[thunder striking] [creature howling]
- Ah, my devilish devotees. [thunder striking]
- It's so good to see you here
for the last time of the season.
You've been so steadfast in your commitment
to witnessing the carnage alongside us so far.
- You've cheered, you've cried, you've thrown tantrums,
you've complained and threatened to stop watching the show.
But here you are, back for more,
and you'll never, ever escape us.
[both laughing maniacally]
This is it, the grand finale, the final countdown,
the last performance that will decide the ultimate winner
and the grand champion of the season.
- Who will live? Who will die?
Who will we murder and who will we crown?
- Will we pour a bucket of blood on the winner's head,
or will we just put up a picture
of them on a wall at the end?
- There's only one way to find out, my putrid parishioners.
- Come! Join us now as we witness the final battle
and decide who among our final champions
will be crowned Dragula
The World's next Drag Super Monster.
[both laughing maniacally] [thunder rumbling]
[exciting theme music]
♪ Drag
♪ Filth
♪ Horror
♪ Glamour
♪ Dragula
♪ She's a killer
♪ Queen Dragula
♪ She'll make you scream
♪ Drag drag drag drag Dragula
- The winner of the Boulet Brothers Dragula
will headline the upcoming Dragula world tour,
receive a $100,000 grand prize courtesy of us,
and the title of Dragula,
the World's Next Drag Super Monster.
♪ Drag drag drag drag Dragula
[person screaming]
[spooky music]
- So this journey has been surreal.
I have had this goal for such a long time
that even just being on the show,
nevermind going this far is,
it's even better than I expected.
I am very fortunate to have fantastic support back home.
The Drag King community has really lifted me up
as their brother in support of what I do,
and has really just pushed me to go further and further.
And also my incredible wife.
I would not be this brave without her,
but I am here a hundred percent to prove to myself
what I'm capable of when challenged.
For me, part of being outgoing
and friendly is a defense mechanism
because I'm very scared of people in general.
I'm scared of how people can affect me.
I'm scared of how I may unintentionally affect other people.
So me cloistering myself
and focusing on the job at hand is kind of
my fun escape time.
I'm a very play hard, work hard person.
And right now there's a job to do.
So absolutely I've been focused on the work, but that's
because I am gearing up to enjoying the fruits of my labor.
I've definitely had the consideration
of quitting many, many times.
I have a lot of my own personal mental health struggles.
There was a period for almost a year
where I couldn't leave my house
'cause I was too scared that people were looking at me
or going to hurt me.
And there's a lot of paranoia.
There's a lot of self-critique
and there's a lot of pressure I put on myself all the time.
So reminding myself to enjoy myself is unfortunately a bit
of a correct read.
I am interestingly very calm at this point.
I don't know if you can tell.
I almost can't stop smiling
'cause I can see it.
I can see the crown, I can see the title.
It's right there and all I have to do is take it.
[ominous music]
[ominous music intensifies]
- Oh my God! - Ah!
- Woo! - We made it.
- I cannot believe that I have made it to the finale
of fucking Dragula.
I have worked my ass off each and every week.
I am so fucking excited.
I made it here by the skin of my teeth, but that's fine.
I'm ready to showcase what I got
and I got some tricks up my sleeve.
- I mean, I'll be honest, Blackberri,
I did underestimate you in the very beginning,
and I was wrong.
- I know. - It's really surreal
to be in this moment with you guys.
- Oh my God, there's so many emotions, but we made it.
- You better be careful
'cause if you keep that up, you might be
the crybaby of the season.
- I don't mind. I don't mind being vulnerable and cry.
- I don't think it's any surprise to anyone
that I give a really big fuck about this.
So yeah, I'm going to-
I'm probably gonna cry today. I'm probably gonna cry today.
- What about you, Nio? How are you feeling?
- I'm feeling very emotional.
I feel so blessed.
And also since the beginning I know
that I'm going to make it to the final stage.
I'm going to prove that I'm the best
among the ultimate best.
She's dying for some blood to slay y'all.
- I have to say.
I noticed for the Last Supper, you got a little quiet.
I was worried that maybe you had some
stuff going on up here.
How are you feeling going into the fucking finale?
- I was, I was throw off a little bit when you said my name,
that I most likely will stab you in the back.
- Orkgotik, who do you think would stab you in the back?
- I think Nio. [all gasping]
- No! - There's the passion.
