RuPaul's Drag Race 10x8

1. - Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race..."

2. We're playing the Snatch Game.

3. - I drew a picture of a bunny.

4. - Russian hooker urine.

5. - I'll bring it up in congress,

6. and then I'll bring it up at "Drag Con."

7. - The Vixen.

8. - Sorry, girl, there was not much there.

9. It needs to be more than just a few moments.

10. - Monique Heart.

11. - I was really excited for Maxine Waters,

12. but you didn't really dig into who she was.

13. - Okay.

14. - Who deserves to go home tonight and why?

15. - Asia O'Hara because she's my biggest competition.

16. - I have never seen such a level of unprofessionalism

17. as I have watching Eureka.

18. - I can't let her sit there— - Again.

19. - And literally verbally attack me.

20. - You weren't attacked. You're a grown man.

21. - Literally verbally attacking me

22. in front of people

23. that I want to have respect for my art.

24. - All right, Asia. - I think The Vixen.

25. - I would have to say The Vixen.

26. - The Vixen. - The Vixen.

27. - Aquaria, you are the winner of this week's challenge.

28. - Vixen, shantay you stay.

29. Monique, sashay away.

30. - Just keep swimming.

31. - Girl. - Just keep swimming.

32. - I'm so done swimming.

33. - What's it say?

34. - "Always abide in love and learn your words.

35. Facts are facts."

36. - Facts are facts. - Miss Monique Heart, girl.

37. - See you soon, Monique.

38. Monique was just eliminated,

39. and I feel like my friend in this competition is gone.

40. The workroom is not going to be the same.

41. - Well, now y'all stuck with me.

42. At this point, I know I don't have a friend in the room,

43. and it makes me happy,

44. because now I have no reason to hold back.

45. The fight is on.

46. - It sucks to have to tell who you want to go home.

47. Like, that is one of the worst parts of this competition.

48. - I feel like one should just give a true answer

49. whether people like it or not, you know what I'm saying?

50. Like, and I feel like unfortunately

51. Vixen, that everyone— - But let's be clear for me.

52. I did not once, nor have I ever, attacked your character

53. or anything about you as a person.

54. - But you attacked my dream.

55. - It's all of our dream, baby.

56. - No matter what anybody's reason for saying it,

57. it don't feel good.

58. - It doesn't, but I'm not mad—

59. - So let me have my feelings.

60. - So The Vixen, Eureka, are y'all cool now?

61. - I didn't have a problem with Vixen to begin with.

62. You're like, oh, I've just decided

63. I just don't like you period for no real reason whatsoever.

64. - No, no, no, no, no. - Except for the fact

65. that you annoyed me in Snatch Game.

66. The Vixen says my character was too much, and I know it was.

67. It was supposed to be.

68. And I made sure not to cut anyone off.

69. I'm not the one to blame

70. if you did a bad job in the Snatch Game.

71. She got upset about everybody else,

72. and I just happened to be the one

73. that pissed her off somehow

74. when I didn't do anything specifically to you.

75. - That can't even be factual.

76. How can I be upset about everybody else—

77. - What are you upset about, though,

78. when I didn't do shit? - I just don't like you.

79. When you get asked who deserves to go home,

80. my least favorite person in the room is still you.

81. - The Vixen wants Eureka to go home for personal reasons

82. just because she doesn't like her.

83. Even it's so apparent now

84. because Eureka didn't even say her name on the runway.

85. - Underneath this mask you have a black moustache.

86. This LeVar Burton look is going to be everything.

87. - Haters gonna hate, but y'all can't hate the body.

88. - Yes. - Yes, we can.

89. - Love the body.

90. - You over there sitting over there

91. shaped like a can of dog food.

92. - Aquaria done won Snatch Game. I did not—

93. - Oh, congratulations.

94. - Congratulations.

95. - Yeah. - It's a real gag.

96. - Congratulations. Now, you are my sister, girl.

97. I love you the house down, boo. We kiki, we laugh.

98. I really thought that it was gonna be Eureka or myself.

99. - I won Snatch Game, which is a big game changer.

100. I have definitely a giant target all over my body.

101. - And that sounds so conceited,

102. but I didn't see you winning.

103. I am shocked that Aquaria won.

104. I'm happy that the crown

105. still goes to New York City for Snatch Game.

106. But it should have been me.

107. I am thirsty for a win, honey.

108. I need a win in my pocket like yesterday.

109. Let me show y'all what glamour is.

110. This is glamour.

111. - You will never be glamour.

112. - Monet X Change is rising to the top,

113. and I'm waiting to take over, girl.

114. I'm giving you RuPaul, honey.

115. You're not into it?

116. - It's a different kind of beauty.

117. - It's a different species.

118. - The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

119. receives a one-year supply

120. of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

121. and a cash prize of $100,000.

122. With extra special guest judges Andrew Rannells

123. and Billy Eichner.

124. - Good morning.

125. - I'm feeling sponge-tastic. Oh...

126. - It's a new day in the workroom,

127. and we are almost to the halfway point.

128. - Lucky seven.

129. - The lucky seven. Yay! - Lucky seven.

130. - It's a little surreal.

131. I can't believe that I have been here

132. for as long as I have.

133. I'm feeling a lot better about my place in this competition.

134. - What do y'all think is next here?

135. - Let's dance. I wanna dance with somebody.

136. - Do you wanna feel the heat, though?

137. - Mm. - Mm.

138. - Kameron, what do you want to do next?

139. - Kameron wants to have a weight lifting challenge.

140. Or arm wrestling. Let's arm wrestle.

141. - No. - Do it. Do it.

142. - Come on. - Do it.

143. - Beat her ass, Kameron.

144. - I'm on Team Kameron.

145. I'm gonna cheerlead for Kameron.

146. - Okay, somebody—

147. - Whoo, girl.

148. - Saved by the bell. - I won!

149. - She done already done had herses.

150. - Hey, babes.

151. Do you believe in life after love?

152. - Yes!

153. - Well, you better save up all your tears

154. because you haven't seen the last of me.

155. After all, Cher-ing is caring.

156. Who books me on these chicken shit gigs?

157. I mean, I'm Cher, bitch.

158. - Oh, no, Cher.

159. - Hello, hello, hello.

160. Hi, ladies.

161. Now, America's next drag superstar

162. needs to be able to take it as well as she can give it.

163. Err!

164. Starting with the "Drag Race" staple,

165. the fake bitch slap.

166. Uh-huh. You've seen the GIF of me

167. slapping the season two girls.

168. So for today's mini challenge,

169. we're going to play a game of slap out of it.

170. Each of you will come up with super sassy lines

171. that will motivate me to fake slap the crap out of you.

172. And the queen with the most compelling reactions wins.

173. All right, Eureka, come on down.

174. Now, Eureka, I don't think

175. there's anything you could say to me

176. that would make me want to slap you,

177. you sweet, precious child.

178. - HD.

179. - Oh!

180. Why?

181. - Get back in line where you belong.

182. - Why are standing so far away, bitch?

183. - They call you mother,

184. but at your age, shouldn't it be grand—

185. - I don't like the way that was going.

186. - The new host of "Drag Race," Lady Bunny Girl.

187. - Oh, my God, there's a bird in here.

188. - Uh!

189. - Goodbye forever.

190. - Ugh!

191. Et tu, RuPaul.

192. - This is fun.

193. - You know what, Ru?

194. - What, darling?

195. - You wear it, eh...

196. - That was so funny.

197. - I thought it was good.

198. - I can't slap you for that.

199. - Vanjie. - Vanjie.

200. Vanjie, Vanjie.

201. - Hey, bitch. - Hey.

202. - You got something to say to me?

203. - You hit like a girl. Too bad you don't look like one.

204. - Now, that was good.

205. - Oh, my God! Oh!

206. Oh, I'm sorry.

207. Oh, my God.

208. I'm so sorry.

209. - It's about to be "Asia O'Hara's Drag Race."

210. I'm about to own this whole building.

211. Can I go back to my spot?

212. - Yeah, you go on. You better get on over there.

213. - Yeah, I'm gonna...

214. - My name's Aquaria,

215. and my birthday is February 12, 1996.

216. - Asia O'Hara, come here.

217. You stand right there.

218. Slap this bitch for me.

219. - Yeah, slap her.

220. - Give me some.

221. - Aah-ha-ha!

222. Oh...

223. - Now get your skinny ass back there.

224. Thank you, Asia.

225. Ladies, you all really made me slap happy.

226. The winner of today's mini challenge is...

227. Asia O'Hara.

228. - Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo.

229. - You've won a $2,000 gift card from Sparkles Rhinestones.

230. You can put those where your teeth used to be.

231. Now that I've slapped some sense into y'all,

232. it's time to pay tribute

233. to one of the greatest stars of all time.

234. She's an Oscar-winning actress who's had a number one hit

235. in every decade for the past six decades.

236. And yet somehow, she never ages.

237. I am, of course, talking about my idol,

238. the one and only Cher.

239. So for this week's maxi challenge,

240. you'll be starring in Cher, the Unauthorized Rusical.

241. Each of you will portray Cher

242. from a different era of her epic career.

243. And get this.

244. You're going to be singing live.

245. - Ooh.

246. - No lip syncing.

247. Kameron, you'll play sixties Cher.

248. - Oh.

249. - Monet X Change and The Vixen,

250. you'll each play different seventies variety show Chers.

251. Aquaria, Disco Cher.

252. - Whoo!

253. - Asia O'Hara, movie star Cher.

254. Eureka, rock star Cher.

255. - Ooh.

256. Comeback tour.

257. - That was rotten.

258. Miz Cracker, comeback Cher.

259. And you can all top off your Cher fantasy

260. using wigs provided by RockStar Wigs.

261. - Ooh. - Oh.

262. - Gentlemen, start your engines,

263. and may the best woman win.

264. - Thank you.

265. - Coming up...

266. - It's better knowing who your friends are

267. and who your enemies are.

268. Apparently I don't have a friend here.

269. They don't think I deserve to be here, so fuck 'em.

270. Snap out of it.

271. - Hey.

272. - This week's maxi challenge is Cher, The Unauthorized Rusical.

273. And we're singing live.

274. I don't know about everybody else,

275. but I lip sync, I don't sing.

276. The key to doing well in this challenge

277. is to really getting the essence of Cher,

278. and really portraying that

279. in your character and in your Cher-isms.

280. Hey-ho.

281. Gypsy queen, oh.

282. - It sounds like an insane asylum in here.

283. - Looking around the room,

284. I see a bunch of queens singing, dancing,

285. talking to themselves, trying to be Cher.

286. It's pure madness.

287. - Hey. Blblblblbl.

288. - American Horror Story, Cher Edition.

289. - Aquaria, are you drunk?

290. - No, girl, I'm Disco Cher.

291. - Hello, my gypsies, tramps, and thieves.

292. - Hello.

293. - Hey, Asia. - Hey.

294. - So, Asia, do you actually sing?

295. - I do not.

296. - Hey, listen, that never stopped me.

297. - Well, you sing.

298. - I can talk, therefore, I can sing.

299. Now, you've got eighties movie star Cher.

300. - Yes.

301. - So tell me about your interpretation of this role.

302. - Well, it's gonna take some work

303. because it is a less glamorous Cher

304. than a lot of people are used to.

305. - Did you see any of the eighties movies with Cher?

306. - Yes, I have.

307. But all those roles are very different.

308. They're not her as Cher,

309. they're her playing characters, or different people.

310. - Well, see, she doesn't really lose who Cher is

311. when she's playing these characters.

312. You see the rebel,

313. the no BS attitude that comes through.

314. You have to embody Cher.

315. Any acting experience? - None.

316. Well, last week's Snatch Game.

317. - Yeah, well, let's not bring that up.

318. - Let's not. - Yeah.

319. So let me hear you say

320. "snap out of it."

321. Snap out of it.

322. - You're not getting the sort of timbre of her voice,

323. the way that she speaks, you know.

324. So get it together and snap out of it.

325. - Oh.

326. I am literally "Moonstruck."

327. - Hello, Kameron Michaels. - Hello.

328. - Listen, I am an encyclopedia of Cher knowledge.

329. - Mm-hmm, yeah.

330. - Is there anything you'd like to ask me?

