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00:00:00Even in the darkest of times, there's always a spark of hope.
00:00:10Drag Race Generators activated.
00:00:13Oh shit, here we go again.
00:00:18Always a black drag queen gotta save the day.
00:00:21Alright y'all, come on.
00:00:22Harder.
00:00:23Harder!
00:00:24I'm going as fast as I can!
00:00:27Repeat after me.
00:00:29I think we can.
00:00:30I think we can!
00:00:31I think we can!
00:00:32I think we can!
00:00:33I think we can!
00:00:34I think we can!
00:00:35I think we can!
00:00:36I think we can!
00:00:37I think I just did.
00:00:39Oh my god.
00:00:41Yeah, that's gonna be a rough one.
00:00:43Just keep pedaling.
00:00:44Generators reaching half capacity.
00:00:48Cause it takes a whole lot more than bad lighting to keep a good drag queen down.
00:00:59Honey, this is how you throw a party on Drag Race, bitch.
00:01:03My name is Athena Dion.
00:01:04I'm the Greek goddess from Miami.
00:01:05You may also refer to me as the queen of Miami.
00:01:08Athena was pretty much the HBIC of Mount Olympus and that's how I feel.
00:01:12My drag style is opulent.
00:01:14It's glamorous.
00:01:15I would say I'm close to perfect as I don't think perfection is attainable, but I'm pretty
00:01:19much as close as it can get.
00:01:21Ooh, we're in the red light district this season.
00:01:24Why are the lights off?
00:01:26It's black everywhere.
00:01:27Did I take the wrong door?
00:01:29Well, still gorgeous.
00:01:31I'm basically the hostess with the mostest in Miami and I'm a big drag mother with a huge
00:01:36drag family.
00:01:37My drag daughter is the winner of the Lollaparooza season 16, Morphine to Love, Dion.
00:01:41Plain Jane is also technically my drag daughter.
00:01:44I'm definitely the Kris Jenner of drag.
00:01:46Mama's home!
00:01:54I have one thing to say.
00:01:56Kenya Pleaser.
00:01:58I'm Kenya Pleaser all the way from South Carolina.
00:02:00And I'm here to please you and everybody in America.
00:02:03She better shake.
00:02:05My drag style is your sexy auntie that's a ho.
00:02:08I can give you sex.
00:02:09I can give you church lady.
00:02:10I can give you grandma.
00:02:11I can give you straight up cots.
00:02:13She kind of looks like Lizzo.
00:02:14I impersonate Lizzo.
00:02:15That's actually how I started doing drag.
00:02:19I'm a show-stopping plus-sized diva.
00:02:21The Pleaser principle is always in effect, baby.
00:02:24I'm Athena Dion.
00:02:25Bitch, I know who you are.
00:02:27I know of Athena Dion.
00:02:29She is the grand dame of Florida.
00:02:31It is very intimidating, but you know,
00:02:33I'm ready to sit this fat ass on these other girls
00:02:36and dominate the competition.
00:02:37Why is that blinking?
00:02:39I don't know.
00:02:40Oh, now you're freaking me out.
00:02:41Girl, what the fuck?
00:02:43Where's the dark?
00:02:45Why?
00:02:46The next queen to walk in is definitely the boogeyman
00:02:48or the boogeyman.
00:02:51Oh, oh, oh.
00:02:56Gay!
00:03:01That's a rainbow.
00:03:02There's a rainbow.
00:03:03I'm Uni Coco.
00:03:04I am the high-energy, high-fashion diva
00:03:06from the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado.
00:03:08Ow!
00:03:09Ow!
00:03:10Ow!
00:03:11My drag is conceptual.
00:03:12It's theatrical.
00:03:13It's a little bit unhinged.
00:03:15You're a girl!
00:03:17Coco!
00:03:18I know you!
00:03:19Let me guess.
00:03:20You made the whole outfit yourself, didn't you?
00:03:22Of course.
00:03:23Every stitch, baby.
00:03:24Now, I know NeNe from the internet.
00:03:26I know she's a good costume designer.
00:03:28So, design challenges, watch out.
00:03:30So, are you like a costume designer by trade?
00:03:32Is that like your day job?
00:03:33No.
00:03:34I actually quit my day job to come here.
00:03:35I was a mechanical engineer.
00:03:37What the fuck?
00:03:38Up until yesterday.
00:03:39It's very Clark Kent engineer by day,
00:03:41drag queen superstar by night.
00:03:43I think my coworkers are going to freak out
00:03:45when they see me on TV
00:03:46because I was doing low calculations last week
00:03:48and now I am starting my stuff on the RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:03:50This competition is so important to me
00:03:51because I get to turn my life into completely different.
00:03:53I get to turn my life in a completely new direction.
00:03:55Today.
00:04:00What up?
00:04:01Oh my God.
00:04:02Is that James?
00:04:03My name's Jane Don't
00:04:05and I'm a little lady who's a big problem.
00:04:07A lot of my drag revolves around comedy.
00:04:09Yes, soldier.
00:04:10Yes, soldier.
00:04:11Other way.
00:04:12Give it.
00:04:13Would that be something you would make for yourself?
00:04:15No.
00:04:16I would make it better.
00:04:17I'm extremely inspired by old school funny ladies
00:04:21Bette Midler and Joan Rivers.
00:04:26I can hear your gay voices from so far away.
00:04:28Gay.
00:04:29I'm a Christian.
00:04:30Fabulous.
00:04:31Athena Dion.
00:04:32Hi, Athena.
00:04:33Okay, I know Athena.
00:04:34Hey.
00:04:35My name's popular.
00:04:36I want America to know I'm one of the best in the biz.
00:04:39And I mean business.
00:04:40Big business.
00:04:42So Miss Jane, where you from?
00:04:44I'm from Seattle, Washington.
00:04:45Are you related to Jinx?
00:04:47I am not related to Jinx.
00:04:48Irene the Alien and Bosco are my older sisters.
00:04:51I have two hot mean older sisters.
00:04:53Bosco from season 14 and All Stars 10.
00:04:56And Irene the Alien from season 15 and All Stars 10.
00:04:59You know, both of my sisters have done very well for themselves.
00:05:01Besides the water.
00:05:02So it's probably kind of intimidating.
00:05:05Who's ready for a little chaos?
00:05:14I'm Discord Adams and I'm the high fashion punk rock maxillist from St. Petersburg, Florida.
00:05:19My drag style is filled with safety pins, studs, and a lot of gumption.
00:05:24It's sort of Patsy from Ab Fab, but like after the apocalypse.
00:05:27I'm definitely known for like my high energy rock and roll performances.
00:05:31I love to play guitar live.
00:05:33Hello!
00:05:34Hello everybody!
00:05:35Becoming a drag rock star is the ultimate goal.
00:05:38Tell us about your look.
00:05:39Did you make this?
00:05:40Yes, I made the boots.
00:05:41My partner made some of it.
00:05:42Wow!
00:05:43Did anybody like make their outfits?
00:05:45I made mine.
00:05:46Oh!
00:05:47My first impression of Nene Coco is I absolutely hate what she's wearing.
00:05:51I hate rainbows so much.
00:05:53Can we get into the ball?
00:05:54Can we get into this?
00:05:55Oh my god.
00:05:56What is this saying?
00:05:57It's saying like don't fuck with me.
00:05:58You got a big eagle with a bigger attitude.
00:06:02Oh!
00:06:03Ah!
00:06:04I'm rapping for the big backs.
00:06:05And I came to eat.
00:06:07Did she say big backs?
00:06:09Bitch!
00:06:10I'm Mia Star and I am from West Palm Beach, Florida.
00:06:13I am your 90s, early 2000s hip hop, dancing diva, big back hookah hoe.
00:06:20I had to do it to him!
00:06:21My drag style is very mob wives, very urban, high energy.
00:06:24I am a choreography bitch.
00:06:26That's my sister.
00:06:27What the fuck?
00:06:28No more Florida, please.
00:06:29No more Florida.
00:06:30Girl, no more Florida.
00:06:34Miss Mia Star, honey.
00:06:36She's sister of the House of Dion.
00:06:37She's auntie.
00:06:38She is such a talented dancer.
00:06:40Her talent speaks for itself and she will be tough competition.
00:06:43Tell us about your drag.
00:06:44I started 17 years ago.
00:06:46Whoa!
00:06:47I have a interesting drag journey.
00:06:51I started drag 17 years ago.
00:06:53I stopped for 14 years to pursue dance.