- I was gonna say Throb,
but now it might be Ork.
- If that's your opinion
it's cool, but-
- I learned my lesson.
- Okay. - Oh shit.
- I'm not gonna lie. I was a little shocked.
I was a little gagged,
and that threw me off a little.
Orkgotik said I could potentially stab him in the back.
I've showed nothing but love for him and I'm very confused
and surprised and not gonna lie, a little bit hurt.
- It's been a week.
Have you guys talked since the reunion or anything?
- It's a lovers quarrel.
- I didn't mean to make you feel bad about it.
I know that you're not gonna put a knife in my back,
but I just thought it was funny
because we are supporting each other all the time.
So my trust is always on your side.
So the only person that can back stab me is the one
that I have the most confidence and the most like respect.
- My care for you is genuinely out of my crazy admiration,
out of your artistry and your beautiful, beautiful physique.
And I would never back stab you in any way
and even hurt you that 'cause that would just hurt me more.
- I really don't know what's gonna happen with those two.
They are absolutely like this,
but the competition is so intense.
If they were smart, this would be the time to get focused.
- I fully think that Nio and Ork
should just put a little pin in their relationship
and focus on this finale.
Where do y'all lie with each other?
- I think we both agree we should focus on what's really
important just at the moment,
which is winning this competition.
We are humans.
We have a lot of emotions to sort out,
but we have a lifetime to sort that out.
And I believe universe will show us the right way.
And I can't wait to get to know you more
outside this competition for sure.
- That's something that I really want.
In this moment, we have to focus on ourselves
because it's gonna be a lot of work
and there's no time for romance.
- Now it's just the final showdown.
- We all have so much love and care for each other.
I think the best way to show that we care
and we respect each other as artists is to give our 200%
and not holding back at all
and have no regrets.
[intense music] [all wailing]
- Oh my God. - It's time!
- Let's all go out together. [siren blaring]
- Oh God. Let's go, okay. - Ugh. Woo!
[siren blaring cuts]
- This journey has been pretty rocky,
but I think it's been amazing.
I've had a chance to really push my artistry
and I'm really proud that I've gotten out of my box
that I've been in for so many years
and got to explore different sides of myself
that I didn't even know I had.
Before this competition,
I was working five days a week in drag hosting shows,
performing outside on patios
and grocery stores.
Wherever there was a check, I was performing.
I think my biggest inspiration with my drag
and like my drive is my mother and my little brother.
Right before Covid, my house got
destroyed during Hurricane Harvey.
So I moved back in with my mom
because she needed help with bills and stuff like that.
And during COVID, we were just kind of destroyed.
Like she couldn't work.
If it wasn't for drag,
we weren't able to pay our bills.
Like I fully worked five, six days a week.
All of that paid for everything that we had,
and I ended up getting this commercial just out of nowhere
and that was like the beacon for my family,
and that sustained us for like a while.
So my drag has literally saved my family's life.
We've been like almost at the point of like being homeless.
They're my biggest cheerleaders
and they keep me wanting to be better.
I am the first bearded drag queen to make it to the finale.
I'm the first big girl to make it to the finale.
Everything that I do with my drag, I'm only doing it
to inspire someone because I never had anyone to inspire me.
I think that I should take this crown
because I've worked my ass off
and I've showed so many different sides of
what my creative mind has.
I feel like I've given you funny, I've given you beauty.
I've given you my version of scary. There's no one like me.
There's only one Blackberri.
I am the next Drag Super Monster.
[ominous music]
- Hello Uglies,
and welcome to the Boulet Brothers' Dragula
Season Five Grand Finale.
[all cheering and clapping]
- Next week, the four of you
will be competing against one another in a series
of floor shows designed to test your drag skills
to their fullest. - Fuck yeah.
- As you know, the three tenets of Dragula
are filth, horror, and glamour.
And for your final task of the season,
you must conceptualize
and create three bold new costume creations
that personify these three tenets.
And then present your new vestments here on the main stage
for three individual floor shows.
- I'm so ready. - Not only do we want
to see filth, horror, and glamour
personified in your shows,
but we also wanna see your unique style
of drag represented in everything you present.
- Always.
- In addition to presenting your new creations,
we've also chosen a special song that you must learn
and perform a lip sync presentation to
during your glamour floor show.
- Whoa. - What?
- Hell yeah.
