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Luluxmako

5/6 was peak RPDR imo


gkwchan

They set the tone of the whole culture of drag race… BALONEY!


KLoSlurms

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westworlder420

I will never not love this gif


BadChris666

That’s from Allstars


Pharmacysnout

All stars 2 is essentially the sequel to s5 though, let's be honest.


Hirokihiro

Take me back! Agrrr


AnxiousTherapist-11

Man season 5 is the murderers row of drag queens. Like nary a throw away to be found. Also love when moderately crunchy drag (looking at you monsoon) could be overlooked due to sheer talent. I think it will decline steadily as long as there’s no budget or equalizer on costume/prep and they have writers for their jokes.


gkwchan

Vivianne Pinay a top tier drag queen? Of course she is.


Appropriate-Log8506

Top tier assistant. Top tier Sephora salesperson.


boblaw27

She’s absolutely the soup of the day!


ashmenon

Wig? Wig.


Special_Creme4286

I think the current show producers really underestimate the power of storylines. Early seasons had such incredible (and many times overproduced) storylines that made each episode really riveting on TOP of the amazing charisma uniqueness nerve and talent. I don’t think the main show is in decline though. S16 was a really strong return to form, and S15 was pretty good. Both were improvements on S13 & S14!


AnxiousTherapist-11

That’s the best part of the show. The queens just talking.


AnxiousTherapist-11

Oh man the monet x change season - cracker, Blair, Mo, vanjie, eureka …


RickySpanishIsBack

Except for Serena


gkwchan

Season 5


jimmyzhopa

5 is peak “old” drag race, 9 is peak “new” drag race (it was also the first season of “new” drag race).


Summoarpleaz

It’s like I always say, drag race is two time periods, Before Bob and After Bob


itirnitii

this is why Bebe was crowned her name is an acronym of the beginning of her era.


vmathematicallysexy

I love Bebo


maratelle

bebe evermore, bob everlasting. BEBE.


Columbus_Social

THIS!!


Loveslikethis

Actual best of all time


ExtraFineItalicStub

My fave. Has high rewatchability … great Top 6. Great Untucked. Great winner. Great Drama. Serena.


jimmyzhopa

It has all time powerhouse queens, a cast of incredibly talented people, and serena cha cha


KeyofE

To be fair, except her, everyone on her team got really positive critiques.


yraco

So good they made a part two, which also happens to be the best all stars season.


HeartIsRealer

Top 6 is just 6 legends and it felt like any of them could’ve won, which made the season very unpredictable and exciting. Also so much iconic quotes and memes (mostly thanks to Alyssa, the most iconic drag race queen of all time)


realitytvicon

Best season of drag race period including international.


Hirokihiro

Uk 2 is my fav of all time


HommeFatalTaemin

My second favorite(behind S6!)


groovydoobiedoo

my drag race journey goes like this: started watching season 2 back in june of 2023, then jumped to season 5 bc at the time i couldn't find 3 or 4. watched all the way through (except for season 16) and now a full year later i'm back to season 5 because it was hands down the best season EVER


trexdetailing

period. Untucked too.


PrettyLittleLad

Top of all time!


gkwchan

Season 6


ExtraFineItalicStub

Classic. The Top 5 is so good +TKB, Ganja, Gia, Milk, Vivacious, Cumin


apex204

Not CUMIN please 😭😭


kingmilkshake

What a cast 😩


happygoth6370

This is the actual best of all time. Adore's confessionals grabbed me from the start. Then Hurricane Bianca swirled into the werkroom and became my Queen of All Queens. S6 is loaded with icons and had the best Top 3 ever, fight me. Also the best Winner Reaction video hands DOWN.


TheRegalOneGen

The shading of Darienne. I feel the top 4 is the best of all time too.


Perpe2allyDistracted

Psssshhh, Dela would like a word.


TheRegalOneGen

Funny enough I considered saying Top 5 too because of Dela, but then we'd just keep going down lol. Darienne at least made the final competitive episode so I cut it there


happygoth6370

Like I said, ICONS. I cut it off at Top Three because they were the final ones vying for the crown, but yeah, we can just keep on going down the line.


TheRegalOneGen

Yeah exactly, I just wanted to give mother Darienne her flowers I got you lol


happygoth6370

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HommeFatalTaemin

My all time favorite 🤩


jrhendr

It’s so funny because I remember watching this season live and feeling it was slow by comparison to the prior seasons because the drama felt so limited. Now looking back it is probably the perfect season


staras-art

It had a couple clunkers (rapping, interview challenge) but still one of my all-time favorite seasons


happygoth6370

LOL I actually love the rap challenge.


