[singing] MTV
Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...
I want to collaborate with you on three hot tracks
from my album "Black Butta."
I feel like you're misspeaking a lot.
Yeah.
Maybe there's a way to stop that.
Thick and Stick.
Condragulations, you are the winning
girl group of the week.
Whoo!
Amanda Tori Meating.
It just doesn't really make sense
as far as pussycat wigs.
Q.
Out of everybody in the girl group,
you didn't sparkle or shine.
Q, shantay, you stay.
Amanda, sashay away.
[dramatic music]
Oh, miss honey child.
Oh, girl.
Amanda has just gone.
And it's hard for me because she has
become one of my best friends.
And I'm gonna miss her a lot.
Oh, she left a note.
"Q, have fun cleaning this mirror, you bitch.
"You better fucking win so I can at least say
the winner sent me to the house."
Aww.
She won't, but...
[laughter]
Q, how you feeling, baby?
I'm honestly surprised to just be in the bottom
this early in the competition,
'cause it's not, like, where I saw myself.
But you won't see me here again.
I was in the top three weeks in a row.
So this week was definitely a fall from grace,
which is not my fantasy.
But I'm just gonna take that all in
and use it as fuel for me to keep
on succeeding in the future.
So watch out.
Congratulations, Team Thick and Stick.
- Oh, yes. - The winners.
Listen, I think it's safe to say that all of us
underestimated you from the get-go.
- We sure did. - And I'm happy you guys did.
I'm really glad that you guys all have
a quarter of a win now.
[laughter]
Well, it's more than you've done, so...
Oh!
And you ate that. And you ate that.
I feel very happy to finally not have been
in the bottom this week
and, you know, finally won something.
It was a shared win, but I will take it.
Honestly, when y'all left, like, you got saved by the bell
because we all had to, you know, throw a sister
under the bus and say who we thought deserved to go home.
I know during "Untucked," you and Xunami
had a little moment 'cause you had mentioned her name.
I just said Amanda 'cause worst critiques
and maybe Xunami just 'cause of not making,
like, a really big statement in the competition yet.
In your opinion.
It's not sha--it's, like--
No, like what I said, in your opinion.
I don't know why you're getting so mad.
I'm allowed to feel the way I want to feel.
OK, yeah.
Oop, OK.
Part of me was like, you know what?
Fuck this bitch 'cause I don't give a fuck
what she has to say about me.
We had to say a name.
And it wasn't said in malice.
We had to say a name. You said two, boy.
You know, I'm not gonna hold you back for that.
[laughter]
Do I feel like she was right in saying my name?
No.
But will I take the note and see if there's truth in it?
Yes, 'cause I'm a smart bitch.
Plane, who are you gonna pick on
now that Amanda's gone?
[laughter]
- Yeah! - You know what?
We're turning a new leaf.
You know... - Are we?
Sapphira offered me some words of wisdom today.
It's not always necessary to read a bitch down.
So going forward, I'm gonna give people a chance now.
I will believe it when I see it, personally.
Well, Dawn, honey, you want to talk about shady.
[laughter]
Plane says that she's gonna turn a new leaf.
And I don't believe that for a fucking second, bitch.
Oh, sister.
But this is "RuPaul's Drag Race,"
so you never know what the fuck's gonna happen.
Smells like Russian hooker.
Russian hooker.
Q was just in the top three times.
And now she landed in the bottom.
So nobody should feel comfortable at all.
[engine turning over]
[singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"
The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"
receives a one-year supply
of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics
and a gag-worthy grand prize of $200,000,
served by Cash App,
with extra-special guest judge Law Roach.
[singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"
May the best drag queen win
Best drag queen win
[upbeat music]
Ooh, another day in the cotton candy factory.
It's a new day in the Werk Room.
And honestly, I'm ready for these bitches
to start leaving so I can get closer to my crown.
You know, Morphine, I just want to say,
girl, you're so much more than a BBL.
[laughter]
I want you to know that you are more than a BBL.
I'm more than just one. I'm a second round.
[laughter] - Yeah, who has had work done?
My cheekbones are natural.
My lips have been pumped to Jesus.
[laughter]
Your lips are pumped.
Boots.
What you have done, Xunami?
Just a little Botox in the lips...
- Uh-huh. - Half a syringe,
not a full one.
Is this the season of lip fillers?
Honey, it may be the season of lip fillers.
But nobody here is filler.
Look at you, your congenial era.
[laughter and applause]
Maybe she's turning over a new leaf.
[laughter]
[siren wails] - Ooh!
She done already done had herses.
Here we go, bitch.
Hey, dollies.
- Hey, Ru. - Hello.
Ain't nobody got time for Bratz.
So keep your Rainbow Brite,
and you could be living in a Malibu Dream House.
Ooh!
Mm-mm-mm.
Ooh, yes, dolls.
All right, the dolls, the dolls.
Hello, hello, hello.
- Hi! - Hi.
Ladykins, please welcome Spain's
most exciting export:
actress, singer, and one of the greatest
flamenco guitarists in the world,
Charo! - Whoo-hoo!
[cheers and applause]
I love you!
Mwah! Mwah!
Cuchi-cuchi!
[laughter]
We got the icon, the legend, the star.
Charo is here.
That woman, her batteries do not run out.
I'll have what she's having.
I'm so happy to be here.
Aww.
Every time I hear your name,
I get bumps all over my goose.
[laughter]
Queens, for today's Mini Challenge,
Charo is going to test your cuchi-cuchi uniqueness,
nerve, and talent in our Spanish Fly Girl
Flamenco Dance Contest.
- Oh! - Yes!
Brought to you by the tourism board of Spain.
[laughter] - Ooh!
Spain is a hugely popular tourist destination
for the LGBTQ community.
And here are two reasons why.
Oh, Pit Crew.
- Oh! - Olé!
Say hola to Alfredo and Thiago.
Hola.
They will be your flamenco dance partners.
