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00:07Cluck, cluck, top five.
00:09Top five, bitches, top five.
00:10It's a good day because Willem is gone.
00:13Finally gone, and I'm so excited.
00:15Bye.
00:17What is that?
00:18I showed my ass a lot, so here's one for the road.
00:22That is her ass.
00:23Ew.
00:24That's nasty.
00:25She showed that she was an ass.
00:27Yeah, Willem broke the rules, so.
00:30Bye, boo, bye.
00:31Goodbye, shady, bearded lady.
00:35Goodbye, shady, bearded lady.
00:37Y'all are crazy.
00:38Fuck that bitch.
00:39Willem's gone, Willem's gone.
00:41I feel bad for Willem.
00:42It's a real bummer the way it ended for him.
00:44I got to admit, though, I'm kind of jealous.
00:46There's nothing more punk rock than being kicked off.
00:49No, bitch.
00:49No, no, no.
00:50Not off RuPaul's Drag Race, bitch.
00:51That was the walk of shame, bitch.
00:53Yeah.
00:53No shade, no tea.
00:54You guys, like, seriously, can you believe that shit happened?
00:57For once in my life, I'm speechless.
00:58No one's ever been kicked off in the history of RuPaul's Drag Race.
01:02I'm gagged.
01:03When RuPaul came out, it was like this.
01:05Hold on, hold on.
01:05We can do this.
01:06I'll be Willem, you'll be Ru.
01:07All right, I'll be Willem.
01:10I've consulted with the judges, but the final decision is up to me.
01:16Fifi O'Hara, Sharon Needles, you're both safe.
01:20Sharon, you were better, but you're both safe.
01:24You're fucking evil.
01:26Oh.
01:27Girl!
01:28Speak of the devil.
01:29You got she-mail.
01:31Attention all teabaggers.
01:33Ah.
01:33Read my lips.
01:36According to a recent stripper poll, America's next drag superstar needs to pull herself up
01:42by her bra straps, stand tall in her platforms, and be the life of every party.
01:48Because, honey, nobody likes an empty box.
01:52No, ma'am.
01:52I'm RuPaul, and I don't approve this message.
01:56Stripper poll.
01:57Hello, hello, hello.
01:59Judge.
02:01Ladies, America's next drag superstar has to stand for something, or she'll fall for anything.
02:08Now, for today's mini-challenge, you need to stand tall by decorating a pair of platform
02:13shoes.
02:14Take them from plane to pate.
02:17To provide you with some inspiration, please help me welcome Absolute Vodka Guru, Jeffrey
02:24Moran.
02:25Hi, Ru.
02:26Gentlemen.
02:28What you see here before you are some great classic cocktails that will be the inspiration
02:32for today's challenge.
02:34At Absolute, we've been celebrating the gay and lesbian community for 30-plus years, so
02:37you can imagine we've thrown some really great parties.
02:40Dieter Ritz, your inspiration is in Absolute Collins.
02:44Latrice Royale, Absolute Punch.
02:47Phoebe O'Hare, Absolute Grapevine.
02:50Sharon Needles, Absolute Berry Sour.
02:53Chad Michaels, Absolute Greyhound.
02:56Love it.
02:57Okay, ladies, you'll have 20 minutes to create platforms that look good enough to drink.
03:03Ready, set, go.
03:10You got the good stuff.
03:11You don't even know what you're talking about.
03:13Oh man, this is not sticking.
03:15Jagley, quit complaining over there.
03:17Needles.
03:18What?
03:18What are you doing?
03:19What the fuck does it look like I'm doing?
03:20How's it going for you?
03:21Oh, fine.
03:22I had all the accessories I needed to convey the plight of the American Indians, though
03:27I wish I had some poker chips.
03:29Ow!
03:32All right, ladies, time's up.
03:35Let's see your platforms.
03:37First up, Dieter Ritz.
03:39I was inspired by the Victorian age, so I took from Marie Antoinette, and she's a big
03:44woman on shopping and shoes, and she would want a fierce pair of shoes like this.
03:47Sort of if Marie Antoinette were a stripper.
03:50She would wear these.
03:51I know she would.
03:54Latrice Royale, Absolute Punch Platforms.
03:57Well, my shoes are inspired by the nightclub.
04:00That's where everybody's getting their party on and their drink on.
04:02And you might see a girl hanging from the ceiling wearing these shoes.
04:07Oh.
04:08Next up, Fifi O'Hara.
04:11Absolute grapevine platforms.