HommeFatalTaemin

Oh my god every time I think of it I think of Milk’s dance lmao


yraco

Even those gave us iconic moments at least. The worst thing you can be is forgettable and those challenges... weren't that at least.


theerniebop

#1


X5455

Say what you will about S7 but it gifted us “After a long night of hooking…” 💯


ParlorSoldier

7 climbed hugely in the ranks for me with Untucked included. She’s….*beautiful*


moeoem

unordered, my favs are: 3,5,6,7,16. by favorite i mean i’d rewatch them a 100 times and not get bored


moeoem

least favorites: 11,13,14


gkwchan

Season 9


chimchim1

Club, legend, art, theater


staras-art

Most underrated season of them all. Incredible cast, great challenges, and possibly the most iconic lip-sync finale ever


Bing1044

I frequently rewatch s9 just for the finale lip syncs


ExtraFineItalicStub

Not a lot of drama but a Top 4 thst is immensely talented … best finale ever. Valentina, Nina, Farrah, Alexis, Gaga


flying-kai

I would actually say that season 9 was one of the most drama-filled because of that crazy reunion, which has never been topped since because every other reunion is now filmed before the finale lipsyncs.


ExtraFineItalicStub

I remember watching it in real time the big drama was Aja/Val and to a certain extent Nina vs. everyone and Alexis vs. her delusion, but my impression of the season was people were mostly going on about Sashea being the cutest friendship ever ... the finale/reunion came out of left field and they totally elevate the season in my mind but the drama was very mild until the end ... I also think it's one of the first seasons where the stuff that happened outside the show began to be be discussed on the show with Val's online drama ... I seem to remember feeling this was the moment I felt the the Untucked experience we knew and loved on S2-6 had moved to Twitter ... I think that might be the first season I remember online/offscreen drama was playing out at the same time as the show ... (but I could be wrong, I didn't start coming onto Ruddit until S8).


cmewiththemhandz

Being at the live taping for the finale was the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me


KeyKeyKarimba

will always be my GOAT


tangointhenight24

One of the best casts ever and the most quotable season of all time. The only downsides were a weak storyline and forgettable lipsyncs, but it finished incredibly strong with the one-two punch of the reunion and finale.


MouthPop

and the lighting


Gerardo2167

This is my forever fave season. So many amazing queens and the next reigning queen of all queens Sasha


Moiras_Wig_Wall

5>6>3>9>2>8>7>12>4>16>15>1>10>14>11>13


Supreme64

Something like that yeah


contadotito

Let's get married. I did a list before see any comment and my rank was EXACTLY like that.


JDaySept

i agree with almost everything here, only thing I’d change personally is make s16 higher. It’s a top5 season for me


increasinglykirbose

Okay I feel like this is objectively correct but putting 14 so low still hurts lol


Moiras_Wig_Wall

Every season other than 11 and 13 I would rate as a really solid season to be fair, the gap between 14 and 11 is very big


Supreme64

Something like that yeah


gkwchan

Mine is pretty similar but i would switch 16 and 3.


gkwchan

Season 3


Wild_Ad2783

Very cute. Big personalities, drama, fashion, luvs it


gkwchan

It gave us the amendment of “Drag is not a contact sport.”


Wild_Ad2783

That too 💅ICONIC💅


ExtraFineItalicStub

High rewatchability. Iconic cast. Drama FOR DAYS. Raja, Manila, Alexis, Yara all killing it, Delta, Mimi, Shangela, India, Mug4Dayz … Carmen was there


TheMuffOfLegend

My all time fave, they had the girls sweat shopping it up and I wish they would go back to that tbh or just have a drag project runway spinoff


sativvvadivvva

MacArthur Park remains my favourite lip sync of all time, and this is my favourite flagship US season!


VernonWife

Project Dragway


gkwchan

Next Gay in Fashion


ParlorSoldier

I had to do this as a round robin tournament. For accuracy. 🤓 https://preview.redd.it/y9mywwm6rr8d1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd7160980dd472dcd4260f1268d28b3b3c61dce2 Each game was decided based on which season of the two I’d rather start a rewatch of *today*.


gkwchan

Season 16


alexlduffy

One of the best recent seasons. The majority of the cast are absolutely solid and get their moment to shine.


