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RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18 Episode 1
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00:00:00M-TV.
00:00:12Even in the darkest of times,
00:00:14there's always a spark of hope.
00:00:19Drag race generator activated.
00:00:24Oh, shit. Here we go again.
00:00:27Always a black drag queen got to save the day.
00:00:30All right, y'all, come on. Harder. Harder.
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 gonna be a rough one.
00:00:53Just keep pedaling.
00:00:56Generators reaching half-capacity.
00:00:59Because it takes a whole lot more than bad lighting
00:01:02to keep a good drag queen down.
00:01:12Honey, this is how you throw a party on drag race, bitch.
00:01:15My 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,
00:01:24and that's how I feel.
00:01:25My drag style is opulent.
00:01:27It's glamorous.
00:01:28I would say I'm close to perfect,
00:01:30as I don't think perfection is attainable,
00:01:32but I'm pretty much 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?
00:01:43Well, still gorgeous.
00:01:46I'm basically the hostess with the mostest in Miami,
00:01:48and I'm a big drag mother with a huge drag family.
00:01:52My drag daughter is the winner of the Lollaparooza season 16,
00:01:55Morphine Love, Dionne.
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!
00:02:10I have one thing to say, Kenya Pleaser.
00:02:15I'm Kenya Pleaser all the way from South Carolina,
00:02:18and I'm here to please you and everybody in America.
00:02:21She better shake.
00:02:22My drag style is your sexy auntie that's a ho.
00:02:25I can give you sex, I can give you church lady,
00:02:28I can give you grandma, I 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 Dionne.
00:02:44Bitch, I know who you are.
00:02:46I know of Athena Dionne.
00:02:48She is the grand dame of Florida.
00:02:50It is very intimidating, but you know,
00:02:52I'm ready to sip this fat ass on these other girls
00:02:56and dominate the competition.
00:02:57Why is that blinking?
00:02:59I don't know.
00:03:00Oh, now you're freaking me out.
00:03:02Girl, what the fuck?
00:03:03Where's it dark?
00:03:06Why?
00:03:07The next queen to walk in is definitely
00:03:08the 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 Nini Coco.
00:03:26I am the high-energy, high-fashion diva
00:03:29from 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, here you go!
00:03:40Oh, my God, girl!
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.
00:03:49Now, I know Nini 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,
00:04:08drag queen superstar by night.
00:04:09I think my coworkers are going to freak out
00:04:11when they see me on TV,
00:04:12because I was doing low calculations last week,
00:04:14and now I am struggling my stuff
00:04:16on the RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:04:17This competition is so important to me
00:04:18because I get to turn my life
00:04:20in a completely new direction today.
00:04:27What up?
00:04:28Oh, my God.
00:04:29Is that Jinx?
00:04:31My name's Jane Don't,
00:04:32and 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.
00:04:39Other way.
00:04:39Give it to me.
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,
00:04:50Bette Midler and Joan Rivers.
00:04:55I can hear your gay voices from so far away.
00:04:57Gay?
00:04:58I'm a Christian.
00:04:59Fabulous.
00:04:59I'm not.
00:05:00Athena Dionne of Miami, Florida.
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,
00:05:09and I mean business.
00:05:11Big business.
00:05:13So, Miss Jane, where you from?
00:05:14I am 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 ABFAB, 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?
00:06:14Yes, I made the boots.
00:06:16My partner made some of it.
00:06:17Wow!
00:06:18Did anybody, like, make their outfits?
00:06:20I made mine.
00:06:21Oh!
00:06:22My 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.
00:06:31What is this saying?
00:06:33Oh, it'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?
00:06:47I'm your star, and I am from West Palm Beach, Florida.
00:06:50I am your 90s, early 2000s hip-hop,
00:06:53dancing 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, no more Florida.
00:07:12Miss Mia Star, 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!
00:07:27I 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.
00:07:46I 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.
00:08:00Okay.
00:08:02Can 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.
00:08:25The 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.
00:08:36I 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.
00:08:45Okay, okay, 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.
00:08:52The big guy.
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.
00:09:01No, 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.
00:09:19Yes, baby, the 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.
00:09:31I mean, isn't it obvious?
00:09:32I'm a dancing queen.
00:09:33Some of you may know my drag mother,
00:09:35Morphine Love Dion from season 16.
00:09:38Another Florida big girl.
00:09:40Four Florida girls.
00:09:41Oh, it's a family affair, kids.
00:09:44The fruit of my loins has entered the work room.
00:09:48Oh!
