RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 3: Meet the queens sashaying onto our screens this series
The UK’s fiercest queens are back and coming for us on Ru Paul’s Drag Race UK series 3. That's right, the show that got us through week 694682457 of lockdown and delivered a serious dose of much-needed serotonin is back and bigger than ever.
Naturally, we're all wondering who the 12 new contestants are – well, technically 11 new, 1 old – and cannot wait to see them serve some sassy realness on our screens.
From Veronica Green’s comeback to Victoria Scone being the first cis woman contestant, this season promises more drama, fun and serious shade! Sunglasses at the ready, kids.
Get ready to meet to watch them werk the runway all the way to our screens this autumn. Introducing the new queens of season 3 of Ru Paul’s Drag Race, and all their social handles so you can do some pre-season stalking (naturally)...
BBCVeronica Green
Instagram: @veronicaqween
Tik Tok: n/a
Age: 35
Real name: Kevin Max Grogan
Hometown: RochdaleTrue RuPaul fans will recognise Veronica from season two, which she sadly had to leave after testing positive for COVID. She revealed that she “received an open invitation from Mama Ru to come back for series three – and I wasn’t gonna turn that down!”
BBCVictoria Scone
Instagram: @victoriascone
Tik Tok: @victoriascone
Age: 27
Real name: n/a
Hometown: CardiffVictoria is making history as the first cisgender female to take part in the show. Getting candid about it, she said: “Me being here is political but you can just have fun with it. That’s why I started. I just wanted to entertain people and that’s what we’re going to do! Drag can just be fun.”
BBCChoriza May
Instagram: @chorizamay
Tik Tok: @chorizamay
Age: 30
Real name: Adrian Martin
Hometown: NewcastleChorizo may be Spanish but she credits the UK as the birthplace of her drag lifestyle. "As an immigrant queen, I’m someone with a slightly different background to the other queens in the competition, but my drag was born in the UK," she said. "There are millions of European immigrants in the UK, and I’m so happy to be representing them as drag queen of the immigrants!”
Yes to that!
BBCCharity Kase
Instagram: @charitykase
Tik Tok: @charitykase
Age: 24
Real Name: Harry Whitfield
Hometown: LancashireCharity is all about creating "fantasy from another dimension." As the contestant with the most unique look this year, her aim is to break beauty standards. “My name comes from my ability to craft stuff on a very low budget and transform the grotesque to glamorous and maybe be both at the same time!” she said.
BBCAnubis
Instagram: @anubisfinch
Tik Tok: n/a
Age: 19
Real name: Charli Monet Finch
Hometown: BrightonThe name Anubis' means God of the Afterlife. It's a nod to her Egyptian heritage and a tribute to her late father. “I chose the name Anubis because I wanted something that referenced my Egyptian heritage," she explained. "My dad was Egyptian and when he passed away about three years ago, I wanted a name that paid homage to him.”
BBCVanity Milan
Instagram: @vanitymilan
Tik Tok: @itsvanitymilan
Age: 29
Real name: n/a
Hometown: LondonVanity has already made a name for herself on the London drag scene and she's ready to make her mark on the new season. She describes herself as “sophisticated, sexy and savage” and that's exactly what she is. “I’m not a diva. I’m not a hun. I’m serving unapologetic blackness. Vanity is REAL. I am REAL," she said.
BBCScarlett Harlett
Instagram: @scarlettharlett
Tik Tok: N/A
Age: 26
Real name: Harry Melvyn
Hometown: LondonEast ender Scarlett describes herself as "Danny Dyer in Drag" and frankly, we're already in love with her. She's all about embracing her working class and cockney roots in drag and prides herself as being "Eastenders personified."
BBCRiver Medway
Instagram: @rivermedway
Tik Tok: @rivermedway
Age: 22
Real name: Dexter Clift
Hometown: KentBelieve it or not, River's biggest inspiration is Hannah Montana. “I’ve always been obsessed with her and now when I think about it I loved the transformation," she said. "By day, she was a schoolgirl, living a completely normal life, and then by night she’s a popstar, with wigs, make up and outfits. That’s drag ! And that’s how I feel in drag.”
BBCKrystal Versace
Instagram: @krystalversace
Tik Tok: @kristalversace
Age: 19
Real name: Luke Fenn
Hometown: KentIt's the luxury feminine glam for us when it comes to Krystal! We already loving her self-confessed "sex goddess" energy. Speaking of her, Luke said: “She is the supreme. She is a god. It’s the legs, the body, the hips, the waist... Super fierce. She is just the ultimate moment.”
BBCKitty Scott-Claus
Instagram: @kittyscottclaus
Tik Tok: n/a
Age: 29
Real Name: n/a
Hometown: BirminghamKitty has been performing across pantomime productions since she graduated from drama school and is ready to take the new season by storm. “I wanted to be sassy. I wanted to be Elle Woods in Legally Blonde," she said. "I wanted to be Roxy Hart in Chicago. I wanted to be Glinda in Wicked. The busty blondes!”
BBCElla Vaday
Instagram: @ellavaday
Tik Tok: n/a
Age: 32
Real name: Nick Collier
Hometown: DagenhamElla is a former West End performer which means she's guaranteed to be bringing us some drama, both on and off stage. She describes herself as “a desperate housewife of Dagenham. A yummy mummy – a bit garish, a bit classy, a bit Essex-y." She's also "very sarcastic and dry.”
BBCElektra Fence
Instagram: @elektrafence
Tik Tok: n/a
Age: 29
Real name: n/a
Hometown: BurnleyRepresenting Burnley, Elektra is “inspired by northern warrior-women like Bet Lynch and Jane McDonald – hence my obsession with leopard print! But also by strong, glamorous ladies, like Miley Cyrus, Kris Jenner and Madonna!”
