RUPAUL: Previously
on RuPaul's Drag Race.
QUEENS: Yay!
For this week's Maxi Challenge,
you'll be singing and dancing
as you debut the new track,
Bosom Buddies.
QUEENS: Yay!
♪ Bosom buddies. Partners in crime
Twisted sisters. Friends for all time ♪
Kween Kong, Spankie Jackzon,
Hannah Conda.
Condgratulations!
BAB’Z you are winner
of this week's challenge.
- QUEENS: Yes!
- RUPAUL: Molly Poppinz.
There's a couple little moments
where you lost it.
Yuri Guaii.
You were the one
who struggled the most.
RUPAUL: Molly Poppinz.
Shantay, you stay.
Yuri Guaii, sashay away.
KWEEN: Good job, baby.
Oh, you did that.
Thank you.
I honestly thought
I was going home.
"Live fast,
eat a*s. Trish..." Boo.
Yuri, Spankie for the win.
Oh!
But I had to send one
of my hung divas home.
So, it's-it's-yeah,
It's a lot to process right now.
That was such
a hard elimination,
and to see her sashay away
was really hard.
- Like, f*ck.
- It's okay. It's okay.
Some people in our community
don't look at Yuri
as that she belongs,
and she really f*ck'
did herself proud.
She made me proud.
And I know that she just
made our country proud.
And she got further
than Anita Wigl'it.
- So, that's...
- [laughter]
He's the most kindest,
goofy, trash person.
And people will really start
to see the other side of Yuri.
He definitely has something
to offer the world.
[cheering and applause]
HANNAH: Hey, can we do
one "c*m" for Yuri?
- KWEEN: Yeah.
- HANNAH: On the count of three.
One, two, three.
c*m!
[laughter]
Let's get out of drag!
- Top five!
- Well done. I'm so proud of you.
At this point
in the competition,
I feel like I am kind
of fading into the background.
And it's not a place
where I want to be.
Welcome to the double
winners circle.
Thank you.
I don't want to be
a sloppy bottom anymore.
Sorry. I'm now
on the triple winners again.
Look out 'cause, next week,
I'm joining that one too.
Whatever the challenge
is gonna be,
I need to smash it.
Oh.
- Oh!
- Oh!
We're that close
to the end right now
that the fire in me
is burning brighter than ever.
And now, I want this.
I want this.
- Ew, it's sweaty.
- It's sweat, girl.
RUPAUL: The winner of RuPaul's
Drag Race Down Under
will receive a year's supply
of cosmetics
from Anastasia Beverly Hills
and a cash prize of $50,000,
courtesy of our mates
at Samsung.
Tonight, with Michelle Visage,
Rhys Nicholson,
and our extra special
guest stars,
Suzanne Paul
and Samantha Harris.
♪ RuPaul Drag Race
May the best drag queen win ♪
♪ Best drag queen win ♪
Bosom buddies
Partners in crime Whoa!
Losers!
[laughter]
There is only five of us.
Like,
literally half the b*tches...
- Gone.
- Are gone.
Actually, Minnie Cooper,
I think,
still lives in the roof.
Oh!
If you listen, you can hear her.
[laughter]
I don't want to bring us down.
Last week was really difficult.
I am a strong person,
but the reality is,
there is lots and lots
of bullshit that happens
to me like,
I can flip a switch
really, really quickly.
I want to own it today and say
how sorry I am to everyone.
I do love Beverly,
and I knew her
before I came
into this competition.
I don't want to apologise to her
because I know she's gonna
take it like she was right
and I was wrong.
And this is not the case,
but what I will apologise for
is how I changed
the weather in the room.
You know, it was not comfortable
and we've all been
in the dressing room,
in the drag space
when some b*tch has silently
dropped a fart
and just infected
the whole f*ck' room
and everyone has to sit there
and do your makeup
when your eyes are watering.
So, I do not want
to be that b*tch.
I think the biggest thing
that I'm upset with,
not with my sh*t,
was that Yuri left,
and I was so in my head
and in my own bullshit
that I couldn't even take
myself out of my space
to go and say, like,
that I loved her
and that I was proud of her.
I'm really sorry, girls,
like, I am trying my best.
- SPANKIE: We love you, Kween.
- BEVERLY: And we appreciate it.
I am so f*cking sorry
that I brought that to you.
I'm struggling to try
and hold space for Beverly
because I feel like
she's filtering herself.
And for me, it's really jarring.
You're amazing.
Can I give you a hug, please?
- Yes, of course.
- BEVERLY: Thank you.
My reaction to her wasn't fair.
All I wanted to do is just say
I love you.
Love you, girl.
Come here, Moll.
- Yeah, come here, Moll.
- Yeah, babe.
[siren blares]
- QUEENS: Yay!
- She already done had herses.
G'day. G'day. G'day.
[cheering and applause]
Oh, come on.
Good morning.
You know, Down Under's
Next Drag Superstar
needs to be able
to sell anything.
And there's no place
like home, right?
- Right.
- MOLLY: Right.
For this week's Maxi challenge,
you'll be creating and starring
in a tourism campaign...
SPANKIE: Yes.
That shows off the charisma,
uniqueness, nerve and talent
of your hometown.
Fabulous!
A travel video
based on our hometown.
Which is quite exciting.
Palmerston North really could
use some good marketing.
[chuckles]
#DragRaceDownUnder.
Racers, start your engines.
And may the best Drag Queen win.
QUEENS: Yay!
Come on, girls,
let's get to work.
- SPANKIE: Oh, my God.
- [laughter]
For this week's Maxi challenge,
we have to promote
in an infomercial our hometown.
I feel for me what resonates
the most is Perth.
I spent the most time there.
- Perth. Perth.
- Perth.
This is gonna be
a tough one for me.
I need to nail down
what I'm gonna do.
I am a bit nervous
'cause you want to sell...
- KWEEN: Celebrate it.
- HANNAH: your hometown.
Celebrate it. Be funny.
I feel like... it's marketing.
This whole time,
I've just trusted my gut.
Go with it.
Have a good time.
If I'm having a good time,
then they're gonna
have a good time.
- Yeah. That's right.
- Yeah.
Hmm.
BEVERLY: What is your hometown?
MOLLY: Um,
I'm gonna say Newcastle.
BEVERLY: You and Rhys Nicholson
are both from Newcastle.
Jojo Zaho is from Newcastle.
She's my Newcastle sister.
Yeah.
So, they just breed
the biggest poofters
you can possibly imagine.
Absolutely, girl.
[laugh]
This challenge
isn't necessarily my forte.
Oh!
I'm not much
of a comedian actor.
But there's one thing I can do,
which is I can sell
a damn product.
- I am from the Gold Coast...
- MOLLY: Yeah.
Which is sort of like
the L.A. of Australia.
- It's like so not self-aware.
- MOLLY: Yeah. Just like you.
[laughs]
The Gold Coast is fun,
glamorous, but trashy.
Everything that Beverly Kills
tries to be.
Let's go. I got sh*t to write.
All right.
- I'm gonna do, um, Palmy.
- Oh.
It's great for families
and things like that.
Maybe not so great for the gays.
At high school, I was just
constantly bullied,
like, I was just the f*g
of Feilding Ag.
I'd found my stride
in Melbourne.
I lived in Melbourne
for 12 years, discovering myself
and learning about drag more
and like I've been home
for eight years.
I go to small towns
like Picton and Tokoroa
and Turangi and...
You know, that's...
They don't get
Drag Queens there.
It's like I get to share,
who I am with these people,
change their minds,
open the world to them.
Palmerston always is the butt
of the joke in New Zealand.
KWEEN: Yeah.
It's always like it's a place
that nobody would ever go.
And you can make it
wherever you want.
You just got to believe
in yourself,
push through, and never give up.
Was that a person?
I thought it was a palm tree?
- No, that was me.
- [laughter]
You look like a palm tree,
Spankie Jackzon.
It feels like
I'm where I belong.
[upbeat music]
Like, how are you feeling?
- I feel better, babes.
- Yeah.
Kween has been able
to release this from herself.
I think it's allowing us to...
Just be there for her.
Depression has been my demon.
- Oh, it's gross.
- Yeah.
I've had, like,
really great weeks,
things are going really good,
everything is fine...
KWEEN: Yeah.
And I just wake up
and I cannot function.
Yeah.
We've both got weathered gifts.
If you feel like a storm
ever happens in your life,
we'll put our rain jackets on,
we're there.
We're not gonna run away.
It means the world,
just feels like we're back
at home in the club.
If anybody is ever struggling
at any time, my phone is always,
okay, it's not always on.
It's on vibrate
because I hate the sound of it.
Do you know what I mean,
like, any time?
- Yeah.
- Right back at you, Spanks.
[siren blares]
SPANKIE: What?
Oh, my God.
[indistinct chatter]
Hi, Queens!
Hi!
[cheering]
Samantha Harris,
Australian model icon.
Oh! What a dream!
We are so lucky!
So, I hear you've all
each been tasked
with promoting
our beautiful homeland.
QUEENS: Yes.
You also need to sell yourself.
And I have a few simple tips.
- Oh.
- Flag, honey.
Enunciate, repeat after me.
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
QUEENS:
Antidisestablishmentarianism.
[queens fumbling]
SAMANTHA:
We'll work on that one.
[laughter].
Let's try another one.
"She done already done
had herses."
QUEENS: She done already done
had herses.
Glare. Don't stare.
Eye contact
is the most important thing
when selling a product.
Look straight into that camera
the way you look
at your boyfriend
dancing with your best friend.
- QUEENS: Oh. Yes.
- Got you.
Samantha Harris
is f*cking one of her kind.
She really is trailblazing
for First Nations beauty.
To see her face is enough
to give me a bit of like a,
oh, that's right.
Good luck.
And may the best Swag Queen win!
QUEENS: Yay!
[indistinct chatter]
- Hey, Queens.
- QUEENS: Hey. Hello.
I'm here to stamp
your passports.
- QUEENS: Oh!
- Yes!
All right, Spankie.
Are you ready?
Ready as I'll ever be.
- This is a branding challenge.
- Uh-huh...
What do you think I'm going
to say to you about your pitch?
Keep it little bit slutty.
Little bit dirty.
That's maybe not the direction
I've decided to go in.
Well, you're absolutely right.
[laughter]
Okay.
You have cornered the market
on "dirty street wh*re".
You know what I mean?
[laughter]
You don't go against the stream.
You go with what
they already know.
I have marketed Drag
to the world...
You have.
Something that no one else did,
right?
No.
I'm a f*ck'
genius at marketing.
[laughter]
If Ru is gonna give you advice
and put it black and white
on the f*ck' table,
pick it up,
put it in your pocket.
The best thing to come out
of Palmerston North is you.
So, let's spotlight you.
You're still here
in this competition.
Yeah.
RUPAUL:
And there's a reason for that.
He wants to know Palmerston
North through Spankie's eyes,
not through a tourism video.
You know what I mean?
You've given me food for thought,
and I appreciate it.
All right. Well, thank you,
you could have it.
Hoping it all...
I hope we've got some
spare trees around here.
I have everything I need.
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
All right, Beverly.
Come on over.
What are you thinking here?
