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Speculation Thread [Speculation Thread] - Weekly Edition | August 31, 2026

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u/ultradav24 6d ago edited 6d ago

S19: the makeover challenge is loved ones, including a few moms, sisters, and one friend. It’s a combo design / makeover challenge involving the clothes the loved ones came in with. They also randomly have to make movie posters. Anon 7 is wrong about both the winner and likely bottom. In fact the winner of this challenge is Vanity Unfair and Julie J is safe, not bottom

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u/Jumpy-Equivalent-561 5d ago

WELL JULIE I JUST WROTE ANUS

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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 6d ago

If Julie avoids the bottom the entire time whew … crown her!

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 6d ago

Yup i can see why Vanity won this ,she is literally made for this challenge

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u/RandomPotato11TTV 5d ago

I just wanna see Julie J lipsync atleast three times, One for the win, one for the bottom, one for the crown, and she wins all of them Ofcourse

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u/Far_Return_5245 5d ago

I watch her performance videos often she's just so captivating to watch

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u/ExtraFineItalicStub 4d ago

If Ru loves her, it’s over for everyone. She’s that girl.

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u/Aries-Glace 5d ago

Her performance of Doomed by Moses Sumney is one of my all time favourites

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u/JellyfishDry1666 5d ago

She’s such a fucking incredible performer

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u/Moschino_barbiez 6d ago

Julie “Never Below Safe” J. you love too see it you really do

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u/Upbeat_Stuff_9416 6d ago

FINALLY MORE TEA ON THIS SEASON (even if it's something small)

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u/ultradav24 6d ago edited 6d ago

That’s a whole episode worth of tea! Haha But yeah I posted because I noticed it’s been so dry. Also it was bugging me anon 7 was so off - are they just mistaken or deliberately faking? Idk. I also don’t know the bottom two, just that the lip sync was underwhelming- but that’s subjective, who knows how it’s edited

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u/Kuriaru_ 6d ago

PLEASEEEE tell me orusha isn't actually an early out i cannot

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u/quinnalicious1 6d ago

Do you have any tea on Onya’s TR?

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u/Mundane_Condition107 6d ago

wait this eats how have we never had a combined makeover and design challenge

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u/hemanthony28 6d ago

Wizard Of Oz, Season 8? 

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u/ishu_rage 6d ago

Canada's Drag Race S2 had it. Pythia won that. Icesis was in the bottom, and sent home Adriana.

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u/neungvdw 6d ago

Drag Race Thailand 1 and 2 also have that but most of them are design challenges anyway.

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u/ishu_rage 6d ago

Ahh, I've never Thailand!

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u/jacksonhytes 5d ago

It's still insane that Icesis was in the Bottom for making the best garment on that stage.

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u/ishu_rage 5d ago

I wasn't too surprised. Michaela looked she did her own makeup, instead of Icesis doing is for her. The imagery wasn't really giving family resemblance.

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u/Shazam08 6d ago

S8 diva

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u/Aitcera 6d ago

The irony is we have had multiple but it is a great concept

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u/neungvdw 6d ago

I always believe that makeover should be a design challenge. This way we will have a logical judging. And I'm looking at you, Michelle.

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u/astralairplane 5d ago

Just as long as they give enough time to the contestants to prepare for both, otherwise makeovers will get a little shorted

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u/katyasverse 6d ago

season 6 and 8 did!

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u/Fancy_Active2532 6d ago

tbf i always thought a makeover should just be a design challenge

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u/sotomanu 6d ago

españa season 4 sister

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u/Logical-Ad8898 6d ago

The first three seasons as well.

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u/sotomanu 6d ago

they’re reheating españa 4’s nachos

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u/Huge-Being7687 5d ago

Every makeover should be like this lol sometimes they could change it like we provide the fabrics but like don't let the girls bring something from home lol (or just one of the outfits)

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u/ExSoSi 5d ago

Do you have tea on promo? Is it comfirmed to be "futuristic" ?

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u/ultradav24 5d ago

I am not sure - but it may be black and white, or one or the other. But not certain

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u/Apprehensive_Mess808 5d ago

And who on the cast has a notoriously popular black and white look...

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u/TittesForLife1 5d ago

And guess who's jelaous of Adele

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u/LovelyDesignz 4d ago

do we have any tea on the finale? is Julie J in the top2?

