RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 8 may be in its final stretch, but the Fame Games are just heating up.*Spoilers ahead for the latest All Stars 8 episode, “The Fame Games Variety Extravaganza.”*All season long, we’ve been hearing about the “game within a game” that gives eliminated queens a chance to win a $60,000 prize and be named Queen Of The Fame Games, as voted on by the fans.Ostensibly an opportunity for queens to show off the fierce runway looks they had prepared for the competition, the format ultimately amounts to a popularity contest—not unlike when Miss Congeniality was decided by fan-vote (which promptly ended when Season 9’s Valentina won the title during the very reunion she feuded with half her cast mates).Of course, as Drag Race is wont to do, they threw a wrench into things this week by bringing back all of the All Stars 8 eliminees (sans Heidi N.
Closet—we miss you, girl!) to compete in “The Fame Games Variety Extravaganza,” awarding the winner of the challenge and lip sync a multiplier for their total Fame Game votes.With that final twist out of the way, the polls are now open—through 12pm PT Monday, July 17— to vote for your favorite.You better vote! ??
Voting for Queen of the Fame Games is now open! Let your voice be heard by July 17 at 12am PT / 3am ET before the winner is announced at next week’s grand finale ? #AllStars8 pic.twitter.com/baRhzCWydGAs Ru has said since the beginning of the season, queens are welcome to post any additional content they’d like on social media to bolster their chance to win—and one of them is taking that to heart in the shadiest way.In other words, the Fame Games are on and the gloves are off.So, which RuGirl is hungry enough for the Fame Games crown to throw her sisters.