- After your floor shows,
we will consider your overall performances over the course
of the season,
along with how you perform in your final three shows
before making our ultimate decision.
- Let's do it! - The winner
of the Boulet Brothers Dragula Season Five Grand Finale
will receive a $100,000 grand prize courtesy of us,
[all giggling]
that can be used to launch your career,
and the crown and title of Dragula,
the World's Next Drag Super Monster.
- Whether you become a fashion designer, a stage superstar,
a special effects makeup god,
or something altogether different, the winner
of the grand finale will leave here armed
with everything they need
to launch their careers into super stardom,
and truly become the world's Next Drag Super Monster.
- You have one week to conceptualize
and create your grand finale looks.
And you may use any
and all resources available to you
to create your floor shows.
- You may all now leave the stage and begin your work,
and may the best monster win.
[intense music]
- We have not one, not two, but three fucking looks.
I have to pull this off and put this crown on my head.
- I'm gonna do everything that I have to in order to win.
- This week is going to be super crazy,
but I have a crown to win.
- So this is it. It doesn't get any more intense than this.
We've got three looks, four competitors, one crown.
[intense music]
[ominous music]
- I was born in a very, very small town in northern China.
I come from a very, very traditional Chinese family
and looking feminine
or behaving feminine as a boy, as a son,
is a big no-no.
So I always have this feeling
that I'm doing something wrong.
At this point,
the Niohuru that they know no longer exist anymore.
For the past three years, I changed so much physically
and mentally, and it hurts me so much
that they can't celebrate me as I am right now,
and they're my family.
I feel extremely alone
and I feel like that is like my biggest dream to be able
to show my mom, my dad, my work,
and they are, they will be saying,
"I'm proud of what you have become.
You are a good son. You are, you are not disappointing us."
But I just don't want to get my hopes up
and have my heart broken over and over again.
I always put my feelings second when it comes
to my family's feelings.
And I feel like that's so unfair to me.
Why am I suffering so much?
I hope that will happen one day
and that would be...
the most beautiful thing
that is in my life.
When I was judged by the most loved ones
for being just who I am, I put all my feelings inside
and I have no way of expressing it.
So I turned them all into my work.
I used all my shame, all my guilt,
all my pain and nightmares.
I built all those darkness into something
so hauntingly beautiful.
It built me into this beautiful creature
that you're looking right now,
'cause if there's no darkness, there's no light.
At this point of my life, I'm so certain of who I am
and I want to do everything that I envision myself for.
I believe that universe has a plan for me.
I absolutely deserve to win
and I can see nobody else but me to win.
[intense spooky music]
- Alright, alright, alright.
- So this is it.
- So today's the day and there's so much to do.
It's gonna be absolutely batshit insane.
We not only have to do three looks, we also have
to do a lip sync, which is an entire performance in its own.
- This is the end. This is our final look.
This is the beginning, of course,
Today is the day of our final floor show.
I just can't wait to perform. I just can't wait to go wild.
- It's literally a race against the clock.
We better start now. [intense music]
- My filth inspiration is coming from
my good old Texas roots.
A good old nasty possum, digging through the trash
and eating a whole bunch of shit.
The materials I'm using
for my costume is liquid latex on my head.
I have a full fur suit
and of course you know your girl
Blackberri has to give you body.
So my possum's gonna have some big old titties
and a big old ass.
My gag is a little bit of surprise,
but I can't wait to give them full on filth.
- My inspiration for filth is the garbage
of Chinese takeout leftovers.
I'm going to use raw meat, a raw pig feet,
and ramen filled with a giant Chinese takeout box.
The dress I'm wearing is inspired
by a traditional Chinese garment called qipao,
and I draped around qipao with a lot of ramen
and make it look grimy
and dirty with acrylic paint.
Living in America
for three years now, being Asian
and trans, I feel often sexualized and fetishized a lot,
and I want to use this challenge to really turn something
so ugly into something very beautiful.
- So for my filth floor show,
I am being a gunk shower monster.
A lot of this costume is the headpiece.
It's probably the most amount
of skin I've shown all season by far.
I'm wearing a very small wet leather piece
that I've been distressing with a cheese grater.
My shoes are just latex and paint and dirt smeared.
I'm covered and covered in hair that's glued to my body.
I feel disgusting.
- For filth, I want to make it super fun.
So I was inspired by a fucking gross slug
that I saw one time in a bathroom.