00:09:48Juicy Love Dion.
00:09:51Get your booty over here.
00:09:53So this is all the same family, the Dion.
00:09:56Yes, let'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. Starr, and I am the queen of Montgomery, Alabama.
00:10:54The Starr family name represents class, money, looking like a coin all of the time.
00:11:01Yeah!
00:11:02Hello!
00:11:04What's your name?
00:11:05Vita.
00:11:05Aren't you a pageant girl?
00:11:07I am.
00:11:08What do you know about me?
00:11:09Girl, you're sickening, bitch.
00:11:10I mean, what else?
00:11:13Vita Von T. Starr is huge competition.
00:11:17She is an icon.
00:11:18What titles have you won?
00:11:20Black America Newcomer, Empire.
00:11:23I've gotten first runner-up at International Entertainer of the Year.
00:11:26Should've won.
00:11:26Oh, my God.
00:11:27And I think you're also a costume designer yourself.
00:11:29Did you make this?
00:11:30I am.
00:11:31Now you know I did.
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 just worried.
00:11:38And you made this?
00:11:39Yes.
00:11:39I also make most of my own looks.
00:11:41Oh, Miss Vita, girl.
00:11:43You're gonna have to keep your eyes on some of these girls,
00:11:45because I'm not the only one in the competition who's an amazing designer.
00:11:52Bitch, 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 pinup 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.
00:12:16I always have jet black hair in a great beat.
00:12:22Meh.
00:12:24Girl, this gonna be a city already, girl.
00:12:27She doesn't want to give us a hug.
00:12:29She doesn't want to say hello.
00:12:30At 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.
00:12:50Oh, a Briar.
00:12:50So is Briar, like, descriptive of your personality?
00:12:54A lot of people tell me I'm very intimidating in 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?
00:13:06Where's the Boston attitude?
00:13:08I think you've seen it already.
00:13:09I 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 Amalam.
00:13:25I'm Mandi Mango.
00:13:26I'm Philadelphia's favorite Asian baby girl,
00:13:29and I am the Filipina fruity tootie booty,
00:13:31coming to you in your favorite flavor.
00:13:34Wait, what is she holding?
00:13:36Mango.
00:13:36It's a mango?
00:13:38Oh, oh, oh.
00:13:39A signature drag element is a touch of cookiness.
00:13:43It can be the most abstract and kind of conceptual things,
00:13:47where 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?
00:13:54Mandi Mango.
00:13:55Hi, Mandi.
00:13:56Yes, we get the mango reference now.
00:13:58So 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.
00:14:08I 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!
00:14:53My 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.
00:15:10I'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, a little ethereal, a 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, I 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.
00:15:55I don't remember it having corn.
00:15:57I'm Darlene Mitchell, and I'm the country, country, 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!
00:16:14Whoa!
00:16:16There'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. And that's, that's very much the aesthetic.
00:16:25I'm from Los Angeles.
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.
00:16:38So 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, I used to, and I actually performed with the name Trash.
00:16:58About 10 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.
00:17:12So how long have you been doing drag?
00:17:1310 years.
00:17:14Oh 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 got to get the drag out of the
00:17:23house.
00:17:27Uh-oh.
00:17:29Hi, I'm Mikey, but 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?
00:17:51Yes.
00:17:52By Florida Girls.
00:17:53Yes it is.
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 in these four pink walls.
00:18:28Very dark walls.
00:18:29Yeah.
00:18:31Ooh!
00:18:32Ooh!
00:18:33Ooh!
00:18:33She did not get the hair.
00:18:35Ooh!
00:18:37Ooh!
00:18:38Ooh!
00:18:38Ooh!
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.
00:18:58Yeah!
00:18:59Yeah!
00:19:01So join hands.
00:19:02Ooh!
00:19:03Hold my hands.
00:19:04Hold me.
00:19:05Everybody say love.
00:19:07Love!
00:19:09Nettle!
00:19:10Faster!
00:19:11Harder!
00:19:13Everybody say love!
00:19:15Love!
00:19:15I can't hear you!
00:19:20No!
00:19:23No!
00:19:26No!
00:19:29No!
00:19:30No!
00:19:32I can't hear you!
00:19:45take away the shine that God gave you can I get an amen up in here this season
00:19:54all eyes are on your charisma uniqueness nerve and talent so make them eat it
00:20:01because in the end the queen that leaves no crumbs will be crowned America's next
00:20:06drag superstar now are you ready for your first mini challenge good cuz it's gonna be a scream
00:20:21I'm scared girl what the fuck are you gonna do to us I'm already fucking scared looking at Mandy's
00:20:26makeup let's go the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race will snatch an official makeup
00:20:36collaboration with Anastasia Beverly Hills Cosmetics and a cash prize of $200,000
00:20:42courtesy of RuPaul's Drag Race Match Queen with extra special guest judge Cardi B
00:20:59hello hello hello Athena Dion welcome to your season
00:21:052018 initiation say hello to Jamal Sims hello Jamal I'm curious or dates consider you a screamer
00:21:14she's a screamer and she's a biter RuPaul oh well for this week's mini challenge you need to scream
00:21:21your padded ass off okay but you won't be doing it alone oh oh there are some hot masked for
00:21:35mass
00:21:35dancers but this could be a good scream after all Athena you're about to do a little primal screamography
00:21:42these hot pulsing men's good luck and may the best scream queen win
00:21:54oh my god so many fans I'm screaming like a 55 year old woman at a gay beach like
00:22:09like when did I become Nathan Lane in the birdcage
00:22:15oh hey Nene Coco hello you kind of resemble Alisha Edwards Alissa I guess that's what I meant
00:22:25Alisha's sister Alissa's sister well her secret is her name is Alisha that's a damn secret
00:22:36we're in the first mini challenge I got to give it everything I have I am trying to pull this
00:22:41scream up into my throat and hit that high-pitched horror scream
00:22:50all right Mariah can you please I want you to think you're in one of them Wes Craven movies
00:22:57these white folks in this graveyard is just scaring me
00:23:06cast out those demons
00:23:12all these fucking hot guys are around me
00:23:14and I can't even help myself I want to lick a nipple I want to suck a
00:23:19their nose
00:23:25Jane don't give me a little baby home alone
00:23:30you screaming like a white woman in Compton
00:23:32well I do have my purse
00:23:34okay hold on to the purse
00:23:37Discord Adam
00:23:42that scream was primal
00:23:49mama mia that's quite a scream
00:23:52oh it's getting hot up here
00:24:00scream girl that was crazy
00:24:03all right that was crazy as hell
00:24:05finally it is time for some of us to get up out of drag and see how these hookah holes
00:24:10look
00:24:11is anybody catching your eye so far
00:24:13yeah Athena I really
00:24:16she's hot
00:24:16I'm taking off my drag I feel like there's some eyes wandering in my direction
00:24:20I'm a feast for the eyes so dive in ladies take a bite
00:24:23you would be mean to me at a bar
00:24:25would you hit on me and I turn you down is that what you're saying
00:24:27okay let's not go that far
00:24:30juicy love Dion
00:24:31are you ready to make $14 the hard way
00:24:34I'll do it for $10
00:24:47oh
00:24:48oh
00:24:49oh
00:24:49James Brown
00:24:51oh
00:24:54oh
00:24:55grab my hair grab my hair
00:24:57oh no good girl ooh
00:24:59we going to Brother Patch this motherfucker
00:25:03Mandy Mango
00:25:08Sierra Mist
00:25:10boys you can touch
00:25:11it's okay
00:25:11oh
00:25:12oh that's kind of hard
00:25:14oh my goodness
00:25:18miss Darlene Mitchel
00:25:21Darlene, scream like you're the last piece of white meat at Roscoe's.
00:25:34Mikey Meek.
00:25:35Oh, hey.
00:25:38This is not what I thought would be the first mini challenge,
00:25:41but I don't mind the sweaty men around me, that's fine.
00:25:43Ooh, it reminds me of home.
00:25:45Now something tells me you've been initiated several times.
00:25:51That 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
00:26:01so we can get out of these drags.
00:26:03Concierge, ding, ding, ding, ding.
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.
00:26:16Taking a look around, some of them might be scarier
00:26:19than whatever just happened.
00:26:20I'm looking around the room and I'm like,
00:26:23is 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 women,
00:26:38so seeing them giving cock-cock man is great.
00:26:42Oh my goodness, hello, hello, hello.
00:26:43Out of track.
00:26:44She looks like a lesbian.
00:26:46She looks like Keegan and Sarah.
00:26:50Look at this.
00:26:51Is this the 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-muguss,
00:26:57they 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, it's seasoned, 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.
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.
00:27:20America!
00:27:21Thank you, baby.
00:27:23There's so much to learn from all your years of wisdom.
00:27:26Shady comment coming 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, now, y'all let loose, to say the least.
00:27:49Sorry.
00:27:49But one of you truly unleashed the beast.
00:27:53The queen that served the most primal scream is...
