11x06 - The Draglympics

[bunniefuu]

[RuPaul] Previously on
RuPaul's Drag Race.

We are throwing a Monster Ball.

[laughing]

Shuga Cain.

This looks messy.

[RuPaul] Ariel Versace.

There is nothing monstrous about this.

[RuPaul] Brooke Lynn Hytes.

That was incredible.

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

[Plastique] Yes.

[RuPaul]
Shuga Cain, shantay you stay.

Ariel Versace, sashay away.

Yeah.

Jesus, y'all.

This is like the worst,
but the best, but the worst.

[Shuga]
Miss Ariel just went home,

and I am feelin'
some type of way right now.

-Ariel, we love you, Jersey.
-[Nina] Love you so much, Ariel.

I love you, Ariel.

[Shuga]
I thought coming into this competition

that I was gonna do so much better
than I'm doing now.

Bitch, they read me to filth.

And it's, like, it's frustrating.

I thought this look was cute.

How does everybody else feel about,
like, critiques? Like...

I was in the bottom for being beautiful,
so, you know what?

It works for me, and if I got
to lip sync for my life,

I'mma lip sync for my
motherfuckin' life, beautifully.

But, like, Ru's been particularly poignant
about, "don't be safe."

[Vanjie]
I thought what I brought was fierce.

I thought I looked sickening,
I felt sickening, but I was safe.

Well, she was safe 'cause
it was still the same silhouette

that the judges
critiqued you on changing.

Let me tell you this.

She wore the corset
and a panty both times.

I'm just saying,
the tea is that the judges

already critiqued you
on having the same silhouette

so now, bitch, time to change it up.

Ain't nobody asking
for your opinion, peanut gallery.

Sometimes the old school phrase,

"If you don't got nothin' nice to say,
just let those b*tches go home,"

sometimes that applies.

That can kind of be hard
for a lot people only because

the only thing you have
is what you brought.

You telling Vanjie
to step her clothes up,

but if a person don't sew,
how does she step it up?

Start wearin' pillow cases?
Cuttin' up the couch?

They said Vanjie brings
the same silhouette,

but how can she improve
what she already has?

Hold on! I wore a...

The first one was a panty and a corset,
the second one was a gown.

So, I didn't bring
the same silhouette three times.

I'm not f*cking coming for you
and your g*dd*mn same silhouette.

I'm just saying, if you don't
wanna be f*cking safe again,

then change up some sh*t.
Is that f*cking wrong?

You know everything what to say.

Once again, I hear, like,
these girls making excuses.

Get the f*ck over it.

We have a fabric wall,
there's plenty of stones,

there are so may scissors.

If the judges are getting bored
by what you're doing,

like, go back into your drag
and change it.

All right, you gonna give glamour?

My critique this week
was stay true to me, bitch.

You got quite opposite critiques.

-[Vanjie] Mama, I heard the conversation.
-Quite opposite.

Don't get defensive, mama.

Miss Yvie bumps her gum all day.

Wig.

But the bitch only gives you spooky tee.

There's not much more than spook.

And I can't wait 'til they
make that spooky dookie... go home.

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

[RuPaul]
The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race

receives a one year supply of
Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics,

and a cash prize of $100,000.

With extra special guest judges,
choreographer Travis Wall,

and Olympians Mirai Nagasu
and Adam Rippon.

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

♪ May the best woman ♪

♪ Best woman win ♪

[all chattering]

It is a new day and there's still
way too many of us left here.

Suck it, suck it, suck it!

It's like a house party and people
just don't know when to leave.

Silky, how does it feel
to be in the bottom three?

Oh!

[laughing]

The shade at the beginning
of the day is real, honey.

You know what?
I don't believe that I belonged there.

I did motherfuckin' Evilene
and some hoes don't know what Evilene is.

You keep playing on that Evilene, girl,
but we had three looks on the runway.

It's always been drama
'cause that bitch hate on my beauty.

I will never be spooky, but bitch,
would you ever be glam?

You will never be glam!
Don't come for me.

Oh, girl, I hope you're not talkin' to me,
'cause I'm about to send your ass packin'.

Ooh, I can't wait 'til we're
in the bottom two together.

-[alarm blaring]
-There's a lot you don't know about me.

-[all screaming]
-Thank God!

[RuPaul]
She done already done had herses.

Attention worldwide skorts fans,

this competition isn't just a race,
it's a marathon.

So pop the corn, and feed the children.

Back to you, Bob.

[all laughing]

Hello, hello, hello.

[all cheering]

-Whoo. Been working out.
-[all cheering]

-Whoo.
-I am gagged.

-[exhales] So out of breath.
-[all laugh]

Ladies, America's next drag superstar
needs to keep her charisma,

uniqueness, nerve, and talent
as tight as possible at all times.

[all laugh]

Which is why I exercise 11 times a day

and eat three sensible meals...

-per month.
-[all laughing]

So, for today's mini challenge,

I'm treating you to the latest
Hollywood work out craze:

-galisthenics.
-[all laughing]

Everybody's doing it.

#DragRace.

Now, you have 15 minutes to get into

your quick work out drag
and meet me back here.

[all laughing and cheering]

Go.

Time's up, ladies.

You know, as a celebrity,
I have access

to some of the most exclusive
fitness regimes in the world.

Whoo.

And, today, I want you to meet a person
who has truly changed my life.

Please give a warm Drag Race welcome
to Love Connie.

[all cheering]

[Nina]
I'm really familiar with Love Connie.

Love Connie is known for these
Jane Fonda-esque,

1980s-inspired workout video looks.

It's partially skag,
it's partially improv.

[all laughing]

I want whatever she's on.

[cheering]

Welcome, Connie.

You girls ready to get
some hair on your tits?

[all cheering]

Now, girls, are you ready
to get physical?

[all] Yeah.

Good, because the two queens
with the best moves win.

Let's go.

I don't know about you,
but I'm ready for some thigh work outs.

[cheering]

Let's do it!

Now, feel it
working through your cleavage.

That way you don't have to contour
and you can save on makeup.

All right, step it out.

And lunge, lunge, lunge.
Keep it going.

[coughing]

[laughing]

Keep goin', I didn't say stop!

Oh, my God, who wants a solo?

Jean jacket, I love you.

