RuPaul's DRAG RACE UK
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, because the official cast for the highly-anticipated debut season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is H-E-R-E, here! This October, ten sickening queens will sashay down the runway and compete for the title of the UK’s first Drag Race Superstar on BBC Three. RuPaul will return as host and main judge alongside best squirrel friend Michelle Visage, as well as newcomers - and British icons - Alan Carr and Graham Norton.
“Oh my goodness, when they see this show, they are going to flip,” RuPaul said in a statement. “And I predict that we will be doing this English edition of Drag Race for many years to come. I think also, audiences around the world are going to start to require the English version, because it’s different, it’s the same but it’s different. There’s a different tone.”
Since Drag Race pranced onto our screens back in 2009, the show has introduced fans to over 100 gag-worthy queens, all of which have gagged us with their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent (and synergy, but we don’t talk about that). While it’s often been said that drag will “never be mainstream”, the series has become an international phenomenon, earning 23 Emmy Award nominations with three consecutive wins for Mama Ru as Outstanding Host.
The show also made HERstory when it became the first television series to win Emmy’s for the latter and Outstanding Reality-Competition Program in the same year. HERstory honey! So, it comes as no surprise that the BBC will be opening its doors to showcase the finest drag that Britain has to offer, and after kiki-ing with the queens, it seems like it will be as British as mothertucking possible.
From a host of exciting guest stars (including Cheryl, Geri Halliwell and MNEK); to the iconic Snatch Game, which will no doubt feature impersonations of several British pop culture staples (we’re keeping our fingers crossed for Gemma Collins!); to the chart-topping British anthems that will be lip-synced to on the main stage,
