01x06 - Absolut Drag Ball

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- Previously on

"Rupaul's drag race"...

- I'm rolling with

A new pit crew.

Your mission is to makeover

Your girl fighter partner

Into a real live female

Version of yourself!

- Yes!

- Rebecca, your girl fighter

Looked pretty and real.

You are the winner

Of this challenge.

- I feel like I should

Have won that challenge.

- The time has come for you

To lip-sync for your life.

- ♪ Stronger ♪

♪ Come on, now ♪

- Bebe, shante, you stay.

Ongina, sashay away.

And tonight...

Dolls, I have a little

Bitty twist for you.

- I don't know what more

Of myself I can give.

- Ugh.

- I think bebe is

Going to be sent home.

- The winner of "rupaul's

Drag race" will receive

A feature photo spread

In "paper" magazine,

A portrait taken by renowned

Photographer greg gorman

For the l.a. Eyeworks legendary

Designer eyewear campaign,

A headline spot on the absolut

Pride tour across the usa,

Plus a cash prize of $20,000,

Courtesy of absolut vodka

And mac cosmetics.

And may the best woman win!

- ♪ Rupaul drag race ♪

♪ Show me ♪

♪ Start your engines ♪

♪ Rupaul drag race ♪

♪ May the best woman win ♪

♪ Rupaul drag race ♪

♪ Show me ♪

♪ Start your engines ♪

♪ Rupaul drag race ♪

♪ May the best woman,

Best woman win ♪

- Hello, girls.

- Morning.

- One more week to go.

- Ugh!

- Being on the final 4

Is a dream come true

Because I only have



So the more people

They eliminate,

The closer I get

To the finish line.

I don't know if any

Of the other girls

Are angry that I'm still here.

Oh, f*ck it. None of

The girls like me.

- Rebecca has been able

To mislead everybody into

Believing how innocent she is,

But she hasn't misled me.

I know the fake person that lies

Underneath all that cosmetics.

- Ha ha ha ha!

Hey, racers.

As I speak, paris is burning,

Lindsay is dehydrated,

Britney's ordering

From a drive-through,

And paula is just plain tired.

What's your excuse?

Pull it together for

The next challenge,

And you'll be around

For the final lap

Of "rupaul's drag race."

Now come meet me on the runway

For your next mini-challenge.

Hi, ladies.

- Hi.

- Wow. The final 4.

You dolls are the

Cream of the crop.

Now it's time to

Get back to basics.

Today's mini-challenge

Is a vogue-off.

[Laughter]

Voguing was introduced

To the world

In the cult classic

"Paris is burning,"

And of course, the mainstream

Learned about voguing

From another queen,

Named madonna.

You'll take turns voguing,

And when the music starts,

You'll hit it.

At the end, I'll pick a winner.

So I want to see some popping,

Some dipping, and some spinning.

That's right. Bring it

To the ball!

Representing the

House of cameroon,

Bebe, you're up first.

- Uh!

I've never vogued before.

I mean, where I come from,

Obviously you don't hear

Of anything like a ball.

So it was a little

Challenging for me.

- Watch this bitch turn it out.

House of cameroon!

- ♪ Stroll down the runway ♪

♪ Another payday ♪

♪ Cover of magazines... ♪

- Bebe labeija.

Bebe labeija.

Ooh! House of glasscock.

Why y'all gagging so?

She bring it to you every ball.

Paint your face, honey!

- ♪ Head to toe,

Let your whole body talk... ♪

- Face, face, face.

Work the floor!

Popping, dipping, spinning.

Ooh!

Extravaganza power!

- ♪ Cover girl! ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

- Opulence! Yes.

Cha-cha-cha.

- To me, voguing is about

Posing and just being bitchy

And in your face,

And I did it well.

- Word!

- Whoo!

- That was hot, girl!

- Whoo hoo!

- All right. Ladies,

There are two of you

Who really let

The rhythm move you.

Nina...

And rebecca.

- I was surprised

At the vogue-off

Because I think that it should

Have been nina and myself.

- You two are going

To vogue it out.

Let the music play.

Yes! The two superpowers.

- ♪ Pump and bump it ♪

♪ Pump it and bump bump it ♪

- Latina power!

- ♪ Pump it and bump bump it ♪

♪ Pump and bump it ♪

- East meets west.

- ♪ Cover girl! ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe ♪

♪ Let your whole body talk ♪

- Double the extravaganza.

- ♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe ♪

♪ Let your whole body talk ♪

- Oh, the battle royale!

- ♪ Walk ♪

♪ Now walk ♪

- Labeija!

- ♪ Now walk ♪

- Wow!

And snatching the trophy

At this ball is...

House of flowers!

- Whoo!

It felt great to win.

- Nina flowers, you've won

This challenge,

And you'll find out what

Your prize is in a few minutes.

- Nina did the best,

But she's much older than me,

And she was probably at the club

When they started doing voguing.

- [Humming]

- All right, all right.

Now, you girls really

Showed me some moves today.

Now, tomorrow on the main stage,

We're gonna throw a

House ball like no other.

This ball will be sponsored

By absolut vodka.

- Whoo!

- All right!

- In the house ball, you'll

Be asked to create not one,

Not two, but three

Different drag looks.

The first category is swimwear,

Because looking sexy and

Unspookable in a swimsuit

Is the ultimate test

Of a drag illusionist.

The second category is

Realness...executive realness.

You will be asked to pass

As a real businesswoman,

Not a drag queen.

Think ceo diva!

For this category, you'll be

Allowed to use your own wardrobe

Or start from scratch.

And the final category

Is evening gown.

I want to be gagging

On the extravaganza and

Eleganza of evening wear.

- Oh, my god! We have to

Get all of this together,

And so I'm just going crazy.

- This is your opportunity

To pull out all the stops.

For the evening gown

Competition,

The good folks at

Marco marco are here

To lend you a helping hand.

Now I'd like to introduce you

To an absolute genius

From absolut vodka,

Mr. Jeffrey moran.

- Whoo!

- Hi, jeffrey.

- How are you?

- Good to see you.

- Good to see you.

Hi, ladies.

- Hi.

- Now, you have something

You want to tell our ladies?

- First, I'm thrilled to

Be part of your challenge,

And we at absolut believe

That starting with something

Simple and natural can lead

To something really big.

Take, for instance,

The flavor vodkas...

Citron, mandarin, raspberry.

Each one has

A memorable impression

And a lasting flavor

That everyone loves.

That's your inspiration

For the challenge.

- Now, dolls, to further

Inspire your creations,

Each of you will represent a

Different absolut fruit flavor...

Miss citron,

Miss raspberry,

Miss mango,

And miss mandarin.

Now, nina, you won

The voguing challenge.

Your prize is that you get

To assign the fruit flavors.

So, nina, what flavor?

- I'm gonna go with mango.

- Nina is miss mango.

- Whoo!

Bring it!

- Miss bebe will

Be raspberry.

- All right.

- Miss shannel will

Be miss mandarin,

And miss rebecca glasscock

Is miss citron.

- So, dolls, in addition

To making this

The hottest house ball

In history,

Don't forget the judges will be

Looking for your charisma,

Uniqueness, nerve, and talent

In the house of absolut.

Gentlemen,

Start your engines.

And may the best woman win!

- All the fabrics

Were provided to us,

So everybody had the

Same stuff to work with.

- Right now, it's really

Overwhelming to me because,

How am I going to

Do all of this

To be to make sure that

All the work is done?

And so I'm just thinking,

Ok, what do I start with?

Where do I put this?

What would I have

To work with?

- Bll bll bll!

Ha ha ha!

- It is so frustrating.

I am supposed to be miss

Raspberry, absolut raspberry,

And I'm supposed to

Represent raspber...ry.

- This is gonna be interesting,

Very interesting.

- Mine is just

Too bubblegum, too candy.

I mean, I love red, but the

Colors are just not working.

I mean, do you think this

Color goes with this?

Ha ha!

Exactly. That's how I feel.

I was frustrated because

This challenge is quite a lot.

We have 3 different

Challenges in one.

We have to present

An executive realness,

We have to do

An evening gown,

And then we have to do swimsuit.

- Miss bebe, how do

You feel about this?

- Girl, I'm going

Through it right now.

I don't even know

Where to start.

- I think bebe's gonna do

Extremely poorly

On the challenge.

It's either she pulls

Something out of the hat,

Or she's going to be sent home.

How do you feel

About this, shannel?

- Horrible.

- Yeah?

- I'm not so much worried about

Designing the bathing suit,

Because I can pretty much put

A piece of strap around me...

- You don't have any problem

Because you have a body.

- That, I'm not worried about.

- You have a body.

- I have an idea in my mind.

It's execute...

I need a pen.

I am very visual with things,

And I'm very good with,

You know, give me something

And I'll drape things

And I'll piece it together,

But when it comes to the

Construction of something,

It's out in left field

Somewhere to me.

With the bathing suit,

Like, I don't even know

Where to begin to

Do all of that.

- Right.

- I am not a seamstress.

- Me either.

- Bottom line.

I don't sew.

See, I'm scared to wear this,

Which I could wear

For my executive,

But then I'm gonna be

Told it's too much again.

- It's hard.

- It's absolutely horrible.

- In my case, I don't have

Any realness executive look

Because I don't dress

Like an executive.

And yet again, it's green.

I mean, what woman do you see

Going to the office in green?

- I think my laid-back

Attitude has been

To my advantage

In this competition

Because when you're trying

To control everything

And can't control anything,

That's when you

f*ck everything up.

But I feel pretty confident.

I'm very competitive.

I just got to keep

My eye on the prize

And play this as a game.

- Rebecca is here for the game.

I see many different

Sides of rebecca.

Some are very nice, very

Beautiful, very put together,

And some are

A little underhanded.

Is there pens in there?

- What?

- Is there pens?

- Girl, just use one of your

Eyeliner pencils or something.

It's just a sketch.

- No. I want a pen,

And I had one

That was with my notebook

That's now gone.

No one likes rebecca.

But she is able to stir the pot

And to create some drama.

That's why she's here.

But I'm not bitter

About that. That's ok.

- Huh...

- Do you know how you create,

Like, the halter top and stuff?

How do you do it?

- Bring me that piece of paper,

And I'm gonna draw.

- Bebe was asking me,

"How do I do this?

How do I do that?"

To me, it's very important

That we can work together

And look good.

You fold the fabric

Just like this.

- Yeah, like...

Like this, right?

- And now this...this is

Going to be the front,

And this is the back.

Ok?

- You have to fold it

In two, like this, right?

- Exactly. Yeah.

- At this point,

I'm just worried

About finishing my own stuff,

So the last thing on my mind

Is the 3 other girls.

- Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Hello, hello, hello,

My little up-and-coming

Legendary children!

Hi, shannel.

- Hey.

- How are you, darling?

- Stressed.

- Are you stressed?

- Very. If I knew

How to sew...

- Is that what you're

The most nervous about,

Is your sewmanship?

- Yeah. I mean, I drew

My designs out that I want.

Um...just, you know,

The execution of it is hard,

So this is a big

Challenge for me.

- Yeah? Now, throughout

The competition,

The judges have sort

Of gotten on you

About being

A little more realer.

Where are you going

To sort of reveal

More of yourself,

More realness?

- You know, this is

Significantly more understated

Than what I would

Normally do.

- Very tasteful.

- I would normally have

Peplums and, you know,

A real big asymmetrical collar

And things like that.

I am a showgirl

From las vegas.

I like big, grand,

Over-the-top costumes.

I'm not one to wear simple

Things and to do simple things.

There is a level of expectation

That you have to uphold.

This is not

An easy challenge.

I am setting myself up

For failure.

- Somehow I believe

You can do it.

You have shown such

Stick-with-it-ness

Throughout this competition

That I believe in you.

I believe you can do it.

- I appreciate that, because I

Don't believe in myself

Right now, to be

Honest with you.

- No. Don't say that.

All right.

Let's move on.

Rebecca...miss citron.

- Hey.

- So what do you have planned?

How are you gonna

Blow me away creatively?

- That's a secret.

- Oh! Ancient chinese

Secret, huh?

- Yes.

- How are you gonna

Hide your candy

In a fabric so sheer,

So revealing?

- I haven't thought it

Out that far,

So I'm just going

With the flow.

- Well, it's a bold strategy,

And I hope it pays off for you.

- I don't want to

Tell him anything.

I want everything

To be a surprise

For when I walk out on the

Runway, he's truly surprised.

It's not something that

He saw in the works.

Uh-uh!

- That's the secret,

Isn't it?

Ha ha ha ha ha!

- But then I kind of,

Sort of, afterwards wanted

To show him my work

Because, you never know,

A girl could have copied

Something that I was doing,

And then he never saw it.

Then he might think that I

Copied it off of the other girl.

It could happen.

- The bottom line is,

She has no f*cking clue

What she was making.

- Now, you're raspberry,

Right, bebe?

- I am.

- How's it going?

You seem a little defeated.

- No. I don't think

Defeat is the right word.

Confused is.

I'm just going crazy.

I'm like, wow.

Do you know how difficult

It is to be 6' 2"

And you have to work with

Two yards of fabric?

