RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 OFFICIAL THREAD!

God damn Kahanna Montrese is a hot bottom!

Ban woman face!

All Stars used to be about queens that were real powerhouses on their season that had a shot at the crown. Now it is just people willing to come back and do it a second time. Many of these queens were early outs, only a few of them have ever won a challenge.

Drag Race: Second Chances is more accurate.

I’m seeing so many spoilers. Where do people watch this in countries that don’t have WOW tv?

Well in America it is released on Paramount+, internationally it is normally on WOW though changes depending on the country.

But Paramount releases episodes for All Stars at like 3am EST for some reason which is why you are seeing spoilers.

sexy!

I still can't stand Kandy Moose. Heidi is still a delight.

I'm so tired of this. If I want to see drag queens, I'll go to Story Hour at my local library.

Yesss the LSFYL on the 2nd episode!

Kandy Moose still has a 300 pound face.

[quote] All Stars used to be about queens that were real powerhouses on their season that had a shot at the crown.

Well, they ran out of those and now have to invite Monica Beverly Hillz and Serena Cha Cha

I know a LOT of gay (cis) men and can honestly say not a one of them has any interest at all in RuPaul or her drag race. Same can be said for Queer Eye. They (and I) find them to be very unpleasantly stereotypical and embarrassing.

These types of "entertainments" contribute greatly to the negative view held by a majority of the general population.

R12, please blow it out your ass. Because nobody else will

Paramount+ uploaded all of RPDR All Stars S7 to YouTube a couple weeks ago AND the first episode of S8's two-part premiere. Jimbo is killing it. Also, the first episode lipsync was so good!

I’ve been waiting to see Mrs. Kasha Davis on All Stars forever! Excited to see Jimbo and Heidi as well.

Even if I am not familiar with a queen it’s still exciting to see their drag.

I can’t believe the fanbase memed Eliminaysha back on the show.

R15 She gets eliminaysha'd with the quickness. Comedy was never her strong suit. The show leaked the Top 9 in the promo trailer, so we know the first three to go are the weepy trans, Naysha, and Muse.

Kandy Moose is a pain in the ass.

Two episodes of disappointment. I like the cast - especially James Mansfield, Jessica Wilde, Heidi, Alexis and La La Ri.

But it's more canned than ever. These up to the neck breast plates gotta STOP.

Jimbo is an ASS. Everyone knows this. A truely hateful person. Sick fuck. 15 seasons and 8 all star seasons and Jimbo really does manage to insult WOMEN. I can't stand his thread lift smile and rubber suit. He's the queen that should be kept away from children and teen boys. Jimbox makes Sharon Needles seem stable.

Pangina Heals is such a different presence. A sexy man and a joyful queen. Both Lip Syncs kind of sucked. Cyndi Lauper? Fuck that. This series is getting OLDer than OLD.

Ru looks thick with a double chin. Lose the dark eye makeup. It's not for you.

Darienne is not long for the game - which is too bad because she is a great lip sync queen and a naturally funny bitch. Beloved by more than Bianca. Lake was a great queen on tour. His I Dream of Jeannie number was a showstopper when he was 350 lbs, for real. He's past 50 now and nothing can hide his lack of energy and loose skin.

Alexis Michelle looks great. Stunning. BoB fucked him you know. Now Alexis is hot for La La Ri. Why not? That's some beautiful hi energy body chocolate. I expect La La, Alexis and hopefully James Mansfield to make it to the finale with the grotesque and unfathomable Kandy.

Heidi is adorable. In a Jujubee and Vanjie kind of way. They return with more expensive but ugly drag and the same charm. In a can. Never as much talent or uniqueness as we remember.

Mrs. Kasha Davis should thank her swollen ankles they let her 1960's backwater bar queen in the door. Many $$$ come her way. People may dislike Alexis, but Alexis is talented. Mrs. Davis is nothing. Really nothing. I don't get it.

Was Max unavailable?