I just want to make it super weird
and be absolutely filthy.
I don't want to rely in a lot of gags.
I just want to convey a really fucking filthy creature
that you will be so fucking grossed out by.
[spooky music]
I actually was born in Colombia.
The best day in my childhood was when my parents actually
separated because my father's relationship always make me
feel like I was in a danger zone.
I have no idea if my dad knows what I do. We don't speak.
It was so hard for me to trust in him.
I realized that I don't need like that fatherly figure
because he was never one.
My mom was the closest person that I had around
during my teenage years.
She was really homophobic at first.
For her was really difficult
because she thought that I was gonna be put through a lot
of difficult situations,
and I think she was trying to protect me
and at first it was really fucking hard for me to come out
and express my queerness full force.
But I think you have a responsibility as well
with your parents to educate them
and to show them all the features of your personality
and how the world works.
If I get to win, I will use all the things
that will come my way to help my mom.
She wants to explore the world so much.
She didn't have the opportunity before,
but I just can't wait
to show my mom all the wild things in the world
guided by me.
That will be a fucking treat for me.
I know that I was born with a talent,
with something really magical,
and it's my duty to achieve every wild dream that I have.
And I know that I'm not dreaming too big for my own self.
I really think that if I win, I can help
to change the perspective that people have on drag.
I never felt like that I have to limit myself
to some features,
that I have to wear hips or being effeminate.
Drag allowed me like be whatever I wanted.
I don't have to fit in just one mold.
I just have to let my imagination go fucking wild.
You can be really original,
and you can do something that no one has ever done before,
and you can create your own brand.
You can make an impact. I definitely am gonna win the show.
Everybody deserves it.
But we're gonna see who actually go fucking bold.
[dramatic music]
[haunting voices whispering] [person screaming]
[thunder rumbling]
- Welcome to the main stage, Uglies.
and to the first floor show-
- -of the Boulet Brothers Dragula Grand Finale.
- Drag was born in the underbelly of the queer community,
and it wasn't always clean and polished.
From the shocking antics of Divine,
to the gritty art of the Cockettes,
filth has always been a tool
to shock audiences and shake apart our inhibitions.
- For our first floor show of the night,
we've challenged our finalists to conceptualize
and create new looks that embody their interpretation
of the tenet of filth.
- So without further ado,
let's dim the lights. - Start the music.
- And let the floor show begin.
[dramatic music]
[intense music]
[intense electronic music]
[intense creepy music]
[hardcore creepy music]
[hardcore music settles]
[light creepy music]
- I don't know if my nose falling off is gonna affect me,
but I can't worry about it.
I have to just go into my next look.
- So I'm a little worried for Orkgotik
because filth is all about mess and gags and fun.
And speaking of gags, that's all they did. No puke.
Just a whole lot of gagging.
- I was trying at first to puke, so I'm really nervous about
not getting there.
Everything counts on these floor shows.
- Nio really didn't have a gag,
and filth is when you are supposed to gag them.
- For me, filth is not really about who makes a bigger mess.
I was able to give a more elegant, more elevated version
of filth with my message and my look.
- Alright y'all, one down, two to go.
Let's get ready for horror!
[intense music]
- The character I designed is a alien demon, year 3000
that got trapped in the mental hospital restraint jacket.
The Chinese characters on my jacket has different meanings.
Most of them are the negative,
horrible things I've been called growing up,
and I mixed it with a lot of positive things
because my dark experience are what makes me so strong.
What makes me into this beautiful human
being that I am today.
- For me, horror can be both glamorous or filthy or sad
or tragic or happy.
But for me, dark horror is about despair.
So my character is kind of this phantom
of this enslaved princess.
Sure, she's covered in gold.
Even her chains are made of gold, but she's still chained.
She's a bird in a cage.
I'm really hoping that my concept carries,
but at the same time, if you don't get it, that's okay too.
- For my horror look, I'm conveying all the torture
and the exhaustion that I'm feeling right now.
Inspiration for the movie, Martyrs,
and also my favorite movie, Tetsuo: The Iron Man.
I really appreciate the special effects
that are really rough, that they're not perfect at all,
but they're so, so grand,
and just daring.
- So I am a huge fan
of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Hellraiser.
And I wanted to put those two things together
with Texas Pageant Drag.
So I'm gonna be connected to a cage system
and giving them something they've never seen before.
