The fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars was announced by VH1 on August 22, 2018.[1] Prior to the official announcement, RuPaul confirmed, in an episode of his podcast What's the Tee?, that filming for the fourth season of All Stars currently was underway.[2] All Stars Season 3 winner Trixie Mattel, with special guests Katya and Detox, hosted a special called Trixie's Playhouse to announce the cast for the fourth season.[3][4] It was scheduled to air on November 8, 2018,[3] but was postponed to the following day due to the Thousand Oaks shooting.[4] The season began airing on December 14, 2018, and ran for ten episodes.
| RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
 Promotional poster for season four | |
| Hosted by | RuPaul |
| Judges |
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| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winners | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | December 14, 2018 – February 15, 2019 |
| Season chronology | |
The prizes for the winner of the competition are a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.
The winners of the fourth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars were Monét X Change and Trinity the Tuck.
Contestants
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Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Original season(s) | Original placement(s) | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monét X Change | 28 | New York City, New York | Season 10 | 6th place[a] | Winners |
| Trinity the Tuck[b] | 33 | Orlando, Florida | Season 9 | 3rd place | |
| Monique Heart[c] | 32 | Kansas City, Missouri | Season 10 | 8th place | 3rd place |
| Naomi Smalls | 24 | Chicago, Illinois | Season 8 | Runner-up | |
| Latrice Royale | 46 | Miami Beach, Florida | Season 4 | 4th place[a] | 5th place[d] |
| All Stars 1 | 7th place | ||||
| Manila Luzon | 36 | Los Angeles, California | Season 3 | Runner-up | 6th place |
| All Stars 1 | 7th place | ||||
| Valentina | 27 | Los Angeles, California | Season 9 | 7th place[a] | 7th place |
| Gia Gunn | 28 | Los Angeles, California | Season 6 | 10th place | 8th place |
| Farrah Moan | 24 | Los Angeles, California | Season 9 | 8th place | 9th place |
| Jasmine Masters | 41 | Los Angeles, California | Season 7 | 12th place | 10th place |
Notes:
Contestant progress
editLegend:
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
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| 1[6] | 2[7] | 3[8] | 4[9] | 5[10][a] | 6[11] | 7[12] | 8[13] | 9[14] | 10[15] | |
| Monét X Change | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM | WIN | IMM | SAFE | TOP2 | BTM | Winner |
| Trinity the Tuck | WIN | SAFE | TOP2 | SAFE | BTM | STAY | TOP2 | SAFE | WIN | Winner |
| Monique Heart | TOP2 | BTM | SAFE | WIN | BTM | STAY | SAFE | SAFE | TOP2 | Eliminated |
| Naomi Smalls | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | BTM | STAY | BTM | WIN | BTM | Eliminated |
| Latrice Royale | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | IN | WIN | BTM | ELIM | ||
| Manila Luzon | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | TOP2 | WIN | IMM | SAFE | ELIM | ||
| Valentina | SAFE | WIN | BTM | SAFE | BTM | STAY | ELIM | |||
| Gia Gunn | SAFE | SAFE | ELIM | LOSS | ||||||
| Farrah Moan | BTM | ELIM | LOSS | |||||||
| Jasmine Masters | ELIM | LOSS | ||||||||
- Notes
- ^ After the fifth episode's lip sync, RuPaul declared that All Stars rules would be temporarily suspended and nobody would be going home.
