♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Hi, bottoms.
Ugh, there's no bottoms?
Only tops, I guess.
I'm Bombae. I'm 29 years old.
And I live in Toronto by way of Mumbai.
Bombae is a supermodel who moonlights as a club kid.
I'm loud, colorful,
and most importantly, shameless.
Yeah!
First one in. Oh, my God!
I'm the most chaotic drag queen you've ever seen.
I've fallen off of ceilings and set myself on fire.
What more do you want?
Oh, my God. I made it to "Canada's Drag Race."
Now let's win this shit.
♪ ♪
- Representing the trans and the Asians correctly.
And you could never.
- [gasps]
My name is Kimmy Couture.
I'm 25, from Ottawa, Ontario.
And I'm here to break the Asian curse.
Singing, she got it.
Dancing, she got it.
Looks--I mean, honey.
You know, I'm gonna take this fully in.
- Hi.
- Hello! - Oh, my God.
both: Muah, muah.
- You look fabulous. - Thank you!
Representation, come through.
Kimmy!
She is beautiful. She's another person of color.
She's trans. Ah, stunning!
Kimmy Couture from Ottawa.
- I sure am. - I've heard about you.
I'm from the legendary house of motherfucking Couture, bitch.
Icesis is my drag mother.
So I do have a little bit of pressure because she just won.
But I'm also here to represent myself.
♪ ♪
- Holy fuck, it's nice in here.
Wonder who paid for all this.
Better not be Chief and Council.
Hi, my name is Chelazon Leroux.
I am from Treaty 6 Territory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
I'm just ready to give her.
I want to keep it simple, elegant,
and unapologetically indigenous.
Stay deadly.
- Hey, girlies! - Hi.
- Oh, my God! - Hello!
Girl, she literally was just like,
"I have a hoodie in my closet right now."
But she's a smart bitch. She was like,
"Let me come in comfy 'cause it's gonna be a long day."
- Are you the first queen from Saskatoon?
- Yes, I am. - [gasps] No!
- Oh, my God! - Not only Saskatoon,
but first Saskatchewan queen.
- I am a content creator on TikTok.
I create a lot of indigenous works, comedy,
and speak publicly about indigenous issues.
- And you're bringing that to the competition.
- Oh, yeah, we're bringing indigenousness.
- Mm-hmm. - Work.
- Sickeningness. - Mm-hmm.
- Work. - And a good human hair wig.
- She's human! - I mean--
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Oh!
- What's goody?
Turn up!
That's right, guys. It's me, Jada Shada Hudson,
the original Throat Goat.
And, baby, I am here to swallow...
[gulps]
the competition.
- Yes!
- I was born and raised in Barbados, baby.
The land of Rihanna and now another superstar.
- Jada! [all screaming]
- Yeah, bitch! - [howls]
- My bitch!
- She's not just another Toronto queen.
She is the Toronto queen.
Oh, my God, baby!
Jada gave me my first few spots as a drag performer.
So just to see her makes me so happy.
Jada, you're on "Drag Race."
- It's about time, bitch. - About time!
- I was like, what's going on? What's taking so long?
- I know! - Oh, honey, they're not ready.
- They saved the best for season three.
[electronic music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking native language]
She's ready to snatch...
- Oh! - That crown.
I'm Miss Moço, and I'm here to make
a wig impact on this competition.
- Yes. - Miss Moço is going to
bring fashion, and beauty, some comedy.
And she's got a few surprises under her wig.
[laughs] - Oh, my God!
I wanna to cry.
Babe, I love you so much.
- I love you! - That's my sister.
We have hosted some of the biggest viewing parties
for "Canada's Drag Race."
Like, I am mind blown that she is here.
You look so good, though, girl.
- Thank you. - You look like money.
- That's Miss Moço. Expensive.
[glamorous music]
♪ ♪
- Yes!
- [speaking French]
And tonight, a drag queen. [laughs]
- Come again?
- Hi, everyone, I'm Gisèle Lullaby.
I'm 33 years old. I'm from Boucherville,
but I live in Montreal.
Mainly, people know me for my amazing sense of humor.
Because I'm stupid.
Ooh, ah.
Gonna tell me what to live.
Like one of my friends would say,
I'm stupid enough to be pretty.
[laughs]
Or I'm pretty enough to be stupid?
I don't know. I never understand it. [laughs]
[all exchanging greetings]
I've been doing drag for the last 13 years.
I started as a backup dancer for the legendary Rita Baga.
- How's your friend?
- Bad! - [laughs]
- Gisèle Lullaby,
the quietest name for the loudest bitch in the room.
[owl hooting]
[mysterious music]
♪ ♪
- After "owl" is said and done, the Kaos has just begun.
Can I get a hoot hoot?
- Who? Who?
Who the fuck is this?
- I'm Kaos. And I'm your favorite
pansexual prairie princess.
- Okay, work.
- When you come to a Kaos show,
you'll see dancing, you'll see gymnastics,
or sometimes it's creepy and weird.
I just love exploring all the different sides of drag.
- Ooh. - This is stunning.
- Thank you, bitch. I'm an owl.
Just a little outfit for the day.
Drag in the prairies is fucking awesome.
- Prairie girls! Hi. - Two prairies!
- We don't get enough attention in the drag scene.
[intense music]
♪ ♪
- Ah!
♪ ♪
- Why be fierce when you can be Fiercalicious?
- My name is Miss Fiercalicious,
and I'm the hottest bitch in Canada.
- I guess I'm not the only body girl now.
- Miss Fiercalicious serves looks,
but she's more than just a pretty face.
- I'm good at performing. I'm great at modeling.
And I'm great at acting.
I'm gonna be acting like I love these girls.
Hey, bitches! - Hey!
- So fierce!
- What the fuck?
She is perfection.
- It's all real.
It's all natural and all gorgeous and all finesse.
Everybody either loves me or they're jealous of me
because they can't be me.
- So you're also a TikTok queen?
- Yeah, you're a TikTok queen?