The materials I'm using is PVC pipes, leather,
and I have sequin.
Instead of blood,
I'm gonna be using rhinestones.
I'm sitting here putting each and every stone,
and I'm hoping that it just pays off.
- Welcome back, Uglies.
- We do hope you're hungry for a little blood
because it's almost dinner time.
And in this house, horror is always the main course.
[both laughing] [thunder rumbling]
- From Psycho to The Bride of Frankenstein,
to Hellraiser and so many more,
the horror genre has historically been
chockfull of queer subtext.
These stories not so subtly reference the parallels
between queerness and being a monster.
- That's why many queer artists see themselves
in the monsters of the silver screen,
and why many continue
to draw inspiration from horror to this day.
- In the case of Dragula,
we have personally reclaimed the term monster
and repurposed it as a crown
and a badge of honor as a way to proudly celebrate
that which makes us different.
- For our finalists' next floor show, we've tasked them
with conceptualizing
and creating terrifying new looks
inspired by their own interpretation of the word 'horror,'
and what the genre means to them.
So without further ado, let's dim the lights.
- And let the next floor show begin.
[thunder rumbles]
[intense horror music]
[suspenseful music]
[intense horror music] [haunting voices vocalizing]
[intense music]
[suspenseful music]
[intense music]
[intense horror music]
[music pounding]
[intense horror music]
[character screaming]
[intense horror music continues]
[intense electronic music] [character screaming]
[intense music] [characters growling]
[intense electronic music]
[intense music settles]
- Ugh, ah!
- I gave my everything.
I stumbled a little bit on the turntable,
but it's kind of my personality now that I can't walk.
- So far, I am feeling like things are going well.
I'm cautiously optimistic, though I have to say
I'm a little worried about Orkgotik.
Their looks are great,
but is it that much more than we've already seen?
We gotta go a step up.
We can't keep it here. We have to go higher.
- Wait a minute, Ork.
Are these the same? These were your arms?
- These were my legs.
- These were your legs today?
- Yes. - Are these,
didn't you use these?
- Yes. - In a different challenge?
- I mean, I used similar ones for my, for my woods,
my terror in the woods.
Blackberri is so confused,
she doesn't know what she's talking about.
Even if my legs are the same ones that I used
for my arms in the terror in the woods,
that only shows my versatility.
- You guys, it doesn't matter how the last two
floor shows went because we have one more,
and we have to get back to work.
[suspenseful music]
- My inspiration for glamour comes from my love
of classic horror movies.
I want to give full on vintage woman, but in a Texas way.
The way I'm gonna switch this character up is giving
a modern take on a classic design
and of course giving full on Blackberri body.
- So we are getting ready
for this insanely important final floor show,
and call me a glutton for punishment.
But I am going to pull off one last gag
and hopefully it's going to go flawlessly.
- My inspiration for glamour is a prince that is battling
with his royal duties.
This is gonna be difficult
because I'm portraying a character that looks
opulent and pretty on the outside,
but feels ugly on the inside.
- My inspiration for the glamour look is
Ursula from Little Mermaid.
Little Mermaid is really a story
that's very close to my heart.
The Little Mermaid had to silence her voice.
Had to completely transform her body
just to fit in another world.
And for me that is really a metaphor for me transitioning
and coming to America.
And it's very emotional,
and I want to turn this villain into the most
glamorous she's ever been.
- Ah, here we are again.
Back for more, are you?
- Well, I do hope you're all keeping score so far
because this race is looking extremely close
and I can't wait to see what these monsters pull out next.
[both laughing] [thunder rumbling]
- Speaking of, our next
and final floor show of the night,
celebrates the tenet of glamour.
- Glamour is not just about rhinestones
and jewels, it's all about the magical ability
some drag artists have to turn something
that costs $5 into $500.
It's poise, it's grace, it's stage presence,
and it's the power to mesmerize an audience
of thousands live on stage.
[both laughing] [thunder rumbling]
- Tonight we will put our finalists ability
to harness the power of glamour to the test
as we have asked them to conceptualize
and create looks that personify their
interpretation of glamour.
- We've also asked them to learn
and choreograph a lip sync performance to a song
that we chose that has a special meaning for us this season.
So without further ado.
- Let's dim the lights. Start the music.
- And let the floor show begin.
