RuPaul's Drag Race UK | |
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Series 3 | |
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Hosted by | RuPaul |
Judges | |
No. of contestants | 12 |
Winner | Krystal Versace |
Runners-up | |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | BBC Three / BBC One (UK) WOW Presents Plus (International) |
Original release | 23 September – 25 November 2021 |
Series chronology | |
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.
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]
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
Contestant | Age | Hometown | Outcome |
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | 35 | Rochdale, England | 9th place |
Victoria Scone | 27 | Cardiff, Wales | 10th place [lower-alpha 2] |
Elektra Fence | 29 | Burnley, England | 11th place |
Anubis [lower-alpha 3] | 19 | Brighton, England | 12th place |
Legend:
Contestant | Episode | |||||||||
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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 |
Legend:
Episode | Contestants | Song | Winner | ||
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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 | Final contestants | Song | Winner | ||
10 [18] | Ella Vaday vs. Kitty Scott-Claus vs. Krystal Versace | "You Don't Own Me" (Dusty Springfield) | Krystal Versace | ||
Listed in chronological order:
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 10
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Original air date | |
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19 | 1 | "The Return of Royalty" | 23 September 2021 | |
Eleven new queens enter the workroom. Veronica Green, who was forced to withdraw last season due to COVID-19, made a comeback to compete again. For the first mini-challenge, the queens play a game of Ru's Dirty Charade. For the main challenge, the queens present two looks on the runway: Queen of Your Hometown and My Favourite Things. On the runway, Krystal Versace, Scarlett Harlett and Victoria Scone receive positive critiques, with Krystal Versace and Victoria Scone being announced as the top two queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler. After the lip-sync, Krystal Versace is announced as the winner of the challenge. Anubis, Elektra Fence and River Medway receive negative critiques, with River Medway being safe. Anubis and Elektra Fence lip-sync to "Sweet Melody" by Little Mix. Elektra Fence wins the lip-sync and Anubis is the first queen to sashay away.
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20 | 2 | "Dragoton" | 30 September 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens team up and perform as dance instructors for the brand new fitness concept "Dragoton".
On the runway, category is Red Carpet Showstoppers. Kitty Scott-Claus, Krystal Versace and Veronica Green receive positive critiques, with Krystal Versace winning the challenge. Charity Kase, Elektra Fence and Vanity Milan receive negative critiques, with Charity Kase being safe. Elektra Fence and Vanity Milan lip-sync to "Moving On Up" by M People. Vanity Milan wins the lip-sync and Elektra Fence sashays away.
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21 | 3 | "Great Outdoors" | 7 October 2021 | |
At the beginning of the episode, it is revealed that Victoria Scone has been removed from the competition due to a knee injury she sustained in episode one. For this week's mini-challenge, the queens make a profile video for the new dating app "Findhr". Scarlett Harlett wins the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens present two looks on the runway: Happy Campers and Campfire Couture. On the runway, Ella Vaday, Krystal Versace and Scarlett Harlett receive positive critiques, with Scarlett Harlett winning the challenge. Choriza May, Vanity Milan and Veronica Green receive negative critiques, with Choriza May being safe. Vanity Milan and Veronica Green lip-sync to "I've Got the Music in Me" by The Kiki Dee Band. Vanity Milan wins the lip-sync and Veronica Green sashays away.
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22 | 4 | "Big Drag Energy" | 14 October 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens write, record, and perform verses to "Big Drag Energy".
On the runway, category is Night of a Thousand Spice Girls. Team Pick 'n' Mix is the winning team, with Choriza May, Ella Vaday, River Medway and Vanity Milan all winning the challenge. Team Slice Girls is the losing team. Charity Kase and Scarlett Harlett receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Who Do You Think You Are" by Spice Girls. They are both declared the winners of the lip-sync and no one goes home.
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23 | 5 | "Draglexa" | 21 October 2021 | |
For this week's mini-challenge, the queens play a game called "RuPaul's Dog Race". Krystal Versace and Scarlett Harlett win the mini-challenge. For the main challenge, the queens team up and market their own in-home smart assistant, "Draglexa".
On the runway, category is Ex-Penny Henny. RuPaul then reveals that both commercials were underwhelming, and reveals that no one will be winning this week's challenge. Charity Kase, Scarlett Harlett and Vanity Milan receive negative critiques, with Vanity Milan being safe. Charity Kase and Scarlett Harlett lip-sync to "Big Spender" by Shirley Bassey. Scarlett Harlett wins the lip-sync and Charity Kase sashays away.
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24 | 6 | "Snatch Game" | 28 October 2021 | |
For this week's mini challenge, the queens read each other to filth. Choriza May wins the mini challenge. For this week's main challenge, the queens play the Snatch Game. Judi Love and Nadine Coyle star as the celebrity contestants. The cast consisted of:
On the runway, category is Feeling Fruity. Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus receive positive critiques, with Ella Vaday winning the challenge. Choriza May, Krystal Versace and River Medway receive negative critiques, with Krystal Versace being safe. Choriza May and River Medway lip-sync to "Shout" by Lulu and The Luvvers. After the lip-sync, RuPaul decides to eliminate both Choriza May and River Medway from the competition.
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25 | 7 | "The Miss Fugly Beauty Pageant" | 4 November 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens create three looks for The Miss Fugly Beauty Pageant: Fugly Swimwear, Charity Shop Chic and Fugly But Fashionable. On the runway, Ella Vaday, Kitty Scott-Claus and Krystal Versace receive positive critiques, with Kitty Scott-Claus winning the challenge. Scarlett Harlett and Vanity Milan receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Scandalous" by Mis-Teeq. Vanity Milan wins the lip-sync and Scarlett Harlett sashays away.
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26 | 8 | "Bra Wars" | 11 November 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens overact in the budget movie "Bra Wars - The Fempire Claps Back".
On the runway, category is Scene Stealers. Ella Vaday, Kitty Scott-Claus, Krystal Versace and Vanity Milan receive positive critiques, with Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus being announced as the top two queens of the week, and will lip-sync for the win. They lip-sync to "Something New" by Girls Aloud. After the lip-sync, Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus are both announced winners of the challenge.
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27 | 9 | "The Pearly Gates Roast" | 18 November 2021 | |
For this week's main challenge, the queens perform a roast of the judges and the eliminated queens of season 3. On the runway, category is Oh My Goddess. Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus receive positive critiques, with Ella Vaday winning the challenge. Krystal Versace and Vanity Milan receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Hallucinate" by Dua Lipa. Krystal Versace wins the lip-sync and Vanity Milan sashays away.
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28 | 10 | "Grand Finale" | 25 November 2021 | |
For the final challenge of the season, the queens write, record and perform their own verse to RuPaul's song "Hey Sis, It's Christmas". On the runway, category is Final Three Eleganza Extravaganza. The eliminated queens all return to the runway. The three finalists are told that they will be lip-syncing to "You Don't Own Me" by Dusty Springfield. It is announced that Krystal Versace is the winner, leaving Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus as the runners-up.
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