- Previously on
"Rupaul's drag race..."
- There is no connection
Between me and the girls.
- If one of you has to go,
Who should it be?
- I would have to say shannel.
- Ok.
- Educate, donate,
And celebrate.
Because life is a celebration!
- Ongina, you're the winner
Of this challenge.
The time has come for you
To lip sync for your life.
[Music playing]
- Rebecca, shante, you stay.
Jade, sashay. Away.
And tonight...
[Yelling and cheering]
- Do it.
- Ow! No!
- I have to excuse myself.
This decision is too difficult.
The winner of
"Rupaul's drag race"
Will receive a feature photo
Spread in "paper" magazine,
A portrait taken by renowned
Photographer greg gorman
For the la eyeworks legendary
Designer eyewear campaign,
A headline spot on the absolut
Pride tour across the usa,
Plus a cash prize of $20,000
Courtesy of absolut vodka
And mac cosmetics.
And may the best woman win.
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race,"
Start your engines ♪
- ♪ Drag race ♪
- ♪ May the best woman win ♪
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race" ♪
- ♪ Start your engines ♪
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race" ♪
- ♪ May the best woman win ♪
- ♪ Best woman win ♪
- Morning.
- Morning.
- Oh, hi.
- Hey. Look at the room.
- Our tables are, like,
Pushed back.
- Yeah.
- What do we need
All this space for?
Break dance?
- No. Don't say that.
- It feels so weird
Without jade, doesn't it?
- Yeah.
- Oh, god.
- Rebecca deserved to go home.
Completely.
Jade embodies an all around 110%
Beautiful person inside and out.
Rebecca is not.
- I honestly think that most of
The girls were rooting for jade.
And I'm sorry, but hey,
I don't wanna go.
I really came here to win.
[Revving engine]
- Hello, racers.
A great drag queen once said,
"To whom much is given,
Much is expected."
You have a special gift
That keeps on giving, lady.
Drag is...
Is part of a sisterhood,
And starting today,
Sisters are doing it for whom?
Themselves!
Ha ha!
Hello, hello, hello!
Sisterhood.
- Hi.
- Hello.
- Oh, oh, oh no!
[Moaning]
- Ha ha!
- Surprise! I'm rollin' with
A new pit crew today.
- Ru comes into the room
With these fierce girls.
Not fierce like...
Like drag fierce.
Like, fierce like they...
They looked threatening.
- [Laughs]
My little sisterhood of
The traveling panty girdles.
Now, I want you all to meet a
Talented group of girl fighters.
- My name is jarrett.
I teach krav maga.
It's an israeli hand-to-hand
Combat and self-defense system.
- My name is sweepee,
And I'm a cage fighter.
- I'm michelle.
I teach kempo karate, and I'm
A brazilian capoeirista.
- My name is mia.
I'm boxer.
- My name is tempele,
And I'm a boxer.
- Mama said, knock you out.
Pow.
- My god, what are they
About to put us through?
- The next drag superstar
Needs to keep in shape.
So today for your
Mini-challenge,
These girl fighters are gonna
Give you a full force workout.
In the end, the last queen
Standing will be the winner.
- Here's the first strike that
You're gonna be learning.
Sweepee's gonna help me
Demonstrate it.
It looks like this. Go!
Go!
The next strike
That we're gonna do,
This is called
"Ground and pound,"
And this is her specialty.
- Sort of straddling.
Yeah, I think these girls
Know how to straddle.
- Ready?
- Mm-hmm.
- [Grunting]
All right.
- Any questions?
All right. Let's go.
See what you got.
Start nice and easy.
- Ok.
- Right to the pad.
- Ok.
- Cool? Good.
- Ok.
- Keep goin'.
- Ok.
- Stay...stay at it this time.
- Ok.
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
- What are you doing?!
- Oh! Ok, I'm doing it!
- [Laughter]
- With all the work
That we've been doing,
There was a little bit
Of tension.
- Harder punches! Harder elbows!
- It...it help release
All that tension.
- Ha ha!
- Aah!
- Stop it!
Come on, come on, come on!
Until I tell you to stop!
Stop!
- Whoa!
- Man!
- I am scared a you queens.
- Kick that bitch's ass! Come
On!
- Let's go!
- Be aggressive! Be aggressive!
- I was like, ugh. Ok.
I'm ready to pass out.
- What we demo is gonna be
Straight punches.
Any time I say down,
Get down into this position.
So down.
Hands go down, feet go out,
Jump back up and continue
Punching right away.
- So any questions?
You guys got that.
- It's that fast?
- Yes.
- It's the last man standing.
- Non-stop punches.
- I'm nauseous.
