01x04 - Rucycled

[bunniefuu]

For this week's maxi-challenge,

you'll be competing in two
groups,
as you debut

Queens Down Under.

♪ Queens down under ♪

♪ Our tuck is tight ♪

Scarlet Adams.

You looked like a pop star.

Con-drag-ulations.

You're the winner
of this week's challenge.

Elektra Shock.

Uh, in the performance,
you were making it about you.

Tonight on the runway,
that basic drag's only gonna go
so far

on RuPaul's Drag Race.

I've made my decision.

Coco Jumbo.

Sashay away.

I'll be seeing you at the ball.
[tongue pop]

-Ooh!
-Wow.

-Aw, Coco.
-Coco!

I'm gonna miss Coco so much.

She was so nice.

"I love you, my sisters.

"The party starts now.

-"P.S. Watch out, b*tch."
-Hey!

That's brilliant.

I feel great.

I just won the f*cking
maxi-challenge.

It feels like I finally, like,
arrived.

I'm hoping the next challenge
is up my alley as well,

so I can keep
this winning streak going.

Elektra, clean that mirror.
You're gonna get RSI.

This week should have been
my challenge.

Yeah, but if Elektra's
drag career doesn't work,

-she can go into washing
windows.
-Ah!

So, I'll probably
f*ck that outfit up as well.

Aw...

I was more confused
than defeated.

I was trying to figure out
what it is the judges want.

If I was Elektra right now,
I would be

sh1tting myself.

Who here is confident?

I'm not, after this week.

I know what they don't like,
but I'm really not sure

what they want me to be
bringing with my style.

The judges, I mean,
their critiques kind of say

that they don't think you have
much of a taste level.

f*ck me.
Jesus Christ, Etcetera.

I'm very confused, but, uh--

Well, next time you get dressed
for the runway,

I'll do a head-to-toe
and let you know.

I've been in the bottom twice
already,
but I've also sent two b*tches
home,

so I'm just gonna keep
performing my a*s off,

'cause that's the only thing
that I can do right.

I think it's Elektra's time to
go.

There's only so far you can get
when
you look like that in this
competition.

It's like putting glitter on a
turd.

It's still a piece of sh*t.

Watch out, b*tch.

RuPaul: The winner of RuPaul's
Drag Race Down Under

will receive a one-year supply
of Revolution Beauty cosmetics,

and a cash prize of $30.000.

Tonight, with Michelle Visage,

Rhys Nicholson,

and our extra-special
guest judge, Elz Carrad.

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

♪ May the best woman ♪

♪ Best woman win ♪

-Whoo!
-Once a Fake-h*, always a
Fake-h*.

Uh!

It's a new day in the Werk Room,
another week-- I'm so excited!

-Top seven!
-Ooh!

I love every week that you come
here,
"Top nine, top eight."

I know-- I just want to prove
to the world I can count.

I feel like Scarlet has
an air of confidence about her.

She's just won the challenge.

She's clearly in her element,
that f*cking b*tch.

Winner, winner, chicken legs.

God, if you're gonna roast me,
spit on it first.

You can slap me, but I'll like
it.

So, how do you feel, Elektra?
Back for another week.

I feel good, actually.
like, I was down on myself last
week

after the critiques and stuff
like that,

but I was in the bottom
for being too good.

Um...

[laughs] Um...

I don't think the judges would
put you
in the bottom if you were too
good.

I think that's 100% what
happened,
they called me "Beyoncé".

I don't think Beyoncé ever wore
a dress like that on the runway.

How do you feel, being safe
for three weeks in a row?

I feel good.

I would have loved to be in the
top, but
obviously, I'm not doing
anything wrong.

Those two are gonna try and,
like,
critique me?

I'm sick of the, like, "Oh, yes,
mm,
I'm stunning, this hair is
everything."

Like, it's not.

Like what you were serving,
this whole, like,
fashion-queen-y thing.

Like, wouldn't the runways be
where you
would be excelling and being in
the top?

I think there is a target on
your back,
so I just want to lift you up

and say you need to bring it
this week, baby.

You need to f*cking
smash it out the park.

I'm so glad that there's
a target on my back.

I can see Elektra getting fed
up--
she's really standing her ground
and

letting the other girls
know how she feels.

Well, like, you girls just
want to, like, go hard on me?

Go hard on me, d'you know what I
mean?
Focus on yourselves.

I feel that we shouldn't
give Elektra any scissors.

She's coming across as very
angry.

The room is starting to get
a little shady this week,

and I'm kind of here for it.

[siren]

-Oh!
-Uh-oh.

-It's happening!
-All right!

-Ohh...
-Whoa.

-Channel that energy.
-Yeah really, here we go.

-G'day, g'day, g'day. Hi.
-Oh!

You know, I love drag queens
for so many reasons,

but the number one reason

is how drag queens can turn
something tragic into something
magic.

♪ Oh, Pit Crew! ♪

-Yay!
-Oh.

-Whoa.
-Oh! Daddy.

Oh, okay.

There's a lot of junk in there.
I'm not talking about this.

This dumpster is filled with
items
that people have tossed away.

Things that deserve

a second chance.

You know what they say,

"One man's treasure
is another queen's trash."

-Did someone say trash?
-Ah!

No way!