- Yeah, just been doing social media for a minute.
- Okay, okay. - Yeah.
- We got some TikTok stars here.
I'm the TikTok Queen of Toronto.
- Her 3.000k followers.
- Do we have more followers than her?
- 250.000. How many do you have?
- 470.
- Ahh!
- Wait, you got 470k followers on TikTok?
- I'm over.
My TikTok career is canceled. - I'm so glad.
[regal music]
♪ ♪
- Finally, an excuse to take off the plastic.
Ooh.
I'm Vivian Vanderpuss,
and I am Victoria's vintage vixen and cat fanatic.
I packed my cats as well. [cat meows]
Vivian is definitely inspired by old Hollywood glamor
like Liza Minnelli, Elaine Stritch.
I am going to be bringing iconic looks, of course.
I'm also going to be bringing the camp,
the joy, a little drama. I don't know.
all: Hi!
- Hi! Oh, my gosh. You're all so sparkly.
The other queens, I really have no clue who they are.
And I'm just so glad that I have the biggest hair.
- Welcome. I love this. - Thank you.
Thank you so much. I thought I'd bring my couch
just in case I wanted to sit down.
[big band music]
- Splendid.
- No, it's better than them.
- Work! - [whistling]
- Boom, there she is. [laughter]
- Work, bitch.
- Bonjour, bonsoir, I am Lady Boom Boom.
I'm 25 years old, fabulous, and from Quebec City.
I moved to Montreal a couple years ago
to pursue my dream of being a seamstress.
I've been sewing my whole life.
We used to do clothes for my dolls,
and then I become the doll.
- Hi! - Hello!
- Oh, my God, my baby from Montreal.
She's, like, tiny like that.
But this is TNT, like dynamite.
- It's been so long.
I've been missing being around drags queens.
- Aw! - I'm here to prove
that hard work can make your dreams come true.
Is that a sentence?
I'm also here to learn English.
[laughs]
[funky music]
♪ ♪
- Anybody want a boogie? - Oh, my--
- 'Cause I'm here to have a real Gerd time.
My name is Irma Gerd.
I'm 32 years old from St. John's, Newfoundland,
and I'm part of the 1% that disinfectants miss.
- She's a booger. - [sneezes]
Irma Gerd is known for being weird, wild, wonderful,
and unpredictable.
- Hi. - Where are you?
- I am from Newfoundland.
[all shouting]
- International! - International.
- They let me on the ferry and everything.
- There's queens here from all over Canada this season.
Fiercalicious thinks it's international.
Girl, you need to look at a map.
♪ ♪
- Oh--oh!
♪ ♪
- [screams]
- Got meat?
Hi, I'm model, actress, mattress, Halal Bae.
And I didn't just come here to slay.
I came here to make conservatives uncomfortable.
When you go to a Halal Bae show,
it's all about the props.
It's about the storyline.
You may even get me on a political night.
She loves her politics. She's gonna be an MP one day.
[all shouting] - Hi!
- I don't know what retirement home you pulled her out of,
but I'm glad you did 'cause that's my mama!
- And my daughter's right here! - Ohh!
Oh, it's drag family reunion! Honey!
- God!
- I see a lot of familiar faces.
Jada Shada Hudson. Hello.
[laughter]
- Nice to see you. - You too.
- We hear you and Jada hooked up.
- Oh. - No!
[all clamoring] - This is already too much.
This is already too much.
No. - Not in front of the daughter.
- Yeah, I'm right here, Mom.
- My God. This is so awkward.
Halal Bae, we had a little moment on Grindr.
Yeah. [inhales sharply]
Ooh, Halal!
[laughter]
- Hi, guy queens.
[siren blaring] [all screaming]
- Canada. - This nerve-racking.
- She done already done had herses.
Bonjour, bonjour, bonjour.
[all screaming] My Queens,
welcome to season three.
We've searched all over Canada to find the kind of charisma,
uniqueness, nerve, and talent
that could flood the Great Lakes.
So remember, you're on this show because you are Superior.
And if you start feeling a bit Eerie,
I have one thing to say:
Ontari-oh, no, she better don't.
[laughter]
- Bonjour, hello. Hey! [all cheering]
Auntie Brooke Lynn is home.
- Come on, girl. - Come on, mullet.
I am such a huge fan of Brooke Lynn Hytes.
And she is glowing and effervescent as ever.
My nieces of the north, welcome to season three
of "Canada's Drag Race!" [all cheering]
I am so thrilled to see you all.
Even if my face can't show it.
[laughter]
- Ding dong! [all screaming]
Daddy's home!
- Ooh. Hi, Brad.
- I know I'm tardy for the party!
[all cheering]
But I do love to make an entrance.
Hey, kittens.
- Traci is looking stunning and snash.
Can't believe I'm face to face with all the legends.
- Queens, we know you have that magic that makes you
true, north, strong, and fierce.
And we can't wait to see it.
- But one of you will show us enough charisma,
uniqueness, nerve, and talent
to be crowned Canada's next drag superstar...
all: Whoo!
- And walk away with a sickening supply
of beauty products from Shoppers Drug Mart.
- Yes!
- And from Trojan,
the pleasure of $100.000.
[all cheering]
- $100.000!
- To kick things off, we want you to rule the runway
at a rooftop fashion show.
[gasping] [all clamoring]
- Category is Sissy That Sidewalk.
Streetwear, chic.
- Are you ready to put your model where your mouth is?
- Yeah! - Yes!
- Great. Because the race for the crown starts now.
[all screaming]
♪ ♪
- The winner of Canada's Drag Race
receives a sickening supply of beauty products
from Shoppers Drug Mart
and the pleasure of $100.000,
thanks to Trojan.
With Traci Melchor,
Brad Goreski, and Brooke Lynn Hytes,
with tonight's extra special guest judge
Monika Schnarre.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
- I hope you're not afraid of Hytes.
- I'm terrified of her. - Shh.
The show's about to start.
First up, Bombae.
- Ooh! - Wow.
