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Previously, on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
Today, we are paying tribute to the Spice Girls
and their entrance at the London 2012 Olympics.
Scream if you wanna go faster
Oh, you're giving us all the seasons.
Winner of today's challenge is Black Peppa.
Dakota Schiffer.
Dakota, I'd love to see particularly this look,
much more eye-catching.
Just May.
It's sort of looked ike Queen Victoria was pregnant.
She'd balance a pint on her belly.
Black Peppa, it looks delicious,
just love, love, love it.
Condragulations, you're the winner of this week's challenge.
Dakota Schiffer, shantay, you stay.
Just May, sashay away.
[music playing]
What a day!
Wild.
Oh, my god, her message.
We're back in the Werkroom and I've just sent Just May home.
May.
Obviously, it's very sad to see someone go home first,
but of course I'm extremely relieved that that person isn't me.
"It was gonna be May".
- Oh, May. - Oh, poor thing.
I did not expect her to be in the bottom whatsoever,
no offense.
Okay.
I was gagged. I was truly shocked.
I think it was May's time,
but she's introduced me to Geri Halliwell which...
I've been here five years, nobody else has, so thanks babes.
I'm just very sad for May because she's an amazing Queen.
- Love you. - We love May.
We love you, May.
Wherever you are.
She's not dead, babes.
I killed her.
Dakota served a fierce performance.
I think that just goes to show that she's got more to show.
You turned that lip sync out, I have to say.
I'm a performer now, double my rate.
You have to get paid for drag before you double your rate.
Yeah, shut your mouth.
Ms. Copper sweetie, how are you feeling?
It was so, so close
and I feel so, so grateful to be here.
So next week, I'm on it like a car bonnet.
With any luck, it will be a panto dame challenge.
Right.
I know what these Queens are like.
They're gonna think straightaway, Copper has been in the bottom,
she is no competition whatsoever,
and I cannot allow that.
- I can't wait to get this wig off! - Yeah!
Girls get ready 'cause I'm coming for you.
I'm just happy I showed the judges what I can do,
and I am the threat.
You better start your engines
because I am a force to be reckoned with.
It's only going upwards from here on out.
Oh, my god.
Girls, I've got a bit of an announcement to make.
She's from Brighton, and she didn't go home first. -She broke the curse!
There's always next week, bitches!
Fuck you
May you rest in peace, Joe Black and Anubis Finch.
Here's Pixie and she's gonna do Brighton proud.
Oh, that's lovely.
Help me take these trousers off.
You do not not come to RuPaul's Drag Race
to play it safe.
It's time to let these girls know that I'm not here to play.
Go.
My insides have been rearranged, I'm not jokin'.
The winner crowned the UK's Next Drag Race Superstar
will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Hollywood
to create their own digital series
with the producers of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Tonight with Michelle Visage, Graham Norton,
and extra special guest judge, FKA twigs.
♪ May the best Drag Queen ♪
♪ Best Drag Queen win ♪
It's a brand new donkey day in the Werk Room.
I don't know what a donkey day is, but I'm feeling sweet.
Throw a challenge at me, baby. I'm ready.
Good morning campers.
Good morning.
Good morning, Danny Beard.
So, we've lost our first Queen.
- Oh, my goodness.
- Just May. - I know.
Who's going next?
- Well-- - A bit early for that.
Jesus!
I meant... Oh, my God. I know that.
She's not even cold.
Oh, my God.
So, it's like, I will kick the next one out, who's next?
I think we should congratulate our first winner of the season.
- Yeah! - Yes, Ms. Peppa.
Yes!
I feel so happy with my badge.
- Here we are. - Yes.
Yeah!
You've definitely made your stamp on the competition officially.
Peppa's got a badge on her
and I can tell she's really proud of herself.
But you better watch your back girl 'cause I'm coming for the next one.
The fashion Queen seemed to do well last week.
Very well, bitch.
Do you think you're gonna do as well this week
if we got something else thrown at us?
I don't see any reason why not.
I wanna show you all that I'm not just lace, face, body,
looks, and perfection.
Yes! -RuPaul: Oh Girl
RuPaul: Her Majesty done already done had herses.
Rise and shine, morning glories.
- Hi! - Hey!
Now, if you wanna be the UK's next Drag Race Superstar,
you better rock out with your frock out,
or you can end up on top of the flops.
We're singin', bitches.
Who's ready for their pop star moment.
Hold up.
I think I know what this challenge is.
And if it is what I think it is, I am very excited!
Hello, hello, hello.
Hi.
This is my first time seeing you out of drag.
Do you like what you see?
No, actually, I don't.
Out!
My Queens, I have exciting news.
For this week's Maxi Challenge
you are invited to be the headliners
at the first ever Yass-tonbury Festival.
Yeah!
Yass-tonbury!
Come at me.
I love a festival. The messier the better.
Now, you will be competing in two groups
as you perform the new drag anthem, "Come Alive."
Yeah!
It's girl group challenge and this is my fucking week.
I definitely was not expecting this challenge this early,
but this is all the stuff that I'm good at.
So excited to do this.
Now, you need to write your own verses,
come up with group choreo
and style a sickening girl group look.
#DragRaceUK
Oh, yes. Singing, dancing, being in a girl group,
totally my comfort zone.
Now, last week Black Peppa won the main challenge,
and Dakota Schiffer won the lip sync.
And this week, you are both team captains.
Dakota: I wanted to pick you, bitch!
All right, ladies, it's time to choose your groups.
Assume the position.
Oh, God.
Whose team do I wanna be on, Team Peppa or Team Dakota?
Peppa, Dakota, Peppa, Dakota, Peppa, Dakota...
Black Peppa, you go first.
Hmm.
I choose Baby.
Queen.
All right, Dakota, your turn.
Come here, Danny.
Oh, God.
Peppa?
Peppa, please, hello. Hello, Peppa, pick me.
I want Sminty.
- I'm not the last one, bitches. - Thank you.
Le Fil.
Oh, hello there.
Jonbers Blonde.
Oh, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
I want some cheese, give me Cheddar.
Thank you.
I knew you wouldn't make me the last.
At least I know that they don't think I'm a total has-been.
I choose you, Starlet.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
That leaves Copper Topp and Pixie Polite.
I'm feeling polite, so Ms. Pixie. Werk, bitch.
Seriously girls?
Listen, you can sleep on me all you want
because I am going to win this challenge.
Copper Topp, as the last Queen standing,
you get to choose which team you'd like to join.
Oh!
The power.
I can see Copper eyeing me up.
I feel like he's the fat kid, we're the buffet.
Well, I'm gonna choose the winning team.
Milk it, milk it.
Oh, thank you, girl.
So, for those of you who are about to slay,
we salute you.
Racers, start your engines, and may the best Drag Queen win.
Get on the couch, bitch.
I'm very happy with the team that we have.
Come on little tits, let's get going.
But managing all these big personalities,
is certainly intimidating, so no pressure at all.
What made you choose this team, Copper?
