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|Title = Bra Wars
|Title = Bra Wars
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|ShortSummary = For this week's main challenge, the queens must overact in the budget movie ''Bra Wars - The Fempire Claps Back''. Ella Vaday plays Daft Shader, Kitty Scott-Claus plays Brabarella, Krystal Versace plays She-3PHO and Vanity Milan plays Baby Yolo, [[Brian Dowling (presenter)|Brian Dowling]] reprised his role as Glinky, [[H & Claire]] reprised their roles as The Captain's Brother and Sister, [[A1 (band)|A1]] reprised their roles as The Bores and [[James Redmond (actor)|James Redmond]] reprised his role as Commander Vegas.
|ShortSummary = For this week's main challenge, the queens must overact in the budget movie ''Bra Wars - The Fempire Claps Back''. Ella Vaday plays Daft Shader, Kitty Scott-Claus plays Brabarella, Krystal Versace plays She-3PHO and Vanity Milan plays Baby Yolo.


On the runway, category is Scene Stealers. All queens receive positive critiques on the runway. Krystal Versace and Vanity Milan are declared safe. It is announced that Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus are the top 2 queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "[[Something New (Girls Aloud song)|Something New]]" by [[Girls Aloud]]. Ru then declares both of them the winners of the challenge.
On the runway, category is Scene Stealers. All queens receive positive critiques on the runway. Krystal Versace and Vanity Milan are declared safe. It is announced that Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus are the top 2 queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "[[Something New (Girls Aloud song)|Something New]]" by [[Girls Aloud]]. Ru then declares both of them the winners of the challenge.
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*'''Runway Theme''': Final Three Eleganza Extravaganza
*'''Runway Theme''': Final Three Eleganza Extravaganza
*'''Lip Sync Song''': "[[You Don't Own Me]]" by [[Dusty Springfield]]
*'''Lip Sync Song''': "[[You Don't Own Me]]" by [[Dusty Springfield]]
*'''Runners-up: Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus'''
*<span style="color:#D4AF37">'''Winner of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' Series Three: Krystal Versace'''</span>
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|Title = Grand Finale 2
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|ShortSummary = For the second final challenge of the series, the queens must write and record their own verse to and perform to Blue's first hit "All Rise (song)".

The queens walk the runway one last time. It is announced that all of them will lip-sync to "[[You Don't Own Me]]" by [[Saygrace|Grace]]. It is announced that Krystal Versace is the winner, leaving Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus as the runners-up.

*'''Alternating Judges''': [[Alan Carr]] and [[Graham Norton]]
*'''Main Challenge''': Write and record your own verse to and perform to Blue's "All Rise (song)"
*'''Runway Theme''': Final Three Eleganza Extravaganza
*'''Lip Sync Song''': "[[You Don't Own Me]]" by [[Saygrace|Grace]]
*'''Runners-up: Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus'''
*'''Runners-up: Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus'''
*<span style="color:#D4AF37">'''Winner of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' Series Three: Krystal Versace'''</span>
*<span style="color:#D4AF37">'''Winner of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' Series Three: Krystal Versace'''</span>

Revision as of 16:13, 25 February 2023

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Series 3
Promotional poster for series three
Hosted byRuPaul
Judges
No. of contestants12
WinnerKrystal Versace
Runners-up
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkBBC Three / BBC One (UK)
WOW Presents Plus (International)
Original release23 September (2021-09-23) –
25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)
Series chronology
← Previous
Series 2
Next →
Series 4
List of episodes

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, 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

See also: List of Drag Race contestants

Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3 and their backgrounds[8]
Contestant Age Hometown Outcome
Krystal Versace 19 Royal Tunbridge Wells, England Winner
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[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 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.
Contestants progress with 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

Legend:

  The contestant won the Lip Sync for the Crown and was declared the winner of the season.
  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.
Episode Contestants Song Winner
1[9] Krystal Versace vs. Victoria Scone "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
(Bonnie Tyler) 		Krystal Versace
Contestants Song Eliminated
Anubis vs. Elektra Fence "Sweet Melody"
(Little Mix) 		Anubis
2[10] Elektra Fence vs. Vanity Milan "Moving on Up"
(M People) 		Elektra Fence
3[11] Vanity Milan vs. Veronica Green "I've Got the Music in Me"
(The Kiki Dee Band) 		Veronica Green
4[12] Charity Kase vs. Scarlett Harlett "Who Do You Think You Are"
(Spice Girls) 		None
5[13] Charity Kase vs. Scarlett Harlett "Big Spender"
(Shirley Bassey) 		Charity Kase
6[14] Choriza May vs. River Medway "Shout"
(Lulu and The Luvvers) 		Choriza May
River Medway
7[15] Scarlett Harlett vs. Vanity Milan "Scandalous"
(Mis-Teeq) 		Scarlett Harlett
Episode Contestants Song Winners
8[16] Ella Vaday vs. Kitty Scott-Claus "Something New"
(Girls Aloud) 		Ella Vaday
Kitty Scott-Claus
Episode Contestants Song Eliminated
9[17] Krystal Versace vs. Vanity Milan "Hallucinate"
(Dua Lipa) 		Vanity Milan
Episode Contestants Song Winner
10[18] Ella Vaday vs. Kitty Scott-Claus vs. Krystal Versace "You Don't Own Me"
(Dusty Springfield) 		Krystal Versace

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

  • Jay Revell, choreographer[25]

Episodes

See also: List of RuPaul's Drag Race UK episodes
No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleOriginal 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"The Miss Fugly Beauty Pageant"4 November 2021 (2021-11-04)
268"Bra Wars"11 November 2021 (2021-11-11)
279"The Pearly Gates Roast"18 November 2021 (2021-11-18)
2810"Grand Finale"25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)

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 (18 August 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 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 August 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.
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  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. ^ 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.
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  9. ^ a b "The Return of Royalty". RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Season 3. Episode 1. 23 September 2021. BBC iPlayer / WOW Presents Plus.
  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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  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.
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