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00:13We're back into the workroom today, and Jada Sophia is gone.
00:17Oh my god, it's like a paragraph.
00:19Oh, and there's a flag!
00:21Jada is my sister, and it's kind of sad to see her leave, but it's just going to make
00:25me work harder to reach my goal.
00:27I came here to be America's next drag superstar.
00:30The top three.
00:32Did you all imagine that I was ready to be here?
00:34I didn't know I was ready to be here.
00:36I mean, I always wanted to.
00:37Yeah.
00:38But oh my gosh, it got so difficult.
00:40It got so difficult.
00:41This is so much more difficult than I ever imagined.
00:44This has given me a completely newfound respect for Alexis.
00:47I've teased about her and called her a bugger, but she's here.
00:50She's part of the top three.
00:51She's worked just as hard as I have.
00:52I love looking at all these empty spaces in the room.
00:54Like, I just remember all the voices and personalities that were here with us.
00:57And when I first saw Raja, I was like, what the fuck?
01:01Remember you walking down with that one eye?
01:04I said, what is this, the Muppet Show?
01:08And then Manela was the other one.
01:09Oh my gosh, Manela, in the beginning you were so annoying.
01:12I didn't realize how annoying you were until midway, and I was like...
01:17Okay, y'all think I'm annoying?
01:19Now imagine what it's like for me to live my life.
01:22Trust me, I know I'm annoying.
01:24Actually, Raja, I'm really happy that I got to meet you because you've been doing it for so long.
01:29And it's nice to know that, like, you can still do it in your late 40s.
01:34The library is closed.
01:37Oh, girl, you got she-mail.
01:40Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the queeniest of them all?
01:44Who's got the style?
01:45Who's got the grace?
01:46Who's got the balls to take my place?
01:48Now if more is more, then bigger is badder.
01:51And when it comes to your dreams, size really do matter.
01:54Mm-hmm.
01:56What is happening?
01:57I think whoever has the biggest dick, honey.
01:59I won!
02:00Yay!
02:02Hello, hello, hello!
02:04Oh!
02:05Oh, my God!
02:06It's me, your favorite judge!
02:08I'm here to deliver your final challenge.
02:11Ruse often said that this competition is like the Olympics of drag.
02:15And now this is your chance to go for the gold.
02:18This week, you become Greek goddesses.
02:22Yeah!
02:23Living statuary.
02:25Oh, beautiful.
02:25Prepare for the clash of the Xanadu Titans
02:29as you co-star in the music video for RuPaul's single,
02:34Champion!
02:35Yeah!
02:37That's awesome!
02:39Yeah!
02:40The brilliant Matthew Anderson will be your director,
02:42and the super talented Ryan Heffington
02:45will teach you to dance like goddesses.
02:49And to keep up your strength,
02:52you'll each have a one-on-one luncheon
02:54with Miss RuPaul herself.
02:56Woo!
02:58Gentlemen, start your engines,
03:01and may the best woman win!
03:04Woo!
03:04Woo!
03:06Hi!
03:07Hi!
03:08Hi!
03:09Hi, ladies!
03:09Hi!
03:10When I first saw Ryan, I said,
03:13the genie from the lamp!
03:15Today, we're going to work on some choreography
03:16for RuPaul's new song, Champion.
03:18So let's really try to take it out of this contemporary mode.
03:22It's about being a statuesque goddess.
03:25Roger, can I have you take this box here?
03:27I'm a little nervous,
03:28because I am a runway girl,
03:30and I don't know about dancing.
03:32That's not my thing.
03:33You are statues,
03:34but you are going to morph into different positions, okay?
03:36So I want to see you guys hit poses.
03:39Every four counts.
03:40One, two, three, four,
03:41and then morph.
03:43One, two, three, four.
03:44Hold.
03:45One, two, three, four.
03:46Pose.
03:47One, two, three, four.
03:48Okay?
03:49Here we go.
03:50Five, six, seven, eight,
03:52and ha!
