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    Who Will Win 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' Season 9? Episode 10 Power Rankings

    By Matthew Huff,

    5 hours ago

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    We're nearly done with RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 9 and eight of our favorite queens from seasons past are still battling for $200,000. Only this time, instead of taking home the prize themselves, they'll be competing for charity AND no one is going home. With the two-part finale beginning next week, however, it's crunch time for the queens. This week on Episode 10, the queens faced off against one another in the Lip Sync LaLaPaRuZa, with the queens pairing up in a bracket-style elimination series. Roxxxy Andrews and Shannel took home Benefactress Badges as the top two All Stars of the week with Roxxxy ultimately ending on top.

    Related: 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 8' Take New York. Next Stop: the World.

    Ru mentioned again this week that the three queens who collect the most badges will be vying for the crown in the season finale. However, he clarified to say that we won't know who those queens are until the end of Part Two, meaning that we have all next week and part of the following to change up the tally.

    Which brings us to the question: Who will win Season 9 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars ?

    To that end, I've put together a ranking of the eight queens competing on this season, ordered from least likely to most likely to be inducted into the Drag Race Hall of Fame. It's a power ranking if you will, and while there are supposed spoilers on dark corners of the internet, I haven't read any of them. This ranking is also based on how likely the queen is to WIN the competition, not just go far, and takes into consideration everything that’s taken place so far.

    Here is last week's ranking of Episode 9 if you'd like to see where we stood coming into this week.

    Related: Here's What the New 'Drag Race All Stars' Cast Is Excited to Show America

    Feel free to swing back to Parade from week to week because I will be updating as the season progresses.

    RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 9, Episode 10 Power Rankings

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    8. Nina West

    Last Week's Placement: Eighth
    Wins: 0
    Benefactress Badges: 2

    What's about to happen in the two-part finale is largely a mystery, but I feel fairly certain that we will see the talent show challenge at some point AND that we will get a finale lip sync for the crown. Nina seems low key ill suited for both parts of that challenge. If Nina was going to win this season, I think she would have needed to scoop up more badges in the comedy/performance challenges already. She feels like an unlikely winner to me.

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    7. Vanessa Vanjie Mateo

    Last Week's Placement: Fifth
    Wins: 1
    Benefactress Badges: 2

    While Vanjie could certainly pull out something fantastic in either the talent show or the final lip sync, she has been operating on luck rather than forethought this whole season. If she can make magic happen, she could find herself within striking distance of the crown, but I just can't see her coming out that strong.

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    6. Gottmik

    Last Week's Placement: Sixth
    Wins: 2
    Benefactress Badges: 2

    Gottmik's journey this season has been an ultimately disappointing one. She arrived guns blazing and snatched two wins in the first three weeks. Since then, it almost appears like she's given up. I'm not sure if something happened behind the scenes or if she just got tired, but she just hasn't quite rediscovered her mojo. While I do think she will be delivering something epic for the talent show, I'm not sure she has the fight in her to win, especially in comparison to the likes of Angeria and Roxxxy who clearly want this crown BADLY.

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    5. Plastique Tiara

    Last Week's Placement: Fourth
    Wins: 0
    Benefactress Badges: 4

    As we saw again this week, Plastique is a TERRIBLE lip syncer. She's lost five lip syncs in a row this season and I just can't see her taking out Angeria, Jorgeous and Roxxxy for that crown, even if she has brought some of the best looks we've seen to the runway. I think making it to the top three would be a major success for Plastique given her performance on her original season. Winning the crown seems unlikely.

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    4. Shannel

    Last Week's Placement: Seventh
    Wins: 1
    Benefactress Badges: 3

    A few weeks ago, I thought Shannel's chances of winning were dead in the water. However, her performances the last two weeks have catapulted her past three of her competitors in the leaderboard and she's one badge away from landing in the top three as of now. The Vegas showgirl WILL be bringing something epic to the talent show, so she could snatch another badge next week. I also think her comeback/Season 1 narrative makes her one of the more compelling queens we have on this season. Ru obviously likes her and her old school drag. There is a way that she wins this.

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    3. Angeria Paris VanMichaels

    Last Week's Placement: Third
    Wins: 3
    Benefactress Badges: 3

    Angeria has been biding her time this whole competition. She's performed consistently well at almost everything, is a formidable lip syncer AND wants that crown bad. I'm not quite sure if she'll be able to win the talent show, but if there are other methods of winning a badge in the two-part finale, she could sneak into the top three. From there, she'd just need to out lip sync Roxxxy for the crown, and while difficult, that's not impossible.

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    2. Jorgeous

    Last Week's Placement: Second
    Wins: 1
    Benefactress Badges: 4

    Make no mistake. The crown is Roxxxy's to lose, BUT if someone is going to snatch it from her, I think it will be Jorgeous. You know that she's going to deliver a lot of stunts in some kind of dancing talent show number, so she could easily pick up another badge. She's also the best lip syncing queen in the mix outside of Roxxxy AND has shown incredible growth this season. RuPaul said she was born to do drag. Perhaps she's also born to wear the crown.

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    1. Roxxxy Andrews

    Last Week's Placement: First
    Wins: 4
    Benefactress Badges: 5

    With 5 badges, 4 wins and an undefeated lip sync track record of 10-0, it seems like Roxxxy will join Jinkx Monsoon and Alaska in the winner's circle from Season 5. Unless there are some major shenanigans, she will be in the top three, and she's never lost a lip sync. I just don't see a way that she loses this season. It feels a lot like Jinkx heading into the All Stars 7 finale. The correct winner of this season is the doll.

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