331. - Well, if you have any information for me

332. about the Sixties Cher.

333. - Well, listen, throughout the decades,

334. Cher at her core is the rebel.

335. I met Cher for the first time in 1996.

336. I met her in her dressing room.

337. It was just me and her, and so charismatic.

338. I was like... She just has it.

339. She has that "it" factor. - Yeah.

340. - If you can capture that "it" factor

341. and the rebel, you've got it.

342. So now so far in this competition,

343. you've sort of been flying under the radar.

344. - I like to think I'm silent but deadly,

345. but that hasn't won me a challenge yet,

346. so maybe I need to be a little more on the deadly side

347. and a little less on the silent side.

348. - Good. It's time for you to show up.

349. Just remember, Cher-ing is caring.

350. - Yes, ma'am. - All right, I'll see you later.

351. Monet X Change. - Hi, Ru.

352. - Now, you sing opera, don't you?

353. - I do. I went to undergrad for opera performance.

354. But I'm like a bass, you know what I mean?

355. - Sure.

356. - In opera, I'm a basso profundo,

357. so doing this Cher thing

358. is not necessarily something I would normally do.

359. I just have such a deep voice,

360. and doing like the Cher, oh, I sound like—

361. it's like that whole— - Cher has a deep voice.

362. - Yes, she does, but I'm like a bass, you know what I mean?

363. It's like weird.

364. - I just don't understand you kids today.

365. It feels like when you come to the competition,

366. you compartmentalize your talent.

367. Whatever you excel at, fuckn' apply it to everything.

368. I hope these other bitches are listening to this,

369. because this is some good shit.

370. I had to pay thousands of dollars to learn that.

371. Now, you are playing which Cher?

372. - Seventies.

373. - Oh, right, the variety show Cher.

374. - Yeah, variety show Cher.

375. - Who is your Cher?

376. - My Cher would have to be Carol Burnett.

377. - Carol Burnett does a mean Cher.

378. - Yeah. Carol Burnett loves impersonating Cher,

379. so I'm going to try to marry that with my Monet-ness

380. to give a very original Cher performance.

381. It's gonna help me win a goddamn maxi challenge.

382. - Hi, Eureka.

383. - Hi, Ms. Charles.

384. - Hey, listen, last week you had some words with Vixen.

385. Have you guys reconciled?

386. - No. She's made it very clear she doesn't like me.

387. Maybe we're not meant to be friends.

388. When someone doesn't like me,

389. it's hard for me to understand why,

390. so instead, let me just not worry about that.

391. I have a lot to prove and a lot of pressure.

392. I don't want to focus on anything else.

393. - Exactly. Do you sing?

394. - For me, I get really nervous

395. whenever I have to sing live in front of people.

396. - When you do a character and it's not even you,

397. you don't have to be nervous. You're being Cher.

398. I read years ago that Cher grew up loving Elvis.

399. - Hey, okay.

400. - So it's not you, it's eighties rock Cher.

401. It helps, if you do forget, it's...

402. - Yeah, okay.

403. - You got a little white thing going on there.

404. - Don't be nervous.

405. - I won't. - And snap out of it.

406. - I'm snapping, Ru.

407. That was Ethel Merman.

408. If we were doing an Ethel Merman challenge—

409. - I'd be spot on. - You'd be right on.

410. All right, I'll see you later.

411. - Thank you so much. - Okay.

412. Oh!

413. - Miz Cracker. - Mother Ru.

414. - So you have some history of Cher.

415. - I came from a family where there was literally

416. no exposure to pop culture at all.

417. So when I first saw Cher, it was late in the game.

418. - Okay. So you have nineties comeback Cher.

419. How are you going to make her stand out?

420. - I want to add as many gags about age as possible.

421. If I could have, at some point,

422. someone throw me a cane and go for it on a cane.

423. - Okay, so now you're in a little area

424. that's a little bit touchy there,

425. because Cher is not old, she's ageless.

426. Do want you want, - You know, Ru,

427. when you didn't slap your thigh at the cane thing,

428. it was already nixed.

429. All right, thank you, Miz Cracker.

430. - Thank you so much, Ru.

431. - Hey, Vixen. - Hey, Ru.

432. - Do you sing? - Yeah, sometimes.

433. - Oh, sometimes. - Sometimes.

434. You know, I lip sync for a living, so...

435. - Yeah. So do you do a Cher impersonation?

436. - No, I've never done a Cher impersonation,

437. but I've performed her music as a lip sync.

438. It's not a big thing doing a Cher song.

439. - Huh. You have a little bit of a history of conflicts here.

440. - Yeah. - Why do you think that is?

441. - I like to take things head on,

442. because I'm like, no, be real with me?

443. What's going on?

444. - Yeah. How can you incorporate that into your character?

445. - I guess I'm gonna have to be feisty.

446. - Mm-hmm. - You think so?

447. - I, uh—

448. - I think Cher would throw a glass or two

449. every once in a while.

450. - Sure, sure.

451. - Cher, Cher.

452. - You had beef with Eureka.

453. Have you guys had a "come to Jesus" moment?

454. - Not at all. I feel like it's better

455. knowing who your friends are and who your enemies are.

456. Apparently I don't have a friend here,

457. 'cause you see all the girls want me to go home.

458. Last week, all of the other girls said that I should home.

459. They don't think I deserve to be here,

460. so fuck 'em.

461. - Why do you think they want you to go home?

462. - I think they know that I keep it real

463. and they can't play phony around me.

464. Because I call bullshit all the time.

465. - You can fight,

466. but ultimately the biggest fight you have in this life

467. is with yourself, you know?

468. And diving in

469. and seeing what the root cause of that conflict is.

470. - Yeah. - You know what I mean?

471. So keep that in mind. - Yes, ma'am.

472. - All right, Vixen. I'll see you out there.

473. - Thank you.

474. - Aquaria.

475. Hey, RuPaul.

476. - Which Cher do you have?

477. - I've got Disco Cher.

478. This challenge I'm really excited for

479. because I've got a Cher that is singing

480. in a range that I'm familiar with.

481. There's like a warm five notes

482. that I can hit pretty well. - Oh, I'd love to hear them.

483. - And these are most of them, so...

484. - Let me hear them.

485. - Aquaria seems really confident

486. about her singing ability.

487. She is clearly not listening to herself sing.

488. Oh, pardon me. I fucked that up.

489. - That sounds nice. - Thank you.

490. - All you've got to do is learn the words.

491. Well let me just say this.

492. I'm looking for you kids to embody what Cher is.

493. - Right. - She's an outsider.

494. - I feel like I can relate to that

495. because I'm kind of that like outsider queen

496. that does all the things, and does them kind of well,

497. but isn't, you know, always with other girls.

498. - Well, Cher and Cher alike.

499. - I can't wait to Cher with you all.

500. - Thanks, Aquaria.

501. All right, ladies.

502. Good luck, and...

503. don't fuck it up.

504. - Whoo.

505. - Aquaria, are you nervous after your meeting?

506. - No. - Oh.

507. - Should I be? Does it sound like I need to be?

508. - Aquaria is a cocky little bastard, isn't she, girl?

509. She really didn't sound that great,

510. so she is like really delusional.

511. But she feels like her walkthrough went amazing,

512. and in her mind, Aquaria has won this challenge.

513. So we'll see how that all plays out on the runway tomorrow.

514. - Coming up...

515. - Sin-gle ladies, dance all night. Dun-dun.

516. - This is going to be great.

517. - Hello.

518. - It is time to rehearse with Todrick Hall,

519. the singing, dancing sensation.

520. You know, no pressure.

521. - Are y'all ready to rehearse Cher the Unauthorized Rusical?

522. - Yes. - Absolutely.

523. - So we're gonna go one at a time.

524. Let's start with the sixties. Who goes first?

525. Okay, bitch. Don't let us down.

526. - I'm just gonna say a little prayer.

527. - Can I have you on stage, and everybody else,

528. you're free to go just hang out for a moment.

529. Can I have the boys up here?

530. - Hi. - Okay.

531. Now we need to hear you sing the lyrics. Ready?

532. Wow, way to bomb. Right in front of Todrick Hall.

533. Great first impression.

534. - You're very cute, but it's gonna be like not cute

535. if you get on stage, and fuck up.

536. Sorry.

537. - You okay?

538. - Yeah, just nerves. - This is really important,

539. because you set the tone of the entire number.

540. You're going to have to emote the entire thing.

541. That's what's gonna sell this.

542. No pressure. - Yeah.

543. - So you're gonna start facing this way,

544. and it's kind of like a little homage to Beyoncé.

545. You're gonna go sin-gle ladies.

546. Five, six, seven, eight.

547. And sin-gle ladies.

548. Dance all night.

549. Dun-dun. Great.

550. Can you try to put the words on top of this,

551. because it's really important

552. that you're going to be singing during this part.

553. - Yes. - Okay.

554. Five, six, seven, eight.

555. - Okay.

556. I just want you to be aware of what your face looks like.

557. With the other people, I can see their Cher-isms,

558. but with you, I saw almost none.

559. - No, I do not see Cher.

560. I see Dennis Rodman, girl.

561. Remember when Dennis Rodman had that song out in the nineties?

562. That is exactly what she sounds like.

563. It does not sound good.

564. - So we have Miz Cracker as Comeback Cher.

565. You got your vocoder? - Yep.

566. - Okay, let's try it. - Vocoder.

567. My part of the Rusical involves a joke about auto-tune,

568. so I have to sell it with the prop.

569. - Now, if that microphone leaves your mouth

570. while you're doing this choreography,

571. they won't really hear you.

572. then you can take it away.

573. But the microphone has to be here

574. until the word "believe" is over.

575. - Okay.

576. - Five, six, seven.

577. - And the answer is to—

578. - But don't put the mic to your mouth

579. when you're saying that, because you'll still vocoding.

580. - Yeah. I have to put the mic towards my face,

581. and away, to the beat,

582. and know my words and know the steps.

583. This is going to be great.

584. - This is the whole selling point of your number.

585. If you put that microphone to your mouth

586. while you're saying "technology,"

587. it will ruin the whole joke.

588. It's supposed to be funny.

589. Cool? - It will be funny.

590. Ugh.

591. - Asia, Oscar Cher.

592. Five, six, seven and...

593. snap out of it.

594. - Are you gonna sing "slap out of it?"

595. - Yes. - Okay... ♪ sing it this time.

596. Okay, ready?

597. Okay. I got zero Cher from that performance.

598. So you have to do this as Cher.

599. That's the most important part.

600. - Are you supposed to be doing Cher?

601. You sound like Madea.

602. This is not Tyler Perry Presents.

603. This is Cher the Rusical.

604. Get it together.

605. - And...

606. - I forgot them.

607. - I need you to remember them.

608. - Eureka, you're going to do

609. the Destiny's Child "Say My Name" thing.

610. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Ready?

611. So five, six, seven, eight.

612. And boom, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

613. Let me hear your words. Five, six, seven, eight.

614. Oh, I'm so sorry.

615. Is it okay if we work on choreography for a second

616. without me trying to sing it, too?

617. I'm struggling because my nerves are so bad

618. about this whole singing thing.

619. - Do it again, and can you try to say the words?

620. - Um...

621. Is it okay if I don't?

622. - If every other person has done it, you have to do it.

623. - Okay. I mean, I can try.

624. - Five, six, seven, eight, and...

625. I think I'm going to have to focus on the choreography

626. if that's okay.

627. - Everybody has to sing their part while they're rehearsing,

628. and Eureka's trying to get out of it.

629. Girl, why do you think you're so special?

630. - Eureka, everyone else has done their lyrics.

631. You have to try. You can't give up.

632. - Okay.

633. - Ready? - Oh...

634. Yeah. - Five, six, seven, eight and...

635. - Stop.

636. - I can't hear her.

637. - Sorry, I'm freaking it out.

638. - Don't keep doubting yourself.

639. - Don't huff. I didn't at y'all.

640. - Child.

641. - People are looking at me like I just don't wanna sing,

642. but what they don't know is

643. as a kid I had a traumatizing experience.

644. My dad wanted me to sing for his friends,

645. and I was just too nervous to do it.

646. He got really upset with me

647. and it ended up being a physical altercation,

648. and it put in my head this anxiety with singing.