04:13You know I'm designing for your new Iron Fist line.
04:15Oh, wonderful.
04:16Yeah.
04:16I really wanted to take you to, like, an exotic vacation hotspot.
04:19Like, for all those, you know, women that are at home, they can just put on their shoes
04:22and have a cocktail, and bam, they're on vacation.
04:25All right.
04:26Next up, Sharon Needles.
04:27My Berry Sour platforms are inspired by Red Rocks of the Southwestern America, and I'm
04:34serving you some Navajo realness.
04:36And we have these dream catchers in the back.
04:38I prefer nightmare catchers.
04:40These do the trick.
04:41These are platform shoes for the real Navajos.
04:45I thought we were supposed to design a shoe, not just slab on a piece of fur.
04:49Chad Michaels.
04:50This is for the girl on the go on New Year's Eve to wear, and she's got her greyhound in
04:55the foot to go.
04:55Oh, now what makes that greyhound in the foot?
04:57That's grapefruit juice.
04:59Of course.
05:00Absolutely.
05:01You need a little vitamin C. You don't want scurvy, you know.
05:02No, no.
05:03Not again.
05:04I'll never go through that again.
05:06Ladies, you all stepped it up, but one of you really walked all over the competition.
05:13The winner of today's mini-challenge is Fifi O'Hara.
05:20Yeah.
05:21That's all.
05:22You look good.
05:23Conjagulations, Fifi.
05:25I am head over heels for those shoes right there.
05:29And thank you, Jeffrey Moran.
05:31Anytime.
05:31We will see you tomorrow on the main stage.
05:33Good luck.
05:33Good luck.
05:34Bye.
05:36Speaking of platforms, I want to find out what America's next drag superstar really stands
05:42for.
05:43And this being an election year, it's time to make some herstory.
05:48I, RuPaul, would like to announce the candidacy of Fifi O'Hara, Dieter Ritz, Sharon Needles,
05:57Latrice Royale, and Chad Michaels to become the first drag president of the United States
06:05of America.
06:07For this week's main challenge.
06:09For this week's main challenge, you'll face the nation in a frock-the-vote presidential
06:12debate.
06:13This is your chance to prove that you have the kind of charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and
06:18talent it takes to be the leader of the free world.
06:22Gentlemen, start your engines.
06:26And may the best woman win.
06:30To prepare for the debate, we have to do an opening statement, a closing statement.
06:33We have to get in drag.
06:35We have to come up with slogans.
06:36So there's a lot involved in this challenge.
06:40I'm going to get in trouble.
06:43Put her away.
06:44What?
06:45Put her away.
06:45No way.
06:46Why would I?
06:47Why would you?
06:48I'm bringing back the funk to America, honey.
06:52I decided to do a non-traditional character and do something a little bit edgier, a little
06:56bit more dangerous, take a risk.
06:58How you doing?
07:00Two pink afros on a brown wig.
07:02For him to pull that piece of crap out and put it on his head, like, for a presidential
07:05debate.
07:06I'm going to give you lady pimp.
07:09Coming up.
07:09What's your slogan?
07:10You can always kiki with your girl, Fifi.
07:12You're offering to have sex with all Americans?
07:15I want to talk to the people.
07:17But everybody says that until they're down in the polls.
07:18Well, I enjoy being down on a poll.
07:28For today's main challenge, we're running for president in drag.
07:32It's like we're back in school.
07:43The workroom is insanely quiet right now.
07:46And, like, everybody is just thinking so hard about their stuff.
07:48And I'm just having a good time.
07:56I'm having a worse brain fart right now.
08:01Excuse me.
08:03I'm still confused.
08:05This challenge is so tough.
08:06I'm just struggling with coming up with ideas.
08:09Politics is not my comfort zone.
08:10I get it.
08:12I'm done.
08:13Park.
08:14Girl.
08:15Whew.
08:16You better come for it, Miss Fifi.
08:18I feel confident in this challenge because I always like to argue.
08:21Y'all didn't take debate classes in school?
08:23Uh-uh.
08:23I did.
08:24I wanted to be a lawyer when I was younger.
08:25That's why you're so confrontational all the time.
08:27I just have to be right.
08:29Even when you're wrong?
08:30Bitch, I'm never wrong.
08:31You're wrong right now.
08:32Learn it.
08:33Are you writing the answers to your questions already?
08:35Yeah.
08:36Aren't you done?
08:37I mean, I took debate, like, for seven, eight years.
08:40And I'm a lawyer.
