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A podcast hosted by YouTube RuPaul's Drag Race creator The Drag Detective. Every week Derek the Detective breaks down the newest episodes of Drag Race with special guests and asks the age old question: is it rigged?
Listen on Apple PodcastsSend us Fan Mail It's time for another international All Stars! This time, it's Canada's turn. International Drag Race superfan BelakBoy is here with us all season to break down the chaos, the carnage, and the craziness of Canada All Stars. Canada's Drag Race is one of the most beloved series in the franchise, and after years of fans' begging for it, we finally have an All Stars season! With a stacked cast of finalists and runner-ups, as well as some wildcards, we have a ton to break down from this promo! Who had your favorite promo look? Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Matthew: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZIGt4OJqAVHzFEfjG7lyTg Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail It's finally time for the semifinals of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11 to begin and 8 queens are vying for their spot in the finale. In a hectic episode that sees Joey Jay join the group, alliances form, Rate-A-Queen return, and a SICKENING lip sync from Kennedy Davenport and A'keria, we have a ton to discuss with this week's sickening guest, Ricky Dillon! PRE-SAVE DOM'S SINGLE: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/domparinyon/come-to-my-show Follow Ricky: https://www.instagram.com/rickydillon Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail Round 3 is over and we have our final batch of mergers on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11 as the third bracket comes to a close. We discuss the crazy fun lip sync challenge, Jasmine Kennedie's masterful strategy, and all strongly disagree with each other! Feating Drag Duel Season 2 Crowd Champion, Dauntasia Da'Baddie! Follow Dauntasia: https://www.instagram.com/theonlydauntasia Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail JOEY JAY THE ICON THAT YOU ARE! The Rappin' Roast is back and the queens were not holding back! Early outs Joey Jay and Hershii Licquor Jete shine, Kennedy Davenport brings her charm, and Jasmine Kennedie buts heads with Sam Star over a lip sync win. We break all this down with Drag Race UK 7 star Nyongbella! Follow Nyongbella: https://www.instagram.com/nyongbella_ Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail It's time for Bracket 3 of RuPauk's Drag Race All Stars 11, and 6 brand new queens are here to make their mark, but did production set them up with this first challenge? Dom and Derek discuss the disappointing design looks, Joey Jay's breakout, and the fandom's reception of Sam Star. Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail Drag Race All Stars 11 finishes its second bracket with a BANG as Salina gets outplayed, Silky masters the strategy, Vivacious breaks through, and Aura is stuck between alliances. We're here to break down all the drama with Season 15's Robin Fierce! Follow Robin: https://www.instagram.com/therobinfierce Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail Dom and Derek are on the case of the robbery of Salina Est**ties, two weeks in a row now she delivered a winning performance, and two weeks in a row she was snubbed of a win. We'll break down all the How-To videos, the random Barn This Way runways, and talk about the deal with production and Salina. Is it rigged? Well YES! Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail Long Island! Check out Revolutions on the Runway: https://parks.ny.gov/visit/events/planting-pride-revolutions-runway Hello divas, we're all going to be totally normal and cool in the comments about these 3 random peoples' opinions, right? RIGHT?!?! Derek and Dom are joined by Drag Duel Season 3 Winner and Chicago Drag Staple, Miss Smokey Karmikael! We're here to dish about this new bracket, a wackadoodle main challenge, that wild butter runway, and some potential riggory...... 👀 Follow Derek: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Follow Dom: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon Follow Smokey: https://www.instagram.com/itssmokeykarmikael Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy
Send us Fan Mail And just like that, Bracket 1 of All Stars 11 is over! Following a Home Spooky Network improv challenge and OUTSTANDING Paris runway, we find out the top 2 queens of the bracket... There has been lots of talk about who made it through, so Pi from The Boulet Brothers' Dragula is here to break down all the tea, all the performances, and answer the question: IS IT RIGGED??? Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy Pi's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notpi Dom's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DomParinyon Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social
Send us Fan Mail Derek and Dom are pulling double duty this week as they review both premieres of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11. A performance challenge and a design challenge, strategy, sickening lip syncs, and some simmering drama. A lot happens even some potential...Riggory??? 👀 Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy Dom's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DomParinyon Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social
