It’s the greatest upset in “Drag Race” herstory, but producers’ tricks are starting to wear thin on a dedicated fanbase who have been jerked around one too many times.
On Thursday night’s season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” Season 3, the clear frontrunner — one Miss Shangela “Hallelu” Laquifa Wadley — was shut out from even competing in the final lip sync.
Perhaps the most chilling part of the whole kerfuffle is that the decision was made by her fellow queens.
(The episode’s title: “A Jury of Their Queers”).Even more shocking was the final vote breakdown, posted to Twitter after the episode (using a weighted voting system that could give the Oscars a run for its money) which Ru-vealed that only one queen voted for Shangela.
(Thorgy Thor, you are redeemed.) Instead of an epic three-season long redemption arc for Shangela, whose growth and tenacity is
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