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00:00We just survived the first challenge of season 18,
00:03and nobody went home.
00:08Yay.
00:10Congratulations, ladies.
00:15How did that feel, the first lipstick of the season?
00:17Girl, the adrenaline is so high.
00:19It kicks in, and it's so surreal.
00:21And you won, girl.
00:22Congratulations.
00:22Congratulations.
00:24How does it feel to win after most of the girls
00:27counted you out?
00:28Ooh.
00:29It is water off a duck's back, baby.
00:33These girls are letting me know that they don't think
00:35I necessarily should have won.
00:37But I'm not trying to impress the other girls.
00:39My goal is to impress the judges and take the crown.
00:42Jane, you were kind of pressed.
00:43Ms. Jane, girl.
00:44I mean, it is what it is, girl.
00:47But what should it have been?
00:48Oh.
00:49I mean, at the end of the day, this country's
00:51still going to see your exposed bra straps.
00:53Oh, girl.
00:54I think my look was stronger than Nini's.
00:56I look at Nini's dress, and I go, that's a pine cone.
01:00Mandy in Kenya, did you think you were going to have to lip sync tonight?
01:03Girl, I was ready, bitch.
01:05I was like, let's twirl.
01:06Oh, my God.
01:07Thank you, Jesus.
01:08I escaped the bottom two by the hair of Didi Fuego's Chidi Chien Chien.
01:13That was a predicament I did not want to be in ever again
01:16in this competition, because I plan on staying around.
01:19I mean, we're only going to go up from here.
01:21Better watch out, because once we start getting into the performance
01:24challenges of it all, that's my really strongest suit.
01:26I cannot wait to see how this turns out.
01:29Let's get out of track now.
01:31Ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:34How are you feeling after all that?
01:36I feel fine.
01:37It's no tease, no shade, and I get that we're all gunning for the same crown.
01:40So it's right out of the gate.
01:41So insecurities are on display.
01:43Everybody's going to speak on it, whether or not it was solicited.
01:47Sure.
01:48And I'm like, speak away.
01:50We all survived the first week, but honey, somebody's got to go home.
01:53You want some of that, baby?
01:54Is that what you want?
01:55Is that what you want, baby?
01:57The herd has to start thinning out.
01:59It's survival of the fittest, honey.
02:02And if you ain't fit, pack your shit.
02:07It's a new week in the workroom.
02:09Someone is still going to have to be the first one to go.
02:14Although I am loving these girls, it's time to get them on out and, and, and, and bitch,
02:19that don't include me.
02:20Okay.
02:21I think we have such a strong collection of queens.
02:22I think it's so fabulous seeing so many different points of view in drag.
02:24And it's a much more mature season too.
02:25Now, hold on.
02:26Yeah.
02:27Why did you say that it's a bad thing?
02:28Girl, it's giving geriatric luck.
02:29We're waking up popping Bodiva and Advil, honey.
02:30She don't know.
02:31She's all ready to have her.
02:33Let's go, mother.
02:34Rule rule number 72.
02:35Everyone has a voice, but not everyone deserves a microphone.
02:38I think it's so fabulous.
02:39I think it's so fabulous seeing so many different points of view in drag.
02:41And it's a much more mature season too.
02:43Now, hold on.
02:44Yeah, why did you say that it's a bad thing?
02:45Girl, it's giving geriatric luck.
02:46We're waking up popping Bodiva and Advil, honey.
02:47She don't know.
02:48She's all ready to have her.
02:50Let's go, mother.
02:51Rule rule number 72.
02:53Everyone has a voice, but not everyone deserves a microphone.
03:00Hello, hello, hello.
03:05Hi.
03:06Yes, ma'am.
03:08I can do it.
03:09Good morning, Ladykins.
03:10Good morning.
03:11Now, this season is just getting started, and I am ready to plop off.
03:16Okay?
03:17Now, for this week's maxi challenge, you'll be performing in three Q-pop girl groups.
03:22Oh, my God.
03:25The Q is for quintessentially queer and queenie.
03:29The first Q-pop track is Funk Almighty, a disco fantasy inspired by the legendary superstar,
03:38Sylvester.
03:39The next track is Go, Go, Go, a high-energy bop inspired by the iconic 80s band, Wham.
03:49Yeah.
03:50And the third track is Cherries, a total banger inspired by the all-female rock band, The
03:58Runaways.
03:59Yeah.
04:00All right.
04:01Now, NeNe and Vita, as last week's top two, you each get to pick your groups.
04:06Ooh.
04:07Pretty good.
04:08And the queens that you don't pick will form a third group.
04:10Assume the position.
04:11Ooh.
04:12All right.
04:13NeNe, you get to choose first.
04:16I'm going for the win.
04:18And so, if it's gonna hurt some feelings, it's gonna hurt some feelings.
04:21Mia Starr.
04:22Aw.
04:23Mia Starr.
04:24The choreographer extraordinaire.
04:27I bet you're on my team.
04:28All right, Vita, your turn.
04:29Briar.
04:31Ooh.
04:32My first choice was Briar because I know she's a show director, so I know she'll be good
04:38with facilitating and getting the girls together.
04:41All right, NeNe.
04:42Misty.
04:43Ooh.
04:44Drink it up, bitch.
04:45Bija, darling.
04:46Let's make it wet and juicy.
04:49Yay!
04:50Little old me.
04:52I'm feeling a little Mikey Meeks.
04:54Ooh.
04:55I do.
04:58Still waiting to be picked any minute.
05:01Discord.
05:02Yeah.
05:04All right, NeNe, this is your final pick.
05:10Athena is giving both me and Vita eyes that if you don't pick me, I'm gonna be pissed.
05:14The problem is Athena is grand dame diva down.
05:18She doesn't seem like a team player.
05:19Let's take a trip to Kenya.
05:21Come on, baby.