- Nothing says Canadian streetwear
like a puffer jacket.
We have winters for six months out of the years,
and I wanted to showcase that.
- This is all weather drag.
- And when I get to the gig, boom!
- Oh! - Ooh!
- She just went full on summer.
- The party has arrived.
- [gasps]
- Look at my fucking butt!
This is the Bombae show now.
- Miss Moço. - Gorgeous.
- Ooh!
- The runway is where I shine.
I am color blocking so many pops of color.
Cannot miss me even if the lights were pitch black.
I own 51% of this sidewalk.
[laughter]
- Kimmy Couture.
- Oh! - Oh, twirl, girl.
- Fierce.
- No, this is Kimmy.
- [laughs]
- I'm showing the judges high fashion.
Bitch, I'm just gonna go up to your motherfucking boyfriend
and snatch him,
and I'm gonna wear a beret because I'm gonna
keep it professional while I'm doing it.
- Stunning. - Mm-hmm.
- Jada Shada Hudson.
- Ooh, turn up!
- I'm strutting my Top Model walk, baby.
I have my favorite Afro puff on,
and I am giving them
some African print on print on print.
- You know, when you can't decide what color to wear,
you wear all of 'em. [laughter]
- Chelazon Leroux. - Stunning.
- My streetwear look is giving you hot girl,
she do hot shit, she don't fuck around either.
- What is for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Body!
- We have like a nice booty short, cute crop.
- I think I just found my shorts for summer.
- [laughs] - Oh.
- Gisèle Lullaby.
- Ooh, la, la.
- So I just wanted to look like JLo from the Block,
but, you know, in green metallic underwear.
It's streetwear, right?
I'm wearing my names on my chest
because I'm so proud to know how to spell my name.
- Kaos. - Oh.
- Down the catwalk, I am serving plaid
on plaid on plaid.
- Ooh.
- I'm here to show you what true chaos in drag is.
- She's just a good girl gone plaid.
- The good, the plaid, and the sickening.
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- Streetwear can be fun and fashion.
I'm showing off my legs.
I'm showing off my name. You can't forget me.
I'm Fiercalicious.
That's Miss Fiercalicious to you.
- If you're nasty.
- Vivian Vanderpuss.
Here at the Little Bitch Dog Walking Company,
we treat all of our little bitches
with the most love and respect.
- See, I'm not the only one who has invisible friends.
[laughter]
- I'm bringing glamor. I'm bringing comedy.
I am taking theses sidewalks by storm
with all of my little bitches.
- Halal Bae.
- I am giving you Toronto raccoon
streetwear fashion, baby.
Big shoulders, suited jacket.
- I think I caught her going through my trash last night.
- In Toronto, raccoons run the streets.
And so I wanted to bring that to my runway.
- Irma Gerd.
- It's my first time
on an international runway,
and I'm fresh off the boat,
trying not to fall into the ocean.
I'm feeling like the rain can't touch me.
I'm wearing my Newfoundland tartan.
And I've got this cute little fisherman's hat.
- Paddington the bear's all grown up.
- Plaid-ington bear.
- Lady Boom Boom.
- Oh, my gosh. She's got such an important phone call.
- Paris Hilton, move over. Please welcome Paris, Ontario.
- I choose to wear something really cute, early 2000s.
I feel so comfortable in my street wear
because it's literally sweatpants.
I'm showing the judges that it's not about what you wear.
It's about how you wear it.
- Oh, so good. - Love.
[applauding]
- Queens, we did not know
we had a bunch of Linda Sheblamalistas on our hands.
[laughter]
- You were all great.
But one of you had the three of us screaming from the rooftops.
The queen with the winning look is...
Bombae.
- Whoo! [all cheering]
- I won the first ever Mini Challenge in season three.
These girls better watch out.
- You've won $2.500
courtesy of the RuPaul's Drag Race Werq the World Tour.
- Yes! [cheers and applause]
- Thank you so much.
- Now that we've seen how well you can model a garment,
it's time to see how well you can construct one.
"Using what?" you might ask.
Well, you are already wearing it.
- Oh, no.
[tense music]
- The fuck?
Like, are they kidding me?
- That's right. For today's Maxi Challenge,
you will take the clothes off your literal backs
and transform them into catwalk couture
worthy of your mainstage debut.
- And don't worry, you can also help yourself
to anything from the fabulous Fabricland wall.
- Whoo! - Thank goodness.
- But makes sure we can still see elements
of your streetwear look in your final design.
[together] Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win!
[all cheering]
♪ ♪
- Take it off, baby! Take it off!
- Ooh.
- This wig.
- Ow!
- Everyone is de-dragging, and I'm kind of getting to see...
- Ah! - What is underneath
the glamour and the glitz.
- Ooh, Mr. Halal is coming out.
- He's coming out.
- I've never seen a drag with moustache before.
Oh, my God. I think that's a turn on for me.
Maybe it's a daddy issue.
- Kaos takes off her wig, and I'm like, "Who's that?"
- What is underneath, a little snack attack?
Okay. Hi, jawline.
- Oh, my God. Kaos!
- What? - Is your whole body tattooed?
- I'm pretty tattooed.
- Oh, honey, the trade this season.
- Jada is livid.
- Oh!
Girl.
- All right, time to design.
- Let's do this.
- For this Maxi Challenge, we have to turn
our sidewalk streetwear into catwalk couture.
- Girl, what do I do?
I literally feel sick to my stomach.
This is insane.
I don't sew. I don't design, so--
- Girl, you're not a seamstress,
but you do seem stressed.
- Oh, wow. She's a comedy queen.
- What are you thinking?
- So I'm thinking of doing, like, another--
- One second. Can we just acknowledge--
- Oh, so-- - That we're on "Drag Race"?
Two Baes in one season. - I know, right?
We're Canada's first drag family.
- I don't think you're the first.
- Oh, ooh, you can leave.
- There are many drag families in Canada.
- Keep walking. Keep walking. - Okay.
- Bombae has the most material to work with.
And she's the seamstress of our family.
