Throughout the season, fans have theorized that the eliminated queens will likely have to lip sync against one another to regain entry into the competition.

Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers from RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 6 Episode 9, “Drag Tots.” There has been a ton of speculation among fans about what this “game within a game” might be, and now it looks like the predominant fan theory could prove to be true. 'Welcome to our game within a game,' she says. In the teaser for the next episode, as the remaining competitors look on gagged and gooped, Ru sets it all up. Just when the season had narrowed down a Top 4, Drag Race All Stars 6 revealed its “game within a game” twist, and it’s definitely going to shake everything up next week. Think about the debut of Drag Race season 13 but make it All Stars eliminated queens competing for one last shot back into the competition.

After each elimination so far this season, RuPaul appeared in the Werk Room via a video message to invite the voted-out queen to compete in a “game within a game,” but that oh-so-familiar message wasn’t the same at the end of the Aug. After a month and a half of RuPaul endlessly teasing a mysterious “game within a game” on All Stars 6, fans are finally getting some answers.

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