SPOILERS!!! This post contains spoilers for “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10” Episode 6.
The second preliminary round of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10” reached its conclusion with Episode 6 of the series, which began streaming on Paramount+ on Friday, June 6. The landmark season, dubbed the “Tournament of All Stars,” features an all-new bracket format and the series’ largest-ever cast of 18 returning “Drag Race” queens.
The second bracket, which kicked off on May 23, featured six of those queens – Tina Burner, Kerri Colby, Lydia B. Kollins, Nicole Paige Brooks, Jorgeous and Mistress Isabelle Brooks. Over the course of three episodes, the bracket of returning queens competed in a trio of maxi challenges to earn points and, for three of them, snatch a spot in the semi-finals.
Paramount+‘Tournament of All Stars’ Bracket 2 Recap
In Episode 4, the new bracket of queens sashayed into the Werk Room to meet their first challenge of the season: to design show-stopping runway looks using the mystery items found inside giant 8-balls. With the help of extra-special guest judge, nightlife icon Susanne Bartsch, RuPaul named Lydia B Kollins and Tina Burner as the Top 2 All Stars of the week.
Both Lydia and Tina earned 2 points each for their performance in the challenge, though Lydia was able to eek out another point (and $10,000) by winning the Top 2 lip sync to Loleatta Holloway’s “Love Sensation.”
Paramount+At the top of Episode 5, the Bottom 4 queens were tasked with handing out their Most Valuable Queen (MVQ) points. With one point to give away each, Nicole Paige Brooks and Kerri Colby awarded their MVQ points to Mistress and Jorgeous, respectively, expecting the queens to return the favor. In a bid to get ahead in the competition, however, Mistress and Jorgeous decided to swap their points with one another. This strategic play left Kerri and Nicole without points heading into the second Maxi Challenge – the “Rappin’ Roast.”
A combination of classic “Drag Race” girl group and roast challenges, the “Rappin’ Roast” tasked the queens of Bracket 2 to write, record, and choreograph a diss track about their fellow competitors. After their performances, and a quick visit from pop icon Chappell Roan, RuPaul named Jorgeous and Mistress as the Top 2 All Stars of the week, awarding them 2 points each.
Paramount+After a final lip sync battle to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!,” Ru called it a tie, awarding an additional half point to Mistress and Jorgeous.
The Bottom 4 queens from Episode 2 divvied out their MVQ points at the start of Episode 3. Nicole gives her point to Kerri while Tina gives her point to Nicole. Kerri, surprisingly, gives her point to Lydia, despite her lead in the competition. Lydia, in turn, awards her point to Kerri.
Paramount+Ahead of the final Maxi Challenge of Bracket 2, here’s how the leader board shaped up: Mistress and Jorgeous were tied for first place with 4.5 points each with Lydia just behind them with 4 points, both Kerri and Tina were up to 2 points each, and Nicole trailed behind with just 1 point.
Which Queens Advanced to the Semi-Finals? Who Sashayed Away?
With just one more chance to earn points and snatch a spot in the semi-finals, the queens prepared for their final Maxi Challenge of Bracket 2 – “Starrbooty: The Rebooty” the Rusical.
Despite stand-out performances from the entire cast, RuPaul ultimately named Jorgeous and Lydia as the Top 2 All Stars of the week, awarding the queens 2 points each before challenging them to face off in a lip sync battle to Beyonce’s “Texas Hold ‘Em.” Joregous was later deemed the winner of the lip sync, pocketing an extra point and securing her place in the semi-finals with 7.5 total points.
Paramount+With 6 points in her pocket after the final lip sync, Lydia similarly secured her spot in the semi-finals, leaving the Bottom 4 queens of the week to duke it out for the final slot. Despite an honest effort from Kerri to convince the other three queens to give her their final MVQ points, she was only able to secure points from Tina and Nicole. Kerri gave her point to Tina and Mistress, in order to prevent Kerri from overtaking her narrow lead, gave her point to Lydia.
In the end, this was the final scoreboard for Bracket 2:
- Jorgeous – 7.5 points
- Lydia B Kollins – 7 points
- Mistress Isabelle Brooks – 4.5 points
- Kerri Colby – 4 points
- Tina Burner – 3 points
- Nicole Paige Brooks – 1 point
After all of the points had been added up, it was Jorgeous, Lydia and Mistress who moved on to the semi-finals of the “Tournament of All Stars.” The trio of queens will be joined in the next round of the competition by Bracket 1 winners: Irene the Alien, Bosco and Aja.
Consequently, Kerri Colby, Tina Burner and Nicole Paige Brooks were eliminated from the competition – but all is not lost!
Paramount+RuPaul concluded the episode by informing the eliminated queens that, ahead of the Grand Finale, each of the show’s main judges will be able to nominate one eliminated contestant to return to the competition. Each of the judges’ selections will be placed into the Wild Card Lottery. Of the selected queens, only one will be chosen, at random, to return to compete for the $200,000 grand prize and a coveted spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame.
The final six queens to join the “Tournament of All Stars,” including Daya Betty, Acid Betty, Ginger Minj, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Alyssa Hunter and Denali, will kick off Bracket 3 on Friday, June 13 on Paramount+.
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10’ Bracket 2 Results: Who Advanced to the Semi-Finals?