The finale of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 5 is here! This season has not been the thrill ride we have come to expect from the most innovative, exciting, and queer show of all time, but even the less exciting seasons are always a joy to watch. While other seasons had stronger beginnings and ended on a rough note, we predict this season will do the opposite. It will go out with a bang by crowning Shea Coulee.
Shea Coulee has been the frontrunner in this competition since the first day the cast was announced. She was almost eliminated in the third episode, but the drag gods kept her on the show. The last two All Stars seasons have sent the frontrunner home mid-season and it made for two very disappointing finales. This season the best three queens made it to the top three and any of them could take the crown home.
The episode preview begins with Miz Cracker, Jujubee, and Shea Coulee reminiscing about their time in the competition and the truth that they always saw the three of them in the top. The only other girl who really had a shot was Alexis Mateo and she shot herself in the foot with the way she played the game. Miz Cracker has three wins, Shea has two and Jujubee only has one. Normally the girl with the most wins is the frontrunner for the crown, but oddly it does not feel that way this season. Jujubee was excellent many times and could have won Snatch Game. Shea has annihilated every challenge (except episode 3) and has seemed leagues above the rest. Cracker does have three wins, but one of them was the SHE MZ improv challenge, which was horrible in every way. Cracker was great this season when she was great, but when she was bad she was really, really bad. The other two queens were consistently strong the entire season.
In the sneak peek for this week we see that RuPaul has brought all of the girls back for the final episode. It still is not clear why they are there, but we predict they will have a heavy hand in the decision making of this year's winner. They tried this for All Stars 3 and it very much backfired. Shangela ended up missing out on the top 2 and fans were not pleased. This season, however, has had group voting as part of the entire season and it might just work for the finale.
The first 10 minutes of Friday's episode is such a breath of fresh air. It is campy, fun, and wonderful to see three true All Stars gunning for the crown. We will find out Friday night who gets $100,000. May Shea reign.
Source: VH1