03x13 - Make Dat Money

[bunniefuu]

- Previously on

RuPaul's Drag Race...

I want you to meet some real

athletes.

- Come on in, babies!

Come on in!

Whoo!

both: Divas, divas, here we go!

Safe sex is the way to go!

- Keep your pecker clean, man!

- Have a rubber catch

that semen!

both: Protection is the key!

both: No, no, no bareback.

both: Safe sex. Whoo!

- Manila, you served up

two china dolls.

Condragulations.

You are the winner of this

week's challenge.

- Yah!

- Ladies, I've made my decision.

Raja...

Shante, you stay.

- [sobs]

- Carmen Carrera,

baby, you don't make it easy

to say good-bye.

Now, sashay away.

[laughs]

And tonight the dolls hit

the jackpot...

- What?

- And go for broke.

It is time for the most

expensive challenge in RuPaul's

Drag Race her-story.

With extra-special guest

judges La Toya Jackson

and Gigi Levangie Grazer.

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.

- Top four again!

- Yoo-hoo!

- Déja vu.

Carmen left the competition.

I love Carmen, but, darling,

at this point, it's you or me.

Oh, there's a message.

- Good-bye again.

Best of luck to everyone.

Turn it out and don't be

a sprepper.

- Don't be a sprepper.

Sprepper is this combination

of Sprite and Dr. Pepper.

It's sweet, but it's not

delicious.

- Raja, it's your turn.

- I've never done this before.

You guys have all done this

before I have.

Oh, BGB, girl.

Bye, girl, bye.

See ya later, Carmen.

I'll give ya a call.

I lost my cherry to being the

bottom two.

- Finally, people.

- Did you cry?

- I did a little bit.

I thought I was gonna go home

because of some guy that I'd

only known for two days.

It was pretty close.

It was almost me.

My only game plan at this point

is just to kick everyone's

asses, and I'm so close.

I am so close.

[siren blares]

- Ooh, girl, you've got

she-mail.

Hey, big spenders.

all: Hey!

- I own everything.

[laughs]

Or at least I act like I do.

You gotta fake it till you

make it, honey.

- Yes, ma'am.

- Get that coin, girl.

'Cause if you don't,

there ain't nothing going on

but the rent.

- What?

- What?

- Prostitution.

- Hello, hello, hello!

all: [cheer]

- My ladies.

all: [cheer]

- You know, most drag

performers make their money

in tips, but to be America's

next drag superstar, you need

to make your moola selling it

to the masses.

Now, for today's mini challenge,

you'll become host for the

newest, hottest home shopping

channel...RuVC.

all: [laugh]

- You'll each have three

minutes to pitch one product,

an item you choose from your

own drag, and the one queen

who convinces me to order

her product will win.

You've got 20 minutes to put

together a quick drag

spokesqueen look.

And I'll see you on RuVC.

All right.

- Oh, my god.

Ah!

- Everybody in the room

including me look a mess.

Raja looks like Rainbow Brite.

Manila actually was pretty

with less makeup.

And Yara, I don't even have

a clue.

- The first thing I thought of

was you're not my tucker.

It's fresh out of my own drag.

It's something that I rely on

most often,

and why not sell it?

- I don't know if I look good in

brown hair, but...

- What are you wearing?

- Welcome to RuVC.

I wanna tell you about a product

today that has aromatherapeutic

powers, healing powers,

it can feminize you,

it could increase your libido.

Be right back. My gaff.

You take this part that would

normally cover your genitals,

and you stretch it over your

face, and it has invigorating

powers that immediately wakes

you up.

That's $6,934, uh, 60 clams

from a tribe in Africa,

and 4 goats, and you, too,

can own this...Raja's gaff.

Start ordering, everyone.

- Hi, my name is Manila Luzon.

You may have seen me on such

shows as RuPaul's Drag Race

or Cops.

I'm here to tell you about

this new product Man-ila.

You can use it for hair,

tabletop cleaner,

makeup finisher,

when you get these, like,

horrible runs in your nylons.