00:06:55I've been on tour with Rihanna on her loud tour.
00:06:58What?
00:06:59I have been on world tours with Paulina Rubio, Rihanna, Britney Spears.
00:07:05I have performed at the Super Bowl with Jennifer Lopez.
00:07:08I'm so proud of you.
00:07:09You're a rock star bitch.
00:07:10But now it's my time to shine in the front.
00:07:17Oh, okay.
00:07:19Can I say the F word?
00:07:21Fuego!
00:07:23I'm Didi Fuego and I am from New York City, baby.
00:07:29It's a porcupine.
00:07:30It's a porcupine.
00:07:31Yeah.
00:07:32I actually know a lot of F words.
00:07:33I am fiery, feisty.
00:07:35I am a full fucking production.
00:07:38All right, let's do it!
00:07:41The vibes that I'm serving are always high polish, high fashion, big T.
00:07:47Where are you from?
00:07:48I am from New York City.
00:07:50Oh, wow.
00:07:51I am originally from Monterrey, Mexico.
00:07:54I am a Latina, but I'm not like a cha-cha-cha, like, give you the...
00:07:58Your name's just Didi Fuego.
00:08:00Okay, okay, I know.
00:08:01Didi, how long have you been doing drag?
00:08:0310, 15 years.
00:08:04We have seasoned girls this year.
00:08:05Thank God!
00:08:06I'm thrilled I'm not the only person over 30.
00:08:08Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:08:09How many of us are over 30?
00:08:11Why are we doing this now?
00:08:12Athena, put your hand up.
00:08:13This is correct.
00:08:14No, I agree.
00:08:15I love that it's a bunch of old bitches.
00:08:18I am feeling a different vibe.
00:08:21The party princess of Miami and Mykonos is finally here.
00:08:31Yes, baby.
00:08:32The juice is loose.
00:08:34My name is Juicy Love Dion, and I'm Miami's Afro-Cuban dancing duo.
00:08:38Girl, she gonna lip sync down, bitch.
00:08:41I mean, it's an obvious I'm a dancing queen.
00:08:44Some of you may know my drag mother, Mortheen Love Dion from season 16.
00:08:48Another Florida bitch.
00:08:50Four Florida girls.
00:08:51Oh, it's a family affair, kids.
00:08:53The fruit of my loins has entered the workroom.
00:08:57Oh!
00:08:58Juicy Love Dion.
00:09:00Get your booty over here.
00:09:02So this is all the same family, the Dion guests.
00:09:05Let's get this straight.
00:09:07Athena Dion is Morphine's drag mother, and I'm Morphine's drag daughter.
00:09:12So technically, we don't use the G word in public, just so we're clear.
00:09:16Mother Morphine.
00:09:17Grandmother Athena, but also Mother Athena.
00:09:21I think this is the first time in drag race herstory that a mother and daughter are competing together in this competition.
00:09:27I feel like I'm being chaperoned.
00:09:28You are.
00:09:29You got mom and you got your tia over here, honey.
00:09:31Athena has already said she's related to Mia somehow.
00:09:34They're sisters.
00:09:35Now her daughter is here.
00:09:37My strategic mind immediately goes, well, they're gonna have each other's back.
00:09:40Oh!
00:09:41Baby, it's easy to see that I'm the king.
00:09:43You can question those other girls, but never Queen V.
00:09:47Come on, Dr. Sue!
00:09:48Yes!
00:09:49My name is Vita Von T Star, and I am the queen of Montgomery, Alabama.
00:09:50The Star family name represents class, money, looking like a coin all of the time.
00:10:05Hello!
00:10:06Hello!
00:10:07What's your name?
00:10:08Vita.
00:10:09Aren't you a pageant girl?
00:10:10I am.
00:10:11What do you know about me?
00:10:12Girl, you're a sickening bitch.
00:10:14I mean, what else?
00:10:15Vita Von T Star is huge competition.
00:10:20She is an icon.
00:10:21What titles have you won?
00:10:22Black America Newcomer.
00:10:23Black America.
00:10:24Empire.
00:10:25I've gotten first runner-up at International Entertainer of the Year.
00:10:28You should've won.
00:10:29And I think you're also a costume designer yourself.
00:10:31Did you make this?
00:10:32I am.
00:10:33Now you know I did.
00:10:34You know I did.
00:10:35So we have like three design girls here on this season.
00:10:37Oh, who's the other design girl?
00:10:38Hi, I'm just for you.
00:10:39And you make this?
00:10:40Yes.
00:10:41I also make most of my own look.
00:10:42Oh, Miss Vita girl, you're gonna have to keep your eyes on some of these girls
00:10:46because I'm not the only one in the competition who's an amazing designer.
00:10:51Bitch, here we go.
00:10:54Oh.
00:10:55Why are you recording me?
00:10:58What the actual fuck?
00:11:02I'm Briar Blush, and I'm Boston's pin-up princess.
00:11:05Briar Blush is an amalgamation of everything that doesn't make sense to combine.
00:11:09She's retro.
00:11:10She's a little goth.
00:11:11She's a little edgy.
00:11:12Bring that motherfucking hair a bitch.
00:11:13Yes, mother.
00:11:14I always have jet black hair in a great beat.
00:11:18Meh.
00:11:21Oh.
00:11:22Girl, this gonna be a shady already, girl.
00:11:25She doesn't want to give us a hug.
00:11:26She doesn't want to say hello.
00:11:28At this point, everyone is walking in saying hi, kiss, kiss.
00:11:32Briar, she's immediately hands on the front of the table.
00:11:35Like she is about to buy 51% of this company.
00:11:39What's your name?
00:11:40My name is Briar Blush.
00:11:42My name is like the thorns of the rose.
00:11:44That's what a Briar is.
00:11:45Oh, a Briar.
00:11:46So is Briar like descriptive of your personality?
00:11:49A lot of people tell me I'm very intimidating in drag.
00:11:52My personality may be a bit divisive, but my quality of drag is undisputed.
00:11:56Brian, where are you from?
00:11:57Brian?
00:11:58Oh, shit.
00:11:59I'm from Boston, Massachusetts.
00:12:00Boston?
00:12:01Where's the Boston attitude?
00:12:02I think you've seen it already.
00:12:03I think we got it.
00:12:05Miss Nurse.
00:12:08Oh, girl.
00:12:09Don't you know, a mango a day keeps the doctor away.
00:12:15Mwah.
00:12:16Girl, somebody call the Amalam.
00:12:18I'm Mandi Mango.
00:12:19I'm Philadelphia's favorite Asian baby girl.
00:12:22And I am the Filipina Fruity Tooty Booty.
00:12:24Coming to you in your favorite flavor.
00:12:26Wait, what is she holding?
00:12:28A mango.
00:12:29It's a mango?
00:12:30Oh, oh, oh.
00:12:31A signature drag element is a touch of cookiness.
00:12:34It can be the most abstract and kind of conceptual things where you're like, what is she doing?
00:12:41But you can still tell there's a high level of femininity and cunt to it.
00:12:44What's your name?
00:12:45Mandy Mango.
00:12:46Hi, Mandy.
00:12:47We get the mango reference now.
00:12:49Okay, so the mango is sweet.
00:12:50Are you a sweet personality?
00:12:51Honestly, yes, I am really sweet.
00:12:53I work my day job as a nurse, so like...
00:12:55Okay, it's all coming together.
00:12:57I specialize in HIV and sexual health with the LGBTQ community.
00:13:01This costume is not just a nurse outfit.
00:13:04I fully am a nurse.
00:13:05I love to do the stunts, give the shows, give the glamour.
00:13:08But mama, I'm also drawing your blood, giving the injections.
00:13:11Because I'm what?
00:13:12Registered.
00:13:14Have we acknowledged that this is spooky?
00:13:16It's spooky.
00:13:17It's dark as fucking here.
00:13:18That red light is blinking in a little suspicious way.
00:13:21I don't know if this is normal, but it feels tense.
00:13:25Well, have you seen the show, Tamar?
00:13:27Oh!
00:13:31Oh!
00:13:32Feeling scared yet?
00:13:35You should be.
00:13:37Happy Halloween!
00:13:40My name is Sierra Mist, and I'm the shape-shifting superstar of Indianapolis, Indiana.
00:13:44My drag style is inspired by sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and magic.
00:13:48So we got mangoes, we got pumpkins.
00:13:51I am a prosthetic makeup artist, so you will see creature transformation.
00:13:55I'm loving all of this.
00:13:57You did all of this?
00:13:58I did do all of this.
