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RUРАUL'S DRАG RАСЕ S07E12
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00:09Walking into the workroom without Katya doesn't feel right.
00:14If you need me, you know where to find me.
00:17The dumpster outback.
00:20Aww.
00:21She's one of a kind, and I'm so sad to see her go.
00:24And I can't believe I'm crying on fucking TV.
00:28Girl, congratulations, Ms. Violet Nix.
00:32Kennedy Davenport, your Hello Kitty was a hell no kitty.
00:36This is not a sewing competition.
00:39Y'all know you had to sew, and what the fuck did you do?
00:41Girl, okay, so what?
00:42I'm not a seamstress.
00:44I don't know how to sew.
00:44But no other bitch on this show has ever been able to sing like me or act like me.
00:48Oh, my God.
00:49I feel like I'm in a pressure cooker.
00:50The heat is on, and eventually it's just going to explode.
00:56I need a smoke and a nap.
01:01The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race receives a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics
01:06and a cash prize of $100,000.
01:19Oh, my God.
01:21It feels awesome to walk into the workroom and just be top four.
01:25Where's everybody else?
01:27Bitch, stay gone.
01:28Thank God.
01:29Hello, hello, hello.
01:32Hello, Michelle.
01:34Congratulations, ladies.
01:36Oh.
01:37For your final four challenge, you'll be starring with RuPaul in the official music video for Born Naked.
01:45Oh.
01:46Hashtag Born Naked.
01:47In a few moments, you'll be dancing with choreographer Candace Cain.
01:50Yes.
01:51And then you'll be acting with director Matthew Anderson.
01:56Yay.
01:56Oh, and I hope you're hungry because you're each invited to one last meal with Mama Ru.
02:02Yes.
02:03This is definitely not a time to be half-stepping it, ladies, because tomorrow one of you will be eliminated
02:12and edited out of the final video.
02:16That's some shady shit.
02:18Bitch, I'm going to turn into Effie White.
02:20This is Dreamgirls, and I am telling you, I am not going.
02:23Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win.
02:28Hello, girls.
02:29Hi, guys.
02:30Hi.
02:31So today, the choreography is going to be a throwback to the 80s strong woman look,
02:36like Pat Benatar, Sheena Easton.
02:38And then, okay, you start faced forward, legs like this.
02:41Of course, the part that makes me nervous about this music video is the dancing.
02:46It looks like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
02:52But I am determined not to let that get the best of me this time.
02:55Ginger, that looked great.
02:58All right, we're going to move on.
03:00Step, touch, step, touch, step, touch.
03:03Violet.
03:04In this, you need to get a little bit lower.
03:06Think 80s, Cheryl Teague's dancing.
03:09I was born in 92.
03:11That's no excuse.
03:13Don't get frustrated.
03:14You have the look.
03:15Just don't psych yourself out.
03:17It's just steps.
03:18Violet.
03:20Girl, bye.
03:29Kennedy, darling.
03:31Hello.
03:31Sit down.
03:32Are you hungry?
03:33I'm juicing now, you know.
03:35Now, this was your first time auditioning for the show.
03:38Yes, ma'am.
03:38And what took you so long?
03:40I was always trying to work and struggling.
03:42I just didn't have the time, really.
03:45And then, like, after losing my dad, it was like, you know what?
03:49It's time now.
03:51My dad passed in October of 2013.
03:55And it's still so fresh to me.
03:58We didn't see out of the eye at first, but we ended up having the best relationship.
04:02He came to my pageants, and we was always talking.
04:08And he told me, you need to go on RuPaul's Drag Race.
04:11So, by him passing, it was like, yeah, it's time.
04:13I want to do it for my dad.
04:15Wow.
04:16And what would winning RuPaul's Drag Race mean to you?
04:19Oh, wait.
04:20Everything has been a struggle.
04:22I've always been a caregiver, because my sister is severely mentally retarded.
04:27And I had to step in it.
04:29I took part in raising my sister.