08:42So, hurry up and get it done.
08:45Hello, hello, hello.
08:47Hi, Rue.
08:47Hi, Rue.
08:48Ladies, I hope you're decent because we have company.
08:51Journalist, political pundit, and founder of the It Gets Better Project, Dan Savitt.
08:57Hey.
08:59Awesome.
09:00Hello, candidates.
09:01Now, Dan's here to help you prep for the big debate and serve up some political realness.
09:07Hey, Latrice.
09:08Hey, Rue.
09:09How are you?
09:09Have you come up with a campaign slogan?
09:11Of course.
09:12Everyone needs a piece of Latrice.
09:14What about peace with Latrice?
09:15Ooh, that's very good.
09:17So, what is your platform?
09:19Well, I want more funding for HIV and AIDS patients who are on disability.
09:23But voters right now are going to ask you, okay, if you're going to make more money available
09:26for that, what are you going to cut?
09:28Right.
09:29Oh, something got to go?
09:30Yeah.
09:31Like the wars.
09:32The wars, yeah.
09:33Politics.
09:34For real, for real.
09:35This is not easy.
09:36Now, it's important that you get your message across and that you're not vague.
09:40It has to be direct.
09:41Right.
09:41All right, Latrice, we're going to let you get back to your campaign.
09:45All right?
09:45Break a lash.
09:45I will.
09:48Hi, Fifi.
09:49Hi, Rue.
09:49You're running for president.
09:50I am.
09:51What's your slogan?
09:52You can always kiki with your girl, Fifi.
09:54You're offering to have sex with all Americans?
09:58Not Kai Kai.
09:59Oh, okay, I'm confused.
10:00Yeah, kiki, yeah.
10:01Kai Kai is a different story.
10:02Like we gossip with each other, so.
10:03Oh, okay.
10:04It rhymes with my name and it's easy to remember.
10:06But it's easy to misunderstand like I did.
10:08So, you might want to have a couple of alternates.
10:11So, what is your platform?
10:13Make America pretty.
10:14You know, build warehouses so that way a bunch of drag queens can make designer human hair wigs.
10:18So, you're providing jobs or you're providing wigs?
10:20Both.
10:20Okay, so it's socialism for drag queens then.
10:22The government will give you your wig.
10:24Yeah.
10:25I'm going to be the drag president, so.
10:27Listen, you have to make it something that really speaks to every American.
10:30She has to be really direct.
10:32I'm going to let you get back to work, okay?
10:33All right.
10:34Thanks, Fifi.
10:36Hi, Dita.
10:37Hi, Rue.
10:38You doing your homework?
10:39I'm trying.
10:40Now, it's important to know what you stand for.
10:43What is your platform?
10:43My platform is really about feel like queens are kind of underpaid.
10:46We are stars, too, and this is a job, and it deserves the same exact respect as any normal performer.
10:52Why should someone who's not a drag queen vote for you for president?
10:57That I haven't come up with.
10:58I still have some thinking to do.
10:59Do you vote personally?
11:00I do, I do.
11:01I vote.
11:01I just, politics is kind of something that's hard for me to discuss because it can get personal.
11:05It can get very ugly, and I hate that, so.
11:06Which is why it's important for us to pay attention because politicians are going to demonize sexual minorities.
11:10And if they can count on us checking out, they're likelier to win and then get into office where they
11:14can really do us harm.
11:15Right.
11:16Well, you just read me.
11:17I'm not going to lie.
11:19Just make sure that it really comes from the heart.
11:22Okay.
11:22Good luck.
11:23He lit my complete campaign on fire.
11:25That's what Dan Savage did.
11:26I feel fucked.
11:29Candidate Chad Michaels.
11:30Hey, Rue Pop.
11:30I want to hear all about the campaign.
11:32Well, I'm just going to have some fun, Rue.
11:33Yes.
11:34I'm creating a crazy lady.
11:35Oh, boy.
11:36For my campaign, and her name is Lady Pimp Michaels.
11:39So, what are your campaign slogans?
11:41Well, my issues are mandatory rhythm and funk lessons for all school kids because we've really lost the beat in
11:45this country.
11:46Are there any real issues you want to inject?
11:48Do you have a real issue?
11:49I haven't really put any real issues into this, so I want to make this fun.
11:53Make sure the constituency can relate to you.
11:56I get you.
11:57Which is going to be a problem if that's your outfit.
11:58That's a pantsuit.
11:59What are you talking about?
12:01All right, thanks, Chad.
