Keep track of the queens’ running charity totals and overall badges won with EW’s running “All Stars 9” report card.
You can’t read the doll, but you can run her that charity check if she has a stellar track record on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9.
RuPaul tasked a new royal court of eight queens to use their collective drag superpowers “for good, for a change” as they raise money for charities of their choice throughout the season, but the All Stars 9 gals are still in a fierce competition that sees winners (and losers) via twists involving no eliminations and the return of the dreaded All Stars 7 block.
To recap the format change, the AS9 rules in effect are as follows: After each maxi challenge and runway critique, Mama Ru names the top two all-star queens of the week. Both queens are awarded a Benefactress Badge. The top two then face off in a lip-sync for charity, with the winner scoring a $10,000 check for their chosen philanthropic organization.
The lip-sync winner also receives the power to use a giant pair of ruby scissors to symbolically cut off (essentially: block) a queen of their choice from being able to receive a Benefactress Badge the following week, even if that queen ends up winning the challenge and the lip-sync.
RuPaul further confirmed that the All Stars 9 finale will only include a top three, and that Benefactress Badge totals will play a vital role in determining who advances to the finale — and who wins a spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame, plus a $200,000 check for their charity.
Victims of the premiere’s inaugural blocking ceremony across the two-episode debut included reading mini challenge victor Roxxxy Andrews, who was blocked by overall episode 1 Rumix challenge winner Angeria Paris VanMicheals — the latter of whom received a snip of her own from episode 2 winner Gottmik following the Paint Ball design challenge.
Episode 3 saw Nina West and Gottmik triumphing as both Liberace and Pal, the dog that played Lassie, in the Snatch Game of Love celebrity impersonation challenge. Gottmik won her second lip-sync in a row against Nina, but both top-two queens earned a pair of badges each, with RuPaul informing them that they’d be able to keep one for themselves, but had to give one to another queen (their choices will be revealed at the start of episode 4).
With so many rules and alterations to the All Stars format, it can be difficult to keep track of which queens are winning in the competition — and who’s behind. Entertainment Weekly is keeping a running tally of total charity money raised by each queen, who’s winning the most maxi and mini challenges, who has the most Benefactress Badges, and which queen is blocked each week (and which of her sisters did the deed).
See which queens are ahead in the competition in our track record report card (and the stars’ total charity winnings) below.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 9 queen track records, Benefactress Badge counts, and power ranking
Gottmik: 2 Benefactress Badge; 2 lip-sync wins; 0 mini challenge wins
Angeria Paris VanMicheals: 1 Benefactress Badge; 1 lip-sync win; 0 mini challenge wins
Nina West: 1 Benefactress Badges; 0 lip-sync wins; 0 mini challenge wins
Jorgeous: 1 Benefactress Badge; 0 lip-sync wins; 0 mini challenge wins
Plastique Tiara: 1 Benefactress Badge; 0 lip-sync wins; 0 mini challenge wins
Roxxxy Andrews: 0 Benefactress Badges; 1 mini challenge win
Shannel: 0 Benefactress Badges; 0 mini challenge wins
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo: 0 Benefactress Badges; 0 mini challenge wins