[Record scratches]
Bonjour and welcome to Canada.
[Upbeat music]
We're looking for the next
global Drag Superstar.
The stakes are high
and the heels are the highest.
[Crashing]
RUPAUL:
Who will be queen of the world?
[Cheering]
Iconic!
This one is about to go down
in "herstory".
RUPAUL:
Find out on Canada's Drag Race:
Canada vs the World.
[Record scratches]
- From the beginning...
- Gorgeous!
- Our racers have been thirsty.
- Yes!
- But the twists...
- Whoa!
- Oh, oh, oh, oh!
- Turns...
- Ah!
- And downright goofery
on this racetrack...
- Oh, boy!
- Are back for a 15th lap.
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen...
win.
[echoing laugh]
[upbeat dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- [sneezes]
OK, somebody's
wearing cheap perfume.
[sniffs]
Oh, wait.
It's me.
I'm Irene Dubois.
I'm the alien queen of Seattle.
And I'm here to inv*de
your television set.
My drag is very much inspired
by sci-fi, fantasy,
and big, glamorous
Texas drag queens.
I always want to look
like I rule
some kind of alien kingdom.
Oh, my God, my new playground!
[laughs] Oh, sh*t!
I grew up in Texas and had
to get the f*ck out of there,
so I hightailed it to Seattle.
And Bosco is actually
my drag sister.
And we sort of came up in the
Seattle drag scene together.
She went the demon route.
I went the alien route.
I am going to rip
this place to shreds.
I have been honing my drag
skills for the past ten years
with the sole purpose
of taking home this crown.
[groans] God.
[upbeat dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Gagged them a bit,
for sure.
♪ ♪
My name is Luxx Noir London,
and I'm the physical embodiment
of the word "superstar".
If I had to describe
my drag aesthetic
in a couple simple words,
I'd just say, like,
effervescent, diva, flawless,
stunning, period.
Ah!
Hi, how are you?
- Nice of you to join us, bitch.
- Oh, my God.
Wait, what's your name?
- Irene Dubois.
- I'm Luxx Noir London.
- You're gorge.
- Thank you.
- And what is that, 22 inches
of premium human hair, honey?
- Oh, it's 40 inches, trust.
- [laughing] No, it's not.
- It definitely is 40, human.
- I think you might have
gotten scammed, Miss Thing.
- No, it's definitely 40,
trust me.
- Do we have a tape measure?
- I could not believe the first
second I walked in the room,
some bitch is saying
that my hair is not 40 inches.
How dare you?
- Where are you from?
- I'm from New Jersey.
- What's the drag like
in New Jersey?
- It's OK.
[laughs]
- Um...
- Uh-huh.
- I would say
that I'm definitely,
like, the prettiest.
- Sure.
- I have been told that
I kind of come off a little,
like, arrogant sometimes,
but I think that's just
because I'm confident.
I'm not bad,
I'm just drawn that way.
[laughs]
It's so pretty in here.
- Oh, my God.
- It is.
It's very nice.
It reminds me of your face.
- Uh, thank you.
- Bricks.
[laughs]
[upbeat electronic music]
Oh, sh*t.
- Do you feel that aura?
I bet you do.
♪ ♪
- Hello, world.
My name is Aura Mayari.
And I am Nashville's best,
most stunning,
and most electrifying
drag performer.
- Where is she walking to?
[laughter]
- I am a dancer.
I do a lot of very
high-energy number.
And I am your Filipina goddess.
Yes!
[chuckles] Goddess.
- Hey!
- Hi, sister!
- Hi.
I'm Luxx Noir London.
- Luxx Noir London?
- Nice to meet you.
- [panting] Aura Mayari,
nice to meet you.
- Girl, you are out
of breath already.
- Girl, I was doing too much.
- You were during the utmost.
- Gotta show the f*ck up.
- Yes.
- My drag is, you know,
a little bit of Beyoncé,
a little bit of Rihanna,
and a little bit
of Justin Bieber,
because I put on a little bit
of some, like,
masculine swag on stage
when I perform.
I'm a performer.
What are you guys excited about?
- I'm just excited to,
like, win...
And, like, do really good
and look really pretty.
[laughs]
- Delusion.
- It's not delusion.
It's the truth.
- Oh, my God, girl.
- Season 15 of "RuPaul's
Drag Race", I'm f*cking here.
I'm f*cking here
to slay, b*tches.
- Whoo!
[campy '70s music]
- Oh, sh*t.
♪ ♪
- Ow, my nose.
- [laughs]
- My name
is Marcia Marcia Marcia,
and I'm Mom's favorite.
- What happened?
- She looked under my skirt
and got hit with a secret.
- [laughs]
- Marcia Marcia Marcia
is a "Brady Bunch"
reference to Marcia Brady.
My favorite Marcia Brady moment
is when she gets hit
in the face with a football.
Marcia Marcia Marcia is,
like, the prom queen.
She's the class president.
And she's really,
really beautiful.
- She kind of looks like Jan.
- Ah!
- [laughs]
My first impression
of Marcia Marcia Marcia's drag
is basic.
[all exclaiming and greeting]
- How are you?
- Oh, do you guys know
each other?
- Yeah.
- Yes, in New York.
I'm a trained singer,
dancer, and actor.
I have a BFA in musical theater.
I've been in Broadway shows.
- You sing?
- Yeah.
- What type of, um,
genre do you do?
- I don't sing a lot
in my live shows.
- OK.
- But I mean,
in terms of pop music,
it's Ariana Grande, absolutely.
- Oh, yes.
- Hands down.
Weaponizing that BFA, baby.
- Yeah.
[laughter]
[rock music]
- Ooh!
♪ ♪
- What?
[laughter]
Hey, b*tches.
It's your girl, Anetra,
the Sin City bombshell
from Las Vegas, Nevada.
I would describe my drag
as sexy, glamorous,
not great skin,
but she does in drag.
[laughs]
- How's your head?
- Disgusting.
[laughter]
[screams]
Oh, y'all look great.
- Don't lie to them.
[laughs]
- I am a stunt queen,
I believe is the term
that they use.
[laughs]
I'm giving you splits, dips,
getting chips
and eating some dip.
We're doing everything.
- I have to ask because
you don't have the wig on.
Is this, like,
a common thing for you?
- Um, no.
I mean,
- it does happen occasionally.
- Sure, yeah.
- But usually,
I have some hair on.
- You don't even have
a little pussycat under there?
- I'm broke, so no.
[laughter]
[upbeat dramatic music]
- [gasps]
- Oh, sh...
♪ ♪
- I'm just here to fox sh*t up.
- What did the fox say?
[laughter]
- I am the beautiful, talented,
tantalizing, mesmerizing,
sensational, motivational
Malaysia Babydoll Babydoll
Babydoll Foxx!
[all screaming]
Hey, y'all!
- Hi! Nice to meet you.
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Miami, Florida...
- The first queen from Miami.
- Ooh!
Yes, Miami!
[all cheer]
- Miami drag is some of
the best drag in the country.
- I know, and it took 15 seasons
to finally get one of us here.
- Right.
- Right?
- Congratulations.
- ♪ Baby, I made it,
I made it ♪
[laughter]
All the way from the M-I-A.