12:02Bye, guys.
12:03Sharon Needles, the first drag president.
12:06What campaign slogans have you written?
12:08Some of my campaign slogans are, America's government needs a sex change.
12:13And what does that mean?
12:14Oh, it means, you know, that it's time that, you know, not just a man or a woman's in office,
12:18but a man-woman, you know, is in the office.
12:20Someone who can play both fields.
12:21Now, are you planning any negative campaigning?
12:24I'm not going to create negative attack ad campaigns because I was bullied my entire childhood, and that's just not
12:30the platform I'm going to be working with.
12:32I want to talk to the people.
12:33But everybody says that until they're down in the polls.
12:35Well, I enjoy being down on a poll, so, I mean, that's just something I can handle, I think.
12:40Okay, good for you.
12:41I know you have a lot of work to do, so I'm going to let you get back to it.
12:44See you at the debate.
12:45Uh-huh.
12:45All right.
12:46All right, ladies.
12:48Remember, these are tough times, and the future of this great nation depends on you.
12:54So don't fuck it up.
12:56Let's go.
12:58Coming up.
12:59How you doing?
13:00Your time is up, Miss Michael.
13:02Shoes.
13:02We need to play spot that Russian.
13:04Oh, I'm scared.
13:06Yeah.
13:13Good evening, and welcome to Frock the Vote 2012.
13:17Give us 22 minutes, and we'll give you an erection for the election.
13:21I am your moderator, RuPaul, and I'm here with my esteemed colleagues, Michelle Visage
13:27and Dan Savage.
13:30Welcome, candidates.
13:31Tonight, your answers will be timed.
13:33The yellow light is a 10-second warning.
13:36The red light means your time is up.
13:39If you go over, the Secret Service is here to escort you from the building.
13:44Let's kick things off with opening statements.
13:47Chad Michaels.
13:48Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
13:50My name is Chad, the Lady Pimp Michaels, and I am from California, more specifically the
13:53Shady Acres Trailer Park on Doheny between WeHo and Beverly Hills.
13:57You might also remember me as one of the first transgender dancers on the Soul Train.
14:01How you doing?
14:02Your time is up, Miss Michaels.
14:03Time is up, the red light.
14:05Shoes.
14:06Dita Ritz, same question.
14:08I am here, and my name is Dita Ritz.
14:09I'm here representing or running for a wig party candidate, and I'm here to talk about
14:13the big C-word today.
14:15Change.
14:15Change for the Ritz.
14:17Fifi O'Hara.
14:19Howdy, y'all.
14:20I'm just a small southern girl from Texas.
14:22You can see me on the bestsellers, Liz, Vote for Fifi.
14:26I just want everybody to know that you can always kiki with your girl, Fifi.
14:32Sharon Needles.
14:33Ladies and gentlemen and everyone in between, my name is Sharon Needles.
14:36For a long time, this government has been in dire need of a sex change, and I'm just
14:39the drag queen to perform that operation.
14:41And I'm Sharon Needles for sharing responsibilities.
14:44Latrice Royale.
14:45Good evening, I'm Latrice Royale.
14:47Large and in charge, chunky yet funky, my fellow Americans.
14:51Everyone needs peace with Latrice.
14:53All right, candidates.
14:54The first question of the evening from Dan Savage.
14:58Miss O'Hara, what experiences from your past make you the best candidate to be America's
15:02first drag president?
15:03Well, I have lots of friends already, like, in the government thing.
15:06Oh, like Sarah Palin, and, like, when we used to play Spot That Russian across from,
15:11like, my backyard.
15:11Or when I was in Texas, we used to go cow tipping and drag.
15:15Oh, I'm scared of her.
15:18Yeehaw.
15:18Miss Royale.
15:19Coming from humble beginnings, I was raised as a poor black child in Compton.
15:24I know what hard work, dedication, and perseverance means.
15:30All right, our next question from Michelle Visage.
15:34Miss Michaels, as the first drag president, how would you redecorate the White House?
15:38I'm going to paint that bitch pink, and I'm going to fit the Capitol with an up-do.
15:42Up-do.
15:45Green light, look.
15:46Yellow.
15:47Bam!
15:48Red.
15:49Chad has this, like, master pimp thing going on.
15:52I don't understand, like, his storyline.
15:53I mean, in a debate, what is he debating about?
15:56Dita Rich.
15:57Well, first, I see everything being Ralph Lauren.