But first, you've got 30 minutes to get
into quick flamenco drag.
Oh, my God.
VГЎmonos.
[cheers and laughter
Oh, my God.
Y'all need to be careful.
Baby, I do flamenco back at home.
And I'm a huge fan of Charo.
And I'm feeling my Murcia vibes,
you know, the Latina EspaГ±ola.
Oh, my God. Where are my booty blenders?
Booty blenders, girl, you are not just a BBL.
But mostly. [laughter]
All right, ladykins, time is up.
Are you ready?
SГ­.
MГєsica!
Geneva and Alfredo.
Oh, all right.
For me, flamenco is very similar to Mexican folklore.
So of course, I know the little skirt movements.
And you give it to me with the eyes.
Ooh!
Just call her Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
Dawn and Thiago.
Oh.
Olé!
I love to flamenco dance.
And I'm going to be very good at it.
[chuckles]
Yeah, girl, it's sarcasm. [laughs]
[cheers] - Olé!
Morphine and Alfredo.
[cheers] - Olé!
Yes.
Oh, oh, she said, it's a solo, all right.
Mhi'ya and Thiago.
Oh, woman.
Yes, bitch. Come on, Mhi'ya.
Yes. - Olé!
Sapphira and Alfredo.
- All right, bitch. - Yes.
Olé, you stay.
Yes! [laughter]
Plane Jane and Thiago.
[laughs]
Whoo! - Oh!
[laughter]
- Whoa! - Oh!
[laughter]
Xunami and Alfredo.
- Oh, come on, bitch. - Wow!
Come on.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Xunami is giving that Latina flavor.
Oh, my God.
She kind of looked like she may be taking
her dancer home with her.
Olé.
Yes.
Nymphia and Thiago.
Ooh!
Oh!
Olé!
[cheers and laughter]
Plasma and Alfredo.
Oh, give it.
Whoo!
- Whoo-hoo-hoo! Ah-ha-ha-ha! - I saved you.
I literally almost pull the dancer down to the ground,
which doesn't make me feel quite as dainty
as I would like to feel.
[laughs]
Megami and Alfredo.
OK, seductive woman.
- Claro! - All right, Miss Megami.
Olé!
[cheers and laughter]
Q and Thiago.
[laughter]
Hey!
I think your Spanish Fly just kicked in.
Olé!
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Thank you. - Aww!
All right, Charo, it is up to you.
Who is the winner of today's Mini Challenge?
I really enjoyed certain movement of a girl
by the name Xunami with Alfredo.
[cheers and applause]
Baby, not me being the winner
of the Mini Challenge.
I mean Little Miss Q
said that I deserve to go home.
I mean, it's a Mini Challenge.
But I'm a winner still.
So bring it on.
You've won a trip to Spain
courtesy of the tourism board of Spain.
Werk.
- Now, Charo. - Yeah.
Thank you so much.
The culture is so beautiful.
And you have shared it with the world for so many years.
And you are welcome to come back anytime.
Muchas gracias.
I had the time of my life.
And cuchi-cuchi.
Cuchi-cuchi.
Shake your cuchi-cuchi.
The more you shake it, the more money you make it.
[laughter]
Mwah. Gracias. - Thank you.
Gorgeous.
Ladykins, raise your hand
if you loved playing with dolls when you were a kid.
Ooh, yes.
I think that's pretty much everyone.
Me too, I loved it. I loved it.
And, you know, my dreams came true years ago
when I had my very own RuPaul doll.
Yes.
And now it's your turn.
For today's Maxi Challenge, you get to create your own doll
based on your drag persona.
Starting from scratch, you need to create
two identical looks,
one for you and one for your doll.
Ooh!
I'm very excited to do another design challenge.
And I love dolls. I collect Bratz dolls.
And I customize them, so no problemo.
Queens, this is a design, branding,
and storytelling challenge.
And tomorrow on the main stage, you'll make your doll debut,
where we'll be joined by our extra-special guest judge,
super stylist Law Roach.
[gasps and cheers]
Girl, oh, I am one of the biggest fans of Law Roach.
And I want her to read me.
I don't know if I'll recover from the read.
But I want it.
Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen win.
[cheers]
[laughs]
[squealing]
Today's Maxi Challenge is Welcome to the Dollhouse.
Not only do we have to make a look for ourself,
but we also have to make a doll that matches it.
It's a mad dash.
Everyone is wanting the things.
Ooh, this is gorgeous.
And I see this beautiful purple.
And I say, I want that one.
Love.
Of course, I'm drawn to, like, the reds
because of the whole Latina,
you know, like, seductive of it all.
And then I start noticing that there's
not that many stretchy red fabrics.
What reds do they have?
- Oh, you want that? - Yeah.
And the one I do get, Plane wants.
And we're kind of, like, fighting for it a little bit.
Why, though?
Because.
You don't even know what you're making, diva.
- Yes, I do. - No, you don't.
And I know she gets bothered that I took it.
But whatever, she has immunity. I don't.
I don't know what exactly I'm doing.
[groans]
Being in the bottom last week,
I am pumped that we're coming into a week
where this is my strong suit.
I see a lot of bright colors, a lot of sparkly fabric.
But then I see these kind of nudes and golds
and browns kind of in the back.
And I immediately think that's a way for me
to stick out and do something really
unexpected from what a lot of these other girls
are planning to do.
- Oh, all the yellow's gone. - Obviously.
My immediate goal is like, OK,
what do I know how to make?
I know how to make period dresses.
Great.
So I go immediately for a little traveling outfit.
Like if Plasma got on an ocean liner in the 1950s,
you know, in the beginning scene
of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,"
where they're all, like, in their headscarves
and their hats when they're boarding the ocean liner
to go across the sea and gamble.
That's really what I'm trying to give.
It's, like, pencil skirt with this top
that, like, this shawl, like, doubles as a cape
that can, like, double as a head wrap,
like, Г la Ru, vintage,
like she just got out of the convertible
and she's now boarding the boat.
And then if I have time, I'll make a glove.
Do you like it?
Great.
[speaking Taiwanese] [sighs]
That is a recipe of no-taste disaster.
Well, thanks.
[upbeat music]
[laughs] What is this?
What did I do?
This fabric is making me so irate.
[laughs] Already?
This is disgusting.
Once I gathered all of these tacky fabrics,
I'm realizing that I'm gonna be
read to filth if I put this fabric anywhere near my body.
My sister, what you up to over here?
Oh, here we go again.
Sister, what are you doing, baby?
You're making another cute little bodysuit?
- No. - No, you're making--
I'm making a gown.
- Oh, a gown. - Yes.
That's so ambitious for somebody who doesn't
necessarily know how to sew.
Here it is. Here she comes.
Your congenial era lasted a whole two minutes, Plane.
No, sister, I'm just-- I'm looking out for you, girl,
'cause I wouldn't want you to-- - Well, you know, if I happen
to land in the bottom, give me the potion, doll,
if you're really looking out for me.
Yeah, of course, absolutely. And you know what?
Unless you think you need it, you know.
Are you finally gonna, like, put the tits away?
Or you're still gonna rely on the body?
Don't worry about what I'm doing, sister.
Well, then don't worry about what I'm doing over here,
and go back to your station. - OK. Heard.
Helicopter all the way over there.
Go away. You're still not getting the red fabric.
[sewing machines whirring]
Here goes nothing.
Miss Plasmoid. - Yeah?
So I need a little bit of this fabric.
So since you have a nice big bolt,
I'm just gonna cut off, like, a yard.
OK.
Are you fucking kidding?
What keeps happening to this thread?
A beautiful stretch velvet.
Here you go.
Thank you.
[laughs] Plasma is a true sister.
And she knows that I really have her back.
Or she's a little distracted.
This season has so many sewing challenges.
And sewing is not my thing.
I feel like one moment, I'm good, I'm stress-free,
and boom,
a sewing machine is dropped on me.
I'm doing a catsuit.
OK.
So what's your question?
So I'm going the right direction,
like we're cutting it out.
Always take your stuff, do it like this,
like, with your arms 'cause the arms
is, like, the easiest thing.
So if you really want that pattern, take this in.
I am noticing that Sapphira is helping Mhi'ya a lot.
I see Sapphira cutting her pattern.
I see Sapphira cutting this, cutting that.
Sorry, stop. [sewing machine beeping]
Go again.
It's not a sewing class.
So now you just do this.
This is the kind of time-consuming part.
I'm gonna do what I said I would do, and I will help her.
But I need to start focusing on me
and my doll and my collection.
Put a zipper in here.
So you're good.
'Cause if I don't, then the Sapphira Cristál Edition
is gonna be a naked edition.
I need inspiration.
How about banana nut
or, like, banana bubble tea edition?
Is there an edition that you do that isn't banana?
Should I not do banana?
I'm just really struggling.
You can't even say it with a straight face.
You said, I'm really struggling.
I am struggling.
Not Nymphia acting up again.
So Nymphia, after she literally won the last design challenge,
she's saying how much she doesn't know what she's doing.
And absolutely no one is believing this bullshit.
I'm so stressed out.
Nobody believes you, Nymphia.
Miss Woman.
Look, she's over here taking a nap on the floor,
acting like she's having a fit.
I swear to God.
I'm stressed out!
[howls]
She is that little banana that cried wolf.
Hi, Q.
Hey.
[speaking Taiwanese]
- What do you want? - I don't know.
I'm just caring for a fellow queen.
I definitely know how Nymphia's playing this game.
She's keeping a close eye, seeing what I'm doing.
I'm gonna need you to leave my station.
Just trying to pester me to throw me off my game.
I'm just feeling very uninspired,
and I thought I'd use this time of just caring for each other.
Well, then go feel inspired somewhere else.
I'm not gonna let another sewing challenge
get away from me.
I know Nymphia sews now.
So this time, I'm not gonna even let her have a chance.
Good luck.
Yeah, good luck to you too.
Thank you, I need it.
You rotten little banana.
[upbeat music]
Don't.
[speaking Spanish]
For this challenge, not only do we have
to make a look for ourselves,
But we have to make an identical matching one
for our doll.
It's a branding challenge.
So through the doll, we have to explain
what we are all about,
our brand, our essence, our style.
I didn't bring my little doll patterns.
How is yours?
Mine's currently under construction.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I'm excited. - How is yours?
I'm gonna take this bitch's face off completely.
- Yeah. - She's getting new look.
My plan for the doll is to give her an entire Dawn makeover.
I want to completely take off her face
and then completely smack on a new one.
I want this doll to live the life
that she deserves to live.
She is my daughter.
The wig doesn't fit her big-ass head.
My doll's not very tucked.
- [laughs] - Like mother, like daughter.
Am I giving?
Look, it's the doll. [laughter]
Let me fit her shoes on her.
Oh, so pretty.
My doll is going to be the Aquatic Edition, obviously,
since I'm kind of pigeonholed
with this aquatic blue Lycra fabric.
I don't think I've ever taken Plane Jane underwater.
But mama, she can thrive and be a whore
in any setting or environment.
So I'm confused.
If you're making that
and then you also have this, what is that?
What is that?
I'm making a coat that goes around it.
An opera coat.
You're crazy.
The way that I'm challenging myself
is by wanting to make another opera coat.
But this opera coat, it's going to take
a lot of time to make happen.
I don't know that I have the time.
How am I--
how am I gonna do this without showing my ass?
It's hard.
- It's all I know! - It's all I know.
Last week, Michelle said that I'm more than just a BBL.
And I was a little bamboozled.
But I am 1,000% getting Michelle's note
and not showing my ass this time.
You should be more concerned--
- Wait, say it. - Sorry. I can't.
I dare you to say it, bitch. [laughter]
Say what you're gonna say.
I was gonna say you should be more concerned
about how to do it without showing your stomach.
[laughter] - [screaming]
Oh, my God!
Plane says she's trying to turn over a new leaf,
but she can't do it.
[laughs]
Bitch.
Oh, this dress.
This dress, distress.
Well, I'm looking forward to seeing the vision.
That sounded shady.
What do you mean?
Do you think it needs that purple piece?
There's gonna be a coordinating piece
that goes with this that's purple.
I mean, it's your--that's--
it's your vision.
[quirky music]
[laughter] - You know what? You're right.
Nobody can say anything without people being like, "Oh.
Oh, you're coming for me."
[laughter]
Oh, this gown's not talking to me yet.
- It's not speaking to you? - Not yet.
I want to do something flowy, you know, kind of draping,
with, like, a long shoulder and a sexy side cut
on the leg, very Latina.
However, I then realized,
what if it's too simple for the main stage?
Oh, no, yeah, I definitely have to put the ruffle on top.
This is just enough for her.
Is that all that's left?
- Yeah. - Oh.
Geneva is trying really hard.
And I'm trying really hard to help her.
But I don't know how.
I'm kind of like,
she doesn't know what the fuck she's doing,
and I don't know how the fuck to help.
What do you think about this?
Oh, girl, not together.
- The blue, though? - No.
It does not look good together.
That mesh looks cheap as hell.
Thank you. You confirmed my suspicion.
So then I'm like, OK, let's make another outfit.
So I am kind of stressing right now because I don't know
if I'm gonna be able to finish the outfit for myself,
yet alone one for a doll.
Wait, Plasma, are you gonna use all that blue?
No, I'm not.
- You think I can have some? - Yeah.
Geneva got a win for the girl group challenge last week.
And now, she's back potentially in the bottom
if she doesn't figure her shit out.
So it's like, girl, you got to step up.
I can do this.
Yeah, you can, girl.
Not me starting over.
No, you're starting over?
Why are you starting over?
Because I need more of the red,
and there's no more of the red.
Oh, my gosh, you're done. You're done.
You're done. You're done.
Don't count me out just yet.
There's a lot of blue in this room.
Geneva, you're doing blue?
I thought you were doing red.
No, I needed more fabric.
You, Plasma, and Geneva all are doing
the exact same color.
[dramatic music]
Personally, personally, if I saw someone else
using the same fabric as me,
I would pick a different fabric.
I don't necessarily know if she'll be in the bottom,
because there's some other stinkers in the room.
But Miss Thing is definitely staring down
the barrel of a gun right now.
And she better hope
this runway is something fierce.
[upbeat music]
Ooh, where are the dolls, honey?
Where are the dolls?
The dolls are here, honey.
The dolls are here.
Today, we are walking the runway
in our Welcome to the Dollhouse looks.
And someone is going home.
But it's not me, baby.
My outfit is cunt.
So I'm feeling good about that.
I have this purple moment.
And I didn't have enough fabric to do a whole purple.
But guess what's on the back of that sparkly green fabric?
Lovely silver metallic.
Literally, that is the lining fabric.
That's cute.
Be warned, because I am coming
for this design challenge with a fucking vengeance, OK?
We're gonna go finish sewing.
I thought you were gonna do that for me.
[laughs] How much?
I won't shade you on the runway today.
[laughter]
We only have a couple hours left.
And I still have a lot of work to do.
What the fuck am I gonna do?
I have too much to do.
Oh, let's just hope I'll be safe again.
I ended up doing basically two outfits.
But I'm very content with what I did.
I actually feel very good about the look.
And I know I can sell this.
What's the edition of your doll?
Mine is the Texas Edition
because everything is bigger in Texas,
but I am the daintiest doll there.
I'm sorry, Miss Geneva, but the theme,
it does not make sense.
Why you didn't do one of your TikTok videos,
like, with the hair stuff on the legs?
It takes me a long time to style the leg hair.
But that would have been, like, amazing.
The first doll with hair.
[laughter]
Was anybody's family, like,
OK with them playing with dolls?
Or did anyone have to, like, sneak it around?
I was too embarrassed to go to the Barbie section,
and so my mom would go
and, like, bring back a few for me to pick from...
all: Aww.
To, like, a different section of the store.
- Werk. - Yeah.
Come on, Mama Dawn.
Did anybody ever, like, dress up?
- Me. - Me.
When I was three, I went as Dorothy for Halloween.
And my sister went as Dorothy as well.
I went as Dorothy for Halloween.
And my mom packed me the shoes for "Drag Race."
I used to have an Instagram.
And I would take pictures of dolls.
And I would make, like, clothes out of Play-Doh.
So that's why your runways look like that.
Ooh. [laughter]
Wow.
My dad took my dolls away and said
that only nasty, disgraceful faggots play with dolls.
Ooh! Really, for real?
One day, I remember coming into my room
and seeing that my dolls got replaced with fire trucks.
It was made very clear to me at a young age,
even though I wasn't quite aware
of what homosexuality was,
that the effeminate was not good.
Listen, I don't blame my dad.
Like, my dad's a Russian, Jewish immigrant.
Russia is a very homophobic country.
It's hard to sort of move past that stigma.
Yeah, he was just, like, coming from what he was taught.
Yeah, exactly.
We grew up in, like, a Russian immigrant circle, essentially.
So I wasn't afforded the luxury of feeling that my parents
would accept me no matter what just because of, like,
the way that Russian culture is.
I feel like the reason why I have such a critical eye
for drag and the reason why I'm oftentimes so harsh
is because of my parents.
It's because I'm so acutely aware
of how they perceive drag,
which is, they don't value it at all.
If I get the sense that somebody's not up to par,
I kind of devalue their drag in my mind.
- Oh. - Because--
- That explains a lot. - I mean...
The Russians are very critical individuals.
And there are none of those polite pleasantries
that you get in American culture.
