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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two gets festive first teaser trailer – WATCH

It's time to sleigh the house down boots.

By Will Stroude

We’ve met the queens, we’ve seen the starry line-up of guest judges, and now we’ve been treated to our first footage of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two’s shenanigans.

A festive new teaser trailer released on Friday (18 December) features a supercut of contestants and judges speaking the words to ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’, while simultaneously treating viewers to glimpses of the contestants in and out of drag for the first time.

The twelve queens looking to snatch that crown on Drag Race UK series two are: Tayce, Joe Black, A’Whora, Tia Kofi, Ellie Diamond, Sister Sister, Veronica Green, Bimini Bon Boulash, Ginny Lemon, Asttina Mandella, Cherry Valentine, and Lawrence Cheney.

Lorraine Kelly, Sheridan Smith, MNEK, Elizabeth Hurley, Jourdan Dunn, Dawn French and Gemma Collins have all been confirmed as guest judges on the next series, which will also see the return of Alan Carr and Graham Norton alongside Michelle Visage and Ru.

BBC bosses have also confirmed a one-off special episode, RuPaul’s Drag Race UK: Queens On Lockdown, will also be broadcast mid-way through the series charting how the series to queens spent their break in filming due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK series two arrives on BBC Three on BBC iPlayer on Thursday 14 January at 7pm in the UK.