RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (season 1)

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars
Season 1
Broadcast from October 22 (2012-10-22) – November 26, 2012 (2012-11-26)
Judges RuPaul
Michelle Visage
Santino Rice
Host(s) RuPaul
Competitors 12
Winner
Chad Michaels
Origin San Diego, CA
Runner-up
Raven

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars[1] is the first season of the All Star version of RuPaul's Drag Race and premiered on the Logo network on October 22, 2012. Cast members were announced on August 6.[2]

This season features twelve returning contestants representing all four seasons for a chance to be inducted into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame". This series aired six episodes, each an hour in length.[3] 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.[4] 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 team would be eliminated. 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 the show.[5]

Chad Michaels was crowned the winner and was the first to be inducted into the Drag Race Hall of Fame.

In 2015, it was announced All Stars had been renewed for a second season, which began airing on August 25, 2016.[6]

Contestants

The drag queens who competed for a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame 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[7] 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 Manati, PR Season 3 4th Place[lower-alpha 1]
Latrice Royale Timothy Wilcots 40 South Beach, FL Season 4 4th Place[lower-alpha 1] 7th/8th Place
Manila Luzon Karl Westerberg 30 New York, NY Season 3 Runner-up
Nina Flowers Jorge Luis Flores Sánchez 37 Bayamón, PR Season 1 Runner-up[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 1]
  1. 1 2 3 4 This contestant won Miss Congeniality in her original season.

Contestant progress

Contestant Team 1 2 3 4 5 6
Chad Michaels Shad BTM2 SAFE WIN WIN WIN Winner
Raven Rujubee SAFE SAFE BTM2 BTM2 BTM2 Runner-up
Jujubee Rujubee SAFE SAFE BTM2 BTM2 BTM2 Eliminated
Shannel Shad BTM2 SAFE WIN WIN WIN Eliminated
Alexis Mateo Yarlexis SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM
Yara Sofia Yarlexis SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM
Latrice Royale Latrila WIN BTM2 OUT
Manila Luzon Latrila WIN BTM2 ELIM
Nina Flowers Brown Flowers SAFE OUT
Tammie Brown Brown Flowers SAFE ELIM
Mimi Imfurst Mandora ELIM
Pandora Boxx Mandora OUT
     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 won the challenge.
     The contestant received judges critiques but were ultimately declared as 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 have to lip sync for their life but was eliminated due to their teammate losing the lip sync.
     The contestant lip synced for their life and was eliminated.
     The contestant replaced their partner in the lip sync and finished the song for them 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 & 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
(Tammie Brown & Nina Flowers
)
3 Team Latrila
(Manila Luzon)
vs. Team Rujubee
(Jujubee)
"Nasty"
(Janet Jackson)
Team Latrila
(Manila Luzon & Latrice Royale
)
4 Team Rujubee
(Raven)
vs. Team Yarlexis
(Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia)
"Don't Cha"
(The Pussycat Dolls)
Team Yarlexis
(Alexis Mateo & 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:[8]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air date
11"It Takes Two"October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)

The twelve returning queens are surprised to learn they will be competing in teams of two and that both team members will be eliminated together. The contestants then voted for their team formations in two rounds;

  • Chad Michaels & Shannel matched on the first round of voting to form Team Shad.
  • Raven & Jujubee matched on the first round of voting to form Team Rujubee.
  • Nina Flowers & Tammie Brown matched on the first round of voting to form Team Brown Flowers.
  • Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia matched on the second round of voting to form Team Yarlexis.
  • Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon matched on the second round of voting to form Team Latrila.
  • Mimi Imfurst & Pandora Boxx were matched by consolation as the last two left and formed Team Mandora.
  • Guest Judges: Rachel Hunter & Ross Mathews
  • Main Challenge: Create an "Opposites Attract" photoshoot and a "half-baked" photo
  • Runway Theme: Outfits showing off Team Unity.
  • Challenge Winner: Team Latrila (Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon)
  • Bottom Two Teams: Team Shad (Chad Michaels & Shannel) and Team Mandora (Mimi Imfurst & Pandora Boxx)
  • Lip Sync Song: "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Chad Michaels & Mimi Imfurst
  • Eliminated: Team Mandora (Mimi Imfurst & Pandora Boxx)
22"RuPaul's Gaff-In"October 29, 2012 (2012-10-29)

The mini-challenge, "In Da Butt Ru", tests how well the teams know each other by asking them questions in the style of The Newlywed Game. The winning team received cream pies to the face as its "prize".

For the main challenge, teams had to write original comedy material for a Laugh-In style sketch show. For the show the queens delivered celebrity impersonations.

In the companion series Untucked, Chad Michaels received a supportive video message from his father, from whom he had been estranged for 25 years.

