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00:00:02Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:00:05For your first maxi challenge, you'll pay tribute
00:00:07to all the scrappy queens that came before you
00:00:10by using their leftover treasures
00:00:13to create your own signature drag look.
00:00:17Nini Coco.
00:00:18Literally, I will wear this outfit outside.
00:00:21Vita Vonti Star.
00:00:22The way you have that one umbrella piece
00:00:25is so pleasing to the eye.
00:00:28Kenya Pleaser.
00:00:29It just looks sloppy, it looks lopsided.
00:00:32Mandy Mango.
00:00:33It's just a little too messy.
00:00:36Oh my god, I hate it.
00:00:38Kenya Pleaser, Mandy Mango.
00:00:41You are the bottom queens of the week.
00:00:44But no one is going home tonight.
00:00:50Nini Coco.
00:00:52Vita Vonti Star.
00:00:54You are the top two queens of the week.
00:00:56Nini Coco.
00:00:58Conjagulations.
00:00:59You're a winner, baby.
00:01:00Yes!
00:01:00Woo!
00:01:06Woo!
00:01:08Woo!
00:01:08Woo!
00:01:09Woo!
00:01:09Woo!
00:01:09Woo!
00:01:10Woo!
00:01:10Woo!
00:01:10We just survived the first challenge of season 18,
00:01:14and nobody went home.
00:01:19Yay!
00:01:22Congratulations, ladies!
00:01:26How did that feel, the first lip sync of the season?
00:01:29Girl, the adrenaline is so high.
00:01:31It kicks in and it's so surreal.
00:01:33And you won, girl.
00:01:34Congratulations!
00:01:35Congratulations!
00:01:36How does it feel to win after most of the girls counted you out?
00:01:40Ooh!
00:01:42It is water off a duck's back, baby queen.
00:01:46These girls are letting me know that they don't think I necessarily should have won.
00:01:50But I'm not trying to impress the other girls.
00:01:53My goal is to impress the judges and take the crown.
00:01:56Jane, you were kind of pressed.
00:01:57Ms. Jane, girl.
00:01:58I mean, it is what it is, girl.
00:02:01But what should it have been?
00:02:03Oh.
00:02:03I mean, at the end of the day, this country is still going to see your exposed bra straps.
00:02:09I think my look was stronger than Nini's.
00:02:11I look at Nini's dress and I go, that's a pine cone.
00:02:15Mandy in Kenya, did you think you were going to have to lip sync tonight?
00:02:19Girl, I was ready, bitch.
00:02:20I was like, let's twirl.
00:02:22Oh, my God.
00:02:23Thank you, Jesus.
00:02:24I escaped the bottom two by the hair of Didi Fuego's chinny chin chin.
00:02:30That was a predicament I did not want to be in ever again in this competition
00:02:34because I planned on staying around.
00:02:36I mean, we're only going to go up from here.
00:02:38Better watch out, because once we start getting into the performance challenges of it all,
00:02:42that's my really strongest suit.
00:02:43I cannot wait to see how this turns out.
00:02:47Let's get out of practice!
00:02:52How are you feeling after all that?
00:02:54I feel fine.
00:02:55It's no tease, no shade, and I get that we're all gunning for the same crown.
00:02:59And it's right out of the gate, so insecurities are on display.
00:03:02Everybody's going to speak on it, whether or not it was solicited.
00:03:06Sure.
00:03:07And I'm like, speak away.
00:03:09We all survived the first week, but honey, somebody's got to go home.
00:03:13You want some of that, baby?
00:03:14Oh, my God!
00:03:15Is that what you want, baby?
00:03:17The herd has to start thinning out.
00:03:19Is survival the fittest, honey?
00:03:22If you ain't fit, pack your shit.
00:03:31The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race will snatch an official makeup collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics,
00:03:38and a cash prize of $200,000, courtesy of RuPaul's Drag Race Match Queen.
00:03:45With extra special guest judge, Dove Cameron.
00:03:48RuPaul's Drag Race, say the best drag queen win!
00:03:51The best drag queen win!
00:03:57Good morning, everybody!
00:04:00Woo-wee!
00:04:01It's a new week in the workroom.
00:04:03Someone is still going to have to be the first one to go.
00:04:07Although I am loving these girls, it's time to get them on out.
00:04:12And, bitch, that won't include me, okay?
00:04:15I think we have such a strong collection of queens.
00:04:19I think it's so fabulous seeing so many different points of view in drag.
00:04:22And it's a much more mature season two.
00:04:25Now, hold on.
00:04:26Yeah, why did you say that it's a bad thing?
00:04:27Girl, it's giving geriatric, but...
00:04:29We're waking up popping Boniva and Advil, honey.
00:04:31She don't know.
00:04:37She's all ready to have her.
00:04:40Let's go, mother!
00:04:43Roo rule number 72.
00:04:45Everyone has a voice, but not everyone deserves a microphone.
00:04:51T-shirts.
00:04:56Hello, hello, hello!
00:04:58Oh, hi!
00:05:00Yes, ma'am!
00:05:01That's good!
00:05:03Good morning, Ladykins!
00:05:04Good morning!
00:05:05Now, this season is just getting started, and I am ready to plop off.
00:05:10Ooh!
00:05:11Okay.
00:05:12Now, for this week's Maxi Challenge, you'll be performing in three Q-pop girl groups.
00:05:17Oh, my God!
00:05:20The Q is for quintessentially queer and queenie.
00:05:25The first Q-pop track is Funk Almighty, a disco fantasy inspired by the legendary superstar, Sylvester.
00:05:35Yeah!
00:05:36Yeah!
00:05:37The next track is Go, Go, Go, a high-energy bop inspired by the iconic 80s band, Wham.
00:05:46Hey!
00:05:46Yeah!
00:05:46Oh!
00:05:47And the third track is Cherries, a total banger inspired by the all-female rock band, The Runaways.
00:05:56Yeah!
00:05:58All right, now, NeNe and Vida, as last week's top two, you each get to pick your groups.
00:06:04Ooh!
00:06:05Very good.
00:06:06And the queens that you don't pick will form a third group.
00:06:09Assume the position.
00:06:11Ooh!
00:06:11All right, NeNe, you get to choose first.
00:06:16I'm going for the win, and so if it's gonna hurt some feelings, it's gonna hurt some feelings.
00:06:21Mia Star!
00:06:24Mia Star, the choreographer extraordinaire.
00:06:27Bitch, you're on my team.
00:06:28All right, Vida, your turn.
00:06:30Uh, Briar.
00:06:34Ooh!
00:06:36My first choice was Briar because I know she's a show director, so I know she'll be good with facilitating
00:06:41and getting the girls together.
00:06:42All right, NeNe.
00:06:44Misty.
00:06:44Ooh, drink it up, bitch.
00:06:47Be your darling.
00:06:48Let's make it wet and juicy.
00:06:52Hey!
00:06:53Little old me.
00:06:55I'm feeling a little Mikey Meeks.
00:06:57Ooh!
00:06:58I do.
00:07:01Still waiting to be picked any minute.
00:07:04Discord!
00:07:05Yeah!
00:07:07All right, NeNe, this is your final pick.
00:07:14Athena is giving both me and Vida eyes that if you don't pick me, I'm gonna be pissed.
00:07:18The problem is Athena is grand dame diva down.
00:07:22She doesn't seem like a team player.
00:07:24Let's take a trip to Kenya.
00:07:25Come on, baby!
00:07:26Oh, my God, honey, you please me after all, honey.
