The Unrigging of Canada's Drag Race 4 

cant wait for the icon herself Melinda getting to the finale and winning with the best track record of all time with PPE of 5.0.

I knew Venus would be favoured throughout the season the second she got a rose for her entrance look.

obsessed with Kiki's run being either a top placement or a bottom placement without in-betweens

The Venus and Denim hype that production forced on us all season long gave me the ick I’m glad we all saw the stunts and shenanigans miles before it got really bad.

I completely agree with your thoughts - Venus was consistently high, while Aurora had peaks and valleys - but in my opinion, Aurora's trajectory throughout the season is much more of a winner's journey. She fought hard, and when she stumbled, she redeemed herself. By the end of the season, I felt like she actually grew and became a new queen, with newfound confidence in herself. For example, I think of the letter her parents sent her in the makeover challenge. But in contrast, by the end, Venus felt like she had stayed in the same place - I didn't learn anything new about her that I didn't already know on Episode 1. She came in not padding, tucking, or corseting, and she left us in the final episode saying she doesn't even pluck her brows. And through it all, she barely wore any makeup on her face. If you look at clips of the queens getting ready in the werkroom, on any episode you can see everyone else with a face full of foundation, colour correcting, blocking eyebrows, powdered the house down, etcetc and then you pan over to Venus, who looks like she's just wearing BB cream and chapstick. The judges all season loved to get on Melinda for her makeup any chance they got (and understandably so, because mother was ashy) but what about Venus? She can just stand there without any makeup and get away with it? We saw on Season 15 how Ru and Michelle constantly reminded Marcia to wear more makeup. I'd say Venus wore less makeup this season than Marcia on Season 15. It was just so hard watching her take the crown after a whole season of her talking about how skinny she is... no pads, no corset, untucked, then in the finale saying she doesn't even alter or touch her brows whatsoever... and with barely any makeup on her face.... standing next to Aurora, with her severe, STAMPED mug, beautiful headpiece, show-stopping gown... after she had just served us the best performance, with THAT runway, and gave us a strong lipsync performance...... it just felt right to crown Aurora. But alas...

The way Kiki has 3 wins in this but was in the bottom so much it didn't matter in the end lmao

Venus as a winner feels very odd considering she only had one outstanding moment on the season on episode 1, and even then it didnt feel that justified, nobody else could get away with that entrance look

I think it would be a good idea to include full-season track records like they have on the wiki at the end of these videos so we could visualize each queen's trajectory throughout the season. Like the scores at the end help but you'd never look at them and guess that Kiki had 3 wins and Venus had 0. They're pretty easy to make and I think it would help the videos a lot.

I feel like if the season is a lot longer, and with more comedy challenges, Venus could have had a much deserved win. Out of the top 4, she's the only remaining queen that did well in at least one comedy challenge. I can see her winning an acting challenge like the Daytona Wind, or even the Roast.

The only win venus got was questionable on its own lmao.

Aurora winning the season makes sense for my fantasy. She is definitely Global All Star material. I can't to see her again

I can’t wait for Melinda and Jujubee to compete in All Stars 97, where RuPaul is a robot with human conscience wired into it, and they both get PPE scores of 124. sorry for spoilers! ❤

Besides Kylie Sonique Love, I think Venus has one of the worst winner storylines in history. The edit pushed her so much and the finale was basically unwatchable because of the forced moments with Venus and the edit overproducing everything she did in the finale. It was so obvious and while I think she is a great queen, I don't think her winning was very satisfying.

