- Previously on
"Rupaul's drag race"...
- Today's challenge
Is drag on a dime.
- What the hell am I supposed
To do with this crap?
- Gentlemen...
[Revving engine]
Start your engines.
- Ooh.
It's severe up in here.
Yes, ma'am.
Tammie brown's in town.
- Nina flowers, you are the
Winner of this week's challenge.
Akashia, victoria,
The time has come for you
To lip sync for your life.
- ♪ ...word, word ♪
- Akashia, shawn-tay,
You stay.
Thank you, victoria.
Now sashay.
Away.
- And tonight...
- I'm gonna have to put my balls
Behind my frickin' body today.
- [Squealing]
- Shut the f*ck up.
- The winner of
"Rupaul's drag race"
Will receive a feature photo
Spread in "paper" magazine,
A portrait taken by renowned
Photographer greg gorman
For the la eyeworks legendary
Designer eyewear campaign,
A headline spot on the absolut
Pride tour across the usa,
Plus a cash prize of $20,000
Courtesy of absolut vodka
And mac cosmetics.
- May the best woman win!
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race,"
Start your engines ♪
- ♪ Drag race ♪
- ♪ May the best woman win ♪
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race" ♪
- ♪ Start your engines ♪
- ♪ "Rupaul's drag race" ♪
- ♪ May the best woman win ♪
- ♪ Best woman win ♪
[Alarm sounding]
- Today is the beginning
Of another challenge,
And of course no one knows
Exactly what that challenge
Is gonna be,
So there's a lot
Of anticipation.
Although sad because miss
Victoria parker was sent home,
So there is now 8 of us
Instead of 9 of us.
- [All talking]
- I...i love her.
- Coming in today
Without victoria,
It was a sigh of relief for me
Since I was in the bottom two.
I have to step up my game.
- Do you think you deserve
To stay?
- I do,
And I think that's why I'm here.
- I don't think akashia's
So much as a threat.
I just think that she's tryin'
To play the bitch role,
And I don't think it's gonna
Work out to her favor.
[Revving engine]
- Hey, racers.
At the heart of every drag queen
Is a great performer.
Someone with
An irrepressible talent
That can steal the spotlight,
Even when she's just
The third girl from the left.
This is your chance to show the
World just what kinda spice girl
You really are.
Ooh.
Are you diana ross?
Oh, hey!
Or just a supreme?
Whoa! Time will tell.
And actions speak louder
Than words.
[Laughs]
[Revving engine]
- Hello, hello, hello!
[Applause/cheering]
Congratulations
On making it to week two
Of "rupaul's drag race."
But this is no time to relax
And untuck.
You know, drag is about
A lot of things...
Perfect outfit,
The perfect makeup,
The perfect wig.
But at the end of the day,
It's what's going on inside
That really counts.
And when people look at you,
They can connect with what's
Going on behind the eyes.
They won't care what's going on
Between the thighs.
- [Laughter]
- Ok, pit crew,
Bring in the cameras.
Whoa!
Today's mini challenge
Is all about self-expression.
I'll call out several scenarios,
And each time I do,
You must strike a pose
And take a picture of yourself.
Now, I'm looking for
The full range of emotions.
Cameras up.
Your first pose is
You just found out your $10,000
Louis vuitton bag is a fake.
[Cameras clicking]
Next, sad news.
Cher just announced
That she's retiring for real.
[Cameras clicking]
- [Laughter]
- Who's laughing?
- Yes.
- Ha ha!
- I say yay!
- She's never gonna retire.
She's gonna be 92.
She's like...
[Humming]
- Thank you.
- Now last...
This is the last one.
- All right, ok.
- Somebody cut the cheese.
[Cameras clicking]
Ladies, cameras down.
I've made my decision.
The winner of the challenge
Is ongina.
- [Applause/cheering]
- But wait, there's more.
There are actually two winners
To this challenge,
And the second winner
Is akashia.
- [Applause/cheering]
- Cutie!
- You took a risk,
And it paid off,
Especially when it came
To the cher thing.
Because we're all cher fans,
And you were happy
That cher was retiring.
Ongina and akashia,
You girls really popped
In your photo session,
And that's a good thing.
Because your main challenge this
Week is all about pop music.
- Yes.
- You're gonna form
Two rival girl groups.
You'll take turns
Choosing your team.
One will be in charge of
Choreography, one will
Be in charge of hair,
One will be in charge of makeup,
And one will be in charge
Of costumes.
- I was relieved to find out
That akashia
Was the team captain
Because I saw
Her lip sync performance,
And it wasn't the best,
And I really didn't want that
In my group.
- Ongina,
Pick your first group member.
- I would like shannel.
- Holler.
[Laughter]
- I choose jade.
- Walk it out, lady.
- I would like miss nina.
[Applause]
Bebe-be. Bebe!
- I want rebecca.
- Yes! Word, bitch. Yes! Yes!
- All right.
Well, that means that tammie's
On akashia's team.
