- Previously on "Canada's Drag Race"...
- You'll star in "Squirrel's Trip, The Rusical."
- [singing] She needs a vacation
We need a vacation
- Yay.
- Your choreo, incredible.
- It was a really big risk, and you nailed it all.
- Vivian Vanderpuss, you are the winner
of this week's maxi challenge.
- Oh my god!
- Gisele Lullaby, shantay, you stay.
Irma Gerd, sashay away.
[dramatic music]
- Whoo-hoo.
- This victory is definitely bittersweet.
I've won, but my girl, Irma, has gone home.
It sucks.
- Thank you ever so.
- I hope you had a Gerd time.
- Aw.
- What's that?
- Vivian with a crown.
- OK!
- That's the second person that's said--
- Not the second person.
- Vivian with a crown.
- You can't see my eyes, but I'm rolling them.
- Kaos and Irma both think that Vivian is
going to win this competition.
Well, their wrong opinions are what got them sent home.
[laughs] - Bye, Irma.
I love you. - Bye, Irma.
- Thank you so much.
- We love you.
- She was so funny.
She was such a weirdo.
I'm going to miss her so much.
- Girl, that was something.
- How did it feel to lip sync for the first time?
- I knew it was going to happen one day.
- You killed it, bitch.
That was, like, a lip sync.
- It was.
You really turnt up.
- So, ladies, we're all winners now.
[cheering] - Congrats, Vivian.
- Yes.
- Winners' circle! - Winners' circle!
- You deserve the win this week, darling.
- Thank you.
- I knew Vivian was competition.
The minute she walked in, I was like--
- Am I the only one that hasn't lip sync?
- I think so.
- Don't get too comfortable.
- Don't get feisty, bitch.
- I'm not getting feisty.
Do I look feisty to you?
- How do you cook a fish?
You just cut the head first and put it on a grill.
- [laughs]
- Let's go to Church Street beds.
[cheering]
Let's go to motherfucking drag.
- Ah!
- Oh my god, I need the jaws of life.
Call the fire department.
- Girl, your peanut butter sister is gone.
Don't worry. I'm here, though.
- Girl, you can't do it.
- You're serving pancake, not peanut butter, bitch.
- Yeah. - Are you kidding me?
Look at the hourglass, baby.
That's pancake over there.
- It's called padding, bitch.
Don't be delusional.
- I'm wearing pads right now and a corset.
- I don't rely on corsets.
- Yeah, you rely on bra and panties.
- Yeah, exactly.
- And the judges let you wear it.
- Bitch, you got to embrace what you got.
- Do you not see me embracing my body every single week?
Thank you.
- I've never embraced you talent, because you've got none.
Ooh.
[laughs]
I have faced a lot of struggles in life.
None of these bitches intimidate me.
- The hot glue gun girls are fighting.
The last time I said that, we got into a huge fight,
so let me keep my mouth shut.
- There's a first time for everything.
[laughter]
[singing] Drag race
- 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 Tracy Melchior, Brad Goreski, and Brooke Lynn Hytes.
With tonight's extra-special guest judge, Lesley Hampton.
[singing] Best drag queen win
[upbeat music]
- Top top!
- Top five! - Darling.
- Top five. What?
- It's a new day in the Werk Room,
and I'll be honest, girls.
I'm exhausted.
Last week killed me-- my body, my soul, and my heart.
This competition is draining!
- Girl. - Yes, it's hard.
- That choreography put me through it.
Like, my body is aching.
- You're not dancers.
We get it.
Mama is feeling her age.
But listen, all these aches and pains is
going to take me to the top.
- It's the top five.
- The top five!
- It's such a good top five.
- All of us are so different. - Yeah.
- So different.
- Our drag is different.
Our personas and personalities are different.
- I am beautiful.
You are not, so--
- Oh my god, what are you going to do
when you start getting pores?
- Don't ever say that.
- Girl, she has pimples today, which I'm living for.
- Don't look!
Don't look at me!
- It's a really big one, too.
- Yeah.
- It's from the stress.
[siren wailing]
[cheering]
- O, Canada.
She done already done had herses.
Hey, queens.
- Hi.
- Drag doesn't hide who you are.
It reveals who you are.
And if you don't know what that means,
you better mask somebody.
- A mask.
- Hello, hi, hi.
- Hi.
- He's so darling.
- I love that suit so much.
- Queens, we're down to five.
[cheering]
I'm already starting to feel the empty nest syndrome setting in.
- Oh.
- I can only imagine how some of your families are feeling.
If only there was some way we could see them.
Oh, wait, there is.
- Oh my god.
Oh.
- The hardest part, I'll be honest, it's--
I miss my friends.
I miss my family.
I miss my boyfriend, mainly.
- Gisele, it's your partner, Hugo.
- Baby, you made it.
You're in the top five.
I'm so proud of you.
You're so close now to the crown.
Like, I know you can do it, because you're beautiful.
You're kind.
You're generous.
You're fearless.
You have so much talent.
- Thank you.
- In my heart, in my soul you're already a winner,
but please bring the crown to Montreal.
Not just for me.
Let's bring it for Vicki.
- Aw.
I love you.
[sobbing] - What does it mean to see him?
- Oh, he's, like, my biggest supporter, my biggest fan.
He's, like, my best friend, the love of my life.
So thank you so much.
Thank you.
Having him having my back at every moment just
make me want to kill it more and more and more.
- OK, Kimmy, here is your mom.
- Hi, Kimmy.
Oh, you are in the top five.
As a mom, I'm so proud.
My daughter is very pretty and a good performer.
I know she's the best.
She knows how to sing.
She know how to dance.
Just like me.
[laughter]
I got lots mother who ask me, how did you
accept as a drag queen mother?
Well, simple.
I love my kids.
- Aw.
- Always remember, think positive and do your best.
Bye!
We love you.
- I love her so much.
I just remember, like, literally coming to Canada,
like, with, like, three kids.
And she was just working from, like, 6:00 to 3:00 a.m.
just to provide.
My mom is literally my best friend
in the whole entire world.
When I came out when I was a young girl,
she was my only support system.
She was kind of, like, the reason why I'm a drag performer.
- Oh.
- And she taught me how to dance.
- Vivian, here is your dad.
- Mac!
I heard you're in the top five.
Whoo-hoo!
Everybody's cheering for ya.