What?

-Oh, my God!
-Ah!

I'm baaack!

Ooh...
[shivering]

That is the biggest rat
I've ever seen!

Oh, my God, it's Art Simone.

Some of these girls
don't look happy to see me, Ru.

Oh, well, I see they've
neglected
to take the trash out.

Ladies, I have
an announcement to make.

Art Simone is rejoining
the competition

officially.

Gag.

Aw.

RuPaul:
Well, welcome back, Art.

You know, rarely in this life
do we get second chances,

so use it wisely.

Queens, for this week's
maxi-challenge,

you need to take these crusty
cast-offs
from the local op shop,

and turn them into runway looks
that are drop-dead gorgeous.

Design challenge.
Could not be happier with that.

I love making my own outfits.

You can use your own hair,
shoes,
and undergarments,

but the rest must be


Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen...

win.

-Whoa!
-Oh!

What is that?

These b*tches are lunatics.
[laughs]

Oh, my God,
these b*tches are so violent.

Oh, my gosh!

The last time I was pushed into
a skip,
at least I got a gobby out of
it.

It's just junk.

-It's crap.
-What am I gonna make out of
this?

-Oh.
-Ooh!

I'm grabbing toys, I'm reaching
for every
single thing I can possibly get.

-Oh, my gosh!
-Oh, sorry.

Kita, there's a book about you,
"The Chalet Diaries".

Yes!

Wow, there really is f*ck-all
left,
isn't there?

Has anyone here never made
a costume for themselves?

Like, head-to-toe, full costume?

I'm not a sewer, but I got onto
RuPaul's
Drag Race, so I took f*cking
lessons.

`Cause I'm not an absolute
idiot.

Design challenge... yay.

I'm not the world's best sewer.

I can make an outfit, but
conceptualizing
and executing something?

This isn't my gig.

-Oh, my God, Art, you're back!
-I know, hello.

How did you feel, leaving?

It was the lowest point
of my entire life.

My mentality is really switched
up
a lot different now.

I'm here to just represent
myself.

I'm gonna f*cking get to the
end.

We've all seen you go home once,
so we know that you can.

-Ha!
-[laughs]

And we know that Coco sent you
home,
and Coco got sent home by
Elektra.

So in the pecking order of
things,
I mean, that means that...

Can't anyone send you home now?

I mean, but it is a design
challenge,
and looking around the room,

some of these people
can't even dress themselves,
so--

Ah!

Sounds like the c*ck confidence
is back in the building.

Yeah.

I'm gonna show these b*tches
how it's done.

Aw, poor Coco.
That's all right, bye.

-Ah, you b*tch!
-I want to clear something up,
girl.

-We found a note at Coco's
station.
-Oh, you did?

Yeah, that said, "Watch out."
Was that you?

-Not me.
-Ah!

It was you!

Bro, there's no footage of me
putting that note there
whatsoever.

It was a ghost.

It's gonna get heated today.

So, Art's back.
What do you reckon?

Well, I have a lot of thoughts
going
through my head right now.

Art Simone
is an incredible drag queen,

but she got eliminated
from the competition,

so she should be staying at
home.

What are you gonna do
with your pile of sh*t?

The first thing I saw

-was the boogie board.
-Okay.

And then the second thing I saw
in the pile of trash was Art
Simone.

So, if she gets to lose Snatch
Game
and come back to this
competition,

I feel like I want to redeem
my Snatch Game day as well.

-Mm-hmm.
-And, I'm gonna try and pull
together

one of my back-up
Snatch Game characters.

Karen is clearly pressed that
Art is back,
and I can see it going around in
her head.

She was thinking her biggest
competition
is gone, and now she's been
knocked back.

This could f*ck with her flow.

I am feeling good.

Sewing costumes is something I
do
every day for a living.

It should be a brilliant runway.

I'm not at all worried about the
construction part of this
challenge.

I'm gonna corset the sh*t out of
it,
but it's gonna be, like, a
little capri.

She is way too overconfident
for this competition.

You still have to make
everything
look like it's, um--

-Made out of sh*t.
-Unconventional.

I find it hard to make things
look sh*t.

They know how this works,
they know what they need to do,

they know exactly what
RuPaul wants.

Tell it how you really feel.

I thought I knew
what RuPaul wanted, too,

and I've had to go back
to the drawing board.

-Elektra?
-Yeah?

These little white panties
were over by your pile.

-Are they yours?
-Yes.

Can I...
Are you using them?

-I don't know yet.
-Okay.

-Give me another, like, hour?
-Okay.

She's never getting those
panties.

I've just managed to get
the material stuck in-- oh!

No worries, fixed it!

I absolutely love to sew.

But, I don't really think
sewing loves me.

I'm looking at Anita,
and I'm thinking,

that is a hot mess.

-Is that what you were feeling?
-I think so.

I'm really worried that my dress
is gonna look a bit, just, super
rough.

-You can kind of see what I
want, right?
-Yeah, I can.

Do you know what I think's
probably the problem, sis?

-The material?
-This fabric.

-Is there any other fabric?
-Well, Elektra has fabric.

Yeah, but Elektra's not letting
anybody else have stuff.

Anita is struggling
from the beginning.

She's kind of, like,
walking around, looking lost.

