05x12 - The Final Three, Hunty

[bunniefuu]

- Previously

on RuPaul's Drag Race...

We're throwing the first ever

Sugar Ball.

[all gasp]

Are you passionate about

becoming America's next drag

superstar?

- You're wrong, Jinkx,

on the lollipop.

- Roxxxy's grasping at straws

to try to shake me.

- Jinkx, your sweet 16 party

girl...16 going on 47.

- It's unfortunate that there's

a disconnect

and it makes me question

your taste level.

- Alaska, you're the winner

of this week's challenge.

- [squeals]

- Jinkx Monsoon...

shantay, you stay.

Detox, sashay away.

- [whimpers]

- Holy sh*t.

- Detox just went home.

This has been the hardest

elimination for me.

My baby.

- What giant lips she has.

- If I was

on that judges' panel,

Jinkx would have been gone.

Jinkx does not deserve

to be here.

No offense, Jinkx, but I know

what they were saying about

looking 70 'cause you did look

a little older.

- But that's how Jinkx Monsoon

would have looked.

She would have been 16

in the '70s.

I know Roxxxy is upset that she

doesn't get to go through this

last part of the competition

with her best friend.

But I'm not gonna stop fighting

for this

until the very, very end.

- One of the three of us is

going to win $100,000.

- How many challenges have you

won, Jinkx?

- Two. We've all won two.

- You've won two and I've won

two.

- Ooh, an even playing ground

except I've never lip-synced.

I'm coming right off winning

last week's challenge.

So I just say bring it on,

darling.

Alaska is back in full force.

- Alaska thinks she can just

slide right underneath the radar

and go for the crown.

But guess what, bitch.

I'm not gonna let that happen.

Alaska, my dear, sashay away.

- Words you will never hear.

- The winner

of RuPaul's Drag Race

receives a sickening supply

of Colorevolution cosmetics,

a luxury trip courtesy

of ALandCHUCK.travel,

headline Logo's Drag Race tour

featuring Absolut vodka...

cocktails perfected...and a cash

prize of $100,000.

- Top three, fantasy.

- Top three,

fantasy.

Where my top three at?

- [sighs] Aw, look.

I have a note.

- Oh, my gosh.

A little note from Detoxy.

- It says, "Roxxxy, this was

such an amazing journey

and I'm so thankful to have made

it with you."

- Mine says, "Lasky, you're

f*cking terrible.

I love you so much."

- And...and I didn't get a note.

[laughs]

- You didn't get a note?

- No.

- Well, here. I'll make one up

from Detox to you.

"Jinkx, you sent me home,

you f*cking hot f*cking mess."

[laughs]

[alarm blares]

- Ooh, girl.

You've got shemail.

Ladies, make a case why you

should be America's

next drag superstar and you

could be awarded

a judgment of $100,000.

And if you're really lucky,

you might even get a hung jury.

- What?

- Hello, hello, hello.

[all squeal]

- She has legs.

- And I know how to use 'em.

- [laughs]

- The final three!

Condragulations.

[all cheer]

RuPaul is getting some

last-minute cosmetic procedures.

So he asked me to tell you

all about your final challenge.

And it's a doozy.

This week, you'll be starring

with RuPaul

in the official music video

for The Beginning.

- [squeals]

- You'll be working with

choreographer Candis Cayne.

- Continental.

- And then, with director

Mathu Andersen,

you'll be sh**ting a dramatic

courtroom scene.

And each of you will be playing

defendant,

defense attorney,

and prosecutor.

All three parts.

And on the main stage, you'll

need to defend your life

and convince the judges and the

world why you deserve

to be America's next drag

superstar.

- If there's something

in this competition

that I've been waiting for,

it's to express to these judges

why I should be America's next

drag superstar.

- To help you build an ironclad

case, you'll each have

one-on-one time with mega

attorney Gloria Allred.

- [gasps]

- [laughs]

- And if that wasn't enough,

you're having lunch

with RuPaul too.

- Oh, my god.