- He's so extra.
I love him.
- I've always said, you got more talent
in your baby finger than most people
got in their whole body.
I'm so proud of ya.
You're such an inspiration to so many people.
You know, you pack your bags and leave your family
to follow your dreams.
And that's--that's great.
A lot of people are afraid, and you're not afraid.
You da man.
- [laughs]
- Throughout your entire life, you've always followed
what you wanted to do.
Even though it was against other people's thoughts
or ideas, you went for it.
And you're going to win this "Drag Race" 100%.
- Yes.
- We just miss you so much.
- I miss you, too, Papa.
It's so nice to get this message from my dad.
Hearing him talk about how proud
he is that I've pursued my dreams
and even though that means being away from the family
that he's proud that I did that.
And it just means the world to me to hear that.
- Jada, it's your drag bestie, Baby Bel Bel.
- [gasps]
- Hi, bestie!
I am so proud of you.
If anyone could represent Canada's drag, it is you.
- Oh.
- To me, you are the best drag queen in the entire world.
If I were those other girls, whew, I'd be shitting myself.
You represent so much joy.
You have a heart of gold.
There is no one like you, baby.
And never forget that.
You got this, baby.
- Mwah.
Chosen family is important to me,
because I moved to this country by myself.
My parents are still in Barbados.
Bel Bel is like a sister to me.
She's like family at this point.
Bel Bel has always been there for me emotionally,
even sometimes financially too. You know what I mean?
Like, she'll say, Jada, you know what?
You're going to Drag Race. You know what?
All of my tips for this weekend,
I'm going to give you and everything,
that kind of thing, right?
- That's beautiful.
- I love Bel Bel.
- She put on a look for you.
- Yeah.
She got a new costume, honey.
- And that's all we have for today.
[laughter]
Miss Fiercalicious, it's your mom.
- Hi.
We miss you so much.
I always told you that you are gifted and you are special.
You followed your dream.
And look at you.
You are on the best drag show.
I am really, really proud of you.
Have fun and know that you are always
loved just the way you are.
- Aw. - Come, Luna.
- Oh.
- We love you so much.
Even Luna misses you.
And we cannot wait for you to be back to give
you so many hugs and kisses.
Bring the crown home.
- Aw.
- How does that feel, Fierce?
- When I first started drag, my parents did not understand it at all.
So it really means a lot to me now
that they've, like, come to accept me,
and they've come to appreciate it.
- That's beautiful.
- It's been really challenging growing up in a religious family.
I am really touched by this message from my mom.
I've honestly been waiting my whole life to hear this from her.
I've always just wanted to make her proud.
And seeing that she finally understands what I'm doing
just means the world to me.
- Now that we've unmasked all those emotions,
it is my privilege to invite you to the Masquerade Ball.
[cheering] - What?
- Hot glue gun girls, activate your hot glue guns.
- Yes. [laughter]
- Oh my god.
- In today's Maxi Challenge, each of you
will present three runway looks.
First, we want to see your gender fuckiest drag,
because category is Masc For Mascara.
- Yes.
- Work.
- Next, you'll play mistresses of disguise
for a very discreet runway.
Category is Incog-She-To.
- Ooh.
- Lastly, each of you will start
with one of these gorgeous masquerade masks.
Where are they?
As I was saying--
- Oh.
- --really firing up those glutes.
- Whoo-hoo-hoo.
- This season's Pit Crew.
[laughter] - Right.
- As I was saying, using fabrics from the fabulous Fabricland
wall, you'll design an elegant garment
suitable for a high-drag affair.
You'll also have access to stunning drag jewels
courtesy of Amp Accessories.
- Ooh.
- And body padding courtesy of Planet Pepper.
- Oh.
- Hello, body.
- Use your mask for inspiration,
be creative, and bring it to the ball.
Vivian?
- Yes.
- As the winner of last week's Maxi Challenge,
you will assign the masks.
- As we all know, I love choosing roles for people.
I hope I don't lose any friends.
This feathery diva.
At this point in the competition,
I kind of know what my sister's styles are, kind of the things
that they like or what they're capable of.
And I kind of base the masks off of that.
Here we are for Miss Kimmy.
To Miss Fierce.
- Thank you.
- Here you are, diva.
Gold for royalty.
- Oh. - Here you are, darling.
- Yeah.
Thank you so much.
- You're welcome, baby.
- [laughs]
- Miss Gisele.
- That's so nice.
I love it.
- And we have this very cute bow tie
and black-and-white fantasy for me.
- Queens, by midnight tomorrow, four of you will remain,
and one of you will have turned into a pumpkin.
- [gasping]
- That happened to my cousin.
- Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen win.
[cheering]
- Never forget, honey.
The first design challenge, she was on the top with this hat.
This week, it's a cat, cat, cat,
cat, cat, cat, cat, cat, cat, a cat, cat, a cat, cat, cat.
It's a ball, girl.
- We're going to have three looks.
And the last one we will be designing.
Miss Fiercalicious is shaking!
- Do you want to make my outfit?
- Yeah, it will be fine in real life,
because I can charge, but--
- I'll give you $5.000.
[laughter]
- Gisele and I are the only remaining seamsters here.
I feel, like, comfort and solace in that title.
- These on a dress really big would be cute.
- Are you going to be doing lots of sewing?
Are you going to be doing lots of glue gunning?
- I always sew my base.
- Yeah, I'm going to-- we're going to sew the base
garment and then add on to it.
- Well, I mean, finally, you're going to sew
a base garment because--
- My first outfit, I sewed.
- OK, girl, I'm not talking about first.
I'm talking about second. - My first outfit, I sewed.
The second outfit, I made a pantie, OK?
There's three hot glue gun girls left in this competition.
- Oh, my God, just go in, bitch.
We might struggle, but I am very good with a glue gun.
I mean, I was in the top last challenge
with just a glue gun.
- I'm very inspired by the flowers on my mask,
so I'm going to make a gorgeous velvet
gown as well as flowers out of fabric,
and use them as appliques.
- You see?
That's your line here. - Oh.
- And that's where we're going here.
- So I just make a straight line.
- And you're going to go through here.
- I asked for a little bit of help
from Gisele just with making my patterns.
But I'm making my gown on my own.
- How are you going, V-Viv?
- I cut out the jacket.
And then the shirt, I think it's going to be,
like, a silver lamé with, like, a ruffle and then ruffles here.
- I love ruffles. You know me.
- We love a ruffle.
When I think of masquerade, I think of tails coat.
I want to make a tuxedo jacket.
Asymmetrical off of the shoulder,
and then maybe on the pants, I'll do
an asymmetrical moment here.
So it's like this, but it's going to be,
like, shoulder, down here.
- She said avant garde.
- I really hope it works out.
- Vivian gets to assign the mask.
My first pick was the gold and the black,
but she assigned me the feather one.
But I'm going to try and make it high fashion
but a little festive.
- What are you doing on your look?
- I'm going to do a full gown.
So big shoulder, something dramatic.
I'll show you.
We have to be inspired by the mask that Vivian gave us.
Mine is silver again, but I will play with another color.
I need to focus and make it big, make it glam,
make it amazing.
So I'm going to look like fairy godmother
and Cinderella had a baby.
If I win this one, they will give me three,
and all the other girls have only one.
So you know.
[laughs]
- Here it goes.
My bestie, Vivian, gifted me the black and gold mask.
Black and gold is so regal.
It's so grand.
So for my look, a gown, for sure.
Fitted to the body.
I wanted to give you something very
much extravaganza, darling.
Girl.
- I'm so good at sewing.
- [laughs]
- I'm sewing today.
Who am I?
We joined the seamsters today.
- Look at me, girl.
I have the wristband on and everything professional.
[upbeat music]
- Mommy seamstress. - Yes.
- Should I take the lining out so that it can be tighter?
- Yeah, take the lining. - OK.
Thanks, Mom.
- Gisele, like this?
- This is a drape.
I don't mind helping people, but I have so much work to do.
- I'm back!
- Hi, Brad.
- Who's been masking for trouble?
- Not me.
- Do you want to make my outfit?
- [laughs] You don't want me to sew for you.
Well, if it isn't Miss Fiercalicious.
- Hello, Brad.
- So what do you have planned?
- So my mask has these, like, flowers on it,
so I want to use some fabric and cut them out
and put them on the hips. - Cute.
- And then use some of this chain
and drape it down the hips, maybe down the arms as well.
- Love it.
- I've already started it.
It's actually coming along very nicely.
- Do you think your sewing has gotten any better?
- I think so.
I hope so.
[laughs] It's coming along cutely.
- I'm not mad at that. - Gorge.
- I don't know if I could sew that.
- [laughs]
- Has anyone been helping you out with the construction?
- Gisele helped me a bit with my patterns,
but I made it all myself.
- Do you feel like you'll be able to get it to a place
where it also looks polished?
- Yeah.
That's what I got my hot glue gun for.
- Nothing like a hot girl with a hot glue gun.
- Exactly.
I feel like the seamsters would be so mad if a hot glue gun girl
won the design challenge, but, girl, I would love to see it.
- Hello, Brad.
- Hi, gorgeous.
So what are you planning on putting
together with the mask?
What's the vision?
- So the bodice will be yellow, and then I have a train.
- Great.
- And then it's going to be with this.
It's going to be like shh, tch, shh.
In my train, I'm going to have feathers.
- The feathers are going just on the train.
- Train. - Cute.
- Yeah. - I like that for you.
- There's no bra and pantie this time.
- OK, good.
- [laughs]
- And you know everybody has their style, and it looks--
we love it on you. It looks great.
- No, I know, yeah.
- But in a competition like this,
we know that you have a great grasp of fashion.
- Mm-hmm.
- And we want to see more versatility from you.
- Yeah.
- We want the full meal, honey.
- I will deliver.
And I will serve it to you.
And I will make you eat it.
- [laughs]
- I will show them versatility on the runway this time.
Girl, I want to make sure that my runways are very
different from each other.
- Jada Shada Hudson, so you got the black and gold mask.
- Uh-huh.
- So how are you going to give us ball with black and gold?
What's your design?
- You see.
- It's super black.
- This is just the base.
- OK.
- We'll start with her, and then fans.
I did a little mini-version here,
but I'm going to do it with card.
I'm going to spray paint them black and gold.
- So do you think you're going to be
able to avoid it looking like a black dress
with fans attached to it?
Because it's the ball.
We want drama.
We want opulence.
We want elevation.
We want to see Jada like we've never seen her before.
- OK.
- The drama needs to be big. - OK.
- OK? - OK, OK.
- Are you picking up what I'm putting down?
- Yes, I am. - OK.
- I am.
- Turn up the ball.
- It's coming to me.
It's coming to me.
I can't explain it.
You have to see it.
You have to see it, darling.
- Hi, Brad.
- Hi.
You've got so many things.
I'm so excited.
- I've got options.
- What's happening?
What's this vest situation?
- When I was thinking masquerade,
I instantly kind of think, like, what is the most
dramatic thing in my mind?
And to me, that's, like, a tails coat, like, ruffle.
- Love.
- Kind of like Liberace.
So I'm thinking of doing, like, spikes
that are opposite of this-- - Love.
- --on this side.
- Great.
- And I was thinking it'd be kind of chic to just do
kind of like a leotard bottom.
You know, she arrives at the ball.
You know, the lights dim. - Uh-huh.
- There's a spotlight, and it's like, shazam.
- Do people think that she's shown up
to the ball to perform, or is she there as a guest?
- Oh, OK. - Right.
- OK. And we want to be a guest.
- You want to be a guest. - OK, we're a guest, of course.
- You want to be the guest of honor.
- Right. - You want to be the winner.
You want to be the queen of the masquerade ball.
- Of course.
The judges keep asking me for more.
Like, I feel like they like what I'm doing,
but they just want, like, bigger and bolder.
The fabric that I've chosen is, like, hella bold.
So I feel like that alone is enough of a showstopper.
- Bonjour, Brad.
- What do you have here?
- So it's a big shoulder and something really flowy.
- Ooh.
Now, this feels very ambitious.
- Yes, but I am ambitious.
- Yes, you are.
- [laughs]
- Have you been using your time wisely on your project?
- Of course. - Or--
- Of course.
- --have you been dipping into other
people's and seeing how you can be helpful there as well?
- If someone need help, ah, it's hard for me to say no.
- OK.
- But if they need anything, I will always explain,
but I won't do it.
- Good.
Just remember, we're down to the final five.
