Season Finale of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 3 - My Thoughts

For me, last night's finale Drag Race All Stars Season 3 can be summarized in two words:

EPIC FAIL

The finale was right up there with other reality show disastrous reveals:
When Gretchen beat Mondo on "Project Runway."
When Kris Allen bested Adam Lambert on "American Idol."
When Josh won over Paul in "Big Brother."
and again when Marissa was crowned the winner of "Celebrity Big Brother" over Ross.

All painful memories.
Some more recent than others.

Just about everyone who watches a reality show picks a favorite and cheers for them.
So I know there are people out there celebrating this morning that Trixie is now in the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

But I also believe there were many more people cursing at their televisions (or tablets, computers, phones, etc) that Shangela was denied her rightful crown.

All season there have been two front runners on this show:
Shangela and Ben De La Creme (also known as Ben or De La)
Between them, they won the majority of the challenges.
Which meant that they also had the power to eliminate fellow queens from the competition.
And therein lies the problem.

If RuPaul had kept the power for herself, with the final four queens to choose from, I absolutely believe that Shangela would be waking up this morning with the crown and scepter.

But Ru allowed six bitter bitches to eliminate two of the four.
They denied Shangela the opportunity to compete in the final lip sync.
Which she would have slayed of course.

I love De La, but I don't have much sympathy for her.
She didn't win because she quit.
Her choice.
Shangela didn't quit.
She fought and worked until the very end.
She deserves the title.

Luckily, most of the contestants on Drag Race have huge fan bases, and build successful careers for themselves.
Shangela was a star before "All Stars," and a star she will continue to be.
If anything she could shine even brighter, because so many people will feel she was robbed.

Thorgy, Aja, Morgan, Chi Chi, Milk, even De La - y'all might need to be a little worried.
Bitter don't glitter.

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