- Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"...
You need to go head-to-head
and toe to toe in the Dragiators Comedy Roast.
- Can I get an "amen" up in this bitch?
all: Amen.
- Alexis Saint-Pete, blonde with a whole lot of ambition.
- Green.
- Tomara Thomas is so orange, she makes Michael Marouli
look like a human being.
[all shout, laugh]
- DeDeLicious.
- Jokes about wordplay, they sometimes lack a bite.
- Tomara, I'm not sure what I watched with you.
- Michael Marouli.
- You had me the minute you got rid of those cards.
- Condragulations. You are the winner of this week's challenge.
- [sighs] [cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- Tomara Thomas,
shantay, you stay.
DeDeLicious, sashay away.
- Oh, no!
- Condragulations to my top three queens.
- The Northeast is in the building!
- We are the top three finalists!
- Put your hand up if you're hoping to be a winner, baby.
- Ginger Johnson.
- Ginger is amazing.
She's got that wit.
She's got that humor.
- [shrieks]
Please don't leave, PeePee.
- Ginger is competition. So creative, she is formidable.
- Loose as a handmaid's crack.
- Michael Marouli.
- Been in this business for 15 years, and I have the fire still left.
She's incredible.
- Oh!
- The runway looks consistently brilliant,
always a little twist.
That is drag.
- Oh, ugh.
- Tomara Thomas.
- Tomara is one of the best performers I've ever seen.
She looks stunning.
- She's just naturally so funny.
- Not another one.
- There is nobody on this planet like Tomara Thomas.
- Now, if you don't put my ass in this finale,
I'm gonna to kill you!
all: Ta-ra.
- The Angels of the North are fighting for the crown.
- [imitating pig snorting]
Only one of us can win.
- The Northeast is bringing that crown home, baby!
[dramatic music]
[upbeat music]
[all shouting, laughing]
- Back in the Werk Room,
I've just sent DeDe home.
It is sad, but I've just made top three!
Holy smokes. - [laughs]
- I am a finalist!
Aah!
I'm a finalist! I'm a finalist! I'm a finalist!
- "Mimilicious out!
"Huge congrats to the top three.
Love you all."
- Do you know what? 20 years old.
- I know. - And that is insane.
- Yes, in the beginning, I did find it a little bit annoying.
But I was extremely annoying when I was a 20-year-old.
So, after I accepted that, DeDe's such a kind,
sweet, talented person that it is sad to see her go.
- Absolutely incredible. - Wow.
- [laughs] No hanging about, though.
Get that scrubbed out. - Absolutely incredible.
You shouldn't have just been that little bit more shit than me.
- [laughs]
- DeDe's just left the competition,
but, my God, has she left her mark.
Wait. I need a seat. [laughter]
What an absolute gorgeous, gorgeous, talented human.
[laughing]
I love her.
- What demon entered you during that lip sync?
- I thought, take a deep breath
and sellotape these little card shoes to your feet,
and run a fucking show.
- There's sellotape around the shoes.
I'll go out dancing, but me shoes aren't going anywhere.
I mean, come on. I cut it.
- [sighs] - Two words, Vicki Vivacious.
both: Oh! [laughter]
She came in so spicy.
- You left such a bad taste in my mouth after episode one.
- You're just very sneaky.
- She's been sitting on that for a few weeks, hasn't she?
- That bitch is so mad.
- You could see it in her hair. It was frazzled.
Frazzled with madness.
- That was a bloody 30-inch human unit when she walked in.
The red! [laughter]
- She's a feisty, feisty lady.
- Girls, all jokes aside, three badges.
- Yes.
You've got three now.
- Oh! I have as well. - Yeah.
- Oh, look at her, trying to be slick.
Go on. Ask me. - How many you got, Tomara?
- One, but I'll take the fucking crown, bitch.
[laughter] Come on! Let's go and have a drink.
[shrieking]
- God, I'm a woman on a mission. - Take the table with you. Go on.
- Why me now? - [laughs]
Ten queens are now down to three.
I think there's only one way to finish such a spectacular night like this.
- What? - The pawn shop!
There's only going to be one winner.
And I've done the maths, and it's going to be me.
- Let's go, bitch. [laughter, shouting]
Ya daft bastards. [bell dings]
- That crown would look gorgeous on top of this nice bald head.
- Imagine the crown just sitting right there.
Stunning.
Imagine a paper bag right there. - [laughs]
I can smell the win, smells like burnt fanny.
And my fanny's on fire!
[all screaming]
Bring it on!
- [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,
Graham Norton,
and Alan Carr.
[singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"
May the best drag queen win, best drag queen win
[electronic music]
- Oh, girls! Can you believe it?
- Whoo! - We did it!
- Yes!
- It's a new day in the Werk Room, and it feels unreal.
This is it. One of us is going to win this crown and scepter.
- What is life? Girls...
- It's been so fun having you two here, honestly.
- I know.
- I just feel like it's just increased how fun the whole thing has been,
just being here with you.
It's been so nice. - Aw.
- I've been trying to keep a bit of a lid on my emotions
all the way through this competition.
But I am just overcome with how much love I have
for these two girls that I'm with.
I'm emotional today. - I'm an emotional wreck!
- I know.
- I can't believe we only met each other weeks ago.
It's been amazing.
- The Northeast is going to go off.
- There's going to be statues, holidays.
- There's going to be an orange-flavored Newcastle Brown Ale dedicated to you.
- Whoa! Finally! [laughing]
- Oh, my God. They're going to go crazy, aren't they?
The Tyne Bridge is going to be lit up.
People are going to be getting fucking mortal!
Oh, my God. I can't wait.
Three daft Geordie bastards in the final! [laughter]
[siren wailing, all screaming]
- She already done had herses.
- Her Majesty done already done had herses.
My smooth criminals.
- Hey, hiya. - Hello.
- You've all stolen our hearts.
Now it's time to find out
which one of you will steal the spotlight
and be sentenced to a year of living fabulously.
- Are we going to court?
- Again?
- Not again.
Shoplifting, honestly. [laughter]
- Hello, hello, hello. all: Hello.
- Hi.
And then there were three.
both: Yes. - Crazy.
- My top three queens.
Condragulations.
Your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent brought you to the grand finale
of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"!
[all screaming] - Oh, my God!
- Whoo!
- But if you want to snatch the crown,
honey, you're going to have to mop it like it's hot.
- Ooh.
- For this week's final Maxi Challenge,
you'll write and record your own lyrics,
and you'll be starring as sexy cat burglars
in a music video for "Spotlight, the Remix."
- Purr. - Music video.
Yes.
- #DragRaceUK
- I can't wait to put my little cheeky verse into an iconic Ru song.
And "Spotlight"? I was born for the spotlight. [laughs]
- And later you'll learn all the right moves
with choreographer Claudimar Neto.
- [gasps] - Oh, my God.
- And when you're not planning your heist,
each of you will sit down and spill the tea
with Michelle Visage and me.
- Oh, my God. - Amazing.
- Now, I will leave you with these words of wisdom.
[drum roll]
Coats are for shoplifting.
- Ah, yes! [laughter]
- Enough.
- Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win. [bell chimes]
[all shout] - [laughs]
- It's so exciting to do this.
I get to dance, perform, lip-synch, write my own lyrics,
be a pop star.
- This is the first music video
of the "UK Drag Race." - Amazing.
- This is quintessential Michael Marouli, and I'm here for it.
Should we have a listen? - Yes. Let's listen to the song.
- Oh, my gosh.
Three, two, one.
- [gasps] - [laughs]
- It's crazy to be featuring on a RuPaul track, especially this remix.
It's wild.
So, girls, what's your inspiration behind your lyrics?
- I mean, mine's just very much why the hell I deserve this crown.
It's very me. It's snappy.
- It's going to be very short, is it? [laughter]
- I just want to put my personality in it.
I want people to skip the song so they can put a Tomara verse on.
You know? You want that verse.
- What about you, Ginger?
- I think mine's just going to be ridiculous.
A little trip to the deli counter,
name some pork products, have a laugh, leave.
- Oh. - That's my plan.
I am not the drag queen that is going to come out
with some sort of fierce, snappy verse.
That's just not my personality.
- I just want it to be about being, like, apologetically meself.
both: Yeah. - This is about me finding the spotlight.
Boom.
I want to be like a strong rapstress,
hitting the mark, basically bragging throughout the song.
[sighs] I don't know how to put it into words.
- That's the challenge. [laughter]
- Hello. - There she is.
- Here I am. - Ginger Johnson!
- Look at you. Here you are, three RuPeter badges.
Which one are you most proud of?
- The Snatch Game. - Barbara Cartland.
- Yeah. So silly. [laughs]
- In fact, as I look at you now, you're younger than Ginger Johnson.
- Oh, yeah.
- I could see that you're younger than Ginger Johnson.
- I have a strange relationship with Ginger.
I used to think that we were very separate people.
But the line has blurred now.
And that's because I'm--
I'm not so afraid of my queerness as I used to be.
- Where does that fear come from?
- I grew up in quite a rural place.
And I didn't have any kind of queer people around me
that I knew of.
And that affected me because it felt like something I had to hide.
- How old were you when you left? - 18, when I went to uni.
When I came to London after I'd been at university,
I was suddenly thrust into a place
where everything gay was available.
I was carrying a lot of shame.
And I was in a really self-destructive period
in my life when I was sort of approaching 30.
There was a time when I didn't think I was going to get that far.
But then I found pride.
And pride is-- it's just so important to me,
when I was able to recognize that this is the life that I've got.
I've got to make the most of it.
- My goodness.
Still in our culture, shame is such a big part of it.
- Yeah.
- Who's your support back home now?
- I live with my partner and my two little cats.
I'm very, very blessed in the life that I have at the moment.
- I'm so proud of you. - Thank you.
- Thank you so much for being so kind and so creative
in this competition.
- But before we let you go, we've got one more thing.
- It's not a Mini Challenge, no? [laughter]
I have an eyeliner in this pocket. [laughs]
- Nope.
[laughter]
- Hiya. - Hi, Ben!
- These are my friends, Ru and Michelle. - Hi, Ben.
- Hi. - Hi. Aw.
- Look how beautiful you two are? - Gorgeous.
- Oh. [exhales deeply]
- Ben, as you can see, there are three RuPeter badges there.
- Oh, my God! Girl! [laughter]
- Ooh!
- I won the Snatch Game. - Yeah!
[laughter]
- I knew it. I mean, I thought, like, you'll either go home first or last.
So I'm glad that it's last.
- Are you surprised by that? - No, absolutely not.
Like, you're such a powerhouse and so determined and driven
to do what you want to do to make your life better,
to make our lives better.
There aren't enough words. I love you.
- I love you, too.
- Never do this again. [laughter]
- Why is that? Why is that?
- I did like being away from him with, like, no contact,
nothing for weeks.
I'm just so proud.
But, yeah, I just want him back.
- Thank you for this. Thank you.
- Aw. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - You two are lovely.
- Can they come with me? both: Yes!
- Go on. - They can. Go enjoy.
- Thank you. See you later.
- Nice to meet you, Ben. - Bye.
- I love that moment.
- Yeah.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Hello, hello. - Hi.
- Look at you. - Look at you.
- You got three RuPeter badges there.
Which one meant the most?
- Honestly, the makeover.
Hearing Peter's story, the struggle.
And I got to give him that little moment that meant so much to him.
- I think that is your moment in this journey.
- Amazing journey you've had.
- You live in Gran Canaria. - Yeah.
- Why did you leave Newcastle?
- [sighs] I was just so terrified to tell my parents that I was gay.
As soon as I turned 16, I ran away,
and I got into gay housing project for gay youth.
- In Gran Canaria? - No, in Newcastle.
- Okay.
- I didn't move to Gran Canaria until I was, like, 22
- Okay. So you left your home instead of coming out?
- Yeah.
- And wasn't your family like, hi, where are you?
- [voice breaking] Sorry. I'm getting emotional.
It's the biggest regret of me life because we've spoke about it as adults.
And they just love me unconditionally, and they were waiting for me to tell them.
But I was so terrified...
that they'd reject me that I pushed them away,
and I didn't speak to them for all those years.
To say I'm gay just wasn't done, especially where I'm from.
It's a working-class men's town.
- We've come a long way, but the truth is, a lot of those old value systems
are still in place. - Yeah.
- You're talking about the rough-and-tumble manly side...
- Yeah. - Of the Northeast.
How important is it for you to be representing
a different side of the Northeast?
- [normal voice] It's so important.
All three of us are from the Northeast.
Cheryl Cole is from where I'm from.
When she blew up, everyone just was rallying around her.
And this is going to be the same thing.
And this means everything,
that I can show you can be gay, be out, be proud and fabulous.
- Well, you have to fight...
fight...
fight for this love.
[laughter]
- Who's supporting you back in Gran Canaria?
- I have my partner, Philip.
- How long? - 15 years.
- Wow! - Oh, my gosh.
I love it.
- But we have one more thing? - Yep.
- Hello, hello, hello.
[laughs]
- [crying] Oh, my God!
No!
How did you do this, you bastards?
[laughter]
- Hey. Hello, darling. - Hello, Philip.
- Hello, RuPaul.
- So are you surprised?
- Not even slightly. - Aw.
- Like, I literally have been so proud of him,
from singing in his tracksuit.
Ah, I just want to cry.
Singing in his tracksuit with no makeup on.
To this day he's been a star in my eyes.
- Oh, God.
- Can I hear Ireland in there? - I'm Irish, yes.
- Yeah. So did you-- You met in England.
- In Gran Canaria. He was 23. - Yeah.
- I stole the best years of his tires.
[laughter]
- Michael, what is it like for you to see Philip?
- I'm blown away.
We've always said, imagine just being... - Yeah.
- The final "Drag Race."
You get to see it. Look. - I know.
- Look at these people. - I know.
They're my new friends. - Hi.
- You better make him win it. [laughter]
- Well, you know, to have come this far,
honestly, you are a star.
And I am so proud of you, really.
- Thank you. - Good luck, kiddo.
- Thank you. - Good luck.
- Thanks, Philip. Nice to meet you. - Pleasure to meet you guys.
- I love you both. - Love you back.
- Thank you. What are you doing here?
- Sweet. - There she is.
[laughter]
- Oh, my God. - Wow.
- So sweet. - And so lovely.
- Hello. - Look who is here.
- Well, look what the cat dragged in.
- Meow, meow.
- Tomara Thomas.
- Hello, babe.
- Did you expect to be here?
- Yeah. [laughter]
- That is fair. That is fair. - No, I didn't.
I remember not watching "Drag Race" for so long
because I knew I would be a drag queen like that
because I was always scared.
Like, I want to be a dancer.
So then, obviously, with that, well, I needed to act
masculine in an audition room.
So I'd never let meself watch it, because I was like,
I know for a fact I'm going to come out
in a wig and heels, and I'm going to be like,
Tomara's here, you know?
And then I just thought, fuck that.
Like, life is too short to just be holding back.
- And you've got such a great sense of humor.
Where does that come from? - I think it is, like, my family.
Like, we're all just so open.
We have a laugh.
So me mum's like, where the fuck have
we got yous two from, me and my sister,
because we're like mixed up. - Uh-huh.
- So Sarah loved her fishing. [laughter]
She did!
And I was fucking yackity-gack-gack-gack.
[laughter]
- Hilarious.
- She used to play on her bikes.
I used to be fucking in the little car with me nails painted.
In the little wind mirror... - Yes. Yes. Yes.
- And me dad, bless him, right? He was just looking.
He went to me mum, this isn't right, you know?
Me mum went, oh, shut the fuck up. They'll grow out of it.
[laughter] - You grew into it.
- I grew into it.
- Look at you now-- in the top three.
- Literally.
- And who's your biggest support back home?
- I mean, all me family, really, but definitely me mom.
She is, bless her.
And she'll be so-- like, she'll be--
I feel emotional. But she will just be so proud.
She will.
[voice breaking] And I'm getting all emotional.
- This is the time where the emotions come out...
- Yeah. - Because you've worked so hard.
- Yeah. - So hard.
- And I still can't believe it.
- And before we let you go... - Yeah.
- We've got one more thing. - Yeah.
[gasps] - Hi.
- Oh, my God. No way.
[laughter] - How are you?
- You crazy bastard! [laughter]
- Stop your swearing.
- I can't believe it.
What are you doing here? [laughter]
- Hello, Sharon. - Hi.
- Now, can you believe your kid has... [laughter]
Made it this far in our competition?
Are you surprised by that?
- I'm not surprised. I'm over the moon.
- Wow.
Well, you are such a role model for mothers...
- Yeah. - To allow this child to blossom.
When did you first recognize
that you had something special on your hands?
- I would say when you used to wear me tights...
[laughter]
To go to nursery underneath the school uniform.
- To go to nursery? - Yeah. Yeah.
The tight were underneath his school clothes.
- Oh, my God.
- Sharon, is there anything you'd like to say to Tomara?
- Aw.
[both laugh] Yeah, lots.
[laughter]
But I don't think it should go on the camera.
[laughter]
Good luck. I hope you win.
- Oh. - Go and get that crown.
- Oh, that's lovely.
- Oh, I love you. - I love you, too.
Good luck. - Thank you.
- I'll go and get me bottle of wine now.
[laughter]
- Well, thank you so much. - Oh, you're welcome.
- Thank you both... - Well, thank you.
- For sharing all of your joy.
It's been such a pleasure.
All right. - Bye, kids.
- Thank you. Bye.
Come on, shatter. [laughter]
[electronic music]
- Hi. - Hi.
Hello. - Hello.
- After that Tic Tac lunch, I've seen Philip.
I cannot cope.
But now it's time to film our music video.
Come on, Michael, get your head in the game.
Let's do this.
- I'm Claudimar.
I am your choreographer for the "Spotlight" music video.
- Sexy cat burglar, breaking into a vault,
crowns, scepters, camp as fuck.
- Hey, girl! [laughter]
This is crazy.
Claudimar used to teach me hip-hop as a little male dancer.
- What? I actually know Tomara.
- But I wasn't dressed like this in the dance class, Claudimar.
- No, you were not.
- And now I'm Tomara.
Surprise!
Ta-da! [laughs]
Look what's happened.
- The way we're going to do it, we're going to have loads of solo moments.
We're going to have loads of group moments.
We're up against the clock. So let's get started.
both: Yes. - Come on. Let's go.
So, Ginger, do you want to just take a little bit of a step forward?
So I want you to go, spotlight, spotlight.
"Baby, come on," is whatever you want.
And then, spotlight.
Oh, oh.
- Okay? - Yeah?
Just sell it for me, Ginger. You've got this, baby.
[laughter]
- I'm pushing something out. [laughter]
- Going into this, I am feeling terrified.
- Down, down, and then just free.
