M. Night Shyamalan movies, given all the twists that producers have implemented throughout its run. Since the show's second season, the twists— such as the Lip-Sync for Your Legacy— have created opportunities for returning queens to showcase their talents in ways that they couldn't during their original run.
The show's recently aired fifth season introduced its newest twist: the Lip-Sync Assassin. Lip-Sync Assassins are Drag Race winners and alumni known for their lip-syncing abilities. Each week a new lip-sync assassin went head to head with the competing queen who'd won that week's challenge. It gave the chance for queens to showcase their talents without having to go through the grind of competing on the show. Here's all the lip-sync assassins of All Stars 5, ranked from the worst to the best.
Kennedy Davenport
Using the term "worst" isn't really fair when describing these lip-sync assassins. All of them have proven their Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent over the course of their careers. Kennedy Davenport, known as the Dancing Diva of Texas, kicks off this list only because she was the casualty of a bad LSFYL song happening to a great queen.
Going up against Miz Cracker, it was assumed that Kennedy would would win easily. But when the wordy, slow, and very country "Fancy" by Reba McEntire started to play, fans could smell the Rigga Morris from miles away. The song gave Kennedy zero chance to showcase her dancing prowess and Cracker won the lip-sync.
Alyssa Edwards
As one half of the most memorable LSFYL on All Stars 2 (and perhaps all of Drag Race), seeing Alyssa Edwards square up again Shea Coulée was guaranteed to be a treat for viewers regardless of who won or lost. Alyssa is usually able to keep up with any queen she lip-syncs against but Coulée wiped the floor with her opponent.
Returning to compete after losing an iconic lip-sync against Sasha Velour, Coulée took no prisoners with her lip-sync to the Pointer Sister's "Neutron Dance." Edwards, in comparison, seemed less energetic than usual, making the loss a bigger one than audiences are used to seeing with her.
Vanessa Vanjie Mateo
Miss Vaaaaanjie was another casualty of eventual All Stars 5 winner Shea Coulée when she came on to be that week's Lip-Sync Assassin. Known more for her incredible charisma than her lip-sync prowess— which she certainly has— she came on to the show cracking up the judges and audiences with her antics before, during, and after the lip-sync.
Shea Coulée once again slayed the competition with her lip-sync to Madonna's "Open Your Heart," becoming only one of two queens— the other being Miz Cracker— to win two lip-syncs that season. While Vanjie lost, she still brought energy and humur to the lip-sync, making her loss against Shea smaller in comparison to Alyssa Edwards.
Monét X Change
The All-Stars 4 winner has always given audiences fun and humorous lip-syncs. All eyes were on this lip-sync as the the challenge winner of the week, Jujubee, was performing her first lip-sync on the show since 2012. Jujubee, up until that episode, was known for never winning a challenge but never losing a lip-sync. She had already ended her challenge streak with the win for that week.
Jujubee went on to end her lip-sync streak as well, not seeming to know the words to Lizzo's "Juice" as well as Monét. Monét gave the song a hilarious and sexy performance, deservedly winning the lip-sync. On top of that she redeemed herself to a Lizzo song after previously losing a lip-sync to her song "Good As Hell" on season 10.
Roxxxy Andrews
Roxxxy Andrews came on as a lip-sync assassin to make it clear, and boy did she ever. Andrews was the first queen to ever use a wig reveal in a lip-sync on season 5, a move that has since been imitated by subsequent queens. Unlike the majority of lip-sync assassins on Drag Race, she doesn't use a ton of physical moves in her performances.
But time and time again she's proven that she doesn't need to do so in order to slay a song. Her lip-sync against Miz Cracker to "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande was a sultry slow burn to a skimpy, "thick and juicy" outfit reveal, serving so much Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, and Talent while doing so. Cracker and her cartwheels didn't stand a chance.
Morgan McMichaels
Morgan McMichaels has been described by other queens as the "work horse" of drag, performing 365 days of the year. She's served iconic lip-syncs standing still and serving straight up athleticism. What made her appearance as a lip-sync assassin so bittersweet was that whether she won or lost, her best friend and AS5 competitor Mayhem Miller was very likely to be sent home.
But being a true professional, McMichaels gave it her all against Miz Cracker to Rihanna's "Where Have You Been." She even used Cracker's leg as a jump rope. Cracker was also able to keep up with McMichaels resulting in a tie, and the double elimination of Mayhem Miller.
Yvie Oddly
Truthfully, making Yvie Oddly the first Lip-Sync Assassin was both the best and worst decisions made by the AS5 producers. Her dancing, charisma, and flexibility has raised the bar for all lip-sync songs that she's performed. This was no different when she went up against India Ferrah to Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca."
She served flips, humur, and a double wig reveal. And the fact that former filler queen India Ferrah was able to keep up with her catapulted the lip-sync to an icon status. Unfortunately the caveat of getting such a gift of a lip-sync early on was that the following LSYL's didn't come close to being as good as the first.