-I love you.
-Oh, my God,

you make me feel feminine
with that beard.

[laughing]

Let's Nomi Malone it.
Hup, hup, hup.

-It's all you!
-[moaning]

[Yvie]
I just love watching Scarlet

get an opportunity to dance,
it's so ridiculous.

[laughs]

[Love Connie]
Blue bird!

Are you gonna be all right?
I don't want you to get any black eyes.

I wanna see long legs!

Whoa! Oh, my God! Whoa!

It's Pinky Tuscadero!

-[laughs]
-And hit it.

It's a kick, kick,
up to the glory of God. Hey, Jesus.

Again, hup, hup, this bitch is trying
to out kick me. I quit!

I quit! Last place.

I smell something burning,
it must be Plastique.

Come on down, girl.

Whoo! Get it!

Oh, my God! Wow.

I didn't need those anyway. Honey.

Oh, my God.
Oh, my Lord, my Lord.

-Let's curl.
-This not gonna make me look masculine?

-And curl.
-Right.

-No, but your face will.
-[laughing]

Oh, my God.

[laughing]

Let's do checkerboard, yes.

I am not being r*cist.

Hey, girl. Whoo! Oh!

We're gonna jump out.
And thrust, thrust, out.

And thrust, thrust, thrust, out.

Give me a limp wrist, I need it gayer.

All original.
Come on, let's do it.

Keep up!
And huh, and huh, and huh, and huh.

Whoa!

-Whoa.
-[laughing]

Hup, and push.

-Now, give it, you're the last, girl!
-OK!

Make it, girl!
You can still win this!

You can still win it!
I want a winner!

Get it, get it! Yes!

[laughing]

-I had to get ya.
-I needed that. I needed it.

All right, everybody, let's rock it out!

Come on, Ru. Come on, mama.

[cheering]

Y'all worked that body.

But two of you
really made me feel the burn.

-[laughing]
-And I've got an ointment

that will knock that right out.

-Connie, will you do the honors?
-I would love to.

The two winners of this
work out challenge are...

A'Keria... and,
oh, my God, Plastique!

[cheering]

Duh-duh-duh-nah!
I finally won somethin'.

Con-drag-ulations, ladies.

You've each won a $1,500 gift card
from MuLondon, organic skincare.

[all exclaiming]

Thank you, Connie, darling,
you can leave the way you came in.

As they say in Hollywood,
I think I will.

[all laughing]

Ladies, I hope you're all warmed up,
because for this week's maxi challenge,

you'll be competing in the
first ever international Draglympics.

[all exclaiming]

And you'll be doing it
in front of a live audience.

You'll be performing
a freestyle floor program

that includes compulsory fanography...

-voguing...
-[all cheering]

-And shablam.
-[all cheering]

No, baby, the AARP don't cover that.

Now, you'll be competing
in two teams of five.

A'Keria and Plastique,
you won the mini challenge,

so you are the team leaders.

A'Keria, you go first.

I'm gonna go with Brooke Lynn Hytes.

-Thank you.
-[clapping]

-Plastique.
-Ra'Jah O'Hara.

-Hey.
-Yes.

Silky Ganache.

[laughing]

Miss Vanjie.

-Miss Va--
-[yells]

Yvie.

-What...
-[laughing]

-Nina West.
-Yeah.

That leaves Scarlet Envy and Shuga Cain.

Give me some of that Shuga.

[laughs]

And that means Scarlet Envy,
you are Team Plastique.

Yay.

[makes tires screeching noise]

Put the brakes on
because Scarlet is on our team,

and we are in trouble.

SOS, she's not a dancer.
Help.

Now, ladies, the Draglympics are
an international event, very prestigious.

Did I say pus-tigious?

[laughing]

-Very pus-tigious.
-[all laughing]

So, Team A'Keria,

you'll be representing
the sovereign nation of Tuckpantistan.

And Team Plastique,
you'll be representing

the people's republic of Glamazonia.

And you'll be coached by

Emmy Award-winning choreographer,
Travis Wall.

[all exclaiming]

And US Olympic
figure skating champion, Adam Rippon.

[cheering]

Gentlemen of the world,
start your engines,

and may the best woman win.

[cheering]

[all] Thanks, Ru.

I'm worried.

It's too many iffys in this group.
We got Scarlet.

We got Nina, she ain't a dancer.

She ain't solid gold
and this ain't comedy.

Ra'Jah, temperamental.

This ain't America's
best dance crew right here.

We can't even make the auditions.

We are f*cked.

Lead us to victory,
we need an Olympic medal, bitch.

[Ra'Jah]
We're takin' the gold home.

-Yes.
-Yes.

For this week's maxi challenge,
we have to perform in the Draglympics.

This challenge is super physical,
but I'm so excited for it

because I can buck the house down.

Gakata-gakata-gakata-ga.

When Ru said choreographer, I was like,
"Wait. Oh, no, bitch. Not again."

-Up, one, two--
-Ooh, I'm sorry.

Ra'Jah, you shouldn't have told me
you had all this dance experience, mama.

Uh-uh, I'm going back into
my Kameron Michaels shell.

I have never seen a dance floor at all.

-I've never done that thing.
-Right.

I am the tee when it comes to dancing,

but after working with
the other choreographer,

I really don't know what to expect.

[groans]

I'm shook.

Well, I'm just
a little nervous for myself.

We all know I can't dance.

I mean,
I haven't done a lot of death drops

but if I don't do it well,
but I do it,

and they know how out of that zone it is,
I think that might speak for itself?

No, because if you still do a death drop

and you don't do it well,
I think they're gonna be like,

"What the hell was that?"

I was the last picked.

One, two, three, four.

[Scarlet] And I can tell that none of them
wanted me on the team.

Out, out?

So, that's a hard place to start from.

Help, literally help.

I did choose my team for a reason.

I wanted to pick people
who I know actually can

pick up choreography.

And even if you can't,
you know how to make it look good.

My team is feeling really good
going into the drag Olympics challenge,

but I'm a little worried about
the drama between Yvie and Silky.

Now, are you two gonna be
OK working together

because we got a little
heated this morning.

We have to address this issue.

Because at this point in time
we are a team, and we're all on a mission.

I could put all my personal things aside.

