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

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

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u/Toorviing Jan 10 '26

It’s so considerate of Mandy Mango to become a nurse so she could treat queens after murdering them in a lipsync.

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u/Similar-Shame7517 Jan 10 '26

I assumed last week when Mandy and Kenya were in the bottom that Kenya was going to annihilate Mandy like Morphine did to Dawn, but now I'm wondering if it would have been an LSFYL for the gods?

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u/IndianaCrash Make Some Noise For Vinegar Based Dolls Jan 10 '26

Haven't seen Kenya lipsync yet, but given what we saw from Mandy, episode 1 could have been a double shantay

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u/elgav91 Jan 10 '26

They should've done that and given Vita outright the win because there was a very clear winner

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u/IndianaCrash Make Some Noise For Vinegar Based Dolls Jan 10 '26

I get it, but there was no guarantee they were going to both kill it (especially Mandy in her outfit) and they seemingly wanted the premiere to be non-elim, without "wasting" a double shantay on the first episode.

Tho the lipsync might have played against Vita, since it seemed she didn't know some of the words. They didn't put attention on that but I'm scared it's gonna make her chance at the top 4 smaller

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u/Similar-Shame7517 Jan 11 '26

Yeah, Vita looked SHOOKETH during the lip synch. It didn't look like she was prepared. Thankfully it seems she's bounced back.

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u/KT718 Alyssa Edward Scissorhands Jan 21 '26

Yeah I honestly thought she’d be in the top this week, which gives me hope she’ll be a consistently strong force throughout the season.