RuPaul Breaks Down Drag Race All Stars 10 Points System Twist—the Queens Are Gagging

The first two episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 is here, and the points system twist is the most sickening format we've seen in a very long time in the franchise.

via: Pink News

For All Stars 10, things are running a little differently. As a brief re-cap: 18 queens are competing in three separate, six-queen brackets. The groups are competing in three challenges to earn points, with the three queens with the most points from each group advancing to the semi-finals.

The “Orange” bracket of queens were up first in episode one, with Aja, Deja Skye, Irene The Alien, Bosco, Olivia Lux and Phoenix taking on a Rumix challenge, writing lyrics to and performing the song “Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner”.

After the judges’ critiques – including one particularly scathing review of Phoenix’s performance from guest judge rapper Ice Spice – Aja and Irene The Alien were called as the winners.

It was a double-whammy too, with episode two of All Stars 10 also dropping, featuring a murder mystery themed improvisation challenge. After the judges – including The Four Seasons star Colman Domingo – deliberated, Bosco and Irene The Alien were named as the top two.

The episodes’ results marked a jaw-dropping transformation for Irene The Alien, previously known as Irene Dubois, who managed to last just a single episode during her original season, Drag Race season 15, back in 2023.

“Irene The Alien went from being first out on S15 to WINNING the first two episodes of All Stars 10. This *HAS* to be the best Rudemption we’ve EVER seen in the HERSTORY of the All Stars franchise. INSANE,” one fan wrote on X/Twitter.

“Irene The Alien had the best redemption ever for a Porkchop queen! Irene slayed the first runway which looks absolutely phenomenal! She slayed the rock challenge,” a second shared.

A third agreed: “I’m so f**kin proud of her. She had nothing to lose this season and she won the first two challenges. She was one of the girls I was really rooting for from this group and she showed that she was more than just a Porkchop queen.”

Irene was eliminated during episode one of season 15 after failing to impress with her bonkers talent show performance. In retrospect, it’s hardly surprising: her talent was making a glass of ice water.

During All Stars 10 episode one, even host RuPaul seemed surprised at how short Irene’s season 15 run was.

While speaking to Irene during his walk through the Werk Room, Ru questioned her on how she felt watching her time on season 15.

“When you watched your season back,” he began, before correcting himself. “When you watched your episode back…”

Online, fans have clocked the moment as one of the episode’s best.

“The moment RuPaul correcting herself and saying episode instead of season when talking to Irene The Alien about her time on S15 is SO f**king shady, I’m CRYING,” wailed one fan.

Other “Porkchop” queens – queens who have been eliminated first in a season – to Ruturn to the competition and perform well include Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, Shangela, and Lemon.

Yet none of those queens have managed to secure a place in the top two in the first two episodes of their returning seasons. Irene The Alien, the history-maker that you are.

The first two episodes of All Stars 10 are streaming now on Paramount+ and WOW Presents Plus. Episode one is available to watch in full on the WOWPresents YouTube channel.