Like, this is work for me,
so, like, I'm coming into work.

OK, I just wanted to check
we're not gonna

-have any--
-Yeah, 'cause it's five of us

and I need everybody to aim
as if they're trying

to be the number one or the top three,

because that's what gonna
get us through this.

Look, I don't want any drama going forth.

Like, I don't have time for the BS.
We trying to win.

Now, if y'all wanna slice
each other throat afterward, by all means.

But as of right now,
we're not gonna have none of that.

So, do anybody have any special skills?
I mean?

-Ballet. [laughs]
-I know you have your baton.

That can be incorporated
into some type of hand motion.

-I got a trick or two.
-Oh, yeah, you do?

[Shuga] She a bendy girl.

[Yvie]
Any given performance of mine,

you can expect me
to be flying from the ceiling,

hanging off of something,
contorting into boxes.

I was born super flexible
because I don't produce

a whole lot of collagen,
so my joints go every which way.

Do you think that you could
teach somebody who, you know,

-ain't as nimble as you?
-[Yvie] Yeah.

-The shablam?
-[A'Keria] Yeah, that.

Yeah. The shablam is what
you're supposed to do,

which is supposed to be
kind of like a surprise.

So, it should come out of like a twirl
and then you just bend your knee down

and you find your way to the floor,
and point.

Show me how to do that.

I'm very ballerina,
so, I don't really, like,

just throw myself into things.
Like, death drops terrify me.

-Which way do you go when you turn?
-When I turn, I turn to the outside.

So, you go bam, bam, bam.

And then whatever leg
you are going to be falling on

is the leg you should be spinning on.

-I can do that.
-[Yvie] Yeah, girl.

Oh, no I'm not doing it
on that concrete, baby.

Y'all keep that concrete right now.

I am not a dancer,
but I have a team full of dancers

and now I have to lead them to victory.

My goal is to show those judges
that I can be a leader.

-Hi.
-Hi.

Hi.

It's to rehearse our choreography
for the Draglympics.

Not only do we have an Olympian,

but we have
an Emmy Award-winning choreographer.

I'm feeling so solid.

-[laughing]
-Yes. We're feeling that move today.

I'm here to give you a show,
so you want a good show?

I'm gonna come and find you, yes.

-No, no, you found me.
-[laughing]

-I'm ready.
-[Travis] This is the Draglympics.

There's three compulsory elements in this,
so we have to all dance with fans,

and then we all have to vogue,

and then we all have to have
some version of a shablam.

Whatever the dance is,
you guys need to sell it.

It's a performance.

[Travis] So, we're gonna start teaching
you a little bit of the fanography first.

Please, come grab a daftboy fan.

You're gonna take the fan,
one, point, two, three,

you're gonna open your fan on four,

five, six, you're gonna turn
and close the fan,

and then you're gonna open it
as you arch back on eight.

One fan down.
Here we go.

Boom, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, back.

How'd you do?

Slapped myself.

-A'Keria, can you do it by yourself?
-I sure can try.

Five, six, seven, and...

-One, two...
-Step, cross, three, then keep goin'.

One, two, three, four.

-Now fan on four.
-OK, so fan on four? OK.

Now I can pop a fan all day long,

but to pop a fan
and remember to move this way

and step with this foot
and then do this hand?

Don't get in your head.

Just, like, relax,
and even if you do mess up,

-don't make any sort of, like, facial.
-Right.

If you give like a facial,
everybody's gonna know,

and you're like... [grunts]

[Travis] All right, so let's learn
some of this voguing section.

Touch and a release, touch and release.

So, bitch, get out of my way. Ha.

Think about touch this skin darling.

-Brooke Lynn, can you do it once?
-Sure.

Five, six, sell it, great.

One and a two, three and a four,
and a right and a left,

and a right and a left,
and a circle to the back,

circle to the hip,
step and pull, step and pull.

Brooke Lynn, that looked so good.

-It's sick.
-Thank you.

Everyone has to come up to your level,
but it looks good.

My eye is gonna be on Brooke Lynn
to see what she can deliver

because we're expecting a lot.

From there,
you're gonna go one, snap, two,

three, snap, four, five, snap, six,
snap, seven and a eight, and ha.

We're gonna take it
all the way to the floor.

I need help.

So, listen, this is not a death drop.

Like, the idea is that it's
a smooth transition to the floor.

Travis was telling me to,
"Go down graceful, it's like a, ooh."

Bitch there's no graceful,
there's a... pam,

or you won't get nothin' honey.

Silky, here we go.

Five, six, seven, and, go step, ha.

Ah. Ah.

Serve the ball to me and back.

-Yeah, girl.
-[cheering]

So, everyone get to the floor,
we're gonna do a little five and six,

so, cross your legs.

Then you're gonna whip around
seven, eight, to the right knee down.

And then you're gonna pull up on one.
Let me see it from the floor.

Boom, ha, ha, seven and back one,

come up, flick, flick, down,
through and go.

Not bad. Maybe this becomes
your solo and they get up on one,

-and then we all come around you.
-Uh-uh, I'mma get up.

-[A'Keria] She gonna get this.
-Uh-uh, I'mma get it.

Yes, you are.

I'm a big bitch,
but I ain't no scared big bitch.

Here we go, back on one.
Six, seven, eight.

Back, one, two, come up three,

four, go flick, flick, down,
through, drop, come up.

That was a disaster.

Let's do that one more time.

Silky's flopping around on the floor

lookin' like the greatest catch.
[laughs]

The thing about Silky
is she f*ckin' works it.

She's, like, "Yeah, I look crazy,
but I'm doing it."

And the bitch is committed.
[laughs]

I feel like a skinny bitch today.

[Adam]
Maybe you will be by tomorrow.

I just need a fluid pill,
and it'll all go away.

-It's all water.
-[laughing]

Silky, she's gonna have to
work really hard

to keep up with everybody else
in her group,

but that personality alone,
she's expl*sive and I think that

she's gonna do really well
in this challenge.

One more time to the floor.

Come up, flick, flick down,
through and go. Not bad.

Yvie, are you OK?

I'm gonna have to cheat
specifically the turn today.

Tomorrow, I can do death drops,
splits, kicks, everything.