03:53Two, three, four,
03:55and switch.
03:56Six, seven, eight.
03:58Hold.
03:58One, two, three, four.
04:01Woo!
04:01Almost off the box.
04:02Roger, let's try to be more hieroglyphic,
04:06beautiful statues, yes?
04:07Again, five, six, seven, eight,
04:09and switch.
04:10Oh.
04:11Manila, make it a little bit more grand.
04:13You are a statue.
04:13They've carved you out of stone.
04:15This is not going to get it.
04:16Yes.
04:17Now cross over.
04:18Go.
04:22And through.
04:23And through.
04:24And off camera.
04:25Oh, I see.
04:26Yes, yes, yes.
04:26Alexis, her poses are amazing.
04:28She knows how to portray the character I'm asking for,
04:31and it's instant with her.
04:32The other two girls are really going to have to pull up
04:34to match her.
04:37Hyrule.
04:38Darling, have a seat.
04:39Walking towards Ruth to have my lunch with him is not racking.
04:44It's a moment that could define the whole competition.
04:46Now I've taken the liberty to fix your plate.
04:48I'm going to die.
04:49Just have half of one.
04:52Who is rooting for you back home?
04:55Well, my family is rooting for me.
04:58I am so blessed.
05:00When I walk in my house, I can be myself.
05:02With my mom.
05:04With my sister.
05:07With my friends.
05:09And it's completely stranger people that I met in the United States.
05:13They always keep me going.
05:16So they're an extended family that you've created in America.
05:19Yes.
05:20I'm sure that they're very proud of you.
05:22Now that there are three, what is your strategy?
05:25Well, I'm just going to be myself.
05:27And I am very sure that I am perfect.
05:29So it doesn't matter what happens in the competition.
05:32I know I'm a star.
05:33You already are a star.
05:35Well, we had lunch and you didn't touch a thing.
05:38I told you I was on a diet.
05:39I'm going to work out my body so Michelle likes it.
05:43All right, darling.
05:44You just keep on flying.
05:45Thank you for lunch.
05:46The bill's on you.
05:48Bye, Ru.
05:50Hi.
05:51Now it's time for us to rehearse the part of the routine
05:54where we get to use a pit crew member as a prop.
05:58It should look like you've known each other forever.
06:00Actually, no.
06:01You've known each other for two nights.
06:02It's always a little bit more heated at that point.
06:07Yes.
06:08Hmm.
06:09Now, peeking over the shoulder.
06:11And in that moment.
06:13Ah, we missed that moment.
06:14Come back.
06:14Yes.
06:15Now get intimate and closer.
06:17Ah, and down, down, down, down, down, down, up.
06:20Ta-da!
06:21Yeah.
06:22Do you have a fear of intimacy?
06:25A little bit.
06:26I'm having the hardest time focusing.
06:28And I understand where it's coming from.
06:30He is probably seeing me holding back
06:32because I fucked up a lot in my life.
06:34I want to win this contest.
06:36And I really do not want to fuck this up.
06:38It's about the intimacy between you two.
06:40Okay.
06:40And I think if it's a little bit more true,
06:42it'll read true on camera.
06:43Okay.
06:44Raja needs to let her guard down.
06:47I think that's what she's going to have to break through
06:49in order to make this part of the video work.
06:54Oh, hello there.
06:55Have a seat.
06:56What's been the hardest part for you?
06:58Being away from my family, not being able to call.
07:02Hopefully they'll be proud of me because this is my medium.
07:04You're saying hopefully they'll be proud of you.
07:06Is there a chance that they won't be proud of you?
07:08You know, it's a part of me that my father really doesn't like to be a part of.
07:13Ever since I was a little boy, he tried playing catch with me and he said,
07:16Oh, well, this is not going to work.
07:17What do you think it would take for your father to come around?
07:20Part of it is me.
07:21I feel like my dad's probably willing to learn and be part of my lifestyle as a drag queen.
07:27I came here hoping that I would be successful at it and then I could come back and be like,
07:32Dad, Dad, look what I did.
07:33He'd be so proud of me, even if it's not like the ideal thing that he would want me to
07:37do.
07:37I want you to say to him what you're feeling, what you would want him to take from your being
07:43on this show.
07:47Daddy, I couldn't have been here without you and Mom.
07:52It feels nice to be blessed, to have a supportive family because I know lots of people don't.
08:02And you're one of the lucky ones.
08:04It would be great for your father to be proud of you, but the truth is, it's about you being
08:09proud of yourself.
08:12Well, hello.
08:14Hello, hello, hello.
08:15Now it's time to rehearse the part of the video where I'm going to be joined by the big group
08:18guy.
08:19So, we are now going to work on the more intimate side of the video.
08:25Can we take the clothes off?
08:26Ah, great.
08:27Whatever helps.
08:28Let's go.
08:29And, rotating in.
08:32And.
08:34Beautiful.
08:34Yes, yes, yes.
08:35Gorgeous.
08:36So, from here, I want you guys to improv.
08:38Oh, Jesus.
08:39But I don't want you to separate.
08:41A little bit closer.
08:42Don't lean away.
08:43Get into it.
08:44Uh-huh.
08:45And.
08:46No laughing.
08:48Stay connected.
08:49And work there for a moment.
08:51Improv.
08:53No laughing!
08:55It's very nerve-wracking to have somebody that you don't know work with you as so close.
08:59Because it's a very intimate moment.
09:01It's a simple.
09:03Touchy, touchy.
09:03Touchy.
09:04You know, maybe it's here.
09:05Click.
09:06Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam.
09:09Alexis has dance background.
09:11However, when it comes to turning off that stage persona, I think it's really hard for Alexis to do that.
09:17Hopefully, she can just be a little bit more in the moment.
09:20Even though I'm giving you choreography, it should not look like choreography.
09:23It should look like you guys are in your bedroom, on your satin sheets, working it out.
09:29Hi, Roo.
09:30Well, hello, Raja.
09:31What is this, Thanksgiving?
09:33I couldn't possibly.
09:36You're a bit of an introvert.
09:37Sometimes, yeah.
09:38When you're on the runway, you own the room.
09:40Yeah.
09:40How does an introvert live in the body of an extrovert?
09:45How does that work?
09:46Duality comes from me being a Gemini, I think.
09:48There's a whole other side of me that's a complete ham and exhibitionist, and I really love being in front
09:53of people.
09:54Who's rooting for you at home?
09:56I'm really hoping that my parents are going to pay attention and really see what I do, maybe for the
10:00first time in their lives.
10:01Wow.
10:01You know, they've been in some of the great moments in my life, but never have they seen how proud
10:05I am to do what I do.
10:06This will be a really great way for them to see how much life it brings to me.
10:09Is there anything you want to tell them?
10:11Hi, Mom.
10:12Hi, Dad.
10:13Look at me, I'm sitting up in the hall.
10:15That's a drag queen and so am I.
10:19Look, darling, lunch was fabulous. Break a leg out there.
10:22I will.
10:22All right.
10:23See you later.
10:23Fine room.
10:25And arms come in around to his chest.
10:28Yep.
10:29Beautiful.
10:31And, ah, okay, cool.
10:33Oh, oh, oh, watch yourself.
10:34Watch yourself.
10:35I'm a married woman.
10:36It's kind of awkward.
10:38I have to get all, like, nasty and grind up on some, like, sexy, greased-up man.
10:42Look at each other.
10:43You're so greasy.
10:45What's my boyfriend going to think?
10:46Sorry, baby.
10:51Oh, my God.
10:51It's a music video.
10:52I never imagined myself in one of RuPaul's videos.
10:56I imagined it before.
10:58I just didn't think it would actually happen.
10:59We're about to shoot Ru's video and I'm a little scared.
11:03I have put in a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into this competition.
11:06Now's the time to put on the real show.
11:08Oh, blonde Asian, y'all.
11:10Get used to it.
11:11It's the final challenge and it is bigger than ever because this is some serious shit.
11:16This is the real deal.
11:17The jig is up.
11:24Wow.
11:26Here comes the bride.
11:28We walk onto set and there's Ru, a vision in white.
11:30My girl.
11:32She looks like a goddess.
11:33It almost looks like a dream.
11:35Okay, smoke up.
11:37Action.
11:41But there's no denying you're our champion.
11:46The greatest of all our champion.
11:49Extend those lines.
11:51Go.
11:53And go.
11:55Go, Alexa.
11:58Go.
11:59Go, go, go, go, go.
12:06Cut.
12:07Yeah.
12:08So try not to leave too early.
12:10Let the girls pass the end.
12:11You'll be the last one to leave.
12:13So just work the center there.
12:14Don't leave too early.
12:15Oh, bitch.
12:15I was just called out.
12:17Ru Paul standing right there and I'm screwing it all up.
12:19You'll be the last one.
12:20So just turn, keep posing.
12:22They cross, they cross, you cross.
12:24Okay.
12:24They cross, they cross, you cross.
12:26Yes.
12:26The first take was a mess.
12:27We don't want Ru thinking like,
12:29Ugh, these three queens are gonna fuck my whole music video up.
12:32We don't want that.
12:33Long neck Alexis.
12:35Give face, give bone.
12:37Beautiful.
12:43More robots.
12:48Quickly.
12:49Here we go.
12:52Cut.
12:55I almost fell.
12:57We are not hitting what we need to hit.
13:00It has become a circus.
13:02This is our last thing with Ru.
13:03All right.
13:03Understand?
13:04So get it right.
13:06Nip, slip, aisle four.
13:07Yes, ma'am.
13:10Keep that energy up, ladies.
13:11Here we go.
13:12Action.
13:16Go!
13:18And arms, arms, arms.
13:21Hold.
13:23And lifting.
13:24Nice.
13:25Much better.
13:27Much better, ladies.
13:28Moving on.
13:29Yes, moving on.
13:32I love how I'm wearing like a bikini on top of like a onesie.
13:36Pierce.
13:37The Greek goddesses part of the video is over.
13:39So now we're gonna be athletes since we have new black, sexy, skimpy-ass costumes.
13:43Gorgeous.
13:45Roger, let me use your glue for a second.
13:48Alexis is wearing huge hair.
13:49Probably not the smartest thing to do.
13:51I mean, you're trying to be fierce athletes.
13:55Woo!
13:56Olympi who?
13:57Yes, ma'am.
13:59Let's do this.
14:00And action.
14:02A one, two, three, four.
14:04A five, six, seven, eight.
14:06And one, two, three, four.
14:07We have to hit our marks, ladies.
14:09Manila, you are off.
14:10I'm sorry.
14:11And if you're off, you're just gonna get hidden behind Alexis's hair.
14:14It's really hard to see your mark that's like a little tiny dot on this big white stage,
14:19and Alexis's hair is like totally like in my way.
14:21Action!
14:22A five, six, seven, eight, and one!
14:25Oh, sorry.
14:26Cut.
14:27Try it again.
14:28Manila, fucked it up.
14:29Sorry, guys. I'm sorry.
14:30When you hit it, you can do that, but don't.
14:33Because someone's hair is very large, and it blocks other people.
14:37But I'm not saying who.
14:39They're trying to blame my hair because of Manila's mistakes.
14:43Bitch, don't hide behind me.
14:45You got your mark.
14:46The bigger the hair, the closer to God.
14:49And one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
14:52And up, and up, and up.
14:55That was very nice.
14:56Best shot, yes.
14:57Now we're going to introduce boys to the mix.
15:00Manila, let's hit it.
15:02Five, six, take your time.
15:04Seven, eight, moving through it.
15:06And up.
15:07Let this be a moment here.
15:09Ah, lift that leg.
15:13I'm a ballerina.
15:14I am 93 pounds.
15:16Take it slow.
15:17Ecstasy.
15:19I'm going to come up slowly.
15:21And improv here for a second.
15:23Ooh.
15:24Ooh.
15:26I heard that you bought a condom.
15:28Awesome.
15:29That was beautiful.
15:30Let's move along to our next victim.
15:31Raja, you're up.
15:33Yay, I get to touch naked man body.
15:35Here we go.
15:36Ready?
15:36Mm-hmm.
15:37And.
15:38Yes, mama.
15:40Beautiful.
15:40I feel unfaithful.
15:43And.
15:44It can look like a head job.
15:46Before you start going down his body at the end, hold it for a second.
15:49Okay.
15:52Sorry about it.
15:53Okay.
16:01Yes.
16:03Now this is the moment right here.
16:04We want to see it.
16:07Beautiful, you guys.
16:08Keep moving.
16:13She's done that before.
16:15And.
16:17Brex.
16:17Bam!
16:18Yes.
16:18Take me.
16:19Hi, kid.
16:20I'm tingling.
16:21Nice.
16:22I had to just really let go and realize that, you know what, Raja, you are known for being
16:27a sensual performer.
16:28It was all about me doing what I do and doing it well.
16:31Hello, Alexis.
16:33Mateo.
16:34Let's hit it from the top.
16:36And.
16:36Action.
16:42Sensuous.
16:43Beautiful.
16:45You flick me.
16:47Alexis, you're going to have to focus on your profile because when you turn front you have
16:51no, you're just hair.
16:54Such big hair.
16:55Alright.
16:56And.
16:57Action.
16:58And go, Jason.
17:04Oh.
17:05Profile.
17:06Beautiful.
17:07That's beautiful.
17:09Gorgeous, Alexis.
17:11Maybe some more arms.
17:15This one perfect.
17:17I like it.
17:18It's like a live sex show.
17:20And.
17:21Yes.
17:22Ta-ta around each other and go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
17:25Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
17:28Bam, baby!
17:30Bam!
17:31Okay, ladies 25 minutes to shoot the whole video grab your prop so miss javelin you'll go first
17:36Sure, do it hard and fast keep the tip up
17:39Go
17:40Beautiful great that look good bow and arrow Alexis make me believe that you're a huntress and go
17:49Okay vanilla you're up
17:55Action
17:58Go go go go go
18:01Action
18:03That was nice
18:05Okay, and serving discus action on spinning and playback
18:24I think my earliest drag life growing up was being in talent shows and little boy pageants
18:30Now I am in RuPaul's a video champion
18:33I'm a champion
18:57I'm a champion
19:03I am in RuPaul's a hero
19:04I am in RuPaul's a hero
19:33And it's really exciting to know that two other people know this experience as well as I do
19:37Sisters forever
19:43I don't even care how I did or how it comes out I'm RuPaul's video mother sucker
19:49Hey
19:49Lick it
19:50Lick it
19:51You better work it out miss
19:54Do you guys think that you've changed like being in this competition?
19:57I think my performance style will definitely change
19:59I feel like I've gone to college you know and I'm graduating or something
20:02You know honestly like I feel like I've changed a lot because I never did drag as like you know
20:07full-time really
20:08Yeah
20:08So it's really cool to actually experience doing it like hardcore
20:12I haven't changed I feel the same bitch
20:15My drag haven't changed at all because where I come from is just one way to do drag and that's
20:20written in a book
20:24Raja
20:24What?
20:25Why do you think you should win this competition?
20:27Because I'm fiercer than you guys
20:29Well you got us there
20:30If I don't win I would love to see you get crowned Manila
20:35Oh
20:37Really soon America will know who will be America's next drag superstar
21:00Well hello there
21:02Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race
21:06Tonight it's just family so let's get nuclear
21:11Michelle Vassage
21:12RuPaul
21:14My muse
21:16Can you believe it's almost over?