Lip syncs
editLegend:
| Episode | Top All Stars (Elimination) |
Song | Winner(s) | Bottom | Eliminated | ||
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| 1[6] | Monique Heart (Jasmine) |
vs. | Trinity the Tuck (Jasmine) |
"Emotions" (Mariah Carey) |
Trinity the Tuck | Farrah, Jasmine | Jasmine Masters |
| 2[7] | Monét X Change (Farrah) |
vs. | Valentina (Farrah) |
"Into You" (Ariana Grande) |
Valentina | Farrah, Monique | Farrah Moan |
| 3[8] | Manila Luzon (Gia) |
vs. | Trinity the Tuck (Gia) |
"How Will I Know" (Whitney Houston) |
Manila Luzon | Gia, Valentina | Gia Gunn |
| 4[9] | Manila Luzon (Monét) |
vs. | Monique Heart (Latrice) |
"The Bitch Is Back" (Tina Turner) |
Monique Heart | Latrice, Monét | Latrice Royale |
| 5[10] | Manila Luzon (Valentina) |
vs. | Monét X Change (Valentina) |
"Jump to It" (Aretha Franklin) |
Manila Luzon | Monique, Naomi, Trinity, Valentina |
None[a] |
| Monét X Change | |||||||
| Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner(s) | ||||
| 6[11] | Jasmine Masters | vs. | Trinity the Tuck | "Peanut Butter" (RuPaul ft. Big Freedia) |
Trinity the Tuck | ||
| Farrah Moan | vs. | Valentina | "Kitty Girl" (RuPaul) |
Valentina | |||
| Gia Gunn | vs. | Naomi Smalls | "Adrenaline" (RuPaul ft. Myah Marie) |
Naomi Smalls | |||
| Latrice Royale | vs. | Monique Heart | "Sissy That Walk" (RuPaul) |
Latrice Royale | |||
| Monique Heart | |||||||
| Episode | Top All Stars (Elimination) |
Song | Winner | Bottom | Eliminated | ||
| 7[12] | Latrice Royale (Valentina) |
vs. | Trinity the Tuck (Valentina) |
"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" (Dead or Alive) |
Latrice Royale | Naomi, Valentina | Valentina |
| 8[13] | Monét X Change (Manila) |
vs. | Naomi Smalls (Manila) |
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Judy Garland) |
Naomi Smalls | Latrice, Manila | Manila Luzon |
| 9[14] | Monique Heart (Latrice) |
vs. | Trinity the Tuck (Latrice) |
"When I Think of You" (Janet Jackson) |
Trinity the Tuck | Latrice, Monét, Naomi | Latrice Royale |
| Episode | Final All Stars | Song | Winners | ||||
| 10[15] | Monét X Change | vs. | Trinity the Tuck | "Fighter" (Christina Aguilera) |
Monét X Change | ||
| Trinity the Tuck | |||||||
- Notes
- ^ In episode 5, RuPaul declared after the lip sync that All Stars rules would be temporarily suspended and nobody would be going home.
Guest judges
editGuest judges for this season include:[16]
- Jenifer Lewis, actress, comedian, singer, and activist
- Ciara, singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
- Kacey Musgraves, singer-songwriter
- Gus Kenworthy, freestyler skier and actor
- Keiynan Lonsdale, actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer
- Erica Ash, actress, comedian, singer, and model
- Zoë Kravitz, actress, singer, and model
- Cecily Strong, actress and comedian
- Yvette Nicole Brown, actress, voice actress, and comedian
- Rita Ora, singer-songwriter and actress
- Susanne Bartsch, event producer
- Ellen Pompeo, actress, director, and producer
- Frances Bean Cobain, visual artist and model
- Felicity Huffman, actress
- Jason Wu, artist and fashion designer
- Todrick Hall, actor and singer
Special guests
editGuests who appeared in episodes but did not judge on the main stage (in order of appearance):
Episode 2
- Stacy Layne Matthews, contestant from season 3
- Leland, singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer
- Freddy Scott, composer and actor
Episode 4
- Stacy Layne Matthews
- Elton John, singer-songwriter and composer
Episode 5
- Lady Bunny, drag queen
- Stacy Layne Matthews
Episode 10
- Chad Michaels, runner up of season four and winner of the first season of All Stars
- Alaska, runner up of season five and winner of the second season of All Stars
- Trixie Mattel, contestant on season seven and winner of the third season of All Stars
Episodes
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | |
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| 24 | 1 | "All Star-Spangled Variety Show" | December 14, 2018 | |
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Ten all-stars enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens will read each other to filth. Latrice Royale wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens will perform a talent show in front of the judges and a live audience.
