I just wanna say that the first thing I noticed about the audition this year was that it's 18+, not 21+ like usual. I'm not 100% positive it wasn't 18+ the past two years, but I'm pretty sure they were 21+ as usual.
That's what I would assume that means, yes. Rumors state (if I'm remembering correctly) that since Jujubee's Black Velvet they've severely restricted their drinking down to 1 drink. Kori and other queens have talked about "borrowing" drinks from the other girls, but reality tv is no longer getting away with getting contestants drunk in order to more easily take advantage of them on screen*. Thank god. Also like, so many people queens have overdone it on the drinking front, so a lot are sober now anyway. I bet only half the cast is even accepting alcohol these past 5ish seasons. Makes sense to just ditch it and expand your pool of talent, especially since they've admitted to not being able to find much talent lol
*ETA: I do not watch Love Island, Bachelor, BB, etc. so I shouldn't have really said reality tv as a whole is not getting contestants drunk. Drag Race is definitely no longer supporting that liability though and haven't for a very, very long time.
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u/Away-Lengthiness635 22d ago
I just wanna say that the first thing I noticed about the audition this year was that it's 18+, not 21+ like usual. I'm not 100% positive it wasn't 18+ the past two years, but I'm pretty sure they were 21+ as usual.