Previously, on Canada's Drag Race...
You'll be getting downright judicial
in your very own late night law firm commercials.
Call us to have all your problems solved.
Have you ever gotten so litty
you've splitted your kitty?
Ah!
Sissy! - Sissy!
We might be able to help you...
But we can't help ourselves!
Yeah, what she said!
Con-drag-ulations, Rita Baga.
You are the winner of this week's challenge.
Which one of your sisters should go home tonight?
I would say Lemon. - Lemon.
Lemon. - I would also say Lemon.
Ilona. - I think Ilona Verley.
I would also have to say Ilona Verley.
I'm not here to make friends anymore.
Ilona Verley...
Chanté, you stay.
Bitch On Arrival...
Sashay away.
Boa!
I feel like she wrote it and she went "Nice!"
And then rolled her eyes a little bit or something.
"Nice!"
I'm heartbroken. Boa was my sister.
I'm proud of Boa, you know?
Like, she really came up.
She really grew here. - She surprised us all.
And I'm so excited that the world's
gonna get to meet her and love her.
She's amazing, so I don't want to take this off,
but I'm gonna do it out of great respect.
Boa, we love you. - We love you, Boa!
Boa had to go.
There's six of us left. It's time to top being nice.
The nice era is over.
It's game on now, and it's time to snap.
The judges kind of took us
for a little bit of a rigamarole.
I know why I should be here.
I know why I want to be here, so I don't really care what
Priyanka thinks, or that old one thinks.
That's fine. At the end of the day,
Rita's still a senior citizen, and I'm not, so...
So Lemon, how are you feeling in this moment now?
Glad to see me * ' lip synch.
She's livid. She's like, "Karma, bitch!"
The two girls who started a fight with me in Untucked
had to lip synch, hopefully that curse continues.
Jimbo said he voted for me because he was jealous of me.
Scarlett said she forgot about everyone else's critiques
and I was last.
Ilona said she just doesn't really think we're close.
And Boa said she thinks I'm fake,
so none of those really equate to
"Lemon's the worst, she should go home," so...
I'm not going anywhere, bitch.
I think it really comes down to the fact
that we are jealous of you.
I think that's where a lot of that came from.
I think a lot of the girls are basing their opinion
on a personal note,
more than what the judges have to say about Lemon.
It's getting personal now.
Rita, are you surprised you won today?
I think I won because they told me
"We've never seen you this beautiful on the runway.
"You're serving us something different
"than what we have seen from you before."
I feel like you want to talk. - No.
I think BoBo is frustrated because she really wanted
to win this maxi challenge.
I don't know what else I have left
to give at this point.
I've pushed myself so hard, and it's just like... nothing.
I'm the only one, other than Ilona,
who hasn't won anything.
That's so embarrassing.
I just feel like I'm not gonna get a win at all.
I just feel like shit.
That's a lot of emotions for safe, girl.
And I come through, and they're like,
"Oh, you're always safe," and I'm like,
"Well, then tell me how to not be safe.
I don't know what to do. I just feel defeated.
Scarlett is not defeated.
She's pissed.
Look at that face.
When you can see the emotion through all that filler,
that's how you know the girl's pissed, and she is livid!
Girl, don't listen. - No, stop.
I cannot believe she's acting like this
because she hasn't won anything!
I just had to lip synch for my life, sissy!
Sorry, have your moment. Love you.
I'm trying not to have the sissy spat of a lifetime.
This is food in the library.
Every man for themselves now, sissy.
The winner of Canada's Drag Race receives
a year of hotel stays from Hilton,
and a cash prize of $100,000.
With Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Stacey McKenzie,
and Brooke Lynn Hytes.
With tonight's extra special guest host, Allie X.
Top 6! - Top 6!
It's a new day in the workroom,
and all of these bitches hate me,
so I'm gonna send them packing.
Hello, top 6!
Hiee!
Top 6 in the house! Holy shit.
Oh my god, we've cut out half the competition!
Half the girls are gone.
It feels like there's nobody here,
and we're looking around at each other,
being like, "One of these girls is gonna win."
Lemon, how are you feeling going into this week?
I'm feeling like I'm about to
prove a lot of bitches wrong.
Wow, so likeable!
Ooh-hoo!
Oh, we have Ru Mail!
O Canada!
She done already done had herses.
My maple tarts, beauty is in the eye of the beholder,
and whether you're Miss Congeniality,
Best in Show,
or a lovely fifth alternate,
just make sure your patch is on fire.
Bow down, bitches.
Brooke! - Looking cute!
My angels, come closer.
Close enough. - Oh.
Ladies, you can do drag,
but if you want to know drag, really get to its core
and its essence, you do a drag pageant.
For this week's maxi challenge...
Whoa, y'all skipping over the mini
and getting right to the maxi today!
We have entered the six of you in the very first
pageant in Drag Race her-story.
Ooh!
Today's maxi challenge is a pageant!
Yay!
You will be competing for the crown
and coveted title of...
"Miss Loose Jaw."
Yes!
#CanadasDrag Race.
That is so iconic; I've never done a pageant before!
This pageant is all about small town girls
with big... personalities.
You'll each be assigned a unique
character to embody in every category:
talent, swimsuit,
and the all-important interview round.
And ladies, this pageant is not about being best in show,
but about bringing your character to life,
and making her funny.
I love improv challenges.
It is a stage with a live audience,
and I am able to do what I love to do, which is be a clown.
So you better B-I-B...
Bring it, bitch!
Rita Baga, as the winner of last week's maxi challenge,
you get to decide which Miss goes to each sis.
Now choose wisely.
I can tell you from experience, things get pretty competitive
in the pageant world.
I mean JK, LOL!
You're all sisters, right?
Gentlemen, start your engines,
and may the best woman win.
Byee! - Byee!
Ooh!
A pageant!
So, you're all gonna enjoy my thick accent.
Okay, the characters.
We are playing the most ridiculous characters
who have the most ridiculous talents.
I'm gonna pick the one I want first.
I'll go for the Miss Match'd.
She loves love.
She loves her man and her dog and her life.
She's so #blessed.
The roles are basically typical characters
from the pageant world.
We have the sad one, the slut one.
Miss Behavin', the town bicycle.
Sex positive-- oh, what's that word?
Horn... horndogess?
Horndogess, yeah.
I want to be the town bicycle.
Me too.
Jimbo says she wants to be the town bicycle.
Surprise, surprise.
One of my favourite sides of my drag
is my curves and my sexuality.
Miss Behavin', the sex positive horndog.
Suggestion: I think you should be Miss Informed.
The Know-It-Almost, she's the authority on every topic
with an opinion about everything.
You can do that.
Don't give me that attitude.
Miss Scarlett BoBo is not happy
with who she gets, and you can tell.
Zoom in on her face, she's pissed.
Miss Fitts, a bratty pageant princess.
I love a bratty pageant princess.
That's a fit.
I love pageants.
Miss Erable.
Miserable. - Oh, miserable.
Oh, "miss-er-able!" Oh, that's cute.
I just got it, you know?
A sad sack, she's a...
Eeyore. - Eeyore, what's that?
It's a character.
I think you should do Miss Erable.
She's like miserable and sad,
and I feel like that's something I haven't done yet
is be toned down, so I want to be her.
Miss Demeanor.
Hothead with a chip on her shoulder.
Did you just look at her funny? No.
She thinks you did and she's itching for a fight about it.
Love it.
I feel like I can really be her.
She's angry.
I have some anger inside of me that I need to express.
Are you happy about it? - Yes.
Happy with that. - Yeah.
So I'm gonna change everything, so I can win.
I feel like my character would have gotten
her hair done like four months ago,
and now it's all grown out,
but she still wants to compete in the pageant
because she needs the money.
When you look at this wig, do you get that, a grown-out root?
Or is that bad? Should I cancel?
I mean, you've already started.
You can't cancel now!
Oh, that's very this.
I hate that. - Thank you.
That literally looks like it belongs on your head.
Thank you.
So I'm going for very like spoiled pageant princess,
who's like... - That's so bad.
"I've never won a title, but I'm gonna keep trying."
Lemon is also a spoiled princess,
so I feel like her and Miss Fitts would get along.
This one.
Miss Erable is just that girl that you always see like
out back your school like smoking on her lunch break,
and you never really talk to her,
and she never really talks to you,
and you know that she goes home and like cries at night.
I'm like, "It's my party and I'll cry if I want to."
I understand this girl. I've been this girl.
This is gonna be a cakewalk.
And then this is still like a little me.
You're not playing you, though, don't forget.
Priyanka, don't let me have it like that.
Did someone say talent portion?
Yes!
I'm here. - Mama.
Hello, Lemon. - Hi, Angel.
What character did you get?
So, I got Miss Fitts, bratty pageant princess.
When things don't go exactly my way, I'm very like, "No!"
Oh! - So I'm very excited.
So, how are you feeling after last week?
You kind of got thrown under the bus a little bit.
It started to unfold that everyone who said my name
had a personal reason as to why they thought I should go home,
and that hurt me like even more.
You could also look at it like these bitches
want you to go home 'cause they're scared of you.
I went through a little bit of that myself
when I was on the show.
Brooke Lynn has dealt with the same thing,
and look where she is.
Clearly, I just need to focus on myself
because everyone else already is.
Hi, Priyanka. How are you feeling?
I'm excited to prove myself in an improv challenge.
Yes, I'm excited to see that too because it was
a little bit of a struggle last time you did it, wasn't it?
Yeah, but I'm excited. I'm playing Miss Demeanor.
Okay. - And she rude.
She rude. - And she angry.
She's been through some shit. - Just like you.
Yes, I've been through some shit.
You've been through some shit the last
couple of weeks. - I have, yeah.
I thought I was gonna be good on the improv challenge.
I got scared.
I bombed, and ended up in the bottom two.
You think this is gonna take you back up
to the top of this? - Yes.
Once I knew what it was like to be in the bottom,
I was like, "I don't belong here on the bottom,
"so I'm gonna show the dolls how to do it."
I'm here to just give full
Priyanka energy to everything.
It's that BP energy, okay? Big Priyanka energy.
I can't be scared anymore
because there's no time to be scared.
Bonjour, Rita. - Hello, handsome.
So, tell me about your character.
I'm the one who's in love with love, very positive,
optimistic, and it's really a character for me
because I'm more like down to earth.
In a pageant, in general,
you have to be very over the top and out there.
Is this gonna be something you're gonna struggle with?
I don't think so because I'll be playing a character.
I don't have any issues with having a personality.
Just showing mine is more difficult.
Why do you think that is?
I like to maintain and to be strong for my community
and for my family.
I'm also the mother of the House of Baga,
so I have a lot of children.
I don't want them to see me as vulnerable or weak.
I feel like I have this pressure of representing
the French Canadian culture because I'm the only one
left from Quebec now.
I pretty much went through the exact same
kind of situation when I was on Drag Race.
I was kind of representing a country,
and you feel a lot of pressure.
You made it here because of who you are.
We saw something in you, and we want to see you.
I cannot wait to see what you bring.
It's gonna be fun! - Au revoir.
Hi, BoBo. How are you feeling?
Obviously, it sucks, you know.
We're on week seven, and I haven't won anything.
I feel like these girls look at me like
I'm not a threat, and I am.