00:13:59About 96% of all the things in my closet are things that I've made.
00:14:03Sierra Mist prides herself on being able to take something and turn it into her complete vision.
00:14:09So what would you consider your drag aesthetic?
00:14:11A little ooky spooky, a little ethereal, a little Sierra mystical, if you might say.
00:14:16You're a spooky, creepy, kooky queen, and you're named after a discontinued soda pop?
00:14:21I don't, I don't get it.
00:14:23I think a demon monster from hell is probably the best description.
00:14:26Yeah, it suits you.
00:14:33Oh my god!
00:14:35She's corny!
00:14:37I don't remember it having corn!
00:14:39I'm Darlene Mitchell, and I'm the country cunty camp queen of Los Angeles.
00:14:43Darlene is the perfect mix between soap opera glamour and Midwest trailer trash.
00:14:48I can see your cornhole from here.
00:14:50My signature drag look is big hair, very Peg Bundy.
00:14:56There's a quote from Dolly Parton that she says like,
00:14:58I literally modeled my look off of the women in town that they called trash.
00:15:02And that's very much the aesthetic.
00:15:04I'm from Los Angeles.
00:15:06Originally from Greentown, Indiana.
00:15:10Yes!
00:15:11You're representing L.A. but you're dressed as corn and you missed something.
00:15:15So did drag bring you to L.A. or you started drag once you landed here?
00:15:20I started drag once I landed here.
00:15:22I started as a bedroom queen.
00:15:23Okay.
00:15:24And then made my way into the bar circuit,
00:15:26and then sort of evolved back into a bedroom queen.
00:15:29Oh!
00:15:30You don't perform in the local scene?
00:15:31I used to.
00:15:32And I actually performed with the name Trash.
00:15:35About ten years ago, I performed with the drag name Trash.
00:15:38And I definitely lived up to that.
00:15:40I rode fast and hard.
00:15:42And then I became sober.
00:15:45And I decided to become Darlene Mitchell.
00:15:48So how long have you been doing drag?
00:15:49Ten years.
00:15:50Oh my god.
00:15:51I actually haven't been in like the performing circuit for four or five years.
00:15:55I have friends that joke with me like,
00:15:57come on girl, we gotta get the drag out of the house.
00:16:03Uh-oh.
00:16:04Hi, I'm Mikey.
00:16:06But you, you can call me...
00:16:10Mikey.
00:16:12I am the gorgeously stupid, stupidly gorgeous Mikey Meeks.
00:16:16And I am the drag ingenue of Orlando, Florida.
00:16:19I am a dynamic, theatrical, powerhouse creative.
00:16:24Is that Florida?
00:16:25Yes.
00:16:26I am mailing someone Anthrax.
00:16:29This Florida block that has developed is a little alarming as a competitor who is not from Florida.
00:16:36I am losing my mind!
00:16:40Mikey, what type of drag do you do?
00:16:42I host a lot back home.
00:16:44I do a little bit of glamour, a little bit of camp.
00:16:46Back home, I am known as a funny diva and a hosting queen.
00:16:50I love to host, not travel.
00:16:53That's a Grindr joke.
00:16:54That's a Grindr joke.
00:16:55Bitch, we're here.
00:16:56We are here.
00:16:57We are here.
00:16:58In these four pink walls.
00:16:59Very dark walls.
00:17:00Yeah.
00:17:01Oh!
00:17:02Oh!
00:17:03Oh!
00:17:04Oh!
00:17:05Oh!
00:17:06Oh!
00:17:07Oh!
00:17:08Oh!
00:17:09Oh!
00:17:10It's so dark, I can't see anything.
00:17:11Oh!
00:17:12It's so dark, I can't see anything.
00:17:13Golden my Carolin!
00:17:14My queen.
00:17:15Yeah!
00:17:16Yeah!
00:17:17Yeah!
00:17:18Yeah!
00:17:19Yeah!
00:17:20Yeah!
00:17:21Now is not the time to hide in the shadows.
00:17:22When we work together, we've got the power to make magic and change the mother tucking world.
00:17:26tucking world so join hands everybody say love harder everybody say love I can't
00:17:56my gorgeous queen you're blinding me with your beauty now promise me one thing you won't let
00:18:10anybody take away the shine that God gave you can I get an amen up in here this season all eyes are
00:18:20on your charisma uniqueness nerve and talent so make them eat it because in the end the queen
00:18:26that leaves no crumbs will be crowned America's next drag superstar now are you ready for your
00:18:36first mini challenge good because it's gonna be a scream I'm scared girl what the fuck are you
00:18:45gonna do to us I'm already fucking scared looking at Mandy's makeup let's go
00:18:51hello hello hello Athena Dion welcome to your season 18 initiation say hello to Jamal Sims
00:19:04hello Jamal hey Athena I'm curious would dates consider you a screamer she's a screamer and
00:19:10she's a biter RuPaul oh well for this week's mini challenge you need to scream your padded ass off
00:19:17okay but you won't be doing it alone oh oh there are some hot masked for masked answers but this
00:19:30could be a good scream after all Athena you're about to do a little primal screamography these hot
00:19:36pulsing men's scissors good luck and may the best scream queen win
00:19:42oh my god so many fans
00:19:48I'm screaming like a 55 year old woman at a gay beach like
00:19:53like when did I become Nathan Lane in the birdcage
00:20:02oh hey Nene Coco hello you kind of resemble Alicia Edwards
00:20:11Alyssa I guess that's what I meant
00:20:13well her secret is her name is Alicia that's a damn secret
00:20:24we're in the first mini challenge I gotta give it everything I have
00:20:28I am trying to pull the scream up into my throat and hit that high-pitched horror scream
00:20:33all right Mariah can you please sir I want you to think you're in one of them Wes Craven movies
00:20:43these white boats in this graveyard is just scaring me
00:20:48pass out those demons
00:20:53all these fucking hot guys are around me and I can't even help myself I want to lick a nipple I want to suck a
00:21:02their nose
00:21:05Jane don't give me a little baby home alone
00:21:12you screaming like a white woman in Compton
00:21:16well I do have my purse
00:21:18okay hold on to the purse
00:21:20that scream was primal
00:21:28mama mia that's quite a scream
00:21:35oh it's getting hot up here
00:21:38scream girl that was crazy
00:21:45all right that was crazy as hell finally it is time for some of us to get up out of drag and see how these hookah holes look
00:21:52is anybody catching your eye so far
00:21:54yeah Athena I really
00:21:56she's hot
00:21:58I'm taking off my drag I feel like there's some eyes wandering in my direction
00:22:01I'm a feast for the eyes so dive in ladies take a bite
00:22:03you would be mean to me at a bar
00:22:05would you hit on me and I turn you down is that what you're saying
00:22:07okay let's not go that far
00:22:09juicy love Dion are you ready to make $14 the hard way
00:22:14I'll do it for $10
00:22:15I'll do it for $10
00:22:16oh
00:22:17oh
00:22:18oh
00:22:19oh
00:22:21oh
00:22:22oh
00:22:23oh
00:22:24oh
00:22:25oh
00:22:38I'm going to patch this motherfucker.
00:22:41Mandy Mangold.
00:22:45Sierra Mist.
00:22:47Boys, you can touch.
00:22:48It's OK.
00:22:49Ooh.
00:22:50Oh, that's kind of hard.
00:22:51Oh, my goodness.
00:22:53Ooh.
00:22:55Miss Darlene Mitchell.
00:22:57Darlene, scream like you, the last piece of white meat
00:22:59at Roscoe's.
00:23:08Mikey Meeks.
00:23:10Oh, hey.
00:23:11That was a good one.
00:23:13This is not what I thought would be the first mini challenge,
00:23:15but I don't mind the sweaty men around me.
00:23:17That's fine.
00:23:18Ooh, it reminds me of home.
00:23:19Now, something tells me you've been initiated several times.
00:23:25That was crazy.
00:23:28We have all survived this crazy initiation ritual.
00:23:30Now it's time to haul all of these boxes and bins
00:23:33across the room so we can get out of these drags.
00:23:36Concierge, ding, ding.
00:23:37Ding, ding.
00:23:39Where's my away suitcase?
00:23:41There it is.
00:23:41Someone help me.
00:23:42Ah!
00:23:44Ooh.
00:23:45Time to de-drag.
00:23:47Ooh!
00:23:49Taking a look around, some of them
00:23:50might be scarier than whatever just happened.
00:23:52I'm looking around the room, and I'm like,
00:23:54is this the crew?
