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00:00:12Even in the darkest of times, there's always a spark of hope.
00:00:18Drag race generator activated.
00:00:24Oh, shit.
00:00:25Here we go again.
00:00:27Always a black drag queen got to save the day.
00:00:31All right, y'all, come on.
00:00:32Harder.
00:00:32Harder.
00:00:33I'm going as fast as I can.
00:00:37Repeat after me.
00:00:38I think we can.
00:00:40I think we can.
00:00:41I think we can.
00:00:42I think we can.
00:00:44I think we can.
00:00:45I think we can.
00:00:47I think I just did.
00:00:50Oh, my God.
00:00:52Yeah, that's going to be a rough one.
00:00:54Just keep pedaling.
00:00:56Generators reaching half capacity.
00:00:59Because it takes a whole lot more than bad lighting to keep a good drag queen down.
00:01:12Honey, this is how you throw a party on drag race, bitch.
00:01:16My name is Athena Dion.
00:01:17I'm the Greek goddess from Miami.
00:01:18You may also refer to me as the queen of Miami.
00:01:21Athena was pretty much the HBIC of Mount Olympus, and that's how I feel.
00:01:26My drag style is opulent.
00:01:27It's glamorous.
00:01:28I would say I'm close to perfect, as I don't think perfection is attainable, but I'm pretty
00:01:33much as close as it can get.
00:01:35Ooh, we're in the red light district this season.
00:01:39Why are the lights off?
00:01:40It's black everywhere.
00:01:41Did I take the wrong door?
00:01:44Well, still gorgeous.
00:01:46I'm basically the hostess with the mostest in Miami, and I'm a big drag mother with a huge
00:01:51drag family.
00:01:52My drag daughter is the winner of the Lollapurusa season 16, Morphine Love, Dion.
00:01:57Plain Jane is also technically my drag daughter.
00:02:00I am definitely the Kris Jenner of drag.
00:02:03Mama's home!
00:02:09Oh, I have one thing to say.
00:02:13Kenya pleaser.
00:02:15I'm Kenya pleaser all the way from South Carolina, and I'm here to please you and everybody
00:02:20in America.
00:02:21She better shake.
00:02:22My drag style is your sexy auntie that's a hoe.
00:02:26I can give you sex.
00:02:27I can give you church lady.
00:02:28I can give you grandma.
00:02:29I can give you straight up cunts.
00:02:31She kind of looks like Lizzo.
00:02:32I impersonate Lizzo.
00:02:34That's actually how I started doing drag.
00:02:37I'm a show-stopping, plus-sized diva.
00:02:40The pleaser principle is always in effect, baby.
00:02:43I'm Athena Dion.
00:02:44Bitch, I know who you are.
00:02:46I know of Athena Dion.
00:02:48She is the grand dame of Florida.
00:02:50It is very intimidating, but you know, I'm ready to sit this fat ass on these other girls
00:02:56and dominate the competition.
00:02:57Why is that blanking?
00:02:59I don't know.
00:03:01Oh, now you're freaking me out.
00:03:02Girl, what the fuck?
00:03:03Where's the dark?
00:03:06Why?
00:03:07The next queen to walk in is definitely the boogeyman or the booger man.
00:03:13Oh, oh, oh.
00:03:17Gay!
00:03:23That's a rainbow.
00:03:24There's a rainbow.
00:03:25I'm Unicoco.
00:03:26I am the high-energy, high-fashion diva from the mile-high city of Denver, Colorado.
00:03:31Ow, ow, ow!
00:03:34My drag is conceptual.
00:03:35It's theatrical.
00:03:36It's a little bit unhinged.
00:03:38Oh, my God!
00:03:41Coco!
00:03:42Oh, my God!
00:03:43I know you!
00:03:44Let me guess.
00:03:45You made the whole outfit yourself, didn't you?
00:03:46Of course.
00:03:47Every stitch, baby.
00:03:48Now, I know NeNe from the internet.
00:03:51I know she's a good costume designer.
00:03:53So, design challenges, watch out.
00:03:55So, are you, like, a costume designer by trade?
00:03:57Is that, like, your day job?
00:03:58No.
00:03:58I actually quit my day job to come here.
00:04:00I was a mechanical engineer.
00:04:02What the fuck?
00:04:03Up until yesterday.
00:04:04It's very Clark Kent engineer by day, drag queen superstar by night.
00:04:09I think my co-workers are going to freak out when they see me on TV because I was doing
00:04:13low calculations last week, and now I am starting my stuff on the RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:04:17This competition is so important to me because I get to turn my life in a completely new direction.
00:04:21Today.
00:04:27What's up?
00:04:28Oh, my God.
00:04:29Is that Jane?
00:04:31My name's Jane Doan, and I'm a little lady who's a big problem.
00:04:34A lot of my drag revolves around comedy.
00:04:37Yes, soldier.
00:04:38Yes, soldier.
00:04:40Would that be something you would make for yourself?
00:04:42No.
00:04:44I would make it better.
00:04:45I'm extremely inspired by old-school funny ladies, Bette Midler and Joan Rivers.
00:04:55I can hear your gay voices from so far away.
00:04:57Gay, I'm a Christian.
00:04:59Fabulous.
00:05:00Hi, ma.
00:05:00Athena Dionne.
00:05:01Hi, Athena.
00:05:02Okay, I know Athena.
00:05:03Hey.
00:05:04My name's popular.
00:05:05I want America to know I'm one of the best in the biz.
00:05:08And I mean business.
00:05:11Big business.
00:05:13So, Miss Jane, where you from?
00:05:15I'm from Seattle, Washington.
00:05:16Are you related to Jinx?
00:05:18I am not related to Jinx.
00:05:19Irene the alien and Bosco are my older sisters.
00:05:22I have two hot, mean older sisters.
00:05:25Bosco from season 14 and All Stars 10, and Irene the alien from season 15 and All Stars 10.
00:05:31You know, both of my sisters have done very well for themselves, besides the water.
00:05:35So, it's probably kind of intimidating.
00:05:42Oh, uh-oh.
00:05:44Who's ready for a little chaos?
00:05:47I'm Discord Adams, and I am the high-fashion punk rock maximalist from St. Petersburg, Florida.
00:05:53My drag style is filled with safety pins, studs, and a lot of gumption.
00:05:58It's sort of Patsy from Ab Fab, but like after the apocalypse.
00:06:01I'm definitely known for like my high-energy rock and roll performances.
00:06:05I love to play guitar live.
00:06:07Hello!
00:06:08Hello, everybody!
00:06:10Becoming a drag rock star is the ultimate goal.
00:06:13Tell us about your look.
00:06:14Did you make this?
00:06:15Yes, I made the boots.
00:06:16My partner made some of it.
00:06:17Whoa!
00:06:18Did anybody like make their outfits?
00:06:20I made mine.
00:06:22Oh!
00:06:23My first impression of Nene Coco is I absolutely hate what she's wearing.
00:06:27I hate rainbows so much.
00:06:29Can we get into the ball?
00:06:30Can we get into this?
00:06:31Oh, my God.
00:06:32What is this saying?
00:06:33It's saying like, don't fuck with me.
00:06:40I'm rapping for the Big Bags, and I came to eat.
00:06:44Did she say Big Bags?
00:06:46Big Bags!
00:06:47I'm Yastar, and I am from West Palm Beach, Florida.
00:06:50I am your 90s, early 2000s, hip-hop, dance-a-diva, Big Bags, hookah-ho.
00:06:57Had to do it to him!
00:06:59My drag style is very mob wives, very urban, high-energy.
00:07:03I am a choreography bitch.
00:07:04That's my sister.
00:07:06What the fuck?
00:07:07No more Florida, please.
00:07:08More Florida.
00:07:09Girl, more Florida.
00:07:13Miss Mia Starr, honey.
00:07:15She's sister of the House of Dion.
00:07:17She's auntie.
00:07:17She is such a talented dancer.
00:07:19Her talent speaks for itself, and she will be tough competition.
00:07:22Tell us about your drag.
00:07:24I started 17 years ago.
00:07:26Whoa!
00:07:28I have an interesting drag journey.
00:07:31I started drag 17 years ago.
00:07:33I stopped for 14 years to pursue dance.
00:07:36I've been on tour with Rihanna on her loud tour.
00:07:40What?
00:07:40I have been on world tours with Paulina Rubio, Rihanna, Britney Spears.
00:07:47I have performed at the Super Bowl with Jennifer Lopez.
00:07:50I'm so proud of you.
00:07:51You're a rock star, bitch.
00:07:53But now it's my time to shine in the front.
00:08:01Can I say the F word?
00:08:05Fuego!
00:08:09I'm Didi Fuego, and I am from New York City, baby.
00:08:14It's a porcupine.
00:08:14Yeah.
00:08:15I actually know a lot of F words.
00:08:17I am fiery, feisty.
00:08:19I am a full fucking production.
00:08:23All right, let's do it!
00:08:26The vibes that I'm serving are always high polish, high fashion, big T.
00:08:32Where are you from?
00:08:33I am from New York City.
00:08:36Oh, wow.
00:08:37I am originally from Monterrey, Mexico.
00:08:40I am a Latina, but I'm not like a cha-cha-cha, like, give you the...
00:08:44Your name's just Didi Fuego.
00:08:46Okay, okay, okay, I know.
00:08:47Didi, how long have you been doing drag?
00:08:4910, 15 years.
00:08:51We have seasoned girls this year.
00:08:52Thank God.
00:08:53I'm thrilled I'm not the only person over 30.
00:08:55Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:08:56How many of us are over 30?
00:08:58Why are we doing this now?
00:08:59Athena, put your hand up.
00:09:00This is correct.
00:09:02No, I agree.
00:09:02I love that it's a bunch of old bitches.
00:09:05I am feeling a different vibe.
00:09:13The party princess of Miami and Mykonos is finally here.
00:09:20Yes, baby.
00:09:21The juice is loose.
00:09:23My name is Juicy Love Dion, and I'm Miami's Afro-Cuban dancing duo.
00:09:28Girl, she gonna lip sync down, bitch.
00:09:30I mean, isn't it obvious?
00:09:32I'm a dancing queen.
00:09:33Some of you may know my drag mother, Morphine Love Dion from season 16.
00:09:38Another Florida big girl.
00:09:40Poor Florida girls.
00:09:41Oh, it's a family affair, kids.
00:09:42I'm sorry.
00:09:44The fruit of my loins has entered the workroom.
00:09:48Oh!
00:09:49Juicy Love Dion.
00:09:51Get your booty over here.
00:09:53So this is all the same family, the Dion, yes.
00:09:56Let's get this straight.
00:09:58Athena Dion is Morphine's drag mother, and I'm Morphine's drag daughter.
00:10:03So technically, we don't use the G word in public, just so we're clear.
00:10:08Mother Morphine, grandmother Athena, but also mother Athena.
00:10:14I think this is the first time in drag race herstory that a mother and daughter are competing
00:10:19together in this competition.
00:10:21I feel like I'm being chaperoned.
00:10:22You are.
00:10:22You got mom and you got your tia over here, honey.
00:10:25Athena has already said she's related to Mia somehow.
00:10:28They're sisters.
00:10:29Now her daughter is here.
00:10:31My strategic mind immediately goes, well, they're going to have each other's back.
00:10:38Oh!
00:10:40Baby, it's easy to see that I'm the king.
00:10:43You can question those other girls, but never Queen V.
00:10:47Come on, Dr. Su.
00:10:49My name is Vita Von T-Star, and I am the queen.
00:10:52I am the queen of Montgomery, Alabama.
00:10:54The Starr family name represents class, money, looking like a coin all of the time.
00:11:02Hello!
00:11:04What's your name?
00:11:05Vita.
00:11:05Aren't you a pageant girl?
00:11:07I am.
00:11:07What do you know about me?
00:11:09Girl, you're sickening, bitch.
00:11:10I mean, what else?
00:11:13Vita Von T-Star is huge competition.
00:11:17She is an icon.
00:11:18What titles have you won?
00:11:20Black America newcomer.
00:11:21Black America.
00:11:22Empire.
00:11:23I've gotten first runner-up at International Entertainer of the Year.
00:11:26You should have won.
00:11:26Oh, my God.
00:11:27And I think you're also a costume designer yourself.
00:11:29Did you make this?
00:11:31Now, you know I did.
00:11:32I know.
00:11:33So we have, like, three design girls here on this season.
00:11:36Oh, who's the other design girl?
00:11:37Hi, I'm Discord.
00:11:38And you made this?
00:11:39Yes.
00:11:39I also make most of my own looks.
00:11:42Ooh, Miss Vita girl, you're going to have to keep your eyes on some of these girls because
00:11:46I'm not the only one in the competition who's an amazing designer.
00:11:53Bitch, here we go.
00:11:56Why are you recording me?
00:12:01What the actual fuck?
00:12:03I'm Briar Blush, and I'm Boston's pin-up princess.
00:12:06Briar Blush is an amalgamation of everything that doesn't make sense to combine.
00:12:10She's retro.
00:12:11She's a little goth.
00:12:12She's a little edgy.
00:12:13Bring that motherfucking hair, bitch.
00:12:15Yes, mom.
00:12:16I always have jet black hair and a great V.
00:12:22Meh.
00:12:24Oh.
00:12:25Girl, bitch, bitch, it's going to be a shady already, girl.
00:12:27She doesn't want to give us a hug.
00:12:29She doesn't want to say hello.
00:12:31At this point, everyone is walking in, saying hi, kiss, kiss.
00:12:35Briar, she is immediately hands on the front of the table.
00:12:39Like, she is about to buy 51% of this company.
00:12:43What's your name?
00:12:44My name is Briar Blush.
00:12:46My name is, like, the thorns of the rose.
00:12:48That's what a Briar is.
00:12:49Oh, a Briar.
00:12:50So is Briar, like, descriptive of your personality?
00:12:54A lot of people tell me I'm very intimidating of drag.
00:12:57My personality may be a bit divisive, but my quality of drag is undisputed.
00:13:01Brian, where are you from?
00:13:02Brian?
00:13:03Oh, shit.
00:13:04I'm from Boston, Massachusetts.
00:13:05Boston?
00:13:06I don't know.
00:13:06Where's the Boston attitude?
00:13:08I think you've seen it already.
00:13:10I think we got it.
00:13:12Miss Nurse.
00:13:14Oh, girl.
00:13:17Don't you know, a mango a day keeps the doctor away.
00:13:22Girl, somebody call the M-A-L-M.
00:13:25I'm Andy Mango.
00:13:26I'm Philadelphia's favorite Asian baby girl.
00:13:29And I am the Filipina Fruity Tooty Booty, coming to you in your favorite flavor.
00:13:34Wait, what is she holding?
00:13:36A mango.
00:13:36It's a mango?
00:13:38Oh, oh, oh.
00:13:39A signature drag element is a touch of kookiness.
00:13:43It can be the most abstract and kind of conceptual things, where you're like, what is she doing?
00:13:50But you can still tell there's a high level of femininity and cunt to it.
00:13:53What's your name?
00:13:54Mandy Mango.
00:13:55Hi, Mandy.
00:13:56We get the mango reference now.
00:13:58Okay, so the mango is sweet.
00:14:00Are you a sweet personality?
00:14:01Honestly, yes, I am really sweet.
00:14:03I work my day job as a nurse, so like...
00:14:05Okay, okay, it's all coming together.
00:14:07I specialize in HIV and sexual health with the LGBTQ community.
00:14:12This costume is not just a nurse outfit.
00:14:14I fully am a nurse.
00:14:16I love to do the stunts, give the shows, give the glamour.
00:14:18But mama, I'm also drawing your blood, giving the injections.
00:14:22Because I'm what?
00:14:24Registered.
00:14:25Have we acknowledged that this is spooky?
00:14:28It's spooky.
00:14:29It's dark as fuck in here.
00:14:30That red light is blinking in a little suspicious way.
00:14:32Ooh.
00:14:33I don't know if this is normal, but it feels tense.
00:14:37Well, have you seen the show, Tamar?
00:14:43Oh!
00:14:45Feeling scared yet?
00:14:48You should be.
00:14:51Happy Halloween!
00:14:52Woo!
00:14:53My name is Sierra Mist, and I'm the shape-shifting superstar of Indianapolis, Indiana.
00:14:58My drag style is inspired by sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and magic.
00:15:02So we got mangoes, we got pumpkins.
00:15:05I am a prosthetic makeup artist, so you will see creature transformation.
00:15:11I'm loving all of this, and you did all of this?
00:15:13I did do all of this.
00:15:14About 96% of all the things in my closet are things that I've made.
00:15:19Sierra Mist prides herself on being able to take something and turn it into her complete vision.
00:15:25So what would you consider your drag aesthetic?
00:15:27A little ooky spooky.
00:15:29Okay.
00:15:29A little ethereal.
00:15:30A little Sierra mystical, if you might say.
00:15:33Okay.
00:15:33You're a spooky, creepy, kooky queen, and you're named after a discontinued soda pop?
00:15:38I don't get it.
00:15:40I think a demon monster from hell is probably the best description.
00:15:43Yeah, it suits you.
00:15:50Oh my god.
00:15:53She's corny.
00:15:54I don't remember it having corn.
00:15:57I'm Darlene Mitchell, and I'm the country, cunty, camp queen of Los Angeles.
00:16:01Darlene is the perfect mix between soap opera glamour and Midwest trailer trash.
00:16:07I can see your cornhole from here.
00:16:10My signature drag look is big hair, very Peg Bundy.
00:16:14Diva!
00:16:15There's a quote from Dolly Parton that she says, like, I literally modeled my look off of the women in
00:16:21town that they called trash.
00:16:22And that's very much the aesthetic.
00:16:25I'm from Los Angeles.
00:16:27Oh!
00:16:28Originally from Greentown, Indiana.
00:16:31Yeah!
00:16:32You're representing LA, but you're dressed as corn, and you missed something.
00:16:36Ah!
00:16:38So did drag bring you to LA, or you started drag once you landed here?
00:16:41I started drag once I landed here.
00:16:43I started as a bedroom queen.
00:16:45Okay.
00:16:45And then made my way into the bar circuit, and then sort of evolved back into a bedroom queen.
00:16:51Oh!
00:16:51You don't perform in the local scene?
00:16:53I used to, and I actually performed with the name Trash.
00:16:58About ten years ago, I performed with the drag name Trash, and I definitely lived up to that.
00:17:03I rode fast and hard, and then I became sober, and I decided to become Darlene Mitchell.
00:17:11So how long have you been doing drag?
00:17:13Ten years.
00:17:15Oh my god.
00:17:15I actually haven't been in, like, the performing circuit for four or five years.
00:17:19I have friends that joke with me, like, come on, girl, we gotta get the drag out of the house.
00:17:28Uh-oh.
00:17:29Hi, I'm Mikey.
00:17:31But you, you can call me...
00:17:35Mikey.
00:17:37I am the gorgeously stupid, stupidly gorgeous Mikey Meeks, and I am the drag ingenue of Orlando, Florida.
00:17:45I am a dynamic, theatrical, powerhouse creative.
00:17:51Is that Florida?
00:17:52Yes.
00:17:52My Florida girls!
00:17:53I am mailing someone Anthrax.
00:17:56This Florida block that has developed is a little alarming as a competitor who is not from Florida.
00:18:03I am losing my mind!
00:18:08Mikey, what type of drag do you do?
00:18:10I host a lot back home.
00:18:12I do a little bit of glamour, a little bit of camp.
00:18:14Back home, I am known as a funny diva and a hosting queen.
00:18:19I love to host, not travel.
00:18:22That's a grinder joke.
00:18:23That's a grinder joke.
00:18:24Bitch, we're here.
00:18:25We are here.
00:18:26And these four pink walls.
00:18:28Very dark walls.
00:18:31Ooh!
00:18:32Wow!
00:18:39It's so dark, I can't see anything.
00:18:42Oh, the light, Carol Ann!
00:18:44My queens.
00:18:45Yeah!
00:18:47Now is not the time to hide in the shadows.
00:18:51When we work together, we've got the power to make magic and change the mother-tucking world.
00:18:58Yes!
00:19:00So join hands.
00:19:02Ooh!
00:19:03Hold my hand.
00:19:04Hold me.
00:19:05Everybody say love.
00:19:07Love!
00:19:09Oh, my God.
00:19:10Nettle!
00:19:10Faster!
00:19:11Harder!
00:19:13Everybody say love!
00:19:15Love!
00:19:17I can't hear you!
00:19:20Love!
00:19:34My gorgeous queen.
00:19:37You're blinding me with your beauty.
00:19:40Yeah!
00:19:41Oh!
00:19:43Now promise me one thing.
00:19:44You won't let anybody take away the shine that God gave you.
00:19:49Hallelujah!
00:19:50Can I get an amen up in here?
00:19:52Amen!
00:19:53This season, all eyes are on your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
00:19:59So make them eat it.
00:20:01Because in the end, the queen that leaves no crumbs will be crowned America's next drag
00:20:07superstar.
00:20:08Yeah!
00:20:11Now, are you ready for your first mini-challenge?
00:20:14Good!
00:20:16Good.
00:20:17Because it's gonna be a scream.
00:20:19Oh!
00:20:21I'm scared.
00:20:22Girl, what the fuck are you gonna do to us?
00:20:24I'm already fucking scared looking at Mandy's makeup.
00:20:29Let's go.
00:20:32The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race will snatch an official makeup collaboration with Anastasia
00:20:38Beverly Hills Cosmetics and a cash prize of $200,000, courtesy of RuPaul's Drag Race
00:20:45Match Queen, with extra special guest judge Cardi B.
00:20:49RuPaul's Drag Race, may the best drag queen win, drag queen win.
00:20:59Hello, hello, hello.
00:21:02Athena Dionne.
00:21:04Welcome to your season 18 initiation.
00:21:07Say hello to Jamal Sims.
00:21:09Hello, Jamal.
00:21:10Hey, Athena.
00:21:11I'm curious.
00:21:12Would dates consider you a screamer?
00:21:14She's a screamer and she's a biter, RuPaul.
00:21:16Oh.
00:21:17Well, for this week's mini-challenge, you need to scream your padded ass off.
00:21:23Okay.
00:21:24But you won't be doing it alone.
00:21:28Oh!
00:21:30Oh!
00:21:31Oh!
00:21:32There are some hot masked for masked answers, but this could be a good scream after all.
00:21:39Athena, you're about to do a little primal screamography with these hot, pulsing men,
00:21:45sisters.
00:21:46Good luck, and may the best scream queen win.
00:21:51Woo!
00:21:54Oh, my God, so many fans!
00:21:57Oh!
00:21:59I'm screaming like a 55-year-old woman at a gay beach.
00:22:02She's like, woo!
00:22:03Woo!
00:22:04Hello, hello, boys!
00:22:06Woo!
00:22:07Oh!
00:22:08Woo-hoo!
00:22:09Like, when did I become Nathan Lane in the birdcage?
00:22:12Woo!
00:22:13Woo!
00:22:14Woo!
00:22:16Oh, hey, Nene Coco.
00:22:18Hello!
00:22:19You kind of resemble Alicia Edwards.
00:22:22Alyssa, I get that.
00:22:23That's what I meant.
00:22:25Alyssa's sister.
00:22:26Alyssa's sister.
00:22:31Well, her secret is her name is Alicia.
00:22:34That's a damn secret.
00:22:37We're in the first mini-challenge.
00:22:38I got to give it everything I have.
00:22:40I am trying to pull this scream up into my throat and hit that high-pitched horror scream.
00:22:45Ah!
00:22:50All right, Mariah.
00:22:52Can you please, sir?
00:22:54I want you to think you're in one of them Wes Craven movies.
00:22:56Woo!
00:22:57Woo!
00:22:57Woo!
00:22:58Dude, these white folks in this graveyard is just scaring me.
00:23:03Woo!
00:23:05Woo!
00:23:06Woo!
00:23:06Woo!
00:23:08Woo!
00:23:11Woo!
00:23:12Woo!
00:23:13All these fucking hot guys are around me, and I can't even help myself.
00:23:16I want to lick a nipple.
00:23:16I want to suck a...
00:23:19Their nose.
00:23:20Woo!
00:23:22Woo!
00:23:23Woo!
00:23:24Woo!
00:23:24Woo!
00:23:25Woo!
00:23:25Woo!
00:23:25Woo!
00:23:25Woo!
00:23:26Don't.
00:23:26Give me a little baby home alone.
00:23:30You screaming like a white woman in Compton.
00:23:32Well, I do have my purse.
00:23:35OK, hold on to the purse.
00:23:37Discord Adam.
00:23:43That scream was primal.
00:23:45Ooh.
00:23:50Mamma mia, that's quite a scream.
00:23:54Oh, it's getting hot up here.
00:24:01Cream, girl.
00:24:02That was crazy.
00:24:04Right, that was crazy as hell.
00:24:05Finally, it is time for some of us to get up out of drag
00:24:08and see how these hookah holes look.
00:24:11Is anybody catching your eye so far?
00:24:13No, Athena, I really, she's hot.
00:24:17I'm taking off my drag.
00:24:18I feel like there's some eyes wandering in my direction.
00:24:20I'm a feast for the eyes.
00:24:21So dive in, ladies, take a bite.
00:24:23You would be mean to me at a bar.
00:24:25Oh.
00:24:26Would you hit on me and I'd turn you down?
00:24:27Is that what you're saying?
00:24:28OK, let's not go that far.
00:24:30Juicy Love Beyond.
00:24:32Are you ready to make $14 the hard way?
00:24:34I'll do it for $10.
00:24:36Whoa.
00:24:40Sam.
00:24:43That's juicy.
00:24:45Vida Von T-Star.
00:24:47Think of Africa Vida.
00:24:48Oh.
00:24:49Come on, Punta Kinte.
00:24:50Oh.
00:24:51Oh, James Brown.
00:24:52Oh.
00:24:52Hey.
00:24:52Yeah.
00:24:53Come on.
00:24:54Briar blush.
00:24:55Oh, my gosh.
00:24:56Whoa.
00:24:56Grab my hair.
00:24:57Grab my hair.
00:24:57Oh, no.
00:24:58Good girl.
00:24:59Ooh.
00:24:59We're going to briar patch this motherfucker.
00:25:03Mandy Mango.
00:25:05Ah!
00:25:06Ah!
00:25:07Ah!
00:25:08Ah!
00:25:08Ah!
00:25:09Sierra Mist.
00:25:10Boys, you can touch.
00:25:11It's OK.
00:25:12Ooh.
00:25:13Oh, that's kind of hard.
00:25:15Oh.
00:25:15Oh, my goodness.
00:25:17Ooh.
00:25:17Oh.
00:25:18Miss Darlene Mitchell.
00:25:21Darlene, scream like you're the last piece of white meat at Roscoe's.
00:25:25Oh.
00:25:26Ah!
00:25:29Ah!
00:25:30Ah!
00:25:31Ah!
00:25:31Ah!
00:25:34Ah!
00:25:34Ah!
00:25:35Ah!
00:25:35Oh, hey.
00:25:36That was a good one.
00:25:38This is not what I thought would be the first mini challenge, but I don't mind the sweaty
00:25:42men around me.
00:25:43That's fine.
00:25:43Ooh, it reminds me of home.
00:25:45Now, something tells me you've been initiated several times.
00:25:48Ah!
00:25:52That was crazy.
00:25:54We have all survived this crazy initiation ritual.
00:25:57Now, it's time to haul all of these boxes and bins across the room so we can get out of
00:26:02these drags.
00:26:02Oh!
00:26:03Concierge?
00:26:04Ding, ding.
00:26:05Ding, ding.
00:26:05Oh!
00:26:06Where's my away suitcase?
00:26:08There it is.
00:26:09Someone help me.
00:26:11Ooh.
00:26:13Time to de-drag.
00:26:17Taking a look around, some of them might be scarier than whatever just happened.
00:26:21I'm looking around the room, and I'm like, is this the crew?
00:26:24Like, some of these girls look completely different without makeup.
00:26:28Wait, who are you?
00:26:32I'm NeNe.
00:26:33I'm kind of gagging everyone out of track.
00:26:36They give, like, very puss-puss woman, so seeing them giving cock-cock man is great.
00:26:42Oh, my goodness.
00:26:43Hello, hello, hello.
00:26:43I'm out of track.
00:26:44She looks like a lesbian.
00:26:47She's like Teagan and Sarah.
00:26:50Look at this.
00:26:51Is this a wig?
00:26:51No, this is my hair.
00:26:52The girls are all, like, shocked at what I look like out of drag.
00:26:56I guess when you're puss-puss-ma-guss, they don't expect, like, a little turnip goblin to come out.
00:27:00How do y'all feel that we have a lot of older queens this season?
00:27:02Why do we have to keep saying older queens?
00:27:04No, no, girl.
00:27:05My season, girl.
00:27:06How many queens are over 30?
00:27:07Raise your hand.
00:27:0830 and up, bitch.
00:27:09Okay, girl.
00:27:11There's a hand over there.
00:27:13And Darlene, too.
00:27:14It's the granny season.
00:27:15So we're, like, more over 30.
00:27:18We are 30, flirty, and surviving.
00:27:23There's so much to learn from all your years of wisdom.
00:27:26Shady comment.
00:27:27Coming from the shady queen.
00:27:30I'm starting to think some of these girls are even more annoying out of drag than in drag.
00:27:36Hey, lady kids.
00:27:40Scream if you want to go faster.
00:27:44My queens.
00:27:45Now, y'all let loose, to say the least.
00:27:49Sorry.
00:27:50But one of you truly unleashed the beast.
00:27:53The queen that served the most primal scream is Kenya Pleaser.
00:28:04Condragulations.
00:28:05You've won a cash prize of $2,500.
00:28:11I won the very first mini challenge of the season.
00:28:14It was crazy.
00:28:15Me.
00:28:15Me.
00:28:15My big, black, fat ass.
00:28:17Bitch!
00:28:18Lady kids.
00:28:19Since the dawn of time, drag queens have turned the tragical into the magical.
00:28:24And now, more than ever, it's time to reclaim, renew, and rejoice.
00:28:31For your first maxi challenge, you'll pay tribute to all the scrappy queens that came before you.
00:28:36By using their leftover treasures to create your own signature drag look.
00:28:44The first maxi challenge is a design challenge.
00:28:50A design challenge.
00:28:51Right off the bat.
00:28:52Where's the talent show, bitch?
00:28:55Where is the talent show?
00:28:58In a moment, you'll get full access to the Drag Race vault.
00:29:02Ooh.
00:29:03Where you'll rummage through materials from past seasons.
00:29:07Uh-huh.
00:29:07Now, you can use your own hair, accessories, and undergarments.
00:29:10But the rest of your look needs to be pulled deep from within the anals of Drag Race herstory.
00:29:18Ooh.
00:29:18Ooh.
00:29:19Oh, and just one more thing.
00:29:21Tomorrow on the main stage, bring a bucket and a ma.
00:29:26What?
00:29:28Because our extra special guest judge is Cardi B.
00:29:36Oh, my God!
00:29:37Oh, my God!
00:29:38Oh, my God!
00:29:38Cardi B is in the motherfucking building.
00:29:41I know that's right.
00:29:43Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
00:29:49So excited it's a design challenge.
00:29:51This is OG Drag Race, and I think it is an incredible first challenge to see what everybody is made
00:29:57of.
00:29:57Oh, my God!
00:30:02Oh!
00:30:05Our first challenge is Reclaim, Renew, Rejoice.
00:30:09We have to create couture looks using unconventional materials from the Drag Race vault.
00:30:14What?
00:30:15What the fuck?
00:30:16We all run in like there's only one piece of chicken left on the table at Thanksgiving.
00:30:22Bitch, I kicked the bus!
00:30:23Just grab, sisters, just grab!
00:30:26Now I'm more of Bob, Jesus.
00:30:28Oh, my God, there's sponges.
00:30:29Oh, Monet, I love you, but we're going to leave the sponges at home.
00:30:32I found Lexi's tarp, y'all!
00:30:35Bitch, I don't even know what I grabbed.
00:30:37Sorry about the mask.
00:30:39Oh, girl!
00:30:42Oh, my God!
00:30:44You look like a shit, bitch!
00:30:45We're going to be selling on day one.
00:30:47It's crazy.
00:30:48You know what?
00:30:48I need to slip into something a little bit more comfortable.
00:30:51Now, let's analyze what we have today.
00:30:53I do design a lot of my garments, but I pay some very, very talented people to make them for
00:30:58me because I know they'll do it better.
00:31:00Oh, yes.
00:31:01Now that's going to be pretty.
00:31:03But, honey, I wasn't going to be the one to show up on RuPaul's Drag Race not knowing how to
00:31:07sew.
00:31:07Before I came here, I bought myself 25 sewing classes, so I prepared for this.
00:31:11I'm going to make something fierce out of these materials.
00:31:14All right, let's get to sketching.
00:31:18Girls, look what I found.
00:31:21Stop!
00:31:21I wonder if that's the one Ariana Grande wore.
00:31:24Because it looks a little too small to be.
00:31:27It smells a little like Ariana Grande.
00:31:30Okay, bitch, I'm trying to think.
00:31:33Okay, let me see.
00:31:36Girl, I'm looking down at all the shit I have and I'm like, oh, shit.
00:31:41I grab no fabric.
00:31:43I have a fucking rubber chicken and a fish.
00:31:48Pillows and a fucking beach hat with no fucking fabric.
00:31:53Girl, I know how to sew.
00:31:56And I didn't grab nothing to sew with.
00:32:00How did you find, like, your entire aesthetic in one go?
00:32:03I said cheetah, box of black.
00:32:05Yeah, this is, like, so you.
00:32:07My bag is filled with all of my favorites.
00:32:10Leather, chain, and pompous grass.
00:32:12I love designing shit.
00:32:14I've just been, like, making costumes my entire life.
00:32:16Really?
00:32:16And then, like, I met my partner and he's, like, so worth.
00:32:20My partner and I, we consider ourselves the House of Atoms.
00:32:23And we are known back home for upcycling and for creating outfits out of scratch.
00:32:28We want to show the world that you don't have to have $100,000 to compete on Drag Race.
00:32:33So, I think we all know this challenge is mine.
00:32:40What are you going to do?
00:32:41Because I know you can sew, girl.
00:32:42I can sew with normal fabric.
00:32:44But this is a lot of, like, knock, knock, knock on wood, baby.
00:32:47Don't be like La La Ri, girl.
00:32:49No, girl.
00:32:50I am making a paper bag look using the same materials as La La Ri.
00:32:55Her fatal flaw was clearly that she didn't do anything to them.
00:32:58She just glued them to her body.