05:22Oh, my God.
05:23Why don't you please me after all, honey?
05:25No.
05:27All right, Vita, this is your last pick.
05:31Miss Jane.
05:32Yay!
05:34Thanks fucking God.
05:38Well, shit.
05:40Athena is plucked like a fresh feather off a chicken's ass.
05:44And that means Didi Fuego, Darlene Mitchell, Mandy Mango, and Athena Dion.
05:49You will be the third group.
05:52Athena.
05:53I'm so excited.
05:54Now, you all need to write and record your own verses.
05:58Then each group will be in charge of the look and their own choreography.
06:02Now, I'm gonna leave you with the three Q-pop tracks and let y'all decide which group gets which song.
06:09Oh, and one more thing.
06:11This week, there will be a lip sync for your life, and one of you will be eliminated.
06:17Now, I have to slay these bitches and show them what they missed out on by not putting me on their team.
06:24Racers, start your engine, and may the best drag queen win.
06:28Oh, my goodness.
06:29Let's get into it, world.
06:30And go.
06:31Oh.
06:32There's Go, Go, Go, the 80s bop, and then we have Cherries, the punk rock banger.
06:37Oh, fuck.
06:38No.
06:39And there's Funk Almighty, the disco track.
06:43Cute.
06:44Look, you got choreo already, Athena.
06:45Just like you used to do in the Depression, girl.
06:46I want disco.
06:47I love to whack, and I love to, like, bring out that funk.
06:48So I'm like, this is my moment to shine.
06:49Okay, ladies, so now that we've heard everything, let's talk about what we like.
06:50Yeah.
06:51Well, let's go first.
06:52Absolutely.
06:53Yeah, absolutely.
06:54I think that since the two of you guys have done a lot of choosing already, and I think
07:09we haven't had our voices heard yet, so I think we should be able to choose first.
07:12Oh, your voice has been heard.
07:13Yes, your voice has been heard, sister.
07:15You pick the teams, we pick the song.
07:17So what are you guys leaning towards?
07:19The disco.
07:20Disco.
07:21What about the other group?
07:22We would like to play with disco.
07:25Clearly, we're the disco team.
07:29Everyone wants disco.
07:31It's the obvious choice.
07:32RuPaul loves disco.
07:34We all have a disco costume in our suitcases.
07:36Discord, do you also want to do disco like your teammates?
07:39Obviously, I want the punk song.
07:40Yeah, you're meant for it.
07:42I write lyrics for punk bands, so I know I can help everybody guide us vocally through
07:47punk songs.
07:48Discord, shut up.
07:49But whatever they choose, I will be happy with.
07:52Okay, so we are disco.
07:55No, that's not decided.
07:57As these two groups are going at it, I look to Mia, I look to Nini and all of them.
08:02I'm like, let's pick the pop, pop.
08:04So that's awesome.
08:05We're going to go ahead and take the pop one.
08:06No, you're not going to go ahead and take anything.
08:08No, you won't take anything until we decide who's taking disco.
08:10Because if they take the pop song and they take disco, then we end up with punk.
08:15I know.
08:16You do not want to see Dee Dee Foggo do punk.
08:18I'm not going to be like, eh, like for what?
08:20You don't want to see that.
08:21Okay, well that means we're going to be here all day because we're not taking punk.
08:25Why can we not choose our song?
08:27Because you're the leftovers, dog.
08:28We're not the fucking leftovers.
08:29You're the leftovers.
08:31Okay, now you're crossing into territory.
08:32We're going to do disco.
08:33No, we're going to do disco.
08:34So why are you going to get disco?
08:36Because we should have something here.
08:38Vita.
08:39Vita is not backing down.
08:40Athena is not backing down.
08:42So I just take Vita's hands and I say, sister, we have a winning team.
08:46So just let them have disco.
08:47Let's just take the punk one.
08:48Let's give them disco.
08:49We'll turn the punk one out.
08:50I can turn the punk one out.
08:51I can turn it out.
08:52Actually, you can have disco because it seems like you need it more.
08:55Disco was my era, so I'm just going back to my childhood right now.
08:59Totally.
09:00At the end of the day, I'm actually really happy that I got punk.
09:02It's all part of my plan.
09:04So, NeNe's team is doing Wham.
09:07Y'all will do disco.
09:08And we will do the punk song.
09:11Let me keep her fighting.
09:12Go team, go.
09:13I love the disco track.
09:15It just screams queer joy.
09:17It screams empowerment.
09:18Let's go, girls.
09:19And I think the way I'm feeling in this competition, I need to find my inner strength and really put it all into this challenge.
09:25Hey, girlies.
09:26All right, guys.
09:27I know that everyone except for me really wanted disco.
09:30No, see, here's the thing.
09:31You have to be very strategic going into these things.
09:35What people don't know about me is that I actually have a background and, like, punkish.
09:39So I'm very drawn to this.
09:40Honestly, with picking the songs, I really, really wanted punk.
09:44However, I knew Athena wasn't gonna let me really get what I wanted.
09:50So they don't, they wouldn't expect us to do good.
09:53So I think we're gonna kill this.
09:54I hear the punk group.
09:57And Vita is playing chess with these girls.
10:00She wanted punk this entire time.
10:01I think she just wanted to piss Athena off.
10:03Should we get you ready?
10:04Yes.
10:06Originally, I wanted the disco track.
10:09However, we've ended up with the punk song.
10:11And I am familiar with this world.
10:13I used to manage punk bands.
10:14I was an intern on a record label.
10:16So I have been this woman in a past life.
10:18What do you got?
10:19Well, I have, I think, mine mostly done.
10:22I'm able to write my verse pretty quickly.
10:24And then I set about to helping my group.
10:28You want my berry?
10:29Well, get in line.
10:30Cause I want to be here.
10:31I need to fix the temple.