- I'm with the black girls.
Yes! Woo!
[Applause/cheering]
- I really did not want tammie.
Me and tammie
Have personalities that clash.
- The reason I was chosen last
Is because akashia fully didn't
Feel comfortable with me,
And I think people don't know
How to understand my character.
- You'll be judged as a group,
And individually,
So you have to work together
While finding your own moment
In the spotlight,
Which I know won't be a problem
For most of you.
Each group will perform for
The judges on the main stage.
My pit crew will be here shortly
With supplies
From michael levine fabrics
And wigs from rene of paris.
- Oh. Ooh!
- Now, the judges will be
Looking for your charisma...
- Uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
- And finally...
Here are two songs.
I'll let you decide which group
Performs which song.
You'll have one day to prepare.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
- [Sound of revving engines]
- And may the best woman win.
- [Overlapping dialog]
- When I ran up
To the envelopes,
I feel akashia's hand
Grab mine.
I couldn't even, like,
Grab any of the envelopes.
- Help me, my teammates! C'mon!
- Guys, guys, guys, guys ...
- Sabotage.
- Akashia!
- Sabotage.
- Some of the girls think
That akashia may be a little
Mean spirited.
Maybe if she was nicer
And the girls liked her
They wouldn't be
Rooting for her to go home.
- We're doing "independent."
You guys are doin'
"Say my name."
- Perfect.
- Every single member
Of the team
Was assigned to do somethin'
Different.
- I'm relying for every single
One of you to tell me
Your creative process.
- Shannel was assigned
To do the makeup.
- Our visual should be
Very feminine.
Feminine, girly,
With a little fish,
But with that little sexy...
- Ongina,
She is doing the choreography.
- I'm gonna do it really easy,
But there's gonna be
Technicalities to it.
- Rebecca is working
On the outfits.
- Not on the makeup
And the hair,
That's how I'm gonna be able
To work.
- I was assigned to do the hair.
My only concern is that
Everyone of us is different.
- I will wear hair.
I am flexible.
- Ok.
- I don't usually wear wigs.
That's the difference, too,
Between me
And other drag queens.
But last week, the judges
Told me that I looked like
A boy in a dress.
And I wanted to elevate that
This week to not so much
Boy in a dress,
But drag queen in a dress.
- You're gonna do the costumes
Since you sew.
And sewing's not my strong point
Clearly from the challenge.
- [Laughter]
- Clearly.
You're gonna do hair.
I can't do hair.
I can do the makeup,
You get the choreography down
'Cause you're a dancer.
- You know, sabotage.
We're all working together.
And so I think that that's
Probably the fairest game.
It is a group competition,
But at the same time,
Being judged separately.
- Mm-hmm.
- You have to consider...
- Everyone's style.
So what are you saying?
- Well, you can make costumes,
Right?
And you don't have to
Actually sew them.
You take them like this
And you knot 'em together.
- You know what?
I like your style.
I think we should do one skirt.
- That really hurt.
Like I was third wheel.
Felt like being back in, um,
High school perhaps.
It's not like I'm some amateur.
Really, really sucked.
- You shouldn't act
So frustrated.
- I'm not acting frustrated.
If y'all would just listen
To what I have to say,
Then it'd be easier for me.
But you're tellin' me
What to do,
You're directing me,
And I can't, you know?
- Akashia is
The group leader,
But she wanted to throw
A little attitude
And kind of, like,
You know, take charge.
And that's when it starts
Getting a little bit personal.
- You know what?
Whatever.
- She's this leader.
She's slamming me down, yes,
And she's slamming
My ideas down.
- Me and ongina,
Uh, won the mini challenge,
Which made us both captains
To form two girl groups.
- We are doing
A production number
Of one of destiny's child's
Songs.
- What kind of wigs?
- Like, colors, first of all.
- Here we go.
- I see good wigs.
- In comes a pit crew
With fabrics, and hair, and
Accessories and everything.
- You can't choose right now.
- Who said?
- Who said?
- I don't know.
- All right.
But let's not get catty.
Let's not get catty.
It's not that serious.
- Just grab...
- Hold on, girl.
Let me pick.
- Make sure you get
The the brown one.
- High 5, girls.
[Overlapping dialogue]
- They're all the same
Practically.
I was in charge
Of working on the hair.
The first thing that
Came to my mind
Was really big hair
With a lot of volume.
- I'd like maybe one dark,
Do you think?
So that we're all
Exact opposites?
What do you think?
Another thing is do you wanna
Keep them long?
Or are you thinking
To cut 'em?
You know, to do something, like,
Short and fun and like...
[Record scratching]
- Shannel has a lot
Of experience.
But she can come across
As a little bit arrogant.
The thing is that if everybody
Has something to say
About what each
And every one of us has to do,
The creativity,
It shuts down...
- I agree.
- And then there is no way
To work with it.
We need to trust each other.
- Let's start with
The finished costume, girl.
- Ok.
- Finish, talk. That's the...
