RuPaul's Drag Race 17x1

1. This is just like Willy Wonka and the fudge factory,

2. except you want the Golden Ticket and not the fudge.

3. This is a cutthroat game.

4. I am willing to stoop to the absolute bottom

5. to get this cash.

6. I was just waiting for the free shuttle bus.

7. Is this the free clinic?

8. Am I competitive? I mean, who isn't?

9. Jesus was competitive and a biscuit.

10. You're not my real dad, and you never will be.

11. Sister, what is this?

12. What the fuck?

13. What is this, honey?

14. I am literally in RuPaul's backyard.

15. And I'm not gonna lie. I'm a little scared.

16. Attention, all players.

17. The first game is Ru Light, Green Light.

18. Oh, my God.

19. The rules are as follows.

20. When the beat drops, you'll serve your best moves.

21. OK.

22. When the beat stops, you'll strike a pose.

23. But if you flop, you will be eliminated.

24. Oh.

25. With that, let the Squirrel Games begin.

26. Peek-a-Ru!

27. Oh, Lord!

28. Any wrong move can kill you, bitch.

29. And you want to stay alive.

30. Peek-a-Ru!

31. These bitches are dropping like flies.

32. These bitches are getting pies left and right,

33. up, down, side to side.

34. They just cream-pied the shit

35. out of Kerri Colby, honey.

36. I don't think that's ever gonna come out

37. of that human hair.

38. I'm here with my drag mom, Trinity The Tuck,

39. and she's the best in the business.

40. So we're definitely gonna win this, OK?

41. Peek-a-Ru!

42. Attention, all players.

43. The first game is over.

44. 14 players will continue.

45. Ooh.

46. Let's go.

47. The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

48. receives a one-year supply

49. of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

50. and a gag-worthy grand prize of $200,000,

51. courtesy of TodayTix, the theater ticket app.

52. With extra-special guest judge Katy Perry.

53. Why are y'all gagging?

54. I haven't even stepped on any necks yet.

55. My name's Lexi Love, and I put the whore in hormones.

56. I'm the first one!

57. Oh, my God!

58. I am number one.

59. I'm literally gagging.

60. Girl, one second,

61. Lil' Poundcake is throwing pies at me.

62. And now here I am.

63. I want to sit on this.

64. Ah. Wait, I want to sit on this too.

65. Oh, God.

66. My drag is sexy and fun and playful.

67. I love fashion.

68. I love to roller-skate in drag.

69. I like to call it "avant-stoopid,"

70. and that's two Os, like boobs.

71. I've been doing drag for 13 years.

72. I have put those dues in.

73. Mom, I'm home.

74. When's dinner?

75. Welcome to Joella Dynasty, bitch.

76. I'm Joella, and I'm the Slaysian Diva of Los Angeles.

77. At a Joella show, expect to have your breath taken away.

78. My numbers always thrive on the mix.

79. I do a lot of high energy.

80. It's just electrifying.

81. It's a Joella experience.

82. Ah! - Hey.

83. Bitch, OK!

84. Season 17, what's up, girl?

85. Mwah. - Ooh.

86. - Oh, oh, oh. - Oh, oh, I'm sorry.

87. I'm not trying to sabotage you yet.

88. There'll be plenty of time for that.

89. My drag persona is very cunty.

90. But actually, deep down, I'm a very nice person.

91. Or am I?

92. Where is everyone else?

93. I know, girl.

94. They're probably all still at Squirrel Games.

95. Girl, when they threw those pies,

96. I was not fucking around, because I

97. paid a lot of money for this.

98. OK? - You did?

99. - Yeah. - I'm just kidding.

100. Oh, oh.

101. Ah.

102. Good morning, kingdom.

103. Hear ye, hear ye.

104. It is me, Kori King, the Black Barbie from Boston.

105. It's time to shake things up.

106. I feel like I'm staring at the reincarnation

107. of RuPaul Charles herself, Mama.

108. OK.

109. Kori is known for big blonde hair,

110. tiny little waist, big fat, juicy ass.

111. My sisters. - Ooh!

112. The survivors. How are you?

113. - Look at you. - Yeah, bitch.

114. You brought the Pride float. Fuck.

115. I used to be a manga artist, and I used to do animation.

116. So in drag, I really want to look easy to draw.

117. I'm not one of those campy comedy queens.

118. - Same. - I'm a demure, petite woman.

119. I'm not like the rest of those Boston girls.

120. Yes.

121. My drag family's kind of hectic.

122. You may know my good sister Ms. Plane Jane.

123. We are definitely two sides of the same shady coin.

124. - Oh. - Ooh, ooh, ooh.

