- ♪ MTV
- We are pausing our regular activities.
- Girl, is it recording?
- OK, I'm taking over. - Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!
- OK! - Yeah!
- Welcome to "Untucked."
[upbeat music]
- This is "Untucked."
- Tell me something shady.
- Oh, hey, girl.
- Time to go behind the scenes with the queens of season 17.
- Edit that out.
- 'Cause, honey, if you're not watching "Untucked"...
- Hey, Queen Cam.
- You're only getting half the story.
- Call me, especially if you're hot.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Ooh.
Everything else pales in comparison to this moment.
I have to make the finale.
I am under strict doctor's orders to be in the finale.
I know Cardi B says a ho never gets cold,
but she obviously has not lived in Kentucky.
It gets chilly.
- It's sickening.
- It is really beautiful.
You look stunning, Sam. - Thank you.
You, too.
- Queens coming out.
- Thank you, Queens.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck backstage,
the judges and I will deliberate.
- Thank you, my Queens.
Thank you.
I am King Zamunda from the land of Zamunda.
♪ ♪
- I am in a state of shock from the whiplash
of these critiques.
I feel so bummed to be walking into my last "Untucked"
in such a wrecked state of mind.
- Hey, Queen Cam.
Oh, my God, what is the tea?
- Oh, my gosh, last "Untucked."
- Here I am. And there you are.
And now, we're together.
- And now, we're together on top.
- Yep. - Hey, girl.
- There's a cake.
- Aw! - Oh, my God!
- Y'all should know we don't eat.
We are supermodels... - Oh, how sweet.
- Of the world. - Ooh.
- Look at that pretty cake.
- Girl, my back is hurting.
- Oh, the five is for the final five.
- Oh!
- What did you think it was for?
- I was thinking, who turned five, bitch?
- You dumb bitch. - Oh, my God.
I'm gonna miss "Untucked" so much.
So many memories were built in this room,
and I can't believe it's over now.
- Ready?
[together] ♪ Meet me at the gift shop ♪
- Ah! - Yay, cake!
- So do we want to talk about critiques?
- I think we definitely should.
- Yeah, I want to talk about critiques.
- Do you want to go first? - Yeah.
- Because I know you're feeling a lot.
- So annoying about, like, I've never been in the bottom,
blah, blah, blah.
Well, here-- here it is, bitch.
And it really fucking sucks.
I just thought I was doing something so right,
and I was so gobsmacked by the critiques, and I get it.
Like, it's not like there's nothing--
there's any part of it I don't understand.
I just wish they felt differently about it.
- Mm-hmm.
- And... [inhales sharply]
- It's OK, Suze. - It's OK. Breathe.
- The--the part--
oh, thank God.
I've done so well up until this point,
and now, there's no chance that I won't be lip-syncing,
and that is a really difficult thing to reckon with.
The part that hurts the most is, like, I thought
that I had, like, done everything...
- Enough.
- That they wanted, and they were loving me,
and that this was now, like, OK, now,
you're gonna see what the evolved form
of the original Suzie formula is.
- Yeah.
- And I guess I got too cerebral about it.
[laughs]
And, like, it was gonna happen once,
and it sucks that it happened right before the end.
- Yeah.
- But I, like-- I just need to lip-sync.
I need to perform for them, and I need to show them
how much this matters to me. - Yeah.
- You should be so proud of yourself
because you did do what you wanted to do...
- Mm-hmm. - Yes.
- Regardless of, like, how it turned out, or how--
they just-- you just got critiques
that honestly is gonna make you a badder bitch
than you already is. - Absolutely.
- That's right. - You know what I mean?
And, bitch, you ain't had to lip-sync one damn time,
you son of a bitch. - It's about fucking time!
- You ain't had to do it.
- In the words of JoJo Siwa... - [laughs]
Karma's a bitch, and I should have known better.
- Well, no--
- And two, also, I just want to add,
I see you, and I see someone who's so committed
to their craft. I think that's a strength.
- I'm proud of myself, and I know
how well that I've done here.
- They've been proud of you all season.
That's why I compared myself to you.
And they--halfway through the competition, Lexi,
why are you comparing yourself to Suzie?
'Cause Suzie's doing so fucking good.
You were already there, from the second
you stepped in here.
No matter the flapper,
no matter the comments on any other part
of any of your aesthetic...
- You want cake, bitch? - You were there.
- I'll take a little bit.
- Let me cut you some cake, bitch.
- I know it must suck so bad to have made it
this far in the competition,
and just now, have to feel like
you have to fight for your life,
and, you know, it had to happen
after I start liking Suzie.
