Get ready to relive the most side-splitting moments from RuPaul's favorite challenge! We're counting down the Snatch Game performances that were so hilarious, they had the other queens breaking character and gasping for air. From legendary impersonations to unexpected comedy gold, these queens proved why this challenge is iconic.
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00:00Pray to the Lord, the fornication. You don't need it, Paul. You don't need the fornication.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:07And today, we're counting down our picks for the most hilarious Snatch Game performances on Drag Race
00:11that made the other contestants on the panel break character.
00:14You ready to play the game?
00:15I'm excited.
00:17Number 10. Lavoie as Liza Minnelli.
00:20Are we?
00:20Who's last hit?
00:21Yeah.
00:22Was it yours?
00:23I don't know.
00:24Maybe my ex-husband.
00:25Before the Snatch Game episode on Drag Race UK Season 6,
00:28we had already seen Liza Minnelli impersonated three times on other versions of the show.
00:33So, when Lavoie decided to play the queer icon again,
00:36many wondered how she would make it feel fresh.
00:38However, from the moment she opened her mouth, those fears were immediately quashed.
00:42It's a dream to do Snatch Game.
00:44And I always say it was my father who gave me my dreams.
00:48But it was my mother who gave me the pills so I could have those dreams.
00:51You know what I'm saying?
00:52The stopped-and-on-tease queen did a great job volleying with the other characters on the panel.
00:56But it wasn't until she pulled out a prop that she truly stole the show.
00:59As Lavoie swung that prop leg high in the air,
01:02her fellow contestants were left struggling to contain their surprise and amusement.
01:06I'll do it quicker!
01:07Oh, God!
01:08Oh!
01:09Oh, no!
01:10Oh, God, my leg!
01:11Here's your leg, Liza.
01:12I put that in the museum!
01:14Number 9.
01:14Saphira Cristal as James Brown.
01:16Throughout her epic run on Season 16,
01:19Saphira Cristal became infamous for one particular pair of shoes.
01:23My new favorite game in this competition is to spot
01:25how Saphira tries to camouflage her dancing shoes.
01:31We love a resourceful queen.
01:33But after RuPaul called them out previously,
01:35it might have been wise to retire them briefly.
01:37However, Saphira brought them back for the Snatch Game,
01:40where she embodied soul legend James Brown.
01:42James Brown is here!
01:44How you doing, Ru?
01:46Hey!
01:47Do you remember the first song you wrote?
01:49First song I wrote was a little ditty
01:52that I did when I was in prison.
01:53Naturally, RuPaul pointed out the shoes again.
01:56But Saphira managed to flip the moment to her advantage.
01:58While still in character, she delivered a sharp comeback
02:01that not only sent RuPaul into a fit of laughter,
02:03but also broke the other queens on the panel.
02:06I ain't got no character shoes.
02:07My name is James Brown.
02:10Last time I met you was 1969.
02:13You're telling me you see me in character shoes?
02:15Her razor-sharp wit and commitment to the role
02:18secured Saphira a well-deserved spot in the top.
02:20Character shoes be damned.
02:22Number eight, Ginger Minj as Phyllis Diller.
02:24I've been trying to close my legs since 1972.
02:28I thought I had a lump behind my breast.
02:33Turned out to be a trick knee.
02:39By the time she returned for All-Stars 6,
02:41Ginger Minj was a seasoned pro at the Snatch Game.
02:44She had won the challenge on her original season
02:46and gave a highly underrated performance on All-Stars 2.
02:49For her third run, Ginger went with Phyllis Diller,
02:52serving a mix of brashness, eccentricity, and just
02:55the right amount of vulgarity.
02:56My last boyfriend lived 100 miles away.
02:59Talk about a tremendous sex drive.
03:04It was long.
03:05Her rapid-fire jokes and banter with Kylie Sonique Love
03:08already made Trinity K. Bonet, who
03:10had practically given up at that point, crack up repeatedly.
03:13However, it was Ginger's cheeky nautical joke
03:15toward the end that finally got Kylie to break character
03:18ever so slightly.
03:24It was the top performance of the night, and for good reason.
03:27Number 7, Jimbo as Shirley Temple.