00:33:00So, my challenge is, how can I completely transform this material?
00:33:05As an engineer, you have to have a plan before you can construct anything.
00:33:10So, I have to get that on paper to understand what direction I'm going.
00:33:15I'm known for giving high drag.
00:33:17So, my biggest expectations is just to come with a wow factor.
00:33:22Okay, talk to me, baby.
00:33:24What do you want to do?
00:33:24What do you want to be?
00:33:25I have these umbrellas.
00:33:27I have to speak to the fabric.
00:33:29Let it speak to me.
00:33:30We talk to each other.
00:33:32Speak to me.
00:33:32Speak to me, baby.
00:33:34Talk to me.
00:33:36Is it weird that I have to talk to the fabric?
00:33:40I know you're, like, a dancing diva.
00:33:43Uh-huh.
00:33:44Are you going to make an outfit for, to dancing, or are you going to be?
00:33:47Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely going to stay with my vibe.
00:33:52I was going to say, aren't you mostly naked?
00:33:55Right.
00:33:55Listen, one, one, and then let me get the next one.
00:34:01Put it.
00:34:02Exactly.
00:34:04I'm kind of winging it at this point because I don't have a plan.
00:34:07But I will figure it out.
00:34:12There we go, baby.
00:34:14Now we're talking.
00:34:17I don't have a needle on my machine.
00:34:20Now, I'm new to the whole sewing thing.
00:34:22So, do I look out for my girl, or do I push her aside and be this mommy dearest of
00:34:28it all?
00:34:29Sorry, may need a needle.
00:34:32Well, as they say on an airplane, you have to put your mask on first before you put your child's
00:34:37mask on.
00:34:38Anybody know how to put in a needle?
00:34:40Yeah.
00:34:41Can you help me on a session?
00:34:42Damn, you really don't sew, huh?
00:34:43There's something about Juicy that just makes you want to help her.
00:34:49This will go with the flat side facing forward.
00:34:52I mean, she looks like fucking Bambi.
00:34:55I just want to see if it a rouge.
00:34:57Well, I think you have to put a thread in the machine before it does anything.
00:35:04I mean, it's my first time putting together a garment.
00:35:08My family is no help in this situation, but I sat next to the right people.
00:35:12Jane and Didi Fuego are helping me tremendously right now.
00:35:18What would you say your, like, typical drag style aesthetic performance is like?
00:35:22Very vintage inspired, but, like, try and give it enough of a twist that it doesn't just feel like I'm
00:35:26dressed like an old lady.
00:35:27Yeah.
00:35:28I am a comedy queen, but I am also a huge fan of fashion.
00:35:33For this challenge, I have this vision.
00:35:36It's ambitious.
00:35:38Like, Mugler, Lady Miscure, Isaac Mizrahi unzipped Technicolor moment.
00:35:48I finally locked down my design ideas.
00:35:50It is completely made out of big, large hats that go around my shoulder and be, like, very, you know,
00:35:55sculptured and very high fashion.
00:35:56Do you like this dramatic shoulder I'm making?
00:35:58I do.
00:35:59I do.
00:36:00I decide to spray paint my lovely collar piece, so I take it outside to spray paint it gold.
00:36:05The fucking hats fall a fucking part.
00:36:08Shit.
00:36:08I don't even know what to fucking do.
00:36:10Why are you feeling stressed?
00:36:11What's wrong?
00:36:13So I went outside to, you know, my little shoulder piece I was making to spray paint that shit.
00:36:18When I was spray painting, the girl was literally falling apart.
00:36:20Why was it falling apart?
00:36:22Because I don't know.
00:36:24Because God hates me right now.
00:36:27I'm going to have to rework this whole idea.
00:36:29There's a chance that I can be the porkchop of the season.
00:36:32There's no way I'll fucking win the mini challenge and I'm about to be in the bottom.
00:36:36By the time the end of the day comes, I just have one side of Orion's soul block completed.
00:36:47First challenge!
00:36:49It's the first elimination day.
00:36:51Today we are going to walk the runway and the looks that we made and find out what the judges
00:36:56think.
00:36:56I'm not feeling confident at all about this challenge.
00:36:59I love to fuck up some pork chops, but I ain't trying to be one, baby.
00:37:03Look.
00:37:05What are you trying to serve on the runway today?
00:37:06I'm giving conceptual.
00:37:08I'm giving florals in spring.
00:37:10I'm giving.
00:37:11So you're giving florals for spring?
00:37:13Florals for spring.
00:37:14Groundbreaking.
00:37:15Groundbreaking.
00:37:17Watching Athena craft all day yesterday, she was going through it.
00:37:22I helped her.
00:37:23We all got to work on our outfits a little bit more last night.
00:37:26And me and Athena, I thought we're having a great sisterly moment helping each other.
00:37:30I would help her and she would give me spare materials.
00:37:33And then when I didn't have any more capacity to sew her some gloves, she started calling me a scammer.
00:37:38Athena, these girls are talking about you.
00:37:40I certainly am, you fucking cow.
00:37:42Excuse me?
00:37:43I'm talking about yesterday when you wanted me to make your glove.
00:37:46Oh, no, no, no.
00:37:46Don't get it.
00:37:46I did not want you to make anything for me.
00:37:48You wanted all my supplies, first and foremost.
00:37:50That is not true.
00:37:51And you are full of shit, actually.
00:37:53You kept coming over.
00:37:53Are you going to use that?
00:37:54Are you going to use this?
00:37:55And I tried to make a trade with you.
00:37:56Then all of a sudden decided she didn't need the fabric.
00:37:59So she didn't make my gloves.
00:38:01Was it to throw me off so I didn't walk the runway with the gloves I wanted?
00:38:04Are you playing a dirty game, Briar?
00:38:06Are you a bad kitty?
00:38:09Bad kitty, kitty, kitty.
00:38:11You kept coming to me for some help and you asked me to make you some gloves.
00:38:14So don't you get help and advice are two separate things.
00:38:16You could use both.
00:38:17But you want credit for my whole garment.
00:38:19I absolutely do not want credit for your garment.
00:38:21So did you help or did you not?
00:38:21I did help you, but I didn't help with your taste.
00:38:24My taste is fabulous.
00:38:25I had a shower curtain to work with and it came out beautiful.
00:38:28That's more fabric than I had.
00:38:29Well, you wear less than me with more to cover.
00:38:31I don't know how that works.
00:38:34Where does she get off?
00:38:38I worked on my outfit all night and I got it to a place where it's something.
00:38:46But let me tell you, I can sell anything.
00:38:49Bitch, I can sell a plastic bag to a convenience store.
00:38:54I will say it felt really good to come into the first challenge swinging.
00:38:59I'm really happy with my look.
00:39:00I think it's super cute and it's very on brand.
00:39:03So for this design challenge, I was like, wait, I'm a bedroom queen.
00:39:07Sleepover, PJ, slumber party tees.
00:39:10I like being crafty.
00:39:12I'm really confident in that.
00:39:13I can turn a look with a hot glue gun.
00:39:15But taking a look around the room, I'm starting to get a little insecure about mine.
00:39:19It's like two things happening at the same time, you know?
00:39:21Like I'm like, ooh, bitch, I just ate that up.
00:39:23And then looking around the room and being like, oh, did I miss the memo?
00:39:26But then looking around the room again and being like, oh, no, I did eat it up.
00:39:29You know what I mean?
00:39:30It's like you look and you're like, oh, did I? Did I? Oh, I did.
00:39:33Yeah.
00:39:34I am like, I too teeter on obnoxiously confident.
00:39:38I see that.
00:39:41So Miss Athena, how does it feel to have your daughter?
00:39:46Girl, how does it feel to be competing with her?
00:39:48It's a weird thing.
00:39:49It's an adjustment.
00:39:50We are like best friends by now.
00:39:52Really?
00:39:52We do everything together.
00:39:53We travel together.
00:39:54We work together.
00:39:55Were you on Mykonos together?
00:39:55I took her to Mykonos with me for like two years.
00:39:58I am the premier hostess of the biggest gay club in the summer in Mykonos in Greece.
00:40:04Yes.
00:40:05I was the iconic voice behind Lindsay Lohan's viral dance video in Mykonos.
00:40:10Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:12Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:15It was me.
00:40:15I was just off camera.
00:40:17I can't wait to come party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:19Let's go, honey.
00:40:19We'll go right after here.
00:40:20We're going to take a little vacation.
00:40:21We're going to go.
00:40:22Juicy's claiming Mykonos right now.
00:40:24I heard her walk in the workroom and say,
00:40:26the party princess of Miami and Mykonos.
00:40:31Keep it princess, sweetie.
00:40:32I don't think I'm going to let anybody forget who is the queen of Miami and Mykonos.
00:40:37Boop.
00:40:40It's the power they go.
00:40:41Toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon.
00:41:04Yes.