It's a lot more blunt.
And that's part of who I am as well.
At the end of the day, I do have these, like,
really deep rooted insecurities
that are really hard for me to shake.
I feel like I haven't really asked you.
I mean, do you have, like, a strategy
as far as the potion goes?
Oh, my God, that potion.
As of right now, I'm not planning
on using that potion today.
You know, once I see everybody in their runway looks,
you know, perhaps that will change.
But seeing them on their mannequins,
I don't think so, baby.
Granted, today is not my day.
But do you know who I think should maybe consider
using their immunity potion today?
[whispering] Sapphira. - You think so?
I think so.
Looking over to her station,
and she has that, like, really simple dress.
But you know what? Who knows.
In the Mother of All Balls challenge,
one designer on the judges panel,
Isaac Mizrahi, said he loved my outfit.
When Isaac Mizrahi likes your look, shit.
So I can do this.
I think.
Somebody said that you're "Nurican."
- [laughs] - What does that mean?
Nuyorican?
- [stuttering] - Nuyo.
- No-yo? - Nuyo.
- Nuyorican? - Nuyorican.
I've never heard that before.
That's what we call, like, Puerto Ricans from New York.
- Oh, really? - Yeah.
What's your background?
I grew up-- so I grew up in Kansas,
a small, little, rural town.
We grew up, like, you know, not, like, financially stable.
My family grew up kind of poor,
just single mother, three siblings.
So, you know, there were times where, you know,
we didn't have, like, food in our house
or, you know, our lights weren't on.
I remember, like, sometimes in high school
when I wouldn't have lunch money,
so I would, like, sit in the theater auditorium
and, like, you know, I would, like, read my lines
for, like, the school play that I was in.
I would go to the auditorium so nobody would see
that I wasn't eating.
And I would, like, look at my lines
and, like, my costumes and, like, focus on that.
Art's always, like, taken me out of that world
and into a new one.
I've always wanted to pursue art.
But I've always felt, like, guilty
because I felt like I was maybe supposed
to be the one that turned that tide of, like, poverty.
Yeah.
I got good grades.
I did well in school.
I was gonna go to college.
You know, it was hard for me to, like, justify to myself,
OK, go do theater, go be a drag queen.
So I carried a lot of guilt with that.
At the end of the day, I can say
that my mom is, like, one of my biggest supporters,
like, ever in the world.
I told her I was gonna be on "Drag Race"
and she just, like, broke down crying.
[soft music]
And she's just like, "I've been praying about this
for you, like, so much, and"...
Girl, don't start crying now.
You can't mess up your face. - I know.
You know, you, like, just dream
of something like this happening for so long.
And then it finally happens, and it's just like, oh, my God.
Like, all the hardship,
you feel like it's been for something.
And then it pushes you to want to go even further,
like, to keep going.
Love you, mom.
[upbeat music]
I like this corner.
This feels like the mean girl bitch corner.
- No, it's not. We're-- - Except Xunami's not really--
Sister, did you not hear me the other day?
I'm turning over a new leaf.
I'm not mean anymore.
Guys, guys, guys, sorry to interrupt.
But do we think that Plane Jane has turned over a new leaf?
- No. - Nope.
- See? - Damn!
When you turn over a new leaf,
it's still the same leaf, girl.
[laughter]
[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]
[laughs]
[singing] Cover girl, put the bass in your walk
Head to toe, let your whole body talk
Come on, hot mama.
Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
She's my American doll, Michelle Visage.
Now, Michelle, did you grow up playing with dolls?
I had Tiffany Taylor, who had a rotating scalp.
So it went from blonde hair to black hair.
And then Crissy with the ponytail
that you would pull really long.
So you played with Crissy
and Tiffany "the Tuck" Taylor.
- Exactly. - [laughs]
It's living doll Ts Madison.
Did you play with dolls?
It was all about Ken.
But you know what?
There was always something missing.
I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
[laughter]
Our extra special guest judge has a passion for fashion.
Welcome Law Roach.
Did you play with dolls?
Yeah, voodoo dolls.
I've been sticking it to Michelle Visage
for about six seasons to try to get on this show.
- Ooh! - [laughs]
Well, it worked.
[laughs]
This week, we challenged our queens
to create special edition dolls in their own spitting image.
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.
[upbeat music]
Category is Welcome to the Dollhouse.
Up first, Xunami Muse, the Fashion Week Edition.
You know what kind of bottom I like?
- What? - A bell bottom.
OK.
Meet Xunami Muse,
the mГ­stica with a sharp eye for style.
She lives in New York, has a pet dolphin,
and got her GED at the age of 15.
She is good at walking back and forth
from the bank to the bodega.
She also enjoys shopping, photography, and Photoshop.
Her unique qualities are wearing pants.
Her special message is that you're never overdressed,
everyone else is simply underdressed.
Fashion Week Edition.
Can I see something in the Fleet Week Edition?
Or just send over a Fleet enema.
[laughter]
Up next, Sapphira, the Grand Dame Diva
Metropolitan Opera Edition.
Madame Butter-you-so-fly.
Meet Sapphira Cristál.
She is regal, inviting, warm, high maintenance,
and scary as hell.
She is good at singing, sanging, and backhanded slaps.
Sapphira Cristál loves to work out...
her voice, because she ain't going to nobody's gym.
Right.
She comes with hot throat coat tea,
opera coat--not featured-- and gown,
and six Grammys she stole from Maria Callas.
Hey, Sapphira, what's your aria code?
[laughter]
Up next, Plasma, Passenger on the Pacific Edition.
Oh, she's a queen, Mary.
Meet Plasma.
She's rich, beautiful, sea-sickening, and nauseous.
Her style is old-school glamour hag.
She is great at moving her mouth,
standing still, and theft.
She lives at the White Lotus Manhattan
in the kitchen refrigerator.
The Plasma: Passenger on the Pacific Edition
is the first to feature adjustable eyebrows,
just for Michelle.