So I have no worries about what Bombae is going to produce.
♪ ♪
- I wanna go for a body suit, but I don't wanna be basic.
So I want to put big ruffles everywhere.
- Oh, yeah. Ruffles is cute. - Yeah?
Is it high fashion, though?
Sewing challenge for me
is literally what I came here to do.
I'm ready. Like, bring it on.
I actually have a degree in conception and sewing.
- She's educated. - Yes.
- Girls, we have, like, a seamstress over here.
- Shh! - Don't tell everyone.
- Yeah, I'm telling everybody.
- Bitch.
Like, as soon as I said
I had a degree in fashion, I regretted it.
- I'm just gonna come to this table.
- Oh, my God.
- Hey, Boom Boom.
Did I hear you're, like, a seamstress, sewer?
- So, girl, I'm not a seamstress,
but I'm a friendly person. Ooh!
- You should maybe--oh.
No more advice. More sewing.
- Goodbye, beautiful outfit.
- The sound of heartbreaker right there.
- You know what? I'm gonna make something just as extravagant
to make up for destroying this beautiful outfit.
My goal is to be more couture, more elegant,
and just go from there.
This is what I do. I come up with,
like, fun, weird creative ideas
and then realize I can't fuckin' sew.
Yeah. Hot glue is my best friend.
- Same. My look was pretty simple.
I know I have to add more details somewhere.
I'm using all my sewing skills, a prayer to Creator,
and let's hope that this works out.
Keep the design elements of what you have...
- Yeah. - Changing the silhouette.
- Exactly.
- How do you feel about the competition, Fierce?
Who do you think is not gonna be competition for the show?
[mischievous music]
Like, judging by like, you know, entrance looks.
- Miss Saskatchewan, the TikToker.
- [laughs]
- Did you see her entrance, though?
- TikTok ain't gonna save you, bitch.
- [laughs]
- Chelazon is apparently some huge social media queen,
but I've never heard of her before.
- Well, she's got 450k followers, bitch.
- I don't know how she got them, girl.
- I don't think there's even that many people
in Saskatchewan. - [laughs]
- Girl, she might surprise you.
- I don't know.
- I cannot.
♪ ♪
- I'm pretty new to the sewing world.
But I feel like I've gotten really good,
and I can sew a zipper like nobody else.
- I'm just so excited that there's another coastal queen.
- I know! I'm so proud to represent.
When people think of Canada's drag, they think Toronto,
they think Montreal, Vancouver.
But what they don't see is people in smaller places
like St. John's, Newfoundland, like me.
- Coast to coast. - Coast to coast.
- That's our new podcast already.
- [laughs]
- I have just been magnetized to Irma Gerd.
I feel like we're helping each other in small ways.
And I'm kind of feeling the sisterhood,
like, creeping up, and I'm kind of loving it!
♪ ♪
- I'm so curious.
What's the scene like where you come from?
- There's a new generation of queens
that are really reviving drag in Saskatoon.
- That's amazing.
- It's awesome to be a part of that.
You probably know this, too.
It's like when you come from a place
that's very conservative or very traditional values,
queer people have to be that much more expressive.
I think that's something that motivates us as Queens
'cause I know we have to fight that much harder
so that the next generation of Queens doesn't have to deal
with the same bullshit and judgement as we do.
♪ ♪
- This is a massive first challenge.
Taking something and deconstructing it
and having to make a new look
just adds another layer of complication.
So now I have to take this already realized idea
and break it down
and make something completely new out of it,
which is really throwing me off.
It would have been a lot easier
if we would have just started from scratch.
Honey-- - I'm stressed.
- What are you-- what's your vision?
What are you doing? - I don't have a vision.
I'm looking around the room.
And honestly, everyone has really great garments.
And I'm really worried that I'm gonna be in the bottom.
Maybe, like, puffy sleeves.
♪ ♪
- Okay.
- The clock is ticking, and I am in my head.
I don't know what to do. I'm panicking.
- You know what to do, bitch. - I need Boom's help.
♪ ♪
- How are you feeling? What is this?
- I'm building a base so that it would look like this.
- Ohh.
My sweet sister Kimmy is restarting
again and again and again.
And she feels cool as a cucumber.
And I love that for her.
- My last name is Couture,
so I'm gonna rely on the couture.
I don't have a lot of fabric,
but, you know, we gon' make it work.
- Girl. [exhales]
This is a lot. [exhales]
I'm not a sewer, okay?
I don't sew, but I do have an eye for fashion.
So I'm just like, take some cardboard,
stick some fabric around it.
Let's make a big hat.
And let's go from there.
So, honey, I am so proud.
♪ ♪
- Ooh, bitch.
Okay.
♪ ♪
It's not gonna, like, be so dumpy.
- Mm-hmm. - Hopefully.
- I mean, it's, like, essentially
all the colors I wore.
So I know the colors were--
they're just, like, too simple now.
I'm really in my head about this look right now.
It's not, like, that exciting, is it?
- I want to tell her that it looks a little sloppy.
But this is a freaking competition, bitch.
I'm not gonna tell you if you look bad. The fuck?
That's actually really good.
- Oh, my God.
Girl, how do you thread this machine?
- What do you want? Let me help you.
So it goes one... - I know.
- Two... - Thank you.
- Three... - Thank you.
- Four. - Oh, she's teaching me
to count now, too.
- Miss Fiercalicious, she's like your little sister.
You can't stand her, but you gotta love her.
- Bitch. - And the thread it.
Lick it and put it in the hole.
- Is that what Halal did to you?
- [laughs]
Bitch, you're on your own, bitch.
- Lady Boom Boom, can you help me thread the--
I threaded the bobbin, but I don't know how
to put it in the machine.
Can you help me, please? I love you.
- Miss Fiercalicious, she's so sweet, so young,
and ready to learn.
But I don't think that "Drag Race"
is the place to learn how to sew your first garment.
- Lady Boom Boom! Bombae!
♪ ♪
- Yes!
- Season three, baby. - Ahh!