- If we had capes on, right,
With the brown or gold...
- I don't think we'll be able
To have capes.
- And we switch it around.
- We don't have enough yards.
- Well, we never know.
'Cause the capes,
We could make a necklace, right,
Around our neck?
And then we could have
The cape that attached
Just in the back.
- Girl, I don't think
We want a cape, girl.
- Make 'em easy,
Hang, like, real pretty.
- Since I am the leader
Of the group,
I get the final say.
I'm like,
"Tammie, the cape's out."
- First, we have to still look
Like destiny's child.
- Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
- That's the point.
- Akashia is the director.
Akashia is the producer.
Akashia is in charge
Of the group.
She's beyonce.
- I felt tammie because
She was getting shot down a lot
By bebe and akashia.
I'm not the group captain,
So I couldn't back her up.
- Every competition
Needs a bitch,
And that bitch is me.
And I'm happy with that.
I tell it how it is,
And I'm fierce.
I'm doing a diagram of
What I want to work.
And I'm writing down the key
Products in our mac makeup box.
I was chosen
As the makeup artist,
Which was probably
The best decision.
When it comes to the ability
To be able to character
Illusionize makeup
On someone's face,
I serve that up well.
I'm gonna make one of these...
- [Clears throat]
- And what is this?
- For each of you.
I'm gonna give you a packet with
And this is exactly
Where they should be put.
- Ok.
- I came here to win.
Anything that is thrown at me,
I can do, and I will do
With excellence.
Do I think I have a great
Opportunity to win this?
Absolutely I think I do.
- [Laughter]
- So, bebe, I know how much
You love me
And you wanna be like me,
So your makeup is gonna look
Just like mine,
Um, yeah.
- [Laughter]
- I'm thinkin', tammie,
We could give you a brown lid,
Like, almost, um, bedroomish.
- Akashia,
She gave me a makeup plan,
And it just had
And the colors
Of the eye shadow.
What am I supposed to do
With this?
- I'm just worried
About the eyes.
- So I had to
Keep on asking her,
Well, what color blush
Do you want?
Do you want black eyeliner?
Do you want lower lashes?
And I shouldn't have to do that.
- Look at bebe
And our makeup artist.
I never thought I'd see the day.
- Run me through again
The outfits that you're
Gonna make for everyone.
- Well, I kinda...
I already know
What I'm gonna do for nina.
I'm gonna give her sleeves,
And, you know, everything's
Gonna be tight to the body.
- How do you feel, like,
If you were not midriff, too,
But you had material
Coming down your body,
But with maybe some cutout
On the side?
- No.
- No?
- No cutouts for me.
- Ok.
- And then this is gonna be
Ongina.
It's gonna be like this.
I'm gonna give you my breasts.
- Ok.
- There you go.
- Tits on a sling.
- Yeah.
- I'm dying to perform on stage,
Because honestly,
You can run through
A choreography 1,000 times,
But if you don't go through it
On that stage, with the music,
With the lights,
It's not the same.
Listen, listen.
You girls have to understand
This part.
The left, right,
Left, right, ok?
My area of expertise is dance.
I think the way that I'll shine
Is by not outdoing my team.
If I go out and I do it
To my full potential,
And as good as I'll look,
And as great as I'll perform,
It'll just look like
I'm outdoing my team.
Girls, we have to do this
The same 'cause it looks
A little sloppy.
I believe that tammie will have
Some trouble adapting
To different styles.
- I should be more sexy.
- Go back, baby. Go back.
- Pardon me.
- From what I've seen so far,
She has r...
A unique style,
But just one dimension.
One, two.
Just stay there.
- One, two...
- Real simple.
- One, two.
- No. No no. It's a roll.
- I'm really not into
Any of the songs.
But as an entertainer,
I'm gonna do my best.
- My ear is not even...
It's not even in my ear.
- So what's goin' on here?
- The music wasn't in my ear, so
I didn't know what was goin' on.
- Let's start again.
Let's not even waste time.
Let's start again.
- Akashia is the group leader.
But when it came down
To my part,
Where you assigned me
As choreographer,
Then you need to shut up
And listen to what
I'm telling you to do.
One and two.
- I'm facing this way,
And then I have to turn
This way.
- You're here.
She's here.
And all we're doing
Is switching sides.
Now, boom, boom.
Ok, baby.
So you should be here.
From the beginning.
- No, no, no.
I'm going to put myself into the
Choreography and let it shine.
That's what I'm gonna do.
I can't speak for the others.
- I love this hair.
Shannel, what do you think?
- Honestly, I'm not
That crazy about it.
That's my personal opinion.
Not because I don't like
The hair.
This hair to me
Is very texas pageant
And our dresses, our outfits
Are very, like, teeny bopper...
Stripper wear.
- Ok.
- And so I feel like
We're taking two extreme...
Our look was
Completely unrealistic.
The hair, the costuming.
So I wasn't sure that I was
Going to be able to achieve
With all of the girls
Exactly what I wanted in order
To create a very cohesive look.