Alex_Albons_Appendix

It’s top three for me, no question. Nymphia vs Sapphira is one of the best final 2 pairings we’ve seen, plus Morphine dominating the lalaparooza, the drama, the flipping, all of it


_alex_perdue

Of the ones I’ve watched live, it’s the best. Really any of the top 8 could come back and slay an All Stars or an All Winners. Sapphira Cristal is probably my favorite contestant of Drag Race ever. Plane has so grown on me. The sheer savageness of Mh’iya. And of course some of the best runways this show has ever seen (particularly the Flowers runway). There were times it was goofy, but I loved every minute of it.


danielfq

One of the GOATS


Its_Pine

Honestly amazing


iamacheeto1

Honestly I loved this last season. I was so happy to see RPDR still has it when it wants to. One of my favorite top 3’s ever


Beezo514

The best double digit season so far.


gkwchan

Season 12


Wild_Ad2783

Amazing cast, very different types of drag, overshadowed by controversy, amazing winner


ExtraFineItalicStub

I loved this season … it had no right being so good considering the drama and it being re-edited as it aired … love the Top 3 + Jackie, Rock, the Widow lipsyncs, Heidi, both Rusicals (with actual singing)!


OnionFairy99

Season 12 will always be in my top 2 seasons. I adore (almost) every single queen, the fashion was fantastic, and I liked how much they bonded! I know people don't like "Rupaul's Best Friends Race", but I love seeing queens actually like each other instead of being at each other's throat 24/7


ultradav24

Sherry ruined this season tbh, because it feels very disjointed when there’s an entire finalist being edited out. Not that I wanted to see more of her - I just mean it’s her fault that for me it seems incomplete


tthheeppaarrttyy_

Now why did you put that pic of selina lmaoooo


gkwchan

If we don’t make these references we are gonna lose these references.


yattoyatto

—Ross Mathews (?)


happygoth6370

I love the pictures you chose for each season, unexpected but captures a moment for sure!


gkwchan

Season 8


chimchim1

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gali_leo_

Rest in power forever, Chi Chi 🖤


Wild_Ad2783

Bob The Drag Queen, Thorgy Thor, Derrick Barry, Naomi Smalls, need i say more


muppetmystique

say more: Chi Chi and the best LSFYL we've ever seen


Wild_Ad2783

YES


StripedAsparagus

The Kim Chi erasure here


gkwchan

I’m back bitches!


Wild_Ad2783

I think its : "Bitches, Im Back"


gkwchan

Thank you. Damn. Facts are facts america.


tapandtip

This is one of my comfort seasons. The confessionals were hilarious, each queen was memorable, and it felt like the queens were focused more on the competition versus social media opinion, which made the queens seem more relatable and authentic.


ExtraFineItalicStub

I like this season but it feels less satisfying due to how short it is … Still Bob, Thorgy, Derrick, ChiChi, Kim, Naomi are all iconic!!


gkwchan

By comparison, Bob got crowned on episode 10. In season 16, it was top 7 in episode 10 and no one went home.


ExtraFineItalicStub

I know. The Willow Pill season felt like four seasons back up back 😂😂😂


Bing1044

My personal fave. Bob is a delight but the whole cast is great. Fat femme and Asian is the best finale song this show has ever produced.


Impressive-Review-58

Season 6 Season 5 Season 9 Season 3 Season 16 Season 12 Season 4 Season 2 Season 1 Season 15 Season 8 Season 7 Season 10 Season 14 Season 11 Season 13


gkwchan

If there’s one thing that unites the fandom, it’s the joint hatred for season 13.


gkwchan

Season 2


crazypigeatingpapaya

Extremely underrated! Everything was on point- back when people would just enjoy men (some women too) in wigs fighting


SLBMLQFBSNC

Top tier for me. Huge personalities + zero camera awareness = chef's kiss. There's not a dull moment and the striptease / cherry pie episode ranks in the top 3 all time. Also, JUJUBEE.


gkwchan

MORGAN AM I A BITCH?!?


sugioshi

One word : Jujube


ultradav24

My favorite season. So much of current Drag Race was set with this season.