- You're nauseous?
- I honestly, I feel...
- For real?
- Yeah.
I'm...i'm...
Honestly, I'm dizzy.
My heart is racing really bad,
And I'm just shaking.
I was so winded,
And so literally feeling
Like I'm gonna vomit.
Can I lay down on the couch?
- Yes,
You may lay down on the couch.
Here's a towel if you'd like.
- Now stand
In your fighting stance.
You're sending nonstop punches
As hard and as fast as you can.
- After sitting down and kind
Of gathering my thoughts
For a minute,
I realized, well, why not?
I have a lot of integrity,
And I am a fighter.
Not physically,
But mentally.
So I thought, well,
I'm gonna give it my best shot,
And I hope I don't throw up.
- Now, this is the final stage
Of this challenge.
And the last queen standing
Wins this challenge.
Shannel, are you ready?
- I'm gonna do
What I'm gonna do.
- Dolls, are you ready?
- Yes.
- Yes.
- All right.
Go for it.
- Go.
Go, go, go, go, go, go.
Harder, harder, harder!
Down!
- Come on, drop!
Get back up!
Down!
Down!
Down!
- Go, go, go!
Get up! Come on! Come on!
- Down!
- I'm dead.
- Come on, get after it!
Down!
- I'm just ready to give up.
I'm out of breath.
You can tell that my punches
Are weak.
- Down!
- And I was like, oh, shit.
This is no joke.
I mean, I was sweatin' like
Some sort of pig in heat.
- Go! Let's go! Come on!
Keep goin'! Let's go!
- I don't care if I'm ready
To have a heart attack.
I'm gonna keep
On punching those things
Because I wanna win.
- [Yelling]
- Come on!
- Come on, let's go! Let's go!
- You get it.
You get it.
- Aw...
- Oh!
- Yeah!
- All right!
I've got a champion.
Last queen standing! Champion!
All right!
- That's my queen!
- All right!
- [Laughter]
- Congratulations, bitch.
- My self-esteem, you know,
Has been goin' down.
I needed something
To give me that jolt
So I can go back
And get in the race.
- Today, these ladies have given
You one tough workout.
Now it's your turn to give back.
For this week's challenge,
Your mission is to make over
Your girl fighter partner
Into a real life female version
Of yourself...
- Yes!
- Of your drag persona.
- Woo!
- [Laughter]
- This is your chance to reveal
The secrets of drag,
Something every real woman
Should know.
So you should make use
Of your mac makeup kits,
Supplies from
Michael levine fabrics,
And shoes from kitson l.a.
Now, rebecca, you won
The workout challenge.
As your reward, you get to
Choose your makeover partner.
Who do you choose?
- Tempele.
- Tempele.
As a further reward,
You also get to pair up
All the other teams.
- Rebecca is here for the game.
I see many different sides
Of rebecca,
And some are
A little underhanded.
- Ooh! Wow.
- I definitely think that at
This point of the competition
Getting so close to the end,
That there is
Definite strategy
On who she picked,
And she found the strengths
And weaknesses with each
So that she can
Have an advantage.
- Ooh, matchmaker.
- Mia is going to...
Nina flowers,
Which means sweepee
Goes to miss shannel.
- I think that rebecca doesn't
Want us to believe
That she was tryin'
To handicap us.
- I'm not a bitch.
I'm just tryin' to get 'em
All riled up.
- At tomorrow's presentation
On the main stage,
No one has immunity.
So make this challenge count.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
And may the best woman win.
- All right, here.
Try these on.
Right now, we're gonna
Have to turn the girls
From tough boxing,
Ass-kicking chicks,
To models on the runway
With grace and beauty.
So it's gonna be
Very, very hard.
- Ok, we don't really have much
To work with here.
- Step into it and put
Your hands on those hips
And show them strength
And power.
- Ok.
- But still having...
- Poise.
- Elegance and beauty.
- Ok.
I see what you're...
- So it's very...whaa!
- So it's very...
In the muscular? Ok.
- Yeah.
- I see what you're saying.
- There's a lot of work to do.
Tensions are running high.
And I'm lookin' around the room.
Some people are freaking out.
- I want that fabric.
- I'm looking at it, so...
- Ok, then I want
The black sequins.
You only get one or the other.
- First come, first serve.
- Fine.
- Do you want this, baby?
- No. It's fine.
- Ongina, she's funny,
But at the same time, she always
Has this diva-ness to her.
I think that's
How he comes across.
- I need that, sweetheart.
- First come, first served,
Right?
Isn't that what you guys said?
- I wanna, like,
Straighten your hair.
Is that ok?
- Yeah.
