1 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:07,600 - Sashay away. 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:09,100 Can I get an amen in here? 3 00:00:09,100 --> 00:00:11,167 Sashay away. 4 00:00:11,167 --> 00:00:13,600 Can I get an amen in here? 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,600 Good luck. Sashay away. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:17,000 Can I get an amen in here? 7 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,067 How the hell can you love somebody else? 8 00:00:18,067 --> 00:00:20,467 Can I get an amen in here? 9 00:00:23,033 --> 00:00:26,400 And don't fuck it up. 10 00:00:28,367 --> 00:00:31,233 - Oh, my God. 11 00:00:31,233 --> 00:00:32,567 Hey. 12 00:00:32,567 --> 00:00:36,033 I am Peppermint, and I am sweet and sassy. 13 00:00:36,033 --> 00:00:39,967 Yes. I perform and host in New York. 14 00:00:39,967 --> 00:00:41,100 When you come to a Peppermint show, 15 00:00:41,100 --> 00:00:43,100 you're gonna see people screaming and hollering, 16 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:45,967 money flying and you're gonna feel special. 17 00:00:45,967 --> 00:00:47,300 I look great. Perfect. 18 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:50,500 My braids are sitting just right. 19 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:51,733 I got it going on. 20 00:00:51,733 --> 00:00:54,133 All right, let's get to work. 21 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:01,667 - Hello. It's me, Valentina. 22 00:01:02,233 --> 00:01:04,567 (speaking Spanish) 23 00:01:04,567 --> 00:01:06,167 Who am I? Valentina. 24 00:01:06,167 --> 00:01:07,233 I'm 25 years old. 25 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,767 I'm from Echo Park, California. 26 00:01:09,767 --> 00:01:11,067 Sass. 27 00:01:11,067 --> 00:01:12,333 Hey, beauty. - Valentina. 28 00:01:12,333 --> 00:01:14,167 I'm Peppermint. - (speaking Spanish) 29 00:01:14,167 --> 00:01:15,233 Mwah. - Mwah. 30 00:01:15,233 --> 00:01:17,467 My type of drag, it's very dramatic, 31 00:01:17,467 --> 00:01:20,400 very theatrical and always very Latina. 32 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,900 I'm an undiscovered superstar. 33 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:24,067 I've always dreamed of being in here, 34 00:01:24,067 --> 00:01:25,567 and here we are, girlfriend. 35 00:01:25,567 --> 00:01:27,067 - Here we are, girl. 36 00:01:29,133 --> 00:01:31,900 - Oh, come on, give it up 37 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:35,167 for the big girl serving pure catfish. 38 00:01:37,067 --> 00:01:40,100 My name is Eureka, and I am 25 years old. 39 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:43,667 People would categorize me as a pageant queen, 40 00:01:43,667 --> 00:01:48,533 but to me, my drag is the genre of fabulous. 41 00:01:48,533 --> 00:01:49,100 (laughs) 42 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:51,533 Hi, I'm Eureka. 43 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:53,300 - Where are you from? - East Tennessee. 44 00:01:53,300 --> 00:01:54,733 Girl, I'm country as a biscuit, honey, 45 00:01:54,733 --> 00:01:55,267 and I love eating 'em, too. 46 00:01:55,267 --> 00:01:57,567 Your hair's hot. 47 00:01:57,567 --> 00:01:59,833 - Thank you, girl. - I love the baby hairs. 48 00:01:59,833 --> 00:02:02,100 - I'm a little natural around the way, girl, you know. 49 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:04,100 - That's my favorite shape is round. 50 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:05,700 - I can see. 51 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:08,833 - I'll eat you. 52 00:02:08,833 --> 00:02:10,233 (all laugh) 53 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:13,367 - Hi, hi, hi. 54 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:15,567 It's about to get shady up in here. 55 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:19,067 My name is Charlie Hides and I'm (muffled) years old. 56 00:02:19,067 --> 00:02:21,667 (door creaks) 57 00:02:21,667 --> 00:02:22,733 - Hey! - Hey! 58 00:02:22,733 --> 00:02:24,933 - Oh, my God, Peppermint's here. 59 00:02:24,933 --> 00:02:26,833 - I'm known as a celebrity impersonator. 60 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:29,933 My drag persona is rude, crude, 61 00:02:29,933 --> 00:02:31,100 socially unacceptable and over the top. 62 00:02:31,100 --> 00:02:33,200 Can I ask you, with that dress, 63 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:35,167 why didn't you wear like a big pair of earrings? 64 00:02:35,167 --> 00:02:39,467 - I really wanted to give you, like, Walmart realness. 65 00:02:39,467 --> 00:02:41,067 - I'm getting that, Eureka. - Thank you. 66 00:02:41,067 --> 00:02:42,300 (all laugh) 67 00:02:47,900 --> 00:02:49,067 - It's Christina Aguilera. 68 00:02:49,067 --> 00:02:50,067 - So this is what it looks like. 69 00:02:50,067 --> 00:02:52,267 - She's naked. 70 00:02:52,267 --> 00:02:53,367 - My name is Farrah Moan, 71 00:02:53,367 --> 00:02:55,100 and I'm from Las Vegas, Nevada. 72 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,300 - Oh, my God, dirty. 73 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:59,067 - My drag is inspired by Vegas showgirls. 74 00:02:59,067 --> 00:03:01,167 My wardrobe shows a lot of skin 75 00:03:01,167 --> 00:03:03,933 and there's usually a feather or two 76 00:03:03,933 --> 00:03:05,667 or five dead ostriches. 77 00:03:05,667 --> 00:03:06,933 You never know with me. 78 00:03:06,933 --> 00:03:08,233 Hi. - Hi, I'm Charlie. 79 00:03:08,233 --> 00:03:09,233 - Charlie. - What's your name? 80 00:03:09,233 --> 00:03:10,733 - Farrah. Farrah Moan. 81 00:03:10,733 --> 00:03:12,167 - Farrah Moan walks in. 82 00:03:12,167 --> 00:03:14,067 She's a twig, and she looks about 12. 83 00:03:14,067 --> 00:03:17,433 I have underwear older than her. 84 00:03:17,433 --> 00:03:20,533 - Hi. I'm Eureka, like the vacuum cleaner. 85 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:21,433 How are you? 86 00:03:21,433 --> 00:03:23,833 - I've never vacuumed before. 87 00:03:23,833 --> 00:03:25,733 - Well, I came to clean house, girl. 88 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:37,067 - Aah! 89 00:03:37,067 --> 00:03:38,933 - What? 90 00:03:38,933 --> 00:03:42,667 - Aah! 91 00:03:42,667 --> 00:03:46,067 (coughs) 92 00:03:46,067 --> 00:03:47,767 - Oh, wow. 93 00:03:47,767 --> 00:03:49,433 - My name is Sasha Velour. 94 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:51,200 I am years 29 old. 95 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,067 I am a bald, fashiony, artistic weird queen. 96 00:03:55,067 --> 00:03:56,700 Hi, ladies. 97 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:00,333 I'm committed to being uniquely Sasha all the time. 98 00:04:00,333 --> 00:04:01,700 - Tell us about yourself. 99 00:04:01,700 --> 00:04:02,833 - I'm a visual artist. 100 00:04:02,833 --> 00:04:05,333 I love telling stories with art and with drag. 101 00:04:05,333 --> 00:04:07,133 - What story are you telling with this unibrow? 102 00:04:08,067 --> 00:04:11,233 - (laughs) 103 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:17,833 - How do you like them egg rolls, Mr. Charles? 104 00:04:17,833 --> 00:04:19,600 I'm Alexis Michelle, 105 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:22,433 and I am New York City's premier Broadway queen. 106 00:04:22,433 --> 00:04:24,300 Oh, shit. 107 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:27,433 I went to school for musical theater. 108 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:29,333 I think the ultimate fantasy now 109 00:04:29,333 --> 00:04:31,333 would be to be on Broadway in drag. 110 00:04:31,333 --> 00:04:33,333 - Girl. - Come on, New York. 111 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:35,233 - So the east coast is well represented. 112 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:38,500 - I will say L.A., west coast, 113 00:04:38,500 --> 00:04:40,700 it's the center of the universe. 114 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:41,767 Sorry, New York. 115 00:04:43,367 --> 00:04:45,633 - She says forget what you heard, apparently. 116 00:04:45,633 --> 00:04:47,333 Memo taken. 117 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:53,967 - My name is Shea Coulee, and I didn't come to play. 118 00:04:53,967 --> 00:04:56,833 I came to slay. 119 00:04:56,833 --> 00:04:59,067 - I love The Muppets. 120 00:04:59,067 --> 00:05:00,267 - I'm Shea Coulee, and I'm 27 years old. 121 00:05:00,267 --> 00:05:04,200 Shea Coulee is a champagne lifestyle 122 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:05,233 on a lemonade budget. 123 00:05:05,233 --> 00:05:07,367 Hey! 124 00:05:07,367 --> 00:05:08,133 You're gonna get a full-on production 125 00:05:08,133 --> 00:05:10,233 when you see Shea Coulee. 126 00:05:10,233 --> 00:05:12,667 Costumes, check. Makeup, check. 127 00:05:12,667 --> 00:05:14,200 Dance moves, she got 'em. 128 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,100 - Where are you from? - I'm from Chicago. 129 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:17,433 - Yes, Chicago. 130 00:05:17,433 --> 00:05:18,633 (all laugh) 131 00:05:18,633 --> 00:05:21,667 - Chicago drag is the motherfucking bomb-dot-com. 132 00:05:21,667 --> 00:05:23,700 - Dot-com? - Yes, bitch. 133 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:25,533 It's got its own domain. 