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BBC Three being resurrected as a Freeview channel is welcome news. It has a well-deserved place in the line-up. After being established in 2003, the channel faded away to online-only in 2016, in a cost-saving endeavour, a move that was decried at the time. The official BBC review to bring it back concluded there was a “strong case” to do so and, if it all goes to plan, it will be back on the airwaves by January 2022, pending Ofcom approval. Julian Knight MP said the move had “failed” the 18 to 35 demographic, leaving them without a dedicated television channel on the box.
The amount of shock eliminations on Drag Race UK season two? Honey honey honey.
For their eighth maxi-challenge, the five remaining contestants – A’Whora, Bimini Bon Boulash, Ellie Diamond, Lawrence Chaney and Tayce – performed stand-up comedy routines, before stomping the runway in a stone-inspired look.
Following her win in the hilarious mini-challenge, which saw the queens embrace their inner butch queen-realness as they performed Ru’s pop favourite Kitty Girl, Ellie decided the order in which her competitors would perform.
She decided to place A’Whora first, herself second, followed by Bimini, Lawrence and Tayce. After admitting it was a strategic move on her part, as she’s the only contestant without a RuPeter badge, the Scot was met with enormous backlash from A’Whora and Lawrence.
For a show designed to uplift and celebrate difference and quirks, we’ve seem the toxicity of reality TV fandom rear its ugly head more and more in recent weeks of Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Sister Sister spoke to Digital Spy after recently strutting her way down the runway for the last time when she left the show.