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Anall-star team is a group of people all having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted intovernacular and has been borrowed heavily by theentertainment industry.
The term "all star" is also used in films, often used as a form ofpublicitygimmick to promote the cast of a movie in which a number of high-profile actors appear, sometimes merely incameo roles.[1] An archetype is the 1956 version ofAround the World in 80 Days.
In a similar vein to sporting events, somereality television franchises (such asDancing with the Stars,[2]Survivor ,[3][4] andRuPaul's Drag Race)[5] have held all-star seasons featuring notable contestants from previous seasons, such as champions, contestants popular among viewers, and notable contestants from international versions of thefranchise. These can include entire seasons where the alumni compete against each other, or a spin-off competition with a different format. One such example—Survivor: Winners at War— where to celebrate the 40th season and 20th anniversary of theAmerican version, featured 20 winners from past seasons competing for an increased cash prize of $2,000,000. Most of its challenges were also reprised from the seasons that the cast members had originally competed in.[4][6] Another, example is theAustralia V The World edition ofAustralian Survivor - in which players from the Australian version ofSurvivor competed against players from other versions of the show.
Sometimes, all-starcrossovers may be organized between contestants of multiple reality formats; theMTV seriesThe Challenge was originally a competition spin-off of its reality showsThe Real World andRoad Rules, but later seasons began to increasingly include alumni from other popular reality series such asThe Amazing Race,Big Brother,Love Island,Survivor as well as those who debuted directly onThe Challenge.[7][8] Simularly, the American version ofThe Traitors features a cast largely of former Realty TV Personalities.
"All-stars" in music terms is referred to record labels or a music genre's top musical artists. An example of this includes the single "Pow 2011" byLethal Bizzle in which all the featured artists are credited as "Grime All-Stars". Sometimes, labels organize such all-star sessions to release dedicated albums. Examples of this case are the collectiveThis Mortal Coil under the4AD label, or theRoadrunner United sessions byRoadrunner Records. The term is not equivalent tosupergroup, which refers to a group made of already established musicians from other popular bands or with a successful solo career.
TheAll Star DC Comics was animprint of ongoingAmerican comic book titles published byDC Comics that ran from 2005 to 2008. DC has published two titles under the All-Star banner, featuringBatman andSuperman. The premise of the imprint was to partner DC Comics' top tier characters with the most popular and acclaimed writers and artists.
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