On the runway, Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls and Trinity The Tuck receive positive critiques, with Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck being announced as the top two. Farrah Moan, Jasmine Masters and Monét X Change receive negative critiques, with Farrah Moan and Jasmine Masters being announced as the bottom two. Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck lip-sync to "Emotions" by Mariah Carey. Trinity The Tuck wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Jasmine Masters from the competition.
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| 25 | 2 | "Super Girl Groups, Henny!" | December 21, 2018 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Monique Heart reveals that she would have sent home Jasmine Masters from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For this week's main challenge, the queens will write, record, and perform their own verses to two different songs.
On the runway, category is Eleguence After Dark. Monét X Change, Naomi Smalls and Valentina receive positive critiques, with Monét X Change and Valentina being announced as the top two. Farrah Moan, Manila Luzon and Monique Heart receive negative critiques, with Farrah Moan and Monique Heart being announced as the bottom two. Monét X Change and Valentina lip-sync to "Into You" by Ariana Grande. Valentina wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Farrah Moan from the competition.
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| 26 | 3 | "Snatch Game of Love" | December 28, 2018 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Monét X Change reveals that she would have sent home Farrah Moan from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For this week's main challenge, the queens will play the Snatch Game of love. Gus Kenworthy and Keiynan Lonsdale star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of: Vying for Gus Kenworthy's love are:
Vying for Keiynan Lonsdale's love are:
On the runway, category is Boots the House Down. Manila Luzon, Naomi Smalls and Trinity The Tuck receive positive critiques, with Manila Luzon and Trinity The Tuck being announced as the top two. Gia Gunn, Latrice Royale and Valentina receive negative critiques, with Gia Gunn and Valentina being announced as the bottom two. Manila Luzon and Trinity The Tuck lip-sync to "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston. Manila Luzon wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Gia Gunn from the competition.
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| 27 | 4 | "Jersey Justice" | January 4, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Trinity The Tuck reveals that she would have sent home Gia Gunn from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For this week's main challenge, the queens will improvise in the courtroom show "Jersey Justice".
On the runway, category is Swerves and Curves: Padded for the Gods. Manila Luzon, Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls and Valentina receive positive critiques, with Manila Luzon and Monique Heart being announced as the top two. Latrice Royale, Monét X Change and Trinity The Tuck receive negative critiques, with Latrice Royale and Monét X Change being announced as the bottom two. Manila Luzon and Monique Heart lip-sync to "The Bitch Is Back" by Tina Turner. Monique Heart wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Latrice Royale from the competition.
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| 28 | 5 | "Roast in Peace" | January 11, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Manila Luzon reveals that she would have sent home Monét X Change from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For the main challenge, the queens will perform a roast of Lady Bunny, the judges, and the fellow queens in front of a live audience. On the runway, category is Angelic White. Manila Luzon and Monét X Change receive positive critiques, and are announced as the top two. Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls, Trinity The Tuck and Valentina receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom four. Manila Luzon and Monét X Change lip-sync to "Jump to It" by Aretha Franklin. Manila Luzon and Monét X Change win the lip-sync. RuPaul then announces that all-star rules have been suspended temporarily, and that no one will be going home.
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| 29 | 6 | "LaLaPaRuZa" | January 18, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode the previously eliminated queens all return to the workroom. Manila Luzon and Monét X Change reveal that they both would have sent home Valentina from the competition. For this week's main challenge, the queens will perform in a lip-sync LaLaPaRUza smackdown. The previously eliminated queens, will choose one of the currently competing queens, in the order that they were eliminated in, to lip-sync against. The winner of the lip-sync will remain in the competition. The loser of the lip-sync will be eliminated. Manila Luzon and Monét X Change, who won last week's challenge, were given immunity from this challenge. On the runway, category is LaLaPaRUza Eleganza. The first lip-sync is between Jasmine Masters and Trinity The Tuck. They lip-sync to "Peanut Butter" by RuPaul ft. Big Freedia. Trinity The Tuck wins the lip-sync and Jasmine Masters sashays away. The second lip-sync is between Farrah Moan and Valentina. They lip-sync to "Kitty Girl" by RuPaul. Valentina wins the lip-sync and Farrah Moan sashays away. The third lip-sync is between Gia Gunn and Naomi Smalls. They lip-sync to "Adrenaline" by RuPaul ft. Myah Marie. Naomi Smalls wins the lip-sync and Gia Gunn sashays away. The final lip-sync is between Latrice Royale and Monique Heart. They lip-sync to "Sissy That Walk" by RuPaul. Latrice Royale and Monique Heart both win the lip-sync, and Latrice Royale officially returns to the competition.
