RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3

The third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK began airing on 23 September 2021.

The cast of the third series was officially announced on 18 August 2021 on social media. The series saw the return of Veronica Green, who was forced to withdraw from the second series of the show after testing positive for COVID-19, and received an open invitation for the third series. The series also welcomed Victoria Scone, the franchise's first ever cisgender female contestant since its beginning in 2009.

The winner of the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was Krystal Versace, being the youngest person to ever win a season of the franchise, with Ella Vaday and Kitty Scott-Claus as the runners-up.

Production
In November 2020, BBC confirmed plans to air a third series, and casting closed the same month. The series was filmed in March 2021, in Manchester.

BBC Three shared a seven-second teaser for the series on social media on 21 June 2021.

Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.

Lip syncs
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Guest judges
Listed in chronological order:


 * Matt Lucas, actor and comedian
 * Oti Mabuse, dancer
 * Nicola Coughlan, actress
 * Emma Bunton, singer
 * Leigh-Anne Pinnock, singer
 * Lulu, singer
 * Alesha Dixon, singer
 * Russell Tovey, actor
 * Kathy Burke, actress and comedian

Special guests
Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.

Episode 3
 * Raven, runner-up on both RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 and All Stars Season 1

Episode 4
 * Ian Masterson, producer and songwriter
 * Claire Richards, member of Steps
 * Lee Latchford-Evans, member of Steps
 * Ian "H" Watkins, member of Steps
 * Faye Tozer, member of Steps

Episode 6
 * Judi Love, stand-up comedian
 * Nadine Coyle, singer

Episode 7
 * Charity Shop Sue, YouTube personality

Episode 10
 * Jay Revell, choreographer