RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars season 2


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, with Carson Kressley joining the panel, while the space previously occupied by Ross Mathews 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".
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. It is also the first All Stars season to feature Snatch Game, a challenge that debuted in the second season of the regular series.
The winner of the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was Alaska, with Detox and Katya being the runners-up.

Contestants

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
ContestantAgeHometownOriginal seasonOriginal placementOutcome
Alaska30Los Angeles, CaliforniaSeason 5
Detox30Los Angeles, CaliforniaSeason 54th place
Katya33Boston, MassachusettsSeason 75th place
Roxxxy Andrews31Orlando, FloridaSeason 54th place
Alyssa Edwards35Dallas, TexasSeason 56th place5th place
Tatianna27Washington, D.C.Season 24th place6th place
Phi Phi O'Hara29New York City, New YorkSeason 47th place
Ginger Minj31Orlando, FloridaSeason 78th place
Adore Delano25Azusa, CaliforniaSeason 69th place
Coco Montrese41Las Vegas, NevadaSeason 55th place10th place

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Lip syncs

Legend:

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage:
Episode 2
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7

Episodes


Reception

The second season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was met with critical acclaim and is generally considered to be the best season in the show's history. Vox described the season as "the best — and most self-aware" season of Drag Race. Gay Times ranked it as the number-one season, specifically shouting out Alyssa Edwards and Tatianna's lipsync to "Shut Up and Drive" as a standout moment, also describing the season as having the "best cast in the show's HERstory". Elite Daily ranked it as the second-best season, behind only season four. Ryan Shea of Instinct also ranked it as the second-best season, describing Alaska's win as "triumphant". Additional praise was given to Alaska's win, with Entertainment Weekly ranking her as the third-best RuPaul's Drag Race winner, only behind Trixie Mattel and Bianca Del Rio in 2018. In a 2020 GoldDerby forum, fans voted Alaska as the favorite All Star winner, receiving over 40% of the votes.