- So it's just, like,
Jet straight and pretty?
Or no?
- Or big and awesome?
- Do you want big and awesome?
I'm learning that you
Can't really judge a book
By its cover.
Because, like, jarrett,
She has a lot of feminine side
Of her.
You just need to, like,
Slap her around a little bit.
So, we can do, like, that,
And then, like, we can do
A ponytail,
And that ponytail will look like
Your headpiece.
Like this airplane.
It goes onto my head.
- Ha ha!
- So that's, like,
Part of my look.
My biggest fear is that
I will be in the bottom two
And have to lip sync
For my life.
I won last week's challenge,
And today, rupaul said
That there is no immunity.
I just won this big,
Fabulous prize...
Which is fine.
I'll take it.
I love it.
But I wish I had immunity
At the same time.
Are you scared?
- Yes.
- Don't be scared.
- Ok. Ha!
- I want you to hold this.
Hold it right there.
I ended up with mia,
And as soon as I saw her,
I said, I definitely have to
Work on an outfit for her
Because none of my clothes
Is gonna fit on her.
It's a great challenge.
You're really transforming
Them into...into what we are.
It's hard, because these girls,
They never wear dresses.
They never wear makeup.
- I gotta record this.
Um, let me write this down.
First time I put on makeup.
- I am partnered with sweepee,
Who's probably the most
Masculine, definitely,
Of the entire group.
- Ok. Wait, wait.
Ha ha!
- Is this really that weird?
- Yes. Ok, ok. Go.
- You're sure?
- Yeah. Go.
- All right.
- I think it was very apparent
To me today
That rebecca's strategy
Was to pair the girls up
With who she didn't think
Would suit them.
- You are gonna end up having
A lot of makeup on.
I guarantee you.
- You're really good
With makeup?
- Oh, girl.
- Are you gonna put a lot on?
- Yeah.
- Oh. Because this is not
My territory.
- I think we should...
You will do what
I want you to do.
I knew right away
What I was going to put her in
And what I was going
To put myself in.
I can represent africa,
And you should represent
The middle east
With the...
- With the shimmy...
- With the shimmy shimmies
And the wrap and...
- This is training for me
In a different way.
- It is. I know. It is.
- This is a totally
Different training.
- You have to take your mind
Away from being the butch woman.
Let's just say
You wanna mesmerize people.
- Ok.
- Try these on.
Walk in 'em.
- I'm gonna fall.
- You are?
Hold me.
- No.
- Squeeze it in.
There you go.
- You gotta be kidding me.
- Nope.
- These girls,
They never wear heels
So they don't know
How to walk in heels.
- But you're gonna do this.
Straighten out on your knees.
Ok?
- Ooh.
- Ha ha! Ooh!
- Just keep in mind that when
You doing that, don't do this.
Don't walk like a man.
- Ok.
- Stand there and do this
A little bit.
Just relax a little more.
Feel it.
And then just...
Ooh! Just walk it.
Just...unh.
- It is challenging to teach
The way I walk the runway
To another person.
Just...
- Like that?
- Kind of walk around. Yep.
Heels always, um, toes first.
- Do I look stupid?
- Manly, but I'll fix it.
- Think of sexy.
Think of somebody out there
That you want them to see you,
And you just wanna be so sexy
So that they can really know
That you're the hottest things,
Oh...
The hottest thing in the house.
- Ok.
- The runway walk for me
Would not be about catwalk.
It would be about seducing.
When you're tryin' to walk with
Your friends and you're looking
Cute, how do you walk?
- I...i'm...i don't.
I just be myself.
- Ok. So. Let me see your...
Let me see you be yourself.
- That was myself. Ha!
- That was yourself?
- Yeah.
- It's not easy.
So, I mean, that's frustrating
When you have
This perfect vision,
And you don't have what you need
For that vision.
- Work!
♪ Dunh dunh dunh dunh
Dunh dunh dunh dunh ♪
I had a lot of tension because
I was gonna be judged
By her performance,
And she...
She was a little bit stiff,
A little bit...
A little bit rough.
- When I'm here...
- Uh-huh?
- I just step...
- No.
When you're here,
Ok, you bring the one...
The one that is in the back,
You bring it up front,
And then you turn.
- Oh.
- ♪ Dunh dunh dunh dunh ♪
I was worried she might not get
What I was trying to tell her.
- And go!
- These are high.
- No, no, no, no.
Quicker, and, like, quicker.
- Oh. Ok.
- You gotta walk
As fast as I do.
- Oh.
- 'Cause we gotta look together.
You get what I'm saying?
- Well, I need to take
These damn heels off.
- You're gonna be in heels
Tomorrow, though.