[laughter]
Lucille, how did you tuck your balls?
[laughter]
Plane Jane, the Aquatic Edition.
The Little Whore-maid.
Meet Plane Jane.
She's funky, spunky, and a little bit skunky.
Is she a magical mermaid
or a retired ice skating instructor?
Your guess is as good as hers.
She comes with outfit, hair,
and a greasy, stinky burger finger.
[laughter] She resides in the Pacific.
And her special message is that she is...
[with Russian accent] Secretly a Russian spy
here to infiltrate capitalist American households.
Fool!
[in regular accent] Her most special quality,
of course, is her robust WAP--
her Wildly Appealing Personality.
This doll retails for $29.99 an hour.
[laughter]
Up next, Nymphia Wind,
the Spring Banana Yellow Carpet Edition.
Yellow, gorgeous.
Meet Nymphia Wind.
She is fun, dumb, and full of potassium.
Nymphia's style is glamorously yellow
while standing doing nothing.
She's very peelable and occasionally breaks wind.
This special doll comes with bananas, milk, and cream,
and a limited edition, to die for recipe
to make your own banana smoothie.
Her message is, let's all be yellow.
She was up late last night tying one on.
[laughter]
Up next, Morphine, the Miami Bimbo Edition.
I wonder what comes in her box.
[laughter]
Meet Morphine Love Dion.
She is gorgeous with a hint of stunning
and a splash of, "Why am I here?"
She can climb a palm tree without popping her fillers.
She comes with shoes, hair,
and a suspiciously long pinky nail.
She loves to get pumped and stay in the tanning bed
for a long-ass time.
Her most special quality is her beautiful smile.
Her message to the world is,
save up all your money so you too can get a BBL.
[laughter]
She is Miami's other vice.
[laughter]
Up next, Mhi'ya Iman LePaige,
the Queen of Flips Edition.
Queen of Flips?
I think Queen of Tits is more like it.
Meet Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.
She is fun, shy, outgoing,
and is an energetic diva who lives in Miami, Florida.
She comes with shoes that will have you
flipping for the gods and a booty that will have
all the boys looking.
Her quirkier qualities are plucking her nose hair
and being afraid of thunder.
She's the only doll that can do countless backflips.
She loves to flip and travel the world.
You better work, Aretha Stanklin.
[laughter]
Up next, Megami, the Native New Yorker Edition.
Her torch is light and sweet. [laughter]
Meet Megami.
She is dressed in the official state colors of New York,
blue and orange.
She's great at hailing cabs.
And you can always find her riding that D--
train, that is.
The Native New Yorker Edition comes with a Metro card
and a large cup of coffee.
If you think Megami is like
all those other cheaply made dolls
from out of town, forget about it.
This doll is 100% certified, New York-made strong.
Pick up your Megami: Native New Yorker Edition doll
at a bodega near you.
Start spreading the news--
she's a tramp.
[laughter]
Up next, Geneva Karr,
the Daintiest Doll Texas Edition.
This is the best little whore-doll in Texas.
Hell yeah.
Everything is bigger in Texas.
But she's the daintiest.
She speaks good English and Spanish.
Bilingue!
Her accessories include size 14 white pumps
and a messed up ponytail.
She loves to sing and act like she's not eating again.
Her quirky qualities include
awkwardly smiling when boys flirt with her
and awkwardly twitching her eye back at them.
And her special message for everyone is,
spread butter on your bread and not your legs.
Just kidding! But for reals.
Mmm. Toast with butter.
- Butter. - Ooh, that sounds so good.
Up next, Dawn, the Galactic Empress Edition.
In space, no one can hear you queef.
Meet Dawn.
Her personality consists of intergalactic domination
in a nice way, sincere introspection
on her role in the universe, and having a 22-inch waist.
She is from the Valley of the Dawns,
where all the Dawns are from.
But now she lives in Galaxy 919
on the edge of a beautiful beach,
where she spends long, gorgeous days
pretending to work from home.
Get to work!
Just kidding.
Let's get drunk!
Quirky qualities include... everything.
She's insane.
But she's gorgeous
and great at her job.
Blast off, or something.
Dawn, I told you, go away.
I'm no good for you.
[laughter]
Up next, Q, the Fantasy Edition.
Not gonna catch me, copper. [laughter]
Meet Q, Fantasy Edition.
On her days off, she flutters about the forest,
just so everyone can take her beauty in.
She is the only doll in the store with an extra box
for all her fabulous clothes.
And don't even get me started on the headpieces.
[laughter]
This Fantasy Edition comes
with a little bit of fairy dust.
- Oh. - Wow.
She doesn't dance too good,
but she moves a lot
and a lot of people seem to like it.
Fantasy Edition Q just wants you to know,
you too can be slaying it if you try hard enough.
No dream is too big.
If I've told you once, I've told you twice--
no more wire hangers.
[laughter]
Welcome, queens.
We've made some decisions.
[dramatic music]
But first, Sapphira,
do you want to use your immunity potion this week?
- Yup. - [gasps]
- You do? - Mm-hmm.
Do you want to save yourself or one of your competitors?
I'd like to save myself.
All right, I respect that.
Bottoms up, my dear.
I'm drinking it, and I'm regretting it.
Not just because it tastes like poison.
But also because every judge is gobsmacked.
They're like, what the fuck are you doing that for?
You are safe to slay another day.
I allowed my inner saboteur to take over my body, honestly.
But going forward, she ain't listening
to none of y'all ever again.
Plane Jane, do you want to use your immunity potion?
Not this week, mama.
Very well.
When I call your name, please step forward.
Xunami Muse. Nymphia Wind.
Morphine. Megami.
Ladies, you are all safe.
You may leave the stage.
Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
Let's start with Plasma.
Your doll looks exactly like you.
I like that.
You are a bad bitch.