134 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:27,100 (all laugh) 135 00:05:28,067 --> 00:05:31,367 - The body is here, bitches. 136 00:05:31,367 --> 00:05:32,267 - Oh, shit. 137 00:05:32,267 --> 00:05:34,067 - Girl, I'm Trinity Taylor. 138 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,233 Some people say I'm the look and feel of real, 139 00:05:36,233 --> 00:05:38,700 but my body speaks for itself. 140 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:39,400 - Shut it down! 141 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,067 - Trinity does not pad. 142 00:05:42,067 --> 00:05:43,433 I love plastic surgery, 143 00:05:43,433 --> 00:05:46,933 and I went from a pancake to a Kardashian. 144 00:05:46,933 --> 00:05:48,200 I do a lot of pageants, 145 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:52,167 but I don't like to use the word pageant queen 146 00:05:52,167 --> 00:05:55,967 because there's such a stigmatism with pageant queen. 147 00:05:55,967 --> 00:05:57,167 I can do anything, 148 00:05:57,167 --> 00:06:01,133 from beautiful to way outside the box. 149 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:04,533 - Oh, my God. Lady! 150 00:06:04,533 --> 00:06:07,067 - Bitch, I'm just excited I know somebody. 151 00:06:07,067 --> 00:06:09,800 Me and Trinity know each other from competing. 152 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:12,700 She, like, won the pageant that I really wanted to win 153 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:14,967 so, of course, there's that, like, bougee attitude from her. 154 00:06:14,967 --> 00:06:17,133 - I am the body girl. 155 00:06:17,133 --> 00:06:19,867 I'm here and I'm not padded. 156 00:06:19,867 --> 00:06:21,867 - She's gonna be competition. 157 00:06:21,867 --> 00:06:24,167 - Who are the pageant girls? 158 00:06:24,167 --> 00:06:25,067 You're a pageant girl, I'm a pageant girl, 159 00:06:25,067 --> 00:06:26,067 you're a pageant girl. 160 00:06:26,067 --> 00:06:28,167 Just to clear the air, 161 00:06:28,167 --> 00:06:30,100 I promise I'm not one of the mean ones. 162 00:06:30,100 --> 00:06:32,567 (all laugh) 163 00:06:32,567 --> 00:06:33,833 - That is a lie. 164 00:06:33,833 --> 00:06:35,067 - Oh. - Ooh. 165 00:06:35,067 --> 00:06:38,467 - There's always been tension with me and Eureka. 166 00:06:38,467 --> 00:06:39,567 Maybe she has an issue with the fact 167 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,667 that every pageant that we've been in, 168 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:42,067 I beat her. 169 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:48,067 - Is it me or is it hot in here? 170 00:06:50,767 --> 00:06:52,900 I'm Kimora Blac from Las Vegas. 171 00:06:52,900 --> 00:06:55,167 The queen is here. Bow down, bitches. 172 00:06:55,167 --> 00:06:56,867 - Oh, you ain't the only body, girl. 173 00:06:56,867 --> 00:06:59,067 - I love anything see-through 174 00:06:59,067 --> 00:07:01,167 and anything that shows my body. 175 00:07:01,167 --> 00:07:04,533 Big tits, big ass, irresistible. 176 00:07:04,533 --> 00:07:05,567 Gay guys love me, straight guys love me. 177 00:07:05,567 --> 00:07:08,600 Kimora Blac is everyone's sexual preference. 178 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,300 - Hey, girl. - Oh, my God! 179 00:07:11,300 --> 00:07:11,967 Oh! 180 00:07:11,967 --> 00:07:14,067 Oh, my goodness. 181 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:16,200 - That's my Vegas sister. 182 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,167 Kimora's ass is famous. 183 00:07:18,167 --> 00:07:20,867 That's what she's gonna be known for. 184 00:07:20,867 --> 00:07:22,067 That ass is gonna have its own t-shirts. 185 00:07:22,067 --> 00:07:24,167 I can see it all now. 186 00:07:25,433 --> 00:07:26,267 - Season 9, baby. 187 00:07:26,267 --> 00:07:28,867 - How long you been doing drag? 188 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,067 - Oh, my God, 10 long years. 189 00:07:30,067 --> 00:07:32,067 - Bravo. - 10 long years. 190 00:07:32,067 --> 00:07:34,867 - 10 months. 191 00:07:34,867 --> 00:07:36,600 - And you can go to hell. 192 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,167 - My debut was 10 months ago when I performed. 193 00:07:39,167 --> 00:07:43,133 - I can't. I can't. I can't with her. 194 00:07:43,133 --> 00:07:45,067 - I'm fairly new to drag, 195 00:07:45,067 --> 00:07:46,067 but I wouldn't consider myself 196 00:07:46,067 --> 00:07:48,100 looking like an amateur drag queen. 197 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,167 I carry myself like a winner and a superstar. 198 00:07:50,167 --> 00:07:54,667 - Come on, drag queen. - (laughs) 199 00:07:54,667 --> 00:07:56,067 - Hi, shape-shifters. 200 00:08:00,767 --> 00:08:01,900 - I am Jaymes Mansfield, 201 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:03,300 I am 26 years old, 202 00:08:03,300 --> 00:08:04,067 and I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 203 00:08:04,067 --> 00:08:06,733 I build puppets. 204 00:08:06,733 --> 00:08:08,167 I'm a kooky, comedy queen 205 00:08:08,167 --> 00:08:10,067 that has way more up her sleeve than they know. 206 00:08:13,067 --> 00:08:15,133 All right. 207 00:08:15,133 --> 00:08:17,800 - Jaymes Mansfield looks... 208 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,100 scared and confused when she walks in. 209 00:08:21,100 --> 00:08:23,133 Like, am I in the right room? 210 00:08:23,133 --> 00:08:26,067 - Hi, honey. - Oh, my goodness. 211 00:08:26,067 --> 00:08:27,067 - These are my summer diamonds. 212 00:08:27,067 --> 00:08:28,067 Some are diamonds and some are not. 213 00:08:28,067 --> 00:08:30,133 (all laugh) 214 00:08:30,133 --> 00:08:32,467 - Is this all fake or is it real? 215 00:08:32,467 --> 00:08:36,400 - Um, I'd say the foot upward, it's all fake. 216 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,767 - I meant your personality. 217 00:08:38,767 --> 00:08:41,300 - Ooh. - Ooh. 218 00:08:42,067 --> 00:08:47,067 - I'm Nina Bo'nina, banana fo-fana, 219 00:08:47,067 --> 00:08:50,933 Osama bin Laden, Brown, boom, boom, boom, boom. 220 00:08:50,933 --> 00:08:52,167 I am Nina Bo'nina Brown, 221 00:08:52,167 --> 00:08:55,600 and I am back in town to shut her down. 222 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:56,567 Well, no, I can't say I'm back in town, 223 00:08:56,567 --> 00:08:58,067 'cause I haven't even been in town yet. 224 00:08:58,067 --> 00:08:59,900 - Yes, ma'am. 225 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:01,167 - She seems a little mousy. 226 00:09:01,167 --> 00:09:03,067 - Hey, sisters. 227 00:09:03,067 --> 00:09:05,133 - Yay! - Yes. 228 00:09:05,133 --> 00:09:07,300 - My drag consists of fantasy. 229 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:08,933 One minute I may be a zombie. 230 00:09:08,933 --> 00:09:09,833 The next time I may be a nun. 231 00:09:09,833 --> 00:09:12,067 I'm not cosplay. 232 00:09:12,067 --> 00:09:13,333 Nobody does what I do. 233 00:09:13,333 --> 00:09:14,500 - What inspired your look? 234 00:09:14,500 --> 00:09:17,433 - Well, you know, my drag is like universal, honey. 235 00:09:17,433 --> 00:09:18,400 You never know what you're gonna get. 236 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,067 - So your drag's like STDs. 237 00:09:20,067 --> 00:09:21,067 You never know what you're gonna get. 238 00:09:21,067 --> 00:09:23,367 - Exactly. 239 00:09:25,667 --> 00:09:27,067 - Oh! - Oh! 240 00:09:27,067 --> 00:09:30,800 - My name is Aja and I'm from Brooklyn, New York. 241 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,300 Your edges are officially snatched. 242 00:09:32,300 --> 00:09:34,700 - Yeah. 243 00:09:34,700 --> 00:09:37,400 - Aja is vangy. 244 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,267 Her drag style is very the streets of Tokyo 245 00:09:40,267 --> 00:09:41,433 meets the streets of Brooklyn. 246 00:09:41,433 --> 00:09:43,167 She's cute, but she's dangerous. 247 00:09:43,167 --> 00:09:47,300 - Oh, my. I am so happy to see you. 248 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:49,133 - I'm so happy. - I love Aja. 249 00:09:49,133 --> 00:09:53,133 She is the number one name in Brooklyn 250 00:09:53,133 --> 00:09:54,933 that people are talking about right now. 251 00:09:54,933 --> 00:09:57,767 - Hi. Aja. Mwah, mwah. 252 00:09:57,767 --> 00:09:59,067 Oh, you are so gorgeous in blue. 253 00:09:59,067 --> 00:10:01,567 - Thank you, thank you. So nice to meet you. 254 00:10:01,567 --> 00:10:04,100 Aja's makeup is just really rough around the edges, 255 00:10:04,100 --> 00:10:07,900 but she comes off as confident. 256 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:10,167 Does she know what she looks like? 257 00:10:10,167 --> 00:10:12,233 'Cause if not, I need to tell her. 258 00:10:12,233 --> 00:10:14,100 - I feel like I'm at home with so much talented girls. 259 00:10:14,100 --> 00:10:17,433 - Yes! - Oh! 260 00:10:20,267 --> 00:10:22,467 - Oh! 261 00:10:22,467 --> 00:10:23,100 - Bitch! 262 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:25,500 - Yes, ma'am, honey. 263 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:29,133 - That's a damn good Lady Gaga impersonator. 264 00:10:29,133 --> 00:10:31,333 - Oh, girl. - Oh, my God. 265 00:10:31,333 --> 00:10:33,500 So this is the Derek Barry of the season. 266 00:10:33,500 --> 00:10:37,900 - Oh! 267 00:10:37,900 --> 00:10:39,833 - Yo, I'm Ronnie and I'm from New Jersey. 268 00:10:39,833 --> 00:10:42,900 I'm New Jersey's number one Lady Gaga impersonator. 269 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:44,033 But what I'm really excited about 270 00:10:44,033 --> 00:10:46,300 is how long it takes 271 00:10:46,300 --> 00:10:49,300 for these queens to figure out that it's really me. 272 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:56,467 - Is it time to go home? 273 00:10:56,467 --> 00:10:57,967 - (laughs) 274 00:10:57,967 --> 00:11:00,667 - Wait a minute. 275 00:11:03,167 --> 00:11:05,600 - The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" 276 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,067 receives a one-year supply 277 00:11:07,067 --> 00:11:09,333 of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics 278 00:11:09,333 --> 00:11:12,133 and a cash prize of $100,000. 279 00:11:12,133 --> 00:11:13,133 - * RuPaul's Drag Race 280 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:15,467 - * May the best woman 281 00:11:15,467 --> 00:11:17,600 * Best woman win 282 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,400 - Mother Monster has arrived. 283 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:31,900 - Wait a second. 284 00:11:34,133 --> 00:11:39,267 (screaming) 285 00:11:39,267 --> 00:11:43,767 - Holy fucking balls, it's Lady Gaga. 286 00:11:43,767 --> 00:11:44,800 Like, the real one. 287 00:11:46,067 --> 00:11:49,067 - Holy shit. 288 00:11:49,067 --> 00:11:51,067 I'm on "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 9, 289 00:11:51,067 --> 00:11:52,267 and Lady Gaga is in the same room with me. 290 00:11:52,267 --> 00:11:54,067 Aah! 291 00:11:54,067 --> 00:11:57,100 (screaming) 292 00:11:57,100 --> 00:11:58,833 - Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 293 00:11:58,833 --> 00:12:01,233 - I can't tell you, I have been the closest to death 294 00:12:01,233 --> 00:12:03,367 and you've pulled me out of it, 295 00:12:03,367 --> 00:12:04,567 and you don't even realize what you do for people 296 00:12:04,567 --> 00:12:08,733 and how much you inspire people like me and all of us. 297 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:11,233 And I just want to tell you, you're so amazing, 298 00:12:11,233 --> 00:12:13,467 and I never thought in the world I would ever meet you. 299 00:12:13,467 --> 00:12:15,167 And I think you're so incredible. 300 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:16,233 I'm so sorry. 301 00:12:16,233 --> 00:12:18,800 I think you're so incredible. 302 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,100 - Aw. 303 00:12:21,100 --> 00:12:22,667 (applause) 304 00:12:22,667 --> 00:12:25,800 - You allow us to be who we are as an artist. 305 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:26,900 Thank you. 306 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:30,600 - I have always really admired 307 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,367 the craftsmanship that goes into what you all do. 308 00:12:33,367 --> 00:12:36,067 Drag has for me been an opportunity 309 00:12:36,067 --> 00:12:40,167 to leave myself when I didn't want to be me. 310 00:12:40,167 --> 00:12:41,867 - Right. - Yeah. 311 00:12:41,867 --> 00:12:45,567 - And felt so completely out of place when I was in high school. 312 00:12:45,567 --> 00:12:48,400 Drag has just been part of my life for the longest time. 313 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,300 It's just really an honor for me to be here, 314 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:52,067 to be with you all. 315 00:12:52,067 --> 00:12:53,167 - No, it's an honor for us. - Yes, Gaga. 316 00:12:53,167 --> 00:12:57,733 (cheers and applause) 317 00:12:57,733 --> 00:13:00,233 (door opens) 318 00:13:00,233 --> 00:13:03,067 - Hello, hello, hello! 319 00:13:03,067 --> 00:13:04,933 (cheers and applause) 320 00:13:04,933 --> 00:13:06,533 Oh, my Gaga! 321 00:13:06,533 --> 00:13:08,100 (all laugh) 322 00:13:08,100 --> 00:13:10,933 Gather round, ladies. 323 00:13:10,933 --> 00:13:13,967 Oh, darling, mwah, mwah. 324 00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:16,067 You look amazing. 325 00:13:16,067 --> 00:13:17,600 - Thank you, so do you. 326 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,100 - Now you've had a chance to meet my girls. 327 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:21,567 Do you have any advice for them? 328 00:13:21,567 --> 00:13:23,133 - You know, when you're having a bad day, 329 00:13:23,133 --> 00:13:24,233 just remember that I was nobody, 330 00:13:24,233 --> 00:13:27,100 and then I became somebody one day. 331 00:13:27,100 --> 00:13:28,233 And it's the same right here. 332 00:13:28,233 --> 00:13:30,800 - Ah! - Yes. 333 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,300 - Your lives are gonna change forever today. 334 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:35,400 And I would also remember something 335 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:37,067 that you taught me a very long time ago. 336 00:13:37,067 --> 00:13:38,200 - Get the money up front? 337 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,733 - Yes, and on the back. 338 00:13:40,733 --> 00:13:43,100 - (laughs) 339 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:44,100 - Remember what he always has said: 340 00:13:44,100 --> 00:13:47,467 * You better work 341 00:13:47,467 --> 00:13:48,900 - Turn to the left. - Turn to the left. 342 00:13:48,900 --> 00:13:50,067 - Work. - Work. 343 00:13:50,067 --> 00:13:50,600 - Now turn to the right. - Now turn to the right. 344 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:51,167 - Work - Work. 345 00:13:51,167 --> 00:13:54,167 - Sashay, shante. 346 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:58,067 (cheers and applause) 347 00:13:58,067 --> 00:13:59,400 - Now, as you can see, 348 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:04,567 this season is going to be stuffed with more stars, 349 00:14:04,567 --> 00:14:08,433 more stunts and more shenanigans than ever before. 350 00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:10,867 - Yeah! 351 00:14:10,867 --> 00:14:12,867 - And on this premiere, 352 00:14:12,867 --> 00:14:15,067 for the first time in "Drag Race" herstory... 353 00:14:15,067 --> 00:14:17,533 - Uh-oh. 354 00:14:17,533 --> 00:14:20,067 - No one... 355 00:14:20,067 --> 00:14:21,100 is going home. 356 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:23,300 - Oh! - Oh! 357 00:14:23,300 --> 00:14:26,700 - (gasps) Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, pow! 358 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:28,200 Face on the floor. 359 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:31,167 - #OhMyGaga. 360 00:14:31,167 --> 00:14:34,067 And ladies, to get this episode started, 361 00:14:34,067 --> 00:14:36,733 we're throwing a pageant. 362 00:14:36,733 --> 00:14:37,300 - Oh. - Oh. 363 00:14:37,300 --> 00:14:39,767 - Yes, Miss Thing, 364 00:14:39,767 --> 00:14:44,767 the Miss Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Pageant. 365 00:14:44,767 --> 00:14:45,367 (all laugh) 366 00:14:45,367 --> 00:14:47,700 - Yes! Oh, my God! 367 00:14:47,700 --> 00:14:48,433 I can do this. 368 00:14:48,433 --> 00:14:49,267 I want to show these bitches 369 00:14:49,267 --> 00:14:51,500 that I'm the one to look out for. 370 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:53,167 - You'll be competing in two categories. 371 00:14:53,167 --> 00:14:57,267 First, you need to show us where you're from 372 00:14:57,267 --> 00:15:00,733 with a frock inspired by your home city. 373 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:05,267 Second, as a salute to our legendary guest star, 374 00:15:05,267 --> 00:15:06,300 you need to strut your stuff 375 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:10,367 in your favorite Lady Gaga drag. 376 00:15:10,367 --> 00:15:13,833 So don't be a drag, just be a queen. 377 00:15:13,833 --> 00:15:18,467 (cheers and applause) 378 00:15:18,467 --> 00:15:20,900 - Lady Gaga, would you do the honors? 379 00:15:20,900 --> 00:15:23,300 - Gentlemen, start your engines, 380 00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:27,267 and may the best woman win. 381 00:15:27,267 --> 00:15:31,633 - Whoo! - Yes! 382 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,067 - Move, bitch. - Oh, my God, up. 383 00:15:36,067 --> 00:15:37,467 - Watch out now. - Ow! 384 00:15:37,467 --> 00:15:39,467 - I'm right behind you, honey. Sorry, guys. 385 00:15:39,467 --> 00:15:40,667 - Where am I gonna go? Where am I gonna go? 386 00:15:40,667 --> 00:15:42,667 - This first challenge is very important 387 00:15:42,667 --> 00:15:45,500 because this is the first impression that you make. 388 00:15:45,500 --> 00:15:48,167 No one can afford to fuck this shit up. 389 00:15:48,167 --> 00:15:49,333 - Bam, bam, bam. 390 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:50,967 - Are they sure this wasn't the challenge, 391 00:15:50,967 --> 00:15:53,467 'cause I feel like I'm winded. 392 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:59,067 - Is this already a claimed work station? 393 00:15:59,067 --> 00:16:00,867 Hello? 394 00:16:00,867 --> 00:16:02,233 Am I missing something? 395 00:16:02,233 --> 00:16:03,500 Can someone tell me 396 00:16:03,500 --> 00:16:06,133 if there's another station somewhere that I'm not seeing? 