03:30Are you ready to win the heart of a nice snatchler?
03:33Well, I don't know.
03:34Does he know how to babysit?
03:36Everyone had sky-high expectations
03:38for Jimbo going into the Snatch Game on All-Stars 8.
03:41After all, she had won the inaugural version
03:43of the challenge on Canada's Drag Race
03:45and proudly calls herself a clown.
03:47Even so, Jimbo still managed to leave everyone speechless
03:50with her impersonation of Shirley Temple.
03:52Where's the strangest place you've made whoopee?
03:55Oh, well, wouldn't you like to know, you pervert?
03:57Stop hiding behind that wall and show yourself.
04:00While her outrageous tap dancing became the talk of the night,
04:03that wasn't even the moment that got the other queens to break.
04:06After sitting back down, Jimbo kept up the ruse,
04:08squeezing one final joke out of the routine
04:11that sealed the deal and sent her fellow contestants
04:13over the edge.
04:14I'm so cute.
04:16I'm a boy and I can do it myself.
04:18At that point, it was clear no one
04:21was taking the crown from Jimbo.
04:22Number six, Alexis Michelle as Liza Minnelli.
04:25Liza Minnelli is now a staple on the Snatch Game,
04:27but it wasn't until season nine that anyone
04:29dared to impersonate the music legend
04:31and one of RuPaul's favorite celebrities on the show.
04:34Newly.
04:35No, Ru, it's Liza with a Z.
04:37It has a Z.
04:38Liza with a Z.
04:39With a Z, Ru.
04:40Yes, Liza with a Z.
04:43That honor went to Alexis, who managed
04:45to accomplish what many queens struggle with,
04:48paying respect to a beloved figure
04:49while still finding a way to make them hilarious.
04:52Marvel played the palette, and I sat right in the fourth row.
04:56Wow.
04:56She sang right to me and to all the other homosexuals.
05:01Of course, no Liza impersonation is complete without jazz hands
05:04and high kicks.
05:05And when Alexis showed off hers, she
05:07had the queens on the panel hanging on her every move.
05:10Love her or hate her, you can't deny
05:11Miss Alexis knows how to deliver a show-stopping performance.
05:15She's not going to get very far in this business like that, Ru.
05:21Number five, Gottmik as Paris Hilton.
05:23Gottmik wasn't the kind of queen anyone would
05:25expect to dominate the Snatch Game.
05:27I'm so happy to be here.
05:28My goodness, your voice changed just then when you found out
05:32that we were on camera.
05:34You're so obsessed with me, it's everything.
05:35Known primarily for her impressive runway looks,
05:38she stunned everyone with her hilarious choice of character.
05:41Gottmik leaned into her strengths,
05:42portraying famed socialite Paris Hilton,
05:44who she had previously worked with as a makeup artist.
05:47What songs do you like to play when you're DJing?
05:50I honestly just press play and hope for the best.
05:53That insider knowledge clearly worked in her favor,
05:56as Gottmik nailed Hilton's valley girl accent
05:58and her quirky mannerisms.
05:59Her performance remained consistently funny,
06:02but the true highlight came towards the end,
06:04when she went full throttle on the vulgarity,
06:06leaving some of the queens in absolute shambles.
06:09Can you blame her?
06:10She was just sticking with what she knows.
06:12Never had pork chops before.
06:13I have not.
06:15But my sister just married a Rothschild,
06:17so I'm the poorest sister in the house.
06:19Ha ha ha ha ha!
06:21Number four, Baggot Chips as Kathy Bates.
06:24I'm your number one fan.
06:26Are you really?
06:27Well, I want to know this.
06:28Who's your favorite author?
06:29You, Paul.
06:30Sit on my face.
06:31Ah!
06:33It's no easy feat to strike gold twice in the Snatch Game,
06:36but Baggot Chips remains one of only a handful of queens
06:39to achieve that.
06:40After claiming victory in the challenge
06:41on her original season, Baggot returned
06:43for UK versus The World with a chilling portrayal
06:46of Kathy Bates as her Oscar-winning character
06:48from Misery.
06:49I'm your number one fan.
06:51I got your back.
06:52I'm right here.
