- Hello, hello, hello.
Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"...
It's time for the girl group Maxi Challenge.
[queens cheering]
- I want to win.
- Fierce Force Five.
- Hands in. - Hands in.
- To the M52s. - M52s.
[singing] - If you want to be, be my hon
Don't ick my yum
If you want to just have some fun
- Don't ick my yum - Don't ick my yum
- Team M52s, you are safe.
- [gasps] - [mouths words]
- Fierce Force Five, you are the number
one girl group of the season.
[laughter]
Tonight the top two will lip-synch for the win.
Cara Melle.
- It was at times a bit like Cara Melle and friends.
[laughter]
- Tomara Thomas.
- You were giving us Nicole Scherzinger the house down boots,
thigh-highs, everything else.
- Yes.
- You are the top two queens of the week.
- Yeah, girl!
- Cara Melle, condragulations.
You are the winner, baby.
- Yes.
- Thank you.
[upbeat music]
[queens exclaiming]
- Well, back into the Werk Room,
and Cara's just won the lip sync for the win.
- Tomara!
- She deserves it.
But there's still nine girls.
- Toilet's blocked, by the way. - [laughs]
- I love them all, but someone's got to go.
- OK, so listen, let's all congratulate
Cara Melle for being the first-ever
solo winner on a girl group challenge
ever in "Drag Race UK" herstory.
- Is that real?
Thank you, everybody, honestly.
- Get it, diva. Yes. - No, I really appreciate it.
Like, I could not have, obviously, done it without you.
I murdered that lip sync.
I mean, having a win under my belt feels amazing.
But I want more.
How was the lip sync from the back?
I didn't know what we was doing.
- I can't move in these little tight whiteys.
I'm not making excuses.
[laughter]
I let Cara win.
She's had a terrible couple of weeks, bless her.
How gorgeous and generous am I?
- It wasn't that bad, girl.
It was very, very enjoyable to watch.
And I knew I had to see you two go up against each other.
- Well, we've got three badges won.
Dun, dun, dun.
- I seem to be, in the last two weeks,
getting close but just missing the mark.
- Baby girl, you make yourself known.
We know you're here.
[laughter]
We know.
- It's MeMeLicious.
[laughter]
MeMeLicious, God bless her little heart.
It's all about her.
[sighs]
- I mean, it's week four.
There's been a couple of free passes, let's be honest.
- Ooh! - Go on.
- Is anyone feeling like they're coasting along?
[tense music]
- Don't look at me.
[laughter]
No, don't.
Listen, do not mean to be rude,
but you look so funny right now.
- That's what I live to do, babe, make people laugh.
I'm succeeding.
- Oh.
- Apart from Naomi's knee, Kate is the weakest thing
here at the moment.
She needs to step it up.
She's a funny queen.
Bring it.
- You just look a little bit upset, baby, and I--
- No, I don't feel upset at all.
I feel maybe like some of you maybe have underestimated me.
[laughter]
I'm aware that I haven't been critiqued yet.
But I'd rather be coasting than on a roller coaster.
- And on that note, bitches, let's get out of drag.
[queens cheering]
- Come on, girls.
Who wants to come on a coastal walk with me?
We are three weeks into this competition
and we've not yet had a comedy challenge.
I've been nothing but nice to her.
And she comes and says that I'm coasting?
I can feel it in my waters.
- Oh, God, bloody hell.
- I don't think you're coasting. I think you're on a day trip to the coast.
[laughter]
- Something funny this way comes.
And let's see how these pretty girls do when they've got to tell a joke.
- Come on, Demi Moore.
- Come on, Demi Moore, no more.
- The gloves are off.
And the leopard print.
- [singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"
The winner crowned the UK's next "Drag Race" superstar
will create their own digital series
with the producers of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Tonight, with Michelle Visage, Alan Carr,
and extra-special guest judge Suranne Jones.
[singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"
May the best drag queen win, best drag queen win
[upbeat music]
- Whoo!
[sighs]
What a lovely day.
- It's a new day in Werk Room.
[queens exclaiming]
It's time to send somebody home this week.
The competition is getting a lot stronger,
so it just means that I've got to get my pussy into gear.
- How does it feel?
- Honestly, it's so heavy.
Oh, God.
- I must say, very well deserved.
You choreographed that, babe, and you smashed it.
Cara got a badge last week, my girl group sister.
But this week it's Marouli time, bitches.
- Still, it's nine girls.
- Well, this week, it won't be.
- Bands are split.
- Ooh!
- I've always been privy to a solo album anyway.
- Well, I'm Victoria Beckham, 'cause I can't sing.
[laughter]
- How dare you?
- And your ego is enormous.
- Some of these girls are bold and loud and cocky.
And I've got to knock them down a few pegs or two.
- So, then, girls, shall we bring it on?
- Yes!
[screaming]
- Ooh, girl.
- Her Majesty done already done had herses.
My queens... - Yay!
To become the UK's next drag superstar,
you need to sing like no one is listening,
dance like no one's watching,
and love like the filthy pig you know you is, child.
[laughter]
- Oh! - Oh, my God.
- What does that mean?
- I feel really sick.
I think I need to have a day off.
- You can have one tomorrow when you go home.
[screaming]
- Hello, hello, hello.
all: Hi.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Gorgeous.
- Now, in this competition, if you want to be a top,
you've got to be versatile.
And for today's Mini Challenge,
I'm looking for the face of a delicious new
a thick and creamy shake packed with nut-based protein
called SPNK.
[laughter] - Oh!
- I drink so much SPNK.
It's also used as a nice face mask if you just tap right under the eye.
- Oh, Brit crew.
- Ooh!
[queens gasp]
- Oh, my God.
- Ah! It's Raven in flesh and blood.
[queens exclaiming]
- I love Raven.
And obviously, the makeup is impeccable.
- Now, queens, Raven will be taking your photo as you pose
and deliver a sticky tagline.
#DragRaceUK.
- Mm.
- Raven, I didn't know you were a photographer.
- Me either.
[laughter]
- Now, queens, you've got 15 minutes to get into quick DTF bro drag.
Ready. Set. Let's get swole.
[queens screaming]
- Fuck, fuck, fuck.
- Ah!
- There are mustaches flying everywhere.
We are putting the man in manic.
Ginger's the trade.
[speaking indistinctly]
- Hey, bro.
[queens whooping]
- 'Sup, RuPaul?
- Michael Marouli.
You like protein shakes, don't you? - I love protein.
- Oh, really?
OK, great.
- SPNK.
Lift heavy.
Swallow hard.
[laughter]
- [retches]
- Show me thirst.
Ooh, yes.
- Miss Naomi Carter.
- SPNK, now with mystery chunks.
Hey!
- That's it.
DeDeLicious.
- SPNK, now with vanilla.
- [gasps] - Oh, my God!
- Ginger Johnson.
- Well, my name's actually John Michael Henry Luke Michael John,
but me friends just call us Ham.
[laughter] - OK.
