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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Season 3
Promotional poster for season three
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants10
WinnerTrixie Mattel
Runner-upKennedy Davenport
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkVH1
Original releaseJanuary 25 (2018-01-25) –
March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)
Season chronology
← Previous
All Stars 2
Next →
All Stars 4
List of episodes

The third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars began airing on January 25, 2018. The season was announced in August 2017, and 9 of the 10 cast members were revealed during a VH1 television special titled "Exclusive Queen Ruveal," which aired on October 20, 2017.[1][2][3] This season featured ten "All Star" contestants, selected from the show's first season through to its ninth season, who competed to be inducted into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame".

As in the previous season, the top two queens in the challenge compete in a "Lip Sync for Your Legacy," with the winner of the lip sync earning $10,000 and choosing which of the bottom queens gets eliminated. A new twist on how the top queens of the season were chosen was revealed in the season's last episode. The previously eliminated queens returned in the finale and voted for the top two out of the remaining top four finalists, from there on the two queens with the most votes advanced while the other two were subsequently eliminated. The prizes for the winner of the competition are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.

The winner of the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was Trixie Mattel, with Kennedy Davenport being the runner-up.

Contestants

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race contestants

(Ages and names stated are at time of contest.)

Contestants of All Stars 3 and their backgrounds[4]
Contestant Age Hometown Original season Original placement Outcome
Trixie Mattel 28 Los Angeles, California Season 7 6th Place Winner
Kennedy Davenport 35 Dallas, Texas Season 7 4th Place Runner-up
BeBe Zahara Benet 36 Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 1 Winner 3rd/4th Place
Shangela 35 Los Angeles, California Season 2 12th Place
Season 3 6th Place
Morgan McMichaels 36 Los Angeles, California Season 2 8th Place 5th Place[a]
BenDeLaCreme 35 Seattle, Washington Season 6 5th Place[b] 6th Place[c]
Aja 23 Brooklyn, New York Season 9 9th Place 7th Place
Chi Chi DeVayne 32 Shreveport, Louisiana Season 8 4th Place 8th Place
Milk 29 New York City, New York Season 6 9th Place 9th Place
Thorgy Thor 33 Brooklyn, New York Season 8 6th Place 10th Place

Notes

  • ^[a] Morgan McMichaels originally placed 10th before being chosen to return to the competition.
  • ^[b] This contestant was voted Miss Congeniality during her original season.
  • ^[c] This contestant eliminated herself.

Contestant progress

Progress of contests including rank/position in each episode
Contestant 1[5] 2[6] 3[7] 4[8] 5[9] 6[10] 7[11] 8[12]
Trixie Mattel SAFE SAFE HIGH BTM3 WIN BTM3 WIN Winner
Kennedy Davenport SAFE BTM2 WIN BTM3 SAFE BTM3 BTM3 Runner-up
BeBe Zahara Benet SAFE HIGH SAFE SAFE WIN WIN BTM3 Eliminated
Shangela HIGH WIN SAFE WIN BTM2 BTM3 WIN Eliminated
Morgan McMichaels ELIM IN ELIM Juror
BenDeLaCreme WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE ELIM Juror
Aja WIN SAFE BTM3 HIGH ELIM OUT Juror
Chi Chi DeVayne BTM2 LOW BTM3 ELIM OUT Juror
Milk SAFE SAFE ELIM OUT Juror
Thorgy Thor HIGH ELIM OUT Juror
  The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
  The contestant was the runner-up.
  The contestant was eliminated by jury vote without lip-syncing entirely.
  The contestant won the challenge and won the Lip Sync for Your Legacy.
  The contestant won the challenge, but lost the Lip Sync for Your Legacy.
  The contestant came back for a chance to re-enter the competition and was chosen to return.
  The contestant came back for a chance to re-enter the competition but was not chosen to return.
  The contestant received positive critiques and was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received critiques, but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant received negative critiques, but was ultimately declared safe.
  The contestant was in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated.
  The contestant won the challenge, won the Lip Sync for Your Legacy, but chose to eliminate herself from the competition.
  The contestant returned as a juror for the final episode to vote for the Top 2

Jury Vote

As part of the finale, the eliminated queens were invited back as jurors. They were given two votes each to vote for the remaining contestants that they thought deserved to make the final two, with their first vote worth two points and their second vote worth one point. The remaining contests were given the chance to plead their case before the jurors, prior to the vote.

