After rumors have run rampant for some time right now, World of Wonder and Bell Media’s Crave have confirmed that the very first Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars is coming. The announcement was made by WOW Presents Plus on Thursday.
It will be the Drag Race franchise’s first proper All Stars series, not counting the Canada’s Drag Race: Canada Vs. The World format. Per the streamer, the series “welcomes back queens with unfinished business to compete for the chance to be crowned ‘Canada’s Ultimate All-Star,’ and win a cash prize of $100,000.”
Who is judging ‘Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars’?
Brooke Lynn Hytes is returning as host and judge, with Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 winner and Canada’s Drag Race Season 1 queen and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 8 winner Jimbo.
How many episodes will ‘Canada’s Drag Race: All Stars’ be?
The premiere date is not yet known, but it will air later this year on WOW Presents Plus, with the cast set to be revealed at a later date. The episode count for this inaugural edition is on the shorter end, with six episodes. However, this is the same count as two seasons of Canada’s Drag Race: Canada Vs. The World
This is World of Wonder’s fourth collaboration between Blue Ant Studios and Crave, following Canada’s Drag Race, Canada’s Drag Race: Canada vs. the World and Slaycation.
The series is produced by Blue Ant Studios with World of Wonder, in association with Crave.
Blue Ant Studios’ executive producers are Matthew Hornburg, Mark Bishop, Donna Luke and Laura Michalchyshyn, with Trevor Boris serving as executive producer/showrunner and Shivani Srivastava as supervising producer. Executive producers for World of Wonder include Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell and RuPaul Charles. For Bell Media, Justin Stockman is executive producer and Vice President, Content Development & Programming, alongside Senior Production Executive Danielle Pearson. Sarah Fowlie serves as Head of Production, Original Programming, and Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming.
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