I didn't come to play.
I'm from the 305
where it's all the way live.
I'm fat. I'm funny.
I'm fabulous.
- You are stunning.
Do you do pageants?
- I've done a million pageants.
- A million?
- I'm not successful
at them, though.
[laughter]
- So like, do you
do drag full-time,
or do you have, like, a day job?
- I'm a hairstylist,
makeup artist.
I work with a lot
of celebrities.
- [gasps]
- Really?
- I work with the City Girls.
- I love the City Girls.
Ah!
- I also do Trina a lot.
- Work, bitch.
- [laughs]
I have been doing drag
for about 13 or 14 years.
I'm a walking billboard of,
like, artistry.
[laughs]
[harp music]
- Oh!
- Oh!
♪ ♪
- I'm h*m*...
[whispers] phobic.
[laughter]
I am Princess Poppy,
and I am a real-life
fairy princess.
- She's an artist, and she's
sensitive about her sh*t.
- [laughing] Oh, my God.
- My drag is very princessy.
It's very girly.
My performance style
is the opposite.
I'm very eccentric,
and I'm very irreverent.
I think my biggest
achievement in drag
is going viral on TikTok
with the "I'm h*m*" dress.
- It's giving Twister, honey.
- Right hand on yellow!
[laughter]
Paint me a happy little tree.
[all exclaiming and laughing]
- I'm funny. I can act.
I can sing. I can rap.
I can stick my ears in my ears.
- Yeah!
- Hi!
- Princess Poppy's look
is basic but effective.
I don't know if she's a painter,
or she may be a drag queen.
She looks like
a lovely white lady.
[laughs]
- How long you been
doing drag, Princess?
- Seven years, I want to say.
- Nice.
- Since I was, like, 18.
- Work.
I've been doing drag
for ten years.
- What about you?
- I've been doing drag,
like, on Instagram and stuff
for, like, four years.
- OK.
- But I've only been performing
for, like, a year and a half.
- And then, you?
- Like, Instagram for a year,
New York for a year.
- A year?
- OK.
- I know, let's get her.
[laughter]
- She's like, I've been doing
drag for a week.
I just showed up.
- I'm noticing it's a lot
of baby queens here.
[chuckles]
They telling me
they're doing drag
for one and two years.
Do you have the charisma,
the uniqueness,
the nerve, and the talent?
- We can be old,
and these young b*tches can
sit here and think that
wearing human hair unstyled
is good enough to get
to the end of this competition.
- [laughter]
- Oh, trust and believe...
I mean, I'd rather wear
the unstyled hair than that.
- Let me just run a flat iron
through it real quick.
That'll do the job.
[laughs]
[percussive music]
- [gasps]
- [gasps]
- Ooh!
- [screams]
- Is that Sasha Colby?
- Period!
[all screaming]
- Diva, diva, diva!
- Aloha, I'm Sasha Colby,
former Miss Continental.
I am a singer, dancer, activist,
and all-around goddess.
♪ ♪
- Wowie, wow, wowzers.
- Yes.
Come on, body.
- Yes, body.
- Am I the body queen?
Am I the bod...
I'm not the body queen.
No, I'm the body queen.
- Should we go home?
[laughter]
- I am fierce, ferocious,
and ready for battle.
I am Sasha,
the warrior princess.
[tribal shout]
[laughs]
[all exclaiming]
- Everybody knows
who Sasha Colby is.
Sasha Colby is a legend.
- Sasha is competition.
It's a little intimidating.
- Everybody's jaw is
on the ground,
myself included.
- Oh, I'm Sasha, by the way.
- Oh, listen, everybody...
- We know, girl.
- I am originally from Hawaii.
- Ooh.
- Yes.
- But I live here in LA.
- How long have you been
doing drag, Sasha?
- 20 years now.
- Ooh, wow.
- Since I was, like, seven.
[laughter]
- So Kerri was your daughter.
- Kerri is my daughter.
Uh, it was a...
It was a easy birth.
[laughter]
I'm a former Miss Continental.
I am Kerri Colby's mother.
I'm here to represent
for the trans girls
and for the House of Colby,
baby.
I love you, daughter,
but I can't have Kerri
be the most famous Colby.
[laughing]
I'm so excited.
- Like, we watch this on TV.
- Right.
- Like, that's the door.
Like, I just did
the runway entrance!
It's on, baby. Let's go.
I can't believe
I'm on season 15!
Season 15!
- Ya-hoo!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God, I'm so excited.
- Yes, welcome.
[sci-fi music]
- Ah!
- Shut up. I'm done.
- [laughing] Shut up.
- Oh, my God!
- Is that Ornacia?
- It's Ornacia!
- Good to see you again, sis.
- If you don't know
who Ornacia is, baby,
you might need to rewind
and go back to season six
when Miss Vivacious walked up
in the building
and Miss Ornacia was dangling
on top of her head, honey.
- Mother has arrived!
- [chuckles] Wait, is this real?
[dramatic music]
- Why is this person being
Vivacious as Ornacia?
This is your moment. Have it.
♪ ♪
- Can you get it?
We got a super fan, baby.
- Let us see.
♪ ♪
[all screaming]
- Oh, my God!
- [screams] Oh, my God!
That is Ariana Grande!
♪ ♪
- Mother has arrived.
[engine revs]
- ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Na-na na-na na ♪
♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪
♪ May the best drag queen ♪
♪ Best drag queen win ♪
[tires squealing]
[dramatic music]
- Take it off.
- Who is it?
♪ ♪
[all screaming]
- Oh, my God!
You're kidding me.
- Oh, my God!
That is Ariana Grande...
I can't do this.
I need to leave.
Who is, like, literally my hero.
Oh, my God!
I'm wearing a full face
of your makeup right now.
- No, you're not. Are you?
- [laughing] I'm gagging.
Like, Ariana!
- I... my hands.
This is, like,
the biggest moment
of my life to this point.
I literally can't believe it.
- Oh, my God.
It's such an honor
to meet you guys.
This is so exciting.
I think drag is the most
infectious
and joyous art form
that there is.
Thank you guys
for bringing so much joy
to the lives of the "Drag Race"
fans and to everyone.
- And thank you
for giving us "Break Free".
[laughter]
To hear these, like,
words of validation
from this mega superstar is
honestly the greatest thing
in the world to hear,
especially in a time like this,
where there are
so many people trying
to take down
your representation.
This is kind of fierce.
- I think the last time
I was here,
I had just come from sh**ting
the "Bang Bang" video
the night before.
And I was so drained.
It was just such an
overwhelming time in my life.
And I felt like I wasn't
really fully present for it.
Remember to take care
of yourself and be present,
because it's just
such an amazing moment.
And all of your lives are
changing for good forever.
- For good.
- For... [laughs]
But it's the truth.
It came out of my mouth,
and I was like,
oh, no, it's a lyric,
but hold on.
[laughter]
But they really are.
- Ariana Grande,
you have no idea
how much you have
helped me through
and how much you inspire me
on a daily basis.
I never could have asked
for a better first day
in the Werk Room.
[door opens]
- Hello, hello, hello.
[all screaming]
Ariana, darling,
back, back, back again.
