The sixth series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK aired on BBC Three on 26 September 2024. RuPaul returned to his role as main host and head judge, and was again joined on the judging panel by Michelle Visage, Alan Carr and Graham Norton, all of whom returned for their respective sixth series. The series began filming in January 2024.
Production On 22 September 2023, prior to the beginning of the fifth series it was announced via the shows social media pages that casting for the sixth series was now open. Applications remained open for four weeks until closing on 20 October 2023.
The sixth series of the show began filming in January 2024. On 23 August 2024, the first teaser for the series was revealed, which featured the caption "Confidential: For Your Eyelashes Only", followed by a brief visual depicting satellite footage of Earth, before zooming into a city landscape with a further caption stating "Prepare Your Engines". On 27 August 2024, the BBC revealed the promotional poster for the series featuring RuPaul, as well as the list of guest judges, which included AJ Odudu, Alison Goldfrapp, Amanda Holden, Beverley Knight, Claire Richards, Mabel, Siobhán McSweeney and Simon Le Bon, as well as Kristen McMenamy, who served as a guest judge on the first episode of the previous series. Alexandra Burke, Aaron Renfree and Claudimar Neto were also announced as special guests for this series.
This season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK is notable for being the first in the franchise to feature a cash prize, with the winner receiving £25,000.
Contestants
Ages, names, and cities stated are at time of filming.
+ Contestants of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 6 and their backgrounds Contestant Age Hometown Outcome Kyran Thrax 26 Chorley, England La Voix 43 Stockton-on-Tees, England Marmalade 25 Cardiff, Wales3rd place Rileasa Slaves 32 London, England Lill 36 Manchester, England 5th place Charra Tea 23 Belfast, Northern Ireland 6th place Actavia 21 Bala, Wales 7th place Chanel O'Conor 25 Rothesay, Scotland 8th place Kiki Snatch 25 London, England 9th place Zahirah Zapanta 28 Nottingham, England 10th place Dita Garbo 48 Folkestone, England 11th place Saki Yew 33 Manchester, England 12th place
Notes
Contestant progress
Lip syncs Legend:
Episode Top contestants Song Winner 1 Kyran Thrax vs. La Voix "Ooh La La"(Goldfrapp) Kyran Thrax 2 Chanel O'Conor vs. Lill vs. Marmalade "Tension"(Kylie Minogue) Lill Episode Bottom contestants Song Eliminated 3 Dita Garbo vs. Kiki Snatch "Girls on Film"(Duran Duran) Dita Garbo 4 Lill vs. Zahirah Zapanta "Don't Call Me Up"(Mabel) Zahirah Zapanta 5 Actavia vs. Kiki Snatch "Let's Dance"(David Bowie) Kiki Snatch 6 Chanel O'Conor vs. Rileasa Slaves "Something Kinda Ooooh"(Girls Aloud) Chanel O'Conor 7 Actavia vs. Lill "Time Warp"(Cast of The Rocky Horror Picture Show) Actavia 8 Charra Tea vs. Rileasa Slaves "Never Gonna Give You Up"(Rick Astley) Charra Tea 9 Lill vs. Rileasa Slaves "Crazy What Love Can Do"(David Guetta, Becky Hill, Ella Henderson) Lill Episode Final contestants Song Winner 10 Kyran Thrax vs. La Voix "Don't Stop Me Now"(Queen) Kyran Thrax
Guest judges Listed in chronological order:
Alison Goldfrapp, musician and record producer Kristen McMenamy, model Simon Le Bon, singer Mabel, singer-songwriter Claire Richards, singer Amanda Holden, actress and television judge Beverley Knight, singer and actress AJ Odudu, television presenter Siobhán McSweeney, actress
Special guests Guests who appeared in episodes, but did not judge on the main stage.
Episode 4 Alexandra Burke, singer-songwriter and actress Ian Masterson, record producer and songwriter
Episode 5 Raven, runner-up on both RuPaul's Drag Race Season 2 and All Stars 1
Episode 6 Jon Lee, singer and actor Rachel Stevens, singer and actress
Episode 7 Claudimar Neto, dancer and choreographer Jono McNeil, vocal coach
Episode 9 Ella Vaday, runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3 Michael Marouli, runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 5
Episode 10 Aaron Renfree, dancer and choreographer Ginger Johnson, winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 5
Episodes
See also
Drag Race Drag Queen
Footnotes
References