If this would have happened three weeks ago,
I would be jumping for joy,
but today, I see how much it's affecting Suzie,
and that is breaking my heart because if it was me,
I would be crushed.
- It just sucks because I'm so happy
to be here with you guys,
and I hate that this is the last moment.
[energetic music]
- I have fortitude, and I have strength,
and I'm going to eat this fucking lip sync up.
I need to lip sync.
- Are you hungry? - I am so hungry.
- Well, eat up, piggy. - You better eat it, bitch.
- [snorting] - Eat, eat, eat.
- Eat, piggy, eat.
- [laughs] How do you guys feel?
- This was really freaking hard,
and you, like, you don't know how it's gonna read,
but after the critiques, you know, I feel--
I feel really good.
So if I do end up getting a fifth win, I am ecstatic.
But even if I don't-- even if I was in the bottom,
I am still... - Yeah.
- One of the happiest bitches on this couch
because I fucking did it.
- You did it. - I think I performed great.
I felt like I seized every moment.
And I know that I'm going to make it to the finale, darling.
- I feel good.
I feel good about my critiques.
Like, they really, really love my video.
They really, really love my photo shoot.
You know, there was one part in my interview
where I got stumped when she was like,
"What do you want to do in five years?"
And I was kind of like, "Oh." - Fuck.
- Yeah, I had to think about it for a second before I answered.
- In that moment, you went inward,
and I saw you realizing, like, oh, I don't have a plan.
And at least it was real.
- I feel good about my critiques.
I don't think I'm in the bottom,
but maybe I'm delusional.
- I hope track record does not play a role
in judging because I think I did
really, really good this week,
and I think that my work should speak for itself.
- Who do we think is also in the bottom?
- I felt like you had more critiques on all four
of the things, except the performance.
They lived for your performance.
But I think your critiques on everything else--
- No, they didn't critique my runway.
They loved my runway. - Oh, well, yeah.
- They loved the photoshoot.
- Well, somebody said it didn't age you.
- It aged you, yeah. - Ross said it aged you.
- OK. Yeah, but--
- I think--no, I honestly think that--
- I'm not in the bottom. I just know that I'm not.
- But it felt-- I don't know.
- I'm just saying, from the critiques,
like, they just said that the interview
came off a little cocky.
- There is a fine line between confident and cocky.
You can be confident because you know what, Sam Star?
I love your confidence, and you need to keep that confidence.
Just rein it in the slightest bit
so it doesn't cross that line.
- I don't think I'm the center of the universe.
I wish that I was.
But my character does--
Sam Star does, and I think we all feel that way.
We are La Grande Dame divas. No one can take us.
But Sam outside of it is not that at all.
So it's definitely something that
I'm gonna take to heart because I don't want
to come across that way,
but y'all know I'm always kidding.
- Who do you think?
Is it between the three of them?
- I feel like... - Do you think I am?
- It's be--no. - OK.
- I feel like it's between y'all three,
but I feel like we all still need to,
like, brace ourselves for, like--
- Let's not try and create that narrative.
- Wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
- Let's wait for it. - Why?
Wait, you said it's me, her, and her?
- Yeah.
- No, she said the bottom three.
- Why is Lexi safe?
- Oh, she got the best critiques.
- They-- - They didn't like your videos.
- I didn't love your promotional video.
- Ah, shit.
- No, it kind of looked like an ad for a show
down the other end of the strip.
- Bitch, you were-- - They said it didn't matter.
It was the personality-- - So I don't know.
I don't know. I'm with you, Sam.
I'm not--I'm not completely-- not that I think that
you were in the bottom bottom.
- I thought Lexi won the challenge.
- I feel great.
I mean, I'm confused that y'all think I'ma be
in the bottom, but-- - [laughs]
Cocky. Watch it.
- I just feel like I did well in every category.
- Oh, girl.
- Maybe I'm delusional, but, hey.
I thought the judges loved me tonight.
Girl, I don't know.
I guess I'm just delusional at this point
'cause everyone else seems to be worried,
and I feel like I'm great, girl.
- Can we say this?
I am so proud of all of us.
- Ah!
- Y'all, it's, like, we don't even really fully
comprehend and understand right now
how big of an achievement this is.
- Huge.
- Like, think about us watching the show
at home on our couches.
People are going to be doing that watching us.
- Gag.
- Our lives are, like, literally beginning.
It's wild to me.
- I'm so happy that the five of us
are right here getting to celebrate
this semifinal moment.
- Yeah. - [screams]
- What? - What is it?
- Stop. What is it? - Oh, no.
- Oh, my God. - What is this?
- Ooh. - Oh, my God.
This was the first day, you guys.
Look. - Yes.
- Cheers, sisters, to season motherfucking 17!