  • Guest Judges: Busy Philipps & Vicki Lawrence
  • Mini Challenge: In Da Butt Ru (Knowing each their own partners)
  • Challenge Winner: Team Rujubee (Jujubee & Raven)
  • Main Challenge: RuPaul Gaff-In Variety Show Doing Celebrity Impersonations
  • Runway Theme: 60's Glam
  • Challenge Winner: Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia)
  • Bottom Two Teams: Team Latrila (Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon) and Team Brown Flowers (Nina Flowers & Tammie Brown)
  • Lip Sync Song: "There's No Business Like Show Business" by Ethel Merman
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Latrice Royale & Tammie Brown
  • Eliminated: Team Brown Flowers (Tammie Brown & Nina Flowers)
33"Queens Behaving Badly"November 5, 2012 (2012-11-05)

In the mini-challenge, the queens had to take a photographic self-portrait posed as a sexy macho male. Team Yarlexis won. For the main challenge each queen, under the direction of their partner via earpiece, had to go to Hollywood Boulevard and convince passers-by to participate in pranks, for example slapping the queen with a novelty foam hand or allowing the queen to spray whipped cream down the pedestrian's pants. Each prank was assigned a point value.

In the companion series Untucked, former contestant Tatianna served "Tea with Tati", in which she "read" (insulted) several of the remaining contestants.

  • Guest Judges: Rachel Dratch & Janice Dickinson
  • Mini Challenge: Queens With Guy Phones
  • Mini Challenge Winner: Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia)
  • Main Challenge: The Queens had to act "naughty" on the streets of Hollywood and do pranks.
  • Runway Theme: Bad Girls Chic
  • Challenge Winner: Team Shad (Chad Michaels & Shannel)
  • Bottom Two Teams: Team Latrila (Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon) and Team Rujubee (Jujubee & Raven)
  • Lip Sync Song: "Nasty" by Janet Jackson
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Jujubee & Manila Luzon
  • Eliminated: Team Latrila (Latrice Royale & Manila Luzon)
44"All Star Girl Groups"November 12, 2012 (2012-11-12)

In the mini challenge the girls had to dress up in cheer-leading costumes and "read" the other contestants in a cheer format. Team Yarlexis were the winners of this mini challenge. The main challenge was to form a girl group with celebrity women and drag them up into a Drag Girl Group. Team Yarlexis selected Kelly Osbourne (daughter of Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne), Team Shad chose Jillian Hervey (Vanessa L. Williams's daughter) while Team Rujubee opted for Kady Z (Pia Zadora's daughter). Team Yarlexis' song to perform is "Cover Girl", Team Shad's song to perform is "Glamazon", and Team Rujubee's song to perform is "Jealous of My Boogie".

  • Guest Judges: Mary Wilson & Rosie Perez
  • Mini Challenge: Cheer-reading routine
  • Mini Challenge Winner: Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia)
  • Main Challenge: Form girl groups with a celebrity, and perform a RuPaul song in front of a live audience
  • Main Challenge Winner: Team Shad (Shannel and Chad Michaels)
  • Bottom Two Teams: Team Yarlexis (Alexis Mateo & Yara Sofia) and Team Rujubee (Jujubee & Raven)
  • Lip Sync Song: "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Raven & Alexis Mateo / Yara Sofia
  • Eliminated: Team Yarlexis (Yara Sofia & Alexis Mateo)
55"Dynamic Drag Duos"November 19, 2012 (2012-11-19)

In the mini challenge, the remaining pairs played a basketball mini-challenge: Fish instead of Horse. Team Rujubee won and got a chance to talk to their love ones. For the main challenge, the teams created a story about a Super Hero and a Super Villain. Chad and Jujubee play their teams' superheroes, while Raven and Shannel play the villains.

  • Guest Judges: Wendi McClendon-Lovey & Elvira
  • Mini Challenge: Basketball game of "FISH"
  • Mini Challenge Winner: Team Rujubee (Jujubee & Raven)
  • Main Challenge: Super Heroes vs Super Villains
  • Main Challenge Winner: Team Shad (Shannel & Chad Michaels)
  • Lip Sync Song: "Dancing on My Own" by Robyn
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Team Rujubee (Jujubee & Raven)
66"The Grand Finale"November 26, 2012 (2012-11-26)

For their final challenge, the final queens have to go to different locations within minutes of each other and perform different shows, consisting of a group interview, followed by an appearance at Hamburger Mary's to accept an award in their honor, and finish up with a comedy routine in front of a live audience.

  • Guest Judges: Beth Ditto & Cheri Oteri
  • Main Challenge: Drag on a Time (group interview session, public appearances at Hamburger Mary's, and a stand-up comedy routine)
  • Eliminated: Jujubee & Shannel
  • Final Two: Chad Michaels & Raven
  • Lip Sync Song: "Responsitrannity (Matt's Pop Edit)" by RuPaul
  • Lip Sync Contestants: Chad Michaels & Raven
  • Runner-up: Raven
  • Winner of RuPaul's All-Stars Drag Race Season One: Chad Michaels

References

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