- Come on down.
- Mama!
- [laughing]
- Ariana.
- Hello.
- Hi.
We are so excited you're here.
Yeah, how excited are you?
- Ru, my p*ssy's on fire.
[laughter]
- Well, you know there's
an ointment for that.
- I ran out.
- Oh. [laughs]
My queens,
welcome to "RuPaul's Drag Race"
Season 15.
Now, how do you like it so far?
[all exclaiming]
Good, because the stunts
and the shenanigans are just
getting started.
- Oh, God.
- And in the end,
one of you will be crowned
America's Next Drag Superstar
and walk away
with a one-year supply
of Anastasia
Beverly Hills cosmetics
plus a cash prize...
of $200,000 powered by Cash App.
[all screaming]
- $200,000.
- [all exclaiming]
- No way.
- That is a life-changing
amount of money...
Yes!
That I am about to win.
- Run that back!
- Bitch, we're about to be rich.
I'm about to invest
in some crypto.
- Now, whose p*ssy's on fire?
All: Mine!
- [laughs]
My queens, for your
very first mini challenge,
we are paying tribute
to "Drag Race's"
first ever photo sh**t.
- I have watched this show
from day one.
And I know that those iconic
season one girls
got sprayed in the face
with a garden hose.
- Oh, yes, mama.
- Did you watch the show, Tamar?
- The doors you have opened.
[laughter]
- Ariana, can you stay?
- I'm so sorry, I have to go.
I have to return this
to Vivacious.
- Ohh.
- But I have a favor to ask.
- What's that?
- Would it be OK
if I came back tomorrow?
- [gasps]
- Yes!
Breaking news,
our extra special guest judge
this week is Ariana Grande.
[all cheering]
- Love it!
- Ru, I cannot wait to see
how this turns out.
- You need some of those
little opera glasses.
- Oh, I would love some.
- Yeah.
- Ru, I cannot wait to see
how this turns out.
[laughter]
- That is the dumbest thing
I've ever...
[laughter]
- Oh, and one more thing
before I go.
Good luck.
And don't...
[dramatic music]
[whispers] f*ck it up.
[laughter]
- Ooh, I'm gonna
tell the Disneys.
- Let's go, season 15.
Jeez Louise, here we go, honey.
Here's the ride.
Buckle up.
Strap in, honey.
[upbeat music]
- Well, look who's here,
Irene Dubois.
- I see four beautiful men
in little,
teeny-tiny bathing suits,
a gorgeous car, and RuPaul
ready to watch me make
a g*dd*mn fool of myself.
- Say hello to world-renowned
photographer, Albert Sanchez.
- Hello.
- Hi, Albert.
Nice to meet you.
- Albert's going to take
your picture today,
and we're going to recreate
the first challenge
we did on "Drag Race,"
uh, 300 years ago.
- [fake cries]
- As you noticed,
the Pit Crew have thick hoses,
and they aren't afraid
to use them.
You need to serve body and face,
come hell or high water.
Oh, Pit Crew,
assume the position.
♪ ♪
And let's go.
Let's get... let's wash this car.
And do not let water hit Mom Ru,
or you gonna see
a gremlin queen.
- Help me.
My car is filthy.
[fake cries]
- You're a dirty girl.
- I am sopping wet,
looking like a drowned,
harassed rat.
[blows raspberries]
But I am used to performing
in basements in Seattle
while I pour weird substances
like baked beans
all over myself.
This is a cakewalk.
Scrub, scrub, scrub
till the water's brown!
- [laughs]
They're not mad at you.
They're mad at the dirt.
- Hi.
- Luxx Noir London,
hose the house down.
Do you watch
"The Price is Right"?
Yes. Yes.
Pit Crew, can you step in
and give this girl a hand?
You ready to get wet?
- f*cking water.
I hate getting wet.
The feeling of being
in wet drag.
You have on all of this padding.
I'm wearing my human hair
and, like...
Ew, my God.
Like, I literally
could vomit right now.
- Hose like it's 1968.
- But I am a supermodel,
so pour as much water
on me as you want.
I'll just have
to still give it to you.
- Oh, my goodness!
Oh, she's got no Luxx
left to give, honey.
Aura Mayari.
Oh, yeah.
Ooh, she's ready to get wet.
- Do I get to touch them?
[laughs]
Unh!
I'm a horny bitch, oh, my God.
Sorry, Mom.
- Scrub that dirty shoulder,
Bruno!
- Which one is Bruno?
- The one who's basically
f*cking you right now.
- Oh, sh*t.
Hi, Bruno.
- That hand-wash is going
to cost you extra, OK?
- [laughs]
- Marcia Marcia Marcia.
Let me guess, you're here for
the pork chops and applesauce?
- Mm-hmm!
- [laughs]
Now, Marcia, are you wearing
a turtleneck?
- I sure am.
[laughter]
- Well, that's not the only
turtleneck in this sh*t.
All right, well,
I think we got it.
- I think we got it, yeah.
- Yeah.
- I think we got it, yeah.
- [laughing]
- I think I did pretty bad.
Um... [laughs]
Whew.
My nose is healed.
- Was it fun, Marcia?
- I love how they were like,
oh, did you enjoy meeting your,
like, life icon this morning?
I hope so,
because we're drowning you.
- [laughs]
- Work.
- In a sweater too.
- Oh, my...
You look so different.
Ah!
- Getting to meet these girls
out of drag,
I can't wait for people
to see how cute I am.
- Irene still kind of looks
like a swamp witch.
[laughing]
I don't care.
That's one's funny.
She looks like a swamp witch.
[witch cackles]
That's her thing.
She's, like,
alien spooky, you know?
Swamp witch realness,
that's her.
[sucking straw]
- Anetra is here,
ladies and gentlemen.
- I'm so excited
to do the iconic
first mini challenge ever
on "RuPaul's Drag Race."
It's weird to think
that I'm about to be
part of such a big legacy.
This is unreal!
- Yes, arch that back.
Yeah, soaking wet.
- I'm trying to pose, give c**t,
give Naomi Campbell.
[spits]
[laughter]
But the hose is just,
like, spraying my face.
[spits]
- [laughing]
What's wrong, Anetra?
- Ah!
[spits]
- Oh, we just lost an eyelash.
Work with it. Work with it.
- Bitch,
RuPaul's Waterboarding Race.
- From the house
of making it wet.
All right,
Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.
- Bitch,
I got on my good sh*t...
- Think of it as Miami humidity.
- My ostrich feather,
my rhinestones,
like, my quaffed hair!
You ever heard of WAP?
- Yes!
- But you know what?
It's a competition.
I got to do what I got to do.
That can be replaced.
It's money on the line.
Ooh, this kitty is wet.
- [laughs]
- Yes.
She is soaking wet.
Poppy!
Say, "I need a freak."
- I need a freak.
- Say it in Spanish.
- Uh, I need a el freako.
- [laughs]
I hope those are watercolors.
This is the high colonic
portion of our program.
- They're spraying me
in my butthole, my other hole.
Every hole that I have,
there's water in it.
- Are you a dirty girl?
- I haven't washed these tights
in three years.
- [laughs]
Hose everywhere!
Sasha Colby, Kerri's mother.
You look like her sister.
- I want to show them
that mother is a supermodel.
- Soaking wet.
- Oh!
- [laughing]
- But I am not having
my Naomi Campbell moment.
I am not having my Campbell's
soup moment right now, OK?
I'm going to do my Ariel.
- [laughs]
All right, I think we got it.
- At the end,
like most of my interactions
with boys with hoses,
I am thoroughly confused
and utterly in the dark.
[upbeat music]
- Ah!
- Hey!
- Oh, my God, it's freezing.
- I know.
- Sasha, are your nipples
hard as rocks?
- Censors.
- [laughs]
- The g*ng's all here
for the party of the year.
- I'm so ready
to get out of this.
- Ooh, my nipples look so small.
- Marcia gets out of drag,
and I'm like,
did you get out of drag?
I can... I can't tell.
- I would have never guessed
that you'd look like that
out of drag.
- Me?
- Shut up!
- Yeah.
- She looks exactly the same.
- She took off
her demi wispy lash,
and she goes, all right, done.
- OK, free Junior and Senior.
- Wow. This is so weird.
- Come on, muscle queen.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Bitch, Aura is a man.
How is she all that woman
and all that man together?
- I think I'm trade
of the season for sure.
That is so f*cking embarrassing.
[laughs]
But it's the truth.
[deep voice] What's up?
- OK, please take
this f*cking wig off.
- I can't.
- [laughs]
- Do it.
- I refuse.
- Oh, my God.
- I refuse.
I paid for every inch,
all 40 of them.
- We got to get
a measuring tape.
- Get a ruler, girl!
- It's not looking
like 40 inches to me.
I think I've got
a pretty good eye for size,
if you know what I mean.
[upbeat music]
- How do you guys feel
about us as a group?
And do you think
that we're a strong group?
And do you think
that we'll be a stronger group
than the other people coming in?
- It's a little early to tell.
- Right.
- I mean, you got me here.
- [laughter]
- That part!
Clearly, this is
a split premiere.
I'm not super worried about
another batch of queens though.
They are going to have a tough
time standing up to group one.
- I feel like
what intimidates people,
it's, like, an energy thing.
And I didn't get, like,
a negative energy from anybody.
- I don't know.
When I walked in,
I did get a little bit of a...
A vibe from Irene, but...
- What kind of vibe?
- It was...
- It was a little hot.
- Just a little catty-cunty.
- But like...
- I will say...
I will say, I wish that
you guys were throwing it back.
- Ooh.
- I think other people
see me as a bitch,
but I'm always trying
to be funny.
I think that being cunty
is hilarious,
and most drag queens do.
- Y'all decent?
[all exclaiming]
- Ooh, y'all clean up real good.
Racers, the winner
of today's mini challenge is...
[suspenseful music]
Irene Dubois.
- [applause]
- Come on, yes.
- Yeah!
- Condragulations.
You've won a cash prize
of $2,500.
- [laughs]
- Fierce.
I am surprised
because I didn't clock her
as being someone
who is very photogenic.
But we're on "Drag Race."
Anything is possible.
- Ladykins,
now is your chance to put the T
in charisma, uniqueness, nerve,
and talent.
For your first maxi challenge,
you'll be headlining
a once-in-a-lifetime
♪ talent extravaganza ♪
we're calling "One Night Only."
[glamorous orchestral sting]
♪ ♪
[all cheering]
It's time to wow the world
with your solo star power.
But first,
you'll need to work together
on the big opening number.
And in a moment you'll head
over to the rehearsal studio
to come up
with your own choreography.
- Oh.
- I know how to choreograph.
It is my time
to show everybody my skills.
I'm definitely confident
with what I'm going to bring.
[nervous laughter]
- I'm nervous, y'all.
Oh, I ain't like no, you know,
choreographed dance
and all that.
And I'm not trying to let
these girls know that I'm weak.
I ain't no weak link.
- Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen win.
[all cheering]
- Yes!
I'm feeling confident
that I can do better
than some of the people
in the room.
- I thought you were
going to get it.
You're such a little model.
- I did too, but you know,
Naomi was rejected once.
You win some, you lose some.
But I do plan on winning most.
[upbeat music]
- So it's time to figure
out our choreography
for our big performance
of "One Night Only."
- Yes, rehearsal.
- You guys ready to dance?
- This is about showcasing
why we are all on season 15.
And we are tasked with figuring
this all out by ourselves.
[laughs]
- So is anyone used
to choreographing?
- I like choreographing stuff.
- I choreograph, but...
- So do I.
- Maybe some people do think
they're choreographers,
but are they good?
That's the question.
- I will take the reins.
- That's hot.
- Do it.
- I have an extensive history
in choreographing and dancing,
so I'm thinking
that I can really
spearhead this for the group.
- I have some ideas already.
- Yeah.
- But I want to see
what you have prepared.
I know you already, like,
kind of, like...
- I thought about it.
- How about you do yours...
- And then we'll
piggyback, yeah.
- And then we'll
elaborate from there.
You know, Mother has had to deal
with a lot of children
in her life.
And what I've learned is
you let the kids play,
and then
you clean them up later.
- So we've all listened
to the song at this point.
It doesn't feel,
like, super dancey.
It feels very like... [vocalizes]
- Right.
- Like, "Chorus Line."
- Yeah, entering in couples
could be really cute.
How do... we're... we all into it?
- Sure.
- Oop!
[laughter]
Sure, Jan. Sure, Jan.
- OK, well I do have an idea.
- Can I show it really quick?
- Yeah, sure.
- So for the first part, like,
♪ Tonight, tonight,
duh-duh-duh ♪
And then that duh-duh-duh
is like...
If you're doing this,
you're duh-duh-duh.
- Oh, that is cute.
- The people
that are up here will go,
duh-duh-duh.
- It kind of just turns
into Aura taking
over the whole thing.
- Can I put you guys
in formation?
- Great.
And we just kind of
don't listen to Marcia.
But that's, you know... sure.
So in my brain,
it would be like...
- Right, yeah.
- Two of us going, two of us.
- No, but I also... I also
have that idea for, like,
♪ Am I the greatest star? ♪
That's when we start
walking in different groups.
So Marcia has a lot of ideas,
but I want to make sure
that the better choreography...
[laughs]
It's just,
this is our first performance.
I want this to look
sickening as hell.
- I just think
that there's not really
a clear entrance though.
- Yeah, I feel like
we could still incorporate
Marcia's idea
'cause we still need to enter.
- Sure, we can figure that out.
You can let us know,
Marcia, if you wa...
If you have any idea
for the entrance.
- I think she just said it.
- What we have already done
does not correlate
- with what I wanted to do...
- Right.
- Because to me,
the beginning of the song,
it sounds like...
The whisper's like,
"Tonight, tonight,
it's happening tonight"
- I'm sorry, I would love
to not double choreograph.
- Great. Of course,
of course, of course.
- They keep going
back and forth.
I'm like, girls,
I don't give a f*ck what we do.
Let's just do something.
- So who wants to give up
control, for real?
Like, who wants to say,
let's just finish
this eight and go on?
We can't even get past
the first 8.
In Marcia and Aura's head,
I think it's
their moment to shine.
- Last time.
Sorry, guys.
Let's do it again.
Duh-duh, duh-duh.
See, you guys?
That looks so beautiful.
- So how do we get here?
- It is about to be a very,
very long night.
♪ ♪
- While the queens
continue rehearsing,
little do they know,
plans and schemes are happening
back in the Werk Room.
Clean up this mess!
And get ready for round two
of this premiere.
[echoing laugh]
- ♪ Uno, dos, tres, cuatro ♪
♪ ♪
- Is this the meeting for the
Itty-bitty EsTittie Committee?
'Cause they're here!
What's popping, daddy?
My name is Salina EsTitties,
and I'm repping
from Los Angeles.
I'm a hustling diva,
a West Hollywood girl.
Yeah, she be twirling
all through the streets,
pounding p*ssy to pavement.
Ooh!
EsTitties está aquí, honey.
Yes.
You like these titties?
Oh, hot Cheeto. Mmm.
EsTitties' aesthetic
is ghetto superstar.
She is cholita, campy,
and c**t, baby.
She is a chola from the hood,
you know what I mean?
She's a little dee-ta-dee,
but it's OK.
Everybody loves her.
Hold on.
Don't tell me I'm the only one
who got invited
to Ru's quinceañera, bitch?
I'm the first one!
[squeals] I don't have
to f*ck with no b*tches.
I guess it's a fiesta of one.
I do the bar scenes in drag,
but I also do a lot
of TV/film/commercial work.
She's a campy comedy girl.
Baby, she's all of it
wrapped with a bow.
OK? A quinceañera bow.
I'm going to get comfortable.
Let me get comfortable.
Let me get comfortable.
[laughs]
I could get used to this!
[upbeat electronic music]
♪ ♪
- Is this thing on?
I'm Amethyst,
resident meme queen
and pop star of Connecticut.
My aesthetic is very influenced
by the Y2K era.
I am known as a comedy queen.
I think my biggest
achievement in drag
would be going viral on TikTok.
My most viral video has
close to 8 million views.
It is so cool to be
the first viral TikTok queen
to grace the stage
of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
- Hi, Vanilla Spice.
- Hi, baby!
- What's up, girl?
- Hi, sis.
- What's your name?
- Amethyst.
- Where are you from?
- Connecticut.
First Connecticut queen.
- Really?
- Yeah.
I like to think of myself
as one of the top names
in Connecticut.
But I think I'm still
labeled as a newbie
or a newcomer or a baby queen.
I like the undies.
- These are not undies, girl.
- These are called boxers.
- It's the same thing.
- Oh, is that what
they say in Connecticut?
- [laughs]
- We've been here. We're here.
- Season 15, baby!
- It's my quinceañera, bitch.
Period.
[whistle blows]
[marching band music]
- Oh.
- Make room for your MVP,
spelled J-A-X.
My name is Jax, and I'm
the Simone Biles of drag.
I consider myself
extremely competitive.
I have been a competitive
athlete my entire life.
I was a Junior Olympic diver,
a gymnast,
a competitive cheerleader.
I am so excited to be here on
"RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 15.
I have worked so hard
in every aspect of this craft.
And I'm ready to show the world
what I got.
What's up... [laughing]
- Hi, Mommy!
- Ah!
- Girl, you're giving me
"Bring It On."
- You're giving me [inaudible].
- I know.
Gabrielle Union, Willow Smith,
let's f*cking go.
Jax is banji.
She is athletic.
She's also extremely
preppy because,
although she's a primarily
New York City queen,
she's here to remind you
that she is
from Connecticut
at the end of the day.
You never gave me your name.
- Uh, Amethyst.
- Oh, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait.
- You do not have crystals
on you.
- No.
- Actually, I do have
- crystals on me.
- No.
- My mom gave this to me
before I left.
- No way.
- I have... I'm not spiritual
or anything,
but she was just like,
- if you have this on you...
- Is she?
- No, she's just, you know,
white girl from Connecticut.
And she's just like,
here's a quartz.
- I'm from Connecticut.
- I'm adopted,
and I'm from Connecticut.
[laughter]
- You're adopted?
- Yeah.
- Half Puerto Rican, half Black.
- Ah, yeah, OK.
You know what that means.
- She packing.
- She packing.
She may be tiny,
but she mighty, OK?
[upbeat music]
- Ooh.
- Oh, Loosey.
You've got some slaying to do.
Oh!
[laughs]
My name's Loosey LaDuca.
I'm a construction worker by day
and a drag queen at night.
I go through a lot of duct tape.
I'm known for my live singing,
my quick wit,
and my man hands.
But you know what,
the boys like them, so.
- I'm so happy.
- You know her?
- Connecticut queen.
- Oh, she's a bit sporty.
- She's skinny too, word.
- Immediately,
I hear all the queens
talking about my body.
And I'm just thinking,
yeah, girls, the body is here.
- Hey, girls.
- Hi, Mommy.
- Oh, bitch.
- Oh, my God.
Loosey is one of the best hosts
that we have in Connecticut.
We go way back.
- I can't believe
you're f*cking here.
- I can't believe you're here!
- Done drag for five seconds
and you're already here.
[laughter]
I see Amethyst.
And I see her outfit,
and I thought,
OK, I've seen it before.
But it's nice to see it
in the Werk Room.
- So how long
have you been doing drag?
- 2 and 1/2 years.
- OK, word.
- Yeah.
- And what about you,
Miss Loosey?
- I've done drag for 12 years.
- Wow.
- Yeah, Mommy.
- Wait until you see
what I am going to bring
to this competition.
I can't wait to show the world
what I have to offer.
[saucy music]
- Oh, oh.
- Wow.
- Don't be fooled.
The camera adds ten pounds.
My name
is Mistress Isabelle Brooks,
and I am the heavyweight champ
from Houston, Texas.
- That's a big girl!
- A big girl, where?
[laughter]
My drag style is big,
beautiful, and glamorous.
I'm not afraid to experiment
with different silhouettes.
I'm going to look sexy
and make you eat it, bitch.
- Look at those titties.
- Look at those heels.
- What heels?
- Exactly.
OK, biscuit heel.
I see you.
- That's the tiniest little
shoe I've ever seen in my life.
- Oh.
- OK, b*tches, it's game time.
It's all fun and games
till I come through.
Let me at them, bitch.
I'm ready.
- Hi, Mommy.
- Now, uh-uh,
I heard y'all b*tches talk
about my little kitten heels.
[laughter]
Y'all know
these fat b*tches been
breaking their ankle
every season,
so I had to make sure
I was safe with the one inch.
- Period.
- Period.
[laughter]
It's nice to meet you.
- What's your name?
- Mistress.
- Mistress, ooh.
- Mistress Isabelle Brooks.
It's a long Texas name.
- Can I just call you Mistress?
- Mistress is fine.
- OK.
[laughter]
- What is this, honey?
- It's called drag, bitch.
- You're giving me very prison,
Selena Quintanilla.
- Check the wrist tat, bitch.
- OK, well,
I'll be Yolanda this season.
OK, baby?
[laughter]
- She called herself Yolanda.
Who wants to be Yolanda?
