If you’re already missing new episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race on your TV screen, don’t fret. The long-awaited 10th season of the franchise’s All Stars format is coming even sooner than you might think.
On Wednesday (April 23), Paramount+ announced that RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season 10 is set to debut on Friday, May 6, on the streaming service. To celebrate the show’s expansive history, the newest season of All Stars will feature a whopping 18 contestants from past seasons of the show, each vying for their spot in the Drag Race Hall of Fame.
The queens joining the new season of the franchise are Acid Betty (season eight), Aja (season nine & All Stars 3), Alyssa Hunter (season 14), Bosco (season 14), Cynthia Lee Fontaine (seasons eight and nine), Daya Betty (season 14), Deja Skye (season 14), Denali (season 13), Ginger Minj (season seven, All Stars 2 and All Stars 6), Irene the Alien (season 15), Jorgeous (season 14 and All Stars 9), Kerri Colby (season 14), Lydia B Kollins (season 17), Mistress Isabelle Brooks (season 15), Nicole Paige Brooks (season two), Olivia Lux (season 13), Phoenix (season three) and Tina Burner (season 13).
With a massive cast of queens for All Stars 10, the show is also switching up its format for the season. Dubbed the “Tournament of All Stars,” the first three episodes of season 10 will see each of the 18 queens split up into three groups of six contestants. Performing in brackets amongst their groups for three episodes, the top three queens from each group will advance to the semifinals, where they will subsequently compete in another bracket for two episodes. The finalists from the semifinal bracket will make their way to the finale — a Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown — where they’ll duke it out for the grand prize of $200,000.
The announcement comes on the heels of the finale for RuPaul’s Drag Race season 17 on April 19, where — spoiler alert — frontrunner Onya Nurve was crowned America’s Next Drag Superstar after a hotly contested lip sync to Lady Gaga’s “Abracadabra” against fellow finalist Jewels Sparkles.
Check out the official Meet the Queens livestream for All Stars 10 below:
