03x10 - RuPaul-a-Palooza

[bunniefuu]

- Previously on

RuPaul's Drag Race...

There is no place like

the U.S. of A...

- ♪ From the heart ♪

♪ Of all the gays ♪

- No foam here.



- Wah!

- Papi, I want you to come back

home, baby!

- Alexis Mateo,

you made us proud.

Condragulations.

You are the winner

of this challenge.

- I wanna say thank you to that

special person

that's shown me that I needed

to love myself first.

- Ladies...I have made

my decision.

For the first time

in Drag Race history,

no one is going home tonight.

- What?

- And tonight, Rupaulapalooza!

- Ooh!

- The dolls hit a high note.

- ♪ Oh ♪

- But some fall flat.

- ♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ And all of the ♪

[off-key] ♪ fame ♪

No.

- And extra-special guest judges

Jody Watley and Carmen Electra.

The winner of

RuPaul's Drag Race

will receive a lifetime supply

of Kryolan professional makeup,

headline Logo's Drag Race tour,

featuring cocktails perfected

by Absolut,

and a cash prize of $75,000.

And may the best woman win.

- ♪ RuPaul Drag Race ♪

- ♪ Start your engines ♪

- ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ May the best woman win ♪

- ♪ Ru...ru...RuPaul Drag Race ♪

- ♪ Start your engines ♪

- ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ May the best woman ♪

♪ Best woman win ♪

- Buon giorno, buon giorno.

- Back again, new day.

- We're all still here.

It's a new day, and there's

still six of us...

because no one went home, so...

we'll see what's gonna happen.

- Why do you think Ru gave us

another opportunity?

- Honestly, I think that Ru

feels like

she says...like we're both really

fierce queens.

Like if I was anyone else in

this competition,

I might feel a little bit like

oh, sh*t, like...

Ru feels like we're too good

to go.

I would be nervous.

- Can somebody just slap her

and wake her up?

- I wasn't expect to be in

the bottom two.

- You never expected...

- And, yes, I know...and I know.

I know, I know, but...I still

have something to learn.

I appreciate that RuPaul give me

another opportunity.

I cannot f*ck it up.

[siren]

- Ooh, girl, you got she mail!

Hey, dragsters.

all: Hey!

- Listen up.

Can you hear that?

It's herstory calling.

Learn to embrace the past.

Make it your own...and you just

might be America's next

drag superstar.

Hello, hello, hello!

Hi...my gorgeous queens.

Now, to kick things off, we're

gonna play a little game

of Rusical chairs.

all: Oh!

- It's a lot like

musical chairs.

When the music stops,

who's ever left standing

has to finish the lyric.

If you get it right, you get

to give a queen the boot.

But if you're wrong, you're out.

Oh, and you have to play

the game wearing high heels.

- Oh, of course!

[laughter]

- Are you ready?

- Yes!

- Let the music play.

♪ ♪

♪ And when they see me ♪

♪ They want to be me ♪

[music stops]

- Oh!

- Ah ha!

- Carmen is left standing.

What lyric comes next?

- Um...

♪ And when they see me ♪

♪ They wanna be me ♪

♪ I am your fan-ta-sy ♪

♪ Cover girl ♪

- Ding ding ding ding ding!

You got it!

- Mm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm!

- You get to give one

of the queens the boot.

- I choose...Shangela.

- I knew it was me.

- Bye!

- Let the music play!

- ♪ Hey, DJ ♪

♪ Love the way ♪

♪ I lose my inhibitions ♪

♪ When you spin ♪

♪ And I don't care ♪

♪ If people stare ♪

[music stops]

- Ha ha ha ha!

- Carmen, dear, are you on

a five-second delay

or something?

What lyric comes next?

- I got to think about this one.

[laughter]

I'd rather something than try to

fit in.

Damn, these b*tches got me.

- I'm sorry, Carmen,

but you are out.

You may join Shangela.

Let the music play.

- ♪ Is some tr*nny chasers ♪

♪ Up in here? ♪

♪ Welcome to my stratosphere ♪

♪ Fierce, fierce, fierce ♪

♪ Make a move ♪

♪ What you wanna do? ♪

[music stops]

- Oh!

- Ha ha!

- ♪ I ain't got no time ♪

♪ For no looky-loo, boos ♪

- That is right.

Ha ha ha ha!

- Get out, girl!

all: Oh!

- There are two chairs left

and three queens.

- ♪ This is the main event ♪

♪ Are you ready ♪

♪ Just let the music ♪

♪ Dance into your soul ♪

♪ Faster, faster ♪

♪ Exhilarating ♪

[music stops]

- Ha ha ha ha!