- I know.
- You want to be saying yes to the crown and no
to anything that might distract you.
Keep your eyes on your fries.
- What, Brad?
You want to see what the girls can do by themselves?
Good luck to the girls.
- Queens, I can't wait to see your final designs.
And y'all better be looking your best, because joining us
tomorrow is our extra-special guest judge, designer
extraordinaire Lesley Hampton.
[cheering]
- We have a designer on the panel judging us.
Girl, I'm nervous.
My gown better be flawless.
- Good luck, and don't fuck it up.
- Bye, Brad. - Bye.
- Bye, Brad.
We love you.
- I think I'm going to try to make pants.
I've never made pants before, so, like, let's give it a go.
We've got a lot of things to do.
Pitter-patter, let's get at her.
- She is padded.
- Girl, for the gods.
For the gods.
- Oh my god.
- OK.
- So I tried to line it inside to make
it more strong for the shoulder to keep it on.
When I start steaming it, it melts.
Like, literally melt all over my fabric.
It's melting everywhere, on the steamer, everywhere.
I'm freaking out.
- What happened to your dress?
I saw you rip something out of it.
- I put something that is not lining.
- Oh - It's for gluing.
It's glue.
- So you burned it.
Is that why you ripped it?
- I will not use the word "burn."
I will use the word-- - No.
- --"combust."
- [laughs] Girl, tsk, tsk, tsk.
She burned it.
It was crisp.
- I'm going to have to improvise and figure it out,
how to resolve this shit.
Fuck.
- This garment is sold, honey.
Seamstress, designer, get your dresses and gowns
from Jada Shada Hudson.
Oh, girl, she sewed the whole dress up, girl.
Girl, there's no head, girl.
Girl, tell me why I sewed the whole dress sealed at the top.
Where's my head going to pop out from, girl?
- Wait, where's the head?
- Girl, I stitch it all the way up.
- [laughs]
- Honey, a little snip snip, a little tip tip,
and we have a hole for this big head.
- Girl, get the hot glue gun ready.
- Girl, the hot glue gun is going to be in my hand real soon.
- Girl, same.
- So half of it like that, like this.
- I told Brad that I'm going to have tulle coming on my chest
and draping to my body and everything.
- You're going to put more and more?
- No. - No?
Oh, OK. Just go like this.
- But I realized that it's going to be a lot of work
making ruffles out of tulles.
I'm gonna scrap that outfit number two coming in.
- Kimmy started playing with tulle,
and I was really excited.
And in one moment, she just quit the tulles
to play with cardboard.
And I told her word for word, "This is why Kaos went home."
- You know what?
We going to make it work. We going to make it work.
- Oh.
Oh my god.
- It's elimination day.
I feel amazing, because it's what?
It's the ball!
- Girls, today is the ball.
- The ball, baby.
- The ball.
- Bitch, three looks.
Like, girl, who's ready?
- I'm ready. - I'm ready.
- I feel ready.
- I love balls.
- Oh my god.
- [laughs] Ball culture is so important to us,
especially in our community.
- Because everything started in the ball culture.
- I wish it was, like, teach in school.
The queer culture should be taught in school.
- I wish I knew, like, about that good gay shit
when I was a kid.
- There was, like, a lot I didn't know, like, growing up,
because I was very, like, sheltered from, like, queer culture.
I was never, like, out growing up,
so I never got to educate myself.
I had a lot of, like, internalized homophobia too,
so I didn't even want to educate myself.
- I feel like there are so many things that
are, like, applicable in life that we
don't really learn in school.
Being a queer person, we never learn about, like,
safe sex practices.
I mean, I didn't really even learn about any kind
of sex practices.
My Catholic school was just like,
we're skipping that part of the curriculum.
- Do y'all talk about consent at your shows?
- I do, because when I was, like, 18,
it was the first time I experienced being raped.
- [gasps]
[gentle music]
- I can't count how many times I have been raped.
I remember, it happened, like, inside in a fucking car,
and I was so uncomfortable.
Like, I just wanted to run, but we were, like, out of nowhere,
and I don't know where I was.
And it was, like, unprotected too.
I could have catched something.
You know what I mean?
- Oh my god, Kimmy.
I'm so sorry.
- I'm so sorry.
- I was just, like, desperate to find love and, like, guys
that will accept me, but all the guys and mens just,
like, see trans woman as a fetish.
They act like they are so interested in relationship
and whatever, and they just lure me in.
And then they get so aggressive,
and they just, like, do everything
they want to do to me.
It's sad because a lot of transwoman
can relate to, just let things happen or else
we're going to get beat up, or, you know, be found dead in the corner.
- It's so heartbreaking to hear Kimmy's story and the things
that she's gone through as a young trans woman.
This should not still be happening.
I've been in a situation like that,
and I think, like, looking back at it,
like, many years later--
- Yeah.
- --I was like, that wasn't right.
- Yeah.
- But at the time, it's hard to,
like, even really process it.
- I've never really told anyone about it,
because I don't like it when someone feels sorry for me.
- Mm-hmm.
- I don't like to show like--
like, a weakness with me because I'm really
not that kind of person.
It's like, oh my god, you're weak.
- Girl, you are not weak. - That's not being weak.
- You're very strong.
- That's not being weak, Kimmy.
- If something happened, you have to go tell someone,
because you cannot keep it with you, because you don't want
to end up thinking it was your fault.
And it's never your fault.
- We love you, Kimmy, and we're always here for you.
- It feels really great that I let it all out.
It's like a big weight on my chest
that it's finally being lifted.
I trust these bitches a lot, and I love them so much.
[light music]
- How I'm going to go from this face to the other face,
I haven't figured out yet.
- Girl, me, too, girl.
We'll see, girl.
- Miss Jada, we will figure it out as we go.
- Girl, she's serving Miss Beardalicious today.
[upbeat music]
- Ooh.
[dramatic music]
[singing] Cover girl
Put some bass in your walk
Head to toe, let your whole body talk
And what?
[cheering]
- Welcome to the main stage of "Canada's Drag Race."
He puts the ass in masculinity.
It's Brad Goreski.
- Hi, Brooke Lynn.
- Hi, Bradley.
Will you be my JFK?
- I think I could be your JF-gay.
- Ooh. - Ooh.
- And it's the fabulous Traci Melchor.