00:23:56Some of these girls look completely
00:23:58different without makeup.
00:23:59Wait, who are you?
00:24:03I'm Nene.
00:24:04I'm kind of gagging everyone out of track.
00:24:07They give, like, very puss-puss woman.
00:24:08So seeing them giving cock-cock man is great.
00:24:12Oh my goodness.
00:24:13Hello, hello, hello.
00:24:13I'm out of drag.
00:24:14She looks like a lesbian.
00:24:16You're like Teagan and Sarah.
00:24:20Look at this.
00:24:20Is this a wig?
00:24:21No, this is my hair.
00:24:22The girls are all, like, shocked
00:24:23at what I look like out of drag.
00:24:25I guess when you're puss-puss-ma-guss,
00:24:26they don't expect, like, a little turnip goblin to come out.
00:24:29How do y'all feel that we have a lot of older queens this season?
00:24:31Why do we have to keep saying older queens?
00:24:33No, no, girl.
00:24:33It's seasoned, girl.
00:24:34How many queens are over 30?
00:24:35Raise your hand.
00:24:3630 and up, bitch.
00:24:37Gang, girl.
00:24:39Damn.
00:24:39There's a hand over there.
00:24:41And Darlene, too.
00:24:42It's the granny season.
00:24:43So we're, like, more over 30.
00:24:45We are 30, flirty, and surviving.
00:24:47America!
00:24:48Get together, baby.
00:24:50There's so much to learn from all your years of wisdom.
00:24:53Shady comment.
00:24:54I'm coming from the shady queen.
00:24:55Hey!
00:24:56I'm starting to think some of these girls are even more annoying
00:24:59out of drag than in drag.
00:25:00Absolutely.
00:25:02Hey, Ladykins.
00:25:03Yeah!
00:25:06Scream if you want to go faster.
00:25:07No!
00:25:08Yes!
00:25:09Yeah!
00:25:10My queens, now, y'all let loose, to say the least.
00:25:13Okay.
00:25:14Sorry.
00:25:15But one of you truly unleashed the beast.
00:25:18Beast.
00:25:18The queen that served the most primal scream is...
00:25:22Kenya Pleaser.
00:25:24Yeah!
00:25:26Yeah!
00:25:28Condragulations.
00:25:29You've won a cash prize of $2,500.
00:25:31Oh, yeah!
00:25:32My queen!
00:25:33No!
00:25:34What?
00:25:35I won the very first mini challenge of the season.
00:25:37It was crazy.
00:25:38Me.
00:25:38Me.
00:25:39My big, black, fat ass.
00:25:40Bitch!
00:25:41Ladykins, since the dawn of time, drag queens have turned
00:25:44the tragical into the magical.
00:25:47And now, more than ever, it's time to reclaim, renew, and rejoice.
00:25:53For your first maxi challenge, you'll pay tribute to all the scrappy queens that came
00:25:57before you by using their leftover treasures to create your own signature drag look.
00:26:03The first maxi challenge is a design challenge.
00:26:09A design challenge.
00:26:11Right off the bat.
00:26:12Where's the talent show, bitch?
00:26:15Where is the talent show?
00:26:18In a moment, you'll get full access to the Drag Race vaults, where you'll rummage through
00:26:24materials from past seasons.
00:26:26Now, you can use your own hair, accessories, and undergarments, but the rest of your look
00:26:31needs to be pulled deep from within the anals of Drag Race Herstory.
00:26:36Ooh!
00:26:37Oh, and just one more thing.
00:26:40Tomorrow on the main stage, bring a bucket and a ma.
00:26:44What?
00:26:45Because our extra special guest judge is Cardi B.
00:26:50Party B is in the motherfucking building, I know that's right.
00:26:59Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
00:27:04So excited it's a design challenge.
00:27:07This is OG Drag Race, and I think it is an incredible first challenge to see what everybody
00:27:12is made of.
00:27:13Our first challenge is Reclaim, Renew, Rejoice.
00:27:23We have to create couture looks using unconventional materials from the Drag Race vaults.
00:27:28What?
00:27:29What the fuck?
00:27:30We all run in like there's only one piece of chicken left on the table at Thanksgiving.
00:27:35Bitch, I cannot.
00:27:37Just grab, sisters.
00:27:38Just grab.
00:27:39Now I'm on a bob.
00:27:40Jesus.
00:27:41Oh my god, there's sponges.
00:27:42Oh, Lone, I love you, but we're going to leave the sponges at home.
00:27:46I found Lexi's tarp, y'all.
00:27:47Oh, no!
00:27:48Bitch, I don't even know what I grabbed.
00:27:50Sorry about the mask.
00:27:52Oh, girl!
00:27:54Oh my god.
00:27:56That was a fucking shit, bitch.
00:27:57We're going to be stalling on day one.
00:27:59It's crazy.
00:27:59You know what?
00:28:00I need to slip into something a little bit more comfortable.
00:28:02Now let's analyze what we have today.
00:28:05I do design a lot of my garments, but I pay some very, very talented people to make them
00:28:09for me because I know they'll do it better.
00:28:11Oh yes, now that's going to be pretty.
00:28:13But honey, I wasn't going to be the one to show up on RuPaul's Drag Race not knowing
00:28:17how to sew.
00:28:18Before I came here, I bought myself 25 sewing classes, so I prepared for this.
00:28:22I'm going to make something fierce out of these materials.
00:28:24All right, let's get to sketching.
00:28:25Girls, look what I found.
00:28:29Stop.
00:28:30I wonder if that's the one Ariana Grande wore.
00:28:33Because it looks a little too small.
00:28:35It smells a little like Ariana Grande.
00:28:37Okay, bitch, I'm trying to think.
00:28:40Okay, let me see.
00:28:42Girl, I'm looking down at all the shit I have and I'm like, oh shit.
00:28:47I grab no fabric.
00:28:49I have a fucking rubber chicken and a fish, pillows, and a fucking beach hat with no fucking
00:28:58fabric.
00:28:59Girl.
00:29:00Girl.
00:29:01Girl.
00:29:02I know how to sew and I didn't grab nothing to sew with.
00:29:04Ugh.
00:29:05How did you find like your entire aesthetic in one go?
00:29:10I said cheetah.
00:29:11Box of black.
00:29:12Good.
00:29:13Yeah, this is like so you.
00:29:14My bag is filled with all of my favorites.
00:29:16Leather, chain, and pompous grass.
00:29:18I love designing shit.
00:29:19I've just been like making costumes my entire life.
00:29:21Really?
00:29:22And then like I met my partner and he's like a sewer.
00:29:25My partner and I, we consider ourselves the House of Addams and we are known back home
00:29:30for upcycling and for creating outfits out of scratch.
00:29:33We want to show the world that you don't have to have $100,000 to compete on Drag Race.
00:29:37So I think we all know this challenge is mine.
00:29:42What are you going to do because I know you can sew, girl.
00:29:46I can sew with normal fabric, but this is a lot of like, knock, knock, knock on wood,
00:29:50baby.
00:29:51Don't be like La La Rie, girl.
00:29:52No, girl.
00:29:53Make a paper bag look using the same materials as La La Rie.
00:29:57Her fatal flaw was clearly that she didn't do anything to them.
00:30:01She just glued them to her body.
00:30:03So my challenge is how can I completely transform this material?
00:30:07As an engineer, you have to have a plan where you can construct anything.
00:30:11So I have to get that on paper to understand what direction I'm going.
00:30:16I'm known for giving high drag.
00:30:18So my biggest expectations is just to come with a wow factor.
00:30:22Okay.
00:30:23Talk to me, baby.
00:30:24What do you want to do?
00:30:25What do you want to be?
00:30:26I have these umbrellas.
00:30:27I have to speak to the fabric.
00:30:29Let it speak to me.
00:30:30We talk to each other.
00:30:32Speak to me.
00:30:33Speak to me, baby.
00:30:34Talk to me.
00:30:36Is it weird that I have to talk to the fabric?
00:30:38I know you're like a dancing diva.
00:30:42Uh-huh.
00:30:43Are you going to make an outfit to dancing or are you going to be trying to…
00:30:45Yeah.
00:30:46I mean, I'm definitely going to stay with my vibe.
00:30:50I was going to say, aren't you mostly naked?
00:30:52Right.
00:30:53Right.
00:30:54Listen.
00:30:55One.
00:30:56One.
00:30:57And then…
00:30:58Let me get the next one.
00:30:59Put it…
00:31:00Exactly.