- Well, you know, us big girls

Have to work a little harder

Because there's so little...

- Which is so unfair!

- Well, life is

Not fair, bebe.

I have two words for you.

- What?

- Extravaganza, eleganza!

- Ha ha ha!

- All right, darling, I'm gonna

Let you get back to work.

Nina flowers.

- Hi!

- Miss mango.

- Miss mango.

- Now, you are very proficient

At using that sewing

Machine, aren't you?

- I have to confess that I'm

Very good using the machine

When I have patterns.

Unfortunately, I didn't

Brought any with me.

- Oh, you don't

Have patterns.

- But I decided to take one

Of my shirts and I cut it,

And actually I'm just

Using it as a pattern.

- I see!

When you were growing up,

Was there a woman

Who you idolized

Who was an executive?

Who are you basing it on?

- I'm basing the executive woman

In the image of my mom

As a secretary.

She was always very conservative

And very elegant.

That's my role model for

This inspiration on this look.

Mothers are very

Influential in drag queens.

And she's no longer with us.

She passed away 5 years ago,

But she's still with me

All the way.

She was not only my mom,

She was my best friend,

And she always encouraged me

To go for the things

That I wanted in life,

So she's a big part of this.

I will honor her in

That executive outfit.

She's here with me in spirit.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Good luck.

- Thank you so much.

- All right, darling.

Dolls, can I get

Your attention?

I have a little

Announcement to make.

Now, I know you guys are

Under a lot of pressure,

And it's important

To do your work here,

But it's also important to

Remember to have some fun,

To spice it up a little bit.

A little absolut

Cocktail party!

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

- Please welcome an

All-around entertainer.

Charo, come on

Out here, honey!

Ha ha ha!

Whoo hoo!

Cuchi-cuchi!

Hey, baby!

- Ihola, hola, hola, hola!

- Look at you!

How gorgeous!

- I love charo

Because she's funny.

She's really tiny in person,

And she's got really big boobs.

- Thank you for invite me.

Look at what I bring.

- And look what

You've brought us!

- Fiesta!

- A fiesta.

- Today we gonna have fiesta!

Two way to dance.

First, you can do,

Like, samba, ok?

Second, you have to hold

Your partner very tight.

It's like spooning.

- Yes. Spooning, yes.

- Be careful.

Spooning leads to forking.

- Uh-huh.

- Ok?

[Laughter]

- Charo has such a big spirit.

I mean, it's like

Everybody's so tense,

And so she comes, and it's

Like uplifting your spirit,

Making you forget about

How much work you have to do

And just taking that little

Break to just laugh.

- Me advice to give you,

Remember, is the walk.

It is how you sell it.

- How about a walking lesson?

- Ok. Chest is up.

Stomach is in.

Even if you don't

Breathe, never mind.

If you drop dead,

You drop dead with class.

- Yes.

- And then, attitude...

You owns the world.

Uno, dos. Uno, dos.

I am the biggest bitch

In the world.

- Charo was talking about

Being a bitch, which means that

You need to have confidence,

You have to have attitude,

And you have to be very sassy...

But not necessarily mean.

[Music playing]

- Yeah!

- Come on!

Feel it!

- It's a line!

- Bebe!

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Iole!

[Music stops]

- Whoo hoo!

All right, girls,

Time for us to go.

But before we do, I have one

Little bitty twist for you

Involving our challenge.

Now, because tomorrow's house

Ball is all about realness,

You need to incorporate

Your real fruit...ha ha ha!...

Into your evening gown

Presentation.

- Uh!

- Now, the judges

Are gonna be looking

To see how clever you are

And how you accessorize

With your real fruit.

Now, make me proud.

And remember,

Don't f*ck it up.

Are you ready, my dear?

- I am ready!

Buenas suerte. Adios.

- Iadios!

Ha ha ha!

- Seriously? Real fruit?

Just to really make it

More painful,

I have to use natural fruits on

My dress, and I have raspberry,

And it's really a messy

Kind of fruit.

It's small, but it's very messy.

- I don't know what I'm

Gonna do with the fruit.

- Girl, at least you have

A fruit you can manage.

- Yeah, right...the mango.

That is huge.

How am I gonna place a mango

In an evening gown, you know?

That's gonna be real tacky.

It's gonna look hideous.

Who will want to wear that?

Nobody. Not even me.

Fruits everywhere!

- Good morning, children.

- Fruity, fruity!

