The unsinkable Thorgy Thor 'RuPaul's Drag Race' favorite reflects on her elimination

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Thorgy Thor performs onstage during Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 8 Premiere at Stage 48 on February 22, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 22: Thorgy Thor performs onstage during Logo's "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 8 Premiere at Stage 48 on February 22, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Santiago Felipe/Getty Images) Photo: Santiago Felipe, Stringer Photo: Santiago Felipe, Stringer Image 1 of / 21 Caption Close The unsinkable Thorgy Thor 1 / 21 Back to Gallery

Thorgy Thor was pegged as top three by many "RuPaul's Drag Race" fans. It was a surprise, then, when the multifaceted performer sashayed away in sixth place, before Derrick Barry and Chi Chi Devayne.

Once the tears subside and the seasons end, it's safe to say Thorgy Thor will be OK. She's a singer, comedian and plays violin, viola and cello. She recently drew a big crowd to South Beach nightclub in Houston, dubbing it a "really, really fun city."

We talked "Drag Race" drama and the complexities of loving Bob the Drag Queen.

What was it like watching your final episode unfold in TV time?

I've been doing a viewing party every single week in Brooklyn. I love doing it in front of people that have come to my shows for years. Every time I went out, I got, 'You're the winner. I'm gonna jump off a bridge if you don't win. You're top three.' But the whole time I knew episode 7 is when I'm getting the boot. I was not anticipating watching that in public. But I had the balls to go out there anyway. After I got eliminated, people were screaming, they went crazy. And now on Twitter, there's this thing -- #justiceforthorgy happening. Everyone's tweeting RuPaul, saying she made a mistake. I love it. I love that everyone's so angry.

There must be some disappointment in not winning – right?

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I'm just a big fan. I didn't need to win the show. I just had a blast, and I think I was really depicted in a good way. I had fun. I watched myself on television like, 'Yeah, I really am that crazy all the time.' I'm very happy to be on the show. I wish I could've made it further, but it was nice to watch it with family and friends.

Did you have a feeling this was not your best week?

Can I be honest with you? I thought I was gonna win that episode. That was my feeling throughout. 'I'm gonna win. I'm gonna win.' I actually had this enormous, gray/silver fox coat that I was gonna wear on the runway for the black-and-white look. I thought, 'I don't even need this. Let me save it for, like, next week.' I really thought that. When we were filming the (political) videos, there's a whole team of story producers and cameramen. There was like 50 people there in that studio, and they were laughing hysterically the whole time. I literally left there like, 'This is gonna be good. I've won.' And then seeing it, I was like, 'Wow – that was edited kinda crappy.' When they judged us based on a group, and Chi Chi was with me, and the song was about a Dreamgirl, I was just like, 'Oh, they're sending me home. It doesn't matter if I grow wings and fly across the stage. I am definitely going home.' By the time we actually lip-synced, I kind of already knew it. I just had fun lip-syncing with Chi Chi.

You pegged Derrick Barry and Chi Chi as the next ones to leave more than once.

Listen, I love both of them so much because they're so different. Chi Chi's story is great – where she comes from and she doesn't have a lot of money and all that. Derrick is such a Southern sweetheart. She's not a sarcastic, jaded New Yorker like me and Bob. She's really sensitive. In a drag competition, when it's nonstop and you have to be intensely creative and always on it, I thought Derrick really just didn't have it in her as a very creative person to be on a reality television show. And Chi Chi, when it's a neon challenge and you wear basically a black bathing suit with a little pink stripe on it. It was throughout the competition that Derrick was constantly Britney (Spears), never showed anything different. And Chi Chi just didn't have it for me. I was just constantly unimpressed. I could run circles around these girls, and to be kicked off before them was the only shock. But I love them both, and I wish them both luck and I hope to work with them.

What was your shining moment on the show?

I really had a good time during RuCo's Empire, filming the acting challenge. That was just fun for me. I like acting, and I like being pressured to memorize lines. RuPaul was actually one of the coaches during it, so it was nice to get to hang out and film that. Of course, I loved the group challenge with my New York sisters. That was really fun to do 'Street Meatz' with them.

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Who did you become fast friends with on the show?

I'm gonna say Naomi Smalls. She really is fun. Naomi really made me feel comfortable because she made fun of me the most. She talks to me like some of my really good friends. I love that.

Who had the most challenging personality?

Bob. Absolutely. She never shuts up. I can't hang out with her too long because she never shuts up. I have to get time with Bob, then I'm like, 'Bob, I have to go. You never stop talking.' When I got there, she was no longer my friend in New York who had fun with me. She was there to win and to get the most camera time and she really never shut up. It was very difficult for me, and I think that's why they edited this whole, 'Ugh, Bob, I'm over you. Ugh, Bob, you won again.'

The show created this frenemies situation between you and Bob.

Me and Bob have known each other for years and years and years. She talks so much. I'm like, 'Oh, girl, when you talk I can't pay attention to all these thoughts that are in my head constantly. Shut up.'

She's like, 'I feel like I always annoy you.'

I'm like, 'You always annoy me. But I love you so much. But ugh -- stop.'

But then with the music (on the show), 'Dun dun dun.' It's really not that big of a deal. I love Bob, and she knows this. I'm never against her. I'm rooting for her from the bottom of my heart. I always want my friends to win. I don't mind a little drama on the show. It gave me more airtime.

What's it been like watching the evolution of drag and the impact of this show?

I could talk your ear off about this. There has been an influx in queens, and I kind of love it because the industry has gotten so popular and it's really cool. But it's made it really hard for local queens to keep working over the years. 'Drag Race' really opened their eyes to, 'Oh, it's all about getting on the show.' It's the only show like it out there, and it really makes or breaks careers. I knew all these girls before the show: Willam, Detox, Ivy (Winters), Sharon (Needles), Alaska, Bianca (Del Rio). We met because I booked them (for my show in Brooklyn). And then they would get on the show, and I never saw them again. I was still auditioning every year. It was frustrating to me seeing all these queens that I love, that came in and out of my life, that kept getting on the show. It was like, 'What's wrong with me? Why am I not on the show?'

You've mastered a balance of comedy, style, live singing and lip sync. What advice can you give aspiring quadruple threats?

Find a look that's iconic. I have that big, black eye that I do, and Michelle (Visage) makes fun of it. But all this fan art that's coming out, what do you think they're drawing on my face to make it look like me? That's my thing. I always encourage people to find one thing. If you wear hats, then wear hats every single time. Find your schtick and stay in that. It's easier for viewers of fans and drag to put you in a box. Deliver this great package.