So let's do some poses.
- Got the name in and all, right?
- Yes, yes, let's do it.
- Ginger looks like she'd stink.
I don't mind sucking on a fisherman's friend,
but that's taking the piss.
- SPNK, now with even more sperm.
[laughter]
- Kate Butch.
And action.
- SPNK, how much can you swallow?
- [laughs]
- Cara Melle.
Where are you gonna put that SPNK?
- Like this. - Oh.
That's one way to ride a bike.
- SPNK.
I just love it.
- [laughs]
Tomara Thomas.
I didn't know you cared.
- Sausage surprise.
- SPNK, how much do you gulp, bro?
- Flip that hair around.
- Oh, God, I just feel so fucking gorgeous when I just--
ooh.
You just got to let go and let that SPNK flow.
[laughter]
- Did you get what you needed?
[laughter]
- More than enough.
- Banksie.
This is a protein drink.
It builds protein in the body.
- Banksie looks like Mr. Bean on his way
to an Outward Bound center.
[laughs]
- SPNK, drink it, but don't get it in your eye.
[laughter]
- Look at that mustache.
- SPNK.
Come for the flavor, stay for the pasty.
[laughter]
- Ew.
- Racers, you were all oozing with alpha energy.
But one of you was the cream of the crop.
- The winner of today's Mini Challenge is...
Tomara Thomas.
[cheers and applause]
- Mwah, mwah.
Ooh, ooh!
- My queens, inspired by my MasterClass,
for this week's Maxi Challenge, I want you to share
your experience in an inspirational seminar
called RuPaul's DisasterClass.
- Ooh.
- This week, you'll be working in groups of three.
Tomara Thomas, as the winner of today's Mini Challenge,
you get to assign the teams.
First pick two queens to be in your group.
- Ooh.
I'll have you. - Oh.
- And then who?
Who? And then I'll have you.
- OK, all right. - It's the North East girls.
- The North East girls.
- How dare you, Tomara?
[laughs]
I mean, girl.
- We will have Miss Naomi.
We will have Miss DeDe and Miss Kate.
And the last team will be Miss Banksie,
Miss Pasty, and Cara.
- Tomara Thomas, Michael Marouli, and Ginger Johnson,
your topic is party.
- Oh. - Oh!
- Drag lessons on making friends
and influencing people.
- Oh, my God. This is it.
We know how to party hard.
Howay, lasses, we've got this.
- Naomi Carter, DeDeLicious, and Kate Butch,
your topic is werk.
Drag lessons in mastering your career and life.
- I've had a few cringey disasters that have happened at work.
So this should be interesting.
- And, Banksie, Vicki Vivacious, and Cara Melle,
your topic is love. - Love.
- Drag lessons on romance and relationships.
In other words, SPNK.
[laughter]
- Baby, I've been engaged more times than a Portaloo at Glastonbury.
- Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.
[queens cheering]
- Werk. - Come on, Team Werk.
- Let's go werk.
Werk.
- So Tomara picked the groups.
And straightaway, she picked me and Ginger.
Very wise.
I know we're gonna have an absolute ball together.
I am so excited.
We've all got the same humor.
We're all daft as brushes.
- Don't know about you girls, but I've been to quite a few parties.
[laughs]
- Quite a few parties.
The North East is the party capital of the UK,
so we're gonna bring this.
- I've actually never--
- The MasterClass? - No.
- I have seen a few. - Oh, you have?
- Yeah. - Right, good.
- I've seen clips of RuPaul's.
It's about, like, living your most authentic life.
And Christina Aguilera teaches singing.
It's all about taking our expertise... - Mm.
- And basically spoon-feeding it to the audience in a funny way.
- What was you thinking about, choosing the other groups?
Was it just who was stood together or...
- It very much was.
I thought, look, gives us a chance to all work with each other, different vibe.
- Mm-hmm. - Exactly.
- These are the people that I wanted to work with.
I know that the good-time girls,
the angels of the North, are ready to take over.
If they don't like it, they can fuck off.
- [laughs]
- I'm so excited.
- Yes, let's do it. - Let's do it, girls.
North East, yeah, we'll go. - Yes, girls.
- I've never worked with either of you, so I'm quite excited for a change.
- I've got to say something.
We're the badge winners, bitch.
[both gasps]
- Oh, my God. - Oh, my God.
- I don't think that she was thinking
as clearly as she may have thought that she was doing.
- Listen, I'm very happy with our group.
- I am too. - Our topic for me is perfection.
- Perfection. I've actually never been in love.
- Ooh. - Yeah.
- That's a great angle. - So I could come from that.
I'm sure I'm not the only person that has never been in love in this world.
And so that's gonna be my angle, all right?
Never being in love but being in love with yourself,
'cause that is what really matters.
- With me, I've been in a relationship for years.
- Mm-hmm. - I'm engaged.
We met online.
So I'm gonna talk about the whole online experiences,
good and bad, and how you can find love on a dating app, you know.
- Yeah.
- And what angle are you thinking, Banksie?
- You know, me and my partner have been together for, like,
2 1/2, nearly 3 years now.
And, like, you know, she's a trans woman and she's absolutely incredible.
And it was something I never expected to be doing.
So I'm in a relationship with my partner, Ol.
And I feel like this DisasterClass is my opportunity
to be like, you, over there, Ol, love you, babe.
You're great.
I think our points were great.
I think it's just maybe getting our parts solid for us.
If you can't love yourself, how the hell are you gonna love somebody else?
- And we definitely should use that.
- I'm gonna be honest.
There is 10% of their ideas that I'm just not down for.
But sometimes I can take control too much.
I need to learn to step back and trust in my sisters.
This is our time to shine. - Moment to shine, yeah.
- 100%.
- Team Werk, how are we feeling?
- Definitely excited to talk about gigging, that sort of stuff,
'cause I feel like we all have very different areas of drag work.
- Yeah.
- I've got a lot to say on being young
and carving out a career for myself.
So the category we've got about werk is perfect for me.
- So it's a big public speaking challenge. - Yeah.
I've done a lot of hosting.
So yeah, I'm not worried about that at all.
- How about you, Naomi? Are you confident speaking?
- Yeah, I feel like sometimes I get a bit, like, tongue-tied.
I'm not gonna lie.
I am a little bit nervous because public speaking ain't my gig.
But do you know what?
I'm just gonna have to smash it out the park.
- I think we could talk about, like, your work family.
- The key word here is MasterClass.
- Yes. - We're teaching.
- We're not loose women at all.
[laughter]
- Oh, miss, am I late for class?
- Yay! - Just in time.
- Hi!
- Well, how are ya?
- Hi.
- Are North East girls known for partying?
- We are known as the party capital of the UK.
- You come from party people.
- Yeah, from party people.
Absolutely. - Yeah.
[laughs] - Yeah.
- North East girls are the friendliest, loveliest people.
We look after each other.
I guarantee you, on a Geordie night out, you'll be being sick in the toilet.
Someone that you met five minutes ago will be holding your hair,
and you'll end up going on holiday together for the next ten years.
This is what our class is.
It's teaching southerners how to survive a night out
with a North East girl and still wake up with a few of your teeth left.
[laughter]
- People from around the world would be watching your class.
So I'm thinking that some of these lessons
should probably be universal keys and lessons for partying,
no matter where you are.
- So we could do it how to survive partying North East style,
not necessarily just in the North East.
- But anywhere around the world.
- Yeah, party like a Geordie girl.
- How to bring the North East flavor anywhere you go.
- Anywhere you go. - That's exactly what it should be.
Well, I can't wait to see what you do.
Break a leg out there.
- Let's party. - Let's party.
[laughter]
- We are gonna change our concept, make it more universal.
We've got a lot of work ahead of us.
Fingers crossed we can pull this off.
- Hello, ladies.
- Hi. - All badge winners.
- Ooh! - Sure are.
- How about that?
And how are you all getting on?
Have you worked together before?
- It's my first time working alongside Banksie.
- Same here. - Yeah, same. And you know what?
Our ideas have been back and forth, back and forth.
It seems really easy to work with these two girls.
- Now, your subject is love.
How many of you have been in love?
Wait, you've never been in love before?
- No, I haven't.
- So is this gonna be quite a challenge for you?
- Actually, it's not, because I think
that's what's gonna make the conversation a bit more interesting.
- Huh. Huh. - Yeah.
Never been in a relationship longer than two months.
I tried to rush falling in love with people.
Never worked.
I still believe in the idea of love.
I'm just waiting.
- Without giving anything away, how have you structured your curriculum?
- I'm being the emcee in the center, kind of throwing the questions
to these two and then coming back into myself.
Our kind of title is "Love: Chucking Away the Rule Book."
- "Chucking Away the Rule Book." - "Chucking Away the Rule Book."
- Uh-huh.
- I think the overarching theme of all of it is that love is unconventional,
and we've each got a different angle on that.
'Cause my love life has changed.
It's less about the sexuality, more about the person.
- Yeah. Now, you both raised your hands.
Are you in a relationship right now? - I am in a relationship.
We met online four years ago, but we make our own rules.
We're in an open relationship where we've torn up the rule book.
I believe you can love somebody
and want to be with them for the rest of your life.
But I also believe that now and then, you can get your leg over
with somebody different at the weekend.
It's a relationship, not a community project.
- How do you think you'll be able to really reach people?
You know, because this is a very modern concept
that you're all talking about.
- I think that something that we can link all of them together with
is that we ourselves define what love is to us.
- Sure. Yeah. - Yeah.
- No, I love that.
The only thing, I want to make sure that you guys keep this fun and light.
You know, 'cause it has a tendency to get kind of heavy.
- Can we make it funny?
I'm funny. I've written some cracking jokes.
- Thank you so much. Can't wait.
- Thanks very much.
- Hi, ladies. - Ey up, ey up, ey up.
- What? Are you speaking English?
[laughter]
- "Ey up" means hello in Yorkshire.
- Ey up. Huh. - Ey up.
- I know for a fact, half the times, Ru has not got a clue what I'm saying.
- I feel like this is a MasterClass.
- Cultural exchange.
We've already begun. - Ey up.
[laughter]
It's true.
What are some of the categories that you're gonna cover?
- We're doing getting work, keeping work, and getting paid.
- OK.
How do you balance that?
How do you balance working in nightclubs
but also being a professional?
- You need to remember you have a reputation to uphold.
You're still working.
- Personally for me... - Mm-hmm.
- Once I can no longer count beyond four...
- Uh-huh. - Then I know it's time to stop.
- Oh, you'll have four drinks? - Yeah.
- OK. - Over three hours.
- Three hours? - Four G&Ts.
Do I have a problem?
[laughter]
- I didn't want to tell you this, but this is an intervention.
- Have to make some notes.
Four drinks--too many.
Is that a lot? And I'm a drunk.
- How long have you been doing drag, Miss Carter?
- About five years.
- And what's the biggest lesson you've learned in those five years?
- Where I've come from, we've not really had much of a drag scene.
So, like, I think, like, the support of your family is an important thing.
But I think, like, another important thing
is actually making sure you're getting paid a decent wage.
- Get the money up front.
Well, you know, if you want to work,
find out where your strengths are.
And that's really unique to who you are.
- Yes. OK. OK. - That's how it should be.
- I am gonna take on all of Ru's advice,
because I want to make sure that our DisasterClass can be
the best that it can be so that we can win a bloody badge.
- Well, listen, I can't wait to see what you come up with.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
- We look forward to it. - I look forward to it.
- Let's hit the bar.
[laughter]
- Let's get a tequila, babes. - Yeah.
- So, girls, how was the walk-through with Ru?
- Really good.
I had so much fun. - Great.
- Is there anyone else in the room maybe worried
about how they're gonna make theirs funny?
- No. - Not at all?
- Do you think I'm gonna let my team go out there and not be funny?
- But are you writing all the jokes?
- Not all of them. - No. No.
- I've given them one each.
[laughter] - I agree.
- Is everyone happy with the groups that I personally--very hard?
[laughter]
That wasn't a joke, bitch.
- The question is... - Yeah.
- Why'd you pick these two?
- Because they're my northern girls.
See, all them badge owners, they might just be in it for themselves.
But this is a group challenge.
The team has to work as a team.
- There's a lot of bitching energy coming from this table.
Is this how it works?
You're a massive bitch and then you get a badge?
- Well, no, you get the badge, and then you turn it into a bitch.
- Oh.
- You were a bitch before the badge, babe.
[laughter]
- True. Very true.
- Whoo.
- Come on, lasses.
- Let's go, ladies.
- For today's Maxi Challenge, we are all taking part
in our own DisasterClass.
- Team Werk.
- With an E. - Ooh.
- We are going to be giving our expertise on how to handle
life's biggest disasters.
And I'm super excited.
- All right, girls, let's paint.
- So, Miss Vicki, is that the lovely Rory there?
- Yeah, it is. Look at him.
- I love a ginger, you know. - Oh, me too, babes.
- Mm-hmm. - He's just incredible.
I've missed him so much in this process.
He's the person that kind of checks me if I'm getting a bit
too kind of stressed or too--
- In your own head? - Do you get that?
- Yeah, you're always on.
It's the exact same with me and Ol.
Like, there she is, my absolute angel.
I mean, I never thought I'd ever find the love of my life.
- She's gorgeous. - She is gorgeous.
I've been with Ol for about two years now.
She is a performer.
She is an amazing soul.
And she is the coolest person I've ever met.
You know, we've changed a lot.
Like, we met when she was not starting her transition.
I'm gonna talk about it today,
but you have all those thoughts and feelings.
It was a really big thing for me at the time.
About six months into our relationship,
Ol confided in me that she was trans.
And then that made me think, am I really attracted to men,
or am I attracted to a person?
And I had to get my head round it.
If I'm really being honest, I didn't know if I had it in me.
I always thought when I was growing up that I could, like,
never be loved and that love wasn't for me.
And then only from being with Ol did I ever go, oh, my gosh,
this is how I'm supposed to be treated.
I'm supposed to be loved in this way.
I had to get my head around the fact that I was being with a woman now.
And is that what I want?
We talked about it for a very long time.
And over time, I realized that it is what I want.
I want this person.
I remember telling people that Ol was trans
and then them going, but you're gay.
How's that gonna work?
You know, we really had to open up to my family and say, you know,
I'm not changing.
I'm evolving.
You know what? It was a weird and funny experience going to my family,
I'm gay, and then recently going, ha-ha, good for you,
I'm with a woman now.
And so we had to reeducate them,
and they're still getting their head round it.
I am attracted to this person.
This person is the love of my life.
This person is the person I want to be with because they make me happy
no matter what their gender identity is.
- Good for you. - Mm-hmm.
It's funny to look back at where I was five years ago
to where I am now, and then to find someone
who not only allows you to evolve
but evolves with you is so incredible.
I really look after her, and I want to protect her,
because there's so many horrible things
going on to trans people in the world right now,
and everyone's vilified, and it's--it's scary.
- Well, she has you. - Yeah.
- And that's incredible.
- I think, with queer people, we're such a spectrum.
We enjoy new experience and trying new things,
having partners who aren't strictly to the binary.
It's lovely and amazing and modern.
And at the end of the day, I don't really care
how my partner is going to be outside of our relationship
as long as in our relationship, they are the exact same,
which they have always been.
- Amazing.
It just goes to show that love is so unique
and it's so individual.
Everyone's story is different, and I absolutely love it.
Listen, let's go out there today and absolutely smash this
for ourselves, for our team, and for the people we love.
- Yes. Let's do it, girlie.
- Pkew! We got this. - Pkew!
[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]
- [laughs]
[singing] Cover girl
Put the bass in your walk
Head to toe
Let your whole body talk
And what
- Wow.
- Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK."
Michelle Visage, what's the best advice you've ever received?
- Never trust someone who's wearing more than one ponytail.
[laughter]
I have so many.
- Good advice. - Thank you.
- The super-specsy Alan Carr.
What's the best advice you've ever received?
- Drinking can cause memory loss
or, even worse, memory loss.
[laughter]
- And the fabulous Suranne Jones.
Same question.
- It was Dame Judi Dench when she said to me,
if they ain't paying your bills,
pay them bitches no mind.
[laughter]
I think it was her.
- This week, we challenged our queens to school us
on how to werk, party, and love like a drag queen.
And tonight on the runway, category is Slaycation,
sickening holiday looks.
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.
[applause]
Presenting their DisasterClass on werk,
it's Miss Naomi Carter, DeDeLicious, and Kate Butch.
[laughter and applause]
- Today we're going to be discussing werk
and how to turn your nine to five into a ten out of what?
all: Ten.
- Now, we're gonna go over three key points here.
Getting work.
- Getting paid.
- And getting a grip.
- So, DeDe, how did you turn your nine to five into a ten out of ten?
- Number one, don't ask, you don't get.
You need to put yourself out there
and ask for opportunities.
If you really want it, you'll take it... - Yeah.
- And you'll take it hard. - Mm.
- And I'm a big taker.
- And how would you summarize that for the gorgeous viewers at home?
- OK, well, I've got a gorgeous little acronym for you.
We have...
Don't Inquire,
Lose Drag Opportunities.
Absolutely. So, Naomi, what are your experiences
with making sure your wages are correct for your career
and having that bank nice and juicy?
- Juicy, mm.
Let's talk about money and making sure that you can
actually pay for your drag.
So I think that you need to make sure that you are
networking and making sure that you are getting a correct wage.
Because I know for a fact when I started doing this job,
girl, I was getting paid 30 pounds a night.
- Oh, God. - And it wasn't a lot. I know, I know.
It is really, really important that you can actually
invest into your drag so that you can try and elevate
and get better into it.
- I love Naomi, but where are her jokes?
She's just wanting to be a bit more serious,
which isn't the brief.
- I don't think, like, club promoters understand that you need
to pay for wigs, nails, heels.
- Therapy. - Exactly, baby.
- Absolutely. [laughter]
- You need to make sure the fee is right,
because if there's no fee, there's no me.
- You got to know your worth.
And how would you summarize that for the gorgeous DisasterClass students?
- Yes, show us.
- I've got a little acronym for you, darlings.
- Oh, lovely. - Oh.
- Take Wages And Twirl.
- That is me all over.
- Oh, we know, Kate. - Absolutely.
- We know that one, baby. - We know.
- Now, don't know whether you know this,
but I recently learned that maybe four drinks in two hours
is too many.
- What?
- Which is probably why I lost my job as a brain surgeon.
[laughter]
Let's talk about the big P, punctuality.
You got to be on time, whether your nine to five
begins at 9:00 a.m. or 9:00 p.m. like us ladies.
- So, Kate, how have your experience shaped this?
- Well, I have done loads of jobs
across all areas of the speculum.
[laughter]
- You could say you've been burning the bush at both ends.
- Mm, and it is singed.
- Mm-hmm.
- You've got to be someone that people want to work with.
- Exactly, because at the end of the day,
you need to make sure that you are approachable,
that you aren't gonna get too pissed on a shift.
Because at the end of the day, that is really, really unprofessionable.
- Now, I know we've all had our share of hardship.
Knee injury.
Wig injury.
I lost all my makeup skills in a house fire.
[laughter]
But you know what we do?
We put on a brave face, we get to work on time,
and we get the job done.
- Amen.
- I've been Kate Butch.
- I've been DeDeLicious.
- I've been Miss Naomi Carter.
- And we will... all: See you next Tuesday.
- Turrah. - Bye. Thanks for watching.
- Right, who wants a drink, ladies?
The rest of my group are looking a bit gutted,
but I felt like we smashed it.
Am I delusional?
- Presenting their DisasterClass on party,
it's Tomara Thomas, Michael Marouli, and Ginger Johnson.
- Ey, hello there.
I'm Michael Marouli, kebab enthusiast,
the queen of the quayside.
And in today's DisasterClass, we're gonna show you how you can evoke
the true Geordie party girl spirit no matter where you are in the world.
P-A-R-T...why?
Because the Geordies do it best... all: And you can too.
- Oh.
all: Uh-huh.
- Now, we're going through a cost of living life crisis,
for crying out loud.
Now, hey, us northern girls, we can party on a budget.
- Yes.
- Now, I mean, I went out last week with 20 pound
and I came back with 200.
[laughter]
And the clap.
[laughter]
- Oh, she's a filthy one, our Tomara.
- Now, we're gonna introduce you to some key
dos and don'ts for a fabulous night out,
North East style.
This young woman is about to head out,
and she has made fatal errors.
- Colossal. - Colossal.
- She's wearing a coat.
[laughter]
Come hell or high water,
no true Geordie party girl will ever...
- Ever. - Cover herself up on a night out.
Coats are for what?
all: Shoplifting.
[laughter]
- Ey, she cannot help herself.
- Yeah, I cannot.
Oh.
both: Uh-huh.
- Now, Michael, even from over here,
I'm seeing another terrible mistake that this young woman has made.
- Ginger, I don't think I can bring myself to say it.
She's got all of her own teeth.
[laughter]
- I always leave my best two teeth at home.
That way, I've got what I need to open my tin of corned beef
in the morning.
- Oh!
- But the true essence of the Geordie party girl,
it's not just a state of mind.
It is a lifestyle.
- Not only that. We take pride in how we look.
We get up, we show up, and, my God, do we look good.
- And, you know, that's a fabulous point, Tomara.
If you've never unblocked a toilet in a six-inch slingback,
you've never lived.
- It's so true, Ginger.
It's all about the Geordie way of life.
You can achieve it no matter where you are in the world.
All you have to do is look in that mirror and say
loud and proud, I'm a Geordie girl.
Say it with me.
all: I'm a Geordie girl.
- P-A-R-T...why?
Because the Geordies do it best...
all: And now you can too.
- Oh.
all: Uh-huh.
Turrah.
[laughter and applause]
- Yes, babe.
- It was just perfection.
Oh, I don't want to go after these bitches.
- Here with our DisasterClass on love,
it's Banksie, Vicki Vivacious, and Cara Melle.
- Ladies, gentlemen, Michelle...
[laughter]
Welcome to our DisasterClass.
Love is blind, and so am I.
Where am I?
- Take your glasses off, Banksie.
- Sorry.
And today we'll be teaching you about love and chucking away the rule book.
Oh, yes.
- If this is how it starts, how the hell is it gonna finish?
- Oh, that was the one.
In this DisasterClass, we're going to be focusing on the rules of love,
finding yourself in love,
and Cara Melle's many failed attempts at love.
- [giggles]
- First up is Vicki Vivacious, who puts the pro in prolapse.
[laughter] Vicki, tell me about love.
- Navigating your way around love
can be harder than Kate Butch's hairline on pop icon week.
- Ooh, criminal.
- Baby, my mantra is this.
You can unfollow, but you can't unswallow.
[laughter]
But listen, there is some good news.
- What?
- I found love online.
- Oh!
- It can be done, girls.
It can be done.
Do it your way.
And do it with who you want.
- Tell him, girl.
- Wasn't that brave?
Wow.
[laughter]
- Banksie, tell me, baby, how do you deal with love?
- You know, I used to think I was gay, strictly man-on-man.
And then with my identity, it became man-on-them,
and then I fell in love, Vicki.
[harp glissando]
I met my partner, and we instantly hit it off.
She then came out as trans, which, you know,
it was hard for me at first.
I'd never been with a woman before.
Because trans women are what?
- Women, baby. - Yes, they are.
You know, at the end of the day, ladies, when you and your partner
are being both your authentic selves,
the only thing your relationship can do
is flourish.
So, Cara, what has love been like for you?
- Well, as a powerful businesswoman in drag,
I have never been in love.
And the reason for that is because men are cheats, liars,
and they steal your money and your sex toys
when you're not paying attention.
Mm, mm, mm.
- Awkward.
Banksie, tell me why you have not been successful in love, baby.
- Actually, I'm Cara Melle, thank you.
- That's right. You are, baby.
- It feels like the way we rehearsed it is not
how we're doing it at all.
- I had to realize that before I give myself up to love,
I first will need to learn how to love myself.
Because that is the true relationship that matters, darling.
Can I get an amen up in here?
- Amen. - Amen, baby.
- Well, you know, as the old phrase goes,
there are plenty more fish in the sea,
like this fish right here.
Would you like this fish?
- Oh, yes. - No, you don't want this fish!
- Ow! - Sit down, Cara.
- It's a train wreck, really.
It's really, really bad.
And I'm loving it.
[laughs]
- Chocolates, baby. Take the chocolate.
- Have the chocolates instead.
- [exhales heavily] - Ugh.
At the end of the day, ladies, if people at home
can't connect to our personal stories,
are there any little things that we can
send them home with right now?
- Yes, baby.
Do relationships your way.
Not a community project, baby.
- [laughs]
- And learn how to love yourself.
- And if you're sitting at home with no love,
have a wank.
Turrah. - Bye-bye.
- Mwah. Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye. - I hate people.
- [groans]
Well, we certainly nailed the part of being a disaster.
- [singing] You have the right to be free
Category is Slaycation.
Up first, DeDeLicious.
- My fair baby.
- [laughs]
- I'm serving poolside yummy mummy.
- Oh, it's milking time.
- I'm just loving the whole drapey vibe.
I feel really sexy in this.
I feel like a proper MILF.
- Oh.
- And then boom, a little reveal
to a tiny, tiny little thong.
- Now she's bitch body ready.
[laughter]
- Up next, Kate Butch.
Oh, I get it. She's visiting the Great Barrier Queef.
[laughter]
- I am glub-glubbing down this runway.
I've dropped the kids off at the pool,
and I'm ready for an all-inclusive
with free drinks on tap.
- Flip-flop, she don't stop.
[laughter]
- I'm wearing a custom rhinestone wet suit
and even a little rhinestone snorkel.
- Blow me.
[laughter]
- Would you pull that crap with a net?
I would, and I did.
- Kate Butch, now dolphin-safe.
- Up next, Miss Naomi Carter.
Get a load of them slopes.
- I'm serving you pink neon ski suit,
looking like Whitney Houston, I may add.
I'm rhinestoned to death.
I've got some fur that I hand-dyed myself,
and I am feeling gorgeous.
- She's expecting nine inches tonight.
[laughter]
- I've got some ski poles that I stole from my uncle.
I've also got some goggles which I stole from my cousin.
I'm just feeling the fantasy right now.
I feel bloody gorgeous.
And if you're not feeling the fantasy, well, baby,
I feel sorry for you.
- Next time, shave the bottom half of your legs too.
[laughter]
- For your pleasure, Tomara Thomas.
- I'm in fur.
I am fresh, fresh from the Alps.
- Get a load of that merkin.
- I feel like a sexy rich Russian bitch.
- I think I can see her snowball.
[laughter]
- Oh, dear.
- I don't even ski.
I just look stunning in my fluffy bikini
and my fluffy boots.
Ooh. Shh.
- Fur real?
Up next, Michael Marouli.
- Picture it, Coney Island, 1987.
[laughter]
- This is my type of Slaycation.
Cocktail in one hand, big ball in the other, knockout.
- I think she's on the penis coladas.
[laughter]
- So my costume is that very pinup girls of the past, you know,
a little oh, oh, oh.
- Oh.
- If you like it, then you should have put a stamp on it.
[laughter]
- I hope these girls packed their suntan lotion,
'cause this look is gonna burn them to a friggin' crisp.
- Up next, Ginger Johnson.
- I'm feeling out of this world.
- She's space traveling.
That's where she's going. - Oh.
- I am serving Pierre Cardin retrofuturism
mixed with a pencil case.
- Probe me, probe me.
- Probe me.
- I made this look two hours before I left for "Drag Race."
- Mars needs women.
Next, Vicki Vivacious.
- Yee-haw.
[laughter]
- I'm off to America on my holibobs,
and I am looking the part.
God knows I love a bit of "Brokeback Mountain," babes.
- Strum up and see me sometime.
[laughter]
- This silhouette today is a nice loose pink denim cowgirl moment.
I'm strumming my big old instrument.
I feel fab. I feel sexy. I love it.
- You know, I can see her Willie Nelson.
[laughter]
Up next, Cara Melle.
- All these girls came in a little ski look.
I'm the mothertucking store.
Mm!
- Ooh.
- Angel dust. - Mm.
- We're in Antarctica having a ball, darling.
- Prancing on ice.
- Anyone order a Cara Melle popsicle?
Ooh.
- Up next, Banksie.
Coats are for what?
Shoplifting.
- I am serving you a Swiss diplomat's wife.
And you know what? She's just got to jet off.
She's got to go. I'm very sorry.
The slopes are calling.
- It's the Lynx Effect.
- Yes, it is.
- I feel like no one can touch me on this runway.
I am gorgeous,
I am long, and I am rich.
- She really stepped her pussy up.
[laughter]
- [singing] You got the right to be free
Welcome, ladies.
Based on your DisasterClasses
and your Slaycation presentations,
I've made some decisions.
When I call your name, please step forward.
Tomara Thomas,
Ginger Johnson,
Michael Marouli.
This week, you Geordie girls did a canny job.
Condragulations, pets.
You are the winners of this week's challenge.
- Thank you. - Yes!
- Whoo! - Oh, oh.
- And you've each earned a coveted RuPeter badge.
- [singing] Rule Britannia
- Wear it with pride and think of Newcastle.
- Wey aye, pet. - Yes!
[laughter]
- I've just won me first RuPeter badge.
A daft Geordie bastard.
- You may leave the stage.
- And I'm over the moon.
Oh, uh-huh.
- Ladies, you are the bottoms of the week.
Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
First up, DeDeLicious.
- So you were in the werk group.
And I thought you did a good job.
You had some funny moments.
I think your nose contour again was a little, little strong.
But I do see that you're lightening it up.
- Listen, respect to you for going first,
because it's always terrifying.
And you had some great lines.
- If you really want it, you'll take it, and I'm a big taker.
- I loved it. - Thank you.
- I felt like there was a good mix of one-liners,
some funnies, but I connected with you.
And this outfit is just great.
Plenty of milk for the child, which is always good.
- Mm-hmm. I know that's right.
[laughter]
- Double DeDeLicious.
- [gasps] Oh, my God.
- I thought you were really fun in the challenge.
You reminded me of a young Margaret Thatcher
but not as sexy.
[laughter]
And I love your nose contouring.
I think this is the right level.
- Mm-hmm. - We're all behind bars.
- And now we're behind softer bars.
[laughter]
- All right, thank you. - Thank you.
- Up next, Kate Butch.
- You were the hostess with the mostest.
Do you host for a living? - Yes.
Yeah. - Yeah. You could tell.
You were in control, and I felt safe whenever you were talking.
- I loved you in the DisasterClass.
The jokes were solid, funny, delivered wonderfully.
It was a pitch-perfect performance.
- To hear you say that I'm a funny person is everything.
Like, you are one of my comedy heroes.
- You know I'm not Jimmy Carr. You know I'm Alan Carr.
[laughter] - Oh!
- Oh.
- If I was paired with you in improvisation
as an actor, I would be like, oh, thank God it's Kate.
She's gonna catch me when I fall.
Brilliant. - Thank you so much.
- I had no doubt that you would really handle this like a boss,
and you absolutely did.
Now, this look is a little challenging.
It is on brand because it's hilarious.
Listen, there's a blonde color for every human on this Earth.
This blonde is not your color.
[laughter]
You got great critiques tonight.
- I'm thrilled. Thank you.
I can't lip-synch in these flippers,
so please don't make me.
- [laughs] - Thank you, Kate.
- Thank you. - Miss Naomi Carter.
- Let's talk about your MasterClass.
You weren't the funniest, but do you know what?
I found you very warm.
I did listen to you. I didn't zone out.
I was really interested in what you had to say.
- In your group, those two seemed together
and you looked a little bit behind them.
And then I'm gonna say that you were not wearing lashes.
- So I had, like--it's not, like, a full lash.
It's just, like, a-- - A demi lash.
- Yeah, a demi lash.
- I wouldn't even wear that to the Tesco.
[laughter]
Girl.
Smallest lash and the biggest tits.
[laughter]
- Where are you from?
- I'm from Doncaster.
- Oh, I love your energy.
I thought, when you held up your TWAT, you became, like, very alive.
- Take Wages And Twirl.
- That's when you kind of matched the energy of the other two.
And I love this.
This is so camp.
I just want to go skiing with you right now.
- Can do, baby.
- I'm going up the Alps.
Where's my stripper shoes?
[laughter]
- In the challenge, I could tell you were nervous.
Do you host shows?
- I don't normally.
Over the years growing up, I've been, like, spoken down to
about the way that I speak and stuff like that.
So I feel like-- - Spoken down?
Fuck them people. They crazy.
- Mm.
- I love the way you speak.
It's so fabulous.
You know that, right?
- I didn't know till I come here, but I do now.
- That voice, that's the gold right there.
Tell me about the outfit you wore in the challenge,
which was fabulous.
But it was-- [laughs]
It was like from a funk band.
- I wanted to give, like, a summer executive realness kind of vibe.
- And what company would your executive work at?
- Just one on a spaceship, probably.
[laughter]
- Oh, oh, she works at NASA.
- She does, baby. - Oh.
OK.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- All right, up next, Vicki Vivacious.
- You kids were talking to us about love.
I think, for me, my issue was trying to find a thread
that held you all together.
It felt like you were three different entities.
- I loved you in the MasterClass.
I was really drawn to you.
And I love this. I just think you look so beautiful.
And I love the pink. It's such a great tone on you.
- Thank you. - Beautiful.
- Where the hell do you go on holiday?
- I've always wanted to go to somewhere
where there's real cowboys.
And me and my fiancé, we really want to do
Route 66 for our honeymoon.
- Oh.
That's amazing.
Good for you for being original.
- This thing, it's really beautiful.
I just kept expecting some type of a reveal
because I thought, well, it can't just be
this sort of boxy silhouette.
Something's gonna happen with it.
What was it like working with the other girls?
- I'm gonna be completely honest, 'cause I promised myself I would be.
I did have concerns with who was the mediator of our group.