- Not these high.
- No, no, no, no, no.
I'm gonna grab my...
I'm gonna grab my heels.
Stay right here.
- Oh!
- I'm a little worried.
Her feet hurt.
She was crying.
She was whiney.
- Gah!
- No. Get close!
- I didn't know
It was that hard bein' a girl
Because I don't walk in heels
Every day, so...
- If they hurt,
Then walk faster.
- Ugh! I almost...
I'd rather be in a ring
And movin' around
In boxin' shoes,
Than movin' around
In high heels.
I feel like such a wuss.
- Do it by yourself right now.
- Again?
- Up and down.
I'm givin' her tough love.
- Ugh!
- Do it.
Just back and forth.
- Ow! No!
- Do it!
I'm not sure she's
Gonna learn her walk,
So I can't cut her any slack
Right now.
- Ugh.
My dogs is barkin'.
- Come on.
And all I'm thinkin' is
She can't f*ck this up.
- Damn!
- Hey, dolls!
Hey, ladies.
- Hi.
- Wow. Look at h...
Look at y'all!
Hey, shannel,
What are you doin'?
- I've embellished a bra
And belt.
- Now, that, uh,
That cup size
Seems a little small
For, uh, sweepee.
- Nope. She put it on.
- First time
I ever put a bra on.
- Your first time?
- Ha! Yeah.
- Really.
- I was always a little tomboy,
And I thought it was...
I was always runnin' around
With the boys, jumpin' fence,
And I thought it was
A little too feminine
'Cause they're not, like,
That's how I wanted to dress,
Act like them.
- Well, see,
This is the problem.
See, you should've been hanging
Out with boys who wore bras.
- Ha!
- And then...
- Yeah.
- It would've been
A different story.
But now you are.
- Yeah.
My plan is to be as feminine
As I possibly can,
And not just be feminine,
But become shannel and represent
What shannel stands for.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Hey, michelle.
Hey, bebe.
- Hi!
- Hi mama.
- How you doin'?
- Good.
- Good. Really good.
- What have you learned
From bebe so far, michelle?
- Learned how to do
A half smile,
Which I'm really, really bad at.
- A sexy smile.
- He's like, smile. Like...
He's like, "no, no, no, no.
Half."
- Show me the half smile.
- I'm like...
This is my half smile.
- Ha ha!
- I'm really tryin'.
It's really hard.
- Bebe, tell me exactly,
Why is a woman supposed
To do a half smile?
- Because our look tomorrow
Will not be, "hey! I'm here."
You know,
Our look will be more...
- Yes.
- Bebe has so much experience
In being sexy.
I'm like...all right.
And it looks fake to me.
I don't know how to do this.
- Well, good luck
To both of you.
- Thanks, ru.
- The first thing I did when...
When...when they
Assigned me to her
Was that we need to work
On that catwalk.
- Uh-huh.
- What did nina teach you
About the runway?
What tips?
- Oh! I don't know.
Like, uh...
I...i didn't...i...i don't...
- Show me.
- Exactly remember,
But I can show you.
- Yes.
- Uh-huh.
- Yes. Yes.
- Yeah.
- Very good.
I am really looking forward
To seeing miss...
- Awesome.
- Nina and miss mia
On that runway tomorrow.
- Thank you very much.
- You know, I wish...
I wish I had a drag daughter.
I mean, you guys
Are all my daughters,
But I don't really
Get to dress you up.
- That's right.
- You know?
Tell me about what...
What you're doing.
- I want her to look,
Uh, more youthful
And me a little bit more
Like a mom,
Sexy but mom.
- A sexy mom.
A milf.
- Yes.
- Exactly.
- No.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
- All right.
- Hey, jarrett.
Hey ongina.
- Hi!
- Look at you!
- Oh, she scares me.
- She scares you, ongina?
- When she first
Walked in today,
I was like, "holy jesus,
Mother of christ."
- [Laughter]
She would beat an ass,
And it might be mine.
- What are you the most
Sort of nervous about
With this competition?
- Um, just her really getting
The persona of who I am.
And I want the entire ongina
To be this tomorrow.
- Mm-hmm.
- So I'm gonna shave her hair
Tonight.
- [Laughter]
- Gather around, girls.
Gather 'round.
Listen up.
There's one more twist
To this challenge.
As part of your presentation
On the main stage,
Your girl fighters are going
To lip sync a song for us.
- [Laughter]
- And you're gonna
Teach them how.
- I was kind of caught
Off guard
'Cause I thought it was enough
Work just to put on a dress,
Put on freakin' high heels,
And walk.
- Now, the song I've chosen for
Them to perform is...
Drum roll.