Because I think you're all fucking brilliant.
- Thank you. - But...
Over there is gonna be fierce and turn it,
- and work it. - Absolutely.
That is not my vibe.
I ain't gonna fit in that group over there.
This is my tribe, thank you.
So I know Dakota has obviously picked her group.
I know for me personally,
I was trying to avoid all the eye contact
as much as possible.
- I love that. - Sneaky little witch.
I was looking everywhere.
I just kept thinking,
I just hope she doesn't choose Baby or Sminty, or you babe,
and I was like...
Obviously, you too were like.
Right.
Or you.
I knew I had to pick the baddest bitches.
Jonbers, performer, Baby, Beyonce,
Sminty, my bad girl,
and then, we have Starlet, stunning.
I have zero worries
and I'm so confident that we're gonna kill it.
We might be look Queens all of us,
but like we know how to turn it, we have personality and we can be--
Okay, so on that note, I had a thought,
- the name could be Triple Threat. - Mmm-hmm.
There isn't three of us though, there's about five.
I think it's more of an embodiment.
It's like whenever you say Triple Threat, it's just a thing.
- It doesn’t mean there's five. - Yeah.
I think we should go with it.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
- I quite like it actually. - Yeah.
Who cares about the details. It's drag, it's fine.
This is so good.
This is a rock song.
We don't need to be cack, cack, cack, cack , cack, work. Not today, honey.
What are we gonna call ourselves?
- Oh! - Oh, my god, okay.
It needs to be something rocking.
What about Shakespeare's Fister?
I'm vetoing that right now.
I think, no.
Marina & The Cat Pissers or sommat?
- Hmm. - No, we're not into that.
What about Queens of the Bone Age?
Oh, my god, I love it.
That's a stroke of genius.
Babe, just give me five minutes and it just comes to me.
Show us your boners!
Yass-tonbury!
Pixie, you're in a band, aren't you?
- She's in a group? - I am.
Yes, we are the UK's number one live singing girl group.
That was until Tia Kofi got on Drag Race, and abandoned us.
Better days.
This challenge is what I do.
I'm in the girl group with Tia Kofi
but in her season, she was in the bottom two
for the girl band, so I need to deliver now.
I'm hoping that we have a winning song on our hands.
- A confident message-- - Yeah.
is certainly something that we need to bring forward.
As long as we're not like,
♪ I'm going to win that crown, yeah ♪
No, no, snatched waists. No, no, skinny waists.
We're not snatching the crown there.
So what we're -- no skinny waists?
- No, yeah, take that off, Danny. - Yeah. You mean that, yeah.
I mean, we we're an odd band, aren't we?
We were kind of like one of them bands
that was big in the '80s who have all gone away, had kids.
And we've come back together 'cause we're skint.
Have we all done a bit of songwriting before?
Okay, so fun fact. For some reason, I have a degree in songwriting.
Don't ask me why I have degree in songwriting, but I have one.
What?!
We're using that to our advantage, honey.
What's sort of everyone's girl group style?
Is there gonna be rapping, is there gonna be singing?
I'm gonna probably rap.
- I'm gonna rap. - And give a little--
I'm not rapping. I will like certainly sing.
- Completely okay. Amazing. - I'm not sure
what I want to do.
I feel like I'm standing in a field,
and there's a path going that way, that way, that way,
and I have no idea which one to go down.
Kind of just get some lyrics down of what you feel like is your vibe
and then I'll help you like tidy up
and make it presen...prettier.
- Thank you, thank you, thank you. -No worries, girl.
This challenge was like made for Baby,
so I'm glad I'm on the same team as her.
I'm feeling quite safe in her hands.
If you can commit to give that personality,
then, I think we should be fine.
- Yeah. - I know I can write a lyric.
- Me, me, me. - Hey, hey, hey.
This is my time to shine. This is a Super Bowl bit.
- Do you wanna hear what I have? - Yes, I'd love to.
♪ Knowing that Baby can never do wrong ♪
♪ Killing these shows in a heel and a thong ♪
♪ Come with the noise and you better be gone ♪
♪ I'm dropping the mic and I'm dropping these bombs ♪
- Yes! - I am making this run.
I am definitely Beyonce-ing it, 100%.
Hey, ladies!
Say hello to my friend, songwriting genius, Cathy Dennis.
Yes!
Oh, my god.
OMG.
Cathy Dennis, songstress extraordinaire.
Oh, this is exactly the support I need.
Now, ladies you all know Cathy
as the hitmaker behind the iconic songs,
"I Kissed a Girl," "Can't Get You Out of My Head," and "Toxic."
Ah.
And today she's here to help you.
All right, so first up, we've got Team Black Peppa, come on over.
Cathy Dennis has written the soundtrack
to my gay boy life.
I kissed a girl, never,
but I love to listen to that song.
Now, are there any songwriters in the group?
- Baby. - Hi.
- Really? - Yeah, I have a degree
- in songwriting. - You're ready to go?
He's got his pen in his hand.
I'm excited to be here.
The student became the teacher. Okay. All right.
You know, I've been helping. I've been helping.
When you think about great songwriters
- aside from the great Cathy Dennis - Hi.
What other songwriters move you?
FKA twigs.
I love the way that she writes
in the slightly more abstract approach to music.
- All right. - Yeah.
So now, do each of you know what your image is
and what you want to say? What about you Black Peppa?
Coming to UK, I discovered myself from the Caribbean
'cause I couldn't be myself there.
How do you bring that into your lyric?
- Yeah. - So, I start it off.
♪ Black Peppa on MIC ♪
♪ I'm the NB, bendy, Caribbean flavor ♪
♪ All this spice, high kick Mayweather ♪
Okay.
I'm a knock you out.
Ding, ding.
I mean, I think it's great
that you've got some of your heritage in there.
To me attitude is feisty,
so I would say draw inspiration
from situations which have made you feel rebellious.
You know, that's how you'll kind of get that.
Yeah.
Getting advice from her is amazing. I couldn't ask for more right now.
As I'm trying to give reference to my biggest inspiration,
which is vintage glamour.
And that I maybe come across as a bit shy but I'm actually not.
- Yeah. - So, I've got...
More than just a pretty face, the S.A. weirdo dressed in grace.
Well, are you a dancer at all?
I have a burlesque history.
Yeah, so that's something that you can draw on.
- Yeah. - 'Cause you want to just look
for little seeds that are gonna make you sparkle.
I'm going into this challenge with the attitude of,
"I want to rise to it."
But I do think it's okay to be quite timid.
Not everybody can be a Danny Beard, can they?
So let's move on down to J Blonde.
You could just say JB, yeah.
JB, let's hear what you have.
Just like potatoes, I'll give you a variety.
Raising some hell, here to shake up society.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, it's -- quite generic.
All right, Cathy, don't come for my potatoes like that.
What about the famine?
It's a wasted opportunity.
- Yeah, totally. - You want to just
punch as much as possible.
- Yeah. - And I think if you just have
another look at it, maybe there's something
- you could twist. - Mmm-hmm.
- Give it just a bit more zest. - Yeah, okay.
Well, that's great advice for you, ladies.
I can't wait to hear what you all come up with.
Thank you very much, and thank you to Cathy Dennis.
- Thank you. - You're amazing.
Hello. Say hello to Cathy Dennis.
Hi, Cathy.
So now Dakota you chose this team?
- Mmm-hmm. - Well, let's hear something.
Okay, so I'm kind of taking the energy
of being in the bottom two
and then, sort of -- the kind of vibe of the song
was very like punk. So I've been like,
Doll of the valley to punk princess, my confidence is found.
I tried to let them know but they just didn't listen, baby.
All right, all right, yeah.
- Your inspiration is great. - Yes.
It kind of pacifies as it goes on a bit.
- Yeah. - Because at the end,
"if I tried to let them know."
It's not tried, they're gonna wish they would've listened.
Absolutely. I'm too polite, I'm so sorry.
Yeah.
I'm polite.
It's not very me, it's not very natural.
I'm glad you're here, Cathy.
I feel like I've got the first bit down.
I'm a sweet cheese, that cheddar so nice.
Gonna shake that off, make your temperature rise.
- Uh-huh. - Okay.
Now, in my head, the only thing is
I'm trying to visualize cheddar getting hotter.
Okay.
Also, a no.
What's wrong with hot cheese, Cathy?
Everybody likes a fondue now and then.
All right, let's move on down.
Ladykins, what have you written?
I've got,
I'm not being funny but why would I be modest
don't bow to a Queen, I'm a motherfucking goddess.
- Tuckin'. - Mmm-hmm.
Oh, tuckin', sorry not fucking.
- Okay. - Mother tucking.
Not in front of Cathy.
So I've got,
The earth shakes, girls quake Excuse me, please, I've I arrive,
choke them out but they might like it,
using only my thighs.
Wow, I...
I think it says a lot.
It does, it's quite visual.
Cathy might not have been too keen on my thighs lyric,
but, oh, these thighs are juicy
and the judges are gonna reat them up.
Thank Ms. Cathy Dennis.
- Thank you, Cathy. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you. - And thank you ladies,
I can't wait to see what you do out there.
Thank you.
All right, listen up, lady rockers.
Tomorrow you will be headlining the Yass-tonbury Festival,
where we will be joined by our extra special guest judge,
FKA twigs.
No!
Ru looks at me
and watched me say that FKA Twigs is one of my favorite artists
knowing that she's gonna be in this building.
I'm losing my mind.
So good luck, and don't fuck it up.
Yes!
- Hello. - Hi. What's up?
- Hi. Welcome. - Hello. Nice to meet you.
Now, it's time to record our lyrics for the song, "Come Alive."
I'm Leland, this is Freddy.
- How are you? - Hello, Freddy.
Freddy and I have written songs like "UK Hun?,"
"Break up Bye Bye," "B.D.E."
and we are so excited to be here with you in person.
- Yeah. - Let's get started.
Yes!
This week, I think I've got a lot to prove,
especially in a challenge
that maybe the girls might not think
I am going to do well at.
Let's do it.
♪ Had a bad day ♪
♪ Gonna turn it around ♪
♪ Doll of the valley to punk princess, my confidence is found ♪
You're saying, ironically "My confidence is found."
You can say that more confidently.
- Okay. - Yeah.
We want you to really emote on these words
and really like to deliver them.
♪ Had a bad day, gonna turn that around ♪
♪ Doll of the valley to punk princess, my confidence is found ♪
Great.
- Oh. - Yes!
Dakota just seems to be growing.
Thank you so much.
This is exactly what we need.
♪ Don't try to box me in ♪
♪ I'll smash the glass ceiling ♪
♪ got my woman-ual, Le Fil-osphical♪
- Wow. You're a rock star. - Yeah.
Yeah.
Ah, yeah.
How are you feeling about your verse?
Okay, like it changed very much at the last minute,
so let's see how it goes.
I did get rid of the hot cheese line.
That's fair.
♪ Diety alien Queen ♪
♪ Punk rock witch from a twisted dream ♪
Now, listen, we all respect each other,
but is she a singer?
♪ Yeah ♪
Well, actually, apparently she is.
♪ Oh ♪
- Yes, amazing. - Yeah!
Copper Topp, how are you?
- Better after seeing you both. - Aww.
I just want to say that as a fellow redhead,
I'm happy you're here.
Oh, hi.
If you want to see ginger, I'll show you a ginger.
♪ Push it don't ever stop ♪
♪ Come Alive with Copper Topp ♪
- That was fantastic. - Thank you.
You two are amazing, thank you.
See you at the redheads meeting.
♪ Not being funny ♪
♪ Why would I be modest ♪
♪ I'm a mother fucking goddess, baby ♪
Tuckin.
I just wanna remind you, we're on the BBC.
- Mother tucking. - Yeah, sorry.
Well, I'm gonna write to the BBC and just say,
Listen, this isn't that bad of a way, get over it.
♪ Woah, yeah ♪
Great.
That was really cool.
- Pixie Polite, at the mic. - Hello.
- Are you polite? - After hours,
she gets a bit Roxy rude do you know what I mean?
It's a rock song,
so I wanted to get a little bit rough around the edges.
♪ Excuse me please, I've arrived ♪
♪ I choke 'em up but they might like it ♪
♪ Using only my thighs ♪
Sorry, I've got a bit of a variation on the end there
'cause I've run out of breath.
Amazing. Amazing.
That's a wrap on Queens of the Bone Age.
Yeah!
I am feeling on cloud nine, Queens of the Bone Age.
- Okay. - Hello.
- Hi, how you doin'? - Hi.
- I'm good. How are you? - Hi, hi, hi.
Hi.
As I'm the first person I need to set the standard up.
We're coming to this recording session with.
♪ Step on the scene and I'm peaking your interest ♪
♪ Look like a dream but nobody needs pinches♪
- That was amazing. Great job. - Yes!
- Yeah, great, great job. - Thank you.
I'm going for like, a very like a Marilyn Monroe
kind of like, ah.
- Okay, so commit to it. - Yeah.
♪ Burlesque perfection, vintage confection ♪
Okay, what I would encourage you to do
is make love to that microphone.
Otherwise, no one is gonna hear you.
Keep in mind that this track is meant to be a live performance.
So picture the audience
and I think that will help you a lot.
♪ Straight out of a movie, I'm little ♪
Okay.
♪ Vintage collection, whisper ♪
All good. Grab that again.
I'm like, oh.
I'm usually like really embarrassed of like my voice.
♪ face like Minogue ♪
♪ with the a waist like Monroe ♪
This is completely outside of my comfort zone,
and I've kind of like freaking out a smidge.
Sminty Drop.
I'm ready to go. Let's do this.
♪ Oh, my gosh like, who is she? S-M-I-N-T-Y D-R-O-P ♪
Great, I mean, yeah, you really are cramming
those letters together. You got it.
I don't think she's got a shy bone in her body.
Yes, yes.
Little bit jealous.
♪ I know you want some more ♪
- We have everything. - Okay.
♪ Black Peppa on MIC ♪
♪ I'm the N.B. bendy, Caribbean flavor ♪
♪ Knock you out, high kick Mayweather ♪
The phrasing that you are using is so you,
so unique.
And I love how much you brought that
to the verse.
♪ Hot chilli sauce up the club ♪
♪ dutty, wine it, wine it, find it, nuh mind it♪
- Hot chilli, hot chilli sauce. - Yes.
She's giving me the island gal.
You better work.
♪ Let's go, whatta gwaarn!♪
Great, great, great.
- Thank you. - Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
So I think, I might have wrote too many words.
Well, just keep going.
Okay
♪ I'm a Taurus, that's the bull sign♪
♪ It took me some time but I've hit the bullseye ♪
♪ Raising some trouble shaking up to society ♪
So my first thought
is in your verse time doesn't exist.
Yeah.
My time is off, I apologize.
Oh, no, I'm really like,
I know that I've written too many words.
♪ Shamrock, rock and roll, this blonde pot of gold ♪
♪ Piece of heaven, now that you're told ♪
The rhythm does not exist.
♪ Raising trouble, shaking up society ♪
- You got behind. - Okay.
♪ Shamrock and roll, blends of ♪
-- oh, sorry. So sorry.
Just repeat.
- Sorry. - You're fine, here we go.
The struggle bus Jonbers,
I don't know
how we're gonna get there, but we have to get there.
♪ Shamrock and roll, this blonde pot of gold ♪
♪ Piece of heaven, now that you're told ♪
- Oh, sorry. - You're fine.
I'm so sorry. I'm getting flustered, aint I?
Please, Jonbers, don't do this to me.
I cannot have Miss Thing off time for the whole verse.
That's treason.
Thank you so much for working with me.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - There was lot to do, you know?
They didn't have a choice.
I think we're in a really good position,
you know, once they've sort of made Jonbers' verse
actually line up with the track.
I think, he'll be pretty strong.
All right, girls.
Girls, rehearsal come through.
Now, it's time to rehearse the choreography
for our Yass-tonbury performace.
I'm gonna ask right now,
who has a history with choreography?
I've done some bits and pieces.
Le Fil, I'm gonna let you take it away.
Oh, the pressure.
- She's the dance captain. - Yes.
Oh, my gosh.
I am ready to whip these bitches into shape.
- Basically, raising your arms. - Okay.
But you're sinking your hip to this side.
I know that everyone's got different levels of experience.
Oh, and feel yourself.
So, it's all down to me.
Want you to scream.
- That's an easy move as well. - Yeah, yeah.
- Exactly. - And we can take up
a lot of counts with that.
So, I would say something like, go like that.
My dancing experience is limited to,
pissed up me at a bar.
Every night, sink.
I dance like a salted slug.
♪ Do it every night, do it how ya' like ♪
- Yeah. - Are you okay with that, Danny?
I am fucking lost already.
I think Danny is unnecessarily nervous.
But we're all right, we're working with it.
It's release the feeling. Danny, watch me.
- Yeah. - Release the feeling.
There's a few frazzled heads in the room.
But I'm not worried about any of these girls.
That's perfect.
And remember attitude in the face as well girls.
Can we win this? We could win this.
Yes.
Let's do this, sluts.
- Here we go. - Go, go, go, yeah.
The Triple Threats are ready to learn the choreography.
Let's just make sure that everyone can do
these dance moves.
Let's take a risk and give as much as we can.
Oh, good.
There's a lot of different personalities.
Sminty and Starlet, do not dance, so let's see how this goes.
I'm feeling like a, want you to scream and down, bam, bam.
- Got that? - Yes.
Yeah, that looks good.
Baby is definitely taking the lead, which is like fine by me.
And shake the floor.
I'm struggling.
It's okay. It's okay.
I'm not the one to create like great choreos.
Like, you wanna take the lead, you go ahead take the lead.
And shake the floor, leave you, bounce.
It's not back, you got on the wrong foot.
Yes, so let's go over it.
Everyone is putting in the work in.
Let's just go,
♪ Time to release that feeling ♪
I like that.
We're all on the same page, we're making it work.
Leave you, gag...
- Is that like a gag? - Oh, that's nice.
- You love that, do you? - Oh, I like that a lot.
Okay, yeah.
Baby is taking charge.
And I'm really happy about that
because Baby is an incredible dancer.
- Are we good? - Really good.
- And we're getting happy. - Yeah.
We got this. I have no doubt in my mind.
We have this win, for sure.
- Yass-tonbury. - Yass-tonbury.
Give me a model walk.
- Work, bitches. - Yeah.
Yes.
It's elimination day.
It's the girl band challenge and we're about to find out
which one of the girl bands got the record deal
and which one is getting dropped.
I'm feeling this cone bra moment.
Yeah, I love.
I think the pink and the red looks really good together.
I did bring a little something maybe which we could try out.
Oh, let's have a look.
There's quite a lot of green here.
I do have quite a bit of green.
Oh, my god, I love this.
If we're going to sidestep and shuffle,
at least we'll look gorgeous doing it.
Pixie, I'm so glad you brought extra fabric.
Well, you say extra fabric, it's just a dress in my size.
- Oh, my God. - It's about a yard, dear.
Oh, my God, your pictures are so cute.
That is my identical twin. It's Harry.
Oh, my God, you both do drag.
Yeah, we do.
Do you share a lot of things?
Yeah, we grew up sharing everything.
We literally can't help but walk in sync.
Yeah. It's the twin telepathy.
- It's a twin telepathy. - A twelepathy.
Yeah. They are my best friend, though.
It's really hard to describe
that relationship you have with your twin.
Having someone there that understands you
more than anyone is the most grateful thing I am
for on this earth.
We were both bullied very severely,
and those experiences like from childhood,
like I have such like, it's such a dark time,
like in a such -- I've got such bad memories about them.
But they're not too dark,
because I knew that like every day, like leaving school,
like my best friend would be walking home with me.
Like -- it's like what can you, like,
and I just like, I get so emotional looking at those pictures.
That's so cute.
They have been there through everything.
We've helped each other
through every major trauma and event in our lives.
I notice that you're saying them.
- Are they non-binary? - Yeah, yes.
- Okay. - They are non-binary.
- Yeah. - It's kind of strange as twins,
like we came out as queer at the same age,
at 15, together.
Yeah.
We were always really feminine, like there was no,
like hiding our queer or feminine identity.
How did your parents sort of react to both you and your sibling?
It's hard 'cause my dad is like a super,
like stereotypical masculine, like cockney British man,
- who was in the Marines. - Yeah.
Really? Oh, my days.
We would love playing with dolls as kids,
and up until around age five, and I think our dad was like,
they're not allowed to play with these anymore.
As a five year old how do you grasp that suddenly something is wrong.
