![]() ![]() No time for sitting with those looks for too long, though: we’ve got a maxi-challenge to introduce! In a major shake-up from previous All Stars seasons, it’s not a talent show-like AS7, it is instead a musical task. In the second category, only Kandy’s pastel fur look really shines for me. Unsurprisingly, the former category brings out much stronger looks than the latter, with Alexis’s Norma Desmond–inspired drag, Monica’s Cleopatra look and Season 13 Miss Congeniality LaLa Ri’s positively gorgeous gown taking top marks. The two categories the queens must walk are Famous Then and Famous Now, with the former reflecting Hollywood glam of the past and the present being an excuse for the queens to dress up like a celebrity. Might we see Season 2 triumph again? I can only hope!Īfter introductions, we get a fashion show mini-challenge recalling those in regular seasons 7, 12 and 13. ![]() While she just scores safe in this episode, the “OB” as she calls herself (“Original Bitch”) is already demonstrating in her looks, confessionals, and challenge performance that she’s one to keep an eye on this season. It’s absurd to me that it’s taken this long for her to be cast on All Stars, and now that she is, I’m overjoyed that she’s being given a returning hero’s welcome. But Jessica has a special place in my heart as a kind, energetic, fierce queen who absolutely stomped her season before her unceremonious elimination. I would die for most of the queens from Season 2, and was obviously over the moon when Kylie Sonique Love triumphed in AS6. The most interesting introduction of all is Jessica Wild’s, as she is greeted with thunderous applause after 13 years away.įull disclosure: I am a Jessica stan. The first 15 or so minutes of the episode are not demonstrably different than what we saw in the Queen Ruveal in April, so I’ll just say of the entrances that there’s a distinct difference between those who are coming back ready to finish what they started (Season 13 runner-up Kandy Muse, Season 12 Miss Congeniality Heidi N Closet, Season 9 fifth-placer and producer Alexis Michelle and our first-ever Canada’s Drag Race entrant on All Stars, Jimbo) and those who are reintroducing themselves to us (Season 5’s Monica Beverly Hillz, Season 9’s Jaymes Mansfield, especially Season 11’s Kahanna Montrese). The cast of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 gathers for the first time in the werk room Credit: Courtesy Paramount+ But I do think any hopes of this season being a hit from the word “go” must be tempered. Granted, I said the same about AS6 at the time, so I’m hesitant to jump to conclusions. Much of my frustration with the latter comes down to one dubious segment removal-and hoo boy, am I frustrated-but in general, it doesn’t feel like those behind the scenes know quite what story AS8 is telling yet. For the queens: can you demonstrate the ways in which, even if you didn’t get far in your original season, you are ready to make a big impact on this go-around? And for the show: can you support this cast with interesting challenges, smart format changes and compelling story editing?īy the end of the premiere, I find the cast to be more prepared for their task than production. Like AS6 before it, AS8 is making Rudemption the name of the game, and the challenge is twofold. The formula for a truly great All Stars season is a fickle one, and while I’m intrigued by the possibilities presented by this cast, it’s not exactly a lineup of surefire superstars. I run us through this little herstory lesson to explain why I’m both excited and nervous for All Stars 8, and why this ominous opening does little to assuage my anxieties.
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