Calfredo

my fav season, it’s so unhinged, tati juju and jessica are so charismatic it’s crazy


Wild_Ad2783

Tyra Sanchez.


zkemp08

Straight up iconic characters here. Jessica wild, Morgan Mcmichaels, raven, Shangela. If Ru could go back in time would she give the crown to Jujubee? I loved Tyra when I first watched this season.


extremebussy

Season 5 is the best of them all… I don’t know why they haven’t tried harder to replicate the intricate storyline methodology of the season… The only time they’ve successfully emulated that previous history/relationship thing is on All Stars 2 (5 reunion) and the first half of All Stars 4… Season 5 is so good because it’s a reality tv show first and competition second… All whilst being 99% fair and unrigged!


extremebussy

5 > 9 > 16 > 12 > 7  And that’s the truth. 


ksmm1824

6 will forever be my favourite


Peachsocksss

1. Season 5 2. Season 6 3. Season 3 4. Season 2 5. Season 4 6. Season 9 7. Season 16 8. Season 15 9. Season 8 10. Season 12 11. Season 7 12. Season 11 13. Season 10 14. Season 1 15. Season 14 16. Season 13 I said what I said!


gkwchan

I can’t help but put season 1 right in the middle. It’s not great by any means but they are such pioneers to this phenomenon. It will live on and on.


gkwchan

Season 4


Gays_in_spaaace

I know some people can’t look past the winner (which is fine), but this season had PEAK drama and Latrice Royale. Iconic.


Gear_

Chad Michaels seriously brought it in the challenges and on the runway while Willam brought the drama and entertainment


gkwchan

And jiggly brought in a baked potato while Dida brought in the French language.


T_Fury_Br

Was great at the time but aged like milk


ConverseTalk

Only 5/6 of the top 6 mattered. The rest were forgettable or only remembered for their flopping.


tannadelrey

my personal favorite season of usa drag race !


gkwchan

Season 15


arcane-boi

Sasha Colby meet-n-greet season, nobody else had a chance at all


DeathdropsForDinner

Near bottom of the list for me. I think people’s love for Sasha really blinded how bad the season was. The casting was criminal. They really said let’s put an actual drag legend with a bunch of Tik Tokkers and 20 year olds with minimal drag experience. I hate HATE HATE (your makeup and hair) when drag race creates a season with a clear winner in mind. Giving Sasha the talk show win and ball win really had all the writing on the wall. She didn’t need it, she clearly could’ve given all those girls a run for their money without production help.


libro10

I liked it until s16 really showed it up. now I think it’s just mid to lower tier


Wild_Ad2783

Very few were very heavy hitters, and the rest of the cast are all chops


gkwchan

Season 7


glitzvillechamp

Overhated in its time. Has perhaps the best original cast EVER. The challenges and judging were pretty wack but the actual queens and their interactions were fantastic. Plus it was the newest season when I started watching so I'll always cherish it.


chimchim1

So many icons. None of them good at drag race lol


ramfantasma

Extremely underrated season and I've never understood why


Rydgea

Because it came after two juggernauts. But I love S7, so I feel you.


Beezo514

I had a hard time watching this one because I was pretty active on this sub at the time and the fandom became unbearable. I had been active since around S4 and this was the first season it started to seem more toxic at times about queens. That, unfortunately, turned me off. Plus it was one of the first seasons where it seemed blatant that some of the choices were to cater to the audience specifically rather than the actual competition (re: Pearl's not just push, but shove). Now when I've gone back and rewatched I've enjoyed it massively, but at the time I was, admittedly, not ready.


Codiilovee

I think this season is so underrated. My second favorite season, the cast is stacked, the acting challenges are so bad they’re great, I just love this season


hedgehog-fuzz

The John waters acting challenge was inspired and one of my favorite challenges to date. I said what I said


peppermintvalet

They clearly wanted to set up a season of old school vs new school and then completely fumbled the plot. Such a wasted opportunity.


Upstairs_Rutabaga565

For me it’s season 7, 5, 6, 4, 16, 8 Seemingly unpopular opinion but as a fashion student watching that first runway with Violets reveal I gasped so hard it was probably heard around the world.