00:07:31All right, Vida, this is your last pick.
00:07:36Miss Jane.
00:07:37Yay!
00:07:39Thank fucking God.
00:07:44Well, shit.
00:07:46Athena is plucked like a fresh feather off a chicken's ass.
00:07:50And that means Didi Fuego, Darlene Mitchell, Mandy Mango, and Athena Dion.
00:07:56You will be the third group.
00:07:58Athena.
00:08:00I'm so excited.
00:08:01Now you all need to write and record your own verses.
00:08:05Then each group will be in charge of the look and their own choreography.
00:08:10Now I'm gonna leave you with the three Q-pop tracks and let y'all decide which group gets which
00:08:17song.
00:08:19Oh, and one more thing.
00:08:21This week there will be a lip sync for your life and one of you will be eliminated.
00:08:29Now I have to slay these bitches and show them what they missed out on by not putting me on
00:08:34their team.
00:08:35Racers, start your engine and may the best drag queen win.
00:08:41Oh my goodness.
00:08:43Let's get into it, world.
00:08:45And go.
00:08:48There's Go Go Go, the 80s bop.
00:08:50And then we have Cherries, the punk rock banger.
00:08:53No.
00:08:54And there's Funk Almighty, the disco track.
00:08:58Cute.
00:09:00Look, you got choreo already, Athena.
00:09:02Just like you used to do in the depression, girl.
00:09:05I want disco.
00:09:07I love to whack and I love to like bring out that funk.
00:09:10So I'm like, this is my moment to shine.
00:09:13Okay, ladies. So now that we've heard everything, let's talk about what we like.
00:09:16Yeah.
00:09:16Well, let's go first.
00:09:18Absolutely, let's go first.
00:09:19I think that since the two of you guys have done a lot of choosing already,
00:09:22and I think we haven't had our voices heard yet, so I think we should be able to choose first.
00:09:26Oh, your voice has been heard.
00:09:27Yes, your voice has been heard, sister.
00:09:29You pick the teams, we pick the song.
00:09:31So what are you guys leaning towards?
00:09:33The disco.
00:09:34The disco.
00:09:34What about the other group?
00:09:36We would like to play with disco.
00:09:40Clearly, we're the disco team.
00:09:44Everyone wants disco.
00:09:46It's the obvious trope.
00:09:47RuPaul loves disco.
00:09:49We all have a disco costume in our suitcases.
00:09:52Discord, do you also want to do disco like your teammates?
00:09:55Obviously, I want the punk song.
00:09:57Yeah, you're meant for it.
00:09:58I write lyrics for punk bands, so I know I can help everybody guide us vocally through punk songs.
00:10:04Discord, shut up.
00:10:06But whatever they choose, I will be happy with.
00:10:09Okay, so we are disco.
00:10:12No, that's not decided.
00:10:15How do you feel about disco?
00:10:16As these two groups are going at it, I look to Mia, I look to Nini and all of them,
00:10:20I'm like, let's pick the pop pop.
00:10:22So that's awesome.
00:10:23We're going to go ahead and take the pop one.
00:10:24No, you're not going to go ahead and take anything.
00:10:26No, you will not take anything until we decide who's taking disco.
00:10:29Because if they take the pop song, and they take disco, then we end up with punk, I know.
00:10:34You do not want to see D.D. Foggo do punk.
00:10:37I'm not going to be like, eh, like for what?
00:10:39You don't want to see that.
00:10:40Okay, well that means we're going to be here all day because we're not taking punk.
00:10:44Why can we not choose our song?
00:10:46Because you're the leftovers, dog.
00:10:48We're not the fucking leftovers.
00:10:49You're the leftovers.
00:10:51So now you're crossing into territory.
00:10:52We're going to do disco because of that.
00:10:54No, we're going to be disco.
00:10:54That's true.
00:10:55So why are you going to get disco?
00:10:56Because we should have something here.
00:10:58Vita.
00:10:59Vita is not backing down.
00:11:01Athena is not backing down.
00:11:02So I just take Vita's hands and I say, sister, we have a winning team.
00:11:07So just let them have disco.
00:11:08Let's just take the punk one.
00:11:10Let's give them disco.
00:11:11We'll turn the punk one out.
00:11:12I can turn it out first.
00:11:13Actually, you can have disco because it seems like you need it more.
00:11:17Disco was my era.
00:11:18So I'm just going back to my childhood right now.
00:11:21Totally.
00:11:21At the end of the day, I'm actually really happy that I got punk.
00:11:25It's all part of my plan.
00:11:26So NeNe's team is doing Wham.
00:11:29Y'all will do disco.
00:11:30And we will do the punk song.
00:11:34Thank you for fighting.
00:11:35Go team, go.
00:11:35I love the disco track.
00:11:38It just screams queer joy.
00:11:40It screams empowerment.
00:11:41Let's go, girls.
00:11:42And I think the way I'm feeling in this competition, I need to find my inner strength and really put
00:11:48it all into this challenge.
00:11:49Hey, girlies.
00:11:51All right, guys, I know that everyone except for me really wanted disco.
00:11:55No, see, here's the thing.
00:11:57You have to be very strategic going into these things.
00:12:00What people don't know about me is that I actually have a background and, like, punk-ish.
00:12:04So I'm very drawn to this.
00:12:06Honestly, with picking the songs, I really, really wanted punk.
00:12:10However, I knew Athena wasn't going to let me really get what I wanted.
00:12:15So they wouldn't expect us to do good.
00:12:19So I think we're going to kill this.
00:12:22I hear the punk group.
00:12:24And Vida is playing chess with these girls.
00:12:27She wanted punk this entire time.
00:12:29I think she just wanted to piss Athena off.
00:12:31Should we get ready?
00:12:32Yes.
00:12:34Originally, I wanted the disco track.
00:12:37However, we've ended up with the punk song.
00:12:39And I am familiar with this world.
00:12:41I used to manage punk bands.
00:12:42I was an intern on a record label.
00:12:44So I have been this woman in a past life.
00:12:47What do you got?
00:12:48Well, I have, I think, mine are mostly done.
00:12:51I'm able to write my verse pretty quickly.
00:12:53And then I set about to helping my group.
00:12:57You want my berry?
00:12:58Well, get in line.
00:13:00Because I run through.
00:13:00I need to fix the tempo.
00:13:02Juicy has some ideas.
00:13:03But I don't think she quite knows how to put them in the structure of a song.
00:13:07Maybe save this, right?
00:13:09Mm-hmm.
00:13:09Save that little block.
00:13:10Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:13:11So I run through, guys, like a nine to five.
00:13:15Clocking in for work.
00:13:16Yes, it's party time.
00:13:18Or something.
00:13:18Because you're the party princess.
00:13:20There you go.
00:13:21And it's nine to five.
00:13:22Yeah.
00:13:23I love it.
00:13:23Do you want to help me make my lyrics more fun?
00:13:26Sure.
00:13:28Discord is asking me for help, which is crazy because, bitch, aren't you the one of the punk band?
00:13:34I ain't no chicken, but I got that car.
00:13:38Riot in the room.
00:13:39What?
00:13:40Riot in the room, got your heart like a rock.
00:13:43Oh, my God.
00:13:45I mean, Maya Angelou wishes.
00:13:50The 80s is totally my vibe.
00:13:53Let's serve some fun and camp and just, like, give it to them.
00:13:56I am no stranger to Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, an 80s anthem about queer empowerment, fun with
00:14:02friends, and I am excited for us to go, go, go.
00:14:05We need to be vibrant and proud queer people that we are.
00:14:08Yes.
00:14:09God.
00:14:10You need a lemon, girl.
00:14:11Girl, are you going to be able to sing?
00:14:12Give me a lozenge.
00:14:13Even from last week, my voice is still from the stream.
00:14:16Oh, I didn't think about that.
00:14:18I do have experience singing, but after last week's screaming challenge, my voice has been coming in and out.
00:14:30So I'm kind of freaking out.
00:14:31So I've got to figure out what my voice can do and where it can plug in.
00:14:35Oh, man.
00:14:37It's just my fucking voice.
00:14:38You're good.
00:14:39Okay.
00:14:40You've got this.
00:14:43Fuck.
00:14:44I'm not saying it was karma.
00:14:47It's just a little bit ironic.
00:14:49Don't you think that you didn't pick the goddess Athena and then you have no voice?
00:14:56I'm very used to being the underdog, and I feel that for us.
00:14:58Yes, let them underestimate us.
00:15:00Yeah, we're going to prove some people wrong.
00:15:02The group right now is feeling tense.
00:15:04Everybody is in their head because no one picked us.
00:15:07So we're letting that sort of bond us together.
00:15:10Disco is an uplifting genre of music.
00:15:12It's about positivity.
00:15:14It's about happiness.
00:15:14And I think all of us are those kind of people.
00:15:17Yes.
00:15:18We're all happy people.
00:15:19Now we're kind of having to smile through like, well, girls, let's just get along.
00:15:23Oh, I love you girls.
00:15:24And we're going to get through this.
00:15:25Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork.
00:15:26I don't think any of us believe that.
00:15:29Can we talk about how literally, like, vengeful Athena's being right now?
00:15:35I don't think she wants to be in that group at all.
00:15:37She is literally wrapped in a black crowd.
00:15:42How you feeling over there?
00:15:44Great.
00:15:44Fantastic.
00:15:45Yes.
00:15:47Athena, how are you feeling?
00:15:49Great.
00:15:50Until you popped up here.
00:15:51I'm looking at Athena and it doesn't seem like she's even listening to her group.
00:15:54But it's like maybe Athena being a massive cunt is helping us be a better, stronger group.
00:16:04All right, ladies.
00:16:06Okay, bitch.
00:16:07Wow.
00:16:08It is time to come up with our Q Pop Girl group choreography.
00:16:11But Miss Mia Mia Mia is a choreographer professionally.
00:16:16So one and two, three and four.
00:16:19Yeah?
00:16:19So starting with that right leg.
00:16:21Listen, I got a playbook for our team.
00:16:24This is what I call preparation, honey.
00:16:26Okay?
00:16:27Get into that.
00:16:28And then you're going to turn and then go down that left leg.
00:16:32Cool?
00:16:33Very kind.
00:16:33Everybody is doing so good at the dancing.
00:16:38Miss Sierra gets down, honey.
00:16:39She is like, okay, bitch.
00:16:41We got Miss Mikey killing it.
00:16:43We have Miss Nene.
00:16:44I'm like, okay.
00:16:45I feel really good about our group right now.
00:16:48Glam!
00:16:49Do you want to do spacing?
00:16:51Or should we start with choreography right, right now?
00:16:55Let's start with choreography.
00:16:56We can get spacing later.
00:16:57I clear that, you know, you're probably lead.
00:17:00Obviously, we defer to Miss Juicy Love Dion.
00:17:02Miss Thing can dance like nobody else.
00:17:05Let's do right, left, and then you roll to the right.
00:17:09There you go.
00:17:10Hey.
00:17:11Ho.
00:17:12Let's go.
00:17:15Last week, I was in the bottom.
00:17:17So I'm really banking on this performance challenge.
00:17:20But not everyone in the group is as fluid as I would like them to be.
00:17:23We do have a couple stragglers on timing.
00:17:26And I see some eyes wandering.
00:17:28Five, six.
00:17:30And I want the two lines to cross.
00:17:33Mm-hmm.
00:17:35Where am I going?
00:17:36It's not that dancing is not Discord's strong suit.
00:17:40It's that all movement is not Discord's strong suit.
00:17:45Take our positions, and we line up here.
00:17:47And then we hit our...
00:17:49Mighty, mighty, funk almighty.
00:17:52I'm not a choreographer.
00:17:54But I'm going to have to dig through the Rolodex of past group numbers that I've done.
00:17:59Because I think right now, I'm the only hope that we've got.
00:18:02We're thinking, like, disco era.
00:18:03There was a lot of, like, the fist pumping.
00:18:05A lot of, like, hip work.
00:18:06This is giving New Jersey diva.
00:18:08No, but, like, mighty, mighty, funk almighty.
00:18:11Athena's very assertive.
00:18:13I think we should move on to the next chunk.
00:18:14Yeah, but let's not rush perfection, honey.
00:18:17And I can tell that kind of rubs Didi a certain way a little bit,
00:18:21because Didi also has a number of ideas.
00:18:23So start here, let's say.
00:18:25Can we be close?
00:18:26Because we're going to end up separate.
00:18:27Fine, girl.
00:18:28We have to take up the space.
00:18:29It's giving elementary school pageants.
00:18:31I want it to be great.
00:18:34And with the step touches we've rehearsed so far,
00:18:37I have some doubts.
00:18:39So let's try that.
00:18:40So let's try that.
00:18:41Mighty, mighty, funk, up, up, down.
00:18:44Mighty, mighty, funk almighty.
00:18:47Wait, are you going?
00:18:48Are we going that way or that way?
00:18:50I start with a very basic move.
00:18:54Funk almighty.
00:18:55Oh, God.
00:18:57Darlene, short circuits.
00:18:59Fuck almighty.
00:19:01Nope, my body said no.
00:19:02I'm feeling a little bit like, as my mom would say,
00:19:06a fart in a whirlwind.
00:19:08I like it.
00:19:09One, two, three, four.
00:19:12I really do not want to let these girls down.
00:19:16But I'm a little nervous.
00:19:21Hello.
00:19:22Here come cherries.
00:19:24So now it's time to record our song with Michelle Visage.
00:19:29Say hi to our brilliant composer producer, David Steinberg.
00:19:33Hello.
00:19:34Hello.
00:19:35So first up, we've got Vita.
00:19:36Hello.
00:19:37Vita Von T star.
00:19:38Here we go.
00:19:39I am the baddest bitch of them all.
00:19:42When they want someone fierce, I'm the one that they call.
00:19:56Yes, Vita.
00:20:02More of that, please.
00:20:03Fuck the prim and proper, baby.
00:20:05This is punk.
00:20:06So reach down and let them know you are the baddest bitch in this room.
00:20:11Got me on my knees, but I ain't praying.
00:20:15Just went to the clinic, tested positive for slaying.
00:20:19Fun and funny.
00:20:20I don't have any notes because I think you did it great.
00:20:23Of course, Miss One Take Wonder Jane over there.
00:20:26She's crushing it.
00:20:27Fuck you, Jane.
00:20:28Don't.
00:20:29Hello.
00:20:30Hello, hello, hello.
00:20:31Funk almighty.
00:20:33Did the fuego.
00:20:35Si, senorita.
00:20:36Let's do it.
00:20:36Take one.
00:20:38I feel the fuego.
00:20:40It burns, but this friendly fire feeling builds you up every turn.
00:20:45You gotta feel the fantasy.
00:20:47Tell me how you're feeling, girl.
00:20:48Okay, I love everything that you've done except there's no real pitch.
00:20:52I just feel like there's so much pitch damage in there that...
