There's no way a show that always casts ~character~ roles is going to allow that to be disrupted and left up to chance with a competition. An All Stars vote, however, perhaps. And it's not a two-night premiere and it's a two hour show - they could introduce them all on the first night (doing it live) and have a 24 hour vote to send 16 or whatever in on the Thursday.
The jury is actually out on an All Stars season for me. I've wanted to watch one in real time ever since I (almost) finished watching all the seasons, but the more I think about it now...the more I think the cast wouldn't at this point be All Stars worthy. I mean - and people can pretend to disagree all they wish - but objectively speaking, a cast without the likes of Will, Dan, Rachel, Derrick, Jeff and Jordan is either not All Stars worthy or certainly not one that Grodner and co are going to consider either, and I don't even like all of those people I just named. Over half of those have had or are having a child soon, that automatically rules them out, and some will expect a hefty fee to even consider an offer.
The problem is here is that 'All Stars 3' just sounds unlikely, perhaps it's better to have a true all-out, best of the best, big name All Stars season for the final one - whenever that may be? If you waste it now on fodder you're making it more unlikely down the line.
That said, I would totally be up for some kind of Fans vs Favourites theme so you can get some vets whom probably wouldn't qualify for an AS but are entertaining and loved enough already, perhaps that's a better compromise for the time being. I don't know, as I said...the jury is still out on this one for me