If you call right now,

we'll send you this free travel

cap that goes on top.

Thank you. Good-bye!

- Hi, America. I'm Yara Sofia.

It's kind of hard to find

the perfect hair.

And you can wear a perfect

pop-it-on.

See how gorgeous it is?

You can wear it like this,

and you can put it like this,

you can scrub yourself,

your body.

You know, we are drag queens.

You can use the pop-it-on

to clean your table.

Only 100 payments of $1.

You have to buy the pop-it-on.

Now, bye.

- My name is Alexis Mateo,

and I have a secret that I wanna

share with you...the hip pad.

If you always want the perfect

body but you cannot have it,

I got the magic solution

for you.

They are handmade

and hand-painted just by me.

For only two payments of $19.95.

But wait. If you call right now

in the last ten seconds,

I'm gonna give you handmade pads

for your ass Alexis.

The booty, the pads, everything

that you need to be a complete

drag queen for only two payments

of $19.95.

This is Alexis Mateo for RuVC.

- Hi.

all: Hi!

- Wow, wow. Ooh!

What do we have here?

Let's see what I ordered.

This is always so exciting.

- Yeah!

- Open it, open it, open it.

all: [cheer, applaud]

- It's a pop-it-on!

- A pop-it-on!

[laughs]

Say what, the pop-it-on!

Ah, she bought the pop-it-on!

Finally I...I win the mini

challenge.

- Yara, your prize for winning

the mini challenge is...

$1 million.

- What?

Gee! Whoo!

- Well, well, actually,

darling, it's 1 million Ru

dollars.

- Oh!

- Yes.

- What happened?

- Now, the pit crew was up

all night cooking up this dough

at Cat Print.

While these may not pay your

bills, they could come in handy

a little later, because it is

time for the most expensive

challenge in RuPaul's Drag Race

her-story!

This week we are throwing

a make-dat-money ball,

and each of you will have to

come up with a portfolio

of three different looks

that you could take to the bank,

honey.

First category...Swimsuit Body

Beautiful.

You need to create a bathing

suit hot enough to attract

a billionaire.

Second category...

Cocktail Attire After 5:00.

You need to create a flirty,

short dress where all that

glitters is gold.

Third category...Evening Gown

Eleganza.

- Work.

- Using 2 1/2 million Ru paper

dollars,

you need to create a dress that

literally screams money.

Yara, because you won the mini

challenge,

you have an extra million

dollars to play with.

Gentlemen, start your engines.

And may the best woman win.

- We have three challenges

in a row that have multiple

looks for the runway.

Like, are you exhausted?

'Cause I'm exhausted.

- I feel like I'm a glamorous

sweatshop worker, if you will.

- That's just 'cause you're

Asian.

- [laughs]

- [sighs] Have you ever made a

swimsuit before?

- No, I haven't...

I've never made one.

- What're you gonna do

for a swimsuit?

- A gold swimsuit.

All I hear from the judges

all the time is that my body's

not right, that my walk is not

right, that my hair is not

right.

I cannot please all the judges,

but that doesn't define

who I am.

I mean, there's nothing wrong

with my body at all.

Probably something wrong with

Michelle's and Santino's body,

but it's not...nothing wrong

with my body.

I'm just the girl that wears

the pads and the titties

in the show.

- Alexis mentions her

insecurity coming in,

and it's all in her head,

I think.

- But they're not, like,

sleeping on you, Alexis.

Like, they love you.

You have a great personality.

- It's just bullshit.

I don't know.

It doesn't make any sense to me.

- Why are you saying that

the judges are against you?

You have win three challenges,

girl.

- Now because of that,

I'm gonna get all f*cked up.

- f*ck glue g*n.

- Did you burn yourself?

- f*ck, f*ck.

- Today's main challenge

is to make three distinct

money looks...uh, a swimsuit,

a cocktail dress, and an evening

gown...for Ru's make-dat-money

ball.

- Where's the only

f*cking glue g*n?

- We're stressed out, 'cause

it's gonna be a long day, honey.

- Some craziness.

I know there's a lot of people

that think that I'm gonna do

wrong in this challenge.

I don't have a clue

how this is gonna turn out.

I have never worked with this

kind of material, and every time

I try hard, I get sh*t.

- Girl! That...oh, maybe you

wanna start over.

- Um, I hate it.

I think we're all in a great

panic at this point.

There's very, very little time,

and I can feel the stress

in the room.

Oh, I hate starting over.

I can't stand this anymore.

- Hello, hello, hello!

- Hola!

- Are you ready for the

make-dat-money ball?

- Yes.

- Not yet.

- Hi, Alexis.

- Hi, Ru!

- Does this challenge frighten

you at all?

- Yeah, I am worried about it.

Like, it's so difficult.

I'm not a pro.

I'm not a designer.

- Okay, all right.

So, are you gonna do a whole

gold storyline here?

- You know what, Ru,

I have no clue what I want

to show on the stage.

I'm talking to Ru,

and it was not going well.

That scares me a lot.

- Who's your biggest

competition?

- It is Yara.

Yara have everything that I love

in a drag queen.

Her mind is very high-fashion,

and her personality is so,

so big.

Plus she's Puerto Rican.

- Uh-huh.

- So, if I don't win this

competition, another

Puerto Rican should be crowned.

- [laughs]

All right, get back to work.

- Thank you, Ru!

- All right.

Yara Sofia.

- Hi!

- Tell me about money.

Are you free-spending,

or are you very frugal?

- I'm very free-spending.

- [laughs]

- I'm broke, but I'm still

fabulous.

- If you win the $75,000,

are you just gonna spend it?

- I am gonna move probably

to the states.

Puerto Rico, it's hard to find a

job.

- It's hard to find a job here

too.

- Yes, I know, but it...

in Puerto Rico, it's more hard.

- Do you make a living

making dresses?

- Yes. My inspiration

is Bob Mackie.

- You could be the next

Bob Mackie.

We need another Bob Mackie.

We need more wearable art.

- Mm-hmm.

I want to risk the American

dream.

I want to make my own line

of clothes.

And that's why I'm here, I'm...

because I love drag,

I love to make dresses.

This is my life.

- Ooh!

Look how delicious.

All this money.

You've been in the competition

for a long time.

Are you surprised that you've

lasted so long?

- Well, no, I knew that, like,

I was gonna be in for the long

haul.

I just didn't know you were

gonna bring all these girls and

have all these extra challenges.

- So, is it safe to say you

didn't come to the competition

to make friends, you came

to win?

- Uh, well, both.

I love meeting new people,

so I'm gonna make a lot of

friends, but if I have to s*ab

them in the back, I mean,

whatever.

- [laughs]

Well, hello, Raja.

- Hi, sexy lady.

- What are you working on now?

- Well, I'm basically making

an armature for a top hat made

out of coins and cash.

- Oh, wow.

Do you have enough time

to do something like that?

- I think so.

- All right. Now, tell me

something about the swimsuit.

- I wanna show my skinny body

and do just a bikini.

- How do you stay so skinny?

- I work out. I do Pilates and

yoga.

And with my, uh, $75,000 that

I win, I'll finally get

my gastric bypass.

both: [laugh]

- All right, ladies,

gather around.

All right, there's one more

thing that will make this week's

main challenge even richer.

- Ah, no!

- I want you to choreograph

a group number that will kick

off the make-dat-money ball.

- On top of all this?

Oh, my god, I'm gonna die.

- Now, Yara, since you won

the mini challenge,

you're in charge.

Oh, and you'll be shaking

your moneymakers to the song

Just Wanna Dance

by Miss La Toya Jackson,

because tomorrow on the main

stage, back again at my personal

request, we'll be joined by

Miss La Toya herself.

all: Yay.

- And our extra-special guest

judge will be the New York Times

best-selling author

Gigi Levangie Grazer.

- Cool. Yay.

- All right, ladies,

time is money, so get to work.

And, remember, don't f*ck it up.

- Oh, my god!

- You have to measure your...

your size, and you have to make

the mannequin for you,

'cause it will take your shape.

- Alexis, is your fit gonna be

immaculate?

- You know what, I'm looking

like the way I want it to look.

If they like it, they like it.

If they don't like it, oh, well.

I'm completely freaking out

right now.

I was feeling stressed out,

and I cannot do the challenge,

and it's horrible.

You get to a point when you

cannot control your feelings

anymore.

I just want this to be over.

I just wanna go home.

- When I see Alexis packing,

what the f*ck are you doing?

What are you doing?

both: [speaking Spanish]

- I am tired, I'm exhausted,

and to see Alexis packing,

it makes me feel angry.

- What's going on with, um,

Alexis?

- She's trying to give up.

I don't know.

- She's over it?

- She's trying to leave

the competition.

- Alexis gave up and left this

competition.

It's a very, very dark moment.

- I don't know where...

where is she? Where is she?

- I don't know.

I have had, like, meltdowns

and freak-outs, and I'm trying

to hold myself together, because

at any moment, it could happen.

Like, the pressure is so intense

right now.

- She told me, like, she gained

weight, and sometimes it's so

hard to make clothes for her.

- We have no time.

- No time!

- We have to do three outfits.

- It's frustrating for me,

'cause I don't want to be

uncomfortable.

- Anyway, well, guess I'm

gonna start putting sh*t

on my dress.

[sewing machine whirs]

I decided to, like, whip out

Sahara's picture because

it's like seeing my boyfriend is

a really great reminder

of why I'm here.

- Girl, what's going on with

that picture?

- Oh, It's Sahara Davenport.

The most beautiful drag queen

after RuPaul.

- Do you miss her?

- f*ck yeah, I miss the bitch.

- Cute.

- You know, I think I've tried

sewing a dress before,

with a slit in the side, and it

didn't work out.

So I don't know why I'm trying

this again.

Bitch man is not the tea.

- [sighs]

Stress, stress, stress.

[door squeaks open]

- [exhales]

- Ay!

You're scaring me.

You're a psycho bitch.

- It was just...I don't know.

I decided to stay in this

competition all the way

till the end.

I'm here, b*tches. I am here.

I didn't came here to just

give up in the top four.

I came here to be America's

next drag superstar.

- Drama, girl.

- [chuckles]

- So, girls,

let's get...dance, girl!

It's time to go to rehearsal.

- Just 'cause RuPaul put you

in charge doesn't mean you have

to yell at us.

- I decide to split the

choreography between Alexis

and me, 'cause we have a great

connection and Alexis is

a good dancer.

- Here we go.

- Whoo! The coins!

- Get your coins, girl.

- Um, let's begin.

- What are we gonna do?

- Manila seems a little bit

terrified,

but so am I, so we're in this

together.

- First step.

Step with the right...

Shoulder, out.

Boom, bam.

Five, six, seven, eight, we do

this in line.

And we get out of the line.

We go back in line,

and we gonna repeat that again.

- Perfect.

- Whoo! Okay.

- Good job, darling.

Outsides all yours.

I told you, she's good.

- Here we go! And step.

Again, we got it, we got it, we

got it.

- I'm lost, I'm so lost.

Oh, what happened?

Oh, wait, what am I doing?

- Wait a minute.

[laughs]

- Wait, sorry.

What am I doing? Am I following

you?

I'm doing the opposite of you

now, right?

- [laughs]

- I'm still doing that?

I haven't done a choreographed

routine in such a long time.

I'm terrified.

- It's easy.

- Once I get this, you guys

better watch out.

- Okay.

- Oh, girl, you're gonna have to

catch up,

because it's not that difficult

to understand, so get it

together, bitch.

Hands up.

Then we going to the left,

to the right,

and go all the way to your ass.

Shakin' my ass.

- Yeah, darling!

- Shake your ass.

- Yeah!

- Manila, Manila, just shake

your back.

- [laughs]

- Yeah, we just shake the ass.

- How are you doing that?

- I'm moving, I'm moving.

- I don't know how to do this.

- The cha-cha is inside all of

you.

Hey, I want to do this.

It's like...

We supposed to be touching each

other's back.

- Oh, hey, girls.

- Five, six, seven, eight.

Boom!

Don't leave the back.

Don't leave the back.

No, no, what are you doing,

Manila?

- Again.

- Can we do this?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Can we just not put it in

front of our faces?

'Cause I don't want to block

this mug.

- Hey, hey, watch out!

- [exclaims in Spanish]

- I'm not really a dancer,

and so picking up choreography

is like not the easiest thing

for me to do.

We're down to the final four.

I don't want to f*ck this up,

so...

Awesome, guys.

Go team.

- This is gonna be a mess.

- [laughs]

[alarm beeps]

- Money morning!

- Money, money, money,

money, money, money.

- Oh, my god.

Feel like I should've just had a

bed here.

- I know. Like, what was the

point of even going back home?

- We haven't sleep or nothing.

- There's a lot of pressure,

and it's really important for me

to do a great job on this

challenge, because it's one of

our last challenges.

And if I don't do a good job,

I'm gonna be in the bottom two

again.

[sighs] All right.

- You guys, did we use every

single glue stick there is?

- Yes.

- Yes, we did. See?

- Did you use the extra

million dollars?

- Yes, except for...

- Everything?

- Except for this one.

- Wow.

- 'Cause I wanted a big one.

- That's a lot of dress, honey.

- Yara's is way too

complicated.

And I understand avant-garde,

but it's just really crazy.

If she were to sit down in it,

it would look like a pile of

garbage.

Yara, it's like a tropical

garden.

It's really huge.

- I don't care if

the other girls will like it.

I'm focused on my stuff.

RuPaul is gonna love it.

- Who's top three?

- I would like to be me,

Yara, and Alexis.

- Manila, you think it's gonna

be easier for you to win

the competition if Raja's gone?

- If it all goes correctly,

then I should be in the top

three.

- If you don't make the top

three,

the decision is incorrect.

- Sure.

I put so much energy into this

competition from day one,

and I feel like I really worked

my hands to the bone,

and I need to be in the top

three.

It's just so close.

- The top three gonna be me,

Raja, and Yara.

- Never, never, never

in a million years.

Where's Manila going?

- Home. After tonight.

- Hey.

- I deserve it.

I want Alexis in the top three.

And the other one, I don't know.

- Since Manila and I had a...

had a pretty close relationship

throughout this competition,

I would like to see her there.

- I deserve it, m*therf*ckers.

I'm gonna make the top three,

because I worked very hard

for this, and I'm gonna let them

have it!

[laughter]

- And what?

Hey, guys!

Welcome to the main stage

of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Hey, Michelle, you like?

- I love.

- Mike Ruiz, you look like

a million dollars.

- Oh, so do you.

- Well, you know, as Dolly

says, "it takes a lot of money

to look this cheap."

- [laughs]

- Gigi Levangie Grazer,

how does a Hollywood wife make

her money?

- Well, we earn it the

old-fashioned way, RuPaul...

through divorce.

- [laughs]

- L.A. Toya, you're back by my

request.

- And I will do anything for

you, Ru, you know that.

- Oh, honey, that's big money,

La Toya, if you ask me.

both: [laugh]

- This week our queens

were challenged to create

three million-dollar looks

for the make-dat-money ball.

To kick things off,

they're gonna make it rain

to La Toya Jackson's

Just Wanna Dance.

Gentlemen, start your engines.

And may the best woman win.

Category is Swimsuit Body

Beautiful, and they will be

performing to La Toya's song

Just Wanna Dance.

- Oh! Oh! Oh!

- [laughs]

- Wow!

- Whoo!

- Amazing!

The gold-diggers of 2011.

Category is Cocktail Attire

after 5:00.

Yara Sofia.

- She's the merry widow,

ready for her next husband.

- Yes.

- It's like she's getting ready

for Liberace's funeral.

- Uh-huh.

- My cocktail dress is inspired

by Nina Ricci, like,

very Evita Peron,

very sophisticated, very dark.

- And I love the gloves on her.

- It's very film noir.

- The widow wore gold.

Up next, Alexis Mateo.

- Ooh!

- Goldfinger.

- Ooh!

- With my cocktail dress,

I think about myself.

Alexis always cha-cha.

That's what the dress is.

I'm not gonna change myself

for nobody else.

I'm just gonna walk the dress,

and I know it looks sickening

on me.

- The Golden Globes.

- It's like two canned hams

under a blanket, fighting it

out.

- Really, yes. Ooh, I love ham.

Manila.

- Hey, girl, hey!

- All right!

- Lots of attitude.

This reminds me of a disco.

- Well, I don't know about Ru,

but I take my disco nap

at 5:00 P.M., so this is going

to be an after-5:00-A.M. Look,

yes, and, honey, I am still

partying, and I'm about to go

to the after-party, honey.

- New year's eve 1984.

- Oh, my god.

'80s in the San Fernando Valley.

- For the love of money.

Up next, Raja.

Ooh, Raja and the gold rush.

- The look for my cocktail

dress is a little bit heiress,

and it's a little eccentric.

- I own everything, and I

bought it on my American Express

Gold card, darling.

Category is million-dollar

Evening Gown Eleganza.

Yara Sofia.

- She blew her cash wad.

- Yes.

It's Marie Antoinette.

- Cha-ching.

- I'm doing my runway,

and I feel like a queen,

and it feels so great.

I feel so powerful.

The avant-garde for me

is everything.

- She's got the credit cards

in there too.

- Her whole safety deposit box.

- Suze Orman called.

She wants her Fico score back.

- [laughs]

- Up next, Alexis Mateo.

- Goddess of the sea.

- Yes. Yes, like scales.

- They're like fish scales.

- I wanted to look like a

mermaid.

I wanted to look like tropical,

flowers, colors.

I wanted to look very pageant

as well.

- It's like the Little Mermaid

meets Lil' Kim.

- Yes, it is!

Mo' money, mo' problems.

You can bet your bottom dollar,

and I do mean bottom.

Manila.

- Imelda markup.

- Imelda markup, that's right.

- It's better than a markdown.

- For my evening gown made of

money, the judges are really

liking my look.

I think my hair is just so big

that they have to love it.

I mean, come on, who doesn't

love a drag queen with gigantic

hair?

- She looks like a Texas

tycoon's wife.

- Yes!

Black gold.

both: Texas tea!

- [laughs]

- I think her economy

just double-dipped.

Up next, Raja.

- Wow.

- Ow!

- Ultimately I had this idea

of this 1930s sort of starlet,

and she is going on a train

to the Hearst castle to meet up

with all of her fancy buddies,

and I think it looks fantastic.

I think I look like an exotic

bird.

- She owns the world.

- If I had the dollars...

- Very Linda Evangelista.

- All the honeys making money.

Welcome, ladies.

It's time for the judges'

critiques.

Yara Sofia.

- Yes?

- Penny for your thoughts.

- [chuckles]

This is my inspiration,

from Alexander McQueen.

- Yes.

- And the hair is my trademark.

My pop-it-ons.

- Your pop-it-ons.

- But this time covered

in money.

- Yara, you are absolutely

gorgeous.

- Thank you.

- I do think that it's

a bit busy.

All the gold necklace and then

the gold going into the bustier,

with the hair and the necklace,

it's almost like that.

- Your cocktail dress

presentation was a little

morose, and I would've hoped

that you would've been a little

more effervescent, you know,

on every level.

- Up next, Alexis Mateo.

- I love what you've done

to this dress.

This is why I know you could've

done something much better

with the bathing suit than

what I saw.

- And it's pretty much the same

for your cocktail dress.

I think it was just a little

too simple for me.

- When you came out in

the bathing suit, I thought,

I'm so glad she got rid of Ike.

- [laughs]

- That Tina Turner wig was

fabulous. I loved it.

- The problem with the swimsuit

for me was that it was too

abuelita.

It was too grandma.

And because it was cut low,

it made you look bulky.

