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Drag Race viewers react to “insane” twists in latest All Stars 7 episode

By Conor Clark

22nd July 2022

RuPaul unleashed some of the biggest twists in Drag Race herstory during the final maxi-challenge of All Stars 7.

The episode saw the eight winners compete in the Drag Race Gives Back Variety Extravaganza, the talent show challenge which usually takes place at the start of an All Stars season.

Shea Couleé and Monét X Change were declared the top two of the week, with Raja and Yvie Oddly also receiving notable mentions during the critiques.

As RuPaul revealed earlier in the episode, this challenge was worth three Legendary Legend stars – bringing Shea’s total number of stars to four and Monét’s to five, securing them both a spot in the final four lip-sync.

With Trinity the Tuck and Jaida Essence Hall both tied at three stars each, RuPaul left it to Monét to decide who would make it to the finale.

She went with Trinity, meaning that The Vivienne, Raja, Yvie and Jaida would instead lip-sync for $50,000 and the title of Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses in next week’s episode.

Fans are incredibly divided over how the stars were given out, with some saying they “love a little extra twist” and others deeming it “unfair” on the queens who had won more challenges during the season.

You can see how viewers reacted to the episode below: