The third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK began airing on 23 September 2021.
The cast of the third series was officially announced on 18 August 2021 on social media. 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.
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, and casting closed the same month. The series was filmed in March 2021, in Manchester.
BBC Three shared a seven-second teaser for the series on social media on 21 June 2021.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3 and their backgrounds Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Krystal Versace 19 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England Ella Vaday 32 Dagenham, England Runners-up Kitty Scott-Claus 29 Birmingham, England Vanity Milan 29 South London, England 4th place Scarlett Harlett 26 East London, England 5th place Choriza May 30 Newcastle upon Tyne, England 6th place River Medway 22 Medway, England Charity Kase 24 Rufford, England 8th place Veronica Green 35 Rochdale, England 9th place Victoria Scone 27 Cardiff, Wales Elektra Fence 29 Burnley, England Anubis 19 Brighton, England
Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Top contestants Song Winner 1 Krystal Versace vs. Victoria Scone "Total Eclipse of the Heart"(Bonnie Tyler) Krystal Versace Bottom contestants Song Eliminated Anubis vs. Elektra Fence "Sweet Melody"(Little Mix) Anubis 2 Vanity Milan vs. Elektra Fence "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 7 Scarlett Harlett vs. Vanity Milan "Scandalous"(Mis-Teeq) Scarlett Harlett Episode Top contestants Song Winners 8 Ella Vaday vs. Kitty Scott-Claus "Something New"(Girls Aloud) Ella Vaday Kitty Scott-Claus Episode Bottom contestants Song Eliminated 9 Krystal Versace vs. Vanity Milan "Hallucinate"(Dua Lipa) Vanity Milan Episode Final contestants Song Winner 10 Ella Vaday vs. Kitty Scott-Claus vs. Krystal Versace "You Don't Own Me"(Dusty Springfield) Krystal Versace
Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Matt Lucas, actor and comedian Oti Mabuse, dancer Nicola Coughlan, actress Emma Bunton, singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock, singer Lulu, singer Alesha Dixon, singer Russell Tovey, actor Kathy Burke, actress and comedian
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 3 Raven, runner-up of both RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 and All Stars 1
Episode 4 Ian Masterson, producer and songwriter Claire Richards, member of Steps Lee Latchford-Evans, member of Steps Ian "H" Watkins, member of Steps Faye Tozer, member of Steps
Episode 6 Judi Love, stand-up comedian Nadine Coyle, singer
Episode 7 Charity Shop Sue, YouTube personality
Episode 10 Jay Revell, choreographer
Episodes
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