It just seemed a bit biased toward Kahanna because she does the Vegas show, there’s now way she’s wasn’t at least middling in the first episode. And Jaymes was my winner episode 2 but of course they had Pangina in the background ready and that was a bit of a gag with Jimbo. And yes I agree Jimbo has a dark energy and her teaming up with Kandy sounds toxic to me.

Jimbo is fine. She sends her love.

Jaymes is a delight especially when she's with her friend Trixie.

I'm scared to say this but I think Kandy might win this. Only because Ru is hell bent on making us LOVE her.

How about Aja’s glow up? She is gorgeous now. And previously she wasn’t. Love her and her hatred of Valentina.

I really don't understand Ru love of Kandy Mucus. She's disgusting and unpleasant. Ah well. The queen that's impressed me so far is Alexis. I couldn't believe how much better she is. Her look for the runway in Ep 1 was amazing, and I thought she should have won. I agreed about Jimbo winning, just because she underplayed her sketch, which I appreciate amidst all the over the top "acting." That said, she is not a nice person. (But better her than Kandy.)

Man, this cast is not exactly the best talent drag race has to offer. Though because the last All Stars was all winners I guess it makes them seem especially low rent by comparison. Some of the looks in the mini fashion show were not All Stars looks.

I know people love Jaymes, but she was awful in that performance. As was Darienne who seemed especially old watching her try to keep up with the choreo.

I didn't think Jimbo was the best in the second episode, but with Pangina as the lip syncer I get why they had him win. At least his runway was the best one.

r23- She got the nose job that she needed, and looks great.

Darienne Lake as Billie Eilish looked like my 60 year old sister in law who lives in Texas and goes to a ‘contemporary Christian” church.

R27, I know it was, like, objectively bad, but I thought Darienne coming down that runway looking like an actual fag hag (who may have gotten religion and now belongs to a Hillsong off-shoot) was kind of a hoot.

I agree that there are too many mid-level talents on these all-star seasons, but in the show's defense it must be impossible to get the A-list contestants to come back. The ones making huge money have nothing to prove, and would probably lose money by doing it. Katya just mentioned on her blog with Trixie that she has been invited (and, I inferred, begged) to return many times for another all-stars. I'm sure the producers would have loved to have Bianca, Trixie, Chad, or Sasha on the all-winners season, but why should they? So we end up with Monica Beverly Hillz and Kahanna Montrese.

I love Jaymes, Heidi and Darriene

Thanks to all for posting - I'm not watching because I can't take some of the cast. But I will follow the thread and it will seem like I'm there!

Am I the only one who actually likes this cast? The only one I can’t stand is Kandy, and I literally fast forward whenever that beast speaks. Still, despite the fact I assume Kandy will go to the top three, I will grit and bear it because I like the rest of the cast.

I love how many camp queens are on this season. It actually feels like a drag queen competition again as opposed to just a fashion contest.

Darienne is hard to look at.

^Dela

[Quote] Am I the only one who actually likes this cast? The only one I can’t stand is Kandy

I like the cast too. Kandy is still a fug asshole but Ru loves her because she sees herself in Kandy. An asshole.

I think Ru is a different kind of asshole than Kandy. Ru saw himself in Tyra Sanchez and Raja and Sharon Needles and Jaida Essence Hall. He liked the cuntiness of a lot of queens.

But Kandy is so dumb and so hard to look at. I don't like using the word ugly. There have been lots of unattractive contestants on Drag Race and lots of Big Girl FLESH on display over the seasons. Kandy is a different kind of thing - that repulses. Like a mutant brain damaged attack dog that needs to be put down.

I totally like the rest of the cast. Including Alexis and Darriene.

Why do people keep talking about Katya, Trixie, Bianca or Chad? They will never return to compete. They know they would only embarrass themselves.

BoB, Aquaria, Sasha Colby, Priyanka, Sasha Velour, Willow Pill will most likely be back on an All Winners Season. Maybe Violet. BoB was seriously MAD not to asked for the first one. Of course - he overestimates his talent.