She's cut up a couple of things
and is trying them on.

♪♪♪

-Hey, ladies.
-Oh! Hey!

How's it going with your
op-shop frock?

Fabulously.

Art Simone, come on over.

-Here's to second chances.
-Thanks for having me back.

It was tough walking in,
because there's a lot of eyes on
me,

there's a lot of targets on my
back.

The judges panel all agreed on
the fact
that you know how to volley.

And you're very quick,
you're very funny,

but your Bindi Irwin
didn't have any of that.

No. No.

You had put yourself in sort of
a box,
but you can open it up

far more than you actually have.

Now, knowing this competition,
did you
have in your mind what you would
do?

I really love to style things,
and I came prepared for that.

I knew some silhouettes,
I knew what shapes I could make.

When I saw all this pink sh*t,
I was like,

"Well, that reminds me
of my little niece."

-Welcome back, darling, thank
you.
-Thank you. Thank you.

Art has so much to prove this
week.

She's coming back into a
competition full
of girls that were happy to see
her go,

no matter how much they cried
when she was eliminated.

She better bring it, otherwise
she will be sashaying away
again.

[as if paging on PA]
Calling Karen From Finance.

-Hello.
-How are you?

You know how to sew?

-I'm not the world's best sewer,
but--
-I need you to be the world's
best sewer.

-Well, goddammit, I will be!
-[laughs]

All right, so now, is that
supposed to be a pot cigarette?

So glad that you recognized it.

-I've never smoked weed in my
life before.
-Me neither.

So, what I want to do with this
is create
someone very well-known in
Australia.

-Do you know Schapelle Corby?
-No.

[crickets]

I think very big risk doing
someone
like Schapelle Corby,

when the only thing they have to
reference
is what you're wearing.

Condolences on the shitty idea,
yeah.

-Schapelle Corby.
-Hmm.

She's got a fabulous name.

She tried smuggling all of this
marijuana
into Bali in her boogie-board
bag,

and got put in jail.

I want to create the Schapelle
Corby
that made it into Bali.

Okay.
[needle scratch]

Now, this challenge was to
create
some gorgeous outfit,

-but you're adding a character
to this.
-Yes, exactly.

So, you're just-- you're making
it
just a little bit harder for
yourself.

Adding the character is what
makes it easier and fun for me.

I see.

-Can't wait to see you out
there.
-Thank you, I can't wait.

-See you out there.
-Okay.

I kind of knew
that it was gonna be a risk,

but I don't have any other
ideas.

Kita Mean.
Tell me about this.

As soon as I saw that boat full
of sh*t,
these things spoke to me.

-What did they say?
-They said, "Kita!"

You haven't won any challenges
yet.

-No.
-Why do you think that is?

I was getting in my head a
little bit.

-How is your head?
-Uh, haven't had any complaints.

-Oh, good.
-Yeah.

No, actually I-- that's a
f*cking lie,
I've had so many complaints.

-Too much teeth.
-[laughs]

I'm gonna let you go, but you
know,
as an entertainer,

if you're having fun,
the audience will have fun.

-Yes.
-Lean into that.

I can't wait to see
what you come up with.

-Okay, thank you.
-Elektra Shock, come on over.

-Hello, Ru!
-Hello, darling.

-Now, do you know how to sew?
-I don't know how to sew.

I know how to style,
but I don't know how to sew,

and I wondered actually if I
could
pick your brain a bit more.

I've sent two Aussie queens
home,

so I'm gonna try and be
the kangaroo hunter.

The judges asked Elektra
to really step it up

and show them a different,
glamorous side of her,

and she thinks she's gonna be
a kangaroo hunter?

-The kangaroo hunter.
-Yeah.

Is that anything like, um,
Bindi Irwin?

-I hope not.
-[laughs]

Look at her over there,
looking all sheepish.

I want to have dead kangaroos
hanging from my body.

Ah.

I don't like the way you're
reacting.

No!
No, I'm-- I'm envisioning that.

So-- no, it sounds interesting.

It sounds interesting.

I don't want to throw you
off the path at all.

Style comes from knowing
your own energy.

-Your body is perfect for
clothes.
-Yeah.

Make sure the clothes you wear
compliment your proportions.

Do you ever just do glamour
gowns,
or things like that?

-I'd love to.
-It's not rocket science.

-Yeah.
-A monkey could style Nicole
Kidman.

Did I just say that?

Thank you so much, Elektra.

-Thank you.
-We'll see you out there.

-I won't let you down.
-All right, all right.

See you later.
All right, Maxi Shield.

I'm very familiar with that
fabric.

We call it the drag bag.

I'm doing it because
it's very heavy-duty.

-Yeah.
-And my body's very heavy-duty,
Ru.

Yeah, but that has
no stretch to it.

I lean more to non-stretch
fabric.

I find a stretch fabric, I
panic,
and next thing it's all wavy and
yucky.

I didn't go for those drag bags
for a reason.

They're really hard to work
with.

I don't know how this is gonna
turn out for Maxi.

I want a, as we say in
Australia,
fair suck of the sav.

-Fair sucker the sav.
-Fair suck of the sav.

And, by "sav"
you mean c*ck, right?

I love that.
Consider it stolen.

-Good.
-Thank you, love.

Etcetera Etcetera.

-Did you sew this already?
-I did, yeah.

I wanted to kind of give a
reference to
kind of a goddess of the
harvest,

and I'm gonna carry
my little grapes down.

Uh-huh.

You haven't won any challenges
yet.

I have not.
I have not won any challenges.

I also haven't had the
opportunity
to get a critique,

so I'm kind of
sitting here, being like,

"I know I'm not doing too much
wrong,
but am I doing anything right?"

Um, I want to be, like,
impressing you every time.

This is my last safe.

This is Drag Race.

I'm really gonna rev the engine.

I'm ready to put my foot down.

All right, Anita Wigl'it,
come on over.

-Thank you.
-Oh, don't drop anything.

-Oh!
-Oh, are you writing a ransom
note?

I certainly am,
please help.

-Now, I see a sort of Bob
Mackie...
-Yes!

off-the-shoulder, asymmetrical
storyline going on there.

I've actually found some really
amazing materials in the trash.

Some books, and some old
videotapes
for kind of like a media theme.

-Oh, a media theme, yes.
-Yes.

Do you know how to design
clothes?

Um, I love sewing, but um, break
every
sewing machine I put my hands
on.

Really excited to start with
the hot glue g*n,

and really start seeing it come
to life.

Oh, so you went from sewing
to hot glue g*n?

-Yes.
-Is this gonna be a hot glue
concoction?

No-- Well, yes and no.

Someone told me
that you were in the Navy?

-I'm still in the Navy, yes.
-Like the Village People?

Absolutely like the Village
People.

We actually used to do a routine
to In the Navy.

-Is it a cute uniform?
-The uniform is so cute.

The ladies get to wear little
heels,
though, which I'm really jealous
of.

I'm actually in the Navy band,
and I play the trumpet.

[crickets]

I wear... [indistinct]
all the time.

Well, it's lovely talking to
you,
I cannot wait to see what you
do.

Thank you.

-All right, Scarlet Adams.
-Hey, Ru.

-I think you have a whole buffet
here.
-Yes.

-Now, you're a costume designer.
-Yes, I am.

Do you think you're gonna win
this challenge?

Well, I'm quietly confident.

Um, I'm getting a sort of
a picnic storyline here.

Yes, so more like a vintage


-Yeah.
-Like, a romantic, French
concept.

Ooh.

I feel good about my chat with
Ru.

Everything that I'm saying
he's vibing with.

You know, last week Elektra
choreographed her group.

The one thing that you did,
which was
you allowed everyone a little
moment.

What advice would you have
for Elektra?

Uh...

I really didn't want to throw
Elektra
under the bus.

Um...

But the bus was running,
and she was standing in front of
it,

so I had to give her a little
shove.

There's so much more to
performing than
just doing the splits 20 times,
for me.

And, I felt like a lot of the
time,
she was in the background,

-pulling focus, doing the
splits.
-Okay.

I think that's what the
difference
between our numbers were.

-We'll see you out there.
-Darling.

-Thank you so much, darling.
-Thank you.

I can feel the laser beams
coming from
across the room from Elektra's
eyes.

She is burning a hole
in the side of my head.

-Scarlet?
-Yes, darling?

I do have to defend myself
a little bit.

Go for it.

I am well aware

that there is more to dancing
than doing the splits.

She is not a dancer.

She's a mover.

Like, what?

I've worked with some big names.

I've danced for J-Lo, I've
danced for Sia,
I've danced for Jessie J.

Oh, you've backup danced
for some people?

That's cute.

-I'm a good dancer.
-Mm-hmm.

I'm well aware that there's more
to drag
than doing the splits,

and I felt like you've thrown me
under the bus a little bit
there.

M'kay, girl.

Well, you can think what you
want
to think, but at the end of the
day,

you were in the bottom,
and I won the challenge.

Okay, well, we'll check the CVs
at the end of the day, huh?

Okey-dokes, girl.

If you want me to be a b*tch,
I'll be a f*cking b*tch.

Welcome to the Elektra Show.

For the maxi-challenge,
we are turning trash to
treasure.

Does anyone have a hot glue g*n
plugged in at the moment?

I just need one little squirt.

I can give you a squirt,
but not from a glue g*n.

I know there's some b*tches
in this room that can sew,

but it's RuPaul's Drag Race.

Anything can happen.

How are you feeling
you're going with your outfit?

-Doesn't look like sh*t.
-[laughs]

Done something wrong here?

Yeah, it's not threaded
properly.

It probably doesn't help
that I'm sewing plastic.

-There we go.
-Is it working? Yeah, stunning.

See, Scarlet's lovely.
She just must not like you,
Elektra.

[all laugh]

I've got a lot of detail in this
outfit.

I might have bitten off
more than I can chew.

Looking over at Anita
working on her outfit,

I have no idea what's going on.

I'm gluing like a madwoman
at the moment.

I don't know if she's gonna
pull this together in time.

Where is my spliff?

Maybe Karen should be
more worried, too.

You know what, if we
spray-painted you
right now, you could be Buzz
Lightyear.

You just need the wings that pop
out.

Did anyone have a crush on Buzz
Lightyear
when they were younger?

Anyone?

What?

So, how do you feel
after your one-on-one?

-You've lost all your clothes.
-I've lost all my clothes.