By the way, I think Canada focuses more on transition rather than family resemblance for makeovers. Which is why they critiqued Aurora’s friend for looking kind of the same as before and Venus’ mom for having a bigger change. Still, I think Aurora should be high

The way I feel like even you favoured venus, lol. Tells how much she was favoured

Not you saying Venus’s showgirl look was better than KiKi’s 😂

Note , thank you for drag duel. I'm sad it's ending, but it was so fun to watch

That sound effect after "wrinkled" nearly gave a heart attack 🤣

I wish wish wish you could do the riggory of drag race Mexico because some of the decisions made by production to push and save their predeterminated winner were really questionable

I think the biggest problem with drag now is the drag race effect. I grew up in the dark and distant past, 80s, and where I grew up we had many different acceptable forms of drag, from end of the pier seaside drag, to compare drag, artistic drag and dark and twisted drag even plus sized drag queens, Divine. However that doesn't seem to be a thing now, it is you need to do "this"/look this way or you are doing it "wrong". After all Venus was asked about not tucking, which wouldn't even have been mentioned when I was growing up. I mean there was even surprise at there being a straight drag queen in the first series of the UK drag race.Drag is an art form and so has nothing to do with orientation.

Venus was consistent, Aurora was a stand out

I don't disagree with Venus winning; as a whole I think she was the strongest on the season but I also don't think she deserved her 1 win. Maybe on a longer season she's able to snatch a win and alongside her great track record it's enough to crown her. Or maybe she doesn't get any wins and she still wins the season like Elecktra from Italia.

I also feel like we didn't get to know Venus very well. She did well in the challenges and all but there wasn't much personal struggle or growth or getting to know her. It was kind of an unfulfilling win for the audience...

Melinda would have won every challenge? Yeah that’s the reality we needed. Season of Goats.

thank u for recognizing luna dubois’s motherhood, i would’ve put her and aimee at least high on episode 1

I agree; from a television viewer perspective, Aurora had more interesting moments/ lip-syncs and could have won an extra challenge/ gotten high placement. Venus is a very nice lady, but the show was very obvious with who they wanted to win and I wasn't convinced it was a compelling enough argument with what we saw as viewers. I think production did good with the twist in the beginning, however once it went back to the original format, it was predictable and a bit boring.

I love your videos so much. They’re so easy to rewatch and I get such a rush of happiness when I see a new upload. Can’t wait for the UK5 video! ❤

Nelly Furtado Try was such a beautiful way to end the season and you not knowing the song is a crime

Omg I only just realised how few subscribers you have! And yet you went above and beyond and made a whole-ass 6 month long drag competition! Now that's ambition

Poor Denim, I feel so bad for them. They were pushed by the producers and the fandom hates her guts. She may not be the funniest drag artist out there or a lipsync assassin, but I still think she is an amazing queen.

that sound effect at auroras wrinkled dress scared the shit out of me LMFAO

I honestly thought Venus was the worst in the makeover. The make up was bad, the concept was bad and the look was so unflattering. And Melinda and Neerah had the hardest canvas to work with and both of them at least had a shape. I can see Neerah in the bottom with her because she should have chosen a look to cover those arms.

Denim crocheted the entire outside piece in the design challenge and that’s commendable to me idk

YESSS THANK YOU SILENCE THE WHITE TWINKS KIKI ATE UP DENIM

Damn i wished you showed the chart of the queens placements

I love you so much. So glad you're back at it.

It's crazy that even in a universe where Kiki gets 3 wins, the most of any queen this season, she still has the worst track record of the top 4 because she was basically in the bottom any time she didn't win.

12:01 the way u said u dont think Denim change a lot of the original outifts base on…nothing

Nothing makes me happier than opening RU-vid and the first video to pop up is a new drag detective video ❤😍

Ah yes, that timeless marking of a true winner, “great representation”

Can’t wait for mayhem to win this season

We all know Aurora should've won the season. But that's fine, more opportunities to hone her craft more and slay in an All-Star season.

Thank you for your service

It actually really annoys me how no one thinks Aimee was high worthy even though she was literally win worthy.... in the first episode.. Also you're completely in the wrong for putting aurora in the bottom in the design challenge..... Like seriously not it lmao. She was high worthy. She literally FULLY transformed the materials into an oriental design... I liked Luna's, but you can't go on about Luna's in a more positive light considering she didn't wear much and it was also wrinkled.

I totally agree. Love Venus no shade, she is gorgeous, funny and has a great personality so not mad but for exactly the same reasons you mentioned I think Aurora should have won. To me she surprised me the most and excelled in so many challenges and looks. Als great personality.