I think me coming out as trans at 19,
having that separate experience was really strange as well,
- like having to come out on my own - Yeah.
when I had come out with someone else before.
I think it was quite difficult for my parents,
because they were so used to thinking of both of us.
So did drag come first,
and then your transition and journey to came after this?
Yeah, as a transgender drag Queen,
when you have three coming out, so come out.
- You'd probably come out as queer. - Yeah.
And you probably come out as a drag Queen,
and then you probably come out as trans.
And your parents are like, please, no more.
Yeah, and they’re more, you know?
My parents have had to deal
with a lot of the coming out process.
Coming out as a transwoman at 19
was certainly the most difficult first journeys
for my parents and for myself.
They are so good with it now.
And I think them seeing the show,
like they'll be able to see that,
you know, this was my strength all along.
- Yeah. - This is a good thing.
Their understanding of my transness
has come leaps and bounds since I came out.
To be here now representing young trans people in the UK,
and for my parents to even be proud of that
and know how significant that is, I'm really proud of them,
and I know they're proud of me,
and that's the most important thing.
- For Harry as well, like- - Yeah.
I have to thank them for the confidence
they allowed me to have,
because they were the only one to pick me up.
Harry is my biggest champion.
I will forever ever be grateful for Harry.
I have to make them proud.
That's my motivation to stay. I have to do well for them.
- You're a superstar. - Thank you so are you
You are the doll of the dolls.
I'm a very good girl.
The other team are all skinny, pretty.
They're gonna look like a girl group.
We're gonna look like a fucking, queue for greggs
After tonight, one of the girls is gonna go quicker
than a sugar babe,
and that ain't gonna be me, honey.
I am ready for my stage debut with my girl group,
and just to go and kill it.
We have worked so hard,
and I'm gonna win this challenge.
♪ Cover girl, put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe, let your whole body talk ♪
Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
My favorite opening act, Michelle Visage.
And by opening act, you clearly mean my thighs.
National treasure, Graham Norton.
Now, Graham, have you ever been to a music festival?
Oh, you know I'll go anywhere I can pitch a tent.
And by tent you mean five star hotel, right?
No, by tent, I mean my erection.
Was I not clear?
- It was clear. - Okay.
And music sensation, FKA twigs. Welcome, twigs.
Hi, Ru.
Now, I know you've played Glastonbury,
but are you ready for, Yass-tonbury?
Yass.
This week we challenged our Queens to sing, dance and come alive.
And tonight on the runway, category is Neon Nights.
Racers, start your engines and may the best drag Queen win.
Yass-Tonbury Festival
Performing Come Alive, it's Black Peppa, Baby,
Starlet, Sminty, and J Blonde.
I'm so excited.
It's a perfect mixture of excited and nervous.
I've got that, you know, warm feeling in your tuck.
Give it up for the Triple Threats.
Yass-tonbury, are you ready?
We're the Triple Threats
Wow
♪ Hands up say, hey, baby Been that chick. I'm such a lady ♪
♪ Got good curves like a new Mercedes ♪
♪ I dare these tricks to try and take me ♪
♪ Sizzling and sweet and I'm oh so delicious ♪
♪ Dress like a Queen but I'll give you the business ♪
♪ Step on the scene and I'm peaking your interest ♪
♪ Look like a dream but nobody need pinches ♪
♪ Burlesque perfection, vintage collection ♪
♪ Face like Minogue with a waste like Monroe ♪
♪ Straight out of a movie I'm a little bit goofy ♪
♪ Star of the season going to give you a reason to ♪
♪ Do it every night, night Do it how you like, like ♪
♪ Shooting for the sky, sky ♪
♪ Don't get it in your eyes ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor♪
♪ Leave you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come alive ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh. Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ I'm not just a mannequin got the dolls panicking ♪
♪ Legs long, tum tight, tell me, can you handle it? ♪
♪ Blow you away with a glossy kiss ♪
♪ Modern renaissance with a bad girl twist ♪
♪ They packed big but I'm packing bigger ♪
♪ Your fees are low then you can watch my figure ♪
♪ Oh, my gosh, like, who is she? S-M-I-N-T-Y D-R-O-P ♪
♪ Shamrock, rock and roll the blonde pot of gold♪
♪ A piece of heaven now that you're told ♪
♪ Swervin' left, wasn't always right ♪
♪ Had to trust myself then I saw the light ♪
♪ I'm a Taurus, that's a bull sign ♪
♪ It took me some time but I hit the bullseye ♪
♪ Just like potatoes I'll give variety ♪
♪ Raising some trouble shake up society ♪
♪ Do it every night, night Do it how you like, like ♪
♪ Shooting for the sky, sky Don't get it in your eyes ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor ♪
♪ Leave with you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come I won't stop until you come ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come alive ♪
♪ Do you some more Yass-tonbury? ♪
♪ We're the Triple Threats ♪
♪ And there's five of us for some reason ♪
♪ One, two, three, let's go ♪
♪ Them ask, who that B? ♪
♪ Black Peppa on MIC ♪
♪ I'm the NB, bendy, Caribbean flava ♪
♪ I'll knock you out high kick Mayweather ♪
♪ Back bend, death droppin it ♪
♪ You better watch this silhouette Whatta gwaarn, grind it ♪
♪ Hot chilli sauce up the club
♪ dutty, wine it, find it, nuh mind it ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor ♪
♪ Leave with you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come ♪ ♪ I won't stop until you come ♪
♪ Until you come ♪
♪ Alive ♪
♪ Happy birthday, Yass-tonbury ♪
It's a tough competition, but I think we can still take it.
They weren't quite matching the lipsync with their lips.
- That was quite a few times. - I'd say...
Don't jinx us yet, girl, we've yet to go.
Right, exactly.
You okay, love? What happened?
I just feel like I kept messing up and I just feel so bad
because I just know how much this meant to Baby.
I know you're not a dancer like that.
I'm not expecting you to go
inside the biggest fucking stage of drag
and not freeze up a little bit.
Like, that's not fair to put that pressure on you.
So like, yeah, I am a bit annoyed
but like, love you lot, so like don't do that to yourself.
I messed up as well. I messed up my lyrics so...
There was so many points where like,
I was hitting things and I looked around,
and it's like no one else is doing the same thing as me.
I know everybody is like really down,
I don't want to like be that like... that person.
I feel like I was really confident on stage.
I really had fun.
Next up on the Yass-tonbury stage,
it's Dakota, Le Fil, Cheddar, Copper Topp, Danny, and Pixie.
Give it up for Queens of the Bone Age.
♪ Come on Yass-tonbury are you ready? ♪
♪ Queens of the Bone Age, baby ♪
♪ Yeah. I had a bad day going to turn it around ♪
♪ Doll of the valley, to punk princess ♪
♪ my confidence is found ♪
♪ Trans activist with the moist-ist ♪
♪ Politically engaged on the best dress list ♪
♪ Schiffer's coming for you, baby Come on, come on ♪
♪ Oh, I whip my hair to smash gender roles♪
♪ Oh, a northern star, shining around the world ♪
♪ Don't try to box me in, I'll smash the glass ceiling ♪
♪ Got my wo-manual, , Le Fil-osophical♪
♪ Do it every night, night Do it how you like, like ♪
♪ Shooting for the sky, sky Don't get it in your eyes ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor ♪
♪ Leave with you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come alive ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ Diety, alien Queen ♪
♪ Punk rock witch from a twisted dream ♪
♪ Queer your mind, embrace the hazy I'll get those fluids going crazy ♪
♪ Oh, let's rock, let's rock Rock it in in a frock ♪
♪ Let me hear you scream hey, I'm a Queen ♪
♪ Take your ginger shots I'll take you to make it hot ♪
♪ Push it, don't ever stop Come alive with Copper Topp ♪
♪ Do it every night, night Do it how you like, like ♪
♪ Shooting for the sky, sky Don't get it in your eyes ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor ♪
♪ Leave with you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling I won't stop until you come ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come ♪
♪ I won’t stop until you come, alive ♪
♪ Do you want some more? Now scream ♪
♪ One, two, three ♪
♪ I'm a she with a beard you think it's the oddest ♪
♪ Looks on fleek and I'll give it ya honest ♪
♪ I'm not being funny why would I be modest ♪
♪ I'm a mothertucking goddess baby ♪
♪ Get rude. It's anarchy in the UK huns ♪
♪ I quit being polite and stepped into the sun ♪
♪ The earth shakes, girls quake, excuse me please, I have arrived ♪
♪ I choke them out But they might like it ♪
♪ Using only my thighs ♪
♪ I want you to scream and shake the floor ♪
♪ Leave with you gagging more, more, more ♪
♪ It's time to release that feeling ♪
♪ I won't stop until you come I won't stop until you come ♪
♪ I won’t stop until you come ♪
♪ Until you come ♪
♪ Alive ♪
I just haven't said anything
because I don't want to be fucking rude.
I'm just disappointed because, obviously...
- I'm disappointed too, you know? - Yeah, obviously,
we were rehearsing it and like, everyone is so enthusiastic
and it was so good.
And you don't think that I don't think that.
I appreciate that you tried your best obviously,
but like at this point because it's still very fresh,
I feel like I don't have anything nice to say,
so I just chose not to say anything.
Both versions of "Come Alive"
are available to stream and download right now.
Category is Neon Nights. First up, Starlet.
I'm living money on demon fantasy, thank you very much.
Oh, she's a horny devil.
I've got these very super emphasized shoulders and hips,
I've got these gorgeous neon yellow feather plumes
that I've hand sewed all throughout the costume.
I'm feeling really cool.
The Grinch that stole pride.
JB, ya'll.
It's Painted with Raven
I am giving neon painter.
Very good.
Fashion and art always collides,
and I am definitely bringing them together
on the runway tonight.
Work of shart.
What did TLC say? Baby, baby, baby.
That's the one.
She's a feather goer.
Everything that I love is on my body right now.
We have feathers.
We have the hardware with the gold chains in it.
There's a lot going on, but I'm not mad at it.
Whatever that was, it's extinct now.
I see FKA twigs, and she is smiling.
I can like die happily now.
Oh, pluck it.
Sminty Drop.
Oh, my goodness.
Careful, you're going to put somebody's eyes out
with those things.
It's Neon Nights
and I am giving you gay-lien the house down.
Take me to your leader. I'm looking at you, Ru.
That's tit-tape, right?
- Yes, it is. - Okay.
You know the nipples are the eyes of the face.
They are.
There's definitely a risk here with me
just coming out in nipple pasties on my top half.
But, you know what, I'm a thrill seeker,
let's see what they got to say.
Where have those hands been?
If you think that's crazy, you should see Snuffleupagus.
White Salt meet Black Peppa.
Bring it on.
I'm giving you a silicone sculpted dress
perfectly fitting for my body
and I am giving you beautiful, luscious Diana Ross hair,
bigger than the gods which is just topped off nicely
with my gigantic hat.
Can you just tell how stunning I feel?
Highlighter.
I don't even know her.
For some reason the price of yellow feathers
has gone up.
Up next, Copper Topp.
What a poof sleeve.
With this look, I'm serving you new romantic era meets pantomime,
with my blue puff sleeve in the side of my arm.
I'm giving you blue, daba-dee daba-die, baby.
The Marge Simpson spring collection.
I'm giving you Leigh Bowery, meets Boy George,
meets Adam Ant. The full '80s fantasy.
The Miami Dolphins do couture.
And that was the first sports reference
I've ever done in my entire life.
Oh, Condragulations.
Up next, oh, Danny Beard.
Mars attack.
Call me bubbles darling, everybody does.
Call me whatever you like baby.
For this runway, I wanted to look like a sexy neon Juno Birch
Mars attack, alien mama
just landed in a big shaft.
Is a shaft to thing?
She's just landed in a big shaft, ready to go for a big shot
with my bubble guns
and she's going to get a loaf of bread
for the kids in the space ship.
I think she's been to the barber...ella.
Hello, Cheddar Gorgeous.
Oh, she looks like a fungi.
They call this the truffle shuffle.
I am the spirit of the Mushroom God.
Come to connect humans together
and bring life back to our barren world.
Do you know where she got that?
- Where? - Portobello road.
- Oh. - Oh, oh, ooh.
- Can I have some? - Oh, my -- oh, yes, honey.
If you're not blowing some spores of neon love,
you're probably not doing drag.
Did somebody order shroom service?
I don't know what they're saying. They don't know what I'm doing.
I'm dressed as a mushroom, for God's sakes.
Sautee you later.
Up next, Dakota Schiffer.
I think you mean Dakota Shiver.
I am giving you Pokemon gym leader realness
mixed with a little bit of Balenciaga.
She gives good head...phones.
This one for me is certainly a switch up,
neon is not a color palette, Dakota Schiffer usually works in,
but I also really wanted to bring my love of video games
and I thought it was a perfect category to do so.
What is she listening to?
Le Fil.
Ladies and gentlemen, Neoni Campbell.
This is an iconic neon moment in pop culture history.
And what is more iconic than Naomi Campbell
in her own orange hi-vis doing litter duty
- Hooray. - Got it.
Because she had been a very naughty girl. Ah!
Oh, my goodness, is that a Baga Chipz?
Get it, get it.
Oh, she got that pesky packet.
Up next, Pixie Polite.
Somebody let Pixie out in the rain.
I am giving oversized structure pop stick realness
in my hand painted PVC coat.
22 inch weave, 22 inches.
And of course a lovely little hat
because she's not a lady leaving the house
if she's not wearing her hat, dear.
Oh, that reminds me,
I must change the water in my aquarium.
Welcome ladies.
I've made some decisions.
The winner of this week's Maxi Challenge is,
Queens of the Bone Age.
Is she having a laugh?
Me winning a challenge where I have to move and dance.