Summary of eliminated queens (juror) votes and decisions
Juror Vote Finalist
Bebe Kennedy Shangela Trixie
Aja Kennedy Trixie
BenDeLaCreme Kennedy Trixie
Chi Chi DeVayne Kennedy Trixie
Milk Kennedy Trixie
Morgan McMichaels BeBe Kennedy
Thorgy Thor Shangela Trixie
Number of votes 1 5 1 5
Points 2 8 1 7
Result Eliminated Top Two Eliminated Top Two
  The contestant was picked first and received two points.
  The contestant was picked second and received one point.
  Contest received the most votes and made it to the Top Two
  Contest received the second most votes and made it to the Top Two

Lip syncs

Summary of lip syncs, votes and eliminations
Episode Contestants
(Pick for Elimination) 		Song Winner Up For Elimination Eliminated
1 Aja
(Chi Chi DeVayne) 		vs. BenDeLaCreme
(Morgan McMichaels) 		"Anaconda"
(Nicki Minaj) 		BenDeLaCreme Chi Chi DeVayne
Morgan McMichaels 		Morgan McMichaels
2 BenDeLaCreme
(Thorgy Thor) 		vs. Shangela
(Thorgy Thor) 		"Jump (For My Love)"
(The Pointer Sisters) 		Shangela Kennedy Davenport
Thorgy Thor 		Thorgy Thor
3 BenDeLaCreme
(Milk) 		vs. Kennedy Davenport
(Milk) 		"Green Light"
(Lorde) 		Kennedy Davenport Aja
Chi Chi DeVayne
Milk 		Milk
4 BenDeLaCreme
(Chi Chi DeVayne) 		vs. Shangela
(Chi Chi DeVayne) 		"I Kissed a Girl"
(Katy Perry) 		BenDeLaCreme & Shangela Chi Chi DeVayne
Kennedy Davenport
Trixie Mattel 		Chi Chi DeVayne
5 Bebe Zahara Benet
(Aja) 		vs. Trixie Mattel
(Aja) 		"The Boss"
(Diana Ross) 		Bebe Zahara Benet Aja
Shangela 		Aja
6[a] Bebe Zahara Benet
(Trixie Mattel)[b]
[Morgan McMichels] 		vs. BenDeLaCreme
(BenDeLaCreme)
[Morgan McMichels] 		"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here
(Hex Hector Dance Mix)"
(Deborah Cox) 		BenDeLaCreme Kennedy Davenport
Shangela
Trixie Mattel 		BenDeLaCreme[c]
7 Shangela
(Morgan McMichels) 		vs. Trixie Mattel
(Morgan McMichels) 		"Freaky Money"
(RuPaul ft. Big Freedia) 		Shangela Bebe Zahara Benet
Kennedy Davenport
Morgan McMichaels 		Morgan McMichaels
8 Kennedy Davenport vs. Trixie Mattel "Wrecking Ball"
(Miley Cyrus) 		Trixie Mattel — Kennedy Davenport
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
  The contestant chose to eliminate themselves.
  The contestant was eliminated after the final lip sync.


Notes

  1. ^ In episode 6, the contestants in the lip sync were asked to choose an eliminated contestant to return to the competition in addition to picking someone to eliminate.
  • ^[b] BeBe Zahara Benet chose not to show whom she selected to return to the competition and whom she selected to eliminate if she had won the lip sync. Later on Trinity the Tuck's podcast, on May 3, 2020, Aja asserted that Bebe had chosen Trixie Mattel for elimination.
  • ^[c] BenDeLaCreme wrote her own name on a lipstick using whiteout, choosing to quit the competition. After being given the choice by RuPaul to select a queen to return, she chose Morgan McMichaels.

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:[13]

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes but did not judge on the main stage (in order of appearance):

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
161"All-Star Variety Show"January 25, 2018 (2018-01-25)
172"Divas Lip Sync Live"February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
183"The B*tchelor"February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08)
194"All Stars Snatch Game"February 15, 2018 (2018-02-15)
205"Pop Art Ball[14]"February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22)[15]
216"Handmaids to Kitty Girls[16]"March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)[15]
227"My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip[17]"March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08)[17]
238"A Jury of Their Queers[17]"March 15, 2018 (2018-03-15)[17]