- Whoo!
- It is elimination day, and I really want to win.
But as I look around the Work Room, honestly,
I just hope I'm safe.
I am getting very nervous.
- A lot of us here are immigrants, right?
- Yeah, there's a lot of immigrants here.
- I love that. - People complain all the time,
like, there's too many drag queens
from Toronto on "Canada's Drag Race."
But, like, we have the most diverse drag in the country.
Like, look at the five of us that are here.
We have Cape Verde, Barbados...
- Portugal. - Portugal, Egypt, and India.
- Toronto is one of the most queer-friendly cities
in the world.
And so it only makes sense
that a lot of queer immigrants move here.
- I'm from Barbados, and my friends told me about,
like, the refugee status here
in Canada. - Right.
- So you came here as a refugee?
- Yeah.
Being gay in the Caribbean is not easy.
I never really came out to my family.
Actually, someone outed me to my family,
which was so devastating to me.
It's not, like, crazy violent in Barbados.
But I mean, back in those days, it wasn't what it is today.
You know what I mean? - Right.
- I moved to Toronto in 2008.
My chosen family is here.
And you know what, they are my real family.
- I struggled with a really hard immigration process.
- Really? - Like, I haven't been home
for five years 'cause I can't.
The immigration process to Canada is so stressful.
You're always scared.
What if I get deported tomorrow?
What if my work permit expires
and my PR card hasn't come in yet?
And one week before coming here,
I got my permanent residency.
- Oh, that's amazing. Well, congratulations.
- And the first thing I did was tell my parents,
like, I can finally come home now.
- What about you?
- I bounced around quite a bit, growing up.
I was born in Egypt,
and then I moved to Kuwait for, like, ten years.
Moving to Kuwait was quite a-- quite a shock to me.
It's a lot more religious.
Being a queer person in a predominantly Muslim
environment, you grow up with a stigma
and you learn that something's wrong with you.
And then I emigrated to Canada when I was 18.
Canada really did give me the opportunity
to explore who I am.
I tell people I'm Canadian first,
everything else after, because it's true.
- Have you always done a moustache in drag?
- I have. Yes.
She's my staple.
It's my way of embracing my background and my culture.
Middle Easterners are hairy as fook.
And I'm not gonna hide that.
- It's 2022. So try to be different.
I impersonate women who don't have breasts.
Fierce impersonates women who don't have values.
- Oh. - Ah!
- Get out. There's the door.
[laughter]
[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Cover girl ♪
♪ Put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe ♪
♪ Let your whole body talk ♪
♪ ♪
- Whoo-whoo! [applause]
- Welcome to the main stage of "Canada's Drag Race."
It's superstar stylist Brad Goreski.
- Hi, Brooke Lynn.
- Hi, Brad. It's been a while.
You haven't returned any of my texts.
- That's because I bocked your number.
- [mimics chicken]
And it's entertainment icon, Traci Melchor.
- Hi, gorgeous. - Trace, is this the year
you finally share your beauty secrets with me?
- I promise, mother, daughter, house of Melchor.
- And finally,
she's the original original supermodel of the world.
It's Monika Schnarre.
You looked right at home on that runway.
- Thanks, Brooke Lynn.
I never met a catwalk I didn't like.
- Oh, I bet you didn't, you minx.
- [hisses] [laughter]
- This week, we challenged our queens
to deconstruct their streetwear leftovers
and reserve them piping hot as catwalk couture.
Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen...
[clucks] Win.
- Category is Sidewalk to Catwalk.
First up, Lady Boom Boom.
- I am serving the judges a shot of Boom Boom realness.
- Ah, she's been touched by an angle.
- I want them to gag on every inch of my couture.
And what was so smart about my look
is that I didn't have to do any hair with it.
- The good thing about her is she gets to the point.
[laughter]
Next, Kaos.
- Well she's off to a plaid start.
- I am serving you pointy, pokey plaid piñata realness.
My makeup has all the colors in my plaid outfit
with a bold, beautiful eye.
The Koas of it all.
- A scantily plaid woman.
- Plaid and glue, never looked this couture.
- Jada Shada Hudson.
- I'm on the runway, baby, and I can't talk now.
I'm a busy, busy, busy girl.
This dress is tight to my body.
I'm showing you the curves. I look so rich.
Money, honey.
- She didn't get mad. She got everything.
[laughter]
- Next, Irma Gerd!
- Check, please.
- I'm walking down the runway feeling so fierce
in my Newfoundland tartan going traditional.
Irma Gerd.
- Oh, makes me really wanna kiss the cod.
"Outlander," I hardly know her.
[laughter]
- Kimmy Couture. - On the runway,
I am serving you this couture look.
The waist is cinched, and she looks, tiny!
- Natalie Portman could never.
- I look like I'm about to fight a bitch
and conquer the whole entire world.
- Bombae. - Caution, legs approaching.
[laughter]
I'm walking down the runway like a '90s supermodel
in this sporty couture look.
I've got the hair buns,
the shoelaces, and all that leg!
I'm giving you classic Bombae. Avant-garde.
- Oh, tutu, she better do.
Miss Moço. Spring has sprung.
- I am feeling myself in this look right now.
I went from sidewalk day look to nighttime gala.
I hopped in my town car, went to an event.
Just feeling so glamorous.
- Two in the pink, one in the green?
[laughter]
Chelazon Leroux.
- I'm wearing this beautiful classic evening gown
modernized with an indigenous sense
of identity and humor.
- Spray painted for the gods. - Aerosol, she better don't.
- "Fuck around, find out"
is the way to keep people in line.
I'm probably gonna be saying it quite often.
- Catch her outside, how about that?
- How 'bout that? - How boot that?
[laughter]
- Vivian Vanderpuss.
- I have become Vivian Vanderwuss,
heiress and sole proprietor of Little Bitch
Dog Walking empire.
She doesn't care about dogs.
She's actually more of a cat person.
- Don't get bitter, get glitter.
- I think I can see her glitteris.
[laughter]
- Halal Bae.
