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RUРАUL'S DRАG RАСЕ S18E01
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00:04Even in the darkest of times, there's always a spark of hope.
00:10Drag Race Generators activated.
00:15Oh shit, here we go again.
00:18Always a black drag queen gotta save the day.
00:21Alright y'all, come on.
00:22Carter, Carter!
00:23I'm going as fast as I can!
00:27Repeat after me.
00:28I think we can.
00:29I think we can!
00:31I think we can!
00:32I think we can!
00:33I think we can!
00:35I think we can!
00:35I think we can!
00:36I think we can!
00:37I think I just did.
00:39Oh my god.
00:41Yeah, that's gonna be a rough one.
00:42Just keep pedaling.
00:44Generators reaching half capacity.
00:48Cause it takes a whole lot more than bad lighting to keep a good drag queen down.
00:59Honey, this is how you throw a party on Drag Race, bitch.
01:03My name is Athena Dion.
01:04I'm the Greek goddess from Miami.
01:05You may also refer to me as the queen of Miami.
01:08Athena was pretty much the HBIC of Mount Olympus and that's how I feel.
01:12My drag style is opulent.
01:14It's glamorous.
01:15I would say I'm close to perfect as I don't think perfection is attainable, but I'm pretty
01:19much as close as it can get.
01:20Ooh, we're in the red light district this season.
01:24Why are the lights off?
01:25It's black everywhere.
01:26Did I take the wrong door?
01:29Well, still gorgeous.
01:31I'm basically the hostess with the mostess in Miami and I'm a big drag mother with a huge
01:35drag family.
01:36My drag daughter is the winner of the Lala Perusa season 16, Morphina Love, Dion.
01:41Plain Jane is also technically my drag daughter.
01:44I'm definitely the Kris Jenner of drag.
01:47Mama's home!
01:53I have one thing to say.
01:56Kenya Pleaser.
01:58I'm Kenya Pleaser all the way from South Carolina and I'm here to please you and everybody
02:02in America.
02:03She better shake.
02:05My drag style is your sexy auntie that's a ho.
02:07I can give you sex.
02:08I can give you church lady.
02:09I can give you grandma.
02:11I can give you straight up cots.
02:13She kind of looks like Lizzo.
02:14I impersonate Lizzo.
02:15That's actually how I started doing drag.
02:18I am a show-stopping plus size diva.
02:21The Pleaser principle is always in effect, baby.
02:24I'm Athena Dion.
02:25Bitch, I know who you are.
02:26I know of Athena Dion.
02:29She is the grand dame of Florida.
02:30It is very intimidating, but you know, I'm ready to sit this fat ass on these other girls
02:35and dominate the competition.
02:37Why is that blinking?
02:39I don't know.
02:40Oh, now you're freaking me out.
02:41Girl, what the fuck?
02:43Where's the dark?
02:45Why?
02:46The next queen to walk in is definitely the boogeyman or the booger man.
02:55Gay!
03:00That's a rainbow.
03:02There's a rainbow.
03:03I'm Uni Coco.
03:04I am the high energy, high fashion diva from the mile high city of Denver, Colorado.
03:08Ow!
03:10Ow!
03:11Ow!
03:11My drag is conceptual.
03:12It's theatrical.
03:13It's a little bit unhinged.
03:15Oh my god!
03:17Coco!
03:18Oh my goodness!
03:19I know you!
03:21Let me guess, you made the whole outfit yourself, didn't you?
03:22Of course!
03:23Every stitch, baby.
03:24Now, I know NeNe from the internet.
03:27I know she's a good costume designer.
03:29So, design challenges, watch out.
03:31So, are you like a costume designer by trade?
03:32Is that like your day job?
03:33No!
03:33I actually quit my day job to come here.
03:35I was a mechanical engineer.
03:37What the fuck?!
03:38Up until yesterday!
03:39Girl!
03:39It's very Clark Kent engineer by day, drag queen superstar by night.
03:43I think my coworkers are going to freak out when they see me on TV,
03:46because I was doing low calculations last week,
03:48and now I am struggling myself on the RuPaul's Drag Race.
03:50This competition is so important to me because I get to turn my life in a completely new direction.
03:54Today.
04:00What up?!
04:01Oh my God!
04:02Is that Jinx?
04:03My name's Jane Don't, and I'm a little lady who's a big problem.
04:07A lot of my drag revolves around comedy.
04:09Yes, older. Yes, older.
04:11Okay, now the 360.
04:12Would that be something you would make for yourself?
04:14No.
04:15I would make it better.
04:17I'm extremely inspired by old school funny ladies, Bette Midler and Joan Rivers.
04:24Hi!
04:25I can hear your gay voices from so far away.
04:28Gay, I'm a Christian.
04:30Fabulous.
04:30Hi, mwah.
04:31Athena Dion.
04:32Hi, Athena.
04:32Okay, I know Athena.
04:33Hey.
04:34My name's popular.
04:35I want America to know I'm one of the best in the biz, and I mean business.
04:41Big business.
04:42So, Miss Jane, where you from?
04:44I'm from Seattle, Washington.
04:46Are you related to Jinx?
04:47I am not related to Jinx.
04:48Irene the Alien and Bosco are my older sisters.
04:51I have two hot, mean older sisters.
04:54Bosco from season 14 and All Stars 10, and Irene the Alien from season 15 and All Stars 10.
04:59You know, both of my sisters have done very well for themselves, besides the water.
05:03So, it's probably kind of intimidating.
05:12Who's ready for a little chaos?
05:14I'm Discord Adams, and I'm the high fashion punk rock Maxillist from St. Petersburg, Florida.
05:19My drag style is filled with safety pins, studs, and a lot of gumption.
05:24It's sort of Patsy from Ab Fab, but like after the apocalypse.
05:27I'm definitely known for like my high energy rock and roll performances.
05:31I love to play guitar live.
05:33Hello!
05:34Hello, everybody!
05:36Becoming a drag rock star is the ultimate goal.
05:38Tell us about your look.
05:39Did you make this?
05:40Yes, I made the boots.
05:41My partner made some of it.
05:42Wow!
05:43Did anybody like make their outfits?
05:44I'm in my...
05:46Oh!
05:47My first impression of Nene Coco is I absolutely hate what she's wearing.
05:51I hate rainbows so much.
05:53Can we get into the ball?
05:54Can we get into this?
05:55Oh my God.
05:56What is this saying?
05:56It's saying like don't fuck with me.
05:59You're here to fight.
06:00You got a big eagle with a bigger attitude.
06:03I'm rapping for the big backs, and I came to eat.
06:07Did she say big backs?
06:09Bitches!
06:10I'm Mia Star, and I am from West Palm Beach, Florida.
06:12I am your 90s, early 2000s, hip-hop, dance-a-diva, big-back hookah-ho.
06:19Had to do it to him!
06:21My drag style is very Mob Wives, very urban, high-energy.
06:24I am a choreography bitch.
06:26That's my sister.
06:27What the fuck?
06:28No more Florida, please.
06:29No more Florida.
06:30Girl, no more Florida.
06:33Miss Mia Star, honey.
06:36She's sister of the House of Dion.
06:37She's auntie.
06:38She is such a talented dancer.
06:40Her talent speaks for itself, and she will be tough competition.
06:42Tell us about your drag.
06:44I started 17 years ago.
06:46Whoa!
06:47I have an interesting drag journey.
06:51I started drag 17 years ago.
06:53I stopped for 14 years to pursue dance.
06:55I've been on tour with Rihanna on her loud tour.
06:58What?
06:59I have been on world tours with Paulina Rubio, Rihanna, Britney Spears.
07:05I have performed at the Super Bowl with Jennifer Lopez.
07:08I'm so proud of you.
07:09You're a rock star, bitch.