16:00I'm a big fan of Ralph Lauren furniture, Ralph Lauren paint, Ralph Lauren rugs, the drapery, Ralph Lauren.
16:06Girl, really?
16:07I would love Ralph Lauren everything.
16:10Miss O'Hara.
16:11Hi.
16:11If you won the Whig Party nomination, which one of these queens would you choose as your running mate, and
16:17why?
16:17Well, being in this time period, I think it's so great that the help can sit there and compete alongside
16:23with me.
16:23So I'd definitely like to say my help, Dita Rich.
16:26And the other help I had, Latrice Royale.
16:31Yee-haw!
16:33Did she just call me to help?
16:35I don't even do windows.
16:37I'm from Compton, bitch.
16:38I'll whoop your ass.
16:40Miss Ritz, should drag queens be allowed to marry?
16:43I truly believe drag queens should be allowed to get married.
16:45Whether a drag queen wants to marry a drag queen, or a drag queen wants to marry a dog.
16:51Change for the Ritz.
16:53Share needles.
16:54Drag queens should most definitely be able to get married.
16:57They should also have the right to get divorced.
17:00I, too, would like to be an unhappy married woman, and then receive my alimony checks to pay for my
17:06young lovers and vacations.
17:07Thank you, Dan.
17:09Miss Royale, politics can get so ugly.
17:11Can you give us an example of a time when you made peace with someone you didn't see eye to
17:15eye with?
17:16About five minutes ago, I looked across at Miss O'Hara and realized that she was ugly.
17:22Oh.
17:23And I'm at peace with that.
17:28All right, it's time to hear the candidates' closing statements.
17:31Let's begin with Miss Chad Michaels.
17:34At the end of the day, I just want, you know, put someone down in my chair, give them a
17:38good, good scalp massage,
17:40send them out, and make them feel like an American citizen.
17:43Look, yellow, one more time, red.
17:47Those freaking lights.
17:49Yellow, red.
17:51Miss Duderitz.
17:52I must say that I have a lot.
17:57I have a lot that I want to change.
17:59Change for risk.
18:00That's my slogan.
18:02Dita is coming off, like, her answers are very who cares.
18:06There's no passion, no fire, no nothing.
18:09Patrice Royale.
18:10With my plans in effect, we can look forward to a fun-loving America.
18:15An America where everyone can be queen for a day.
18:19Candidate Sharon Needles.
18:20Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not an Ivy League good old lady boy.
18:26I'm just a girl of the streets.
18:28And that's where I learn the American people.
18:31From the dark black soil of Iowa, to the punk rockers of Colorado, to the hippies of Southern California, to
18:38the blue-collar boys of Pittsburgh,
18:41I've walked in every single one of their shoes.
18:44I am of the people and for the people.
18:47I am Sharon Needles, sharing responsibilities for a better world.
18:53Miss Fifi O'Hara, this evening you get the last word.
18:56I want to live in a world that, vote for Fifi, that, you know, hoes can be pimps finally and
19:01vote for Fifi.
19:02And I just want to say, vote for Fifi, where, you know, Jesus loves you.
19:06And I didn't have a big enough heart to cover you, but I just want to say, America, don't be
19:11a drag.
19:12Oh, I mean, be a drag.
19:15Howdy.
19:16I won.
19:17I did find Fifi annoying tonight.
19:20You gotta know when to quit.
19:25Thank you, candidates.
19:26That concludes our frock the vote debate.
19:30Remember to come early on election day.
19:32Oh, and don't forget to vote.
19:35Good night, everybody.
19:39Coming up.
19:40Being a black woman, I got a little offended.
19:42It wasn't Tina Fey hilarious, it was just a little mystifying.
19:46You exude beauty, but we also want to know that you're smart.
19:57Walk this way.
19:58Woo!
19:59Another day, another dead diva, honey.
20:02Yesterday, we had our presidential debate.
20:04And today, we have to get ready for the inaugural ball.
20:07Don't politics seem like a drag queen dressing room nowadays?
20:10Basically, it's mudslinging, it's not cute.
20:13I mean, I know yesterday was a drag competition, but I kind of wish we could have used it a
20:17little
20:17more as a platform to talk about things that, you know, we really wish we could see change.
20:22It's always been my policy, especially like when I'm working at shows, you don't mix drag
20:25and politics.
20:26I'm out to entertain people and make them feel good and not to spread my political beliefs
20:30at the gay bar.
20:31Dan Savage and all he does for, you know, as an advocate and all that, it's great.
20:35That's not me.