- The higher the shoulder, the closer to God.
- Walking down the runway,
I'm giving you my best raccoon dominatrix.
I wanna show the judges this fat ass.
This chunky raccoon is giving you hump day all week.
- A ribbed pant for her pleasure.
[laughter] - And ours. Ooh.
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- I am a fun little socialite girl
who is walking down the streets of New York.
- I think she wants us to look at her legs.
- This look might not be up to par with my drag aesthetic,
but I am strutting that runway like
this is the most gorgeous outfit
I have ever worn in my life.
- Dreams do come blue.
- Fake it till you make it, baby.
- And finally, Gisèle Lullaby. - Mm-hmm.
- Metallic, say chic.
- I'm giving you Lady Gaga realness.
Sporty, on the go, full on stripe,
full on '60s, full on Oodie.
Is she from space? We'll never know.
- I dream of greenie. - Traci.
- [laughs]
- Welcome, Queens.
Based on your runway looks,
the judges have made some decisions.
When I call your name, please step forward.
Lady Boom Boom. Kaos.
Jada Shada Hudson.
Miss Moço.
Halal Bae.
Miss Fiercalicious.
♪ ♪
You all represent the tops and bottoms of the week.
The rest are safe.
You may go untuck in the Werk Room.
- It is now time for the judges' critiques.
- First up, Lady Boom Boom.
- Hi. - So I'm assuming you can sew.
- A little bit. [laughter]
- I was a little worried for you
when I saw your first look because I was like,
how is she gonna transform this iconic piece of clothing
we all know, something that is truly its own
and also elevate it?
And I think you did that.
- From sidewalk to catwalk, two different sides of you.
I'm just meeting Lady Boom Boom.
And I already feel like I know a little bit more about you.
- You elevated the shit out of that look.
This is incredible.
You look like a goth Teletubby going to a rave in Berlin.
- It's elevated, it's elegant,
and I have never seen shoulders quite like that.
- I put foam. These are not my real shoulders.
- They're not? - They're not.
- You look amazing, but I find that ankle boot
cuts off your leg a little bit.
I just would have chosen a different shoe.
Next up, Kaos.
- Kaos, you had us mad for plaid.
I loved the first look.
And what I even love more is that I can see it in this look.
Very chaotic in a beautiful way.
- This edit, like, taking it down a little bit
and really accentuating the shapes,
the tiny waist, making the hips go out is very, very cool.
- You had the benefit of having a lot of fabric.
I'm glad you didn't go with a gown.
It looks like couture.
It looks like Vivienne Westwood.
And I think the little tiny touches of sparkle
on it as well elevate it and give it more of that runway
kind of glamour that we like to see.
- I thought you owned the runway.
You could tell that you were enjoying it.
And therefore, we enjoyed watching you.
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
I wasn't expecting that. Ooh.
- Well, keep trusting your gut and your intuition
throughout the rest of this competition
because it served you well in this runway challenge.
- Next up, Jada Shada Hudson.
- I loved your runway performance.
The story that you created behind this woman
and this look, I fully believe she was very busy.
- I just pictured you leaving divorce court,
him in a paper bag,
and you looking like a billion dollars.
- Baby daddies, bye.
- That was the story. - I love the outfit.
I love that you incorporated my favorite parts
from your streetwear in this outfit,
which was that gorgeous print coat.
- Thank you so much.
I sewed it all by myself, so I'm really proud.
- You should be so proud.
- I never see myself as, like, the pretty queen
or, like, a pageant girl.
So I wanted to, like, you know, do something very, like--
- Take a moment.
♪ ♪
- Sorry, I just feel so pretty today.
- You're so pretty. You're so pretty.
- Yeah. You're gorgeous. Are you kidding?
- Pretty every day. - You better cry
'cause you feel pretty.
[laughter]
I do that every morning.
No, you really do. You look--you look amazing.
- Thank you.
- Miss Moço. I would fully wear your streetwear look.
I loved everything about that.
- It was so bitchy and colorful.
And you looked like you owned an art gallery.
And it was great.
And then this happened.
And it's giving mother of the bride.
- Oh, dear. - The number one thing
with a design challenge,
whether you're sewing or gluing or whatever,
it is the fit, the fit, the fit.
- I have to say I'm disappointed.
I think the ruching is really pretty on the lower half.
Somewhere along the middle, we lose your shape.
And then you came out tonight
and I felt you looked a little hesitant on this runway.
The confidence that I saw on the streetwear look
was missing tonight.
- You were just giving me a little bit
of a deer in headlights.
- Oh. Good to know.
- I just want you to come out and have a good time
and let it go.
Even if you don't believe it, make us believe it.
- Yeah, fake it.
We've all been faking it for years.
[laughter]
- Halal Bae. - How are you doing?
- I'm doing really well.
How are you doing is the question.
- I'm good. Just a little-- just a little cold in here.
[laughter]
- I think you are the first-- - I'm the first.
- You're the first moustache queen.
- Yes. - I love it.
I think it's so cool.
- Thank you so much. - I will encourage you,
however, to, if you're going to use your moustache,
maybe make your lip a different color than your moustache
'cause from here-- - It usually is.
Today was just the whole racoon thing, yeah.
- Okay, great. - Hailing from Toronto,
I wanted to kind of represent
like the main Raccoon City of Canada.
And so I wanted to continue that narrative,
so I wanted to deconstruct the suit,
do like a little, like, Gaultier moment.
And so that's kind of where I was going with this vision.
- I appreciate the way that you interpreted your first look.
And I really liked the whole Gaultier reference.
Everything else kind of gets a little confusing for me.
- I feel like I didn't see you owning that runway.
Raccoons, I've gone through my composting, I'm, like,
shooing them away.
They're little bitches. [laughter]
Take that power that I know you have in you...
- Mm-hmm. - And give it to us.
- Next up, Miss Fiercalicious.
- Hi. - You are stunning.
- Yeah. - Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.
- Your hair and makeup is fierce.
I'm getting, like, "Fifth Element" multipass vibes.
