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Post by MFWalkoff on Dec 5, 2018 21:42:37 GMT
A UK edition of the show is finally getting off the ground.
The stories I'm seeing are a little vague but they seem to hint that Ru might host the show himself. In the past, when they talked about a UK show this wasn't always the case. I'm wondering when he would have time to tape it with "The World's Best" coming in February, and then taping new seasons of US Drag Race and maybe All Stars in the summer/fall...
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Post by MFWalkoff on Feb 6, 2019 0:14:25 GMT
RuPaul's Drag Race UK is a go -- and Ru AND Michelle will be on it: Michelle already spends a lot of time in the UK and Ireland; she's a judge on Ireland's Got Talent, plus she was on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother a few years ago, and she recently appeared in "Jamie: The Musical" in London's West End.
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Post by MFWalkoff on May 20, 2019 12:09:44 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Aug 19, 2019 21:14:03 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Aug 22, 2019 7:24:38 GMT
The show has a premiere date, Oct. 3rd at 8PM GMT.
Meet the queens of Drag Race UK, season 1:
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Post by MFWalkoff on Sept 26, 2019 16:10:35 GMT
Good news! Drag Race UK will air in the US! New episodes start Oct. 11th (a week after they air in the UK) on Logo. If you don't get Logo, you can also see it by subscribing to Wow Presents Plus, available on Roku, AppleTV, Android, iPhone, Fire and other streaming platforms. Available Shows on Wow PresentsPlus
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 1, 2019 19:20:48 GMT
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Post by MFWalkoff on Oct 5, 2019 2:15:01 GMT
The UK premiere was incredibly well received -- Andrew Garfield was guest judge and was enthusiastic and hilarious. The show looks just like the US version (the set is even a little more fun and fancy), and the production values are just as good. It looks like they physically moved the workroom across the ocean. Here's an interesting bit of trivia that I didn't notice as I watched: There's no $100,000 cash prize for the winner in the UK version. Apparently since BBC is a publicly funded network (like PBS here), they don't allow commercial sponsorships. Here’s Why There Are No Cash Prizes on “RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.” - NNN This is also why the winner of Great British Baking Show only gets the cake plate trophy and flowers. The premiere is already streaming on Wow PresentsPlus, and will air next week on LogoTV. (scroll up to see how else you can watch)
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Post by MFWalkoff on Nov 7, 2019 11:54:10 GMT
We're only 5 episodes into season 1, and the show has already been picked up for season 2 & announced casting:
I'm really enjoying this version. It's a cultural education as well as a hoot. Michelle Visage (who is currently burning the floor on Strictly Come Dancing over there) is a total Britophile and a britpop culture expert. In some ways the UK queens are more crass in their humor, but at the same time, in the workroom they are very sisterly and help each other out much more than the more competitive US queens. Fashion-wise, the veteran queens got serious game, and the less experienced "non-sewing" queens have already been thinned from the herd.
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