I just...i don't wanna be
Taking your job away,
And I feel like I'm causing
A problem when I'm not...
- Well, y...
He is. You did.
Let me just say you just did,
You know?
I understand your point,
But there's nothing I can do.
I...i...i, you know, I did what I
Could do, and what I know to do
And...
- Girl, relax. Just...
- No.
- Whatever.
- That hair would have to
Completely be redone on you.
- Shut the f*ck up.
- Honestly, think about it.
We're the dream team.
We shouldn't be goin' through
This shit, you know?
We should be finishin'
The outfit and makin'
A fierce choreography
And, you know, kicking ass.
Can I work on you
While you're doing that?
- No, I'm not putting hair
On my head without a face on.
- C'mon.
- I am not.
- I need help, though.
- Be a champ.
- Go put it on a wig head.
That's what they're for.
- But we don't...
- I don't do that.
- We have just hours
To go out and present
This wonderful package,
And things were really
Not going
As swift as I thought
They should be.
- [Humming]
- Akashia...
All she's done
Is drawn out the sketches of
What our makeup is for tomorrow.
And it's not like she's doin'
All of our makeup.
She still hasn't done anything
Else.
- Come with me
While she is is threadin'.
Let me know when
You're done with that.
- So, there's a lot of weight
On me and tammie's shoulders
Right now.
- It's a heavy load to be doing
And the ideas I pitched out
First weren't taken in,
So I had to take their lead
And do what they wanted.
And we're on a time schedule, so
That seems to be kind of crazy.
- Hello, hello, hello!
- Hi!
- Somebody
Just cut the cheese?
- Hey, bitch!
- Oh, dear.
Ongina!
- Hi.
- I saw you over there
Practicing.
Can you teach me a few steps?
You know,
I've got two left feet.
- You wanna step out.
- Uh-huh.
- And then over, and then jump
Like this and slide.
- Oh, yeah,
Like, unh, unh, unh.
- See? And then step out,
And then out here.
And then shimmy, shimmy, shimmy.
- Oh, yeah.
That's a lot
In a short amount a time!
- No.
- I'm a little bit worried!
- No, don't be worried.
- Rupaul,
Who's an amazing performer,
Is tellin' me that
It's a little difficult,
And so I was a little scared.
What I've done is I created
A full face chart.
I actually have done
One for every single person.
They're exactly the same.
- They're your face,
Aren't they?
- [Laughs]
Well, no, well, yes, but no.
Yes but no, I guess.
- Between you and me,
And I know you're from vegas,
Did you bring in some beads so
You can put 'em out on stage
For the other girls,
Like in "showgirls"?
- I would never,
Ever, ever, ever.
- Miss tammie brown
Is makin' a gown!
- Yes, miss rupaul, I am.
- This is beautiful.
- This is jade's design.
- So are you in charge
Of the costumes?
Or are they tellin' you
What to do?
- Well,
I'm a little worker girl.
I'm kind of behind the scenes
Cookin' and cleanin',
Takin' care of the house.
- So you're their s...
Uh, drag cinderella.
Dragerella.
- I'm the dragerella.
- Ok.
- And I keep sewin'...
[Imitates sewing machine]
- Now, one a the things that the
Judges are gonna be looking for
Is how well you did
With the costumes.
Are you concerned that you're
Not really takin' charge?
- Oh, I am taking charge.
I got that one halfway done
Over there, tootsie pop.
- Oh! Look at that!
This one's yours.
- This one's mine.
- So y...
It's very short, isn't it?
- It is short.
But sometimes I can get short,
Too.
People don't know that.
- Can you get jiggy?
- I can get jiggy.
I can get jiggy and wiggy.
- Ok. All right.
- That's right.
- I'm scared of you.
- Oh, you don't have to be
- So what is the overall
Theme for the group
In terms of costume?
- Sexy, exotic,
Get your freak on,
Get down, do the booty scooty.
- Ok.
- The fashion vision
For our team is sexy whores.
- So you are
Group leader, akashia,
And in charge of makeup.
- This is true.
- Are you worried that
Everybody's really
On their own path?
Do you feel like you're really
Leading them?
- I orchestrated what I wanted,
And then I went back
And asked 'em again if it was...
This was ok, if this was ok,
And this was ok to...
- Well, at the end of the day,
The judges are gonna be looking
To you as their leader, though.
All right, dolls.
Gather around, my lovelies.
I've got a little announcement
To make.
Come on over.
I'm about to introduce you
To one of destiny's
Legendary children.
- [Squealing]
- [Applause/cheering]
- Yeah!
- In walks michelle williams
From destiny's child.
And my jaw dropped.
- [Applause/cheering]
- Oh, I was so just shocked.
Her shoes were sickening.
Her dress was amazing.
She was just so small and
Petite, and she was so sweet.
- [Applause/cheering]
- Michelle, can you handle this?
- I don't know! I think so.
- [Applause/cheering]
- I don't think you
Can handle this.