All right, Yara.

- Can't wait to hear this.

- ♪ Accerleratin' ♪

I don't know!

- Time is up, Yara, I'm sorry.

But go ahead and join

the other girls.

Okay, we have two girls

and one chair.

Sounds like a video you can

watch online.

[laughter]

Okay. Let the music play.

- ♪ Nobody rocks ♪

♪ Like the girls ♪

♪ I'm running with ♪

♪ Hit me up ♪

♪ I'm that chick you know ♪

[music stops]

both: Aah!

- Ah ha ha!

- All right, Raja.

Do you know the lyric?

- Mm...

- We have a winner!

- Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop!

Ow!

- Now, it is time to pump up

the volume.

For this week's main challenge,

you'll need to find inspiration

from the vast herstory of music

to perform in a ladyboy music

festival

we're calling...

Rupaulapalooza...

sponsored by Absolut vodka.

Please welcome Jeffrey Moran.

[applause]

all: Hi!

- Hi, guys.

There are a couple of things

I think you need to know as you

go through the competition.

You need to let your personality

show through.

We really wanna see that you

know who you are.

Show us what it means to be

part of this family and part

of Absolut.

- Now, ladies, this week

each of you will record

the brand-new RuPaul song

Super Star.

all: Ooh!

- But each of you will be

interpreting it in a totally

different

and timeless musical style.

Your options are hip-hop...

country...

disco...

reggae...

punk, or pop.

Now, Manila, since you won

the mini-challenge,

you get to choose first.

And then one at a time,

you decide who chooses next.

- I'm gonna go with...

bloo, bloo, bloo, bloo, bloo...

disco!

- Ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah!

- Now, Manila, who gets

to choose next?

- We'll go with Raja.

- I want punk.

- Who gets to go next?

- Yara.

- Yara gets to go next.

Come on over, Yara.

- Manila picks Yara, not Carmen.

What happened to Team Heather?

- I'm gonna take pop.

- All right, Manila,

who goes next?

- Alexis.

- Alexis.

- Thank you, Manila.

- I get what you're trying to

do, Manila,

but girl, just pick

the Heathers.

Who cares about those boogers?

Girl, stop being fair.

- I'm gonna take the hip-hop.

- All right, mami.

- Next is Carmen.

- Next is Carmen.

- Finally.

- Carmen, are you feeling

coun-try?

Or are you feeling reg...gae?

- I really like reggae.

So I'm gonna go with reggae.

- Okay!

And of course, that means,

Shangela, you are our

country queen.

- I'm straight out

of Paris, Texas,

and I'm going to hold onto

the country.

- All right, ladies, before

your recording session,

you'll have time to rehearse

and put together

an appropriate performance

outfit.

Until then, gentlemen...

start your engines...

and may the best woman win!

- Carmen Carrera.

Join us here on

Alexis Mateo Show.

You have any questions

for our comedy queen?

- No, I thought you...I thought

you was gonna ask...

I thought this was your show.

- I'm giving you the free option

to say something to her before

we continue

just criticizing you.

[laughter]

Manila just took me by surprise.

- I wasn't expecting her

to pick me first.

I know her.

She would have said okay.

Now, who do I think's gonna try

to turn this competition?

I don't want them to have

the music they want.

- I don't really read into

those things.

I think that some people might

want to, you know, stir up

some drama because of that, but

I think that's why she did it.

- Oh, I don't think nobody's

trying to stir up drama.

But you can be stupid all day

long,

pretend to be aloof,

but I know better, honey.

You go play that one with

somebody else.

- I think Alexis and Shangela

wanna start drama.

f*ck those hos.

Who cares?

Maybe she did and maybe

she didn't.

I don't know.

I'm gonna ask that bitch.

Gonna ask her now.

They're trying to say that

you're trying to sabotage me

because I only had two options

instead of four,

and I should have been called up

there after this bitch.

- You know what, honey,

it's not shade.

I'm not strategizing

besides myself.

- Oh, so you're being selfish.

- Going down the line was like

the easiest and fairest

way to do it, 'cause I don't

wanna start drama

being like picking you guys

first and then having

all the other girls being like,

"Oh, Manila's just picking

the Heathers."

- I actually wanted the reggae

one, actually, so...

- Well, then it worked out,

so what are you f*cking

complaining about, bitch?

- I'm not complaining about

anything.

Don't get me twisted, honey.

- You know what? No.

Carmen's trying to start up

some m*therf*cking drama!

She's turning into Shangela.

