- Previously on
"Rupaul's drag race"...
- I'm rolling with
A new pit crew.
Your mission is to makeover
Your girl fighter partner
Into a real live female
Version of yourself!
- Yes!
- Rebecca, your girl fighter
Looked pretty and real.
You are the winner
Of this challenge.
- I feel like I should
Have won that challenge.
- The time has come for you
To lip-sync for your life.
- ♪ Stronger ♪
♪ Come on, now ♪
- Bebe, shante, you stay.
Ongina, sashay away.
And tonight...
Dolls, I have a little
Bitty twist for you.
- I don't know what more
Of myself I can give.
- Ugh.
- I think bebe is
Going to be sent home.
- The winner of "rupaul's
Drag race" will receive
A feature photo spread
In "paper" magazine,
A portrait taken by renowned
Photographer greg gorman
For the l.a. Eyeworks legendary
Designer eyewear campaign,
A headline spot on the absolut
Pride tour across the usa,
Plus a cash prize of $20,000,
Courtesy of absolut vodka
And mac cosmetics.
And may the best woman win!
- ♪ Rupaul drag race ♪
♪ Show me ♪
♪ Start your engines ♪
♪ Rupaul drag race ♪
♪ May the best woman win ♪
♪ Rupaul drag race ♪
♪ Show me ♪
♪ Start your engines ♪
♪ Rupaul drag race ♪
♪ May the best woman,
Best woman win ♪
- Hello, girls.
- Morning.
- One more week to go.
- Ugh!
- Being on the final 4
Is a dream come true
Because I only have
So the more people
They eliminate,
The closer I get
To the finish line.
I don't know if any
Of the other girls
Are angry that I'm still here.
Oh, f*ck it. None of
The girls like me.
- Rebecca has been able
To mislead everybody into
Believing how innocent she is,
But she hasn't misled me.
I know the fake person that lies
Underneath all that cosmetics.
- Ha ha ha ha!
Hey, racers.
As I speak, paris is burning,
Lindsay is dehydrated,
Britney's ordering
From a drive-through,
And paula is just plain tired.
What's your excuse?
Pull it together for
The next challenge,
And you'll be around
For the final lap
Of "rupaul's drag race."
Now come meet me on the runway
For your next mini-challenge.
Hi, ladies.
- Hi.
- Wow. The final 4.
You dolls are the
Cream of the crop.
Now it's time to
Get back to basics.
Today's mini-challenge
Is a vogue-off.
[Laughter]
Voguing was introduced
To the world
In the cult classic
"Paris is burning,"
And of course, the mainstream
Learned about voguing
From another queen,
Named madonna.
You'll take turns voguing,
And when the music starts,
You'll hit it.
At the end, I'll pick a winner.
So I want to see some popping,
Some dipping, and some spinning.
That's right. Bring it
To the ball!
Representing the
House of cameroon,
Bebe, you're up first.
- Uh!
I've never vogued before.
I mean, where I come from,
Obviously you don't hear
Of anything like a ball.
So it was a little
Challenging for me.
- Watch this bitch turn it out.
House of cameroon!
- ♪ Stroll down the runway ♪
♪ Another payday ♪
♪ Cover of magazines... ♪
- Bebe labeija.
Bebe labeija.
Ooh! House of glasscock.
Why y'all gagging so?
She bring it to you every ball.
Paint your face, honey!
- ♪ Head to toe,
Let your whole body talk... ♪
- Face, face, face.
Work the floor!
Popping, dipping, spinning.
Ooh!
Extravaganza power!
- ♪ Cover girl! ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
- Opulence! Yes.
Cha-cha-cha.
- To me, voguing is about
Posing and just being bitchy
And in your face,
And I did it well.
- Word!
- Whoo!
- That was hot, girl!
- Whoo hoo!
- All right. Ladies,
There are two of you
Who really let
The rhythm move you.
Nina...
And rebecca.
- I was surprised
At the vogue-off
Because I think that it should
Have been nina and myself.
- You two are going
To vogue it out.
Let the music play.
Yes! The two superpowers.
- ♪ Pump and bump it ♪
♪ Pump it and bump bump it ♪
- Latina power!
- ♪ Pump it and bump bump it ♪
♪ Pump and bump it ♪
- East meets west.
- ♪ Cover girl! ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe ♪
♪ Let your whole body talk ♪
- Double the extravaganza.
- ♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe ♪
♪ Let your whole body talk ♪
- Oh, the battle royale!