00:20:55No disrespect.
00:20:57No, I know.
00:20:58That it would take so long to get that on pitch.
00:21:02Athena fell asleep.
00:21:03Did you see that?
00:21:05Athena is out.
00:21:06Like, just clocked out.
00:21:10Well, Darlene, are you a singer?
00:21:12I definitely am not a singer and not a falsetto, but we're gonna throw that Sylvester note in there.
00:21:17Oh, my goodness.
00:21:18We'll see.
00:21:19We'll see.
00:21:19Go for it.
00:21:20Here we go.
00:21:21Love yourself all through your body.
00:21:24Let it flow naturally.
00:21:37You went for it, girl.
00:21:39Yes, she did.
00:21:40She definitely went for it.
00:21:41However, the notes leading up to that, we're gonna have to find a pitch.
00:21:45Okay.
00:21:46Pick a note.
00:21:46Any note.
00:21:47Love yourself all through your body.
00:21:50Let it flow naturally.
00:21:56Oh, Lord.
00:22:00I'm not that worried about me.
00:22:04Hello, Michelle.
00:22:05Hi, guys.
00:22:06Hello, team.
00:22:06Go, go, go.
00:22:07Go, go, go.
00:22:09Can you please her?
00:22:10I hope I please you right now.
00:22:11Me too.
00:22:12Yes.
00:22:13Honey, I was leading the worship group at the church, so I can carry a tune.
00:22:17If you cannot sing in a black church, they will let you know.
00:22:19Hey, boys, got something to tell ya.
00:22:22I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
00:22:25Timing.
00:22:26Hey, boys, I got something to tell ya.
00:22:29I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
00:22:32I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
00:22:35I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
00:22:37I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya.
00:22:40And you'll never have to cry.
00:22:44Why'd you gotta get fancy?
00:22:46Why'd you gotta get fancy?
00:22:47I'm sorry.
00:22:47You had it.
00:22:48Girl, I'm so extra.
00:22:51Hello, Nene Coco.
00:22:52Hello, hello.
00:22:53Oh, jeez.
00:22:56Okay.
00:22:57I lost my voice in the screaming challenge.
00:22:59No.
00:23:00So I'm having some trouble.
00:23:01Are we speaking then?
00:23:03Yes, I'm going to just go for it.
00:23:04So let's see what we can come up with.
00:23:05All right.
00:23:09Say love and get the lights on.
00:23:13You better.
00:23:15Don't worry.
00:23:16Don't worry.
00:23:17Okay.
00:23:17You're going to be fine.
00:23:18We're going to get what we need to get.
00:23:20Okay.
00:23:20Okay?
00:23:21Say love and get the lights on.
00:23:24Technicolor queen, you better shine on.
00:23:29Stop getting into your head.
00:23:32As long as you got some squeak coming out,
00:23:34then we can use that.
00:23:36Yep.
00:23:36I know that Nene is a perfectionist at heart,
00:23:39and this is sending her into a spiral.
00:23:41Do-do.
00:23:49This show must go on.
00:23:51Do you want to take a break, get hot water,
00:23:53and then start again?
00:23:56Yeah.
00:23:58All right.
00:23:58So switch out.
00:24:00My pleasure.
00:24:01I feel like I'm letting my team down.
00:24:03I feel like I'm letting Michelle down.
00:24:04Fuck.
00:24:06Is this the thing that is going to knock me out of this competition?
00:24:09Can we go on with Mikey?
00:24:11It cannot be worse timing.
00:24:13We're all on the team.
00:24:14If someone's voice is going to be,
00:24:16can't sing,
00:24:16how is it going to sound?
00:24:18Child, it's no shade.
00:24:19I'm freaking the fuck out.
00:24:21Okay, here we go.
00:24:25Let's go!
00:24:28It is a brand new day in the workroom,
00:24:30and we're getting ready for our Q-pop girl group performance.
00:24:34Child, it is the first of the many show of the season.
00:24:36After last week, it ain't going to be me.
00:24:39It ain't going to be me.
00:24:41NeNe, how's your voice?
00:24:42I'm not 100%, but I'm like 85, and I'm feeling good.
00:24:46I drank a lot of tea.
00:24:47I was on vocal rest.
00:24:48So I'm feeling much better.
00:24:49I just hope that if I can deliver on the performance side,
00:24:53maybe they'll give a little grace to my recording session.
00:24:56I hope.
00:24:58I feel galvanized.
00:25:00I feel all's up.
00:25:02I'm so excited for you this week,
00:25:03because from last week to this week,
00:25:05it's a 180, honey.
00:25:07I'm ready to shake my motherfucking titties.
00:25:08Yay!
00:25:09In front of RuPaul, honey, and...
00:25:11Ha ha ha!
00:25:14Ha ha ha ha!
00:25:14Ha ha ha ha!
00:25:15Ha ha ha ha!
00:25:17Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:25:17Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:25:17Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:25:17Ha ha ha ha ha!
00:25:19So, Didi, I know in your entrance,
00:25:21you said you grew up in Mexico.
00:25:22What was Monterrey like?
00:25:24Monterrey is a very closed, tight-knit community.
00:25:29Some people call it, like, the Beverly Hills of Mexico.
00:25:31People cared a lot about what you look like,
00:25:33what do you do for a living.
00:25:35So, like, the men are expected to become businessmen,
00:25:37and the women are expected to become housewives.
00:25:39I don't know if it was because I was a delusional child
00:25:42or because I had a very supportive family,
00:25:43but I felt like I could be myself from the day I arrived.
00:25:48You were fuego from the get.
00:25:50Yeah, yeah.
00:25:50How do they say gay in Mexico?
00:25:53Gay.
00:25:54Hey, gay.
00:26:08Ha ha ha ha!
00:26:09So, outside of this competition,
00:26:11I play guitar in a punk band called Dame Judi
00:26:13with my best friend, and it is just so much fun.
00:26:17We are able to bring drag back to its roots of being punk rock.
00:26:21I just want my music to say something to people,
00:26:24like, hey, like, we don't have to put up with the bullshit
00:26:26that is whatever current administration we're...
00:26:29Push back.
00:26:29Yeah, like, like, listen, queers,
00:26:31like, we are, we're in trouble right now.
00:26:33Yeah.
00:26:33I think drag has gotten a little Disney-fied,
00:26:36and there is a lot of drag that doesn't say anything at all.
00:26:41If I can preach to the world,
00:26:42like, even just through music,
00:26:43and it, like, like, wakes people up a little bit,
00:26:46like, I would feel really, really good about that.
00:26:48I love that.
00:26:49To me, that's what punk rock is all about.
00:26:52It's calling out the injustices in the world,
00:26:54and it's making people think about what is going on around them
00:26:57instead of just trying to escape it.
00:27:02Girl, how are we feeling, bitches?
00:27:05Feeling funky, feeling free.
00:27:08Girl, I know that's not true.
00:27:09Athena, tell us how you really feel, bitch.
00:27:11Now's your chance.
00:27:12How did you feel about not being picked?
00:27:13I felt plucked, gagged, and flabbergasted.
00:27:16You're all a bunch of liars.
00:27:17Oh.
00:27:17There were only two people that chose teams, girl.
00:27:19Right, I'm like, Nene and Vita,
00:27:20why didn't you choose Athena?
00:27:21Because it's the Athena show
00:27:23any time she walks in the room.
00:27:25This is a team challenge,
00:27:26and I feel like everyone that I picked is a team player.
00:27:30Oh, so you're saying I'm not a team player.
