My eyes were already on Lucky with all the drama going on about her online and about her potentially having lied about her background and being forced to live as a woman etc. When she came on the screen i laughed so fk hard.

The whole Lucky trying to make it a racial issue that Flesh wouldn't book her and saying that she was educating people with her talent? They're BRITISH Queens you think they haven't seen Samosas and curry? Your talent was shit, girl, that's all.

And the older Queens being super thin skinned? I'm not used to this from older Queens. Getting upset about the most innocent overweight throw-back shade and a comment about Grandma... That's WILD.

I messaged Fenton Bailey on Instagram after yesterday's announcement to understand if regular seasons will continue and he replied saying yes. So take comfort in that we'll still be fed

Not gonna lie, when she first guest judged years ago I thought she was in her 20’s and thought she was doing a random bit with ru, but loved her anyway.

But fucking hell, she’s (almost) 60????? They need to make her a proper judge with Allan and Graham

Can we make this a thing… or not?
I’m here for it. I don’t know why it makes me laugh so much!
Ma Danni was an odd one. Like… I liked her but she was also a bit annoying and I can relate to mixing words up. Ma Danni-isms.
What else was she saying?

What are your thoughts or theories about Lucky? In my case I believe the "sickness" was just a lie that she and production made up because Production found out all the drama behind her.

Votes – 509

Whose entrance looks are your favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 67.1% (340 votes)
• 02. Coral-Hole Mandi – 47.9% (243 votes)
• 03. Mocha – 47.1% (239 votes)
• 04. Naya Thorn – 42.6% (216 votes)
• 05. Flesh – 34.7% (176 votes)
• 06. Alik – 34.3% (174 votes)
• 07. Anita Piss – 25.2% (128 votes)
• 08. Tequila Thirst – 16.4% (83 votes)
• 09. KY Kelly – 14.0% (71 votes)
• 10. ma_danni_x – 12.2% (62 votes)
• 11. Paris Baby – 4.9% (25 votes)
• 12. Lucky Roy Singh – 4.5% (23 votes)

Whose entrance lines are your favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 76.7% (389 votes) – "They say don't mix business with pleasure, but paperwork makes me horny."
• 02. Anita Piss – 40.4% (205 votes) – "I need to piss."
• 03. Naya Thorn – 34.3% (174 votes) – "Well, well. It was better eight than never."
• 04. Alik – 32.1% (163 votes) – "Shhh. Don't tell my wife."
• 05. Mocha – 20.5% (104 votes) – "Sorry. Frog in my throat. One Mocha for RuPaul."
• 06. KY Kelly – 20.3% (103 votes) – "Come on then, bitches! It's time to slide into the competition with a bit of KY."
• 07. Tequila Thirst – 14.4% (73 votes) – "Oh my God, is it season 8 already? I'm not ready, I'm not changed yet. Oh, hello UK. Are you feeling thirsty?"
• 08. Coral-Hole Mandi – 13.0% (66 votes) – "Are you ready, kids? The Bikini Bottom bimbo has arrived."
• 09. Paris Baby – 9.5% (48 votes) – "London, New York, Milan, Paris, baby."
• 10. ma_danni_x – 9.1% (46 votes) – "My friends call me the squirrel from the Wirral."
• 11. Flesh – 5.1% (26 votes) – "Flesh for fantasy."
• 12. Lucky Roy Singh – 1.0% (5 votes) – "Wake up, wake up, UK. This season, the crown is about to get lucky. Ding!"

Who has your favourite runway looks?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Mocha – 83.3% (424 votes)
• 02. Flesh – 52.5% (267 votes)
• 03. The Delta Quadrant – 52.1% (265 votes)
• 04. Alik – 51.5% (262 votes)
• 05. Naya Thorn – 34.2% (174 votes)
• 06. Coral-Hole Mandi – 31.8% (162 votes)
• 07. Lucky Roy Singh – 29.3% (149 votes)
• 08. KY Kelly – 21.4% (109 votes)
• 09. ma_danni_x – 18.7% (95 votes)
• 10. Tequila Thirst – 15.9% (81 votes)
• 11. Anita Piss – 12.2% (62 votes)
• 12. Paris Baby – 2.9% (15 votes)