00:27:58Kenya Pleaser.
00:28:04You 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, me, my big black fat ass.
00:28:17Bitch!
00:28:18Lady kids, since 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 re-joice.
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.
00:28:49Our 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 vaults, where you'll rummage through
00:29:04materials from past seasons.
00:29:07Now, you can use your own hair, accessories, and undergarments, but the rest of your look
00:29:12needs to be pulled deep from within the anals of Drag Race first street.
00:29:18Oh, and just one more thing.
00:29:21Tomorrow, on the main stage, bring a bucket and a mop.
00:29:26What?
00:29:28Because our extra special guest judge is Cardi B.
00:29:33Oh, my God!
00:29:38Cardi B is in the motherfucking building.
00:29:41I know that's right.
00:29:42Racers, 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!
00:30:02Oh!
00:30:04Our first challenge is reclaim, renew, rejoice.
00:30:08We have to create couture looks using unconventional materials from the Drag Race vault.
00:30:14Oh!
00:30:14What the fuck?
00:30:16We all running like there's only one piece of chicken left on the table at Thanksgiving.
00:30:21Bitch, I can't...
00:30:23Ugh!
00:30:23Just grab, sisters.
00:30:25Just grab!
00:30:26Now I'm more of Bob.
00:30:27Jesus.
00:30:27Ah!
00:30:28Oh, my God, there's sponges.
00:30:29Oh, Monet, I love you, but we're gonna leave the sponges at home.
00:30:32Ah!
00:30:32I found Lexi's tarp, y'all.
00:30:34Oh!
00:30:35Bitch, I don't even know what I grabbed.
00:30:37Sorry about the mask.
00:30:39Oh, girl!
00:30:41Oh, my God!
00:30:43Oh, my God!
00:30:44Fucking shit, bitch!
00:30:45We're gonna be sewing on day one.
00:30:47It's crazy.
00:30:47You 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
00:30:58for me because I know they'll do it better.
00:31:00Oh, yes.
00:31:01Now that's gonna be pretty.
00:31:03But, honey, I wasn't gonna be the one to show up on RuPaul's Drag Race not knowing how
00:31:07to sew.
00:31:07Before I came here, I bought myself 25 sewing classes, so I prepared for this.
00:31:11I'm gonna make something fierce out of these materials.
00:31:14All right, let's get to sketching.
00:31:17Girls, look what I found.
00:31:20Stop!
00:31:22I wonder if that's the one Ariana Grande wore.
00:31:24Because it looks a little too small to be...
00:31:26It smells a little like Ariana Grande.
00:31:30Okay, bitch, I'm trying to think.
00:31:33Okay, let me see.
00:31:35Girl.
00:31:36I'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.
00:31:54I know how to sew and I didn't grab nothing to sew with.
00:31:58Ugh.
00:32:00How did you find, like, your entire aesthetic in one go?
00:32:03I said Cheetah, box of black.
00:32:05Good.
00:32:05Yeah, this is, like, so you.
00:32:07My bag is filled with all of my favorites.
00:32:09Leather, 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.
00:32:20Yeah.
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.
00:33:23What 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 dancing?
00:33:46Or 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?
00:33:54Right.
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?
00:34:29So I 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 out?
00:34:42So sure.
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.
00:35:10But I sat next to the right people.
00:35:11Jane 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.
00:35:37Like, Mugler, Lady Miskir, 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 in very high fashion.
00:35:56Do you like this dramatic shoulder I'm making?
00:35:58I do.
00:35:59I decide to spray paint my lovely collar piece.
00:36:02So I take it outside to spray paint it gold.
00:36:04The fucking hats fall a fucking part.
00:36:07Shit.
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 this shit.
00:36:18When I was spray painting the girl, it was literally falling apart.
00:36:20Why was it falling apart?
00:36:22Because, I don't know.
00:36:23Because 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 pork chop 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 a Ryan Stoll bra 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 buck 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.
00:37:14Groundbreaking.
00:37:14Groundbreaking.
00:37:17Watching Athena craft all day yesterday...
00:37:19Well, that's the thing, like...
00:37:20She 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.
00:37:45Oh, no, no, no.
00:37:46Don't get...
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.
00:37:52You kept moving over.
00:37:53Are you gonna use that?
00:37:54Are you gonna 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.
00:38:20So did you help or did you not?
00:38:21I did help you.
00:38:22But 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.
00:38:48Bitch, 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.
00:38:58I'm really happy with my look.
00:39:00Yeah.
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.
00:39:11I'm really confident in that.