- [Laughter]
- Now, michelle is gonna
Be your extra special
Guest judge tomorrow.
- [Applause/cheering]
- Now michelle, you know a thing
Or two about being in a girl
Group, don't you?
- Yes, sir.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
- Do you have any advice
For our dolls?
- Just serve up a big platter
Of fierceness.
- Mm-hmm.
- But the main thing
Is to respect each other.
- We are so excited you're here.
- Thank you for having me.
I can't wait.
- Yes. Yes.
- Ok.
- All right.
Now dolls, tomorrow showtime.
When you'll be performing
For michelle williams
And the judges.
Now make me proud.
And remember, don't f*ck it up.
- We're not only performing
A song with choreography
That's brand new,
But we're also doing it for one
Of destiny's children,
Michelle williams.
So it puts a little bit more
Pressure on the situation.
- Let's go listen to
Your new album.
- All right.
Let's go. Bye, ladies.
- Bye!
- We're all kind of stressed out
Right now
Tryin' to figure out exactly
How this is gonna come about,
And we're really worried because
We have really tough
Competition.
All right, you guys.
Rehearsal.
Rehearsal time.
I'm gonna run through it once.
In my group, I haven't delivered
The entire choreography,
So we're all kind of
Stressed out right now.
This is the dance.
- ♪ Say my name,
Say my name ♪
♪ Say my name
If no one is around you ♪
♪ Say, "baby, I love you" ♪
♪ If you ain't running game ♪
♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
♪ You acting kind of shady,
Ain't calling me "baby" ♪
♪ Why the sudden change? ♪
♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
- Whoa.
What just happened?
- I'll just run through it.
- Yeah!
- Is that hard?
- That looks very complex.
You need to really slow it down
When you're showing it.
- Right.
- I am
A very versatile entertainer.
I'm a character illusionist.
I am a comedian,
And I'm a showgirl.
However, I'm not
A choreographed dancer.
- But you're backwards.
- Oh, yeah.
That's right.
- Sorry.
- My biggest fear about
Tomorrow's performance
Would be me being the one
To screw up any choreography
Onstage.
- So as soon as she crosses ov...
No, no.
Back like just like this.
You're back here with me.
- Ok.
- I have a little bit
Of a challenge
Because I'm not very good
At choreography.
- I am going to get blamed
If we lose
Just because I'm team captain,
And I swear to god,
If I do, I'm gonna cut someone.
This is it.
- Woo!
- This morning, we get up, and
We're coming into the workroom,
And I am feeling
A little frustrated.
I need some liquor.
- Uh, miss thing ...
- What do you need?
- Miss akashia, you have
To start working, honey.
We don't have that much time,
Honey.
I was tryin' to exert
Some leadership
Just because akashia
Was a little lacking.
- How it feels underneath?
Is this sewn?
Or is it...
Do you have to hot glue it?
- Mine has everyth...
Mine's done.
Mine is done.
- It was just a lot
Of last-minute things
That had to be done.
I had to spend a lot of time
Piecing my own costume together
Last minute.
- Did you take this in?
- I'm gonna take it in again.
- Please.
It really needs it.
They're really, really big.
- The mood in the workroom
As the two teams are preparing
Is actually very separate.
I think I forgot my pants today.
As always.
- Ok?
- Really.
- And I really wanted to wear
Short shorts,
So I needed to make sure
That I didn't have mamel toe,
Which is, like, the male version
Of a camel toe.
I'm gonna have to put my balls
Behind my frickin' body today.
I don't really tuck
As a drag queen.
I try and avoid it
Just because it hurts.
- I got a whole roll of
Duct tape with your name
On it, kitten.
- All right.
- And the gorilla kind,
You know?
The kind that will hang
An airplane from the ceiling.
- I am going to have
A real vag*na, mama.
- Ok, so technically right now
We're all supposed to be doing
Our makeup, right?
Because we're supposed to be
Onstage in an hour and a half.
- No.
- Yeah.
- Well, I can't do my makeup
If my hair is not ready.
- We don't need this pressure.
We don't need this pressure!
- This morning in the workroom
We were given an hour
And a half timeframe
To complete everything.
There was definitely
A high level of stress.
And obviously no one wants
To go home.
- Hey, did you guys come up
With a name yet?
We named our group
Serving fish.
It was the best that we could
Come up with.
- We're about to rediscuss it.
But, you know, I think I might
Just take my authority
In this one.
Dancing drag queen divas.
- Uh-uh.
Girl, it's a group.
- And?
- You cannot take your
Authority, team leader,
To mean you take you authority
To decide what we want
To be called.
- Yes, it is.
- We're called the golden holes.
Ha ha!
- Tammie, at awkward,
Spontaneous times,
Says the things where I have no
Clue where she comes up with.
- Thank you.
I'm coming,
My little african cherry.
- Just...
[Mocks tammie's laugh]
No.
- I don't know where
The confusion comes from.
I'm just a different person
From everybody else,
And I'm on planet 9,
They're on planet 3.
