RuPaul's Drag Race: Global League

This article is about the league in general. For the divisions, see their respective pages.

RuPaul's Drag Race Global League, also know by simply as the Global League, is a series of interconnected reality-competition television series leagues owned and operated as part of the International Drag Queen Federation, and run by WTJ2020. It currently consist of 5 divisions. New divisions are expected to be introduced in 2022. Qualifiers started December 20th 2021.

## Format

After signing up, queens must take part in a qualifier season. Qualifier seasons are simple 20-queen editions of RuPaul's Drag Race, where the usual rules of the main show apply. Queens are given different challenges to compete in each week. Each episode follows the format of a Mini Challenge, followed by a Maxi Challenge and runway, a lip sync battle, then the elimination of a contestant. This continues until a winner is crowned.

Results of the season determine the league placements. If a queen finishes in the top 2 in a qualifier, either runner up or the winner of the season, they qualify for the main league system, starting at the National Boundaries Level, the fifth tier of the Global League. If a queen is first or second boot, they fail qualification and must re-apply the following season. If a queen should finish between 3-18th place, they stay in the qualifier division for all subsequent seasons, remaining in the qualifying league division until they qualify or fail the qualifications.

If in the league divisions, if they win a season or are runner up, they are promoted to the next division above (unless at the top), if they are first or second boot they are relegated into the next division below. If they are in the National Boundaires League (Tier 5) then they will simply drop back down into the qualifier division and must try to qualifiy again.

The format is most likely inspired by sports leagues, and the fact that promotion and relegation can happen between leagues if a team preforms poorly, only that this league uses RPDR format seasons and is intended for Drag Queens.

## How to Qualify

The International Drag Queen Federation watches over most sims held in the Drag Race official Discord Server. Performances of people who are cast in seasons will determine who gets invited to compete in the League. This evaluation system was introduced for simulators starting from midnight UTC on December 4, 2021. Not all Sims are eligible for assessment of their casts.

Queens can receive an invite directly:

- If they win a season of a simulator (Starting from 4th December 2021 onwards)

- If they are deemed Lip Sync Assassin in a season i.e if awards are given they are awarded the Lip Sync Assassin award, OR if they have the most bottoms in a season (most tops for All Stars).

- They have the most wins (including mini wins if mini challenges are recorded in the track records).

Queens may be shortlisted, i.e placed on a form of watch list:

- If they win awards such as Miss Congeniality.

- If they have a mostly positive track record i.e mostly highs tops and wins, according to a certain criteria.

The shortlist is used for queens who don't directly receive invites by the above criteria. The shortlist will put queens on a sort of "watch list", where they will be watched in some the key simulators held while the federation is watching them. It is subject to change.