- ♪ Walk ♪
♪ Now walk ♪
- Labeija!
- ♪ Now walk ♪
- Wow!
And snatching the trophy
At this ball is...
House of flowers!
- Whoo!
It felt great to win.
- Nina flowers, you've won
This challenge,
And you'll find out what
Your prize is in a few minutes.
- Nina did the best,
But she's much older than me,
And she was probably at the club
When they started doing voguing.
- [Humming]
- All right, all right.
Now, you girls really
Showed me some moves today.
Now, tomorrow on the main stage,
We're gonna throw a
House ball like no other.
This ball will be sponsored
By absolut vodka.
- Whoo!
- All right!
- In the house ball, you'll
Be asked to create not one,
Not two, but three
Different drag looks.
The first category is swimwear,
Because looking sexy and
Unspookable in a swimsuit
Is the ultimate test
Of a drag illusionist.
The second category is
Realness...executive realness.
You will be asked to pass
As a real businesswoman,
Not a drag queen.
Think ceo diva!
For this category, you'll be
Allowed to use your own wardrobe
Or start from scratch.
And the final category
Is evening gown.
I want to be gagging
On the extravaganza and
Eleganza of evening wear.
- Oh, my god! We have to
Get all of this together,
And so I'm just going crazy.
- This is your opportunity
To pull out all the stops.
For the evening gown
Competition,
The good folks at
Marco marco are here
To lend you a helping hand.
Now I'd like to introduce you
To an absolute genius
From absolut vodka,
Mr. Jeffrey moran.
- Whoo!
- Hi, jeffrey.
- How are you?
- Good to see you.
- Good to see you.
Hi, ladies.
- Hi.
- Now, you have something
You want to tell our ladies?
- First, I'm thrilled to
Be part of your challenge,
And we at absolut believe
That starting with something
Simple and natural can lead
To something really big.
Take, for instance,
The flavor vodkas...
Citron, mandarin, raspberry.
Each one has
A memorable impression
And a lasting flavor
That everyone loves.
That's your inspiration
For the challenge.
- Now, dolls, to further
Inspire your creations,
Each of you will represent a
Different absolut fruit flavor...
Miss citron,
Miss raspberry,
Miss mango,
And miss mandarin.
Now, nina, you won
The voguing challenge.
Your prize is that you get
To assign the fruit flavors.
So, nina, what flavor?
- I'm gonna go with mango.
- Nina is miss mango.
- Whoo!
Bring it!
- Miss bebe will
Be raspberry.
- All right.
- Miss shannel will
Be miss mandarin,
And miss rebecca glasscock
Is miss citron.
- So, dolls, in addition
To making this
The hottest house ball
In history,
Don't forget the judges will be
Looking for your charisma,
Uniqueness, nerve, and talent
In the house of absolut.
Gentlemen,
Start your engines.
And may the best woman win!
- All the fabrics
Were provided to us,
So everybody had the
Same stuff to work with.
- Right now, it's really
Overwhelming to me because,
How am I going to
Do all of this
To be to make sure that
All the work is done?
And so I'm just thinking,
Ok, what do I start with?
Where do I put this?
What would I have
To work with?
- Bll bll bll!
Ha ha ha!
- It is so frustrating.
I am supposed to be miss
Raspberry, absolut raspberry,
And I'm supposed to
Represent raspber...ry.
- This is gonna be interesting,
Very interesting.
- Mine is just
Too bubblegum, too candy.
I mean, I love red, but the
Colors are just not working.
I mean, do you think this
Color goes with this?
Ha ha!
Exactly. That's how I feel.
I was frustrated because
This challenge is quite a lot.
We have 3 different
Challenges in one.
We have to present
An executive realness,
We have to do
An evening gown,
And then we have to do swimsuit.
- Miss bebe, how do
You feel about this?
- Girl, I'm going
Through it right now.
I don't even know
Where to start.
- I think bebe's gonna do
Extremely poorly
On the challenge.
It's either she pulls
Something out of the hat,
Or she's going to be sent home.
How do you feel
About this, shannel?
- Horrible.
- Yeah?
- I'm not so much worried about
Designing the bathing suit,
Because I can pretty much put
A piece of strap around me...
- You don't have any problem
Because you have a body.
- That, I'm not worried about.
- You have a body.
- I have an idea in my mind.
It's execute...
I need a pen.
I am very visual with things,
And I'm very good with,
You know, give me something
And I'll drape things
And I'll piece it together,
But when it comes to the
Construction of something,
It's out in left field
Somewhere to me.
