It's time to meet the 'Drag Race UK' pit crew

And we've got their Instagram handles.

Pit Crew

Drag Race UK is getting its very own pit crew. Source: World of Wonder, VH1

Look, Drag Race fans have endured a pretty long and painful buildup to the first ever season of Drag Race UK.

The BBC production, which is the first local spinoff of the reality TV show outside of Thailand, was first announced way back in December of last year.

Then came the cast rumours.

Soon after, Ru threw us a bone and revealed that Alan Carr and Graham Norton would be joining the judging panel, alongside Ru and Michelle Visage.

Slowly, the long lineup of celebrity guest judges were revealed, including Andrew Garfield, Geri Horner, Twiggy and Maisie Williams.

Then we finally discovered the queens competing.

But throughout it all, one detail of Drag Race UK has remained covered in a shroud of secrecy. I am, of course, talking about the 'pit crew' - the group of hunky LGBTIQ+ men who push props in and out of the work room for mini challenges.

Until now.
According to NewNowNext, five new hotties have been announced as the UK's 'Brit crew' - AJ, Archie, Ashraf, Matt, and Mitch (click their names for a harmless Instagram stalk). 

The handsome five came together publicly for the first time at the London series premiere party earlier this week.

“She’s been sitting on a secret!" Mitch wrote on Instagram.

"But now… It’s official. You’re looking at the 'Brit Crew' for RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K.,”

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By Samuel Leighton-Dore


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