00:27:31Ooh!
00:27:33I think that my team will agree
00:27:34that I'm quite the team player.
00:27:36That is true.
00:27:37Athena is a good person and a good team player.
00:27:40How much were you paid to say that?
00:27:41Not a good person.
00:27:42She booked me a trip to Mykonos.
00:27:46Because we are the Leftovers team,
00:27:48the other girls underestimate what we can do,
00:27:50but our individuality and our joy
00:27:52is going to take us to the top.
00:27:54Oh, my God.
00:27:54We're going to have our first mirror message.
00:27:56Oh, my gosh.
00:27:57What are you going to say?
00:27:59We're on the same team, you bitch.
00:28:02For now.
00:28:02We're on the same team now.
00:28:02Oh!
00:28:11Oh!
00:28:16Oh!
00:28:19Oh!
00:28:19Oh!
00:28:20Come on, girl!
00:28:22Put the bass in your walk.
00:28:24Head to toe.
00:28:26Let your whole body top!
00:28:28Oh!
00:28:30Oh!
00:28:31Oh!
00:28:31Oh!
00:28:31Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:28:35It's girl group night, and we have an all-girl panel.
00:28:40Michelle Visage.
00:28:42Ooh, girl.
00:28:44The fabulous T.S. Madison.
00:28:46One of the girls are out tonight.
00:28:49And she's back again, Dove Cameron.
00:28:53Hey, girl, hey.
00:28:55The girls are doing it for who?
00:28:58Themselves.
00:28:59This week, we challenged our queens to cute pop it like it's hot.
00:29:03And tonight on the runway, category is your neck, your back, your pussy, and your crack.
00:29:11Oh, exquisite.
00:29:13A look that shows off your favorite body part.
00:29:16Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
00:29:22It is showtime.
00:29:24First up, it's the Studio 50 Whores.
00:29:27Performing, Funk Almighty.
00:29:33Feeling funky, feeling goodbye.
00:29:37Love sensations, blow your mind.
00:29:40Mighty, mighty, Funk Almighty.
00:29:46Now from Olympus, looking right, your goddess is here to shine her light.
00:29:49Get funky with me, and you'll see.
00:29:51The gift bestowed is gonna set you free.
00:29:53Pay no mind to what the haters say.
00:29:55This is your journey, lead the way.
00:29:57One, two, three, and four.
00:29:58If they count you out, show them the door.
00:30:00Get up, boogie, celebrate.
00:30:02On the dance floor, no time to waste.
00:30:04Take the leap, and leave the nest.
00:30:06Spread your wings, baby.
00:30:07Mother knows things.
00:30:08Funk Almighty.
00:30:10Hope we're all mighty.
00:30:11America, red, white, and blue.
00:30:13Land of love, we got work to do.
00:30:15I love me, do you love you?
00:30:17Come join the fun.
00:30:18Just do you, boo.
00:30:19Love yourself all through your body.
00:30:21Let it flow.
00:30:22Naturally.
00:30:22Wee!
00:30:30Wee!
00:30:31Wee!
00:30:32Wee!
00:30:32Give them Auf Free on the floor.
00:30:37Spread your wings, it's time to show.eti,
00:30:41sf stand. Mighty,
00:30:42whitey. Funk Almighty.
00:30:46Woo. Left
00:30:47this fruit
00:30:47on the floor, cause the crowd will hear them scream for more. Mango always neat,
00:30:51and yummy.
00:30:51All the people want it in their tummy
00:30:53Disco tech is where I thrive
00:30:55My real queer self coming alive
00:30:57Fruity, funky, freaky, geeky
00:30:59No matter who you are, be almighty
00:31:00Leave that doubt at the door
00:31:02Let your mind, heart, soul finally soar
00:31:04Inspiration, perspiration
00:31:06Prepare yourself for the speckle sensation
00:31:08Fruity, funky, feelin' free
00:31:11I'm a disco deity
00:31:15Mighty, mighty
00:31:17I'm all mighty
00:31:22I feel the fuego
00:31:24It burns
00:31:25But this friendly fire feeling
00:31:27Fills you up every turn
00:31:29So, I'm not your cup of tea
00:31:31Okay, I'm tequila
00:31:32What you're saying ain't for me
00:31:34No, baby, I can't see ya
00:31:36But you can't get through life
00:31:38Without a burn to your ego
00:31:40And you can't spell funk
00:31:42Without the F you in fuego
00:31:44Feelin' funky, feelin' divine
00:31:48Love sensations, know you're mine
00:31:51Mine, mine, mine
00:31:52Don't fall whiskey
00:31:54Oh, pup
00:31:55Oh, papi
00:31:56Don't fall whiskey
00:31:59Thank you
00:32:03Wee
00:32:04Woo
00:32:06Woo
00:32:07Woo
00:32:07I'm feeling really good
00:32:09I nailed the choreography
00:32:11Maybe
00:32:12Ninety percent
00:32:14Up next, it's glam
00:32:17Performing
00:32:18Go, go, go.
00:33:02Hey, boys, I got something to tell ya. I'm a pleaser and I'll go down on ya. Just be a
00:33:08hoe with a heart of gocho. Be kinky, be sexy, be free. Never lose your pride.
00:33:16Let Kenya help you find it and you'll never cut too hard.
00:33:24Damn, damn, I am what I am. You wanna show now? Let's go, go, go.
00:33:31Magic and mysterious. That's on you, that's on plus. I like butch, I like femme. You do they, you do
00:33:37them. Love yourself each and every part. You're a masterpiece, a work of heart.
00:33:42Be strong, be proud, be true to you. Be the boss, be the hero, be the bad bitch too. Be
00:33:49everything that you are inside. Live free, get mystified.
00:34:02Say love and get the lights on. Technicolor queen, you better shine on. Cause it's showtime, bitch let it go
00:34:10time. If you show me yours, I'll show you mine.
00:34:13Heat it up. Grab some cocoa. Pull a lug from head to toe toe. It's me, you, and that hoe
00:34:21too. Get on the floor and dance how you do too.
00:34:27Wham, bam, bam, let's do it again. I want some more now. So let's go, go, go.
00:34:35Wham, bam, glam, got my sisters and we're looking right. Let's go girls. It's the friends in my life that
00:34:42help Mikey shine so bright. Yes they do.
00:34:46Now do I want a man to come and hold me sometimes. But if you know what's inside. Trust your
00:34:52gut and you'll find.
00:34:53The queerness guiding light. It's the joy that makes us so fine.
00:34:59Wham, bam, I am what I am. You wanna show mine. So let's go, go, go. Let's go, go, go.
00:35:06Let's go, go, go.
00:35:14I was completely lost yesterday, but my team rallied behind me and I'm like, shit, we did the damn thing.
00:35:24Up next, it's the tuckedaways performing Cherries.
00:35:29Hey, ho, let's go. I eat cherries, can't get enough. I eat cherries, make me feel tough. I eat cherries,
00:35:41sweet as pie. And I'll eat cherries till the day I die.
00:35:46Chaos is sexy. Chaos is fun. I'll be your problem if you ain't got one. Chaos is wild. Chaos is
00:35:55sweet. Discord in the air, got you feeling the heat.
00:35:59Treading on guitar, cause the score is major. Hanging with my girl that's gonna be a ranger.
00:36:12Give me some, give me some. Let's go. I am the baddest, bitch of them all. When they want someone
00:36:20fierce, I'm the one that they call. My drag's top tier, no time to bottom. I come prepared. I'm here
00:36:28to stomp.