- ♪ What you were meant to be ♪

♪ Oh, all the glamour ♪

♪ And all the fame ♪

The main challenge this week

is we have to record

our own version

of RuPaul's new single

Super Star,

and we have to perform it in

front of a live audience.

- [laughing]

- ♪ Oh oh oh ♪

- ♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ and all of the fame ♪

- ♪ People are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

- It is battle of the vocals

right now.

Everyone is doing their song.

- ♪ Gather your broken dreams ♪

♪ All the pieces together ♪

♪ And everyone will see ♪

- Girl, I thought I was at

the audition for Glee.

- ♪ Bam ♪

- [off-key]

♪ Meant to be ♪

♪ They're gonna love you ♪

♪ Whatever you do ♪

- Yara sounds horrible.

- [off-key] ♪ Oh ♪

- Maybe tone is lost in

translation.

- ♪ People are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

- She don't sing it in Spanish.

She doesn't sing in English.

[laughing] She doesn't sing in

any language.

- Bah!

- Hello, hello, hello,

my superstars.

all: Hello.

- Hey, Carmen.

- Hey, hey.

- Lady reggae.

- Yes.

- Does this challenge

frighten you at all?

- No, this excites me.

- Because you were

in the bottom two...

- Maybe I might have a little

bit more to prove,

but I like a challenge.

I'm not gonna try to fake it,

you know?

I'm just gonna sing like I do

and gonna go with something that

I can pull off.

- Irie, man.

One love.

- Okay.

- Well, hello, Raja.

- Hi, gorgeous lady

of wrestling.

- [laughs] Yes!

So why'd you choose punk?

- As much as I wanted to be a

punk rocker as a teenager,

I was way too glamorous up here.

- Ha ha ha ha!

- Like I could not stick

a safety pin in my nose.

I might bleed, it might hurt.

- You've been criticized for

over-thinking your challenges.

You're very cerebral.

What is your strategy to sort of

break out of that?

- Well, you know, this is

a perfect one for me

because I can finally go balls

to the wall.

- Something that's always worked

for me is to remember

that what other people think

of you...

- Right.

- Is none of your business.

- Yeah.

- That...that's their...

that's them.

All right, Raja.

- Thanks, Ru.

- Get back to work.

- Right. See ya later!

- Hey, Manila.

- Hi.

- Do you have your disco moves

together?

Can you do the bump?

- Yes.

♪ Boom boom ♪

- Can you do the double bump?

Uh-uh.

You got it, kiddo.

- ♪ Ooh ooh ♪

- Yara Sofia!

The new princess of pop.

- Yes.

- Do you know how to sing

at all?

- Um...yes.

- You do? [laughs]

There was a little hesitation

there.

- Yes.

I'm not the best singer.

I'm an actress.

You have to believe it.

And in front of the mirror,

I'm gonna practice...

"I'm a singer, I'm a singer,

I'm a singer,"

and I'm gonna sell it.

- I'm very glad I kept you

around,

because I'm very excited to see

your pop princess.

- You're gonna love it, darling.

- Hey, Shangela.

- Hi, Ru.

- Now, you got stuck with

country.

Would you have chosen it?

- It's not about the song.

- Yeah.

- It's the look.

There's the traditional,

you know,

Jessica Simpson, these boots are

made for walkin' kinda look.

- Yeah.

- And then there's

Carrie Underwood concert.

- That is quite a conundrum

because a lot of people are

gonna expect...

- Jean skirts and plaid tops.

- You're just gonna have to

follow your heart on this.

Yo, yo, yo, yo!

- [laughing] Hey, Ru.

- Whassup?

- I got the hip-hop.

- And you chose this.

- Yes.

I'm modeling myself after

Lil' Kim.

- Uh-oh!

- [laughing] Yes!

- Uh-oh, the queen bee?

- I love Lil' Kim.

Ru knows I am hip-hop.

[pops tongue]

- Keep it hood and, um...

- Peace.

- Peace.

Bam!

- Bam!

[pop]

- All right, ladies,

in a few moments,

you'll be headed to

a professional recording studio.

♪ Field trip ♪

- [whooping]

- Now, tomorrow on the main

stage,

you'll be debuting your version

of super star in front

of a live audience.

We'll be joined by our

extra-special guest judges,

Grammy-award winning artist

Jody Watley...

- Ooh!

- Hey!

- Jody Watley is an amazing

performer.

So I'm excited that someone on

that judge's panel

is gonna finally be looking at

performance over look.

- And the sizzling hot

Carmen Electra.

- Wow!

- Whoo!

- So whatever you do...

don't f*ck it up.

- ♪ Super star ♪

- [snickers] Shangela.