- [laughs]

So don't f*ck it up.

- Hello, girls.

all: Hi.

- Last year, I had choreography,

but to step it up,

I thought I would add a little

chiffonography.

Today, we're going for a

seductive, goddess-y theme.

A lot of fans, a lot of hair, a

lot of chiffon in the fan.

I want you to be sexy, soft,

beautiful.

- Okay.

- Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four,

five, six, seven, eight.

- [squeals]

- Alaska, you're getting

nervous, it seems like.

And think about not turning in.

'Cause that's kind of not the

choreography.

- I'm making a fool of myself

in front of Candis Cayne.

- All right, girls.

We're gonna do some hairography.

Bring me my fan.

[all gasp]

The basic point of fan use is

all about flicking your hair.

The fast and then the slow.

Very good.

- I am definitely the most sexy.

I know how to work some

m*therf*cking hair.

And, uh, I like being blown.

- Give me goddess.

Try not to let your hair

in your face.

Uh...

This is challenging

choreography.

Think more Beyonce and less

Cousin It.

But, you know,

this is the top three

and I really need them

to step up.

Whip it.

- Bonjour.

- It's time for us to sh**t a

music video

for RuPaul's The Beginning.

Nice car.

- [laughs]

- The basic idea here is that

you're driving into the wild

blue yonder

and you're going to fly

to heaven.

[all laugh]

- Wow.

- Action. Whoa!

Whoa!

And left.

- Oh!

- Okay, we have a tragedy.

- Oh, she trying to pull the

patch!

- [yelps]

Dear god, do I really have

to be attached to her now too?

- Drive, drive, stop!

[horn beeps]

- Whoa!

- What?

[all laugh]

- Jinkx kind of took over,

going crazy and having fun.

- [laughs]

- And here she is.

It's Mama Ru.

Oh, my lord.

Alaska, shake your hair out.

- Alaska, did you not get

the concept of hairography?

Afro?

- Okay, we've sped this song up



so that when we slow it down,

the effect will be lip-syncing

perfectly to the song.

Let the chipmunkery begin.

Cue the music.

[song sped up]

[rapid, high-pitched singing]

- What?

- And now we have to sell the

lip-sync at double the speed?

I feel like I'm going insane.

- ♪ It's a brand-new day ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ The beginning ♪

- Cut.

Let the chiffon drift.

Give me mystery.

- ♪ You decide ♪

♪ Change your mind ♪

♪ Miracles happen every... ♪

- Cut.

- Alaska's movement

is a little awkward.

She had trouble

with the chiffonography.

- Cut.

- ♪ You decide ♪

♪ Change your mind ♪

- Beautiful.

- ♪ Miracles happen every day ♪

- Yeah! Spin!

- Roxxxy did great hair

movement.

- Give it a spin, Roxxxy!

- ♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ The beginning ♪

- She had her lip-sync down

really good.

- Yay!

- Nice.

- ♪ The beginning ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ Of the rest of your life ♪

- Good job, Roxxxy.

- Amazing.

All right, ladies.

- Give me goddess.

Hit it!

Six, seven, eight.

And one, look,

three, four, five.

Cut.

I need you to be on, Alaska.

It's about precision, precision,

precision.

From the top.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four.

Pick it up, Alaska.

Cut.

- The other girls are doing

really good

and their hair is flowing

and their chiffon is flowing in

the right places, and I'm, like,

terrible and this is awful.

- What are your winning

qualities?

- Um...

- You need to believe

in yourself.

- For you to just discredit

all my work...

- I know, you're the victim.

- I have done well

in this competition

and I love what I do.

- Huh?

[laughter]

- Hi.

- Hi, Alaska.

- Gloria Allred is a mega lawyer

who is known for

taking on really high-profile

cases.

- Make yourself comfortable.

- Tomorrow, we are going to have

to present

our final arguments

as to why we should be

America's next drag superstar.

- Let's go right to what your

case is gonna be.

What are your winning qualities

that are unique to you?