With the bathing suit,
Like, I don't even know
Where to begin to
Do all of that.
- Right.
- I am not a seamstress.
- Me either.
- Bottom line.
I don't sew.
See, I'm scared to wear this,
Which I could wear
For my executive,
But then I'm gonna be
Told it's too much again.
- It's hard.
- It's absolutely horrible.
- In my case, I don't have
Any realness executive look
Because I don't dress
Like an executive.
And yet again, it's green.
I mean, what woman do you see
Going to the office in green?
- I think my laid-back
Attitude has been
To my advantage
In this competition
Because when you're trying
To control everything
And can't control anything,
That's when you
f*ck everything up.
But I feel pretty confident.
I'm very competitive.
I just got to keep
My eye on the prize
And play this as a game.
- Rebecca is here for the game.
I see many different
Sides of rebecca.
Some are very nice, very
Beautiful, very put together,
And some are
A little underhanded.
Is there pens in there?
- What?
- Is there pens?
- Girl, just use one of your
Eyeliner pencils or something.
It's just a sketch.
- No. I want a pen,
And I had one
That was with my notebook
That's now gone.
No one likes rebecca.
But she is able to stir the pot
And to create some drama.
That's why she's here.
But I'm not bitter
About that. That's ok.
- Huh...
- Do you know how you create,
Like, the halter top and stuff?
How do you do it?
- Bring me that piece of paper,
And I'm gonna draw.
- Bebe was asking me,
"How do I do this?
How do I do that?"
To me, it's very important
That we can work together
And look good.
You fold the fabric
Just like this.
- Yeah, like...
Like this, right?
- And now this...this is
Going to be the front,
And this is the back.
Ok?
- You have to fold it
In two, like this, right?
- Exactly. Yeah.
- At this point,
I'm just worried
About finishing my own stuff,
So the last thing on my mind
Is the 3 other girls.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hello, hello, hello,
My little up-and-coming
Legendary children!
Hi, shannel.
- Hey.
- How are you, darling?
- Stressed.
- Are you stressed?
- Very. If I knew
How to sew...
- Is that what you're
The most nervous about,
Is your sewmanship?
- Yeah. I mean, I drew
My designs out that I want.
Um...just, you know,
The execution of it is hard,
So this is a big
Challenge for me.
- Yeah? Now, throughout
The competition,
The judges have sort
Of gotten on you
About being
A little more realer.
Where are you going
To sort of reveal
More of yourself,
More realness?
- You know, this is
Significantly more understated
Than what I would
Normally do.
- Very tasteful.
- I would normally have
Peplums and, you know,
A real big asymmetrical collar
And things like that.
I am a showgirl
From las vegas.
I like big, grand,
Over-the-top costumes.
I'm not one to wear simple
Things and to do simple things.
There is a level of expectation
That you have to uphold.
This is not
An easy challenge.
I am setting myself up
For failure.
- Somehow I believe
You can do it.
You have shown such
Stick-with-it-ness
Throughout this competition
That I believe in you.
I believe you can do it.
- I appreciate that, because I
Don't believe in myself
Right now, to be
Honest with you.
- No. Don't say that.
All right.
Let's move on.
Rebecca...miss citron.
- Hey.
- So what do you have planned?
How are you gonna
Blow me away creatively?
- That's a secret.
- Oh! Ancient chinese
Secret, huh?
- Yes.
- How are you gonna
Hide your candy
In a fabric so sheer,
So revealing?
- I haven't thought it
Out that far,
So I'm just going
With the flow.
- Well, it's a bold strategy,
And I hope it pays off for you.
- I don't want to
Tell him anything.
I want everything
To be a surprise
For when I walk out on the
Runway, he's truly surprised.
It's not something that
He saw in the works.
Uh-uh!
- That's the secret,
Isn't it?
Ha ha ha ha ha!
- But then I kind of,
Sort of, afterwards wanted
To show him my work
Because, you never know,
A girl could have copied
Something that I was doing,
And then he never saw it.
Then he might think that I
Copied it off of the other girl.
It could happen.
- The bottom line is,
She has no f*cking clue
What she was making.
- Now, you're raspberry,
Right, bebe?
- I am.
- How's it going?
You seem a little defeated.
- No. I don't think
Defeat is the right word.
Confused is.
I'm just going crazy.
I'm like, wow.
Do you know how difficult
It is to be 6' 2"
And you have to work with
Two yards of fabric?