125. Did someone say my name three times?

126. Ooh.

127. Ah.

128. The answer is no.

129. My name is Lydia B Kollins.

130. The B stands for Butthole.

131. And I am the raunchiest queen from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

132. We survived the Squirrel Games! - Hey!

133. Lydia comes from my favorite character

134. in "Beetlejuice," Lydia Deetz.

135. I get a lot of inspiration from Tim Burton,

136. John Waters, David Lynch.

137. I am sort of known to make everything that I wear,

138. make everything that I do. - Oh, period.

139. Right.

140. My drag is very DIY, cut it, hack it up,

141. glue it back together.

142. And if it's not completely 100% perfect,

143. that's all right with me.

144. I value creativity over perfection.

145. Did you make this?

146. Yes.

147. OK, OK.

148. - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. - Oh, oh.

149. Ooh.

150. Bitch, I'm scared.

151. Hi.

152. I'm Arrietty, and I'm Thee Elusive Elven Deity

153. from Seattle, Washington.

154. My drag is very eccentric.

155. It's very dark, mysterious, very sexy.

156. What is she trying to be?

157. A porcupine.

158. - A porcupine? - Ah!

159. - Diva! - Come on, bitch.

160. Yow.

161. When it comes to looks, I'm very conceptual.

162. No one's gonna eat me up on that.

163. I'm gonna chew them up.

164. I'm from Seattle, Washington.

165. - Go on, Seattle. - Oh!

166. My drag mom is Irene The Alien.

167. - Whoa. - No way!

168. Yes. Yes.

169. Do you plan on outlasting her?

170. I don't like this game.

171. I know my mother, Irene, went home first.

172. I'm my own entity.

173. I'm gonna go further.

174. Ru, she wants to go home first.

175. Don't worry.

176. I'm not just a bitch.

177. I'm that bitch.

178. Oh!

179. Ding.

180. I am Jewels Sparkles, and I'm from Tampa, Florida.

181. Ding.

182. Ding.

183. Jewels Sparkles' aesthetic is very, very girly.

184. I love anything pink.

185. I love things that sparkle.

186. She's a dangerous woman.

187. Which end is that coming out of?

188. Both.

189. What's good, bitches?

190. Oh, yeah.

191. Jewels Sparkles is the Latina supermodel

192. with one brain cell.

193. What are your drag inspirations?

194. - I love Ariana Grande. - Wow.

195. And then there's a lot of Priscilla Presley too.

196. - Work. - I love Priscilla Presley.

197. - I see it. - But how old are you?

198. - 22. - Really?

199. - Ooh! - Yeah.

200. I think the other queens are definitely

201. going to underestimate me.

202. They're gonna think I'm nothing but a look queen,

203. but I've done a lot with my short

204. little three-year career.

205. And I want them to underestimate me.

206. Do it, bitch.

207. Oh, God damn it.

208. Gouda morning, dreamers.

209. Oh, is she wearing lingerie?

210. Hi, I am Lana Ja'Rae, and I am the girl of your dreams.

211. Not PG-13, because I'm giving you

212. sex, class, and a little bit of ass,

213. because little booties do matter.

214. Oh, bitch. Shut up.

215. Lana Ja'Rae is the one, the only, the ova.

216. She is going to bring it to you every single time.

217. - Tell us about your drag. - Tell us about yourself.

218. I'm from New York City,

219. and I'm Luxx Noir London's drag daughter.

220. - Oh! - Ooh!

221. Of course I'm letting everyone know

222. that I am the daughter of Luxx Noir London

223. from season 15, because I know that's gonna intimidate them.

224. So she's gonna give us fashion.

225. - She's gonna give us fashion. - OK.

226. She's gonna give you legs, body.

227. Very ooh, ah. - OK.

228. - Ooh, ah. - Wow.

229. - There's a queen. - Oh, oh.

230. Oh, oh, oh.

231. Well, I heard y'all were looking for America's next

232. drag superstar.

233. Oh.

234. I am Sam Star.

235. I am the country cutie with a rock and roll booty,

236. the supermodel of the South.

237. Yes!

238. Sam Star gives you a little bit of Marilyn Monroe,

239. a lot of bit of Jessica Simpson,

240. and the craziness of Joe Exotic, the Tiger King.

241. Ladies!

242. The Southern belle has arrived.

243. I love all things pageant, sparkly, fabulous.

244. Basically, if it's gay, I love it.

245. Samantha.

246. - Niecie! - Samantha!

