Alan Carr joins RuPaul's Drag Race season two

Alan Carr is returning for season two of \'RuPaul\'s Drag Race UK\'.

The 43-year-old comedian will be back on the judging panel next to RuPaul - whose full name is RuPaul Andre Charles - and Michelle Visage for the upcoming series of the drag competition.

He told RadioTimes.com: "Michelle Visage has had double the applicants this year so I think it\'s going to go up!

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"I\'m filming but I don\'t know who I\'m on with so it\'s so secretive. They\'ve already filmed the first one. I can\'t wait. I\'m going to be like that kid in that Alton Towers advert saying, \'One more sleep!\' "

Alan first appeared as a supporting judge with Graham Norton on the first series last year, and was accompanied by several guest judges including Maisie Williams and Geri Horner.

The series - an adaption of the US versionwhich sees RuPaul search for the best drag queen in the UK by putting on various challenges - received some criticism before airing on BBC Three last year.

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But Alan knew people would be "eating their words" once it screened on TVs as the queens were much more "down to earth" than the American girls.

He explained: "It\'s just nice that everyone is excited about it. People were so negative before it started and I thought, \'You\'re going to be eating your words.\'

"The girls were so down to earth and I think the American series is all a bit of finger clicking and, \'Ok girl!\' But I think, let\'s have a bit of story."

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What\'s more, despite having worked with RuPaul himself over the last series, Alan is mesmerised by the 59-year-old drag queen.

He added: "It\'s such an amazingly odd show to see RuPaul because you don\'t meet him before and he doesn\'t dress as a woman unless you pay lots of money, so you don\'t know what he\'s going to wear."