You are doing really well in this competition.
You haven't been in the bottom.
You've been safe at top, which is good.
Yeah. - And I think
it's just a matter of wrong place, wrong time for you.
It's been a group circumstance, or it's been something
that's kind of held you back from winning something.
But remember that slow and steady wins the race.
Like, we're on week seven,
and I haven't slipped up once.
I haven't had to lip synch once.
I haven't won anything, and I'm letting that not
bother me because I'm still here.
Oh hi, Ilona. - Hello!
So, who are you playing in the pag?
Miss Erable.
Miss...
She's miserable. Miss Erable.
How are you planning on playing her?
Like very just kind of like...
Like over it. Just very like...
Like, mm... like, moody.
You still need to be funny and not one-note,
so I'm excited to see you handle that.
I want to ask you, how does it feel to be the first
First Nations two-spirited person on here?
It feels amazing.
Like, for me, like growing up, I had no one to watch on TV.
Mm-hm.
I had no one to look up to,
and so for me it just feels good to represent for indigenous kids
and for two-spirit kids.
Like, it's not always my job to educate as it is
to be present, to represent. - To be visible.
And say I'm here. You can be here.
Because I never had that, and I just want to be
that person I wish I had.
I had no one growing up to look up to,
and it's really important and cool for me to just
be able to be someone, and be proud of who I am,
and hopefully be able to inspire other kids
to be proud of themselves,
and you know, inspire them to just be themselves.
Jimbo!
Tell me about your pageant character.
I am Miss Behavin', the town pump.
Oh. I love it already.
It's something close to my heart.
What is your process for coming up
with these crazy characters you do?
I think the more I cover up Jimbo,
the more someone else can come through.
I started performance and drag in a vaudeville troupe
doing sketch comedy, and then trained as a clown,
and then as a drag clown,
and so I have a lot of experience
about being in front of an audience.
I'm really looking forward to the pageant tonight.
Contestants 1 through 6,
Canada is about to get royally tucked.
This is not your average pageant,
and you are not playing average girls,
so make strong character choices.
Be bold. Be consistent.
And for 's sake, be a winner.
Tomorrow on the main stage, joining us
as our extra special guest host
is indie pop singer/songwriter,
Allie X.
I am so gagged that Allie X is here.
I love her. I've seen her live before,
and she's a powerhouse.
Oh my god!
Her music has got me through some really
dark times in my life.
I have her lyrics tattooed on me, actually.
"Never good enough." This is from one of her songs.
It's a pageant!
Ladies, good luck,
Bye! - Bye!
Oh my god, Allie X!
Girl, what?
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome to the Miss Loose Jaw Pageant.
Miss Loose Jaw 2020 is a small-town pageant.
It's the kind of pageant that would go down at like a legion,
at a community centre.
Drag Race has never done a pageant before,
so we're making her-story on Canada's Drag Race!
Hello!
Give it up for Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.
It's me!
Handsome.
Let's say hello to our esteemed panel of judges.
Founding member of the legendary troupe, The Great Imposters,
the iconic Michelle DuBarry!
Oh, did I win?
No, honey, not this year.
So it.
It's Canada's squirrelfriend,
and Miss Loose Jaw favourite, Traci Melchor!
And all the way from Degrassi High,
it's Principal Snake, Stefan Brogren!
This is just like homecoming.
But so gay.
And now, introducing this year's contestants
of the Miss Loose Jaw Pageant!
Ooh... Woo!
Wow! Wow!
Woo! - Yes!
They're so lovely.
Aren't they just death-drop gorgeous?
Oh my god.
Now, let's meet these beauties.
My name is Miss Match'd.
My life goal is to spread my love all around the world,
and I would like to thank God because I'm so #blessed!
Ah!
I'm Miss Demeanor.
My motto is I'm gonna make you pay for all the good shit
I did for you, and I'd like to thank my dad
for abandoning me. - Oh!
And my baby.
Stop kicking me, though.
Stop kicking me. I'll kick you back, bitch.
Good evening, all you sexy townsfolk.
My name's Miss Behavin',
'cause I can be a dirty girl.
My life's goal
is to lose my gag reflex all together.
Nope, it's still there.
Hi, I'm Miss Erable,
and being here is making me miserable.
I'm just trying to show my parents that like
I can be a beauty queen like these other girls.
Hi, I'm Miss Informed,
and my goal in life is to be better than everybody else,
but like I've already done that so I'm like already there,
so like #goal.
I would like to thank myself for being
just the best in a sea of basics.
Thank you.
My name is Miss Fitts.
My life's goal is to finally win a pageant
and show my mother that she was wrong.
I would like to thank my father
for his endless financial contributions.
Thank you so much. Enjoy the show.
Alright-y!
Who's ready for the pageantry to begin?
Ladies...
That's your cue to go get ready.
We'll be right back with more Miss Loose Jaw.
Is that it? I'm going home.
Our first round is the talent portion,
and first up is Miss Erable.
Do you guys like painting?
Paint, paint, paint, paint, paint!
I don't want your sarcasm.
I painted these eggplants.
This is like us, and this bowl is like society holding us back.
Brilliant. - That's really good.
Stop mocking me!
Would you like it more if it was like sexualized?
You guys want something more exciting,
what something more exciting?
You want something more exciting like this?
Is this what you like? You people like this?
Why do you like this?
This is like exactly the reaction I was hoping for
from the audience.
Like, the comedy in this character is just...
she makes you uncomfortable.
I don't like you guys!
I'm done being talented.
I have no idea what's going on right now.
She's dancing for two.
Now, before the pageant,
Miss Demeanor had to go through a month of anger management,
so what her therapist had told her
is to take it out in a talent.