00:36:28Eat her, eat her, eat her, eat her. You know you wanna eat her.
00:36:32I eat cherries, can't get enough. I eat cherries, make me feel tough. I eat cherries, sweet as pie. And
00:36:42I'll eat cherries till the day I die.
00:36:45Pop it like a cherry, I bust in your dairy. Feel our power sitting strong like a tower. I ain't
00:36:53no chicken, but I got that pecan.
00:36:56Briar in the room, got you hard like a rock. But the power's a blush and I ain't in a
00:37:01rush. So when I'm in doubt, I just weird them out. Yeah, when I'm in doubt, I just weird them
00:37:08out.
00:37:08Give me some, give me some, let's go. They call me Jane, don't get it twisted. I can't bend like
00:37:17that.
00:37:19Make me your bitch, but I'm a sister. But we can still kiss if you want. Got me on my
00:37:26knees, but I ain't praying. Forgive me, father. No, I ain't praying. Just went to the clinic, tested positive for
00:37:35slaying. It burns. Tested positive for slaying.
00:37:38I love to make them, taste them open wide. I won't stop till I'm satisfied. I eat cherries, can't get
00:37:48enough. I eat cherries, make me feel tough. I eat cherries, sweet as pie. And I'll eat cherries till the
00:37:57day I die.
00:37:58Give me some, give me some, let's go. Sweet like cherries, fierce like a storm. Juicy love the yawn, I
00:38:07was born to perform. You want my juice? Well, get in line. Because I run through guys like a nine
00:38:14to five. You know Juicy's moods got you losing your mind.
00:38:21I like them juicy, hot in a cobbler. I'm one wild, cherry gobbler. I eat cherries, can't get enough. I
00:38:32eat cherries, make me feel tough. I eat cherries, sweet as pie. And I'll eat cherries till the day I
00:38:41die.
00:38:48I eat cherries, sweet as pie. I eat cherries. I eat cherries, sweet as pie. And that's why I eat
00:38:58cherries.
00:38:58And I love you. I eat cherries. I eat cherries, sweet as pie. I eat cherries, sweet as pie.
00:38:58Initially, I was not going for the punk.
00:39:00Now I'm thinking, thank fucking God we got this punk song. We kind of burned it.
00:39:14Category is your neck, your back, your pussy, and your crack.
00:39:20A look that shows off your favorite body part.
00:39:24Up first, Athena Dion.
00:39:27Her back.
00:39:28This is a very Athena Dion look
00:39:30that only the richest woman in the world would wear.
00:39:34No back rolls here, honey.
00:39:35The bakery is closed.
00:39:38Guess who's back in the house.
00:39:41The incomparable Darlene Mitchell.
00:39:44Her skin.
00:39:46It has taken me a very long time to love the skin that I'm in,
00:39:50but baby, I'm here now.
00:39:51This is a little nod to that girl performing as Trash all glowed up.
00:39:56Tans, tans, tans across her shoulders.
00:40:01Mandy Mango.
00:40:02She's presenting her face.
00:40:04She is.
00:40:05My face is a portrait in a picture frame
00:40:07found on my grandma's table at her house.
00:40:09I'm showcasing my beauty as a sexy, non-binary individual.
00:40:13What am I looking at?
00:40:15It's an altar.
00:40:15To herself.
00:40:16If you can't pray to yourself.
00:40:17How the hell you can pray to anybody else?
00:40:19Amen.
00:40:20Didi Fuego.
00:40:21Her legs.
00:40:22Nothing beats a great pair of legs.
00:40:24Uh-huh.
00:40:25I am wrapped in a custom organza boa.
00:40:29There she is.
00:40:30I am a cotton candy sprinkles fantasy.
00:40:34Do you ever wonder what all that gum you swallowed as a kid looks like in your stomach now?
00:40:38It's Mia Star.
00:40:40Oh.
00:40:40Her neck, back, pussy, and crack.
00:40:44I'd like to keep it on, please.
00:40:48There's her neck.
00:40:49This represents my drag because I'm a woman and I'm a hoe.
00:40:53There's her back.
00:40:54And when I turn around, you get all this cash.
00:40:59There's the crack.
00:41:00I can't see shit, but I know the judges only got eyes for me.
00:41:04Come on, girl.
00:41:05Put some lace in your wall.
00:41:07Uh-huh.
00:41:08Kenya Pleaser.
00:41:09We can try.
00:41:10She's serving her everything.
00:41:12Oh.
00:41:13Come on, flying squirrel friends.
00:41:17This is the epitome of Kenya Pleaser, honey.
00:41:19I give a little titty, titty, titty.
00:41:21A little ass, ass, ass.
00:41:22You know, people always tell me, girl, cover up, cover up.
00:41:25Bitch, no.
00:41:26Beaded for her pleasure.
00:41:28Yes.
00:41:29Up next, Sierra missed her eyes.
00:41:32Oh.
00:41:33The eyes are the nipples of the face.
00:41:35They're also the gateways to the soul.
00:41:37I'm featuring a body part that I love in and out of drag.
00:41:40I am making sure they get every inch of my eyes.
00:41:43All four sets of them.
00:41:45I wonder what makes her brown eye blue.
00:41:48Nene Coco.
00:41:50Her brain.
00:41:51This look is very cerebral.
00:41:53My brain is always on my mind, so I'm serving up rhinestone brain on a pink platter, baby.
00:41:59I made the look head to toe from the 3D printed cap all the way to the beautiful structured gloves.
00:42:04You say hello to me.
00:42:06I say lobotomy.
00:42:09Mikey Meeks.
00:42:11Her legs.
00:42:12I'm a walking billboard.
00:42:15Best legs in town.
00:42:17I take off the billboard and you see the real pair of legs.
00:42:21They are prime meat, baby.
00:42:22Remember, she's more than just a great pair of legs.
00:42:26Is she?
00:42:26Yeah, she's a dumb slut, too.
00:42:28Perfect.
00:42:33I want to look like a rich, gaudy, Italian woman.
00:42:37I want Michelle to look at me and think that we are related.
00:42:43Her walk kills me.
00:42:47Now starring in gold sphincter.
00:42:52Vita Von Teese star.
00:42:56Her butt.
00:42:57Oh?
00:42:57Ain't no two butts about it.
00:43:00Baby, that booty's important because I'm from Alabama, home of everything that goes right to that ass and makes it
00:43:08thick.
00:43:08I'm giving vintage Linda Evangelista.
00:43:11You know what I just remembered?
00:43:13What?
00:43:13I haven't flossed in a while.
00:43:17Briar Patch blush.
00:43:21Her finger.
00:43:22Michelle.
00:43:22What?
00:43:23How much for one finger?
00:43:24Well.
00:43:25This runway represents me because it's gorgeous and glamorous but a little unhinged and weird.
00:43:31Which way do I go?
00:43:32I don't know.
00:43:33I'm going to listen to my finger.
00:43:34Let's give that finger a hand.
00:43:38Some girls do, but Jane don't.
00:43:40She's featuring her mouth.
00:43:42She's speaking in tongues again, Ru.
00:43:44I had to choose the body part that I make all my money with.
00:43:48My big mouth.
00:43:50It's a Carol Burnett reference, but edgier because my mouth, while beautiful and lovely, is also sometimes a little bit
00:43:59deadly.
00:43:59The uvula.
00:44:00You don't see many of those these days.
00:44:01You don't see many of those.
00:44:03Not in Pacoima.
00:44:03No.
00:44:05Juicy Love Dion, her left leg.