Yeah.
- Tomara, amazing dancer.
- There you go. Nice. Amazing.
- Michael, also an amazing dancer.
- There you go, Michael. Love it.
- I'm trying to dance.
I'm trying to be sexy.
It's so unnatural to me.
- Right. Let's move on to the next one.
We're going to set the cage, and we're going to get each one of you guys
individually to go into it.
Michael.
- Ruff.
- You want to play to camera.
The boys are going to be turning the box around...
- Yeah. - While you're giving them hell.
- We're in cages. Got to smize. We've got a dance.
- Right. Here you go.
- [singing] Spotlight
- Yes. - Spotlight
- Sell it. Sell it. - Baby, come on
- Claude's shouting directions. - On the camera. On the camera.
Keep going. Keep going.
- [singing] Spotlight, spotlight - Yeah.
- Baby, come on
It's like... [mumbling]
- Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
There you go.
- It is a mind fuck.
- Oh, lovely.
I'm feeling nervous about the choreography.
- Find the comedy element of it. - Yeah. Okay.
- Do you know what I mean? - Yeah.
- So let's play with what is your best asset.
- But Claude is amazing.
He very quickly realizes what my personality is.
- Here we go.
- [singing] Spotlight, spotlight Baby, come on
- [laughing] There you go.
- Spotlight, uh-huh
- [laughs]
There we go. That was much better.
- Thank you. - Much, much better.
Tomara, let's get you in.
I want to see those legs.
I want to see all of it.
- You have to tell me if a ball pops out because, you know...
[laughter]
- Let's go.
- [singing] Spotlight
- Yeah.
- Spotlight, baby, come on
- Ooh.
- [laughs]
- She is unreal.
- We're gonna get it. Turn it around now. - Spin me.
- [laughing]
- I just feel very much in my moment.
- This is what I'm talking about.
- I'm a dancer. Of course I'm good at choreography.
- [singing] Spotlight, spotlight
- There you go. - Baby, come on
- She's a sexy little bitch, isn't she?
- Disgusting. - Makes me sick.
- Spotlight - Push it.
Nice.
- There she goes.
- Ooh! Wow.
- Michael, let's get you in.
So I want you to imagine
that you're trying to escape this maze of lasers.
Here we go.
Shoot on the lens.
- I am living my Catherine Zeta-Jones fantasy, "Entrapment"...
- Keep it nice and smooth.
- "Mission: Impossible."
I mean, come on.
- Tomara, give me a nice deep plié.
- Who is Nicole Scherzinger when Tomara Thomas is in the room?
Shit.
- Ginger, three, two, one, go.
Stay in that middle lane. There you go.
Keep going. Keep going.
[laughing]
- It's like "Wallace and Gromit."
I think the other two are in "Mission: Impossible,"
but I'm in "Wallace and Gromit."
[laughs]
- On to the next one. Here we go.
- It is really fun doing the music video.
It all moves so fast.
- Give me a bit more intensity in those eyes.
- Eyes, laser beams, lights, spotlights.
I'm like, uh...
It gets your heart pumping, doesn't it? - That's exactly what I want.
- There's a thousand cameras, a thousand shots...
- Okay, we're going to do one more on the Steadicam.
- From every angle.
- And again, down that camera.
Can you get lower for me so we get the hair in?
There we go.
- Even though we are knackered,
getting to live these pop-star fantasies out is mind-blowing.
- And you're done.
Yeah. - Yay.
- Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it.
- I cannot wait to see the final product.
This is going to be everything.
- Well done, ladies.
Thank you so much for how hard you all worked today.
I'm so proud of you all.
Good luck tomorrow. All right? all: Thank you.
- See you later. Bye.
- Put that down, Ginger. [laughter]
[upbeat music]
[all shouting] - Let's do it.
- This is it. It's the last day.
We're walking this runway.
I feel emotional.
I feel exhausted.
But, my God, I wouldn't change it for the world.
- Can you believe it's the final? - No, I can't.
- My feet can. [laughter]
- What the flying cat is going to happen?
[cat meows]
[music continues]
- Ladies, shall we play fashion photo review?
- Yeah. - Toot and boot?
- Yeah. So who is your top two of the season, what outfit?
- All my bikinis were just gorgeous.
- I'm just trying to think which one of your bikinis was me favorite.
- I feel like Banksie's skiing one, you know,
was one of my faves. - Oh.
- Oh, the leopard print. - Yes.
- The one that she got sent home in?
- No, she was safe that week.
- Was that the kickoff outfit? - Yes.
- I knew it was memorable. - [laughs]
- She didn't go home. She just went outside for ten minutes.
[laughter]
- Who were some of the boots?
I mean, Naomi's design challenge...
- Yeah. - [laughs]
That tiny little pussy strap. I loved it.
- She's like, yeah. Yeah, yeah, I've made this.
Yeah. [laughter]
So we've known each other a little while now.
- Mm-hmm. - Be honest.
What were your first impressions?
- I thought Tomara was a big loudmouth bitch.
[laughter] - Really?
- Did you really?
- I was like, oh, she is going to be a lot.
- [laughs] - And I wasn't wrong.
[laughter]
But you weren't a bitch. You are lovely.
So you get away with it. - Yeah. Well, thank you. Thank you.
Look, I'm aware that I'm loud
and I can be intimidating when people first meet me.
But when you get to know me, you realize what a stupid, silly bastard I really am.
[laughing]
- And then, Michael, I remember seeing you and thinking--
I was convinced before I came in that I was going to be
the oldest for some reason.
I just had it in my mind that I was going to be the oldest one.
And then when I saw you, I was like, fine.
- Fucking charming.
Is that really what you first thought? Old bastard?
No, when you first walked in, I did think, like, oh, who's she?
I thought, oh, she's not going to go far.
- Did you? - Mm-hmm. I really did.
- What made you think that? - Just the sequined two-piece.
I'm only joking.
Ten weeks ago, Ginger seemed like a deer in headlights
when we did that club challenge.
Look at the evolution.
She is a juggernaut at drag.
That makes her sound like a big massive tank.
Doesn't it? [laughter]
[music continues]
Bless her, man. She's so lovely.
And then we didn't really spend much time together, did we...
- No. Mm-hmm. - For the first couple of weeks.
And then the more I got to know you, I was like, I'm obsessed.
- Michael's first impression of me
was that he didn't think I was going to go
very far in the competition.