You sacrificed so many poor,
innocent, fluffy animals.

I ripped up a lot of stuff,
I let off a lot of anger.

After speaking to RuPaul, he was
sending me a message loud and
clear.

"Give me something simple."

What are you making?

Scarlet giving a poke
every now and then.

You go tear each other's eyes
out,
I'm gonna be over here,
hot-gluing.

Something in the universe was
telling me
to make an off-the-shoulder
mermaid gown.

Not you, by any means,
'cause I've already established

-that your opinion does not
matter to me.
-Okay.

I am now on the back foot.

I've wasted so much time
working on this concept,

I have to work fast.

`Cause I'm going with, like,
more of a simple silhouette,

I think I can get this together.

Girl, this is your last chance
to show
them that you have taste.

That's tea, mama.

-Oh!
-Yes, ma'am.

I didn't have to come through
a dumpster this time.

Coming into the Werk Room today,
I am feeling a little bit more
confident.

Sure, my outfit is not the best,
but I
know how to deliver a funny
concept.

Did anyone use any fabrics they
think
they're gonna get read for?

-Mine's literally a book.
-[laughs]

With my outfit now,
I think it looks really nice,

and I'm really proud
of what I've made.

I'm actually starting to feel
really
positive about myself.

So, Anita, she's confident
in what she's created,

but I'm looking around the room
and

I think hers is potentially
the worst outfit here.

Art, are you happy with your
look,

and being reintroduced onto the
runway
with what you've brought?

I sure am.
It's bright, it's colorful, it's
playful.

It's a bit more character-based,
which they seem to like as well.

I know what it's like to lose
now, and I
also realize how f*cking
embarrassing

it'll be to lose again,
so I've got a beautiful dress.

I'm gonna make it happen.

Do you girls struggle with
people say
they'll see me out of drag
somewhere,

and they'll get disappointed
'cause
they're expecting Art Simone?

Yeah, and then they're always,
like,
"Why aren't you in drag?

-Why aren't you in drag?"
-Oh, my God, that is the worst
thing.

"Aw, why aren't you in drag?
Aw."

Yeah, it makes you feel like
you're not good enough.

Yep, 100%.

See, I get the opposite
experience,

'cause I present femme
in so many social settings,

they just assume I'm in drag
all the time.

People are often like,
"Why aren't you ever out as a
boy?"

Or when I'm out, like,
presenting more
masculine, they're like, "Out of
drag,

you're such a sexy man."

And I'd have to be like,
"Well, I'm not a man."

I use the gender marker
non-binary

because it's the closest
to what describes how I feel.

When I'm in drag,
people are just like

"She/her, that's fine,
we understand what drag is."

But the minute where I start
moving outside of that,

people get really, like,
uncomfortable.

So, it is-- It can get hard.

People like to think of things
as black
and white, but there's so much
gray,

and when people put
gender markers on me,

literally my mind has a reaction
to it,

`cause I just don't
see myself like that.

I've gotten every reaction, from
being
told that I'm, like, I'm faking
it

'cause I'm not transitioning
all the way,

to being told that,
like, it's just a phase.

That I don't understand why
you have to identify as
non-binary.

Like, just make a decision.

I'm sorry that you have to
go through that, Etcetera.

I don't connect with all of my
biological
body, and there was a point in
time

where I thought I was
binary-trans in the sense

that I would transition into
living life
as a "woman".

But that's not something for me
either.

I'm very appreciative in this
competition,
and with all you girls, how
respectful

and patient, and kind
you've been around my gender,

'cause that doesn't often
happen.

I just hate that that's even a
thing
that you have to--

-you feel you have to thank
people for.
-Yeah.

Like, it's not even
a conscious thought to, like,

be like that around you,
you know?

People can be so nasty,
can't they?

I feel like people really look
up to us
as drag queens to stand up for
ourselves

and each other, and say what's
right.

Well, I won't stop until
the bones fall out of my body.

-Usually bones fall into your
body.
-Well...

[music plays]

[RuPaul laughs]

♪ Cover girl,
put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe,
let your whole body talk ♪

And what?

Welcome to the main stage of
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Michelle Visage.

Now, would you say
you're a thrifty queen?

Ru, are you calling me cheap?

No, I'm calling you a wh*re.

On-brand.

Rhys Nicholson.

How would you describe your
style?

Oh, I think, this week,
Southern-lawyer-with-a-secret?

[Southern drawl] I do declare,
I'm a little light in the
loafers,

and by that I mean butt stuff.

Honey, the secret is out.

And the fabulous Elz Carrad.

Welcome to
RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under.

Tell everyone about your latest
movie.

It's called Rurangi,
and I play the lead, Caz Davis,

who is the young trans-activist
man

who returns to his home after 10
years
to reconnect with his father,

and it's fabulous
and everyone should see it.

Gorgeous.
It's powerful and funny.

I love it.

This week, we challenged our
queens
to Ru-cycle op shop droppings,

and turn them into
high-fashion frockery.

Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.

First up, Art Simone.

Oh, and I see she's brought
her biggest fan.

I'm bringing you
let-them-eat-cake-cake-cake,

Marie Antoinette realness.

Let them eat Art.

Look, it's Little House On the
Fairy.