00:31:01I'm kind of winging it at this point because I don't have a plan.
00:31:05But I will figure it out.
00:31:09There we go.
00:31:10Oh, baby.
00:31:11Now we're talking.
00:31:14I don't have a needle on my machine.
00:31:16Now, I'm new to the whole sewing thing.
00:31:18So, do I look out for my girl or do I push her aside and be this mommy dearest of it all?
00:31:24Sorry.
00:31:25May need a needle.
00:31:27Well, as they say on an airplane, you have to put your mask on first before you put your child's mask on.
00:31:33Anybody know how to put in a needle?
00:31:34Yeah.
00:31:35Can you help me out?
00:31:36Damn, you really don't sew, huh?
00:31:38There's something about Juicy that just makes you want to help her.
00:31:43This'll go with the flat side facing forward.
00:31:45I mean, she looks like fucking Bambi.
00:31:48I just want to see if it a rouge.
00:31:50Well, I think you have to put a thread in the machine before it does anything.
00:31:57I mean, it's my first time putting together a garment.
00:32:00My family is no help in this situation.
00:32:02But I sat next to the right people.
00:32:04Jane and Didi Fuego are helping me tremendously right now.
00:32:09What would you say your, like, typical drag-style aesthetic performance is like?
00:32:13Very vintage-inspired, but, like, try and give it enough of a twist that it doesn't just feel like I'm dressed like an old lady.
00:32:18Yeah.
00:32:19I am a comedy queen, but I am also a huge fan of fashion.
00:32:23For this challenge, I have this vision.
00:32:26It's ambitious.
00:32:27Like, Mugler, Lady Miscure, Isaac Mizrahi unzipped Technicolor moment.
00:32:34I finally locked down my design ideas.
00:32:39It is completely made out of big, large hats that go around my shoulder and be, like, very, you know, sculptured in very high fashion.
00:32:44Do you like this dramatic shoulder I'm making?
00:32:46I do.
00:32:47I decide to spray paint my lovely collar piece.
00:32:50So I take it outside to spray paint it gold.
00:32:53The fucking hats fall apart.
00:32:55Shit.
00:32:56I don't even know what to fucking do.
00:32:58Why are you feeling stressed?
00:32:59What's wrong?
00:33:00So I went outside to, you know, my little shoulder piece I was making to spray paint that shit.
00:33:05When I was spray painting that girl, it was literally falling apart.
00:33:07Why was he falling apart?
00:33:08Um, because, I don't know.
00:33:10Because God hates me right now.
00:33:13I'm going to have to rework this whole idea.
00:33:15There's a chance that I can be the porkchop of the season.
00:33:18There's no way I'll fucking win the mini challenge and I'm about to be in the bottom.
00:33:21By the time the end of the day comes, I just have one side of Orion Stoll bra completed.
00:33:32First challenge!
00:33:34It's the first elimination day.
00:33:36Today we are going to walk the runway and the looks that we made and find out what the judges think.
00:33:41I'm not feeling confident at all about this challenge.
00:33:44I love to fuck up some porkchops, but I ain't trying to be one, baby.
00:33:47Look.
00:33:49What are you trying to serve on the runway today?
00:33:50I'm giving conceptual.
00:33:52I'm giving florals in spring.
00:33:53I'm giving...
00:33:54So you're giving florals for spring?
00:33:56Florals for spring.
00:33:57Groundbreaking.
00:33:58Groundbreaking.
00:34:00Watching Athena craft all day yesterday.
00:34:02Well, that's the thing.
00:34:03She was going through it.
00:34:04I helped her.
00:34:05We all got to work on our outfits a little bit more last night.
00:34:08And me and Athena, I thought we're having a great sisterly moment helping each other.
00:34:12I would help her and she would give me spare materials.
00:34:14And then when I didn't have any more capacity to sew her some gloves, she started calling me a scammer.
00:34:19Athena, these girls are talking about you.
00:34:21I certainly am, you fucking cow.
00:34:23Excuse me?
00:34:24I'm talking about yesterday when you wanted me to make your glove.
00:34:26Oh, no, no, no.
00:34:27Don't get...
00:34:28I did not want you to make anything for me.
00:34:29You wanted all my supplies, first and foremost.
00:34:30That is not true.
00:34:31And you are full of shit, actually.
00:34:33You kept pulling me off.
00:34:34Are you going to use that?
00:34:35Are you going to use this?
00:34:36And I tried to make a trade with you.
00:34:37Then all of a sudden decided she didn't need the fabric.
00:34:39So she didn't make my gloves.
00:34:40Was it to throw me off so I didn't walk the runway with the gloves I wanted?
00:34:43Are you playing a dirty game, Briar?
00:34:45Are you a bad kitty?
00:34:46Bad kitty, kitty, kitty.
00:34:50You kept coming to me for some help and you asked me to make you some gloves, so don't you get...
00:34:53Help and advice are two separate things.
00:34:55You could use both, but you want credit for my whole garment.
00:34:57I absolutely do not want credit for your garment.
00:34:59So did you help or did you not?
00:35:00I did help you, but I didn't help with your taste.
00:35:02My taste is bad because I had a shower curtain to work with and it came out beautiful.
00:35:05That's more fabric than I had.
00:35:06Well, you wear less than me with more to cover.
00:35:08I don't know how that works.
00:35:11Where does she get off?
00:35:12I worked on my outfit all night and I got it to a place where it's something.
00:35:23But let me tell you, I can sell anything.
00:35:25Bitch, I can sell a plastic bag to a convenience store.
00:35:30I will say it felt really good to come into the first challenge swinging.
00:35:34I'm really happy with my look.
00:35:35Yeah.
00:35:36I think it's super cute and it's very on brand.
00:35:38So for this design challenge, I was like, wait, I'm a bedroom queen.
00:35:41Like, sleepover, PJs, slumber party tees.
00:35:44I like being crafty.
00:35:45I'm really confident in that.
00:35:47Like I can turn a look with a hot glue gun.
00:35:49But taking a look around the room, I'm starting to get a little insecure about mine.
00:35:52It's like two things happening at the same time, you know?
00:35:54Like I'm like, ooh, bitch, I just ate that up.
00:35:56And then looking around the room and being like, oh, did I miss the memo?
00:35:59But then looking around the room again and being like, oh no, I did eat it up.
00:36:02You know what I mean?
00:36:03It's like you're looking like, oh, did I? Did I? Oh, I did.
00:36:06Yeah.
00:36:07I am like, I teeter on obnoxiously confident.
00:36:10I see that.
00:36:14So Miss Athena, how does it feel to have your daughter?
00:36:18Girl, how does it feel to be competing with her?
00:36:20It's a weird thing.
00:36:21It's an adjustment.
00:36:22We are like best friends back now.
00:36:23Really?
00:36:24We do everything together.
00:36:25We travel together.
00:36:26We work together.
00:36:27I took her to Mykonos with me for like two years.
00:36:29I am the premier hostess of the biggest gay club in the summer in Mykonos in Greece.
00:36:35Yes, I was the iconic voice behind Lindsay Lohan's viral dance video in Mykonos.
00:36:40Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:36:42Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:36:44It was me.
00:36:45I was just off camera.
00:36:46I can't wait to come party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:36:48Let's go, honey.
00:36:49We'll go right after here.
00:36:50We're going to take a little vacation.
00:36:51We're going to go.
00:36:52Juicy's claiming Mykonos right now.
00:36:53I heard her walk in the workroom and say,
00:36:55The party princess of Miami and Mykonos.
00:36:58Keep it princess, sweetie.
00:37:00I don't think I'm going to let anybody forget who is the queen of Miami and Mykonos.
00:37:05Boop.
00:37:06Where they go?
00:37:09To the premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:37:13She's been serving wops since the 1980s.
00:37:17It's Michelle Visage.
00:37:19If you mean wig and panties, then you are correct.
00:37:23He don't dance no more.
00:37:25He makes money moves.
00:37:27Style superstar, Carson Kressley.
00:37:30Ru, I have one thing to say.
00:37:31A crrrr.
00:37:34She's the definition of a winner, baby.
00:37:37It's Cardi B.
00:37:38RuPaul from one gangster bitch to another.
00:37:41Eww.
00:37:43We are happy to have you.
00:37:45For this week's premiere, we challenge our queens to transform drag race relics into crown-worthy couture.
00:37:52Racers, start your engines.
00:37:54And may the best drag queen win.
00:38:02Category is Reclaim, Renew, Rejoice.
00:38:05Up first, Sierra Mist.