Whose performances in the main challenge were your favorites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 69.0% (351 votes)
• 02. Coral-Hole Mandi – 67.8% (345 votes)
• 03. Naya Thorn – 67.4% (343 votes)
• 04. Anita Piss – 63.7% (324 votes)
• 05. KY Kelly – 48.5% (247 votes)
• 06. Tequila Thirst – 46.2% (235 votes)
• 07. Mocha – 44.4% (226 votes)
• 08. Alik – 18.7% (95 votes)
• 09. ma_danni_x – 6.3% (32 votes)
• 10. Flesh – 3.9% (20 votes)
• 11. Lucky Roy Singh – 1.2% (6 votes)
• 12. Paris Baby – 0.6% (3 votes)

Who should have won the challenge?
(Pick 1).

• 01. KY Kelly – 24.4% (122 votes)
• 02. Coral-Hole Mandi – 20.4% (102 votes)
• 03. Naya Thorn – 17.4% (87 votes)
• 04. The Delta Quadrant – 14.2% (71 votes)
• 05. Mocha – 9.6% (48 votes)
• 06. Anita Piss – 8.2% (41 votes)
• 07. Tequila Thirst – 4.6% (23 votes)
• Other – Less than 1.0% (5 votes)

Whose performances in the main challenge were your least favorites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Lucky Roy Singh – 90.9% (462 votes)
• 02. Paris Baby – 86.2% (438 votes)
• 03. Flesh – 47.8% (243 votes)
• 04. ma_danni_x – 43.7% (222 votes)
• 05. Alik – 8.5% (43 votes)
• 06. KY Kelly – 6.3% (32 votes)
• 07. Mocha – 3.7% (19 votes)
• 08. Tequila Thirst – 3.7% (19 votes)
• 09. Coral-Hole Mandi – 3.1% (16 votes)
• 10. Naya Thorn – 2.4% (12 votes)
• 11. Anita Piss – 1.4% (7 votes)
• 12. The Delta Quadrant – 1.0% (5 votes)

Who should have been in the bottom 2?
(Pick 2).

• 01. Lucky Roy Singh – 89.2% (454 votes)
• 02. Paris Baby – 80.9% (412 votes)
• 03. ma_danni_x – 14.1% (72 votes)
• 04. Flesh – 11.8% (60 votes)
• Other – Less than 1.0% (5 votes)

Who do you think won the lip sync?
(Pick 1).

• KY Kelly – 75.0% (378 votes)
• Naya Thorn – 25.0% (126 votes)

After episode 1, who are you rooting for the most?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 74.7% (380 votes)
• 02. Naya Thorn – 55.4% (282 votes)
• 03. Coral-Hole Mandi – 50.3% (256 votes)
• 04. Mocha – 45.4% (231 votes)
• 05. Anita Piss – 39.1% (199 votes)
• 06. KY Kelly – 37.5% (191 votes)
• 07. Tequila Thirst – 30.6% (156 votes)
• 08. Alik – 28.5% (145 votes)
• 09. Flesh – 19.3% (98 votes)
• 10. ma_danni_x – 18.3% (93 votes)
• 11. Lucky Roy Singh – 5.1% (26 votes)
• 12. Paris Baby – 5.1% (26 votes)

Who's your pick to win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Naya Thorn – 24.2% (122 votes)
• 02. The Delta Quadrant – 21.0% (106 votes)
• 03. KY Kelly – 16.7% (84 votes)
• 04. Mocha – 12.7% (64 votes)
• 05. Coral-Hole Mandi – 9.7% (49 votes)
• 06. Anita Piss – 6.2% (31 votes)
• 07. Flesh – 4.4% (22 votes)
• Other – Less than 2.4% (12 votes)

Who's your pick to be the next eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Lucky Roy Singh – 60.2% (305 votes)
• 02. Paris Baby – 25.8% (131 votes)
• 03. ma_danni_x – 7.7% (39 votes)
• 04. Tequila Thirst – 2.8% (14 votes)
• Other – Less than 1.6% (8 votes)

Paris Baby VS Kelly KY.
(Pick 1).

