- Davide Laffe
- Bianca Del Rio was crowned queen queen.
Finales are hard, you guys—don’t worry, I’m not going to get into the minefield of series finales (HIMYM is still dead to me). I’m talking about season finales, which, depending on the type of show—sitcom, reality show, or whatever in hell The Bachelor is these days—can vary from your standard cliffhanger (think Scandal or, going way back, Dallas) to declaring the deserving winner on a talent-based competition (definitely not the last season of Top Chef). Showrunners have to lay the groundwork for new storylines while simultaneously offering up a payoff for our months-long commitment to their show. Sometimes that payoff can come across as blatant fan service—but that’s not always a bad thing. Sometimes it’s unavoidable.
Now, this isn’t to say that the audience’s voice falls on deaf ears or unread feeds—after all, the winners of seasons four and five were also fan favorites. Add to that the fact that the “live coronation” is really more of a delayed reaction—the last three finales were all been pretaped, with “alternate endings”—and it’s safe to assume that the Drag Race production team takes into account what the audience wants.
