All Stars 10 Runner Up Breaks Silence After Season finale: ‘I Just Feel Hollow’

The Drag Race fandom has been reeling from the All Stars 10 crowing after Ginger Minj beat out Jorgeous to be crowned RuPaul’s winner over the weekend – and it’s one of the most disruptive crownings in the history of the show.

via: Pink News

Now RuPaul’s Drag Race star Jorgeous has spoken out after the finale of All Stars 10, which saw her narrowly miss out on the crown to fourth-time returnee Ginger Minj.

The finale of All Stars 10 saw many firsts for the spinoff of the beloved RuPaul’s Drag Race franchise.

It saw the conclusion of the first ever ‘Tournament of All Stars’. It saw the reintroduction of a Wildcard queen (Kerri Colby). It saw Rate-A-Queen make its first appearance in an All Stars franchise.

And, crucially, it saw Ginger Minj snatch her first ever Drag Race crown after appearing on season 7, All Stars 2 and All Stars 6.

She landed in the top two after being announced as the winner in lipsyncs against Kerri and Bosco, and then came face to face with Jorgeous – who had dispatched Aja and Lydia B. Kollins in the final’s lipsync smackdown.

After a final lipsync to “Raining Men” by The Weather Girls, Ginger entered the Drag Race Hall of Fame, leaving a devastated Jorgeous as runner-up.

Taking to Twitter on June 18, the season 14 and All Stars 9 competitor broke her silence to address fans after the episode aired.

“There was honestly nothing I could’ve done different. I did my best & I’m so happy y’all saw it for me,” Jorgeous wrote. “Thank y’all for being on this journey with me. I love you.”

And though it seems the pint-sized pocket rocket was in fairly good spirits then, a follow up post the next day (19 June) indicated that she was feeling “hollow” after the All Stars 10 winner was announced.

“[Not going to lie] I was sad [as f**k] yesterday,” she wrote.

“Now I just feel … hollow. [I don’t know] might delete later.”

Fellow All Stars runner up Kandy Muse, who lost out to Jimbo two seasons prior, was among the loudest to commiserate Jorgeous in the comments of the post, writing: “You’ll feel like this for a little bit, then you kinda just get over it when you realize you get so much more opportunities than the winner lmao, love you sis.”

And Jorgeous’ season 14 sister Kornbread wrote: “You may feel hollow now, but use it as an opportunity to fill up on all the love everyone is giving you! Collect your flowers and use it to push forward! You have always been and forever will be that b!tch! BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU DID!”

For anyone suffering immediate withdrawals, never fear; Drag Race UK vs. the World‘s third season is on the way, and Drag Race Philippines: Slaysian Royale recently confirmed its first ever cast. And the All Stars 11 cast is already kicking about…

The RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 grand finale is streaming now on Paramount+ in the US and WOW Presents Plus internationally.

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While I am not discounting Ginger's talent, and it was clear that she was production's choice from the beginning to be the winner, Jorgeous is the people's winner of All Stars 10.