RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 3)
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".
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | |
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Season 3 | |
![]() Promotional poster for season three | |
Hosted by | RuPaul |
Judges | |
No. of contestants | 10 |
Winner | Trixie Mattel |
Runner-up | Kennedy Davenport |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | VH1 |
Original release | January 25 – March 15, 2018 |
Season chronology | |
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
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season | Original placement | Outcome |
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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 Place |
Shangela [lower-alpha 1] | 35 | Los Angeles, California | Season 2 | 12th Place | |
Season 3 | 6th Place | ||||
Morgan McMichaels | 36 | Los Angeles, California | Season 2 | 8th Place | 5th Place[lower-alpha 2] |
BenDeLaCreme | 35 | Seattle, Washington | Season 6 | 5th Place[lower-alpha 3] | 6th Place[lower-alpha 4] |
Aja | 23 | New York City, New York | Season 9 | 9th Place | 7th Place |
Chi Chi DeVayne [lower-alpha 5] | 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 | New York City, New York | Season 8 | 6th Place | 10th Place |
- Shangela Laquifa Wadley is simply referred to as Shangela
- Morgan McMichaels originally placed 10th before being chosen to return to the competition.
- This contestant was voted Miss Congeniality during her original season.
- BenDeLaCreme eliminated herself.
- Chi Chi Kat Devayne is simply referred to as Chi Chi DeVayne this season
Contestant progress
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||||
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1[5] | 2[6] | 3[7] | 4[8] | 5[9] | 6[10][lower-alpha 1] | 7[11] | 8[12] | |
Trixie Mattel | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | TOP2 | BTM | TOP2 | Winner |
Kennedy Davenport | SAFE | BTM | WIN | BTM | SAFE | BTM | BTM | Runner-up |
BeBe Zahara Benet | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | TOP2 | BTM | Eliminated |
Shangela | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | BTM | BTM | WIN | Eliminated |
Morgan McMichaels | ELIM | IN | ELIM | Juror | ||||
BenDeLaCreme | WIN | TOP2 | TOP2 | WIN | SAFE | QUIT | Juror | |
Aja | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Juror | |
Chi Chi DeVayne | BTM | SAFE | BTM | ELIM | OUT | Juror | ||
Milk | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Juror | |||
Thorgy Thor | SAFE | ELIM | OUT | Juror |
- BenDeLaCreme won the challenge and the Lip-Sync for Your Legacy, but chose to eliminate herself instead of one of the bottom queens.
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 contestants were given the chance to plead their case before the jurors, prior to the vote.[13]
Juror | Vote | Finalist | |||
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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
Episode | Contestants (Pick for Elimination) |
Song | Winner | Up for Elimination | Eliminated | ||
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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 (Chi Chi DeVayne) |
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 | Chi Chi DeVayne Kennedy Davenport Trixie Mattel |
Chi Chi DeVayne |
Shangela | |||||||
5 | BeBe Zahara Benet (Aja) |
vs. | Trixie Mattel (Aja) |
"The Boss" (Diana Ross) |
BeBe Zahara Benet | Aja Shangela |
Aja |
6[lower-alpha 1] | BeBe Zahara Benet (Unknown)[lower-alpha 2] [Morgan McMichaels] |
vs. | BenDeLaCreme (BenDeLaCreme) [Morgan McMichaels] |
"Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (Hex Hector Dance Mix)" (Deborah Cox) |
BenDeLaCreme | Kennedy Davenport Shangela Trixie Mattel |
BenDeLaCreme[lower-alpha 3] |
7 | Shangela (Morgan McMichaels) |
vs. | Trixie Mattel (Morgan McMichaels) |
"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 | N/A | 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 themself.
- The contestant was eliminated after the final lip sync.