And I just feel like you should always stay
in your bad bitch energy, whether your scarf comes down
or whatever-- it might be a little mishap.
One thing you should know how to use is a bobby pin, honey.
But I am a stickler for details.
And I do love that you took the time
to stone the doll shoes,
because we've already learned that lesson.
What bothered me about the story
you put with the doll is that it felt like
you were pushing the jokes.
She lives at the White Lotus Manhattan
in the kitchen refrigerator.
If you had just stuck to who this doll is,
I think it would have been more effective.
I can't tell you how happy I am
to see your face and how it's progressing.
Honestly, Plasma, it looks so beautiful.
You look like a young Judy Holliday.
The contour on the nose is a little odd.
But you overdo that top lip, which you need to do.
And it fucking works.
Well, how can you look at my nose
when you're looking at my lips?
[laughs] Exactly.
Up next, Plané Jané.
I really, really love your look,
and your doll especially.
What you created is immaculate.
Plasma, if I would have saw her use the same fabric
and created that,
I'd literally punch that bitch in the throat.
What I loved about your story was, it was fun.
It was wacky.
Is she a magical mermaid
or a retired ice skating instructor?
I love that you had a callback
to your burger finger.
I mean, all this is very smart when it comes to branding.
But what stood out the most, your doll has a robust WAP?
That's right.
I'm old. What is a WAP again?
It's a wonderful-ass personality, I guess.
OK, and is it me, or do you have
a little bit more ass up in there?
+- Well, you know, I noticed
that you liked my padding last time.
So I enhanced it a little for you.
OK, thanks, Dr. Zizmor.
[laughter]
Up next, Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.
I want to talk a little bit about your doll.
The most important piece of the challenge
was for you and your doll to look almost exactly alike.
Why didn't you use any pads on your doll?
I was putting the fabric that I put in the shoulders.
It wasn't looking right, so I just left it alone.
In your story, I was waiting the whole time for you
to do some kind of a flip
because you kept talking about this flipping doll.
But nobody's flipping.
You know, this outfit, it's fun.
The cape is unfinished.
Doesn't have a hem to it.
So that's what took me out of the fantasy.
Did you get help making that outfit?
Sapphira told me how to do the zipper.
And I did everything on my own.
The stretchy material, why did you need a zipper?
I didn't want to not put a zipper in
because I felt like you guys probably would have
said something about it.
Well, we can't see it.
Yeah.
But--this is so bad, but it feels like
there is a drip of sweat going down your titties.
And it is turning me the fuck on.
[laughter] I am questioning my sexuality.
That's saying something because I am a woman.
But you are turning me on.
[laughter]
Congratu-fucking-lations. - Thank you.
Up next, it's the Geneva Convention.
I'm not mad at the doll.
But I'm not happy with the doll.
I wish you would have went a little bit more
white here in your eye makeup
so that it would have matched the doll's makeup here.
This neckline is telling a totally different story.
It's a different blue.
It just--it doesn't belong.
So for me, that took me out of it immediately.
From the neck up, beauty queen.
From the neck down, horror queen.
The way the skirt is hitting your waist is not flattering.
Those white shoes and having those thick ankle straps,
terrible.
Your doll has RuPaul's legs. - Yes.
And you have Danny DeVito's legs.
[laughs]
The branding was confusing.
Had you sold me the Geneva Karr doll
with a great slogan like, "Geneva Karr--drive one,"
that's what this is about.
Up next, it's Dawn.
This look is really, really giving me Paris runway.
There's a bit of Balenciaga to it, right?
It's just a really fashion-forward look.
Like, can we see the back of it again?
Yeah.
I love this dress.
If I was still working as a stylist,
I would definitely borrow this dress
and put it on one of my models.
Coming from you, that means so much.
Thank you so much. - It should.
[laughter]
You know, I love a queen that listens to critique.
And you did.
You showed us that you don't always need elf ears.
You don't always have to be blue or pink.
This makeup is completely still Dawn.
It's a totally different side.
Your doll, I love it.
I want about three of them.
Now, why intergalactic?
I think that the Dawns as a species
have a lot of different places that they've come from.
And once this silver fabric came in,
I was like, oh, this is just from space.
So we're gonna go with it.
I love the story behind it.
I love how freaky she is.
I think that this doll would
appreciate in value as time went on.
Up next, Q.
I am so proud of you because you were so plain last week.
And I was so mad.
But this is just amazing.
The headpiece reminds me of something
that Stephen Jones would have made for Grace Jones.
There's a couture quality about the headpiece.
I can't see any imperfections in your outfit.
But I think that's because the fabric looks so rich.
You have three girls with the same fabric,
which I don't know how that happened,
because there's no way in the world
I would have walked out with the same fabric
with three other girls, especially when this bitch
tailored it to the gods.
So going the opposite way just made you more of a standout.
Thank you.
Your doll is so beautiful
with the kind of rusted wings.
I feel like she's the grand dame of the forest.
Your doll, I think, is the most collectible.
How much do you think she'd retail for?
Oh, a million RuBucks.
[laughter]
Can't put a price on that.
Thank you, queens.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck in the Lush Lounge,
the judges and I will deliberate.
All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,
I want to know what you think.
First up, Plasma, Passenger on the Pacific Edition.
I don't even remember some of the stuff that she was saying.
It was halfway funny and then it halfway wasn't.
But I was really captivated by her face.
But then what upset me was her constantly fiddling
with that scarf on her head.
I liked the look until I saw Plane Jane.
And it's the details that separates good and great.
All right, Plane Jane, the Aquatic Edition.
I couldn't get over the seaming.
It just created this beautiful body.
And I think those are the tricks that make
a great queen a great queen.
Tricks do make great queens.
And her doll, somehow, was even better.
The hair was absolutely gorgeous.
I wanted to buy that doll.
All right, Mhi'ya, Queen of Flipping Edition.
Her outfit, though I love what she did with it,
the finishing things were off.
She just made herself look like she has no neck.