07:11But now it's my time to shine in the front.
07:17Oh, okay.
07:19Can I say the F word?
07:22Fuego!
07:26I'm Didi Fuego, and I am from New York City, baby.
07:30It's a porcupine.
07:31Yeah.
07:31I actually know a lot of F words.
07:33I am fiery, feisty.
07:35I am a full fucking production.
07:38All right, let's do it!
07:41The vibes that I'm serving are always high polish, high fashion, big teeth.
07:47Where are you from?
07:48I am from New York City.
07:50Oh, wow.
07:52I am originally from Monterrey, Mexico.
07:54I am a Latina, but I'm not like a cha-cha-cha, like, give you the…
07:58Your name's just Didi Fuego.
08:00Okay, okay, okay.
08:01I know.
08:01Didi, how long have you been doing drag?
08:0310, 15 years.
08:04We have seasoned girls this year.
08:05Thank God!
08:06I'm thrilled I'm not the only person over 30.
08:08Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
08:09How many of us are over 30?
08:10Why are we doing this now?
08:12Athena, put your hand up.
08:13This is correct.
08:14No, I agree.
08:15I love that it's a bunch of old bitches.
08:18I am feeling a different vibe.
08:25The party princess of Miami and Mykonos is finally here.
08:31Yes, baby, the juice is loose.
08:34My name is Juicy Love Dion, and I'm Miami's Afro-Cuban dancing duo.
08:38Girl, she gonna lip sync down, bitch.
08:41I mean, isn't it obvious?
08:42I'm a dancing queen.
08:44Some of you may know my drag mother, Morphine Love Dion from season 16.
08:48Another Florida bitch.
08:50Poor Florida girls.
08:50Oh, it's a family affair, kids.
08:53The fruit of my loins has entered the work room.
08:58Juicy Love Dion.
09:00Get your booty over here.
09:02So this is all the same family, the Dion guests.
09:05Let's get this straight.
09:06Athena Dion is Morphine's drag mother, and I'm Morphine's drag daughter.
09:12So technically...
09:13We don't use the G word in public, just so we're clear.
09:16Mother Morphine.
09:18Grandmother Athena, but also Mother Athena.
09:22I think this is the first time in Drag Race herstory that a mother and daughter are competing together in
09:27this competition.
09:27I feel like I'm being chaperoned.
09:29You are. You got mom and you got your tia over here, honey.
09:32Athena has already said she's related to Mia somehow, they're sisters.
09:36Now her daughter is here.
09:37My strategic mind immediately goes, well, they're gonna have each other's back.
09:44Oh!
09:45Baby, it's easy to see that I'm the king.
09:48You can question those other girls, but never Queen V.
09:52Come on, Dr. Sue!
09:54My name is Vita Von T. Starr, and I am the queen of Montgomery, Alabama.
09:58The Starr family name represents class, money, looking like a coin all of the time.
10:06Hello!
10:07What's your name?
10:08Vita.
10:09Aren't you a pageant girl?
10:10I am.
10:11What do you know about me?
10:12Girl, you're sickening, bitch.
10:13I mean, what else?
10:15Vita Von T. Starr is huge competition.
10:19She is an icon.
10:21What titles have you won?
10:22Black America Newcomer.
10:23Black America.
10:24Empire.
10:25I've gotten first runner-up at International Entertainer of the Year.
10:28Should've won.
10:28Oh, my God.
10:29And I think you're also a costume designer yourself.
10:31Did you make this?
10:32Now you know I did.
10:33You know I did.
10:35So we have like three design girls here on this season.
10:37Oh, who's the other design girl?
10:38Hi, I'm just four.
10:39And you make this?
10:40Yes.
10:40I also make most of my own look.
10:42Oh, Miss Vita girl, you're gonna have to keep your eyes on some of these girls
10:46because I'm not the only one in the competition who's an amazing designer.
10:52Bitch, here we go.
10:54Oh.
10:56Why are you recording me?
11:00What the actual fuck?
11:03I'm Briar Blush, and I'm Boston's pinup princess.
11:05Briar Blush is an amalgamation of everything that doesn't make sense to combine.
11:09She's retro.
11:10She's a little goth.
11:11She's a little edgy.
11:12Bring that motherfucking hair a bitch.
11:13Yes, mom.
11:14Oh.
11:15I always have jet black hair in a great beat.
11:20Meh.
11:22Oh.
11:22Girl, this gonna be a shady already, girl.
11:25She doesn't want to give us a hug.
11:26She doesn't want to say hello.
11:28At this point, everyone is walking in saying hi, kiss, kiss.
11:32Briar, she's immediately hands on the front of the table.
11:35Like she is about to buy 51% of this company.
11:39What's your name?
11:40My name is Briar Blush.
11:42My name is like the thorns of the rose.
11:44That's what a Briar is.
11:45Oh, a Briar.
11:46So is Briar like descriptive of your personality?
11:49A lot of people tell me I'm very intimidating in drag.
11:52My personality may be a bit divisive, but my quality of drag is undisputed.
11:56Brian, where are you from?
11:57Brian?
11:58Oh, shit.
11:58I'm from Boston, Massachusetts.
12:00Boston?
12:01Where's the Boston attitude?
12:02I think you've seen it already.
12:04I think we got it.
12:06Miss Nurse.
12:08Oh, girl.
12:11Don't you know?
12:12A mango a day keeps the doctor away.
12:15Girl, somebody call the MLM.
12:18I'm Mandy Mango.
12:19I'm Philadelphia's favorite Asian baby girl.
12:22And I am the Filipina Fruity Tootie Booty.
12:24Coming to you in your favorite flavor.
12:26Wait, what is she holding?
12:28A mango.
12:29It's a mango?
12:30Oh, oh, oh.
12:31A signature drag element is a touch of cookiness.
12:35It can be the most abstract and kind of conceptual things where you're like, what is she doing?
12:41But you can still tell there's a high level of femininity and cunt to it.
12:44What's your name?
12:45Mandy Mango.
12:46Hi, Mandy.
12:47We get the mango reference now.
12:49Okay, so the mango is sweet.
12:50Are you a sweet personality?
12:51Honestly, yes, I am really sweet.
12:53I work my day job as a nurse, so like...
12:56Okay, it's all coming together.
12:58I specialize in HIV and sexual health with the LGBTQ community.
13:01This costume is not just a nurse outfit.
13:04I fully am a nurse.
13:05I love to do the stunts, give the shows, give the glamour.
13:08But mama, I'm also drawing your blood, giving the injections.
13:11Because I'm what?
13:13Registered.
13:14Have we acknowledged that this is spooky?
13:17It's spooky.
13:17It's dark as fucking here.
13:18That red light is blinking in a little suspicious way.
13:21Ooh.
13:21I don't know if this is normal, but it feels tense.
13:25Well, have you seen the show, Tamar?
13:30Oh!
13:32Ah!
13:33Feeling scared yet?
13:35You should be.
13:38Happy Halloween!
13:39Woo!
13:40My name is Sierra Mist, and I'm the shape-shifting superstar of Indianapolis, Indiana.
13:44My drag style is inspired by sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and magic.
13:48So we got mangoes, we got pumpkins.
13:51I am a prosthetic makeup artist, so you will see creature transformation.
13:56I'm loving all of this.
13:57And you did all of this?
13:58I did do all of this.
13:59About 96% of all the things in my closet are things that I've made.
14:04Sierra Mist prides herself on being able to take something and turn it into her complete vision.
14:09So what would you consider your drag aesthetic?
14:11A little ooky spooky.
14:13Okay.
14:13A little ethereal.
14:14A little Sierra mystical, if you might say.
14:17You're a spooky, creepy, kooky queen, and you're named after a discontinued soda pop?
14:22I don't, I don't get it.