04:31I bathed her.
04:32I washed her clothes.
04:33I had big responsibilities as a child myself.
04:37And it's repeating itself, because since I lost my dad, now I'm her guardian.
04:43I never ask God why.
04:46I just take it on.
04:47And I feel like being on here and have made it this far, this is my reward.
04:52It's an amazing story, and you've done so well.
04:55I am so proud of you.
04:57I loved watching you just work through it and make it happen.
05:00I will see you out there.
05:01That's right, honey.
05:02I'm just saying, IJS.
05:08I had fun, like, actually doing the choreography.
05:11I want to do well and go to the top three, so I'm excited to do it.
05:14I'm so excited.
05:15I mean, obviously, learning choreo is not my strong suit, but I think I've got it.
05:19But I mean, like, you were having trouble with the choreo, and you've also been clocked
05:23for your acting in the past.
05:24Does that scare you at all?
05:28Really, Vince?
05:30I mean, not really.
05:31I've obviously pushed through it every single time.
05:33But, like, it's at the point now where you can't just push through.
05:36Like, with me, with the dancing, I know that I'm going to have to nail it or I'm going to
05:39have to go home.
05:40What's your approach that you're taking other than I'm just going to push through it?
05:43Enjoy the fact that I'm fucking top four, and I'm here to win it.
05:45And any, like, issues I'm having going into it, I'm just going to work it out, like I've
05:49been doing the entire season.
05:51Girl, get over yourself, because I've been over you since the moment you walked in.
05:55Keep them coming, girl.
05:56Keep them coming.
05:58Coming up.
05:59Hit it!
05:59Throw your dock down like you know where you're going.
06:05You want to be America's next red superstar.
06:08Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay.
06:17Hi.
06:18Ginger Minj.
06:19Who's your ally back home?
06:21Aside from your friends, do you have any allies in the family?
06:23I know it sounds cliche for every gay boy to say, my mama's my personal hero, but she's
06:27amazing.
06:27Are your parents still together?
06:28No.
06:29Have you maintained a relationship with your father?
06:31When I was 14 going into 15, he left us for his high school girlfriend, and I didn't talk
06:39to him for years after that.
06:40Wow.
06:41What do you want your father to know about you that you think he doesn't know?
06:45That's a tricky question, because I really don't think my father knows a lot about me.
06:48I don't think that my father has said, sorry.
06:57My entire life, I felt like I didn't even know who my father was, so how could he know
07:04anything about me?
07:06Growing up, I was so tormented in my life that the only way I could deal was to make jokes
07:13and use humor to cover it all up.
07:15My relationship with my father has shaped me into the human being that I am today.
07:23No matter all the bullshit that's happened in the past, I just hope that he's proud of
07:30me.
07:30Listen, I'm so proud of you, because you are lovely and beautiful and talented.
07:35That means the world to me.
07:37All right, darling.
07:37Here, we'll at least take one of these for the ride home.
07:40Oh, thank you.
07:41I'll see you out there.
07:46So, what you wearing, pumpkin?
07:48I don't know.
07:49I don't know if I want to do, like, a gown.
07:51That seems so, like, typical.
07:52Like, not enough?
07:53Yeah.
07:54You know, I have tons of gorgeous dresses, but I just feel like it's really expected, and
07:58I don't want to blend in with these pageant girls.
08:00How many times have you gotten fucked in this?
08:04Once or twice.
08:06What are they doing over there?
08:09They're trying on their shit.
08:12While Kennedy and I completely appreciate what these kids are trying to do with their
08:17modern take on drag, old school is the only school, honey.
08:21The two of them are in the corner playing dress-up like it's kindergarten.
08:24It's a walk-off.
08:28Oh, shut up.
08:29Oh, God.
08:31Ginger and Kennedy's final runway looks are a mystery, except for huge, gigantic, pageant
08:37girl hair.
08:38They're, like, competing for who can have the biggest hair on top of who is America's
08:43next drag superstar.
08:44All that bullshit over there, and they're pulling out sleepers.
08:47It'll be comfortable for that plane ride home.
08:50This is your time to make a statement.
08:54And the shit you're pulling out.
08:58Yeah.
09:00Hi.
09:01Violet, darling.
09:02So, when you auditioned for the show, how far did you imagine yourself coming?
09:06Oh, the winner.
09:07Uh-huh.
09:07The crowd girl.
09:09Now, where'd you get this confidence?
09:10Because you have a lot of it.
09:12Just growing up, I was put on the back burner for sure.
09:14My sister kind of had lots of stuff she was going through.
09:17So, I've always just kind of had to be my own support system, my own biggest fan, so.
09:20Well, it sounds kind of lonely.
09:22There's really no shoulder for Violet to cry on.
09:26Besides my own.
09:27Right.
09:27And that's what it seems like you've been in this competition.
09:29Because you won Shadiest Queen, remember?
09:32Did I?
09:33Did that hurt your feelings at all?
09:34Kind of, but I knew that wasn't the case.
09:36You know, I was just like, okay, well, I need to work hard to show these girls who I really
09:39am.
09:40I think the biggest thing that I've learned throughout this process is to just be aware of your first impressions.
09:44Because it could be a lot more difficult to change someone's first impression after their mind's been made up.
09:49I know that you're only 22 and you think, well, sure, this is nothing.
09:52A lot of people have this.
09:53Let me tell you, a lot of people don't have it.
09:55You are really special.
09:58A lot of people will take the rest of their lives to get where you already are.
10:01Thank you so much, Room.
10:04Oh, darling, welcome to lunch.
10:07Did you really think you'd make it this far?
10:09Uh-uh.
10:09You didn't?
10:10Have you surprised yourself?
10:11I surprised myself coming in here and retreating into my shell.
10:15I've never had these moments of, like, kind of, like, clamming up.
10:18You were ready to tap out at one point.
10:20I definitely was hurting, yeah, but I'm all bark and no bite.
10:25Listen, this is the thing, is that I know your potential and I wanted to see it.
10:28And I was feeling that it wasn't there.
10:31What was Baby Pearl like?
10:32Baby Pearl?
10:32Yeah, I did say seven years old.
10:35Oh, God.
10:38When I was seven, you know, I was scared shitless all the time.
10:42I was going through some pretty traumatic times.
10:45It was just mental, emotional, physical, psychological torment every day.
10:50That's pretty rough.
10:51You know, when I first met you, I sensed there was something else going on and it felt like a
10:56traumatic issue to me.
10:58Yeah.
10:59I'm really not the kind of person that opens up a lot.
11:02So, every time I do, it makes the weight feel a little bit more lifted off my shoulders.
11:08Boy, oh boy, has there been a transformation in you.
11:10At this point, there's nothing that could break my spirit.
11:12Good.
11:13Well, congratulations.
11:14Mwah, mwah.
11:15Mwah, mwah, mwah.
11:16Sa-se-da, girl.
11:20Hi, girls.
11:21Hi.
11:22It's time to shoot the music video for Born Naked.
11:25For the first part of the music video, we're doing choreography in front of a green screen.
11:29Now, before we start, I just have to let you know this is it.
11:32It's between your performance and $100,000.
11:36Hit it!
11:37Throw your top down like you know where you're going.
11:40Word.
11:41Give it to me, girl.
11:42Do you like where you're going?
11:43Run it all the way.
11:45Gorgeous.
11:46And I said, who?
11:48Who do you think you are?
11:51Who do you think you are?
11:54Who do you think you are?
11:58So, what happened with the hair there, Ginger?
12:00It caught a breeze and it flew away.
12:02I hope it matches the other takes.
12:04Ooh, Lord, be with me.
12:06A sexy muscle call under the radar.
12:09Throw your top down like you know where you're going.
12:13Pearl has a very limited repertoire as far as movement.
12:17Pearl's looking like she finna slam somebody.