Well, I am from the Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast
is in Muriel's Wedding.
Muriel's Wedding?
She sounds like a lovely person,
but I have not seen Muriel
at her wedding.
Are we talking
about the same film?
- Muriel's Wedding?
- RUPAUL: Yeah?
- I have not seen it.
- Huh.
Okay. All right. All right.
I have to rethink my life now.
The Gold Coast is fun
and it's glamorous,
but it's filled
with all these people
pretending to be someone
that they're not.
Mm-hmm.
These influencers that are just
doing anything to prove
that they're sane
and like everyone else.
But the truth is, is that
we've all got our own sh*t.
Yeah. The sort of influencer
type of... Um.
Yeah, we've been doing
that for a while.
I'm trying to find out
who you are in drag.
It is a bit hard to hear that Ru
is struggling to figure out
who I am.
I'm very aware of it.
I'm trying to get
to who that little boy
is in there who said
I want to do drag.
I'm very well aware
that I've got walls up
and I wish to just like
let it all hang out.
- Uh-huh.
- I just want to have fun.
- I want you to do well.
- I want to do well, too.
Damn, I want $50,000.
[chuckles]
Yeah.
If you could unlock that
in this challenge,
you are well on your way.
Ru's walkthrough was literally
throwing the spanner
in the f*ck' works.
I want to pay homage to my
hometown in South Auckland.
- You really want to have fun.
- KWEEN: Yes.
I want to get
into your twisted mind.
We're bringing
ourselves into it.
That's what Ru wants.
I'm going down this angle.
It's not perfect, but it's hot.
This is an opportunity
to peek inside your head.
You don't have to be
so literal with Perth.
And time is not on our side
right now to have
a whole new idea and concept.
Plus get into drag.
Your interpretation
of Newcastle through this...
- MOLLY: Yeah.
- It's a little sad.
But we are stressed for time.
Feeling a bit nervous about it,
but we're just gonna
make it work.
[music playing]
RuPaul sort of called me out
that I am naturally
a bit guarded.
Ru basically tells me
to dive a little bit deeper
into why I am the way I am.
I just don't know what to do.
So, I asked the girls.
Like, I kind
of just want like...
You need to stop.
That's what you need to do.
Hannah Conda had turned around
before I finished the sentence.
I have found there's been
moments that
I find you're very false.
I think you get too concerned
what people are going
to think of you.
I don't know if it's about you
being in your head
or if you're just
conscious about
how people are gonna see you.
But I feel like it's just doing
yourself a disservice
by not being authentic
to what you are.
It's a lot.
We want you to be the best
version of you that you can be.
It didn't feel like
they wanted me to be me.
It didn't feel like they give
a f*ck about me
because there was no intention
or suggestions on for me
to be better.
MOLLY: Just got
to let yourself be, girl.
I just needed a moment.
So sick of caring
'cause it's so exhausting.
You just need to let it go.
I know, it's so easy to say...
BEVERLY: It's just hard.
I know but that's exactly
the problem.
Spankie makes me feel seen
and heard and cared for
in a way that Hannah
and Kween Kong don't.
Who cares? 'Cause that's what
it's about.
Do you know what I mean?
You're worried about
what other people think.
Not only is she
a fantastic drag queen.
Who gives a f*ck about them?
You're here.
A formidable competitor
in this competition.
SPANKIE: Once you do,
it'll free you.
But she's also the real top-tier
human being
that Spankie Jackzon.
- SPANKIE: Okay.
- BEVERLY: Thank you, Spankie.
There you go.
I got you. Yeah.
She makes me feel that,
like, I'm allowed to f*ck up
and be better and be myself.
- BEVERLY: Thank you.
- SPANKIE: You can do this.
Come on.
[upbeat music]
Okay. So, I'm completely f*cking
thrown my idea out the window
had, like, 30 minutes
to put together a new plan.
- Hi.
- Hi, Kween Kong.
But I'm gonna try
and dazzle them
and make it work.
And I'll introduce you
to the legend
that is Suzanne Paul.
Hi, Suzanne.
Oh, my goodness.
I remember watching
Suzanne Paul growing up.
She was in every single ad,
so that woman can sell anything.
I'm going
with Kween Kong Island,
which is located in South of
Auckland.
- Okay.
- Here we go.
- KWEEN: All right.
- Action!
Do you have a deep voice,
hairy chest,
shoulders that make
a linebacker jealous?
Well, Kween Kong Island
might be for you.
Stunning, beautiful features.
I think just need to be
a bit more confident.
MICHELLE: And action.
Kween Kong
is a highly stressful retreat
where we teach you
how to deny your feelings
and nod at people
to really convince them
that you give a sh*t.
- Yeah?
- You're gonna nod?
Oh, yes.
And nod at people like you
really do give a sh*t.
Cut.
That looks like a fun party.
- Is it better?
- MICHELLE: Yeah. Go on.
I don't know what I'm doing.
Um.
Okay, you go get that,
you go get that
and just come and f*ck me
because I'm really
f*cking this up right now.
[laughs]
What's something
that's highly stressful?
What do I find highly stressful?
Well, could there be
maybe the skeleton?
'Cause the skeleton
could be stressed out.
It's dead.
Oh, yeah. Cute. Amazing.
I love that.
Thank you, Michelle.
I'd love to do that.
Can we grab that?
Yeah, that looks stressful.
It's stressing me out.
[laughter]
I don't think I'll be going
there for my holidays.
Can I have you rocking,
like, you're having
a nervous breakdown?
Yeah.
Oh, God.
MICHELLE: So,
this is Spankie Jackzon.
It's Spankie's tour of me
getting through Palmerston North
home from the club.
Yeah.