06:54Stop looking at my man, bitches.
06:55Her performance as an obsessed fan of RuPaul
06:58was so intense that it had the host gasping
07:00for air multiple times.
07:01Every quick-witted response stayed true to the character,
07:04causing even her fellow contestants, especially
07:06Pangina Heels and Mo Hart, to slip out
07:09of character for a quick laugh.
07:10You're going to have to rewrite it.
07:12You can keep the part of naming the gravedigger
07:14after Lady Barney, but that's it.
07:17Naming Baggot the top queen of the episode
07:19was probably one of RuPaul's easiest decisions.
07:21Number three, Alaska as Mae West.
07:24Simply put, All Stars 2 was Alaska's drag race.
07:27How's my little chickadee?
07:29When I'm good, I'm good.
07:31But when I'm bad, I get a serious venereal disease.
07:34The season five queen came in swinging,
07:37dead set on snatching the crown come hell or high water.
07:40Her victory was practically sealed
07:41with her truly phenomenal impersonation of Mae West
07:44in the snatch game.
07:45Why do you go there, Mae West?
07:47Because after your 10th visit, you get one free.
07:49Oh.
07:50Oh.
07:52Alaska must have had a vault of sexual innuendos buried
07:55inside of her as she delivered them in a rapid-fire stream
07:58without missing a beat.
07:59Perhaps her most unforgettable moment
08:01came when RuPaul asked what Tammy Brown used to probe
08:04the aliens who abducted her, a response that
08:06would have made the other queens spit out their drinks
08:09if they had any.
08:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
08:12You don't beat around the bush, do you, baby?
08:14I beat around the bush all the time.
08:15What are you talking about?
08:17Number two, Bob the Drag Queen as Carol Channing.
08:20We've seen many self-proclaimed comedy queens on Drag Race,
08:23but Bob the Drag Queen was truly in a league of her own.
08:26Instead of her supermodel life, she can be my wife.
08:32For the snatch game, Bob delivered
08:34not one, but two impressions.
08:36And they were both incredible.
08:38Her second character of the night, Carol Channing,
08:40was especially hilarious, as she nailed the Broadway star's
08:43iconic voice and effortlessly traded
08:45jokes with the other queens.
08:46There is so much talk about drugs.
08:49I haven't taken anything but Lipitor for the past 10 years.
08:52You don't really get a buzz off of that.
08:54Bob managed to break a few of her competitors
08:56when she reached across the panel
08:58to banter with Chi-Chi DeVayne's Eartha Kitt.
09:00From here, I couldn't tell if you were
09:02Della Reese or Luther Vandross.
09:05I couldn't see.
09:06These aren't even my good glasses.
09:09But back to the matter at hand.
09:11These people had front row seats to one
09:13of the greatest snatch game performances of all time.
09:16Of course they were going to break at some point.
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09:34Number one, Jinkx Monsoon as Judy Garland.
09:37Jinkx Monsoon's impression of Judy Garland
09:39had everything fans could ask for in a perfect snatch game
09:42character, a spot on impersonation, raunchy jokes,
09:45and even a callback to her original season.
09:48Veteran named Dave, who's been on your show,
09:52and he said he was worried that he killed me.
09:57Ah!
09:59I think I might have killed Judy Garland.
10:01But while everyone expected Jinkx
10:03to deliver something hilarious, no one
10:05could have predicted the impromptu rendition
10:07of RuPaul's songs.
10:08Just as the challenge came to an end,
10:10Jinkx roped in the mic again and locked eyes with the camera
10:13for one last musical break.
10:14Do we have time for one more?
10:16Yes, of course we do.
10:18Gentlemen, start your engines.
10:23Her routine sent nearly the entire panel
10:26into fits of laughter.
10:27If there was any doubt before, it vanished then and there.
10:31This was winner behavior, plain and simple.
10:34You gave us Judy.
10:36So funny, so natural.
10:40Mind-blowing good.
10:41Which of these snatch game performances
10:43had you gasping for air?
10:44Let us know in the comments below.
10:46I might get put on a registry for it,
10:48but I think Snatchalorette number four.
10:50Oh my god, we won!
10:52We found the hole!
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