00:44:08Her left leg.
00:44:09Her right leg is not up for discussion.
00:44:11My designer Francesco and I decided to take it a Schiaparelli route.
00:44:16I had surgery on my left leg.
00:44:18She recovered excellently and she's as strong as ever.
00:44:21You know that movie, My Left Foot?
00:44:23Yeah.
00:44:24Well, it's a remake.
00:44:25My left leg.
00:44:29Welcome, queens.
00:44:30When I call your name, please step forward.
00:44:32Athena Dion, Darlene Mitchell, Mandy Mango, Diddy Fuego, Team Studio 50 Whores.
00:44:44I'm sorry, my dears, but you are the bottom group of the week.
00:44:48And you're all up for elimination.
00:44:59Mia Starr.
00:45:01Jane Don't.
00:45:03You are tops.
00:45:06Bet you don't hear that often.
00:45:10The rest of you are safe.
00:45:12You may leave the stage.
00:45:18Now it's time for the judges' critiques, starting with Athena Dion.
00:45:23What I love about you is you probably are the most draggy drag queen in this whole season.
00:45:30I love the way you paint.
00:45:31It's just drag.
00:45:33This look that you have tonight is majestic, gorgeous, stunning.
00:45:37I'm just very impressed.
00:45:39I know you are the mother of the house of Dion.
00:45:41Yes, ma'am.
00:45:41And I love the way that you opened up the girl group as mother.
00:45:45But you guys were given funky in a way that Sylvester would have done it.
00:45:50And I didn't get that.
00:45:51What you all did was sort of belittle the song where you made it da-da-da-da-da, da
00:45:56-da-da-da-da-da.
00:45:57When the song is more soulful.
00:45:59You follow what I'm saying?
00:46:00I do.
00:46:01Up next, Darlene Mitchell.
00:46:03Darlene, drag is always more.
00:46:06Kind of like this outfit.
00:46:07It's a whole bunch of shit going on, girl.
00:46:09In the girl group, you were like a character out of a film that I would like fall in love
00:46:14with and paste all over my wall.
00:46:15Like, you were really a vision.
00:46:16You were so stunning.
00:46:17But we were missing soul.
00:46:19And I think it's because you were each doing your own thing to get through it.
00:46:24Even if you look at, let's say, the Spice Girls.
00:46:27Each has their own personality, but they all come together in unity.
00:46:31The only time I felt sort of that wild abandon of disco happened was when you were holding that
00:46:37long note.
00:46:39It sort of had the whimsy and the non-seriousness of disco.
00:46:44Did you feel that way in performing the number?
00:46:47Yes, because I'm actually really proud of myself.
00:46:50I did the bar circuit, you know, for years.
00:46:54And then I became sober.
00:46:56And drag became something very personal to me that I just did in my own home.
00:47:03It's okay.
00:47:06I didn't realize how much I missed and needed.
00:47:09Um, the sort of queer joy that all of these girls have given me.
00:47:15How long have you been sober?
00:47:17I've been sober for about nine years.
00:47:20Can I ask you about the name Darlene Mitchell?
00:47:24Mitchell is actually my given middle name.
00:47:27And Darlene, I feel like, is just the perfect mix of this, like, dynasty soap opera glamour and
00:47:34also just this trash.
00:47:36It is one of the stupidest names I've ever heard.
00:47:40And I love it.
00:47:44It's good to see you laugh.
00:47:45And you are in the right place.
00:47:47This is where joy happens.
00:47:49And this is our addiction.
00:47:50It's a good addiction.
00:47:52Up next, Mandy Mango.
00:47:54Now, as far as the disco, your death drop saved it for me.
00:47:59I really like the way that you danced and moved around.
00:48:02You had quite a lot of energy, but the energy level was really mismatched.
00:48:07The girl group challenge has to be about everyone finding an equal level together.
00:48:13You were doing Fred Snyder from the B-52s.
00:48:15My real queer self coming alive.
00:48:17Fred Snyder is a great friend of mine and of this show.
00:48:20It just doesn't sort of work with the Sylvester disco thing.
00:48:24Tonight on the runway, it looks like you are the work of art and people are visiting you.
00:48:29Am I correct?
00:48:30I'm like the table off to the side with all the family picture frames and little knickknacks.
00:48:35Okay.
00:48:36It's the bottom half that doesn't really work for me.
00:48:38I don't like those colors together.
00:48:40I understand you're trying to be like the wood now that you're telling us what it is.
00:48:43I wouldn't say it's pleasing to the eye.
00:48:45It's interesting.
00:48:48Up next, Didi Fuego.
00:48:51Your legs are gorgeous, so I'm glad you showcased them.
00:48:54But I think your makeup needs dementia.
00:48:56It gets very flat.
00:48:58I want to get to the disco challenge.
00:49:00Girl, you were stiff as a dick.
00:49:03I do agree.
00:49:04It was very stiff and it felt enclosed.
00:49:06I really think that you boxed yourselves in with the choreo.
00:49:09I think it must have been a misunderstanding of what the song was and what you were meant
00:49:14to do with it.
00:49:15Absolutely.
00:49:16She's absolutely right.
00:49:17Who was the leader of your group?
00:49:18There wasn't one leader, but especially I think during the choreography section, Athena
00:49:24led us through that moment.
00:49:26Did you have any input in the choreo?
00:49:27I did.
00:49:28I wish maybe that I pushed my opinion more to elevate the steam and to funk it up.
00:49:35All right.
00:49:36Up next, Mia Star.
00:49:38When the performance was over, TS and I leaned over to each other and we said, that's a star.
00:49:43Yep.
00:49:43You were bossing everyone around with your energy and I was also like a little afraid
00:49:47of you in like a really sexy way.
00:49:48From the moment you opened your mouth, you pulled this in.
00:49:51As a recording artist, you want there to be a reason for your voice to be recorded and
00:49:56that's what you gave us.
00:49:57This look, I think the concept is amazing, but for me, I like to see your face a little
00:50:02bit.
00:50:02I just like to see the drag.
00:50:04If you're going to give somebody your neck, your back, your pussy and your crack, let them
00:50:09look into your eyes and give you money.
00:50:12Up next, some girls do, but Jane don't.
00:50:17After recording with you and seeing what you did, I can tell how smart you are.
00:50:23You knew just what you wanted to do and what came out was pure magic.
00:50:27And then this on the runway, honey, it had me over here under the table speaking in tongues.
00:50:33Hi, yadda boshata.
00:50:34Hi, yadda boshata.
00:50:36You are so hilarious, so camp.
00:50:39You were a rock star.
00:50:41I would put the record back over and over so I could hear your part because it is completely
00:50:46fire retardant.
00:50:47That means you won't light on fire.
00:50:49It means you won't light on fire.
00:50:51Thank you, queens.
00:50:52I think we've heard enough.
00:50:53While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
00:50:59All right, now just between us, girl friends, I want to know what you think.
00:51:03Let's start with Thina Dionne.
00:51:05I think as the leader, definitely some pressure is going to fall on her shoulders for the
00:51:08shortcomings of the performance.
00:51:10But she was beautiful tonight on the runway.
00:51:13She embodied goddess to me.
00:51:16Darlene Mitchell.
00:51:17The way she screamed and yodeled, it drew me in, but it was her stiffness that kept me
00:51:23out.
00:51:23But everything was there visually.
00:51:25She looked like a glamorous disco Sherry Lewis.
00:51:28All she needed was a disco lamb chop.
00:51:30I would have been very happy.
00:51:32Mandy Mangum.
