Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical

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"Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical"
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 6
Original air dateJune 9, 2023 (2023-06-09)
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This episode's Rusical was inspired by Joan Crawford (left), while the runway theme was a tribute to Grace Jones (right).

"Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical" is the sixth episode of the eighth season of the American reality competition television series RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars , which aired on online streaming service Paramount+ on June 9, 2023. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The episode has contestants perform a musical about Joan Crawford for the main challenge. Adam Shankman serve as guest judges, alongside regular panelists RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and Ts Madison.

Contents

Episode

The seven remaining queens are required to record their own vocals, then dance and lip-sync on the main stage as they embody Joan Crawford at different points in her life and career as well as some excerpts from his private life extracted from the biographical film Mommie Dearest . American singer-songwriter Leland assisted with the vocal recording process; choreography was provided by Adam Shankman.

Runway

RuPaul introduces guest judges Shankman, and reveals the theme for the runway: "Night of 1,000 Grace Jones". Upon judgement, Alexis Michelle and Jimbo are deemed safe. Jessica Wild, LaLa Ri and Kandy Muse receive positive feedback on their performances and runway looks, and Kandy Muse is announced as the winner of the challenge. Jaymes Mansfield and Kahanna Montrese are all criticized for their performances, and were announced as the bottom two. Due to the "RuMocracy System" adopted since the fifth season, all the contestants are called to vote to decree the elimination of the week. [6]

After the vote Kandy Muse, the Top All-Star of the week, is called upon to challenge a lip sync assassin in a "Lip Sync for Your Legacy" to try to win a cash price of $30,000 and earn the power to eliminate a contestant at risk of elimination. The lip sync assassin is revealed to be Angeria Paris VanMicheals, a contestant from the fourteenth season of RuPaul's Drag Race . Kandy Muse and Angeria Paris VanMicheals lip sync against each other to Grace Jones' "I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)". Kandy Muse wins the lip sync and reveals that she chose to eliminate Jaymes Mansfield from the competition.

Results

QueenSongResult
Kandy Muse"No More Wire Hangers"WIN
Alexis Michelle"Country Rodeo"SAFE
Jessica Wild"Bring Me the Axe"SAFE
Jimbo"Hag Superstar"SAFE
LaLa Ri"Let's Go Joan"SAFE
Kahanna Montrese"MGM Queen"BTM
Jaymes Mansfield"Mommie Dearest"ELIM

Voting history

Episode [7] 6
Deciding voteKandy
AlexisJaymes
JaymesKahanna
JessicaJaymes
JimboJaymes
KahannaJaymes
KandyJaymes
LaLaJaymes
Eliminated contestantJaymes
  The elimination was determined by the Top All Star, having won the Lip Sync for Your Legacy.
Summary of contest lip syncs, votes and eliminations
EpisodeTop All Star
(Elimination)		vs.Lip Sync Assassin
(Elimination)		SongWinnerBottomEliminated
6 [8] Kandy Muse
(Jaymes)		vs.Angeria Paris VanMicheals
(Jaymes)		"I'm Not Perfect (But I'm Perfect for You)"
(Grace Jones)		Kandy MuseJaymes, KahannaJaymes Mansfield
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.

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