RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 1
Template:Infobox reality talent competition The first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars premiered on the Logo network on October 22, 2012. Contestants from the original RuPaul's Drag Race show returned to compete again. Cast members were announced on August 6.[1]
This season features 12 returning contestants representing all four seasons. It aired six one-hour episodes.[2] Contestants were judged on their "charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent" and, since they competed in teams of two, also "synergy". The winner received a supply of MAC cosmetics, a "one of a kind trip" and $100,000.[3] The theme song playing during the runway every episode is "Sexy Drag Queen" (dootdoot 'doot-swift' Remix) and the song playing during the credits is "Responsitrannity" (Matt Pop's Edit), the latter of which is originally from RuPaul's album Glamazon.
The first episode introduced several changes to the rules for the All Stars competition. Queens competed in teams of two, determined by the contestants themselves. Both members of the losing team would be eliminated each week. The bottom two teams chose one member to "lip synch for their lives". The non-lip synching teammates had the option during the first minute of the performance to declare a "she-mergency", hit a panic button and "tag in" to complete the performance. RuPaul dedicated the first episode in memory of Sahara Davenport, a former competitor in season 2 of RuPaul's Drag Race who died due to heart failure.[4]
The winner of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was Chad Michaels, with Raven being the runner-up.
Contestants
The drag queens who competed are:
(Ages and names stated are at time of contest)
| Contestant | Name | Age | Hometown | Original season |
Original placement |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Michaels | Chad Michaels | 41 | San Diego, CA | Season 4 | Runner-up | Winner |
| Raven | David Petruschin | 33 | Riverside, CA | Season 2 | Runner-up | Runner-up |
| Jujubee | Airline Inthyrath | 28 | Boston, MA | Season 2 | 3rd Place | 3rd/4th Place |
| Shannel | Bryan Watkins[5] | 32 | Las Vegas, NV | Season 1 | 4th Place | |
| Alexis Mateo | Alexis Mateo Pacheco | 32 | St. Petersburg, FL | Season 3 | 3rd Place | 5th/6th Place |
| Yara Sofia | Gabriel Burgos Ortiz | 28 | Manatí, Puerto Rico | Season 3 | 4th Place[a] | |
| Latrice Royale | Timothy Wilcots | 40 | South Beach, FL | Season 4 | 4th Place[a] | 7th/8th Place |
| Manila Luzon | Karl Westerberg | 30 | New York City, New York | Season 3 | Runner-up | |
| Nina Flowers | Jorge Luis Flores Sánchez | 37 | Bayamón, PR | Season 1 | Runner-up[a] | 9th/10th Place |
| Tammie Brown | Keith Glen Schubert | 32 | Long Beach, CA | Season 1 | 8th Place | |
| Mimi Imfurst | Braden Chapman | 29 | New York, NY | Season 3 | 11th Place | 11th/12th Place |
| Pandora Boxx | Michael Steck | 40 | Rochester, NY | Season 2 | 5th Place[a] |
Contestant progress
| Contestant | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Michaels | Shad | BTM2 | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | Winner |
| Raven | Rujubee | HIGH | LOW | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | Runner-up |
| Jujubee | HIGH | LOW | BTM2 | BTM2 | BTM2 | Eliminated | |
| Shannel | Shad | BTM2 | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | Eliminated |
| Alexis Mateo | Yarlexis | LOW | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Yara Sofia | LOW | WIN | SAFE | ELIM | |||
| Latrice Royale | Latrila | WIN | BTM2 | ELIM | |||
| Manila Luzon | WIN | BTM2 | ELIM | ||||
| Nina Flowers | Brown Flowers | SAFE | ELIM | ||||
| Tammie Brown | SAFE | ELIM | |||||
| Mimi Imfurst | Mandora | ELIM | |||||
| Pandora Boxx | ELIM | ||||||
- The contestant won RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars.
- The contestant was the runner-up.
- The contestant was eliminated without lip-syncing entirely.
- The contestant was on the team who won the challenge.
- The contestant received positive judges' critiques but were ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant received judges' critiques but were ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant received negative judges' critiques but were ultimately declared safe.
- The contestant was in the bottom two and lip synced for their life.
- The contestant was in the bottom two but did not lip sync for their life.
- The contestant did not lip sync for their life but was on the losing team and was eliminated.
- The contestant lip synced for their life and was eliminated.
- The contestant replaced her partner during the lip sync, finished the lip sync and was eliminated.
Lip-syncs
| Episode | Teams (Lip-syncer) |
Song | Eliminated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Mandora (Mimi Imfurst) |
vs. | Team Shad (Chad Michaels) |
"Opposites Attract" (Paula Abdul) |
Team Mandora (Mimi Imfurst and Pandora Boxx) |
| 2 | Team Brown Flowers (Tammie Brown) |
vs. | Team Latrila (Latrice Royale) |
"There's No Business Like Show Business" (Ethel Merman) |
Team Brown Flowers (Nina Flowers and Tammie Brown) |
| 3 | Team Latrila (Manila Luzon) |
vs. | Team Rujubee (Jujubee) |
"Nasty" (Janet Jackson) |
Team Latrila (Latrice Royale and Manila Luzon) |
| 4 | Team Rujubee (Raven) |
vs. | Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo and Yara Sofia) |
"Don't Cha" (The Pussycat Dolls) |
Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo and Yara Sofia) |
| 5 | Jujubee | vs. | Raven | "Dancing on My Own" (Robyn) |
None |
| 6 | Chad Michaels | vs. | Raven | "Responsitrannity (Matt Pop Remix)" (RuPaul) |
Raven |
- The contestant/team was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
- The contestant/team was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.
- The contestant was eliminated after the final lip sync.
Judges
The complete roster of guest judges includes:[6]
- Janice Dickinson (model, photographer, author, and talent agent)
- Beth Ditto (singer, songwriter and model)
- Rachel Dratch (actress and comedian)
- Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (actress and horror hostess)
- Rachel Hunter (actress and reality television show host)
- Vicki Lawrence (actress, comedian, and singer)
- Ross Mathews (comedian and television personality)
- Wendi McLendon-Covey (actress, writer, producer and comedian)
- Cheri Oteri (actress and comedian)
- Rosie Perez (actress, dancer, choreographer, director and community activist)
- Busy Philipps (actress)
- Mary Wilson (singer, author, and actress)
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "It Takes Two" | October 22, 2012 |
| 2 | 2 | "RuPaul's Gaff-In" | October 29, 2012 |
| 3 | 3 | "Queens Behaving Badly" | November 5, 2012 |
| 4 | 4 | "All Star Girl Groups" | November 12, 2012 |
| 5 | 5 | "Dynamic Drag Duos" | November 19, 2012 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Grand Finale" | November 26, 2012 |
References
- ^ RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race: Meet the Queens from www.newnownext.com 6 August 2012
- ^ "Logo launching all-stars edition of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' -- Exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. March 12, 2012.
- ^ RuPaul's All Stars Drag Race Premiere: Never Too Early to Throw Shade
- ^ RuPaul will crown an all-star queen in new season of ‘Drag Race’
- ^ Miyasato, Kiko (October 21, 2016). "Q&A: Bryan Watkins". Las Vegas Magazine. Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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