The Rigged Recap

Send us Fan Mail It's Snatch Game time on UK Vs the World, and yet another pretty flop of a challenge. But this episode does give us a shocking elimination, a cringefest moment with Gothy Kendoll, and an incredible Cruisin' runway! We'll break all of this down, and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertisi...

Send us Fan Mail It's Snatch Game time! And we're bringing on a very special guest to break down the chaos, a chaos goblin himself, RunnerEye! Good luck following the madness of this episode! We talk about the drama, the Snatch Game, the Dancing Queen runways, and MANY other random things. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT...

Send us Fan Mail After last week's amazing ball episode, UK Vs the World 2 dips back into mediocre territory with a very confusing challenge, a tired runway, but with a VERY satisfying top 2. We'll break down some of the inconsistencies and unfair qualities of the challenge, theorize some behind the scenes shenanigans, and break down all of the performances and looks! And s always, we&ap...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for one last episode where Kayla and I fight as Megami's defense attourneys. This week is the Sound of Rusic rusical! Another absolute banger of an episode, Kayla and I break down the iconic flower runway, the performances in the rusical, the drama in the workroom and in untucked,  and as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the...

Send us Fan Mail It'a a double dose of Drag Race here on the Rigged Recap, as we cover both Season 16 AND now UK Vs the World 2! I'll be joined all season long with our international correspondant, BelakBoy! Today, Matthew and I break down the Happy Endings Ball! With 30 looks to go through, bountiful amounts of terrible strategy to discuss, and an extremely sad elimination, this is a ja...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the second design challenge of the season, but this time with a twist! Kayla and I talk about the challenge, random shit like our ethnicities, continue being Megami's defensive attorneys, and more. 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 Kayl...

Send us Fan Mail It'a a double dose of Drag Race here on the Rigged Recap, as we cover both Season 16 AND now UK Vs the World 2! I'll be joined all season long with our international correspondant, BelakBoy! Today, Matthew and I break down all of the entrance looks, alliances, talent shows, and runway looks from the premiere of UKVTW2! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and C...

Send us Fan Mail It's girl group time (Kayla's favorite! ;)) and we were given three amazing performances this week! With a chaotic runway, drama the house down, a shocking elimination, and cries of robbery as well, there is a LOT to dive into this episode. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries:...

Send us Fan Mail Liiiiive from our apartments, it's Kayla and Derek talking all things RDR Live! There's a lot to chat about this episode from multiple storylines set up, the random repeat challenge, the strange writing, and an ICONIC Cher runway! As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroit...

Send us Fan Mail It's the MUTHAA of all balls! And who better to join Kayla and I than a designer, seamstress, drag queen extraordinaire and Drag Duel top 4 contestant Trisha Can! We'll break down all 42 looks, talk about the Amanda vs Jane drama, the rankery of it all, and more.  As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases and ask the age old question, IS IT RIGGED??...

Send us Fan Mail It's Season 16's Double Premiere Part 2: Electric Boogaloo. Today Kayla and I are  going to be breaking down the second premiere where we met the next 7 queens, and WOW is there a lot to discuss. From robberies, villain arcs, and NANAS, oh my! Good thing we'll be joined by BelakBoy to talk about it all. As always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases...

Send us Fan Mail A new season of Drag Race means The Rigged Recap is BACK! With a new co-host, YouTube's own KaylaSays, we're going to break down Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race all season long! Today, we're going to be breaking down the premiere where we met the first 7 queens, were introduced to 2 new twists, and were served an ICONIC lip sync. As always, we'll be giving...

Send us Fan Mail The Rigged Recap is BACK! With a new co-host, YouTube's own KaylaSays, we're going to break down Season 16 of RuPaul's Drag Race all season long! Today, we're going to be breaking down the Meet the Queens, talk about the cast, their promo looks, and our expectations for them on the season. And as always, we'll be giving out Cold Cases and Closed Cases. We...

Send us Fan Mail The finale of All Stars 8 is FINALLY here, and some of the juiciest behind the scenes tea just leaked about it! Derek, The Drag Detective, and YouTube star and Twitter's worst enemy KaylaSays are here to break down all of the tea and all of the looks! We dive into our positives and (mostly) negatives of the season, talk about Jimbo's meteoric performance all season long,...