Send us Fan Mail Another season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is upon us, and Derek is here to break it all down with a new co-host; Drag Duel Season 2 Champion and Drag King Extraordinaire, Dom Parinyon! Along with KaylaSays, we break down all the looks from the new brackets of queens vying for the crown, talk about some controversial Season 19 casting, and Dom and Kayla flirt! Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Graphics By: https://www.instagram.com/duartsyy Dom's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/domparinyon/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DomParinyon Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail Season 18 has come to a close, and Kayla and Derek are here to break down everything about the finale, share their final thoughts on the season, and continue to stan Onya Nurve! Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail To help us chat about the newest LaLaPaRuZa in the Drag Race Universe, we brought on someone who has witnessed one first hand, friend of the pod, DeJa Skye!! DeJa gave lots of lip sync tips, some behind the scenes tea, and helped us pick our winners in all of the lip syncs from the new episode! DeJa's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dejaskye YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeJaSkye Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail IT'S EPISODE 100!! And of course we have some riggory to discuss as Juicy Love Dion is sent home right before the finale on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18. To commemorate 100 episodes of rigged recappery, Kayla and I invited on all our fellow Drag Race YouTubers. BelakBoy, JackFed, and Pressed Conference all make appearances as we celebrate the show, mourn Season 18, and talk s*** about AI slop! BelakBoy's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@belakboy JackFed's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JackFedYT Pressed Conference's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PressedConference Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail In one of the most shocking eliminations in all of RuPaul's Drag Race herstory, Jane Don't was sent home after a Karen improv challenge. The fandom is pissed, the IMDB ratings are plummeting, and Kayla and Derek are here to give their takes. Was this rirggory? Did Jane deserve better? Did we finally get a good Mayhem lip sync??? We will dissect everything about this controversial episode and more as we head towards the Grand Finale! Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail Another Drag Race makeover challenge, another enraged fan base. Derek and Kayla go off the rails this week as they discuss the new lows of the fandom, what family resemblance means, dissect Discord's comments on Law Roach, and ask the question: IS IT RIGGED? Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail Kayla is busy having a life (can't relate) so we have a guest co-host for this episode! In their Rigged Recap debut, it's Archie Merc!!! And we are going to break down everything from Episode 11 from the roast, to the wind runways, to having some deep conversations about disability and neurodivergent storytelling on Drag Race. And of course we ask the question: IS IT RIGGED? Archie's Social Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatarchiemerc YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thatarchiemerc Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/thatarchiemerc/home
Send us Fan Mail In the third design challenge of the season, our top 7 queens have to make party looks, and while some are sabotaged, others surprise with their garments. We have the fashion icon herself, Black Peppa from UK4 here to help us dissect the looks, talk about if Discord cheated or not, and ask ourselves the age of question: IS IT RIGGED? Black Peppa's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamblackpeppa Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail Another incredible rusical, another carefully crafted storyline completed. We all knew it was coming, Athena and Juicy having to lip sync against each other, but the question is: was it rigged? We discuss this with Drag Duel alum AJ Nox, as well as the amazIng beige runways, Jane's wild story arc, and where we're at with the season in general at this point. AJ's Social Links Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slayjnox Linktree: https://linktr.ee/slayjnox?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaaPUO3NaROaBpC9WedgPZPxeGJIzgohW2ME2BPaN37Y_LDLUKdP0bofvGA_aem_p3V-xZaChfB--HvPUmiEng Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT
Send us Fan Mail Well folks....this one was a doozy. It's Snatch Game week! But this time, we're taking a stop on Love Island for....some reason. No need to ask the question "is it rigged?" because fans have already called it. This episode, Derek, Kayla, and special guest RunnerEye discuss Mia Starr's elimination against Kenya Pleaser, Discord's continued safe placements, and whether Nini Coco's win was questionable. Advertising Inquiries: derekroiter17@gmail.com RunnerEye's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RunnerEye Twitter: https://twitter.com/RunnerEyeYT Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pierce_mcc/?hl=en Derek's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DragDetective Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedragdetective Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dragdetective.bsky.social Kayla's Social Links YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kaylasays Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kayla_rosa Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kayla_Says_YT