This morning, all of us

Were very concerned

Because we weren't finished.

- Girl, the hot glue is not even

Holding the raspberries, honey.

- Well, you were the one next to

Me saying, "I want raspberry."

- Until I knew I had

To use the fruit.

- Yes, loca.

- So did everybody

Sleep well?

- No.

- Why?

- Because I couldn't get

My mind off of this shit.

I've had about

Two hours of sleep,

And due to the fact that

It is elimination day,

It makes me feel like

I don't even know

Why I should bother going on,

When I just don't seem

To be successful.

I don't know what more

Of myself I can give.

- Shannel's just running

Around freaking out,

But I'm just a pacer.

I can't help it.

I'm not really thinking

About anything when I pace.

It's just a natural thing.

I'll get up and

Just start pacing.

- She's a little delusional.

I mean, she walks around,

She paces the floors.

I think she's

A little cuckoo.

I think that in her mind,

She thinks that she's won

This entire competition,

And if she has,

I think that that would be

A very sad representation

Of what drag is supposed

To be in america.

- My favorite part of doing

Drag is the transformation.

It's amazing how

I'm able to change

While I'm doing my makeup,

My pads, my hair.

And while I'm doing

Every single step,

Nina takes over more and more,

And finally, when she's done,

The different persona comes out,

And that's really

Where the art is.

Opulence.

You own everything!

- Ha ha ha ha!

- ♪ Cover girl! ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe ♪

♪ Let your whole body talk ♪

♪ Walk ♪

♪ Now walk ♪

♪ Walk ♪

♪ Now walk ♪

♪ And what? ♪

- Good evening, and welcome

To the main stage

Of "rupaul's drag race."

I'd like to say hi

To my fabulous judges.

First, fashion journalist

And best-selling author

Merle ginsberg.

Hello!

And hello to the shamelessly

Outspoken designer

Who's no stranger

To the runway.

Shake the dice,

Steal the rice...santino!

- Ru!

- Our guest judge this week

Is absolut vodka's image czar.

Please welcome jeffrey moran.

And our extra-special

Guest judge this week,

Actress, singer,

And former miss venezuela

Maria conchita alonso.

- Thank you.

- Now, the challenge this week

Was for the girls to throw

A house ball representing

A different real fruit flavor.

Each girl was asked to bring

Their own outrageous

Style to 3 categories.

Are you ready?

- Ready.

- Yeah.

- This is gonna be fun.

Gentlemen,

Start your engines.

And may the best woman win!

Category is executive

Realness, 18-35.

Bring it to the ball.

- I loved my executive look,

And I think it just

Worked perfect.

I was representing

The zahara enterprise.

- Ooh!

- Ceo, my, my, my.

- Miss bebe benet.

Ooh!

Bebe, in an absolut world,

Why should you win

"Rupaul's drag race"?

- I should win this because I

Would let people out there know

There's pride and there's

Dignity in what we do.

Dressing up for a living

Does not make us less of a man.

- Thank you, bebe.

Nina flowers.

- I was completely lost

When I started creating

My executive realness,

But it turned out.

I was conservative,

And I wasn't selling sex.

- Beautiful.

- This is some, like,

Geena davis realness here.

- Isn't she gorgeous?

- Yeah!

- Hello, nina.

- Hi!

- Why should you win

"Rupaul's drag race"?

- For the past 15 years

Of my life,

I have dedicated myself to

The art of female impersonation,

And that is why I feel

I should win this competition...

Because I want to be able

To share with the world

My experience

And inspire others.

- Thank you, nina.

Shannel.

- I was very pleased

With my selection

For the executive look, so I

Was pretty confident today.

- Maybe that's bebe

Calling her.

- Could be.

- A mega-merger.

Now, shannel,

Why should you win?

- First of all,

Good afternoon, rupaul

And our distinguished

Panel of judges.

As an entertainer

And as a gentleman,

I am happy with who I am.

I look in the mirror,

And I love myself.

I love who I am.

So I thank you all,

And most importantly,

I am honored to be here.

My name is shannel.

Thank you all so much,

And have a wonderful night.

- Thank you, shannel.

- Thank you.

- Rebecca glasscock.

Oh, is that a call?

Hello?

Donald trump!

You old geezer.

- Ha ha ha!

- Oh!

This is her yellow.

- Oh! That's very pretty.

- Here we go.

- That's right. If you

Can't stand the heat,

Get out of the boardroom!

Rebecca glasscock,

Why should you win?

- I...want this.

I really do.

