10 new queens will enter the Werkroom and go through one of the toughest competitions/ bootcamps of their lives. Alongside singing, dancing and acting, the queens must be able to sew, create veritable works of art on their faces, impersonate a variety of celebrities, insult their fellow queens and lip sync as if their lives depend on it.

All of this will be tested in a series of mini and maxi challenges, with Queens “sashaying away” weekly (or sometimes twice weekly if Ru is truly disappointed). When only three queens are left remaining, only one of them will win the title of the next drag superstar.

Judging alongside RuPaul is long-time judge and ex-Strictly Come Dancing contestant Michelle Visage, with a rotating cast of guest judges including Heartstopper’s Yasmin Finney, Countdown’s Carol Vorderman and Gentleman Jack’s Suranne Jones. Graham Norton and Alan Carr will also return to the judge’s bench on a rotational basis.

But which queens do you think have the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to make it all the way? Keep reading…

Tomara Thomas

25, Hartlepool

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Hailing from Hartlepool, Tomara Thomas has been performing in drag since the age of 14. Tomara is packed with energy, is 'stunning, hilarious, down for a laugh, and can take a great photo'. She declined to mention whether she was modest. She’s not just a ‘gorgeous dancing diva’, she’s a gorgeous dancing diva with funny bones! Well… it appears she’s got the nerve.

Alexis Saint Pete

28, London

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Alexis Saint Pete was born as she tried to become the ‘Polish Billy Elliot’, slightly miscalculated, and became a fully-fledged drag queen. Perhaps a case of shooting for the stars and landing on the moon! Alexis has big dreams and a similarly big obsession with Alan Carr, describing him as akin to her favourite childhood teddy bear.

Banksie

23, Manchester

Pronouns out of drag: They / Them

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Banksie is over seven feet tall in her high heels and implores the Drag Race staff to raise the height of the doorways before her entrance to the Werkroom. Originally from Wigan, Banksie had to move away to Manchester due to a lack of a drag scene and a fear she wouldn’t be able to centre her life entirely around pies.

Miss Naomi Carter

23, Doncaster

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

The Beyonce of ‘dirty Donny’, her name is the child of model Naomi Campbell and singer Beyonce Knowles. Miss Naomi Carter was a 'founding member' of Doncaster’s drag scene alongside her drag family ZEHAUS. She can DJ. She can rap. She can lip sync. She can act. All whilst representing her Gambian culture.

DeDeLicious

20, Kent

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

DeDeLicious is a chronic overthinker who has been destined for Drag Race since she ‘came out of the womb’. She has a famous relation, being drag sisters with series three winner Krystal Versace. Watch out queens, as the self-taught seamstress can slip into 'DeDeDemon mode' at any second (whatever that means).

Ginger Johnson

34, County Durham

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Ginger Johnson has been performing drag for 15 years, and testimony to this is the fact that she has been vomited on four times at drag queen karaoke. Here’s hoping that Drag Race can take her away from that life and catapult her towards the heady heights of Celebrity Masterchef and The Great British Sewing Bee like many drag race contestants before her.

Kate Butch

26, Derbyshire

Pronouns out of drag: They / Them

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Kate Butch competes mainly to be added to the 'pantheon of Derbyshire celebrities. Like Lucy Spraggan.' It’s mainly Lucy Spraggan. She’s theatrical and quirky like Kate Bush (get it?) and first did drag after begging to be the pantomime dame at age six.

Cara Melle

26, London

Pronouns out of drag: She / Her

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Although Cara Melle was originally born in Atlanta, Georgia, her drag persona was born and bred in the UK, as she has been living and working in London for seven years. We may see a battle of the Beyonces this series, as, like Miss Naomi Carter, Cara Melle has also likened herself to Queen Bey, describing herself as 'the Beyonce of Drag'.

Michael Marouli

39, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

This Geordie Queen has been overseas performing in Gran Canaria (or ‘Drag heaven’) for 17 years but is back to bring the crown home for her native Newcastle. One thing she won’t abide in the Werkroom is bad hygiene and dirty tights from her fellow queens, although she will translate their Drag Race lingo into Geordie if they ask nicely.

Vicki Vivacious

36, Cornwall

Pronouns out of drag: He / Him

Pronouns in drag: She / Her

Vicki Vivacious is ever so Cornish, but she’s moved from the farm to the big city and she has the accolades to prove it. She has performed with Little Mix, has toured with Dannii Minogue and has 'the mouth of Kerry Katona'. Oh, and she can sing, dance, and 'eat a Cornish pasty in less than five seconds.'

RuPaul's Drag Race UK will come to BBC Three and iPlayer later this month.