12:20That's why we call it the Pearl Smash.
12:24Pearl Smash.
12:25Um, is there something going on here?
12:28Is there boy hair there?
12:29Does it look okay?
12:29I think your wig's sliding back.
12:30It's sliding back.
12:32Ah, these queens.
12:34Come on.
12:34Don't they know a bobby pin when they see one?
12:37You all are having some wig problems.
12:39We know that you're working with a fan today, you guys.
12:41This is a video.
12:41Sorry.
12:42You want to be America's Next Dress Superstar
12:45and your wig is sliding back?
12:47But you want to be America's Next Dress Superstar.
12:49Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay, okay.
12:53Do you need a moment to go to the workroom and sort it out?
12:57I'm professional.
12:59Unacceptable.
13:01Okay, while Pearl sorts her wig out, let's get Violet up here.
13:04Is your wig on tight?
13:05I think so.
13:06Okay.
13:06Cue music.
13:15I'm trying so hard that I forget I'm supposed to do choreography.
13:19Whoopsies.
13:26Violet's earring falls off.
13:27These girls, this is a music video.
13:30Didn't you glue your earrings on?
13:32Just try to give us a take that we can use.
13:37It was a shitty mess.
13:40A hot one.
13:41I'm talking about with flies on it.
13:44Bitch.
13:45We might have got something.
13:47I hope it's enough.
13:48We'll see.
13:51Coming up.
13:52I just feel like you are too young to take on this responsibility.
13:56I agree with Kennedy.
13:57It's a level of maturity that I don't think you have reached yet.
14:07What the hell are you looking at?
14:10So now we're about to do our acting scene, which is directed by Matthew Anderson.
14:13We're going to be playing three different characters.
14:14And in the end, they're all going to be cut together.
14:16I'm going to kick y'all's ass.
14:18Rue is going to also be acting alongside us.
14:20And it's a little bit intimidating.
14:21And action.
14:22In science class, we learned that all human beings evolved from lizards.
14:27You're a lizard.
14:28Zip it, boy.
14:29Oh, you kids are the reason mommy needs her happy pills.
14:32Ha ha, look.
14:33My dollies are kai-kai-ing.
14:36You don't even know what that means.
14:39I hate it here.
14:44Okay, cut.
14:45Pearl, you seem to just be hitting one note all the way through.
14:49You know, the anger you had when you were going to walk off the show.
14:52Remember that?
14:53Woo-hoo!
14:54We all remember.
14:56Use that.
14:57Okay.
14:58Okay.
14:59Here we go.
15:00Action.
15:01You give me no lip, boy.
15:03I hate it here.
15:05And cut.
15:07Very nice.
15:08Well, that was better with emotional intensity.
15:10So, time to do the great switcheroo and get into your next character.
15:15All right, darlings.
15:17Round two.
15:18And action.
15:19Hurry up and eat.
15:22Mommy's got to watch your stories.
15:25Ha ha ha.
15:26Somebody pass me in potatoes.
15:32Pearl is doing really well, Pearl Dallas.
15:37Ha ha ha.
15:39Action.
15:39What's that?
15:41It's RuPaul's Born Naked, available on iTunes.
15:45Don't forget to shamelessly plug that CD.
15:48Like, pick it up and show it.
15:49Okay.
15:50Just show me how you would do it right now.
15:54Got it.
15:55Kennedy is an amazing performer, but her biggest weakness is her short-term memory.
16:03Boss.
16:04I'll pick it up.
16:07It's RuPaul's Born Naked, available on iTunes.
16:15Um, okay.
16:16Get the hell out of here and change those damn outfits.
16:21Action.
16:23Don't you dare give me no lip, boy.
16:27Don't call me boy.
16:28Call me Violet Chachki.
16:32Miss Violet is flatlining as the team queen.
16:36Violet, you tend to sort of read a bit of a monotone.
16:39So, let's just get a few more spikes into your read.
16:42Okay.
16:43Very good.
