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…