14:23I think a demon monster from hell is probably the best description.
14:26Yeah, it suits you.
14:33Oh my god.
14:35She's corny.
14:36I don't remember it having corn.
14:39I'm Darlene Mitchell and I'm the country cunty camp queen of Los Angeles.
14:43Darlene is the perfect mix between soap opera glamour and Midwest trailer trash.
14:48I can see your corn hole from here.
14:50My signature drag look is big hair, very Peg Bundy.
14:54Diva!
14:56There's a quote from Dolly Parton that she says like,
14:59I literally modeled my look off of the women in town that they called trash.
15:02And that's very much the aesthetic.
15:05I'm from Los Angeles.
15:08Originally from Greentown, Indiana.
15:11You're representing LA but you're dressed as corn and you missed something.
15:16So did drag bring you to LA or you started drag once you landed here?
15:20I started drag once I landed here.
15:22I started as a bedroom queen.
15:23Okay.
15:24And then made my way into the bar circuit and then sort of evolved back into a bedroom queen.
15:29Oh!
15:29You don't perform in the local scene?
15:31I used to and I actually performed with the name Trash.
15:35About 10 years ago I performed with the drag name Trash and I definitely lived up to that.
15:40I rode fast and hard and then I became sober and I decided to become Darlene Mitchell.
15:47So how long have you been doing drag?
15:49Ten years.
15:51Oh my god.
15:51I actually haven't been in like the performing circuit for four or five years.
15:55I have friends that joke with me like, come on girl we gotta get the drag out of the house.
16:02Uh oh.
16:04Hi.
16:05I'm Mikey.
16:06But you, you can call me...
16:08Mikey.
16:11I am the gorgeously stupid, stupidly gorgeous Mikey Meeks and I am the drag ingenue of Orlando, Florida.
16:19I am a dynamic theatrical powerhouse creative.
16:23Is that Florida?
16:25Yes.
16:25By Florida Girls.
16:27I am mailing someone Anthrax.
16:29This Florida block that has developed is a little alarming as a competitor who is not from Florida.
16:36I am losing my mind!
16:40Mikey, what type of drag do you do?
16:42I host a lot back home.
16:44I do a little bit of glamour, a little bit of camp.
16:46Back home I am known as a funny diva and a hosting queen.
16:50I love to host, not travel.
16:53That's a grinder joke.
16:55That's a grinder joke.
16:55Bitch, we're here.
16:56We are here.
16:57And these four pink walls.
16:59Very dark walls.
17:01Ooh!
17:02Oh!
17:03Oh!
17:03She needs a hand.
17:06Oh!
17:07Oh!
17:08Oh!
17:08Oh!
17:09It's so dark I can't see anything.
17:11Follow the light Carol Ann.
17:13My queens.
17:14Yeah!
17:16Now is not the time to hide in the shadows.
17:20When we work together, we've got the power to make magic and change the mother tucking world.
17:27Yeah!
17:29So join hands.
17:31Ooh!
17:31Hold my hands.
17:32Hold me.
17:33Everybody say love.
17:35Love!
17:36Oh my God.
17:37Nettle!
17:38Faster!
17:39Harder!
17:40Everybody say love.
17:42Love!
17:44I can't hear you.
17:47I can't hear you.
17:54Oh!
17:54Oh!
17:55Oh!
17:56Oh!
17:58Oh!
17:59Oh!
18:00Oh!
18:00Oh!
18:01Oh!
18:01My gorgeous queen.
18:03You're blinding me with your beauty.
18:05Oh!
18:07Now, promise me one thing.
18:09You won't let anybody take away the shine that God gave you.
18:13Hallelujah!
18:15Can I get an amen up in here?
18:18This season, all eyes are on your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent.
18:23So make them eat it.
18:25Because in the end, the queen that leaves no crumbs
18:28will be crowned America's next drag superstar.
18:34Now, are you ready for your first mini-challenge?
18:37Good!
18:38Good, because it's gonna be a scream.
18:43I'm scared.
18:44Girl, what the fuck are you gonna do to us?
18:46I'm already fucking scared looking at Mandy's makeup.
18:51Let's go.
18:55Hello, hello, hello.
18:58Athena Dionne.
18:59Welcome to your season 18 initiation.
19:02Say hello to Jamal Sims.
19:04Hello, Jamal.
19:04Hey, Athena.
19:05I'm curious.
19:06Would dates consider you a screamer?
19:09She's a screamer, and she's a biter, RuPaul.
19:11Oh.
19:11Well, for this week's mini-challenge,
19:14you need to scream your padded ass off.
19:17Okay.
19:18But you won't be doing it alone.
19:22Oh!
19:23Oh.
19:24Oh.
19:25There are some hot masked, or masked,
19:28dancers, but this could be a good scream after all.
19:31Athena, you're about to do a little primal screamography
19:35with these hot, pulsing men's scissors.
19:38Good luck, and may the best scream queen win.
19:42Woo!
19:45Oh my god, so many fans!
19:50I'm screaming like a 55-year-old woman at a gay beach.
19:53Like, woo!
19:54Woo!
19:55Hello, hello, boys!
19:56Woo!
19:58Woo!
19:59Woo!
20:00Like, when did I become Nathan Lane in the birdcage?
20:02Woo!
20:03Woo!
20:04Woo!
20:05Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:07Woo!
20:08Woo!
20:08Woo!
20:09You kind of resemble Alicia Edwards.
20:12Alyssa, I get that.
20:12That's what I meant.
20:14Alyssa's sister.
20:15Alyssa's sister.
20:20Well, her secret is her name is Alicia.
20:23That's a damn secret.
20:25We're in the first mini challenge.
20:26I got to give it everything I have.
20:28I am trying to pull this scream up into my throat
20:31and hit that high-pitched horror scream.
20:33Ah!
20:37All right, Mariah.
20:39Can you please, sir?
20:41I want you to think you're in one of them Wes Craven movies.
20:43Woo!
20:44Woo!
20:44Woo!
20:45These white folks in this graveyard is just scaring me.
20:51Woo!
20:52Woo!
20:52Woo!
20:52Woo!
20:53Woo!
20:53Woo!
20:54Woo!
20:58Woo!
20:58Woo!
20:59Woo!
20:59Woo!
21:01Woo!
21:05Woo!
21:08Woo!
21:10Woo!
21:10Woo!
21:10Woo!
21:10Jane, don't.
21:11Give me a little baby home alone.
21:12Oh!
21:14You screaming like a white woman in Compton.
21:16Well, I do have my purse.
21:18OK, hold on to the purse.
21:21Yeah, hold on to the purse.
21:21Discord Adam.
21:23Woo!
21:23Whoa!
21:24Whoa!
21:24Woo!
21:25Woo!
21:26Woo!
21:26That scream was primal.
21:28Ooh.
21:29Ha!
21:29Ha!
21:33Mamma mia, that's quite a scream.
21:35Oh, it's getting hot up here.
21:43Scream, girl.
21:44That was crazy.
21:45Right, that was crazy as hell.
21:47Finally, it is time for some of us to get up out of drag
21:50and see how these hookaholes look.
21:52Is anybody catching your eye so far?
21:54Yeah, Athena, I really, she's hot.
21:58I'm taking off my drag.
21:59I feel like there's some eyes wandering in my direction.
22:01I'm a feast for the eyes.
22:02So dive in, ladies, take a bite.
22:04You would be mean to me at a bar.
22:06Would you hit on me and I turn you down?
22:07Is that what you're saying?
22:08Okay, let's not go that far.
22:10Juicy Love Dion.
22:11Are you ready to make $14 the hard way?
22:14I'll do it for $10.
22:24Vita Von T-Star.
22:25Think of Africa Vita.
22:26Oh.
22:27Come on, Punja Kinte.