- Well, you know, us big girls
Have to work a little harder
Because there's so little...
- Which is so unfair!
- Well, life is
Not fair, bebe.
I have two words for you.
- What?
- Extravaganza, eleganza!
- Ha ha ha!
- All right, darling, I'm gonna
Let you get back to work.
Nina flowers.
- Hi!
- Miss mango.
- Miss mango.
- Now, you are very proficient
At using that sewing
Machine, aren't you?
- I have to confess that I'm
Very good using the machine
When I have patterns.
Unfortunately, I didn't
Brought any with me.
- Oh, you don't
Have patterns.
- But I decided to take one
Of my shirts and I cut it,
And actually I'm just
Using it as a pattern.
- I see!
When you were growing up,
Was there a woman
Who you idolized
Who was an executive?
Who are you basing it on?
- I'm basing the executive woman
In the image of my mom
As a secretary.
She was always very conservative
And very elegant.
That's my role model for
This inspiration on this look.
Mothers are very
Influential in drag queens.
And she's no longer with us.
She passed away 5 years ago,
But she's still with me
All the way.
She was not only my mom,
She was my best friend,
And she always encouraged me
To go for the things
That I wanted in life,
So she's a big part of this.
I will honor her in
That executive outfit.
She's here with me in spirit.
- Wow.
- Yeah.
- Good luck.
- Thank you so much.
- All right, darling.
Dolls, can I get
Your attention?
I have a little
Announcement to make.
Now, I know you guys are
Under a lot of pressure,
And it's important
To do your work here,
But it's also important to
Remember to have some fun,
To spice it up a little bit.
A little absolut
Cocktail party!
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
- Please welcome an
All-around entertainer.
Charo, come on
Out here, honey!
Ha ha ha!
Whoo hoo!
Cuchi-cuchi!
Hey, baby!
- Ihola, hola, hola, hola!
- Look at you!
How gorgeous!
- I love charo
Because she's funny.
She's really tiny in person,
And she's got really big boobs.
- Thank you for invite me.
Look at what I bring.
- And look what
You've brought us!
- Fiesta!
- A fiesta.
- Today we gonna have fiesta!
Two way to dance.
First, you can do,
Like, samba, ok?
Second, you have to hold
Your partner very tight.
It's like spooning.
- Yes. Spooning, yes.
- Be careful.
Spooning leads to forking.
- Uh-huh.
- Ok?
[Laughter]
- Charo has such a big spirit.
I mean, it's like
Everybody's so tense,
And so she comes, and it's
Like uplifting your spirit,
Making you forget about
How much work you have to do
And just taking that little
Break to just laugh.
- Me advice to give you,
Remember, is the walk.
It is how you sell it.
- How about a walking lesson?
- Ok. Chest is up.
Stomach is in.
Even if you don't
Breathe, never mind.
If you drop dead,
You drop dead with class.
- Yes.
- And then, attitude...
You owns the world.
Uno, dos. Uno, dos.
I am the biggest bitch
In the world.
- Charo was talking about
Being a bitch, which means that
You need to have confidence,
You have to have attitude,
And you have to be very sassy...
But not necessarily mean.
[Music playing]
- Yeah!
- Come on!
Feel it!
- It's a line!
- Bebe!
- Hey, hey, hey!
- Iole!
[Music stops]
- Whoo hoo!
All right, girls,
Time for us to go.
But before we do, I have one
Little bitty twist for you
Involving our challenge.
Now, because tomorrow's house
Ball is all about realness,
You need to incorporate
Your real fruit...ha ha ha!...
Into your evening gown
Presentation.
- Uh!
- Now, the judges
Are gonna be looking
To see how clever you are
And how you accessorize
With your real fruit.
Now, make me proud.
And remember,
Don't f*ck it up.
Are you ready, my dear?
- I am ready!
Buenas suerte. Adios.
- Iadios!
Ha ha ha!
- Seriously? Real fruit?
Just to really make it
More painful,
I have to use natural fruits on
My dress, and I have raspberry,
And it's really a messy
Kind of fruit.
It's small, but it's very messy.
- I don't know what I'm
Gonna do with the fruit.
- Girl, at least you have
A fruit you can manage.
- Yeah, right...the mango.
That is huge.
How am I gonna place a mango
In an evening gown, you know?
That's gonna be real tacky.
It's gonna look hideous.
Who will want to wear that?
Nobody. Not even me.
Fruits everywhere!
- Good morning, children.
- Fruity, fruity!
This morning, all of us
Were very concerned
Because we weren't finished.
