The Rigged Recap

Send us Fan Mail There are still 14 queens left in the workroom on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18 and 3 Girl Group performances to dissect, as well as the Athena drama, THAT lip sync, and much much more.  Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Transjenifah's Social Links Linktree: https://linktr.ee/transjenifahsgawdy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transjenifahsgawdy Facebook:...

Send us Fan Mail In this jam-packed episode, we talk about the 14 new queens, their entrances, the mini challenge, and dissect every design challenge runway look. And who better to help us with that but the designer extraordinaire herself, fresh off her recent stint on Project Runway: Utica Queen!  Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Utica's Social Links Instagram: https://www.inst...

Send us Fan Mail We're back with a new season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the Rigged Recap is back to cover all the tea, drama, and riggory! In this episode, Derek and Kayla break down the promos and pre-season of Season 18, Derek solicits a date from a ginger man, and Kayla may have been arrested...who's to say.  Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Derek's Social Link...

Send us Fan Mail It's the semifinal of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale and this week Matthew and Derek are joined by Drag Race UK Series 6 Contestant Zahirah Zapanta to break down the semifinal music video, red carpet award runway, and all the gaggy moments throughout the season as the Viñas vs Brigiding war between Matthew and Derek heats up and Zahirah chooses a side. As always, we&a...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew and Derek are both on one today as they discuss the 8th episode of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale. It's DragCon booth week and a RuBirth runway, so we'll break down all the tea, the elimination, the storylines, and more! And as always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?? BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube:...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew and Derek are joined this week by Drag Duel Season 2 alum and Fan Favorite, Dauntasia Da'Baddie as they break down all 5 lip syncs from the Slaysian Smackdown!  Dauntasia's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theonlydauntasia/?hl=en TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theonlydauntasia Venmo: @DauntasiaDB CashApp: $DauntasiaDB PayPal: @DaunteWalker336 Be...

Send us Fan Mail Breakdowns, Snatch Elections, and Possessions. What more would we expect from a new episode of Slaysian Royale? Matthew and Derek break down maybe the wildest episode of the season yet and always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?? BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twi...

Send us Fan Mail It's makeover week! And we have a team version of the challenge to make things extra interesting. There's tears, strategy, emotional moments, and a shocking elimination! As always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?? BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.c...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're joined by Cleveland/Pittsburgh drag icon and internet sensation Pinapple Honeydew as we break down the newest episode of Slaysian Royale. From Crazy Bitch Slaysians to a multi-face runway, there's a lot to break down. As always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?? Pineapple's Links Instagram: https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail It's design week on Slaysian Royale! And after a very fun mini challenge, we see sabotage, we see shade, and we see Cacao leaves! We get some of the best and the worst design looks of all time, and some judging that has Matthew and Derek scratching their heads.  As always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED?? BelakBoy's Soci...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Slaysian Royale had one of the most insane, chaotic, intense episodes of Drag Race in a LONG time, all thanks to icon herself Sum Ting Wong. We'll discuss her antics, Yuhua's main character vibes, the insanely unbalanced girl group challenge, and confusing runway. And as always, we'll be giving out Closed and Cold Cases and ask the question: IS IT RIGGE...

Send us Fan Mail It's the Premiere of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale and it's time for the Shutacca Pageant: Slaysian Edition! We have 36 looks to break down as well a wonky Q&A, a shocking elimination, a surprising snub, and so much more! BelakBoy's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy TikTok: @belakboy Twitter: twitter.com/itsbelakboy Instagram: http...

Send us Fan Mail Slaysian Royale season is here and The Rigged Recap is back! BelakBoy, our international connoisseur is here to bring all the knowledge about these international divas!  We'll break down the promos, give the backstories of all of these divas and of course give out Closed and Cold cases! Tune in every Friday as we cover every episode of Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale!...

Send us Fan Mail Get ready for an unhinged one, folks. Kayla and I are ON ONE as we dissect and discuss the grand finale of Season 17. Public callouts from Derek, enraged speeches from Kayla, we go out with a bang as we enter our hiatus! We'll break down the finale looks, the performances, the Abracadabra lip sync, and give our final thoughts on Season 17!  Thank you for listening to us bitch...

Send us Fan Mail It's the highly anticipated LaLaPaRuZa episode on Drag Race this week, and we all have a lot of feelings.... Did it live up to the hype of last year's episode? Did the lip syncs slay? Did anybody get their Megami moment?? Well we brought the MVP of last year's LLPRZ to answer all of these questions! Megami spills some tea, gives her thoughts, and we all go over whet...

Send us Fan Mail Breaking news, folks! Tooters all over the globe are in arms over her elimination from Drag Race, and Kayla and Derek are on the case to determine if it was rigged or not. This top 5 Vegas challenge was a LOT to take in, and has a LOT of questions about what all went into it. We'll break down all the aspects of the challenge and give our winner pick and predictions heading in...

Send us Fan Mail It's makeover week, Kayla's favorite challenge and we have a LOT to talk about. From the fandom coming for these queens' MOTHERS, to the weird critiques, a controversial lip sync, and much more! We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Derek's Social Links Y...

Send us Fan Mail Kayla is busy in Amsterdam, so YouTube shitposter extraordinaire RunnerEye is here as my co-host for the week! We talk about the bizarre interpretive dance challenge, disagree on basically everything, and go on many tangents as we do. We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Ru...

Send us Fan Mail In a rare miss for Season 17, we're talking about the dud that was the recent acting challenge, Ross Mathews vs The Ducks. We'll get into the Suzie and Lexi storyline, Lydia's devastating lip sync flub, Onya's winner arc, and Derek and Kayla's origin stories! We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED???...

Send us Fan Mail We go a bit off the edge today with our iconic guest, runner-up of Drag Duel AJ Nox. We talk about Mayhem, all of the insane drama from the newest episode, the villains roast, and semen. But mostly semen. We'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com AJ's Social Links Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for another design challenge, this one inspired by Betsey Johnson. So to help us judge these.....interesting looks, we have Drag Duel contestant and outfit construction extraordinaire Titanic Donavon! We'll go through every look, talk about the iconic lip sync, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for another rusical and this, yet again, was an absolute slayage. We'll talk about the iconic rusical and amazing runway, Onya's winning chances, why they hated Acacia so much. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Derek's Social...

Send us Fan Mail It's Snatch Game week! And unfortunately, this seems to be a turning point for the season as fans have turned against it and many of its queens. We'll talk about the Crystal Envy elimination, the hatred towards Lana Ja'Rae, and give our thoughts on how bad we really thought this episode was. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask...

Send us Fan Mail It's the Sea Sickening Ball and we have 36 looks to discuss with the seamstress extraordinaire herself Trisha Can! We'll get into TarpGate, the insane stuff being said on Twitter, and disagree a BUNCH! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Trisha Can&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Live from our bedrooms, we're talking about RDR Live! In another banger episode of Season 17 we see cliques forming, frontrunners pulling ahead, and the shocking end of the Badonka-Dunk twist! Kayla and I are here to give all our thoughts as always and talk a bit about the Grammy's and Abracadabra! Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Ins...