Oh, my God!
Condragulations.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Thanks, for so much. - Thank you.
You have each earned a coveted Ru Peter Badge.
Ladies, you may leave the stage.
Thank you so much.
Triple Threats,
I'm sorry, my dears, but you're all up for elimination.
Now, it's time for the judge's critiques.
First up, Starlet.
Starlet, you literally looked to me like you were stricken with panic,
and that made me uncomfortable.
Bring your face into the production,
that's the best advice I can give to you,
because I know you have it in there.
- Gotcha. - Okay.
As a performer,
if you're going to be soft and alluring,
then there still needs to be that intensity and that bite.
Once you harness that, it's going to be incredible.
There's a level of energy
when you're performing something like that.
You've got to kind of fake it till you make it.
And this tonight, it's so gorgeous and mad, and crazy and wacky,
and you didn't seem to be having any fun.
I wanted to see your joy, and I didn't see that.
I know you're a look Queen,
but this is where your performance chops
could have really paid off.
I think the nerves got me
and other people a bits in a jumble.
But I am honest,
I really had a lot of fun on the stage tonight.
All right.
JB, yo.
You have good energy, you were selling it.
I think, where it went wrong
was you gave yourself the sort of impossible job.
It sort of doesn't matter how well you know those lyrics,
you just can't get your mouth around them in that time.
- You're never gonna -- - How often have you said that?
There were a couple of girls tonight
that were just such strong performers
that I kind of kept on drawing to other energies on the stage.
Having said that, I really love your outfit.
I really enjoyed this look tonight.
I thought that this was your Neon Nights
and you did it your way.
I've been seeing drag as art for 30 years.
I could tell your brain was going,
"Okay I have to lip-sync this
and I have to remember choreography. Oh, my Gurd" You know?
Yeah, I know I choked on stage, like there's no excuse for it.
I think, I just wanted to say too much,
and that's just my normal everyday life.
Yeah.
All right, well, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Up next, Baby.
Baby has arrived.
I think you were great in the group.
You were one of the people who was very hard
not to be looking at you.
You just were so powerful and commanding
the way you came out and owned that stage.
Your lip-sync was spot on.
This look tonight is super fun.
I love the hair choice.
I think the neck thing closes you up a little bit.
- But all in all, it's really fun. - Thank you.
I'm just dazzled by all the detail.
I wonder if it was too much detail.
- Maybe. - Maybe.
For me, a little bit less,
maybe just a chain less, or maybe one less gay chicken.
But you know you sold it, welcome to the show, Baby.
It's good to be here.
So Twigs, when I told the girls that you were coming,
Baby is the one who lost her mind.
Stop it, stop it, no.
I've been keeping it together because I'm waiting for judges,
but like, oh, my god.
I thought you were incredible tonight.
- Thank you. - Such a natural performer,
completely magnetic.
I'm, like such a huge fan, like, I think you know that.
You really like, taught me that it was okay to be myself
but I didn't really know who that was.
And like, thank you so much for, like, inspiring me.
- Awww, that's sweet. - Thank you.
You're incredible, well done, tonight.
Up next, mmmm Sminty Drop.
- Hey, Sminty. - Hey.
So you had some wobbles,
and there were parts where you were supposed to be singing
but it was like you were waiting, and then you sung.
It was so funny, it was like, we were like, Ma! All the time.
And that was like, bring it down Sminty.
- Not the energy, the focus. - Okay.
- Hi, Sminty. - Oooh.
I felt like you had a lot of natural talent
but just that your nerves got the better of you,
I could really feel that.
Sminty, I'm surprised that you're not a performer
you seem like a performer.
No, I have literally only ever performed
like three times.
I'm just like an e-number personified.
So, although it did kind of, Sminty flop on my face.
Do we do with our silhouettes?
I do, do with the silhouettes.
I do like playing with all my different proportions
to show my best features.
Which is understandable,
but I'm ready to see a different silhouette from Sminty.
Tonight you do look great, but I would say experiment more,
be braver with what you're wearing, bcause you're going to look good.
I predict, call me psychic, call me that.
I think, Sminty is going to look good
whatever the fuck she wears on the runway.
All right, thank you.
Thank you, so much.
Oh, somebody pass me the Black Peppa.
Hey, Black Peppa, It's your girl, White Salt
Watching you was wonderful entertainment.
You knew your lyrics,
you had your attitude, you looked great.
My only critique for you would be, don't do all the things.
Yes, the death drop was fun, the flip, all of it.
But what happens is your hair gets in your face
so you lose your lyric.
So if you pick one and make it strong,
that's probably enough.
On the runway tonight, for me, this was the moment.
- Wow. That's it. - Thank you.
This look tonight, oh, you look so beautiful.
You look like Diana Ross. You really look gorgeous.
- Thank you so much. - Yeah, really, really good.
I thought your performance was incredible.
But I felt like on the runway
you somehow weren't quite as confident
as you were in the performance.
So maybe that's just me,
I don't know, did you feel like that?
I really just wanted to make sure
I made it look like I stepped out of a editorial, like fashion page.
And you look like that, so well done.
- Yeah. - Yeah, really incredible.
Thank you.
So, Black Peppa you put this group together,
are you happy with your choices?
You know, considering what happened,
I know we tried to be a little bit too ambitious
with the lyrics and the choreo, and all that stuff.
I have no regrets, absolutely none.
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.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
I cannot believe we won this challenge.
I feel like I'm going to burst into tears any minute,
very different kind of tears than last time.
We truly won that challenge, we did such a good job.
Everyone was ready to make it work
and I love you all.
This has been such a big week and I really want to win so bad.
So to hear Ru say the words
that you're a winner baby, I'm like, ah.
Pixie, how are you feeling?
Very overwhelmed.
This challenge just like meant everything to me
because it felt like my entire drag career
had like been building to this exact moment.
And I just didn't want to like mess it up.
I don't think I have words to describe
like how much of a dream come true moment this is.
It just feels perfect, basically.
Can I just say that we all now have a Ru Peter Badge.
Yes!
And we are not going to stop
- until we come alive. - Alive!
- Yes! - Yes, baby.
Gimme my booze.
Going from winning last week to now in the bottom,
I feel like shit.
Yo.
Hey, babes.
- Hey, ladies. - Hi!
I was like, yes dancing challenge,
we got this, let's go, and now, here we are.
You're all very quiet and Baby, you're never quiet.
I feel like I'm being quiet out of respect.
Lol.
I didn't mean it like that.
So I'm assuming Baby is fine.
Based off of those critiques,
I am not worried about having to lipsync.
So I'm holding it together to not be dickhead.
I'm assuming, Peppa, you also got good critiques?
Yeah, and they were like they really enjoyed my performance.
I think we're a bit too ambitious with our lyrics and choreo.
Some girls got in their head,
but I can't judge anybody for being fucking human.
I'm definitely in the bottom like 100%
but I'm not pointing fingers anywhere but myself.
I'm the one that choked,
I'm the one that got my lipsync wrong.