20:36That's Dan.
20:36We are given an opportunity that no other drag queen is given, and that's a platform to
20:41actually talk about things that we deal with every day.
20:44When I was a kid, when I had that platform to be able to speak, I felt like he trashed
20:47it.
20:47Coming in here that serious about something that was supposed to be drag related and fun
20:51at the same time mixing views and important issues that are going on in the world, calm
20:54down.
20:57I'm not a really big fan of politics because of how ugly it could get.
21:01It doesn't take all that screaming and hollering to change the world.
21:05Did you guys ever run for anything in school?
21:07No, I didn't.
21:08I ran for student council.
21:09I never did because I didn't want to really draw any attention to myself.
21:12I just thought that I would get, like, harassed more.
21:14I was the only kid in my school that, you know, would say that I was gay, so.
21:18And, like, I wasn't just gay.
21:19I was, like, gay and weird.
21:21And I got bullied bad, and I never told my parents about it.
21:25I would always tell the school, and, like, they would all say, you know, ignore it, ignore
21:28it.
21:28Kids bully out of insecurities, but teachers have the responsibility to stand in and help kids
21:34that are getting it.
21:34I don't know how things have changed since I was in high school, but teachers never really
21:40stepped up to halt anything.
21:42Well, and as self-serving as being a drag queen is, it does feel nice to know that just having
21:46this exposure that we're having right now, not to sound cliche, but if I can just help
21:51one child, just one, one child, I've done my part.
22:16Hey, guys.
22:17Hey, Ru.
22:18Hey.
22:19Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
22:22My commander and queef, Michelle Visage.
22:25Yes, we can, Palm Beach Princess.
22:28And Santino Rice.
22:30How are you?
22:31I'm good, Ru.
22:31And our superdelegate from Absolute, Jeffrey Moran.
22:35Hello, darling.
22:36Always good to have you here.
22:38Dan Savage.
22:38Now, is this election totally leotarded or what?
22:42There are some total leotards running in this election, but I think we're going to be all
22:45right.
22:45This week, our queens frock the vote in a heated presidential debate.
22:50Tonight, they're ready to rock the runway, dress for the inaugural ball.
22:55Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win.
22:59Welcome to the jungle.
23:03Fifi O'Hara.
23:04Call her Miss Ross.
23:07Her ballot box is stuffed.
23:10It's bedazzled is what it is.
23:12It sure is.
23:13I want all eyes on me.
23:14I'm serving them fresh, young, inaugural realness.
23:17She's got this election all tied up.
23:21Dita Ritz.
23:23In all black, she's courting the black vote.
23:25Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
23:26I'm serving breakfast at Tiffany's.
23:28Realness.
23:29I feel confident.
23:30I feel so beautiful.
23:31I love my hair, and I love the color that I went with.
23:34I feel like it is just right.
23:35President Morticia Adams.
23:37Ooh, is that a read, Dan?
23:40Chad Michaels.
23:41Don't you mean Lady Bird Michaels?
23:43Very Marcus Bachman.
23:45Ooh.
23:46In his dreams.
23:46Yes, in his dreams.
23:48I feel like that Republican lady that the politician can take to the ball, but then take her back home
23:54and she's a whore in bed.
23:55Very Republican lady.
23:56George Bush.
23:58George Bush.
23:59That's it.
24:02Latrice Royale.
24:03Working the beltway.
24:05Hey.
24:06You ain't ever seen a president look this sexy in your life.
24:11I am throwing it, baby.
24:13I want you to see all this shape in its full glory.
24:16Now that's what I call a war chest.
24:19She went that-a-way.
24:22President Sharon Needles.
24:24Take me to your leader.
24:25Yes.
24:26That's what the Bush twins wanted to wear to the inaugural wall.
24:29I am serving transparency realness with a gown made out of pantyhomes and hair that hits the debt ceiling.
24:37But I can see right through her candidacy.
24:40Yes.
24:41That dress shows off her stimulus package.
24:45Coming up.
24:46It looks more like you're going to an award show rather than an inauguration.
24:51This is top five people.
24:52Yeah.
24:53They shouldn't be making these mistakes at this point.
25:01Welcome, ladies.
25:03We've all watched your debate.
25:05Now it's time for some political analysis from our judges.
25:09Let's start with Fifi O'Hara.
25:12Tell us about your inaugural gown.
25:14Well, I decided to wear white.
25:15It's fun.
25:16It's elegant.
25:16Or was it just trying to court the white people?
25:21Or the help?