She looks like Mystique's

country realness.

- Poor Shangela.

I mean, she's got country and...

ugh!

It's tragic.

How's Shangela gonna do

in country?

- I think she's gonna rely what

she's been relying on this

whole time...

being a loud mess.

I don't know what the hell

Shangela's wearing right now.

Like she just cut a piece

of fabric,

and it's all uneven

and it just...

it's not making any sense to me.

- I hope that I don't get ragged

for not coming out there

in a cowboy hat, you know,

in a denim skirt, but...

it's not that.

It's more this.

This is Carrie Underwood

concert.

You know what...you know what

I mean?

- She's somehow got her way

through

with f*cked-up outfits before,

so, you know, we'll see

what happens with her.

Bless her little heart.

- Hey.

- Hi. I'm Shangela.

- I'm Lucian.

- Today our main challenge is

to record RuPaul's song

super star

in a specific musical genre.

- Have you been in the studio

before?

- No. I have not.

- This is your microphone.

Steve is in the booth.

He's gonna help us out.

- Lucian produced RuPaul's CD

Champion.

This is real!

It makes me feel like

I'm already

a musical recording artist.

♪ Now that the time has come ♪

♪ Waiting what seems like ♪

♪ Forever ♪

- The melody that you're singing

there seems a little different.

- Okay.

- Are you changing it on

purpose?

- I may have taken it too high

with the "oh."

- What I would say is that...

- But I'll do it...

and then I'll take your feedback

on it.

I'd love to record one more

time,

and then that way I can get

the timing down for the intro,

so you guys may not have to do

any editing,

which would be nice.

Okay. Thank you.

- It seems like Shangela might

benefit

from being less confident.

[laughs]

- Anything else that I can do to

make it better?

No is okay too.

[laughing]

- It's gonna be my first

experience as a singer okay?

So...easy on me.

- Oh, okay. All right.

It's really scary, though.

- It is?

It's been a while since we have

seen a hot, gorgeous guy.

Bam!

I cannot concentrate.

♪ Whoa, all of the glamour ♪

♪ And all of the fame ♪

♪ People are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

- Okay...

There's a lot to go over here.

- What you didn't like?

- You sound terrified.

- I am terrified.

- Your vocals are like...

oh...oh...

- Shaking?

I know! I'm nervous.

- I know.

What would make you not nervous?

- We cannot say that on TV.

[pop]

- ♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ All of the fame ♪

♪ People are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

[music ends]

- Yeah, it's those upper notes

that are a little like...

- So I'll just like push harder.

- Well, don't think push.

Just think power.

- Okay.

- Here we go.

- ♪ Gonna love you as you are ♪

[stronger]

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

[music ends]

Okay, if you can run some

auto-tune on that,

that'd be great.

[laughter]

- ♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Now that the time has come ♪

♪ Waiting, it seems like ♪

♪ Forever ♪

- Just enunciate the words

a little bit more and make it

a little more prettier

in that girl punk way.

- ♪ We are super stars ♪

♪ Ha ah oh ♪

[laughs]

What does that mean?

- Sounds like you have a deeper

voice

than the key of this song.

- I'm kind of a more edgy gal.

I don't wanna compromise

my voice

and f*ck it up by doing

something

that's out of my range.

- We gotta figure out how to

make you sound less

"I can't find the right..."

- The right tune.

Right.

I can't wait to perform in

front of a live audience,

and I just hope that

the recording...

the look, all of it goes well

so that the audience

can love it.

Yeah, there is definitely

pressure.

- Maybe we should play it back

so you can hear...

and then maybe we can figure out

a game plan.

- I'm doing reggae.

- Okay.

- But I don't wanna be like...

old-school,

like with the accent...

- You don't wanna play up any

comedy here or anything.

- Yeah, I think that's...that's

not really my thing.

- Well, this is the microphone.

- Okay.

This is to catch my spit,

I guess?

- It's actually to block

the air from...

- Oh!

- ♪ Now that the time ♪

♪ Has come ♪

[off-key]

♪ Waiting will seem ♪

♪ Like forever ♪

♪ They're gonna love me ♪

♪ Whatever I do ♪

[laughing]

I'm sorry.

Hearing my voice

is freaking me out.

- Do you think that you're

performing right now?

- Well, I don't sing,

so it's like is there a way that

you can throw in

some extra things in the b*at?

The b*at is so like...

da da da.

- Reggae is laid-back.

You have to perform it.

If you were in a club

and you were singing this

and there was a crowd of people

around you,

what would you do?

- I would sound like a mess.

But let's go, let's do it.