- Girl, the hot glue is not even
Holding the raspberries, honey.
- Well, you were the one next to
Me saying, "I want raspberry."
- Until I knew I had
To use the fruit.
- Yes, loca.
- So did everybody
Sleep well?
- No.
- Why?
- Because I couldn't get
My mind off of this shit.
I've had about
Two hours of sleep,
And due to the fact that
It is elimination day,
It makes me feel like
I don't even know
Why I should bother going on,
When I just don't seem
To be successful.
I don't know what more
Of myself I can give.
- Shannel's just running
Around freaking out,
But I'm just a pacer.
I can't help it.
I'm not really thinking
About anything when I pace.
It's just a natural thing.
I'll get up and
Just start pacing.
- She's a little delusional.
I mean, she walks around,
She paces the floors.
I think she's
A little cuckoo.
I think that in her mind,
She thinks that she's won
This entire competition,
And if she has,
I think that that would be
A very sad representation
Of what drag is supposed
To be in america.
- My favorite part of doing
Drag is the transformation.
It's amazing how
I'm able to change
While I'm doing my makeup,
My pads, my hair.
And while I'm doing
Every single step,
Nina takes over more and more,
And finally, when she's done,
The different persona comes out,
And that's really
Where the art is.
Opulence.
You own everything!
- Ha ha ha ha!
- ♪ Cover girl! ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe ♪
♪ Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Walk ♪
♪ Now walk ♪
♪ Walk ♪
♪ Now walk ♪
♪ And what? ♪
- Good evening, and welcome
To the main stage
Of "rupaul's drag race."
I'd like to say hi
To my fabulous judges.
First, fashion journalist
And best-selling author
Merle ginsberg.
Hello!
And hello to the shamelessly
Outspoken designer
Who's no stranger
To the runway.
Shake the dice,
Steal the rice...santino!
- Ru!
- Our guest judge this week
Is absolut vodka's image czar.
Please welcome jeffrey moran.
And our extra-special
Guest judge this week,
Actress, singer,
And former miss venezuela
Maria conchita alonso.
- Thank you.
- Now, the challenge this week
Was for the girls to throw
A house ball representing
A different real fruit flavor.
Each girl was asked to bring
Their own outrageous
Style to 3 categories.
Are you ready?
- Ready.
- Yeah.
- This is gonna be fun.
Gentlemen,
Start your engines.
And may the best woman win!
Category is executive
Realness, 18-35.
Bring it to the ball.
- I loved my executive look,
And I think it just
Worked perfect.
I was representing
The zahara enterprise.
- Ooh!
- Ceo, my, my, my.
- Miss bebe benet.
Ooh!
Bebe, in an absolut world,
Why should you win
"Rupaul's drag race"?
- I should win this because I
Would let people out there know
There's pride and there's
Dignity in what we do.
Dressing up for a living
Does not make us less of a man.
- Thank you, bebe.
Nina flowers.
- I was completely lost
When I started creating
My executive realness,
But it turned out.
I was conservative,
And I wasn't selling sex.
- Beautiful.
- This is some, like,
Geena davis realness here.
- Isn't she gorgeous?
- Yeah!
- Hello, nina.
- Hi!
- Why should you win
"Rupaul's drag race"?
- For the past 15 years
Of my life,
I have dedicated myself to
The art of female impersonation,
And that is why I feel
I should win this competition...
Because I want to be able
To share with the world
My experience
And inspire others.
- Thank you, nina.
Shannel.
- I was very pleased
With my selection
For the executive look, so I
Was pretty confident today.
- Maybe that's bebe
Calling her.
- Could be.
- A mega-merger.
Now, shannel,
Why should you win?
- First of all,
Good afternoon, rupaul
And our distinguished
Panel of judges.
As an entertainer
And as a gentleman,
I am happy with who I am.
I look in the mirror,
And I love myself.
I love who I am.
So I thank you all,
And most importantly,
I am honored to be here.
My name is shannel.
Thank you all so much,
And have a wonderful night.
- Thank you, shannel.
- Thank you.
- Rebecca glasscock.
Oh, is that a call?
Hello?
Donald trump!
You old geezer.
- Ha ha ha!
- Oh!
This is her yellow.
- Oh! That's very pretty.
- Here we go.
- That's right. If you
Can't stand the heat,
Get out of the boardroom!
Rebecca glasscock,
Why should you win?
- I...want this.
I really do.
This is...
This is my dream.