- [Imitating drum roll]
- "Freakum dress" by beyonce.
- That's not the easiest song.
I can't even perform that song
Let alone these butch girls,
Who probably have never even
Heard the song before.
- Woo!
- Now, make me proud, ladies.
And remember, don't f*ck it up.
- [Laughter]
- All right.
- So you learn the lyrics,
And I'll take care of this.
- Ok.
- Ok.
Finish dress.
Freakum dress!
- You heard that part where
It was, like, "hey, whoa."
You should do that one line.
My biggest fear is
That my fighting bulldog,
She won't be able
To pull through and she'll suck.
- Hard parts this time.
- How is it?
- Difficult.
- Ha ha!
- I know.
- She's very into it, you know?
She really wants to do it,
And she's so excited,
And that makes it really good
To work with her.
- It is truly
About the lip sync.
- I'm a outgoing person.
I love to put myself
To the test.
But this is...ha ha!
I didn't know what I was
Walkin' into.
- What they're looking at is,
Did you know the words?
Make sure that as you're
Learning those words
That you feel it here.
- Ok. I will...
- Hold up.
Bring the beat back.
- Oh, I see what you're saying.
- You know what I mean?
I'm using my hands as well.
Um, "stop!"
- Ok.
- I ain't ready yet.
- Ok.
- Throw a little attitude
In there.
Throw some shoulder.
Throw some eyes.
Shannel is about representing
Eyes and glamour
And diva and strength and body.
I said, so if you're
Going out there as my sister,
And I'm putting you together,
I want you to embody that.
That's what's really
Gonna be able to lock
In that lip sync and...
- Ok.
- For you.
- Gotcha.
- Girl, you need to keep going
Over that song, baby.
Over and over.
- Let my brain rest
For a moment.
- Michelle.
She's funny, and she's...
She's very goofy, which was
Very frustrating to me.
I'll be sitting over there.
And then when you're done,
Just come meet me over there.
- I gotta listen to it, like,
- No, that's fine.
- They are judging us on how
We make our other people...
You know, our babies look.
So I don't know.
We'll see.
- Muah!
- The other one.
- No, no, no, no, no.
Stand up. Stand up. Wait.
It's very hard
To face elimination day.
Especially now that it's...
It's getting very,
Very, very tight.
There's a lot to be done.
Keep in mind that we were having
The same time as always.
This time, we have to split
Those hours in in two persons.
- Bebe, can I ask you something?
- Uh, yeah.
- Um, has anybody actually ever
Mistaken you to be a full...
Like, a real woman?
- Yeah.
- For real?
- Yep. It happens
In clubs especially...
- Oh, yeah.
- All the time.
- Really?
- The fact is that i,
Bebe zahara benet,
I do not live my life
As a woman.
It's not my lifestyle.
- Like, when that happens,
What do you do?
Do you tell them?
Like, the truth?
- Yeah,
I tell them the truth.
I tell them that
It's an illusion.
I have just developed
A character,
And that's where people need
To find that fine line
So that when they look at us
Perform,
They don't necessarily think
That, oh, they are dressed up
Like this
Because they want to live
Like this.
No. That is just
Such a misconception.
I don't go home like this.
I don't live my life like this.
- Unless you're cleaning
The house, bebe.
- Ok,
Unless I'm cleaning the house.
- Aw, loser.
- I don't wanna have to worry
About you, so I want you
To be ready.
- Chop chop.
- Rebecca took
A very "mommy dearest",
Joan crawford approach
To tempele.
- Wait a sec.
Look at me.
- Ow.
She's really tough.
Rebecca is tough.
Ouch.
- No pain, no gain, baby.
- I thought, wow!
There's one team here
That doesn't seem like
They're really cohesive
In their mindset.
At all.
- You look like
A whole different person.
- Mm, I feel like...ha...
A whole different person.
- It's totally nina,
But, like, 10 feet taller.
- I finished the makeover for my
Girl, but I was worrying
About me.
- Ha ha!
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe,
Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Walk, now walk ♪
♪ Walk, now walk,
Walk ♪
- ♪ And what? ♪
- Good evening, and welcome
To the main stage of
"Rupaul's drag race."
As always, I'd like to say hello
To my fabulous judges.
Fashion journalist
And bestselling author
Merle ginsberg.
And hello to my pal,
The shamelessly
Outspoken designer santino!
Now, this week we have two extra
Special guest judges.
First up is the founder
Of the pussycat dolls,
Miss robin antin.
- [Cheering]
- Meow!
- And finally, someone
Who knows a thing or two
About being a tough woman.
Please welcome xena,
Warrior princess,
Miss lucy lawless.