[music starts]

♪ And everyone will see ♪

♪ What I was meant to be ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ And all of the ♪

[off-key] ♪ Fame ♪

No.

- It's just not interesting

at all.

It's just like...just so flat.

If you don't give me something

more entertaining,

it's gonna be like...

[snaps] Just do it.

- I'm a little frustrated.

Lucian just wants me to keep

going, give more.

But this is not my thing.

- I think we're done.

- Oh! That was crazy.

- ♪ Now that the time ♪

♪ Has come ♪

♪ Waiting will seem... ♪

Ah! f*ck.

I'm sorry.

♪ Now that the time has come ♪

f*ck.

- Okay, here we go.

From the beginning.

- ♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

f*ck.

Sounds bad, right?

- It's still not great, no.

- Okay, uh, let's try...

keep trying, 'cause...

- Okay. Here we go.

- I'm sorry.

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

Is bad too?

- We should figure out the

best way

to make you...sound good.

- I'm doing my best.

I don't have the best...voice.

But after being in the bottom

two last week,

I'm gonna be a professional and

I'm gonna be more serious.

- You know, I have to give you

props, because you're workin'.

[laughs]

- Thank you, Lucian.

Appreciate it.

- I felt like Yara was always

trying hard, even,

to make something happen.

But I don't know that anything

ever really did.

- ♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

♪ ♪

[music ends]

[hip-hop]

- Recording artist Manila Luzon

is in the house!

- Whoo-hoo!

- Yaaah!

- Oh, are those our music?

We walk into the workroom,

and and there are mp3 players

just waiting there

with our songs on them.

Today we have to lip sync the

song we had just recorded...

super star!

- Oh!

I gotta be alone.

Hearing my voice

with the track and the lyrics,

I mean, it was a full-on song,

and it was me singing it.

And I had never heard that

in my life.

I love it!

I love it, I love it!

I wanna do more.

It's good to have that feeling,

'cause I'm an old jaded queen,

and I just...I was, like, beside

myself.

- Whoo-hoo! I love it!

I'm so excited to hear my song!

I cannot believe it!

I can understand me!

- Wow, Yara!

- What?

- I love it...I can actually

understand you.

- Oh, sh*t!

I sound sickening!

I sound ten times better

than what I was expecting to

sound like.

- It's awesome!

- It sounds great!

Bam!

- So I got my track.

I'm listening to it.

But I'm like, oh...my...God.

I don't like the way it sounds

right now.

- I wanna hear yours.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I need to learn mine.

I don't like the song

personally,

so I'm not gonna go around

and like spreading my bad song

to everyone.

I wanna keep it to myself and be

like, all right,

let me think of a plan in order

to make this work.

- So, Heather, what did you

think of your recording session?

How'd it go yesterday?

- It went well.

I like it.

- Now that we have our music,

I was like, "Oh, dang,

I don't know about this."

It's kind of weird to hear

my own voice.

Trust me; it sounds a lot

better in my head,

but there was really nothing

left to do

except to perform

the hell out of it.

This is gonna be interesting.

- Oh...making a cowboy hat?

- Mm-hmm.

- Did you rhinestone the trim?

- Uh-huh.

- That's cute.

Do you need more rhinestones?

I have some more.

- Mm-mm. I have some more.

Oh, you sure you don't wanna put

some more rhinestones on that?

That was not her trying to help

me.

That was her trying to get into

my head.

- Well, these are pretty

rhinestones, gir.

- Thank you.

[dramatic music]

[RuPaul laughing]

[music plays]

♪ ♪

Well, hello there!

Welcome to the main stage

of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Michelle Visage, a name

that's music to my ears.

- Aw, go on.

- Jeffrey Moran...

Absolut brand czar.

Baby, we gotta stop meetin'

like this.

- Yes, honey, but in that dress,

we're gonna meet a lot more

often.

- [laughs]

Jody Watley.

Not only are you one of my

favorite singers,

you're my favorite Soul Train

dancer.

- Thank you!

- Carmen Electra, welcome!

I feel so Paisley Park tonight.

- Yes, very!

- This week, each of our queens

was challenged to record my song

Super Star

in a different style.

Now they're here to perform in

front of a live audience

at Rupaulapalooza,

sponsored by Absolut.

Gentlemen, start your engines,

and may the best woman win.

[music plays, applause]

[whooping]

- ♪ Super star, super star ♪

- ♪ Now that the time ♪

♪ Has come ♪

♪ Waiting what seems like ♪

♪ Forever ♪

♪ You gather ♪

♪ Your broken dreams ♪

♪ And put all the pieces ♪

♪ Together ♪

♪ And everyone will see ♪

♪ What you were meant to be ♪

♪ Oh ♪

I just unfold my wings.