10:32Juicy has some ideas, but I don't think she quite knows how to put them in the structure of a song.
10:37Maybe save this, right?
10:39Save that little block and then move it down.
10:41So, I run through guys like a nine to five.
10:44Clocking in for work.
10:45Yes, it's party time.
10:47Or something.
10:48Cause you're the party princess.
10:49Yeah.
10:50There you go.
10:51And it's nine to five.
10:52I love it.
10:53You want to help me make my lyrics more fun?
10:55Sure.
10:56Discord is asking me for help, which is crazy because, bitch, aren't you the one in the punk band?
11:03I ain't no chicken, but I got that car.
11:06Riot in the room.
11:07What?
11:08Fire in the room.
11:09Got your heart like a rock.
11:10Oh my God.
11:12I mean, Maya Angelou wishes.
11:17The 80s is totally my vibe.
11:19Let's serve some fun and camp and just like give it to us.
11:22Yeah.
11:23I am no stranger to Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, an 80s anthem about queer empowerment, fun with friends, and I'm excited for us to go, go, go.
11:30We need to be vibrant and proud queer people that we are.
11:33Yes.
11:34God.
11:35You need a lemon, girl.
11:36Girl, are you going to be able to sing?
11:38Even from last week, my voice is still from the stream.
11:41Oh, I didn't think about that.
11:42I do have experience singing, but after last week's screaming challenge, my voice has been coming in and out, so I'm kind of freaking out.
11:55So I've got to figure out what my voice can do and where it can plug in.
11:58Oh, man.
12:00It's just my fucking voice.
12:01You're good.
12:02Okay.
12:03You got this.
12:06Fuck.
12:07I'm not saying it was karma.
12:09It's just a little bit ironic.
12:11Don't you think that you didn't pick the goddess Athena and then, poof, you have no voice.
12:18I'm very used to being the underdog, and I feel that for us.
12:20I think we're going to-
12:21Underestimate us.
12:22Yeah, we're going to prove some people wrong.
12:23The group right now is feeling tense.
12:25Everybody is in their head because no one picked us, so we're letting that sort of bond us together.
12:30Disco is an uplifting genre of music.
12:33It's about positivity.
12:34It's about happiness, and I think all of us are those kind of people.
12:37We're all happy people.
12:39Now we're kind of having to smile through, like, well, girls, let's just get along.
12:42Oh, I love you girls, and we're going to get through this.
12:44Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork.
12:45I don't think any of us believe that.
12:48Can we talk about how literally, like, vengeful Athena's being right now?
12:54I don't think she wants to be in that group at all.
12:55She is literally wrapped in a black crowd.
12:58How you feeling over there?
13:02Great.
13:03Fantastic.
13:04Yes.
13:05Athena, how are you feeling?
13:07Great, until you popped up here.
13:09I'm looking at Athena, and it doesn't seem like she's even listening to her group.
13:12But it's like, maybe Athena being a massive cunt is helping us be a better, stronger group.
13:21All right, ladies.
13:23Okay, bitch.
13:24Wow.
13:25Time to come up with our Q Pop Girl group choreography.
13:28But Ms. Mia Mia Mia is a choreographer professionally.
13:32So, one and two, three and four.
13:34Yeah?
13:35Yeah.
13:36So starting with that right leg.
13:37Listen, I got a playbook for our team.
13:40This is what I call preparation, honey.
13:42Okay?
13:43Get into that.
13:44I'm gonna turn, and then go down that left leg.
13:47Cool?
13:48Very kind.
13:49Everybody is doing so good at the dancing.
13:53Ms. Sierra gets down, honey.
13:54She is like, okay, bitch.
13:56We got Ms. Mikey killing it.
13:57We have Ms. NeNe.
13:58I'm like, okay.
13:59I feel really good about our group right now.
14:01Glam!
14:02Do you wanna do spacing, or should we start with choreography right, right now?
14:07Let's start with choreography.
14:09We can get spacing later.
14:10And clear that, you know, you're probably lead.
14:12Obviously, we defer to Ms. Juicy Love Dion.
14:15This thing can dance like nobody else.
14:17Let's do right, left, and then you roll to the right.
14:21There you go.
14:22Hey, ho, let's go.
14:25Last week, I was in the bottom, so I'm really banking on this performance challenge.
14:31But not everyone in the group is as fluid as I would like them to be.
14:35We do have a couple stragglers on timing, and I see some eyes wandering.
14:39Five, six.
14:41And I want two lines to cross.
14:45Where am I going?
14:46It's not that dancing is not Discord's strong suit.
14:50It's that all movement is not Discord's strong suit.
14:55We take our positions, and we line up here.
14:57And then we hit our...
15:02I'm not a choreographer.
15:03But I'm going to have to dig through the Rolodex of past group numbers that I've done
15:07because I think right now, I'm the only hope that we've got.
15:10We're thinking like disco era.
15:12There was a lot of like the fist pumping, a lot of like hip work.
15:14This is giving New Jersey, Diva.
15:16No, but like...
15:19Athena's very assertive.
15:20I think we should move on to the next chunk.
15:22Yeah, but let's not rush perfection, honey.
15:24And I can tell that kind of rubs Didi a certain way a little bit
15:28because Didi also has a number of ideas.
15:30So start here, let's say.
15:31Can we be close?
15:32Because we're going to end up separate.
15:33Fine, girl.
15:34We have to take up the space.
15:35It's giving elementary school pageants.
15:37I want it to be great.
15:39And with the step touches we've rehearsed so far, I have some doubts.
15:44Let's try that.
15:45So let's try that.
15:46So let's try that.
15:47Mighty, mighty.
15:48Funk up, up, down.
15:49Mighty, mighty.
15:51Funk almighty.
15:52Wait, are you going?
15:53Are we going that way or that way?
15:54I start with a very basic move.
