All the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ Season 8 Eliminations

Start your engines people, because RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars is back for round 8. The show—which airs new episodes each Friday on Paramount+—has brought back 12 Drag Race ~illuminati~ to compete for a cash prize of $200,000 plus entrance into the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame.

The returning competitors include Alexis Michelle (season 9), Heidi N Closet (season 12), Jaymes Mansfield (season 9), Jessica Wild (season 2), Jimbo (Canada’s Drag Race season 1 + U.K. vs. the World), Kahanna Montrese (season 11), Kandy Muse (season 13), LaLa Ri (season 13), Darienne Lake (season 6), Mrs. Kasha Davis (season 7), Naysha Lopez (season 8), and Monica Beverly Hillz (season 5).

Each week, RuPaul declares one queen a winner and they then go up against a secret “lip sync assassin” in a performance. If the contestant wins, they get $10,000 (plus any money leftover from the previous week) and the ability to eliminate one of the bottom queens previously determined by the judges. If the lip sync assassin wins, then a group vote determines which of the bottom queens is eliminated and the $10,o00 rolls over to the next week.

WATCH ‘RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS 8’ HERE

This season has already shaped up to be a fun mix of Miss Congenialities, fan faves, and queens eliminated on the early side of their original seasons, and the result is nothing short of entertaining.

Already smashing play on Paramount+? Let’s get into the Drag Race All Stars 8 eliminations so far.

Week 4 elimination: Darienne Lake

• Safe week 2 and in the bottom weeks 1 and 3 before her elimination.
• Landed in the bottom three with Alexis Michelle and Jaymes Mansfield following a TV trailer challenge in episode 4.
• Eliminated by the group at large after lip sync assassin/All Stars alumna Shannel won a lip sync against Jimbo to “Bad Reputation,” by Joan Jett.

Week 3 elimination: Mrs. Kasha Davis

• Safe weeks 1 and 2 before her elimination.
• Landed in the bottom two with Darienne Lake following the Supermarket Ball in episode 3, which featured the runway categories “Legen-dairy Queens,” “Fruity Patootie,” and “Supermarket Supermodel Eleganza.”
• Eliminated by Jessica Wild after a lip sync win against lip sync assassin/Canada’s Drag Race vs. the World winner Ra’Jah O’Hara to “Coconuts,” by Kim Petras

Week 2 elimination: Naysha Lopez

• Safe week 1 before her elimination.
• Landed in the bottom two with Kahanna Montrese following a sketch comedy number called RDR Live.
• Eliminated by the group at large after lip sync assassin/Drag Race Thailand co-host Pangina Heals won a lip sync against Jimbo to “She Bop,” by Cyndi Lauper.

Week 1 elimination: Monica Beverly Hillz

• Landed in the bottom two with Darienne Lake following a group performance to “Money, Success, Fame, Glamour.”
• Eliminated by the group at large after lip sync assassin/All Stars 3 alumna Aja LaBeija won a lip sync against Kahanna Montrese to “Freakum Dress,” by Beyoncé.

But wait, there’s a twist…

If your favorite queen has packed her bags already, don’t fret just yet because on All Stars 8, there are *two* ways to win. RuPaul debuted a twist called “The Fame Games” in episode 1 that will see an eliminated queen take home $50,000 at the end of the season after being crowned “Queen of the Fame Games.”

Here’s how it works: Every week on Untucked, the eliminated contestants will have the opportunity to show the runway looks they would have worn had they stayed in the competition. Fans will ultimately vote on their favorites, and in the end, one eliminated queen will become Queen of the Fame Games. 👑

Everyone left in the game

Here are the RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 contestants still in it to win it:

• Alexis Michelle
• Heidi N Closet
• Jaymes Mansfield
• Jessica Wild
• Jimbo
• Kahanna Montrese
• Kandy Muse
• LaLa Ri

WATCH ‘RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS 8’ HERE

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