16:44Isn't she clever?
16:45Action.
16:46Don't worry, little sister.
16:47I'll come back for you, but I'm famous.
16:51Please make it stop.
16:58It's the last day.
16:59It's the last day.
17:01It is the very last time that we are entering the workroom.
17:05And at this point in the competition, we're pretty much evenly divided right down the middle.
17:10On one end of the room, you have Violet and Pearl, the pretty girls, which they call themselves.
17:16We don't call them that.
17:17And on the other end of the room, you've got Kennedy and myself representing the bitter old lady brigade.
17:22I want to know your very first impressions that first day.
17:26Pearl, when she came in, and she was like, um, I have a face chin on and blah, blah, blah,
17:32blah, blah.
17:33I was like, this stupid bitch.
17:35She's stoned.
17:35She's fucking high as a kite out of her mind.
17:37So, I guess my, you know, first impression of Pearl was kind of spot on.
17:42Violet.
17:43My first impression of you is that, I mean, you was fool of yourself.
17:51And has that changed?
17:53No, it hasn't.
17:54Because you haven't let it die down.
17:56So, I do respect you, but I still thank you fool of yourself.
17:59Like, I just feel like you are too young to take on this type of responsibility.
18:05I agree with Kennedy.
18:06It's a level of maturity that I don't think you have reached yet.
18:11This is a job title.
18:13I mean, it's not just, here's a check and a crown and have fun.
18:17It's, you've got to be an ambassador for RuPaul's Drag Race.
18:20Right, you are a representative.
18:21And I don't feel like you have been in this game long enough to know that you have to step
18:25out of Violet and be professional about certain situations.
18:28And I don't feel like you've been, you've been there, you're not there yet.
18:36Okay, I understand more of what you're saying.
18:39You don't want to be known as being a bitch.
18:41That's it.
18:44Violet's like a different Violet.
18:45You know, at the beginning of the season, she would have been like, well, fuck you, fuck you.
18:48I don't give a fuck what you think.
18:49But, you know, here in this moment, she's totally just listening and accepting it.
18:54We've got the bitter old lady brigade to help guide.
18:57I'm just saying.
18:59Coming up.
19:00Don't take this as shape.
19:01But did you run out of clothes?
19:04This does not say best drag.
19:10Come on, girl.
19:17Put the base in your wall.
19:19Head to toe.
19:21Let your whole body talk.
19:23And what?
19:25Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
19:29Tonight, it's just family.
19:31So, God help us.
19:34This week, we challenged my girls to star in the official video for Born Naked.
19:40And tonight, they're stomping the runway in their very best drag.
19:45Gentlemen, start your engines.
19:48And may the best woman win.
19:51Now, sissy that wild.
19:52First up, Kennedy Davenport.
19:56Mmm.
19:57Taste the rainbow.
19:58Mmm.
19:58Yes.
19:59I have on my pride dress, fully rhinestoneed.
20:02With my matching rainbow shoes, I am just head to toe pride.
20:08The rainbow leads right to her pot of gold.
20:10Yeah.
20:11Her ass.
20:12Up next, Violet Chachki.
20:14Man, she feels like a woman.
20:16Come to us a cabaret.
20:17Good call, men.
20:18Bienvenue.
20:19I'm giving you Victor Victoria, Marlene Dietrich, classic burlesque influences.
20:24I'm feeling very razzle-dazzle and like a fierce fucking bitch.
20:27She's a Chachki with some fringe on top.
20:30Mmm.
20:31Ginger Minj.
20:32Ginger has fringe on her Minj.
20:34This reminds me, I've got to take my car to the car wash.
20:36Yes.
20:37Yes.
20:38I am making sure these judges see every rhinestone, every piece of fringe, every single inch of this big, bold,
20:47and beautiful bitch.
20:49You know what they say, the bigger the hair, the juicier the ass.
20:52She is mopping up the floor with this look.
20:54Yes.
20:56Pearl will flossy-dop.