- I'm sizing everyone up
who I'ma have to whoop first.
- I feel that from you.
- Yeah.
Next queen, please, next queen.
- I'm ready to meet the next.
- OK.
- I'm living because she just
embodies that down south drag.
Drag is here.
You wanted drag, baby?
Here it is.
[upbeat music]
- [gasps]
- Oh.
♪ ♪
- Mirror, mirror on the wall,
who's the fiercest queen
of them all?
It's me.
[laughs]
I'm Robin Fierce,
Connecticut's grand diva,
darling.
I'm like if Diahann Carroll,
Mariah Carey,
and Beyoncé had a baby.
Hi, hello, that's me.
- She's hot, bitch.
Damn.
- Now we got RuPaul's Drag Race
Connecticut, apparently.
- Oh, is she
from Connecticut too?
- Both: Yes!
- Shut up!
[overlapping chatter]
- So who's working
in Connecticut right now then?
- No one.
[laughter]
[all exclaiming]
Bitch!
[laughter]
- No, bitch, get over here.
- Oh, my God.
- Robin Fierce is a light
that shines very brightly,
and everybody comes like a moth
to a flame, my darling.
It's the confidence,
the regal-ness,
just that bad bitchery.
- It's safe to say I know Robin
better than anybody else
in this competition.
So yeah, we have a little past.
- If Amethyst would like
to tell y'all,
I will let her do that.
People at home,
don't try to ship us.
I'm not having it.
I will block you.
[laughs]
- Robin, tell me
about your drag,
because this is cunty, baby.
- I think that is my drag,
just cunty, baby.
- OK.
- Yeah.
- Robin's lace was reflecting
from the duct tape
under the cap.
Prep is everything in drag.
She should have wore a wig cap.
Vinyl duct tape with all
the lighting was a no-no, baby.
- I cannot believe
you're wearing a nail.
I've never seen a nail
on this girl.
- Lies, Liza Minnelli...
- She can't even look at me.
- She wears nails.
Don't believe this lying-ass ho.
- [laughs]
- Go home, Loosey.
- No, I don't plan on
going home the whole time.
- We'll see.
[funky electronic music]
- What?
- Are there two of them?
- There's two of them.
- Are they twins?
- Well, this doesn't look
like the toy store.
- Sweetie, that was my line.
- [scoffs] Whatever.
♪ ♪
- What in the Maria-Kate
and Ashley's going on?
- I'm Sugar.
- I'm Spice.
- And we're the dolls...
both: That came to life.
- You might know us
as a duo on TikTok.
- But here were each
sold separately.
- And we're competing
against each other.
- So bye, bitch,
get out of my frame.
- They're from TikTok land.
I know them.
I've seen Sugar and Spice
on TikTok.
These girls are coming
for my gig.
- They look like Romy
and Michele on an acid trip.
- [laughs]
- The first twins
walking in on "Drag Race."
It's about to be the gag
of the century.
We're just ready
to shake these girlies up
because that's what we do best.
Both: Ooh. Sss.
- When the twins walk in, I gag.
I think they're very annoying
because it's like mm, baby.
[kissing noises]
And I'm just like...
- So first week's going to be
a double elimination.
- Ooh!
- OK.
- Hi.
- Oh, my God.
[all greeting]
- So me and Spice started
doing drag on social media.
We have accumulated
- Did any of y'all recognize
us from TikTok?
- I did, yeah.
- No.
- No.
- I do know them,
but I'm not going to give them
the satisfaction that I do.
Never heard of you, baby.
- Girls, I'm stuck
in my childhood forever.
So like, that's why we're
life-size dolls.
Like... [breathy] hi, I'm Spice.
I'm a doll.
- I'm plastic.
- Oh, my God.
That's scary.
It's like Chucky, Annabelle.
[laughter]
- I'll be the Chucky of drag.
- And I'm, like, the plastic,
like, fun, like, Barbie,
you know, just the prettier one.
- Well, we always say, she's
kind of like Regina George,
and I'm Janis Ian, you know.
- So is this
what you do on TikTok?
Y'all, like, rehearse lines,
and then you just
say all your lines all the time?
[laughter]
- Honestly, our names
are Sugar and Spice,
but we should really just
be called Canned and Bit.
- Yeah, we have so many bits,
and they're so canned.
- Oh, we love a good bit.
- It's a lot!
It's a lot! It's a lot!
I'm swiping.
I don't want to see it anymore.
Keep going.
Next, next, next.
Where are you guys from?
- We're from Long Island,
New York.
All: Oh.
- But we just moved to LA
a couple months ago, so...
- You did?
- Yes.
- Both: Yeah.
- Where do you perform?
- Um...
- In our room.
- Ohh.
I thought so.
I never seen you hos.
- Did you guys, like, do,
like, more performance shows
when you were back home, or
have you guys been more, like...
- We have done
some performances.
- We have, like,
one or two performances,
and they were a nightmare.
- So y'all don't perform and,
like, do actual drag?
- Yeah, it's
a drag competition, baby.
- I'm used to other drag queens
not really seeing me
as a quote, unquote,
"drag queen,"
but I definitely want
to change that misconception.
I'm dying to be a part
of a drag community,
and I'm hoping here
I'll be able to make friends,
and we can just go home
and bake a big drag queen pie,
and we can all live
happily ever after.
Wait, so is this everyone?
- I feel like there's only
half of us here so far.
Guys, do you think
that they're going to do,
like, the split premiere thing?
- What if the other girls
already came,
and we're, like,
the second batch?
- No, but there would have
been stuff in here though.
- I was literally
just thinking that.
Yeah, no, it looks too clean.
- It's season 15.
Something has to be up.
[sci-fi music]
- Ornacia?
- Oh, there's another one.
- What is going on?
Is Vivacious coming back
to compete?
I'm so confused.
What's happening?
- She's back.
- Milk it, girl, milk it.
Reveal, reveal, reveal.
- No. Wait, no.
[suspenseful music]
- Mother has arrived.
[all screaming]
- Vivacious, in the flesh.
Are we doing
an early out season?
- No, really,
Mother has arrived.
Look over there.
[dramatic music]
- Hello, hello, hello.
[all screaming]
- I am gagged to finally
see RuPaul in person.
- Oh, my God!
- It's happening.
It's happening.
I'm feeling the feels.
- Welcome to
"RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 15.
[all cheering]
Now, in honor of Vivacious,
Ornacia,
and all the Queens
who have come before you,
I'm counting on each of you
to take us to new heights
of drag excellence.
Are you up for the challenge?
- Hell, yeah.
- Yeah, baby.
- And Vivacious,
I hear you're going to hang out
with us today.
- Lies.
Liza Minnelli. Lies.
[laughter]
- Well, I hate to see you leave,
but I love
to watch you walk away.
Vivacious, show these children
how it is done.
- Anything for you, Mother.
- Work it, girl.
[all cheering]
- Ow, ow, ow.
- Mother has departed.
[laughter]
Now, for your very first
mini challenge,
we're going to go back
to our roots.
All you have to do
is strike a pose
and blow me away.
[all muttering nervously]
- Oh, God.
- Good luck,
and don't f*ck it up.
- I love taking photos.