649. - But we're running really low on time, so please practice.

650. Do not give up.

651. - I'm not.

652. But for the competition, I gotta suck it up

653. and I gotta figure it out.

654. I don't know how I'm going to, but I'm gonna have to.

655. - When you're in doubt, I want you to think what would Cher do?

656. - Coming up...

657. Oh, oh, oh.

658. - Girl, I am telling you,

659. you sound like Mr. Ed every time you do that.

660. - Oh! - Yes!

661. - Oh. - Oh.

662. - Today we are going to be live

663. singing Cher, the Unauthorized Rusical.

664. - If I could turn back time,

665. I'd give myself another day of rehearsal for this.

666. Bitch, I don't wanna do this.

667. I don't wanna do it worth a damn.

668. - Aquaria, what are you doing?

669. - Are you migrating back with us?

670. - Yeah.

671. - Well, welcome back to civilization.

672. - I wanna be distracted while I get ready now.

673. - Well, welcome back, my dear.

674. - I'm not necessarily a very social person,

675. and I wanna build a stronger relationship with the girls,

676. so I moved my makeup station a little bit closer,

677. just so we can kiki a little more.

678. - Hi, honey.

679. - Hey, baby. How are you?

680. - Good, how you doing?

681. - I'm terrified. - Are you?

682. - I know as soon as that light comes on me

683. and I see people sitting there, I'm gonna like freak out

684. and wanna go into the fetal position.

685. - Well, you know what?

686. - I live for you.

687. I'm glad you're still here. - I know.

688. I mean, I'm pretty fantastic.

689. - But you're also a pathological liar.

690. I'm talking with Monet, and she's been very understanding.

691. She's really trying to lift me up.

692. And it's nice to just kind of have a sister by your side.

693. Oh, oh, oh.

694. - Girl, I am telling you,

695. you sound like Mr. Ed every time you do that.

696. - What do you sound like?

697. - I sound like I've won more challenges than you.

698. - Aah! You right, bitch.

699. - Well, I'm gonna need one of y'all to trip and fall

700. so I can win a challenge. Yeah.

701. I think I need to like take it up an octave,

702. 'cause like I'm singing like baritone Cher.

703. - Monet, come over here and start getting ready,

704. 'cause you need to take your makeup up an octave.

705. - Yes!

706. - No, get over here, bitch.

707. Come on, my little dark lady.

708. - That got racial?

709. - Girl, she's giving me

710. one of them masks from "The Lion King" from Broadway.

711. - Did y'all go to Broadway shows in New York growing up?

712. - I grew up in Seattle, and we were poor as hell.

713. We were not going to any damn show.

714. When I was growing up,

715. we were allowed one hour of television a week.

716. We really didn't have access to pop culture,

717. so that meant no toys from the outside world.

718. Everything that we had

719. was made by my mother or by my sister and I.

720. And that moral stance

721. was helped by the fact that we were desperately poor.

722. Really recently

723. when my mom started talking about the shiners,

724. which are the cans

725. that you get really cheap from the grocery store

726. because the labels came off, you don't know what's inside.

727. It could be any fuckin' thing,

728. and you're like, we're gonna find out today

729. if dinner is food or dinner is a condiment.

730. Sometimes when we would go to school,

731. we just had lunch boxes with no food in them.

732. - What? - We were very, very poor.

733. My mom—my mom wanted us to be sure

734. to feel like we looked like everyone else,

735. so we still had lunch boxes and everything.

736. But there just wasn't always food in them.

737. We were just desperate.

738. It was a really weird life.

739. But it made me super creative, so...

740. - What you up to?

741. - Are you pressed for time?

742. - I'm not pressed for time.

743. Where we going?

744. - I want to talk to The Vixen privately.

745. I want to give her some insight

746. in the terms of her relationships

747. with some of the other queens.

748. I want to ask you a question.

749. Do you think there's something we can do

750. to keep from like situations we had last week on "Untucked"

751. with like Eureka?

752. - I do not let shit fly.

753. - Have you ev—

754. Something you said a couple weeks ago

755. really struck a nerve with me.

756. - Yeah.

757. - Yeah. - Maybe self-consciously

758. where you might go to a place of anger

759. because Eureka is a representation

760. of a lot of what you don't like in the community.

761. I think The Vixen suffers from what we call in Texas

762. the Angry Black Woman Syndrome.

763. Every time in The Vixen's life

764. that she's had to take a back seat to someone

765. that had more privilege than her,

766. all of that anger has been bottled up,

767. and it is now directed towards Eureka.

768. Is Vixen handling it the wrong way? Yes.

769. Do I understand where The Vixen is coming from?

770. Absolutely.

771. Whatever happens between you and her,

772. I want to make sure it's because of Eureka specifically

773. and not something bigger than us

774. that we really have no control over.

775. Okay, nobody takes your feelings from you

776. and tell you your feeling's not valid.

777. But make sure you understand why you're angry

778. and what you're angry at.

779. - But the thing is in a competition,

780. when somebody's blissfully just sliding through,

781. it is very stressful.

782. - I'm with you. I'm with you.

783. But what's—

784. - Yeah.

785. - And strength doesn't have to be vocal.

786. The only people that need to know you're strong

787. are you and them judges out there.

788. I see the hurt in The Vixen's face,

789. and I have goosebumps talking about this

790. because it is such a real problem and an issue.

791. The Vixen is still that kid struggling to prove

792. that she's worthy of being heard and being loved.

793. And I want you to...

794. You might be mad at me when I say this,

795. but I want you to stop lying to yourself

796. that you don't care what people think about you.

797. Sometimes to be strong you have to be a little soft.

798. To learn how to take that

799. and turn it into strength from a place of love.

800. - Thank you. - That's the truth.

801. - Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

802. One of the original Bitches of Eastwick, Michelle Visage.

803. - I think you mean Bitches of Beastwick.

804. - East side. - Yeah.

805. - He never sleeps alone.

806. It's style superstar Carson Kressley.

807. - Well, that's because I never sleep.

808. I haven't slept since '91.

809. - He played a guy on "Girls,"

810. the super talented Andrew Rannells.