247. Hello.

248. Everybody, this is my drag niece.

249. This is my auntie.

250. I am the daughter of the legendary Trinity The Tuck.

251. - Oh, no way. - Oh!

252. We got to tell the girls you're a pageant queen.

253. - Yes, I'm a pageant queen. - Oh.

254. I am the current reigning National Apollo.

255. I was top three last year at National

256. Entertainer of the Year. - Ooh.

257. - Ooh. - Oh, you better.

258. Sam is definitely going to be somebody

259. who is extremely competitive.

260. Knowing her drag family background,

261. it means she might be a little bit of a she-devil.

262. - Oh. - Oh.

263. Oh, oh, oh.

264. Well, it do take Nurve.

265. It's your girl Onya Nurve, aka Onyanetta,

266. aka, Ms. Nerve if you're nasty.

267. And, bitch, I'm from Cleveland.

268. Yes, ma'am.

269. She's so '70s.

270. I see these other bitches checking me out.

271. They see that I did not come here to play.

272. Sisters!

273. Hi.

274. I'm Onya Nurve.

275. I bet you will be.

276. Yeah-huh. Uh-huh, uh-huh.

277. My drag, at the end of the day, represents Blackness,

278. Black people, everything Blackity, Blackity,

279. Blackity, Black, Black, Black.

280. What's your, like, performance style?

281. - I'm a theater queen. - Oh.

282. I have a BFA in painting.

283. I'm an artist.

284. I am here,

285. I'm queer, and I'm ready to slay the competition, Mama.

286. Oh!

287. I've always wanted my name in the papers.

288. My name is Suzie Toot, and I am the tap-dancing

289. diva of Fort Lauderdale.

290. Suzie Toot is the cross section between

291. Betty Boop and Lucille Ball.

292. Hot off the press, baby.

293. Who is this elder Orphan Annie lady

294. walking into the Werk Room right now?

295. Hi, divas.

296. She's a Broadway queen.

297. What's your vibe?

298. I am a musical theater girl.

299. - Love that. - Yes.

300. Yes.

301. I'm a weirdo, and I do my own shit.

302. OK, OK.

303. I've gotten to do a lot of really cool things

304. in the three years that I've been doing drag.

305. I starred in a camp queer horror movie

306. and then got to open for pop superstar Chappell Roan

307. in Fort Lauderdale.

308. Once I broke through, I broke through in a major way.

309. Now the name on everybody's lips is Suzie.

310. Is this your stamp here?

311. Yes.

312. This is signature Suzie to the Toot.

313. Oh, another queen.

314. Hello, loyal subjects.

315. It is I, Hormona Lisa, at your service.

316. Wow, that was annoying.

317. I am Hormona Lisa.

318. I'm Chattanooga, Tennessee's very own pastel princess

319. and the Bubblegum Babe.

320. My personality is really bubbly, all over the place,

321. a little wackadoodle, a little delulu,

322. just mix it all together.

323. Oh, I know her.

324. The one that RuPaul asked. - What?

325. - Yeah, RuPaul asked her. - You're fucking with me.

326. Oh, I know her from the video of RuPaul telling her

327. she's coming to Hollywood.

328. You're going to Hollywood.

329. I did not think she was actually coming to Hollywood.

330. So I have a big question for you.

331. Yeah, we have questions.

332. Word on the street is, you were chosen?

333. Hand-selected by RuPaul Charles

334. I think is what you meant to say.

335. So unless you're living under a rock,

336. y'all know RuPaul picked me out of the crowd at his

337. Atlanta stop for his book tour.

338. RuPaul brought me up to the front

339. and asked if I've ever auditioned for the show.

340. I said, I actually have my audition tape

341. on a flash drive in my purse.

342. I pulled it out, handed it to RuPaul.

343. Unplanned.

344. - And RuPaul says— - One moment. Hold on.

345. This was your audition.

346. And then RuPaul says, "You're going to Hollywood."

347. So she didn't watch it.

348. Hormona has been here for five minutes,

349. and she has already pissed me off.

350. RuPaul, he hand-selected me.

351. RuPaul picked me.

352. No, girl, you followed RuPaul and you begged with a USB.

353. I have a question. I have a question.

354. Were you there for the book signing?

355. I love to read.

356. What was your favorite part of the book?

357. Um.

358. - Oh! - Oh, God damn it.

359. Oh, we know her.

360. Yeah.

361. I'd envy me too.

362. Oh.

363. I'm Crystal Envy.

364. I'm from Asbury Park, New Jersey, which is

365. a town down the Jersey Shore.

