On 13 September 2024, prior to the beginning of the sixth series it was announced via social media that casting for the seventh series was now open. Applications remained open for four weeks until closing on 11 October 2024. Filming for the series began in January 2025 at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.[1][2]
The first teaser trailer for the series aired on 11 August 2025, with various close up shots of the queens accompanied by the caption "Start Your Engines".[3][4] The cast was subsequently revealed by the BBC on 22 August 2025, alongside the promotional poster for the series featuring RuPaul.[5][6][7]
Twelve new queens enter the werkroom. For the first main challenge, the queens must showcase a signature look at the Brit Gala, before being interviewed by previous Drag Race queens.
On the runway, category is Queen of Your Hometown. Catrin Feelings, Elle Vosque, and Paige Three are the Top Three queens of the week and receive positive critiques, while Nyongbella, Pasty, and Tayris Mongardi are the Bottom Three queens and receive negative critiques. The remaining queens: Bones, Bonnie Ann Clyde, Chai T Grande, Sally™, Silllexa Diction, and Viola, are safe. The queens are then informed of "The Lucky Cow" twist, in which the bottom two queens will lip sync for their lives, and if they lose, they will be eliminated. However, back in the werkroom, the other queens will secretly vote for "The Lucky Cow", who is the bottom queen that the majority of their fellow competitors think should be saved from a final elimination. However, The Lucky Cow is not revealed until after the lip sync. Back on the main stage, Elle Vosque wins the challenge, while Nyongbella and Pasty lip-sync to "Von Dutch" by Charli XCX. Nyongbella wins the lip-sync, however Pasty is then revealed to have been voted The Lucky Cow, so nobody is eliminated.
For this week's The Traitors-themed mini-challenge, the queens must vote in the categories Most Distasteful: The Queen with The Sloppiest Drag, Most Beautiful: The Best-Looking Queen, Most Painful: The Biggest Pain in the Arse, Most Delightful: The Queen with The Best Vibe, and Most Fateful: Who Will Be Going Home Next. Pasty, Bones, Viola, Elle Vosque, and Pasty win each category, respectively. For the main challenge, the queens must split into pairs and produce looks using materials recycled from previous series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK. As the queen voted the most categories in the mini-challenge, Pasty must assign the materials:
On the runway, Bones, Catrin Feelings, and Sally™ receive positive critiques, with Sally™ winning the challenge. Bonnie Ann Clyde, Pasty, and Viola negative critiques, with Bonnie Ann Clyde being safe. Pasty and Viola lip-sync to "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" by Freemasons and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Viola wins the lip-sync and Pasty is the first queen to sashay away.
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