How the ‘All Stars 10’ bracket format could save ‘Global All Stars’

The global season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” largely missed the mark. Could the tournament-style bracket format of “All Stars 10” be the way to get it right?

Can “bracketology” fix RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars?

The 10th season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars wrapped up last week, with veteran Ginger Minj snatching the crown to be inducted into the Drag Race hall of fame.

All Stars has gone through many iterations over the last 10 seasons, but the most recent tournament-style bracket system showed a version of the competition series that truly works. 

While not every bracket delivered equal levels of entertainment, and the rumoured cast for All Stars 11 isn’t exactly what people had in mind, there’s something to this format that can shake up the franchise—specifically Global All Stars.

Resident Drag Race herstorian Kevin O’Keeffe breaks down the changes that need to be made if World of Wonder decides to bring back Global All Stars—and how the bracket-ized format of All Stars 10 could very well address them.

Cody Corrall is Xtra's Social Video Producer. Their work has appeared in BuzzFeed News, TechCrunch, the Chicago Reader, CINE-FILE, Thrillist, Paste Magazine, and other places on the world wide web. He lives in Chicago and speaks English.

Kevin O’Keeffe is a writer, host, instructor, and RuPaul’s Drag Race herstorian living in Los Angeles, California. His favourite pastime is watching a perfect lip sync.

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