366. So hey, fist pump. Push-ups. Chapstick.

367. All that fun stuff.

368. And I am that girl, the grand dame,

369. the diamond experience, baby.

370. Yeah. One more kiss.

371. One more kiss.

372. - Oh! - Oh.

373. Crystal might be this perfect, polished,

374. poised, clean in front of you.

375. But when I get competitive and when shit goes down,

376. it goes down, and I am not here to play.

377. I'm here to fight.

378. Hi, girlies.

379. Hello.

380. I know Ms. Crystal Envy.

381. We have competed in pageants together.

382. Yes, I did whup up on her.

383. Let's see if I can continue the pattern.

384. What's drag like in New Jersey?

385. According to Luxx Noir London, it's just OK.

386. - Ooh. - Ooh.

387. Nah. Too much. Nah. Too much.

388. I know Crystal from social media,

389. and we've worked together before in New Jersey.

390. She is always serving a look.

391. She's very beautiful, very elegant, very grand.

392. So I know that she is going to be a huge threat and someone I

393. should totally keep my eye on.

394. - Oh. - Oh.

395. Oh.

396. Totally tubular.

397. Oh!

398. My name is Acacia Forgot, and I am the honky-tonk

399. diva of Los Angeles.

400. I am the '80s love child of Dolly Parton

401. and a Stepford wife.

402. New perm.

403. My goal is to be the next big thing in country music.

404. And I want to play at Grand Ole Opry.

405. I want to be on country radio.

406. Ah! - Hi, Acacia!

407. It's Acacia Forgot, my sister from Los Angeles.

408. Acacia's look is a little bit crunchy.

409. She has strengths in other places.

410. I am a country diva.

411. I play the guitar.

412. I play so many instruments.

413. She does believe in blush.

414. We'll give her that.

415. She looks like she's been smacked

416. around a couple of times.

417. Bitch, shut up.

418. Oh, Daddy, I think I stained the sheets.

419. I am Lucky Starzzz, and I am your animated fantasy

420. brought to life.

421. Lucky Starzzz is colorful.

422. She's a maximalist.

423. It's gay Lumiere.

424. So you mean just Lumiere?

425. I'm always gonna be very crafty, a little bootleg.

426. Bitch, chicken legs.

427. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

428. I use a lot of foam.

429. I use a lot of paper.

430. You know, there's Party City queens,

431. but I'm a Home Depot queen, OK?

432. She looks nothing, and I mean nothing,

433. like any bitch in this room.

434. What kind of drag do you do?

435. I am a mixture between, like, camp and club kid.

436. I like to say that I'm like a living

437. cartoon stuck in reality.

438. Very bad. - What?

439. Where are you from?

440. Miami, Florida.

441. Oh, it's another Florida girl.

442. I know Suzie.

443. We're probably the two, like, weirdest queens in Florida.

444. Honey, I'm here to claim crafty, OK?

445. Listen, us crafty bitches, we get the job done

446. while you are waiting for your designer

447. to ship your outfit, OK?

448. Ooh, girl.

449. She done already done had herses.

450. Season 17 is gonna be wild.

451. I am so excited to eat these bitches up.

452. Oh, my God, this is it.

453. I'm excited for the twists and the turns.

454. Season 17, let's race.

455. Oh, my God, this is it.

456. Oh, my God.

457. We are about to learn the very first challenge

458. of "RuPaul's Drag Race" season 17.

459. Hey, queens.

460. Hey!

461. Time for a reality check.

462. - Ooh. - All right.

463. To win this game, you've got to be

464. squirrellier than a squid,

465. more fem than a Masked Singer,

466. and serve more catfish than "The Circle."

467. You think you got what it takes to be

468. the best of the beast?

469. Yes, ma'am.

470. Mm-hmm.

471. Well, I'll be the judge of that.

472. Hello, hello, hello.

473. Love her.

474. Yes, honey.

475. Welcome to the 17th season of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

476. And surprise.

477. While you were playing the Squirrel Games,

478. I was watching.

479. - Aw. - Ooh.

480. The winner of your first candid camera photo shoot is...

481. Lana Ja'Rae.

482. I won the first Mini Challenge of the season.

483. I also didn't even know this was a Mini Challenge,

484. so what a better way to effortlessly win.

485. - You've won $2,500. - Ooh.

486. - We started already. - Girl, boots.