397 00:16:06,133 --> 00:16:07,400 (sighs) 398 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,200 - Farrah is awkwardly endearing 399 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:11,167 with the way that she whines. 400 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:14,967 - So am I, like, Matilda or something? 401 00:16:14,967 --> 00:16:17,467 - I call her Blonde Benet Glamsy 402 00:16:17,467 --> 00:16:22,100 'cause she whines like a 6-year-old, so, huh. 403 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:24,833 - I really want a station of my own. 404 00:16:25,267 --> 00:16:28,633 - So have you ever done a Gaga look before? 405 00:16:28,633 --> 00:16:30,500 - Yeah, 'cause I've played her a bunch of times in my video. 406 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,133 - Oh, yeah, in your videos. - I make YouTube videos, 407 00:16:32,133 --> 00:16:34,933 which I make by myself in my living room. 408 00:16:34,933 --> 00:16:37,300 I've been making fun of Lady Gaga on YouTube for years. 409 00:16:37,300 --> 00:16:40,267 I am always afraid that when I impersonate people 410 00:16:40,267 --> 00:16:41,433 that they're gonna watch my videos. 411 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:44,567 Lana del Rey said I was an asshole, apparently. 412 00:16:44,567 --> 00:16:46,300 - Lana del Rey called you an asshole? 413 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:47,700 - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 414 00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:51,067 - Charlie has a very on the edge kind of sense of humor. 415 00:16:51,067 --> 00:16:52,767 It's an acquired taste, 416 00:16:52,767 --> 00:16:56,400 and I'm not sure if the judges have acquired that taste. 417 00:16:59,433 --> 00:17:01,100 - I'm wearing the rainbow kimono that Gaga wore. 418 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:03,700 - Yes, bitch. 419 00:17:03,700 --> 00:17:04,700 - Coming through. 420 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:05,967 - It's V collar. 421 00:17:05,967 --> 00:17:08,233 Oh, like it's the one. 422 00:17:08,233 --> 00:17:09,100 I was like, can I, like, go through your archives 423 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:11,433 and, like, have stuff? 424 00:17:11,433 --> 00:17:13,133 And he was like, yeah, take whatever you want. 425 00:17:13,133 --> 00:17:16,567 - Aja is very New York. 426 00:17:16,567 --> 00:17:18,667 "I'm from New York. I did this." 427 00:17:18,667 --> 00:17:20,900 "Oh, my God, this guy made me this." 428 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:24,100 She talks about the costume designers and all this jazz. 429 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:27,233 No one cares. 430 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:30,533 - Touch it. It's arctic fox dyed with saffron. 431 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:36,367 - Oh. My hometown look is a Georgia peach. 432 00:17:36,367 --> 00:17:40,400 Girl, I said, how am I gonna go from a damn mouse to a peach? 433 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,733 I haven't seen a lot of girls 434 00:17:42,733 --> 00:17:46,167 who can get some paper and some kind of glue 435 00:17:46,167 --> 00:17:50,833 and create a new face. 436 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:51,600 I may not have the best stuff, 437 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,333 but I work with what I got, 438 00:17:54,333 --> 00:17:55,300 and I think that's what makes me different. 439 00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:58,233 I just need for people to believe in me. 440 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:05,933 - Ladies, who wants to win the first challenge the most? 441 00:18:05,933 --> 00:18:07,267 - Me! - Me! 442 00:18:07,267 --> 00:18:08,100 - Come on, girl! - Everybody. 443 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:09,167 - Get in line, girl! 444 00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:11,667 - I'm about to storm all you bitches. 445 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:13,800 - Right. She gonna be just like the candy. 446 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,333 She gonna dissolve. Ha ha! 447 00:18:15,333 --> 00:18:18,300 - The stakes are high for this first challenge 448 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:21,300 because everyone is fighting for that spotlight. 449 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:25,233 - The true Gaga-rini, that is what's about to go down. 450 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,300 - I feel very prepared and ready. 451 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:34,633 The only thing that I want from this challenge 452 00:18:34,633 --> 00:18:36,867 is to beat Trinity. 453 00:18:38,533 --> 00:18:41,267 - Coming up.... - She (bleep) nailed it. 454 00:18:41,267 --> 00:18:42,867 - You could put Donald Trump in that dress, 455 00:18:42,867 --> 00:18:43,867 he's gonna look gorgeous. 456 00:18:43,867 --> 00:18:46,333 - That I don't agree with. (all laugh) 457 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:48,100 (RuPaul laughs, bell dings) 458 00:18:51,333 --> 00:18:54,967 (applause) 459 00:18:56,533 --> 00:18:59,233 - Hello. 460 00:18:59,233 --> 00:19:00,500 Welcome to the Miss Charisma, 461 00:19:00,500 --> 00:19:04,400 Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Pageant. 462 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,067 Let's meet our distinguished panel of judges. 463 00:19:08,067 --> 00:19:12,067 Fourth runner-up in the Miss South Plainfield New Jersey 464 00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:15,333 Popping, Dipping, Spinning and Vogue-ing Pageant, 465 00:19:15,333 --> 00:19:16,767 Michelle Visage is here. 466 00:19:16,767 --> 00:19:19,233 - Darling, I wear it with pride. Thank you. 467 00:19:19,233 --> 00:19:21,733 - Style superstar, Carson Kressley. 468 00:19:21,733 --> 00:19:24,133 - I love that this is a scholarship pageant. 469 00:19:24,133 --> 00:19:25,433 Great work. 470 00:19:25,433 --> 00:19:29,200 - And the hilarious Ross Mathews. 471 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,300 - I have Vaseline on my teeth. 472 00:19:30,300 --> 00:19:32,633 - Ha ha! 473 00:19:32,633 --> 00:19:35,533 - And the one, the only Lady Gaga. 474 00:19:35,533 --> 00:19:37,933 - Well, if you could do me a favor 475 00:19:37,933 --> 00:19:38,967 and shoot me from the left 476 00:19:38,967 --> 00:19:41,733 and put a filter on that camera, would you? 477 00:19:41,733 --> 00:19:44,400 - All right, Ms. Streisand. 478 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,800 Now, to get to know them better, 479 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,933 our contestants will introduce themselves 480 00:19:49,933 --> 00:19:54,300 wearing frocks that represent their home cities. 481 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:56,800 Let the pageant begin. 482 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,300 (applause) 483 00:19:58,300 --> 00:20:01,300 Category is... 484 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:03,067 First up, Peppermint. 485 00:20:03,067 --> 00:20:04,933 - Check out those big apples. 486 00:20:04,933 --> 00:20:08,367 - My name is Peppermint from New York City, 487 00:20:08,367 --> 00:20:13,433 home of Metro cards, EBT cards and Lady Liberty. 488 00:20:13,433 --> 00:20:15,567 - That's a mint I'd like to bite into. 489 00:20:16,767 --> 00:20:18,167 - Valentina. 490 00:20:18,167 --> 00:20:20,300 - Ole, you stay. 491 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:21,433 - I'm Valentina. 492 00:20:21,433 --> 00:20:23,567 I'm from East L.A. 493 00:20:23,567 --> 00:20:26,700 and I'm repping Mariachi Plaza. 494 00:20:26,700 --> 00:20:28,500 - Oh, Mary-achi. 495 00:20:29,967 --> 00:20:32,167 Next up, Eureka. 496 00:20:32,167 --> 00:20:34,267 She's the forgotten Mandrell sister. 497 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:35,833 - Right. 498 00:20:35,833 --> 00:20:36,833 - Howdy, y'all. 499 00:20:36,833 --> 00:20:39,433 I'm Eureka and this is Mary Jo Beth. 500 00:20:39,433 --> 00:20:41,633 I come to you from East Tennessee, 501 00:20:41,633 --> 00:20:44,167 and I'm representing the redneck woman. 502 00:20:44,167 --> 00:20:46,000 (all laugh) 503 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,300 - Honky-tonk ba-donka-donk. 504 00:20:48,300 --> 00:20:50,267 Charlie Hides. 505 00:20:50,267 --> 00:20:52,200 Honey, she is Thanks-giving it to you, darling. 506 00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,567 - She is. 507 00:20:53,567 --> 00:20:55,400 - Hi. I'm Charlie from Massachusetts, 508 00:20:55,400 --> 00:21:00,500 the home of the pilgrims, America's first drag queens. 509 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:01,800 - She's a witch. 510 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,600 - Burn her! - Burn her at the stake! 511 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,633 - Up next, Farrah Moan. 512 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:10,867 - I can tell from here she gives great head-dress. 513 00:21:10,867 --> 00:21:11,633 - Hi, my name's Farrah Moan. 514 00:21:11,633 --> 00:21:13,367 I'm from Las Vegas, Nevada. 515 00:21:13,367 --> 00:21:15,667 Are you feeling lucky? 516 00:21:15,667 --> 00:21:17,433 - What happens in Vegas slays in Vegas. 517 00:21:17,433 --> 00:21:19,233 - That's right. - Yeah. 518 00:21:19,233 --> 00:21:22,100 - Next up, Sasha Velour. 519 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:23,233 She's crowning. 520 00:21:23,233 --> 00:21:25,067 (all laugh) 521 00:21:25,067 --> 00:21:28,600 - Hi, I'm Sasha Velour and I'm from New York City, 522 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:33,500 home of queer modern art, Haring, Warhol, Basquiat. 523 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:35,233 - Burger Queen. She's got a Whopper. 524 00:21:35,233 --> 00:21:37,833 We just can't see it. 525 00:21:37,833 --> 00:21:38,733 - Alexis Michelle. 526 00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:41,433 - These have always brought me luck. 527 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:45,267 - I'm Alexis Michelle, a native New Yorker, 528 00:21:45,267 --> 00:21:48,267 home of Broadway, bagels 529 00:21:48,267 --> 00:21:51,133 and an epicenter of civil rights. 530 00:21:51,133 --> 00:21:52,633 - Work that message, girl. 531 00:21:52,633 --> 00:21:55,367 - Darn kids have tagged my swimsuit again. 532 00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:58,333 - See, it's the elder care that I relate to. 533 00:21:58,333 --> 00:22:00,200 - Shea Coulee. 534 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:01,933 - She-brew national. 535 00:22:01,933 --> 00:22:04,967 - Don't be fooled by the brats that she got. 536 00:22:04,967 --> 00:22:08,800 - My name's Shea Coulee and, bitch, I'm from Chicago! 537 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:09,533 (all laugh) 538 00:22:09,533 --> 00:22:11,500 Nothing reminds me of home 539 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:16,233 more than a big wiener sandwiched in between two buns. 540 00:22:16,233 --> 00:22:19,533 - The other girls better "catch up." 541 00:22:19,533 --> 00:22:21,467 They "must-heard" about her. 542 00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:23,200 I want you to "relish" this moment. 543 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,433 (all laugh) 544 00:22:25,433 --> 00:22:27,200 Somebody stop me. 545 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:28,433 - (laughs) 546 00:22:28,433 --> 00:22:29,533 Trinity Taylor. 547 00:22:29,533 --> 00:22:34,300 - You must be this tall, Ru, to take that ride. 548 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,700 - I'm Trinity Taylor from Orlando, Florida, 549 00:22:36,700 --> 00:22:38,267 the theme park capital of the world. 550 00:22:38,267 --> 00:22:40,767 Want to take a ride? 551 00:22:40,767 --> 00:22:42,233 - I'd take a ride on her disco trick. 552 00:22:42,233 --> 00:22:45,900 - Uh-huh. Kimora Blac. 553 00:22:45,900 --> 00:22:47,633 - Blac lives matter, y'all. 554 00:22:47,633 --> 00:22:50,367 - Hello, my name is Kimora Blac from the city of Las Vegas. 555 00:22:50,367 --> 00:22:52,700 All the girls in Vegas just know me 556 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:54,433 as the youngest, hottest, skinniest queen. 557 00:22:54,433 --> 00:22:56,733 And if you're feeling a little frisky, 558 00:22:56,733 --> 00:22:59,433 whatever you do to me stays in Vegas. 559 00:22:59,433 --> 00:23:02,067 - This message has been brought to you by penicillin. 560 00:23:02,067 --> 00:23:04,467 (all laugh) 561 00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:07,967 Up next, Jaymes Mansfield. 562 00:23:07,967 --> 00:23:09,200 - Holy cow! 563 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:10,733 - Hi, I'm Jaymes Mansfield. 564 00:23:10,733 --> 00:23:13,200 I'm a tejano living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 565 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,500 land of beer, cheese and serial killers. 566 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:16,333 Shh. 567 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:17,967 (all chuckle) 568 00:23:17,967 --> 00:23:20,067 - She's a dairy queen. 569 00:23:20,067 --> 00:23:21,533 - Aja. 570 00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:23,733 - Make America gay again. - Yes. 571 00:23:23,733 --> 00:23:26,467 - My name is Aja and I'm from New York, 572 00:23:26,467 --> 00:23:28,533 where people are always angry on the streets. 573 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:30,400 But it's okay 'cause you could be yourself. 574 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,433 Lady Liberty has spoken. 575 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:35,800 - I wonder how many immigrants have gone through her. 576 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,100 (all laugh) 577 00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:40,300 Nina Bo'nina Brown. 578 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:41,233 She's got Georgia on her mind. 579 00:23:41,233 --> 00:23:43,633 - And her face. 580 00:23:43,633 --> 00:23:48,167 - I am Nina Bo'nina banana fo-nana Osama bin Laden Brown. 581 00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:50,267 Originally from South Kakalaki, 582 00:23:50,267 --> 00:23:52,133 you can now catch me in Atlanta, Georgia. 583 00:23:52,133 --> 00:23:53,467 Take a bite of this peach. 584 00:23:53,467 --> 00:23:55,300 - It looks like she's got a touch of the Zika. 585 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:59,700 - (laughs) - Oh, my, Michelle. 586 00:23:59,700 --> 00:24:02,533 The last thing I thought would be brought up today is Zika. 587 00:24:05,067 --> 00:24:06,167 - Coming up... 588 00:24:06,167 --> 00:24:09,167 Our contestants return to the stage 589 00:24:09,167 --> 00:24:14,067 wearing their very best Lady Gaga drag. 590 00:24:14,067 --> 00:24:15,333 - Do I have something on my face? 591 00:24:15,333 --> 00:24:16,333 (all laugh) 592 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:19,300 (RuPaul laughs, bell dings) 593 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,600 (RuPaul laughs) 594 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:24,900 - Welcome back to the Miss Charisma, 595 00:24:24,900 --> 00:24:26,433 Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent Pageant. 596 00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:29,300 (applause) 597 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:30,633 In this next category, 598 00:24:30,633 --> 00:24:33,967 our contestants return to the stage 599 00:24:33,967 --> 00:24:39,500 wearing their very best Lady Gaga drag. 600 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:40,433 First up, Peppermint. 601 00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:43,400 Grammy Awards 2016. 602 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:47,400 - If it ain't brocade, don't fix it. 603 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:49,333 - Crowd control to Major Tom, 604 00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:52,667 giving you Gaga/Bowie realness. 605 00:24:52,667 --> 00:24:54,833 Because the entire point of drag 606 00:24:54,833 --> 00:24:57,433 is to give the middle finger to rules of gender. 607 00:24:57,433 --> 00:24:59,767 - I have nothing to say. 608 00:24:59,767 --> 00:25:02,133 I'm going to be speechless this whole time. 609 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:05,333 - Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am. 610 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:08,900 Next up, Valentina, the CFDA Awards. 611 00:25:08,900 --> 00:25:12,200 - That was Mugler when Nicola Formicetti was there. 612 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,500 - I am wearing the look she wore for the CFDA Awards. 613 00:25:15,500 --> 00:25:17,667 I definitely see myself a bit in Lady Gaga 614 00:25:17,667 --> 00:25:20,633 because she carries herself with grace and glamour, 615 00:25:20,633 --> 00:25:24,333 but I always want to add a Latina flair to what I do. 616 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:25,767 - I brought my sister as my date, 617 00:25:25,767 --> 00:25:27,333 and we were both on the red carpet 618 00:25:27,333 --> 00:25:29,467 like a bunch of pissed off New Yorkers. 619 00:25:29,467 --> 00:25:32,133 - Some things never change, darling. 620 00:25:32,133 --> 00:25:33,600 - Paparazzi love her. 621 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:38,733 Next up, Eureka, the "Telephone" video. 622 00:25:38,733 --> 00:25:40,467 - Yes. 623 00:25:40,467 --> 00:25:42,433 - Guilty as charged. 624 00:25:42,433 --> 00:25:44,433 I decided to do the "Telephone" look. 625 00:25:44,433 --> 00:25:46,367 I just want to give them something big and glamorous 626 00:25:46,367 --> 00:25:50,100 and kind of risky couture. 627 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:51,500 Got my titties on my chin, 628 00:25:51,500 --> 00:25:53,367 cinch, pull and tuck, honey, that's the D. 629 00:25:53,367 --> 00:25:55,667 - Great choice, darling. 630 00:25:55,667 --> 00:25:58,067 I believe that was Jean de Castelbajac. 631 00:25:58,067 --> 00:25:59,267 who made that garment. 632 00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:01,567 - Oh, you say that to all the queens. 633 00:26:01,567 --> 00:26:06,067 - Next up, Charlie Hides, Brit Awards 2010. 634 00:26:06,067 --> 00:26:07,567 - That's a lace front wig, I believe. 635 00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:08,600 - I believe it is. - Yes. 636 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,633 - I've chosen to wear the outfit 637 00:26:10,633 --> 00:26:14,100 that Lady Gaga wore for the 2010 Brit Awards. 