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Drag Race UK: Cara Melle addresses finale “rumours and lies”

Drag Race UK star Cara Melle has set the record straight on her absence from the season five finale.  Spoilers ahead. For their last challenge of the season, the final three queens – Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas – were tasked with writing and recording an original verse for RuPaul’s song ‘Spolight: The Remix’. In addition to flexing their lyrical and vocal talents, the queens were also told that they would be starring in a cat-burglar-inspired music video for the track. After reflecting on their Drag Race UK…

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Drag Race UK: Ginger Johnson’s favourite season 5 moment was cut

Ginger Johnson has revealed her most memorable moment from the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. However, it did not even make it past the edit room onto screens. In an exclusive interview with GAY TIMES, Johnson and fellow Drag Race UK finalists Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas reflected on their favourite – and most shocking – moments from the series. “The devil just got in us in Untucked and we could not stop laughing. We were constantly doing these impressions of Cilla Black and that’s where that started,”…

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‘B***h, be ready’: Drag Race UK finalists on unseen moments and ‘herstoric finale’

Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas reflect on their Drag Race UK experience, including an “intoxicating” unaired moment in Untucked, werkroom crushes and why they deserve to win the crown. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AT THE BBC As the top three queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli and Tomara Thomas have proved that the key to conquering this year’s competition is to “evoke the true Geordie party girl spirit” – uhh-huh, ergh-huh. All three fan-favourite entertainers smashed this season, which makes herstory in…

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Drag Race UK: DeDeLicious says she and Krystal Versace would “fight” on best friend edition

Drag Race UK star DeDeLicious has shared her thoughts on potentially starring in an All Stars spinoff with Krystal Versace Spoilers ahead On 23 November, DeDe’s time in the UK-based competition came to an end during the show’s ninth episode.  For this week’s maxi-challenge, the queens flexed their comedic muscles for a Gladiators-inspired roast of the judges’ panel – which was also performed in front of the eliminated queens.  While Ginger Johnson and Michael Marouli delivered hilarious and consistent jokes about our favourite Drag Race officials, DeDe struggled to keep…

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Drag Race star Heidi N Closet shares new details about her shocking All Stars 8 exit

Drag Race star Heidi N Closet has shared shocking new details about her dramatic All Stars 8 departure. Earlier this year, the 29-year-old returned to the franchise after being crowned Miss Congeniality on season 12, where she finished in sixth place. While her time on All Stars 8 seemed promising, she ultimately left during the fifth episode following an argument with Kandy Muse – who accused her of telling the other queens that she would eliminate Jimbo. Alexis Michelle proceeded to agree that she had heard Kandy say this before…

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‘I’m obsessed with the drama’: DeDeLicious addresses Drag Race UK controversies

The Queen of the “DeDe Smash” reflects on her Drag Race UK experience, including her status as a lip-sync assassin and “bulls***t” conflict with Vicki Vivacious. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AT THE BBC Drag Race‘s newest inductee into the “lip-sync assassin” hall of fame has finally met her end. After deploying her signature “DeDe Smash” move against three of her season five sisters – Banksie, Vicki Vivacious and Kate Butch – DeDeLicious failed to complete another hit (trying to use assassin language here, probably failing) when she…

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“Absolutely fuming”: Fans react to latest Drag Race UK elimination

The seventh elimination and the finalists have been revealed on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season five, and fans have a lot to say. Spoilers ahead. The penultimate episode saw the semi-finalists receive a comedy masterclass from resident funny man Alan Carr, ahead of the legendary roast under the theme of “Draginators Ring”. The usual judging panel of RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Alan Carr were joined by comic and actress Aisling Bea as guest judge. The final four then continued to battle it out in this week’s runway “Poofs on Parade”.…

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“This is my only option”: Drag Race star Stacy Layne Matthews quits drag and issues apology

Drag Race alumni Stacy Layne Matthews has announced that “her last show was [her] last” and that she is stepping away from drag, after she let her “mind and body get the best” of her. In a full statement Matthews posted to Instagram: “I’ve disappointed too many people. I let my mind and body get the best of me. I let fear and anxiety take over my life. “I have given myself a reputation that I never had planned. I thought I was stronger than I am. I put on…

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Premiere: Drag Race UK star Tia Kofi brings the festive queer with Lonely This Christmas

Tia Kofi has released a stunning acoustic cover of Mud’s chart-topping holiday classic ‘Lonely This Christmas’. Boasting a simple piano, guitar and strings, the Drag Race UK alum’s vocals and harmonies soar in a much-needed modern (and queerified) version of the Christmas staple. “Christmas should be a time for people to feel supported and love, but sadly that isn’t the case for everybody,” Tia tells GAY TIMES. “This song has always made me think deeply about others and how fortunate I am to have my family around me. It’s good to…

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Drag Race crowns first-ever cis woman with Germany’s Pandora Nox

Herstory has been made. Cis woman Pandora Nox has been crowned winner of the first-ever season of Drag Race Germany. Not only is she the first German winner, she is also the first cis woman to win across the entire franchise. Condragulations, we LOVE to see it. The grand finale of the inaugural series aired on 21 November. The final three queens Nox, Metamorkid, and Yvonne Nightstand fought for the crown and 100,000 euro prize by performing RuPaul’s hit song ‘Call Me Mother’ as the maxi challenge. This was followed…

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