811. Are you a Cher fan? - I am a Cher fan.

812. The first time I ever lip synced to a song

813. was "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves,"

814. in Joe Castello's basement.

815. And that's not a euphemism.

816. - From "Billy on the Street"

817. and "American Horror Story Cult,"

818. it's Billy Eichner.

819. Are you a Cher fan?

820. - I'm a huge Cher fan.

821. I saw Cher live on my 21st birthday

822. on the Believe tour in Chicago many years ago.

823. - That wasn't that long ago.

824. - All right, well, it wasn't that not long ago.

825. - And she looks just the same today.

826. - Yeah.

827. - This week we challenged our queens

828. to pay tribute to my idol in Cher, the Unauthorized Rusical.

829. Not to be confused, of course,

830. with "The Cher Show," the official musical,

831. coming to Broadway soon.

832. Get your tickets.

833. And tonight on the runway, category is Glitterific.

834. - Ooh.

835. - Gentlemen, start your engines,

836. and may the best woman win.

837. - Coming up...

838. And that's called showbiz, kids.

839. - And now the world debut of Cher the Unauthorized Rusical.

840. - 3 A.M., Malibu.

841. - Can't sleep, bed emoji.

842. Kathy Griffin just left.

843. That bitch got me all wired up.

844. Sticking out tongue and winking emoji.

845. 50 years in the biz.

846. Can't stop thinking about when it all began.

847. Thought bubble emoji.

848. Okay, 11.

849. Sonny believed in me more than I believed in myself.

850. And, bitch, we were just getting started.

851. From Television City in Hollywood,

852. "The Sonny and Cher Show."

853. - Me and Sonny, we're the hottest show in town,

854. and they loved us.

855. No regrets, dammit.

856. God, I've gotta stop wearing all this cheap crap.

857. Seems like I might need a new direction.

858. I didn't know what to do next,

859. so I called Sonny on the set of "Fantasy Island."

860. He told me to believe in myself.

861. Go into acting and snap out of it.

862. Cue the track.

863. - Just snap out of it.

864. - You know what I wanna do? Play a witch in Eastwick.

865. I don't need a damn broomstick.

866. Snap out of it, bitches.

867. I won an Oscar, dammit.

868. Okay, now what?

869. - Whoo!

870. - Don't bring it back, baby.

871. Ho.

872. Ho.

873. - In breaking news, Sonny Bono has passed away unexpectedly.

874. - With Sonny gone,

875. I didn't have anyone around to believe in me,

876. so I needed to believe in myself. Oh...

877. I invented reinvention, bitches.

878. - Maybe we'll watusi.

879. - I'm going to talk to my agent.

880. - Coming up...

881. - You set the bar very, very high.

882. - The Cher was the most spot on Cher voice.

883. - I actually left, had a whole Grindr hookup, and came back.

884. - Category is Glitterific.

885. - First up, Kameron Michaels.

886. Welcome to my home.

887. - Oh, the lion, the witch, and the cameltoe.

888. - Mm.

889. I am serving Barbie meets Meryl Streep she-devil,

890. and I am the romance novelist

891. that is too rich to care what anyone else thinks about her.

892. This author is feeling her rose-gold fantasy.

893. - A little J-Lo meets Joan Rivers.

894. - Yes. - Candy Spelling realness.

895. - Oh, my God.

896. - Monet X Change. - Black gold.

897. Texas tea.

898. - You know what? Black thighs matter.

899. - Yes!

900. - I'm giving you body-ody-ody-ody.

901. I grew up as a chubby little kid,

902. so for me to be on the largest stage of drag in the world,

903. showing my body the way I am,

904. I'm feeling very empowered, 100% all natural.

905. This is all collard greens and oxtails, girls.

906. - Glitterific? More like glitter-asstic.

907. - The Vixen.

908. - I'm sorry, but I can see right through this.

909. - Yeah. - It is well constructed paper.

910. - I worked on this outfit for a whole 24 hours.

911. It is literally pieces of construction foam,

912. filleted in glitter on both sides.

913. I am sparkling head to toe.

914. I feel magical.

915. - Not Mariah Carey's "Glitter."

916. - No. - Mm-mm.

917. - Aquaria.

918. - Oh, Mary.

919. - She had me at halo.

920. - This look is like a very dramatic baroque work of art

921. mixed with a disco-y seventies vibe.

922. I decided to create a sheer veil and actually rhinestoned that

923. so it looked like my eyes were made of rhinestones.

924. - I can't see shit.

925. - Yes, mother of God.

926. - Asia O'Hara.

927. - It takes a lot of balls to wear something like this.

928. At least three.

929. - I feel like this is one of my most Asia looks,

930. because I love body suits.

931. Everything is glitter.

932. My costume is glitter. My hat is glitter.

933. My hair is glitter. My eyeshadow is glitter.

934. I love this look.

935. - Her Insane Clown Posse is on fire.

936. - Yes.

937. - Clowntown Julie Brown.

938. - Eureka.

939. - More glitter, please. - Mm.

940. - I chose to do a fun,

941. very glitter geometric gown with a lot of attitude.

942. My hair is giving you

943. like a glittered jawbreaker love fantasy.

944. - Now off to the grocery store.

945. - Just something simple to run errands.

946. - Yes.

947. - Hey, Eureka, which way you gonna go?

948. Miz Cracker. Package for Miz Cracker.

949. - Somebody had too much glitter in their burrito.

950. - And who hasn't vomited glitter amongst us?

951. - True. - You're absolutely right.

952. - I know the other girls are going to think of glitter

953. as a craft project.

954. My glitter is a little bit crass,

955. a little bit comedy, a little bit drama.

956. It's my most spectacular look.

957. I have my skull puking and the judges gagging.

958. - If you like it, you should put a ring on it.

959. - A huge ring.

960. - Coming up...

961. - This is so gorgeous.

962. - I loved your Cher.

963. It was one of my favorites.

964. - Any time you can make Catholicism sexy,

965. I'm all for it.

966. - Welcome, ladies.

967. It's time for the judges' critiques.

968. Starting with Kameron Michaels.

969. - This runway look, I mean, this is glitterific.

970. I love the harem pant detail.

971. - Yeah, it felt very Beverly Hills to me.