00:41:05Put a belt on that.
00:41:07What?
00:41:08Welcome to the premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:41:10She's been serving WAP since the 1980s.
00:41:14It's Michelle Versailles.
00:41:16If you mean wig and panties, then you are correct.
00:41:22He don't dance no more.
00:41:23He makes money moves.
00:41:25Style superstar Carson Kressley.
00:41:28Ru, I have one thing to say.
00:41:30Okurr!
00:41:32She's the definition of a winner, baby.
00:41:35It's Cardi B.
00:41:37RuPaul from one gangsta bitch to another.
00:41:40And...
00:41:42We are happy to have you.
00:41:45For this week's premiere, we challenge our queens to transform drag race relics into crown-worthy couture.
00:41:52Racers, start your engines and may the best drag queen win.
00:42:03Category is Reclaim, Renew, Rejoice.
00:42:07Up first, Sierra Mist.
00:42:09Oh, look, it's Edward Scissor Sisters.
00:42:12I'm giving seductive, scary, villainous...
00:42:17I have used pool noodles to create accents on my hips and shoulders,
00:42:21umbrellas to make talons on my hands, and I am here to take over everything.
00:42:27She started out as a smurf, but now she's just a slut.
00:42:32Athena Dion.
00:42:33Ok, very cutesy, very girly.
00:42:36It's summertime fun with Athena Dion.
00:42:38I used two shower curtains and I made this really cute garden party dress.
00:42:42This look definitely speaks to a part of my personality in drag.
00:42:44It's giving all the hype of Miami in the 80s.
00:42:47Putting the poo back in Lily-Poolitzer.
00:42:51Can you please her?
00:42:53Pleaser?
00:42:54I don't even know her.
00:42:56America, I know what I look like.
00:42:58This is a mess.
00:42:59But let me tell you something.
00:43:00I am walking my fat black ass down this runway.
00:43:03I'm giving a sexy around the way like, hey, this your cousin.
00:43:07I'm selling it like this garment is worth $200,000, bitch.
00:43:12Liza, I'm a homosexual.
00:43:16NeNe Coco is the origami mommy.
00:43:19My look today is this asymmetrical two piece.
00:43:22You can't tell that these were gift bags.
00:43:24It is an engineering feat, to say the least.
00:43:27It's got an interesting silhouette.
00:43:28It's structured.
00:43:29It's sharp.
00:43:30This is couture.
00:43:31Ok, tea.
00:43:32Very much tea.
00:43:34Jane, don't.
00:43:36Freddie got finger wave.
00:43:38This outfit is made of shower curtains.
00:43:42I tailored a skirt.
00:43:43I made a jacket.
00:43:44But then just completely sort of tie dyed it with like spray paint.
00:43:48I wanted it to feel like you did a bunch of mushrooms and then like went to your office job.
00:43:53Oh no, she better.
00:43:55Jane, don't.
00:43:57Discord Adams.
00:43:58I have used exclusively pompous grass, pussy willows, and chain.
00:44:02My outfit is so intense.
00:44:04And I serve intense fashion model on the runway.
00:44:09Look at that walk.
00:44:11Well, it is a walk.
00:44:16It's Mia Star.
00:44:18Oh, mama mia.
00:44:20I wanted to channel Cardi B's album covers.
00:44:23And now I get to serve this up to her.
00:44:26Very invasion of privacy.
00:44:28I like, I like, I like.
00:44:29Big ass, big titties.
00:44:31I'm giving a party.
00:44:32You know, she's a singer.
00:44:34She specializes in Reynolds rap.
00:44:38Diddy Fuego.
00:44:40Hey mom, what's for dinner?
00:44:42Big potato.
00:44:44This look is very Diddy Fuego.
00:44:46It's Moschino Pop meets Galeano Drama.
00:44:49She is serving a corset made of blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, yoga mats.
00:44:55But diva, I'm living my life.
00:44:57Do not put this dress in the microwave.
00:45:01Juicy Love Dion.
00:45:02Oh, she's cute.
00:45:03We call this wig the sexy Marge Simpson.
00:45:06I am feeling real puss-puss about my outfit today.
00:45:11The material I use to make this is two billowing fans with an ombre effect on them.
00:45:16Giving the judges Miami girl.
00:45:19I feel fierce.
00:45:20This outfit is brought to you by Turban Outfitters.
00:45:24Vita Von Teese star.
00:45:27Zita Jones.
00:45:29I know that I am giving high or drag darling.
00:45:34I am giving Sean pageantry for which I am known for.
00:45:38I know that I am one of the baddest bitches on this runway.
00:45:42Yes, she's serving my fair Shady.
00:45:47Briar Blush.
00:45:48When I got my materials for the look, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
00:45:51A kitty cat burlesque showgirl.
00:45:53Hey kitty kitty.
00:45:55My ears are made out of foam and all the beading that you see dripping from my ears and my
00:46:00corset are all from a chandelier.
00:46:02I do believe that fashion can be fun, whimsical, and still feel sophisticated.
00:46:07What a nice pink tail.
00:46:10Mandy Mango.
00:46:12She can buy her own damn flowers.
00:46:14Well, actually several of them.
00:46:16From head to toe, I am a basket of flowers outgrowing my container.
00:46:21I created a look that is giving wearable art.
00:46:25Just giving you a whole look and concept.
00:46:28Why, that's the biggest rosebud I've ever seen.
00:46:30Yeah, and it's on her head.
00:46:33Darlene Mitchell.
00:46:34Well, she woke up like this.
00:46:37This look is very Darlene.
00:46:39Darlene has legs that are long, honey.
00:46:42I've got my little baby doll nightgown, my sleep mask, and I made my little trash bear.
00:46:48What a better way to say that I'm a bedroom queen.
00:46:50Because if you stay ready for bed, you ain't got to get ready for bed.
00:46:56Mikey Meeks.
00:46:58Arya Stark for Ethan Allen home furnishings.
00:47:02Curtains up.
00:47:03It's the Academy Award winning Mikey Meeks.
00:47:06I am bringing some drama to the main stage.
00:47:10I'm wearing curtains and drapes.
00:47:12I'm swinging it like I'm the only girl on the stage.
00:47:15Because I was.
00:47:16I just like the way it drapes.
00:47:18Yeah, well, do the drapes match the drapes?
00:47:20I guess we'll find out.
00:47:25Welcome, queens.
00:47:26Say hello to Cardi B.
00:47:28Hi!
00:47:30Now, I've made some decisions.
00:47:35When I call your name, please step forward.
00:47:40Athena Dion.
00:47:41Discord Adams.
00:47:44Mia Star.
00:47:45Dee de Fuego.
00:47:48Briar Blush.
00:47:51Sierra Mist.
00:47:53Darlene Mitchell.
00:47:55Mikey Meeks.
00:47:57Ladies, you are all safe.
00:48:02I am literally shocked.
00:48:04You're never going to convince me that I was just safe.
00:48:07You may leave the stage.
00:48:10Thanks, Cardi.
00:48:15Ladykins, you represent the tops and bottoms of the week.
00:48:20Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
00:48:22Starting with Kenya Pleaser.
00:48:26You are filled with stage presence and personality.
00:48:31However, the outfit's rough on a few levels.
00:48:35I actually love the bustier.
00:48:37I think it's super fun.
00:48:38But from the waist down, it just looks sloppy.
00:48:41It looks lopsided.
00:48:42The skirt is terrible.
00:48:43So if you know that your outfit is not great, you just got to go nice up here.
00:48:48Glam is very important for the...
00:48:51It's true! It's true!
00:48:53No, because if the outfit ain't great, the glam got a gig.
00:48:58Right, yes.
00:48:58Trust me, I know what I look like.
00:49:00I know, I know, girl.
00:49:01You knew we were going to do a sewing challenge.
00:49:04Yeah.
00:49:04Why did you not come prepared?
00:49:06Well, I actually can sew.
00:49:07I made my entrance-looking stuff.
00:49:09It was the unconventional-ness of it all that really threw me for a fucking loop.
00:49:13But, you know, that's what this challenge is about.
00:49:14It's about giving you a situation where you have to work it out.
00:49:18Absolutely.
00:49:19All right, Kenya, thank you so much.
00:49:21Up next, Nene Coco.
00:49:23Tell me what your outfit is made out of.
00:49:25So I was inspired by Lala Ri, and I took some gift bags and...
00:49:29Yeah, you really did judge them up.
00:49:31Very polished, very pretty, very well accessorized.
00:49:35Like, I will wear this outside.
00:49:37Like, literally, I will wear this outfit outside.
00:49:40I love it.
00:49:41Also, I think you really understood the assignment.
00:49:44Reusing and renewing and rejoicing.
00:49:45And if I were a really smart queen, I would think, how am I going to stand out?
00:49:50Let's not make a dress out of fabric.