- All right, up next, Manila.

- Hi, judges.

- Now, tell us about this dress.

It looks like Beverly Hills

shrubbery.

- You know, at the end of

the night when you open your

drag bag to see all your tips...

- Yes.

- They're all crumpled

and sweaty, and so I thought

that it would be kind of

interesting to, like, tear up

money and crumple them,

and then, um, glue them on here.

- When I look at the pink

flower in your hair,

it's absolutely gorgeous.

It enhances your color tones.

I did feel and think your hair

was a little bit too big.

- How dare you!

all: [laugh]

- I'm a drag queen!

both: [laugh]

- Well, I loved your swimsuit

presentation.

It was very Saint-Tropez,

French Riviera.

It was very Samantha Jones,

you know, goes to the Hamptons.

I loved it.

- It all worked.

It was thought out, and it was

ex*cuted beautifully.

- The cocktail attire,

very Mahogany, very Diana Ross.

I wanna go to that cocktail

party.

- All right, up next, Raja.

- Hi.

- When you walk out,

you act as if you own the stage,

and I wanna focus on you,

because you give me, you demand

that attention from me.

And that's what I love about

you.

But your after-5:00 to me

was so plain.

It was so simple.

It was so ordinary.

The entire outfit, to be quite

frank with you, reminded me of

a Pointer sister.

- All right, ladies,

here's the $75,000 question...

why do you deserve to be crowned

America's next drag superstar?

Let's start with Yara.

- I'm so broke.

all: [laugh]

- Uh, I don't have anything in

my bank.

My credit card is over...

is overdrawn, and I need money

to...to move to the states,

and I would like to live

the American dream.

I have charisma, uniqueness,

nerve, and talent.

I have everything.

I'm the full package.

- All right, Alexis,

same question.

- I think I deserve to be

America's next drag superstar

because inside of me, like every

American and every real person,

I am not perfect, but I have

the desire to continue.

And if I can move forward

in the competition and become

America's next drag superstar,

I would do it with honor,

respect, and proud.

- Manila, why do you deserve

to be crowned America's next

drag superstar?

- I came to this competition

blessed.

I feel like I represent

the product of a loving

and supportive family.

I'm not a Cinderella story.

My parents didn't kick me out.

My parents have been very loving

and very supportive.

And I have a beautiful family.

And I think that I carry

a message of...to love and be

really supportive of...of all

your friends and your family,

because we all have, like,

the power inside of us.

We just need that extra push,

and I'm here to...

to speak that.

- Raja, same question.

- In winning this competition,

I would love to leave a legacy

for all those little boys...

[sighs]

All the little boys who are

teased, who are afraid,

who don't know how to express

themselves creatively yet,

you know, and they don't even

know that they're allowed to go

against the grain.

It's okay to say f*ck you,

and do what you love to do,

and express yourself thoroughly.

I wanna be an example of someone

who is proud, someone who is

accomplished, and someone who

loves...loves what they do.

- The power of f*ck You.

all: [laugh]

- Well, girls, I think we've

heard enough.

Now, while you go and untuck

in the interior illusions

lounge, the judges and I

will deliberate.

All right, just between us

gargoyles, what do ya think?

Let's start with Yara Sofia.

- To me, it looked like she got

run over by a Brink's truck.

- It was a miss.

It was too much.

- Her speech, I'm sorry,

but I felt for her.

- You're a softie.

- Oh, my god, this poor thing.

She doesn't have any money.

- I really felt for her,

but, you know, I don't think

we can pick a drag superstar

based on the fact that we feel

sorry for them.

- Right. All right,

let's move on to Alexis.

- She's not utilizing her body

the way she should and could.

Just the bathing suit alone.

- It was like a middle-aged

woman trying to get laid

at Jones beach.

- If you're gonna pick a

proportion like an hourglass

in that dress, why are you gonna

pull all of your hair back

into this teeny-tiny...

she looked like Beetlejuice.

both: [laugh]

- All right, let's move on

to Manila.

- The swimsuit was beautiful.

It was feminine. It was elegant.