15:58Funk almighty.
16:00Darlene, short circuits.
16:03Funk almighty.
16:04Nope, my body said no.
16:06I'm feeling a little bit like, as my mom would say, a fart in a whirlwind.
16:12One, two, three, four.
16:15I really do not want to let these girls down, but I'm a little nervous.
16:25Here come cherries.
16:26So now it's time to record our song with Michelle Visage.
16:31Say hi to our brilliant composer producer, David Steinberg.
16:35Hello.
16:36So first up we've got Vita.
16:37Hello.
16:38Vita Von T star.
16:39Here we go.
16:40I am the baddest bitch of them all.
16:43When they want someone fierce, I'm the one that they call.
16:46Do you mean that?
16:48No.
16:49Are you the baddest bitch of them all?
16:50I am.
16:51Show me.
16:52I am.
16:53Okay.
16:54I am the baddest bitch of them all.
16:56When they want someone fierce, I'm the one that they call.
16:59Yes, Vita.
17:00Yes, Vita.
17:01Yes, yes.
17:02More of that, please.
17:03Fuck the prim and proper, baby.
17:04This is punk.
17:05So reach down and let them know you are the baddest bitch in this room.
17:10Got me on my knees, but I ain't praying.
17:13Just went to the clinic, tested positive for slaying.
17:17Fun and funny.
17:18I don't have any notes because I think you did it great.
17:21Of course, Miss One Take Wonder Jane over there.
17:23She's brushing it.
17:24Fuck you, Jane.
17:25Don't.
17:26Hello.
17:27Hello.
17:28You're the punk almighty.
17:30Yay.
17:31De De Fuego.
17:32Si, senorita.
17:33Let's do it.
17:34Take one.
17:35I feel the fuego.
17:37It burns, but this friendly fire feeling builds you up every turn.
17:41You're gonna feel the fantasy.
17:43Tell me how you're feeling, girl.
17:45I love everything that you've done except there's no real pitch.
17:48I just feel like there's so much pitch damage in there that...
17:51Ugh.
17:52No disrespect.
17:53No, I know.
17:54It would take so long to get that on pitch.
17:57Athena fell asleep.
17:58Did you see that?
18:00Athena is out.
18:01Like, just clocked out.
18:04Well, Darlene, are you a singer?
18:06I definitely am not a singer and not a falsetto, but we're gonna throw that Sylvester note in there.
18:11Oh, my goodness.
18:12We'll see.
18:13We'll see.
18:14Go for it.
18:15Here we go.
18:16Love yourself all through your body.
18:18Let it flow naturally.
18:30You went for it, girl.
18:31Yes, she did.
18:32She definitely went for it.
18:33However, the notes leading up to that, we're gonna have to find a pitch.
18:37Okay.
18:38Pick a note.
18:39Any note.
18:40Love yourself all through your body.
18:42Let it flow naturally.
18:47Oh, Lord.
18:50Not that worried about me.
18:54Hello, Michelle.
18:55Hi, Lord.
18:56Hello, team.
18:57Go, go, go.
18:58Go, go, go.
18:59Can you please her?
19:00I hope I please you right now.
19:01Me, too.
19:02Yes.
19:03Honey, I was leading the worship group at the church, so I can carry a tune.
19:07If you cannot sing in a black church, they will let you know.
19:09Hey, boys, got something to tell ya.
19:11I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:14Timing.
19:15Hey, boys, I got something to tell ya.
19:17I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:20I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:21I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:22I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:23I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
19:24And you'll never get too proud.
19:27Why'd you gotta get fancy?
19:28Why'd you gotta get fancy?
19:29I'm sorry.
19:30You're hotty.
19:31Girl, I'm so extra.
19:32Why'd you gotta get fancy?
19:34Why'd you gotta get fancy?
19:34You had it.
19:35Girl, I'm so extra.
19:39Hello, Nene Coco.
19:40Hello, hello.
19:40Oh, gee.
19:43OK.
19:44I lost my voice in the screaming challenge,
19:46so I'm having some trouble.
19:48Are we speaking, then?
19:49Yes, I'm going to just go for it.
19:50So let's see what we can come up with.
19:52All right.
19:55Say, love, and get the lights on.
19:59You better.
20:01Don't worry.
20:01OK.
20:03You're going to be fine.
20:04We're going to get what we need to get.
20:05OK?
20:06Say, love, and get the lights on.
20:09Technicolor queen, you better shine on.
20:14Stop getting into your head.
20:16As long as you got some squeak coming out,
20:19then we can use that.
20:20Yep.
20:21I know that Nene is a perfectionist at heart,
20:23and this is sending her into a spiral.
20:25Doo doo.
20:31This show must go on.
20:34Do you want to take a break, get hot water,
20:36and then start again?
20:39Yeah.
20:40All right, so switch out.
20:42My pleasure.
20:43I feel like I'm letting my team down.
20:45I feel like I'm letting Michelle down.
20:46Fuck.
20:48Is this the thing that is going to knock
20:49me out of this competition?
20:50Can we go on with Mikey?
20:52Ugh.
20:53It cannot be worse timing.
20:54We're all on the team.
20:56If someone's voice is going to they can't sing,
20:57how is it going to sound?
20:59Child, it's no shade.
21:00I'm freaking the fuck out.
21:02OK, here we go.
21:05Let's go!
21:09It is a brand new day in the workroom,
21:10and we're getting ready for our Q-pop girl group performance.
21:13Child, it is the first of the minition of the season.
21:16Death of last week, ain't going to be me.
21:18Ain't going to be me.
21:20Nene, how's your voice?
21:21I'm not 100%, but I'm like 85, and I'm feeling good.
21:24I drank a lot of tea.
21:25I was on vocal rest.
21:26So I'm feeling much better.
21:28I just hope that if I can deliver on the performance side,
21:31maybe they'll give a little grace to my recording session.