Not that Banksie did a bad job.
It's just that I just know that I could have brought us all
together more as a group, and I just wish that I'd voiced my opinion.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Up next, Cara Melle.
- Between the three of you, there wasn't much unity.
But when you got into your rhythm,
there was flashes of funny there.
- Men are cheats, liars,
and they steal your money and your sex toys
when you're not paying attention.
- But we couldn't get to know you there
and what you were saying about not finding love or not being
so lucky in love and how you could help the viewer turn that around.
- OK.
- I wanted you to look up and include us more so I could
feel you and engage with you.
I just felt like I wanted you to let us in a little bit more.
- OK.
- This I want to put on.
I want to just see what it feels like to wear that for five minutes.
- My God, this outfit is beyond.
It belongs on a stage in a stadium
so everybody can see the silhouette.
The shoulder pads, the heels, the way it shines
is so gorgeous.
You know in the challenge, you were nervous,
and it made us feel nervous.
Tell me what was going through your mind when you were up there.
- I could tell that our group was kind of going down the wrong path.
And I noticed from the start, it actually didn't
go the way it was supposed to.
And even, like, the introduction, we didn't even get
to introduce our own names.
So I think that, yeah, I just really wish I could have shown you more.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Up next, Banksie.
- Hi. - Let's talk about DisasterClass.
I actually thought you were funny. Do you know what?
I love that deadpan delivery.
- Wasn't that brave?
Wow.
- It did look a little bit under-rehearsed.
We're all allowed to have an off day, aren't we?
- Yeah.
- I thought you had some really funny moments.
It just didn't sync.
- You're from Manchester. - Yeah.
- Ooh-ooh!
Yeah, I love both looks.
Both looks are just so lush and chic
and camp, expensive and ugh.
- You know, your story of your love life
and how you were able to evolve into who you are today
is very interesting, but I wanted to know more.
- Mm. - So the other girls alluded to the fact
that you may have missed some marks.
Did you assign yourself the moderator?
- I wanted to step forward.
I think that both of them--I feel like a lamb to slaughter, to be honest.
- Oh. - A little bit.
I feel like both of them have turned to me
as the person who maybe has made the success
of this challenge go away.
I feel a bit upset, to be honest.
- I know the other girls alluded to the fact
that there were things that you missed, but we the audience
didn't get that you missed anything.
- I know I missed two lines.
I missed the introduction, which I truly apologize for,
and I messed up my own line and my own joke.
- I think that you have to walk through fire
to learn how to do it.
'Cause the truth of the matter is, just be yourself.
Thank you, Banksie. - Thank you very much.
- Well, thank you, ladies.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck in the Werk Room,
the judges and I will deliberate.
You may leave the stage.
- Cheers to the North East.
- Yes, babies, cheers. Mwah, mwah.
Finally we've got a badge.
- Yeah! - Ah, we've got a badge!
- See, I was clever on who I was picking.
These bitches think I'm thick.
- Oh.
all: Uh-huh.
- Right, then, what do we think of the other groups?
- I mean, what a load of shit.
[laughter]
- There are four drinks for me.
- When the other queens come back into the Werk Room,
it is apparent that some serious shit has gone down.
- Come on, then, girls, spill what happened.
- I mean, I'm pretty secure with my critiques.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- So you got critiqued individually?
- Yeah. Down the line.
- I'd say, like, out of our group, like, mine weren't the best critique.
I think they wanted, like, a little bit more comedy from me,
and having a bit of a bigger lash, to be fair.
And I don't blame them.
It's drag, so I completely get it.
They liked me outfit, so I'm just hoping it's all right.
- What did they say about you, Kate?
- I kind of feel like I'm on cloud nine right now.
Now I've heard what the judges like from me.
It's only up from here.
- Miss Cara, baby, how are you feeling?
- Well, I'm a bit disappointed.
I'm not too sure where I stand in the disaster challenge, really.
But yeah.
- The tension, you could cut it with a knife.
- I'm gonna be honest. I'm gonna get this off my chest.
Banksie, you've really annoyed me because--
- You've annoyed me.
- Banksie has taken this way too personally.
She has tried to turn this around on me and Cara,
and I'm not gonna let it happen.
I did not once say one bad thing about you.
You then threw us under the bus in front of Ru
to make yourself look better.
- We didn't throw you under the bus, baby girl.
Lamb for slaughter?
- To bring me up in your own critiques is rude.
Saying that you didn't get a chance to speak up about being
the mediator, it in one way said that I was not a good mediator.
- She wanted to be the mediator, the host.
Cool. You do it.
But I know I could have done a better job.
- You do talk a lot, Banksie.
And when we sat down, immediately, it was like
we were at the Banksie show. - OK, you talk a lot.
- I know I talk a lot, but we're talking about you right now.
- You literally said in your runway, missed lines happen.
- You did miss lines. - I missed one line.
- You said you missed lines as well.
You missed two. You said on the runway, you missed two.
- You were just as shit as me, babe.
- Baby, I was not just as shit as you.
- No one was shit. - Oh, fuck it.
- Really? - Nope.
- Really, girl? - Fuck off.
- Baby, I love lamb.
So let's make some lamb chops.
How about that?
- You can have a conversation.
Fuck off.
- Oh, my God. - [slurps]
- I just feel like I can't have made that up.
It felt so strong.
We were really collaborating.
And it feels like that you have now brought this in as a scapegoat
to say I didn't do well because me.
And it's not fair.
- The fact is, she took the lead.
She wanted to be heard.
I know I talk as well.
But that does not excuse how she has acted today.
- Each member of that group is trying to deflect
the blame from themselves.
One of those three is a traitor.
- Cara, I mean, you said some people missed lines.
- That is true. And she said that. - Which is true.
I know you didn't specify, but it is a choice of two.
Geordie, traitor, faithful, lip-synching.
- I don't know what's happening.
I feel like I'm being turned into a fucking villain
when I've been so nice and so generous to everybody.
I don't deal with conflict well.
I will fight for the crown like it's the last thing I have to do.
But I will not fight other people.
I'm not a fighter.
- We didn't see this conversation, so we have no context.
- I would love to hear.
- I think I can kind of see where she is coming from.
When you get that kind of, like, oh, God, I fucked up--
I do it, and I'm sure everyone else does it--
you become instantly defensive.
- True.
- But at the end of the day, it's how she's feeling.
- But the fact is, we all messed up.
OK?
- I'd just like to say to the two of you
I apologize if in any way that I made you feel
like I was throwing you under the bus.
I think that hearing my name made me so scared to leave.
- Right.
- And I thought that that was you lining me up to basically
lip-synch and go home.
- Sometimes we're gonna mess up in a challenge.
And I really was not trying to make it seem
like you were why we did not do well.
I also apologize if I offended you in any way.
- Thank you. Water under the bridge, my love.
- I mean, that took a lot.
That was very big of her.
I mean, I don't think I would have come back that quick.
[laughs]
- I am definitely gonna be listening to this song
before I go out there again.
both: Me too.
