Ooohh girl, the competition is right around the corner! Paramount+ just announced the celebrity guest judges for the upcoming tenth (that's 1 and 0) season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars — and this season is (to quote Mistress Isabelle Brooks) about to "do its big one."
The season will kick off with a two-episode premiere on May 9 on Paramount+. Ice Spice will set the bar high as the first guest judge of the season, followed by — in no particular order — Chappell Roan, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo (Wicked, duh), Colman Domingo (Rustin, Euphoria), Kate Beckinsale (Underworld), legendary party producer Susanne Bartsch, Mayan Lopez (Lopez vs. Lopez), Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs, Echo), and Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Peep the guest list in the trailer below!
Returning for his third appearance as guest judge is musical theater legend Adam Shankman. And of course, you know him, you love him, he's been a choreographer, guest judge, and even a mainstay judge too many times to count: Jamal Sims is in the building.
And because I love stats too much (and also don't know why the fandom hasn't created our own version of SNL's Five-Timers Club with guest judges?) — this will also be Ariana Grande's third time as a guest judge; and the second time for Cynthia Erivo, Susanne Bartsch, and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
All Stars 10 will feature the newly-ish expanded roster of regular, rotating, and recurring judges as well. Michelle Visage is back by RuPaul's side in every episode; Carson Kressley, Ross Mathews, and Ts Madison are back in rotation; and Law Roach will recur as a judge following his appearances on Season 17 earlier this year.
It's great to see Law back again, especially since I fear his addition to the judges' panel of the Project Runway relaunch will preclude him from appearing on future seasons of Drag Race. I mean, Project Runway Season 21 and Drag Race Season 18 are both filming right now. Is Law going to pull a Mrs. Doubtfire and run back and forth between sets?!
But what I'm really gagged about? Sarah! Michelle! Gellar! This is everything! I am here for the Buffy-ssaince! I am here for SMG finally getting the icon treatment she has long deserved! I am here for more of Gellar's actually insightful notes! It was clear that she cared when she guest judged on Season 16's "RDR Live!" episode.
If you want more drag/Buffy content, check out Trixie Mattel's new video ranking every season of the series. And you could also watch SlayerFest98's recap of Sarah Michelle Gellar's previous Drag Race episode — oh, which features me as a guest? I totally forgot!
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 will feature a cast of 18 queens competing in a bracket-style tournament for the crown. For all the details, including the cast list and lots of stats, you can read Pop Heist's cast guide. All Stars 10 premieres on Paramount+ on May 9.
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