How To Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 Online And Stream New Episodes Weekly Free From Anywhere

How To Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5

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Sissy better walk...straight on over to her TV, because arguably the best international iteration of RuPaul's Drag Race is back. Pinkies up in the air and don't spill your tea over these wig snatching queens. Mama Ru is back and she's handing out covetted RuPeter Badges. Find out how to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 online from anywhere and discover the next British Drag Queen Superstar.

Not to quote Taylor Swift, but...it's been a long time coming. Now RuPaul is back on British soil alongside Michelle Visage, Graham Norton, and Alan Carr to judge the queens best encompassing creativity, uniqueness, nerve, and talent. 

With one queen shantaying away, the third week of RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 saw the remaining queens take part in one of the best maxi challenges – it's time for girl group week, bitches!

Two girl groups left it all on the main stage. Fierce Force Five comprised of Cara Melle, DeDeLicious, Michael Marouli, Tomara Thomas, and Vicki Vivacious. The M-52's saw our northern queens come together: Banksie, Ginger Johnson, Kate Butch, and Miss Naomi Carter.

Both girl bands had to write their own verses and then perform "Don't Ick My Yum", with the runway theme "Night of a Thousand Pop Icons". 

With new spin-off show The After Shave With Danny Beard airing immediately after with all the deathdrops and lewks from the mainstage, read on to find out how to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 for free live and on catch-up where you are.

How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 online in the UK

RuPaul has returned to Ol' Blighty with her fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race UK on September 28. An institution, there's nothing more quintessentially British than the BBC, which is where you'll be able to watch all new episodes every Thursday at 9pm BST on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer.

You can then catch the brand new spin-off The After Shave With Danny Beard immediately after new episodes at approximately 10pm BST.

Can't tune into linear TV or want to watch on catch-up? You can do so via the BBC's on-demand platform, BBC iPlayer, where you can also find its four previous seasons, as well Canada's Drag Race, Drag Race Down Under, and UK vs the World.

It's free to sign-up for a BBC account. All you need is an email address and a UK postcode (e.g. W1A 1AA) and a valid TV licence.

Abroad? Use a VPN using the instructions below to access BBC iPlayer like you would at home.

How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK from anywhere

If you're a UK citizen on vacation or working overseas, you can still watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK on BBC iPlayer just as you would at home. 

While BBC iPlayer is for licence fee-paying Brits and blocks access from IP addresses outside of the UK, there's a handy piece of software called a VPN which can change your IP address to make it look like you're accessing streaming services from any country in the world. 

For example, UK citizens in the States can subscribe to a VPN, join a UK based server and tune into all the programmes on BBC iPlayer from anywhere in the world, just like you would back home.

Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK as if you were at home with a VPN
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Step-by-step of using a VPN to unblock:

1. Choose a VPN and install it - our go-to recommendation is ExpressVPN

2. Connect to a server - for BBC iPlayer, for example, you'll want to connect to a server based in the UK

3. Go to the live stream you wish to access - for RuPaul's Drag Race UK, head to BBC iPlayer

Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 in the US

Wow Presents Plus is the place to get all the latest wig snatching from the main stage Stateside. RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 episodes began arriving from September 28, with new episodes landing at 4pm ET / 1pm PT every Thursday.  That's at the same time as episodes air in the UK.

A Wow Presents Plus subscription starts from $4.99 a month, or can opt for its annual plan, which costs $49.99 a year.

A Brit abroad after your free stream at home? Use a VPN to port yourself back.

How to watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 in Australia

To watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5, Aussies will need a subscription to Wow Presents Plus. Much like other countries, we expect new episodes to arrive Down Under concurrently with the UK schedule, which would mean new episodes at 6am AEST on Fridays from September 29.

If you're not already subscribed, in Australia a subscription costs $7.38 a month or $73.92 annually.

Watch RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5 in Canada

Unlike other iterations from the Drag Race franchise, RuPaul's Drag Race UK still finds its home on Crave in Canada. Season 5 began dropping on September 28. New episodes will arrive at the same time every Thursday at 4pm ET / 1pm PT.

Crave starts from $9.99 a month (+tax) with the option of three tiers depending on if you want to forego commercials and whether or not you wish to pay more for access to its live channel streams. Choose between Basic, Standard, or Premium. You can also save by opting to pay a year upfront.

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Which Queen Was Eliminated In RuPaul's Drag Race UK Season 5? 

At the end of every week, the two bottom queens must lip sync for their life, with one queen told to sashay away out of the competition. In some episodes, no queens were sent home, and instead lipsynch'd for the win.