487. Now, week after week, you'll be grinding your charisma,

488. uniqueness, nerve, and talent until one of you lucky bitches

489. proves to me and to the world that you are

490. America's next drag superstar.

491. Now, for our two-part premiere...

492. - Two? - I'm putting you in charge.

493. Oh, shit.

494. That's right. Rate-A-Queen is back.

495. Oh!

496. Ooh, girl!

497. All right.

498. But with several many twists.

499. This week, for your first Maxi Challenge, seven of you

500. will be performing on "Drag Queens got Talent."

501. - Yes! - Ooh!

502. Yes.

503. And next week, the rest of you

504. will be performing on "Drag Queens got Talent Part II."

505. - OK. - But here's the twist.

506. Oh, OK.

507. Whichever group is not performing

508. will be watching and it will be up to them to rate

509. the performing queens.

510. Oh, no.

511. And next week, the two queens with the lowest scores

512. will face off in a Lip Sync for Your Life,

513. and one of you will be eliminated.

514. - Oh, no! - Oh, God.

515. - OK. - Bitch.

516. Some of the girls know each other prior to being here,

517. so friendships may come into play.

518. I'm excited to see how the girls

519. are gonna play this game.

520. I am definitely taking friends into consideration

521. because this is a motherfucking game

522. and you got to play the motherfucking game.

523. Oh, here's another twist.

524. - OK. - Oh, no.

525. The decision of who performs in which

526. talent show is up to you.

527. - Bitch! - I don't know about this.

528. Oh, and one more thing.

529. What's that?

530. Tomorrow on the main stage, we'll be joined

531. by our extra-special guest judge, Katy Perry.

532. Oh, my God.

533. I am a Katy Cat—

534. the Katy Perry superfan.

535. In fact, I used to go by Joella Perry.

536. I'm literally about to pass out.

537. I can't believe this is happening right now.

538. Racers, start your engines,

539. and may the best drag queen win.

540. Where are we going?

541. Girl, it is time to find my new home

542. and to get comfortable and take a little bit off.

543. I'm waiting on my toes to see Lucky Starzzz.

544. What's under all of that craziness?

545. Whew. Oy.

546. I'm not gonna lie, y'all, I'm looking for a man.

547. So I'm looking.

548. Oh, yes, I'm looking.

549. Freedom!

550. Yes!

551. Lydia out of drag is definitely my type.

552. I thought Lydia was gonna give me, like, Hot Topic.

553. Like, ooh!

554. But it's giving me, like, barista.

555. It does it for me.

556. The eyes—I'm like, ah!

557. Child, Jewels has gone from Ariana Grande

558. to '97 Jeffrey Goldblum.

559. I don't know what to think.

560. Lucky, she looks fucking fantastic.

561. Girl.

562. How are you doing?

563. I feel like we're both, like, the artsy-fartsy bitches.

564. Hey.

565. Hey, zhuzh.

566. - And you're from Seattle? - Yeah.

567. How would you describe Seattle?

568. Very fun, flirtatious, amazing.

569. That's an interesting way to describe a city—

570. flirtatious.

571. How you doing, bookie?

572. Let's talk about talent shows—

573. what do y'all plan on doing?

574. Dance, choreography, very Kris Love-y glam, you know.

575. - Very drag. - Yeah.

576. I wanted to do animal impersonations

577. because I host a lot of shows.

578. I do, like, a turkey call on the mic all the time.

579. - I love that. - Really? Yeah, good.

580. And that's what I wanted to—

581. OK.

582. I feel like these girls are definitely

583. looking at who's going to bring what to the table.

584. - I'm doing burlesque. - What about you?

585. I'm doing, like, a mix between a rap and a line dance.

586. - Ooh! - Yeah.

587. Analyzing which week will they shine the most in.

588. Ladies, let's go decide who's going to be

589. on the talent show in order, darlings.

590. - Let's go. - OK.

591. Who made you the notebook keeper?

592. Let's get into it.

593. So raise your hand if you want to do week one.

594. Week one, baby.

595. I want to go week one because I will be performing

596. in front of Katy Perry.

597. I mean, I'm literally Katy Perry's number one fan.

598. I do not want to be week one.

599. Week one is like the test dummy.

600. One, two, three, four.

601. I am looking around at Arrietty

602. and I made sure that we are in separate groups

603. so that we can rate each other.

604. Me and Lana, we cut a deal in secret.

605. We're jerry-rigging the motherfucker.

606. Five, six.

607. So that's six.

608. Who's joining the team, bitch?

609. I'm not opposed to doing either week.

610. It's just, I would love for us to be on separate weeks

611. because we're both doing a country performance.