During rehearsals, I am
a little bit rattled by the fact

that all of my joints are hurting,

but I'm just gonna have to
grind through it. [chuckles]

Thank you, guys, for your hard work.
I really appreciate it.

I wanna push you guys as far as possible,
so, there's a lot to do.

I'm just so thankful that all of you guys
have some rhythm in you.

Some seasons it's like,
oh, it's, like, Bambi, and...

Bitch, you gonna hate the next team.
Ooh, you gonna be angry.

[laughing]

-Yvie, can I talk to you for a second?
-Yeah.

-Are you all right?
-Yeah, I'm fine.

It's just, I wanna give myself
one more day to rest.

What happened to it? Like, was it
just from the last challenge, or...?

Yeah, it was just for the last challenge.
I was standing in heels for all day.

OK, I don't wanna, like,
take it to the next level

where you're not gonna be
a part of the competition.

Because of my condition,
I know that I shouldn't

be doing all of
my contortions right now.

Just would rather not bring it up
because I don't wanna be babied.

Just make sure we, like,
stay as honest as possible

and then we're gonna get through this.

-All right.
-Awesome.

-Thank you so much.
-Thank you.

I'm frustrated,
having to hold myself back

because I didn't come here to play safe.

Safe gets you sent home.

Hi.

-Hi.
-Hey.

Ooh, there go the boys.

This challenge in particular,
I'm excited for

because I started out my drag career

in back up dancing
for all those chicken heads.

Like, I'm excited and I feel like
I can do good with this.

At this point,
I know I have to stand out

'cause I wanna win somethin'.

What we're gonna do first
is we're going to work on the voguing.

So, let's learn these hands,
this is gonna be fun.

Up and out, up and out, and a boom,
bada bop, bada boom, bada bop.

Five, six, seven, and, up and a out,

up and out, and up and down,
and a up and down.

Nice. I just want more body.
Ra'Jah, one more time.

Five, six, seven, and, up and a out,

up and a out, and a boom to the bop,
bada boom, bada bop,

and a hip and a hip
and a step and a back,

five, six, seven, and one.

-Hey.
-[cheering]

Good. That's really great,
comparatively to everybody else,

but I still want you
to push yourself further.

-OK.
-Vanjie, can you show me?

Five, six, boom, tadada, boom tadada,

and up and a down,
and a up and a down, and a boom,

boom, step, ha, five,
six, seven, and, ha.

Amazing. I have no notes. Great.

I'm comin' for you, Ra'Jah.

[laughing]

[Travis] Next up, we're going to
work on the fanography,

so, please come grab a fan.

Guess who's back in the house?

Five, six, seven, ha.

You're going to step across.

One, you're gonna pull
the fan across on two,

then you're gonna step three,
then you're gonna swipe on four.

Here we go.
Five, six, seven, jump, eight.

Step, passe,
step to the out, step across,

b*at, b*at, a knock, knock, go.

Know exactly what the fan is doing.

Your execution score
is gonna go up or down,

dependent on what these fans are doing.

-Scarlet.
-Oh, God.

Ready, here we go.
Seven, jump, eight.

One and two, three and four,
five and six,

seven, eight, one and two.

-[chuckles]
-Let's try it again.

And it's like snap, give me that,
just do that part, on two.

One, ha.
I just wanna see this.

One, ha.

Act like you're in drag, girl.
So, snap. Give me somethin' there.

-It was not very good.
-No.

-But we're gonna get there.
-OK.

Scarlet is definitely the weakest.

However, why do I feel like
she's gonna come forward tomorrow

and, like, win the challenge?
[laughs]

One and two, three and four,
and we lost it. Let's try again.

Of course, we still have
the struggle bus with Scarlet.

[Travis] And up.

-In the way.
-[Travis] Down and through.

[Ra'Jah] Bitch, could you find
your spot so I can get in mine?

Thank you.
Move, bitch.

Here we go, this is our last time
then we gotta wrap it up.

Here we go.
Five, six, seven, go.

In, up, out, down, hit through.

Oh, my God, I thought someone
was gonna get it, no one did though.

All I know,
is I'm lookin' at Travis's face

and he look like he just saw
Michael Jackson's ghost.

Out of the two groups,
you guys did have a harder time

picking up choreography,
but you have to get those steps.

-OK.
-Those steps are part of

your compulsory elements.

This is becoming a disaster.

I'm praying that these girls
get hit by the Rhythm Nation stick.

This was my chance
to do something good.

Like, what did I do to deserve this?

[indistinct]

Why you fart?

You farted?

-[mumbling]
-Bitch!

-You b*tches play too much.
-Nasty bitch.

Today is the Draglympics.

We got to do fanography,
vogueography, and shablam.

Ooh, get my wig, girl, get my wig.

[A'Keria] Come on, twerk.

-Oh, come on pancake.
-You comin' in?

-I'm comin' in.
-Come on, pancake.

[Vanjie]
This why I love y'all nasty hoes.

-They got ass and I got stomach.
-[laughing]

[Vanjie] Oh, Lord Jesus.

How do you feel about your team bitch?

Girl...

You know some of us
are not as strong dancers,

but I have to make sure
I'm doing my part.

You know my theory.

You got it or lip sync
for your motherfuckin' life.

Yeah.

[Vanjie] It's important for me
to do well in this challenge

because I've been close,
but I haven't been able to, like,

hit the home runs.

[Silky] I can't wait to see what
you're gonna wear on this runway, bitch.

[Vanjie] Sometimes, I don't think
my runways go over that well,

so, I need to make sure I at least sell it
and am confident on the runway.

I wanna do it one, for Mama Ru,
because, you know,

she brought me back
and I feel like I've been

letting her down a little bit.

Uh-uh.

Just, like, lately, I've been
feeling like I haven't been proving...

Like, girl, we're like
halfway through the competition,

I haven't even won a mini challenge.

I feel like it's a lot of expectations
from, like, a lot of people.

I don't, like...
I feel like I should be doing better.

So, it frustrates me
because I know what I can do,

and I feel like I just have been, like,
kind of scared.

[sniffles]

Like, I'm like,
bitch, I need to do somethin'

because I want people
to know that I'm not like here

just to be a hang out.

You know, we all came to do,
to perform our best.

-Yeah.
-Trust me.