No, I'm not having
The best of the day.
I'll be honest with you.
- Why?
- Oh, just because I woke up
On the wrong side of the bed.
My biggest fear is my anxiety.
I had a nightmare,
And I didn't wake up.
I really don't like this
Kind of edge of competing.
It's weird,
And I don't like being here.
This just makes me angry,
You know?
I'm tired too.
It makes me angry.
It's just...
It's been really hard.
- It's a little frustrating
When no one's agreeing
And, you know,
There's a time limit.
- Ok. Why did you bring this
Shadow up, around like that?
We're bringing our colors out.
- No, I know.
I'm trying it.
- No, I know, I know.
I know.
In my stomach,
There's a lot of butterflies.
I'm hoping that everybody else
Is able to do the makeup
That I have put on
The face charts for them.
Do your lips.
Put on lashes.
- Ok.
- And then when I am finished,
Which will be very shortly,
I will go back in.
- Ok.
- Ok?
- [Laughter]
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe,
Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Walk, walk, walk, now walk ♪
♪ Act one ♪
- Good evening,
And welcome to the main stage
Of "rupaul's drag race."
I'd like to say hi
To my fabulous judges.
Fashion journalist
And bestselling author
Merle ginsberg.
- Loving the ru in blue.
- Ha ha!
Thank you, darlin'.
The shamelessly
Outspoken designer santino!
- Great to be here, ru.
- Our guest judge this week
Is 5-time mtv-award winning
Director/choreographer
Frank gatson.
-How you doin', ru?
- Hi, darlin'.
Good to see you again.
And our extra special guest
Judge this week is
Singer/songwriter
And one of destiny's
Chosen children.
Please welcome
Michelle williams.
- Hello. Thank you, ru,
For havin' me today.
- You're so welcome.
Now judges,
This gonna be fun.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
May the best woman win!
- ♪ You never say my name,
You acting kind of shady ♪
♪ Ain't calling me baby ♪
♪ Why the sudden change? ♪
♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
♪ When no one is around you,
Say, "baby, I love you" ♪
♪ If you ain't running game ♪
♪ Say my name, say my name ♪
♪ You actin' kind of shady,
Ain't calling me "baby" ♪
♪ Better say my name ♪
♪ Remember the other day
I would call ♪
♪ You would say... ♪
- I sucked! Ha ha!
I suck in this challenge.
If I wouldn't have immunity,
I would definitely
Would've been on the bottom two.
- ♪ Something's going down,
That's the way it seems ♪
♪ Zoom, then wizz away ♪
- When I was onstage, all I know
Is that I hope they get it.
I hope they get it.
And I hope I get it
Because I can mess up, too.
- [Singing indistinctly]
- I am amazed at myself.
I had my hand really in a lot
Of the entire package
Of what we did.
In my mind
I've already won.
- Ha ha!
Ha ha!
- ♪ Can you say that,
Come on ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ All the girls say ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ All of them say ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ All the girls say ♪
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- ♪ Break it down ♪
- ♪ Whoa oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
- Wow, dolls! Ha ha!
- ♪ Lucy liu...
With my girl, drew ♪
♪ Cameron d. And destiny,
Charlie's angels, come on ♪
♪ Uh uh uh ♪
♪ Question: tell me
What you think about me ♪
♪ I buy my own diamonds
And I buy my own rings ♪
♪ Only ring your cell-y
When I'm feeling lonely ♪
♪ When it's all over,
Please get up and leave ♪
♪ The shoes on my feet,
I've bought it ♪
♪ The clothes I'm wearing,
I've bought it ♪
♪ The rock I'm rockin'
I bought it ♪
♪ 'Cause I depend on me ♪
- It was hard.
I knew it was gonna be hard
For me.
I wish that I could've been
A little more loose.
- ♪ ...i bought it ♪
♪ The car I'm driving,
I bought it ♪
- I know I have rhythm,
And I can dance,
And I was sockin' it
In parts of the song.
But then other parts,
I fell out of the choreography.
- ♪ All the honeys making money,
Throw your hands up at me ♪
♪ All the mamas
Who profit dollars ♪
♪ Throw your hands up at me ♪
- Woo!
Good work, angels.
Well, dolls, good job.
Serving fish?
Let's start with your group.
Merle, what'd you think?
- Rebecca, I feel like
You're giving great face,
But you gotta give
A little more body.
- I was constantly
Kind of drawn to you, nina.
Not having the choreography and
The lip syncing down perfectly,
I think that having immunity
This week probably helps you
A great deal.
- Ongina, I do think the little
Hot pants are getting
A little too ongina
- Yeah. Actually I had
A really big problem with that
Because I never usually tuck.
But I had the idea of wearing
Hot pants just because
I like my booty cheeks.
- I did have her
Duct taped though today.
- Yeah.
It kind of hurts right now.
But you know what?
I'm doin' ok.
- So you really are
Serving fish.
- Oh, we are.