612. OK.

613. I mean, I think battle of the countries is fun.

614. I do too!

615. No, no, we do not think that's fun.

616. Week one, we have almost all of the girls except for one.

617. Who also wants to do week one?

618. I definitely want to be a part of week two.

619. I want to see what half of the girls are bringing to the table

620. before I know what type of energy to bring.

621. One more.

622. And I can tell that Kori's not living for me.

623. Anytime I talk, she just chooses to look at the floor,

624. roll her eyes.

625. So I'm selecting to go the same week as Kori in week two

626. because I do not want her to be one of the queens rating me.

627. We need one more girl.

628. No, fuck that.

629. I mean, I feel like my talent can make it work.

630. So I can do week one. - Yes!

631. I'll do week one.

632. Week one—

633. Joella, Acacia, Sparkle, Starzzz,

634. Suzie, Arrietty, and Lydia.

635. The rest of us is week two.

636. I feel great about changing to week one.

637. I know my abilities.

638. I don't know the abilities of these hos.

639. But I know what I can do and it's pretty good.

640. Well, I can't wait to see how this turns out.

641. OK.

642. Coming up...

643. We're all very nervous about performing for the first time

644. in front of the judges.

645. Is someone crying?

646. Hello, hello, hello.

647. - Hello. - It's a new day

648. in the Werk Room. Season 17!

649. Today I will be performing in front of Katy Perry

650. for the talent show.

651. To the mirror. To the mirror.

652. Well, it's time to become a lady.

653. Actually, I already am a lady.

654. Lady? That's comedy.

655. What are you most excited to do on the show?

656. Honestly, this.

657. For the talent show, I'll be singing live,

658. playing guitar live, and I feel like I

659. will be standing out a little bit more than the other queens.

660. Music is just, like, the most important thing in my life.

661. I come from a very musical family.

662. I learned everything I know about music

663. from, like, my grandparents.

664. They had, like, a bluegrass band.

665. They taught me, like, the banjo,

666. accordion, mandolin, harmonica,

667. ukulele, guitar, piano.

668. I'm so excited to be doing the talent show

669. and showing an original song because this is just what I do.

670. Being able to, like, share that with everybody—

671. like, with my passion— is just, like, really exciting.

672. So how are you going into this week?

673. I definitely want to judge fairly.

674. I don't want there to be any animosity.

675. Do you think everyone's going to judge fairly this week?

676. No.

677. I am going to be doing a burlesque

678. puppet show for my talent.

679. It makes me a bit nervous with the Rate-A-Queen on the table

680. because what I do is a little weird

681. and it's rough around the edges,

682. and that could rub people the wrong way sometimes.

683. Come here.

684. Ooh, jeez, excuse me.

685. - How dare you? - That was so manly.

686. Oh, my God.

687. My talent show is going to be a fun,

688. burlesque-y dance performance.

689. None of the dancing girls are going on the first week,

690. so this is a really good opportunity for me

691. to be the best.

692. Honestly, when I first started doing drag,

693. I wasn't really a dancer.

694. Like, I didn't really do any of that kind of stuff

695. because I actually have a bionic spine.

696. Bitch, you a robot?

697. Yes, I am a robot.

698. I'm a robot bitch.

699. When I was 14, I had a tumor in my neck, yeah.

700. And the tumor had completely, like, eaten up at my spine.

701. So when I was 14, I had to get a new spine installed.

702. I had three surgeries total.

703. I had to learn how to walk again.

704. Does that affect, like, what you're able to do now?

705. You know what, it should, but drag is my passion.

706. So I was like, fuck it.

707. Like, I'm just gonna do it.

708. When I first started doing drag,

709. I didn't think I was mobile.

710. I didn't think I could do any dancing.

711. But as time went on, you know,

712. I learned to do a lot more things.

713. I do have to work a little bit harder

714. to make sure that my moves are not gonna hurt my back.

715. But this is what I was born to do,

716. and I am the bionic supermodel.

717. Wait, am I the first bionic supermodel on Drag Race?

718. Hello.

719. Ding.

720. OK, let's set this face.

721. It's so we're getting ready in a new space.

722. Yes.

723. Yesterday was, like, the first time

724. for me doing makeup since last year.

725. Me and my family, we lost our house

726. because of my life situation. - Yeah.

727. My stepdad had a horrible accident with fireworks where

728. his hand basically blew off

729. and I literally had to see the hand

730. fall right in front of me.

731. At that moment, I knew that things were going to change

732. because my stepdad was pretty much the breadwinner

733. and I had to kind of step up for my family.

