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.

If you think that a show with contestants from all over the world would be a safe space and a celebration of diverse cultures, then you're absolutely wrong.

This whole season is nothing but a joke, a waste of everybody's time, an affirmation of stereotypes and an offence to the art of drag and drag artists.

The way some of the queens are being treated, by RuPaul, production and fellow contestants is shocking.

This could've been the best season of all time but sadly is gonna be the worst. Starting by the queen introduction, it would've been better the "reveal yourself" rather than those cringe questions. The talent show had a few questionable decisions and from episode 3 onwards it just went downhill very fast.

Singling out non-native English speakers and grouping the NES was so evident and a clear indication that production wants them to be the top 3. The NNES are being thrown racial stereotypes, offensive remarks and blatant disdain, it hurts to watch.

This is the only season I've felt, from early on, that should've been cancelled.

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.

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.

The show could have been incredible, but.

• Jamal Sims as a permanent judge (I like him but as a judge he is lacking).

• Having the typical challenges (reading challenge, snatch game, etc.) puts non-native Engish speaking queens at a dissadvantage.

• Obvious favoritism for the Ru Girls
• Very short episodes, although they could be showing us more of the queen's interactions, etc.

Sad sad sad.

For a global all stars this is just lacking so much. What were the producers expecting? The favoritism is obvious. Did they think we would be okay with it? Obviously it gets people talking about the show but since Alyssa walked in episode 1, I knew she would be the crowned queen.