- [Laughter]
- And I'd like to add
That in all honesty,
Ongina being our team leader
Was absolutely exceptional.
- When girl groups start out,
They all sound so wonderful
Like that.
But I wanna know which one
Of y'all are crazy...
- Ha ha!
- And gonna break up the group.
- Now, I know that shannel
Was in charge of makeup.
You guys look fantastic.
I love the makeup.
- Thank you.
- What were you in charge of,
Rebecca?
- I was in charge of costuming.
- They're gorgeous costumes.
Now, nina, you were
In charge of hair.
You put a wig on our
Little baby girl next door.
Did she fight you with that
At all?
Well, I'm going fish,
You're wearing wig,
And we all cooperate,
So it was great.
- All right, ladies.
I have a tough question
To ask you.
If one of you has to go,
Who should it be?
- I would throw myself
Under the bus
'Cause I was the team leader.
I think that the weakest link
In my group, it was me.
If it was not because of I had
Immunity, definitely I should
Go home.
- It's honestly
Next to impossible
For me to answer that question
The way I know you want
The question answered.
- I want it answered honestly.
If you said I'm gettin' rid
Of all these b*tches,
I would accept that.
Only based on the fact that she
Has immunity, I would say nina.
Rebecca?
- I don't know.
This is really hard.
But I would have to say shannel.
- Ok.
And why?
- Shannel is here to k*ll.
And she would be
My biggest competition,
And I love you.
- I love you too, babe.
Mwah.
- [Laughter]
You're goin' down.
No, I'm just k...
- [Laughter]
- Meow!
- 3D.
So we're gonna start
With michelle williams.
- How much time do I have?
- [Laughter]
- Akashia! Lead singer
Gotta be able to do it all
And fall back
Into the choreography.
And since the choreography
Was so simple,
If I was you, I would've been
Pullin' jade to the side
Say, hey, I need you to help me
With this choreography.
I'm just tellin' you
What I'd do.
And I can tell you that
'Cause that's why I'm here.
And that's...and that's the thing
About bein' humble, too.
It's no problem sayin',
"Hey, I'm not good with
The choreography.
Can you give me 5 or 10 extra
Minutes on nailing something?"
But I didn't tell you nothin'
That I don't do myself.
- You guys are makin' it
Seem like I was horrible
With the choreography,
And I know I brought it.
- Do I have security?
- [Laughter]
- She reminds me of
Female professional dancers.
Ok, they usually act like
Assholes like that.
But a lot of times they can
Back it up with the movement,
And they hit it,
So that's why I hire them.
Because a lot of female dancers
That are really, really good,
They're full of shit, ok?
And they act just like this.
If you're gonna be that,
You better bring it.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Just bring it.
Because if you can bring it,
You can be the biggest bitch
In the world.
- Talk about, like, a bad apple
Spoiling the whole group?
You just have...
You, like, radiate a bad energy.
- Kind of remind me
Of dawn robinson in en vogue.
You know...
- Uh-oh.
- You know,
Which is not a good thing.
- [Laughter]
- Bebe, I thought
You really shone.
It's the first time I really,
Like, watched you,
And I thought you kind of
Came out of the shadows.
- Jade, the choreography,
That part was maybe the most
Cohesive element of your entire
Performance together.
Tammie, you're...
You're completely out
Of your element here.
You know it.
- This is totally
Not your world.
But when you're doing
Someone's choreography,
Don't give me the impression
That you're making fun of it.
You understand?
Because I'm pretty sure
Jade as a choreographer
Wants her choreography
To be portrayed the way
That she saw it, ok?
- Yeah. I appreciate that you
Made some sacrifices with your
Image, and you stretched it out.
But you kind of got lost
In the mix, uh, with this group.
They're very strong.
- These aren't the kind of songs
I like to do. I'm sorry.
- Meow!
- But that's why it's
A challenge, tammie.
- Well, I did what I did.
- Thank you, judges.
And ladies, while you all wait
In the interior
Illusions lounge,
The judges and I
Will deliberate.
Thank you.
[Revving engine]
Ok, let's talk about,
Um, ongina.
- I thought she was great,
You know?
Choreographer is supposed to not
Make stuff look like a hot mess.
They're supposed to have the eye
To see and make it tight.
- And what'd you think
Of rebecca?
- You know, she...she just
Needs to take more risks
With some of her movements.
- Ok, and nina.
- Nina, I think, went too far in
The direction of individuality
And was still doing
Her punk/goth thing
When she needed to do
Modern girl group.
- But I have to give her props
For becoming more feminine.
She covered up her tats.
Everybody keeps talking about
How beautiful rebecca is,
And rebecca is beautiful,
But so is shannel.
And those eyes
Are just killin' me.
- She is probably, like,
The one to beat.
- She's almost too competitive
Because she's really,
Really angling in there,
And it shows around the edges.
I think a good competitor kind
Of may sit back a little bit.
All right,
So, michelle,
Akashia, what do you think?
- She's waitin' for you outside.
