RuPaul’s Drag Race UK stars Bimini Bon Boulash, Awhora and Lawrence Chaney made sure they stole focus on the red carpet at the BAFTA TV Awards 2021 on Sunday.
The trio turned up in very elaborate gowns – one of which featured her own BAFTA accessory.
Bimini went for what seemed to be a Hunger Games-meets-Victorian Gothic look, in a jade green gown with off-kilter puffed shoulders and a bustle skirt.
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Absolutely fabulous! [left to right] Bimini Bon Boulash, Lawrence Chaney and Awhora turned heads on the red carpet for the Virgin Media TV BAFTAs
Lawrence donned a sparkling black, figure-hugging velvet number, featuring metallic gold detailing at the front in a corset design.
She matched this with a chunky necklace, space-age eye make-up, and carried her own makeshift BAFTA trophy.
Awhora wore a silver headpiece and a glittering dress with a pink feathered detailing and various cut-outs.
She added white dinner gloves featuring extra-long claw-like nails.
She’s a winner! The trio turned up in very elaborate gowns – with Lawrence’s featuring her own BAFTA accessory
Awhora… I barely know her! Awhora wore a silver headpiece and a glittering dress with a pink feathered detailing and various cut-outs
Woman In Green: Bimini went for what seemed to be a Hunger Games-meets-Victorian Gothic look, in a jade green gown with off-kilter puffed shoulders and a bustle skirt
Glitz: Lawrence donned a sparkling black, figure-hugging velvet number, featuring metallic gold detailing at the front in a corset design. She matched this with a chunky necklace, space-age eye make-up, and carried her own makeshift BAFTA trophy. Awhora added white dinner gloves featuring extra-long claw-like nails
Make-over: Bimini featured on Capital FM earlier in the week where she gave host Roman Kemp a drag transformation
Bimini featured on Capital FM earlier in the week where she gave host Roman Kemp a drag transformation.
The radio host, 28, exuded glamour from head-to-toe in his statement metallic bodysuit, a stark contrast to his typical laid-back look.
With the help of the RuPaul Drag Race UK star, 28, he unleashed his alter-ego, Ro-ManEater in honour of Pride Month.
Diva! Roman Kemp looked unrecognisable as he was transformed into a drag queen on Friday by Bimini during a live drag show on Capital Breakfast
Team effort: With the help of the RuPaul Drag Race UK star, 28, he unleashed his alter-ego, Ro-ManEater in honour of Pride Month
Roman’s skimpy one-piece featured exaggerated shoulder pads, tumbling black tassels and sequins throughout. He also rocked huge bejewelled costume jewellery.
The TV personality’s voluminous blue wig was brushed away from his visage in perfectly coiffed curls as he sported full coverage make-up and a heavy contour.
Roman completed the look with a shimmering manicure and nude tights as he worked his best angles at the Capital studio.
Catch the eye: Roman’s skimpy one-piece featured exaggerated shoulder pads, tumbling black tassels and sequins throughout, he also rocked huge bejewelled costume jewellery
The TV BAFTAs, hosted by Richard Ayoade, has a collection of guest presenters including Line Of Duty’s Adrian Dunbar, Strictly winners Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse, Maya Jama, and Daisy May Cooper.
Tom Allen and AJ Odudu, meanwhile, are presenting the Virgin Media BAFTAs: Back to the Red Carpet show.
Other guest presenters – Catherine O’Hara, Jon Snow, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jamie Demetriou, Tommy Jessop, Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse – will all appear via video call during the ceremony.
Covid restrictions mean TV fans can’t be in attendance on the red carpet as usual this year and some nominees won’t be able to attend because of filming bubbles.
Big hit: Small Axe starring John Boyega (left) and Letitia Wright (right) leads this year’s nominations with 15 nods
Small Axe leads this year’s nominations with 15 nods.
The BBC One anthology film series, directed by Sir Steve McQueen, picked up six TV nominations and nine in the craft categories, including a nod for the Mini-Series gong alongside Normal People, Adult Material and I May Destroy You.
Small Axe features five films that tell stories about lives of West Indian immigrants in London from the 1960s to the 1980s.
The Crown received 10 nominations – four for TV and six for the craft categories – including a nod for the Drama Series accolade alongside I Hate Suzie, Save Me Too and Gangs of London.
Other nods included This Country, Man Like Mobeen, Inside No. 9, and Ghosts for the Scripted Comedy prize, and siblings and This Country creators Daisy May and Charlie Cooper received nominations for the Female and Male Performance in a Comedy Programme gongs, respectively.
Nominee: I May Destroy You star Paapa Essiedu (left) will go up against John Boyega and Shaun for Parkes for the Leading Actor award
In the running: The Crown received 10 nominations – four for TV and six for the craft categories – including a nod for the Drama Series accolade
Tough competition: Jodie Comer (left in Killing Eve) will go head-to-head with Billie Piper (right in I Hate Suzie) for Leading Actress
Shortlist: Diversity’s controversial BGT Black Lives Matter routine (pictured) was nominated for the BAFTA Television Awards 2021’s Must-See Moment award
Drama: Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown shock twist, which revealed Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan, pictured) as the mysterious gossip, was also on the shortlist
Several of the year’s biggest TV moments will be celebrated on Sunday, with Diversity’s controversial BLM-inspired routine on Britain’s Got Talent, which sparked 24,500 complaints to Ofcom, featured in the must-see moment category.
The category, which is voted for by the public, also sees nods to Penelope being revealed as Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton and when Luke Skywalker appeared in the climax of The Mandalorian’s second season.
BAFTA TV have reportedly ‘temporarily paused’ Fellowships and Special Awards ahead of Sunday’s ceremony.
Suspended: BAFTA TV have reportedly ‘temporarily paused’ Fellowships and Special Awards after Noel Clarke was suspended from BAFTA amid sexual harassment and bullying allegations
It comes after Noel Clarke, who has been accused by more than 20 women of sexual harassment and bullying, was suspended from BAFTA amid the allegations after he won the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema award in April.
It was recently reported the British Academy of Film and Television Awards spent two weeks deciding how best to respond to allegations against Clarke, 45, prior to presenting him with one of its highest honours.
According to reports, bosses have suspended ‘all the individual honours’ which are ‘in the gift of the Academy’ ahead of the ceremony, with The Mirror stating bosses are fearing giving an award to another scandal-ridden industry figure.
The Mirror claims a message was sent to members last week which explained that BAFTA were ‘reviewing its selection protocols for its prestigious solo accolades’.
The publication reported that the message said: ‘We wanted to let you know that while we review the processes behind selecting the awards that are “in the gift of the Academy” – the Special Awards and Fellowships – we have temporarily paused these kinds of awards and they will not feature in Sunday’s ceremony.’
The Mirror claims that the only other time a TV Fellowship was ‘given and then cancelled’ was Rolf Harris.
The disgraced children’s entertainer was stripped of his BAFTA Fellowship after he was convicted of 12 indecent assaults at Southwark Crown Court in June 2014, and was sentenced to six years behind bars.
Harris was released from HMP Stafford on parole in May 2017 after serving just three years of his sentence.
Over the years, a collection of people have been awarded a BAFTA Fellowship, the highest accolade the Academy can bestow, including Joan Bakewell, Kate Adie, Jon Snow, Julie Walters and Joanna Lumley.
While the likes of Idris Elba, Lenny Henry and the late Cilla Black have previously won a Special Award during the ceremony.
However, the BAFTA website states that awards ‘in the gift of the Academy’ are ‘presented at the discretion of the BAFTA Television Committee; therefore they may not all be presented in any given year’.
MailOnline contacted BAFTA for comment at the time.