972. A little like old school Joan Rivers on the Tonight Show.

973. You're too young to know what that is.

974. - To me, the Cher was the most spot on Cher voice.

975. You embodied her.

976. You even got the vibrato right.

977. - You were the first one out of the box,

978. and you really set the tone.

979. - Yeah, you set the bar very, very high.

980. It was such a great impersonation.

981. - Tonight is a great night for you.

982. - Thank you so much.

983. - Up next, Monet X Change.

984. - Tonight on the runway, the makeup is fun.

985. I love that headpiece with those big earrings.

986. But part of the illusion is gone.

987. We see tape.

988. - I know, girl.

989. - Yeah, with a glitterific challenge, I just want more.

990. When you saw it close up,

991. you're like, oh, I can see like your nipple cover,

992. and then there's some tape on the side.

993. It wasn't top notch.

994. - But I loved your Cher.

995. It was one of my favorites.

996. Cher, to me, is about attitude,

997. and your attitude's exactly right.

998. - And it really was like you got her at her core.

999. I just thought it was also spot on and perfect.

1000. I loved it.

1001. - Thank you, Monet. - Thank you, Ru.

1002. - Up next, The Vixen.

1003. - I really like this runway look.

1004. I love the explosion of color.

1005. - I think your hair is fun.

1006. It's very Thank God It's Friday, if you guys remember.

1007. - Uh-huh. Yeah. - Yeah.

1008. It's not my favorite, but I think it's fun.

1009. - When it comes to the Cher part,

1010. it was a good performance.

1011. It just didn't feel very Cher to me.

1012. - I felt no Cher at all.

1013. - My look, that specific look,

1014. is pulled from her performance with the Jackson Five.

1015. - The Jacksons, yeah.

1016. - Having a Cher reference

1017. that wasn't like as instantly recognizable,

1018. I was very worried about.

1019. - Well, that look is instantly recognizable to me

1020. and to long-time Cher fans.

1021. It's an iconic moment when she joined the Jacksons on her show.

1022. - With the hair that she had in that performance,

1023. you couldn't do one of those.

1024. - There's still like she has body movements that she does

1025. that are really Cher.

1026. Even when her hair was like that, she would still do them.

1027. - Up next, our Lord and Savior Aquaria.

1028. - This is so gorgeous.

1029. The details, the construction, the makeup,

1030. and those panels that are covering your eyes.

1031. That looks like it would be a costume

1032. that razzle dazzled "Jesus Christ Superstar."

1033. - Any time you can make Catholicism sexy,

1034. I'm all for it.

1035. - Mm-hmm. - Uh-huh.

1036. - Praise the Lord. - With your Cher,

1037. I didn't really get Cher from it.

1038. What I got was Madonna at the Brit awards

1039. or something like that.

1040. - I thought you were really funny.

1041. You had the joke about the clothes being cheap,

1042. and that felt very Cher to me.

1043. - Well, during the runthrough,

1044. I was having a lot of issues with the cape.

1045. And I was like, to hell with this chicken shit, you know.

1046. And Todrick loved it, so thanks for noticing.

1047. - And that's called showbiz, kids.

1048. Thanks, Aquaria. - Thank you, RuPaul.

1049. - Up next, Asia O'Hara.

1050. - This look, I think, is so fun and dare I say bold.

1051. Bold to come out as a sexy clown.

1052. - The only part that I don't love are the shoes,

1053. because it goes sparkle, sparkle, sparkle, suede.

1054. - Let's talk about your Cher.

1055. I wasn't getting "Moonstruck" era Cher.

1056. - Finally!

1057. - And there were like several iconic bits

1058. that you just weren't selling for me.

1059. - That was a really pivotal role.

1060. She was, you know, snap out of it.

1061. She was the— that was the New York Cher,

1062. and it kind of was missing.

1063. - Up next, Eureka.

1064. - This runway look I think is gorgeous.

1065. The embellishment with the sparkles in the hair.

1066. Even the nails and the rings.

1067. It's just great attention to detail.

1068. - I don't, however, love the random stripes on your face

1069. because it kind of almost wasn't necessary.

1070. - I liked the Cher because it made me laugh.

1071. I thought it was bold.

1072. - But when you first came out, you were a little temporary.

1073. You got there towards the end of the song,

1074. and then you really went for it.

1075. But it kind of was a, you know, a grower, not a shower.

1076. - Are you not super confident, like, live singing?

1077. - Honestly, I have a really crazy fear

1078. of singing in front of people.

1079. And it took a lot for me to get to that comfortable place,

1080. so I'm just proud of myself.

1081. - Yeah, you got other things to worry about.

1082. - Right, like cholesterol.

1083. Thank you, Eureka.

1084. - Thank you all.

1085. - Next up, Miz Cracker.

1086. - This look is so beautiful and scary,

1087. it's like very glamorous performance art.

1088. - Yeah, this to me

1089. is very like McQueen meets Phantom of the Opera.

1090. - I would have liked to have seen a lash on that eye,

1091. but other than that, I think it's really glamorous,

1092. and I think you look really different

1093. to anything you've done before.

1094. - Your Cher, that was tricky,

1095. because the vocoder thing, it didn't bowl me over,

1096. but I think you pulled it off.

1097. - There was so much over Cher stuff going on

1098. that you took it to the opposite end,

1099. and you couldn't really understand it.

1100. - You nailed the moments that we needed to get.

1101. You nailed the comedy.

1102. And you finished off the whole number very strong.

1103. - All right, thank you, ladies.

1104. While you untuck,

1105. the judges and I will deliberate.

1106. All right. Now just between us squirrel-friends,

1107. I want to know what you think.

1108. Kameron Michaels.

1109. - I thought she was one of the top of the night

1110. in both categories.

1111. - Yes. She had to open the show.

1112. That's always a tough job, and she nailed it.

1113. - The Cher voice, I thought that was really well done.

1114. - We had the look of Cher, the makeup of Cher, the sound.

1115. - She had a great night.

1116. - Monet X Change.

1117. - That was my favorite Cher. It was funny.

1118. It was very confident.

1119. - That performance was very committed to that vibe,

1120. that Cher vibe.

1121. - That's my favorite Cher-a.

1122. I love the 1970s—

1123. - I think you need Cher-apy.