734. Ever since then, we haven't been able to really pay

735. the bills, so we kind of lost our house,

736. and now they're sleeping over at a friend's house

737. and they're all sleeping in, like, the same room.

738. To win this competition would mean helping my family finally

739. make it out of the struggle.

740. To be here on "RuPaul's Drag Race"

741. is honestly life-changing.

742. I see this as my Golden Ticket and I am ready to make it

743. all the way to the end.

744. So are y'all part of any drag family that's been

745. on "Drag Race" before?

746. Well, my drag mommy is Shontelle Sparkles,

747. and her drag mommy is Trinity The Tuck.

748. Sam's your sister, then.

749. Sam is my auntie, my old, old, old...

750. - Oh! - Old, old, old, old auntie.

751. Samantha.

752. Yeah, she's my sister's daughter.

753. Family tree time. Let's break it down.

754. My drag mom is Shontelle Sparkles.

755. Shontelle Sparkles' drag mom is Trinity The Tuck.

756. Trinity The Tuck's drag daughter,

757. besides Shontelle, is Sam.

758. So that makes Sam my drag aunt.

759. They're such a talented group of people.

760. I may not come from drag family royalty.

761. I represent drag queens that have a past, you know?

762. Have street smarts, have a little grit and a little grime

763. under their nails.

764. So I'm going to smoke and toke those nepo babies.

765. What are you doing for your talent?

766. I am doing an original song

767. with some tappity tap, tap, tap-dancing.

768. - OK. - It's what I love to do.

769. It's how I stand out.

770. You don't see a lot of tap-dancing bitches

771. out there in South Florida.

772. I've been tap-dancing for 10 years.

773. It's what got me into my love of the 1920s.

774. These, like, fierce, leggy tap dancers.

775. It's so much of the reason that I created Suzie Toot.

776. That's something that I've always thought

777. was very special about you.

778. I appreciate that you see where

779. I'm coming from with that.

780. I do feel confident in my number,

781. but we are not being judged by RuPaul.

782. We are being judged by the divas sitting around me.

783. I'm not sure the other girls will appreciate

784. my perspective on drag.

785. Hey, girls!

786. Oh, my God!

787. Oh, my God! It's Katy Perry!

788. - Oh, my God! Katy Perry! - Girl!

789. I have no hair on! Oh, my God!

790. Katy Perry!

791. This is a teenage dream come true, honey.

792. - Yeah! - Yes!

793. I've ran out of my tuck tape.

794. Anybody have any I could bor—

795. Hey, girl.

796. - Ah! - Do you guys know each other?

797. Oh, you two know each other.

798. Joella.

799. Oh, my God!

800. All the KCs are gonna freak!

801. I'm gagged Katy knows Joella the second she

802. walks in the room.

803. Joella and Katy Perry?

804. Like, what the fuck?

805. How did that—what?

806. I'm so proud. I feel like I made you.

807. - You kind of did. - Aw!

808. And now you're here.

809. I remember when you started doing drag.

810. - Yeah. - I cannot believe it.

811. You're on season 17. - Yes.

812. I know.

813. Oh, my God.

814. Hormona Lisa may have been hand-selected by RuPaul,

815. but I have been hand-selected by Katy Perry.

816. Are you guys all friendly now?

817. Yeah.

818. For the moment.

819. That laugh is demonic.

820. Well, I'm really excited to see all the looks.

821. And you all want to win, right?

822. Yes!

823. I think the way to win is to play with your alter ego.

824. But don't be afraid to take the mask off and show

825. the real person in there.

826. - Work. - That is yin, that's yang.

827. That's male, that's female, that's everything in between.

828. Yes.

829. Just give us real and give us fantasy.

830. It's about the full package. - Yeah.

831. Where's my tape, speaking of package.

832. She's in her KP sex era.

833. She walking on dicks.

834. OK, let's go, girls!

835. Bye, Katy Perry!

836. Gag!

837. Oh, my gosh.

838. Oh, my God.

839. And I was in my underwear.

840. That is crazy.

841. It means so much for Katy to walk in

842. and give us encouragement.

843. We're all very nervous about performing

844. for the first time in front of the judges,

845. and she was so sweet.

846. I need, like, a minute.

847. It's emotional for me when I see Katy

848. because she has definitely saved

849. me from a lot of dark times.

850. Is someone crying?

851. Joella.

852. These are good tears, right?

853. I hope so.

854. OK, they're good tears, right?

855. - You did it, girl. - I can't believe I'm here.