22:29Oh.
22:29Oh, James Brown.
22:30Oh.
22:30Hey, yeah.
22:31Come on.
22:33Briar blush.
22:34Got my hair.
22:35Got my hair.
22:35Oh, no.
22:36Good girl.
22:37Ooh.
22:37We gonna briar patch this motherfucker.
22:41Mandy Mango.
22:46Sierra missed.
22:47Boys, you can touch.
22:48It's okay.
22:49Ooh.
22:50Oh, that's kind of hard.
22:51Oh.
22:52Oh, my goodness.
22:53Oh.
22:55Miss Darlene Mitchell.
22:57Darlene, scream like you're the last piece of white meat at Roscoe's.
23:00Oh.
23:09Mikey Meeks.
23:10Oh, hey.
23:13This is not what I thought would be the first mini challenge, but I don't mind the sweaty
23:16men around me.
23:17That's fine.
23:18Oh, it reminds me of home.
23:19Now, something tells me you've been initiated several times.
23:25That was crazy.
23:27We have all survived this crazy initiation ritual.
23:30Now it's time to haul all of these boxes and bins across the room so we can get out of
23:35these drags.
23:36Oh.
23:36Concierge.
23:37Ding, ding.
23:37Ding, ding.
23:38Oh.
23:39There's my away suitcase.
23:40There it is.
23:41Someone help me.
23:44Ooh.
23:45Time to de-drag.
23:49Taking a look around, some of them might be scarier than whatever just happened.
23:52I'm looking around the room and I'm like, is this the crew?
23:56Like, some of these girls look completely different without makeup.
23:59Wait.
24:00Who are you?
24:03I'm NeNe.
24:04I'm kind of gagging everyone out of drag.
24:07They give, like, very puss-puss women, so seeing them giving cock-cock man is great.
24:12Oh, my goodness.
24:13Hello, hello, hello.
24:13Out of drag.
24:14She looks like a lesbian.
24:16She's like Teagan and Sarah.
24:19Look at this.
24:20Is this a wig?
24:21No, this is my hair.
24:22The girls are all, like, shocked at what I look like out of drag.
24:25I guess when you're puss-puss-ma-guss, they don't expect, like, a little turnip goblin
24:28to come out.
24:29How do y'all feel that we have a lot of older queens this season?
24:31Why do we have to keep saying older queens?
24:33No, no, girl, but seasoned, girl.
24:34How many queens are over 30?
24:35Raise your hand.
24:3630 and up, bitch.
24:37Yeah.
24:40There's a hand over there.
24:40And Darlene, too.
24:42It's the granny season.
24:43So we're, like, more over 30.
24:45We are 30, flirty, and surviving.
24:48America is a baby.
24:50There's so much to learn from all your years of wisdom.
24:53Shady comment.
24:54Coming from the shady queen.
24:56I'm starting to think some of these girls are even more annoying out of drag than in drag.
25:01Absolutely.
25:02Hey, lady kids.
25:06Scream if you want to go faster.
25:07No, yes!
25:10My queens.
25:11Now, y'all let loose, to say the least.
25:14Sorry.
25:15But one of you truly unleashed the beast.
25:18The queen that served the most primal scream is...
25:23Kenya Pleaser.
25:28Kondragulations.
25:29You've won a cash prize of $2,500.
25:32I won the very first mini challenge of the season.
25:37It was crazy.
25:38Me.
25:38Me.
25:39My big black fat ass.
25:40Bitch!
25:41Ladykins, since the dawn of time, drag queens have turned the tragical into the magical.
25:47And now, more than ever, it's time to reclaim, renew, and rejoice.
25:52For your first maxi challenge, you'll pay tribute to all the scrappy queens that came before you by using their
25:59leftover treasures to create your own signature drag look.
26:05The first maxi challenge is a design challenge.
26:10A design challenge.
26:12Right off the bat.
26:13Where's the talent show, bitch?
26:15Where is the talent show?
26:18In a moment, you'll get full access to the Drag Race vault, where you'll rummage through materials from past seasons.
26:26Now, you can use your own hair, accessories, and undergarments, but the rest of your look needs to be pulled
26:32deep from within the anals of Drag Race Herstory.
26:36Ooh!
26:37Oh, and just one more thing.
26:40Tomorrow on the main stage, bring a bucket and a ma.
26:44What?
26:46Because our extra special guest judge is Cardi B.
26:51Oh, my God!
26:53Oh, my God!
26:55Cardi B is in the motherfucking building.
26:58I know that's right.
26:59Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
27:05So excited it's a design challenge.
27:07This is OG Drag Race, and I think it is an incredible first challenge to see what everybody is made
27:12of.
27:20Our first challenge is reclaim, renew, rejoice.
27:23We have to create couture looks using unconventional materials from the Drag Race vault.
27:28What?
27:29What the fuck?
27:30We all runnin' like there's only one piece of chicken left on the table at Thanksgiving.
27:35Bitch, I cannot!
27:37Ugh!
27:37Just grab, sisters.
27:38Just grab!
27:39Now I'm on a bob.
27:40Jesus.
27:41Oh, my God, there's sponges.
27:42Oh, Monet, I love you, but we're gonna leave the sponges at home.
27:45Ugh!
27:46I found Lexi's tarp, y'all!
27:47Oh, no!
27:48Bitch, I don't even know what I grabbed.
27:50Sorry about the mask.
27:52Oh, girl!
27:54Oh, my God!
27:56Oh, the fucking shit, bitch!
27:57We're gonna be sewing on day one.
27:59It's crazy.
28:00You know what?
28:00I need to slip into something a little bit more comfortable.
28:02Now let's analyze what we have today.
28:05I do design a lot of my garments, but I pay some very, very talented people to make them for
28:09me because I know they'll do it better.
28:11Oh, yes.
28:12Now that's gonna be pretty.
28:14But, honey, I wasn't gonna be the one to show up on RuPaul's Drag Race not knowing how to sew.
28:18Before I came here, I bought myself 25 sewing classes, so I prepared for this.
28:22I'm gonna make something fierce out of these materials.
28:24All right, let's get to sketching.
28:27Girls, look what I found.
28:30Stop!
28:31I wonder if that's the one Ariana Grande wore.
28:33Because it looks a little too small to be.
28:35It smells a little like Ariana Grande.
28:39Okay, bitch, I'm trying to think.
28:41Okay, let me see.
28:44Girl.
28:45I'm looking down at all the shit I have and I'm like, oh, shit.
28:49I grab no fabric.
28:51I have a fucking rubber chicken and a fish.
28:56Pillows and a fucking beach hat with no fucking fabric.
29:00Girl.
29:01I know how to sew and I didn't grab nothing to sew with.
29:07How did you find like your entire aesthetic in one go?
29:10I said cheetah, box of black.
29:11Yeah, this is like so you.
29:13My bag is filled with all of my favorites.
29:15Leather, chain, and pompous grass.
29:18I love designing shit.
29:19I've just been like making costumes my entire life.
29:21Really?
29:22And then like I met my partner and he's like a sewer.
29:25My partner and I, we consider ourselves the House of Atoms.
29:28And we are known back home for upcycling and for creating outfits out of scratch.
29:33We want to show the world that you don't have to have $100,000 to compete on Drag Race.
29:37So I think we all know this challenge is mine.
29:44What are you going to do?
29:44Because I know you can sew, girl.
29:45I can sew with normal fabric.
29:47But this is a lot of like knock, knock, knock on wood, baby.
29:51Don't be like La La Ri, girl.
29:52No, girl.
29:53I am making a paper bag look using the same materials as La La Ri.
29:57Her fatal flaw was clearly that she didn't do anything to them.
30:01She just glued them to her body.
30:03So my challenge is how can I completely transform this material?