00:38:07Oh, look.
00:38:08It's Edward Scissor Sisters.
00:38:10I'm giving seductive, scary, villainous.
00:38:14I have used pool noodles to create accents on my hips and shoulders.
00:38:19Umbrellas to make talons on my hands.
00:38:21And I am here to take over everything.
00:38:24She started out as a smurf, but now she's just a slut.
00:38:28Athena Dion.
00:38:29Okay, very cutesy, very girly.
00:38:32It's summertime fun with Athena Dion.
00:38:34I used two shower curtains and I made this really cute garden party dress.
00:38:38This look definitely speaks to a part of my personality in drag.
00:38:40It's giving all the hype of Miami in the 80s.
00:38:43Putting the poo back in Lily Pulitzer.
00:38:45Kenya Pleaser.
00:38:48Pleaser?
00:38:49I don't even know her.
00:38:51America, I know what I look like.
00:38:53This is a mess.
00:38:54But let me tell you something.
00:38:55I am walking my fat black ass down this runway.
00:38:58I'm giving a sexy around the way like, hey, this your cousin.
00:39:01I'm selling it like this garment is worth $200,000, bitch.
00:39:06Leaser?
00:39:07I'm a homosexual.
00:39:10NeNe Coco.
00:39:11It's the origami mommy.
00:39:13My look today is this asymmetrical two-piece.
00:39:16You can't tell that these were gift bags.
00:39:17It is an engineering feat, to say the least.
00:39:20It's got an interesting silhouette.
00:39:21It's structured.
00:39:22It's sharp.
00:39:23This is couture.
00:39:24Okay, tea.
00:39:25Very much tea.
00:39:27Jane, don't.
00:39:28Freddie got finger wave.
00:39:31This outfit is made of shower curtains.
00:39:34I tailored a skirt.
00:39:35I made a jacket.
00:39:36But then just completely sort of tie-dyed it with like spray paint.
00:39:39I wanted it to feel like you did a bunch of mushrooms
00:39:42and then like went to your office job.
00:39:44Oh, no.
00:39:45She better.
00:39:46Jane, don't.
00:39:47Discord Adams.
00:39:49I have used exclusively pompous grass, pussy willows, and chain.
00:39:53My outfit is so intense.
00:39:55And I serve intense fashion model on the runway.
00:39:59Look at that walk.
00:40:01Well, it is a walk.
00:40:06It's Mia Star.
00:40:07Oh, mama mia.
00:40:09I wanted to channel Cardi B's album cover.
00:40:12And now I get to serve this up to her.
00:40:14Very invasion of privacy.
00:40:16I like, I like, I like.
00:40:17Big ass, big titties.
00:40:19I'm giving a party.
00:40:20You know, she's a singer.
00:40:21Mm-hmm.
00:40:22She specializes in Reynolds rap.
00:40:24Diddy Fuego.
00:40:27Hey, mom, what's for dinner?
00:40:29Baked potato.
00:40:31This look is very Diddy Fuego.
00:40:33It's Moschino Pop meets Galeano Drama.
00:40:36She is serving a corset made of blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, yoga mats.
00:40:41But diva, I'm living my life.
00:40:44Do not put this dress in the microwave.
00:40:47Juicy Love Dion.
00:40:48Oh, she's cute.
00:40:49We call this wig the sexy Marge Simpson.
00:40:52I am feeling real puss-puss about my outfit today.
00:40:55The material I use to make this is two billowing fans with an ombre effect on them.
00:41:01Giving the judges Miami Girl.
00:41:03I feel fierce.
00:41:04This outfit is brought to you by Turban Outfitters.
00:41:08Vita Von Teese Star.
00:41:11Zita Jones.
00:41:13I know that I am giving high-core drag, darling.
00:41:17I am giving Sean pageantry for which I am known for.
00:41:21I know that I am one of the baddest bitches on this runway.
00:41:24Yes, she's serving my fair Shady.
00:41:29Briar Blush.
00:41:30When I got my materials for the look, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
00:41:33A kitty cat burlesque showgirl.
00:41:35Hey, kitty kitty.
00:41:36Hey.
00:41:37My ears are made out of foam and all the beading that you see dripping from my ears and my corset are all from a chandelier.
00:41:43I do believe that fashion can be fun, whimsical, and still feel sophisticated.
00:41:48What a nice pink tail.
00:41:51Mandy Mango.
00:41:52She can buy her own damn flowers.
00:41:54Well, actually several of them.
00:41:56From head to toe, I am a basket of flowers outgrowing my container.
00:42:01I created a look that is giving wearable art.
00:42:05Just giving you a whole look and concept.
00:42:07Why, that's the biggest rosebud I've ever seen.
00:42:09Yeah, and it's on her head.
00:42:12Darlene Mitchell.
00:42:14Well, she woke up like this.
00:42:16This look is very Darlene. Darlene has legs that are long, honey.
00:42:21I've got my little baby doll nightgown, my sleep mask, and I made my little trash bear.
00:42:26What a better way to say that I'm a bedroom queen.
00:42:28Because if you stay ready for bed, you ain't got to get ready for bed.
00:42:31Mikey Meeks, Aria Stark for Ethan Allen home furnishings.
00:42:39Curtains up!
00:42:40It's the Academy Award winning Mikey Meeks.
00:42:43I am bringing some drama to the main stage.
00:42:46I'm wearing curtains and drapes.
00:42:48I'm swinging it like I'm the only girl on the stage.
00:42:51Because I was.
00:42:52I just like the way it drapes.
00:42:54Yeah, well, do the drapes match the drapes?
00:42:56I guess we'll find out.
00:42:57Welcome, queens. Say hello to Cardi B.
00:43:03Hi!
00:43:05Now, I've made some decisions.
00:43:10When I call your name, please step forward.
00:43:14Athena Dion.
00:43:16Discord Adams.
00:43:18Mia Star.
00:43:20Dee de Fuego.
00:43:22Briar Blush.
00:43:24Sierra Mist.
00:43:25Darlene Mitchell.
00:43:28Mikey Meeks.
00:43:30Ladies, you are all safe.
00:43:34I am literally shocked.
00:43:37And you're never going to convince me that I was just safe.
00:43:40You may leave the stage.
00:43:42Thanks, Cardi.
00:43:47Ladykins.
00:43:48You represent the tops and bottoms of the week.
00:43:51Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
00:43:54Starting with Kenya Leiser.
00:43:56You are filled with stage presence and personality.
00:44:01However, the outfit's rough on a few levels.
00:44:05I actually love the bustier.
00:44:06I think it's super fun.
00:44:08But from the waist down, it just looks sloppy.
00:44:10It looks lopsided.
00:44:11The skirt is terrible.
00:44:13So if you know that your outfit is not great, you just got to go nice up here.
00:44:17Glam is very important for the...
00:44:19It's true!
00:44:21It's true!
00:44:23If the outfit ain't great, the glam gotta give.
00:44:26Trust me, I know what I look like.
00:44:28I know, I know, girl.
00:44:30You knew we were going to do a sewing challenge.
00:44:31Yeah.
00:44:32Why did you not come prepared?
00:44:33Well, I actually can sew.
00:44:35I made my entrance-looking stuff.
00:44:36It was the unconventional-ness of it all that really threw me for a fucking loop.
00:44:40But, you know, that's what this challenge is about.
00:44:41It's about giving you a situation where you have to work it out.
00:44:44Absolutely.
00:44:46All right, Kenya, thank you so much.
00:44:48Up next, Nene Coco.
00:44:50Tell me what your outfit is made out of.
00:44:51So I was inspired by Lala Ri, and I took some gift bags and...
00:44:55...juge them up.
00:44:56Yeah, you really did judge them up.
00:44:57Very polished, very pretty, very well accessorized.
00:45:00Like, I would wear this outside.
00:45:02Like, literally, I would wear this outfit outside.
00:45:05I love it.
00:45:06Also, I think you really understood the assignment.
00:45:08Reusing and renewing and rejoicing.
00:45:10And if I were a really smart queen, I would think, how am I going to stand out?
00:45:14Let's not make a dress out of fabric.
00:45:16Let's make it out of paper.
00:45:17You know, it's just so powerful.
00:45:19It's crisp. It looks great.
00:45:20You did it just right.
00:45:24Next, some girls do, but Jane don't.
00:45:29This just feels whimsical and celebratory and fun.
00:45:32I can tell that you can sew.
00:45:34This jacket is not easy.
00:45:36And I really love the hair.