[quote]I love how many camp queens are on this season. It actually feels like a drag queen competition again as opposed to just a fashion contest.

With a regular season I'm down with some working drag queens doing their best, but when I watch an All Stars season I expect a certain level of polish and star power.

We want the glow up! But who asked for Kahanna Montrese? The hybrid contestants confuse the eye. She looks like Carmen Miranda mixed with an ASS I'd like to fuck.

Why does Naysha Lopez keep embarrassing herself? Pretty isn't everything dear. She's a hybrid too. Cute dude with a silicone woman's hips & ass. He's put on weight to compete in Mister Continental. True.

Kahanna Montrese is a very pretty boy.

Naysha, last year!!!

r39, after some really good plastic surgery- made him better looking, but not necessarily more feminine.

The harsh lights of Drag Con await.

R36 Alaska too.

Guess again, Kasha Davis is the next to go not Kandy Muse.

After Jinx’s career exploded after All Stars All Winners, all of them would be idiots not to return to the show

Watch the Pit Stop. Kylie Sonique Love is hilarious. So quick witted. I've never heard Bianca laugh so hard. We love a trans girl who still talks about her dick. Her conversational comebacks, asides and timing are really wonderful. Her takes on the contestants are better than the show itself. Not too mean - really observationally funny. With a southern delay....

Catch her last line, after she's off camera. She goes to adjust her tuck and says - "If I keep sitting like that I'm gonna save myself 30 thousand dollars." I love her.

R46 Exactly, this episode was the most fun to watch since Brooke Lynn Hytes and Bianca were cracking on Spice. Kylie showed here why she deserved to AS6. So fun!

What say you Datalounge? RuPaul's house is as fabulous as you would expect. I don't want to live there - but I love it.

Oprah taught him how to live his best life.

Stop making slaves out of Drag Race Consestants RU.

^friends of Bill

Jumbo is on another level

Naysha reads DR.

Oh shit, of course Kandy Moose.

Ru's house is amazing r48. Bitch is rich now and honestly I am happy for Ru, he was poor for years and fought hard to achieve the success he has now.

A HORRIBLE house.

Ghetto trying to be pop-ironic.

NO!!!!!!

It feels like an over designed show home, rather than a lived in home. Also, found all the shoes on display fake as fuck. Don't really think Ru puts on drag and goes out from his home.

OLD WHITE RACIST men still use the word ghetto. No one else does.

Hi Vixen.

Is Kandy fucking Ru?

On pure entertainment factor alone, this is the best season of Drag Race in a number of years. Did not have high expectations going in but am thoroughly enjoying myself so far. Was never a fan of Kandy's, but find her surprisingly likable this season (let's see if that lasts). Loved Jimbo on his first season in Canada until overexposure set in, but I'm liking him here, if a little wary. Biggest surprise is Kasha Davis, it's easy to see how her drinking dimmed her light during her season, I *get* her schtick now that she's sober. Feel awful for Naysha Lopez, she really thought this was her redemption but you could see it in her eyes how quickly she realized she was out of her element. Sticks out like a sore thumb standing on stage with the rest of the queens, looking like she just stepped out of a time machine from 2015. Jaymes is a little freak, I'm always weirded out by queens who put on a voice and persona in drag and are completely different out of drag, but if he plays his cards right he'll go far in this competition. It was touching to see him receive positive critiques on the mainstage for probably the first time in his +/- 7 years in the RPDR universe. He deserves it.

The reason the casting is so weak is that it initially started out as a season of early outs. Redditors have been demanding that for years but seem to forget that, if someone is sent home early, there’s usually a reason.

So now we all have to watch a race to the bottom.

“ So now we all have to watch a race to the bottom.”

I’ll get there first!

He's not a top, he's a blouse.

This season is a drag so far. The lala ri show this week. She doesn’t bring much to the table does she, along with kandy and Jessica wild who proclaimed she’s drag royalty. Hmm. I’ll look forward to the second all winners or the rumoured global all stars.