00:39:13I can turn a look with a hot glue gun.
00:39:14But 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.
00:39:22And 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?
00:39:29It's like you're looking like, oh, did I?
00:39:32Oh, I did.
00:39:34I am like, I too teeter on obnoxiously confident.
00:39:37I 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.
00:39:49We are like best friends back now.
00:39:51Really?
00:39:52We do everything together.
00:39:53We travel together.
00:39:54We work together.
00:39:55I took her to Mykonos with me for like two years.
00:39:57I am the premier hostess of the biggest gay club in the summer in Mykonos in Greece.
00:40:04Yes, I was the iconic voice behind Lindsay Lohan's viral dance video in Mykonos.
00:40:09Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:12Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:14It was me.
00:40:15I was just off camera.
00:40:16I can't wait to come party in Mykonos, bitch.
00:40:18Let's go, honey.
00:40:19We'll go right after here.
00:40:20We're gonna take a little vacation.
00:40:21We're gonna 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.
00:40:30Keep it princess, sweetie.
00:40:32I don't think I'm gonna let anybody forget
00:40:33who 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, toon.
00:40:57Come a girl.
00:40:58Put the face in your walk.
00:41:01Head to toe.
00:41:02Let your whole body talk.
00:41:04Yes.
00:41:05Put a belt on that.
00:41:06What?
00:41:07Welcome 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.
00:41:21He 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.
00:41:36It's Cardi B.
00:41:37RuPaul from one gangsta bitch to another.
00:41:40Eww.
00:41:42We are happy to have you.
00:41:44For 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,
00:42:24and I am here to take over everything.
00:42:27She started out as a smurf, but now she's just a slut.
00:42:31Athena Dion.
00:42:33Okay, 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 Pulitzer.
00:42:51Kenya Pleaser.
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.
00:43:12Lisa, I'm a homosexual.
00:43:16NeNe Coco.
00:43:17It's 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.
00:43:26It's got an interesting silhouette.
00:43:28It's structured.
00:43:29It's sharp.
00:43:30This is couture.
00:43:31Okay, 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 Jane Don't.
00:43:56Discord 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, mamma mia.
00:44:20I wanted to channel Cardi B's album cover.
00:44:23And now I get to serve this up to her.
00:44:26Very invasion of privacy.
00:44:27I like, I like, I like.
00:44:29Big ass, big titties.
00:44:31I'm giving a party.
00:44:32You know, she's the singer.
00:44:34Mm-hmm.
00:44:34She specializes in Reynolds rap.
00:44:38Diddy Fuego.
00:44:39Hey mom, what's for dinner?
00:44:42Big potato.
00:44:43This 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.
00:44:54But Diva, I'm living my life.
00:44:57Do not put this dress in the microwave.
00:45:01Juicy love Dion.
00:45:02Ooh, 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.
00:45:10The material I use to make this is two billowing fans with an ombre effect on them.
00:45:16Giving the judges Miami girl.
00:45:18I feel fierce.
00:45:19This 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 for 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.
00:45:46Briar 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.
00:45:55Hey.
00:45:55My ears are made out of foam.
00:45:57And all the beading that you see dripping from my ears and my corset 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.
00:46:11She 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.
00:46:27Why, 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.
00:46:58Aria 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.
00:47:46Dee de Fuego.
00:47:48Briar Blush.
00:47:50Sierra Miss.
00:47:53Darlene Mitchell.
00:47:54Mikey Meeks.
00:47:57Ladies, you are all safe.
00:48:01I am literally shocked.
00:48:04You're never going to convince me that I was just safe.
00:48:08You may leave the stage.
00:48:10Thanks, Cardi.
00:48:15Ladykins.
00:48:16You 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.
00:48:30However, 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.
00:48:52It's true.
00:48:54If the outfit ain't great, the glam got a gig.
00:48:58Trust me.
00:48:58I know what I look like.
00:48:59I know.
00:49:00I know, girl.
00:49:01You knew we were going to do a sewing challenge.
00:49:03Yes.
00:49:04Why did you not come prepared?
00:49:05Well, 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.
00:49:12But, 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.
00:49:18All right, Kenya.
00:49:19Thank 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.
00:49:43Reusing and renewing and rejoicing.
00:49:45And if I were a really smart queen, I would think,
00:49:48how am I going to stand out?
00:49:49Let'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.
00:49:59Up 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 to hear.
00:50:15Like, I just...
00:50:16I love when people put effort.
00:50:18It's tea, girl.
00:50:19I love it.