1124. - She really embodied Cher.

1125. That's hard to do

1126. when you don't really look like Cher necessarily.

1127. Necess-Cher-ily. - Uh-huh.

1128. - The Vixen.

1129. - In terms of the Cher, I wasn't feeling it.

1130. I didn't see it.

1131. - Out of all the performances,

1132. I felt like she had the least amount of Cher.

1133. It was probably the worst for me.

1134. - That wasn't my worst Cher for me.

1135. I thought the choreography was well executed.

1136. I'm giving her a lifeline with her dancing.

1137. - I thought the biggest problem

1138. was that she was so disconnected from the audience.

1139. You could see that she was working it out in her head,

1140. but she didn't really let us, the audience,

1141. in on the performance.

1142. Aquaria.

1143. - The Cher wasn't that Cher-y.

1144. - She nailed her choreography.

1145. I just wish there was more Cher.

1146. - Yeah, maybe not the best of the night,

1147. but I like that she took something that was a negative

1148. and made it into a positive.

1149. She had a costume

1150. that was kind of a little bit cumbersome,

1151. and then she worked it into a funny line

1152. where she said, oh, I'm tired of these cheap clothes.

1153. - I like that she also knew

1154. to tell us the story of about how that was her line.

1155. I thought that was pretty savvy, actually.

1156. - I really enjoyed her Cher performance

1157. because it was captivating.

1158. Say during Vixen's performance,

1159. it gave me an opportunity

1160. to look at the dancers' asses.

1161. - Oh, my God.

1162. - Asia O'Hara.

1163. - It was during this number

1164. that I checked out the dancers' asses.

1165. - You guys were checking out the dancers' asses.

1166. I actually left, had a whole Grindr hookup, and came back.

1167. - Definitely seemed the least prepared.

1168. - When she came out as Cher, I was just befuddled.

1169. I was "Moonstruck," if you will.

1170. - This was not her strong suit, like singing and dancing.

1171. When she was performing,

1172. it looked like she was thinking more about like,

1173. okay, what comes next?

1174. - She is a seasoned queen,

1175. and I'm surprised at this misstep.

1176. Eureka.

1177. - Only half of her Cher was kind of good.

1178. - Half a Cher? - Half a Cher.

1179. - She came out, she was a little temporary.

1180. - You said temporary. Did you mean tentative?

1181. - That, too, but temporary means it wasn't gonna be forever.

1182. - Okay.

1183. - Yeah, I was just sort of taken aback

1184. by her stage presence in general,

1185. because she really like locks eyes with you

1186. and like takes a piece of your soul.

1187. - My wallet is missing.

1188. - Wait a second. So is my kidney.

1189. - I enjoyed her Cher,

1190. and I didn't mind the temporary nature of her performance.

1191. - Shut up.

1192. - Miz Cracker.

1193. - The Cher, it didn't necessarily

1194. feel like Cher to me, if I'm being totally honest.

1195. - Yeah. - But, you know, it was okay.

1196. - It's a bit of a mush-mouth situation.

1197. I couldn't really understand what she was saying.

1198. - I think part of that was the gag with the auto-tune.

1199. I really like Miz Cracker.

1200. She's always a little bit whacky,

1201. and I thought that made for a good performance.

1202. Can we critique the dancers now?

1203. - Silence.

1204. I've made my decision.

1205. Bring back my girls.

1206. - Welcome back, ladies.

1207. I've made some decisions.

1208. - Monet X Change, you were truly great singing live,

1209. but your glitter bodysuit came off as pre-taped.

1210. You're safe.

1211. Kameron Michaels, bang, bang.

1212. This week you hit the bull's eye.

1213. Con-drag-ulations, you're the winner of this week's challenge.

1214. - You've won a luxury VIP get-away

1215. at the Sofitel Los Angeles.

1216. - Thank you.

1217. - You may step to the back of the stage.

1218. - Eureka, you're safe.

1219. - Thank you.

1220. - Asia O'Hara, we were down with your glitter clown,

1221. but your movie star Cher was not Oscar worthy.

1222. I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.

1223. - Miz Cracker...

1224. You're safe.

1225. You may join the other girls.

1226. - Thank you, Ru.

1227. - The Vixen. Your glitterific was terrific,

1228. but your Cher didn't top the charts.

1229. Aquaria, on the runway,

1230. your glitter look was immaculate,

1231. but your disco Cher didn't take me home.

1232. The Vixen.

1233. I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.

1234. Aquaria, you're safe. You may join the other girls.

1235. Two queens stand before me.

1236. Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me

1237. and save yourself from elimination.

1238. The time has come...

1239. for you to lip sync...

1240. for your life.

1241. - The Vixen and I have really connected this week,

1242. but I'm very confident in my ability

1243. to outperform any of these hos.

1244. - Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

1245. - We're going to dance and have some fun, fun, fun.

1246. Dig.

1247. - Sing it, baby.

1248. - Aah!

1249. - Watch out!

1250. - One, two, three, ooh!

1251. - Yes!

1252. - Ladies, I've made my decision.

1253. Asia O'Hara, shantay you stay.

1254. Asia, you may join the other girls.

1255. - Thank you so much. Thank you.

1256. - The Vixen,

1257. you came here to fight, and you leave a champion.

1258. Now sashay away.

1259. - Thank you.

1260. Well, I guess I'll go run for president.

1261. I really wanted to bring the crown home for Chicago.

1262. But you know what?

1263. I don't need a crown to know that I'm a queen.

1264. That doesn't mean it hurts any less.

1265. The fight is not over.

1266. There is much to see.

1267. Stay tuned.

1268. - Con-drag-ulations, ladies.

1269. And remember, if you can't love yourself,

1270. how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

1271. Can I get an amen up in here?

1272. - Amen. - Amen.

1273. - All right, now let the music play.

1274. - Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race..."

1275. You'll be starring in Breastworld.

1276. - You win, you die.

1277. - Oh, brbrbrbrbrbrb.

1278. - I've been wrong about gay people and drag queens.

1279. - Your delivery was incredible.

1280. - That's what I am going to look like when I'm older.

1281. - You check every box to be America's next drag superstar.

1282. - I'm here to win, and I want all of you to go home.