- Oh, yeah. I see that.
- That's exactly what I was going for.
You read my mind.
- I loved your streetwear look.
It was very well executed.
And then I see you on the runway tonight.
And I'm like,
where did the actual fabric from the other garment go?
- I would have liked to have seen you
incorporate more elements from your streetwear look
into your runway look tonight.
- Like, the two little pouffes from the puffer jacket
just don't kind of equal the rest of the amount of work
that we've seen from the other girls.
So even if sewing isn't your forte,
cut the loose strings, tuck them.
- But the dress itself, simple it may be,
but I--I don't hate it. - Thank you.
I'm taking commissions if you want one.
- Thank you so much. [laughter]
- Thank you, everyone.
While you untuck in the Work Room,
the judges will deliberate.
You may leave the stage.
♪ ♪
- Cheers, bitches! all: Cheers!
- For a girl. - Oh, my God.
- Made it. Made it. Made it. - Yes!
- Whoo.
- So this challenge was obviously
challenging for some.
Who do you think, like, needed help the most?
- So on the count of three, I think, we should all say it,
so to be fair, okay?
Okay. One, two, three.
- Fiercalicious.
- [laughs]
- If she was stressed out before--
- What is she gonna be like now, mama?
- Oh. - Here they comes.
- Hi! - Ooh!
- Hi, girlies. - Jada!
- Hey.
- Who's smiling? - How did it go?
- I thought I was gonna get read for fill.
- Uh-huh. - But they said
I was beautiful, they liked my confidence,
they said I was perfect.
- What? - Other than my garment.
- So you're a beautiful bottom? - Yes.
[laughter]
- Who else is in the bottom? - Nice.
- Yeah. - I'm in the bottom.
- Oh, baby. - Yes.
They said there was too much going on.
They didn't like my makeup.
I got read. I got read, read.
- Miss Moço?
- Is a bottom. - Oh.
- Three Toronto queens in the bottom.
I thought Toronto was, like, the place to be.
Guess not.
- I feel like when I'm on the runway,
I'm like, "I'm killing it."
Brooke Lynn is like, "You look like a deer in headlights."
Yeah. [all gasping]
- They put Toronto in the bottom.
- But they--I think they also might have
put Toronto in the top.
all: Hey!
- Hello. I'm in the top.
[laughter]
For a queen that cannot sew, I turned that look out.
Yeah, I was so surprised.
This was the challenge that I was, like, dreading.
Oh, my God. Like, I have a shot of winning this challenge.
- Who was the other--
- Oh, Boom Boom got really good--
all: Boom Boom!
- I am shocked.
In fact, I thought that they might read me.
- I was scared shitless.
I'm confident in my drag.
But sewing is definitely not my strong suit.
- You were beating yourself up, like, I feel like, all evening.
- I put myself down a lot.
- You have to believe in yourself, bitch.
- I'm getting there. I'm building up confidence.
And I am here for a reason.
- You are here for a reason. All of us are.
- Let's give a round of applause to the top there.
[applause] - Yes. Congratulations, girl.
- And a prayer for the bottom. - And a prayer for the bottom.
- You did so well. - Thanks.
- Does anybody, like, disagree with what the judges said?
- I don't think you should have been in the bottom.
Halal should not be in the bottom.
Her outfit may have sucked, but she made it herself.
- So who do you think should have been in the bottom, Bomb?
- Yes.
- Well, the bottom is right there.
The question was,
instead of Halal, who should have been an alternate bottom?
- Awkward. I hate this.
Fierce for sure. - I was in the bottom!
- Yeah. - She is in the bottom.
Someone else. - She don't want to call
no other person's name, girl. - No.
- Miss Congeniality over here.
- Question for you, Miss Fierce.
- Yes? - How does it feel
like being--going to be the first one to go home?
[gasping]
- Let's not get carried away yet.
These girls are underestimating me.
They do not know what I'm capable of.
- You were kind of losing confidence as the day went on.
- Oh, no. I knew I didn't have the best garment.
But at the end of the day, my thought process was,
"I'm just gonna go out there and serve it like
it's the most gorgeous garment I've ever worn."
And that's what I did.
- You know, I hope you take, like, this moment
and have a good fuckin' time lip syncing.
- Oh. Oh, thanks. Thanks.
- Okay, just between us label whores and regular whores,
what did we all think?
Starting with Lady Boom Boom.
- She understood the assignment.
- Mm-hmm. - And it really was a drastic
departure from her streetwear.
- That was catwalk couture.
- I love the fact that she made those shoulders
so exaggerated that her waist looked so small.
You can tell that she has a very good knowledge of fashion.
- Finally, somebody does.
Next up, Kaos.
- To create something that looked so sculptural,
the construction was so well put together.
- Her runway look was a vast improvement
from her streetwear look,
which I thought was much too much.
- Yeah. - I had no idea
that she was not feeling good about her look.
- I mean, she owned it, and I bought it. I loved it.
- I just want her to believe what we see.
- Jada Shada Hudson.
She looked right at home on that runway.
And her garment was really well put together, I thought.
- The sewing was a little rough,
but the whole vibe of what she was conveying to us,
we got the second she stepped out onto the runway.
- She told us a story. - She had us leaning in
and wanting to see what was going on.
- I think we're sitting on a superstar with her.
- I've sat on a few superstars before.
[laughter]
- And some D-list actors.
Okay, up next, Miss Moço.
[sighs]
- That first look was so strong!
[all shouting]
- Ooh, it was so disappointing.
- You couldn't see her shape. - Yeah.
- And it was really, really too long, I thought.
- The waist needed to be cinched, like, so much more.
- And that's an easy fix.
- And then she didn't carry it.
- Up next, Halal Bae.
I love that she had a point of view and that she had an idea.
- I love the references.
Right now, the execution isn't matching up with it.
- The pant and the ruffle on the leg--
My eye was just like, what's happening?
And then to find out it's raccoon dominatrix,
I'm like, huh?