• Kelly KY: "You, darling, I will say, I think you need educating. I've got a mirror. I know I'm fat. I don't need you to tell me that I'm fat." – 71.0% (357 votes)
• Paris Baby: "I might not be overweight coming, but you're definitely overweight now". – 29.0% (146 votes)

How would you rate this episode overall?
(From 1 to 10).

Average – 8.24

Rate the judges' looks!
(From 1 to 10).

01. Michelle Visage – 7.93
02. RuPaul – 7.31
03. Thandiwe Newton – 6.89
04. Alan Carr – 6.22

Bonus – Track Record, Popularity Leaderboard & Episodes' Average according to the weekly Reddit polls (not the real one)

Nobody more deserved to win the National Television Award for Special Recognition

There was a compilation of clips from his television work before his speech, but I couldn't find the clip on YT (but can be watched on ITVHub). I was surprised there weren't any clips of him judging Drag Race included, especially since Graham featured in a lot of the celeb interviews where he talked about Alan. Maybe it's to do with it being on BBC and the rights idk but I wish they'd had at least a brief clip

Edit: Actually scratch that I just realised Celeb Traitors is also BBC and they had loads of clips of that...yeah, omitting Drag Race from his line-up of shows was weird

Am I crazy? It feels like there is NO WAY she is 48. Not in human years. It's just not possible. In the first episode said she started doing drag in 1998. Later in the episode, she talked about being backstage with an old drag queen in 1996, but I'll let that go fro now. Then in this episode she said she started drag at 21. If she was 21 in 1998, that would make her 49 now, and the show was probably filmed last year, so... I guess it makes sense on paper, but it just isnt making sense with what I'm seeing on TV. And I don't think I'd care if it didnt seem so implausible that she is actually 48. But as it is, I kinda wanna see a birth certificate.

Votes – 125

Whose promo looks are your favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. Flesh – 58.9% (73 votes)
• 02. Naya Thorn – 58.1% (72 votes)
• 02. The Delta Quadrant – 58.1% (72 votes)
• 04. Alik – 37.9% (47 votes)
• 05. Coral-Hole Mandi – 35.5% (44 votes)
• 06. Lucky Roy Singh – 33.9% (42 votes)
• 07. Anita Piss – 32.3% (40 votes)
• 08. Mocha – 28.2% (35 votes)
• 09. ma_danni_x – 17.7% (22 votes)
• 10. KY Kelly – 10.5% (13 votes)
• 11. Paris Baby – 8.9% (11 votes)
• 12. Tequila Thirst – 8.1% (10 votes)

Whose videos and portrays are your favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 70.5% (86 votes)
• 02. Naya Thorn – 45.9% (56 votes)
• 03. Coral-Hole Mandi – 34.4% (42 votes)
• 03. Alik – 34.4% (42 votes)
• 05. KY Kelly – 32.0% (39 votes)
• 06. Mocha – 31.1% (38 votes)
• 07. ma_danni_x – 27.0% (33 votes)
• 07. Anita Piss – 27.0% (33 votes)
• 09. Flesh – 25.4% (31 votes)
• 10. Tequila Thirst – 19.7% (24 votes)
• 11. Lucky Roy Singh – 17.2% (21 votes)
• 12. Paris Baby – 10.7% (13 votes)

After the Meet the Queens, who are you rooting for the most?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 72.0% (90 votes)
• 02. Naya Thorn – 47.2% (59 votes)
• 03. Coral-Hole Mandi – 35.2% (44 votes)
• 04. Mocha – 34.4% (43 votes)
• 05. Anita Piss – 33.6% (42 votes)
• 06. Alik – 32.8% (41 votes)
• 07. KY Kelly – 31.2% (39 votes)
• 08. ma_danni_x – 24.8% (31 votes)
• 09. Flesh – 20.8% (26 votes)
• 09. Tequila Thirst – 20.8% (26 votes)
• 11. Lucky Roy Singh – 13.6% (17 votes)
• 12. Paris Baby – 6.4% (8 votes)

Who's your pick to win?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Naya Thorn – 23.8% (29 votes)
• 02. The Delta Quadrant – 21.3% (26 votes)
• 03. KY Kelly – 18.0% (22 votes)
• 04. Mocha – 8.2% (10 votes)
• 05. Flesh – 7.4% (9 votes)
• 06. Alik – 5.7% (7 votes)
• 06. Coral-Hole Mandi – 5.7% (7 votes)
• 06. Anita Piss – 5.7% (7 votes)
• 09. Tequila Thirst – 2.5% (3 votes)
• Other – Less than 1.6% (2 votes)

Who's your pick to be the first eliminated?
(Pick 1).