638 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:17,100 I've done Lady Gaga hundreds of times on YouTube, 639 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:19,533 and I think I'm pretty polished, so I'm fairly confident. 640 00:26:19,533 --> 00:26:22,933 - Philip Treacy made this for McQueen, 641 00:26:22,933 --> 00:26:25,667 and he gave it to me because I was doing a tribute to him. 642 00:26:25,667 --> 00:26:28,633 - Don't be a drag, be a McQueen. 643 00:26:28,633 --> 00:26:33,267 Next up, Farrah Moan, the "Alejandro" video. 644 00:26:33,267 --> 00:26:34,700 - Pray and slay. 645 00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:36,567 - Oh, my God, look at her cross. 646 00:26:36,567 --> 00:26:40,667 - I look exactly like Lady Gaga 647 00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:43,367 in my "Alejandro" music video look, 648 00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:44,533 and I'm rocking my real hair 649 00:26:44,533 --> 00:26:49,567 and I really hope that Lady Gaga lives for it. 650 00:26:49,567 --> 00:26:51,500 - That attitude and the face is really good, 651 00:26:51,500 --> 00:26:53,133 and the makeup is on point 652 00:26:53,133 --> 00:26:55,767 because Steven Klein and I had an argument about it. 653 00:26:55,767 --> 00:26:56,967 I thought it was too much makeup in this scene. 654 00:26:56,967 --> 00:26:58,067 - Don't cross this queen. 655 00:26:58,067 --> 00:27:00,500 - Everybody needs a virgin to sacrifice. 656 00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:01,900 - Can I get an amen? 657 00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:06,600 Next up, Sasha Velour, the "Applause" video. 658 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,833 - Do I have something on my face? 659 00:27:08,833 --> 00:27:09,733 (all laugh) 660 00:27:09,733 --> 00:27:11,500 - I'm wearing my favorite look 661 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:13,900 that she has ever done. 662 00:27:13,900 --> 00:27:18,600 A Pierrot clown, high art, Pat McGrath makeup. 663 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,900 It is the place where art and pop meet. 664 00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:24,533 - It's gonna be hard for this not to be one of my favorites. 665 00:27:24,533 --> 00:27:25,867 - What do you live for, Gaga? 666 00:27:25,867 --> 00:27:27,100 - The applause. 667 00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:27,800 (all laugh) 668 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,467 - Painted for the Gaga. 669 00:27:29,467 --> 00:27:30,600 (all laugh) 670 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:34,533 - Alexis Michelle, the Golden Globes. 671 00:27:34,533 --> 00:27:38,067 Best actress realness. 672 00:27:38,067 --> 00:27:39,433 - When I saw Gaga at the Golden Globes in this gown, 673 00:27:39,433 --> 00:27:43,567 I said she's wearing Alexis Michelle's body. 674 00:27:43,567 --> 00:27:48,067 So here I am body, curve, swerve and trophies. 675 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:50,167 - Yay! 676 00:27:50,167 --> 00:27:52,733 - Donatella Versace made this for me. 677 00:27:52,733 --> 00:27:55,367 That is not easy to make that bodice that way. 678 00:27:55,367 --> 00:27:57,333 Wonderful job, darling, 679 00:27:57,333 --> 00:27:59,067 and thank you for bringing my Globe with you. 680 00:27:59,067 --> 00:28:00,533 - It's Ver-sayce. 681 00:28:00,533 --> 00:28:03,267 - Matching trophy. 682 00:28:03,267 --> 00:28:07,500 - Shea Coulee, Monster Ball Tour. 683 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:09,100 Paws up, baby. 684 00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,633 - My Lady Gaga look, it's ethereal, powerful, 685 00:28:12,633 --> 00:28:14,933 yet gentle and serene, 686 00:28:14,933 --> 00:28:17,733 and it mixes engineering and fashion. 687 00:28:17,733 --> 00:28:19,633 - This reminds me of the film that Nick Knight did 688 00:28:19,633 --> 00:28:23,667 with the yellow electric urine blonde. 689 00:28:23,667 --> 00:28:24,833 - Mmm. 690 00:28:24,833 --> 00:28:27,200 - Urine blonde is my screen name on Scruff. 691 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,433 - It is? - Yes. 692 00:28:28,433 --> 00:28:31,167 - It's my password on Netflix. 693 00:28:31,167 --> 00:28:36,067 - Trinity Taylor, "American Horror Story, Hotel." 694 00:28:36,067 --> 00:28:38,133 - Yes, Countess. - Yes. 695 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:40,533 - This look speaks to me 696 00:28:40,533 --> 00:28:44,467 because I love darkness and glamour and vampires. 697 00:28:44,467 --> 00:28:47,567 And Lady Gaga was so seductive and sexy 698 00:28:47,567 --> 00:28:49,933 and brilliant in the show. 699 00:28:49,933 --> 00:28:52,967 - Trinity, a little club soda will take that right out. 700 00:28:52,967 --> 00:28:55,500 - You know, they say that if you use your own spit, 701 00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:58,600 the enzymes break down the blood, so... 702 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,533 - Good to know. - Thank you. 703 00:29:00,533 --> 00:29:02,800 - This competition is cutthroat. 704 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:07,500 Kimora Blac, Lady Gaga "On The Go." 705 00:29:07,500 --> 00:29:09,400 - This is the Versace phase. 706 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,733 - I'm giving a look that Gaga wears to, like, the airport. 707 00:29:12,733 --> 00:29:16,100 I think picking out what she's done for red carpets 708 00:29:16,100 --> 00:29:17,667 is so predictable 709 00:29:17,667 --> 00:29:19,767 and it's so, like, all right, done. 710 00:29:19,767 --> 00:29:21,767 - Those boots, they remind me of the pleasers 711 00:29:21,767 --> 00:29:24,133 that I used to get off of, um... 712 00:29:24,133 --> 00:29:25,233 - Hollywood Boulevard, honey. 713 00:29:25,233 --> 00:29:26,400 - Yep, yep. 714 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:27,333 - No ifs, ands or butts about it. 715 00:29:27,333 --> 00:29:28,567 - Uh-uh. - No, ma'am. 716 00:29:28,567 --> 00:29:32,133 - Jaymes Mansfield, the cover of "Vogue." 717 00:29:32,133 --> 00:29:33,267 - Oh. 718 00:29:33,267 --> 00:29:36,167 - I am serving you Gaga on the cover of "Vogue." 719 00:29:36,167 --> 00:29:38,067 My drag is campy and different, 720 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,467 so I'm giving you Lady Gaga in slumber land. 721 00:29:40,467 --> 00:29:41,567 I look amazing. 722 00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:42,600 If they don't like this dress, 723 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,300 don't blame me, blame Marc Jacobs. 724 00:29:45,300 --> 00:29:46,700 - Oh, she's a little sleepy. 725 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:49,533 - It's Marc Jacobs. She's Marco-leptic. 726 00:29:49,533 --> 00:29:52,067 - She's actually not wrong, either, 727 00:29:52,067 --> 00:29:54,800 because I was so tired the day that we did that shoot 728 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,633 that that's probably what I looked like in between shots. 729 00:29:57,633 --> 00:30:00,533 - Cover girl, put some gel in your hair. 730 00:30:00,533 --> 00:30:06,100 Nina Bo'nina Brown, VMAs 2009. 731 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:07,667 - Oh, my God. 732 00:30:07,667 --> 00:30:08,767 - Yes, McQueen, yes. 733 00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:11,800 - This was one of the biggest nights of my life. 734 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,567 - I'm serving you the black version of Lady Gaga. 735 00:30:13,567 --> 00:30:16,900 Lot of hips, a lot of ass and a lot of sass. 736 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:18,467 I can't see how Lady Gaga is reacting 737 00:30:18,467 --> 00:30:20,533 because I can't see anybody. 738 00:30:20,533 --> 00:30:22,300 - I just love the expression in her face 739 00:30:22,300 --> 00:30:23,633 when she wears this outfit. 740 00:30:23,633 --> 00:30:25,033 You know, you can tell she's happy. 741 00:30:25,033 --> 00:30:28,467 - Oh, no, she's on the edge of whore-y. 742 00:30:28,467 --> 00:30:31,800 Up next, Aja, Commes des Garcons. 743 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,300 - Now, where did I park my car? 744 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,067 - For my Lady Gaga look, 745 00:30:36,067 --> 00:30:38,467 I'm wearing a remake of her Commes des Garcons look 746 00:30:38,467 --> 00:30:42,500 that she wore to show that beauty has no shape. 747 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:46,600 - Now, I wore this because the media was saying I was fat 748 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,433 and I knew this archive, so I called Commes des Garcons 749 00:30:48,433 --> 00:30:50,633 and I asked him if we could wear it. 750 00:30:50,633 --> 00:30:52,567 It's such an excellent choice. 751 00:30:52,567 --> 00:30:53,700 - And very slimming. 752 00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:55,267 - It's all about the waist. 753 00:30:55,267 --> 00:30:55,767 - Oy, gevalt. 754 00:30:55,767 --> 00:30:58,300 (all laugh) 755 00:30:58,300 --> 00:30:59,400 - Coming up... 756 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,433 Wait a minute. 757 00:31:02,433 --> 00:31:03,933 Stop the music, please. 758 00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:09,900 The real competition is just about to begin. 