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic music]
[intense dramatic music]
♪ Destroy everything you touch
♪ Today
♪ Destroy me this way
♪ Anything that may desert you
♪ So it cannot hurt you
♪ You only have to look behind you ♪
♪ At who's undermined you
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Destroy me this way
♪ Everything you touch
♪ You don't feel, do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Shakes your hand
♪ Takes your gun
♪ Walks you out of the sun
♪ What you touch, you don't feel ♪
♪ You do not know what you steal ♪
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Please destroy me this way
♪ Destroy everything you touch
♪ Today
♪ Destroy me this way
♪ Anything that may delay you
♪ Might just save you
♪ You only have to look behind you ♪
♪ At who's undermined you
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Destroy me this way
♪ Everything you touch
♪ You don't feel
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal shakes your hand ♪
♪ Takes your gun
♪ Walks you out of the sun
♪ What you touch, you don't feel ♪
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Please destroy me this way
[music continues]
♪ Everything you touch
♪ You don't feel
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Shakes your hand
♪ Takes your gun
♪ Walks you out of the sun
♪ Watch you touch
♪ You don't feel
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Please destroy me this way
♪ Everything you touch
♪ You don't feel
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Shakes your hand
♪ Takes your gun
♪ Walks you out of the sun
♪ What you touch
♪ You don't feel
♪ You do not know
♪ What you steal
♪ Destroy everything you touch today ♪
♪ Please destroy me this way
[music continues]
[music concludes]
[eerie music]
- The Grand Finale floor show of season five.
What did you think?
- Well, I think we said we'd never do
a top four again, and here we are.
- And here we are. We've done it again.
- That's so stupid. I knew it.
I knew the minute we said it
that this was gonna happen this year.
- We are truly cursed.
- They were so good.
I mean, even trying to get it down to four was difficult.
- We have our work cut out for us because I could see
and make a case for any one of these finalists
to take the title of the World's Next Drag Super Monster.
- Well, let's dig into it.
- Let's talk about the Filth Floor show.
- Okay. - What did you think
of Niohuru's filth?
- I thought it was thought provoking, and kind of punk
and dirty and gross.
- I thought she looked gorgeous in a way
that you can look gorgeous with a pig nose on.
I do have to applaud her for the pig foot phallus
with the painted hooves.
That's something I've never seen before.
I'm not sure if I wanna see it again,
but I'm glad I saw it tonight.
- I've never seen a pig foot strap-on before
with glitter on the end of it.
But you know, you live and learn, right?
- You live and learn.
Let's move on to Orkgotik's filth.
- I think Orkgotik looked disgusting.
He slid around on the stage like a worm.
I thought it was an original idea and it was very filthy.
But he failed at the vomit gag.
I can't watch someone try to throw up for like 10 minutes.
You either throw up or you don't.
Right? - Yeah.
- This is a stage show, darling.
We can't sit here and wait for 10 minutes
for you to gag yourself.
- I liked what Orkgotik did.
He leaned really far into body horror,
like internal organs, parasites.
And I do kind of love it.
- So what did you think of Blackberri's filth show?
- I was very surprised in the best way possible.
I think Blackberri's filth floor show was fun.
She showed versatility.
I thought filth was great for Blackberri.
- I do too.
And I was happy
to see Blackberri serve some filth
because I haven't seen her do a lot of that this season.
And it was fun to just watch her get
dirty and have fun with it.
I don't like that her prosthetic fell off.
You want to reward her for eating a whole raw fish.
But on the other hand, I'm like,
you know, you can't knock your prosthetic off in the process
'cause then you just look like a person eating a fish,
which is kind of filthy anyway, but still.
- Let's talk about Throb's filth performance.
- I thought Throb's filth look was very inspired.
It was original.
- It was filthy, it was fabulous.
It was wet, it was sexual, like it was everything.
- I'm not really sure when you're trying
to gross people out, why you would kind of turn it
into a sexy car wash moment.
That was a little strange. - Wait.
- I'm like you're supposed to be grossing us out.
Not turning us on, but whatever. I'm nitpicky.
- Let's talk about the horror floor show.
Let's start with Throb, this time.
- Throb showed us once again
that he is an incredible performer.
- I think Throb's horror floor show
could have been scarier.
The face was so gorgeous and the costume was kind of clean.
It was almost like right out of the box.
The blood looked almost acrylic like or magenta.
It just didn't bring me to like a depraved place.
And I think that could have made it darker and stronger.
- I agree.