Hard sell, Palmerston North?
Oh, the lights have come on.
Let's go on Spankie's train.
Yes!
And then we're going
to walk this way.
Okay, great.
That was a great rehearsal,
Spankie.
Okay.
[laughs]
I have a good story.
I know where the story is going.
I love you, Palmerston North.
[laughter]
[mimics bleating]
I'm good at improv.
I can just make stuff up.
Oh, my God.
I've fallen and I can't get up.
And as long as we get
good guidance from Michelle,
which she's never steered
me wrong so far,
we're gonna make a great ad.
Maybe you punch me in the tit
by accident or something.
Just walks up
and punches you in the tit?
[laughter]
Maybe you're trying
to get their food
and they're like, "No."
- Okay.
- Action.
Can I please have
one of your chippies?
Please. Please.
Give me your chips!
Hey, give me your chippie,
damn it.
Give me your chippie.
- Very funny.
- MICHELLE: Thank you.
It's always good in an advert
if you've got a bit of a rhyme.
So, you could say
I'm barmy for Palmy.
- SPANKIE: Okay.
- You know, something like that.
I did have another catchphrase,
which was...
MICHELLE: What is it?
Palmerston North, f*ck yeah!
- No, I like mine better.
- SPANKIE: Okay. Great.
[laughter]
MICHELLE: This is Hannah Conda.
Hi, Suzanne.
I have to motivate myself
to feel excited
because I'm petrified.
[laughter]
Ready?
Action.
You've caught me
shaving my toes,
and I'm in a magical kingdom
far, far, far, far away,
known as Middle Perth.
[laughter]
- How many scenes do you have?
- I have five.
Five?
Okay.
She was very organised.
I'm going to be fighting
a giant black swan.
- MICHELLE: Okay.
- Oh.
[grunting and laughing]
Cut.
Do you want more?
Should I do more sounds?
- You got them in there.
- HANNAH: Yeah.
So, they're enough.
I have heard tale of two kings
playing with each other's
bats and ba*ls.
And now I've seen it
with my own virgin eye.
Okay, my own eyes.
[laughs]
Keep laughing.
[laughs]
- Okay. Next scene?
- HANNAH: Yeah.
And that's the end of the story.
Okay.
Molly Poppinz.
So, I was gonna do, like,
a party bus tour
through Newcastle.
Action.
Do you like to party?
Well, if you do.
I've got the party tour for you.
- Cut.
- Good energy.
Now, ladies,
get that p*ssy popping
and sl*t dropping.
You know what they call
that move, "the Suzanne Paul."
[laughter]
MICHELLE:
And that's the Michelle Visage.
[laughter]
How many scenes
do you have, Molly?
- MOLLY: I've got 16.
- MICHELLE: 16 scenes?
- MOLLY: Yes.
- But wait, there's more.
[laughter]
It started off all right,
then it all went to hell
in a hand car.
It was all just, "Let's have
a drink here and a drink there."
Hey, what's going on?
[indistinct sound]
[retching]
What's that about?
I am definitely
not going to Newcastle.
Back to the bar.
MICHELLE: Beverly Kills.
I am Bindi Irwin's younger
l*sbian little sister,
Cindy Irwin.
I love it.
On the hunt for the endangered
sugar daddy.
- MICHELLE: Oh.
- Hmm.
Did you think about the fact
that you're a l*sbian
looking for a sugar daddy?
I did, but Sugar Sheila
just didn't seem to fit
as well as I thought it would.
[laughter]
Okay. Go with it.
The Gold Coast is filled
with sugar daddies,
and there's plenty of, um,
discerningly discreet gentlemen
who are looking
for girls like me.
And trust me,
I've done my rounds.
Crickey, there he is now.
And he's gonna get my...
I mean, our money.
Let's get him.
He's going to the beach.
[laughter]
- Fantastic.
- Yeah.
I have a good time.
We try different things,
and it goes well.
What the shell, he's been stung
and you're in danger.
Let's get whizzin'.
I'm excited to see
all this together.
I think I've-maybe
I've struck gold here.
Come back to Party City,
where you belong.
[upbeat music]
So, now that we're getting
to the, like, business end
of the competition,
there is absolutely
no room for error at all.
[upbeat music]
Um.
So, basically since yesterday,
um, I've been doing
a lot of thinking.
And the truth is, is that like,
I'm still figuring myself out.
I realised one thing,
I'm very similar to my dad,
which is success driven
and all of those things.
When I don't feel strong
and confident,
like it's just fake it, I guess
'cause it's easier
to fake it than just face it.
So grateful
for the people around me
and my parents and my siblings.
But the one thing that I think
I look back on was I wish
they had let me f*ck up
because the truth is
in my household,
success was number one.
[chuckles]
So, you know, sometimes
the truth is that I'm anxious
or I'm scared
or I'm nervous or I'm worried.
Growing up,
I've always been shown that
even if you're not doing well,
just higher
confidence is key and confidence
will take you far.
My question to you is like,
what is your measure of success
and what does that look like?
'Cause it might be
different to your father's.
- You know what I mean?
- Yeah.
I know exactly what you mean.
Like, I was the first person
in my whole family
to, like, go to university.
So then when I, like, went,
"Actually, I hate this.
I've got no interest in this."
My parents were like devastated.
- Yeah.
- They're, like, so what now?
And I was like, "Well, drag."
And it was like...
It could be a little bit much
for parents to kind of get
their heads around.
It comes with time.
Like, aside from success,
you just want your kids
to be happy, you know?
Like, my older sibling died.
And she like ten years
older than me.
But she was everything
in my life.
So, she was trans and she died
in the year of her transition.
That process was done
away from the family,
just out of necessity.