21:18I cannot
21:18Very sad but very happy night
21:20Yes bittersweet
21:21Indeed
21:22Santino Rice
21:24Ru
21:24Are you ready to crown a winner?
21:26I'm ready we've got three amazing queens and I can't wait to see what they bring to the stage tonight
21:32Yes
21:32For the grand finale we challenged our girls to become Greek goddesses for my newest video champion
21:39Tonight they've put together outfits that will take your breath away
21:44Gentlemen start your engines and may the best woman win
21:51For the grand finale welcome Raja
21:53All that jazz and then some
21:56Oh
21:57Very common bienvenue
21:59I'm walking down the runway for the last time and I'm just in this moment right now
22:03I'm not really thinking of the competition I'm just gonna rock it
22:07Nothing beats a great pair of legs
22:09Bob Fosse
22:10Yeah
22:10Life is a cabaret
22:12Up next
22:13Manila
22:14She done brought her own crown
22:18I'm walking down the runway and I'm just in my gown
22:21Got sparkly jewelry all over the place and I feel like a winner
22:24Look at that train work all of that train mama
22:28Chartreuse Charmousse
22:30Gentlemen prefer Manila
22:34Alexis Mateo
22:35Sunday in the park with Alexis
22:36Yes she can can
22:38I picked my showgirl costume because it's the last time that the judges are gonna see me
22:42And I wanted to remind them that this is who I am Alexis Mateo is all about the show
22:46It's all about the glamour and the stage is mine
22:48And she bejazzled her head
22:50She brings her own shade to the runway
22:52Yes she does
22:53Yes she does
22:54Meet me in St. Louis
22:56Wow
22:59My top three girls
23:01Each of you won three challenges
23:03Which is pretty amazing
23:06Are you ready for the judges final critiques?
23:11Let's go
23:12So Raja let's take a look at highlights from your performance in the champion video
23:17They try to keep you down
23:21But there's no denying you're a champion
23:26Greatest of all
23:27You're a champion
23:29Never gonna fall
23:30You're a champion
23:32Still standing tall
23:34You're a champion
23:35And you'll always be a hero
23:39I love your take on drag
23:41I love your Victor Victoria look
23:43You are a star
23:44But I would say I'm not feeling you as a blonde
23:46But it did look Grecian
23:48Love this look on you tonight
23:49Yeah
23:50And I love androgyny
23:51Especially when it comes to beauty
23:52You really know how to work a camera for a beauty shot
23:54But it would have been stronger if you had one makeup
23:56Manila Luzon
23:58Let's take a look at highlights of your performance in the champion video
24:02You're a champion
24:03Still standing tall
24:05You're a champion
24:07And you'll always be a hero
24:09And when your story's told
24:11And the truth unfolds
24:14Then you sing your praises loud
24:16Tell your story's gold
24:18If the truth be told
24:20With all the children sing
24:24You got to do your scene with Jason
24:27I could smell the chemistry
24:28It was hard because I'm thinking like
24:30My boyfriend's gonna kill me
24:32My boyfriend's gonna kill me
24:33Well as an international star
24:35Zahara will just have to learn to accept that
24:38You've saved this and you just brought it to us tonight
24:41In a big way
24:42I think it would look better with smaller earrings
24:45But it's a lot of fun to see you come out here
24:47And I love, you know, when you're just like giving it
24:50If you could bottle that for a beauty queen
24:52You would be a billionaire
24:53I think you looked stunning in the video
24:56Some of the choreography, it was a little bit awkward
24:58Manila Luzon
24:59From week one to the top three
25:02You've been consistent
25:04Never too old to be a princess
25:05And you are such a pretty, pretty princess tonight
25:08The video, I loved that little lift
25:11I've told you before I'm not a fan of you as a blonde
25:13Your face was still gorgeous
25:15But you kinda lose you when you do the blonde
25:17I love the streak, that's about as blonde as you should ever go
25:21Alexis Mateo
25:22Hola
25:22Top three
25:24Bitches, we did it
25:27Tell me about your outfit
25:28Today I wanted to show you who I am for real
25:30And like, I'm a showgirl
25:32I want to take a look at the highlights
25:34From your performance in the champion video
25:36Oohb, ooh. Hast a Tam情況
25:38Oh, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb,
25:49oohb, oohb, oohb, oohb, toe, help 1b,aisse a day
25:50Yes
25:53So, how do you feel?