I was surprised by the reaction of one of the queens because she wasn't in the top. Seems out of character for her. I wonder if something was going on outside of filming that was creating the stress.

Do you mean Alexis

The judging seems to be especially questionable this season. What on earth was Lalari doing in the top? Huh? My only explanation was really trying to produce some redemption moment from the bag look.

This overall a lackluster season, as I suspected it would be.

R65 Heidi

All stars offers more than a glow up. Some queen's charm wear out fast on second viewing. Vanjie. Not a good drag queen, not a smart guy. Annoying no neck monster. Twice was enough.

I hope Heidi doesn't come across like canned cheese this season.

Vanjie with an Alexyss K Tylor reference!

"DICK'LL MAKE YOU SLAP SOMEBODY!"

And Kahana getting way above her station with the lipstick situation, the audacity of her to make MKD feel uncomfortable for voting for her, it’s game darling and you were the weakest by far.

God Save Jessica Wild!

So far I'm not impressed with the Fame Games. All the outfits shown by Monica and Naysha on Untucked ranged from bad to awful. I guess it's somewhat interesting to see what they would have been eliminated for had they stayed in the competition.

People care about the fame games??

Producers eliminate contestants based on what they've seen in advance. If they know a queen has brought weak looks, is old & tired, or won't make for great tv, they eliminate them early.

Monica is a trans crybaby. The two trans winners, Kylie is fun and Sasha Colby is mother hen goddess. They want strong trans not weak ones. Naysha is good looking but smug, dumb, not funny, and isn't compelling to watch. Kasha Davis is old. Sobriety is boring, and her looks were terrible. Darienne is next to go. When she lost all that weight, she seems to have lost half her personality, too. The bitch is low energy, tired, and trying not to be seen as a villain. Her looks are inconsistent.

r67 She said that is was a very emotional week for her when Ru brought up her grandmother. She also felt she had really stepped up her game and others who had not were winning.

Heidi shot her wad ugly frog crying in front of Ru about something that was beyond her control instead of being bubbly fun like Jimbo. He asked her that question knowing what the answer would be. As soon as Heidi gave Ru what he wanted, there was no need to put her in the top. If she had saved those tears for the judges on the main stage she could've been in the top. Now she's gone all bitter bitch by threatening to quit and playing right into the producer's hands knowing full well they love to see a bitch crack. Jessica's lip sync was fabulous.

R72, it was a bad idea for Monica to come back. Her weak performance in her first season could be understood by the dysphoria she experienced, even if that seems like a stretch.

A decade later, it’s clear she’s a sad sack who doesn’t bother to try. I’m sure the longer the competition goes, the more pedestrian her runways will become. Why spend money on a wardrobe when you’ve decided that you’re going to be eliminated early on?

Heidi's already tipped her future and one assumes it is by prior agreement between her and WOW.

Heidi wants to show another side of her character, and mature up. Maybe it can work, but she's not Adore or Willam.

Monica - like Trixie - is proof that you can be a good drag queen and bad at Drag Race.

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No R72. Nobody does.

Oops I fucked that up. I meant; No R73. Nobody does.

I watched all 3 episodes but I'm reading this thread and I realized I can't remember who most of the girls are that are being discussed. It's all a bit basic this time.

I found this graphic which might help if anyone else has the same problem. None of them are very memorable. I really like Heidi. But I don't watch untucked. Did something happen?

I think RPDR should do a season with 12 contestants who were all eliminated in their first RPDR week. That would be heaps of fun to watch.

Cynnamin Styx for the win!!

This is almost impossible to listen to.....Naysha is drunk and in a "nice" girl rage....pissing on production and some contestants. She seems to HATE Jaymes. It's an hour long RANT. Ends in literal tears. With bad sound. What an asshole.

A bad night for Roscoes....in L.A. for Dragcon. Naysha is very DUMB and so PETTY. She appeared on two seasons of Drag Race. THREE times. For a total of 5 episodes. Nasty bitch has been eating out on it for years. This is next level - why did they even post it?