21:35I hope.
21:36I feel galvanized.
21:37Girl, I have the walls up.
21:39I'm so excited for you this week,
21:41because from last week to this week, this is a 180, honey.
21:44I'm ready to shake my motherfucking titties
21:46in front of RuPaul, honey, and...
21:50Vida, vida, vida.
21:51You know you want to eat us.
21:55So, Didi, I know in your entrance,
21:57you said you grew up in Mexico.
21:58What was Monterrey like?
22:00Monterrey is a very closed, tight-knit community.
22:04Some people call it, like, the Beverly Hills of Mexico.
22:06People cared a lot about what you look like,
22:08what do you do for a living.
22:10So, like, the men are expected to become businessmen,
22:12and the women are expected to become housewives.
22:14I don't know if it was because I was a delusional child
22:16or because I had very supportive family,
22:18but I felt like I could be myself from the day I arrived.
22:22You were fuego from the get.
22:23Yeah, yeah.
22:24How do they say gay in Mexico?
22:27Gay.
22:27Gay.
22:28You were, like, really wanting that punk gig.
22:32As soon as RuPaul said,
22:33and we have a song based off of The Runaways,
22:35I was like, oh, do we?
22:38I'm also in a band, and I play live guitar.
22:41Oh, sick.
22:41Yeah.
22:42So outside of this competition,
22:43I play guitar in a punk band called Dame Judi
22:45with my best friend,
22:47and it is just so much fun.
22:49We are able to bring drag back to its roots of being punk rock.
22:53I just want my music to say something to people.
22:55Like, hey, like, we don't have to put up with the bullshit
22:58that is whatever current administration we're having.
23:00Push back.
23:00Yeah, like, listen, queers, like, we're in trouble right now.
23:03Yeah.
23:04I think drag has gotten a little Disney-fied,
23:07and there is a lot of drag that doesn't say anything at all.
23:11If I can preach to the world, like, even just through music,
23:13it, like, wakes people up a little bit,
23:15like, I would feel really, really good about that.
23:17I love that.
23:19To me, that's what punk rock is all about.
23:21It's calling out the injustices in the world,
23:23and it's making people think about what is going on around them
23:26instead of just trying to escape it.
23:31Girl, how are we feeling, bitches?
23:33Feeling funky, feeling free.
23:36Girl, I know that's not true.
23:37Athena, tell us how you really feel, bitch.
23:39Now's your chance.
23:40How did you feel about not being picked?
23:41I felt plucked, gagged, and flabbergasted.
23:43You're all a bunch of liars.
23:44Oh.
23:45There were only two people that chose teams.
23:46Right, I'm like, Nini and Vida,
23:47why didn't you choose Athena?
23:49Because it's the Athena show.
23:50Anytime she walks in the room.
23:52This is a team challenge, and I feel like everyone
23:54that I picked is a team player.
23:56Oh, so you're saying I'm not a team player.
23:58Ooh.
23:59I think that my team will agree that I'm quite the team player.
24:02That is true.
24:03Athena is a good person and a good team player.
24:06How much were you paid to say that?
24:06You're not a good person.
24:08She booked me a trip to Mykonos.
24:11Because we are the Leftovers team,
24:13the other girls underestimate what we can do,
24:15but our individuality and our joy
24:17is going to take us to the top.
24:18Oh my god, we're going to have our first mirror message.
24:20Oh my gosh.
24:21What are you going to say?
24:22We're on the same team, you bitch.
24:25For now.
24:26Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
24:33It's girl group night, and we have an all-girl panel.
24:38Michelle Visage.
24:40Ooh, girl.
24:42The fabulous T.S. Madison.
24:44One of the girls are out tonight.
24:47And she's back again, Dove Cameron.
24:50Hey, girl, hey.
24:52The girls are doing it for who?
24:55Themselves.
24:57This week, we challenge our queens to cute pop it like it's hot.
25:00And tonight on the runway, category is your neck, your back,
25:05your pussy, and your crack.
25:07Oh, exquisite.
25:08A look that shows off your favorite body part.
25:11Bracers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
25:15It is showtime.
25:18First up, it's the Studio 50 Whores, performing Funk Almighty.
25:22Feeling funky, feeling divine.
25:24Love sensations, know your mind.
25:28Mighty, mighty, Funk Almighty.
25:30Ooh.
25:31Down with Olympus, looking right.
25:32Your goddess is here to shine her light.
25:34Get funky with me, and you'll see the gift you stole is going to send you to me.
25:38And you'll see the gift you stole is going to send you to me.
25:41And you'll see the gift you stole is going to send you to me.
25:44Gift you stole is going to send you free.
25:45Pay no mind to what the haters say.
25:47This is your journey.
25:48Lead the way.
25:49One, two, three, and four.
25:50If they count you out, show on the door.
25:52Get a boogie.
25:53Celebrate.
25:54On the dance floor, no time to waste.
25:55Take the leap and leave the nest.
25:57Spread your wings, baby.
25:58Mother knows best.
25:59Funk Almighty, Funk Almighty.
26:02America, red, white, and blue.
26:04Land of love, we got work to do.
26:05I love me, do you love you?
26:07Come join the fun.
26:08Just do you-hoo.
26:09Love yourself all through your body.
26:11Let it flow.
26:12Let it flow.
26:13Come on.
26:14Go on.
26:15Go on.
26:16Go on.
26:17Go on.
26:19Go on.
26:20Me!
26:21Ah!
26:22Gah!
26:23See them funky on the floor
26:26Spread your wings and grab the sun
26:29Smiling, mighty
26:31Funk almighty
26:34Boo!