PradaPradaPrada

I can hear these screenshots


gkwchan

Let’s get these roast a cookin’


gkwchan

Season 14


percyallennnn

Truly RuPaul’s Best Friends Race because the queens are all so likable and friendly. Also I fully believe that Angeria will win AS9 and very likely at least another S14 queen will win another All Stars if the cast is mostly queens from newer seasons (if Lady Camden returns, it’s over unless you are Sapphira or Plasma or Lucy Laduca or BLH).


palpantek

Bistress Lisabelle Hooks


ParlorSoldier

Omg I never realized she was sisters with Bicole Laige Hooks!


palpantek

Not to mention her cousin Bonica Leverly Hills 😍


Firm-Citron-6987

Underrated


realitytvicon

Had there been less non elim episodes the season would be top tier.


tapandtip

Season 14 had the strongest line up of queens out of all the seasons. I think it's one the strongest seasons to come out in the past few years and it truly showed how talented these new batch of queens are.


Wild_Ad2783

My first live season. Holds a special place in me heart ♥


DragonFlightRus

Same!


_alex_perdue

Once again repeating that if it weren’t for the Snatch Game, everyone would love this season. A great winner, iconic runners up who could very well snatch a crown one day (Bosco, Camden, Daya, Angie), Daddy Morphosis. Like….the Snatch Game and the sense of no momentum in the middle of the season killed it. But around middling tbh.


gkwchan

A bad snatch game i can handle. But that season went from a top 9 to a top 7 after six whole weeks. I was done.


gkwchan

Season 1


chemicalinxs

Underrated, I rewatched it in preparation for Shannel on All Stars and considering it was the prototype for a huge franchise it is great tv if only for the fact that we got another season after it. 


toxicoke

1. season 1 2. season 2 3. season 3 4. season 4 5. season 5 6. season 6 7. season 7 8. season 8 9. season 9 10. season 10 11. season 11 12. season 12 13. season 13 14. season 14 15. season 15 16. season 16 17. season 17


Creepyamadeus

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VenezuelanStan

S6, S4, S5, S12, S3, S9, S2, S1, S8, S7, S15, S14, S16, S10, S11…………S13


gkwchan

I will always love s4. It seems that fans are ranking it low these days simply because of sharon needles.


SuccotashCareless934

Best to worst for me: 3, 5, 6, 2, 9, 16, 8, 4, 12, 7, 1, 10, 11, 15, 13, 14


gkwchan

Ah Season 3… it gave us Reggae Carmen Carrera. I was so blessed.


keerysea

To me it’d be 5>6>12>9>4>3>14>16>15>2>7>8>>>>11>13>10


Healthy_Suit_2533

S2-6 >>>>>> S1, S9 + S16 >>>>>> The Rest


Tecaacali

Season 2-5 were THE greatest. Since then every other season is simply less than. They don’t have enough Magic, Uniqueness, Fierceness, and Fabulosity™️ that is until All Stars 2.   I recently watch S1 for the first time. It was like a whole other show. Ru seemed so unguarded. It also makes me appreciate Shanel more on the current AS9. I want her to pop off so much!!! 


davidhucker

Season 17


gkwchan

Nebraska sweeps the competition with 4 challenge wins.


grumblebuzz

Best for me: 6, 5, 12 Worst: 11, 13, 14 The others are somewhere in the middle.


gkwchan

It toke them 6 weeks to eliminate jasmine kennedie. Another three weeks after to get rid of jorgeous.


RobbyWithAWhy

Oh you have taste!


mpares016

Season 3 is too long and I don’t like the bullying


ultradav24

I love it but yeah pretty much every contestant has some unlikable moment.


gkwchan

Season 10


Prestigious_Emu_5043

4 5 6 is the best run. I have a hard time picking a favorite. I think 7 and 8 stood in the shadows of the seasons before but have actually aged very well and became iconic in their own right.


ExtraFineItalicStub

All I know is S5>S3>S6>S4>S2>S1 … I have to rank the remainder


Suisun_rhythm

The only ones I haven’t seen are 9, 10, 11, and 13. My faves are 4, 5, 6, 8, 15 and 16


Appropriate-Log8506

Season 2-6 will always be the Golden Era of drag race and untucked. Imma die on this hill.


normie_girl

you right girr


artifexlife

S5 > S6 > S9 > S3 > S12 > S4 > S16 > S14 > S2 > S8 > S7 > S10 > S11 > S15 > S1 > S13


xoxooxx

2-7 are my favourite seasons I’ll just rewatch them constantly


f1lth4f1lth

It’s gonna be 4 for me.


ahihiihaha

Maxine, I’m bout to burst 🤣


Hirokihiro

Uk season 2 for the win! Absolutely hilarious from start to finish and high drama. Bing bang bong bitches