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Drag Race UK: Saki Yew is monetising her shock exit in the best possible way

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Saki Yew speaks with GAY TIMES about her unforeseen exit from Drag Race UK, her planned impersonation for Snatch Game and whether she’s received an open invite for season seven. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AND SOFIE VAN DE GRAMPEL AT THE BBC With her “Frankenstein” drag – aka the infusion of her Australian, Filipino and Mancunian backgrounds – Saki Yew was one of the most anticipated contestants on this season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. Sadly, the theatre queen’s journey came to an abrupt end in episode two when a homophobic…

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Here’s when Drag Race UK season 6 premieres on the BBC

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“Check your engines and assemble the crew,” because we have a release date for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.  According to the BBC, season six will sashay onto our screens on Thursday 26 September at 8pm. As always, it will air simultaneously on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. The channel also revealed that season five, which memorably saw Ginger Johnson take the crown, “racked up the most BBC Three brand viewer hours with all previous five series acquiring 79.8M requests on BBC iPlayer, continuing to establish the title as a much…

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Drag Race UK: Major guest judges revealed for season 6

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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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Drag Race UK vs the World: Mayhem Miller calls out “unnecessary hate”

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Mayhem Miller has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to call out the “unnecessary” backlash she’s received for being cast in RuPaul’s Drag Race UK vs the World season two. On 13 January, BBC Three ru-vealed the new lineup of queens ready to compete for the highest accolade of ‘Queen of the Mothertucking World’. After the announcement was met with swathes of online commentary about the chosen queens and whether the cast levelled up to expectations, Mayhem Miller addressed the negativity that shrouded her involvement. The US queen changed her social…

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“Our voices aren’t going anywhere”: Drag Race stars Vanity Milan and Cheryl Hole on why DragCon is more “crucial” than ever

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Drag Race stars Vanity Milan and Cheryl Hole on the “love, light and campery” fans can expect from this year’s DragCon UK. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK HEADER IMAGE BY YOSEF PHELAN DragCon UK is about to sashay back to London for its biggest and best lineup ever, which includes none other than Drag Race royalty Vanity Milan and Cheryl Hole. As two of the more than 180 drag performers in attendance, they’ll help bring “love, light and campery” to thousands of fans at the ExCeL on 13 and 14 January. “DragCon is…

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Drag Race UK winner Ginger Johnson: ‘Now, nothing’s stopping me from taking over the world’

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The latest inductee into Drag Race UK’s circle of champions reflects on the acclaimed finale, whether she’ll appear on the next winners’ season and her upcoming line of shoplifting coats – available soon on the Dark Web. WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS HEADER BY YOSEF PHELAN SPECIAL THANKS TO JASMINE ALOMA AT THE BBC With her signature “silly sausage woman” brand, Ginger Johnson steamrolled the fifth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. After winning the disaster class with her fellow Northerners (and finalists) Tomara Thomas and Michael Marouli, the County Durham comedian conquered the series’ first-ever panto…

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

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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’

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

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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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“Officially in mourning”: Fans react to latest Drag Race UK elimination

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The sixth elimination and the final four have been revealed on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season five and fans are quite literally gagged by the verdict. Spoilers ahead. The eighth episode saw the remaining queens take on the notorious family resemblance makeover challenge. The subjects of the makeovers were volunteers from Switchboard, the lifeline service that has provided vital support and signposting help to the LGBTQIA+ community since their inception in 1974. Switchboard are also the recipients of the British Community Trailblazer at GAY TIMES Honours 2023. To judge this…

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