[all cheering]
- Oh, my gosh, with Hunter Schafer.
- Do we have any dolls-- dolls here?
- Us two. - Over here.
- Oh, is this the doll chair? - Yes, bitch.
- Oh! - I know!
- Damn.
Thanks for being here, representing.
- No, thank you. - [laughs]
- Oh, my God. - Betsey.
- And Betsey!
[together] Go Betsey!
Go Betsey! Go Betsey! Go Betsey!
- Girl, I cannot.
This is the cutest thing ever, all of our goofy little photos,
all of our guest judges, all of these moments.
Ugh, I cannot.
- Look at Kori's bald head.
- Kori's bald head. She was always bald in here.
- She was wild.
- This is gonna make me cry.
[tender music]
- Oh, my God.
It's been such a joy,
and it just reminds me of how lucky I am
to be here 'cause, you know, all these other girls fought
hard to be where I am, to be where we are,
and some queens didn't make it,
but I did, and I feel so grateful.
- This is too cute. I want to keep this.
[upbeat music]
- Hi, everyone.
It's Jewels Sparkles, and I'm passing
the phone to the girl who smells
and looks like mothballs.
[laughter]
- There it is. There you have it.
Hello, it's Suzie Toot, and I'm passing the phone
to a dumb, stupid, cocky idiot.
- Oh, yay! - Yay!
- I am passing the phone to a queen
who always has her nipples out.
- [laughs]
Hi, I'm Lexi Love, and I'm passing the phone to--
are you ready-- catch this--my friend--
[laughter]
- I'm gonna give this to the queen
that has so much filler, she's just here to be injected
into Michelle Visage's lips.
- Oh! [laughter]
- Honey, that'll get me closer to RuPaul,
so I will take it, gladly, honey.
- Peekaboo!
- [screaming] - [screaming]
- Hi. Oh, my God.
Me in my heels, what?
- I knew it was a drag. I knew it!
- Can I get some hugs? I need hugs.
- I love Tracee Ellis Ross.
I've seen her in shows like "Black-ish,"
but also I use her hair care line.
It is so sickening.
And her energy is just so lovable.
- Oh, my God.
It's so nice to see you guys.
- Yes, you too. - Bravo.
My gosh, what a week you've had.
- Girl, a long week. - Girl.
- Yes.
- I'm just so gagged that you are here.
- You're gagged?
- Do you know what you mean to all of us...
- No. - Especially to me.
- Can I tell you what I said when I got here?
I was like, "Will they have any idea who I am?"
ALL: Oh, my God! - Well, absolutely.
[laughter]
- Like, you were one of the first people
on national television to rock their natural hair,
your natural curls.
- That's why I came up with the line.
That's my baby.
I birthed a hair company. - I love it.
- I would just love to know what your experience
has been like being here. - Yeah, let's talk about you.
- Being here? - Yeah.
- To have a front row seat to human beings that
are committed to just being themselves
gives me courage to be myself...
- Aw.
- And to sort of find that version
of how I can be that in my own life and in my own skin.
So it's been a treat.
But also, you guys know how to put on lashes, and I don't.
[laughter] So you know what I mean?
- I was just gonna say, I'm glad you wanted
to see us up close, but we're way prettier from afar.
- Shut up. - Ah!
- Get out of here.
- A little bit of distance always adds a few more--
- I don't know about that.
- Distance and darkness is a drag queen's best friend.
- Distance and darkness, hello?
- Well, I say darkness, definitely.
As you turn 51, you're like, give me a little candlelight,
would you? - Right?
- OK!
- I'd like a little candlelight as I back out of the room.
- Hello?
[laughter]
- A little shimmy out the room.
Talk to me. I'm just--
- I know, but what's happening in there?
I can feel it.
- I--I have no-- I'm in awe.
I'm just thinking, like, I can't believe, one day,
I was sitting on my couch watching this show,
watching "Black-ish" and watching all of these things,
and I'm now, like, sitting next to you.
It is amazing. It is amazing.
I'm also so proud of myself
because I'm not shocked that I'm here.
I worked really hard to get here.
- Mm-hmm.
- And to share my art with you
just means the world to me, and--
- It's an honor to receive it.
- This is amazing.
- Really, truly. Each of you.
I mean, it's a real gift to be able to receive it, truly.
- Thank you. - Thank you for that.
- And so I thank you for your artistry.
I Thank you for your craft.
I thank you for your experience.
I thank you for your lives. I thank you for your beauty.
I thank you for all that you're sharing
and that you're sharing in such a beautiful way for all of us
to learn from and for all of us to remember that we have that.
Like, you--I have me in me the same way
you have you in you. - Thank you for that.