- I have star quality.

The "X" factor.

- That's not good enough.

Give me specifics.

What is your most important

strength?

- Um...

- Just lay it on me.

- Well, I mean, I guess we can

see which one

you think is the most impactful.

- Okay, but you need to believe

in yourself.

Now, when you go out there

to make your argument,

you're gonna need to make it

with confidence.

Do you think you can do that?

- Hello, Mother.

- Hi, Jinkx.

How's tricks?

- Tricks are for kids.

I'm a lady.

- [laughs]

Listen, I hope you have

an appetite.

- Oh, yes.

This looks more than I can

handle.

- Now, Jinkx, what do you think

your life's gonna be like?

What...what do you want to do?

- It's been my life dream ever

since I started doing drag

to do drag on Broadway.

- I could see you

as Blanche DuBois.

- I could see that too.

- So what was it like for you

growing up?

I know that you had to sort of

grow up really fast.

- Mm-hmm.

- Tell me about that.

- I had no real mother in my

house when I was a teenager

because of her alcoholism.

There were times where me and my

brothers wouldn't have

gone to school that day if I

hadn't gotten us up.

- What effect has that had on

who you are as Jinkx Monsoon?

- This is my way of making peace

with a dark childhood

and make light of the disheveled

kind of crazy, kooky mom.

And then I adapted into my

mature drag queen

from yesteryear character.

- Right, so...and so you're

saving the Britney Spears

part of your career for later.

- It never even occurred to me

before my lunch with Ru

that maybe the reason I do drag

as an older character

is because I never really

connected with my childhood.

- I think you're

a really bright star

and I'm so happy you're here.

- Thank you.

I'm happy I'm here too.

- [laughs]

- And I'm not gonna eat these.

I'm gonna make a necklace

out of 'em.

- Oh, good.

[laughs]

- What are your unique strengths

that should persuade the judges

and everyone else

to vote for you?

- My unique strengths are that I

have shown you

that time after time,

when presented challenges,

that I could succeed even when I

didn't believe I could.

And I learned that not being

perfect is being perfect.

- Okay, let's stop right now.

What you don't want is you don't

want kind of pageant babble.

- Okay.

- As the kids would say,

keep it real.

You think you can do that?

- Yeah.

- All right.

What are some of the obstacles

that you have faced

and how have you overcome those

obstacles?

- Actually before coming

to this competition,

I wanted to quit doing drag.

I was done.

I was done with the criticism

from the audience.

I was done with nobody

wanting to date me

because I'm a drag queen.

- Okay, but how did you

overcome it?

- Woman, can I speak?

- Remember, I want to...

- Yeah. I...well...

- Get the negative

into the positive.

- I overcame it by realizing

that God has given me a gift.

And I consider myself

a chameleon.

'Cause when the lights, camera,

action, that curtain opens

and you don't know

what's coming out,

that's the excitement of going

to a drag show.

- What would you say are some

of the weaknesses

of your competitors, Roxxxy?

- Jinkx needs to stop being

such a one-shtick kind of girl.

Alaska, in the kids' show,

came out as a boy.

This is a drag competition.

Where's the beauty?

Where's the creativity?

It pisses me off.

- You're showing passion,

so that's all good.

But how can you say this without

being too, kind of, catty?

- Hello, Alaska.

- Hi.

- [laughs]

Now, if you win,

what would it be like

to be part of drag's first

royal couple?

- Wow, I would feel just like

Kate Middleton.

I would rule the drag world

with dignity and grace

and lots of lace front wigs.

- [laughs]

Tell me something I don't know

about you.

What are you afraid of?

- I have a fear of dying.

- Why?

- Because I f...I've worked...

I've worked so hard to get so

many things in my life

that I'm so happy to have.

And I guess it's just a fear of,

like, losing that.

Like, my relationship

with Sharon.

It's like a castle that we built

and I don't want it to...

to go away by me dying,

you know?

It's a crazy love that Sharon

and I have

and it's something that I never

expected to happen.

