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00:00Tune in next week for the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race, our team, Nene Koko.
00:12Hello, hello, hello.
00:14Well, you can't spell her name without icon, icon.
00:17It's Nene Koko.
00:19Oh!
00:22Miss Nerves!
00:23What's up, baby?
00:24I'm good, how are you?
00:25Can I give you a hug?
00:26Of course.
00:26Oh, my gosh.
00:28You are stunning.
00:29Oh, it's good to see you.
00:30So are you.
00:33Like what you're watching?
00:34Well, be sure to click like and subscribe.
00:37How are you, dear?
00:38I'm doing great, yeah.
00:39And congratulations.
00:41Yes.
00:41It has been the craziest ride to get here.
00:45Speaking of, where were you when you got your call from RuPaul's Drag Race?
00:50Girl, it was the middle of winter.
00:52It was, I think it was kind of a snowy day outside.
00:54Where are you from?
00:55I live in Denver.
00:56Okay, so it was snowing.
00:57So it was snowing.
00:58And I was just with my boyfriend in the bedroom.
01:01And girl, the California number called.
01:04And I said, it's happening.
01:06Hello?
01:07Hello, hello?
01:08It was wild.
01:09But I mean, if you see California calling, you pick up the phone.
01:13Absolutely.
01:13And how many times did you audition for the show?
01:16This was my second audition.
01:18Hello.
01:18Hello.
01:19Yes.
01:20Last year was kind of just to go through the motions of it.
01:23Season 17.
01:24Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:24And it was this year I was like, I feel ready.
01:27I know what I can do.
01:28And here we are.
01:30Diva, after the second try, you are here on RuPaul's Drag Race.
01:34I know.
01:36You have made it.
01:37Say it again.
01:38And now we get to watch your audition tape in front of the whole world.
01:42Yes.
01:42Are you ready?
01:44I'm, what?
01:45We get to watch your audition tape right now.
01:50I do not consent.
01:51I do not consent.
01:52You signed the paper already.
01:54Maybe I signed the paper.
01:54Let's hit it.
01:55Okay.
01:59Hi, RuPaul's Drag Race.
02:00My name is Nini Coco.
02:02You can't spell my name without icon icon.
02:04I'm 29 years old, and I'm a high-energy, high-fashion diva from the mile-high city of Diva, Colorado.
02:11Nini Coco now is basically unstoppable.
02:13She's a little bit unhinged, but like very put together and polished at the same time.
02:17My drag now is very conceptual.
02:19I love to tell a story from beginning to end and make a full production out of my numbers.
02:24I'm a self-taught seamstress.
02:26My gateway drug into doing drag was learning to sew.
02:29I design and sew all my own looks.
02:30I'm a Virgo, and so they all have to be polished from top to bottom.
02:35And my performances themselves are super high-energy, crazy, campy, f***ing cuckoo.
02:40Lots of flips, splits, stunts, dips.
02:43Name a body part, bitch.
02:45I have slammed it against the ground.
02:46Wow.
02:46That's all true.
02:48Facts are facts.
02:49I am so impressed.
02:51Ah, thank you.
02:53Two years?
02:54Two years.
02:55So you're almost an after-COVID baby.
02:58Yeah.
02:58I used COVID to teach myself how to sew and practice my makeup, and probably for the best.
03:05It just gave me some more time.
03:06I feel that COVID had a way of sitting us all down and making us focus on the things that
03:11we've always wanted to do.
03:12And in your case and in my case, if it wasn't for COVID, I would not be sitting here talking
03:18to you.
03:19Absolutely.
03:20I wouldn't want to go through that again.
03:21Yeah.
03:22But other parts of 2020 were a bit more painful.
03:25Exactly.
03:25You know, but it allowed us to stay in our bedrooms and get gorge.
03:29So you've only been doing drag a very short time, but are very accomplished.
03:33And I'd like to see some of that proof in this videotape, if that's okay.
03:38Let's do it.
03:38Let's do it.
03:39I've been performing in drag for two years now.
03:42In my very first year in drag, I won this local drag competition called Denver Drag Olympics.
03:46Huge deal in Denver.
03:48Evie won it.
03:48Willow competed in it.
03:49And then now in my second year in drag, I went viral for this Praying Mantis performance that I did.
03:55It received over 10 million views across all the different platforms that was shared on.
04:00And it gave me this opportunity to get flown around the country for drag.
04:04I was even flown to Canada.
04:06I'm an international drag sensation before even being on RuPaul's Drag Race.
04:10Yet.
04:12Wow.
04:12Clock IT.
04:13Wow.
04:14That is amazing.
04:15What was it like going viral?
04:16It was cool.
04:16I was like out of show and everyone's like, hey, your thing has 30,000 views.
04:21By the end of the show, it was like, it has 100,000 views.
04:23Oh my God.
04:24But you know, like this cast has a bunch of viral divas.
04:27So I'm not going to be like, I'm the only viral sensation.
04:31But hey, I can get people's attention if I need to.
04:33So you are a fashion diva.
04:36And I want to take a look at all of your iconic looks.
04:39Oh my God.
04:39Let's do it.
04:40And the award goes to Needy Coco.
04:44Yes, I created this purple ruched villain fantasy for my first Denver nightlife awards
04:48where I won best fashion designer.
04:50Shing.
04:51Somebody once described my drag as angry drag.
04:54And this is the epitome of that.
04:55I also developed this signature sequin drip on mesh sewing technique.
04:59And this is my favorite version of it that I've ever created.
05:02This is a Lady Gaga inspired outfit.
05:04Not a recreation.
05:05Just my take of a fashion look I'd imagine she'd wear.
05:07Okay, this look is just me serving drag queen dance costume.
05:12You know what they say.
05:13Look gored, feel gored.
05:14And bitch, I'm feeling gorgeous.
05:15Y'all, being in the circus is intense.
05:17Especially as the tent.
05:19And even though I'm clearly serving big top energy,
05:22anyone is welcome to come inside me and enjoy the fun.
05:25And last but not vroom vroom least,
05:28start your engines and may Nini Coco win.
05:31This is a Sasha Colby promo inspired look.
05:33And...
05:34A booger just flew out of my face.
05:36A what?
05:37A booger.
05:39Damn, girl!
05:41That is amazing.
05:42And congratulations.
05:44Your first impression when you hit a stage
05:46is what will get people's attention or not.
05:49So I love something that's got a little layer of camp to it.
05:53Yeah.
05:53But everything I make always has to have a little sparkle,
05:56a little shine.
05:57It's ready for the stage.
05:59Absolutely.
05:59So what do you think was the part of your tape?
06:02I love the look section.
06:04I had a lot of fun with the Snatch Game.
06:06It was just kind of improv-ing.
06:08I had a couple friends in the room and we were just...
06:10Having fun.
06:10Having fun.
06:11All the babies scream.
06:14And that translates to...
06:16Give me that juice, mommy.
06:18I'm hungry!
06:20And the most cringies?
06:22You know, the reads were the last thing that I did.
06:25So I was like...
06:26Just stack them at the end.
06:28Don't worry about it.
06:28Well, guess what?
06:30The library just opened.
06:33See ya.
06:34Bye.
06:34Spring in the glasses!
06:36Olivia Lux, you remind me of a fake ID.
06:39Because you're fake.
06:40And nobody wants you in their bars.
06:43Oh!
06:44Oh, she's getting...
06:45Yikes.
06:46Yikes.
06:46That was before she came back to All-Stars, okay?
06:49Plain Jane, even if I don't win an acting challenge,
06:52I know that I'm a talented thespian.
06:55Because I've been acting like I've liked you this whole time.
06:58Oh, my God.
07:00That was good.
07:01I had met her in person at that point, so...
07:04Oh, my God.
07:05Girl, Tina Burner, you are looking engorged.
07:10Ooh!
07:11That was good.
07:12That was good.
07:13That was a good read.
07:15Yeah.
07:15Now, do you stand by these reads?
07:17You know what?
07:17I double down.
07:18As you mother shit, bitch.
07:20Yeah.
07:20Yeah.
07:21Especially when they're good reads.
07:22Yeah.
07:23They're good reads.
07:24Yeah.
07:25Oh, the library was open.
07:27But were the books worth checking out?
07:29Comment below.
07:30Now, we're going to keep this vibe going because it is fun.
07:33It is messy.
07:34Okay, let's do it, girl.
07:35I'm going to ask you some questions.
07:36It's like a quick-fire thing.
07:38Who was the biggest flirt on the show?
07:40Oh, my God.
07:41Athena Dion.
07:42That girl.
07:44Horny as hell the entire time.
07:46Who do you text with the most?
07:47You know, I knew about her before the show, and it was Mikey.
07:51So, me and Mikey keep up.
07:52Who are you taking out of the group chat?
07:55Girl, that's a tough one.
07:57Pass.
07:57I love all my sisters.
07:59Is there a second group chat?
08:01No, no.
08:03Okay, there's not a second group chat.
08:04There's a few little, you know.
08:05Got it.
08:05Now, who had, in your opinion, the best entrance look this season?
08:09Ooh, I thought Jane looked fierce.
08:11She had this, like, Schiaparelli look on.
08:14It was fabulous.
08:16Work.
08:16And when you walked into the work room,
08:18who do you think was your biggest competition?
08:20When I saw Juicy, Love Dion walk in,
08:23I said, none of us are surviving the lip sync.
08:26That girl is going to put us all to death.
08:28Immediately.
08:29And who do you think was the most delusional on the show?
08:33Discord.
08:33Discord.
08:35And who was the messiest?
08:37You know what?
08:37Jane was a little messy now and then.
08:39Jane was a little messy.
08:39Okay, got it, got it, got it, got it.
08:40One of my favorite questions,
08:42who is most likely to crash out on the internet?
08:45Briar Blush.
08:47And Athena Dion.
08:48A very consistent, very consistent.
08:51And a little shady.
08:53Okay.
08:53Who do you think shouldn't have auditioned this year?
08:56I didn't see, I didn't see her coming.
08:58I think Darlene.
08:59Oh, wrong.
09:00That bitch proved me wrong.
09:03Like, I was like, she's amazing.
09:05There you have it, folks.
09:07It has been an absolute pleasure talking with you.
09:10So good to meet you.
09:11You're so cool.
09:12You're so freaking cool.
09:13Oh my God, you're amazing.
09:14And congratulations on everything that you've done thus far
09:17and will continue to do.
09:18Thank you, Anya.
09:19You're welcome.
09:19You're amazing.
09:20All right, can I give you a hug?
09:21Yes, I love you.
09:23Have a good day.
09:24Have a good day, baby.
09:24Bye.
09:25Thank you so much for watching.
09:26Hello, hello, hello.
09:27But it's time to say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.
09:31And just remember, it do take nerve.