Venus in the top for makeover was the moment I confirmed she was winning the whole thing. Too much riggory with that.

you’re so shady for using the quick drag mini challenge pictures in these videos lol 😭😭😭

I’m to obsessed with denim honestly like I’m such an apologist it’s scary

I need another how likely will each queen be on all stars video those are my faves

Can’t wait to see you in drag omg

Aurora high for the makeover is CRAZY, is nobody seeing that dress from behind?

if ya'll think about it it's kind of ironic that venus won the season where the promo theme was godsses

Giving Venus a 3 for her entrance look is such a choice. How you gonna unrig something if it stays rigged lmao

Thank you for your service.

HE IS BACK FROM THE DEAD WELCOME BACK DEREK WE MISSED YOU OMG I CANT WAIT TO SEE DEREK IN DRAG

Everyone comments on Denim’s sleeve gag and Drag Couenne did it first on Drag Race Belgium and wayyyy better. I’ve even heard people compare Dawn’s (regular drag race season 16) sleeve gag to Denim and I’m like again Drag Couenne did it so well. But again, so much drag race it’s hard to be innovative and always do new things but I just wanted to comment that. 😊

i still need Season 5 gurl

Clicked faster than Sisi was eliminated

Episode 8 was a star is born, not really resemblance. I know where Denims mum walked out there was some confusion over if it was Denim or his mum, but she shined like a star in her own right even after Denim walked on stage. I think the problem with Aurora and her friend is they tried to be so similar and so her friend did not shine in her own light. I am talking about as I understood the challenge. As to me it was about putting the focus on the other person and working to make sure it was. In the same way the critiqued Neara due to her not using his other half's physic to take the chance to over exaggerate on the padding, as that was the perfect opportunity to do so. Instead it was a safe play and so looked more like a frat party. Don't get me wrong that was one hell of a look but it still looked like her star paled compared to Aurora.

It’s wild to me that you think auroras bridesmaid look secured her the win in the rusical. No shade but I hated it lol. Cool concept and makeup but the letters being randomly scattered looked haphazard to me

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The jumpscare at WRINKLED 💥

I’d love to hear your take on a Beaver-free season!

Hey, been subscribed to you for months and been tuning in to all of your content. I just found out that YT unsub me from your channel. IG u should inform other viewers about that. PS: I subscribed to you again :DD

:O Please full fantasy drag!

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR AGES

the denim snub for the design challenge and lip-sync...nah

The last rigged recap with Trisha was so much fun! It would be great if we could get more drag duel contestants.

i've recently thinking that questionable wins (canada4/italy3) is because they want put 'allegedly winners' on an vs the world/ all stars season

I think having one more comedy challenge instead of a performance challenge would make SUCH a difference, especially for Venus who for sure would have won that

Aurora was so favored this season and people pretend it didn’t happened, she was really bad in the design challenge, then she didn’t received any bad critique on that wig on the rusical where you can see all her hair behind all the time and then in the makeover she did really bad too, a low or even bottom deserved, her sister dress was a mess behind. I’m glad Venus won, she was rigged too but overall she did better.

I enjoyed Venus a lot during the season, but... there's no way she should've won the ball, plus I didn't get why they made her no-tucking schtick seem relevant when literally nobody would care or notice. I think she could've won the girlgroups challenge or even the snatch game, maybe this is a stretch but I think it would make her a better winner in terms of the competition itself. Anyway, I hope she has a wonderful reign.

It's funny that production pushed really hard for Venus/Denim when they were the most boring part of the season. The breakthrough of this season was Melinda. It's been weeks and we are still talking about her whereas no one talks about Denim/Venus

I think Venus did deserve the first episode win and was in the top, I don't necessarily think that that was rigory. But I agree I thought Aurora overall did better

Can't wait for Daddy Derek to get in drag

Aurora would totally save TGE in this scenario. It would be her first bottom, whilst Kiki would be there the second time in a row. Aurora clearly didn't saved TGE because she was saved the week before.

"NEARAH NUFF IS SINGING THIS SONG, PROVING THIS IS WHERE SHE BELONGS!" Lives rent free in my head.