00:49:51Let's make it out of paper.
00:49:53You know, it's just so powerful.
00:49:54It's crisp.
00:49:55It looks great.
00:49:56You did it just right.
00:50:00Up next, some girls do, but Jane don't.
00:50:05This just feels whimsical and celebratory and fun.
00:50:09I can tell that you can sew.
00:50:11This jacket is not easy.
00:50:13And I really love the hair.
00:50:15Like, I just, I love when people put effort.
00:50:18It's tea, girl. I love it.
00:50:20I love it. You did that.
00:50:21Thank you so much.
00:50:21When did you learn how to sew?
00:50:23My dad taught me when I was in high school.
00:50:25Is your dad an alumni of our television program?
00:50:28I wish. He probably would talk to me.
00:50:32So you don't speak to your father. He doesn't speak to you.
00:50:34He's not great with, like, the gay thing.
00:50:36Why did your father know how to sew?
00:50:38He was in, he was like a Boy Scout, and he was so tense in sleeping bags to go camping.
00:50:43And, uh, now I'm using those skills to cross-dress.
00:50:47Yes!
00:50:48Well, this is really well done.
00:50:51It is absolutely gorgeous.
00:50:53Um, to get to be able to do this and have it turn out and look good is really, um,
00:51:00making me look like a fool.
00:51:03No, don't judge yourself like that.
00:51:05And you did a great job, so you should be very proud of yourself.
00:51:09Thank you very much. Appreciate you. Thank y'all.
00:51:11Up next, Juicy Love Dion.
00:51:13You remind me, in the best way possible, of a cartoon.
00:51:17Your face is so beautiful, and your eyes are so wide set. Absolutely gorgeous.
00:51:22Okay, so this is why it's so important to learn how to, like, sell.
00:51:27Because, like, when you're standing, it's ugly.
00:51:32But when you went like this, oh, it's kinda cute. I like it. I like it.
00:51:37I also like the band out top. I think the pleating and the ruching is really pretty,
00:51:41but the choker shortens your neck. And then the skirt, as well, it doesn't have any volume.
00:51:46It's a little simple, the skirt. Like, the skirt.
00:51:49Ugh, girl, what you thinkin' with that skirt?
00:51:52You know what I'm sayin'? I really hate the skirt, so ugh.
00:51:56Up next, Vita Vanti Star.
00:51:59This is glorious.
00:52:02This is so classy. Was this whole thing made with umbrellas?
00:52:06Yes, ma'am, it was.
00:52:07I love it.
00:52:08And the way you have that one umbrella piece from your hip down to your toes
00:52:13is so pleasing to the eye.
00:52:16Also, sewing a geometric fabric like this
00:52:19and making it not look confusing and jumbled is very difficult to do.
00:52:24And then, like, the hair is perfect because it's like,
00:52:27the outfit is busy, but the hair is like...
00:52:29You know what I'm sayin'? Like, I love it.
00:52:31Sense.
00:52:31Thank you, Vita.
00:52:34Up next, Mandy Mango.
00:52:36You are adorable, however, it's just too rough around the edges and a little too messy.
00:52:43It's kind of uneven and coming apart.
00:52:46I think it's all about editing here, and I think removing that collar piece you kind of didn't need.
00:52:51Those trailing garlands at the hemline.
00:52:53The flowers in the bottom is insane.
00:52:56Oh my god, I hate it.
00:52:59Heard.
00:52:59It's bad. But you're pretty.
00:53:02Do you have any background in sewing at all?
00:53:04I do.
00:53:05Now that I'm working full-time as a nurse in school, getting my masters,
00:53:09I have a little less time to do that.
00:53:11Do you say you're working full-time as a nurse?
00:53:13I am.
00:53:14I specialize in HIV and LGBTQ sexual health,
00:53:17so you'll find me in the clinic treating all of their gonorrhea.
00:53:22My day is typically a 9 to 5, and then 5 to 9 I'm wearing something a lot better than
00:53:26this.
00:53:27All right. Well, thank you very much, Mandy.
00:53:31Gosh, I'm making me the villain judge.
00:53:36Thank you, queens.
00:53:37While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
00:53:44All right, now, just between us squirrel friends, what do you think?
00:53:49Starting with Kenya Pleaser.
00:53:51That look was very bland for me. It just didn't work.
00:53:54She could sell almost anything except that outfit.
00:54:00Nini Coco.
00:54:01She was serving cunt. She was serving classy.
00:54:04She was serving clean.
00:54:05And that's not easy to wear a paper garment.
00:54:07Like, it could really look messy.
00:54:09This really worked.
00:54:11Jane, don't.
00:54:12Now that outfit was constructed.
00:54:14The bustier, the dimensionality of the cup, everything.
00:54:17Well done from a technical standpoint.
00:54:19And she sure learned from her dad.
00:54:21Yeah.
00:54:22The Oscar de la Renta of the Boy Scouts.
00:54:26Juicy love Dion.
00:54:27I think Juicy is so beautiful.
00:54:29And I even love the top.
00:54:31Uh-huh.
00:54:31Like, the skirt was such a turn off that it's like, it's almost like you could have just do a
00:54:35regular blue panty and it would have just go.
00:54:38Vita Von Teese star.
00:54:40For a moment I forgot it was a design challenge where they only had very limited materials.
00:54:45It looked like one of her, like, best in drag outfits.
00:54:48It looked expensive.
00:54:49I can't say anything bad about it.
00:54:51It's just everything.
00:54:51I love it.
00:54:53Mandy Mango.
00:54:54So Cardi just said she didn't have anything negative to say about Vita.
00:54:57Well, I don't have anything positive to say about Mandy.
00:55:00Wow.
00:55:00I don't necessarily mind how she put it together, you know, with the hot glue or whatever.
00:55:04What I minded was how messy it was.
00:55:06I know what that fabric is.
00:55:08It's like a woven, like, placemat material.
00:55:10Yeah.
00:55:10So it made that skirt look really bulky and rumply like an old paper bag.
00:55:14But it's not even the material, it's the flower placement.
00:55:17It looked like she had a time at Michael's.
00:55:19It shouldn't even be looking like that, like, brr.
00:55:21It's funny that she works in sexual health because she obviously has an FTD.
00:55:27And this look proves it.
00:55:29Silence.
00:55:30I have made my decision.
00:55:32Cardi, bring back my girls.
00:55:36Where they at?
00:55:39Honey, we are trying to gather ourselves after our very first critiques.
00:55:43And I'm sitting here in this untucked lounge.
00:55:45I'm very, very scared of what my fate will be today.
00:55:49Am I going home?
00:55:53Again, there are people that are in the safe room that I was like, they could be out there, too.
00:55:56On both top and both bottom.
00:55:58So I'm like, it doesn't...
00:55:59So who do you think should have been in the bottom?
00:56:03Made it!
00:56:13Oh my god!
00:56:15Not Tokyo, I'm not!
00:56:17Oh my god!
00:56:19It's not just Cardi.
00:56:20The whole glam squad is here today.
00:56:23Oh my god!
00:56:24Holy cow.
00:56:25Erika is Cardi's longtime makeup artist.
00:56:28And Tokyo Styles is one of the most iconic celebrity wig stylists in the fucking world.
00:56:34These are the dolls.
00:56:35Yeah!
00:56:36The dolls!
00:56:37I can't live without them.
00:56:38Literally.
00:56:39This is queer art at its finest.
00:56:41And to have an artist at your caliber incorporating our community into what you do, thank you.
00:56:47And I learned a lot from your community.
00:56:48Like, I swear to god.
00:56:49Me watching RuPaul's Drag Race is how...
00:56:51Like, I remember when I first started my transition, this is how I learned how to do makeup.
00:56:55Hey!
00:56:55I was watching RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:56:57Okay!
00:56:57So, and then just seeing all the looks and stuff, it just always inspires me.
00:57:01Even her, like, I'd be like, we should do this and recreate this and do it differently.
00:57:04Yeah, sure!
00:57:05You know, sometimes we bring the culture to the mainstream hip-hop field.
00:57:09I don't care if people feel uncomfortable or whatever.
00:57:11Like, hey dude, I care.
00:57:11You got to write dolls.
00:57:13And though I don't got to twist it, the man's been looking.
00:57:17And they do.
00:57:18They do.
00:57:18I don't got to spill tea, you know what I'm saying?
00:57:22Can I ask you a question, Cardi?
00:57:23Mm-hmm.
00:57:24So, all of my sisters thought I was going to be in the top.
00:57:27So, can I know what you thought about me?
00:57:32You kind of wear something that I will wear.
00:57:34So, yeah.
00:57:35I like it.
00:57:36Bitch!
00:57:37That was my goal!
00:57:38If Cardi would wear that outfit, then why am I safe?
00:57:42I mean, if Cardi B said,
00:57:44Nini, give me that orange zip-tied outfit off of your body, I would pass away.