It took ages for me to stop
grieving her I'm going.
I didn't even know her.
I couldn't even be there
because she didn't feel safe
in our home environment.
And so, like, you know,
she was wearing clothes
that wasn't hers,
putting on jeans,
wearing a cap, you know,
coming into the house
so that she would make
my dad happy.
I've never at any point been
able to get over it completely
because I just feel
so angry about it.
The house that I've created back
at home with my drag babies
I just hope that I've created
a safe space for these kids
who are going through
similar things
where their families don't know
how to love them.
Imagine if we were now,
at this point in our lives,
she'd be 39.
I'm 29. I'm doing drag.
We'd probably be a f*cking
fierce drag duo act.
There's a huge part of me
that just feels so robbed
that I don't get
to know my sister.
So, everything that I've done
in my life
since her passing
has been really
to honor her
and to make her proud.
It's the biggest thing.
Yeah.
If your parents are struggling,
like, I just want them to know
that you're doing something
that makes you happy.
And if anything, your parents
should just want you to be
on this planet.
[upbeat music]
[woman laughs]
♪ Cover girl
put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe
let your whole body talk ♪
Welcome to the main stage
of RuPaul's Drag Race
Down Under.
Michelle Visage.
Now, Michelle, if your drag name
is the last thing you ate,
what's yours?
Hokey-Pokey.
[laughter]
Oops.
[laughter]
Rhys Nicholson, same question?
The last thing I ate,
oh, Michelle Visage.
- Ooh.
- [laughter]
Don't judge me.
It's called job security.
Your dressing room was locked.
[laughter]
This week, we challenged
our queens to produce
and star in a tourism campaign
celebrating their hometowns.
Racers, start your engines
and may the best drag queen win.
♪ Condragulations ♪
Category is, swimsuit edition.
First up, Kween Kong.
♪ Condragulations ♪
On the runway tonight,
I am serving you
straight up goddess realness.
I am going
for a Pacific Warrior Queen
called Napa Noir
and I am channeling her
coming out of the saltwater.
Oh, my goddess!
I'm serving you
f*cking curb and swerve.
My body looks right.
The hair is f*cking laid.
This is very Kween Kong Eat it.
RHYS: I also have gotten
a lot of complaints about
my hairy haul.
RUPAUL: Oh, you have?
[laughter]
RUPAUL: Spankie Jackzon
MICHELLE: Will
the real Pamela Anderson
please stand up?
I am serving you Pamela Anderson
lifeguard realness.
Hips out, t*ts out.
RUPAUL: She's got three
flotation devices.
SPANKIE: This is by far
the biggest hair I've ever worn.
If you don't like it, well,
then my hair is too small still.
♪ Still proud of you
Condragulations ♪
RUPAUL: Molly Poppinz.
MICHELLE: Hey, boys,
put some coin in my slot.
RUPAUL:
So, to the topic of coins.
Tonight,
I am reppin' the GC, baby.
I am throwing it back to where
I first started drag
on the sunny Gold Coast.
I am serving you
Gold Coast meter maid.
RHYS: It does get cold
in Surfer's Paradise.
Apparently.
MOLLY: I feel f*cking
stunning in this outfit.
I feel f*cking cute.
RUPAUL: Hannah Conda.
MICHELLE: Well, at least
she doesn't have to worry
about tan lines.
RUPAUL: Now, this is what
I call SPF 100.
[laughs]
HANNAH: On the runway tonight,
I am serving
Valley of the Dolls,
Barbarella realness.
And I'm feeling really cute.
It's a different take
on swimwear.
More conservative.
Full coverage.
RUPAUL: Michelle,
she looks like a floater.
She does.
I've got my cone t*tties,
because when I get in the water,
my n*pples get hard,
I want to conceal them.
[laughter]
MICHELLE:
Swimwear of the future,
ladies and gentlemen.
RUPAUL: Beverly Kills.
BEVERLY: I am the goldenest
tackiest,
but yet still glamorous
meter maid from the GC, babes.
MICHELLE: Use your n*pples.
RUPAUL: To coin a phrase.
[laughter]
- She's a sl*t.
- I think you mean a slot.
BEVERLY: This meter maid
has struck gold
and Molly, I'm sorry, girl,
but, you know,
I've got the better
meter maid outfit.
RHYS: Interesting,
she's a meter maid.
And meter is also
the measurements of her butt.
[laughter]
RUPAUL: Hey, no slot shaming.
Not on my stage.
[upbeat music]
- Kia ora, queens.
- Kia ora.
- Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.
- Oi, oi, oi.
[laughter]
It's time for the debut
of your Down Under
tourism campaign.
Starting with Kween Kong.
Are you a solid, flat footed,
overly sensitive woman
who struggles to have fun?
Do you have a deep voice,
hairy chest,
shoulders that make
a linebacker jealous?
Well, Kween Kong Island
might be for you.
Located in the bowels
of South Auckland
and situated behind the dead
space between your eyes,
Kween Kong island
is a highly stressful retreat
where we teach you
how to deny your feelings,
dance like a dickhead,
and nod at people
to really convince them
that you give a sh*t.
Kween Kong Island
is so much fun.
Part of the fun is getting here
and the other half
is getting back.
Book your tickets
to Kween Kong Island.
Please.
[laughter]
All right, now it's time
for the judges critiques.
So, Kween Kong Island,
we kind of understood
what it was like
to live in your mind.
I think the issue for me,
it wasn't that funny.
Yeah, there was a couple
of the jokes
that didn't quite land.
But the concept, I think,
was just really smart.
I wanted to laugh
at certain things,
but then it went to this
sort of dark place.
This tonight on the runway,
I think, is really pretty.