759 00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:15,233 - Fuck. Oh! 760 00:31:15,233 --> 00:31:16,633 (RuPaul laughs, bell dings) 761 00:31:18,567 --> 00:31:21,200 (RuPaul laughs) 762 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,467 - Okay, judges, we are looking for one winner 763 00:31:24,467 --> 00:31:26,333 who has what it takes. 764 00:31:26,333 --> 00:31:27,467 Let's start with Peppermint. 765 00:31:27,467 --> 00:31:29,433 - I think Peppermint has a fun personality. 766 00:31:29,433 --> 00:31:32,833 You could tell that she likes to take the piss with her drag, 767 00:31:32,833 --> 00:31:34,133 and I do like that. 768 00:31:34,133 --> 00:31:37,700 I thought her Lady Liberty was kind of basic to me. 769 00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,300 Peppermint's David Bowie, 770 00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:40,567 it would have been so great to have the lightning bolt. 771 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:41,600 - On the face, yeah. - Yeah. 772 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,500 - I love when I see the exact impression 773 00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:45,433 and the detail in that, 774 00:31:45,433 --> 00:31:46,700 but the adding of the hoop earrings, 775 00:31:46,700 --> 00:31:48,767 I didn't understand it. 776 00:31:48,767 --> 00:31:49,933 Bowie wouldn't have worn them that big. 777 00:31:49,933 --> 00:31:51,333 If he did, he would've worn one. 778 00:31:51,333 --> 00:31:52,467 - One, exactly. 779 00:31:52,467 --> 00:31:53,633 - You know, so I'm looking at detail. 780 00:31:53,633 --> 00:31:55,700 - Valentina. 781 00:31:55,700 --> 00:31:57,667 - That hometown look of hers 782 00:31:57,667 --> 00:32:00,433 was my very favorite look of anybody up there. 783 00:32:00,433 --> 00:32:01,833 It was just such a strong look, 784 00:32:01,833 --> 00:32:05,633 and her Spanish sombrero, East L.A. homage, 785 00:32:05,633 --> 00:32:07,367 I thought it was super fun. 786 00:32:07,367 --> 00:32:08,433 I thought she was beautiful 787 00:32:08,433 --> 00:32:09,600 and I thought the makeup was on point. 788 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,900 And then, the Lady Gaga look was also super strong. 789 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:13,633 - Both of these looks brought a tear to my eye. 790 00:32:13,633 --> 00:32:16,867 Her walk was fantastic. 791 00:32:16,867 --> 00:32:18,333 For me, she was the best model. 792 00:32:18,333 --> 00:32:19,367 - Mm-hmm. - Wow. 793 00:32:19,367 --> 00:32:20,733 - Eureka, that first outfit, 794 00:32:20,733 --> 00:32:24,800 there was a little bit of a used-up Tina Turner there. 795 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,067 - Tina Turner away. 796 00:32:26,067 --> 00:32:29,533 - I was laughing and entertained and that's part of this. 797 00:32:29,533 --> 00:32:31,667 As far as her Gaga look, 798 00:32:31,667 --> 00:32:33,800 I thought it was fun, it was detailed. 799 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,067 - She's actually one of my favorites of the night. 800 00:32:36,067 --> 00:32:36,800 - Charlie Hides. 801 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:38,867 Her first look was the pilgrim. 802 00:32:38,867 --> 00:32:40,100 - I wasn't blown away by the first look. 803 00:32:40,100 --> 00:32:41,767 I felt like there was supposed to be a rip-away moment 804 00:32:41,767 --> 00:32:46,067 and it kind of just sort of got a little mangled. 805 00:32:46,067 --> 00:32:48,833 But the Gaga look might have been one of my favorites. 806 00:32:48,833 --> 00:32:51,533 - The detail of the way that that lace sort of interlays, 807 00:32:51,533 --> 00:32:52,600 it's beautifully done. 808 00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,067 - Farrah Moan. 809 00:32:55,067 --> 00:32:57,767 - That first outfit was definitely not Las Vegas. 810 00:32:57,767 --> 00:32:59,733 I felt it was more like a different version 811 00:32:59,733 --> 00:33:01,900 of, like, "Anna Karenina," you know. 812 00:33:01,900 --> 00:33:04,467 - "Anna Karenina" goes to "Game of Thrones." 813 00:33:04,467 --> 00:33:05,833 - Well, she does sort of look like 814 00:33:05,833 --> 00:33:08,133 she's in the main showroom of the Vatican. 815 00:33:08,133 --> 00:33:09,300 - Yes. - (laughs) 816 00:33:09,300 --> 00:33:11,867 - As far as her Gaga look, being a smaller queen, 817 00:33:11,867 --> 00:33:13,967 she chose something that swallowed her up, 818 00:33:13,967 --> 00:33:16,333 and that might not have been the best idea for a Gaga look. 819 00:33:16,333 --> 00:33:19,767 - I was hoping that there was going to be tear-away. 820 00:33:19,767 --> 00:33:22,233 - Yes. - And there wasn't. 821 00:33:22,233 --> 00:33:27,067 I do have to say I was impressed by her poise. 822 00:33:27,067 --> 00:33:28,633 - I'm wearing Poise right now, actually. 823 00:33:28,633 --> 00:33:30,767 Sasha Velour. 824 00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:34,500 - One too many props can spoil a good party. 825 00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:35,800 She was kind of cumbersomely standing up there 826 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,400 holding these things. 827 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,933 - Hey, Michelle, it's only episode one of season nine, 828 00:33:39,933 --> 00:33:41,500 and I'm already disagreeing with you. 829 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:42,300 - Okay. - Okay? 830 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:44,400 - Go on. - I like more is more. 831 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:45,900 I like that she brought the props. 832 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:47,633 She didn't waste any time showing us who she is. 833 00:33:47,633 --> 00:33:48,733 - Too much. 834 00:33:48,733 --> 00:33:49,967 - If you just lose the portrait, 835 00:33:49,967 --> 00:33:52,067 this would've been a perfect performance. 836 00:33:52,067 --> 00:33:54,600 - Look at Gaga finding middle ground for Michelle and I. 837 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,733 - And then, "Applause," I thought she did well 838 00:33:56,733 --> 00:34:00,067 and even in that kind of flowy thing, 839 00:34:00,067 --> 00:34:01,933 it changed her persona. - Yes. 840 00:34:01,933 --> 00:34:02,933 - Yeah, I didn't know who it was. 841 00:34:02,933 --> 00:34:05,067 - Right. - And that is great drag. 842 00:34:05,067 --> 00:34:05,933 - Yeah. 843 00:34:05,933 --> 00:34:07,333 - I don't think any other queen 844 00:34:07,333 --> 00:34:10,167 told us exactly who she is better than she did. 845 00:34:10,167 --> 00:34:12,067 - Alexis Michelle. 846 00:34:12,067 --> 00:34:14,400 - When you're gonna use things like words on your body, 847 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:15,867 you have to be able to read them. 848 00:34:15,867 --> 00:34:17,067 - Mm-hmm. 849 00:34:17,067 --> 00:34:19,067 - And the way they were positioned on the bustier 850 00:34:19,067 --> 00:34:20,500 and on the corset, you couldn't read them. 851 00:34:20,500 --> 00:34:21,367 The point was lost. 852 00:34:21,367 --> 00:34:25,067 But her Gaga moment was stunning. 853 00:34:25,067 --> 00:34:27,567 - Yeah. - That dress is amazing. 854 00:34:27,567 --> 00:34:28,567 You could put Donald Trump in that dress, 855 00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:30,300 he's gonna look gorgeous. 856 00:34:30,300 --> 00:34:33,200 - No. - That I don't agree. 857 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,733 The shape and the silhouette that she achieved, 858 00:34:35,733 --> 00:34:36,767 this was really good. - Mm-hmm. 859 00:34:36,767 --> 00:34:39,267 - This is someone to watch, I think. 860 00:34:39,267 --> 00:34:40,600 - Shea Coulee. 861 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,633 What'd you think about that first outfit? 862 00:34:42,633 --> 00:34:44,867 - I thought that was really fun and very memorable. 863 00:34:44,867 --> 00:34:47,600 I mean, who doesn't like a giant wiener on your head? 864 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,133 - As long at it's girth-y. 865 00:34:49,133 --> 00:34:50,567 - And I thought the Gaga look was great. 866 00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:53,767 - That dress is just amazing. 867 00:34:53,767 --> 00:34:56,533 - The dress was actually made by Jim Henson. 868 00:34:56,533 --> 00:34:58,767 - Of "The Muppets?" - Yes. The original dress 869 00:34:58,767 --> 00:35:02,433 was made in very particularly pleated origami, 870 00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:03,967 and it was mechanical. 871 00:35:03,967 --> 00:35:05,967 And I felt that some of the other girls 872 00:35:05,967 --> 00:35:07,800 went a little further with the detail. 873 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:12,200 - Let's talk Trinity Taylor, no relation to Rip Taylor. 874 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,467 - Oh, damn it! - Yeah. 875 00:35:13,467 --> 00:35:16,100 - I thought Trinity's Orlando outfit 876 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:17,600 was kind of nondescript. 877 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,133 You wouldn't know where she was from. 878 00:35:19,133 --> 00:35:23,133 Now, when she turned around, it was the kind of anal sun. 879 00:35:23,133 --> 00:35:24,067 - Yeah. 880 00:35:24,067 --> 00:35:25,100 - And it was kind of like, oh, okay. 881 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:28,500 But her Countess Lady Gaga drag I loved. 