My interpretive dancing is a perfect way
to express my anger.
Oh!
Can't be good for the baby, I don't think.
Oh.
Okay, so plot twist.
Somebody's having contractions.
Oh! Oh, wow.
When one becomes two.
That is a talent. That is a talent.
Oh my god. Va-va-va-voom.
I'm displaying one of my many talents...
Oh! - My animal calls.
The call of the bum-bum gerbil.
Help...!
Help!
The call of the double-headed dildo bird.
Big dick snake...
Augh, augh!
Performing in front of an audience makes me feel
at home again.
I'm not a runway queen.
I am a clown.
Don't feed the animals.
The laughter makes me stronger!
Security!
So, I learned this at the bongo bongo school
in Bongo Bongolia at the school of the arts for bongoing.
Okay, here we go.
Wa-wa-wa-wa...
Oh!
The audience has never seen someone this amazing.
La-la-la-la-la-la...
Wa-wa-wa-wa...
La-la-la-la.
Ha, oh my god.
Miss Informed is slaying the bongos, honey.
Go, Miss Informed!
You got it, girl!
I feel the beat!
Let them have it.
Let them have those bongo bongos.
Mmm.
I like her.
Thank you so much.
Ooh...
She can't get in. - What is she doing?
She's trying to get in.
I always love when a pageant girl's
real talent is pageants, and when they get
to the talent portion, and they're like,
"Uh, I'm not really sure what to do."
So I think mime is the funniest like "talent" portion
that you could possibly choose.
Ta-da!
I think we have a winner!
Ooh! Oh, oh!
Oh, she's around the wall.
Hello, hello! Hello!
Today we are wrapping a gift!
Here's my dog, Rita.
Oops! Oh, sorry.
Okay, you need wrapping papers.
Let's take the pink one.
You put the box on the wrapping paper.
You need scissors.
This is for my lesbian sister.
I think of you.
And then you cut like there's no tomorrow.
She's nuts.
And then you fold it too.
Miss Match'd is not really good as a gift wrapper,
but, you know, she loves it, so she will do it,
and she will keep on smiling.
Woo!
It's Miss Match'd, everybody.
Give it up! - Thank you!
Aah!
What a mess.
Hold onto your oars.
It's the swimsuit portion.
Oh my god!
Oh, she's got flippers. - See the flippers?
Rita's kind of scaring me with her performance
because I know that girl.
I literally know that girl.
She's on my friends list. I still follow her.
We were told to not have a one-note character.
Hm, seems like some of the queens didn't get the memo.
Oh, she's far out.
She brought her own flotation devices.
Oh my god.
It's hard with sexual characters to find
that middle ground of like good, PG, fun, dirty humour,
and like just taking it over the line.
Aw!
No, no, no!
Ilona's character is very unlikeable.
I think Ilona hasn't really delivered any comedy.
I think I'm doing great.
I'm staying in character the entire time.
I think this is the most fun I've ever had, ever.
STEFAN/TRACI: Oh!
Daddy!
That's how you recover. - That's how you recover.
That's how you recover.
I'm hoping the judges notice how committed I am
to this character, and I've also added some pads,
just so they know I can do it.
How about a hand for all these bathing beauties?
Lovely! - Yeah!
Where's your bathing suit?
He'd look good in a bikini, wouldn't he?
Ooh.
To prove they're more than just T&A,
it's time for the Q&A.
If you had one wish, what would it be?
I would like everybody to be as #blessed
as I am because life is fabulous!
Yay!
Canada has literacy rates of about 99%.
What do you think needs to be done to make it 100%?
And you tell me I can't read because I'm the 1%.
Oh. Oh, that's a shame.
So the answer is everyone stop reading.
Reading is for dumb people.
No, honey. Reading is fundamental.
That's it!
What do you think the most important thing
to teach today's children would be?
Could you ask the question again?
Wow, that tastes really good, like strangers.
We're gonna need to sanitize this microphone,
and me.
If you had one wish, what would that wish be?
I just wish that I could delete my family
or maybe that I could just go home right now
'cause I'm tired of trying to be a beauty queen!
Don't put that near me!
That was in her mouth!
She has a point. - Fair.
That's fair.
If you could give your younger self
one piece of advice, what would it be?
There'd be no advice because I don't really
need advice because I'm actually so amazing that advice is
kind of not in my vocabulary because I don't really need
anything other than being absolutely amazing,
and you all should take advice from me by being,
you know, just the greatest role model
for all these trashy competitors.
If you could give your younger self
one piece of advice, what would it be?
I believe that I would tell myself to kill that bitch,
Traci, because she won a pageant that I was competing in,
and I would have finally got my first crown.
Thank you.
That bitch, Traci.
And world peace.
Thank you.
Woo!
The judges are tabulating their scores,
and soon we'll find out who will be crowned Miss Loose Jaw!
This is a real nail-biter, folks.
Who's gonna win and who's gonna totally melt down
when they don't?
I feel pretty good about Miss Fitts' performance
in the pageant.
I think this might be her night to finally win her crown.
The pageant is not about being the best in show,
best swimsuit, or best gown.
It's actually about being the best character and staying
in character the entire time, and I nailed that.
I * ' killed it.
And we're back.
Judges, are you ready?
Wait, where's Michelle?
She's... she's gone!
"See ya, suckers."
Ooh, I love this.
We've just been informed
that the crown has gone missing.
There will be no crowning tonight.
Devastating for all of our Loose Jaw ladies.
Oh well. Thanks for joining us.
Hope you had a great time.
I sure did!
Have a gay night!
Another day, another doll.
Another day, another doll is going home tonight!
It's elimination day.
Today's runway challenge is very exciting.
It's pageant perfection, so she's gotta be pretty, baby.
Are you gonna do like a cool body paint?
No, I'm just covering my tattoos
because I want to have a natural look tonight.
Do you ever use these where you snatch your face
back with these elastics?
I'm gonna do it today.
I'm trying to snatch my face back.
I am so cranky.
Yeah. - Can you off too?
Tensions are high in the workroom today.
All day you were like, "Oh my god,
"don't roll your eyes at me, don't do this,
"you rolled your eyes at me."
and it's like, I'm trying to find a hairspray.
I'm like, oh, I'm cranky-- like, yeah!
Literally, your negative energy is like so much.
I'm sitting here right now, and I literally can feel it.
I'm not being negative.
I'm just saying I'm tired.
Don't scream at me over it.
You're calling me out!
Ooh, girl!
Yeah, 'cause I'm not having your behaviour
right now, sorry.
I'm doing my makeup!
So how about you pay attention to what you're doing
and stop commenting on the shit that I'm doing?!
I feel like Scarlett thinks that she didn't win
because of Ilona last week.
I think she's kind of taking that out on her right now.
Which is really funny.
Keep fighting. It's fun.
Keep fighting! - I'm not fighting.
I was just expressing how I feel.
So you can, but I can't.
I'm saying I'm tired, and you're like, "Yeah, you are."
Do you notice I'm using a very calm voice
while I'm expressing myself?
Yeah, but that's not fair.
She's like, "Oh, she's like this and she's like that."
All I said was-- - I'm not saying that.
- I'm tired.
They're fighting about nothing!
What?!
Bla-bla-bla, bla-bla-bla, bla-bla-bla.
I'm not giving any negativity to you!
Like, you're literally--
You know you have been actually today.
I dropped something on the floor
and somehow you made me dropping something
on the floor about you.
This is the Seinfeld of all fights
'cause nothing's happening.
I've never been negative to you once
this entire competition. - That's not true.
She's huffing and puffing about everything.
Every time I speak, she's like rolling her eyes.
Okay, Scarlett, sorry I upset you today.
I'm sorry you're having a day.
I can't even explain myself.
You just interrupt me.
I just think we're dragging this on right now,
and I don't think it needs to be dragged on.
I'm not-- - It is Drag Race.
Keep dragging it on. We love it.
Oh my god.
Scarlett and Ilona both love to get the last word,
so this fight might never end.
Just a reminder, this is a Canadian edition.
Thank you.
So, dolls, how cool is it that Michelle DuBarry
was here yesterday?
That was amazing.
legend!
Michelle DuBarry is not only a Canadian icon,
but she is a drag legend.
She is the oldest working drag queen in the world,
and she honestly is the coolest person I've ever met.
Michelle DuBarry has been performing and doing drag
throughout so much of like queer history.
I feel like she's lived through so many major gay events,
and historical moments, and she's been there like
right at the front, fighting for us.
Michelle DuBarry has seen everything.
She's seen so much discrimination
and so much hatred, and she's combatted all of it.
She's been doing drag since like the '50s,
when you had to wear male clothing under your drag.
She used to go to like little nowhere towns,
like in drag. - Wow.
She paved the way for all of us, really.
She's fought for drag rights,
and without people like her, this art form of drag
would not be as acceptable as it is today.
We owe so much to her, and people like her,
and people that she was standing beside.
I think our generation, and the one after,
we have to take the time to get to know our elders
because they are the ones who paved the way,
and the real trailblazers.
It's not us. It's them.
They're the ones that gave us the rights
and the freedom to be our openly queer selves,
so we have to make sure that we're always giving thanks
and a good nod to these queens, because Michelle DuBarry,
she paved the way for all of us.
We would not be here if it wasn't for her.
Does anyone have someone who is a queer elder to them
that inspired them with their drag?
When I first started, it was Lady Bunny.
It was the first time that I was able to see a larger queen,
so it was like, "Oh...
"It's not only for, you know, skinny bitches."
When I first started to do drag, I was really bigger,
but I did embrace the fact that I was bigger,
and I was performing in undies, and the crowd loved it.
I think it's one of the main reasons I became someone
in Montreal because I was fearless.
It's all about having confidence.
While we're on the topic of body,
it did come up on the runway last week, Lemon.
It's always hard for me to be the one to complain
about this because I know that a lot of people would die
to have the body that I have.
But you have two worlds combining to make you
feel like shit about your body.
You have the dance world and the drag world.
Yeah, truly, and like the dance world is literally
just like you stand staring at yourself in a mirror
that spans a full wall for 12 hours a day,
and all you do is correct what's wrong.
I spent my entire childhood
obsessed with what I looked like,
and it felt sometimes that everyone was obsessed with it.
It's always been, "You don't have the body of a male dancer.
"You don't have a raging six-pack.
"You don't have big enough biceps.
"You don't have this. You don't have that."
There's no right or wrong.
Bodies can be as different as you are
because we're all different, at the end of the day.
We should just embrace our uniqueness.
I've worked so hard to love the skin that I'm in.
I think you can serve 101 different silhouettes,
and 101 different shapes,
and still be beautiful and powerful.
No matter what size you are, or what colour you are,
that's what makes you unique, so you have to live with it
and be fearless.
Wow, that is the most pageant answer
we could all be giving. - And world peace.
Woo! - Yes!
Welcome to the main stage of Canada's Drag Race.
I'm your extra special guest host, Allie X,
and I'm gagged to be here.
Brooke Lynn Hytes, long live the queen.
Ah, yes, long and hard.
Wait, what are we talking about again?
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.
If you could wish for one thing, what would it be?
Well, Jeffrey,
harsher punishment for parole violators...
and world peace.