She's my soul mate.

And I don't know that I've ever

had that before.

- Don't be afraid of that.

Just practice living

in this moment.

Think about how sweet it is

right now.

I am so proud of you.

Good luck, sweetheart.

- Thank you.

- What do you think

are your strengths

that are superior to your

competitors'?

- I'm a captivating performer

onstage

and I think comedy and the

ability to make people laugh

is such a huge and important

part of drag.

- But what about your

competitors?

I noticed you kind of shied away

from that.

- The thing that pushes me out

of my comfort zone the most

is when I have to talk poorly

about my other competitors

because I have a huge respect

for every drag queen.

- You sound like a person who

wants to be positive,

but in this competition...

- Yeah.

- You're gonna need to elevate

yourself up...

- Mm-hmm.

- And move them down.

- Well, hey, Roxxxy.

- Hi, Ru.

- You've done really well with

meeting the challenge head on

with this fearless attitude.

Have you always been that way?

- I've always been a competitor.

That's what drove me

to pageants.

- What do you want people to

take away from your experience?

- I came in here wanting to

represent for the big girls,

and, you know, a big girl has

made the top three.

And I think it's time to crown

a thick and juicy kind of girl.

Being a gay man

and being thicker,

it's harder, but I love it.

I'm representing

for the big girls.

I can't wait to make them all

proud of me and, you know,

let them know that,

hey, love yourself.

- You're an amazing queen.

- Thank you.

- You are an amazing queen.

- Oh, my god.

- Thanks, Roxxxy.

- Thank you, Ru, so much.

This isn't a joke to me.

I've had it.

I've f*cking had it.

I'm ready to plead my case

on this runway.

[laughter]

- We're right about to do our

courtroom scene,

directed by Mathu Andersen,

in which we all

have to play three distinctly

different characters:

the witness, the defense

attorney, and the prosecutor.

- Ladies, you've been instructed

to create

different characters

for each role.

So blow me away.

Here we go. Action.

- All rise for the honorable

Judge Rudy.

- Order in the courtroom,

hunties.

- Judge Rudy,

the evidence will prove

that the accused is one

cold-blooded biatch.

- As the defense attorney, I

would like to submit my briefs.

- Cut.

Alaska, I 'd like to know what

your inspiration

and motivation for your

character at the moment.

- Her name is Peg Hollis.

She smokes two packs of Misty

Slim Menthol 100s

and she's a hard-ass.

She's going on 60.



Graduated law school at 20.

I don't know how that happened.

[all laugh]

- It's a miscarriage of justice.

[laughs]

- "I smoke 80 packs of Virginia

Slims every day."

I'm sorry, that's not funny

to me.

- Okay, and action.

- Those hideous, uh, drag queens

had it coming.

It was a murd...mercy m*rder.

- Cut.

- Sorry, I messed that up.

- Taking a deep breath,

and... action.

- If I'm guilty of being

anything up in "herrre,"

it's of being fierce.

- And cut. Roxxxy?

- Uh-huh?

- Who are you?

- I'm Roxxxy Andrews.

A ghetto bitch.

- Roxxxy's character of Roxxxy

is definitely Tamar Braxton.

- Where my people at?

Where my people at?

- Dot-com.

- Okay, ladies.

It's time to do musical chairs

and change into your next

character.

Hit the changing rooms.

So here we go.

Action.

- Judge Rudy, the prosecution

would like to submit

the m*rder w*apon.

- Objection!

Reading the witness.

- You want answers?

- We want the "T," stupid.

- You can't handle the "T."

- Jinkx was the most solid

in her characterizations.

She has the leading edge

in this courtroom drama.

And cut.

Big change.

Next role.

Okay, ladies.

I see you're all in different

positions and ready to go...

on action!

- Those damn f*cking drag queens

had it coming.

- I say, I say...

- Cut, cut, cut, cut.

One moment.

Just gonna back up a little bit

because, um...

- I said a bad word.

- You said naughty words.

Action.