I'm sparkly,
got my pink bits on show,

I'm trash into treasure.

-Well, I think it's fantasy
fantastic.
-Yes.

Up next, Kita Mean.

My outfit is made from elastic,
cable ties, umbrellas, ball-pit
ba*ls,

and a f*cking sleeping bag.

I wonder how many more ba*ls
she has inside of her.

Serving you full Kita
experience,
and whoop, lo and behold,

here comes the ba*ls.
Boop!

-Oh!
-Dear.

-She's a ball pit.
-Yes.

Etcetera Etcetera.

I'm bringing you 1920s
loveliness.

I've made these curtains
look like a million dollars.

She's q*eer, she's sheer,
get used to it.

I have my totem pole
to the goddess of the sun.

I want the spotlight.
Where is it?

I'm here, I'm serving.

She's here to catch a dream,
but she might catch a d*ck.

She gon' catch somethin'.

Maxi Shield.

Michelle: Anarchy!

I'm serving you drag bag,
Vivienne Westwood grunge punk.

Oh, my God!

These bags have no stretch at
all,

but I feel bright.

Taking it to the mat?
I think you mean the
laundry-mat.

Up next, Karen From Finance.

Michelle: 420, y'all.

I am serving you Schapelle Corby
in a parallel universe,

where she actually made it into
Bali.

Give me some of that.

I've got a huge doobie,
grass in my boogie-board bag,

and I am ready for the holiday
of a lifetime.

The Great Barrier Reefer.

Up next, Elektra Shock.

I'm serving you "just been
f*cked
in the printing room."

She can tie me up.

I feel sexy as.

I've never looked at myself
in the mirror like that.

As much as Scarlet's moaning
annoys me, I totally get it now.

All the time, I'm just like,
"Ohh."

You know,
she bought that in Tie-land.

Anita Wigl'it.

On the runway this evening, I am
serving
you a book-burning princess.

Oh, she's been read for filth.

Michelle:
Writer's block? Try prunes.

I'm going up in flames.
Read all about it!

-Somebody ream her.
-[laughs]

Up next, Scarlet Adams.

Rhys:
Welcome to the stage, Margaret
River.

My costume is a cute,
little vintage picnic table
ensemble.

I feel like a girl who's about
to get
white wine wasted,

and have way too much free
cheese.

Oh, God, Scarlet,
stop wine-ing already.

It is fitted to an inch of my
body.

I can't stop looking at myself
in the mirror backstage.

Gingham?
But I barely know him.

-Kia ora, queens.
-Kia ora!

-Aussie Aussie Aussie!
-Oi oi oi!

Now, when I call your name,
please step forward.

Kita Mean.

Elektra Shock.

Elektra,
you're listening and it shows.

-You look lovely.
-Thank you.

You are both safe.

You may leave the stage.

Ladies, you represent the tops
and bottoms of the week,

and now it's time
for the judges' critiques.

First up, Art Simone,
welcome back.

What a great comeback this is.

I love the hair, I love the pink
theme,
the white makeup, the really
thin eyebrow.

Coming back with a strong look,
I think,
was important for you,

and I think you achieved that
tonight.

When life gives you a second
chance,
child, this is what you do.

Up next, Etcetera Etcetera.

The seamwork on it
is really pretty.

I'm not really sure about
the story that it tells.

I know you have
a thing in your hand.

I don't know if you're a pope,
not quite sure what you are.

I was really going for, like,
a kind of a 1920s reference.

There's a few illustrations
where they carry, like, these
staffs,

and they're, like,
goddesses of fertility.

It feels like something is
missing from it,

especially when you compare it
to some
of the other outfits on the
stage.

I could see the references,
but somehow,

they just don't all
come together for me.

I love the ruched sleeves,

but the bottom half feels a
little rumpled
and not defined enough.

Up next, Maxi Shield.

So, we kind of gave you some
critique,
and expecting you to step it up,

and take risks and start
trusting yourself
a little bit more, and...

you did it.

Thank you.

I've tried to make something out
of that
before, and it's a nightmare,

and this fit is perfect.

You've styled it so well.

Every aspect, even down to the
shoes,
they're the right shoes for this
outfit.

The silhouette is perfection.

I'm feeling a little nostalgic,
actually.

I used to listen to a lot of
grunge
when I was a kid,

and I just feel like
you're really grungy.

Like, the tattoos, and
everything,
it just goes really well
together.

I'm really proud of you.
Keep pushing yourself like this.

You've got it.

Up next,
Karen From Finance.

One thing you're really good at,
everybody knows, is telling a
story.

Tonight seems like a bit of a
cop-out.

Now, Michelle,
she is doing a pop culture
character

called Chevelle Corgi,
or something.

-What's the name?
-Schapelle Corby.

Who was arrested
going into Bali with weed.

You're so incredible at what you
do,
and every week trying to outdo
it,

and outdo it, and outdo it.

I feel like the outfit, it feels
too
strong, but this is a design
challenge.

You've relied more on the
folklore
of Schapelle

than the actual constructing the
outfit.

Wherever you're going on
holiday,
I'll come with you.

`Cause you look like fun to me.

Up next, Anita Wigl'it.

There was kind of drama to it,
and you gave us a little
performance,

like a character in a story
the whole time.