So I'm like, oh, thank God,
something I can do.
I just have to stand there
and look pretty, you know.
Let's start the season off
with a bang.
[rock music]
- These are my favorite outfits
the Pit Crew has ever worn.
- Yeah. [laughs]
Trend alert.
Salina EsTitties.
- Hi!
- Hello.
- Hi there, Ru.
- Inspired by the season two
premiere photo sh**t,
get ready to be blown away.
- Uh-oh!
- [laughs]
- We are trading cannons
for crotch rockets.
But speaking of crotch rockets,
say hello to the Pit Crew.
- Hi, daddy.
[giggles]
- Assume the position,
straddle that hog.
Not that hog,
the other one, yeah.
- Baby, it feels so amazing
that I get
to be a part of the legacy.
OK, we are here.
Season 15,
the quinceañera, baby.
Let's go.
- The important thing is
to connect with the camera
no matter what happens.
You want to make love to it.
- Oh.
- We are looking
for a fabulous sh*t.
- All right.
- Make room for Bruno.
Fan setting one.
- There we go. There we go.
- OK.
Faster, pussycat.
k*ll, k*ll.
Hairography, honey.
- I feel like a model.
I'm just living in the wind,
and I hear RuPaul go...
- Connect with the camera.
- And I'm like, am I not
connecting with the camera?
Because I'm connecting
with Bruno, bitch.
I am living.
- Bruno, look out
for those trees.
- Oh!
OK, we can do this.
Maple le... oh!
[spits]
OK. Ohh.
- Full tilt boogie.
- You ready, Bruno?
I don't f*ck around!
We're going
to b*at this traffic!
- [laughing]
- Aah!
- I will see you
in traffic school.
Hey, sis, it's Amethyst.
- [screams]
Put on your seat belt!
- [laughs]
Here comes Oktoberfest.
Hey, remember,
the camera's over here.
- It's really hard
to concentrate,
especially when leaves
are being thrown at you.
And I am quite literally
eating them.
- Oh, my goodness.
[laughs]
Turn it up to 11.
Hold on tight.
Yes. [laughs]
Watch out for that bus.
All right, Jax, I think you're
approaching the Rose Parade.
Yeah, whip that hair, yeah.
- I am so excited
to be paying homage
to season two of "Drag Race."
- Yeah, ass to ass.
[laughs]
- I'm thinking I did
pretty good in this challenge.
However, I could have
been feeling myself
but looking like a thumb.
- Who's driving this thing?
[laughing]
Oh, look out
for those pedestrians.
Paging Mistress Isabelle Brooks.
It looks like you're heading up
on a flock of seagulls.
Oh, dear.
Are you a bird lady?
- [clucks]
- [clucks]
- My eyelash is blowing,
my wig is shifting,
and, bitch, all three
of my chins are jiggling.
But I'm like, bitch,
I'm gonna still shut it down.
- Yes, mama.
[laughs]
Houston, we don't
have a problem.
Loosey LaDuca,
have you ever ridden
a motorcycle before?
- Um, I've ridden
a biker before.
- OK, well, that counts.
- I am ready to blow
Miss RuPaul away.
- You could grab tighter.
- Hold on tight.
- Ooh!
- Ooh.
- And, look,
they brought my biggest fan.
- Oh, my goodness, Bryce,
you're holding on for dear life.
Oh, you just flew
through a flock of birds.
Sell me the fantasy.
- [spits] [laughter]
Whoo!
- Where did all these
birds come from?
Where's Tippi Hedren
when you need her?
Up next, we've got
the Robin Fierce.
Yes, burn rubber.
You look like
Melba Moore up in here.
- I know how to take pictures.
I know I look good.
Like, it's a shoo-in.
- Why those feathers
gotta be white?
- Feathers, they decided
to throw feathers at me
the day that I wore gloss.
- [laughing]
Oh, sh**t.
Oh, why they gotta be black?
- And they all are sticking
to my lips right now.
- Oh, girl,
you've got a beard now.
You've got to take those off.
Oh, now they red.
Oh, sh**t.
[laughter]
This must be a sign
of the apocalypse.
I gotta tell you,
wig glue has really improved
since season two.
- Whew.
That was definitely something.
[laughter]
- So what did y'all think
about the twins
when they first walked in?
- I thought it was kind of
sickening that two people were
walking in at the same time.
- I gagged,
but then I wasn't gagging
when I saw who it was.
- And we saw that
on your face the whole time.
- Well, you know, don't play
in my profession, bitch.
Drag is my bread and butter, so.
- They're very sweet.
- If I had to tell her
to glue down her wig
for the first challenge,
it's a chop for me.
- Yeah.
- Right before the photo sh**t,
my eyes scrolled
to the top of her head,
and her lace is waving to me.
I'll help her, though.
I'm not going to talk sh*t,
but you know.
- You're not going to talk sh*t
as you're talking sh*t.
- You're talking sh*t right now.
- But I helped her, though.
I fixed her wig for her,
and I helped her.
With Sugar, she had no idea
what wig glue is,
but I'm not really surprised,
considering I'm the first
real drag queen she's met.
- It's a sisterhood regardless.
- No, you have
to earn my sisterhood.
I don't just call
everyone my sister.
It's cool to be,
like, internet queens.
- Yeah.
- But maybe they'll show us
that they're sickening.
Seeing is believing with me.
When I see it, I'll believe it.
- All right,
let's pour some Sugar on it.
Nice.
- Other arms.
- Yeah, try
that hairography on them.
Oh, yeah.
Honey, that motorcycle's
driving itself.
Oh, no, it's snow.
- [gags]
- Don't spit.
Just swallow it.
Ooh.
Are you having a seizure?
OK.
Oh, my goodness.
- I'm trying to stick
to my modeling rules
of suck in the gut,
stick out the butt,
and tighten that tuck.
This look is based
on the first ever
Bratz doll I had.
Sugar and Spice, our names,
literally come from these dolls.
- I heard Bryce has dandruff,
but this is outrageous.
- Well, that was a wild ride.
Is the wig still on?
- Well, we've had Sugar.
Let's have a little bit
of Spice.
- Hello.
I'm a little scared
because I'm like,
I didn't really
pin this wig in that well.
But a drag princess
always comes prepared.
I got my little shower cap.
- Oh, interesting.
- Yeah.
You know, Spice always has
to be a little different.
And you can't go wrong
with a shower cap.
Do we like?
Are we living?
- So you want to do hairography
with a shower cap?
- Of course.
- That's an interesting choice.
- But you know,
I feel like the shower cap,
it's cute,
it adds a little drama,
a little variety.
- You can imagine how gorgeous
your hair would look
with the fan blowing, right?
But you want
to wear a shower cap.
- Absolutely.
- And that's your choice,
so let's do it.
- I've been ready
for this my whole life.
Like, this is the moment
I have been waiting for.
It's kind of like my mini
"America's Next Top Model"
moment.
- Work that shower cap, girl.
[laughing]
Oh, is it springtime already?
Oh, it's a change of seasons.
Don't you love the fall?
- I love the fall.
- Oh, my goodness.
So you certainly are
Sugar's sister.
[laughing]
Climate change is a problem.
I believe in science.