26:35That's the fruit on the floor
26:36Cause the crowd hear them scream for more
26:38Mango, always, shit, and nanny
26:39All the people want in their tummy
26:41Histo tech is where I thrive
26:42My real queer self coming alive
26:44Fruity, funky, creaky, geeky
26:45No matter who you are
26:47Be almighty
26:48Leave that doubt at the door
26:49the door with your mind heart soul finally soar inspiration perspiration prepare yourself for
27:09i feel the fuego it burns but this friendly fire feeling builds you up every turn
27:15so i'm not your cup of tea okay i'm tequila what you're saying ain't for me no baby i can't see ya
27:22but you can't get through life without a bird to your ego and you can't spell
27:26funk without the f-u in fuego
27:40i'm feeling really good i nailed the choreographies maybe 90 percent up next
27:58it's glam performing go go go
28:03it's really nice to meet you life of the party there's a few things i can teach you
28:18they call me big back hey yeah i got a nice right every color of the rainbow i'ma be that
28:23so if you're looking for a foreign place to go slam it up with my bitches in my hole
28:30and if you're gay as hell too let these other bitches know how you do you
28:41hey boys i got something to tell ya i'm a pleaser and i'll go down on ya
28:46just be an o with a heart of go-child be kinky be sexy be free
28:52never lose your pride let him yeah help you find it and you'll never have to cry
29:08magic and mysterious that's on you that's on plus i like butch i like fem you do they you do them
29:14love yourself each and every part you're a masterpiece a work of heart be strong be proud be true to you
29:21be the boss be the hero be the bad bitch too be everything that you are inside
29:27live free get mystified
29:37say love and get the lights on technicolor queen you better shine on
29:42cause it's showtime bitch let it go time if you show me yours i'll show you mine
29:48heat it up grab some cocoa pull a look from head to toe toe it's me you and that ho too
29:55you get on the floor and dance how you do
30:07wham bam glam got my sisters and we're looking right let's go girls it's the friends in my life
30:14that help mikey shine so bright yes they do now do i want a man to come and hold me sometimes but if you
30:21know what's inside trust your gut and you'll find the queerness guiding lies it's the joy that makes
30:27us so fine
30:37i was completely lost yesterday but my team rallied behind me and i'm like we did the damn thing
30:52up next it's the tucked aways performing cherries
31:04i'll eat cherries make me feel tough i'll eat cherries sweet as pie and i'll eat cherries till the day i die
31:12chaos is sexy chaos is fun i'll be your problem if you ain't got one chaos is wild chaos is sweet
31:22discord in the air got you feeling the heat threading on guitar cause discord is major
31:31hanging with my girl that's gonna be a ranger
31:37give me some give me some let's go
31:41i am the baddest bitch of them all when they want someone fierce i'm the one that they call
31:46my tracks top tier no time to bother
31:49i come prepared i'm here to stop
31:53vita vita vita you know you want to eat her
31:56i eat cherries can't get enough i eat cherries make me feel tough
32:02i'll eat cherries sweet as pie and i'll eat cherries till the day i die pop it like a cherry
32:10i bust in your dairy feel our power standing strong like a tower i ain't no chicken but i got that
32:16macaw prior in the room got your heart like a rock but the power's a flush and i ain't in a rush
32:23so when i'm in doubt i just weird them out yeah when i'm in doubt i just weird them out
32:30give me some give me some let's go they call me jane don't get it twisted i can't bend like that
32:39make me your bitch but i'm a sister but we can still kiss if you want
32:45got me on my knees but i ain't praying forgive me father no i ain't praying just went to the
32:52clinic tested positive for slaying it burns tested positive for slaying
32:57i love to make them taste them open wide i won't stop till i'm satisfied
33:03i eat cherries can't get enough i eat cherries make me feel tough
33:09i eat cherries sweet as pie and i'll eat cherries till the day i die
33:16give me some give me some let's go
33:19sweet like cherry spirits like a storm juicy lefty yawn i was born of before
33:25you want my juice well get in line because i run through guys like a nine to five
33:31you know juicy's moods got you losing your mind
33:37i like them juicy hot in a cobbler i'm one wild cherry gobbler i eat cherries can't get enough
33:46i eat cherries make me feel tough i eat cherries sweet as pie and i'll eat cherries till the day i die
33:55die
34:11initially i was not going for the punk now i'm thinking thank god we got this punk song we kind of
34:20burned it
34:25category is your neck your back your pussy and your crack oh a look that shows off your favorite body
34:34part up first athena dion her back this is a very athena dion look that only the richest woman in the
34:42world would wear oh no back rolls here honey the bakery is closed guess who's back in the house
34:51the incomparable darlene mitchell her skin it has taken me a very long time to love the skin that
34:58i'm in but baby i'm here now this is a little nod to that girl performing as trash all glowed up
35:04tans tans tans across her shoulders mandy mango she's presenting her face she is my face is a portrait
35:14in a picture frame found on my grandma's table at her house i'm showcasing my beauty as a sexy
35:19non-binary individual what am i looking at it's an altar to herself if you can't pray to yourself
35:24how the hell you can pray to anybody else amen dd fuego her legs nothing beats a great pair of legs
35:30uh-huh i am wrapped in a custom organza boa there she is i am a cotton candy sprinkles fantasy
35:39do you ever wonder what all that gum you swallowed as a kid looks like in your stomach now
35:43give me a star oh her neck back pussy and crack i'd like to keep it on please
35:52there's her neck this represents my drag because i'm a woman and i'm a hoe there's her back and when
35:59i turn around you get all this cat there's the crap i can't see but i know the judges only got eyes
36:07from me come a girl put some lace in your wall kenya pleaser we can try she's serving her everything
36:15oh come on flying squirrel friends this is the epitome of kenya pleaser honey i give a little titty
36:22titty titty a little ass ass ass you know people always tell me girl cover up cover up bitch no
36:28beaded for her pleasure yes up next sierra missed her eyes oh the eyes are the nipples of the face
36:36they're also the gateways to the soul i'm featuring a body part that i love in and out of drag i am
36:41making sure they get every inch of my eyes all four sets of them i wonder what makes her brown eye blue