- Now, judges, our queens
Were asked to make over
A group of fierce girl fighters
In their own drag image.
This is gonna be a lot of fun.
Gentlemen, start your engines!
And may the best woman win!
- I wasn't doing
Runway fashion per se.
I was doing my own way of
Looking at this challenge.
So it was more about culture.
It was more about
The body language and the eyes.
Where's the camel, girls?
- Yes, where is it?
There's no camel toe
In this one.
- [Laughter]
- Wow.
She has never been more sweet.
- Dynamite.
- As she's walking down
The runway, all I can
Think of is, wow.
You are amazing.
And in literally 24 hours,
I took you and I made you
The complete and total package.
- Wow.
That's her mommy.
- Yeah.
- "Mommy dearest."
- I was worried
'Cause I usually come through
On the runway very well.
And this time
She was doin' it for me.
So that was scary.
- It's a family portrait.
- [Laughter]
- Take it away, mama.
- Why is she lookin' at me
Like that?
Go away, you have no power here.
- Do not accept an apple
From this woman.
- No.
- She's a good witch.
- Ooh!
- It's natural for me
To walk the runway.
It's not natural for her to.
But because she got it so well,
I'm really proud of that.
- Wow.
Look at that beautiful face.
- Yeah.
Both of them.
- In case you missed it
The first time.
- [Laughter]
- I know we must look so cute
Right about now.
We're going down the runway,
And I think we're hitting
The same steps.
We're on the same pace.
And, uh, we're definitely giving
Mother-daughter vibes.
- Wow.
Not without my daughter.
- [Laughter]
- Hello, my drag warriors.
You were asked to prepare
Our girl fighters
For a lip sync performance
Of beyonce's "freakum dress."
- ♪ Now pass me my dress ♪
♪ Yo, I think I'm ready ♪
♪ Been locked up in the house
For way too long ♪
♪ It's time to get it ♪
♪ 'Cause once again
He's out doing wrong ♪
♪ And my girls are so real ♪
♪ Said it's been a minute
Since I had some ♪
♪ He's been acting up,
But he won't be the only one ♪
♪ 'Cause when he acts up,
That's when you put it on ♪
♪ Get him uptight,
This is your song ♪
♪ Hold out your back,
Time to impress ♪
♪ Pull out your freakum dress ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Put your freakum dress on ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Put your freakum dress on ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Put your freakum dress on ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh,
Put your freakum dress on ♪
- Wow! Wow!
- Now, my dolls, my lovelies,
As drag mothers, I asked you to
Share your charisma, uniqueness,
Nerve, and talent
With real women.
And remember, girls,
No one has immunity
In tonight's elimination.
As the competition gets stiffer,
The stakes get higher.
And no one is safe.
Rebecca and tempele,
Come on down.
Let's see her before photo.
- Wow.
- Who's that girl?
- [Laughter]
- Tempele,
Are you amazed by that?
- Yes.
- Ha ha!
- And what beauty tips did you
Learn that you could apply to
Your everyday life?
- How to be a bad, mean...
- I yelled at her a lot.
- A lot.
- I was like, "whaa!"
- Pretty bitch.
- Ok!
- I think that she would've been
Able to dance more freely
And shown her stuff
If she wasn't worrying
About the dress coming up
And showing her cooch.
- And that's a bad thing?
- Well, uh, she seemed
Constrained by it.
- Clearly you guys are dressed
More down than other people.
You know, it's a simpler,
Cleaner, less costumey,
And one could argue that, like,
Well, they did, you know,
Less work.
But because you both look good
In that look, it works for me.
- Thank you both very much.
You may join the other girls.
- [Applause]
- Ongina and jarrett.
Come on down.
- You look like a prom date.
- Yes.
Because it was a
Masculine-feminine challenge...
- Mm-hmm.
- I wanted to be
The more masculine one.
- Not really
A feminine-masculine challenge.
It's more of
A your ultimate fighter
Out to your drag persona.
Let's take a look at what
Jarrett looked like before.
Oh, wow. See now, you're also
Just naturally beautiful.
- Yeah.
- Mm-hmm. Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Can you do that shoulder thing
That ongina does?
[Laughter]
Oh, wow.
- Jarrett, can you lift up your
Dress a little bit and show us
Your legs?
Higher. Higher!
- There you go.
- I would've probably
Really shortened it,
Because I'm all about
Showing something.
- Ongina,
If you were gonna play with
The masculine-feminine,
I think you should've
Given jarrett your outfit
And you wear the dress.
And I would've had
Your hair down,
And just kicked up
The femininity of your
Look a little bit more.
- It was really difficult for
Jarrett to fully embody who
I am because she's so butch
And since I'm so girl.
