People's reaction to Season 16 winner when it aired

I've been a long time fan of drag race, started watching during season 6, but due to life, I haven't gotten around to watching season 16 until now. I knew going in that Nymphia won and Sapphira got second as I saw the Padam padam lipsync all over my instagram the night the finale aired. Based on everyone's reaction at the time, I thought everyone was rooting for Nymphia to win. Now that I've just finished, I am SHOCKED Saphirra didn't win. She absolutely killed the entire season imo.She was so clearly a winner and very likeable. Why didn't she win? When it aired what team were people on and did the last lipsync impact opinions? I'm super curious as to how the fanbase on here and instagram felt at the time.