"Werq the World Variety Show" is the first episode of the fifth season of the American television series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars . [1] [2] [3] It originally aired on June 5, 2020. Ricky Martin is a guest judge. Yvie Oddly makes a guest appearance.
Ten former RuPaul's Drag Race contestants ("all stars") enter the Werk Room. RuPaul joins and introduces a new twist happening for the season. Instead of the top two all stars lip-syncing for their legacy, only one will be the winning contestant for the week. That winner will face off in a lip-sync against a secret "lip-sync assassin". All contestants will then vote for which bottom contestant of the week should be eliminated. If the contestant wins the lip-sync, their chosen lipstick decides who to eliminate from the competition. If the lip-sync assassin wins the lip-sync, the votes cast by the other contestants dictate who will get eliminated. For the mini-challenge, the contestants "read" (or playfully insult) each other. Blair St. Clair and Jujubee win the mini-challenge.
For the main challenge, the contestants perform in a talent show in front of the judges and a live audience. Following are the contestants and acts:
Ricky Martin is a guest judge. On the runway, Alexis Mateo, India Ferrah, and Miz Cracker receive positive critiques, and India Ferrah is deemed the top contestant of the week. Derrick Barry, Mayhem Miller, and Ongina receive negative critiques, and Derrick Barry and Mayhem Miller are named the bottom two contestants for the week. It is then revealed that Drag Race season 11's winner Yvie Oddly is the lip-sync assassin. India Ferrah and Yvie Oddly face off in a lip-sync contest to Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca" (1999). Yvie Oddly wins the lip-sync and reveals that the group has voted to eliminate Derrick Barry from the competition.
The episode originally aired on June 5, 2020.