Leak

On February 15, 2018, the series production company World of Wonder filed a lawsuit against an anonymous leaker using the alias RealityTVLeaks.[18] According to the lawsuit, RealityTVLeaks posted several visuals from the season on various social media websites such as Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram before each episode's airing—including runway themes, challenges, episode titles, and eliminated queens.[18] Additionally, a producer from the show stated that the leaker removed "information identifying [World of Wonder] as the copyright owner and author" before adding "misleading copyright management information falsely identifying [the defendants] as the copyright owners and authors."[18] World of Wonder launched the suit because of the defendant's "unlawful theft and public dissemination of episodes of the popular and critically-acclaimed reality television show," and the production company confirmed it is seeking damages of $300,000, including $150,000 for each infringed episode and $25,000 per violation of "actual damages" and defendants' profits.[18]

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 3
No. Title Air date Rating/share
(18–49)		 Viewers
(millions)
1 "All-Star Variety Show" January 25, 2018 0.46[19] 0.895[19]
2 "Divas Lip Sync Live" February 1, 2018 0.40[20] 0.777[20]
3 "The B*tchelor" February 8, 2018 0.39[21] 0.738[21]
4 "All Stars Snatch Game" February 15, 2018 0.34[22] 0.713[22]
5 "Pop Art Ball" February 22, 2018 0.38[23] 0.732[23]
6 "Handmaids to Kitty Girls" March 1, 2018 0.49[24] 0.883[24]
7 "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip" March 8, 2018 0.31[25] 0.658[25]
8 "A Jury of Their Queers" March 15, 2018 0.27[26] 0.589[26]

Critical reception

Although a ratings success, the season was not critically well received, following the high bar set by All Stars 2. Vulture, in writing a summation review, described the season as "truly one of the roughest seasons of the show ever. After a stellar, jaw-unhingingly good All Stars 2, this season felt more like an embarrassing cousin you brought to gay happy hour who wears double polos".[27] The A.V. Club similarly described the season as disappointing; in their final review of the season, they wrote, "I should be celebrating the crowning of a new queen in the Drag Race hall of fame, but Drag Race All Stars season three has left me feeling totally underwhelmed and wondering, What’s the point?"[28]

Vulture did however make the point that although the season did not live up to expectations, "even at its worst, it’s still one of the best, if not the best goddamn reality competition show on television".[29]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "RuPaul to Reveal 'All Stars' Season 3 Cast on Upcoming VH1 Special: 'Prepare to Be Gagged'". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' season 3 cast to be revealed during TV special". Entertainment Weekly. October 13, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Fernandez, Matt (October 14, 2017). "TV News Roundup: 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' to Launch Season 3 with Hour Special". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' season 3 queens announced: See an exclusive cast photo". Entertainment Weekly. 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  5. ^ "All-Star Variety Show". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 1. January 25, 2018.
  6. ^ "Divas Lip-Sync Live". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 2. February 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "The B*itchelor". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 3. February 8, 2018.
  8. ^ "All Stars Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 4. February 15, 2018.
  9. ^ "All Stars Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 5. February 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "Handmaid to Kitty Girls". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 6. March 1, 2018.
  11. ^ "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 7. March 8, 2018.
  12. ^ "A Jury of their Queers". RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. Season 3. Episode 8. March 15, 2018.
  13. ^ O'Keefe, Kevin (January 18, 2018). "'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3' Reveals Guest Judges, Releases New Sneak Peek". IntoMore. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  14. ^ "TV Schedule for RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars". www.vh1.com. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  15. ^ a b "The Futon Clinic". The Futon Critic. January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
  16. ^ "Ru Paul Copyright". www.scribd.com. February 15, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  17. ^ a b c d "All Stars Season 3 Episode Guide". www.tvguide.com. March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  18. ^ a b c d Moore, Matt (February 17, 2018). "RuPaul's Drag Race producers are suing an anonymous leaker for $300,000". Gay Times. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  19. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 1.25.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
  20. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 2.1.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  21. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 2.8.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  22. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 2.15.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
  23. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 2.22.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  24. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 3.1.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  25. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 3.8.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  26. ^ a b Metcalf, Mitch. "UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY's Top 150 Thursday Cable Originals and Network Finals: 3.15.2018". ShowBuzzDaily. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  27. ^ http://www.vulture.com/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-where-did-it-go-wrong-this-season.html
  28. ^ https://www.avclub.com/a-mediocre-season-of-rupaul-s-drag-race-all-stars-ends-1823821936
  29. ^ http://www.vulture.com/2018/03/rupauls-drag-race-where-did-it-go-wrong-this-season.html
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