882 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:29,600 - Phenomenal. 883 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:31,600 - I loved it from top to bottom, 884 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,467 and everybody knows I love a bottom. 885 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,133 - That hair that she did for the Countess 886 00:35:36,133 --> 00:35:38,067 is so difficult to do. 887 00:35:38,067 --> 00:35:39,800 To get that type of smoothness 888 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,433 and to get the lace to lay that flat is very hard. 889 00:35:44,433 --> 00:35:46,533 She fucking nailed it. 890 00:35:46,533 --> 00:35:48,500 - Let's move on to Kimora Blac. 891 00:35:48,500 --> 00:35:51,600 - I thought the first look was not indicative of Vegas to me. 892 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,300 It was very cheap looking. 893 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:55,600 And the Gaga look, to me, 894 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,667 it just seemed like something you'd see in a bar. 895 00:35:57,667 --> 00:35:59,767 There's no pizzazz. 896 00:35:59,767 --> 00:36:03,200 - I think she needs a moment to get comfortable. 897 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:04,633 - Jaymes Mansfield. 898 00:36:04,633 --> 00:36:06,233 - I love whimsy. - Yeah? 899 00:36:06,233 --> 00:36:07,667 - I thought I was being served a comedy queen. 900 00:36:07,667 --> 00:36:10,633 I was left with a little drag blue balls with her. 901 00:36:10,633 --> 00:36:12,633 I didn't get what I thought I was going to get. 902 00:36:12,633 --> 00:36:14,833 - Well, there's so much you could get. 903 00:36:14,833 --> 00:36:16,067 If you're from Milwaukee, 904 00:36:16,067 --> 00:36:17,767 I mean, you could be covered in cheese. 905 00:36:17,767 --> 00:36:19,833 You could have a wig that looks like an udder. 906 00:36:19,833 --> 00:36:21,700 Like, you can't go halfway. 907 00:36:21,700 --> 00:36:23,267 - Right. Like, take it to the next level. 908 00:36:23,267 --> 00:36:24,600 - Milk it. You milk it. 909 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:25,633 - Milk it, honey, yeah. 910 00:36:25,633 --> 00:36:29,267 - What did you think of her interpretation 911 00:36:29,267 --> 00:36:30,800 of your "Vogue" cover? 912 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,100 - The hair is not what it was. 913 00:36:34,100 --> 00:36:36,867 My bigger issue is I think she's hiding. 914 00:36:36,867 --> 00:36:39,767 It's about her just letting her true self shine through. 915 00:36:39,767 --> 00:36:42,267 - All right. Let's talk about Nina Bo'nina Brown. 916 00:36:42,267 --> 00:36:43,167 - I was so excited 917 00:36:43,167 --> 00:36:44,800 when she walked around the corner. 918 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,067 - It's whimsical, but it's also fabulous. 919 00:36:47,067 --> 00:36:49,767 - That insane peach face with the head. 920 00:36:49,767 --> 00:36:54,733 It's so twisted, and yet it's so beautiful. 921 00:36:54,733 --> 00:36:57,133 And this choice of the McQueen, 922 00:36:57,133 --> 00:36:58,933 she makes a statement with each piece. 923 00:36:58,933 --> 00:37:00,800 - She has a point of view, yeah. 924 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,267 - She has a point of view as an artist. 925 00:37:02,267 --> 00:37:03,367 I see a star. 926 00:37:03,367 --> 00:37:04,867 - Let's move on to Aja. 927 00:37:04,867 --> 00:37:07,633 - I wasn't blown away by the Statue of Liberty moment. 928 00:37:07,633 --> 00:37:08,733 It's okay. 929 00:37:08,733 --> 00:37:10,667 - Why do you hate America, Carson? 930 00:37:10,667 --> 00:37:12,800 (all laugh) 931 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,767 - I did love the Commes des Garcons look, 932 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:17,933 but the makeup was real bad. 933 00:37:17,933 --> 00:37:19,700 - I don't know that she nailed it tonight, 934 00:37:19,700 --> 00:37:23,867 but this girl, she's gonna keep surprising you. 935 00:37:23,867 --> 00:37:27,100 - All right. Judges, time to fill out your scorecards 936 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:30,933 and bring back my girls. 937 00:37:30,933 --> 00:37:32,467 - The Florida election committee 938 00:37:32,467 --> 00:37:34,167 will be verifying these results. 939 00:37:34,167 --> 00:37:35,567 - (laughs) 940 00:37:35,567 --> 00:37:37,667 (RuPaul laughs, bell dings) 941 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,067 (RuPaul laughs) 942 00:37:42,367 --> 00:37:43,700 - Welcome back. 943 00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,200 I've combined the judges' scores, 944 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,867 divided them by five and added a 20% tip. 945 00:37:48,867 --> 00:37:50,867 - (laughs) 946 00:37:50,867 --> 00:37:54,600 - When I call your name, please step forward. 947 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:59,133 Eureka. - Ooh. 948 00:38:01,067 --> 00:38:02,167 - Sasha Velour. 949 00:38:05,967 --> 00:38:08,267 Nina Bo'nina Brown. 950 00:38:08,267 --> 00:38:10,200 - (gasps) Oh. 951 00:38:12,933 --> 00:38:16,667 - I wish you could see the expression on your face. 952 00:38:16,667 --> 00:38:17,767 - (laughs) 953 00:38:17,767 --> 00:38:20,433 - I wish I could see the expression on your face. 954 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,367 Con-drag-ulations, ladies. 955 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:27,667 You are our top three finalists. 956 00:38:27,667 --> 00:38:30,067 Now, if for any reason 957 00:38:30,067 --> 00:38:31,933 tonight's winner cannot complete her reign, 958 00:38:31,933 --> 00:38:37,067 the first and second runner-ups will thumb wrestle 959 00:38:37,067 --> 00:38:39,733 to determine who takes her place. 960 00:38:39,733 --> 00:38:40,833 (all laugh) 961 00:38:40,833 --> 00:38:43,167 I hold in my hand 962 00:38:43,167 --> 00:38:47,767 the name of Miss Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent. 963 00:38:47,767 --> 00:38:53,667 Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of a fabulous week-long getaway 964 00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:54,900 to The Grand Resort and Spa, 965 00:38:54,900 --> 00:39:00,733 Fort Lauderdale's premiere gay men's spa resort... 966 00:39:00,733 --> 00:39:02,100 (inhales) 967 00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:06,267 And the title of Miss Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve & Talent... 968 00:39:07,900 --> 00:39:09,567 The winner is... 969 00:39:09,567 --> 00:39:11,700 Nina Bo'nina Brown. 970 00:39:11,700 --> 00:39:14,433 - Yes! (applause) 971 00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:15,967 - Come on, mama. 972 00:39:15,967 --> 00:39:19,900 - For them to crown me, it means a lot to me. 973 00:39:19,900 --> 00:39:21,800 Girl, Lady Gaga bought my drag. 974 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:22,933 She bought it. 975 00:39:22,933 --> 00:39:24,900 She didn't rent it from the Netflix. 976 00:39:24,900 --> 00:39:26,067 She bought it. 977 00:39:26,067 --> 00:39:28,067 Validation complete. 978 00:39:28,067 --> 00:39:30,367 - Is there anything you'd like to say? 979 00:39:30,367 --> 00:39:31,633 - I know that this is just the beginning, 980 00:39:31,633 --> 00:39:36,067 but to get you guys' approval for this means a lot to me. 981 00:39:36,067 --> 00:39:37,100 Thank y'all so much for this. 982 00:39:37,100 --> 00:39:38,333 I truly appreciate it from my heart. 983 00:39:38,333 --> 00:39:41,900 - Well, my queen, go ahead and serve your public, honey. 984 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:43,500 - Yeah. Come on, baby. 985 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:44,800 - Yes. 986 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,367 - Congratulations, darling. 987 00:39:47,367 --> 00:39:49,633 - Nina Bo'nina Brown. 988 00:39:49,633 --> 00:39:51,933 Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. 989 00:39:51,933 --> 00:39:53,600 Stop the music, please. 990 00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:57,967 Ladies and gentlemen, I have to apologize. 991 00:39:57,967 --> 00:40:02,033 This is not a Steve Harvey moment. 992 00:40:02,033 --> 00:40:04,733 Nina, you are still our winner. 993 00:40:04,733 --> 00:40:06,967 You are still our winner, honey, but... 994 00:40:08,133 --> 00:40:13,000 The real competition is just about to begin. 995 00:40:15,267 --> 00:40:21,400 I'm introducing a 14th queen into the race. 996 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,167 - (gasps) - What? 997 00:40:23,167 --> 00:40:25,467 - Who? 998 00:40:25,467 --> 00:40:27,933 - Fuck. Oh! 999 00:40:30,233 --> 00:40:31,167 - Breathe. 1000 00:40:31,167 --> 00:40:34,533 - Please welcome back to the race... 1001 00:40:36,633 --> 00:40:37,833 The 14th contestant 1002 00:40:37,833 --> 00:40:42,867 in the 9th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race." 1003 00:40:46,867 --> 00:40:50,700 (screams) - Yeah! 1004 00:40:50,700 --> 00:40:51,733 - Bitch! 1005 00:40:51,733 --> 00:40:54,533 Ru, are you punking us? 1006 00:40:54,533 --> 00:40:56,300 - Oh, my God. 1007 00:40:56,300 --> 00:40:57,633 - No fucking way. 1008 00:40:57,633 --> 00:40:59,100 What?