Each week, I can see you trying
to get out of yourself,
get out of your head,
and push further each time.
And that's really
what life is about.
You have done well
in terms of opening up.
I think that
brown skinned people,
there's so much shame
wrapped around being g*y
and there's so much shame
then again being drag and g*y,
I have a feeling that
there's still some residual
uncomfortableness with that.
- Am I correct?
- Oh, you're totally right, Ru.
The night before I flew here,
I called my dad, he said,
"Are you gonna be using
your last name?"
But it put a lot
of shame back inside me.
Is it interesting that children
even well into adulthood
still need the approval
of their parents?
It's easy to slip back into that
kid going, "Are you my daddy?
Are you my daddy?"
It's like, no, b*tch,
you are your own daddy.
He can't...
I'm talking about my father now.
He cannot approve of himself,
how can you expect him
to approve of you?
So, this call was beneficial
in that
this will be the last
motherfuckin' time
you'll ever need his validation.
Yeah, I really needed
to hear that.
Thank you so much, Mama Ru.
RUPAUL: Up next,
Spankie Jackzon.
Oh, the lights have come on.
What are we going
to do now, boys?
There is nowhere else
in Palmerston North.
You know what?
I think we should
go to my house.
Come on, boys. Follow me.
Are those JJ's chips?
Mmm. They look so delicious.
Can I please have
one of your chips?
Pretty please.
Chippy please.
Give me your chips!
Give me your chips!
Come on, boys.
Let's ride the sheep home.
[sheep sound]
Let's do it.
Oh, thank you, Palmerston North
for providing this fresh lamb.
[mimics bleating]
It's been such
a good night tonight.
I just never expected
this in Palmerston North.
Oh, my God.
Where am I?
How did I get here?
It's always
barmy in Palmy. f*ck yeah!
[laughter]
HANNAH: Spankie, what the f*ck?
- [laughter]
- Oh, my God.
- I loved it so much.
- Great!
It's just wild.
Every scene was like,
what the f*ck am I watching?
But we've learned through this
competition that
that's kind
of who Spankie Jackzon is.
This look tonight, the most
polished you've ever looked.
This is just so camp and fun.
The wig is a little thirsty,
but so am I.
When you take the runway,
you do this thing
where you're not doing
a camp walk at all.
You are saying, yeah, b*tch.
What? Now what?
[laughter]
- You know what I'm saying?
- Yes, I do.
- Yeah. And I love that.
- Thank you so much.
RUPAUL: All right, let's get it
crunking with Molly Poppinz.
Welcome to the town
where I currently am
Newcastle, Australia.
Voted number one as having
the best nightlife
is something you won't hear
about Newcastle.
[laughter]
But a party girl
can party anywhere.
So hop on board Molly's
Party Bus for party girls.
First up,
we've got the pre-game.
[Molly burps]
Smashing those bevies
before the first stop.
The first obstacle is actually
getting into the club.
Don't look too drunk.
It's time to hit
the dance floor.
Get that p*ssy popping
and sl*t dropping.
[retching]
Feeling like you've drank
too much,
but want to keep
the party going...
Stephanie come hold
my f*cking hair.
Go have a tacky.
Remember to look out
for your party girl
and leave no party girl behind.
Party girls in Newcastle
never die.
[laughter]
Whoo!
[laughter]
- She had 16 scenes.
- RUPAUL: Oh.
Everybody else had four or five.
So, when we were recording,
it was very frantic.
Oh, yeah. I was a mess.
There were some
really funny moments
and I thought you got
a lot done.
RHYS: It had funny bits.
It just wasn't...
It wasn't Newcastle
enough for me.
You know, I actually,
I got the editorial.
You f*cking hate Newcastle.
[laughter]
That's true.
And you are one
of two meter maids tonight
and it's fun in camp.
And it's giving a nod
to the Gold Coast
where you started drag.
And I like that.
Hannah Conda...
Oh. Hi.
You've caught me
shaving my toes.
I'm Hannah Conda,
and I'm in a magical kingdom
far, far, far, far away,
known as Middle Perth.
I'm on a journey to find
the mystical beach
of Lip Enhancements,
the hottest place
in all of our kingdom.
I can't be there too long or
I'll combust!
- Away trusty steed!
- [lamb sound]
Shh!
I've just encountered
my first peril.
The giant black swan.
It must have smelt
this piece of white bread
I carry with me everywhere.
[indistinct sounds]
[laughter]
Oh, I found myself in Kings Park
and over yonder,
there are two kings
doing kingly things in a shrub.
Come here, boys.
I have heard tale
of two kings playing
with each other's bats
and ba*ls.
And now I've seen it
with my own virgin eye.
Okay. My own eyes.
[laughter]
There's the beach, run.
Oh. Yay!
Oh.
My lips are filled to the brim.
I've got myself a beveragino.
And now all I need
is a peck from a royal stud.
How long have I been here?
Oh, God. It's really hot.
I think I'm combusting.
Is this what hot girl
summer feels like?
[screams]
[explodes]
[laughter]
I was most worried about you.
I was, like, what is she doing?
I needn't have worried.
You were smart enough
to allow production
to use all those
extra special effects,
and you were the only one
who thought like that.
I think it had
such a clear vision
from start to finish.
It was like layered and silly
and funny and you should
just be f*cking happy with it.
It was well thought out.
You had a point of view
and you look fantastic.
Look out, Peter Jackson.
Yeah, look out.
I'm coming, girl.
This on the runway is definitely
a futuristic take on swimwear.
And you took a different
approach, which, again,
this far in the competition,
is always smart.
Thank you. Appreciate that.
All right.
Up next, it's Beverly Kills.
Welcome to Cindy Down Under.
