The All Stars Format should be 2 Brackets
3 brackets of 6 queens is too many. The orange bracket both years has been over in just two weeks. Meanwhile, cast sizes are frankly too large for each queen to have a moment to shine.
Therefore, they should update the All Stars system to just 2 brackets of 6, with 4 episodes each and 3 staying. Then the merge has 6 queens at episode 9. This gives them the room to do 2-3 eliminations and maybe bring back a queen.
This format accomplishes the following:
-Gives each bracket 1 additional episode
-Reduces the cast size to a sustainable size (18 all stars each year isn’t realistic when regular season casts are 14 queens)
-Gives an extra episode to the merge
-Makes the season feel less rushed overall
This returns AS to the AS6 and AS8 cast size, while still allowing the queens to be guaranteed an episode count.
Also, since it would just be two brackets, they could also set it up like it’s a team competition (Team 1 versus team 2), and whichever bracket produces the winning queen gets money for each queen in the bracket. This then makes the idea of representing your bracket more meaningful.