30:07As an engineer, you have to have a plan where you can construct anything.
30:11So I have to get that on paper to understand what direction I'm going.
30:16I'm known for giving high drag.
30:18So my biggest expectations is just to come with a wow factor.
30:23Okay, talk to me, baby. What do you want to do?
30:25What do you want to be?
30:26I have these umbrellas.
30:27I have to speak to the fabric, let it speak to me.
30:30We talk to each other.
30:31Speak to me, speak to me, baby.
30:33Talk to me.
30:35Is it weird that I have to talk to the fabric?
30:39I know you're like a dancing diva.
30:42Uh-huh.
30:43Are you going to make an outfit for dancing?
30:45Or are you going to be trying to...
30:46Yeah, I mean, I'm definitely going to stay with my vibe.
30:50I was going to say, aren't you mostly naked?
30:53Right.
30:53Listen, one, one, and then...
30:57Let me get the next one.
30:59Put it...
30:59Exactly.
31:01I'm kind of winging it at this point because I don't have a plan.
31:05But I will figure it out.
31:09There we go, baby.
31:10Now we're talking.
31:13I don't have a needle on my machine.
31:15We're ready.
31:16Now I'm new to the whole sewing thing.
31:19So do I look out for my girl or do I push her aside and be this mommy dearest of
31:24it all?
31:24Sorry.
31:25May need a needle.
31:27Well, as they say on an airplane, you have to put your mask on first before you put your child's
31:32mask on.
31:33Anybody know how to put in a needle?
31:34Yeah.
31:35Can you hold me on the shirt?
31:37Damn, you really don't sew, huh?
31:38There's something about Juicy that just makes you want to help her.
31:43This will go with the flat side facing forward.
31:46I mean, she looks like fucking Bambi.
31:48I just want to see if it a rouge.
31:50Well, I think you have to put a thread in the machine before it does anything.
31:57I mean, it's my first time putting together a garment.
32:01My family is no help in this situation.
32:02But I sat next to the right people.
32:04Jane and Didi Fuego are helping me tremendously right now.
32:10What would you say your, like, typical drag style aesthetic performance is like?
32:14Very vintage inspired but, like, try and give it enough of a twist that it doesn't just feel like I'm
32:18dressed like an old lady.
32:18Yeah.
32:19I am a comedy queen, but I am also a huge fan of fashion.
32:24For this challenge, I have this vision.
32:27It's ambitious.
32:28Like, Mugler, Lady Miscure, Isaac Mizrahi unzipped Technicolor moment.
32:37I finally locked down my design ideas.
32:40It is completely made out of big, large hats that go around my shoulder and be, like, very, you know,
32:44sculptured and very high fashion.
32:45Do you like this dramatic shoulder I'm making?
32:47I do.
32:48I decide to spray paint my lovely collar piece.
32:50So I take it outside to spray paint it gold.
32:53The fucking hats fall apart.
32:56Shit.
32:57I don't even know what to fucking do.
32:58Why are you feeling stressed?
32:59What's wrong?
33:01So I went outside to, you know, my little shoulder piece I was making to spray paint that shit.
33:05When I was spray painting that girl was literally falling apart.
33:08Why was he falling apart?
33:09Um, because, I don't know.
33:11Because God hates me right now.
33:13I'm going to have to rework this whole idea.
33:15There's a chance that I can be the pork truck of the season.
33:18There's no way I'll fucking win the mini challenge and I'm about to be in the bottom.
33:22By the time the end of the day comes, I just have one side of a Ryan Stoll bra completed.
33:34It's the first elimination day.
33:36Today we are going to walk the runway and the looks that we made and find out what the judges
33:40think.
33:41I'm not feeling confident at all about this challenge.
33:44I love to buck up some pork chops, but I ain't trying to be one, baby. Look.
33:49What are you trying to serve on the runway today?
33:50I'm giving conceptual. I'm giving florals in spring. I'm giving...
33:54So you're giving florals for spring?
33:56Florals for spring.
33:57Groundbreaking.
33:58Groundbreaking.
34:00Watching Athena craft all day yesterday.
34:02Well, that's the thing.
34:03She was going through it.
34:05I helped her.
34:06We all got to work on our outfits a little bit more last night.
34:08And me and Athena, I thought we're having a great sisterly moment helping each other.
34:12I would help her and she would give me spare materials.
34:15And then when I didn't have any more capacity to sew her some gloves, she started calling me a scammer.
34:20Athena, these girls are talking about you.
34:21I certainly am, you fucking cow.
34:23Excuse me?
34:24I'm talking about yesterday when you wanted me to make your glove.
34:26Oh, no, no, no. Don't get it.
34:27I did not want you to make anything for me.
34:29You wanted all my supplies, first and foremost.
34:31That is not true. And you are full of shit, actually.
34:33Are you going to use that? Are you going to use this?
34:35And I tried to make a trade with you.
34:36Then all of a sudden decided she didn't need the fabric, so she didn't make my gloves.
34:40Was it to throw me off so I didn't walk the runway with the gloves I wanted?
34:43Are you playing a dirty game, Briar?
34:45Are you a bad kitty?
34:48Bad kitty, kitty, kitty.
34:50You kept coming to me for some help and you asked me to make you some gloves.
34:53Help and advice are two separate things.
34:55You could use both, but you want credit for my whole garment.
34:57I absolutely do not want credit for your garment.
34:59So did you help or did you not?
35:00I did help you, but I didn't help with your taste.
35:02My taste is fabulous.
35:03I had a shower curtain to work with and it came out beautiful.
35:06That's more fabric than I had.
35:07Well, you wear less than me with more to cover.
35:08I don't know how that works.
35:11Where does she get off?
35:15I worked on my outfit all night and I got it to a place where it's something.
35:23But let me tell you, I can sell anything.
35:25Bitch, I can sell a plastic bag to a convenience store.
35:30I will say it felt really good to come into the first challenge swinging.
35:34I'm really happy with my look.
35:35Yeah.
35:35I think it's like super cute and it's very on brand.
35:38So for this design challenge, I was like, wait, I'm a bedroom queen.
35:41Like sleepover, PJs, slumber party tees.
35:45I like being crafty.
35:46I'm really confident in that.
35:47Like I can turn a look with a hot glue gun.
35:49But taking a look around the room, I'm starting to get a little insecure about mine.
35:53It's like two things happening at the same time, you know?
35:55Like I'm like, ooh, bitch, I just ate that up.
35:56And then looking around the room and being like, oh, did I miss the memo?
36:00But then looking around the room again and being like, oh no, I did eat it up.
36:02You know what I mean?
36:03It's like you're looking like, oh, did I?
36:05Did I?
36:05Oh, I did.
36:07I am like, I too teeter on obnoxiously confident.
36:10I see that.
36:14So Miss Athena, how does it feel to have your daughter?
36:18Girl, how does it feel to be competing with her?
36:20It's a weird thing.
36:21It's an adjustment.
36:21We are like best friends by now.
36:23Really?
36:24We do everything together.
36:24We travel together.
36:25We work together.
36:27I took her to Mykonos with me for like two years.
36:29I am the premier hostess of the biggest gay club in the summer in Mykonos in Greece.
36:35Yes, I was the iconic voice behind Lindsay Lohan's viral dance video in Mykonos.
36:40Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
36:42Honey, this is how you throw a party in Mykonos, bitch.
36:45It was me.
36:45I was just off camera.
36:46I can't wait to come party in Mykonos, bitch.
36:48Let's go, honey.
36:49We'll go right after here.
36:50We're going to take a little vacation.
36:51We're going to go.
36:52Juicy's claiming Mykonos right now.
36:53I heard her walk in the workroom and say,
36:55The party princess of Miami and Mykonos.
36:59Keep it princess, sweetie.