- Those hideous drag queens

had it coming.

- Judge Rudy,

the evidence will prove

that the accused is one cold,

hard-blooded bitch.

Biatch.

- Cut.

Roxxxy, what's the motivation

for your character?

- Uh, actually just a bitch.

- Okay.

Jinkx Monsoon?

- Her name is Daisy A. Irwin

and she's a little older than

she tries to pass herself off as

and she's just a simple

Southern lawyer.

- Fantastic. Alaska?

- I hope I don't go to prison,

but if I do,

I hope it's a men's prison.

- [laughs]

Okay, really bring it.

I want to see Satan,

ancient crone, and...bitch.

Action!

- I say, I say, objection.

- And Alaska?

- What's the line?

- "I can't face it."

- I can't face it.

I can't face it.

[sobs]

- What is it you can't face?

- What did you just call her?

- Roxxxy, humor me.

Your spit take

was a bit overly long.

Try and get the water

out of your mouth

so you can get to your line.

- Okay.

What did you just call her?

- Spit takes are usually a bit

more, "Puh!"

Nnn!

- Am I still not doing it right?

- Tight.

It seemed a little bit

problematic for Roxxxy

with the old spit take.

I just need you to snort it out

like a, "Puh!"

"What did you say?"

- I didn't know you wanted me

to say the line.

- You can tell it's really

affecting her

when Mathu calls her out.

The frustration

has gotten to the point

where you can tell she's mad.

- Ladies, guess what.

That's a wrap.

- Whew.

- [groans]

- This isn't even my character

anymore.

I just literally

have the shakes.

This day has been so long.

- [laughs]

My brain is completely gone.

- Melted.

- Are you okay, Roxxxy?

- I'm perfectly fine.

- No, you're not. You're upset.

- You guys are comedy girls,

so your spit takes were fine.

Didn't know a courtroom scene

was comedic.

- Girl.

It's a courtroom scene

that's written to be funny.

This is not NCIS.

- I take what I do extremely

professional and real

and I don't make a joke

out of everything.

And they're gonna read me 'cause

I'm lost

because there's

so much bullshit going on.

So trying to sell comedy,

trying to sell comedy,

trying to outdo each other...

I know what I've done

and I've...

I-I'm ready to plead my case

on this runway.

I'm sick of the gimmicks.

I feel that America's next

drag superstar

should take her career a little

more serious

than completely joking

all the f*cking time.

I'm so...I've had it.

I've f*cking had it.

This isn't a joke to me.

- I don't think you...

- This competition

is extremely serious

and it's the rest of my life.

Girl, I'm over it.

Why do I have to make up a name

to who I'm doing?

I'm acting like an attorney.

A bitch.

Why do I have to have some kind

of f*cking character?

"Well, I'm so and so.

And I do this

and I'm 80 years old."

No, you're not 80 years old.

You're Jinkx Monsoon

playing a character.

- Roxxxy has admitted

to me before

that she's lashed out at me

when she's felt insecure

with her performance.

And she's obviously

doing it again.

- I'm just frustrated with this

whole f*cking competition.

- I'm sorry if you missed the

mark on this challenge,

but stop trying to blame

everyone else

when you don't do well.

- The time has come for you

to defend your life.

[laughter]

- Ah!

- It's the last time we're gonna

see this place.

It's the final day.

And I just want to soak up this

experience

for everything it's worth.

- How did you guys feel

about yesterday?

- Yeah. Um...

- You know...

- I know I had a breakdown,

but the buffoonery that was

going on in that room?

All of our characters

are not supposed to be funny.

- Yes, they are.

- I think they were.

- No, they're not.

- I love how you say, "comedy,"

like it's a bad thing.

- Well, honey,

not all drag is comedy.

- I take comedy very seriously.

Comedy is not poking fun

at drag.

Like, comedy's...

- Well, it's not funny to me.

And the fact that drag continues

to get insulted

in this competition

is not funny to me.

They're making fun of drag.

I take my drag very seriously

and I look good

from head to toe.