36:47nini coco her brain this look is very cerebral my brain is always on my mind so i'm serving up
36:55rhinestone brain on a pink platter baby i made the look head to toe from the 3d printed cap all the
37:01way to the beautiful structured gloves you say hello to me i say lobotomy mikey meeks her legs i'm a walking
37:12billboard best legs in town i take off the billboard and you see the real pair of legs they are prime
37:19meat baby remember she's more than just a great pair of legs is she yeah she's a dumb slut too perfect
37:26discord adams her back and her crack i want to look like a rich gaudy italian woman i want michelle to
37:34look at me and think that we are related her vlog kills me now starring in gold sphincter
37:48vita von t star her butt oh ain't no two butts about it baby that booty is important because i'm from
37:57alabama home of everything that goes right to that ass and makes it thick i'm giving vintage linda
38:04evangelista you know what i just remembered what i haven't flossed in a while
38:10briar patch blush her finger michelle what how much for one finger well this runway represents me
38:19because it's gorgeous and glamorous but a little unhinged and weird which way do i go i don't know
38:25i'm gonna listen to my finger let's give that finger a hand some girls do but jane don't she's
38:32featuring her mouth she's speaking in tongues again i had to choose the body part that i make
38:38all my money with my big mouth it's a carol burnett reference but edgier because my mouth while beautiful
38:46and lovely is also sometimes a little bit deadly the uvula you don't see many of those you don't see
38:52many of those not in pacoima no juicy love dion her left leg her left leg her right leg is not up
39:00for discussion my designer francesco and i decided to take it a scaparelli route i had surgery on my
39:06left leg she recovered excellently and she's as strong as ever you know that movie my left foot yeah
39:12well it's a remake my left leg welcome queens when i call your name please step forward athena dion
39:23darlene mitchell mandy mango didi fuego team studio 50 whores i'm sorry my dears but you
39:33are the bottom group of the week and you're all up for elimination
39:45mia star jane don't you are tops but you don't hear that often
39:54the rest of you are safe you may leave the stage
40:03now it's time for the judges critiques starting with athena dion what i love about you is you
40:09probably are the most draggy drag queen in this whole season i love the way you paint it's just
40:15drag this look that you have tonight is majestic gorgeous stunning i'm just very impressed thank you
40:22i know you are the mother of the house of dion yes ma'am and i love the way that you opened up
40:26the girl group as mother but you guys were given funky in a way that sylvester would have done it
40:32and i didn't get that what you all did was sort of belittled the song where you made it
40:39when the song is more soulful you follow what i'm saying i do up next darlene mitchell
40:45darling drag is always more kind of like this outfit it's a whole bunch of going on girl
40:50in the girl group you were like a character out of a film that i would like fall in love with
40:54and paste all over my wall like you were really a vision you were so stunning but we were missing
40:58soul and i think it's because you were each doing your own thing to get through it even if you look
41:05at let's say the spice girls each has their own personality but they all come together in unity
41:10the only time i felt sort of that wild abandoned of disco happened was when you were holding that long
41:16note it sort of had the whimsy and the non-seriousness of disco did you feel that way in performing the
41:24number yes because i'm actually really proud of myself i did the bar circuit you know for years and
41:31then i became sober and drag became something very personal to me um that i just did in my own home
41:41it's okay i didn't realize how much i missed and needed
41:46um the sort of queer joy that all of these girls have given me
41:51how long have you been sober i've been sober for about nine years
41:55can i ask you about the name darlene mitchell
42:00mitchell is actually my given middle name and darlene i feel like is just the perfect mix of this
42:05like dynasty soap opera glamour and also just this trash it is one of the stupidest names i've ever heard
42:14and i love it
42:17it's good to see you laugh and you are in the right place this is where joy happens and this is our
42:23addiction it's a good addiction thank you up next mandy mango now as far as the disco your death drop
42:30saved it for me i really like the way that you danced and moved around you had quite a lot of energy
42:36but the energy level was really mismatched the girl group challenge has to be about everyone finding
42:43an equal level together you were doing fred schneider from the b52s
42:47my real queer self coming alive fred schneider's a great friend of mine and of this show it just
42:52doesn't sort of work with the sylvester disco thing tonight on the runway it looks like you
42:57are the work of art and people are visiting you am i correct i'm like uh the table off to the side
43:02with all the family picture frames and little knickknacks okay it's the bottom half that doesn't
43:07really work for me i don't like those colors together i understand you're trying to be like the
43:10wood now that you're telling us what it is i wouldn't say it's pleasing to the eye it's interesting
43:17up next dd fuego your legs are gorgeous so i'm glad you showcased them but i think your makeup needs
43:24dementia it's very flat i want to get to the disco challenge girl you were stiff as a dick
43:31i do agree it was very stiff and it felt enclosed i really think that you boxed yourselves in with the
43:35choreo i think it must have been a misunderstanding of what the song was and what you were meant to
43:41do with it absolutely she's absolutely right who was the leader of your group there wasn't
43:46one leader but especially i think during the choreography section athena led us through that
43:51moment did you have any input in the choreo i did i wish maybe that i pushed my opinion more to
43:58elevate the steam and to funk it up all right thank you up next mia star when the performance was over
44:05ts and i leaned over to each other and we said that's a star yep you were bossing everyone around
44:09with your energy and i was also like a little afraid of you in like a really sexy way from the moment you
44:13opened your mouth you pulled us in as a recording artist you want there to be a reason for your voice
44:19to be recorded and that's what you gave us this look i think the concept is amazing but for me i like
44:24to see your face a little bit i just like to see the drag if you're going to give somebody your neck your