00:57:49I would wear this outfit outside.
00:57:51I love it.
00:57:53I would pass away.
00:57:55Some girls just did it better than the others.
00:57:57That's all.
00:57:58You know what I'm saying?
00:57:59I'm not even going to lie to you girls.
00:58:01Like, I might be like the sweetest girl in the world, but I am a very tough judge.
00:58:04I don't want y'all to think that I'm bitchy or anything, but it's like, look at my teachers.
00:58:11These are my teachers.
00:58:12I just want to say, whatever is your fave, just remember that it is not the end.
00:58:18And it's just a lesson.
00:58:19And like, I hope that you guys take your critique and like, don't get discouraged from it.
00:58:25Learn from it.
00:58:25You know what I'm saying?
00:58:26All right, y'all.
00:58:28We cannot keep RuPaul waiting.
00:58:29Y'all are not going to give me a trophy with no damn RuPaul.
00:58:31Okay?
00:58:31You know what I'm saying?
00:58:33Sashay away.
00:58:33Yeah.
00:58:35Wow.
00:58:36The party is over and it's time to go to the main stage and find out who won and who's
00:58:40going home.
00:58:44Welcome back, queens.
00:58:46I've made some decisions.
00:58:49I need you, Jesus.
00:58:51Nene Coco, your paper look was money, honey.
00:58:56Jane Don't, your suit was a toot.
00:59:01Vito Von T. Star, your umbrella look made us wet.
00:59:10Jane Don't, you are safe.
00:59:15You may join the other girls.
00:59:19Congratulations.
00:59:24Kenya, we love your personality, but your look was not a pleaser.
00:59:32Juicy Love Dion, your face was sitting.
00:59:35But your look was ill-fitting.
00:59:39Mandy Mango, you're a beautiful queen.
00:59:42But your floral fixation left us limp.
00:59:51This is a lot.
00:59:52Like, it's a lot.
00:59:53I'm getting emotional.
00:59:54Like, I'm so scared.
00:59:57Tell me about her.
01:00:00Juicy Love Dion, you are safe.
01:00:08You may step to the back of the stage.
01:00:10Thank you, Mother.
01:00:12I cannot believe I caught myself in this position.
01:00:18And boy, do I never want to be here again.
01:00:22Kenya Pleaser, Mandy Mango.
01:00:25You are the bottom queens of the week.
01:00:29Butt.
01:00:33And it's a big butt, Cardi.
01:00:36Bring that in mine.
01:00:39No one is going home tonight.
01:00:41Oh, thank you, Jesus.
01:00:47I feel so relieved.
01:00:49I'm just so, so grateful to be here for another week.
01:00:52I'm gagging.
01:00:53I'm gagging.
01:00:53I'm gagging.
01:00:54I'm gagging.
01:00:55This is the best.
01:00:56This is Cardi.
01:00:57I'm gag too, girl.
01:00:57This is girl.
01:00:58I'm like a shit girl.
01:01:02Kenya Mango, you are safe and you may join the other girls.
01:01:07Thank you so much.
01:01:08Thank you, judges.
01:01:13Nini Coco, Vida Von Teese Star.
01:01:18Condragulations, you are the top two queens of the week.
01:01:21Yeah.
01:01:22Yes, sister.
01:01:23We're working out like this.
01:01:26Butt.
01:01:29And as a big butt-er.
01:01:32There can only be one winner.
01:01:35Two queens stand before me.
01:01:37Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance of Enough by Cardi B.
01:01:44Ladies, this is your chance to impress me and win a cash prize.
01:01:52$5,000.
01:01:56There's a lot of shoes.
01:01:59Cardi B is about to watch me perform her song.
01:02:02I'm trying to keep it cool.
01:02:03But on the inside, I am exploding.
01:02:06The time has come for you to lip sync.
01:02:11Look.
01:02:12For.
01:02:14The win.
01:02:17The first lip sync of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18.
01:02:21Ooh, we are in for a show.
01:02:24Good luck.
01:02:25And don't.
01:02:26Fuck.
01:02:27It.
01:02:28Up.
01:02:30Yeah.
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:33Okay.
01:02:35Look, me versus you and you know they pick it.
01:02:37Cheap and expensive, you know it's a difference.
01:02:39You know that it's ten, you know what it's giving.
01:02:40Hair.
01:02:41Nails.
01:02:42Pull them.
01:02:42Bare.
01:02:42I can survive in the closest conditions.
01:02:44Hoes very low, they tone when they spin.
01:02:46Bitches just wash.
01:02:47Soap in the dishes.
01:02:48I apply pressure like ball constrictors.
01:02:49One bitch, two bitch.
01:02:50Old bitch, new bitch.
01:02:51None of y'all bitches not gone through shit.
01:02:53I'm in Miami.
01:02:53I pull up on cruise ships.
01:02:54You in Miami for also room shit.
01:02:56When I step, it's stampede.
01:02:58Foot on neck.
01:02:59Can't breathe.
01:03:00Lucky charm.
01:03:01Van Cleve.
01:03:02I'm in song.
01:03:02I see my eyes blinking up.
01:03:04I'm like, what in the fuck?
01:03:06If you scared, then just say that hoe enough is enough.
01:03:10Girl, your sister make the lambs.
01:03:11Ain't no trust in these leps.
01:03:13I'm about to call up diamond, bitch.
01:03:15Nug if you fuck.
01:03:16I'm like, ooh child.
01:03:18Cool down.
01:03:19Too hot.
01:03:20Too well.
01:03:21Unclear.
01:03:21New style.
01:03:22How you fucking with me?
01:03:24Girl, give me one shot and I'm ridin' the glass.
01:03:26Give me two shots and I'm shakin' this ass.
01:03:28Give me three shots and I'm ready to fuck.
01:03:29Five more shots and I be ready to splash.
01:03:31Give it to me so I gotta pop it.
01:03:32I'm standin' on business, I'm ready about it.
01:03:34Bitch be talkin'.
01:03:35Might be big in they pockets.
01:03:36Girl, tell me about it.
01:03:38A lot of winning, a lot of scoring.
01:03:39Cardi Bryant, Cardi Jordan.
01:03:41These bitches all losers.
01:03:43What they can't do is not important.
01:03:44Look, ayy.
01:03:45I'm getting better and betterer.
01:03:47I do not see no competitor.
01:03:48When the gang hit that pussy.
01:03:50Said it was for the dollar.
01:03:52Fightin' can see me in fashion.
01:03:53Can see me with money.
01:03:54These bitches is buggin'.
01:03:55Either these bitches blind or I'm invincible.
01:03:57Bitch can't see me at night.
01:03:58When I hop out with Stampede.
01:04:01Foot on neck.
01:04:02Can't breathe.
01:04:02Lucky charm.
01:04:03Van Cleve.
01:04:04Diamond songs.
01:04:05I see my eyes blinkin' up.
01:04:07I'm like, what in the fuck?
01:04:08If you scared, then just say that hoe enough is enough.
01:04:12They was just in my DMs.
01:04:14Ain't no trust in these nuts.
01:04:15I'm about to call a diamond bitch.
01:04:17Nuts if you bug.
01:04:19Ah!
01:04:20That was so fun.
01:04:27Can I be like a judge forever for my movie?
01:04:31Queens.
01:04:32I've made my decision.
01:04:40Nene Coco.
01:04:41Condragulations.
01:04:42You're a winner, baby.
01:04:44Yes!
01:04:44Woo!
01:04:45Woo!
01:04:46Woo!
01:04:47I am feeling over the fucking moon.
01:04:50Wow.
01:04:51You've won a cash prize of 5,000 doulas.
01:04:55I have the first win.
01:04:57I showed up and I delivered.
01:04:59This is what I came here to do.
01:05:01Vida, you are free to slay another day.
01:05:05Woo!
01:05:06I'll take that.
01:05:09Condragulations, queens.
01:05:10And remember, if you can't love yourself out in the hell,
01:05:13you're gonna love somebody else.
01:05:14Can I get an amen up in here?
01:05:16Amen!
01:05:17All right, now let the music play.
01:05:27Raja, less drinking, more peddling.
01:05:34Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race,
01:05:36you'll be performing in three Q-pop girl groups.
01:05:40I feel the fuego.
01:05:42It burns.
01:05:43Technicolor queen, you better shine on.
01:05:48I'm not that worried about me.
01:05:52You were a rock star.
01:05:53Girl, you were stiff as a dick.
01:05:57It's survival of the fittest, honey.
01:05:58And if you ain't fit, pack your shit.
01:06:01Oh!
01:06:01Oh, shit!
01:06:13But no, dude!
01:06:18you want excited. I don't
01:06:19need you to go. I know you
01:06:21want to work.
01:06:24Work, work, work, work, work, work, work.
01:06:27I know you want to work, work, work, work.
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