- I know she is.
- I got your back.
- I just thought, messy man.
- Ok.
- Oof.
- That's fair.
Yeah, you know,
Akashia was a team leader,
And she didn't seem
Very in charge.
And that worries me.
What did you think of bebe?
- She totally understood
The choreography.
She projected.
She made it look easy,
Like goin' to the toilet.
- [Laughter]
I wanna see her bring it more.
I think she's not really
Going for it.
What do you think of
Their choreographer, jade?
- She came through
As the choreographer.
Came through as tryin' to be
A mediator for a broken team.
- All right,
Now tammie brown.
- I loved tammie,
But we need to see diva,
And we didn't.
We didn't see that.
- Right.
My fear with tammie is that
She did not connect with us
And she didn't connect
With the material.
All right,
Let's bring the girls back in.
Serving fish?
I have made my decision.
Serving fish...
Congratulations.
You're all safe.
- Oh, this isn't easy.
- [All talking]
- And of all of you, one really
Stood out above the rest.
Ongina, you are the winner
Of this challenge.
- All right.
- You also win a big basket of
Chocolates and sparkling wine
From karma and vogel chocolate.
- Thank you.
Although being safe is ok,
It's not good enough for me.
There is no second or third.
It's first
Or it's don't even bother.
- That means, 3d, you're
The loser of this challenge.
Jade...
You're still in the race.
Congratulations.
You can join the others.
Bebe...
Congratulations.
You're still in the race.
[No audio]
[Applause]
And then there were two.
Anybody who can step out of the
House with a pair a high heels
And some lipstick on their lips
Is my hero.
No matter what happens tonight,
You will carry on.
You will be fine queens.
Prior to tonight,
You were asked to prepare
A lip sync performance
Of michelle williams' hit song
"We break the dawn."
Now, this is your last chance to
Impress me and save yourself
From elimination.
The time has come to
Lip sync for your life!
And don't f*ck it up.
- ♪ Ooh, there's somethin'
'Bout the skylight tonight ♪
♪ Something that makes me know
Everything's gonna be
All right ♪
♪ There's somethin' in the way
That the stars align ♪
♪ There's not a single moment
I'm a pass by ♪
♪ The hour's now,
The bass is loud ♪
♪ The disco lights
Shinin' through the crowd ♪
♪ We're holdin' time
In our hands ♪
♪ And it stops when we... ♪
I think tammie wanted to be
In this competition very badly.
However competing
And going through the stress
And the crunch time, you really
Have to be a lot tougher.
- If I had the song down,
It would've been better,
But I didn't have the song down.
And I had made the decision
Before I went onstage today
That I was gonna not do that
Song if it happened to me.
- I thought that she
Still was gonna give me
More of a challenge
Than just standing there
And not lip syncing
The words at all.
- ♪ Oh, I don't know how ♪
♪ Break the dawn ♪
♪ We gotta hold back the sun,
Don't let it come ♪
♪ Ain't stoppin' for no one,
The night is young ♪
♪ The night is young ♪
♪ Don't let them
Turn on the lights ♪
♪ Let us decide when they play
That last song ♪
♪ The night is done ♪
- Oh! Wow.
- [Applause]
- Akashia, you motherfuckin'
Broke the dawn.
You...you know what?
You broke the dawn.
You know, if I didn't have
So much botox, I'd be crying
Right now.
- Well, I'm cryin' for you.
- After all the judges
Were saying to me before,
It's like, you're like a poison
To everyone,
And then for them to turn around
And do a 180,
It was crazy.
- I never thought we'd see you
Go out like this, tammie.
Really.
I just watched you lay down on
The railroad tracks right now.
- Tonight, the decision
Has been made for me.
Akashia?
- Yes?
- Shawn-tay, you stay.
That's right, girl.
- Someone called me the phoenix
'Cause a phoenix, it dies
And rises from the ashes.
I really thought
That all hope was lost
And I was going home.
- Now, tammie.
- Yes, ma'am.
- Miss tammie brown's in town.
You are a special
And unique performer.
But this competition
Got the better of you.
And you really do have
The potential to make it happen.
And it was just...
It's disappointing to
See you give up like that.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
- Now sashay away.
- Ah! Ha ha!
Buenas noches.
- Bye, tammie.
- Bye, tammie.
- Oh, see you later,
In the magazines.
[Laughs mockingly]
It's just it's time to go.
I don't need to be
In this anymore
Riding this roller coaster.
Thank you! Oh, goodness.
I'm going forward.
I'm not stopping.
This is another stepping stone.
I'm gonna make it.
I'm not worried about that.
Bye, everybody.
- Congratulations.
I'll see you dolls next week.
And remember, if you can't love
Yourself, how in the hell you
Gonna love somebody else?
Can I get a amen up in here?
- Amen!
- Amen!
- Hallelujah!
- Ha ha!
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe,
Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Cover girl,
Put the bass in your walk ♪
- [Laughter]
01x02 - Girl Group Challenge
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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.