44:29back your and your crack let them look into your eyes and give you money up next some girls do but
44:37jane don't after recording with you and seeing what you did i can tell how smart you are you knew just
44:45what you wanted to do and what came out was pure magic and then this on the runway honey it had me
44:51over here under the table speaking in tongues hi you're so hilarious so camp you were a rock star i
45:01would put the record back over and over so i could hear your part because it is completely fire retarded
45:08that means you won't light on fire it means you won't light on fire thank you queens i think we've
45:12heard enough while you untuck backstage the judges and i will deliberate all right now just between us
45:19girlfriends i want to know what you think let's start with cena dion i think as the leader definitely
45:25some pressure is going to fall on her shoulders for the shortcomings of the performance but she
45:29was beautiful tonight on the runway she embodied goddess to me darlene mitchell the way she screamed
45:36and yodeled it drew me in but it was her stiffness that kept me out but everything was there visually
45:43she looked like a glamorous disco sherry lewis all she needed was a disco lamb chop i would have been very
45:48happy mandy mangum mandy could actually dance and she can dance really really well however she needs
45:53to switch to decaf we absolutely needed her to just take it down a little bit so she can fit in but
45:59her look tonight on the runway when she said that the skirt was supposed to be wood was when i did my
46:05own little google map zoom out and i was like oh that really doesn't read that really that really doesn't
46:10read if it's brown flush it down thank you let's talk about dd fuego tonight on the runway i did love
46:17her legs i thought that they were very handsome not handsome i love that in her lyrics she was
46:23talking about fuego but she actually could have gotten really behind these lyrics and showed us who
46:28she really is i saw so much personality behind the eyes i think she has a fire and she's just not
46:34expressing it where is the fuego all right let's move on down to mia star as soon as she opened her
46:39mouth it was like okay i'm here for that the tone of her voice she branded herself at the mama mia's like
46:44ah this is what i want but here's the thing for me on the runway i would have loved to seen her eyes
46:49i think her brown eye was showing oh it was jane dope she really seems like someone who knows who she is
46:57is very confident she understands what the brief is she understands what her brand is and then on the
47:03runway this is classic seattle drag she even had gums on her mouth everything about it i just thought
47:08was really well done and i just loved her all right silence i've made my decision bring back my girls
47:17welcome back queens made some decisions
47:20darlene mitchell we love the skin you're in now it's time to let it all hang out you are safe
47:34you may join the other girls thank you
47:36me a star your neck your back your pussy and you're safe
47:49you may join the other girls thank you
47:52jane don't this week we loved your lips all three sets
47:59contractulations you are the winner of this week's challenge thank you so much
48:03you've won a cash tip of five thousand dollars
48:09to have won this challenge feels completely out of a field but also a little correct
48:22athena dion you needed more funk in your trunk mandy mango your table look was wobbly
48:33didi fuego your fuego your fuego was not on fire
48:42athena dion you're safe
48:47thank you you may join the other girls good luck i love you i love you
48:51it baby would you go back holy fuck mandy dd i'm sorry my dears but you are both up for elimination
49:01i feel confused i don't know if it's delusion but i don't think the team was in the bottom because of me
49:07two queens stand before me prior to tonight you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance of too much
49:15by dove cameron we're experiencing the first lip sync for your life of season 18 in this corner didi
49:21fuego consummate new york performer and in this corner mandy mango a literal table and over there is
49:28dove cameron this is too much ladies this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from
49:36elimination time has come for you to lip sync for your life
49:51it's my second time in the bottom and i very well could be the first to go home and i can't let that
49:56happen my energy didn't match the girl group but mama i'm ready to give a high energy number for this
50:01lip sync for my life good luck and don't fuck it up
50:20mandy is such a sweet spirit and i'm salty mandy so i'm like get that damn table off
50:29you're working really hard trinkets are shattering everywhere the table finally comes off that
50:34means it is now on
50:40you're working hard man jake
50:42oh it's so like you to put me down down down
50:44oh come on
50:46oh
50:48yes
50:52oh
50:56Gigi is sitting over there looking like a f***ing loofo.
51:07She's literally doing this.
51:12What?
51:14What the heck?
51:26It's all too, too, too much for you
51:29I can see why you hung on so hard
51:33Not your fault
51:34That it wasn't in the car
51:36Funny, please
51:37I'm sending warm records in the box
51:40Of your things in a black car
51:42If you say I'm too much, baby, go find less
51:46If you can't keep up, stay below, I guess
51:49If I'm such a big deal, baby, you're too little
51:53Oh, oh, it's all too, too, too much for you
51:56Oh, oh, lady, I have no pressure
51:59Oh, oh, tether up, return to cinder
52:03Queens, I've made my decision
52:12Mandy Mango, Shantae, you stay
52:23You may join the other girls
52:24Thank you so much
52:25Didi fuego
52:31Hasta luego
52:33Now, sashay away
52:36Thank you all so much
52:37It's been an honor to be here with all of you
52:39I love y'all
52:42Love you so much
52:43Well, it was short, it was sweet
52:47I wish it had been a little spicier
52:49Adios
52:50I'm gagged
52:56I have been the first eliminated
52:59I'm disappointed
53:01But this is just the beginning of the dreams coming true
53:04The fire and the fuego will keep burning bright
53:07It's been real, real spicy
53:10Condragulations, queens
53:15And remember, if you can't love yourself
53:17How in the hell are you going to love somebody else?
53:19Can I get an amen up in here?
53:21Amen!
53:22Alright, now let the music play
53:24Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race
53:25You'll be starring in RDR Live
53:27First we start with role playing and poppers
53:31This is insanity, folks
53:33I want you to be the best assistant secretary you can be
53:36I don't act
53:39I don't do comedy
53:40What the hell did I just get myself into?
53:43You're coming for my job, I see
53:45And I was like, no
53:47You're a drag queen
53:48Give me more
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