I have the drive
And the determination,
And I'm gonna keep
Going and keep going
Until I fulfill my dream.
- Thank you, rebecca.
Category is swimsuit.
- Hmm.
The reveal.
- Ooh!
- That is gorgeous.
- Tasty.
- Raspberry never
Looked so good.
- How do you hide things?
- Ancient chinese secret.
- Ha ha ha!
- Hello there.
I am miss absolut raspberry.
- Delicious!
- Ooh!
- It's kind of very
Brigitte bardot at cannes.
- Yes, it is.
It really is.
Nina.
Miss mango.
- I am absolut vodka,
And I represent miss mango.
- Mmm!
- Ooh!
- Mmm...that is hot!
- Uh-huh.
Look at those bows!
- Her body is, like,
So womanly.
- Isn't that incredible?
- Now I want orange juice.
- Yeah. I'm thirsty
All of a sudden.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Well, hi there.
I'm the delicious
Miss mandarin.
Mmm.
[Smacking lips]
- Yes. Something to
Wash down the fava beans.
- I knew that was coming.
I swear I did.
- Ooh!
She is the sunshine shake.
- Look at those little
Lemons on top of her head.
- Uh-huh.
- Hi. I'm rebecca glasscock,
And I'm your
Absolut citron girl.
Whoo hoo!
- Category...
Evening gown extravaganza!
- My inspiration was
Very diana ross-y.
I just made it very simple,
Very clean lines,
Different points of interest,
And just let the whole body
And the selling of it
Talk for itself.
- Rossberry.
Miss diana rossberry.
- Ha ha ha!
- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪
♪ Cover girl,
Cover girl ♪
- Ooh!
- Fruit is the new fur.
- That's very green.
- Yes, it's very green.
I've never seen such a
Conservative look on her.
Oh, and look...she's got
The mango in her collar
And in her belt ornament.
- Ah!
- Nicely done.
- Beautiful.
- Nicely done.
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
- Opulence!
You own everything!
Huh!
Oh, wow!
Wow!
Diamond lil.
- She is ripe.
- Uh-huh.
- And if she falls asleep,
She's got a pillow.
- She's got a pillow on
Her shoulder. That's right.
- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪
- Nolan miller,
Eat your heart out.
- Huh!
- Wow!
- Lemon jell-o.
- Yes.
- Lemangejello.
- Yes.
Lemon chiffon.
- I ended up falling
In love with the color,
And everything worked out
For my advantage
Because all the other girls
Were having problems
Incorporating the fruit
Into their outfits.
So I'm feeling lucky, and let's
See what the judges think.
- ♪ Cover girl, cover girl ♪
- Now it's time for
Your evaluations.
Bebe, we'll start with you.
Maria, what did you think
Of the 3 faces of bebe?
- Every look, you gave me
A different thing,
Which was great.
And your butt is
Incredible, too, you know?
- Your makeup with all
That I've seen you have
This entire time.
- The executive was fabulous.
She was sexy, but she
Wasn't too sexy,
Because if you go
Too far, it's like
You want to f*ck the boss,
Not you want to be the boss.
- Ha ha ha!
- You really exude
A certain sexiness,
And you really were very
Evocative of the fruit.
Like chocolate-covered
Raspberry. Tasty.
- Bebe, I think you have a date
For saturday night, by the way.
Nina, miss mango.
- When you came out
In the swimming suit,
You're not going towards the
Sex thing of what we all expect,
But more demure,
More feminine.
- You did get the most seductive
And sexy fruit that there is,
And you balanced the sexiness
With a real richness.
- The bathing suit capelet
Was so smart,
And it totally made the
Whole thing really feminine.
- I think that you
Probably did the best
To organically incorporate the
Fruit into your evening wear.
It's phenomenal that
You used the rind.
I think that was very smart.
It looks beautiful.
- Thank you.
- Next up is shannel.
You are miss mandarin.
Santino, what did you think?
- Orange looks great
On your skin,
And you always astound me
With the costume,
But there's something that's
Not connecting with me.
Like, I hear you say
All the right things,
But I'm just not feeling it.
It doesn't come off
As authentic.
- Ok. Fair enough.
- I liked the executive
Realness look the best.
I mean, you always
Look beautiful,
But we could see how
Really pretty you are,
And I thought you looked like
Donald trump's next ex-wife.
- Ha ha ha!
- When you walked out
In the bathing suit,
I mean, it was plucked
Off the tree.
It was very natural.
And then when we got
To the evening gown,
I almost feel like we went
A little too much.