20:59Ha-ha-ha!
21:00New from the Dee Snider Intimates Collection.
21:03Mm-hmm.
21:03That's sissy that wild.
21:04My runway look is a huge representation of what my drag is about.
21:10It's vintage, and it's over the top, and it's sexy.
21:13What color is that, Carson?
21:15Mother of Pearl?
21:16I think it is.
21:18Ha-ha-ha-ha!
21:19Uh-oh.
21:19Sissy that wild.
21:22Welcome, ladies.
21:23I couldn't be more happy to see my kids succeed, and you really did.
21:30Kennedy, you were born naked, but you've grown to become a fierce drag queen.
21:36Here's a photo of you as a little bitty boy.
21:39Now, if you could time travel, what would Kennedy Davenport have to say to little Ruben?
21:47Um, I would definitely have to tell him that it's okay that you are different from the other kids all
21:55the nights that you have cried yourself to sleep.
22:00It'll be over soon, and that you're going to be respected for your guilt.
22:08Thank you, Kennedy.
22:11Violet, here's a photo of you when you were four years old.
22:17What would Violet Chachki have to say to little Jason?
22:23Um, I would tell him to try to have more patience with everybody, especially with your parents, and you just
22:30need to know how special you are, and, you know, really bask in moments of weakness, and find strength in
22:35them, and push through everything, and get to a goddamn ballet class as fast as you can.
22:43Thank you, Violet.
22:46Ginger, here's a photo of you when you were five years old.
22:51What would Ginger Minj have to say to little Joshua?
22:55When it feels like the entire world is against you, you've always got a friend in yourself, and when it
23:02gets to that moment in your life where you feel like there's no other alternative and you want to end
23:07it, remember that in your life, there's going to be stupidity coming at you from a never-ending parade of
23:14bigoted assholes.
23:15And the only way to survive that parade is to make yourself the Grand Marshal.
23:20Thank you, Ginger.
23:23Pearl, here is a photo of you when you were four years old.
23:29I've never seen that child before in my life.
23:33What would Pearl have to say to little Matthew?
23:36Oh, God.
23:39I'd have to start with a warning.
23:42You're about to enter, like, the toughest...
23:47You're going to enter the toughest years of your life, and it's going to suck really bad for a long
23:54time, and people are going to fuck you up and take advantage of you, and people are going to be
23:59looking at you from across the room for so many years, and you're not going to understand why.
24:05Do you understand why now?
24:09You're a star, baby.
24:17Thank you, Pearl.
24:20Coming up, it's time for the judges' final critiques, and one of you will be going home.
24:34Ladies, the winners of this week's challenge will move on to the top three, and one of you will be
24:42going home.
24:44It's time for the judges' final critiques.
24:49First up, Kennedy Davenport.
24:51Let's take a look at your dailies.
24:58Hurry up and eat.
25:00Mama's got to watch her stories.
25:03Look!
25:04My two Daleks are caccaying!
25:08You don't even know what that means!
25:13For the acting challenge, for me, it was flat-lined with not a lot of separation between characters, but I
25:18think you've made a lot of progress.
25:20You look beautiful tonight.
25:21I think this is very representative of your best drag.
25:24I really am very touched about the transformation that you've made.
25:29Next up, Violet Chachki.
25:36What's that?
25:37It's RuPaul's Born Naked, available on iTunes.
25:41What happened to Man the Mute?
25:43Oh, I hate it here!
25:45This is why we can't have nice things.
25:48I know dancing is not your favorite thing to do.
25:51With that said, I thought your dancing was really good.
25:54For the acting challenge, what I loved about that, I think you had so much separation between your characters.
25:59You really told the story beautifully.
26:01Don't take this as shade.
26:03But did you run out of clothes?
26:05Oh, God, no.
26:06Because for me, this does not say Violet's best drag.
26:10For me, it feels like a natural progression for you.
26:12I think I get what you're doing.
26:13I think you do, too.
26:14Okay, thanks.
