One of Alaska, Detox, Katya and Roxxxy Andrews walks home with the $100,000 grand prize and the title of America's Next Drag Superstar.
- Oct 14, 2016
AceShowbiz - "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars" season 2 has crowned its winner in the finale which aired Thursday, October 13. The finale began with the Top 4, Alaska, Detox, Katya and Roxxxy Andrews, but after the challenges, Roxxxy was sent home.
For the final challenge, the remaining three contestants did Lip Sync For Your Legacy. They gave their best but in the end, it's Alaska who came home with the title of America's Next Drag Superstar and the cash prize of $100,000.
It wasn't a huge surprise, considering that Alaska dominated the show and won four challenges during the competition. "It's the culmination of four years of working, trying, growing and learning," she described her win to PEOPLE. "I think it hasn't truly hit me. But when I'm wearing the crown to the airport and to the gas station, I'm sure it will hit me at some moment. Because I'm never taking it off."
Alaska, who finished second in season 5 of "RuPaul's Drag Race", revealed how she approached the competition this time, "I was more focused this time. Last time I just wanted to be everybody's Good Judy, be everybody's friend, and not make any waves. This time I went in and I said, 'I want to do so well that I make people mad,' and I think I did."
The 31-year-old drag queen had a meltdown in last week's episode when she found out that she was in the bottom two for the first time in the season. She explained to EW, "When you're in that environment, it's really scary. Naturally you have an instinct to cling to your friends and cling to people who make you feel comfortable. That's what you do when you're in a situation that's out of your comfort zone, but that's also not the point of being [on the show]. I don't think that's what RuPaul wants us to do, so we have to push ourselves out of what makes us comfortable. We all have to do that. We have to go to the end standing alone, so I'm glad I did that."
To PEOPLE, Alaska also said that she "would have been better off if I just smoked a joint and relaxed a little bit, but that is not how I was." She continued, "I was focused and put a lot of pressure on myself. I didn't want to flip or fall or even do anything that could be construed as flipping or falling. And finally when I did, it was a huge breakdown moment for me."
"I don't regret it," she added, "but I would have just chilled out a little bit more if I could do it again."
