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RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (season 2)

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Host(s)
  
RuPaul

Origin
  
Los Angeles

Competitors
  
10

Broadcasters
  
Logo TV, VH1

Broadcast from
  
August 25 (2016-08-25) – October 27, 2016 (2016-10-27)

Judges
  
RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Todrick Hall

Winner
  
Alaska Thunderf

The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars premiered on the Logo network on a new night; Thursday, August 25, 2016. Returning judges included RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and Carson Kressley, while the space previously occupied by Ross Matthews was filled by Todrick Hall. Cast members were announced on June 17, 2016. This season featured ten All-Star contestants, selected from the show's second season through to its seventh season, who competed to be inducted into the "Drag Race Hall of Fame".

Contents

A new twist was revealed for this season, changing the format of the show. In previous seasons, the bottom two queens had to "Lip-sync for their Life" to avoid elimination. This season had the top two performing queens of the challenge "Lip-sync for their Legacy", with the winner of the lip-sync earning $10,000 and choosing which one of the bottom queens gets eliminated. The prizes for the winner were a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.

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 Progress

     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 won the challenge, qualified to "Lip-Sync for their Legacy" and won.      The contestant won the challenge, qualified to "Lip-Sync for their Legacy" and lost.      The contestant won the challenge, qualified to "Lip-Sync for their Legacy", won, and entered back into the competition.      The contestant came back for a chance to win re-entry into the competition and lost.      The contestant won the challenge, but did not "Lip-Sync for their Legacy".      The contestant quit the competition.      This contestant was in the bottom and eligible for elimination.      The contestant was eliminated.

Lip-syncs

     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 the final lip sync.

Guest judges

A list of judges includes:

  • Raven-Symoné (actress, comedian, singer and model)
  • Ross Mathews (comedian and television personality, regular judge on previous seasons)
  • Jeremy Scott (fashion designer)
  • Nicole Scherzinger (singer and actress)
  • Graham Norton (television and radio personality)
  • Aubrey Plaza (actress and comedian)

    • Special guests

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

  • Chad Michaels (runner-up on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race and winner of the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
  • Raven (runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
  • Jujubee (second runner-up on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
  • Bianca Del Rio (winner of the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Shangela (contestant on the second and third season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Big Freedia (actor and singer)
  • Victoria "Porkchop" Parker (contestant on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Chelsea Peretti (actress and comedian)
  • Akashia (contestant on the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Jessica Wild (contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Mystique Summers Madison (contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Nicole Paige Brooks (contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Sonique (contestant on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Alexis Mateo (contestant on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
  • Mariah Paris Balenciaga (contestant on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Yara Sofia (contestant on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race and the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars)
  • Jiggly Caliente (contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Madame LaQueer (contestant on the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Monica Beverly Hillz (contestant on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Vivienne Pinay (contestant on the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Gia Gunn (contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Kelly Mantle (contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Laganja Estranja (contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Trinity K. Bonet (contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Vivacious (contestant on the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Jaidynn Diore Fierce (contestant on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Mrs. Kasha Davis (contestant on the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race)
  • Marcus Lemonis (investor, television personality and philanthropist)

    • References

    RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (season 2) Wikipedia
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