- So let's talk about Blackberri's horror look.
- The whole cage as a costume was fantastic.
I did not care for the rhinestones.
- Ah, you didn't? - I didn't care
for the rhinestones of blood.
I mean, I'm torn on it.
This was your one chance to scare me,
and you did, but you had to drop a rhinestone on there.
You had to go and drop a rhinestone on there.
You didn't have to do that.
- I could agree with you if it wasn't scary enough.
But this was grizzly. It evoked The Cenobites.
It was giving me Clive Barker and I loved it.
- Well I think Blackberri did an incredible job
with her horror look.
I liked it a lot.
- Let's move on to Nio's horror look.
Niohuru X might have the deadliest
shoe collection on earth.
- I agree with that.
I feel like her hair kept getting
caught in her heels, which was driving me insane.
I also have to say that when I saw that wig,
that was the ultimate horror
because that was one
of the cheapest wigs I have ever seen
in my entire life. - Oh my God,
thank you for saying it,
'cause my number one comment was like,
"This wig needs help."
- This wig needs to be birthed into a new wig.
Niohuru's horror look was very visionary.
She has very interesting material.
She has a great sense of style.
She knows how to put a look together.
- Let's talk about Orkgotik's horror.
- Horror was Orkgotik's strong point tonight in my opinion.
- This was body horror on level 10.
This was something out of someone's worst nightmare
and we got to experience it live on stage.
I thought it was incredible.
- Let's move on to glamour.
- I thought Blackberri's glamour look was stunning.
I think the performance really showed off Blackberri's
professionalism and their ability to command the stage.
I kind of believe Blackberri can do anything.
- Do I think it was the most original concept? No it wasn't.
You know, Bride of Frankenstein, come on.
We've been there, we've all, everyone's been there.
But Blackberri did an excellent job at the Lip Sync.
This is the kind of Drag Queen that knows how to perform.
- Let's move on to Orkgotik.
- I thought it was interesting.
It was shiny and sharp and dangerous.
Much like Orkgotik is.
I felt moved by Orkgotik's lip sync.
He delivered it with emotion, which I really appreciate.
- It almost felt like we saw Orkgotik doing something
that he rarely does,
and I thought it was a nuanced
performance and he did it well.
We also saw Orkgotik in a wig,
which I think may be the first wig we've seen all season.
It was shocking.
And everybody knows a good wig can make you very,
very glamorous.
- Let's talk about Throb Zombie's glamour look.
- Yes. Yes. - Wow.
Throb looked gorgeous,
but then had layers upon layers of reveals,
and tricks and gags. - And they all worked!
- And all sorts of things, which you know, I love a gag.
I love a trick, and I love a prop,
especially when they work.
- Throb knows how to command the stage.
You can tell they are at their best
and at their strongest in the spotlight
and I think that's exactly where Throb belongs.
- What did you think of Niohuru's glamour?
- I think Niohuru's glamour was her strongest tenet tonight
and that's not surprising.
It was super fashion. It was avant garde.
The makeup was flawless. She was incredible.
- I was excited to see Niohuru's lip sync tonight
because I feel like we're watching a performer blossom,
and to see her grow so quickly has been very inspiring.
- I agree.
- So now we get to the fun part.
It's time to talk about how we think of these competitors
as a whole,
in terms of their entire performance on this season
combined with their finale.
And do we think they're the right choice
to be our Next Drag Super Monster?
I wanna talk about Throb.
- Throb Zombie is a threat.
We go back to the meticulous nature
of almost every look we've seen on the stage.
From head to toe, it's completely thought about.
I think Throb is an amazing drag artist
and has successfully shown us that over
and over throughout the entire season.
- Throb Zombie kicked ass in this competition,
- He really did. - Throb was
an incredible competitor.
He delivers a flawless performance,
aside from a couple of gags that don't work,
but for real, every time delivers an incredible performance.
- Let's move on to Orkgotik
- I love Orkgotik's art.
I love Orkgotik's point of view.
I really like that he builds all
of his stuff out of nothing.
I mean, he's basically told us he has no money
and he is able to go out on the street
and collect up materials and build these fantastic costumes.
I do think that Orkgotik needs to develop more
as a performer and as a stage star
if they're gonna win Dragula.
- I think what Orkgotik does is super impressive.
I think Orkgotik's art is visionary.