25:55I feel like when you wants to roll your arms so fast
25:58Like AAH
26:01I really thought you brought the overall kind of athleticism
26:06almost Olympic quality to this piece.
26:09I'm going to be completely honest with you.
26:11You are one I did not expect to see in the final three.
26:14Every time I counted you out, you brought it and shut me up.
26:19All I can say about the video is you stayed true to who you are.
26:22Even in the Grecian times, you were doing some cha-cha.
26:24There was not a minute in this whole competition
26:27that you ever let down your sweetness and your vulnerability and your honesty.
26:31You're just adorable.
26:33Oh, Michelle said something good about me, bitchy.
26:37You have to cha-cha for that.
26:40I'm so happy.
26:42Tonight, before the judges and I deliberate for the final time,
26:46we'd like to hear from each of you alone.
26:49Alexis, you're first.
26:52I want you to give me a pro and a con for each of your competitors.
26:58Raja's pros, the runway walk, like nobody else in this competition.
27:02Something that I don't like about Raja, he's so hard to read.
27:05Manela was the only girl in the competition who I really wanted to punch in the face.
27:10I was like, Manela, I think you're annoying.
27:12And she said, you know what?
27:13I think so, too.
27:14And we actually got one thing in common.
27:16Yeah.
27:18I want your pros and cons.
27:20Every time I make a decision to move forward in life, I am my own enemy.
27:24If I wish I could have changed something about my life, it would have been how hard I am when
27:28I judge myself.
27:29But I am a fighter.
27:31And I don't regret anything because it has made me so strong that I actually can say I am my
27:37biggest hero.
27:39Alexis Mateo is one of the first queens that really stuck out in my mind.
27:42I think she's an amazing performer.
27:44As for cons, the drag that she does, I've seen it before and it doesn't excite me.
27:48I love Raja.
27:49She's very fashion, but sometimes it's a little bit too editorial.
27:54We'll start with my cons first to get those out of the way so I can end on a high
27:56note.
27:57I'm kind of crazy and a little unpredictable and I'm kind of stubborn at times.
28:02But as I feel like I've proven, I can do almost anything.
28:06So I can be me for myself and please other people.
28:11Alexis is a very, very talented performer.
28:14Cons, I don't really think she thinks outside of the box.
28:17Her marabou and her rhinestones feels a little bit stagnant to me.
28:19It's always an entertaining moment with Manila and I think that's awesome.
28:23But Manila has a lot of growth to do.
28:26There's still a bit of a template that she fits into.
28:28I'm not really into templates.
28:30I want to ask you about your pros and cons.
28:33For the first time in my life, I can say that I'm a beautiful person.
28:35It's taken a long time and it's been a treacherous journey.
28:39But I'm in this moment right now and it feels so fucking great.
28:43And I'm proud of it.
28:45I'm very proud.
28:47Thank you, Raja.
28:48While you and the other girls enjoy an absolute cocktail in the Interior Illusions Lounge,
28:53the judges and I will deliberate.
28:57Just between us girls, Manila.
28:59She's amazing.
29:00She can do everything.
29:02She is a knockout.
29:03Her personality is fantastic.
29:04If you're looking for somebody to represent you and RuPaul's Drag Race, she's got a wonderful stage presence and can
29:10actually speak.
29:11I wanted to feel some sincerity.
29:14She always stops herself on an emotional level.
29:17I just happen to think Manila is a superstar.
29:20And Manila has won the last two challenges.
29:23She did it.
29:23She's on a roll.