Not in the same shoes

since day one.

Not in the same wig

since day one.

Sorry, I change it up.

- So what has been

your favorite moment

throughout this competition?

- Seeing you in the bottom two.

- I just don't get

what's so rewarding

about being hurtful like that.

- I'm not being hurtful.

I'm being truthful.

You asked me.

I gave you an answer.

You skated through this whole

competition.

- For you to just discredit

all my work,

it just shows how immature

and bitter you are.

- I can't hear you.

I'm blow-drying my hair.

- I would never discredit

your form of drag.

- Huh?

- It doesn't make me feel good

to talk to other people the way

you talk to me sometimes.

- I know, you're the victim.

Everybody hates you and nobody

gets you and...

- I'm not a victim.

I've been very strong throughout

this competition.

- Roxxxy's a pageant girl,

and those pageant girls

play some wicked mind games

backstage.

- I know it's gonna get under

her skin.

I want her going in tonight

bothered.

Jinkx is competition to me and

I'm gonna do anything to get her

off her track.

- Victims blame other people

when they don't do well.

- You're getting all angry and...

- I have done well

in this competition

and I love what I do,

so I am not angry.

- This was the gas that I needed

for tonight.

I'm ready to tell the judges why

these two jokes should go home.

They have no idea what's coming

to this runway.

I'm here to win America's next

drag superstar,

and I'm going for blood.

- Alaska, what's been your

favorite part

of this competition?

- Seeing you in the bottom two.

[laughs]

- [laughter]

Welcome to the main stage

of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Hey, judges.

Tonight, it's just family.

Michelle Visage,

can I get a witness?

- Of course.

You got one right here.

- Santino Rice, any objections?

- Just one, Ru.

You are looking too damn fine

tonight.

- Oh.

- [laughs]

- Objection!

Ass-kissing overruled.

- For their final challenge,

our queens starred

in the official music video

for my latest single,

The Beginning.

And tonight, they're ready

to hit the runway

in their very best drag

as they prepare

to defend their lives.

Are you ready for some justice

to be served?

- Bring it.

- Ready.

- Gentlemen, start your engines

and may the best woman win.

- First up, the queen

on everybody's lips,

Roxxxy Andrews.

- Ooh!

- Glamour.

- This is my last time walking

this runway

and I'm feeling

so good right now.

The dress is stone

from head to toe.

I'm giving them a little bit

of my hair.

I'm feeling absolutely

glamorous.

- Foxy Roxxxy.

- She must have just come

from Paisley Park.

- Where my Paisley at?

- [laughs]

- Next up, Jinkx Monsoon.

- Aww.

- Fairy tale come to life.

- Very Princess Bride.

- It is.

- I am exuding beauty

from within.

I want them to see how gorgeous

and proud I feel.

- Like, it's soft, earthy Jinkx.

- She's a real

Renaissance woman.

- What kind of sauce

is Renee sauce?

- Ooh, it's good

on some chicken.

- Mmm.

- Up next, 49th state, Alaska.

High fash-i-on.

- That's what she's giving you.

- Yes, she's giving some fear up

in here.

- I'm coming down the runway

and I'm looking like a high

fashion ghoul

and I feel lovely.

- Oh, she got some booty today.

- Oh, yeah.

That's what she got

from her mama.

She's wearing

a lace front dress.

[all laugh]

Welcome, ladies.

The judges' final critique

is now in session.

Let's take a look

at the evidence.

- As the defense attorney, I 'd

like to submit my briefs.

- The state accuses Roxxxy

Andrews

of deplorable acts

of slayin' b*tches.

- I plead guilty of being

devastatingly beautiful.

- Those hideous drag queens

had it coming.

It was a mercy k*lling.

- The evidence

will prove beyond a doubt

that the accused is one

cold-blooded biatch.

- Objection!

Reading the witness!

- The prosecution would like

to submit the m*rder w*apon.

A size three stiletto.

- But I wear a size 14.

- If the pup don't fit,

you must acquit.