26:15Good.
26:16Next up, Ginger Minj.
26:23Guess who I saw putting on mommy's makeup.
26:27Shut up!
26:28Boy, you better take off that hoodie right now.
26:31Don't call me boy.
26:32Call me Ginger Minj.
26:38Your characters were the most fleshed out.
26:41Dancing is not your strong suit, but I think you did it your way.
26:44I loved that you had a wig malfunction and you made it work.
26:47The fact that you still went with it shows your level of professionalism.
26:50This bombshell White Diamonds number.
26:53This is the best drag that you've had in the entire competition, and you saved the best for last.
26:58Next up, Pearl.
27:02We're all born naked and the rest is straight.
27:05You get out of my house now!
27:10Fine!
27:11I'm leaving!
27:12Wait!
27:14Don't leave me here with them!
27:16Little sister, I'll come back for you when I'm famous.
27:21Atta girl, Pearl.
27:25Well, who would have thought, Pearl, a few weeks ago that we'd be here today?
27:29Uh-huh.
27:29And I think I figured it out.
27:30You're a weirdo.
27:31Oh, but yeah.
27:32In this particular challenge, you really pushed yourself out of the comfort zone.
27:36You gave us three really definable characters.
27:39Then with the dancing, you don't move, and it becomes that kind of stoner stripper so high,
27:43she just wants the dollar.
27:44She doesn't care about anything else.
27:46We've all been there.
27:48I think you look beautiful, and I'm proud of you.
27:50You earned your spot here, and congrats to you.
27:53Ladies, final question.
27:55Why should you, and not your competitors, be crowned America's next drag superstar?
28:02Start with Kennedy.
28:03I've been in this business for 17 long years, and I condone myself with professionalism as
28:11far as my competitors.
28:13With the exception of Ginger, I don't think the other girls are ready.
28:17So I fear that they may not know how to condone themselves, and that makes me think, what
28:22do you have to offer once you become the queen?
28:25And it's not much.
28:27Thank you, Kennedy.
28:29All right, Violet Chachki.
28:30I already feel like I am America's next drag superstar, and I've been telling myself that
28:35for a really long time now.
28:36I've always, you know, looked up to myself.
28:38The only really validation I've ever looked for is from the show.
28:41And, I mean, as far as my competitors go, I honestly do feel like I represent the past,
28:45the present, but more than anything, the future.
28:49Thank you, Violet.
28:51All right, Ginger.
28:52If I could, I would split this with Kennedy.
28:54I'd say crown us both.
28:55We'll get conjoined twin gowns, and we'll wear them all year.
28:57But my other two sisters, as much as I do love them, Violet has the shortest temper I've
29:03ever seen.
29:04And that's a problem when you're dealing with the world.
29:07And Pearl, as much as she has grown, was ready to walk away from a golden opportunity.
29:15Not to mention, this is America.
29:17Land of the free, home of the fat people.
29:19And if we're going to supersize our french fries, why can't we at least supersize our next
29:23drag superstar?
29:24Thank you, Ginger.
29:27All right, Pearl.
29:27You know, I've busted my fucking ass my entire life for everything that I have.
29:33Every article of clothing, every rent payment.
29:37You have been telling me how exhausted I come off, and it's because I am from life.
29:43Yes, I totally had a moment on this show where I didn't think that I could go on.
29:49But that doesn't define what I've done on this show.
29:52I do not like to keep myself limited into some kind of drag box, and I have so much more
29:58to show America.
29:59Thank you, Pearl.
30:01Now, while you untaught backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
30:07All right.
30:08Just between us squirrel friends, what do you think?
30:13Let's start with Kennedy Davenport.
30:15Her dancing was amazing.
30:16You know, she got rhythm, and she is a great representation of glamorous drag.
30:21I have to say, she's a hard worker, and she is the professional of the group.
30:24If she's the pro, then why wasn't that speech professional?
30:28Violet Chachki.
30:29Look, she's not a dancer, but she gave it all she's got.