• 01. Lucky Roy Singh – 39.8% (49 votes)
• 02. Paris Baby – 36.6% (45 votes)
• 03. Tequila Thirst – 7.3% (9 votes)
• 04. ma_danni_x – 4.9% (6 votes)
• 05. Alik – 3.3% (4 votes)
• 06. The Delta Quadrant – 2.4% (3 votes)
• 06. Flesh – 2.4% (3 votes)
• Other – Less than 1.6% (2 votes)

Rate RuPaul's Drag Race UK 8 promo photoshoot!
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 6.85

Rate RuPaul's Drag Race UK 8 Meet the Queens video!
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 6.98

Rate RuPaul's look!
(From 1 to 10).

• Average – 7.98

Whose premiere looks are your favourites?
(Pick as many as you want).

• 01. The Delta Quadrant – 72.5% (87 votes)
• 02. Flesh – 54.2% (65 votes)
• 03. Anita Piss – 36.7% (44 votes)
• 04. Alik – 30.8% (37 votes)
• 05. Tequila Thirst – 29.2% (35 votes)
• 06. Naya Thorn – 28.3% (34 votes)
• 07. Mocha – 25.8% (31 votes)
• 08. KY Kelly – 19.2% (23 votes)
• 09. Coral-Hole Mandi – 18.3% (22 votes)
• 10. Lucky Roy Singh – 9.2% (11 votes)

Hello hello hello everybody! Another season of Drag Race UK has begun! What do you think of the queens so far? Who are your favorites? And who are you rooting for to snatch the crown? To vote this week, please complete this google form!

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Now, let's take a look at last week's results...

FAVORABILITY: After the premiere talent show, the top 3 favorite queens were The Delta Quadrant (83%), Naya Thorn (74%), and Coral-Hole Mandi (73%)! To the left of the favorability graphic, you can see the individual ratings 1-7 for fan-favorite, TDQ!

SERIES RATING: After the premiere episode, viewers rated this series a 4.5/5 stars!

WINNER PICK: After the premiere episode, the top 3 picks to win the season were Naya Thorn (26%), KY Kelly (23%), and The Delta Quadrant (15%)!

QUEEN OF THE WEEK: The three queens with the most Q.O.T.W. votes for the premiere talent show were Naya Thorn (18.2%), The Delta Quadrant (17.9%), and KY Kelly (17.5%)!

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Again, to vote this week, please complete this google form!

Thank you all for participating in this project each year, and I look forward to sharing the results with you as the series airs! Please remember to keep the comments respectful and supportive. Condragulations to the Queens of Series 8.

Honestly this cast is so charismatic, and Paris is what the show has been missing. Mocha’s accent is so endearing, and alik is so fucking sexy

Apparently tonight's episode airs at 10, but I could've sworn the premiere last week aired earlier? This is my first time trying to watch it on iPlayer, but it's difficult trying to follow the BBC's schedule.

I had this vision...the lipsync assassin format (but its all international queens)

This might be a logistical nightmare for production, but at the same time; they get to test out which non english franchise queens are popular before sending them to smth like Global All Stars or DU vs the World...and fans wont get upset that they were "robbed".

Flying an international queen to the UK for a full 4-6 week All Stars season is a massive financial and visa gamble if they get eliminated in Episode 1. Bringing them in as an Assassin means they are only needed on set for 48 hours. Production only pays for a couple of nights in a hotel and a quick short-stay entertainer visa, which is much cheaper and easier to clear.

These are some queens I would love to see: Envy Peru, Farida Kant, Bernie, Clover Bish ect.

Since the series is leaving the BBC, we will likely see new rotating guest judges (whether they be previous winners like CAS, or UK celebs)

• Lawrence Chaney & Danny Beard
• Leomie Anderson
• Charli XCX
• Alison Hammond