25:22Oh.
25:23I think it's so great that the help can sit there and compete alongside with me.
25:28I am clearly all about political incorrectness.
25:32But in order to land an off-color joke, it has to be funny.
25:36And that joke came across as offensive.
25:39And being a black woman, I got a little offended.
25:43People shouldn't get upset.
25:44It's a joke.
25:45Because that's not me.
25:46I thought your conservative, Palin-esque character was really funny.
25:50And I thought you did a really great job.
25:52You could have even taken it further for my liking.
25:55But we all have to be in on the joke.
25:56It's the fart in church.
25:57Not everyone thinks that's funny.
25:59It sometimes stinks.
26:00All right.
26:01Next up, Dieter Ritz.
26:02I thought you were the weakest debater.
26:05There was a lot of word salad going on.
26:06Just a bunch of words tossed up in the air.
26:08And it wasn't Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, hilarious.
26:10It was just a little mystifying.
26:12Well, I tried as hard as I could.
26:13When questions were being asked to me, it was just kind of like a deer in headlights moment.
26:17It kind of makes me uncomfortable, to be honest with you.
26:19It may be uncomfortable to talk politics, certainly.
26:21Remember, you're in the running for America's next drag superstar.
26:24You exude beauty.
26:25But we also want to know that you're smart.
26:28Next up, Chad Michaels.
26:29Hi, Chad.
26:30Hi, RuPaul.
26:31Tell me about the debate.
26:32This challenge was intimidating to me.
26:34Heavy debate and politics are not my forte.
26:36But I didn't come here not to rise to the occasion.
26:38So I created the Lady Pimp character.
26:40I loved you in the debate.
26:42And I loved your character.
26:43Every four years, there are joke candidates, Newt Gingrich, Michelle Bachman.
26:49And you were sending those guys up.
26:51You were just stellar.
26:53You're the only queen tonight that really looks like you're going to the inauguration.
26:58I see Mamie Eisenhower up there.
27:01And it harkens back to a time when the economy wasn't in the fucking toilet.
27:05All right, let's move on to Miss Latrice Royale.
27:08Hi, Ru.
27:09What was your platform and slogan?
27:11My slogan was, everyone needs peace with Latrice.
27:14And I had a couple of issues such as medication and more funding for HIV and AIDS patients.
27:22Did you say that in the debate?
27:23I didn't get a chance to bring it up.
27:25You say you didn't get a chance to bring it up.
27:26And there were actually several opportunities where the light hadn't gone off yet.
27:29So you had chances, but they slipped through your fingers somehow.
27:32Right now, it looks more like you're going to an award show rather than an inauguration.
27:39It doesn't look expensive or luxurious.
27:43And is that your bra strap coming up on this side?
27:46It made my titty look funny if I pushed it down.
27:48I can put it away for you.
27:49Girl, do not wear your bra sticking out of a gown.
27:53Okay.
27:54It's better.
27:55All right, up next, Sharon Needles.
27:58So tell me about your inaugural gown.
28:00It's a little futuristic because, let's be honest, a drag queen's not going to be present
28:05for 100 years, so I had to think ahead.
28:07It works.
28:08It all works.
28:08The proportions work and the nude and the black.
28:11And especially with the hair you have tonight, you hit the nail on the head.
28:15As far as your debate goes, I just got that you were a woman there who meant business and
28:20you wanted to be heard.
28:21I thought you got the message across hilariously.
28:24I'll be honest, I got scared as hell when he came out on the runway tonight.
28:27It was good and bad for me.
28:28Sharon Needles, is there anything you'd like to say?
28:31I love vodka and I have responsibly enjoyed your company many a night.
28:39Thank you, ladies.
28:40I think we've heard enough.
28:41While you enjoy an absolute cocktail in the Interior Illusions Lounge, the judges and I
28:47will deliberate.
28:48All right.
28:49Just between us girls, let's caucus.
28:53Starting with Fifi O'Hara.
28:55Fifi committed to that Palin-esque character.
28:58Even if one or two of her jokes fell flat, I still thought it was believable.
29:02I have respect for people who should be committed and are committed.
29:05But it kind of flopped.
29:07It didn't really hit the joke.
29:08So for me, it misses the mark.
29:10All right.
29:10Dita Ritz.
29:11Well, she said she was intimidated by this challenge.
29:13But you have to go out on a limb sometimes and you have to step out of your comfort zone.
29:16I mean, this is a competition.
29:17She's a beautiful queen.
