RuPaul's Drag Race UK (TV Series) Big Drag Energy (2021) User Reviews

Can we bring Alan Carr on full time?

[gjjgbpw · 9/10 · 16 October 2021]

Alan Carr brought the puns tonight!

Can we seriously have him on every season of Drag Race? Bring him on as a judge for everything.

Pick'n'mix did so great, they really deserved the win!

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[willgossy · 7/10 · 14 October 2021]

Vanity's team were good Scarlets team were bad Scarlets runway was ugly Overall the pick and mix group were fab and my love for River has grown immensely.

Best episode of Season 3 so far

[BulmaPunkRocker · 8/10 · 30 November 2022]

As a third world country viewer, I had no spoiler for this episode so I was looking forward to the season to get better. And this episode delivered. The challenge was fun, also the runway theme, even though I'm not into this style, I think most of us Drag fans can a absolutely relate, specially those of us who grew up when those famous girls were popular around the world! Guilty pleasure!

I can say that I found myself agreeing with most of the judges choices (but not all of their critiques) and the Queens delivered good performances and a very good lipsync!

Looking forward to the following episodes, I hope they keep improving.

Superb!

[jakemac-51117 · 10/10 · 14 October 2021]

So good to have a slowed down track after two pop groups in the past two seasons!!! This episode was ON FORM, touching workroom moments and good banter between the girls, loved it.

DRAG RACE UK IS BACK

[nickbasire · 10/10 · 14 October 2021]

Guess what, the UK girls slayed the girl group challenge again. Super fun episode, incredibly touching workroom moments, and a great lipsync to finish it off. Let's just hope they keep this up until the end.

CRYING

[hiroshikiyan · 10/10 · 15 October 2021]

So much respect for River.

Also, Ella is clearly a frontrunner.

I don't like Krystal but she's good at everything,

Also I hate that they just made pretty clear in this episode that unless Charity arrives to the werkroom with a mullet, she might not get to the final.

Getting Better

[Javi1122 · 10/10 · 16 October 2021]

The last two episodes were really meh, but this one was great. The storytelling was well done, and all the placements were well deserved. Personally, I just disagreed with the judges about Charity's verse. I thought it was one of the best. She did deserve her bottom placement, but she also definitely won that lipsync.

Overall Good, But There Were Some Choices

[sj4580 · 10/10 · 14 October 2021]

I mean it's still DRUK and the cast is great and the overall episode was kinda good, just the song was a little disappointing and I doubt that it will chart. Like we went from UK Hun and Break Up Bye Bye to Big Drag Energy?

Idk but the runway was cute and the lip-sync was good but Charity clearly won, Veronica should've gotten the double save honestly since she kept up with Vanity plus Victoria already went home that episode. Plus it's annoying that for both seasons 2 and 3 Veronica was one episode off from Girl Groups.

Alright But Not The Best

[mssojames · 10/10 · 14 October 2021]

Didn't reach the standards of Season 1 and 2 but Ellas group did eat the challenge the lip-sync was ok honestly it was a good song Krystal, Scarlett and Charity were the only ones who flopped the others did eat the challenge ok girl group challenge.

Girl group gold strikes again....

[stevenjlowe82 · 9/10 · 12 September 2023]

I'm such a fan of the girl group challenge that has now become a staple of Rupaul's Drag Race UK and this episode did not let me down.

I have to say I was very surprised by Scarlet Harlet and how she just lost it mid performance. I'm a sucker for an underdog story and the episode leaned heavily into that but I still thought the Slice Girls would win. I was very happy to see Pic n Mix win as they really excelled with chemistry and thoughtful written verses. They turned what could have been a bore into an actual good little bop. It also helped that the song was actually good and suited both styles.

Again I feel like the critiques towards Charity Case are super harsh, did they honestly expect a queen like her to blend seamlessly into a girly girl pop group. I appreciated how Baby Spice Emna Bunton at least fought for her. I'm sorry but Mel B would absolutely wear that outfit to like the Met gala or something.

Finally..

[indigothedrag · 8/10 · 31 October 2021]

At last, another good episode of Drag Race UK! I must admit, I was skeptical going into this challenge due to how good the previous two girl group challenges (and songs) had been from the past seasons (eg. Break Up, Bye Bye and UK Hun?)

And whilst BDE as a song doesn't compare with these, it's a breath of a fresh air and still really enjoyable. Pick N' Mix did a really great job and I loved the story that was told as them being clearly made out as the 'underdogs', and then winning the challenge. I felt awful for Scarlett when she forgot her lines, but it really helped emphasise how we're all human and on Drag Race, anything can happen!

I don't always agree with the double shantay's being deserved, but it definitely was this time! Scarlett and Charity are both really great Queens and I'm happy we'll get to see more of them now!

So, finally - a decent episode from this season where I agree with the judging (at last!) I just really hope they keep it up and the second half of the season can maintain or go above this level. Yay!