And lastly, the current reigning title holder of Miss Thang,
Stacey McKenzie.
And I refuse to hand it over, girl.
Don't I know it.
This week, the queens were challenged
to bring unique characters to life as they competed
in a small-town beauty pageant.
Gentlemen, start your engines, and may the best woman win.
Category is "pageant perfection."
First up, Ilona Verley.
I am serving the judges
"diamonds are a girl's best friend."
I'm wearing a floor-length mermaid ballgown,
very vintage inspired.
I've got an entire top made out of jewelry,
putting Beyoncé to shame.
There's my chandelier.
You want this?
Well, you can't afford it, and neither can I
because I'm still making payments.
Next is Lemon.
I am serving you perfect pageant 5-year old realness.
Oh, it's JonBenet Shablamsy.
Lemon loves pageants, arts and crafts,
and tap dancing.
When she grows up, she wants to win Canada's Drag Race.
Favourite food?
Sketty.
Pull that ball change, bitch.
I'm flip, flop, flapping all around this stage.
I'm going to win ultimate grand supreme.
I just know it!
And my mom said if I did, she'd take me for a poutine.
She's a cutie patootie.
Rita Baga.
Ooh. - Oh!
The fantasy is glamour
and Glenn Close wearing Thierry Mugler.
I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille,
and my wide shot.
She's beautiful.
She's glamourous.
She's gonna be in every newspaper.
I want the judges to see that I'm not always campy.
I can be femme as well, and fabulous, as always.
Next, Priyanka.
My pageant perfection is a Bollywood dream.
I am giving you this gorgeous Princess Jasmine blue gown,
with this chiffon just to throw it around!
She's living in a whole new world.
She said " you and your magic carpet."
This look is inspired by my grandmother,
who passed away a few years ago.
Through drag, I'm able to show the world how beautiful she is,
and how beautiful I am.
I feel so pretty.
Jimbo.
I'm serving old Hollywood glamour,
mixed with a bit of clown.
Choo-choo-choo, I've got a long train
covered in ostrich feathers.
I'm taking a real risk with my pageant perfection.
I feel like Marie Antoinette and Barbie had a baby.
Out of my eyes are crying tears of diamonds.
It's so sad being so rich.
My ears are also pouring diamonds,
and I've got diamonds dripping out of places
that the camera can't see.
Well, diamonds were a girl's best friend.
And Scarlett BoBo.
Ooh.
I'm serving pageant perfection
in the BoBo perfection way.
I feel like a fierce Russian spy that's coming for blood.
I feel like I'm channelling my inner Dita Von Teese.
I feel so glamourous.
I've never felt more beautiful in my entire life.
Cruella DeDrag Queen.
I adore puppies and skunks.
I'm giving them a soft version of BoBo,
but I'm also still keeping that bad-assery.
I feel like a superstar.
Welcome back, beautiful ladies.
Now it's time for the judges' critiques.
Jeffrey, darling, you hosted
the Miss Loose Jaw Pageant.
What do you think of Ilona Verley,
aka Miss Erable?
That pretty much says it all, Ilona.
So you were playing the sad sack.
I don't know if you gave us that.
I don't think that a sad sack is necessarily a petulant child
who is scolding the audience.
I liked where you started.
You were very like, "My parents don't get me,"
and then it just never got funny.
You just got angry, and it was kind of uncomfortable to watch.
I do love this look, though.
I love the silhouette.
I would have loved to have seen the stones
all the way down, but like clinging to your body.
I think that would have been sick.
We completely lose your neck with the choker.
You could have taken the bottom off those earrings
and just worn those little studs.
I'm also not a fan of the hair.
It's a little Dame Edna meets George Washington for me.
Jeffrey, what did you think of the pageant princess?
I love the character. I love the accent.
You had me laughing.
Your improv, I don't know where it comes from.
Me neither.
Yeah, you were very manic and very like robotic,
and scary, and psycho, and I enjoyed it.
I loved your mime.
My favourite part was actually you walking off stage
bumping into everything.
I saw you padded in the pageant as well, and you corseted, so...
Yes, I will always make sure my silhouette
is right for you guys.
I thoroughly enjoyed your runway, Lemon.
You came out and I was like, "Oh, shit."
Well, we just said "pageant perfection."
We didn't say what kind of pageant.
You really took a risk, and I think it paid off.
What a clever way for you to make yourself stand out,
right down to that tiny tiara hidden in your hair.
I love a sockette.
Show me a sockette and you've won me over already.
You were funny. You were cute.
You had everyone engaged.
Brilliant move. - Thank you so much.
Rita Baga, aka Miss Match'd.
Your character was the optimistic,
hopeless romantic. - Yes!
I didn't really get that from you.
I got that you were really hyped to be there.
I would have liked to see a little bit
more diversity and not just that "ha-ha-ha"!
For me, you weren't the most memorable.
I actually had to think back to who you were
because I couldn't remember.
However, bitch,
I need this dress.
It's stunning.
You came out, and you owned the runway.
You took every chance you got to make sure you were being seen
from all angles.
I love the subtle makeup.
I don't think I've ever seen you paint this soft.
Me neither.
The hair, I love what you were going for,
but I just felt like it could have been a little more slick.
I would have loved to have seen a black earring,
and not a navy, just to pick up on the black in the dress.
What did you think of Miss Demeanor?
A little one-note.
It was the same kind of thing as Ilona.
You just kind of did one thing the entire time,
and just stomped around, and were just like
staring at people.
Like you can be mean and angry because we get that's kind of
part of the character, but you also need to be funny
because it's supposed to be funny.
You played small.
It was reminiscent of the Snatch Game,
just kind of was flat,
and I was disappointed
because I know that you can do better than that.