This would be, like, a drink
I'd be afraid to order,
But the bathing suit,
I'd order in a second.
- All right.
Thank you, jeffrey.
Hi, rebecca.
- Hi.
- Maria, what did you think?
- I don't like much
Your dress.
- It's reading like corn.
It is giving me another message
That doesn't really relate
To the lemon or citron.
And then, I wish maybe
There was more attention
To detail on the hem
Of your dress.
I mean, look at the hem
Of nina's dress
And see that
Everything's hemmed.
- But I have to say,
Your hair is phenomenal
With the lemons in it.
- Thank you.
- So, girls, earlier I
Asked you all
Why you should be the winner
Of "rupaul's drag race."
Now I have to ask you each,
Who should be eliminated
Tonight, and why?
Rebecca, what's your answer?
- Do we just get to pick one?
- Ha ha ha!
- No, you could pick 3.
Ha ha ha ha!
- You know what?
My 3 competitors are nice girls,
And I love them all,
But some of them
Have already peaked
At whatever they were gonna do
Drag-wise, and i, you know,
Should have the opportunity
To progress and grow.
- I hear you, but honestly,
I really do need you
To give me one name.
- Out of the 3,
I would say shannel.
- Ok. And why's that?
- She's a little annoying...
You know, at times.
- Thank you.
All right, nina, who should
Be eliminated tonight?
- Rebecca.
Why? Because america's
Next drag queen superstar
Should be someone
With experience,
So that this person can take the
Title with dignity and respect.
- All right, bebe.
Same question.
- I would say rebecca because
Working with her is frustrating.
And, ru, when it comes down
To it, amongst all of us,
I know rebecca is
At a lower level.
That's what I have to say.
- Thank you, bebe.
Shannel, who should be
Eliminated tonight?
- I'm so glad you
Asked me this question.
I nominate myself because
I don't want to be here anymore.
Since day one, I have
Been judged really hard,
And I'm very frustrated that
You can't see the personality,
Because I am so f*cking real.
You have no idea.
And I don't feel that I am
Being understood here.
So much of what comes
Back to me is negative.
Week after week, when we come
Into an elimination round,
I am so negatively critiqued.
Nobody can expect to be positive
If you are continually
Getting negative.
Everybody is always
Being told how gorgeous
And how beautiful they are.
Nobody on the panel, because I
Pay attention to this,
Have told me that
I'm beautiful.
I am beautiful.
I'm a beautiful person
Internally and on the outside,
And it's so,
So frustrating to me that
That image does not
Seem to be conveyed.
- You are beautiful.
You are really beautiful.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- You are. You are.
- That sounds
So nice to hear.
- It's true!
And i-i-i'm sorry.
I thought I told you earlier.
I really did.
And I'm sorry if
I hadn't earlier.
You know, I've told
All the girls,
You're here because
You are the best.
- But I haven't won
One single challenge...
Not a mini-challenge
Or another challenge.
Not one.
- But you're still
In the race.
- And that's why
I question why.
Why, when I get so much
Negativity that comes to me,
Why am I even still here?
- I would not
Like you to leave.
You are a great contender
For this contest.
- In answer to your question,
I nominate myself.
- Thank you, shannel.
Ok. Ladies, while we
Contemplate who should stay,
You all wait in the
Interior illusions lounge.
The judges and I
Will deliberate.
Oh, wow, judges. We are at
A whole new level now.
- Shannel!
- What was that about?
- I don't know if she
Did this in purpose,
To grab the attention.
- I can't help but think
That maybe this is a strategy.
- Everybody else has shown
Us a mix of vulnerability
And fabulousness, and she
Doesn't really want to go there,
But, you know, she just did.
- She just did.
- She did.
- And you have to
Kind of look at that.
That was the real
Shannel, I think.
- I have to wonder, is it
Her own star power overshadowing
Her ability to take the
Competition for what it's worth?
- And if you can't take the
Heat, that's not gonna work.
So to go out there and to take
On, "oh, they don't like me,"
Or, you know, "nobody said
How beautiful I am,"
Uh, well, you know what?
It's a given.
She's gorgeous.
- Out of the 4 girls,
I think the one that, for me,
That looks more like
Could do a job as amazing
As you've done in your
Career is bebe.
- Yeah.
- She's like,
"I'm here." You know?
And her body
And her attitude.
- I thought her dress
Was flawless.
I thought you couldn't
Really tell the difference
Between that dress and something
Coming down the runway
From valentino couture.
