RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

For the most part, the format of the All Star Drag Race resembles that of the main series - with each episode consisting of a maxi challenge (which determines who is eligible for elimination), and a lip-sync (which determines who is eliminated). However, each cast is composed of former contestants and the format for the competition is altered, with most seasons featuring a format in which the Queens themselves have a say in the judging and elimination process. Format Variation The main differences in format to the main series are as follows: • Season 1: The first All-Stars season was a pairs competition. Queens competed in teams of two, determined by the contestants themselves. Both members of the losing team would be eliminated each week. The bottom two teams chose one member to "lip-synch for their lives". The non-lip synching teammates had the option during the first minute of the performance to declare a "she-mergency", hit a panic button, and "tag in" to complete the performance. In the finale, two pairs remained, at which point the pairs were disbanded. • Seasons 2–4: The second season was an individual format much like the main series and introduced the format of having the contestants eliminating each other. This season also introduced the lip-sync for your legacy, where the top two contestants in each main challenge would compete in the lip-sync. The victor is awarded a cash prize of $10,000 and the power to eliminate any of the worst-performing queens from the main challenge. This format returned in the third and fourth seasons as well. • Seasons 5–6, 8: The fifth season made a minor adjustment to the format from seasons 2–4. Only the sole main challenge winner can lip sync for her legacy against a Lip Sync Assassin (a contestant from a previous season considered to be great at lip syncs), while the bottom queens are the only ones eligible for elimination. If the Assassin wins, the eliminated queen will be determined by a vote by the rest of the contestants. The $10,000 lip sync prize jackpot rolls over to further episodes until an All-Star queen wins a lip-sync. If the competing All-Star wins the lip sync, she will get the power to eliminate a bottom queen, as well as win a jackpotting cash prize. This format returned in the sixth and eighth seasons. • Seasons 7, 9: The seventh season featured past winners from the franchise returning to compete and no contestants were eliminated prior to the final stage of the competition. The top two queens in each main challenge are awarded a "Legendary Legend Star" and compete in a lip-sync for the win. The winner of the lip-sync receives a cash prize and the ability to block one of the safe queens from receiving a star the following week. The 4 contestants with the most stars at the end of the competition are eligible for the title "Queen of All Queens", which then participate in a Lip Sync For The Crown tournament. The ninth season featured the same format from Season 7, however, it did not feature a cast of past winners, stars were replaced with "Beautiful Benefactress Badges", there are only a top 3 will be moving on to the finale and queens competed for a spot in the "Drag Race Hall of Fame" and money for the charity of their choice. • Season 10-11: The tenth season introduces the bracket tournament format, where three groups of six competitors are narrowed down to the top three using a points system, over three competitive episodes per group. The top three queens of each group merged to form the semi-finalist group of 9 queens. This was followed by two competitive episodes ending with a Lip Sync For Your Life. In the finale, the remaining 7 queens, plus one previously eliminated "wild card" contestant chosen by the judgers, competed in a lip-sync smackdown for the crown. The eleventh season featured the same format, however only the top two queens from each bracket advanced to the semi-finals. Judging } == Series overview ==