Notes
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:[14]
- Vanessa Hudgens, actress and singer
- Todrick Hall, actor and singer
- Vanessa Williams, actress and singer
- Constance Zimmer, actress
- Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, actor and model
- Nicole Byer, comedian and actress
- Kristin Chenoweth, actress and singer
- Tituss Burgess, actor and singer
- Shay Mitchell, actress and model
- Adam Lambert, singer and actor
- Emma Bunton, singer and actress
- Chris Colfer, actor and singer
- Garcelle Beauvais, actress and model
Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes but did not judge on the main stage (in order of appearance):
- Chad Michaels, runner-up from season four and winner of season one of All Stars
- Alaska, runner-up from season five and winner of season two of All Stars
- Marc Jacobs, fashion designer
- Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Representative for California's 12th congressional district
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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16 | 1 | "All-Star Variety Show" | January 25, 2018 | |
Nine all-stars enter the workroom. RuPaul then enters the workroom and tells the queens that there is a surprise 10th queen. The 10th queen is revealed to be BeBe Zahara Benet, the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 1. For the mini-challenge, the queens must read each other. BenDeLaCreme wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens must perform a talent in front of the judges and a live audience.
On the runway, Aja, BenDeLaCreme, Shangela and Thorgy Thor receive positive critiques, with Aja and BenDeLaCreme being the top two all-stars of the week. Chi Chi DeVayne and Morgan McMichaels are declared the bottom two all-stars. Back on the runway, Aja and BenDeLaCreme lip-sync to "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj. BenDeLaCreme is declared the winner of the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Morgan McMichaels from the competition.
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17 | 2 | "Divas Lip Sync Live" | February 1, 2018 | |
The queens enter the workroom and Aja reveals she would have eliminated Chi Chi DeVayne from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For the main challenge, the queens perform in a lip-syncing dance number inspired by VH1 Divas.
On the runway, the queens must redeem a look that they did in their previous season. BeBe Zahara Benet, BenDeLaCreme and Shangela receive positive critiques, with BenDeLaCreme and Shangela being the top two all-stars of the week. Chi Chi DeVayne, Kennedy Davenport and Thorgy Thor receive negative critiques, with Kennedy Davenport and Thorgy Thor being the bottom two all-stars. Backstage, Milk has a meltdown after thinking that she's getting overlooked in the competition and thinks she should've been in the top this week. Back on stage BenDeLaCreme and Shangela lip-sync to "Jump (For My Love)" by The Pointer Sisters. Shangela wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Thorgy Thor from the competition.
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18 | 3 | "The Bitchelor" | February 8, 2018 | |
The queens enter the workroom and BenDeLaCreme reveals she would have eliminated Thorgy Thor from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For the main challenge, the queens must improvise in an unscripted dating show inspired by The Bachelor called The Bitchelor. Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman is revealed to be the Bachelor. For the first date, BeBe Zahara Benet and BenDeLaCreme play The Shy Virgin and The Cougar, respectively. For the second date, Milk and Trixie Mattel play The Psycho Stalker and The Fake Bitch, respectively. For the third date, Aja and Kennedy Davenport play The Super Needy Girl and The Party Girl, respectively. For the final date, Chi Chi DeVayne and Shangela play The Polyamorous Duo. On the runway, category is Wigs on Wigs on Wigs. BenDeLaCreme, Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel receive positive critiques, with BenDeLaCreme and Kennedy Davenport being the top two all-stars of the week. Aja, Chi Chi DeVayne and Milk all receive negative critiques and are the bottom three all-stars. BenDeLaCreme and Kennedy Davenport then lip-sync to "Green Light" by Lorde. Kennedy Davenport wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Milk from the competition.
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19 | 4 | "All Stars Snatch Game" | February 15, 2018 | |
Back in the workroom, BenDeLaCreme reveals she would have eliminated Chi Chi DeVayne from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For the main challenge, the all-stars play the Snatch Game.
On the runway, category is Flower Power. Aja, BenDeLaCreme and Shangela receive positive critiques, with BenDeLaCreme and Shangela being the top two all-stars of the week. Chi Chi DeVayne, Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel all receive negative critiques with all of them being the bottom three all-stars. BenDeLaCreme and Shangela then lip-sync to "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry. They are both declared the winners of the lip-sync. They both then decide to eliminate Chi Chi DeVayne from the competition.
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20 | 5 | "Pop Art Ball[15]" | February 22, 2018[16] | |
For this weeks mini-challenge, the queens pose for a pop art-style portrait. Aja wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens are asked to prepare two runway looks for the Pop Art Ball: one inspired by Warhol's Campbell's Soup Cans and a second inspired by Studio 54. On the runway, BeBe Zahara Benet and Trixie Mattel are the top two all-stars of the week. Aja and Shangela are then revealed to be the bottom two all-stars. BeBe Zahara Benet and Trixie Mattel then lip-sync to "The Boss" by Diana Ross. BeBe Zahara Benet wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Aja from the competition.
