Trixie was runner-up to Shangela, while Kennedy performed poorly for most of the season. Kennedy is a black Queen and Trixie is half Native American but identifies as white. The eliminated Jury ruled out Shangela, a Queen of color and the season’s front-runner, leaving Trixie Mattel and Kennedy Davenport for Ru to choose from. This season’s ‘Jury Twist’ allowed the eliminated Queens to vote on the top two, of which Ru would decide who the winner was. Trixie won All Stars 3, but I’d say Ru was forced to pick her. Coincidentally, three of the top 4 Queens were white, so chances were a white Queen was going to be crowned that season anyway. Alaska had the most wins of the season, and at that point, in the entire franchise’s history. There was no racist pattern to adhere to yet (Also, anyone who watches the show knows that All Stars 1 doesn’t really count at all).Īlaska won All Stars 2, but again, I don’t think race was key in Ru’s decision here. I do agree that race played a factor in the decision making of All Stars, but not until All Stars 4 and I can explain why.Ĭhad Michaels won All Stars 1, but because it was the spin-off’s first season, I don’t think that race could’ve played a factor. The observation that the show was only crowning white queens began to surface during the premiere of the third season and racist accusations toward the show’s production began with Trixie Mattel’s crowning at the end of that season. Season 4, the latest season of All Stars, saw the crowning of the series’ first Queen of color, only for Monet’s crowning to be overshadowed by the franchise’s first-ever double-win, with a white Queen. This has been a huge topic of discussion among the show’s viewers, who have criticized the show and RuPaul for only crowning white Queens in the first 3 seasons of All Stars. Of the five Queens who have won All Stars, only one of them, Monet X Change, is a Queen of color.
But the show’s spin-off, RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars, where Queens who have previously competed on the main show get a second chance at the crown, does not follow suit. In fact, more Queens of color have won the mother show than white Queens. The “ Drag Race Hall of Fame,” home to every Queen that has previously won the show, is fairly diverse. Though there’s one external drama that has followed the show through its last few seasons: race relations. Other examples include Asia O’Hara killing a bunch of butterflies on stage during the Season 10 finale, Willam’s shocking disqualification on Season 4, and most controversial, Nina Bo’nina Brown not getting Blac Chyna in Season 9’s “Kardashian: The Musical” episode. There’s usually one large dramatic event that defines each season (and that warrants the infamous “ Drag Race Drama Background Music”), the most recent example being Sherry Pie’s disqualification from Season 12, before she even premiered on the show, amid catfishing allegations. The show is known for its drama, and deservedly so. The show, for those who haven’t watched, goes a little bit like this: 1) Drag Queens compete in challenges, 2) One of the bottom two performers are eliminated each week via a Lip Sync battle, 3) Drag Queen Matriarch RuPaul, from the final four contestants, picks each season’s winner of $100,000 (among other prizes).
The newest season of the Emmy Award-winning competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race premiered just a few weeks ago on February 28th. css-u7w073.MuiSnackbar-root.*NOTICE* This article discusses past and present seasons of the competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
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