Paramount+ today unveiled the official trailer for the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars as well as a star-studded guest judge lineup that includes Alec Mapa, Anitta, Brothers Osborne (T.J. & John), Colton Haynes, Connie Britton, Jeremy Scott, Keke Palmer, Kristine W, Ruta Lee, and Stephanie Hsu.
The new season begins streaming exclusively on the service on Friday, May 17, with two all-new episodes featuring Palmer and Hsu as guest judges.
In RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season nine, eight fan-favorite queens return to use their drag superpowers for good, competing to win a supersized donation of $200,000, provided by The Palette Fund, for a charity of their choosing.
The Palette Fund is a private foundation dedicated to breaking down barriers and advancing social change in under-resourced communities that face significant challenges.
This season marks the first time in the franchise’s “herstory” that the queens are competing for charity and harnessing their drag skills to win money for various organizations.
The queens returning to RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and the charities they have chosen to compete for are Angeria Paris VanMicheals (Season 14) for the National Black Justice Collective, Gottmik (Season 13) for Trans Lifeline, Jorgeous (Season 14) for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Nina West (Season 11) for The Trevor Project.
There’s also Plastique Tiara (Season 11) for The Asian American Foundation, Roxxxy Andrews (Season 5, All Stars 2) for Miracle of Love, Shannel (Season 1, All Stars 1) for the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, and Vanessa Vanjie (Season 10, 11) for the ASPCA.
Additionally, new episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked—available to stream exclusively on Paramount+ on May 17—take viewers behind the scenes of the backstage drama as the queens anxiously await their fate each week.
World of Wonder Productions produces RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked. Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Steven Corfe, Mandy Salangsang, Ari Kolber, and RuPaul Charles serve as executive producers.
Daniel Blau Rogge serves as executive producer for MTV Entertainment Studios, and Julie Ha serves as supervising producer.
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