moment, the legend, and the reason for the season.
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But what really sealed the deal was her immediate humility.
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Sasha didn't have to sell us on her talent or her greatness.
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We already knew.
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Although Anitra would have been a worthy alternate, it was always Sasha's game to lose.
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Number 2.
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The Snatch Game.
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Jinx Monsoon.
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All Stars 7.
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This season 5 winner's first snatch game performance was a masterclass in improvisation
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and impersonation.
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Her second outing, in the all-winner season no less,
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was arguably the best the show had ever seen.
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Jinx Monsoon chose the legendary Judy Garland as her character.
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Dirty jokes and delicious double entendres aside,
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Jinx embodied Garland so completely it was almost scary.
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She took full control of the challenge,
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setting the tone for the whole episode and the season.
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Her hilarious musical interludes could have come off as showboating,
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but they were so fun that it didn't matter.
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Number 1.
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The Rose Petals.
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Sasha Velour.
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Season 9.
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In any regular season finale,
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Shea Coulee's four challenge wins would have easily landed her the win.
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But this wasn't a regular season finale.
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Season 9 introduced the lip-sync smackdown,
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which saw the finalists fighting for the crown live on stage.
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Shea went up against Sasha Velour to Whitney Houston's So Emotional.
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Little did she know, Sasha had a few tricks up her sleeves and under her wig.
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At a climactic moment, carefully hidden rose petals showered down Sasha's body,
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sending the audience into a frenzy unlike anything ever seen before in a finale.
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The rest is herstory.
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Has any other moment so clearly decided the winner than this one?
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Absolutely not.
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And that's why it's our top pick.
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Who's your favorite Drag Race winner?
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Let us know in the comments.
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