- [laughs]

Now it's time

for the judges' critiques.

[laughter]

Ladies, it's time

for the judges' critiques.

First up, Roxxxy Andrews.

- Tonight, you look fantastic.

And what's been really exciting,

Roxxxy,

is seeing you come in

as a pageant queen

and you leave as a fully

rounded...pardon the pun...queen.

- In that video,

you exuded sex appeal.

Your hairography was on point.

Then in the courtroom scene,

there was a point where

some of the characters started

to blend a little bit for me.

- Next up, Jinkx Monsoon.

- You gave so many different,

varied performances.

Tyler Perry better watch out.

- I think her head piece tonight

is adorable,

but the dress

is just not my favorite.

It's very prom-ish. Very '80s.

- But your face looks amazing.

And you moved like you feel

beautiful tonight.

- All right, next up, Alaska.

Hi-eee!

- Hi-eee!

- Tonight, I really loved this

look on you.

The courtroom, your characters

were realized,

thought out, and you may not

be the strongest dancer,

but I think you made it work.

I don't know if I would have

chosen an afro.

- You had a lot to live up to.

And I think now you're...you're

not in anyone's shadow.

You're standing as Alaska.

You're your own queen.

- You've made so many of my

dreams come true being here.

It means everything to me.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

Ladies, now we are ready

for your closing arguments.

Convince me

and everyone watching

why you deserve to be America's

next drag superstar.

The time has come for you

to defend your life.

First up, Roxxxy Andrews.

- The reason I should be

America's next drag superstar?

What they don't have, I do have.

I have grace, I have beauty,

I have professionalism.

I want to be a person that kids

look up to.

I am a thick and juicy girl,

and that makes me so proud.

I could never let you down.

And I will be one hell

of a superstar.

- Thank you, Roxxxy.

Jinkx Monsoon.

- Growing up, I was continually

an outcast,

and in my teen years,

I discovered drag.

So even though I was hurting

at home, I was living onstage.

My whole life, I've danced

to the b*at of a different drum.

And when I came here, I took

the critiques and I was able to

adapt and grow while still being

true to who I am as a performer.

And anything else was just water

off a duck's back.

- [laughs]

- Thank you, Jinkx.

- Um, can I say something else?

- What's on your mind?

- I said something to Jinkx

earlier today that I just...

it has nothing

to do with the runway,

but I want to apologize to her.

I really didn't mean that,

and I really do love you.

I love you.

- Thank you, Roxxxy.

Last, but not least, Alaska.

- When it comes

to pleading our case,

Roxxxy and Jinkx totally

copped out.

We're supposed to say

why the other queens

shouldn't be America's

next drag superstar.

My name is Alaska,

and I am hungry

to be America's next drag

superstar.

Not hungry.

I'm practically starving.

As for my fellow competitors

tonight, Roxxxy was faced

with a challenge of presenting

a 16-year-old girl.

What did she present?

A tawdry, 27-year-old tramp.

And Jinkx Monsoon.

During the Sugar Ball,

she failed not just one,

not just two, but three

different looks.

I am the queen who takes the

tragic and turns it into magic.

I take trash and turn it into

treasure.

And having never fallen

into the bottom two,

I am Alaska and I am America's

next drag superstar!

Thank you.

- Wow.

Thank you, Alaska.

And thank you, ladies.

While you enjoy an Absolut

cocktail in the Interior

Illusions Lounge, the judges

and I will deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

All right, now, just between us

girls, what do you think?

Let's start with Roxxxy Andrews.

- Roxxxy is the embodiment

of a superstar.

In the music video, she whipped

that hair.

- She a video ho.

- She's thick and juicy.

She...she owns it

and she's come up

with some pretty amazing looks

this season.

- She comes from the pageant

world of drag.

To go from that

to this competition,

she's a fully-rounded

entertainer.

Jinkx Monsoon.

- Unlike Roxxxy, Jinkx does not

care at all what she looks like

and will go completely

into a character.