00:45:38Like, I just, I love when people put effort.
00:45:41It's tea, girl. I love it. I love it. You did that.
00:45:43Thank you so much.
00:45:44When did you learn how to sew?
00:45:45My dad taught me when I was in high school.
00:45:47Is your dad an alumni of our television program?
00:45:50I wish. He probably would talk to me.
00:45:52So you don't speak to your father. He doesn't speak to you.
00:45:55He's not great with, like, the gay thing.
00:45:57Why did your father know how to sew?
00:45:59He was in, he was like a boy scout.
00:46:01And he was so tense in sleeping bags to go camping.
00:46:04And now I'm using those skills to cross-dress.
00:46:07Yes.
00:46:08Well, this is really well done.
00:46:10It is absolutely gorgeous.
00:46:12Um, to get to be able to do this and have it turn out and look good.
00:46:17It's really, um, making me look like a fool.
00:46:21No, don't judge yourself like that.
00:46:23And you did a great job, so you should be very proud of yourself.
00:46:27Thank you very much. Appreciate you. Thank y'all.
00:46:29Up next, Juicy Love Dion.
00:46:31I love Dion.
00:46:32You remind me, in the best way possible, of a cartoon.
00:46:35Your face is so beautiful and your eyes are so wide set.
00:46:39Absolutely gorgeous.
00:46:40Okay, so this is why it's so important to learn how to, like, sell.
00:46:44Because, like, when you're standing, it's ugly.
00:46:48It's just ugly.
00:46:49But when you went like this, oh, it's kinda cute.
00:46:52I like it. I like it.
00:46:53I also like the band out top.
00:46:55I think the pleating and the ruching is really pretty.
00:46:57But the choker shortens your neck.
00:46:59And then the skirt as well.
00:47:00It doesn't have any volume.
00:47:02It's a little simple, the skirt.
00:47:03Like, the skirt.
00:47:04Ugh, girl, what you thinkin' with that skirt?
00:47:08You know what I'm sayin'?
00:47:09I really hate the skirt, so ugh.
00:47:11Up next, Vita Von T Star.
00:47:13This is glorious.
00:47:16This is so classy.
00:47:18Was this whole thing made with umbrellas?
00:47:20Yes, ma'am, it was.
00:47:21I love it.
00:47:22I love it.
00:47:23And the way you have that one umbrella piece
00:47:25from your hip down to your toes
00:47:27is so pleasing to the eye.
00:47:29Also, sewing a geometric fabric like this
00:47:32and making it not look confusing and jumbled
00:47:35is very difficult to do.
00:47:37And then, like, the hair is perfect
00:47:39because it's like, the outfit is busy,
00:47:40but the hair is like...
00:47:41You know what I'm sayin'?
00:47:42Like, I love it.
00:47:43Tense.
00:47:44Thank you, Vita.
00:47:46Up next, Mandy Mango.
00:47:48You are adorable.
00:47:50However, it's just too rough around the edges
00:47:53and a little too messy.
00:47:55It's kind of uneven and coming apart.
00:47:58I think it's all about editing here,
00:47:59and I think removing that collar piece,
00:48:01you kind of didn't need those trailing garlands
00:48:03at the hemline.
00:48:04The flowers in the bottom is insane.
00:48:06Oh, my God, I hate it.
00:48:09Heard?
00:48:10It's bad.
00:48:11But you're pretty.
00:48:13Do you have any background in sewing at all?
00:48:15I do.
00:48:16Now that I'm working full-time as a nurse
00:48:17in school getting my masters,
00:48:19I have a little less time to do that.
00:48:21Did you say you're working full-time as a nurse?
00:48:23I am.
00:48:24I specialize in HIV and LGBTQ sexual health,
00:48:27so you'll find me in the clinic
00:48:28treating all of their gonorrhea.
00:48:31My day is typically a nine-to-five,
00:48:33and then five-to-nine,
00:48:34I'm wearing something a lot better than this.
00:48:36All right.
00:48:37Well, thank you very much, Mandy.
00:48:39Gosh, I'm making me the villain judge.
00:48:44Thank you, queens.
00:48:45While you untuck backstage,
00:48:47the judges and I will deliberate.
00:48:52All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,
00:48:54what do you think?
00:48:56Starting with Kenya Pleaser.
00:48:58That look was very bland for me.
00:49:00It just didn't work.
00:49:01She could sell almost anything,
00:49:03except that outfit.
00:49:06NeNe Coco.
00:49:07She was serving cunt.
00:49:08She was serving classy.
00:49:09She was serving clean.
00:49:10And that's not easy to wear a paper garment.
00:49:12Like, it could really look messy.
00:49:14This really worked.
00:49:16Jane, don't.
00:49:17Now, that outfit was constructed.
00:49:19The bustier, the dimensionality of the cup, everything.
00:49:22Well done from a technical standpoint.
00:49:23And she sure learned from her dad.
00:49:25Yeah.
00:49:26The Oscar de la Renta of the Boy Scouts.
00:49:30Juicy love Dion.
00:49:31I think Juicy is so beautiful.
00:49:33And I even love the top.
00:49:34Uh-huh.
00:49:35Like, the skirt was such a turn off that it's like,
00:49:37it almost like you could have just do a regular blue panty,
00:49:39and it would have just go.
00:49:41Vita Von Teese star.
00:49:43For a moment, I forgot it was a design challenge
00:49:45where they only had very limited materials.
00:49:47It looked like one of her, like, best in drag outfits.
00:49:50It looked expensive.
00:49:51I can't say anything bad about it.
00:49:52It's just everything.
00:49:53I love it.
00:49:54Mandy Mango.
00:49:55Mandy Mango.
00:49:56So Cardi just said she didn't have anything negative to say about Vita.
00:49:59Well, I don't have anything positive to say about Mandy.
00:50:01Well.
00:50:02I don't necessarily mind how she put it together, you know, with the hot glue or whatever.
00:50:05What I minded was how messy it was.
00:50:07I know what that fabric is.
00:50:08It's like a woven, like, placemat material.
00:50:10Yeah.
00:50:11So it made that skirt look really bulky and rumply like an old paper bag.
00:50:14But it's not even the material, it's the flower placement.
00:50:17It looked like she had a time at Michael's.
00:50:19It shouldn't even be looking like that at her.
00:50:21It's funny that she works in sexual health,
00:50:23because she obviously has an FTD.
00:50:25And this look proves it.
00:50:28Silence.
00:50:29I have made my decision.
00:50:31Cardi B, bring back my girls.
00:50:34Where they at?
00:50:38Honey, we are trying to gather ourselves after our very first critiques,
00:50:41and I'm sitting here in this untucked lounge.
00:50:43I'm very, very scared of what my fate will be today.
00:50:47Am I going home?
00:50:50Again, there are people that are in the safe room that I was like,
00:50:52they could be out there, too, on both top and both bottom.
00:50:55So I'm like, it doesn't...
00:50:56So who do you think should have been in the bottom?
00:51:00Ladies!
00:51:06Let me introduce a little girl.
00:51:09Oh, my God!
00:51:11Not Tokyo!
00:51:13Oh, my God!
00:51:14Oh, my God!
00:51:15It's not just Cardi.
00:51:16The whole glam squad is here today.
00:51:18Oh, my God!
00:51:20Holy cow.
00:51:21Erika is Cardi's longtime makeup artist,
00:51:23and Tokyo Styles is one of the, like, most iconic celebrity wig stylists
00:51:27in the fucking world.
00:51:29These are the dolls.
00:51:30The dolls!
00:51:31I can't live without them.
00:51:32Literally.
00:51:33This is queer art at its finest.
00:51:35And to have an artist at your caliber incorporating our community into what you do,
00:51:39thank you.
00:51:40And I learned a lot from your community, like, I swear to God.
00:51:43Me watching RuPaul's Drag Race is how, like, I remember when I first started my transition,
00:51:46this is how I learned how to do makeup, watching RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:51:49Okay.
00:51:50So, and then just seeing all the looks and stuff, it just always inspires me.
00:51:53Even her, like, I be like, we should do this and recreate this and do it this way.
00:51:56Like, you know, sometimes we bring the culture to the mainstream hip-hop feel.
00:52:01I don't care if people feel uncomfortable, whatever.
00:52:02Like, I do not care.
00:52:03I do not care.
00:52:04I do not write dolls.
00:52:05And when I got to twist it, the man's been looking at her.
00:52:08And they do.
00:52:09They do.
00:52:10I'm not gonna sculpt it.