- Me too. - Me too, baby.
- Well, it's an absolute banger. - It is a banger.
- So enjoy yourselves while you do it.
- All right, just between us squirrel friends,
I want to know what you think.
Let's start with DeDeLicious.
- She gave a competent performance.
- You'll take it. - Yeah.
And you'll take it hard.
- I thought she handled herself very well.
- She's very engaging. She's young.
I really connected with her.
- A confused runway.
I mean, she had a baby.
Then she ripped her skirt off.
It was half performance, half cry for help.
[laughter]
- I was buying whatever she was selling.
- [laughs]
- Kate Butch.
- I really did feel confident when Kate Butch was hosting,
because I felt like she knew what she was doing.
- And she could just deliver a joke, and, boy, it was so funny.
- I lost all my makeup skills in a house fire.
- Tonight on the runway, yes, it's cute. Yes, it's camp.
But it was just a little underwhelming for me.
- Dipping a snorkel into some orange sequins
does not an accessory make.
You know, come on, we want the whole package.
- Mm-hmm. - She just needs to put the two together.
- Yeah, and I think she will.
I think, over time, she's gonna get that.
Miss Naomi Carter.
- No one wants to hear, do you know what?
I didn't laugh once, but I loved all the information you gave me.
- If there's no fee, there's no me.
- But on the runway, Whitney Houston,
I want to slalom with somebody.
- She's very lovable when she speaks and everything,
but no lashes?
Where do you--how do you--
- Do you know where the jokes were? - Where?
- With her lashes. - OK.
[laughter]
Vicki Vivacious.
- I liked hearing her say tonight she's gonna speak up more.
But again, there was no teamwork there.
It felt like each one was individual.
- And for her to follow those trio of Geordie party girls,
and she didn't falter once.
- Am I right in thinking that maybe she
is a little bit too bothered about what other people think sometimes?
- Yes, you're absolutely right.
I just didn't get a lot of takeaway.
I felt like she was talking about herself. But she wasn't bad.
- The look on the runway, there was an originality there.
She went, I'm gonna go to Route 66.
Good for you.
- You get your kicks on Route 66.
- That's what they say, Ru.
- Yes. - That's true.
- All right, let's move on down to Cara Melle.
- So Cara Melle, to me, was the weakest of the three.
Her face was in the cards the whole time.
- Cara Melle's performance, I found it quite jarring.
I didn't really know where I was with it.
And I felt really sorry for her.
- [giggles]
- Tonight on the runway, golly.
That was gorgeous.
- Was there diamonds hanging off her fishnets?
- Yes.
- I was just like, oh, it was all so great.
But yeah, I didn't see the confidence tonight.
- You're absolutely right.
I mean, the energy she was giving off looked like,
please, someone give me a hug.
She tried, but it wasn't informative enough.
All right, let's talk about Banksie.
- Now, Banksie, to me, was definitely green, definitely a novice,
but she held her own.
- She was vulnerable.
I liked her story.
I was really engaged by it.
- I fell in love, Vicki.
- Yes, I agree.
I think there were moments of vulnerability there.
I wanted to hear more.
- I thought both of her looks tonight were just gorgeous.
And the more we get to see Banksie, the more we realize,
oh, this is a girl that just loves fashion, and she wears it so well.
- Silence.
I've made my decision.
Bring back my girls.
[laughter]
Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
DeDeLicious.
Kate Butch.
Miss Naomi Carter.
You're all boss chicks,
but one of your presentations
could have used a little more work.
Miss Naomi Carter, I'm sorry, my dear,
but you are up for elimination.
DeDeLicious, Kate Butch, you are safe.
You may join the other girls.
- Love you, baby.
- Mm.
- Vicki Vivacious,
Cara Melle,
Banksie.
We're infatuated with all of you,
but one of your presentations
could have used a little more love.
Cara Melle.
I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
Banksie, Vicki Vivacious, you are both safe.
- Thank you so much.
- You may join the other girls.
- I'm in shock.
I really did not see this as my journey,
but I'm not going home.
Absolutely not.
This legend is here to stay.
- Two queens stand before me.
I've consulted with the judges,
but the final decision is mine to make.
Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me
and save yourself from elimination.
The time has come... [thunder booming]
For you to lip-synch for your life.
- This fat knee ain't gonna stop me.
I don't want to go home at all.
So I'm just gonna do the damn thing.
- Good luck, and don't fuck it up.
[Yazz's "The Only Way Is Up"]
[singing] - We've been broken down
To the lowest turn
Being on the bottom line
Sure ain't no fun
But if we should be evicted
Huh, from our homes
We'll just move somewhere else
And still carry on
Oh - Hold on
- Hold on
- Ooh-ooh, ah-ah
The only way is up
Baby
For you and me now
The only way is up
Baby
For you and me now
Oh
- Hold on - Hold on
Hey
- Hold on - Hold on
Won't be long, no, no, no
The only way is up
[cheers and applause]
- Ladies, I've made my decision.
Cara Melle, shantay, you stay.
- Thank you.
- You may join the other girls.
- I love you, baby.
- Miss Naomi Carter,
from this moment on, the only way is up.
Now sashay away.
- I just want to say thank you so much for the opportunity,
because, like, shit like this doesn't happen
to a little small-town girl like me.
So I just want to say thank you so much
from the bottom of me heart and me ass.
[laughter]
- Thank you. - Love you, baby.
- Love you, girl. - Love you.
[applause]
- See you in a bit, dog shit. Hey.
[laughter]
Not gonna lie, I'm gutted that I'm going home.
But I've learned a lot about myself. And do you know what?
I've had an absolute ball while I've been here.
RuPaul's me mum now.
Do you know what? That's the best feeling in the world.
I'd invite Ru to Donny, but I know for a fact
he won't be able to understand anyone at all.
[laughs] Do you know what?
I'm so bloody proud to be a RuGirl.
- Condragulations, queens.
And remember, if you can't love yourself,
how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?
Can I get an amen up in here?
all: Amen.
- All right. Now let the music play.
[singing] To, to, to, to the moon
To the moon
To the moon, come on and take me away
To, to, to, to the moon, to the moon, to the moon
Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"....
For this week's Maxi Challenge, you'll be starring
in "Pant-Oh She Betta Don't: the Rusical."
[laughter]
- You have to make sure that you're holding yourself
and then slowly release.
- Oh!
- It's not every day you get to sit on the face of a "Strictly" pro, is it?
- It is so hard to be stuck in an animal for that long.
You just nailed it.
- This was one of the best Rusicals I think we've ever seen.
- But the big question is,
who is the next lamb to the slaughter?
[lamb bleats]
- [singing] To, to, to, to the moon
To the moon, blast off
To the moon, come on and take me away
To, to, to, to the moon
To the moon
To the moon, come on and take me away
To, to, to, to the moon
To the moon, blast off
To the moon, come on and take me away
To, to, to, to the moon, to the moon, to the moon