I'm your host, Cindy Irwin,
Bindi's little, lethal,
and l*sbian sister.
We're on our way to Party City.
I'm feeling vicious,
and we're off to see
if we can catch ourselves
the critically endangered
Sugar Daddy.
Crickey, there he is now.
He's going past the Aqua Duck,
near the strip clubs,
and he's gone
to the beach with my...
I mean, our money,
let's get him.
Oh, no.
He's going into the jellyfish
infested water.
What the shell?
He's been stung.
You know, urine
is a great natural anti-venom,
and you're in danger.
No!
Let's get whizzing.
The GC really
is the place to be.
So come back to Party City,
where you belong.
[laughter]
What I loved about you, Bev,
was you were so prepared.
We love a fully
realised character.
So, what happened was you got
so into the character
that it kind
of wasn't that funny.
It's just that next little step
of letting loose
a little bit in these situations
and get a bit muddier.
You did well.
You did the assignment.
You had a beginning,
middle, and end.
I love this hair.
I love the hair in the video.
Thank you very much.
Really cute
and really fun, yeah.
You should be very
happy with this.
Ladies, before you go,
I have one final question.
Who should go home tonight
and why?
Starting with Kween Kong.
I hope she doesn't hate me
for this, but I have to say,
Beverly Kills, you know,
I don't think she's got
a win on the board.
- All right. Spankie Jackzon.
- Thanks.
Babes, unfortunately, I'd have
to say Beverly Kills as well.
Speaking of the stats,
that's just where she's at
at this point in time.
- All right, Molly Poppinz.
- This is hard
'cause I love all these girls
and I'm very close to Beverly,
but I have to echo
with what these two said.
RUPAUL: Hannah Conda?
I love what you're doing,
but tonight it just
was the weakest one for me.
So, Bev.
- Beverly Kills, same question.
- f*ck all them, b*tches.
I am sick of it. Um.
I know I've had the worst
statistics in this competition.
It really sucks to hear.
But to answer your question,
I'm gonna have to say
my girl, Kween Kong.
There's been a few times
where you've stumbled.
Kween would have
to be my choice.
Well, thank you ladies
for your honesty.
While you untuck backstage,
the judges
and I will deliberate.
You may leave the stage.
Ooh, girl.
I need a f*cking drink.
Oh, yeah. Definitely need
a drink after that one.
f*cking great.
I'm that girl.
I'm that girl that everyone
wants to go home,
which really f*cking stung.
Bevy, how you feeling, babes?
I knew that you were
all gonna say my name.
I don't take it personally.
It's a competition.
We came here to compete.
I currently have the worst
track record, so I get it.
But it doesn't mean that,
like, I f*cking hate...
- I hate it like...
- Why do you hate it?
Success means a lot to me,
and it's what's ingrained in me.
So, the fact that I'm doing,
like, the opposite of that
is just, like, I can't even
think straight right now.
Like, I'm just...
Actually the problem that I have
had with you, Bev,
just on a personal level,
is that I feel
there's a wall up.
It's just that you're just
not being authentic.
It doesn't feel authentic.
Be how you want to feel.
Feel how you want to feel.
Say what you want to say.
Just be.
I think that's the thing.
You just need to be.
It's harsh.
I've had really brutal times
in dressing rooms
from my sisters
because they want
the best for you.
Maybe this is just who I am.
This is just me.
This is just what I be like.
This is how I be.
Can I just question you, though?
Because on the main-stage...
Wait, wait. Maybe just let
her finish -
- Okay. Sorry. Sorry.
- Go, go, go.
[sobbing]
I'm sorry Bev.
[sobbing]
Like, I know I come on
a little bit strong
in this instance, but I just...
Just stop. Please stop
telling me how to act,
Hannah, I'm so sick of it.
f*ck off.
[sobbing]
I don't know if it is
the person that she is.
I really don't.
It's like you just
haven't lived it yet.
We can see inside of you
that there's an amazing person,
just trying to push you
to, like, let go.
Listen to me, okay?
Big mama
with the nuts out, right?
You will find yourself.
Right now do you know?
No, you don't.
But you will find it.
Even I'm learning
in this process.
I didn't mean to swear at you.
Sorry.
No, f*ck. Who gives a f*ck?
Swear at her all
you f*cking like.
I'm not dealing with this.
I have a lip sync to go practice
because I need to stay here.
[upbeat music]
Whoo!
We've got a stripper.
- t*ts out for the Gold Coast?
- f*ck yeah.
Just between us kangaroos.
What do you reckon?
Kween Kong.
You know, now it's just
literally who did it better,
because nobody did it poorly
and it ended up being okay.
Just no real laughs.
I found the idea quite funny.
It's kind of where my sense
of humour sits
is that kind of dark place.
She didn't set up the jokes
in a way that the frazzled bits
could land.
Her look tonight,
it was beautiful in motion,
but it was when
she was kind of standing
there still you could say,
"Oh, there's some kind
of unfinished bits, there's,
some kind of fray bits
coming here and there.
All right. Let's move on down
to Spankie Jackzon
The ideas
were in complete disarray
and 100% hilarious.
You know, when I spoke
with the girls in the workroom,
I told them
this is a branding challenge.
You have to understand
your journey here.
She was smart enough to listen.
I thought it was a laugh riot.
And then on the runway,
you know, she's able to sell
the worst outfit.
You know, when we think
of charisma, uniqueness,
nerve, and talent, she is
dripping with them.
And that's what it is about
Spankie Jackzon
'cause it sure
as hell ain't her taste.
[laughter]
All right. Let's move on
down to Molly Poppinz.
Everything she did
felt exactly the same.