00:51:33Mandy could actually dance and she can dance really, really well.
00:51:36However, she needs to switch to decaf.
00:51:38We absolutely needed her to just take it down a little bit so she can fit in.
00:51:43But her look tonight on the runway, when she said that the skirt was supposed to be wood
00:51:47was when I did my own little Google Maps zoom out and I was like, oh, that really doesn't
00:51:52read.
00:51:52That really doesn't read.
00:51:55If it's brown, flush it down.
00:51:59Let's talk about Didi Fuego.
00:52:01Tonight on the runway, I did love her legs.
00:52:03I thought that they were very handsome.
00:52:05Not handsome.
00:52:07I love that in her lyrics, she was talking about Fuego, but she actually could have gotten
00:52:11really behind these lyrics and showed us who she really is.
00:52:15I saw so much personality behind the eyes.
00:52:18I think she has a fire and she's just not expressing it.
00:52:22Where is the Fuego?
00:52:24Let's move on down to Mia Stark.
00:52:26As soon as she opened her mouth, it was like, okay, I'm here for that.
00:52:29The tone of her voice, she branded herself at the Mama Mia's like, ah, this is what I want.
00:52:33But here's the thing for me.
00:52:35On the runway, I would have loved to have seen her eyes.
00:52:37I think her brown eye was showing.
00:52:39Ah, it was.
00:52:42Jane Doe.
00:52:43She really seems like someone who knows who she is, is very confident.
00:52:47She understands what the brief is.
00:52:49She understands what her brand is.
00:52:51And then on the runway, this is classic Seattle drag.
00:52:54She even had gums on her mouth.
00:52:56Everything about it, I just thought was really well done.
00:52:58And I just loved her.
00:53:01All right.
00:53:02Silence.
00:53:03I've made my decision.
00:53:04Bring back my girls.
00:53:07Welcome back, queens.
00:53:09Made some decisions.
00:53:15Darlene Mitchell.
00:53:17We love the skin you're in.
00:53:19Now it's time to let it all hang out.
00:53:23You are safe.
00:53:26You may join the other girls.
00:53:32Mia Star.
00:53:33Your neck, your back, your pussy, and you're safe.
00:53:41You may join the other girls.
00:53:43Yes, Mia.
00:53:45Jane Doe.
00:53:46This week, we loved your lips.
00:53:49All three sets.
00:53:53Contragulations.
00:53:53You are the winner of this week's challenge.
00:53:55Thank you so much.
00:53:57You've won a cash tip of $5,000.
00:54:04To have won this challenge feels completely out of a field, but also a little correct.
00:54:12What the fuck?
00:54:17Athena Dion.
00:54:19You needed more funk in your trunk.
00:54:24Mandy Mango.
00:54:25Your table look was wobbly.
00:54:29Didi Fuego.
00:54:31Your fuego was not on fire.
00:54:39Athena Dion, you're safe.
00:54:45You may join the other girls.
00:54:47Good luck to you, though.
00:54:48I love you.
00:54:49I love you, baby.
00:54:50You're too good.
00:54:51Holy fuck.
00:54:53Mandy.
00:54:54Didi.
00:54:55I'm sorry, my dears, but you are both up for elimination.
00:54:59I feel confused.
00:55:01I don't know if it's delusion, but I don't think the team was in the bottom because of me.
00:55:06Two queens, stand before me.
00:55:08Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance of Too Much by Dove Cameron.
00:55:16We're experiencing the first lip sync for your life of season 18.
00:55:20In this corner, Didi Fuego, consummate New York performer.
00:55:24And in this corner, Mandy Mango, a literal table.
00:55:27And over there is Dove Cameron.
00:55:29This is Too Much.
00:55:31Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from elimination.
00:55:41The time has come for you to lip sync for your life.
00:55:54It's my second time in the bottom, and I very well could be the first to go home, and I
00:55:58can't let that happen.
00:56:00My energy didn't match the girl group, but mama, I'm ready to give a high energy number for this lip
00:56:05sync for my life.
00:56:06Good luck and don't fuck it up.
00:56:12Point number one.
00:56:14Game over.
00:56:15Let's go.
00:56:17If you're saying too much, baby, go find less.
00:56:22If you can't keep up, stay below, I can't.
00:56:25Mandy is such a sweet spirit, and I'm so Team Mandy, so I'm like, get the damn table up!
00:56:31Meow.
00:56:33I can see you're working really hard.
00:56:37Trinkets are shattering everywhere.
00:56:38The table finally comes off.
00:56:40That means it is now on.
00:56:41Hey, I should have seen the slides.
00:56:46Come on, Mandy.
00:56:48Oh, it's so like you to put me down, down, down.
00:56:51Come on!
00:56:52If you're saying too much, baby, don't find less.
00:56:55If you can't keep up, stay below, I guess.
00:56:59If I'm such a big deal, maybe you're too little.
00:57:03Come on, Mandy.
00:57:04Come on.
00:57:06Come on, Mandy.
00:57:06Come on.
00:57:08Go on.
00:57:13Oh
00:57:42Why you hung on so hard not your fault
00:57:44That it wasn't in the cards
00:57:47Honey, please
00:57:49I'm sending warmer cards in a box
00:57:51Of your things in a black car
00:57:54If you say I'm too much, baby, go find less
00:57:58If you can't keep up, stay below, I guess
00:58:01If I'm such a big deal, maybe you're too little
00:58:05Ooh, ooh, it's tough
00:58:07I'm too, too, too much for you
00:58:09Ooh, ooh, baby, I ain't under pressure
00:58:12Ooh, ooh, gather up, pretend to send her
00:58:16Okay!
00:58:17Yeah!
00:58:19Yeah!
00:58:19Yeah!
00:58:21That was good!
00:58:22So good!
00:58:24Queens, I've made my decision
00:58:32Mandy Mango, Shantae, you stay
00:58:35You may join the other girls
00:58:39Thank you so much
00:58:52Thank you all so much
00:58:53It's been an honor to be here with all of you
00:58:56I love y'all!
00:58:58Love you so much
00:58:59Well, it was short
00:59:01It was sweet
00:59:03I wish it had been a little spicier
00:59:06Adios!
00:59:07Yes, fuego!
00:59:10Yes, fuego!
00:59:11Oh, wow!
00:59:12I'm gagged
00:59:13I have been the first eliminated
00:59:16Oh, I'm disappointed
00:59:19But this is just the beginning of the dreams coming true
00:59:22The fire in Dili Fuego will keep burning bright
00:59:25It's been real, real spicy
00:59:33Condragulations, Queens
00:59:34And remember, if you can't love yourself
00:59:36How in the hell are you going to love somebody else?
00:59:38Can I get an amen up in here?
00:59:41Amen!
00:59:41Alright, now let the music play
00:59:55Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race
00:59:57You'll be starring in R.D.R. Live
01:00:00First, we start with role-playing and boppers
01:00:03This is insanity, folks
01:00:05I want you to be the best assistant secretary you can be
01:00:10I don't act
01:00:11I don't do comedy
01:00:12What the hell did I just get myself into?
01:00:16You're coming for my job, I see
01:00:18And I was like, no
01:00:20You're a drag queen
01:00:22Give me more
01:00:39Give yourself permission
01:00:42Take the script
01:00:43Give yourself permission
01:00:46Take the script
01:00:47Cause I'm not like other bitches
01:00:49And she'll be something different
01:00:51You're a drag queen
01:00:53You're a drag queen
01:00:55You're a drag queen
01:00:55You're a drag queen
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