Send us Fan Mail The eliminated queens are all back and showing off their talent shows on All Stars 8, and Monica Beverly Hillz is here to become the meme queen of the season! Derek, The Drag Detective, and drag sensation Biblegirl are here to break down all of the performances and all of the twists! We'll dive into our thoughts on the Fame Games, our thoughts on the season as a whole, and mo...

Send us Fan Mail We're at our top 3 makeover episode of All Stars 8, and shockingly we went down to a final 2! Derek, The Drag Detective, and TikTok's backyars sensation, Shozy are here to talk about all of it! We'll dive into all the makeover looks, their partners, the results, and mostly talk about Drag Race in 2023. Our issues, our concerns, some ideas on how to make it better, a...

Send us Fan Mail We're in for another double dose of Drag Race recapping, starring two of the three hosts of the upcoming series, Drag Duel! Derek, The Drag Detective, and New Jersey's own Zelda Vox are here to talk about the newest episodes of All Stars 8, the design challenge and the Carson Kressley Roast! We dive into Drag Duel, Zelda's drag journey, Jimbo's domination of th...

Send us Fan Mail The two most chaotic Drag race YouTubers unite again for a podcast episode half about Drag Race and half about whatever random shit pops into our brains. Derek, The Drag Detective, and YouTube's own RunnerEye are here to talk about the newest episode of All Stars 8, Forensic Queens! We'll discuss the improv challenge, the bizarre Miss ____ runways, catch up on the fame g...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to celebrate our favorite Joan/Joneses! Derek, The Drag Detective, and underrated icon of Drag Race UK4 Pixie Polite are here to talk about the newest episode of All Stars 8! We'll discuss both the Joan Rusical, Night of 1000 Grace Jones Runway, and spend some time talking about Pixie's experience on UK4 and what all goes into a rusical on Drag Race.  And...

Send us Fan Mail In a double episode spectacular, Derek, The Drag Detective, and TikTok's king of Drag Race content BelakBoy are going to talk about the last 2 episodes of All Stars 8! We'll discuss Darienne's robbery, the ASS The World Turns runways, and television pilots, and then delve into the insane and bombastic episodde 5. Fights, Ruveals, Snatch Games, and yet ANOTHER win fr...

Send us Fan Mail We bring it to you every ball! The dynamic duo is back! Derek, The Drag Detective, and Canada's most hateful queen Bucy! This week's maxi challenge was the supermarket ball, so who better to talk about creating looks than the queen who attempts to make her own! With fun, campy runways, a crash and burn elimination, and some wacky placements, we have a lot to discuss.  An...

Send us Fan Mail Coming to you LIVE from a Zoom Call, it's Derek, The Drag Detective, and Ben Rodell, British Icon! This week's maxi challenge was a SNL spoof, and on the runway the queens served Net Gala realness. With lots of talk of Kasha Davis getting snubbed, Jimbo getting a rigged win, and alliances forming left and right, there's a lot to discuss.  And of course we'll as...

Send us Fan Mail It's a brand new season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, baby! And here to solve all the mysteries and riggories is Derek, The Drag Detective, and his two best friends in the entire world Abby and Brendan! We're doing things a little different to start off a new season of the pod! We have a lot to get into with 4 looks, a girl groups maxi challenge, and an ICONIC li...

Send us Fan Mail We've reached the end of Drag Race Season 15 already! And Derek, The Drag Detective, has brought on Canada's most hateful drag queen, Bucy on to dissect every moment! We'll discuss every look, the top 4's performances, that iconic final lip sync, and the guest appearances! And of course ask the age old question: IS IT RIGGED? Want to see video versions of this...

Send us Fan Mail The reunion that has been hyped up since the very beginning of the season is finally here, and it was....overhyped to say the least. Derek, The Drag Detective, and Drag Race YouTuber Drag Tea Served with Matt are going to break down every meh moment from this reunion. We'll talk about our favorite and least favorite looks, some of the standout moments, and who we think has th...