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RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Series 3
Promotional poster for series three
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants12
No. of episodes6
Release
Original networkBBC Three / BBC One (UK)
WOW Presents Plus (International)
Original release23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) –
present
Series chronology
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Series 2
Next →
Series 4
List of episodes

The third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK began airing 23 September 2021.[1]

The cast of the third series was officially announced in August 2021 on social media.[2] The series saw the return of Veronica Green, who was forced to withdraw from the second series of the show after testing positive for COVID-19, and received an open invitation for the third series. The series also welcomed Victoria Scone, the franchise's first ever cisgender female contestant since its beginning in 2009.[3]

Production

In November 2020, BBC confirmed plans to air a third series,[4] and casting closed the same month. The series was filmed in March 2021,[5][6] in Manchester.[4]

BBC Three shared a seven-second teaser for the series on social media on 21 June 2021.[6][7]

Contestants

Ages, names, and hometowns stated are at time of filming.[8]

Contestants of Drag Race UK Series 3
Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Ella Vaday 32 Dagenham, England TBA
Kitty Scott-Claus 29 Birmingham, England
Krystal Versace 19 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Scarlett Harlett 26 East London, England
Vanity Milan 29 South London, England
Choriza May 30 Newcastle, England 6th/7th Place
River Medway 22 Medway, England
Charity Kase 24 Rufford, England 8th Place
Veronica Green[a] 35 Rochdale, England 9th Place
Victoria Scone 27 Cardiff, Wales 10th Place[b]
Elektra Fence 29 Burnley, England 11th Place
Anubis[c] 19 Brighton, England 12th Place
  1. ^ Veronica Green was removed from the second series due to testing positive for COVID-19, and was invited to return to compete this series
  2. ^ Victoria Scone was forced to withdraw from the competition due to injury.
  3. ^ Anubis Finch is simply referred to as Anubis on the show

Contestant progress

Legend:

  Krystal Versace won RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3.
  Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus were the runners-up.
  WIN indicates that the contestant won the challenge.
  TOP2 indicates that the contestant was one of the two best performing in the challenge, but lost the lip sync to win it.
  SAFE indicates that the contestant was declared safe by the judges.
  BTM (Bottom) indicates that the contestant was up for elimination.
  ELIM (Eliminated) indicates that the contestant was eliminated.
  WDR (Withdraw) indicates that Victoria Scone was removed from the competition due to injury.
  Guest indicates that the contestant returned as a guest.
Progress of contestants including placements in each episode
Contestant Episode
1[9] 2[10] 3[11] 4[12] 5[13] 6[14] 7[15] 8[16] 9[17] 10[18]
Krystal Versace WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM Winner
Ella Vaday SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE WIN SAFE WIN WIN Runner-up
Kitty Scott-Claus SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE Runner-up
Vanity Milan SAFE BTM BTM WIN SAFE SAFE BTM SAFE ELIM Guest
Scarlett Harlett SAFE SAFE WIN BTM BTM SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Choriza May SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
River Medway SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Charity Kase SAFE SAFE SAFE BTM ELIM Guest Guest
Veronica Green SAFE SAFE ELIM Guest Guest
Victoria Scone TOP2 SAFE WDR Guest Guest
Elektra Fence BTM ELIM Guest Guest
Anubis ELIM Guest Guest


Lip syncs

Episode Contestants Song Winner
1 Krystal Versace vs. Victoria Scone "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(Bonnie Tyler) 		Krystal Versace
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
1 Anubis vs. Elektra Fence "Sweet Melody"
(Little Mix) 		Anubis
2 Elektra Fence vs. Vanity Milan "Moving On Up"
(M People) 		Elektra Fence
3 Vanity Milan vs. Veronica Green "I've Got the Music in Me"
(The Kiki Dee Band) 		Veronica Green
4 Charity Kase vs. Scarlett Harlett "Who Do You Think You Are"
(Spice Girls) 		None
5 Charity Kase vs. Scarlett Harlett "Big Spender"
(Shirley Bassey) 		Charity Kase
6 Choriza May vs. River Medway "Shout"
(Lulu and The Luvvers) 		Choriza May
River Medway
  The contestant won the lip-sync for the win.
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom two.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom two.

Guest judges

Special guests

Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 6

Episode 7

Upcoming episodes

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitelOriginal air date
191"The Return of Royalty"23 September 2021 (2021-09-23)
202"Dragoton"30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)
213"Great Outdoors"7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)
224"Big Drag Energy"14 October 2021 (2021-10-14)
235"Draglexa"21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)
246"Snatch Game"28 October 2021 (2021-10-28)
257"TBA"4 November 2021 (2021-11-04)

References

  1. ^ "Those are all of our stunning queens. Series three drops on @BBCPlayer and @wowpresentsplus in September. Not in the UK? Here's where you can watch your faves". Twitter. 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Ding dang dong. It's round three, huns. Meet the new #DragRaceUK queens coming to @BBCthree on @bbciplayer in September". Twitter. 18 August 2021. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ Day, Harvey (August 18, 2021). "Drag Race UK's first female queen Victoria Scone: 'I didn't know if drag was a possibility for me'". BBC. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Davies, Matilda (10 May 2021). "First guest judge for Drag Race UK season three has been leaked – and we're gagging". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  5. ^ Morris, Lauren (19 July 2021). "Drag Race UK season 3 release date: Cast, guest judges and when the show is back". RadioTimes. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  6. ^ a b Percival, Ash (22 May 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3 Is Coming Sooner Than Anyone Thought". HuffPost UK. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b Smith, Reiss (21 June 2021). "BBC drops cryptic teaser for Drag Race UK season three and no, we're not K hun". PinkNews. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ^ Damshenas, Sam (18 August 2021). "RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 3: Meet the 12 fierce queens making herstory". Gay Times. Gay Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  9. ^ "The Return of Royalty". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 1. September 23, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  10. ^ "Dragoton". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 2. September 30, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  11. ^ "Great Outdoors". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 3. October 7, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  12. ^ "Big Drag Energy". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 4. October 14, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  13. ^ "Draglexa". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 5. October 21, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  14. ^ "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 6. October 28, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  15. ^ "The Miss Fugly Beauty Pageant". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 7. November 4, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  16. ^ "Bra Wars". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 8. November 11, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  17. ^ "The Pearly Gates Roast". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 9. November 18, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  18. ^ "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 10. November 25, 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  19. ^ a b c "Oops looks like we've slipped and fallen onto the massive "RELEASE THE #DRAGRACEUK GUEST JUDGES" button at BBC Three HQ". Twitter. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  20. ^ a b c "What do @nicolacoughlan, Lulu and @russelltovey all have in common? They're are all..." Twitter. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  21. ^ a b c "We have some more #DragRaceUK special guest judge news for you… The one and only Baby Spice @EmmaBunton will be spicing up the judging panel". Twitter. 8 September 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  22. ^ "It's finally happening We could NOT be more excited to be special guests on the upcoming season of @dragraceukbbc!! Start your engines..." Twitter. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  23. ^ a b "The iconic @1Judilove and @NadineCoyleNow will be joining @rupaul for #DragRaceUK's Snatch Game. This is not a drill". Twitter. 13 September 2021. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Fashion icon and "very successful manager" @CharityShopSue will be bringing Sec*hand Chance realness to the runway. #DragRaceUK". Twitter. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  25. ^ "Award-winning choreographer Jay Revell is back again to put the queens through their paces. #DragRaceUK". Twitter. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
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