Totally nailed the challenge as

far as that goes.

- She has incredible stage

presence.

She's always on when she's up

here.

She's the queen of that coy

kind of thing, and you have to

take that into consideration...

- Sure.

- When these people have your

name attached to them as

America's next drag superstar.

- Let's move on to Raja.

Now, I've just gotta start with

that gown...

- Crazy good.

- Which was just breathtaking.

- Two words about the cocktail

dress, Ru.

- Mm-hmm.

- Oil can.

- [laughs]

- I'm probably gonna lose it

again, but listening to Raja's

speech, I was one of those

little boys.

I was one of those little boys

who wanted a beacon of hope,

who wanted somebody to look up

to, to say, "you know what,

it's gonna be okay.

Be yourself, and be creative,

and be inspired, and think

outside of the box, and don't

let anyone ever tell you

that you can't."

You know, so, to me, I don't

even care what Raja was wearing

tonight.

- [claps]

Silence!

I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, ladies.

Now, based on your performance

in the make-dat-money ball,

I've made some decisions.

Manila, this week you looked

like a high roller,

but did you hit the jackpot?

Raja, your Evening Gown Eleganza

was top dollar, but were you

outspent on the runway?

Manila, condragulations,

you are the winner of this

week's challenge.

- Oh, my god.

- You will receive a collection

of fine jewelry from

Kathy Ireland Jewelry.

- Thank you, guys.

I won, I won!

Two weeks in a row, b*tches.

- Raja...

You're safe.

Alexis Mateo, Yara Sofia,

I'm sorry, my dears,

but you are up for elimination.

- For me, being in the bottom

two is like losing.

I feel horrible.

- 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-synch for your life.

- Yara is my sister,

and I know what the competition

means to Yara.

She wants this so bad,

but I want it too.

- Good luck

and don't f*ck it up.

- ♪ When I feel like loving ♪

♪ Kissing and hugging ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ When my heart starts

to burn ♪

♪ And then I get ♪

♪ That crazy yearning ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ When I need satisfying ♪

♪ Without even trying ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ I think about you, you, you ♪

♪ Oh, I think about you ♪

♪ I think about you, you, you ♪

♪ Oh, I think about you ♪

- I cannot even think.

I cannot perform.

I have to lip-synch to convince

the judges that I'm good.

I don't know if I can.

- ♪ Oh, I think about you ♪

♪ Oh! ♪

- I'm crying because there's

a lot of emotions.

I was thinking too much.

I'm so angry,

and I'm so disappointed.

I'm a mess.

- ♪ Ooh, I think about you ♪

♪ Said I, said I, said I ♪

♪ Said that I ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ I think about you ♪

♪ You, you, you... ♪

- [sniffles]

- All right, ladies,

I have made my decision.

- [sniffles]

[sobs]

- Yara...

[speaks Spanish]

- Alexis Mateo,

Shante, you stay.

- I told you.

Don't worry about it.

- [speaking indistinctly]

[sobs]

I'm so sorry.

- Don't be sorry.

It's emotional.

We've all been there.

- [sobs]

- Yara Sofia, listen to me.

The sparkle you have,

the sparkle you brought to

this competition, no one can

wash off.

It's there, it's yours.

You are a star.

Remember this...

Echa, echa, echa pa'lante.

Now, sashay away.

- [kisses]

The lip-synch was so awful

for me, 'cause I didn't expect

to be in the bottom two,

but it's not my decision.

And this is for Puerto Rico.

So, I'm gonna echa pa'lante,

darling.

I'm fine. I'm...I'm so happy.

Um, I did my best, and this is

me.

I don't know.

I have too much to offer.

- All right, ladies.

You're the top three.

Let me tell you something.

Everyone on this panel can

attest that show business

is a tough business.

It can be very painful,

but we go on.

If you cannot love yourself...

Say it with me.

How in the hell...

- How in the hell...

- You gonna love somebody else?

- You gonna love somebody else?

- Does that make sense?

- Yes.

- Amen.

- All right.

Now, let the music play.

Let's celebrate.