I know you're a new mother and all,
but now you've gotta work ten times harder.
This gown, however, it's beautiful.
If I went to a drag pageant, this is the dress
I would expect to see from somebody.
And that colour on you, that blue is like...
I just thought that you could have held yourself
with a little bit more confidence.
Even the way you're standing right now,
you're kind of like... - Mm-hm.
Oh, okay. - Yeah, there we go.
That's a little better.
Remember, this competition is a marathon.
It's not a sprint, and you're so close to the end,
and none of you can run out of steam.
Miss Behavin'.
I sure was.
You were my favourite in the pageant, so unhinged,
and over the top, but not to the point
where it irritated me at all.
I loved your tits.
They were amazing.
I think I laughed the hardest at what you brought
to the stage.
Now, this runway look,
I like that you bejizzled your face.
Everything else I really don't care for.
It's my least favourite thing you've worn on the runway.
It looks like we had another design challenge
and you had to make this.
You've put all this stuff up here,
and you've just completely lost your silhouette.
I don't see a waist.
This just is not pageant for me.
Like, to me, this is ill-shaped,
and it just doesn't do nothing for you.
I don't like the dress at all, and I don't like your hair.
It's not my favourite.
It's not glamourous by any means.
It's campy, which is fun,
and it's very on brand with Jimbo.
But not glamourous in any way.
Okay.
Miss Informed. - Hiee.
I thought you were wicked in the pageant.
Thank you. - You were funny.
You played the character well.
You really had me laughing the whole time.
You did have good moments.
The bongos... "Aaah!"
It was short but it was sweet.
This is my favourite look of all the looks
on the runway.
This is the one that I would like to wear.
I love the broad shoulder.
I love how you stripped it off and then we saw your tattoos.
It was sexy.
You look magnificent,
truly the best that I have ever seen
Miss Scarlett BoBo look on this runway, honey.
Thank you.
You just look very like old world,
1940s, 1950s glam.
I'm like, "Yeah, it's still BoBo."
There's an edge to it still, like if a rock star was forced
to go to the Oscars.
Thank you, ladies.
You may all head back to the workroom to untuck
while we deliberate.
At this point in the competition,
one rhinestone out of place could put you in the bottom,
so it's tough to know who's gonna be lip synching.
This competition it's hard.
It's really, really, really hard,
and now I finally feel seen and I feel important.
I feel so stupid.
Why do you feel stupid?
I'm in the bottom again!
Priyianka, where's that spark?
You know those girls at the club,
like delusional drag queens that think they're the ticket?
Like, that's how I felt tonight.
Oh, no!
Did all those years in TV not pay off?
Am I not as talented as I think I am?
I'm disappointed in myself, and I'm scared.
I want to represent queer POC's out there.
I want to be here for my people.
I don't want to disappoint them.
There's a lot riding on this.
I quit my kids TV job to do this show.
Am I gonna be able to make my rent?
Can I pay my phone bill?
Like holy shit, like, I could actually go home today,
and if I go home,
did I make a mistake?
I don't see anybody else in the bottom.
Based on judges' critiques,
it's gonna be Ilona and I.
Well, I could be for sure.
They all hated this dress.
Jeffrey said I don't look glamourous at all.
It's one thing to say I think you should be more glamourous
or my version of glamour,
but to say that I'm not glamourous at all,
that's like say always never.
I think he maybe needs to look up the word "glamour."
You question my taste level.
I question your knowledge of the English language.
Oh, shit.
Jimbo is furious at the judges
for their critiques, and that's not how this game is played.
They're not critiquing you to hurt your feelings, baby.
They're just saying like your runway didn't match the theme.
Are you open if we want to say something?
Oh no, I want to hear from an outside point of view.
I think it's the first time that you look older
than you are.
I didn't know if it was on purpose.
No, I purposely have taped my face back
to try and look a bit younger, so...
I guess I look like an old, dumb bitch.
You didn't ask my opinion. I'm just giving it.
Okay, bitch.
Well, you're wearing some crusty-ass
Golden Girl bullshit on your head,
and you're coming for me.
Your waistline looks like barf.
Your hair is fried.
That wig should go directly in the garbage.
Aah! All of the girls are fighting!
Baby, I'm just trying to help.
I mean your hair looks like a grandma just
dunked her head in the toilet.
This is how you react when I'm trying to help you?
So maybe I'll keep my comment for myself next time.
I mean, your hair is disgusting.
I mean, I call her old all the time,
but I like this hair. I'd wear this hair.
Look at it, like the flyaways everywhere.
It's uneven.
I'm dead! I'm dead!
I'm here wondering if I have a job after this competition,
and these bitches are like fighting like
two senior citizens that have been in the home for too long.
I'm not trying to be a bitch, but that hair is thirsty.
Like, pardon me.
Excuse me, ladies.
I'm going through something here!
Oh, I am feeling like the claws are out.
I'm like, "Okay, cut your wig up!"
Well, just between us first runners up...
Wow!
Let's start with Ilona Verley.
Ilona is just not bringing it on the same level
that the other queens are, and I don't know
if she has any more to give.
I liked Ilona.
She really had an energy that I gravitated towards,
but she didn't give the most likeable performance
in the pageant.
Next up, Lemon.
I am so impressed with Lemon this week.
Her performance in the Miss Loose Jaw Pageant,
she was hilarious.
Lemon, for me, was the star of the runway.
I was so taken by her immediately.
Her runway was genius.
To take the theme and completely conceptualize it
in a way that nobody else thought of,
talk about a smart cookie, a smart lemon cookie.
So, what did you all think about Rita Baga?
Her performance in the pageant wasn't
super memorable for me.
Rita was just so delicious on the runway tonight.
I wish that her hair had been a little better.
