{"id":12088,"date":"2022-03-11T14:16:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1602464"},"modified":"2022-03-11T14:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T13:35:22","slug":"the-drop-release-date-host-judges-and-news-for-bbc-three-competition","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-drop-release-date-host-judges-and-news-for-bbc-three-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Drop release date: Host, judges and news for BBC Three competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 11 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The Drop \u2013 a brand new reality competition \u2013 is arriving on BBC Three next week, with BBC Radio 1 DJ and Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> alumni Clara Amfo fronting the exciting streetwear series.<\/p>\n

Over the course of eight weeks, nine up-and-coming designers will be competing in a series of challenges with the hopes of having their own streetwear brand stocked in Flannels.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press ahead of the show\u2019s launch, Amfo revealed that The Drop is full of \u201cheartbreaking\u201d moments<\/a>, adding: \u201cThere were crises in confidence, there were tears, there are definitely tears in this show, you\u2019re going to see that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read on for everything we know about The Drop.<\/p>

The Drop release date<\/h2>\n
The Drop premieres on Monday 14th March<\/strong> at 9pm<\/strong> on BBC Three<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
The eight-part series will air every Monday from 14th.<\/p>\n
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The Drop is a new reality competition which sees nine of the UK\u2019s most promising up-and-coming creatives compete for the chance to sell their streetwear brand in Flannels \u2013 a fashion retailer.<\/p>\n
Hosted by Clara Amfo, the BBC Three show is filmed in Manchester and will see the contestants take on a new challenge each week that \u201ccaptures the cultural synergy between fashion, music, sport, celebrity and business\u201d in the hopes of impressing the judges: singer Miguel, artist Blondey McCoy and fashion designer Marc Jacques Burton.<\/p>\n
The Drop presenter<\/h2>\n
BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo is the host of The Drop on BBC Three, with the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant fronting this streetwear competition.<\/p>\n
Amfo has been a broadcaster with BBC Radio 1 since 2015, starting on The Official Chart before moving on to host the station\u2019s mid-morning show. Since 2021, she has been the host of Future Sounds.<\/p>\n
Outside of radio, Amfo has hosted Top of the Pops, Coach Trip and appeared on shows like The Weakest Link, Celebrity Gogglebox, RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race: UK Versus the World.<\/p>\n
The Drop contestants<\/h2>\n
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