I'm giving you Soul Train

realness, honey.

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ As you are ♪

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

- ♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ And all of the fame ♪

♪ Yeah, people are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

♪ Hah hah ♪

I know I look good.

I'm feelin' fabulous.

Whoo-whoo!

Alexis is serving hip-hop.

♪ Seriously, mama ♪

♪ Please don't look back ♪

♪ 'Cause I have been drivin'

in from far ♪

♪ for Puerto Rico ♪

♪ I'm about to att*ck ♪

♪ 'Cause this is my time ♪

♪ And I'm a star ♪

- [whooping]

- Bam!

- Can I get a hallelu?

♪ ♪

♪ Now that the time has come ♪

♪ Waiting what seems like ♪

♪ Forever ♪

♪ Whoo! ♪

Everyone looks wired.

They might as well be in

a country hoe-down,

and I love that.

So I just start boot-scootin'

my way

right on across that stage.

♪ Now and forever ♪

♪ Your dream's comin' true ♪

♪ They're gonna love you ♪

♪ Whatever you do ♪

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ As you are ♪

♪ Yee-haw ♪

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super star ♪

♪ Super star ♪

♪ That's what you are,

whoo ♪

- ♪ Now that the time has come ♪

♪ Waiting what seems like ♪

♪ Forever ♪

I'm a little worried

about the audience...

how they are gonna take this

ballad.

But at the end...people like

receiving me with open arms.

I love it.

♪ What you were meant to be ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ All of the glamour ♪

♪ And all of the fame ♪

♪ People are gonna ♪

♪ Remember your name ♪

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ As you are ♪

[singing in native language]

- ♪ Now that the time ♪

♪ Has time ♪

- ♪ Ooh ooh ♪

- ♪ waitin' will seem like

forever ♪

♪ And everyone will see ♪

- ♪ Everyone ♪

- ♪ What I was meant to be ♪

♪ Oh ♪

It's hard to get into character

and be, you know,

the sexy person

performing to, like, the cats

in the alley.

So I'm just trying to like do

something that's gonna

compensate

for the horrible vocal.

♪ Gonna love me ♪

♪ Yes, they are ♪

♪ They're gonna love me ♪

♪ I'm a super star ♪

♪ ♪

[punk rock music begins]

♪ ♪

- [whooping]

- ♪ Now that the time

has come ♪

♪ Waiting what seems like

forever ♪

♪ Gather your broken dreams ♪

♪ And put all the pieces

together ♪

I go out there, and I'm really

feeling my look.

I want it to embody punk as a

philosophy and as a movement,

and I just wanted to have

a great time out there.

♪ Now and forever ♪

♪ The dreams come true ♪

♪ They're gonna love you ♪

♪ Whatever you do ♪

♪ Gonna love you as you are ♪

♪ Gonna love you ♪

♪ You're a super ♪

♪ ♪

♪ A super star ♪

- [whooping]

- Ladies...

it's time for the judges'

critique.

Let's start with Manila.

- Ooh!

- [laughing]

- I thought the lip sync

could've

been a little more on point.

I wanted to feel like you were

singing it a little bit more.

- I was surprised that you went

directly to the audience,

as soon as you came onto

the stage.

I felt you grabbing

at the audience too early.

- Okay.

- Your moves were great.

You had really super moves,

and I pray to god there's a

bottle of Absolut

hidden in that fro somewhere.

- There's actually a whole case.

- The song was totally late '70s

After School Special

starring Scott Baio theme song,

which I love.

And you look gorgeous.

- Thank you.

- Next up, Alexis Mateo.

Now, tell us about your outfit.

- My outfit was inspired

by Lil' Kim.

- Uh! Bam!

Girl, I think you got Missy

Elliott stuffed up in there!

- Yes. Big ol' titties

and lotsa ass.

- Alexis sold it.

I could tell that you were

enjoying it.

The lip sync was great.

Loved the rap.

- I'm a hip-hop girl,

and this is like Hannah Montana

does hip-hop.

- Hannah Montana?

- All right, up next,

our country queen Shangela.

- Hey, y'all.

- You chose to do today's

country look

like Carrie Underwood

and Taylor Swift.

- To me it was a little more pop

than country.

I would have liked to have seen

something

just a little bit more

unexpected.

- You definitely came out

with the energy.

There's no question.

But I think I almost saw that

energy getting the best of you.

It got a little sloppy

sometimes.

- Your energy is always great.

