When one season of RuPaul’s Drag Race ends, you can always assume that there’s another one right around the corner. That is once again the case with the latest announcement from World of Wonder, RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All-Stars. It’s basically shaping up to be the Olympics of drag.
The announcement of the new series comes as Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winds down and a few days after the trailer dropped for Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. The World. It’s clear that oversaturating the market isn’t a concern for World of Wonder, and the world is a better place because of it.
Bring on the Global All Stars
Although there’s a mind-blowing amount of Drag Race on TV right now, we will give RuPaul some credit for Global All Stars. It’s something different, and it’s about to perfectly coincide with the Paris Olympics. We’ll pretend that timing was intentional.
For the new series, RuPaul is bringing together performers from each of the international franchises and having them compete for a grand prize of $200,000 and the coveted title of “Queen of the Mothertucking World.” The charity-driven All Stars 9 has been heartwarming and all, but this is about to be a real competition.
In the announcement for the new show, they called it a “1 once-in-a-lifetime drag competition.” Let’s hope that’s not the case. We could do this biannually like the real Olympics.
For now, let’s meet the 12 queens competing for the inaugural season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars.
- Alyssa Edwards (United States)
- Athena Likis (Belgium)
- Eva Le Queen (Philippines)
- Gala Varo (Mexico)
- Kitty Scott-Claus (United Kingdom)
- Kween Kong (Australia)
- Miranda Lebrão (Brazil)
- Nehellenia (Italy)
- Pythia (Canada)
- Soa de Muse (France)
- Tessa Testicle (Switzerland)
- Vanity Vain (Sweden)
RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars premieres with two episodes on August 16 on Paramount+.
TELL US – WHO ARE YOU ROOTING FOR ON GLOBAL ALL STARS? ARE YOU MORE EXCITED FOR THIS OR THE PARIS OLYMPICS?
