RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars has returned. And for Season 10, the franchise brought back 18 former contestants to compete for the crown. However, this week only six queens were competing on our screen. That’s because while the drag queens in the Werk Room may be familiar faces, the format for All Stars Season 10 is brand new (and more than a little confusing TBH). Here’s a quick overview in case you need a refresher:
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Qualifying Rounds:
- The 18 queens are divided into three brackets, with six queens in each. The top three queens in each bracket will move onto the semi-finals.
- Each bracket will compete in three maxi-challenges over the course of three episodes. The top two queens each episode will each earn 2pts.
- The top two queens each episode will lip sync against one another for an additional 1pt.
- Each episode, the four losing queens will each be given 1pt that they will have to bestow upon the “Most Valuable Queen” of the week, which can include the other winners or the top two.
- At the end of each bracket, the three queens with the most points will move on, while the bottom three will be eliminated. The end of Episode 3 concluded Bracket 1, so three queens have been eliminated, and six more queens from Bracket 2 will finish up next week.
Semi-Finals:
- It’s a bit unclear what the exact format of the semi-finals will be, but the nine remaining queens will return to compete in two additional episodes.
- Over the course of two episodes, the remaining nine queens will somehow be whittled down to a smaller group who will progress to the finals.
Finals:
- Again, the details are a bit murky here, but whichever queens (most likely 3-5 of them) will return for the finale to face off in the Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown.
- However, an added wrinkle was added to the mix. Of the 9 queens who lose their brackets, each of the regular judges (Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison) will each select one eliminated queen to return. From that list, one name will be drawn at random, and that queen will also be added to the final Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown.
- The winner will receive a cash prize of $200,000 and a place in the Drag Race Hall of Fame.
Did you follow all of that? No? Well, we’ll figure it out as we go along. Episode 5 is the middle of Bracket 2, so Tina Burner, Kerri Colby, Lydia B. Kollins, Nicole Paige Brooks, Jorgeous and Mistress Isabelle Brooks are now in their competitor era. The six of them are competing for three spots in the semi-finals. This week, they competed in their second of three maxi-challenges with a whopping 9 points awarded. Next week, the final episode of Bracket 2 will pass out the remaining 13 points and decide which three queens are moving on to the semi-finals.
Here’s our spoiler-filled recap of everything you need to know about what happened in RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 Episode 5.
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Who was eliminated on Episode 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10?
No one!
In the Tournament of All Stars format, queens are only eliminated at the end of their bracket, which means we won’t lose another three queens until the end of Episode 6.
Who won Episode 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10?
Jorgeous
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Jorgeous & Mistress Isabelle Brooks
We have a tie! After this week’s rap battle/roast challenge, Jorgeous and Mistress Isabelle Brooks were declared the top two. After a lip sync to this week’s guest judge, Chappell Roan‘s “Hot 2 Go,” however, both were declared the winner, with each earning an additional half point along with the two points they earned for being in the top.
Who earned points in Episode 5 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10?
This week was a phenomenal week for Jorgeous and Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and a pretty crappy week for everyone else. While Bracket 1 distributed their MVQ points fairly evenly, Mistress used the gifting of points by the losers of Episode 4 to her advantage. She tricked Nicole and Kerri into giving their MVQ points to herself and Jorgeous after promising they would return the favor. Mistress and Jorgeous, however, then exchanged points with each other, giving them both two points and leaving Kerri and Nicole with none. Mistress and Jorgeous then won the challenge and split the lip sync win, bringing their episode’s winnings to 4.5 points each. The final tally for points earned this episode stands as follows:
- Jorgeous: 4.5pts
- Mistress Isabelle Brooks: 4.5pts
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 Bracket 2 Scoreboard
After Episode 5, the Bracket 2 competition has established frontrunners. But with 13 points to award next week, it is still anyone’s game. Here’s the scoreboard:
- Jorgeous: 4.5pts
- Mistress Isabelle Brooks: 4.5pts
- Lydia B. Kollins: 3pts
- Tina Burner: 2pts
- Kerri Colby: 0pts
- Nicole Paige Brooks: 0pts
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