But I would have liked to have

seen

a little more country stuff

in there.

- But I just...you know, I feel

that it's important that we just

are open-minded with regard

to country.

I know you guys are definitely

open-minded to that,

and so I appreciate all

your comments back.

- When we're sitting here,

we hear that song,

that's what dictated it.

It's not our preconceived notion

of country.

It's that [imitating banjo]

♪ ra-dah-diddle-did-dah ♪

You know?

That's what you heard.

- All right, next up, our

pop princess Yara Sofia.

I love the fact that you put

some Spanish in there.

- Yes.

- That was fantastic.

- Thank you.

- I don't know if I would have

picked that outfit

for that version of the song,

but you do look spectacular.

- I appreciate that sex sells.

I might have maybe covered up

a little skin.

- Had you stood at the back

of the stage back there

for a little longer with

the mic stand,

you could have sold the ballad

a little bit more.

- Yes, you could have worked

the mic stand more,

but you connected

with the audience.

I love the glitter.

It's very Britney MTV

Video Music Awards,

I'm a sl*ve.

Britney wants her old body back

too, by the way.

- I bet she does.

[laughter]

Up next, our punk queen Raja.

We've been asking you here for

you to tap into that power

that you have when you walk

the runway,

and it looked to me like

you did it.

- I loved it.

I loved the performance;

the lip sync was great.

- You really owned the stage on

this one.

I mean, I was there.

I felt like I could have gotten

in the mosh pit.

- When I was 14, I had the same

hairdo, but it was blue.

Everything was on tonight,

Raja.

Your performance, your look,

your attitude, the emo...

Like, way on.

- Thank you so much.

- Up next...

lady reggae, Carmen Carrera.

Tell me about your outfit.

- Well, my outfit is kind of

like if Bob Marley

had a lovechild

with a Puerto Rican girl

and she grew up in jersey.

- I love the outfit.

There was some problems

in the lip sync.

It was a little off.

- So, now Jeffrey, she pulled

the guy up onstage,

but she left him there.

- Frankly, he diverted

my attention

a little too much from you.

This is about you.

You're going to be

the super star.

It made me feel like quality

impression...

and a little low on the

delivery.

- I sound horrible,

but that's okay...I'm a man.

- You didn't sound horrible.

You didn't...you just...it felt

that you weren't committed

to the vocal.

Ladies, $75,000 is at stake.

And the decisions get harder

and harder to make.

And I need your help.

Who should go home tonight

and why?

Raja.

- Oh, man.

I f*cking hate this question.

You know what, I...

oh, God.

I would Shangela,

only because, you know what,

clearly you could go down

the line,

you can tell which genre

of music every one,

for the most part,

and then, you know, it just kind

of gets lost

as far as her look.

- Carmen, same question.

- I have to agree with Raja

because I feel that there's

always a look issue.

You need to look the part

if you're going to be

a drag super star.

- Where look is definitely

important,

you have to be able to perform,

and you need to be able

to connect,

and obviously she didn't do that

tonight,

and she has continuously not

done that

throughout this competition,

and that's truly why I feel

Carmen Carrera

should be the one who goes home

tonight.

- Alexis Mateo.

- I'm going to pick Carmen

Carrera as well,

and I think she's resting

and pretty.

- All right, girls,

I think we've heard enough.

Now while you enjoy an Absolut

cocktail

in the Interior Illusions

lounge,

the judges and I will

deliberate.

You may leave the stage.

All right, just between us

girls...

We'll start with Manila.

Now, I have never enjoyed

a performer

to come out and immediately

att*ck the audience.

- I loved the fro,

and I love what she delivered,

but I think I'm with you.

I don't want her attacking

that audience.

- I think she looked good;

her costume and the whole

package.

And I love that she att*cked

the audience.

Good for her.

- Alexis Mateo.

- The good was she really did

own her performance.

- It's hip-hop.

We don't know you as that kind

of an artist,

and then you come out here.

You got a hip-hop hat on,

you got a girl hip-hop jacket

on,

and then the rest is stripper.

That's not hip-hop.

- I mean, what was she supposed

to wear,

some...she's supposed to sport

a sag and a wife beater?

- If I pick her up, we're going

to an interview

and I see those...you

gotta cover those up!

- Well, a big trend

in queens these days

are those latex boobs.

- Oh! I don't like the way

they look.

Those aren't breasts.

These are breasts!

- Oh! Girl!

- These are breasts!

- You don't have to tell me

twice.

Shangela, now, she made

a bold decision

to do today's country look.

- She didn't do it for me.