This is...

This is my dream.

I have the drive

And the determination,

And I'm gonna keep

Going and keep going

Until I fulfill my dream.

- Thank you, rebecca.

Category is swimsuit.

- Hmm.

The reveal.

- Ooh!

- That is gorgeous.

- Tasty.

- Raspberry never

Looked so good.

- How do you hide things?

- Ancient chinese secret.

- Ha ha ha!

- Hello there.

I am miss absolut raspberry.

- Delicious!

- Ooh!

- It's kind of very

Brigitte bardot at cannes.

- Yes, it is.

It really is.

Nina.

Miss mango.

- I am absolut vodka,

And I represent miss mango.

- Mmm!

- Ooh!

- Mmm...that is hot!

- Uh-huh.

Look at those bows!

- Her body is, like,

So womanly.

- Isn't that incredible?

- Now I want orange juice.

- Yeah. I'm thirsty

All of a sudden.

- Yeah, yeah.

- Well, hi there.

I'm the delicious

Miss mandarin.

Mmm.

[Smacking lips]

- Yes. Something to

Wash down the fava beans.

- I knew that was coming.

I swear I did.

- Ooh!

She is the sunshine shake.

- Look at those little

Lemons on top of her head.

- Uh-huh.

- Hi. I'm rebecca glasscock,

And I'm your

Absolut citron girl.

Whoo hoo!

- Category...

Evening gown extravaganza!

- My inspiration was

Very diana ross-y.

I just made it very simple,

Very clean lines,

Different points of interest,

And just let the whole body

And the selling of it

Talk for itself.

- Rossberry.

Miss diana rossberry.

- Ha ha ha!

- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪

♪ Cover girl,

Cover girl ♪

- Ooh!

- Fruit is the new fur.

- That's very green.

- Yes, it's very green.

I've never seen such a

Conservative look on her.

Oh, and look...she's got

The mango in her collar

And in her belt ornament.

- Ah!

- Nicely done.

- Beautiful.

- Nicely done.

- ♪ Cover girl ♪

- Opulence!

You own everything!

Huh!

Oh, wow!

Wow!

Diamond lil.

- She is ripe.

- Uh-huh.

- And if she falls asleep,

She's got a pillow.

- She's got a pillow on

Her shoulder. That's right.

- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪

- Nolan miller,

Eat your heart out.

- Huh!

- Wow!

- Lemon jell-o.

- Yes.

- Lemangejello.

- Yes.

Lemon chiffon.

- I ended up falling

In love with the color,

And everything worked out

For my advantage

Because all the other girls

Were having problems

Incorporating the fruit

Into their outfits.

So I'm feeling lucky, and let's

See what the judges think.

- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪

- Now it's time for

Your evaluations.

Bebe, we'll start with you.

Maria, what did you think

Of the 3 faces of bebe?

- Every look, you gave me

A different thing,

Which was great.

And your butt is

Incredible, too, you know?

- Your makeup with all



That I've seen you have

This entire time.

- The executive was fabulous.

She was sexy, but she

Wasn't too sexy,

Because if you go

Too far, it's like

You want to f*ck the boss,

Not you want to be the boss.

- Ha ha ha!

- You really exude

A certain sexiness,

And you really were very

Evocative of the fruit.

Like chocolate-covered

Raspberry. Tasty.

- Bebe, I think you have a date

For saturday night, by the way.

Nina, miss mango.

- When you came out

In the swimming suit,

You're not going towards the

Sex thing of what we all expect,

But more demure,

More feminine.

- You did get the most seductive

And sexy fruit that there is,

And you balanced the sexiness

With a real richness.

- The bathing suit capelet

Was so smart,

And it totally made the

Whole thing really feminine.

- I think that you

Probably did the best

To organically incorporate the

Fruit into your evening wear.

It's phenomenal that

You used the rind.

I think that was very smart.

It looks beautiful.

- Thank you.

- Next up is shannel.

You are miss mandarin.

Santino, what did you think?

- Orange looks great

On your skin,

And you always astound me

With the costume,

But there's something that's

Not connecting with me.

Like, I hear you say

All the right things,

But I'm just not feeling it.

It doesn't come off

As authentic.

- Ok. Fair enough.

- I liked the executive

Realness look the best.

I mean, you always

Look beautiful,

But we could see how

Really pretty you are,

And I thought you looked like

Donald trump's next ex-wife.

- Ha ha ha!

- When you walked out

In the bathing suit,

I mean, it was plucked

Off the tree.