37:00I don't think I'm going to let anybody forget who is the queen of Miami and Mykonos.
37:05Boop.
37:08It's the power they go.
37:11Welcome to the premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race.
37:14She's been serving WAP since the 1980s.
37:17It's Michelle Visage.
37:19If you mean wig and panties, then you are correct.
37:24He don't dance no more.
37:25He makes money moves.
37:27Style superstar, Carson Kressley.
37:30Ru, I have one thing to say.
37:32Okurr.
37:34She's the definition of a winner, baby.
37:37It's Cardi B.
37:38RuPaul from one gangster bitch to another.
37:41Ew.
37:43We are happy to have you.
37:45For this week's premiere, we challenge our queens to transform drag race relics into crown-worthy couture.
37:52Racers, start your engines.
37:54And may the best drag queen win.
38:02Category is Reclaim, Renew, Rejoice.
38:06Up first, Sierra Mist.
38:08Oh look, it's Edward Scissor Sisters.
38:10I'm giving seductive, scary, villainous.
38:15I have used pool noodles to create accents on my hips and shoulders.
38:19Umbrellas to make talons on my hands.
38:21And I am here to take over everything.
38:25She started out as a smurf, but now she's just a slut.
38:29Athena Dion.
38:30Ok, very cutesy, very girly.
38:33It's summertime fun with Athena Dion.
38:34I used two shower curtains and I made this really cute garden party dress.
38:38This look definitely speaks to a part of my personality in drag.
38:41It's giving all the hype of Miami in the 80s.
38:43Putting the poo back in Lily Pulitzer.
38:47Kenya Pleaser.
38:49Pleaser?
38:49I don't even know her.
38:51America, I know what I look like.
38:53This is a mess.
38:54But let me tell you something.
38:55I am walking my fat black ass down this runway.
38:58I'm giving a sexy around away like, hey, this your cousin.
39:01I'm selling it like this garment is worth $200,000, bitch.
39:06Liza, I'm a homosexual.
39:09NeNe Coco.
39:11It's the origami mommy.
39:13My look today is this asymmetrical two piece.
39:16You can't tell that these were gift bags.
39:17It is an engineering feat, to say the least.
39:20It's got an interesting silhouette.
39:21It's structured, it's sharp.
39:23This is couture.
39:24Ok, tea.
39:25Very much tea.
39:27Jane Don't.
39:28Freddie got finger wave.
39:30This outfit is made of shower curtains.
39:34I tailored a skirt.
39:35I made a jacket.
39:36But then just completely sort of tie dyed it with like spray paint.
39:39I wanted it to feel like you did a bunch of mushrooms.
39:42And then like went to your office job.
39:44Oh no, she better.
39:45Jane Don't.
39:47Discord Adams.
39:49I have used exclusively pompous grass, pussy willows, and chain.
39:53My outfit is so intense.
39:55And I serve intense fashion model on the runway.
39:59Look at that walk.
40:01Well, it is a walk.
40:06It's Mia Star.
40:07Oh, mama mia.
40:09I wanted to channel Cardi B's album covers.
40:12And now I get to serve this up to her.
40:15Very invasion of privacy.
40:16I like, I like, I like.
40:17Big ass, big titties.
40:19I'm giving a party.
40:20You know, she's a singer.
40:21Mm-hmm.
40:22She specializes in Reynolds rap.
40:26Didi Fuego.
40:27Hey mom, what's for dinner?
40:29Baked potato.
40:31This look is very Didi Fuego.
40:33It's Moschino Pop meets Galeano Drama.
40:35She is serving a corset made of blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, yoga mats.
40:41But Diva, I'm living my life.
40:44Do not put this dress in the microwave.
40:47Juicy Love Dion.
40:48Oh, she's cute.
40:49We call this wig the sexy Marge Simpson.
40:52I am feeling real puss-puss about my outfit today.
40:56The material I use to make this is two billowing fans with an ombre effect on them.
41:01Giving the judges Miami Girl.
41:03I feel fierce.
41:04This outfit is brought to you by Turban Outfitters.
41:08Vita Von Teese Star.
41:11Zita Jones.
41:13I know that I am giving high-core drag dolly.
41:18I am giving Sean pageantry for which I am known for.
41:21I know that I am one of the baddest bitches on this runway.
41:25Yes, she's serving my fair shady.
41:29Briar Blush.
41:31When I got my materials for the look, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
41:34A kitty cat burlesque showgirl.
41:36Hey kitty kitty.
41:37My ears are made out of foam.
41:39And all the beading that you see dripping from my ears and my corset are all from a chandelier.
41:43I do believe that fashion can be fun, whimsical, and still feel sophisticated.
41:48What a nice pink tail.
41:51Mandy Mango.
41:52She can buy her own damn flowers.
41:54Well, actually several of them.
41:56From head to toe, I am a basket of flowers outgrowing my container.
42:01I created a look that is giving wearable art, just giving you a whole look and concept.
42:07Why, that's the biggest rosebud I've ever seen.
42:09Yeah, and it's on her head.
42:12Darlene Mitchell.
42:14Well, she woke up like this.
42:16This look is very Darlene. Darlene has legs that are long, honey.
42:21I've got my little baby doll nightgown, my sleep mask, and I made my little trash bear.
42:26What a better way to say that I'm a bedroom queen.
42:28Because if you stay ready for bed, you ain't got to get ready for bed.
42:33Mikey Meeks.
42:35Arya Stark for Ethan Allen home furnishings.
42:39Curtains up!
42:40It's the Academy Award winning Mikey Meeks.
42:43I am bringing some drama to the main stage.
42:46I'm wearing curtains and drapes.
42:48I'm swinging it like I'm the only girl on the stage.
42:51Because I was.
42:52I just like the way it drapes.
42:54Yeah, well, do the drapes match the drapes?
42:56I guess we'll find out.
43:00Welcome, queens.
43:02Say hello to Cardi B.
43:03Hi!
43:05Now, I've made some decisions.
43:10When I call your name, please step forward.
43:14Athena Dion.
43:15Discord Adams.
43:18Mia Starr.
43:20Dee de Fuego.
43:22Briar Blush.
43:24Sierra Mist.
43:26Darlene Mitchell.
43:28Mikey Meeks.
43:30Ladies, you are all safe.
43:34I am literally shocked.
43:37You're never going to convince me that I was just safe.
43:40You may leave the stage.
43:42Thanks, Cardi.
43:47Ladykins, you represent the tops and bottoms of the week.
43:51Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
43:54Starting with Kenya Leiser.
43:56You are filled with stage presence and personality.
44:01However, the outfit's rough on a few levels.
44:05I actually love the bustier.
44:07I think it's super fun.
44:08But from the waist down, it just looks sloppy.
44:10It looks lopsided.
44:12The skirt is terrible.
44:13So if you know that your outfit is not great, you just gotta go nice up here.
44:17Glam is very important for the...
44:20It's true! It's true!
44:22Yeah, because if the outfit ain't great, the glam gotta give.
44:26Trust me, I know what I look like.
44:28I know, I know, girl.
44:29You knew we were going to do a sewing challenge.
44:31Yeah.
44:32Why did you not come prepared?
44:34Well, I actually can sew.
44:35I made my entrance-looking stuff.
44:36It was the unconventional-ness of it all that really threw me for a fucking loop.
44:40But, you know, that's what this challenge is about.
44:42It's about giving you a situation where you have to work it out.
44:45Absolutely.
44:45All right, Kenya, thank you so much.
44:48Up next, Nene Coco.
44:49Tell me what your outfit is made out of.
44:51So I was inspired by Lala Ri, and I took some gift bags and...
44:55...juge them up.
44:56Yeah, you really did judge them up.
44:57Very polished, very pretty, very well accessorized.
45:01Like, I will wear this outside.