And I think that's tough to do
with some ripped-up pieces of a
book.

We have seen this a few times on
Drag Race, and it was done
better.

The silhouette is great.

It just seems like you ran out
of time and
you just started pasting things
on there.

I actually assumed it was burnt
pages
of Michelle's book, The Diva
Rules.

Whoa!
[laughs]

Shady b*tch!

Scarlet Adams.

You came around the corner, and
we
loved this, and I have to tell
you,

it's just glamorous
and ridic-- glam-diculous.

That's what you are,
that's what you are.

That's never been said
on this show before.

Well, now it has.
Keep doing it-- it suits you.

RuPaul: The silhouette, and how
it works
on your body, is beautiful.

What makes this fresh is that
it's shorts, and it's
glam-diculous.

Yeah!

All right, thank you, ladies.
I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck backstage,
the judges and I will
deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

Here they are now!

-Grab a c*ck.
-Cheers!

That made me feel so fantastic.

For me to make
what I've made this week,

it's such a "f*ck you" moment.

Elektra, I think this gown is
probably
my second favorite outfit here.

I reckon you would've been in
the top
with slightly different styling.

Yeah, maybe, maybe.

Karen, how are you feeling?

-This was a design challenge...
-Right.

And I didn't design anything
exciting.

Yeah.

I am feeling the judges'
disappointment.

I can see that they were
expecting
something more fabulous from me.

I am so happy for you, Scarlet,

but two weeks in a row, you've
had a
design challenge and a dance
challenge--

-Right.
-100%.

Which is-- of course you're
doing well,
you know, I'm so happy for you,

but oh, I'm ready for that
comedy,
scripted-acting challenge.

This is the challenge
I wanted to do well in,

so to be doing well feels...
really validating.

Well, Karen, I think you're
probably
definitely in the bottom.

Oh, there's no doubt about it.

And I think there's no doubt
about
the fact that I'm lip syncing
with Anita.

I was really hoping it was gonna
go
positively, and it hasn't at
all.

It's so strange, isn't it?

They kind of said they didn't
hate
my outfit, they didn't like it.

I'm just gonna have to do
a good job in the lip sync.

And I thought Kita was
definitely
gonna be in the bottom.

Honestly, looking at your
outfit,
and, like, looking at my outfit,

I just don't understand how,
like,
you could be safe, but I'm in
the bottom.

They called my outfit
unfinished, but
there's a rip down the back of
your skirt,

just as you were about to go
on the runway.

There's a rip down
the middle of my skirt?

There's a rip down
the back of your skirt.

Thanks for letting me know,
girl.

How can I be in the bottom
this week,

when she's walking around
looking like a f*cking molecule?

It's like she's designed
something
to cause me pain.

I hit every mark on that runway.

-You sold it.
-And, yeah.

I stepped my toy up.

What the actual f*ck?

I'm gonna take it off before it
leaches
bad taste into my brain.

I just felt like they went in
hard on me
because I'm the "fashion queen."

But I thought I was elevating it
by taking it to already quite

a difficult-to-achieve aesthetic
with what's in a f*cking
dumpster.

Etcetera had a full, wee little
tizzy
about being told that it's not,
like,

as what we expected.
I've had that for the last three
weeks.

Shut the f*ck up.

Do you think that, uh, part of
an issue
for you at the moment

is this is your first time
to get any feedback?

I've had three weeks of just
being in the dark,

so I guess I know
what they want now.

And not to carry a f*cking
dreamcatcher.

I'm gonna break that over my
knee
if I have to lip sync.

Talking the talk of being
this fashion queen,

I expected more from Etcetera,
and I think the judges did, too.

Now, just between us kangaroos,
what do you reckon?

Let's start with Art Simone,
back from the outback.

Michelle: I loved the makeup
that she did with it.

I loved those skinny brows,
very Marie Antoinette.

She kept the theme all the way
through,
looked great.

What more can you ask for
in a design challenge?

You know, a lot of times
when we would bring girls back,

they get sent right back home
again.

It's like the curse of being
brought back.

I don't think that's
gonna happen to Art Simone.

-It would be funny, though.
-[laughs]

Off with her head!

Etcetera Etcetera.

Michelle:
Etcetera looked very pretty
tonight.

The issues for me were
I didn't really see

any real structure
to the bottom half of it,

and the makeup kind of stopping
at her
face, not coming all the way
down.

In that era, they would
always bring the white down.

She missed a beat on that.

It wasn't finished in a way
where you go,
"I want to see more of that."

Michelle:
Was it pretty? Absolutely.

Could she have done more?
Yeah.

-Maxi Shield.
-Wow, wow, wow!

She stepped out of her comfort
zone.

She wasn't just being camp,
she was fashion tonight.

She looked sexy.

RuPaul: I thought it was really
beautifully styled.

Everything worked so well
for Maxi Shield.

Karen From Finance.

So, Elz, are you familiar
with Schapelle Corby?

I don't know what was going on.

It was kind of like Dora the
Explorer
doing bad things.

Michelle: This is RuPaul's Drag
Race,
and if you're gonna do Schapelle
Corby,

then you need to do a drag
version.

It felt like she was going to
a costume party, not a drag
show.

RuPaul: A disappointing week
for a very talented queen.