- Thank you so much.
- Sorry, queens, I got to take Tracee back to the main stage.
- Ah! - Oh, my God.
- I'll see you out there! - OK, bye!
- Bye, my love. - Wait.
- I'll see you out there.
- Let me look at these pictures before we go.
- OK.
♪ ♪
- At a certain point, I'm thinking, oh, my God.
Maybe I should start rehearsing, just in case.
Maybe they're gonna have all of us lip-sync at once.
Maybe there'll be three in the bottom.
Should I listen to the song because everybody's
making me nervous now. - I think you should.
- Listen to the fucking song, bitch.
They read you down.
They read you down, bitch. Listen to that song, please.
- Girl, where's my iPod?
'Cause they ain't gonna get me, girl.
- Queens, it's time to get ready for the runway.
- Girl, we did it.
Not us ending at the top, bitch.
Not us. [laughs]
- Us? - Yeah, us?
- Us?
[both screaming]
- [screams] OK, we got to be ready.
We gotta go.
- Oh, wish me luck, girl.
- So, girl, it is so OK because they've not
seen me lip-sync since the first week
when I won that lip sync.
I'm going to eat this shit up, period.
- "Untucked," thank you
for the laughs and the tears.
I'll see you in hell.
- [blows kiss]
Bye. Where's my coat?
- We took it backstage.
- Oh, you already took it backstage.
OK, fabulous.
- Thank y'all.
She thought she was gonna get the last word.
Not on my watch.
- Bye, "Untucked."
It's been a pleasure, and I love you.
Just know that I always have the last word.
- All right. All right.
- We gotta go right now, ladies.
- Bye! - Bye!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Queens, you're coming out. - Ooh!
- Here we go, girls. I love y'all so much...
- We love y'all.
- More than you'll ever know.
- Love you, Suzie.
- Welcome back, Queens I've made some decisions.
[tense music]
Jewels Sparkles, ding, ding.
Condragulations, you are the winner
of this week's challenge.
- Oh, my God!
- Sam Star, Suzie Toot, I'm sorry, my dears,
but you are both up for elimination.
The time has come for you
to Lip Sync
for Your Life.
♪ ♪
Sam Star, shantay, you stay.
- [sobs]
♪ ♪
- Sam, you are moving forward to the grand finale.
- Thank you.
- Suzie Toot, I'll see you on Broadway.
Now, sashay away.
[applause]
- We love you, Suzie!
- I love you so much.
[foot tapping]
- We love you, Suzie.
- Yes, Suzie!
[distant cheers and applause]
[somber piano music]
♪ ♪
- I suck. I wanted to win.
I think I deserve to be in the finale,
but I look incredible. I performed my heart out.
That's the way it be.
♪ ♪
I'm proud of everything that I did.
I don't think I flopped once,
so there's nothing more you can ask for.
♪ ♪
Goodbye, "Drag Race." I ate.
- Final four!
- [screams]
Oh, my God!
OK, sorry, y'all.
- Oh, my God. - Holy shit.
- [screams]
- Now we can party!
- Ha!
- Samantha survived, honey!
- Girl, I'm such a dumb ass.
I said, "Oh, girl, they loved me."
[bright music]
I thought that I knew everything.
I do not, OK?
- This bitch was about to... - Ah!
- Die. - Die.
- But I'm so happy for me.
I made it to the final four. [screams]
- Girls, we're in the finale, bitch!
- Ah!
[laughter]
- I thought I was going home today.
- And I'm not an underdog anymore.
I got two wins.
- Help me, I can't breathe.
Oh, my God.
- [gasps]
- I have officially been humbled.
I will never say a shady comment
again in my entire life... - That's not true.
- As long as I live.
You heard it here, America.
- That's not true. That is not true.
- And I thank you. - Guys, we're the top four...
- Sam's still in shock.
- Of season 17!
[all screaming]
- America, are you... - The dog.
- Team Onya?
Are you Team Jewels? - You're Team Jewels.
- Are you Team Lexi, or are you Team Sam?
- If you got taste.
- We are the top four!
- Top four!
- ♪ The top four ♪
♪ The top four, the top four ♪
- ♪ Work, we want to see you let it out ♪
♪ We want to see you go off ♪
♪ You know I am in business ♪
♪ Come, let's give em just what they want ♪
♪ They want to see you work ♪
♪ They want to see you let it out ♪
♪ They want to see you go off ♪
♪ You know I am in business ♪
♪ Come, let's give 'em just what they want ♪
♪ They want to see you work, work, work ♪
♪ I know you want to work, work, work ♪
♪ Work, work, work, work, work, work ♪
♪ I know you want to work, work, work, work, work ♪