45:02Like, literally, I will wear this outfit outside.
45:05I love it.
45:06Also, I think you really understood the assignment.
45:09Reusing and renewing and rejoicing.
45:10And if I were a really smart queen, I would think, how am I going to stand out?
45:14Let's not make a dress out of fabric.
45:16Let's make it out of paper.
45:17You know, it's just so powerful.
45:19It's crisp.
45:19It looks great.
45:20You did it just right.
45:24Up next, some girls do, but Jane don't.
45:29This just feels whimsical and celebratory and fun.
45:32I can tell that you can sew.
45:34This jacket is not easy.
45:36And I really love the hair.
45:38Like, I just, I love when people put effort.
45:41It's tea, girl.
45:42I love it.
45:42I love it. You did that.
45:43Thank you so much.
45:44When did you learn how to sew?
45:45My dad taught me when I was in high school.
45:47Is your dad an alumni of our television program?
45:50I wish.
45:51He probably would talk to me.
45:52Uh, so you don't speak to your father.
45:55He doesn't speak to you.
45:56He's not great with, like, the gay thing.
45:57Why did your father know how to sew?
45:59He was in, he was like a boy scout and he was so tense in sleeping bags to go camping.
46:04And, uh, now I'm using those skills to cross-dress.
46:08Yes.
46:08Yeah.
46:09Well, this is really well done.
46:11It is absolutely gorgeous.
46:13Um, to get, to be able to do this and have it turn out and look good is really, um,
46:20making me look like a fool.
46:22No, don't, don't judge yourself like that.
46:24And you did a great job.
46:25So you should be very proud of yourself.
46:27Thank you very much.
46:28Appreciate you.
46:29Thank y'all.
46:29Up next, Juicy Love Dion.
46:32You remind me, and this in the best way possible, of a cartoon.
46:35Your face is so beautiful and your eyes are so wide set.
46:39Absolutely gorgeous.
46:40Okay.
46:40So this is why it's so important to learn how to, like, sell.
46:44Because, like, when you're standing, it's ugly.
46:48It's just ugly.
46:49But when you went like this, oh, it's kinda cute.
46:52I like it.
46:53I like it.
46:54I also like the band out top.
46:55I think the pleating and the ruching is really pretty.
46:57But the choker shortens your neck.
47:00And then the skirt as well.
47:01It doesn't have any volume.
47:02It's a little simple, the skirt.
47:04Like, the skirt.
47:04Ugh, girl, what you thinkin' with that skirt?
47:08You know what I'm sayin'?
47:08I really hate the skirt, so ugh.
47:11Up next, Vita Von T Star.
47:13This is glorious.
47:17This is so classy.
47:18Was this whole thing made with umbrellas?
47:21Yes, ma'am, it was.
47:22I love it.
47:22And the way you have that one umbrella piece from your hip down to your toes is so pleasing to
47:29the eye.
47:29Also, sewing a geometric fabric like this and making it not look confusing and jumbled is very difficult to do.
47:36And then, like, the hair is perfect because it's like, the outfit is busy but the hair is like, you
47:42know what I'm sayin'?
47:42Like, I love it.
47:43Tense.
47:44Thank you, Vita.
47:46Up next, Mandy Mango.
47:48You are adorable, however, it's just too rough around the edges and a little too messy.
47:55It's kind of uneven and coming apart.
47:58I think it's all about editing here and I think removing that collar piece you kinda didn't need.
48:02Those trailing garlands at the hemline.
48:04The flowers in the bottom is insane.
48:07Oh my god, I hate it.
48:09Heard.
48:10It's bad.
48:11But you're pretty.
48:13Do you have any background in sewing at all?
48:15I do.
48:15Now that I'm working full-time as a nurse in school getting my masters, I have a little less time
48:20to do that.
48:21Do you say you're working full-time as a nurse?
48:23I am.
48:23I specialize in HIV and LGBTQ sexual health, so you'll find me in the clinic treating all of their gonorrhea.
48:31My day is typically a 9 to 5 and then 5 to 9 I'm wearing something a lot better than
48:35this.
48:36All right.
48:36Well, thank you very much, Mandy.
48:39Gosh, I'm making me the villain judge.
48:44Thank you, queens.
48:45While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
48:51All right, now, just between us girlfriends, what do you think?
48:56Starting with Kenya Pleaser.
48:58That look was very bland for me.
49:00It just didn't work.
49:01She could sell almost anything except that outfit.
49:06Nini Coco.
49:07She was serving cunt, she was serving classy, she was serving clean.
49:11And that's not easy to wear a paper garment, like it could really look messy.
49:14This really worked.
49:16Jane, don't.
49:17Now that outfit was constructed.
49:19The bustier, the dimensionality of the cup, everything.
49:22Well done from a technical standpoint.
49:24And she sure learned from her dad.
49:25Yeah.
49:26The Oscar de la Renta of the Boy Scouts.
49:30Juicy love Dion.
49:31I think Juicy is so beautiful.
49:33And I even love the top.
49:35Like the skirt was such a turn off that it's like, it almost like you could have just do a
49:38regular blue panty and it would have just go.
49:41Vita Von Teese star.
49:43For a moment I forgot it was a design challenge where they only had very limited materials.
49:47It looked like one of her like best in drag outfits.
49:50It looked expensive.
49:51I can't say anything bad about it.
49:53It's just everything.
49:54I love it.
49:55Mandy Mango.
49:56So Cardi just said she didn't have anything negative to say about Vita.
49:59I don't have anything positive to say about Mandy.
50:01I don't necessarily mind how she put it together, you know, with the hot glue or whatever.
50:06What I minded was how messy it was.
50:07I know what that fabric is.
50:09It's like a woven like placemat material.
50:11Yeah.
50:11So it made that skirt look really bulky and rumply like an old paper bag.
50:14But it's not even the material, it's the flower placement.
50:17It looked like she had a time at Michael's.
50:19It shouldn't even be looking like that like, ugh.
50:22It's funny that she works in sexual health because she obviously has an FTD.
50:26And this look proves it.
50:28Silence.
50:29I have made my decision.
50:31Cardi B, bring back my girls.
50:35Where they at?
50:38Honey, we are trying to gather ourselves after our very first critiques and I'm sitting here in this untucked lounge.
50:43I'm very, very scared of what my fate will be today.
50:47Am I going home?
50:50Again, there are people that are in the safe room that I was like, they could be out there too.
50:54On both top and both bottom.
50:55So I'm like, it doesn't...
50:56So who do you think should have been in the bottom?
51:00Ladies!
51:06Let me introduce you to the doll.
51:09Oh my god!
51:11Not Tokyo!
51:13Oh my god!
51:14It's not just Cardi.
51:16The whole glam squad is here today.
51:18Holy cow.
51:21Erika is Cardi's longtime makeup artist.
51:23And Tokyo Styles is one of the most iconic celebrity wig stylists in the fucking world.
51:29These are the dolls.
51:30These are the dolls.
51:30The dolls!
51:31I can't live without them.
51:33Literally.
51:33This is queer art at its finest.
51:35And to have an artist at your caliber incorporating our community into what you do.
51:40And I learned a lot from your community.
51:42Like, I swear to God.
51:43Me watching RuPaul's Drag Race is how...
51:45Like, I remember when I first started my transition, this is how I learned how to do makeup.
51:48I was watching RuPaul's Drag Race.
51:50Okay.
51:50So, and then just seeing all the looks and stuff, it just always inspires me.
51:54Even her, like, I'd be like, we should do this and recreate this and do it this way.
51:57You know, sometimes we bring the culture to the mainstream hip-hop feel.
52:01I don't care if people feel uncomfortable or whatever.
52:03Like, I do not care.
52:03Neither do I write dolls.
52:05And when I get twisted, the man will look at her.