You're doing just what
you're supposed to do, which is each day,

handling each challenge
the way you're supposed to

-and continuing to fight in this.
-Yeah.

I'm frustrated with myself
because I know what Yvie said was true.

Like, I need to step it up
because I've been safe.

Brooke Lynn, babe,
how did you get started in drag?

Um, I started doing drag professionally
when I was 25,

and I moved to New York
and I danced with Ballet Trockadero.

Oh, yes, I have some friends
in Trockadero.

Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo
is an all-male ballet company,

and they do drag,
so, I got to be a ballerina for four years

and travel the world.
I performed for royalty,

performed for Karl Lagerfeld,
Princess Caroline of Monaco.

So, that was a life-changing
experience for me.

I danced there for four years.

So fierce. I love that.

So, how you feeling, girl?
I know your body

was kind of messin' with you today.

Honestly, I have this joint disorder

that gives me all of these crazy
flexible abilities,

but it's a double-edged sword,
because some days I wake up,

and I can just feel my bones,
like, sliding apart. [laughs]

Oh, sh*t.

And that's how I felt
the day we got this challenge.

I felt my body being, like,
"Girl, today is not the day."

Growing up, my bones were always hurting
to an unnecessary amount.

We thought it was growing pains.

I remember being, like, 13 or 14
when I finally got, like,

the full diagnosis of what exactly
is going on with my body.

[Nina]
What is it called?

It's called Ehlers-Danlos, and it just,
my body doesn't produce enough collagen,

which is why I've got all of these,
and then all of this at 24.

[Nina] Really?

My condition is something
that is eventually

going to take me
out of drag commission,

at least in the way
that I'm doing it now.

Is it not curable, is that what it...?

It just gets worse and worse over time.

I met somebody who has the same disease
as me and is 10 years older.

They're in a wheel chair,
they have heart complications.

Are you serious?

So, I get to like...
I get, like, a little vision of my future.

Mama, I'm so sorry. That's so wild.

That's why every year
I've auditioned for Drag Race I was, like,

"I have to get on this year,
I have to do it."

'Cause I'm, like,
I'm losing my skills as I go on.

Does it bother you, like,
a lot of the time?

It's always kind of there.

Like, I'm literally always in pain,
it's just, it's not always at a ten.

It's usually at like a four or five.

Even though drag is something
that's been really hard on my body,

and it's definitely something I'm not
going to be able to do forever...

it's so liberating
that if I have to go out

on stage in a wheelchair,
girl, like, I'll do it.

She has all this pain,
but have you seen the bitch?

She acts like nothing is wrong.

You never know
what someone's going through.

So, for those of us who don't have
weird joint disorders,

how are your bodies feeling?

[all laughing]

[Shuga]
Well, now I'm not complaining, uh, so...

[laughing]

[laughing]

♪ Cover girl ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe
let your whole body talk ♪

[cheering]

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

Michelle Visage, are you an athlete?

No, darling, but I am
a very large athletic supporter.

If loving you is thong,
I don't wanna be ripe.

[laughing]

The amazing Travis Wall.
Now are you carrying a torch for my girls?

I'm positively flaming, Ru.

[laughing]

I knew that.

My champion,
Olympic figure skater, Adam Rippon.

Oh, Ru, you'll always be my champion.

You know I danced to "Sissy That Walk"
on Dancing With the Stars?

-Yes. Available on iTunes.
-[laughing]

Olympic superstar, Mirai Nagasu.

Did you ever think landing a triple axle
would land you here?

I've been waiting
a long time for this, Ru.

I watch all the time.
I'm obsessed.

Wait 'til I show you my triple axel.

[laughing]

This week, we challenged our queens
to wave their freak flags high

at the 69th International Draglympics.

[laughing]

Gentlemen, start your engines,
and may the best woman win.

We're here at the RuPauly Pavilion
for the 69th International Draglympics.

[Michelle] Tonight we will experience
the thrill of victory,

and the agony of defeat.

Now, the judges will be scoring
on the three compulsory elements:

fanography, voguing, and shablams,

as well as overall showmanship.

[Adam] It's time for
the freestyle floor program.

In an appeal to end global warming,

Team Tuckpantistan is performing
"To Shade" by DJ Shyboy.

Get it?
Shade, global warming?

[Adam] The stakes have never been higher
and the heels have never been shorter.

Amen.

[RuPaul] Ladies.

Quick poll.

Raise your hand...

if you believe in climate change.

[woman VO] It's real sunny up here,
but I do like a little bit of shade.

[RuPaul] Welp, there you have it,
97 percent of scientists

and four out of four Drag Race
judges agree, the shade is real.

♪ Is real, is real
is real, is real, is real ♪

♪ Shade is real ♪

[woman VO]
I can't do it, because reading you

is like reading a Walt Disney book,
it's simply too easy.

♪ I'm fixing to call you out ♪

♪ I hate back stabbing b*tches
b*tches, b*tches ♪

♪ I'm fixing to call you out ♪

♪ Beauty fades, beauty fades
beauty fades ♪

♪ Dumb is forever ♪

♪ Don't be throwin' up no shade, sir ♪

♪ Don't, don't be throwin' up
no shade, shade ♪

♪ No shade, sir ♪

♪ All right ♪

♪ Oh, I see where this is goin' ♪

♪ Don't, don't, don't
don't, don't, don't, don't ♪

♪ Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't ♪

♪ Don't be throwin' up no shade, sir ♪

[woman VO] And you.

Legendary you think you are.

-Looks like leg and dairy.
-[laughing]

♪ Red for filth ♪

♪ Read ♪

♪ Read ♪

♪ Bitch ♪

♪ Read these b*tches ♪

♪ Not today, Satan, not today ♪

♪ You shady bitch ♪

♪ The shade, bitch ♪

♪ You shady bitch ♪

♪ The shade of it all ♪

♪ Shade ♪

♪ I call shade ♪

♪ Don't be shady ♪

♪ Be a lady ♪

[laughing]

♪ You're perfect, you're beautiful ♪

♪ You look like Linda Evangelista
you're a model ♪

♪ Everything about you is perfect ♪

♪ Did you stone those tights ♪

♪ Oh, you're smiling ♪

♪ They eat her up every single time ♪

♪ No tee, no shade, no pink lemonade ♪

♪ No, no, no tee, no shade ♪

♪ No, no, no pink lemonade ♪

♪ No, no, no tee, no shade ♪

♪ Bitch ♪

[cheering]

♪ All tee, all shade, the shade ♪

♪ No tee, no shade, all tee, all shade ♪

♪ The shade, the shade ♪

[cheering]

[all chanting]
Tuckpantistan, Tuckpantistan.