00:52:11You know what I'm saying?
00:52:13Can I ask you a question, Cardi?
00:52:14Mm-hmm.
00:52:15So, all of my sisters thought I was gonna be in the top.
00:52:18So, can I know what you thought about me?
00:52:22You kind of wear something that I will wear.
00:52:24So, yeah.
00:52:26I like it.
00:52:27Bitch!
00:52:28That was my goal.
00:52:29If I would wear that outfit, then why am I safe?
00:52:32I mean, if Cardi B said,
00:52:33Nene, give me that orange zip-tied outfit off of your body, I would pass away.
00:52:38I would wear this outfit outside.
00:52:40I love it.
00:52:42I would pass away.
00:52:44Some girls just did it better than the others.
00:52:46You know what I'm saying?
00:52:47I'm not even gonna lie to you girls.
00:52:48Like, I might be, like, the sweetest girl in the world, but I am a very tough judge.
00:52:52I don't want y'all to think that I'm bitchy or anything, but it's like, look at my teachers.
00:52:58I just wanna say, whatever is your fave, just remember that it is not the end.
00:53:04And it's just a lesson.
00:53:06And, like, I hope that you guys take that critique and, like, don't get discouraged from it.
00:53:11Learn from it.
00:53:12You know what I'm saying?
00:53:13All right, y'all.
00:53:14We cannot keep RuPaul waiting.
00:53:15Y'all are not gonna get mutual with no damn RuPaul.
00:53:17Okay?
00:53:18You know what I'm saying?
00:53:19Sashay away.
00:53:20Wow.
00:53:21The party is over, and it's time to go to the main stage and find out who won and who's going home.
00:53:30Welcome back, queens.
00:53:31I've made some decisions.
00:53:33I need you, Jesus.
00:53:35Nene Coco.
00:53:36Your paper look was money, honey.
00:53:40Jane Don't.
00:53:41Your suit was a toot.
00:53:44Vito Von T. Star.
00:53:46Your umbrella look made us wet.
00:53:54Jane Don't.
00:53:55You are safe.
00:53:58You may join the other girls.
00:54:00Congratulations.
00:54:06Kenya, we love your personality, but your look was not a pleaser.
00:54:13Juicy Love Dion, your face was sitting, but your look was ill-fitting.
00:54:20Mandy Mango, you're a beautiful queen, but your floral fixation left us limp.
00:54:31This is a lot.
00:54:32Like, it's a lot.
00:54:33I'm getting emotional.
00:54:34Like, I'm so scared.
00:54:36Tell me about it.
00:54:39Juicy Love Dion, you are safe.
00:54:47You may step to the back of the stage.
00:54:49Thank you, mother.
00:54:51I cannot believe I caught myself in this position.
00:54:57And boy, do I never want to be here again.
00:55:00Can you please her?
00:55:01Mandy Mango, you are the bottom queens of the week.
00:55:06Butt.
00:55:11And it's a big butt, Cardi.
00:55:13Neither am I.
00:55:16No one is going home tonight.
00:55:21Oh, thank you, Jesus.
00:55:23I feel so relieved.
00:55:25I'm just so, so grateful to be here for another week.
00:55:27I'm gagging.
00:55:28I'm gagging.
00:55:29I'm gagging.
00:55:30I'm gagging.
00:55:31This is fun.
00:55:32Bitch, Cardi, I'm gag too, girl.
00:55:33This is girl.
00:55:34I'm about to shit, girl.
00:55:36Kenya Mango, you are safe and you may join the other girls.
00:55:42Thank you so much.
00:55:43Thank you, judges.
00:55:44I'm gagging.
00:55:45I'm gagging.
00:55:48What?
00:55:49Neenie Coco.
00:55:51Vida Fontis star.
00:55:53Condragulations.
00:55:54You are the top two queens of the week.
00:55:55Yes!
00:55:56Yes, sister!
00:55:57We're working out.
00:55:59But!
00:56:00And it's a big butter.
00:56:05There can only be one winner.
00:56:07Two queens stand before me.
00:56:10Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance of Enough by Cardi B.
00:56:16Ladies, this is your chance to impress me and win a cash prize.
00:56:23$5,000.
00:56:26There's a lot of shoes.
00:56:30Cardi B is about to watch me perform her song.
00:56:33I'm trying to keep it cool.
00:56:33But on the inside, I am exploding.
00:56:36The time has come for you to lip sync for the win.
00:56:46The first lip sync of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18.
00:56:50Ooh, we are in for a show.
00:56:52Good luck and don't fuck it up.
00:57:00Yeah, okay.
00:57:03Look, me verse you and you know what they pickin'.
00:57:05Keepin' expensive, you knowin' the difference.
00:57:06You know that it's hair, you know what it's given.
00:57:08Hair, nails, butter, beer.
00:57:10I'm just surviving the goldiest conditions.
00:57:11Holes very low, they toin' when they spin.
00:57:13Bitches is washed, soap in the dishes.
00:57:15I fly pressure like ball constrictors.
00:57:16One bitch, two bitch, old bitch, new bitch.
00:57:18None of y'all bitches not gon' do shit.
00:57:19I'm in Miami, I pull up on cruise ship.
00:57:21You in Miami for also room shit.
00:57:23When I step with Stampede, foot on neck, can't breathe.
00:57:26Look at Trump, Ben Cleave, diamond song, I see my opps linkin' up.
00:57:30I'm like, what in the fuck?
00:57:32If you scared, they just say that hoin' up is enough.
00:57:35They was just in my DMs, ain't no trust in these sluts.
00:57:38I'm about to call up diamond, bitch.
00:57:40Enough if you fuck.
00:57:41I'm like, ooh, child, cool down.
00:57:43Too hot, too rough, too clear, new style.
00:57:47How you fuckin' with me?
00:57:48Girl, give me one shot and I'm breakin' the glass.
00:57:50Give me two shots and I'm shakin' this ass.
00:57:52Give me three shots and I'm ready to fuck.
00:57:53Five more shots and I'm ready to splash.
00:57:55Give it to me so I gotta pop it.
00:57:56I'm sendin' on business, I'm radio body.
00:57:58Bitches be talkin', I'll be big in they pocket.
00:58:00Girl, tell me about it.
00:58:01A lot of winning, a lot of scoring here.
00:58:02Cardi Bryant, Cardi Jordan, yeah.
00:58:04These bitches are losers.
00:58:05What they can't do, it's not important.
00:58:07Look, ay, I'm getting better and betterer.
00:58:09I do not see no competitor.
00:58:10Watch me when the gang hit that pussy.
00:58:12Said it was struggle, I thought it was.
00:58:14Friday can see me in fashion.
00:58:15Can see me with money, these bitches is buggy.
00:58:17Either these bitches blind or I'm invincible.
00:58:19Bitch, can't see me at night.
00:58:20When I hop out with Stampede.
00:58:22Foot on neck, cam free.
00:58:24Lucky charm, Van Cleet.
00:58:25I'm in song, I see my eyes slinkin' up.
00:58:28I'm like, what in the fuck?
00:58:29If you scared, then just say that hoe enough is enough.
00:58:32They was just in my DMs.
00:58:34Ain't no trust in these sluts.
00:58:36I'm about to call a diamond, bitch.
00:58:38Enough if you fuck.
00:58:40That was so fun.
00:58:47Can I be like a judge forever for when you think?
00:58:50Queens, I've made my decision.
00:58:59Nene Coco, congratulations.
00:59:01You're a winner, baby.
00:59:02I am feeling over the fucking moon.
00:59:08Wow.
00:59:09You've won a cash prize of 5,000 doulas.
00:59:13I have the first win.
00:59:14I showed up and I delivered.
00:59:16This is what I came here to do.
00:59:18Vida, you are free to slay another day.
00:59:21I'll take that.
00:59:25Conjagulations, queens.
00:59:27And remember, if you can't love yourself out in the hell, you're gonna love somebody else.
00:59:30Can I get an amen up in here?
00:59:32Amen.
00:59:32All right, now let the music play.
00:59:42Raja, less drinking, more peddling.
00:59:46Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race, you'll be performing in three Q-pop girl groups.
00:59:52I feel the fuego.
00:59:54It burns.
00:59:55Technicolor queen, you better shine on.
00:59:59I'm not that worried about me.
01:00:03You were a rock star.
01:00:04Girl, you were stiff as a dick.
01:00:08His survival of the fit is funny.
01:00:09And if you ain't fit, pack your shit.
01:00:11Oh, shit.
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