RuPaul's Drag Race Global All Stars

Any hope of impartial judging and a fair fight has been quickly dispelled in the last couple of episodes (ep. 3 and 4). As some people on social media have astutely pointed out, it is about viewership and Paramount+ getting back as much of its investment in this maiden Global Drag Race as possible. With an American judging panel and production pressure to retain contestants from high viewership countries further into the series (English as first language, higher populations, more liberal), the unceremonious axing of the first two queens is less surprising and the trajectory of the remaining queens become predictable.

My predictions for next contestants to go are: Soa de Muse (underwhelming), Eva Le Queen (can't lip sync to save their lives), Tessa Testicle (amusing but overshadowed), Vanity Vain and Gala Varo. And the last ones standing probably are: Pythia (CAN, creativity only gets one so far), Kween Kong (AUS/NZ, dancing only gets one so far), Nehellenia (ITA, underdog character arc), Kitty Scott-Claus (UK, need I say more) and Alyssa Edwards (USA, duh). What was initially excitement at a global season has deflated into resigned acceptance that diehard fans from around the world will not be getting the Olympics of drag they deserve.

Only queens that Rupaul knows and has judged before, get major favouritism. They seem to be automatically safe or better. Also, bad stereotypes and no representation of foreign queens backgrounds. If you're not a UK, Australian or American of course, get ready to be made fun of ( u smell like a taco, Marguerita pizza,) and have the hosts join in on it. I like how Ru is pretending to keep it seem 'balanced' a little bit towards the end. Also all the challenges strongly benefit the English speaking queens of course. Like a roast challenge and then an open mic challenge back to back. Please what a joke.

Rupaul only like the english speaker queens, that is not fair in a "global" format, the judges are the same from the US format, they needed to include global judges.

It is so sad because this was a very good idea, but it isnt well excecuted.

The Rupaul concept has overpassed Rupaul herself and she is not listening to the viewers all arround the World and she has to do that because dragrace is bigger now than in the Last 5 years at least, maybe they have to thing about the format they are gonna use and invest more time but i dont think they do because there is a New show just after anoche one.

As a long-time fan of RuPaul's Drag Race, I was excited for Global All-Stars, but the editing has made it almost impossible to enjoy. The sound effects, in particular, are completely out of place and poorly timed. During eliminations, it feels like the editor doesn't know when or how to use sound effects-sometimes the wrong sound is played, or two different sound effects overlap awkwardly. It's confusing and makes what should be dramatic moments feel clumsy.

The latest episode featuring the roast was even worse. The background music playing while the queens were delivering their jokes was so loud and distracting that it drowned out the humor. Instead of laughing, I was left feeling uncomfortable and irritated by how the music clashed with the performances. What should have been a highlight of the season was completely ruined by bad editing choices.

I really wanted to enjoy this season, but the editing has made it unwatchable.

I wanted to share some thoughts about the judging panel for the Global All Star event. Given that it's a global competition, it would make sense to have judges from different parts of the world. Right now, it feels like the judging is heavily influenced by the standards of the US franchise, which doesn't seem fair for a competition meant to be global.

There also seems to be some clear favoritism going on. I know judging can be subjective, but it's starting to feel a bit too obvious, and it's disappointing to see.

I hope this feedback can help make future events more balanced and fair.

Thanks for listening.