It was very natural.

And then when we got

To the evening gown,

I almost feel like we went

A little too much.

This would be, like, a drink

I'd be afraid to order,

But the bathing suit,

I'd order in a second.

- All right.

Thank you, jeffrey.

Hi, rebecca.

- Hi.

- Maria, what did you think?

- I don't like much

Your dress.

- It's reading like corn.

It is giving me another message

That doesn't really relate

To the lemon or citron.

And then, I wish maybe

There was more attention

To detail on the hem

Of your dress.

I mean, look at the hem

Of nina's dress

And see that

Everything's hemmed.

- But I have to say,

Your hair is phenomenal

With the lemons in it.

- Thank you.

- So, girls, earlier I

Asked you all

Why you should be the winner

Of "rupaul's drag race."

Now I have to ask you each,

Who should be eliminated

Tonight, and why?

Rebecca, what's your answer?

- Do we just get to pick one?

- Ha ha ha!

- No, you could pick 3.

Ha ha ha ha!

- You know what?

My 3 competitors are nice girls,

And I love them all,

But some of them

Have already peaked

At whatever they were gonna do

Drag-wise, and i, you know,

Should have the opportunity

To progress and grow.

- I hear you, but honestly,

I really do need you

To give me one name.

- Out of the 3,

I would say shannel.

- Ok. And why's that?

- She's a little annoying...

You know, at times.

- Thank you.

All right, nina, who should

Be eliminated tonight?

- Rebecca.

Why? Because america's

Next drag queen superstar

Should be someone

With experience,

So that this person can take the

Title with dignity and respect.

- All right, bebe.

Same question.

- I would say rebecca because

Working with her is frustrating.

And, ru, when it comes down

To it, amongst all of us,

I know rebecca is

At a lower level.

That's what I have to say.

- Thank you, bebe.

Shannel, who should be

Eliminated tonight?

- I'm so glad you

Asked me this question.

I nominate myself because

I don't want to be here anymore.

Since day one, I have

Been judged really hard,

And I'm very frustrated that

You can't see the personality,

Because I am so f*cking real.

You have no idea.

And I don't feel that I am

Being understood here.

So much of what comes

Back to me is negative.

Week after week, when we come

Into an elimination round,

I am so negatively critiqued.

Nobody can expect to be positive

If you are continually

Getting negative.

Everybody is always

Being told how gorgeous

And how beautiful they are.

Nobody on the panel, because I

Pay attention to this,

Have told me that

I'm beautiful.

I am beautiful.

I'm a beautiful person

Internally and on the outside,

And it's so,

So frustrating to me that

That image does not

Seem to be conveyed.

- You are beautiful.

You are really beautiful.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- You are. You are.

- That sounds

So nice to hear.

- It's true!

And i-i-i'm sorry.

I thought I told you earlier.

I really did.

And I'm sorry if

I hadn't earlier.

You know, I've told

All the girls,

You're here because

You are the best.

- But I haven't won

One single challenge...

Not a mini-challenge

Or another challenge.

Not one.

- But you're still

In the race.

- And that's why

I question why.

Why, when I get so much

Negativity that comes to me,

Why am I even still here?

- I would not

Like you to leave.

You are a great contender

For this contest.

- In answer to your question,

I nominate myself.

- Thank you, shannel.

Ok. Ladies, while we

Contemplate who should stay,

You all wait in the

Interior illusions lounge.

The judges and I

Will deliberate.

Oh, wow, judges. We are at

A whole new level now.

- Shannel!

- What was that about?

- I don't know if she

Did this in purpose,

To grab the attention.

- I can't help but think

That maybe this is a strategy.

- Everybody else has shown

Us a mix of vulnerability

And fabulousness, and she

Doesn't really want to go there,

But, you know, she just did.

- She just did.

- She did.

- And you have to

Kind of look at that.

That was the real

Shannel, I think.

- I have to wonder, is it

Her own star power overshadowing

Her ability to take the

Competition for what it's worth?

- And if you can't take the

Heat, that's not gonna work.

So to go out there and to take

On, "oh, they don't like me,"

Or, you know, "nobody said

How beautiful I am,"

Uh, well, you know what?

It's a given.

She's gorgeous.

- Out of the 4 girls,

I think the one that, for me,

That looks more like

Could do a job as amazing

As you've done in your

Career is bebe.

- Yeah.

- She's like,

"I'm here." You know?

And her body

And her attitude.

- I thought her dress

Was flawless.

