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RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3

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

The cast of the third series was officially announced on 18 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]

The winner of the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was Krystal Versace, being the youngest person to ever win a season of the franchise, with Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus as the runners-up.

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 cities stated are at time of filming.

  1. ^ Veronica Green was removed from the second series due to testing positive for COVID-19, and was invited back to compete this series.
  2. ^ Victoria Scone was forced to withdraw from the competition due to injury.
  3. ^ Anubis Finch is 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.

Lip syncs

Legend:

  The contestant won the lip sync to win the challenge.
  The contestant was eliminated after their first time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their second time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their third time in the bottom.
  The contestant was eliminated after their fourth time in the bottom.
  The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.

Guest judges

Listed in chronological order:

Special guests

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

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 10

Episodes

References

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  10. ^ a b "Dragoton". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 2. 30 September 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  11. ^ a b "Great Outdoors". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 3. 7 October 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  12. ^ a b "Big Drag Energy". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 4. 14 October 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  13. ^ a b "Draglexa". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 5. 21 October 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  14. ^ a b "Snatch Game". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 6. 28 October 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  15. ^ a b "The Miss Fugly Beauty Pageant". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 7. 4 November 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  16. ^ a b "Bra Wars". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 8. 11 November 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  17. ^ a b "The Pearly Gates Roast". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 9. 18 November 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  18. ^ a b "Grand Finale". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 10. 25 November 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
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