And I understand, you know,

the whole "I want it to be

current

and I want it to be now

country,"

like...fine.

But someone's paying you to do

something, sweetie;

you gotta deliver on that.

- I almost don't even remember

it,

it was so middle of the road.

- If you have to explain it,

it's not being projected.

It was a fail.

- Yara Sofia!

- That body is near-perfection.

- But with that said,

that voice is still there.

- [laughs]

- And I don't ever want to hear

her record again, just FYI.

[RuPaul laughing]

- I don't know, I thought she

had guts to get up here.

She sparkled.

I liked her.

- Carmen Carrera.

- The best thing about it for me

was the outfit.

- I saw...some style with

no substance.

- I think she's too

self-conscious

about looking anything other

than sexy.

- Right.

- And I do think she has the

goods,

like she's not moving past this

point of posing.

- That's her crutch.

So she really doesn't have to

bring anything else.

- Raja.

- A lot of performing

is owning it.

Raja just owned it.

- She walked out with those

Doc Martens

and that little plaid number,

and I'm like, she got it!

- She can study a look,

and she can get it,

and she works it on the runway,

but when it comes to emoting,

she's fallen short.

And, Michelle, you've seen this.

Do you think she's broken

through that?

- I think this was so in touch

with the core of who she is

that we can't really judge if

she's broken through or not.

- She represented the strongest

type of woman,

which I find so attractive.

And I wouldn't mind if she,

uh...

well, I guess she wouldn't need

to strap it on.

- No!

[laughter]

- Silence!

I've made my decision.

Bring back...my girls.

Welcome back, ladies.

Now, based on your performance

on the main stage,

I've made some decisions.

Yara Sofia, your performance

was graceful...

but your power ballad ran

out of gas.

You're safe.

Raja, the judges OD'ed on your

punk performance.

God save the queen.

You are the winner

of this challenge.

And you've won an original

custom gown by Marcomarco

from the House

of Infinite Radness.

- I feel fantastic.

Grew up being a little punk kid,

so it was kind of nice to get

to live that look.

And I deserve to win.

- Carmen Carrera...

Your reggae was half-baked,

and your performance went up

in smoke.

I'm sorry, my dear, but you are

up for elimination.

- Oh...God!

I was in the bottom two

last time,

so for me, it's do or die.

- Manila.

Your disco look rocked the boat.

You're safe.

Shangela.

Your attempt to explain away

your new country look

fell on deaf ears.

Alexis Mateo, your hip-hop was

just too damn strip hop.

Alexis Mateo...

You are safe.

- Thank you.

- Shangela, my dear, you are up

for elimination.

- When Ru says that I'm in the

bottom two,

my heart is b*ating so loudly

because it's not time for me

to go home.

It's not.

- 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!

Good luck and don't...

f*ck it up.

[music begins]

♪ ♪

- ♪ No matter how hard I try ♪

♪ You keep pushing me aside ♪

♪ And I can't break through ♪

♪ There's no talkin' to you ♪

♪ So sad that you're leavin'♪

♪ Takes time to believe it ♪

♪ But after all ♪

♪ Is said and done ♪

♪ You're gonna be ♪

♪ The lonely one ♪

♪ Oh, do you believe in life ♪

♪ After love ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I can feel something ♪

♪ Inside me say ♪

♪ I really don't think ♪

♪ You're strong enough, no ♪

♪ Well, I know ♪

♪ That I'll get through this ♪

- It hurts me to say that

Shangela's kind of turning it

out.

I mean, I'm rootin' for my

girl,

but Carmen might be in trouble.

- ♪ I don't need you anymore ♪

♪ No, I don't need you

anymore ♪

♪ ♪

- Ooh!

- ♪ Do you believe in love ♪

♪ After love ♪

♪ ♪

[song ends]

- [whooping, whistling]

- Ladies...

I've made my decision.

Shangela...shante, you stay.

- [exhales]

Thank you.

[whispers]

- Carmen Carrera...

my jersey girl.

You're a fierce queen.

Do you believe in life after

RuPaul's Drag Race?

Because I believe in you.

Now...sashay away.

[applause]

- Ru's decision's Ru's decision,

and I respect her decision.

I think in this competition

it's about doing it

and doing it the best you can,

and if other people do it

better,

then that's...

the reality of it.

But I am the most beautiful one

here,

and honestly, I would have liked

to get sent home by

somebody better.

- Condragulations, girls.

You have been turning it out

week after week, and so don't

even think of letting up now.

Now, remember,

if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell are you gonna

love somebody else?

Can I get a amen in here?

all: Amen!

- All right,

now let the music play!

♪ ♪