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21 | 6 | "Handmaids to Kitty Girls[17]" | March 1, 2018[16] | |
RuPaul announces that the eliminated queens will be returning to the competition, with one of them getting a chance to officially return. She then tells the queens that they will be splitting up into two teams, the eliminated queens and the remaining queens, and they will perform as a all-star super girl group called "The Kitty Girls". The queens also must come up with a character for the performance. The eliminated queens perform to the song "Sitting on a Secret" with Aja being "Lil' Banjee Kitty", Chi Chi DeVayne being "Cajun Kitty", Milk being "Milky Kitty", Morgan McMichaels being "Bimbo Kitty" and Thorgy Thor being "Cardio Kitty". The remaining queens perform to the song "Drag up your Life" with BeBe Zahara Benet being "Jungle Kitty", BenDeLaCreme being "Goth Kitty", Kennedy Davenport being "Diva Kitty", Shangela being "Sparkle Kitty" and Trixie Mattel being "I.Q. Kitty". After the performances, it is announced that the remaining queens' team is the winner of the challenge. BeBe Zahara Benet and BenDeLaCreme are announced as the top two all-stars, with Kennedy Davenport, Shangela and Trixie Mattel being the bottom three all-stars. It is revealed that whoever wins the lip-sync, will choose an eliminated queen to return to the competition. She will then also have to choose one of her remaining teammates who are the bottom three to eliminate from the competition. BeBe Zahara Benet and BenDeLaCreme then lip-sync to "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here (Hex Hector Dance Mix)" by Deborah Cox. BenDeLaCreme is revealed to be the winner of the lip-sync. She then decides to bring back Morgan McMichaels to the competition. She then decides to eliminate herself from the competition, shocking everyone.
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22 | 7 | "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip[18]" | March 8, 2018[18] | |
Back in the workroom, BeBe decides not to show anyone who she chose to come back to the competition or who she chose to eliminate from the competition. For the main challenge, the queens must star in a raunchy girl comedy blockbuster called "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip".
On the runway, category is Red for Filth. Shangela and Trixie Mattel are revealed to be the top two all-stars, with the remaining queens all being up for elimination. Shangela and Trixie Mattel then lip-sync to "Freaky Money" by RuPaul ft. Big Freedia. Shangela wins the lip-sync and chooses to eliminate Morgan McMichaels from the competition.
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23 | 8 | "A Jury of Their Queers[18]" | March 15, 2018[18] | |
For the final challenge, the queens must write, sing and dance in an ambitious production number to RuPaul's song "Kitty Girl". On the runway, the queens walk one last time in their best drag. They are then judged and go back stage and are shocked to see the eliminated queens. It is then revealed that the eliminated queens will be voting for the final two all-stars of the season. It is revealed that Kennedy Davenport and Trixie Mattel are the top two-queens, eliminating BeBe Zahara Benet and Shangela. Kennedy and Trixie then lip-sync to "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus. It is then announced that Trixie Mattel is the winner, leaving Kennedy Davenport as the runner-up.
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Leak
On February 15, 2018, the series production company World of Wonder filed a lawsuit against an anonymous leaker using the alias RealityTVLeaks.[19] 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.[19] 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."[19] 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.[19]
Ratings
No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "All-Star Variety Show" | January 25, 2018 | 0.46[20] | 0.895[20] |
2 | "Divas Lip Sync Live" | February 1, 2018 | 0.40[21] | 0.777[21] |
3 | "The Bitchelor" | February 8, 2018 | 0.39[22] | 0.738[22] |
4 | "All Stars Snatch Game" | February 15, 2018 | 0.34[23] | 0.713[23] |
5 | "Pop Art Ball" | February 22, 2018 | 0.38[24] | 0.732[24] |
6 | "Handmaids to Kitty Girls" | March 1, 2018 | 0.49[25] | 0.883[25] |
7 | "My Best Squirrelfriend's Dragsmaids Wedding Trip" | March 8, 2018 | 0.31[26] | 0.658[26] |
8 | "A Jury of Their Queers" | March 15, 2018 | 0.27[27] | 0.589[27] |
Critical reception
Although a ratings success, the season was panned by the critics, 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".[28] 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?"[29]
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".[30]
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