29:24So let's move on to Alexis.
29:26You know how many times I've counted her out?
29:28Tell me, how many times have you counted?
29:29At least three or four times and then bam!
29:31Her Florida style of drag has been considered by many people to be too regional to be America's next drag
29:38superstar.
29:39I'd never counted her out.
29:41She is so authentic in what she's bringing to the table that I give her a free pass on the
29:47over-the-top cha-cha.
29:48Her conviction is flawless.
29:50Yeah, it's just flawless.
29:51Let's move on to Raja.
29:53Sometimes I feel like she's only worried about the runway aspect of the challenge.
29:58Bitch is bad.
30:00But does she do anything else besides high fashion?
30:03Well, she won three challenges.
30:04Yeah, she did.
30:05And she doesn't take herself too seriously.
30:06The bucket of blood, remember that?
30:07Oh, yeah, the carry thing.
30:08She takes genderfuck and turns it into something that's actually heightened and intellectual and special.
30:15Her take on drag is very different, very fresh and new.
30:19This is not going to be easy.
30:22All three of them are superstars and they're all equally as fierce.
30:25Silence!
30:27This ain't over until they lip-sync for their lives.
30:31Bring back my girls.
30:36Welcome back, ladies.
30:37Ladies, it all comes down to this.
30:41Based on your performance in the Champion music video and your heroic work throughout this competition, I've made some decisions.
30:54This is it.
30:57Alexis Mateo, your smile and spirit remind us all of the joy that drag brings to the world.
31:09It breaks my heart to say this, but you are not America's next drag superstar.
31:26It doesn't matter if I didn't want knowing the things that I have done in my life to get to
31:31this point.
31:32It feels wonderful.
31:32The sky is the limit for me, and this is just the beginning for something wonderful.
31:37The jig is up, bitches.
31:47Two beautiful queens stand before me.
31:52Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me.
31:57Walk away with the title of America's next drag superstar.
32:03My heart has never beat faster in my life.
32:06I felt like it was going to jump out of my chest.
32:08The time has come.
32:10Future lip-sync.
32:12For your life.
32:15I'm so excited.
32:16It might be me that's the next drag superstar.
32:19So let's get this lip-sync on.
32:21Good luck.
32:22For the last time.
32:25Don't fuck it up.
32:50I'm lip-syncing this song the way that I lip-sync.
32:53I'm lip-syncing this as Milla.
33:01All eyes are on me, and it's about me really, really hitting it, doing it Raja style.
33:06With all the children singing.
33:09Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
33:14You're a champion.
33:17Raiders of the world, you're a champion.
33:20Never gonna fall, you're a champion.
33:23Still stand before you're a champion.
33:26And you'll always be a hero.
33:41Ladies, I've made my decision.
33:48The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, America's next drag superstar, is Raja.
34:20Manila, you are an inspiration.
34:24I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.
34:29Now, sashay away.
34:36I can't even explain being so close and then just not being able to get there.
34:40I don't think I could have done anything differently.
34:44I wouldn't have changed his experience for anything.
34:46I wouldn't have traded it for anything.
34:47And I'm happy how far I made it.
34:49I'm first runner-up, so if Raja dies of old age, then maybe I'll get the crown.
34:56Raja, my queen, I bow to thee.
35:02Along with this title, I can use it now to talk to kids who had no clue that you could
35:07be a star.
35:08I just want to let them know that it's all right to be a social misfit.
35:11It's okay to think outside of the box and think greater than what you know.
35:14Now, prance, I say.
35:17Prance, my queen.
35:19All hail the queen.
35:20All hail the queen.
35:22All hail the queen.
35:24People are going to remember your name.
35:27Have a smile, my queen.
35:31You are a bubba.
35:33Mark it, baby.
35:34Grand prize contributed in part by Al and Chuck Dot Travel.
35:38The crown is mine.
35:40The cash is mine.
35:41And I am America's Next Drag Superstar.
35:44You're a superstar.