- Nowhere in either of those outfits did I get raccoon.
- Well, I have a confession to make.
I did not know that she had a moustache.
[laughter] - Oh!
- That's fair.
- From here, I just saw black lips.
- Yeah. - The lip choice
with the moustache was very confusing.
Miss Fiercalicious.
Truth be told, there are girls who are safe,
who did not look as good as she did
but understood the assignment.
She has the kind of body she can wear anything
and it'll look good.
- And she performs. She was giving us leg.
She was giving us attitude.
- But she used all of those things as a distraction.
- She could have done so many things.
- All of the elements were there in the streetwear look
to create something that could have been great,
could have been fashion.
So it feels like a really big missed opportunity.
- Mm-hmm.
- All right, thank you, everybody.
Have we made our decision?
Yeah?
All right. Bring back our fashionistas.
Welcome back, Queens.
We have made some decisions.
[tense music]
Jada Shada Hudson...
you are safe.
Please move to the back of the stage.
[applause]
- Lady Boom Boom,
your fashion gets straight to the point.
And you give us just the right angle.
Kaos, you had us smitten.
And on the runway, we were caught in a plaid romance.
- Lady Boom Boom...
condragulations!
You are the winner of this week's Maxi Challenge.
- Oh, my God! [speaking French]
- You've just won a cash tip of $5.000
courtesy of our friends at Palm Holdings.
- Merci beaucoup. - You're very welcome.
You may join your sisters. - Thank you.
[applause]
- Kaos, you are safe.
You may move to the back of the stage.
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Great job. - Whoo!
[applause]
- Miss Fiercalicious,
you are a tall glass of water,
but your runway look came up short.
Halal Bae, you are a fashion beast.
But on the runway, it was fashion roadkill.
Miss Moço, we know you can steal the show,
but your look proved that green doesn't always mean go.
Miss Fiercalicious...
You are safe.
- [exhales, sobs]
Just kidding. Thank you, judges!
Oh, God! [laughter]
- Come on, you!
- You may join the other girls.
- Thank you, judges. I won't let you down again.
Oh, my God!
- I'm sorry, Halal Bae and Miss Moço,
but this means you are both up for elimination.
Two queens stand before us.
[suspenseful music]
Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare
a lip sync performance of "Beauty and a Beat"
by Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj.
This is your last chance to impress us
and save yourself from elimination.
♪ ♪
The time has come...
[thunder rumbling]
For you to lip sync for your life!
- Sewing may not be my strongest suit,
but I love to perform.
So Miss Moço better watch out.
- I know that this little shy thing
can be a lip sync assassin.
Halal, love you, sis. But bye, bitch.
- Good luck.
And don't fuck it up.
["Beauty and a Beat" playing]
- Whoo!
- Go, Halal! Come on, girl!
- ♪ Young Money ♪
♪ Nicki Minaj ♪
♪ Justin ♪
- ♪ Show you off ♪
- Yes!
- ♪ Tonight, I wanna show you off ♪
♪ Ay ay ay ♪
♪ What you got ♪
♪ A billion could've never bought ♪
♪ Ay ay ay ♪
♪ We gonna party like it's 3012 tonight ♪
♪ I wanna show you all the finer things in life ♪
♪ So just forget about the world, we young tonight ♪
♪ I'm coming for ya, I'm coming for ya ♪
♪ 'Cause all I need ♪
♪ Is a beauty and a beat ♪
♪ Who can make my life complete ♪
♪ It's all 'bout you ♪
♪ When the music makes you move ♪
♪ Baby, do it like you do ♪
♪ ♪
- Shake it, Halal!
- Yes!
♪ ♪
- What's happening?
- ♪ In time, ink lines ♪
♪ Bitches couldn't get on my incline ♪
♪ World tours, it's mine ♪
♪ Ten little letters on a big sign ♪
♪ Justin Bieber ♪
♪ You know I'ma hit 'em with the ether ♪
♪ Buns out, wiener, but I gotta keep an eye out for Selener ♪
♪ Beauty, beauty and the beast ♪
♪ Beauty from the East ♪
♪ Beautiful confessions of the priest ♪
♪ Beast, beauty from the streets ♪
♪ Beat will get deceased ♪
♪ Every time beauty on the beat eats ♪
- ♪ Body rock ♪
♪ Oh, I wanna feel your body rock ♪
♪ ♪
♪ 'Cause all I really need ♪
♪ Is a beauty and a beat ♪
♪ Who can make my life complete ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo!
- Whoo! - Whoo!
- Queens, we have made our decision.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Miss Moço...
shantay, you stay.
[applause]
- Thank you. Thank you.
- You may join the other girls.
♪ ♪
- Halal Bae,
you are not just one in a million,
you are one of a kind.
Now, sashay away.
- Thank you so much, judges, for your time. Thank you.
- We love you, Halal. - We love you!
- Bye, Halal, we love you!
- Well, I guess Halal Bae just got HaramBae'd.
[laughter]
I'm feeling a little disappointed in myself.
I feel like I have a lot more to show.
I may have beefed it in this competition.
But there's so much more than meets the eye.
- Condragulations, Queens. - Yoo-hoo!
You live to slay another day.
[all cheering]
Now remember, stay true, north, strong, and fierce.
Now let the music play.
[RuPaul's "U Wear It Well" playing]
- ♪ You wear it well French tip, lipstick ♪
♪ Painted on ♪
♪ You wear it well ♪
♪ Value sure suits you ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Work it for me, work it for me, me ♪
♪ You wear it, you wear it, you wear it well ♪
- Next time, on "Canada's Drag Race"...
- It's award season. [cheering]
- You'll star as the night's presenters and nominees.
- Baby, this is gonna be a walk in the park.
- You already keep saying the same fucking thing over again.
It's the same fucking advice, girl.
I just do not get along with her, period.
- Hoo. - Were you screaming
for a reason?
- Leave some pretty for the rest of us.
- I've always wanted to see you in a bra and panty.
- You didn't get those photos I sent you.
- Get a room. [laughter]