That was also my first impression of Michael.
- Like, I think you're one of the nicest people I've ever meet
and we get on so well.
We're like kindred spirits. - We are.
Maybe we both didn't have that ruthlessness
that some of the other girls had on the first day.
But it served us well in the long run.
- Who am I?
I'm not going to lie.
Week one, you left a really bad taste in my mouth.
[laughter] - [speaks indistinctly]
Is there anything that we would have changed whilst being here?
- Oh, God. Me tights.
[laughter]
- You can't beat the Northern banter.
Like, we've just cried and cried.
- [laughs]
- It keeps hitting me, like, in waves.
And to share it with you two has just being amazing.
I get moments. I do, though.
I just get a little...
- Honestly, though, I couldn't-- I'm so kind of touched.
I am.
- Oh.
- It's so nice that there's three Geordies in the final.
- Girls, this is it.
- But I want this with every fiber of my being.
all: Oh!
Ooh-hoo. - [laughs]
- This is the final opportunity
to impress the judges.
- You can just see the crown on my head.
And don't say you can't, because you can. Could you imagine?
You could, couldn't you? [chuckles]
- Let's do this.
Let's go. I am so ready.
It's the finale. Bring it on.
[dramatic music]
[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]
[singing] Cover girl, put the bass in your walk
Head to toe, let your whole body talk
- Yes.
- And what?
Welcome to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK."
The crown to my jewels, Michelle Visage.
Now, Michelle, have you ever stolen anything?
- A little pack of orange Tic Tacs, and I shoved 'em down my panties.
- Are they still there now?
- [laughing] Ooh!
- [laughs]
- National treasure Graham Norton.
Now, have you ever won anything?
- Well, Ru, I'll have you know, in 2000, I was awarded Rear of the Year.
- So all this time you've been sitting on a secret?
[laughter]
- I wondered what it was. [laughter
- And the super spexy Alan Carr.
Did you ever win or steal anything?
- Oh, true story.
I was once voted the celebrity
most people would like to see turned into a gnome.
- Condragulations.
- I know. And what have I stolen?
[gasps] The nation's heart.
- Yes, you have.
- Aw. [laughter]
- This week we challenged our top three queens
to snatch the crown in their music-video debut.
And tonight on the runway, category is
Grand Finale Eleganza, Dripping in Jewels.
Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
Starring in the hot new music video "Spotlight,"
it's Ginger Johnson, Michael Marouli,
and Tomara Thomas.
Hit it.
[singing] You got the power, hour after hour
I just want to light you up
You got the spotlight
Spotlight, spotlight, spotlight, spotlight
- When times are tough or life gets shady
I'm your silly sausage lady
Out of the darkness and I'm ready to shine
Flick the switch and the spotlight's mine
- Ginger - Pig in a wig
- Johnson - Making it big
- Help her - She's late to the gig
Two hams in a basket doing a jig
- Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
- You know me, Mike Marouli
A bona fide superstar, legendary
My beat is severe And my cheekbones stunning
A high drag queen, let the verbs keep running
Fools be looking like, what is that?
Baby, old school, new school, I bridge that gap
Highs and lows, I've always had to fight
Then the curtain rose, I found my spotlight
- Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight,
Oh, oh
Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
- Front and center, it's your girl Tomara
Hit me with the spotlight, welcome to power
Charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent
Tomara's got it all, give me the tiara
Thanks for the cover, body like a runner
A star is born, look at me, Mama
When I jump on the stage, you can pop your feet
I'm here to take the title with a capital T
- Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
[vocalizing]
[music continues]
[alarm blaring]
Just wanna--
Just want--
Just wanna--
Just wanna light you up
You've got the power, hour after hour
I just wanna light you up
You got the spotlight
I see fire, burning with desire
I just wanna light you up
You've got the spotlight
Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
Spotlight, spotlight
Baby, come on
Spotlight, spotlight
Oh, oh
[cheers and applause]
- Yes!
- "Spotlight, the 'Drag Race UK' Remix,"
is available right now to stream and download.
A portion of the proceeds will be split equally
between Comic Relief and Children In Need.
[electronic music]
Category is Grand Finale Eleganza,
Dripping in Jewels.
Let's welcome back our returning queens.
First up, Alexis Saint-Pete.
- Oh.
- I think I can see her cubic zirconia.
- I am a serving queen realness.
Everybody wants this dress, but it's mine.
It's not yours.
- She gets her diamonds from DeQueers.
- I am feeling it.
I'm giving it to the judges.
I'm just missing the crown. But who knows?
One day.
- Your place or mine? - [laughs]
- Miss Naomi Carter.
- If Beyoncé was from Doncaster.
- I am serving you high glamour.
I'm dripping in jewels and ostrich feathers.
I'm also serving you the color palette out of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" video.
- I hear she's a Sesame streetwalker.
[laughter]
- Don't make me laugh, girl.
I think that the judges look really happy to see me.
I'm just living my best life.
And you know what? I feel pretty gorgeous.
Like, I genuinely feel beaut.
- Are those feathers cari-boob?
[laughter]
- Banksie.
- Now, that's sexy.
- You know what? When I was eliminated, I said I was only going to walk
the runway one last time.
And now I'm doing it again. And that's great.
- Auntie Meme.
- Ant, get it?
- Yes. - Yeah.
- Stomping down this runway, I am serving goth chic MUGLER.
- Ooh. - Oh.
- It's a lace back.
- Some of these girls really are the shit.
And I am the fly going all around it, babe.
But I'm the shit as well.
- Vicki Vivacious.
- Is that some kind of muff?
- I am serving you a Marilyn Monroe fantasy,
head-to-toe diamond glitz and glamour.
- She's been a pain in the topaz.
- The judges are smiling ear to ear.
It feels incredible walking this runway one last time.
I have had the time of my life.
- Don't feed the ducks, and don't fist the swans.
[laughter]
- Kate Butch.
- A hat?
Ooh. Oh, yes, I am wearing a hat.
- My looks throughout this competition
have been on a sliding scale from meh to fine.
And today I'm serving the judges
what I wanted to have served them for the past ten weeks.
And I'm just having a camp old time.
- I heard on the street, she's known as a real petal pusher.
- I'm representing the flag of Derbyshire
with my giant gold rose, my aquamarine,
representing the water and the hills.
- She get that at Bloomingdale's?
[laughter]
- I think I've finally worked out how to do my makeup.
