RuPaul’s Drag Race bosses announce most UNREAL line-up of guest judges for All Stars 10

Producers really said, 'QUEER ICONS, PLEASE?' Can we get an Amen?

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by Ben Pulsford |
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It's not totally uncommon for the heat team to totally lose it over RuPaul's Drag Race news rather publicly and embarrassingly, but this latest update left us so gagged it almost caused an injury.

ICYMI, the guest judges for the hotly-anticipated All Stars series 10 have been announced via a spicier than spicy trailer and producers really said, 'QUEER ICONS, PLEASE?' Can we get an Amen?

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is back
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars is back ©World of Wonder

Just days after confirming that Drag Race royalty like Ginger Minj, Nicole Paige Brooks, Aja and Olivia Lux will make up the biggest All Stars cast in history, show bosses have confirmed the guest judges who will judge them on the runway and give casting a pay rise right now, Ru, because these names are goddam royalty.

The star-studded line up of guest judges includes Ice Spice, Chappell Roan, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, Colman Domingo, Kate Beckinsale, Susanne Bartsch, Adam Shankman, Jamal Sims, Mayan Lopez, Devery Jacobs and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

The Buffy x Drag Race crossover we all need right now
The Buffy x Drag Race crossover we all need right now ©(Photo by Neil Mockford/GC Images)

Can we just? Elphaba, Glinda AND Buffy? Avec an inevitable Pink Pony Club lip sync? Stop it.

These queer legends will join mainstay judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, Ts Madison and recurring judge Law Roach on the judging panel for the tenth season of All Stars and we can hardly wait.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will appear on the panel together
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande will appear on the panel together ©(Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Luckily, we won't have to as the series begins streaming exclusively for UK viewers on WOW Presents Plus with two all-new episodes on Friday 9 May.

For the first time ever, All Stars will introduce a brand-new format across twelve episodes: the Tournament of All Stars. The queens will be divided into three groups of six, each competing in their own bracket across three episodes. At the end of each bracket, the top three queens with the highest point totals will advance to the semi-finals where they’ll go head-to-head with the top queens from the other groups in another round of fierce competition over two episodes.

The tournament will then culminate in an epic Lip Sync Smackdown for the Crown grand finale episode, where the finalists will battle it out for a grand prize of $200,000 (£150,000) and a place in the coveted Drag Race Hall of Fame.

The cast of all stars 10
The cast of all stars 10 ©World of Wonder

Season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars will feature 18 queens - the largest in the franchise’s herstory.

The previously announced cast includes Acid Betty, Aja, Alyssa Hunter, Bosco, Cynthia Lee Fontaine, Daya Betty, DeJa Skye, Denali, Ginger Minj, Irene the Alien, Jorgeous, Kerri Colby, Lydia B Kollins, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, Nicole Paige Brooks, Olivia Lux, Phoenix, and Tina Burner.

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