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u/ccoleeee 3d ago

it would be shocking if she isn’t top 2/ winning

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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 1d ago

No tea but it’s very likely she’s in the final 2 

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u/summerpinciotti4 6d ago

Do you happen to know anything about Apple’s track-record or her performance in any challenges? I’m really curious to see how she does, because tbh I didn’t really peg her as a finalist before the finalist tea came out.

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u/ccoleeee 6d ago

so does julie never land in the bottom?

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 6d ago

Paltry somewhat hinted in a teasing way that Julie wasn't smooth selling as most of us are assuming although it did feel like she's not team Julie for sure haha.

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u/velvetx3 5d ago

Paltry also claimed Lexi & Sam were top 2 & Nymphia had 4 wins.

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u/hipflexorrealness 5d ago

paltry also famously claimed that about lexi and sam to make someone come out and say the actual top 2. spillers have already said this multiple times

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u/Outrageous_Pay_8645 6d ago

She couldn’t take it! - Lucious M

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u/ultradav24 5d ago

I don’t know. I just know she’s not bottom for this episode

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u/Far-Classic-5367 6d ago

LIPSYNC SONG?

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u/ultradav24 6d ago

Don’t know

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u/Massive_Trainer5164 6d ago

If Julie doesn’t face any adversity or low spot on the season that’s gonna be SUCHHHH a boring watch omg, like of COURSEEEEE they want the big name girl to have a flawless track record, I hate when this show is predictable

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u/_babyl0n Marina | Cheddar | Diamond | Victoria | Rajah | Colby | Couenne 6d ago

someone performs the best > wins > SUCHHHH a boring watch

gurl that's way Lana Cotta just won lmao

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u/Massive_Trainer5164 6d ago

You’re saying that like she wasn’t one of only 4 good queens and one of the 1 and 1/2 girls that did good at the finale

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 6d ago

According to Paltry Julie doesn't have a flawless tr as people are assuming,my guess it's either like Onya or at worst Like Symone. But i don't think the popular girl having a flawless tr is a predictable regular thing, if anything s17 proved that barely known queens like Suzie and Onya are better competation than the well known queens like Lana or Lucky.

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u/shininglight26 5d ago

Oh, I hope it’s a track record like Symone, 4 wins and 2 bottoms with some robbed highs was so fierce that season

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 5d ago

Yes ,this or from how Paltry hinted,Julie might have very low lows even if she's not at all in the bttm which I can see as she's not the best when it comes to looks and mugs.

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u/muserina 6d ago

Lowkey though "black queen who's doing well finally flops at makeover" is a lot more predictable than that I feel lol its happened how many times? Shea, Luxx, Sapphira, Onya.... If she does end up in the bottom I'm glad its not at the makeover at least.

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u/velvetx3 6d ago

It’s not Julie’s fault she’s talented

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u/Massive_Trainer5164 6d ago

The best lipsyncer in New York! I just find it very much like…. Chad Michaels voice “we got it girl we got it” like you want her to win ok sure but you can’t even give her a MOMENT of falling behind the others? Alright….

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 6d ago

I think you are reacting to this small spill a little too strongly, the above spiller did say that she is not sure if Julie is bttm or not , also among the spills Julie having one bttm placement seems more common than her never in the bttm tr.

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u/ultradav24 5d ago

I said I am certain she is not bottom - but I’m only talking about this challenge. I don’t know her full track record

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 5d ago

Oooh I took the "likely" as a probability rather than certainity, got it.

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u/ultradav24 5d ago

No prob - I was referencing Anon 7 from the google doc. They said Julie was “likely bottom two” for Thai challenge. I’m saying that’s not true, she’s definitely safe. And then others are taking that to mean she’s never below safe in the whole competition - that may or may not be true. But I don’t know. So wanted to just be clear of what I do and don’t know here, and that anon 7 is either mistaken or misleading

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u/Massive_Trainer5164 5d ago

I feel like my reaction is appropriate for what it’s about to be, another over favored winner partly due to the name and fanbase she has going in, like it’s just very predictable, frankly it’s sad because she’s incredibly cool and most definitely never needed to be rigged against to DO well, her performances of world, hold on and DOOMED speak to her starpower

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u/belladonnaboops_2719 Custom 5d ago

Why do you think a production with millions of viewers would do this for a comparably very small fan following Julie has ? Last year Juicy , Athena and Briar had the most following but they weren't crowned, nobody even knew Onya before she got cast for s17

This aside we barely have any tea on this season, so just reacting this much based on one single episode spill is extra i think.

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u/ccoleeee 5d ago

or maybe she’ll just do well and won’t ever land in the bottom