I've got a pretty dress on.
And I'm showing Michelle that I'm not just a meh after all.
[music continues]
- DeDeLicious.
- I love how she went out of the way to make sure her elbows were warm.
- Uh-huh. [laughter]
- This is the final evolution of DeDe.
I've taken a bath in all these gems and rhinestones.
This is fierce drag.
- These have always brought me luck.
- Ru's just dying because I've got my big tits on show,
as always.
- Uh-huh. [laughter]
- This is one of my dream looks.
And I'm so happy I get to wear it down the runway in front of Ru.
[music continues]
- And now our top three queens.
Ginger Johnson.
- She's matador-able. [laughter]
- I am serving matador chic.
It's a little understated number
that's absolutely encrusted with crystals and coins.
- It's gore-geous.
- Oh, no. - Thank you. Thank you.
- That was great. [laughter]
- [sighs] I'm sad to be walking the runway for the very last time.
When the judges are there in front of you,
you just feel like the center of the universe.
And I'm really, really going to miss that.
- Muchas gracias.
- Muchas lot of ass. - Yeah.
[music continues]
- Michael Marouli.
- All hail the ice queen.
- You know, I still haven't forgiven her for sinking the "Titanic."
[laughter]
- I am serving you gorgeous, over-the-top drag.
When it comes to Finale Eleganza,
I've got this in the bag.
- I'd like to take her up the shard. - Yes.
- I am dripping in jewels.
Everything is just off the chart.
Brought it to the runway this entire competition.
I'm not going to stop now.
- You know she got an A in her origami exams.
- [laughing] Yeah.
- I'm soaking this in.
I'm taking every second, and I just feel incredible.
Nothing in the world will ever beat this feeling.
- [singing] We can fly tonight
Tomara Thomas.
[vocalizing] We can fly tonight
- Dial H for Hartlepool.
[laughter]
- The final runway, oh, my God.
I'm doing Old Hollywood.
I've got the most clothes on I've ever worn this full competition.
Bitch, I look good.
- She dripping.
- All over the carpet. - Yeah.
- The gown is bejeweled.
You couldn't get one more diamond on this gown if you tried.
It's rich.
I'm not rich yet, but it's gorgeous.
- Take two loofahs into the shower.
[laughter]
- I really just feel proud.
It's me being proud tonight of this full journey
that I've been on.
And for the judges to just sit back and be like,
there she is, you know?
It's such a gorgeous feeling.
- [singing] We can fly tonight
- My top three queens,
tonight we celebrate the power,
passion, and perseverance
that has delivered each of you
to this incredible moment.
Now, it's time
for the judges' final critiques,
starting with Ginger Johnson.
- Ginger, you made your fierce impression
right out of the box.
We were all fawning over that beautiful floral number,
and learning that you made every single piece
apart from one was even more incredible.
- I've loved this season because it was so hard to know
who the frontrunners were going to be.
And to be honest, I didn't really notice you till halfway through.
In that Rusical, when you stepped out of the car as Daisy...
- Moo!
- That was like Ginger Johnson stepping out for me.
And then, bam, the "mirror, mirror, look, Ma, I got no arms" dress...
[laughter]
I will remember that in my nightmares and dreams.
- And even Barbara Cartland, so left field.
- Love under the Parson's Dong.
- Who would go for her?
Only Ginger.
- And then in the music video, you were yourself,
the silly sausage lady.
That's what makes you you.
- And if someone had said trousers
for the Grand Finale Eleganza, you'd have thought, really?
But, God, this works for you.
You look like some sort of society hostess,
holding a charity gala with a Spanish theme.
[laughter]
- Throughout this competition, you have tickled us.
You have surprised us.
And you've shown us your aesthetic
in ways that we really couldn't have imagined.
- I've had the best time.
Just the sheer challenge of it,
the self-doubt that I have a lot of the time,
and that's why I chose to do the matador tonight,
because the bullfight is--
it's a bit like my relationship with myself.
- Yeah.
- It can sometimes be beautiful, but it's ultimately quite brutal.
And like bullfighting, that relationship belongs in the past.
- Yeah. It's very impressive.
Thank you. - Thank you.
- Up next, Michael Marouli.
- In the beginning, I almost felt a little bit of,
why isn't anybody heaping praise on me?
And then as you started listening
to critiques of other queens, not just yourself,
you are taking it all in, wanting to be better.
And that's amazing in life, full stop.
- I mean, we really don't know
what you're going to be wearing when you come down that runway.
Holiday looks, you come out as a human postcard.
Heart-ons, you are a big black heart.
It's engaging. It's exciting.
It's what drag should be.
- You know, you said it in your own verse in the music video,
"New school, old school, I bridge that gap."
And you do.
- And let's not forget the roast.
Wow.
- Alan is so gay.
He could sit on a crayon and tell you what color it is.
[laughter]
- I was laughing on the way home about some of your jokes.
That's how funny you were.
- And then, of course, the makeover that literally stole the show
and how emotional it was.
- And tonight on the runway, wow.
You know, you came round the corner, and you took our breath away.
- It is so spectacular.
It looks like Estonia's entry into Eurovision.
[laughter]
It's just been such a joy to watch you.
This journey for you is what little kids around the world
will be inspired by.
And in the music video, you were keeping up with the rest.
What was your favorite part of making the music video?
- It was just so good.
I was like, I can't cope with this competition anymore.
It's like, someone's went into my head... - Yeah.
- At 15 and went, one day all of this is going to happen.
- Yeah. And you're going to do more.
- I literally feel like I've come...
into my whole self being here.
And I cannot thank you enough.
- Up next, Tomara Thomas.
- So I fell in love with you the minute I saw you in the club.
You are such a performer, just magnetic.
You just have that personality that draws everybody in.
- How great was you in that music video?
I went on to Wikipedia to see if Dua Lipa had a twin
who lived in Hartlepool.
[laughter]
- Some of your gifts were more obvious than the others.
You know, from the very beginning, there was the beauty, the looks.
What was less obvious was your personality.
When you open your gob, suddenly it's like, wow, who's that?
That Robin Williams in Snatch Game... [laughter]
I had no idea what was going on there.
- [wacky voice] She done already done had herses.
- But, ultimately, it made me laugh.
I have idea why, but it did make me laugh.
- And this look is just beautiful.
This is classic.
I love that you chose to do a black glove with a new dress.
- It is fabulous.