52:08And they do.
52:09They do.
52:10Automatic sculpting.
52:11You know what I'm saying?
52:13Can I ask you a question, Cardi?
52:14Mm-hmm.
52:15So, all of my sisters thought I was going to be in the top.
52:18So, can I know what you thought about me?
52:22You kind of wear something that I will wear.
52:24So, yeah.
52:25I like it.
52:26Bitch!
52:27That was my goal!
52:28If Cardi would wear that outfit, then why am I safe?
52:32I mean, if Cardi B said,
52:33Nini, give me that orange zip-tied outfit off of your body, I would pass away.
52:38I will wear this outfit outside.
52:40I love it.
52:42I would pass away.
52:44Some girls just did it better than the others.
52:45That's all.
52:46You know what I'm saying?
52:47I'm not even going to lie to you girls.
52:49Like, I might be, like, the sweetest girl in the world, but I am a very tough judge.
52:52I don't want y'all to think that I'm bitchy or anything, but it's like, look at my teachers.
52:58Look at my teachers.
53:00I just want to say, whatever is your fave, just remember that it is not the end.
53:05And it's just a lesson.
53:06And, like, I hope that you guys take your critique and, like, don't get discouraged from it.
53:11Learn from it.
53:12You know what I'm saying?
53:13All right, y'all.
53:14We cannot keep RuPaul waiting.
53:15Y'all are not going to give me a show with no damn RuPaul.
53:17Okay, you know what I'm saying?
53:18Like, sashay away.
53:19Yeah.
53:21Wow.
53:21The party is over, and it's time to go to the main stage and find out who won and who's
53:26going home.
53:29Welcome back, queens.
53:31I've made some decisions.
53:33I need you, Jesus.
53:36Nene Coco, your paper look was money, honey.
53:40Jane Don't, your suit was a toot.
53:44Vita Von T star, your umbrella look made us wet.
53:53Jane Don't, you are safe.
53:58You may join the other girls.
54:01Congratulations.
54:06Kenya, we love your personality, but your look was not a pleaser.
54:13Juicy Love Dion, your face was sitting, but your look was ill-fitting.
54:20Mandy Mango, you're a beautiful queen, but your floral fixation left us limp.
54:31This is a lot.
54:32Like, it's a lot.
54:33I'm getting emotional.
54:34Like, I'm so scared.
54:36Tell me about it.
54:39Juicy Love Dion, you are a beautiful queen.
54:42You are safe.
54:47You may step to the back of the stage.
54:49Thank you, Mother.
54:50I cannot believe I caught myself in this position.
54:56And boy, do I never want to be here again.
55:00Kenya Pleaser, Mandy Mango, you are the bottom queens of the week.
55:07But...
55:10And it's a big butt, Cardi.
55:13Greater than mine.
55:16No one is going home tonight.
55:18Woo!
55:21Oh, thank you, Jesus.
55:23I feel so relieved.
55:25I'm just so, so grateful to be here for another week.
55:27I'm gagging.
55:28I'm gagging.
55:29I'm gagging.
55:30I'm gagging.
55:30This is fun.
55:31Bitch, Cardi, I'm gagged too, girl.
55:32This is girl.
55:33This is...
55:33I'm about to shit, girl.
55:34Yeah!
55:37Kenya, Mango, you are safe, and you may join the other girls.
55:41Thank you so much.
55:42Thank you, judges.
55:47Nini Coco.
55:48Vida Fontys star.
55:51Condragulations.
55:52You are the top two queens of the week.
55:54Yes!
55:55Yes, sister.
55:56We're working out with this.
56:01But...
56:01And it's a big butter.
56:05There can only be one winner.
56:07Two queens stand before me.
56:10Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync dance.
56:13A performance of Enough by Cardi B. Ladies, this is your chance to impress me and win a cash prize.
56:23$5,000.
56:25Woo-hoo!
56:27There's a lot of shoes.
56:30Cardi B is about to watch me perform her song.
56:32I'm trying to keep it cool.
56:33But on the inside, I am exploding.
56:36The time has come for you to lip sync.
56:41Look.
56:42For.
56:43The win!
56:47The first lip sync of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 18!
56:50Ooh, we are in for a show.
56:52Good luck.
56:54And don't.
56:55Fuck.
56:55It.
56:56Up.
56:58Yeah.
57:00Yeah.
57:01Okay.
57:03Look, me versus you and you know what they're picking.
57:05Keep it expensive, you know the difference.
57:06You know that it's hair, you know what it's giving.
57:08Hair, nails, portal, bare.
57:10To survive in the coldest conditions.
57:11Hoes very low, they tongue when they spin.
57:13Bitches is washed, soap in the dishes.
57:15I fly pressure like ball constrictors.
57:16One bitch, two bitch, old bitch, new bitch.
57:18None of y'all bitches not gon' do shit.
57:19I'm in Miami, I'm pull up on cruise ship.
57:21You in Miami for also room shit.
57:23When I step with Stampede, foot on neck.
57:25Can't breathe.
57:26Lucky Charm.
57:27Van Cleave.
57:28Diamond song.
57:28I see my opps linking up.
57:30I'm like, what?
57:31In the fuck?
57:32If you scared, then just say that hoe enough is enough.
57:35They was just in my DMs.
57:37Ain't no trust in these sluts.
57:38I'm about to call a diamond bitch.
57:40Enough if you bugged.
57:41I'm like, ooh, child.
57:43Cool down.
57:43Too hot.
57:44Too rough.
57:45Blue clear.
57:46New style.
57:47How you fuckin' with me?
57:48Girl, give me one shot and I'm breakin' the glass.
57:50Give me two shots and I'm shakin' this ass.
57:52Give me three shots and I'm ready to.
57:53Four.
57:53Five more shots and I'm ready to splash.
57:55Get it to me so I gotta pop it.
57:56I'm sendin' on business, I'm radio body.
57:58Bitches be talkin'.
57:58I'll be big in they pocket.
58:00Girl, tell me about it.
58:01A lot of winning, a lot of scoring here.
58:03Cardi Broad, Cardi Jordan.
58:04Yeah.
58:04These bitches are so losers.
58:05When they can't do, it's not important.
58:07Look, ayy.
58:08I'm getting better and betterer.
58:09I do not see no competitor.
58:11When the gang hit that pussy.
58:12Said it was driving a dollar.
58:14Somebody can see me in fashion.
58:15Can see me with money.
58:16These bitches is buggy.
58:17Either these bitches is blind or I'm invincible.
58:19Bitches can't see me at nothing.
58:20When I hopped out with Stampede.
58:22Foot on neck.
58:23Can't breathe.
58:24Lucky Charm.
58:25Bank lead.
58:25I'm in song.
58:26I see my Ips linkin' up.
58:28I'm like, what in the fuck?
58:29If you scared, then just say that hoe enough is enough.
58:32They was just in my DMs.
58:34Ain't no trust in these sluts.
58:36I'm about to call a diamond bitch.
58:38Not if you go.
58:45It was so fun.
58:47Can I be like a judge forever for my movie?
58:50Queens.
58:51I've made my decision.
58:58Ni Ni Coco.
59:00Conjagulations.
59:01You're a winner, baby.
59:02Yes!
59:06I am feeling over the fucking moon.
59:08Wow.
59:09You've won a cash prize of 5,000 doulas.
59:13I have the first win.
59:14I showed up and I delivered.
59:16This is what I came here to do.
59:18Vida, you are free to slay another day.
59:22I'll take that.
59:25Conjagulations, queens.
59:26And remember, if you can't love yourself out in the hell, you're gonna love somebody else.
59:31Can I get an amen up in here?
59:32Amen!
59:33Alright, now let the music play.
59:42Raja, less drinking, more peddling.
59:46Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race.
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