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, with Marina Summers as runners-up. Casting occurred in middle 2021 with production starting in early 2022. On July 12, 2022, actor, comedian, and drag queen

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was confirmed as the host and main judge. On July 20, 2022, ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' season 4 and ''All Stars'' season 6 contestant

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and television personality and impersonator

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were confirmed as main judges. And lastly, on August 11, 2022, photographer BJ Pascual, fashion designer Rajo Laurel and actor and comedian Jon Santos were announced as the alternating judges for the season. The season consisted of ten one-hour episodes.

Contestants

''Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.'' Notes:

Contestant progress

Lip syncs

Legend:

Judges

Main judges

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Alternating judges

*BJ Pascual, commercial and editorial photographer * Rajo Laurel, fashion designer *Jon Santos, actor, celebrity impersonator, comedian, and writer

Guest judges

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Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage. Episode 3: * Moophs, musician, producer, songwriter and DJ Episode 4 and 5: * Douglas Nierras, artistic director and choreographer Episode 6: * Jojie Dingcong, businessman, talent manager and television personality Episode 10: *

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Episodes

References

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