Whose idea was this?
[upbeat music]
- Hello.
- Oh.
- Y'all like my new look?
- What happened
to your wig, girl?
- Oh, her wig flew.
- Spice is coming back in
after her photo sh**t
looking like Donald
f*cking Duck with that hat on.
- Oh, my God.
- Bitch, you look crazy.
- Y'all look so different
out of drag. Whoa.
I can't recognize
half of these girls.
I'm like, who is this
tattooed man in the corner?
I'm like, oh, that's Loosey.
The tattoos,
I did not expect that
- from your blonde persona.
- I know, I know.
Yeah, it's, like,
super different, night and day.
- Now I'm seeing
the construction worker.
- Yeah. [laughs]
- Oh, my God, wow, you look so...
- [gasps] What?
- Because I think you were,
like, blonde.
Wow. Is that all
your natural hair too?
- Mm-hmm.
- Mistress is the biggest
transformation.
She goes from this glamorous
Houston drag queen
to the owner of a pizzeria.
That was so mean.
[laughs]
- Listen, before y'all
got here, I was, like,
I'm curious to see what
the twins are going to bring
because a lot of people audition
year after year after year.
So for y'all to come through,
I feel like,
bitch, y'all better impress.
- So I mean...
- Right, I'm excited.
- Yeah, I'm excited to see
what y'all bring to the table.
- It's going to be interesting
for sure, yeah.
Mistress is definitely
eyeing me and Sugar down.
She's trying to get
into the gig,
and she's collecting her data.
- Like, it's very different
for me to be around
people this young,
even though I'm young.
No, really, like, in Houston,
most of our established
queens are much older.
We work with drag legends
on the regular shows.
Like, we work with,
like, Tommie Ross,
Chevelle Brooks,
like, big names.
So I mean,
I respect the older queens.
I love my drag legends,
especially in Texas.
- Wait, if everyone had
to describe themselves
like, in one adjective,
what would it be?
- Because for me...
- Bitch, what is this,
icebreakers in seventh grade?
- No, because you said
I was goofy.
And the other day, like,
I was talking to myself,
you know, as we do.
And I was like,
oh, my God, I'm goofy.
I've realized, like, I just...
Like, words come out,
and then after, I kind of,
like, put them together.
You know, like,
I don't really know what...
It's just, like, after the fact,
and I'm like, OK,
that makes a sentence.
- Sugar and Spice are a lot.
We are like, damn, they are
the same in and out of drag.
It just won't stop.
Won't it?
- I feel like
everyone's either, like,
a bike ride person
or a porch person.
- Like, you're either one.
- Not a porch person.
- I'm both.
- When me and Sugar start
getting into our
own little world.
And I'm like, OK, oh,
we're talking over each other.
[spluttering]
It's like word vomit.
- But, like, we would
always go on bike rides.
- We had magical bike rides.
- [barely audible] Magical.
- I think some of the girls
still feel annoyed
by Sugar and Spice.
- We had just came out,
and I was like,
we're getting all of our dolls.
- But I'm starting
to warm up to them.
Sugar and Spice are
a f*cking hoot.
- I think we move on
from that one.
- OK.
[laughter]
- Don't leave us
to our own devices.
- Y'all are getting distracted
because y'all are making
no sense at all.
- I know.
- Well, look what
the wind blew in.
[all screaming]
- Ooh, I'm not running, bitch.
I'm gonna tiptoe.
- Ladykins, the winner
of today's mini challenge is...
Loosey LaDuca.
- [shrieks] [all cheering]
It's me!
I won.
I won the very first challenge.
- You've won a cash prize
of $2,500.
- Ooh, OK.
I want to win everything.
I want to be
the first one in history
to win every mini challenge
and every maxi challenge.
- My queens, now it's time
to get things rolling.
For your very first
maxi challenge,
you'll be performing
in a talent extravaganza
we're calling "One Night Only."
[glamorous orchestral sting]
- ♪ One Night Only ♪
[laughter]
- In addition to showcasing
your individual talents,
you need to choreograph
a group number
for your big, juicy opening.
And in a moment, you'll head
to the rehearsal studio
to get started.
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.
- I'm very excited because
I finally get to see
what the girls
are going to bring.
- Whoo!
- Ah!
- Yay, away.
Now you have to put your money
where your mouth is
and do what you do and just
show the world and impress.
- Meanwhile, back
with our unsuspecting queens
on the rehearsal stage,
y'all ready for some
premiere drama, mama?
- I think we should
all have a moment like...
♪ Am I the greatest star? ♪
♪ Or am I full of baloney? ♪
- Cute.
The fact that we have
to do choreography
for our first challenge
is a little bit nerve-racking,
but I'm starting to feel
like we're actually
going to impress the judges
with this stuff.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
- ♪ Tonight, tonight ♪
♪ One night only ♪
- Oh!
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
It's RuPaul.
Why is RuPaul here?
- Hi, ladykins.
All: Hi.
- Ru, not now, don't.
Just let me get
the choreography first
before you start throwing
spins and turns on me.
[dramatic music]
- Do you know what would
make your big opening
even more irresistible?
Mmm, take it from me.
I know my way around
some big openings.
[laughter]
Eight more dancers.
[laughter]
Isn't that a great idea?
Send in the clowns, Chaz.
♪ ♪
[laughter]
- OK.
- Queens of season 15,
meet the queens of season 15.
- Oh, my God.
- I did not expect this
to happen right now.
I was fully focused
on this rehearsal,
and there they are.
- Oh, not this.
- I'm not impressed.
[laughs]
- It's like a showdown.
- I'm scared.
♪ ♪
- That's right.
All of you are vying
for the title
of America's Next
Drag Superstar,
and the competition
kicks off tomorrow
at the biggest talent show
in "Drag Race" herstory,
But before this week is over,
one of you will be going home,
for reals.
- Uh-uh.
- Wow.
- Ah.
- This isn't like last season
where no one went home
for weeks.
Like, we are cutting
to the point right away.
Like, someone is getting
the chop.
- I can already tell there
are some divas over there
who are here to play.
How am I going to stand out
amongst all these girls?
- We can't even choreograph
this number with eight people.
- You ever hear the old joke
of 16 drag queens walk
into a bar?
I haven't either, but I don't
think it ends very well.
- Next time
on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...
- With a total of 16 girls,
the competition just doubled.
- Let the talent
extravaganza begin.
[all exclaiming]
[cheering]
- This challenge was
a total game changer.
- Who the f*ck does that?
- Somebody is
going home tonight.
[dramatic music]
Not me though.
[laughs]
l
lit
littl
little
little bi
little bit
little bit of
little bit of l
little bit of lov
little bit of love
little bit of love ♪
♪ Goes a long, long way ♪
♪ Lifting you up
to a brighter day ♪
♪ A little bit of love ♪
♪ Goes a long, long way ♪
♪ Turn it around
when you up and say ♪
♪ Everybody say love ♪
♪ Love, love, love,
oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Love, love, love, oh, oh ♪
♪ Love,
can you feel the love? ♪
15x01 - One Night Only, Pt. 1
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RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week.
RuPaul plays the role of host, mentor, and head judge for this series, as contestants are given different challenges each week.