29:18But there's always something off about Dita.
29:21She'll get the hair right and the makeup right and then the body's off.
29:23She'll get the body right and then the hair's like, what?
29:25Now, Michelle, any cons?
29:29I think she's fairs.
29:30No, she is absolutely.
29:31That's why she's here.
29:32Is she taking advantage of being here?
29:34Like, is she going to take some feedback and make some changes or just react defensively?
29:37Let's move on down the line to Chad Michaels.
29:40I loved Chad during the debate.
29:42It wasn't just this one-note character kind of like Fifi had.
29:44Chad had a fully realized human being.
29:46And she was going for yet another character.
29:49I love a chameleon, but we've seen a lot already.
29:52And I'd love just a glimpse of who the real Chad Michaels is.
29:55All right.
29:56Latrice Royale.
29:57She didn't have a character.
29:59She started strong and I was really in it with her.
30:01And then I think she lost her way.
30:02And why do we have to tell somebody to tuck their bra in their dress?
30:05Like, this is top five people.
30:06Yeah.
30:07But they shouldn't be making these mistakes at this point.
30:09That's true.
30:09But in the debate, she's imposing presents.
30:12And people look for that in a president.
30:13She had gravitas.
30:14There's an ointment that will clear that up.
30:17Sharon Needles.
30:18I love her aesthetic.
30:19And I love her sense of humor.
30:21And I thought it was really effective.
30:23We were all here pretending that a drag queen could get elected president.
30:25And she walked out there and said, not for 100 years.
30:28And she's right.
30:29But you have to remember, if you're going to be America's next drag superstar,
30:31you don't want to do shock value all the time.
30:33All right.
30:35Silence.
30:36Bring back my girls.
30:46Welcome back, ladies.
30:48The votes have been tallied.
30:52Chad Michaels, you created a candidate with character.
30:56And you took the wig party back to its roots.
31:00You're safe.
31:02Thanks, guys.
31:08Sharon Needles, you took your campaign to hell and back and gave us much more than politics as usual.
31:17Congratulations.
31:19You are the winner of this challenge.
31:21And you've won a $5,000 gift certificate from InteriorIllusionsHome.com.
31:27Thank you so much, and see you at the Iowa primaries.
31:34Dieter Ritz, during the debates, you cracked.
31:39I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
31:43Oh, my God.
31:44I'm gagging.
31:45The last thing I want is for me to be in the bottom two.
31:50Fifi O'Hara, your politically incorrect politician was polarizing.
31:57Latrice Royale, your debating skills were debatable.
32:03Fifi O'Hara, you are safe.
32:09You may join the other girls.
32:17Latrice Royale, I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
32:22I'm devastated, but I'm not ready to go.
32:26Two queens stand before me.
32:28Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from elimination.
32:34Time has come.
32:36Create a lip sync for your life.
32:42Good luck.
32:43And don't f***.
33:05I am in heaven.
33:06I am channeling superstars.
33:10Honey, I feel like I'm performing to an arena of 20,000 people.
33:16This is old school.
33:19You need to understand where these words are coming from and get the emotion out.
33:25And that's what I do.
33:39Latrice was taking me to church.
33:41I mean, my skin started smoking.
33:43It was good.
33:44To keep on pushing on.
34:01Ladies, I've made my decision.
34:06Latrice Royale, Chante, you stay.
34:12You may join the other girls.
34:18Must have met you.
34:22Dieter Ritz, you are a young queen with a lot of imagination.
34:28So keep on keeping on.
34:30Now, sashay away.
34:37See you later.
34:40I'm not upset.
34:41I have no regrets at all.
34:44This is only the beginning.
34:44I've made it all the way to top five, and I am Drag Race royalty now.
34:52Ladies, as you know, each week I consult with the judges, but the final decision is mine to make.
35:00Once again, I've been criticized for sending some of my queens home too soon.
35:06Michelle, I want you to confer with Santino to decide which one of the eliminated queens deserves to return to
35:18this competition.
35:21Oh, shit.
35:23Here we go again.
35:25No, bitch top four.
35:27No mo' hoes.
35:29Will it be Elisa Summers, LaShawn Beyond, The Princess, Madame Lequeur, Lil Kenya Michaels, Milan, Giggly Caliente, Willem, or Dieter
35:42Ritz?
35:43Choose wisely, Michelle, for the world is watching.
35:46Now, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you going to love somebody else?
35:51Can I get an amen in here?
35:53Amen.
35:53All right.
35:54Now, let the music play.