Girl Venus showgirl look was honestly bs.. everybody is entitled to their opinion (that’s why I’m not gonna comment about the most basic outfit ever on drag race which was Venus’ entrance look) but that thing is just awful! The corset isn’t even remotely her size, it’s baggy (a corset being baggy is a crime) and it’s constantly falling off of her! And than the skirt is.. a piece of fabric.. and I like Venus, those looks were just shit

hey DEREKK

If I was the judge on Canadas Drag Race 4 I would’ve put Venus in the bottom for that makeover challenge, I didn’t like it at all. But that’s just my thoughts!

I might have missed it on another video, but what's the drag name going be? Shirley Holmes?

I have a feeling Aurora will return in a few years on a Canada vs. The World season and slay. If she has a few more years to develop even more, she'll be unstoppable.

Derek! Do you think there's any chance that we'll see Susan? on DragRace anytime in the future?

Is The Rigged Recap also in Yt Music?

The fact of the season is that Venus was so favored since episode 1!

Omg the shadeblocker QvShe skit is one of the funniest things to come out of drag race ever, IMO. Like iconically so bizarre, with an internally consistent theme. And just the kind of comedy you can't script. Like no they did NOT do the challenge, lmao, but they deserve some props for an inimitable performance. I would've preferred girlfriend going home for sisi to stay, bc shadeblockers were entertaining, but girlfriend's gaffe was a little cringe.

Venus was a good contestant but she was unnecessarily protected at times Kitten going home this soon does not fit in my fantasy

This season had me hooked right up until the very end, the finale really ruined what was a really great season for me. Really think this was Aurora’s time to win

Girlfriend was the let down of the herstory !

I must say that even though Kiki Bodied the lip sync against denim i still think Denim was spared because of track record (as kiki had been saved by beaver and had lip synced the week prior) but this is my theory, but take as you please.

Your scorecard gives Kiki a 5/5 on showgirl look and Venus a 4/5 on showgirl look but then a minute later you said Venus has the best showgirl look between them plus aurora. I am confusion

Venus shouldnt even be in top4, rigga morris girl, it is what it is.

I thought that Sisi should been safe, she was the only one in her team who did something

I knew this would just be praise for Aurora lmao

Can you please do Italia season 3???

I better not see y'all discredit Venus because in the end shes still a superstar and is absolutely winner material Its just so weird how the producers decided to have Venus be a contender for the crown but not have more comedy challanges since she would have FOR SURE shined in those with this cast. Imagine they didnt do a double elimination, Aimee survives but gets sent home in the makeover, top 5 Roast or Stand up, Melinda i think does good but i feel like Venus would have way more charisma with her jokes which finally makes her THE winner of the challange; then i could see her as a good winner for this specific season....but that didnt happen and leaves me stuck thinking Aurora should have won this season But oh well as i said, that doesnt change that Venus is still a great charismatic winner P.s now thinking about it why the heck did Canada go from having 9 competitive episodes + finale in S1, to now with 1 less episode? Lol

You say that Venus was pushed by production, but you’re being so biased against her 😂😂

Am I the only one who thinks Sissi won that lip sync over Luna? It’s also funny with aurora matrix in the make over, she a had a young, skinny, woman who was a model to work with. She literally had it so easy

putting luna in the top for the ball is crazy 💀 her top wasn’t flattering at all and looked very unfinished, i’m pretty sure she even mentioned in the episode that she had run out of fabric for the top. she knew it wasn’t a great look, she just went with it since she lacked the fabric to do what she had envisioned initially also neerah’s look was so ugly, her look was giving luchador i agree with everything else for the most part

Okay. Nope. Will not be accepting it this time. The makeover category this time around was not "family resemblance". The runway was " A Star Is Born ". Just cause the judges couldn't respect the theme, dismissing team Aurora cause too pretty/similar but praising Demin + mom cause they couldn't tell the difference, was kind of BS. They changed what the category and this episode failed to meet expectations. Also, justice for Melinda. Canada Vs the world 3 is not ready for her and Miss Fiercalicious.