Watch how the 'Drag Race' top 4 queens reacted to the season 17 finale
Mama Ru has crowned America's Next Drag Superstar at the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race season 17, and we now have an official of the top 4 queens — Jewels Sparkles, Lexi Love, Onya Nurve, and Sam Star — sharing their live reactions watching the finale and the subsequent crowning of a new champion.
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Between sharing what they learned about one another while competing on the show, cheering for all the eliminated queens walking on the mainstage of Drag Race with their finale extravaganza looks, and watching the solo numbers from Jewels ("Ding") and Onya ("It Do Take Nurve") during the episode, the queens got emotional as they heard the top 2 being announced and reflected on this being the end of Lexi and Sam's journeys in the competition.
The top 4 queens are also seen watching the lip sync for the crown between Onya and Jewels to "Abracadabra" by Lady Gaga — though it was likely cut short due to copyright reasons. After all, the song was licensed for the Drag Race finale, not for this subsequent live reaction video.
Toward the end, the frame locked in on Jewels and Onya holding each other's hands and waiting for Ru's suspenseful delivery of which queen was crowned a winner.
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As the frontrunner of the entire season who won as many as four maxi challenges on Drag Race, Onya was indeed crowned America's Next Drag Superstar — an incredibly well-deserved outcome after such a wonderful run throughout the competition.
Onya's immediate response was a loud scream that was filled with joy and pride. In the meantime, the other finalists congratulated her, and some of them even got a little bit emotional after hearing Ru's announcement.
But the crowning of Onya Nurve is only the beginning for a year full of more (so much more) Drag Race. In just a few weeks, a gag-worthy cast made up of 18 queens are all returning to compete on All Stars 10 — hailed as the ultimate "Tournament of All Stars" for the franchise.
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