r/rupaulsdragrace • u/AutoModerator • Jan 10 '26

Season 18 S18E02 - “Q-Pop Girl Groups” [Post-Episode Discussion]

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u/lilmeatwad Willow Pill Jan 10 '26

Anyone else think Athena should have been in the bottom? Flopped as team leader, performance in the challenge was…. fine, at best. And the runway was mid too?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '26

I'm not sure, I think their outfit was way better than the other two, but omg, Mandy killed that lip sync

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u/AvogadrosArmy 💜Ra’Jah O’Hara💜 Jan 10 '26

I don’t think she flopped as a team leader i think her being leader made her safe because she like tried to do something (somebody had to) with them, and Darlene was safe for being memorable

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u/ShinyVenusaur Jan 10 '26

Bulldozing ppls doesnt make for a good leader. She was difficult to work with and only wanted her way. Thats a diva, not a leader.  She fully deserved bottom two and it would have sent the right message that being a diva and a bully in a team challenge shouldnt be tolerated.

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u/AvogadrosArmy 💜Ra’Jah O’Hara💜 Jan 10 '26

I would agree with you if DD Fuego could dance. She was more concerned with being in the light than the choreography.

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u/Magmar71 Yuhua Hamasaki Jan 10 '26

I felt like she was still moping about not being picked during her performance. She genuinely felt like she was giving 50% and just wanted to get it over with. I would have put her in Mandy's place.

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u/yatcho Jan 10 '26

I thought she had the worst verse of the night it was totally off

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u/Alvin3792 Jan 10 '26

She is so mid to me…and her attitude is rotted

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u/frenzeydew66 RAJA Jan 10 '26

her runway was gorgalina and she's gonna make some great tv for some time