[Michelle] Legendary. We'll be talking
about that performance for years to come.

In a plea to end world hunger,
Team Glamazonia is performing

to "Serve the Children" by DJ Shyboy.

Love this one.

[RuPaul] You know we as gay people,
we get to choose our family, you know?

We get to choose the people
that we're around.

You know what I'm sayin'?

[Michelle laughing]

[RuPaul]
I am your family.

We are a family here.

I love you.

[woman VO] Mother has arrived.

♪ Because I am what? ♪

♪ Because I am what? ♪

♪ Because I am what? ♪

♪ Sickening, bitch ♪

♪ Sickening ♪

[Adore] Laganja, I didn't wanna make it
that everybody was attacking you.

[Laganja]
I feel very att*cked!

♪ Ooh, girl ♪

♪ She done already done had herses ♪

♪ You gotta pop them corns
so the kids can eat ♪

♪ You gotta pop them corns ♪

♪ You gotta pop, pop
to feed the children ♪

[judges laughing]

[Pearl]
Do I have something on my face?

[Valentina]
I'd like to keep it on please.

♪ Please ♪

♪ I'd like to keep it on please ♪

♪ Please ♪

♪ I'd like to keep it on please ♪

♪ And I don't you out there
walkin' children in nature ♪

♪ I am from Chicago ♪

♪ Who cares? ♪

[Latrice] I want people to realize
that it's OK to make mistakes.

It's OK to fall back.

Get up, look sickening,
and make them eat it.

♪ Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it ♪

♪ Eat it ♪

[cheering]

♪ Feed the children ♪

[cheering]

[all chanting] Glamazonia, Glamazonia.

Hard to believe, but we've come to an end
of another Draglympics.

Yvie seems to have injured her ankle.
She looks like Kerri Strug.

-Ouch.
-Yikes.

During the dancing, I slipped a little bit
and hurt my ankle,

but it's not so extreme that it should
hinder my progress in this competition.

Adam, it's time for
the Draglympics closing anthem.

[dramatic music plays]

Now, this always brings a tear to my eye.

[woman VO] Due to the fact that
her thighs spread just like...

♪ Peanut, peanut
peanut, peanut, peanut ♪

♪ Peanut, peanut, peanut, peanut ♪

♪ Peanut, peanut, peanut butter ♪

♪ Peanut, peanut,
peanut, peanut, peanut ♪

♪ Let me see y'all work ♪

♪ Peanut butter, peanut butter
peanut butter ♪

Category is, all that glitters.

First up, A'Keria C. Davenport.

[Michelle] Ru?

[A'Keria] Baby, I am giving you
the miniature life size version of Ru.

Very curvaceous,
eleganza at its finest.

I feel like I can barely breathe,
but I feel beautiful.

[Adam] I hope that turkey in her ass
thaws out before Thanksgiving.

-[Michelle laughing]
-[RuPaul] Gobble gobble, girl.

[Michelle]
Did someone say Butterball?

[laughing]

[RuPaul]
Brooke Lynn Hytes, ooh.

[Adam] Oh, my God.

[Michelle] I'm ready for
my close up, Mr. Charles.

[RuPaul] Urtay, OK.

[Brooke Lynn] I love my look.

I am channeling Norma Desmond,
old Hollywood glamour.

I am looking into that spotlight, ugh,
like this is drag.

[RuPaul] Ah, the drama.

[Mirai]
I'll buy whatever she's selling.

[Michelle]
Eat your heart out, Glenn Close.

[RuPaul] Silky Nutmeg Ganache.

[Travis] Take me to church.

-Oh, let the church say amen.
-Amen.

[Adam] Amen.

[Silky] I am wearing a good old
sanctified church lady jumpsuit.

Look at me. Don't I look like a big,
tall glass of water?

You look thirsty, honey.
Take a sip.

[Adam]
Ooh, I thought it was hot in here.

[RuPaul] I'll see you
at the covered dish luncheon.

[laughing]

-[Michelle] Pulpit? I don't even know it.
-[laughing]

[RuPaul] Yvie Oddly.

[Adam]
Oop, drop it like it's hot.

[RuPaul]
Tyler Perry presents The Golden Girls.

[laughing]

[Michelle]
Bring back my grills.

[laughing]

[Yvie] Because I need
support when I walk right now,

I'm just gonna milk it,
so, I've got this cute,

little gold cane,
hobbling down the runway,

showing the judges a Japanese
underground drug lord.

Like she runs some
shady business.

[RuPaul] What are those?

Make it rain, girl.

[RuPaul] Oh, my God.

Her knees are broken,
but she's got a crock in her ass.

[laughing]

[RuPaul] Shuga Cain.

Birds of a feather, frock together.

[laughing]

[Shuga] This runway is my battleground
that I am ready to slay.

I am an Aztec goddess warrior
today, honey.

This look is classic Shuga.

My body is right,
I am showing you the gold

and the shimmer, bitch,
I live for a sparkle, honey.

[Travis] The eagle has landed.

-[RuPaul] Yes.
-[Adam] Beautiful.

[Michelle]
It's the flight of Bitchorous.

[laughing]

[RuPaul] Plastique Tiara.

[Adam] She can watch Drag Race
from space with those antennas.

[Plastique] This look is like Plastique,
like, evolved into mega evolution.

This is the ultimate Plastique form.

I am feeling my Alyssa Edwards fantasy
where she got 25 things on at once.

I'm feeling the best I've ever felt
walking down this runway.

[Mirai]
Have I d*ed and gone to heaven?

[Travis] Light as a feather,
stiff as a strap-on.

[laughing]

[RuPaul] Ra'Jah O'Hara.

[Michelle] I was wondering
where my other ball went.

[laughing]

[Ra'Jah] I'm serving you this catsuit
that I actually made myself.

I'm feeling my head to toe,
shimmer and sparkle,

Mary J. Blige at the Met Gala
meets old money, baby.