I think Orkgotik opens up portals
and invites viewers into a strange, twisted flesh work world
where everything is just half destroyed and mutilated,
and I can't wait to see so much more of Orkgotik.
So let's talk about Niohuru.
- Niohuru inspires me.
- Wow. - Niohuru is very young.
She has a long path ahead of her and she has a lot to learn.
She has so much intuition when it comes to fashion
and the ideas are always interesting and they're different,
and I mean, isn't that what we're looking for?
- I think Niohuru has a lot
of like natural ability when it comes to the sense
of putting a look together, when it comes
to taking up space on the stage, she delivers with poise.
I think her sense of style is so cunt,
and I say that in the best way possible.
It is just edgy and femme and kind of hard,
and I think it excites people.
I don't care who you are.
If you see a look that Nio put together, it is exciting,
it's thought provoking,
and it's probably something you've never really seen before.
- Quite honestly, I don't think there's one look
that she came out on this stage
with all season that I didn't love.
I think she killed it.
- I think they would be an excellent winner.
- I do think Niohuru is going to have to tussle
with her inner demons at some point.
Because I think the pain that she feels
and carries around is going to cause her shame and guilt
and get in the way of her success.
And I think she's going to have to address
that head on at some point.
It will hold her back.
- I agree with you and my hope is
that finding chosen family like us
and the rest of the Dragula cast
will give them some strength.
- Whether she wins this competition or not,
I hope that she comes off of this platform
so successful that her family can't help
but see the light that is surrounding her and the fandom
and the people that are embracing her.
And maybe that will tell them
we should reexamine our beliefs and whether
or not we should accept her.
I think it might impact her family in a positive way.
- Well, let's hope so. - And if not,
she can always live in our backhouse.
[both chuckling]
- Let's talk about Blackberri.
- Blackberri has proven to us that she is a Drag Queen.
Blackberri is the Drag Queen.
She has said before that she's like,
"I'm the Black Barbie.
Whatever assignment you give me, I will do it to 10."
Am I a astronaut? Am I a librarian?
But here in Dragula world, she's like, am I demon?
Am I a witch? Am I a werewolf?
She's all those things!
- Over and over and over, she did.
It's like a bullseye every single time.
- Every look that she comes out with is so well done.
I am so impressed by her polish and her poise.
I mean, she is like the example of a Drag Queen.
- Blackberri is a professional, sweetie.
Like Blackberri comes to the stage for business.
She is coming to get the job done.
And it is joyous when you see someone having fun
that just like lights up the room.
- I agree. - I do wanna point out
the amazing versatility of our finalists.
I think if you look at them across the board, each one
of them comes from
and represents a marginalized community that no matter
who goes on to take the crown
and the title of the world's Next Drag Super Monster,
these four artists have been sort
of raised up and celebrated.
And I think that's going to trickle down
and inspire communities all across the world.
- They also earned their spot undeniably.
Every single one of them just killed it week after week
after week.
I mean hi.
We ended up having to pick four
of them again, even though we said we wouldn't.
- Even though we said we never would.
And these floor shows were a treat.
So much drag, so much interpretation,
so much strangeness and I love it.
- Okay, well we have a very difficult decision to make,
but I think I have made up my mind.
- And so have I.
Let's crown our Next Drag Super Monster.
[thunder rumbling]
[suspenseful music]
Welcome back, my delicious little dragons,
and thank you all for an incredible grand finale floor show.
- You've killed, you've stolen
and you've stabbed each other in the back just to get here.
To be here in this moment
and to stand next to us on this stage,
just a few inches away
from this gorgeous and extremely expensive crown.
This beautiful and potent symbol of a pathway to power,
love, fame, money, and happiness.
[thunder rumbling]
- [laughing] It truly brings warmth
to our black little hearts.
In the end, this has been a long, painful,
and sadistic journey to the top, just as we designed it.
And although we are proud of everything, all four
of you are able to achieve this season,
there can only be one grand finale winner.
And we have made our final decision.
[suspenseful music]
The winner of the Boulet Brothers Dragula
and the world's Next Drag Super Monster is
Niohuru X. [intense music]
- Go, Nio!
- Go forth and spread our message of Drag, Filth, Horror,
and Glamour.
[both laughing] [thunder rumbling]
[suspenseful music continues] [haunting voices vocalizing]
[steady dramatic music]
[intense horror music] [indistinct horror vocalizing]
[screaming] [thunder rumbling]