There's something that radiates from you.
You want to have your own television show.
It should be worldwide.
I'm not sure if the rest of the world would understand what you're saying.
- Get subtitles. [laughter]
- Now, yesterday you got to spend time with Sharon, your mother.
Was she amazed that you made it so far?
- Yeah. Come on, she was like, worried in case
how I would take it if I didn't do well. - Mm-hmm.
- Because, obviously, I am really passionate about everything
that I've thrown meself in for.
- Listen, she needn't have worried
'cause you have been such a star and fun. - Hmm.
Thank you beyond words.
Couldn't say thank you for-- Like, wow.
I've had the best, best, best time.
- My queens, many sweet, sensitive souls watch our show,
looking for clues on how to navigate their lives.
With them in mind, I want to ask you,
Ginger Johnson,
if you could travel back in time,
what advice would you give
to four-year-old Donald?
[laughter]
- Donald, you are...
a strange little boy. - [chuckles]
- And you are going to grow up to be a very strange old woman.
[laughter]
You are creative,
and you like to make things.
And sometimes when life isn't going well,
that's going to flip round on you,
and you're going to feel like destroying things.
But you don't need to do that.
Just keep making.
And one day you're going to be here.
It's going to be the best thing that's ever happened to you.
- Right. Thank you.
Michael Marouli...
what advice would you give
to eight-year-old Michael?
- Aw.
- Still a daft little bastard there.
[laughter]
You're going to spend a lot of your life
in fear...
of who you are.
Please don't waste that time, because who you are
is more than enough.
But the one thing you'll do throughout your life is dream.
Never stop... [sniffles]
because one day...
they're all going to come true.
Just be yourself and live out loud, unapologetically.
[sniffles]
- I love it. Thank you. - My God.
My God, I'm sorry. [sniffles]
- Tomara Thomas...
what advice would you give to 10-year-old Thomas?
[emotional music]
- Shut up. [laughter]
- First of all, Thomas, stop dressing up as Vicky Pollard
when you're ten-year-old, going into fancy dress shop,
not even buying the outfit.
Never stop being yourself.
You were born with crazy bones.
People are going to raise their eyebrows.
Let them. I'll paint them on.
[laughter]
And I'll keep painting them on.
But keep doing you.
- Lovely.
One final question...
what would it mean to you to be crowned
the UK's next "Drag Race" superstar?
Ginger Johnson.
- Sorry. [sniffles]
[music continues]
Being here has just been a dream of mine
for such a long time.
And sometimes I have dared to dream that maybe I could win.
And now...
I get to do the most amazing thing, which is find a new dream.
And that's just...
the biggest gift I've ever been given,
because...
when I let myself think big like that, I just--
my life opens up in front of me.
And I feel that happening now, standing here.
[sniffles, sighs]
So thank you for everything.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
Michael Marouli.
- To take this title would be a validation
of the blood, sweat, tears, the getting changed on top of beer barrels
in rooms stinking of piss.
It was all worth it.
And it would mean the world to win this title.
It would be an honor.
And this opportunity, this entire thing, has been beyond words.
And it would just be the cherry on the cake.
[music continues]
- Tomara Thomas.
- It would just mean all of the hard work--
it would just prove you can do it.
Ah, just...
the winner, you know?
Just give me the crown!
[laughter] Fuck!
And I'd like to say as well,
the process, I couldn't imagine anything better.
And to meet these Angels of the North...
Love youse.
- Thank you.
I know what it takes to be yourself in this world
where it seems that so many people are against our light shining.
And you look at the stage tonight,
nothing but sparkling, reflecting light.
Just stars!
I am so proud of the three of you
and all the girls who have come and walked this runway.
You are my heroes.
And I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
So, while you untuck in the Werk Room,
the judges and I will deliberate.
You may leave the stage.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
[engine turning over]
- Oh, goodness me.
- Ooh. - Oh.
- Come on, girls. - Give me that drink.
Shit.
- We walk into "Untucked."
We are literally shagged.
My feet are on fire.
Cheers.
- Cheers, girls. Loads of love.
- Thank God we've got a drink, because by Christ, I need it.
[sighs] How do you feel after that?
I mean, I've bet everything but me hoop. [laughter]
- Well, I've even bet that. [laughter]
I'll given them the hoop all season.
I've got nothing left!
I just can't cope at this point.
The emotions are sky high.
To see all, like, our dreams come true on that stage tonight,
it's just magical.
- It's all gone so quickly that I'd even forgotten about some of the things
that they mentioned, you know? - Yeah.
- I knew the dress with no arms would come back.
[laughs] - Yeah.
I thought that might be mentioned again.
- Oh. And, listen, the performance tonight...
- [gasps] Oh, my God. That was so good.
You know when we did the, like, Charlie's Angels bit?
- Yeah. - I was like, who's a pop star?
[laughter]
Didn't the other queens look stunning?
- Oh, my God, yes. - Really hot.
- I was looking at everyone, going,
why have you waited ten weeks to wear something nice?
[laughter]
- Well, girls, do you think we sold ourselves enough tonight
to snatch that crown?
- Whoever does win out of the three,
I couldn't be prouder of all three of us.
We've been on this journey together.
It's been everything.
And we're going to be friends for life.
- Someone tonight is going to walk away
with the crown and scepter.
Isn't that amazing?
- It's just absolutely--
It's just crazy! - [shouting]
[laughter]
- Cheers, lasses. Well done.
- Cheers. To season 5.
- Mwah. To season 5.
- Well done, girlies.
- Now, just between us squirrel friends, what do you think?
Let's start with Ginger Johnson.
- You know, Ru, your work is cut out for you,
because these three are so strong.
And Ginger has done nothing but serve every single week.
The symbolic nature of the matador outfit--
she's so smart.
- I love Ginger's independent spirit.
Even when she used to walk down the runway,
she walked her own beat.
And that's sort of what she's done with her outfits
and her looks every week.
- That iconic armless dress.
No one would think of doing that because it's a terrible idea.
- [laughs]
- But yet here we are, all these weeks later,
still remembering it, still talking about it.
- I mean, she's a star in the making.
She's going to be such a star.
She'll be like one name like Cher, Adele, and Little.
- I was thinking, but she's not called any of those.
[laughter]
- Ginger's fantastic.
Talk about dance to the beat of your own drummer.
This kid knows how to put something together
and has come through every challenge.