-[Adam] Woman on the go.
-[RuPaul] Yes.

[Michelle]
The eyes of Tammy... hey.

[laughing]

[RuPaul] Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.

[Michelle]
Beep boop beep beep.

[laughing]

[Adam]
Ooh, she's got somewhere to go.

[Vanjie] Miss Vanjie, all gold,
glitter robot bunny hoe.

My thighs is out, legs is long.

I'm corseted for the gods.
I can't feel my genitals.

Robotic p*ssy eatin'...
I don't even know, child,

I just look good, baby.

-[Travis] Twenty-four karats.
-[RuPaul] Yeah.

[laughing]

[Mirai] I think I'm in love.

[Travis] The future Mrs. Hefner.

Wel...

-Not much future in that, no.
-No.

[RuPaul] Nina West.

[Michelle] A striking Viking.

[Adam] I'm feeling horny.

[RuPaul laughs]

[Nina] This is quintessential
Nordic Nina, yeah.

I don't think I've ever seen
anything like this

saunter down the Drag Race stage.

Remember, it ain't over
until the fat lady sings.

-[shrill singing]
-[laughing]

[RuPaul] Scarlet Envy.

[Travis] Death becomes her.

[Michelle] Calling Dr. Bombay.

[Scarlet] My runway look
is giving you expensive hippie.

Lucille Ball meets Brooke Shields,
meets Ann-Margret.

She is sexy, she is funny,
she is straight up gorgeous.

Lana Del Rey,
when is your album coming out?

-Soon.
-[laughing]

Just my best dress
and a few butterfly clips.

[Michelle]
Butterflies? No, no.

Welcome. ladies.
You all did an outstanding job tonight,

and you've made my job very difficult.

The winning team is...

from Tuckpantistan, Team A'Keria.

[clapping]

-Good job, y'all.
-Good job.

You are all my sheros,
but one of you earned Draglympic gold.

A'Keria, con-drag-ulations,
you are the winner

of this week's maxi challenge.

[cheering]

You've won a $2,500 gift card
from daftboy,

and a $2,500 gift card from Elea's Closet.

[A'Keria gasps]

Baby, listen, I feel like
Tony the Tiger, I feel great.

-A'Keria, you picked a kick ass team.
-Thank you.

And that includes
the handicapped hooker.

[laughing]

-Handicapable.
-Handicapable whore.

[all laughing]

So, Yvie, what happened?
What'd you do?

My heel slipped out from under me
a little bit and I rolled it.

-Are you OK?
-I'mma be fine.

I wanna take it easy
until the next challenge

and then get ready, b*tches,
'cause she's a fast healer.

And for crying out loud,
no kick f*cking.

[all laughing]

All right, Team A'Keria,
you may leave the stage.

[A'Keria] Thank you.

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

Now, it's time for the judge's critiques.

Starting with Plastique Tiara.

Your look tonight is just
really well put together.

The accents, the wings,
it all works for me.

You, in particular, Plastique,
tonight I felt more from you,

so, I'm very happy.

But I am gonna ask for more 'cause,
you know, I'm a greedy ass bottom.

[laughs]

I just think you could just bring up
the volume in your performance.

I felt like some of the other queens
have a bigger personality,

and I just think you need
to just like

turn up that knob as much as possible.

Keep going where you're going
and push yourself to get there quicker,

because tick tock, you don't stop.

Ra'Jah O'Hara.

[Michelle] Tonight on the runway,
I think you look really fun.

-Thank you.
-I'm not always a fan

of something covering the face,
but it's see through enough

that we can see your expression.

Performance wise,
you still need to take it up.

Yesterday, I felt like you had
some of the most tools in your box

compared to the rest of your team.

Today, I felt that yours
was just slightly unmemorable.

You're an amazing dancer. I think you
just need to embody all of that

and deliver it forward.

Hearing that from you
kind of means the world to me

because a couple of weeks back...
[chuckles]

I had a situation
with another choreographer

that really just tore me down.

[exhales]

You know, you're competing against
big personalities,

and, so, in future challenges,
instead of looking to the past

and thinking on the negative,
just be you.

Up next, Vanjie.

Your energy in rehearsal was infectious,

it definitely portrayed onto the stage
in the main challenge.

You slayed the performance, 100 percent.

Tonight on the runway,
it's sort of like Drag Race 101

where you shouldn't just wear
a leotard and tights.

Do you know what I'm gonna say?

I know. Sorry.

It's either a leotard
or a corset and a panty

-and some kind of pasty.
-Right.

And then glitter on the chest.

I know what you're gonna be wearing
when you come around the corner.

I shouldn't be doing that.
And I'm getting bored.

So, I get it, like,
maybe put a dress on,

but tonight, like,
I like the way you look.

Thank you, I appreciate it.

All right, up next, Nina West.

Even if you aren't
the best dancer up there,

I didn't really give a sh*t.

You were selling every single moment.

I could not take my eyes off of you,
you were enigmatic.

[RuPaul]
What did you call her?

-Sorry.
-[laughing]

I'm gonna help you with something now.
You're a big girl.

I am.

-And you have big shoulders.
-I do.

-And a big kind of chest.
-Yeah.

I think you need to focus
more padding on the bottom half.

-OK.
-To balance out the top half.

-OK.
-It's just gonna make

a more pleasing figure.

OK, absolutely, I totally see that.

Michelle is right. Maybe you could
put your tits on your ass.

[laughing]

[RuPaul]
All right, Scarlet Envy.

You were actually the one
that I really lost.

You were like gone for me,
and I don't know why.

I know what you can do in a performance,
I've directed you.

Were you insecure about the dancing?

-Very.
-There we go.

Yesterday, I felt like, you know,
it was hard for both of us,

however, today you were
the most improved.

Were you the weakest at retaining
the choreography and the steps? Yes.

Were you the weakest at performance?
No.

[Michelle] And tonight on the runway,
you look pretty,

but it kind of is not right for me.
Think grand, baby.

The outfit is a little bit basic.

The earrings going into the necklace,
that one is gold and one is...

-[Michelle] There you go.
-[Adam] Take it off.

-[Michelle] Already better.
-Gorgeous. It's already much better.

It was just, like,
very hard for me this week.