Girl band was one of the challenges
that I was really looking forward to.
So for this to be the outcome, it's heartbreaking.
I don't think, you're lip syncing.
- Okay, why not? - You know, I think so.
It's obviously, me and Starlet.
What did they say?
They said that my silhouette seemed repetitive.
Which like, yeah, I understand
but I'm not gonna wear old maiden type of dress,
do you know what I mean because that's not me.
Old maiden?
Old maiden!
There is so many more styles
than sleek and precise, and sculpted, and old maidens.
Oh, bless you, Sminty.
I am dressed as a psychedelic neon mushroom god.
You need a bit of a wider reading list.
Challenge-wise,
I know that I literally fumbled the bag big time.
I was so confident going into this
that we were going to smash it out of the park.
And I'm just feeling like I've let my team down.
What have I done?
Why Starlet?
Michelle said that I looked uncomfortable,
which is confusing to me
because I genuinely was having a really good time.
This is a really unfortunate situation
because I wear face tapes,
which restricts facial expression, so I don't think that it's helping.
I love you
but you definitely got the worst
as in performance-wise not on look-wise.
And the look is like 50% of the mark.
I guess.
What is she saying about 50% of the mark?
None of them even said that.
All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,
what do you think?
Starting with Starlet.
She had a lyric that was I'm a little bit goofy,
and I was like, 'Babe, tell your face.'
You... you're not goofy.
You are so serious.
What a waste.
'Cause she does -- she looks sensational.
She's got that body.
And you know that sort of thing that some of the Queens
- never figure out. - Yeah.
Aesthetically, she's wonderful
and she understands the proportions of her body.
But her looks are going to get in her way
because she hasn't learned the art of performance,
the art of selling the outfit.
All right, let's move on down to Jonbers Blonde.
Well, the thing about Jonbers
is that like potatoes, she gives us variety.
There was a lot of missing words, but she had fun with it.
The runway, I liked that she put some thought into it.
I wish the smock came off.
It would have been nice for her to do a little reveal
to this latex moment.
Yeah, I thought that she was gonna paint herself or something.
That's what I thought and was going in my head and it didn't.
I don't know about Jonbers yet, I feel like she's yet to arrive.
All right, let's move on down to Baby.
Nobody puts Baby in the corner.
And she proved that tonight.
From the minute she came on that stage,
the stage was hers.
Runway, very fun.
All the nice shiny things that I like.
Do you know what?
She's just really lovely as well.
She has a beautiful warmth.
She's just a very likable and beautiful performer,
Why are you laughing?
And she loves you.
It's flattering.
There's something about her that's so likable.
I -- what is it?
I don’t know, there's something about her.
Let's move on down to Sminty Drop.
Yes, Sminty dropped the ball. She...
She came out here and knew maybe half the lyrics
and then like was looking around when she forgot the choreography.
She did have a lot of energy.
So, though she fumbled she was frenetic about her
fumble, which I kind of do appreciate
because she was trying to keep it going.
You know, it's actually incredible that she's so young
and already so confident
because I wasn't like that at her age.
On the runway, you know the thing for me
is I don't think we need to see one more time
a high in the front, long in a back bustle thing now.
She's going to do it at least 10 more times
if she stays in the competition.
But I would really like to see her
in something else that highlights another part of her.
All right, let's move on down to another star of tonight,
Black Peppa.
The way she just filled the stage, it was phenomenal.
It's so hard to do those tricks and have hair in your face
and still find the camera around.
That's just testament to the performer that she is.
The outfit tonight, the yellow, I thought it was very Diana.
That hat with that hair,
and I'm talking about not the Princess of Wales,
- I'm talking about Ross. - Ross.
- Diana Ross. - Oh, my god.
Yes, in the performance, my goodness!
She threw everything in there except the kitchen sink.
- It was dynamic. - Agreed.
She's a star and I love watching her.
Silence.
I've made my decision, darling.
Bring back my girls.
Welcome, back ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Baby.
You're safe.
Thank you.
You may join the other girls.
Black Peppa.
You are safe.
Thank you.
You may join the other girls.
Starlet.
You are a stunning Queen with a lot of potential,
but the judges are waiting for you to come alive.
I'm sorry, my dear but you are up for elimination.
Jonbers Blonde, you are a charming Queen,
but in the performance, you painted yourself into a corner.
Sminty Drop, you are a statuesque Queen,
but in the challenge you came up short.
Sminty Drop,
you are safe.
Thank you so much.
You may join the other girls.
- Thank you. Good luck. - Well done, darling. Well done.
Jonbers...
I'm sorry my dear, but you are up for elimination.
I really actually have grown to love Starlet,
but I am not going home.
Two Queens stand before me.
Prior to tonight you were asked to prepare a lipsync performance
of "About You Now," written by Cathy Dennis,
and performed by the Sugababes.
Ladies, this is your last chance
to impress me and save yourself from elimination.
The time has come
for you to lipsync for your life.
I'm pissed off.
I don't know if you've ever seen a neon demon lip sync,
but you're gonna see one now.
Good luck,
and don't fuck it up.
♪ It was so easy that night ♪
♪ Should have been strong ♪
♪ Yeah, I lied ♪
♪ Nobody gets me like you ♪
♪ I know everything changes ♪
♪ All the cities and faces ♪
♪ But I know how I feel about you ♪
♪ Can we bring yesterday back around? ♪
♪ 'Cause I know how I feel about you now ♪
♪ I was dumb, I was wrong, I let you down ♪
♪ But I know how I feel about you now ♪
♪ Not a day passed me by ♪
♪ When I don't think about you ♪
♪ And there's no moving on ♪
♪ 'Cause I know you're the one ♪
♪ And I can't be without you ♪
♪ Can we bring yesterday back around? ♪
♪ 'Cause I know how I feel about you now ♪
♪ Yeah, I know how I feel about you now ♪
Ladies, I've made my decision.
Jonbers Blonde...
Shantay, you stay.
Thank you so much.
You may join the other girls.
- Thank you so much. - Thank you.
Starlet,
the galaxy is full of stars.
There's only one Starlet.
Now, sashay away.
Thank you for making my dream come true.
And now I have to go find a new one.
You were amazing.
- We love you, Starlet. - Love you, Starlet.
I'm really sad to be going,
but I'm very proud to have got here.
All the other Queens were really wonderful.
I feel like I've got a wonderful group of people
that I could call my sisters.
I can't wait to see them after the show.
Well, condragulations ladies, you're still in the game.
And remember, if you can't love yourself,
how the hell are you going to love somebody else.
- Can I get an Amen up in here? - Amen.
All right, now let the music play.
♪ 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 ♪
Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
You'll be working in pairs
as you create two complementary looks.
Le Fil, what have we got?
I want to close the box and throw it in a river.
It was giving me a complete collection, I wrote 10.
Listen, if I had a body like that,
I'd be wearing that to take the bins out.
Welcome to the first annual NAFTAs.
The category is Best Hot Mess.