She came out on that runway and I was just like,
"Wow," just blown away.
She was just spectacular, how she walked out, owned the stage.
You can just tell when somebody likes
what they're wearing because she was feeling herself.
She was like a glamazon Zamboni gracefully
smoothing out the whole stage.
Allie X's new single, "Glamazon Zamboni."
Priyanka.
I'm really disappointed because Priyanka,
she could win this competition, but lately the confidence level
has gone down.
Her in the pageant was just very one-note.
But what about when she had the baby?
That was so good.
That was a towel. That wasn't a real baby.
Shh.
I actually really liked her in the pageant.
Don't get me wrong.
She had some funny moments where I laughed,
but we're down to the top six here, and we've gotta nitpick.
Miss Jimbo.
That queen can do comedy
like no one else on that stage.
Unfortunately, when it comes to her fashion journey,
this week she just...
pew... turd city.
That was the worst she's looked all season.
Yes, the outfit was horrendous,
but it was horrendously awesome.
Blech...
Hated it. Hated it!
Scarlett BoBo.
Scarlett BoBo was very strong tonight.
Just so glamourous, and yet still so Scarlett BoBo.
She still had that edge.
In the Miss Loose Jaw pageant, the bitch was funny.
I think BoBo is, by far,
the most consistent person we have in this competition.
She hasn't won anything.
She hasn't been the worst at anything.
But she's just been consistently good.
Maybe it's her moment to rise.
Alright, have we made some decisions?
I think so, yup. - Yup.
Bring back our congenial misses.
Welcome back, queens.
Based on your performance
in the maxi challenge, and your runway presentation,
we have made some decisions.
Lemon, your Miss Fitt packed pizzazz,
and your runway, Lemon,
squeezed the juice, the go-go juice.
Scarlett BoBo,
your quirky princess had Loose Jaws wagging,
and on the runway,
your pageant eleganza, girl, had us gagging.
Lemon...
Con-drag-ulations.
You are the winner this week.
I'm back in the competition!
I feel so good.
You've won an all-inclusive luxury vacation
for two to Iceland, courtesy of Pink Iceland.
Oh my gosh!
You may leave the stage.
It just sucks.
I've been trying so hard, and no one sees me.
Nobody sees me.
Scarlett BoBo, good job this week.
You're safe.
You may leave the stage.
Ilona Verley, as Miss Erable,
your mood ring was broken,
but on the runway,
did you bring enough bling to break through?
I'm sorry, my dear, but you're up for elimination.
Rita Baga...
You are safe.
Jimbo, your sex kitten was on fire,
but on the runway, your aim was off,
and in a dress that made you hard to miss.
Priyanka, your runway gave us an applique old time,
but in the pageant, we needed you to apply yourself
so it's not just daggers the whole time.
Priyanka...
I'm sorry, but you are up for elimination,
which means Jimbo, you are safe.
Thank you. - You may leave the stage.
My nightmare is coming true.
I'm in the bottom. I have to lip synch.
I'm up for elimination.
Oh, shit!
Two queens stand before us.
Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare
a lip synch performance of Allie X's song, "Hello."
This is your last chance to impress us
and save yourselves from elimination.
The time has come for you to lip synch for your life.
The judges are gonna get a full Priyanka show.
I'm gonna act like I'm performing at my local bars
I love performing at, and I'm gonna give them
the Priyanka show that they want.
If I have to lip synch for my life,
I'm gonna snap this bitch in half.
Good luck...
And don't it up.
I'm always gonna keep fighting.
You cannot keep a good bitch down.
I'm focusing on killing this song
and killing it the way I would kill it.
And that is to emote, and be real crazy,
and let them have it.
Yes!
That's what I'm talking about!
We have reached our decision.
Priyanka...
Chanté, you stay.
You may join the others.
I love you, Ilona.
Ilona Verley, the only subtle thing about you
is your pastel palette.
You live loud and proud, and that is inspiring.
This has been amazing, as a non-binary person,
to be able to come on this show and be open about being
who I am, as a two-spirit, indigenous person,
and I hope that my story and just me being here
and me being myself, can inspire and empower
other people like me.
We really do love you, Ilona Verley.
Now, sashay away. - Thank you.
I might be leaving, but party girls never die!
I want people to remember me as loud,
obnoxious, all these things.
Like, I just want them to remember who I am.
It took me forever to get here, and to just be happy
with being me, even if it pisses people off
or, you know, makes people happy.
It doesn't matter because at the end of the day,
if I'm living my life and I feel good about myself,
that's what matters.
So...
Hi, baby girl. - Hi!
You were so good! - Thank you!
Oh, that was such an honour.
I'm literally such a big fan.
You really caught my attention today,
just your whole spirit, your whole being.
Thank you for everything you do,
and for being a part of the queer community
and supporting drag artists.
It's my honour.
You guys lift me up, so I have to do what I can.
Thank you. Thank you.
That's better than a crown! I don't need a crown.
I got to hug Allie X!
Oh!
Bye, sissies.
Con-drag-ulations, queens, and remember,
stay true north strong and fierce.
Now let the music play.
Work it for me, me
You wear it
Next time on Canada's Drag Race...
You'll each be paired with one of our
Rainbow Railroad newcomers,
and make them over into the newest members
of your drag family.
Let them have it. Let them have it!
He goes, "I've never worn heels before."
It feels like you've worn heels before.
So up here, I'm gonna drop it low.
Stare at the judges.
Say if you put this bitch in the bottom again,
you'll have some words.
The two of you had amazing chemistry.
You brought the fun, honey.
Your runway presentation was quite underwhelming.
Are you in pain yet from that tuck?
Oh definitely, yeah.
It's a constant pain I am in.