00:50:20I love it.
00:50:20You 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.
00:50:29He probably would talk to me.
00:50:31Uh...
00:50:32So, you don't speak to your father.
00:50:33He 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...
00:50:39He was, like, a Boy Scout.
00:50:40And he was so tense in sleeping bags to go camping.
00:50:44And, uh, now I'm using those skills to cross-dress.
00:50:47Yes.
00:50:48Yeah.
00:50:48Well, this is really well done.
00:50:51It is absolutely gorgeous.
00:50:53Um...
00:50:54To get to be able to do this and have it turn out and look good,
00:50:58it's really, um, making 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.
00:51:08Thank you very much.
00:51:09Appreciate you.
00:51:10Thank 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.
00:51:21Absolutely 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.
00:51:31It's just ugly.
00:51:32But when you went like this...
00:51:34Oh, it's kinda cute. I like it. I like it.
00:51:37I also like the band out top.
00:51:39I think the pleating and the ruching is really pretty,
00:51:41but the choker shortens your neck.
00:51:43And 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'?
00:51:53I really hate the skirt, so...
00:51:55Ugh.
00:51:56Up next, Vita Von T star.
00:51:58This is glorious.
00:52:02This is so classy.
00:52:04Was 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
00:52:10from your hip down to your toes
00:52:12is so pleasing to the eye.
00:52:15Also, sewing a geometric fabric like this
00:52:19and making it not look confusing and jumbled
00:52:22is very difficult to do.
00:52:23And then, like, the hair is perfect
00:52:25because it's like, the outfit is busy,
00:52:27but the hair is like...
00:52:28You know what I'm sayin'?
00:52:29Like, I love it.
00:52:31Tense.
00:52:31Thank you, Vita.
00:52:33Up next, Mandy Mango.
00:52:35You are adorable, however,
00:52:39it's just too rough around the edges
00:52:41and a little too messy.
00:52:43It's kind of uneven and coming apart.
00:52:46I think it's all about editing here,
00:52:48and I think removing that collar piece
00:52:50you kinda 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.
00:53:00But 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
00:53:07in school, getting my master's,
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.
00:53:13I specialize in HIV and LGBTQ sexual health,
00:53:17so you'll find me in the clinic
00:53:19treating all of their gonorrhea.
00:53:22My day is typically a 9 to 5,
00:53:24and then 5 to 9,
00:53:24I'm wearing something a lot better than this.
00:53:27All right.
00:53:28Well, thank you very much, Mandy.
00:53:31Gosh, I'm making me the villain judge.
00:53:35Thank you, queens.
00:53:37While you untuck backstage,
00:53:39the judges and I will deliberate.
00:53:44All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,
00:53:47what do you think?
00:53:48Starting with Kenya Pleaser.
00:53:51That look was very bland for me.
00:53:53It just didn't work.
00:53:54She could sell almost anything except that outfit.
00:54:00Nini Coco.
00:54:01She was serving cunt,
00:54:02she 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.
00:54:21The Oscar de la Renta of the Boy Scouts.
00:54:25Juicy love Dion.
00:54:27I think Juicy is so beautiful.
00:54:29And I even love the top.
00:54:31Like, the skirt was such a turn off that it's like,
00:54:33it almost like you could have just do a regular blue panty
00:54:36and it would have just go.
00:54:38Vita Von Teese star.
00:54:40For a moment I forgot it was a design challenge
00:54:42where they only had very limited materials.
00:54:44It looked like one of her, like, best in drag outfits.
00:54:47It looked expensive.
00:54:49I can't say anything bad about it.
00:54:50It's just everything.
00:54:51I love it.
00:54:53Mandy Mango.
00:54:54So Cardi just said she didn't have anything negative
00:54:56to say about Vita.
00:54:57Well, I don't have anything positive to say about Mandy.
00:55:00I don't necessarily mind how she put it together,
00:55:03you 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.
00:55:07It's like a woven, like, placemat material.
00:55:10Yeah.
00:55:10So it made that skirt look really bulky and rumply
00:55:13like an old paper bag.
00:55:14But it's not even the material.
00:55:15It'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 at her.
00:55:21It's funny that she works in sexual health
00:55:23because 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.
00:55:35Where they at?
00:55:39Honey, we are trying to gather ourselves
00:55:41after 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
00:55:55that 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!
00:56:04Yeah!
00:56:07Yeah!
00:56:07Yeah!
00:56:08Yeah!
00:56:10Yeah!
00:56:10Yeah!
00:56:10Let me introduce you to the dog!
