Start your engines because the trailer for season five of Drag Race UKjust dropped and we have an official start date too!
Along with the trailer for the fabulous new season, the BBC announced the show will premier in a little over two weeks—thank god because we need more Drag Race stat!
It looks like we’re in for a real treat with the British version of the iconic franchise with the new 30-second trailer showing stunning costumes, comedic pratfall, dramatic wig removals, and emotional reveals.
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According to the exciting trailer, RuPaul and Michelle Visage are returning to the judges table alongside TV legends Alan Carr and Graham Norton and we’re being treated to a bevy of guest judges including Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney, trans ally and singer-songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke.
Yesterday fans were introduced to the new queens vying for a chance to take home that crown. Alexis Saint-Pete, Banksie, Cara Melle, DeDeLicious, Ginger Johnson, Kate Butch, Michael Marouli, Miss Naomi Carter, Tomara Thomas, and Vicki Vivacious are all joining the fifth season Drag Race UK.
Let the best drag queen win!
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season five begins on BBC Three and the iPlayer on Thursday 28 September. Watch the trailer below.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.