30:31She did a great lip sync.
30:32And as far as her acting goes, I was really, really proud of her.
30:36She has told such a story in her looks constantly.
30:38I believe that she had this last outfit planned all along.
30:41That is not the best look.
30:43Don't try to convince me.
30:44Ginger Minj.
30:45Her video, not the greatest dancer, but totally fine.
30:48But she can give you comedy and glamour and acting and singing.
30:51I mean, she's a quadruple threat.
30:52She offers something different.
30:54You know, I grew up as a full-figured young boy, and it does say something to kids in
30:58small towns everywhere who may be chubby that there's a chance that they could really
31:02rise to the top here.
31:03Pearl.
31:04At a certain point, I, along with everyone else, was like, check, please.
31:06I'm out with Pearl, but here she is in the top four of this competition that is so
31:11difficult, and she fought her way back, and she made me fall in love with her.
31:15She does have a boozy charm.
31:17And it's star quality that she has where you're intrigued, you know, but is it too
31:23off-putting the sort of distance for a fan to fall in love with her?
31:27I think they'll love her.
31:28Well, one more topic we need to discuss.
31:31Michelle Visage.
31:33Carson, pros and cons.
31:36Ah, you're funny.
31:38Silence.
31:39I've made my decision.
31:42Bring back my girls.
31:49Ladies, before I can decide who makes it to the top three, this is your last chance to
31:57impress me and save yourself from elimination.
32:03The time has come for you to lip sync, for your life.
32:14Good luck.
32:17And don't fuck it up.
32:23Who you're waiting for?
32:25Another savior.
32:27Always looking, but you never find, never find.
32:30Waking up from another night gone.
32:33Always looking, but you never find, never find.
32:36Going downtown.
32:37You know where you're going.
32:38So you drop down.
32:40Like you know where you're going.
32:41Tell me one thing you like.
32:44Where you going, ignore it.
32:46All of the signs.
32:47And I see.
32:47I should be America's Next Drag Superstar because I'm bringing a level that Drag Race has
32:53yet to see.
32:55It's the Kennedy Davenport experience, baby.
32:57All born niggas and the rest is dead.
33:00Lost in the day.
33:02Being crowned America's Next Drag Superstar means the culmination of a lifetime of work.
33:07It's time that a big girl wins this competition.
33:10I think that I represent the old and the new styles of Drag.
33:18I feel like I really am expressing myself as a visual artist.
33:21I'm definitely America's Next Drag Superstar.
33:27I should be America's Next Drag Superstar because I do glamour.
33:32I do freaky.
33:33I do funny.
33:34I've just worked so hard.
33:35I just fucking deserve it.
33:48Wow.
33:51Ladies, I've made my decision.
34:07Kennedy Davenport, I'm sorry, my dear, but you will not be moving on to the top three.
34:14Kennedy, the struggle is real, and so is your God-given talent.
34:20And your journey has just begun.
34:24This has been a wonderful experience, and I couldn't have asked for anything more, so thank you very much.
34:37I'm very disappointed that I'm leaving the competition right now.
34:41I've done all that I could do, and if it just wasn't enough, it was enough for me.
34:50Newark, LaGuardia, Kennedy.
34:55I present to the world my final three.
34:58All season long, I've consulted with the judges.
35:01And now, I want to hear from you, the fans.
35:05Who do you think should be America's Next Drag Superstar?
35:09Are you Team Ginger, Team Pearl, or Team Violet?
35:14Tweet your choice to at RuPaul's Drag Race, hashtag Drag Race.
35:19And keep the conversation going on RuPaul's Drag Race Facebook page.
35:24Let your voice be heard.
35:26But remember, the final decision is mine to make.
35:30So tune in next week to see the world debut of the music video, Born Naked.
35:35And the week after that, I will crown a winner at the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race.
35:42Now remember, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?
35:48Can I get an amen up in here?
35:50Amen.
35:51All right, now let the music play.
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