It didn't work
Quite as I expected.
- Well, all right, you two.
Thank you very much.
Please step forward,
Mia and nina.
Let's see her before photo.
Ooh! Wow.
Now, uh, were you scared about
This challenge?
- No. Because there's some part
Of me that likes to be girly.
- Lucy lawless,
You can relate to mia here.
She looks like
A warrior princess.
- Well, she looks like
A fashion model actually.
I didn't know that you
Were the fighter.
I thought, wow!
- Thank you.
- I love that mia was totally
Baby nina, you know,
In the hair and the makeup.
But I actually thought she would
Look more attractive and
Feminine with simpler hair.
- Thank you very much.
You may join the other girls.
- Shannel and sweepee.
Shannela deville.
- [Laughter]
- Wow.
Now, let's see
Sweepee's before photo.
Wow! And look at her now.
You...you're like
A mother-daughter s&m team.
- [Laughter]
- Sweepee, what was your
Experience working with shannel?
- That...perfectionist.
And to work with somebody like
That, I had to admire that and...
- Did shannel tell you
To admire her?
[Laughs]
- No, no, no, no.
Because it took a long time.
Where I can get a fight over
In 7 minutes, it took, like,
Two hours to do this.
So I have a whole new respect
For puttin' on makeup.
- Sweepee, you look beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Is it possible to take
The neckpiece off?
That we can see sweepee
Without that piece?
- [Gasps]
- [Laughter]
- It opens up this whole area,
And the proportion,
It changes her.
- Wow.
- Honey!
- I know.
- Thank you, shannel.
Thank you sweepee.
- [Applause]
- Bebe and michelle.
Let's see her before photo.
Wow.
Gorgeous.
I don't know.
Maybe it's just me.
I think she's wearing
Too much makeup.
It feels like a mask.
Michelle, how do you feel
About your makeup?
- Um, I'm just not used
To wearing makeup in general,
But then this is a lot
Of makeup,
So I went from zero
To, like, 1,000.
- You know,
I thought in this case
That the apple did fall a little
Too far from the tree.
I just wish she looked more like
Her mommy.
- I would've taken the costume
And probably made it, um,
A mini skirt
Just because I would wanna make
Her a little bit sexier.
- I was hoping
For more compliments.
I was hoping for more
Good choice of wardrobe.
That wasn't the case.
- Well, thank you bebe.
Thank you michelle.
Now while you all wait in
The interior illusions lounge,
The judges and I
Will deliberate.
Thank you, ladies.
[Car engine]
- I have to be honest.
Um, bebe is a fierce competitor,
But I had the most trouble with
Her interpretation
Of this challenge.
- I felt like michelle was the
Only girl who actually looked
Less beautiful.
- Yes.
I would loved
To have seen michelle
With her hair snatched back
But a big piece
Just the way bebe had
On her hair.
- It was just all just kind of
Pulled to the back
And just kind of fell.
- It may have actually been
Even like a banana clip.
- Yeah.
- On my runway?!
A banana clip! A banana clip.
On my runway! Aah!
- No banana clips!
- Ever!
- Mia and nina.
- You know,
Mia looked like a drag queen.
- Yeah. Everybody else
Looked like a woman.
- Well, maybe nina's, uh,
Drag inspiration gets lost
In translation on a real woman,
You know?
Can we go to ongina now?
I think the total concept,
For me, didn't work.
- I did think ongina looked
A little more boyish than usual,
But...
- Mm-hmm.
But a woman in a pantsuit
Is really great.
A drag queen in a pantsuit
Not tucking...
- Right.
- Is a man.
- And this point
In the competition,
I expect things to be a little
Bit more finished, too...
- Uh, exactly.
- Because the stakes are high.
Let's talk about rebecca.
Now, I was a big fan of this.
I, first of all, I have to say,
The girl that she chose,
I really didn't think she
Could turn it out like that.
I was so surprised.
- The transformation
Was the greatest.
- It was the greatest
Transformation.
In terms of the criteria
For this challenge,
Rebecca gave the girl her look.
Shannel and sweepee.
- Sha-nay-nay.
- They were the best.
I thought they were the best.
- Yeah. I...i agree.
- Did she look like shannel?
I mean, uh, obviously,
One's black and one's white.
But, uh...
- I think from the neck down.
- I think from the neck down.
Yeah?
One criticism
About their presentation
Is that they never share
The stage at the same time.
You know, I would love to have
Seen them together.
- Shannel definitely seems like,
You know, she feels so fabulous
And so, like, I look better.
- [Laughter]
- You know?
And I'm gonna...