Kasha Davis, Alexis Michelle, Kahanna and Jessica make appearances too. But they're too tired or afraid to say much.

Quite apart from the toxic personality, why isn’t Kandy called out for her truly awful makeup? The huge ‘white face’ blob over the middle forehead, nose and philtrum, and the blusher slapped on with a paint roller?

Marcia3 was ripped to shit for her crap drag because she’s the white twink - we’re still allowed to openly hate them on TV

Kandy isn’t a white twink

r88 - Kandy wears the same thing every time on the runway, Michelle kind of called it out but Jesus Christ. There was a time they would get ripped to shreds for the same makeup and same outfit. I think she thinks it is a signature look like Trixie's makeup to do the blush like all around the eye. She looks like an evil Qewpie Doll.

I have to say Kandy isn’t nearly as annoying this time, so far. Her looks haven’t been great and her makeup is her makeup, but she isn’t so nasty. I like her more than Kahana, who is annoying and thinks she knows everything, but pretty.

Frontrunners right now are: Jimbo, Jessica Wild, Alexis Michelle, and Kahanna Montrese. Heidi is doing well, but is starting to crack under the pressure. Everyone else is filler. My guess is Lala Ri managed to make it to the top 2 with Jimbo after stronger competition got taken out along the way. There's no way she's polished or versatile enough to warrant runner-up status. Her big chain gang prison head reminds me of Michael Clarke Duncan doing drag.

r92 every time I see Lala Ri I think it is Shaq in drag.

^same. Which is why I also want to see her naked.

I hope Jaymes picks up some fans and dollar bills this time around. I love his youtube channel. He's such a quick wit and font of old hollywood gossip. I have literally no interest in wigs, but have watched all of his wig makeover videos.

agree r94

Who knew he was a bondage slut? The thought of Alexis Michelle in a sling makes me gag.

Swing - not sling?

either.

It is about to get shady on the show – some major drama

I just rewatched all of All Stars 4. Manila, Trinity the Tuck, Naomi Smalls, Monet, Latrice, Gia Gunn, Monique Hart, Farrah Moan and Valentina. Stellar season - even with the fuckery that Naomi kicked Manila off and Trinity didn't get her deserved SOLO win. Lip Sync for your legacy. None of this lip sync assasin bullshit. The challenges, performances and the runways were so superior. But what makes it most enjoyable - is that they were all being themselves. The real PERSONALITY. Entertaining as fuck and most of them really talented. Highly melanated. There was not one wrong or questionable choice in who won each challenge or lip sync. (Until they inserted Monet being a co-winner by voice over in the final episode) Only All Stars Two is better.

I like the current cast. I thought I did. But they all have assigned "personalities" now. There is no such thing as a spontaneous moment or legitimate interaction in the workroom or on the runway. It's blandly terrible. And the runways are SHITE.

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Boy those tv promos were all terrible.

The whole season is a very low bar.

Alexis was FAST to sell out Darienne’s ass

Yeah. That was gross

That was such a classic Alexis move, though. "It's all my fault because I didn't try harder to save us from the horrible, unfunny idea that Darienne came up with."

None of the teams were funny, so it was strange to see the panel gushing over the winning team's performance. I would have put them all up for elimination and have Shannel come out and lip synch just for fun.

Jimbo is one of my favorites, but his runway look tonight was pretty much the same as what he wore last week. Kandy looked like a big fool. Naysha's dress was pretty but didn't fit the category. Mrs. Kasha Davis' dress was so horrible I'm surprised she packed it.

Darienne's legs look so odd. I wonder if she has Edema. She lost so much weight it is so odd her legs seem to have lost nothing. The cast really seems to have it in for Jaymes. Nasha has been bashing her since she was kicked off, Now Alexis. Other than losing some weight, Alexis is still a narcissist. He big crying fit about being accepted while talking to the bottom two girls...I mean wow.