00:56:13Oh, my God!
00:56:15Not Tokyo!
00:56:16Oh, my God!
00:56:18It's not just Cardi.
00:56:20It's not just Cardi.
00:56:20The whole Glam Squad is here today.
00:56:22Glam Squad!
00:56:24Holy cow.
00:56:25Erica is Cardi's longtime makeup artist,
00:56:28and Tokyo Styles is one of the, like,
00:56:30most iconic celebrity wig stylists
00:56:33in the fucking world.
00:56:34These are the dogs.
00:56:35The dogs!
00:56:36The dogs!
00:56:37I can't live without them.
00:56:38Literally.
00:56:38This is queer art at its finest,
00:56:41and to have an artist at your caliber
00:56:43incorporating our community into what you do,
00:56:46thank you.
00:56:46And 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,
00:56:53this is how I learned how to do makeup.
00:56:54Hey!
00:56:55Watching RuPaul's Drag Race.
00:56:57Okay!
00:56:57So, and then just seeing all the looks and stuff,
00:57:00it just always inspires me.
00:57:01Even her, like, I'd be like,
00:57:02we should do this and recreate this
00:57:03and do it different way.
00:57:04Yeah, sure!
00:57:04You know, sometimes we bring the culture
00:57:06to the mainstream hip-hop.
00:57:08I don't care if people feel uncomfortable,
00:57:10whatever.
00:57:11Like, I do not care.
00:57:11Neither are my dogs.
00:57:13And the other guy's twisted,
00:57:15the man's been looking.
00:57:16Yeah!
00:57:17And they do.
00:57:17They do.
00:57:18And I'm gonna scoop T,
00:57:20you 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
00:57:25I was gonna 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,
00:57:40then why am I safe?
00:57:42I mean, if Cardi B said,
00:57:43NeNe, give me that orange zip-tied outfit
00:57:46off of your body,
00:57:47I 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?
00:57:58I'm not even gonna lie to you girls.
00:58:00Like, I might be, like,
00:58:01the sweetest girl in the world,
00:58:03but I am a very tough judge.
00:58:04I don't want y'all to think that,
00:58:06that I'm bitchy or anything,
00:58:08but it's like,
00:58:09look at my teachers.
00:58:11You got me to teach y'all.
00:58:12I just wanna say,
00:58:14whatever is your fave,
00:58:15just remember that it is not the end,
00:58:18and it's just a lesson,
00:58:19and, like, I hope that you guys
00:58:21take that critique,
00:58:22and, like,
00:58:23don't get discouraged from it,
00:58:24learn from it.
00:58:25You know what I'm saying?
00:58:26All right, y'all.
00:58:27We cannot keep RuPaul waiting.
00:58:29Y'all are not gonna give me a chore
00:58:30with no damn RuPaul.
00:58:31Okay? You know what I'm saying?
00:58:32sashay away.
00:58:33Yeah!
00:58:35Wow.
00:58:35The party is over,
00:58:37and it's time to go to the main stage
00:58:38and find out who won
00:58:40and who's going on.
00:58:44Welcome back, queens.
00:58:46I've made some decisions.
00:58:49I need you, Jesus.
00:58:51Nene Coco,
00:58:52your paper look was money, honey.
00:58:56Jane Don't,
00:58:57your suit was a toot.
00:59:00Vito Von T. Star,
00:59:02your umbrella look made us wet.
00:59:11Jane Don't,
00:59:12you are safe.
00:59:15You may join the other girls.
00:59:19Congratulations.
00:59:24Kenya,
00:59:25we love your personality,
00:59:27but your look was not a pleaser.
00:59:31Juicy Love Dion,
00:59:33your face was sitting,
00:59:35but your look was ill-fitting.
00:59:39Mandy Mango,
00:59:40you're a beautiful queen,
00:59:42but your floral fixation
00:59:45left 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.
00:59:56Tell me about it.
01:00:00Juicy Love Dion,
01:00:02you are safe.
01:00:07You may step to the back of the stage.
01:00:10Thank you, Mother.
01:00:12I cannot believe
01:00:14I caught myself in this position.
01:00:18And boy, do I never want to be here again.
01:00:22Kenya Pleaser,
01:00:24Mandy 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 mind.
01:00:39No one is going home tonight.
01:00:41Woo!
01:00:45Oh, thank you, Jesus.
01:00:46I feel so relieved.
01:00:49I'm just so, so grateful
01:00:50to be here for another week.
01:00:51I'm gagging.
01:00:52I'm gagging.