Will you be my date to the ball?
- I'll have to ask my fairy drag mother.
- Bitch, that's me.
- Of course.
What was I thinking?
- Yes, and you can go to the ball.
- Thank you.
- And I'll be darned.
It's model and designer to the stars, Lesley Hampton.
- Hi, Brooke Lynn. - Hi, Lesley.
You're so gorgeous.
What is your secret?
- A lineage of badass matriarchs.
- Oh.
I have a lineage of badass plastic surgeons.
This week, we challenged our queens to present three
looks for our masquerade ball.
Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen--
tits-- win.
[singing] I know you want to work
Category is Masc For Mascara.
First up, Gisele Lullaby.
- Ladies and gentlemen, Jean-Paul Gaultier is,
like, the most amazing androgynous designer.
Am I gay?
Yes.
Am I super high fashion?
Yes.
I'm the gayest sailor you ever seen.
Ahoy.
Ee.
- More like Jean-Paul OK!
[laughter]
Next, Kimmy Couture.
- I see London. I see France.
I see Kimmy in some pants.
[laughter]
- Yes, I am giving you pants right now, but, girl,
she can't go out on the runway without being a little naked.
Ow!
Imagine a king walking down in a motherfucking palace,
a skinny king but a powerful one.
This is it, bitch.
Royalty is being served.
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- I'm showing the judges a different side of myself.
I can butch it up a bit.
- You know, I also had a beard back in college.
What was her name again?
- I am paying homage to the queer icon Matthew Anderson.
I turn around, and bam, my outfit is completely backless,
and you can see my gorgeous, jewel-studded lingerie.
I feel very confident, powerful,
and sexy in this outfit.
- So this is Victoria's secret.
- Vivian Vanderpuss.
- I am highlighting performative
masculinity throughout the ages and how
these themes have turned feminine later in history.
- This queen is not afraid to let her garter down.
- I have poofy mutton sleeves, a fabulous pompadour,
this gorgeous '80s-inspired singlet,
and these '50s-inspired sock garters,
all coalescing into a fabulous Shakespearean
cross-dresser fantasy.
What more could you ask for?
- Jada Shada Hudson.
- Ooh.
[laughter]
- Yes!
- Ooh, I'm walking on this runway, honey,
and I'm giving you pimp daddy Jada Shada from the Bronx.
Sugar daddy here.
I'm paying for all your shit.
Let's go.
Honey, she is wearing gold teeth.
Money.
- Come on, pinstripe.
- Pinstripes, you better do.
- Pinstripes, she better don't.
- Category is Incog-She-To, drag queens in disguise.
First up, Gisele Lullaby.
- So I'm starting as a perfect schoolgirl,
and she's super shy.
But wait, are my parents gone?
Oh my god, the reveal.
The boots are off.
The jacket is off.
[roars]
And I take off the hat, and oh my god, look at her.
She's so pretty.
- Yes!
- Oh my god, I feel amazing because this
is such a good look, and I feel unstoppable.
- Kimmy Couture.
- I'm coming on to this runway as a blank profile.
- Sorry.
No pic, no chat.
- And boom, my look is serving you club kids meets neon colors,
kissing together, making babies
because I am serving you what?
Versatility.
And bitch, I look amazing.
Look at her.
She looks correct.
- I'd swipe right.
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- I am coming out as a gorgeous village girl--
- Ooh.
- --off to the marketplace with her basket of fruit.
I am showing a bit of my Cape Verdean culture
with this gorgeous African dress.
And then, bam, I'm Josephine Baker
back from the roaring '20s.
- Oh!
- Yes, ma'am.
- Josephine Baker was a spy during World War II,
the ultimate Inco-She-To.
- This look is driving me bananas.
- It's got "a peel," I'll give her that.
Like a banana peel.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Vivian Vanderpuss.
- I have absolutely had it with these sous chefs.
I am livid.
I rip off one sleeve, rip off the other.
And I transform from Peter Pastrami
to Tina Tagliatelle, drag queen and pasta extraordinaire.
- Waiter, there's a drag queen in my spaghetti.
[laughter]
And I specifically ordered the drag queen on the side.
[laughter]
- I'm a spicy meatball.
Bolognese she better do.
- Penne, you stay.
- Jada Shada Hudson.
- Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the belle
of this mother-tucking ball?
Bitch, it's me.
Let's go.
- Twirl, girl.
- Don't be blinded by all these mirrors, honey.
- Look at that ponytail.
Is that Brazilian?
- Human, honey. - Human.
[laughter]
- Ooh, I'm feeling my fantasy.
I am dazzling in my disco diva outfit, girl.
- I've reflected on this look, and I like it.
- Category is Masquerade Eleganza.
Gisele Lullaby.
- Doo, doo, doo.
Welcome to the ball!
Oh, yes, I am in full-on masquerade.
- She made a teal with the devil.
- [laughs]
- Oh my god, op-you-lence.
The shoulder, what? Huge.
The corset is what?
Tiny.
I'm in full-on Cinderella realness.
I feel like I'm just Giselarella, you know?
Where's my prince?
Is he here?
My god, I'm too late.
I have to leave.
I have to leave right now, so I'm running.
I hope I don't leave my shoe.
[singing] They want to see you let it out
- Kimberly Couture.
- I got the Mardi Gras mask, so I improvised
my own feather look.
- I love a queen who's not afraid to ruffle
some feathers.
- Even though this outfit is not finished, girl,
she looks really good.
The feathers are coming down to my body-oddy-oddy
all the way down to my skirt pantie.
- KFC, Kimmy Fucking Couture.
- [laughs]
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- I am coming out in my gorgeous plum dress.
- It was Professor Plum in the Werk Room with the glue gun.
- [laughs]
- I was inspired by the flowers on my mask
to make some gorgeous flower appliques.
I also added a bit of chain on my mask
to tie-in with my gorgeous gown.
I am giving you elegance and grace,
and you cannot tell me that I'm not the belle of the ball.
- Our velvet vixen.
- Vivian Vanderpuss.
- I turn the corner, and I imagine the spotlight on me
for my masquerade gala extravaganza.
As I slide from guest to guest, how are you doing?
Are you enjoying the party?
Yes, I do own this community center.
I just made this very gorgeously tailored tuxedo
in, like, a moment.
I did this.
- Tuxedo she better don't.