I don't wanna stand with you,
Because I look amazing.
And if I stand with you,
I'm not gonna look as good.
- Well, thank you all very much.
This is gonna be a very
Difficult elimination.
- Mm-hmm.
This is a tough one.
- Welcome back.
Tonight,
I choose the final 4.
Rebecca, usually
I say more is more,
But with this challenge,
You kept it simple,
And it worked.
Your girl fighter
Looked pretty and real.
In other words,
The perfect translation
Of your drag persona.
You are the winner
Of this challenge.
- Whew.
- Thank you!
I wanna say that I'm surprised
That I won,
But I'm not.
I don't think
Any other contestant
Did as well as we did.
- When rupaul announced
That rebecca
Had won the challenge,
I was devastated.
I feel like I should have won
That challenge.
- You and tempele each win gift
Gift baskets from curlisto
Worth $1,000.
Congratulations.
You're still in the race.
- Thank you.
- Shannel.
Your expertise with makeup
And your flair for the dramatic
Work to your advantage.
But to be the next drag
Superstar, you need to
Broaden your appeal.
You're still in the race.
- [Applause]
- Bebe,
Usually you are so flawless.
But with this challenge,
You underwhelmed us.
Not to mention that
You girl fighter's look
Didn't come close
To matching your own.
You're in the bottom two.
- Nina,
Your style is so bold
That it was difficult to
Translate to a real woman.
But you did pull it off.
Barely.
You are safe this week.
Congratulations.
Ongina.
This means you are
In the bottom two.
We were looking for
Mother-daughter,
And you gave us father-daughter.
It's almost as if you
Misunderstood this challenge.
And you've been praised so much
In this competition.
I fear you may have become
Too complacent.
Bebe, same goes for you,
And your presentation this week
Did not measure up.
In a moment, one of you will be
Asked to sashay away.
I've consulted with the judges,
But the final decision
Is mine to make.
This is your last chance to
Impress me and save yourself
From elimination.
The time has come for you
To lip sync for your life.
Good luck, and don't f*ck it up.
- ♪ Oh, hey, yeah ♪
♪ Hush, just stop ♪
♪ There's nothing you can do
Or say ♪
♪ Baby, I've had enough ♪
♪ I'm not your property
As from today ♪
- I come from a family
With a lot of dignity,
And we've always learned how to
Grow and be able to be strong
And fight.
If I get eliminated today,
It shouldn't be because
I did not put my best out there.
- ♪ Stronger than yesterday ♪
♪ Now it's nothing buy my way ♪
♪ My loneliness
Ain't k*lling me no more ♪
♪ I am stronger ♪
♪ Come on, now ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, here I go,
On my own ♪
♪ I don't need nobody,
Better off alone ♪
♪ Here I go, on my own now ♪
- There's no need for me to go
Crazy and do cartwheels and
Tumbles all over the stage.
That's not who I am
As a performer.
- ♪ Here I go ♪
♪ Stronger than yesterday ♪
♪ And it's nothing but my way ♪
♪ My loneliness
Ain't k*lling me no more ♪
♪ No more ♪
♪ I am stronger ♪
- [Cheering]
[Applause]
- Yes!
- Woo!
- I...
Have to excuse myself
Momentarily
Because this decision
Is too difficult.
I need a moment alone.
Excuse me, ladies.
- It just caught me off guard.
I was like, wow.
I could not believe this.
- That totally, like, threw me
By surprise.
- I don't know what
My feelings are
Because I feel that rupaul
Made a really bad decision
By letting rebecca stay.
- [Sighs]
Ok.
Are you ladies ready?
I've made my decision.
Bebe, you brought
To your performance tonight
A fire and a hunger
That I haven't seen before.
And you did something
I didn't think was possible.
You outshined ongina.
Shante, you stay.
- Good job.
You deserve it.
I love you, too.
You deserve it.
- Ongina,
The first time I saw you,
I thought you could walk away
With this competition.
You know why?
Because you are a winner, baby.
- Thank you.
- And I know you'll take that
With you wherever you go.
Though this breaks my heart
To say, sashay away.
- I'm disappointed with myself,
But at the same time, really
Happy with what has happened.
I made it to the final 5.
I didn't make it to the final 4,
But ongina is gonna keep going.
- Laughter through tears,
My dears.
This contest will make us
Stronger.
Congratulations.
I'll see you all next week.
And remember,
If you can't love yourself,
How in the hell are you
Gonna love somebody else?
Can I get a amen in here?
- Amen!
- All right.
Let the music play.
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe,
Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Cover girl,
Put the bass in your walk ♪
- [Laughter]
01x05 - Drag School of Charm
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RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week.
RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week.