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“This is insane”: Fans react to this week’s shocking Drag Race UK episode

The second episode of Drag Race UK has arrived and it was full of twists, turns and a shocking exit. Spoilers ahead. Following the events of the larger-than-life premiere, the queens returned to the workroom to gag over everyone being safe from elimination and Kyran Thrax’s win. “I feel on top of the world,” the London-based queen exclaimed. “Immunity, baby.” In an additional confessional, Kyran added: “I came in guns blazing, and it’s only going to get crazier.” The next day, the ladies met up with RuPaul to receive their…

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“Finally real telly is back”: Drag Race UK fans laud the sickening season 6 premiere

Viewers are “living” for the season six premiere of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Major spoilers ahead. The search for ‘Britain’s Next Drag Superstar’ continued on Thursday (26 September) with 12 fierce new queens: Actavia, Chanel O’Conor, Charra Tea, Dita Garbo, Kiki Snatch, Kyran Thrax, La Voix, Lill, Marmalade, Rileasa Slaves, Saki Yew and Zahirah Zapanta. (You can read our digital cover with all 12 queens here.) Wasting no time to serve their charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, the premiere episode kicked off with the new batch of contestants strutting into the werkroom,…

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‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6

e WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS DESIGN BY JACK ROWE SPECIAL THANKS TO BBC’S JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL Babes, let’s all take a moment to reflect and thank Michelle Visage for sacrificing her sanity to live in a claustrophobic hell-hole with Katie Hopkins and Perez Hilton on Celebrity Big Brother. Without the Seduction singer’s valiance in trying to secure a British broadcaster for Drag Race UK, the United Kingdolls failed to bing, bang, bong popular culture, the Angels of the North’s shoplifting tendencies have landed them in jail as…

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Drag Race UK: Major guest judges revealed for season 6

BBC Three has announced the line-up of guest judges for the upcoming sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. According to the streamer, the series will return “this Autumn for another round of” – major aliteration incoming – “fabulousity, fun, frolics and fierce fashion”. While the queens are yet to be announced, it has been confirmed that RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton will be joined on the panel by singer-songwriters such as Alison Goldfrapp, Beverley Knight, Simon Le Bon MBE of Duran Duran, Mabel and Claire Richards. Additional…

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“FINALLY, she’s on her way”: Drag Race UK fans react to first season 6 teaser

Promo has officially started for the upcoming sixth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. On 23 August, the official Twitter account for the series released the first teaser for the forthcoming season. The brief visual shows satellite footage of Earth before it zooms into a city landscape. Of course, the teaser also included RuPaul’s iconic laugh. “Classified information has been intercepted. Stay tuned, racers. All will be revealed soon,” the caption read. While the clip doesn’t ruveal which British queens will stomp into the werkroom, or a release date for…

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I Kissed a Boy renewed for season 2, with Dannii Minogue to return as Cupid

Good news alert: I Kissed a Boy will be back for a second season! On 21 May, the BBC confirmed that the groundbreaking series, which made history last year as the UK’s first-ever same-sex dating show, has been renewed for a second round – with Dannii Minogue to return to her role as Cupid. “I am so excited that I’ll be back in Italy to play cupid. I can’t wait to meet the next cast when the Masseria doors open… There are so many diverse and important stories yet to…

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I Kissed a Girl’s powerful discussion about struggling to say ‘lesbian’ is so relatable

Just Like Us ambassador Lily Kirkby reflects on the cast of I Kissed a Girl’s “bold and raw conversation” about their use of the word ‘lesbian’. WORDS BY LILY KIRKBY HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN As a twenty-something lesbian with a (guilty) penchant for reality TV, who keenly followed BBC Three’s groundbreaking I Kissed a Boy when it premiered last year, it is safe to say that the announcement that Dannii Minogue would be returning to our screens this summer to host the original’s sapphic ‘sister-series’, I Kissed a Girl, had me very…

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I Kissed a Girl: Dannii Minogue on “fresh” series and being “empowered” by the cast

The hit BBC Three dating series is back and this time, it’s the girls’ turn. Ahead of the new sapphic spin, we chatted to host Dannii Minogue about all things I Kissed A Girl. Words by Hollie Wong Photography by BBC I Kissed A Girl is finally here and for sapphics everywhere, this is something to celebrate – the WLW community is being spotlighted like never before on Britain’s most iconic TV channel. And let’s just say, it makes for messy, authentic and downright obsessive viewing! The queer female equivalent…

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Drag Race UK champion Tia Kofi is ready for the next winners’ season

Drag Race UK vs the World winner Tia Kofi reflects on her herstoric win, her proudest moments from the series and the queens she wants to compete with on the franchise’s next winners’ season. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN SPECIAL THANKS TO MARY JONES AND ELOISE LONGDEN AT THE BBC The world’s supreme Anne Boleyn impersonator (and supporter of Natalie Cassidy’s trailblazing artistry) has just made herstory. As well as becoming the first queen to win four challenges on a vs the World season, Tia Kofi has injected some much-needed diversity into the Drag…

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Drag Race UK vs the World: How the season 2 winner just made herstory

Spoilers ahead for the grand finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World.  RuPaul has crowned the second ‘Queen of the Mothertucking World’ (baby!). For their final maxi-challenge, the top four contestants – Hannah Conda, La Grande Dame, Marina Summers, and Tia Kofi – were tasked with sashaying down the runway in their finest drag before competing in lip-sync smackdowns for the crown. But before the epic showdown could commence, the foursome unexpectedly reunited with Michelle Visage and the eliminated queens, setting the stage for some intense drama.  As…

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