- She's in love with her craft.

And you see it

in everything she does,

but her style is...is lacking.

- But if we saw Carol Burnett

out at a red carpet event

and she looked a hot mess,

are you even gonna care?

- She talked about dancing to

the b*at of a different drummer

and that's something each of us

on this panel right now

can relate to.

Miss Alaska.

- The cards were stacked

against her.

I love that she's persevered

through that.

- Alaska's got a really great,

sick, twisted sense of humor.

I like that she was able

to drop down that wall.

Mr. Gorbachev,

knock down that wall.

- [laughs]

- And when she gave us more

vulnerability,

I loved her even more.

Her defend-your-life speech

was the best.

- Well, they worked

with Gloria Allred.

- But she was the only one

out of the three

that read the other two.

- Yeah.

- It was actually part

of the assignment.

- Yes.

- Alaska has evolved

understanding the power,

not only of drag,

but the power of Alaska.

They're all so different.

Let's just break it down.

This week, Roxxxy really rocked

the music video,

Jinkx excelled

at the courtroom scene,

and when it came

to defending her life,

Alaska had the upper hand.

Damn, this is a photo finish.

- Hell, yeah.

- Silence!

Bring back my girls.

[laughter]

Welcome back, ladies.

Only one of you will be named

America's next drag superstar

and walk away with a prize

package that includes a crown

designed by Fierce Drag Jewels

and a cash prize...

of $100,000.

Now, based on your performance

in this week's final challenge

and throughout the season,

each of you

has earned the right

to lip-sync for your life.

- I have never lip-synced

for my life before, and now

I have to lip-sync against two

other queens for $100,000.

Help me, Mommy.

- Three amazing queens

stand before me.

Ladies, this is your last chance

to impress me

and prove to the world

that you are America's

next drag superstar.

- This is the last chance

to show ourselves to Ru,

the judges, and the whole world.

- I'm so ready for this.

I'm ready to dance,

I'm ready to show them

why I should be America's

next drag superstar.

It's what I'm here for.

- Good luck.

And don't f*ck it up.

- ♪ This is the beginning of ♪

♪ The record you like ♪

♪ Over and over ♪

♪ Over and over ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Breaking up ♪

♪ Fading out ♪

♪ Holding on until tomorrow ♪

- Jinkx Monsoon represents

the awkward kids of the world.

Being America's next drag

superstar

means everything to me.

- ♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ The beginning ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ Of the rest of your life ♪

♪ That was then ♪

♪ This is now ♪

- I just want to win this so bad

and it's what I love to do.

It's my passion, it's my art.

I am America's next drag

superstar.

- ♪ Miracles happen every day ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ The beginning ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ Of the rest of your life ♪

♪ Change the world ♪

♪ Change your mind ♪

- I am a queen who takes trash

and I turn it into treasure.

You have to take whatever you

have and make the most of it.

This is the beginning

of the rest of my life.

This is it.

- ♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ The beginning ♪

♪ This is the beginning ♪

♪ Of the rest of your life ♪

- [laughs]

- Get it, girls.

- Wow. [laughs]

Ladies...

I have not made my final

decision.

The race is that close.

And like last year, the crown

could still go

to any one of you.

Now I need the help of Drag Race

fans everywhere.

Based on all the evidence,

who do you think

should be America's next

drag superstar?

Is it Alaska?

Jinkx Monsoon?

Or Roxxxy Andrews?

Tweet your top choice

to @rupaulsdragrace

using #dragrace.

Then go to the RuPaul's

Drag Race Facebook page.

Then go to Instagram, Tumblr,

Pinterest, the Wow Report

and GetGlue to make sure your

voice is heard.

And then turn off

your g*dd*mn computer

and go walk, children,

in nature.

Next week, tune in

for surprising revelations

and unseen footage of the final

three, including the debut

of their music video,

The Beginning.

And in two weeks,

we will announce the winner

on RuPaul's Drag Race: Reunited.

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?

all: Amen!

- [laughs]

Now let the music play.