It was up very high.
I don't know why she put them titties in tonight.
She had no business coming out there
being bodied like that and that doll had no ass.
That doll didn't need much padding.
You could have cut some of the padding off of your pads.
She could have padded that doll with a Q-tip.
- Yep. - That's true.
What we expect as fans
is the ferociousness and the fierceness of queens.
And she didn't bring any of that to the stage tonight.
Geneva Karr, The Daintiest Doll in Texas Edition.
How do you be dainty and then in the same sentence
say everything in Texas is bigger?
I didn't understand the dainty doll
with somebody who can't stop eating.
It was just like, what?
My question is, how your doll look better than you?
You right, Ts, that doll ate her mother.
The doll ate her mother
because the proportions were right on the doll.
All of Geneva's proportions in her outfit were wrong.
It had a really beautiful detail on the shoulder
with the piettes.
But you couldn't see it because of the loofah.
And yeah, when they say everything is bigger in Texas,
they meant those shoes.
[laughter]
Let's move on to Dawn, The Galactic Empress Edition.
I actually really kind of enjoyed the mixing
of the two colors, like, with the purple gloves
to match the purple bodice.
I did not tell a lie when I said
that looked like something that would have
walked the runways in Paris.
You're absolutely right. That outfit was fantastic.
And it worked in her branding.
And by the way, her doll looked as fabulous as she did.
And it made complete sense.
All right, let's go to Q, Fantasy Edition.
Listen, for me, Q did the biggest
"step your pussy up" moment this week
because the copper went with her skin tone.
The headpiece.
Her doll looked exactly like her.
Girl, I was like, go ahead, Miss C3PO, go ahead.
Everything made sense.
She's, you know, this mythical fantasy creature.
And you looked at it, and you understood it.
I agree. You could get upwards of,
you know, $100 for that doll.
When we got to her, I just start to go back and forth.
I'm like, she really just squatted
and took a shit on these other girls.
I was really, really blown away.
- Silence! - Ooh.
I've made my decision.
Bring back my dolls.
[dramatic music]
Welcome back, queens.
I've made some decisions.
Dawn, this week, you had the judges "galactating."
You are safe.
Thank you so much.
Q, this week, you put the Q in "Q-toure."
Condragulations, you are the winner
of this week's challenge.
[all cheering]
- Finally, bitch! - Finally!
I am finally the winner.
And I am freaking out.
[all cheering]
You've won a cash prize of $5,000.
You may join the other girls.
Thank you so much, Mama Ru. Thank you.
I am so fucking excited.
It could not have come at a better time.
Plane Jane, you are safe.
Thank you, mama.
Thank you. [applause]
Plasma, you and your doll didn't float our boats.
Mhi'ya, the judges didn't flip for your doll looks.
Geneva Karr, this week, you never got into high gear.
Plasma, you are safe.
[sighs]
You may join the other girls.
Thank you so much.
- Love you. - Thank you.
Love you.
Mhi'ya, Geneva, I'm sorry, my dears,
but you are up for elimination.
I'm in the bottom two again.
And I have to do whatever to stay.
Mhi'ya is the queen of flips.
And I know what she can do.
It's gonna be a battle.
Two queens stand before me.
The time has come... [thunderclap]
For you to lip-synch
for your life.
My heart is beating.
I don't want to have to lip-synch
against my good friend Geneva.
But it's not my time to go home yet.
It's on.
Good luck, and don't fuck it up.
[Janet Jackson's "Control"]
[singing] This is a story about control
My control
Control of what I say
Control of what I do
And this time, I'm gonna do it my way
When I was seventeen, I did what people told me
[singing] I did what my father said and let my mother mold me
Now I'm all grown up
[all cheering]
First time I fell in love, I didn't know what hit me
[tires screeching]
[laughter]
So young and so naive, I thought it would be easy
But now I know I've got to take control
Mhi'ya's been talking big game about these moves.
And now we finally get to see them?
Girl is out there flipping and tricking and stunting.
[all cheering] - [singing] Got my own mind
I want to make my own decisions
When it has to do with my life, my life
I want to be the one in control
Geneva is just doing these, like--
I don't know what she's doing, but she's doing something.
And that's all that matters, honey.
[singing] Control is what I've got
Because I took a chance [cheering, laughter]
I don't wanna move the world
Just wanna run my life
So make your life a little easier
When you get the chance, just take control
Ooh, ooh, now I've got a lot
Ooh, control
To get what I want, uh!
[laughter]
I'm in control
Don't make me lose it
What? [all cheering]
Yeah!
Work, bitch.
Ladies, I've made my decision.
[dramatic music]
Mhi'ya Iman LePaige, shantay, you stay.
[applause] - Thank you.
You may join the other girls.
Geneva Karr, fasten your seat belts.
It's gonna be a fabulous ride.
Now, sashay away.
[laughter]
Just kidding.
I love you all so much. Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
I'll just keep it short and bilingual.
Hasta la vi-star.
[all cheering]
I am actually feeling very good.
No regrets.
A Mexican person that lives in Brownsville
made it to LA
when people said we wouldn't, so...
Condragulations, queens.
And remember, if you can't love yourself,
how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?
Can I get an amen up in here?
all: Amen.
Oh, honey, now let the music play.
[singing] A little bit of love goes a long, long way
Lifting you up to a brighter day
Can you feel the love?
Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...
You'll be acting up a storm in "The Sound of Rusic."
One, two, three, four.
Oh, my assistant's here.
[all screaming]
all: [singing] Let the freak out, let the freak out
Let the freak out in you
[all cheering]
You're A plus, plus, plus, plus.
Do, re, meh.
Baby, you got to be out your mind.
[singing] A little bit of love
Goes a long, long way
Lifting you up to a brighter day
A little bit of love goes a long, long way
Turn it around when you up and say
Everybody say love
Love, love, love, oh, love, love
Love, love, love, oh, love
Love, can you feel the love