- [laughs]
- Finally, Jada Shada Hudson.
- Yes, Jada.
- She said opulence.
- Yes.
- I own everything!
- The final look, Masquerade Eleganza, darling.
Take this all in.
Take it in, Miss Honey.
I'm walking slow.
I'm give you all the ball realness.
I made this garment from head-to-toe myself.
There's not a seam untouched, darling.
Look at the hem.
Look at the details.
Oh, take it in.
Girls can never.
- Slow turn.
- Oh.
[laughter]
- Slow.
- Oh, dead.
- Welcome, queens.
- Hi. - Hi.
It's now time for the judges' critiques,
starting with Gisele Lullaby.
- How did you know it was me?
[laughter]
- Well, you gave us three very different experiences tonight.
I loved your Gaultier-inspired look right off the top.
- It was French and fabulous and very fun.
- Your In-Cog-She-To, once you did your reveal and we saw
the drag queen come out, that was really, really fun,
all of that color and the tulle.
The reveal was a tiny bit clunky.
- What? No!
- [laughs]
- One thing I will give you props for
is that you didn't get upset.
You made a joke out of it.
- So this look is just magnificent.
It is a masquerade ball.
You have me feeling the fantasy.
I like the way you played it out,
you know, Cinderella losing her slipper.
- I am in love with this look.
I love the shoulder detail where it doesn't
feel heavy at all, but you have that structure and silhouette.
Just perfectly well done.
- I do wish the hem was maybe--
- I know.
- --a little tidier, perhaps.
- I know
- Did we run out of time maybe from helping everybody out?
- I tried my best to not help--
my best.
- It's 90% beautifully made.
- Like you.
- Basically, yeah, yeah.
But good job this week.
- Thank you so much.
- Next up, we have Kimberly Couture.
- Hello.
- Well, I was so excited to see you wearing
pants in the first look.
Congratulations.
- [laughs]
- There was no top.
- No top but pants.
You had pants on.
So proud.
- I loved your makeup with the little Salvador Dali mustache.
I think your glam was spot-on.
- I also imagine, as a trans woman,
it might have been a little bit dysphoric for you to put--
- It was. - --on a beard.
- It was. I'm not going to lie.
- I give you props for going that extra mile and kind
of doing that because it really brought
the look to another level.
- The second look, I can't figure it out.
- On dating site, there is this thing called
incognito, which is you become private and, like,
in disguise. - Oh.
- Yeah.
- So then who was coming out from behind the dating app?
- It was me.
- That was-- that was you?
- Dressed as a clown?
[laughter]
- Girl, that's your opportunity to do a bra and panties.
I appreciate you wanting to show versatility,
but it missed the mark for me.
- OK.
- I want to focus on this look.
I'm reading more of an unconventional material
challenge than a design challenge, unfortunately.
I would have almost loved for you to go all in on the pink
and then bring it throughout onto the skirt
because I do love the pink feathers.
- You like pink feathers?
- Who knew?
- I was expecting a little bit more after our talk,
because you had all this tulle, and you
had all these other aspects.
- That didn't work out.
So this was my second outfit that I made.
- OK. - Yeah.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Up next, Miss Fiercalicious.
- My, my, my, where do I begin?
What you managed to do throughout all of your three
looks is show us versatility.
Every single look was a different vibe.
And I was so impressed by that.
- Your first look, the Matthew Anderson of it all.
- Yeah.
- It was such a beautiful reference.
It paid tribute to such an amazing queer
icon in the drag community.
It was so beautiful.
I loved the color palette.
And then when you turned around,
I loved that peekaboo moment we got.
Chef's kiss.
- Thank you.
- Your second look, the cultural reference
was big to me.
That is a cultural reference when
it comes to the Black community and West Indians and Africans.
And then the reveal was so beautiful.
Josephine Baker is somebody who was such an inspiration
for Black Americans.
She was a civil rights activist.
She was an entertainer.
You know, a lot of people know about the bananas.
But she truly was a hero.
You gave us layers.
You gave us dimension.
You gave us culture.
You gave us fashion.
You gave us drag.
- This look inspired by your mask for the masquerade ball,
I love your attention to detail.
I love how you took every element of the mask
and brought it into the work.
- I think that that was really smart of you
to lean into a simple, glamorous silhouette,
and then add details that were smart and meaningful.
What we end up getting is something
that I could literally see somebody
wearing on a red carpet.
- This is probably my favorite look.
- Thank you. - Stunning.
I would wear that. - I'll make you one.
- No, you won't.
[laughter]
You can make one.
- I'll make you one.
[laughter]
- Thank you.
Up next, we have Vivian Vanderpuss.
- I so enjoy your love of nostalgia.
In your first look, you took latex, which is fairly modern,
and you brought it back into the past.
And you combined the two.
It was really a nice fusion.
- I appreciated the kind of feeling of it.
I wanted the latex to be tighter.
It looked a little baggy to me in places.
- OK.
- I'm finding with a lot of your runway presentations, it's--
- OK.
- There's always a ta-da.
And if you're not ta-daing, you're skipping.
And we got that in your first look and your second look
as well, which I really enjoyed your second look.
I thought that was really, really fun and very
quintessential you, but I want to see
you be a little bit serious sometimes
and just serve us a look.
- In my head, I feel like I'm walking like Miss Vanjie.
She always has, like, that, like, double walk step.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah, she looks like-- walks like a little pony.
- Am I doing that right?
- No, you're just skipping.
[laughter]
- The look you're wearing right now, I really love this look.
The asymmetry of the shoulder collar detail
really mirrors the mask that you have,
and I love that you did a pant for a masquerade.
- The construction is beautiful.
For the ball, I would have liked to have
seen a little bit more drama.
- You look great, but looking at you,
it's all very kind of flat.
- It needed something else.
It needed another dimension just
to kind of give it that grandeur
that we would think of when we think of masquerade ball.
- OK.
- But overall, it came out really, really well,
and it really does show what a great seamstress you are.
You're no hot glue gun girl.
- [laughs]
- Drag us, Brad.
- Last but certainly not least, it is Jada Shada Hudson.
- Well done on giving us three different sides of Jada.
- Your first look, I was angry, because I saw it,
then I was like, great, now I can't do that on the runway myself.
- Oh my god.
- It was so good.
- Thank you.
- And then the grill reveal.
