“Officially in mourning”: Fans react to latest Drag Race UK elimination
The sixth elimination and the final four have been revealed on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season five and fans are quite literally gagged by the verdict.
Spoilers ahead. The eighth episode saw the remaining queens take on the notorious family resemblance makeover challenge. The subjects of the makeovers were volunteers from Switchboard, the lifeline service that has provided vital support and signposting help to the LGBTQIA+ community since their inception in 1974.
Switchboard are also the recipients of the British Community Trailblazer at GAY TIMES Honours 2023. To judge this week’s maxi challenge RuPaul, Michelle Visage and Graham Norton were joined by fashion matriarch Daphne Guinness.
Kate Butch took inspiration from Grease and transformed her partner Xan into a pink lady. Daphne Guinness said of Kate Butch: “I think you both look great but I don’t see the family resemblance …but her make up, I think, is mesmerising.” RuPaul continued the critique and said: “The story [of their runway] was beautiful.