- If it were me, I would
Have probably cried
If those raspberries
Were given to me.
I was really impressed,
Amazed, and astounded
That they stuck in her hair.
- Ok. Rebecca took a lot of hits
From her competitors today.
I wonder if that's why she said
All these b*tches need to leave.
- Y'all got to go.
- Of these 4,
She would be my pick
As the weakest of these 4.
- Nina flowers.
- I loved nina's gown.
She picked the best fruit,
And so she was in a place to
Really just take it somewhere.
- I love nina's originality
And the way she put the
Mangos on the collar.
That was really adorable.
I like that she
Always surprises us.
- Mm-hmm.
Thank you, judges.
Thank you.
Bring the girls back.
Welcome back, ladies.
Let's begin.
Bebe. Miss raspberry benet.
You came from the brink
Of elimination,
And this week, you were the
Belle of the house ball.
You turned it out 3 times.
Bebe, you're the winner
Of this challenge.
Congratulations.
- Ah!
- Whaa! Thank you, judges.
- Now, as you know, there is
No immunity this week,
But you have won a custom-made
Dress from miami elite designs.
You're safe, and you
Have made it
To the final lap
Of "rupaul's drag race."
Congratulations.
Nina flowers.
- Yes.
- Your look screamed realness,
Which is exactly what
We were looking for.
You are safe.
You've made it to the final lap
Of "rupaul's drag race."
- Thank you so much.
- So we are down to two queens.
Shannel, rebecca, you represent
Two different stages of drag,
And each of you has something
That the other lacks.
First there's rebecca.
You're young, vulnerable,
And you've come a long way
In this competition.
And then there's shannel...
Glamorous, seasoned
Showgirl shannel.
And I want you to know right
Now, shannel, you are beautiful.
But you didn't need me
To tell you that.
- But it sounds good.
- Ha ha ha!
- In a moment, one of you
Will be asked to shante,
Which means you can stay,
And one of you will be
Asked to sashay away.
Prior to tonight,
You were asked to prepare
A lip-sync performance of
One of my favorite songs,
"Shackles" by mary mary.
This is your last chance
To impress me
And save yourself
From elimination.
The time has come for you
To lip-sync for your life.
Don't f*ck it up.
Let the music play!
- ♪ Know what I'm saying? Uh! ♪
♪ Take the shackles off my feet
So I can dance ♪
♪ I just wanna praise ya ♪
♪ In the corners of mind,
I just can't seem to find ♪
♪ A reason to believe
That I can break free ♪
♪ 'Cause you see,
I've been down for so long ♪
♪ Feel like all hope is gone ♪
♪ But as I lift my hands,
I understand ♪
♪ That I should praise you
Through my circumstance ♪
♪ Take these chains,
Now I can lift my hands ♪
♪ I can lift my hands ♪
♪ And I'm gonna praise ya ♪
♪ Praise ya ♪
♪ I'm gonna praise ya ♪
♪ Praise ya ♪
♪ Take the shackles off
My feet so I can dance ♪
♪ I just wanna praise ya ♪
♪ I just wanna
Praise ya ♪
♪ Yes, I'll praise ya ♪
♪ You broke the chains,
Now I can lift my hands ♪
♪ I can lift my hands ♪
♪ And I'm gonna praise ya ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ I'm gonna praise ya ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Take 'em off,
Take 'em off ♪
- Ha ha ha!
- Ha ha ha!
- Wow!
Ha ha ha!
Ok. Ladies, I've made
My decision.
Rebecca, no matter when
Our time together ends,
For you, it's only gonna
Be the beginning.
Week after week, it's your
Potential that's kept you here.
And it's gonna
Keep you here again.
Shante, you stay.
- Thank you all.
- Shannel, even though your time
Here has come to an end,
Your contribution to the world
Of drag is undeniable.
Thank you, shannel.
- No problem. Thank you.
- Now sashay away.
- Shannel wanted this so bad
That I think it
Turned against her.
- I got on this show.
I was able to show the world
That I have a fabulous body,
That I am beautiful, which is so
Nice to be told finally today.
I already won.
- To my top 3, congratulations.
For you, "rupaul's drag race"
Has just begun,
So remember, if you
Can't love yourself,
How in the hell you gonna
Love somebody else?
Can I get a amen?
- Amen!
- Amen!
- Let the music play.
- ♪ Cover girl! ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe ♪
♪ Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ Cover girl! ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
- And then there were 3.
01x06 - Absolut Drag Ball
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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.