01:00:53I'm gagging.
01:00:54Bitch, Cardi, I'm gag too, girl.
01:00:58I'm about to shit, girl.
01:01:01Kenya, Mango,
01:01:03you are safe,
01:01:05and you may join the other girls.
01:01:07Thank you so much.
01:01:08Thank you, judges.
01:01:13Nini Coco,
01:01:14Vida Fontys star.
01:01:18Condragulations.
01:01:19You are the top two queens of the week.
01:01:21Yeah!
01:01:22Yes, sister!
01:01:23Butt.
01:01:29And it's a big butt.
01:01:32There can only be one winner.
01:01:34Two queens stand before me.
01:01:37Prior to tonight,
01:01:38you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance
01:01:41of Enough by Cardi B.
01:01:44Ladies, this is your chance to impress me
01:01:48and win a cash prize.
01:01:51$5,000.
01:01:55There'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
01:02:09for you to lip sync
01:02:13for the win.
01:02:17The first lip sync of
01:02:19RuPaul's Drag Race Season 19.
01:02:21Ooh, we are in for a show.
01:02:23Good luck.
01:02:24And don't.
01:02:26Fuck it up.
01:02:30Yeah.
01:02:31Yeah.
01:02:33Okay.
01:02:35Look.
01:02:35Me verse you and you know they pick it.
01:02:37Cheap and expensive, you know it's the difference.
01:02:39You know that it's hair, you know what it's giving.
01:02:40Hair, nails, put them, bare.
01:02:42I can survive in the closest conditions.
01:02:44Hoes very low, they tone when they spin.
01:02:46Bitches just wash, soap in the dishes.
01:02:47I apply pressure like ball constrictors.
01:02:49One bitch, two bitch, old bitch, new bitch.
01:02:51None of y'all bitches not gon' do shit.
01:02:53I'm in Miami, I pull up on cruise ship.
01:02:54You in Miami for auto room shit.
01:02:56When I step a stampede, foot on neck.
01:02:59Can't breathe, lucky charm.
01:03:01Then cleave, diamond song.
01:03:02I see my eye blinking up.
01:03:04I'm like, what in the fuck?
01:03:06If you scared, then just say that holding up is enough.
01:03:09Girl, your sister make DMs.
01:03:11Ain't no trust in these sluts.
01:03:13I'm about to call up diamond, bitch.
01:03:15None of y'all fuck.
01:03:16I'm like, ooh, child, cool down.
01:03:19Too hot, too well.
01:03:20Too clear, new style.
01:03:22How you fucking with me, girl?
01:03:24Give me one shot and I'm raising the glass.
01:03:26Give me two shots and I'm shaking 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 standing on business, I'm ready about it.
01:03:34Bitch, me talking.
01:03:35I'll be big in they pocket.
01:03:36Girl, tell me about it.
01:03:37A lot of winning, a lot of scoring.
01:03:39Cardi bra and Cardi toward it.
01:03:41Yeah.
01:03:41These bitches all losers.
01:03:42What 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 competitors.
01:03:48When the gang hit that pussy.
01:03:50Said it was fucking a dollar.
01:03:51Somebody fighting can see me in fashion.
01:03:53Can see me with money.
01:03:54These bitches is bugging.
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.
01:04:00Foot on neck.
01:04:01Can't breathe.
01:04:02Lucky charm.
01:04:03Van cleave.
01:04:04Diamond song.
01:04:04I see my eyes linking up.
01:04:06I'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.
01:04:13Ain't no trust in these luts.
01:04:15I'm about to call a diamond bitch.
01:04:17Nug if you bug.
01:04:25It was so fun.
01:04:27Can I be like a judge forever for my new week?
01:04:31Queens, I've made my decision.
01:04:40NeNe Coco, contractulations.
01:04:42You're a winner, baby.
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.
01:05:05I'll take that.
01:05:09Conjagulations, queens.
01:05:10And remember, if you can't love yourself out in the hell,
01:05:13you're going to 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.
01:05:41It burns.
01:05:43Technicolor queen, you better shine on.
01:05:48I'm not that worried about me.
01:05:51You were a rock star.
01:05:53Girl, you were stiff as a dick.
01:05:57His survival of the fittest, honey.
01:05:58And if you ain't fit, pack your shit.
01:06:01Oh, shit.
01:06:25You were instead of dispensShift.
01:06:29Yeah, I threw too booty to herself.
01:06:31The introductions on us.
01:06:32You finally got pretty good.
01:06:33Look it last, you're talking WC Appetit.OYA
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