And I think we're going to be hearing a lot from Ginger
in the future and forever.
All right, let's talk about Michael Marouli.
- I blame the two of you for me not noticing Michael Marouli,
because I just heard like, Michael Marouli, over and over again.
And I thought, well, the minute that stops being funny,
you'll tell him to sling his hook.
[laughter]
And then came out in the Spice Girls literal mash-up.
And you just thought, oh, no, there is a lot more to Michael Marouli
than I thought there was.
- So many styles of drag.
There's been high camp.
There's been couture, there's been tongue in cheek.
It's been so wonderful watching his journey.
- She had a glow-up after 15 years
in the business right here,
because she's more beautiful now... - Yes.
- I think than she's ever been.
- The family resemblance makeover--
he treated Peter with such reverence and care.
It was a genuinely moving moment.
- And also, that brilliant roast...
- She is such a pervert, her Instagram pages are stuck together.
- Was just a classic challenge on this show.
People will be talking about that for years to come.
This is a benchmark moment for Michael Marouli.
All right, let's talk about Tomara Thomas.
- Tomara's one of those queens. You can't help but to watch her.
- Yeah. - It's a gift.
It does not happen often.
We literally have to physically take our heads and move it
to look at somebody else when Tomara's on stage.
- And, of course, listen, I know her drag wasn't that dynamic.
I mean, a lot of the times I thought, when you gave her the challenge,
it was like, can I show my ass off in this?
- Yeah.
- The answer was always yes. - Yes.
- How can I show my ass as Robin Williams? [laughter]
- Yes.
- Robin Williams--you wanted to say,
is that any relation to the Robin Williams, the comedian?
- Nope.
- Is that Robyn with a Y?
- Is there someone who lives in Hartlepool called Robin Williams?
- Yeah. It's a neighbor.
- Yes.
She can make anything funny.
Even in the roast where she didn't really have jokes...
[laughter]
- Not one.
- She was just up there being herself, being funny.
I love Tomara Thomas.
All right, well, I have got a very tough decision ahead of me.
- Yep. - Yep.
- Silence.
Bring back my girls.
Welcome back, queens.
Welcome to the main stage
your reigning queen, Danny Beard.
[cheers and applause] - Yes, Danny! Get it!
- Yes, baby. - Yes.
- Whoo!
- That's Danny Beard off the telly.
- [British accent] You all right, babes?
- Oh, it's good to be back.
It's been the most whirlwind crazy year.
This is a dream-making machine. Thank you so much again.
- [normal voice] So walking the runway, do you have PTSD?
- I've got something.
It's either rickets, PTSD, or I had a good night last night.
I'll let you choose. [laughter]
- Gorgeous.
Thank you for joining us tonight.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- And now, our top three Angels of the North--
Ginger Johnson...
[cheers and applause]
- Yes, Ginger. - Yeah, Ginger. Come on.
- [singing] Bring back my girls
Tomara Thomas...
[cheers and applause]
[singing] Bring back my girls
Bring 'em back, bring back my girls
- And Michael Marouli.
[cheers and applause]
- Marouli! - Yes, baby!
- [singing] Come on, bring back my-- bring back my girls
My top three queens...
Based on your performances this week and throughout the competition,
I've made some decisions.
[dramatic music]
Tomara Thomas...
you are a brilliant queen with a bright future.
But...
I'm sorry, my dear. This is not your time.
[music continues]
- Thank you so, so much. I've literally had the best time ever!
[laughter]
- You may join the other girls.
- Good luck, girlies. Kill it. - Love you, sweetheart.
- Smash it, girls.
- Well done, baby!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, baby. - Thank you, baby.
[music continues]
- Ginger Johnson...
Michael Marouli...
the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"
will receive a one-of-a-kind crown and scepter
and will create and star in their own series
with the producers of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
[music continues]
Two queens stand before me.
[music continues]
I've consulted with the judges,
but the final decision is mine to make.
Prior to tonight, you were asked
to prepare a lip-sync performance
of "A Little Respect" by Erasure.
Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me
and prove to the world that you are
the UK's next "Drag Race" superstar.
[music continues]
The time has come... [thunder rumbles]
For you to lip-synch...
for the crown!
[music continues]
- I haven't had to lip-synch for my life.
So this is my first and last lip sync in front of RuPaul.
And I am going to throw everything I have into it.
- I'm going to destroy this lip sync.
I'm going to piss all over the stage.
Hold on to your knickers, girls.
This is going to be a fight to the bitter end.
- Good luck...
and don't fuck it up.
[Erasure's "A Little Respect"]
- Yes!
Get it!
- [singing] I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh, baby, refrain
From breaking my heart
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you make me work so hard
That you give me no
That you give me no, that you give me no
That you give me no soul
I hear you calling
Oh, baby, please
Give a little respect
To me
- Come on, girls! - Go, baby!
- Bring 'em home!
[music continues]
- [laughing]
[music continues]
- [singing] I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
You know you're making me work so hard
That you give me no
That you give me no, that you give me no
That you give me no soul
I hear you calling
Oh, baby, please
Give a little respect
To me
[music continues]
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
- Ladies...
I've made my decision.
The time has come to crown our queen.
The UK's next "Drag Race" superstar is...
[music continues]
Ginger Johnson.
[cheers and applause]
Ginger, is there anything you'd like to say?
- Thank you for everything.
I've had the time of my life.
And I'm not only leaving here with this shiny little stick
but also with the most amazing crowd of sisters
I could ever dream of, so...
- Bravo! Bravo! - Thank you.
Now prance, my queen, prance.
- Absolutely. - Yes.
[cheers and applause]
- Ah.
I'm not often lost for words.
But I am astounded.
[cheers and applause] - You better work.
- There is nothing bigger than this in drag.
And to win is just everything.
- Condragulations.
- This is the perfect end to the perfect dream.
[laughing]
- If you can't love yourself, how in the hell you going to love somebody else?
Can I get an "amen" in here?
all: Amen! - All right.
Now let the music play.
[singing] To, to, to, to the moon
To the moon, baby
To the moon, come on and take me away
To, to, to, to the moon
[cheers and applause]
- Michael Marouli. [cheers and applause]
Condragulations.
[laughing] [cheers and applause continue]
- Michael Marouli!
- Condragulations.
- Whoo!
- Yes.
- [shouting] - Yeah.
- Oh, my God. Thank you.
- Michael, my queen, is there anything you'd like to say?