Let's move on to Anita Wigl'it.

It looked like it took a lot of
work
to put that together,

so I really appreciated the
effort.

Michelle:
I think the downfall was the
fact

that this is something
we've seen many times.

I don't know whether I'm just
blinded
by how much I love her energy.

She could be in a sack,
and she could just be selling
it.

She's like, "Hey, I'm having
a great time up here."

I too am obsessed with that sort
of
manic smile that she does.

Unfortunately, that doesn't help
the outfit very much.

The construction of it
was really shoddy.

Had she walked two steps faster,
it would have fallen apart.

-Yeah.
-Scarlet Adams.

Michelle: We knew exactly what
she was
selling when she came out here.

And for me,
the highlight were the shorts.

Glam-diculous!

RuPaul: The proportions of the
outfit
to her body, the placement of
the grapes,

wherever your eyes landed,
there was something interesting
about it.

The first episode,
I did not peg her to be this
girl.

-No, I didn't peg her, period.
-You didn't peg her period?

You naughty, naughty boy.

Silence!
I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, racers.

I've made some decisions.

Art Simone,

Maxi Shield,

Scarlet Adams.

Scarlet Adams.

Con-drag-ulations, you are the
winner
of this week's challenge.

Thank you.

You've won a $2.500 gift card
from Elea's Closet.

Ooh.

Art, Maxi, Scarlet,
you may join the other girls.

Etcetera Etcetera.

You're a beautiful queen,
but this outfit could mean

curtains for you.

Karen From Finance,
you've given us some high highs,

but this week it could all
go up in smoke.

Anita Wigl'it,
you are a real page-turner,

but it may be time
to start a new chapter.

Etcetera Etcetera.

You are safe.

-Thank you.
-You may join the other girls.

Karen, Anita,

I'm sorry, my dears,
but you are up for elimination.

Two queens stand before me.

Now, I've consulted
with the judges,

but the final decision
is mine to make.

Ladies, this is your last chance
to impress me

and save yourself from
elimination.

The time has come...
[thunder]

for you to lip sync

[echoing] for your life!

Good luck,
and don't f*ck it up.

I can feel the adrenaline
pumping through my veins.

I'm gonna give them a reason
to keep me in this competition.

I'm gonna pull every trick
out of my camp bag,

and I'm just gonna have fun with
this.

♪ When I'm walking down the
street
I call your name ♪

♪ Inside my head I go insane ♪

♪ Don't you know that it's
really
making me crazy ♪

♪ There were days
when I went completely blind ♪

♪ No time to think and I lost
time ♪

♪ Won't believe
what's happened to me lately ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Begin to wonder ♪

♪ Don't you know that it's
really
making me crazy ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Begin to wonder ♪

♪ Won't believe
what's happened to me lately ♪

♪ 'Cause every day
is the same day ♪

♪ Different faces with no name ♪

♪ Places I've never been before
♪

♪ And every day
is the same thing ♪

♪ Different faces with no name ♪

♪ Places I've never been before
♪

Come on, Kaz!

-Whoo!
-Let's go, girls!

♪ 'Cause every day
is the same day ♪

♪ Different faces with no name ♪

♪ Places I've never been before
♪

♪ Walking down the street
I call your name ♪

♪ And all this time you led me
astray ♪

♪ Making love to you
I do the same ♪

♪ But now I know you blinded me
♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Begin to wonder ♪

♪ Don't you know that it's
really
making me crazy ♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Begin to wonder ♪

♪ Won't believe
what's happened to me lately ♪

♪ 'Cause every day
is the same day ♪

♪ Different faces with no name ♪

♪ Places I've never been before
♪

♪ And every day
is the same thing ♪

♪ Different faces with no name ♪

♪ Places I've never been before
♪

♪ And I ♪

♪ Begin to wonder ♪

-Whoo! Whoo!
-[laughing]

Ladies.

I've made my decision.

Karen From Finance.

Shantay, you stay.

Thank you so much.

You may join the other girls.

Anita Wigl'it.

Thank you for bringing the
crazy.

We at RuPaul's Drag Race
Down Under salute you.

Now, sashay away.

Thank you so much for the most
amazing experience of my life.

It has been
such a pleasure to be here,

and to work with these
amazing drag queens.

I wish you all the best of luck.
Thank you so much.

-We love you.
-We love you, Anita!

Tell me, is it too early
to talk about All Stars?

I'm really disappointed to be
leaving
at the halfway point.

The biggest thing that I'm gonna
take from this experience

is to be super proud of myself,
because I have

so much more self confidence
in myself, and in my drag now.

And, uh, the world better watch
out.

And remember, there's always
time
for "dry-a*s p*ssy."

I'm keeping this.

I think I'll take some of these,
too.

Con-drag-ulations, ladies, and
remember,
if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell you gonna
love somebody else?

-Can I get an amen up in here?
-Amen!

All right, now let the music
play!

♪♪♪

For this week's maxi-challenge,

you need to create and market
your very own brand of

-yeast spread.
-Oh!

Elektra Shock.

[crickets]

Michelle does not seem happy.

Sometimes crossing the line to
filthy
is not always funny.

There was just a little bit
too much crammed into it

to kind of keep up
with what was going on.

Before you leave, there's
something
we need to talk about.