I feel like I've been
so incredibly confident

through this process thus far,
I think maybe it almost

gets on my sisters nerves occasionally
and it just vanished.

[RuPaul]
Thank you, Scarlet.

Ladies, I have a final question.

Who should go home tonight... and why?

Starting with Plastique Tiara.

Just based on the critiques,
my sister, Scarlet Envy.

All right, Ra'Jah.

If it were my choice,
I would send Scarlet.

A lot of times
when I was losing my way...

Well, well... I won't blame her
for some of the mistakes

that I made, but, Scarlet.

I would have to also say Scarlet
just based on what has happened.

Nina West.

I would also say Scarlet.

I will say this though,
nobody has worked harder,

so, I think that should be noted.

Scarlet, who should go home tonight?

I can't say any of them,
but I'm not gonna say me.

So, who should go home?

I guess Ra'Jah's
been in the bottom... a lot.

Well, thank you, ladies, for your honesty,
and for your hard work.

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

All right, now just between us
squirrel friends, what do you think?

Let's start with Plastique Tiara.

Tonight, on the runway,
she looks like an anime character.

She's gorgeous.

I think she has spent
all this time perfecting

what's on the outside,

that she's forgetting about
what's on the inside.

I still need more
or else she's just gonna be

that pretty girl over there.

[RuPaul] Ra'Jah O'Hara.

In the performance, I kept losing her.

[Michelle]
When you're with four other girls,

you can't get lost in the mix,
you just can't.

It's do or die here
on RuPaul's Drag Race.

[RuPaul] Vanessa Vanjie Mateo.

Listen, on the opposite end
of the spectrum, very memorable.

[Adam] But tonight on the runway
was a total miss.

[RuPaul]
Nina West, our Viking queen.

You can't win a challenge if you bring
a look like that to RuPaul's Drag Race.

It wasn't just something
you can buy off the rack.

Are you sure?

Those breasts were the size of mine,
which are not viable off the rack.

-You have to go to a doctor.
-[laughing]

But the performance tonight,
I am a huge Nina fan.

[RuPaul] Scarlet Envy.

Tonight on the runway,
her paint was pretty,

her hair was pretty,
it just wasn't enough.

It needed to be bigger.

She gave us butterfly clips.

Butterflies are a very tender subject
here at RuPaul's Drag Race.

[all laughing]

She was definitely the hardest person
I have ever worked with in my career.

-What?
-You're kidding, really?

-To, like, get to do steps, yes.
-[Mirai] Wow.

-[RuPaul] Because it was the counting?
-[Travis] It was just the counting,

it was just a really hard
disconnect from brain to foot.

In her defense,
your left foot and your right foot,

-they look very similar.
-They're very similar.

-Yeah.
-And they're right next to each other.

[Travis] I know, I know.
It must be really hard to stand on stage

and have all of your sisters
say your name to go home.

-I don't know what that feels like.
-[Mirai] Yeah.

Ru, who do you think should go home?

-Travis Wall!
-[laughing]

All right, silence,
I've made my decision.

-Bring back my golden girls.
-[chuckling]

Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.

Plastique Tiara, you found your wings,
now take me higher.

-You're safe.
-Thank you.

You may join the other girls.

Scarlet Envy, you are beautiful,

but tonight your performance
didn't score with the judges.

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

Vanessa Vanjie Mateo,
you're a funny bunny,

but stop relying on that body suit.

-You're safe.
-Thank you.

Ra'Jah O'Hara.
Tonight, you got lost in the crowd.

Nina West, we have one word for you:
proportionizing.

Mm-hm.

Nina West...

You are safe.

Thank you, very much.

Ra'Jah, I'm sorry, my dear,
but you are up for elimination.

[Ra'Jah]
Here we go again.

I'm so sick of being in the bottom.

Two queens stand before me.

Ladies, 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.

[Scarlet]
I'm gonna give this everything I have.

I'm not ready to go home.

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

♪ Last dance ♪

♪ Last chance for love ♪

♪ Yes, it's my last chance ♪

♪ For romance ♪

♪ Tonight ♪

♪ I need you ♪

♪ By me ♪

♪ Beside me, to guide me ♪

♪ To hold me ♪

♪ To scold me ♪

♪ 'Cause when I'm bad, I'm so, so bad ♪

[Ra'Jah] Oh, girl, yes, this is
about to be your last dance.

We'll see you at the reunion, bye.

♪ So, let's dance
this last dance tonight ♪

[Vanjie] All right, bitch! Yeah!

♪ Last dance, last chance for love ♪

♪ Oh, oh, I need you by me ♪

♪ Beside me, to guide me ♪

♪ To hold me, to scold me ♪

♪ 'Cause when I'm bad, I'm so, so bad ♪

♪ So, let's dance the last dance ♪

♪ Let's dance ♪

We all know I can't dance,
but I'm pulling out all my tricks.

I'm determined to survive.

♪ Ooh ooh ooh ooh ♪

Whoo!

♪ Last dance tonight ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

[cheering]

Ladies, I've made my decision.

Ra'Jah O'Hara, shantay, you stay.

Scarlet Envy, trust me when I say,
this ain't your last dance.

Now, sashay away.

Thank you,
I never thought bell bottoms

would land me in the bottom,
but I will never stop dancing.

[Vanjie] Come on, Scarlet.

Last dance, bitch.

The world wants me
and the feeling is mutual.

Mwah!

[cheering]

I don't think I deserved
to be eliminated,

but I look forward to
an incredibly bright future.

I'm very grateful and I'm just
very reflective right now.

Figuratively and literally.

Don't let anybody tell you,
you can't dance

even if that someone
is sometimes yourself.

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

how in the hell
you gonna love somebody else?

Can I get a amen up in here?

[all] Amen.

All right, now let the music play.

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, to the moon ♪

♪ Come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪

[RuPaul]
Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race.

You need to create
a farm to runway look.

Bitch, why are you putting my sh*t
on your garment in the first place?

You have a really pretty face.

Honey, that's everything.

It doesn't suck,
but it could be better.

Make me lip sync for my life.

♪ To, to, to, to, to, to, to
to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, to the moon ♪

♪ Come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, to the moon ♪

♪ Come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, to the moon ♪

♪ Come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