In the final product, she did
a good job and it was funny.
And there were some moments,
but yes, kind of one note.
But Newcastle had
a sense of humour about itself,
and that's what I kind of wanted
to see a little bit.
It isn't just a sh*t town,
it's a sh*t town that knows,
it's a sh*t town
like Palmerston North.
And to me it was just like,
yeah, it's just party girls.
I get it.
I thought... I thought
Molly's thing was funny.
"Hold my hair, Stephanie."
I'm there for that.
Hannah Conda.
She thought about it
almost like filmmaking.
And you can see
in the final product
that it's literally
in a different caliber,
different class than any
of the other girls.
Hers was the most cohesive.
It was the most professional.
It was very funny
and I can't wait
to watch it again.
The con for me
with the outfit would be
it didn't scream swimwear.
RUPAUL: Beverly Kills.
Tonight on the runway,
another meter maid,
Beverly, came in fully prepared.
We couldn't figure out
why the l*sbian wanted
the sugar daddy,
but that's a different story.
[laughter]
So, she had ideas.
They just weren't funny.
She does the job.
She does the assignment.
It's just that next step.
It's that crackle that I want.
Have you seen her out of drag?
She's also a good-looking kid
who could get through life
just on that alone.
And so, a lot of the humour
that we're looking for
comes out of darkness
and adversity and the struggle.
So, I think
that's what's missing.
Silence, I've made my decision.
Bring back my Sheilas.
Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Molly Poppinz, you're safe.
You may step
to the back of the stage.
Spankie Jackzon...
you are safe.
Thank you.
Hannah Conda, you're beginning
to become a hobbit with me.
Condgratulations!
You are the winner
of this week's challenge.
[screams]
f*ck yeah.
[laughter]
You've won a $2,000 gift card
courtesy of Shoe Me,
plus a fabulous SINGER
Quantum Stylist sewing machine.
You may join the other girls.
Thank you so much.
Kween Kong,
Beverly Kills.
I'm sorry, my dears,
but you are both up
for elimination.
Two Queens stand before me.
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.
This is the lip sync
that everyone has been
looking forward to.
I know this is gonna
be a battle for the ages.
Good luck and don't f*ck it up.
Beverly is a self-proclaimed
lip sync assassin
and the assassin is gonna be
assassinated tonight.
[music]
♪ This is the beginning
of the record you like ♪
♪ Over and over, over and over ♪
Whoo!
[upbeat music]
♪ Breaking up, fading out ♪
♪ Holding on until tomorrow ♪
♪ Shake it off, turn around ♪
♪ It won't be long
till it's a brand-new day ♪
♪ This is the beginning
The beginning ♪
♪ This is the beginning
of the rest of your life ♪
♪ Get it, get it,
ge-ge-get it, get it ♪
♪ Right, right ♪
♪ Get it, get it, ge-ge-get it,
get it right, right ♪
♪ That was then, this is now ♪
♪ Here we go, starting over ♪
♪ You decide, change your mind ♪
♪ Miracles happen every day ♪
♪ This is the beginning
the beginning ♪
They are fighting to the death.
♪ This is the beginning
of the rest of your life ♪
♪ You better get it, get it,
ge-ge-get it, get it ♪
♪ Right, right ♪
♪ Get it, get it, ge-ge-get it,
get it right, right ♪
♪ Get it, get it, ge-ge-get it,
get it right, right ♪
♪ Get it, get it, ge-ge-get it,
get it right, right ♪
♪ Change the world
change your mind ♪
Wham, bam, bam.
f*ck me. Honestly.
♪ Change the world
change your mind ♪
♪ We defy space and time ♪
♪ Change the world,
change your mind ♪
♪ get it, get it ♪
♪ We defy space and time ♪
♪ This is the beginning,
the beginning ♪
♪ This is the beginning
of the rest of your life ♪
♪ This is the beginning
of the rest of your life ♪
[cheering and applause]
Oh, dear.
Oh, my goodness.
I hope you're all okay.
Is everybody okay?
Ladies, I've made my decision.
Kween Kong, shantay, you stay.
- You may join the other girls.
- Thank you.
Beverly Kills, my dear.
Thank you for sharing your heart
and your love of drag
with the world.
Now sashay away.
This is a dream come true.
So, thank you.
Might not be able
to make you laugh,
but I will always
make you scream.
- Bye-bye.
- QUEENS: Yes!
f*ck yeah.
[laughter]
Had the best time.
Holy sh*t, it's been difficult,
but I'm really grateful.
I made the top 5 at 21
with what felt like
was against all odds.
And I just got to fight
through those barriers
and then build the relationships
with the sisters I did.
It's just about letting
the people who care about you
come with you on that journey.
This is the beginning
of the rest of my life.
Condgratulations, racers!
I'll see you next week
at the semifinals
of Drag Race Down Under.
Until then, remember,
if you can't love yourself,
how the hell are you gonna
love somebody else?
Can I get an amen up in here?
QUEENS: Amen!
All right,
now let the music play.
[upbeat music]
RUPAUL: Next time
on RuPaul's Drag Race.
You need to transform
Keelan's kinfolk
into lovely lady-kins.
This challenge means a lot.
We're seeing a beautiful example
of a welcoming,
accepting, and open family.
[laughs]
I have not come this far...
Oh, my God.
To go home now.
Oh!
Holy sh*t
The makeup, not the best.
Whoo!
That's a lot of a*s.
You f*ck' nailed it.
f*ck yeah!
[theme song playing]
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02x06 - Hometown Hunnies
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The show documents Michelle Visage and a panel of judges' search for "Down Under's next drag superstar".
The show documents Michelle Visage and a panel of judges' search for "Down Under's next drag superstar".