Condragulations! A new UK Queen of Drag has been crowned, with season 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK now having reached its climax. But if you're still yet to know who impressed Ru, you can catch up easily with our guide to stream RuPaul's Drag Race UK online.
You can watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 for FREE in the UK on the BBC iPlayer streaming service. But don't worry if you're on holiday while it's on, because you can watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK on iPlayer from anywhere with a VPN.
UK: BBC Three / BBC iPlayer (free with licence fee)
US/AU: Wow Presents Plus
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
Ru's newest squirrel friends split, tricked, dropped and lip synced for their lives through ten themed weeks of absurd gloriousness, all looking to avoid hearing those fateful words: "now sashay away".
There were originally 10 queens competing from across England, but the Werk Room finished up with three thrilling divas in the grand finale.
You'll get no spoilers here, but you can head to the bottom of this page if you want to know which three queens made the RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 final and which Judy came through as overall winner.
It was certainly an "all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza fight for the crown", with the three finalists battling it out to earn the condragulations of both their peers and judges Mama Ru, Michelle Visage, Alan Carr, Graham Norton and season four winner Danny Beard. Choreographer Claudimar Neto was in the werk room to prepare the trio to star as sexy cat burglars in Drag Race UK’s first ever music video and absolutely slay.
And then on to one final lip sync battle, with the the last queens standing taking on Erasure's camp classic A Little Respect. Because if you can't love yourself, how the hell are you going to love someone else? Amen!
If one episode per week wasn't enough drag for you, sister show The After Shave followed each season 5 episode on BBC Three. Hosted by last year's winner Danny Beard, the show is (to quote the BBC) "serving up their take on all of the latest Drag Race UK drama, and spilling the tea with that week’s eliminated queen in an exclusive backstage interview".
Ready for more Ru? Here's how to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 from anywhere in the world as we spill the tea on all you need to know below.
How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 in the UK
The BBC aired RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 on BBC Three at 9 pm every Thursday night. All ten episodes are now available to watch online on BBC iPlayer.
Sister show The After Shave with previous winner Danny Beard will follow immediately afterwards on BBC Three and on demand on iPlayer.
BBC Three and iPlayer are free to watch for licence fee payers. If you're trying to access iPlayer while outside the UK, you might want to try a VPN to allow you to watch from abroad.
How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK in the US
US RuPaul fans can watch Drag Race UK using Wow Presents Plus. Episodes will drop on Thursdays at 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
A subscription to Wow Presents Plus will cost you $4.99 a month or $49.99 annually. Either will net you access to the UK series and back catalog, together with loads more Drag Race iterations from around the globe.
You can watch Wow Presents Plus on loads of devices, including Roku, Amazon Fire TV, iOS and Android devices, Xbox One consoles and select Samsung smart TVs.
How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK in Australia
Just like in the US, you can watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK in Australia on Wow Presents Plus.
The price of the service Down Under is $7.38 a month or $73.92 for a whole year, with examples of the devices you can stream on listed in the US section above.
How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN – no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is ExpressVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
- Download the app at ExpressVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
What is the RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 release date?
RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5 hit the screens — both in the UK on the BBC and around the world on Wow Presents Plus — on Thursday, September 28.
It's set for a ten episode run, which means the season 5 finale will be on November 30.
All you need to know about RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Who are the contestants on RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5?
There are ten queens in all looking to come through to be crowned the UK’s next Drag Race superstar:
- Alexis Saint-Pete, 29, London
- Banksie, 23, Manchester
- Cara Melle, 26, London
- DeDeLicious, 20, Kent
- Ginger Johnson, 34, County Durham
- Kate Butch, 26, Buxton
- Michael Marouli, 39, Newcastle
- Miss Naomi Carter, 23, Doncaster
- Tomara Thomas, 25, Hartlepool
- Vicki Vivacious, 36, Cornwall
Who are the judges on RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 5?
Along with the Queen of Drag RuPaul himself, it's the usual cast of regular judges for season 5 — so that's Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr.
As ever, there will also be a variety of celebrity guest judges over the course of the ten episodes, with the following all confirmed to appear during season 5:
- Carol Vorderman
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor
- Yasmin Finney
- Suranne Jones
- Kristen McMenamy
- Karen Hauer
- Aisling Bea
- Joel Dommett
- Edward Enninful
- Alexandra Burke
- Cush Jumbo
- Daphne Guinness
Who are the Ru Paul's Drag Race UK season 5 finalists?
Ginger Johnson, 34, Lanchester
A self-proclaimed "helium balloon in the shape of a woman", Johnson hasn't once faced elimination during season 5 and has more challenge wins than any other queen.
Michael Marouli, 39, Newcastle
The Geordie tart with a heart. In her only lip sync challenge of the series, Marouli defeated Cara Melle in an epic rendition of Samantha Fox's Touch Me (I Want Your Body).
Tomara Thomas, 25, Hartlepool
The youngest queen in the final, Thomas has only been doing drag for around five years. She survived a tense lip sync battle with serial winner DeDeLicious in the semi-final, as they went to war over Annie Lennox's Little Bird.
Where can I watch all seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race UK?
Every single episode of all previous four seasons of RuPaul's Drag Race UK are available to watch on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Wow Presents Plus in other parts of the world.