- You gave us all kinds of old-school Chicago swag,
big daddy slash mama.
Swagged down the runway.
- You like a big daddy?
- I do like a big daddy.
Do you know any?
I do.
There's no secret about that.
- I can't.
- The second look, Incog-She-To,
you were supposed to reveal into a drag queen.
I got drag queen who revealed into a slightly
more reflective drag queen.
[laughter]
- This look, girl,
I am so glad that you did not do those fans,
because when you told me in the Werk Room you were going to be
doing paper fans covered in gold attached to the front
of your dress, I was like--
- Jada.
- --this is a disaster waiting to happen.
I know you can't sew, but I think you did a really good job.
- I love the drape that goes across the body,
and it's this beautiful waterfall vision.
And you look so regal.
- I'm really getting that masquerade vibe
from the tulle and the brocade, so perfect fabric choices on that.
I was less of a fan of the jersey
knit that you chose for the gown itself,
but hearing that you don't have that much sewing experience,
I actually think it's a really smart choice
because the tailoring and the fit that you would have
to achieve with a maybe non-stretch material
could have compromised the overall look.
But I love that you added the flair with the hoop
at the bottom.
I'm getting very much a royal vibe from you, which I love.
- Thank you.
- Thank you, queens.
While you go untuck in the Werk Room,
the judges will deliberate.
Oh, and by the way, this is the final elimination
before the finale.
That's right.
Four of you will move on to fight for the crown next week.
- Oh my god.
- That's all.
Off you go.
- Next week is the finale.
I was like, bitch!
There is going to be four of us.
What a gag.
- This is the last runway. - This is it.
- We made it.
We made it to the end.
- Good job, designer.
You're not a glue gun girl anymore.
And you're not a glue gun girl anymore.
I'm really proud.
I know I'm not supposed to help people.
I'm supposed to be selfish here.
But, girls, I'm really proud of you.
- I am thinking that a hot glue gun girl
might take it home this week.
Bitch, I made this.
- Yeah.
- This is one thing that I felt so good in.
I made this.
Like, this is one of my best outfits
that I even brought to "Drag Race."
- Girl, there's only hot glue here.
- Well, I never said I didn't hot glue that.
- Zoom in on that.
- Girl, zoom in on your fucking face, bitch.
You are so ugly sometimes outside and inside, bitch.
I'm here trying to have my fucking moment.
You're like, oh my god, girl.
There's hot glue gun still there.
OK, bitch.
- I'm not saying it's a bad thing.
- OK, but, girl, you-- - I hot glued my shit.
- Yeah, but you don't have to, like, point out the hot glue gun inside, bitch.
Did they see that inside? No, bitch.
They saw a beautiful made garment.
- It's not a bad thing to hot glue.
- Not the ugly on the inside and the outside.
[laughter]
The read of reads.
- Girl, Fierce sometimes gets to me.
Girl, I can't.
- How do you feel, Vivian?
- For the first time in "Drag Race" history,
Vivian Vanderpuss is in the bottom.
The judges weren't in love with my runways,
which is kind of just, like, breaking my brain right now.
I feel like maybe it just got lost in translation,
or maybe I'm just drinking that delusion Kool-Aid.
But I feel like this look is so fucking amazing.
- They did say, you know, it's nice.
It's beautiful. And it's well-made.
They just wanted something added to it
to make it very much grand.
They wanted eleganza.
They wanted ball.
They wanted drag.
They wanted something big.
- That's fair, I guess.
I'm just hella disappointed.
And I'm going to have to lip sync.
And I don't know.
Like, I'm, like, kind of at a loss for words right now.
- I mean, they fucking read me to filth, bitch.
- I'm sorry, Kimmy.
- This one, I was kind of like, you know,
expecting that they're going to read me
for it because, you know, it's a fricking paper that, like,
stick on whatever.
- Yeah.
- But like, for my second one, like,
I wasn't expecting they're going
to read it because the category is In-Cog-She-To.
I'm literally dressed the meaning of incognito.
- I honestly agree with what the judges are saying.
If your look is confusing and you have to explain it on the runway,
then you didn't complete the assignment.
- I don't want to lip sync against you.
- I love Miss Vivian so much.
We have been really good in this competition.
We never had a tension together.
We've always been great sisters to each other,
and I would be really sad if I'm going to land
in the bottom against her.
- I feel like I'm sitting on a secret or something.
No one has seen me perform.
They don't even know what I do.
- All right, well, just between us "masquer-baters"...
- [laughs]
- Oh.
- We have a really, really big decision to make this week.
The finale is next week.
We have to choose the top four.
Starting with Gisele Lullaby, what did we think?
- I love that she picks up on specific references
in her drag.
To be able to bring a storytelling aspect to fashion
is just so incredible.
- The second look, again, the transition
was maybe not as smooth as we would have liked it to be,
but it was definitely a transition.
You know, it was two completely different looks.
- For her final look, she gave us
the fantasy of going to a masquerade ball,
and, also, it reflected the mask that she had,
which was also part of the challenge.
- She's fearless.
She's fun.
She's talented.
And she can sew. - She can sew.
- You know, she can-- she has really--
- Not a hem, but she can sew.
- Yeah.
- Kimmy Couture.
This was not a great week for Kimmy.
- No. - Her first look tonight--
- Loved the first look. - Loved it.
- --I think she really listened to your notes,
Brad and Brooke, you know, about the bra and panties.
- You mean when we, like, yelled at her?
- Well, I mean, her presentation
was even different.
When she came down the runway, like,
she really enveloped that character that she created.
- Mm-hmm.
You can tell when Kimmy is on the runway
and she is feeling it. - Correct.
- Yes. - Correct.
- And you can tell when Kimmy is on the runway
and she's like, I don't like what I'm wearing.
- Correct.
- The third look, even during critique
before we said a word-- - Mm-hmm.
- She knew.
- --she was very, like-- - Disheartened.
- --disheartened.
- Lesley, did you get ball from her final look?
- No, I definitely got superhero from the final look.
- Yeah.
For me, Kimmy gave us everything
but couture tonight.
- Miss Fiercalicious.
- Oh.
- What a fucking week.
Whoo.
- Well, talk about living up to your name.
Like-- - Bitch, I--
- --you don't want to be named Miss Fiercalicious
and be like wah, wah.