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| 30 | 7 | "Queens of Clubs" | January 25, 2019 | |
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For this week's main challenge, the queens will team up to create and host their own night club.
On the runway, category is Plastique Fantastique. Latrice Royale, Manila Luzon, Monét X Change and Trinity The Tuck receive positive critiques, with Latrice Royale and Trinity The Tuck being announced as the top two. Naomi Smalls and Valentina receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. Latrice Royale and Trinity The Tuck lip-sync to "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive. Latrice Royale wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Valentina from the competition.
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| 31 | 8 | "RuPaul's Best Judy's Race" | February 1, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Trinity The Tuck reveals that she would have sent home Valentina from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For this week's main challenge, the queens will makeover their best Judy's. On the runway, category is Best Judy's. Monét X Change, Monique Heart, Naomi Smalls and Trinity The Tuck receive positive critiques, with Monét X Change and Naomi Smalls being announced as the top two. Latrice Royale and Manila Luzon receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. Monét X Change and Naomi Smalls lip-sync to "Come Rain or Come Shine" by Judy Garland. Naomi Smalls wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Manila Luzon from the competition.
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| 32 | 9 | "Sex and the Kitty, Girl 3" | February 8, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Monét X Change reveals that she would have sent home Manila Luzon from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For this week's main challenge, the queens will star in a mockumentary of "Sex and the City" called "Sex and the Kitty, Girl 3".
On the runway, category is Cat Couture. Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck receive positive critiques, and are announced as the top two. Latrice Royale, Monét X Change and Naomi Smalls receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom three. Monique Heart and Trinity The Tuck lip-sync to "When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson. Trinity The Tuck wins the lip-sync and decides to eliminate Latrice Royale from the competition.
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| 33 | 10 | "Super Queen" | February 15, 2019 | |
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At the beginning of the episode, Monique Heart reveals that she would have sent home Latrice Royale from the competition, had she won the lip-sync. For the final challenge of the season, the queens will write, record, and perform their own verses to RuPaul's song "Super Queen". On the runway, category is All Star Eleganza. Monique Heart and Naomi Smalls are eliminated, leaving Monét X Change and Trinity The Tuck as the top two queens of the season. They lip-sync to "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. It is revealed that Monét X Change and Trinity The Tuck are both the winners.
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Ratings
edit| No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "All Star Super Queen Variety Show" | December 14, 2018 | 0.23[17] | 0.513[17] |
| 2 | "Super Girl Groups, Henny" | December 21, 2018 | 0.23[18] | 0.510[18] |
| 3 | "Snatch Game of Love" | December 28, 2018 | 0.25[19] | 0.632[19] |
| 4 | "Jersey Justice" | January 4, 2019 | 0.24[20] | 0.488[20] |
| 5 | "Roast in Peace" | January 11, 2019 | 0.23[21] | 0.512[21] |
| 6 | "LaLaPaRUza" | January 18, 2019 | 0.25[22] | 0.566[22] |
| 7 | "Queens of Clubs" | January 25, 2019 | 0.29[23] | 0.647[23] |
| 8 | "RuPaul's Best Judy's Race" | February 1, 2019 | 0.25[24] | 0.542[24] |
| 9 | "Sex and the Kitty Girl" | February 8, 2019 | 0.27[25] | 0.549[25] |
| 10 | "Super Queen Grand Finale" | February 15, 2019 | 0.27[26] | 0.598[26] |
See also
edit- Queen of Queens, 2019 remix album featuring "Super Queen"
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