RuPaul's Drag Race "Season 4-12" (partially found unreleased alternative season finales of reality competition TV series; 2012-2020)
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Status: Partially Found
Since the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, footage has been filmed of all finalists winning the season, with the actual winner not being revealed until the season finale has aired, and the winner's crowning is edited in. This was due to a March 1, 2011, article by Perez Hilton in which he leaked the Season 3 winner.[1] Since Season 4, this filming method has been used to prevent spoilers being leaked.
Status
On August 1, 2016, the YouTube account Paulo Chaves uploaded footage of Season 8 finalists Kim Chi and Naomi Smalls being crowned,[2] making this the first time this type of footage has been leaked. Since then, on June 6, 2019, footage was once again uploaded to YouTube by user Ulicornio, this time of Season 11 finalist Brooke Lynn Hytes walking with the scepter, though her winning speech has yet to be found.[3]
This production strategy was also adopted for the series spin-off RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars, since the series' second season. On July 23, 2020, just a day before the fifth season finale aired, Reddit user u/heyflops666 posted still shots of each of the finalists winning to r/SpoiledDragRace. Since the finale aired, finalists Jujubee and Miz Cracker have yet to have their winning speeches released.
International versions of the RuPaul's Drag Race franchise have also adopted this filming strategy, on November 25, 2021, the Canadian streaming service Crave, Canadian home to the UK spin off, faced a subtitle error, accidentally inputting subtitles of finalists Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott Claus winning the crown.
Unaired Endings
U.S. Seasons
| Season | No. Overall | No. in Season | Episode Title | Episode Segment | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 51 | 14 | Reunited! | Chad Michaels acting as if she had won the crown. | April 30th, 2012 | Lost |
| Phi Phi O'Hara acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| 5 | 65 | 14 | Reunited! | Alaska acting as if she had won the crown. | May 6th, 2013 | Lost |
| Roxxxy Andrews acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| 6 | 79 | 14 | Reunited! | Adore Delano acting as if she had won the crown. | May 19th, 2014 | Lost |
| Courtney Act acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Adore Delano and Bianca Del Rio acting as if they had won the crown in a tie. | Lost | |||||
| 7 | 93 | 14 | Grand Finale | Ginger Minj acting as if she had won the crown. | June 1st, 2015 | Lost |
| Pearl acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| 8 | 103 | 10 | Grand Finale | Kim Chi acting as if she had won the crown. | May 16th, 2016 | Found |
| Naomi Smalls acting as if she had won the crown. | Found | |||||
| 9 | 117 | 14 | Grand Finale | Peppermint acting as if she had won the crown. | June 23rd, 2017 | Lost |
| 14 | Shea Coulee acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | ||||
| 14 | Trinity Taylor acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | ||||
| 10 | 131 | 14 | Grand Finale | Eureka acting as if she had won the crown. | June 28th, 2018 | Lost |
| 14 | Kameron Michaels acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | ||||
| 14 | Asia O'Hara acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | ||||
| 11 | 145 | 14 | Grand Finale | Brooke Lynn Hytes acting as if she had won the crown. | May 30th, 2019 | Partially Found |
| 14 | A'Keria C. Davenport acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | ||||
| 14 | Silky Nutmeg Ganache acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | ||||
| 12 | 159 | 14 | Grand Finale | Crystal Methyd acting as if she had won the crown. | May 29th, 2020 | Lost |
| Gigi Goode acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| 13 | 175 | 16 | Grand Finale | Rosé acting as if she had won the crown. | April 23, 2021 | Existence Unconfirmed |
| Gottmik acting as if she had won the crown. | Existence Unconfirmed | |||||
| Kandy Muse acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost |
- Contestant didn't manage to lip-sync for the crown; filming status remains unknown.
Alternate Lip-syncs
To avoid spoilers involving final runner ups, alternate lip-syncs for the crown could have been filmed (based on the queens' reactions watching the final episode of each season). Those lip-sync's existence has yet to confirm.
All Stars Seasons
| Season | No. overall | No. in season | Episode Title | Episode Segment | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 14 | 8 | "All Stars Supergroup" | Detox acting as if she had won the crown. | October 13, 2016 | Lost |
| Katya acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| 3 | 23 | 8 | "A Jury of Their Queers" | Kennedy Davenport acting as if she had won the crown. | March 15, 2018 | Lost |
| Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel acting as if they had won the crown in a tie. | Lost | |||||
| 5 | 41 | 8 | "Clap Back!" | Jujubee acting as if she had won the crown. | July 24, 2020 | Partially Found |
| Miz Cracker acting as if she had won the crown. | Partially Found | |||||
| 6 | 53 | 12 | "This Is Our Country" | Eureka! acting as if she had won the crown. | September 2, 2021 | Lost |
| Ginger Minj acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Ra'Jah O'Hara acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost |
International Franchises
| Season | No. overall | No. in season | Episode Title | Episode Segment | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Switch: Drag Race (Chile season 1) | 24 | 24 | "Grand Final" | Luna di Mauri acting as if she had won the crown. | January 17, 2016 | Lost |
| Stephanie Fox acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Drag Race Thailand (season 1) | 8 | 8 | "Final Runway" | Annee Maywong acting as if she had won the crown. | April 5, 2018 | Lost |
| Dearis Doll acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| The Switch: Drag Race (Chile season 2) | 55 | 31 | "Episode 31" | Gia Gunn acting as if she had won the crown. | July 15, 2018 | Lost |
| Pavel Arambula acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Sofia Camara acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Drag Race Thailand (season 2) | 22 | 13 | "Final Runway" | Kana Warrior acting as if she had won the crown. | April 5, 2019 | Lost |
| Kandy Zyanide acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 1) | 8 | 8 | "Grand Finale" | Divina De Campo acting as if she had won the crown. | November 21, 2019 | Lost |
| Canada's Drag Race (season 1) | 10 | 10 | "U Wear It Well" | Rita Baga acting as if she had won the crown. | September 3, 2020 | Lost |
| Scarlett Bobo acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Drag Race Holland (season 1) | 8 | 8 | "The Grand Finale" | Janey Jacke acting as if she had won the crown. | November 6, 2020 | Lost |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 2) | 18 | 10 | "Grand Finale" | Bimini Bon-Boulash acting as if she had won the crown. | March 18, 2021 | Lost |
| Bimini Bon-Boulash and Lawrence Chaney acting as if they had won the crown in a tie. | Lost | |||||
| RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under (season 1) | 8 | 8 | "Down Under Grand Finale" | Art Simone acting as if she had won the crown. | June 19, 2021 | Lost |
| Karen from Finance acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Scarlet Adams acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Drag Race Espana (season 1) | 8 | 8 | "Drag Race Espana Grand Finale/La gran final" | Killer Queen acting as if she had won the crown. | July 25, 2021 | Lost |
| Sagittaria acting as if she had won the crown. | Lost | |||||
| Drag Race Holland (season 2) | 16 | 8 | Grand Finale | My Little Puny acting as if she had won the crown. | September 24, 2021 | Lost |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 3) | 28 | 10 | "Grand Finale" | Ella Vaday acting as if she had won the crown. | November 25, 2021 | Partially Found |
| Kitty Scott Claus acting as if she had won the crown. | Partially Found |