I thought you couldn't

Really tell the difference

Between that dress and something

Coming down the runway

From valentino couture.

- If it were me, I would

Have probably cried

If those raspberries

Were given to me.

I was really impressed,

Amazed, and astounded

That they stuck in her hair.

- Ok. Rebecca took a lot of hits

From her competitors today.

I wonder if that's why she said

All these b*tches need to leave.

- Y'all got to go.

- Of these 4,

She would be my pick

As the weakest of these 4.

- Nina flowers.

- I loved nina's gown.

She picked the best fruit,

And so she was in a place to

Really just take it somewhere.

- I love nina's originality

And the way she put the

Mangos on the collar.

That was really adorable.

I like that she

Always surprises us.

- Mm-hmm.

Thank you, judges.

Thank you.

Bring the girls back.

Welcome back, ladies.

Let's begin.

Bebe. Miss raspberry benet.

You came from the brink

Of elimination,

And this week, you were the

Belle of the house ball.

You turned it out 3 times.

Bebe, you're the winner

Of this challenge.

Congratulations.

- Ah!

- Whaa! Thank you, judges.

- Now, as you know, there is

No immunity this week,

But you have won a custom-made

Dress from miami elite designs.

You're safe, and you

Have made it

To the final lap

Of "rupaul's drag race."

Congratulations.

Nina flowers.

- Yes.

- Your look screamed realness,

Which is exactly what

We were looking for.

You are safe.

You've made it to the final lap

Of "rupaul's drag race."

- Thank you so much.

- So we are down to two queens.

Shannel, rebecca, you represent

Two different stages of drag,

And each of you has something

That the other lacks.

First there's rebecca.

You're young, vulnerable,

And you've come a long way

In this competition.

And then there's shannel...

Glamorous, seasoned

Showgirl shannel.

And I want you to know right

Now, shannel, you are beautiful.

But you didn't need me

To tell you that.

- But it sounds good.

- Ha ha ha!

- In a moment, one of you

Will be asked to shante,

Which means you can stay,

And one of you will be

Asked to sashay away.

Prior to tonight,

You were asked to prepare

A lip-sync performance of

One of my favorite songs,

"Shackles" by mary mary.

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.

Don't f*ck it up.

Let the music play!

- ♪ Know what I'm saying? Uh! ♪

♪ Take the shackles off my feet

So I can dance ♪

♪ I just wanna praise ya ♪

♪ In the corners of mind,

I just can't seem to find ♪

♪ A reason to believe

That I can break free ♪

♪ 'Cause you see,

I've been down for so long ♪

♪ Feel like all hope is gone ♪

♪ But as I lift my hands,

I understand ♪

♪ That I should praise you

Through my circumstance ♪

♪ Take these chains,

Now I can lift my hands ♪

♪ I can lift my hands ♪

♪ And I'm gonna praise ya ♪

♪ Praise ya ♪

♪ I'm gonna praise ya ♪

♪ Praise ya ♪

♪ Take the shackles off

My feet so I can dance ♪

♪ I just wanna praise ya ♪

♪ I just wanna

Praise ya ♪

♪ Yes, I'll praise ya ♪

♪ You broke the chains,

Now I can lift my hands ♪

♪ I can lift my hands ♪

♪ And I'm gonna praise ya ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I'm gonna praise ya ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Take 'em off,

Take 'em off ♪

- Ha ha ha!

- Ha ha ha!

- Wow!

Ha ha ha!

Ok. Ladies, I've made

My decision.

Rebecca, no matter when

Our time together ends,

For you, it's only gonna

Be the beginning.

Week after week, it's your

Potential that's kept you here.

And it's gonna

Keep you here again.

Shante, you stay.

- Thank you all.

- Shannel, even though your time

Here has come to an end,

Your contribution to the world

Of drag is undeniable.

Thank you, shannel.

- No problem. Thank you.

- Now sashay away.

- Shannel wanted this so bad

That I think it

Turned against her.

- I got on this show.

I was able to show the world

That I have a fabulous body,

That I am beautiful, which is so

Nice to be told finally today.

I already won.

- To my top 3, congratulations.

For you, "rupaul's drag race"

Has just begun,

So remember, if you

Can't love yourself,

How in the hell you gonna

Love somebody else?

Can I get a amen?

- Amen!

- Amen!

- Let the music play.

- ♪ Cover girl! ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe ♪

♪ Let your whole body talk ♪

♪ Cover girl! ♪

♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪

- And then there were 3.