Every single week, she gets more and more fierce.
- And think back to the first design challenge.
And you go to tonight.
Every look was flawless.
- I loved her confidence as well.
She knew she did a good job in each look.
- Mm-hmm.
Vivian Vanderpuss.
I love Vivian so much.
She is such a light, and she's so positive and fun.
But it's kind of getting to the point
when she comes out on the runway,
I know what she's going to do.
- The first and second look, she looked good,
but we were still getting the same essence.
I love her spirit.
I love her drag.
I love camp.
And she does it really, really well.
But I think at this point in the competition,
we need to be seeing other sides of her.
- She's very talented.
- Yeah.
- But at this stage of the game, a bit more drama,
that's what's missing.
- And the last look, I think the tailoring
and the way she put the whole look together was flawless.
But is it missing just that little bit
to bring her to the front?
- It was very beautifully made, but it
was missing that extra oomph of drag for me.
This isn't "Project Runway."
It's "Drag Race." - Exactly.
- We need that extra element.
- I wanted the story behind it.
- Jada Shada Hudson.
- I told her yesterday, this is your time to be legendary.
Give it to us.
And she did.
- She did.
- She brought it all to the runway.
She gave us three very different looks.
- That last look, for me, was something
we haven't seen from her yet in the competition,
which is classic drag.
- Yes.
- And I love classic drag.
It gave me pageant. - Really?
- I don't know if you know that about me.
- Really?
- The detail, the silhouette, and the way she
presented it was so glamorous.
- Very glamorous.
- Was it perfect?
No, but she's not a sewer at all.
And she did that by herself.
Well, I think we've made our decision,
the toughest decision we've had to make this far.
Bring back our veiled vixens.
Welcome back, queens.
Based on your runways, we've made some decisions.
Miss Fiercalicious, you always know
how to keep us entertained.
And this week, we couldn't keep our eyes off you.
Con-drag-ulations.
You are the winner of this week's Maxi Challenge.
- Oh my god!
Thank you!
- You have won $5.000 courtesy of our friends at Snag tights.
- Yay!
Thank you.
I feel amazing.
Honestly, hearing that message yesterday from my mom
is what pushed me to fight through this challenge.
I've been waiting so long to get that kind of acceptance from her.
And the entire time I was working on this outfit,
I just kept hearing her words of encouragement in my head.
And I'm so happy it paid off.
- Very well-deserved.
You may move to the back of the stage.
- I'm a front-runner in this competition,
and I could win that crown.
- Gisele Lullaby, you are safe.
- Merci.
- Jada Shada Hudson,
you are also safe.
You may move to the back of the stage.
- Good job, Jada.
- That means Kimmy Couture and Vivian Vanderpuss,
I'm so sorry, my dears, but you are both up for elimination.
Two queens stand before us.
Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync performance
of "Ctrl + Alt + Del" by Réve.
This is your last chance to impress us and save
yourselves from elimination.
The time has come...
[thunder booming]
For you to lip sync for your life.
[dramatic musical flourish]
Good luck.
And don't fuck it up.
[upbeat music]
Control, alt, and delete them
I came here for the music
He said, she said
I don't believe it
Control, alt, and delete them
Ain't got time for this on the weekend
I came here for the music
He said, she said, I don't believe it
Control, alt, and delete them, control, alt, and delete them
[all shouting]
- Work!
- Let's go, bitch. - Go, bitch.
- [singing] Control, alt, and delete them
Baby, it's Friday night, and I've been in the mood lately
Probably think I'm leaving here with you, baby
Acting up like I'm just here for you, baby
[all cheering]
So walk it back
'Cause I ain't here for that
Just walk it back
Gonna control, alt, and delete 'em
[all cheering]
- Work. - Whoo.
- [singing] Control, alt, and delete them
Control, alt, and delete them
Ooh, baby, what you looking at, girl?
Did you lose something?
I don't want your man, no, he's a two, honey
I keep doing me, and you do you, chéri
So walk it back
'Cause I ain't here for that
Just walk it back
Gonna control, alt, and delete 'em
I came here for the music
He said, she said
I don't believe it
Control, alt, and delete them
Ain't got time for this on the weekend
I came here for the music
He said, she said
I don't believe it
Control, alt, and delete them, control, alt, and delete them
[all cheering]
- Go, Vivian. Go, Viv. Go, Viv. Go, go.
- [singing] Control, alt, and delete them
- Go, Kimmy. Work!
Hey!
- [singing] Control, alt, and delete them
[cheers and applause]
- Yes. - Hi, baby.
- Yes, queens. - You fucking aced that.
[tense music]
- Queens, we've made our decision.
[tense music]
Kimmy Couture, shantay, you stay.
- Thank you so much.
- I love you, baby.
- I'm so sorry, Viv.
- We got to perform together!
Bye, love.
Thank you, baby.
- You may join the others.
- Thank you.
Vivian Vanderpuss, you are a true original.
Thank you for bringing the kooky,
the camp, and the creativity.
We love you so much.
Now, sashay away.
- Thank you so much for this opportunity.
It's just been amazing.
I've honestly had so much fun, and it's
been the most stressful thing of my entire life, so...
[laughter] - You're amazing.
- We love you, Vivian. - We love you.
- You're amazing.
- Thank you, babies.
Well, this does not align with my vision board.
[laughter]
- We love you, Vivian.
- I feel so proud right now.
It feels, like, really good.
Coming to "Drag Race," I was so afraid,
but now I feel like I can do anything.
I'm just so proud of the work that I've done here.
I just feel like that's really all you can ask for.
Beautiful.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to get back to Victoria
and deal with this rat problem.
- Con-drag-ulations, our final four!
[cheering]
You live to slay another day.
Now, remember, stay true north strong and what?
[together] Fierce!
- Yeah!
Now, let the music play.
[singing] You wear it well
French tip lipstick painted on
You wear it well
Value sure suit you ooh-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"...
- Who's ready to be crowned Canada's next drag superstar?
- Me!
- You will write and record your own verse
on True North Strong And What?
- Fierce.
- [singing] Be proud of who you are
But remember, I am the superstar
- OK.
- If I could sing, I would be a singer.
You know what I mean?
- There's a lot of gray area right now.
- I'll work on it.
I don't know.
- Oh my god!
- The winner of "Canada's Drag Race: Season 3" is...