856. You did it, girl.

857. It was just very hard for me growing up

858. because all the kids would bully me a little

859. because I was always different.

860. I would listen to her music and she was

861. the symbol for me of being myself.

862. Even if people say you're weird,

863. if people don't really like you and they kind of, like,

864. push you out of conversation.

865. And, like, it's so, like, corny and all that,

866. but, like, having Katy Perry here on "Drag Race" watching

867. me means the world to me.

868. She's so proud, girl.

869. Now, go out there and show her what you are made of.

870. Now I've got to take this energy and this passion

871. and put it in my talent show.

872. I'm gonna prove to Katy and Ru why I'm here.

873. - Yes, Mama. - Come on, Mother.

874. Welcome to the premiere of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

875. Michelle Visage—now, do you ever feel like a plastic bag?

876. Silly, you I had my plastic bags removed years ago.

877. Style superstar Carson Kressley.

878. - Ru, guess what. - What?

879. I kissed a girl, and I liked it.

880. What?

881. Well, actually, no. Blech!

882. And she is ready to roar.

883. It's Katy Perry. Welcome.

884. Oh! RuPaul, I'm so excited to be here,

885. but maybe we can just chill out on the puns just a little bit.

886. OK.

887. Swish, swish, bish.

888. For this week's premiere, we challenged

889. our queens to choose the first seven racers to entertaint us.

890. And tonight on the runway, all 14 queens

891. are ready to make their runway debuts.

892. Category is Masked for Masked Singer.

893. Racers, start your engines,

894. and may the best drag queen win.

895. Coming up...

896. Ooh!

897. Face crack of the century.

898. Category is Masked for Masked Singer.

899. Up first, Acacia Forgot.

900. Is that a carrot on your face,

901. or are you just happy to see us?

902. Hey!

903. I'm serving them snowman who's melting

904. in this current climate.

905. I'm going from snow to ho.

906. - Ooh! - Oh.

907. It is stupid, sexy, which is literally my drag.

908. Give my love to Burl Ives.

909. Joella.

910. She's mooning us already.

911. You guys, this is number one Katy Cat.

912. Ah!

913. My mask is the woman in the moon.

914. I am a Scorpio, so I'm very in tune with astrology

915. and the stars and moon.

916. I'm giving universe— Miss Universe.

917. How milky is your way?

918. Jewels Sparkles.

919. Slut in the front, business in the back.

920. Eyes wide open.

921. Ooh, la, la.

922. The inspiration for this look is

923. if Ariana Grande was invited

924. to a masquerade ball in the 60s.

925. It's everything that Jewels is—it's cutesy, it's slutty.

926. I feel like the ultimate princess.

927. She's giving wholesome.

928. Well, maybe half of that is true.

929. Arrietty.

930. Just throwing a little blood here and there, you know.

931. Can someone call the medic?

932. This is the tribal elven goddess.

933. Oh!

934. Her disciples have poisoned her,

935. and now she's bleeding on her couture.

936. Arrietty is gonna give you fashion.

937. She's gonna give you a moment.

938. A look, sweetie.

939. If you stay Arrietty, you ain't got to get Arrietty.

940. Ladies and gentlemen, Lydia Butthole Kollins.

941. Oh.

942. You had me at Butthole.

943. I am an alien woman

944. sentenced to the intergalactic iron maiden

945. for the crimes against her planet.

946. This is quintessential Lydia Kollins.

947. It is cheeky, puppety, it's a little Muppety.

948. We get it, you're a bottom.

949. Lucky Starzzz.

950. Is that a stuffed crust?

951. Yes, honey. The best kind.

952. I believe so.

953. I got this pizza box on my head,

954. and then when I reveal it...

955. - Meatza, meatza! - Oh!

956. All you see is yummy, delicious pizza face.

957. It's animated, it's colorful.

958. I like to become my art.

959. You know what her favorite band is?

960. - What? - The Slice Girls.

961. Oh!

962. Suzie Toot.

963. Does that say, in Toot we trust?

964. I am serving Eleanor Powell, Marlene Dietrich—

965. I've been obsessed with the girls in these pre-code

966. movie musicals.

967. This look is absolutely dime to toe

968. a Suzie Toot experience.

969. If I had a nickel—

970. You should see what I'd do for a quarter.

971. Ooh!

972. Kori King.

973. Ooh, something wicked this way comes.

974. I am hobbling down the runway in this tight,

975. evil raven dress.

976. This is a turn for me.

977. I usually like a really big, blonde, bubbly aesthetic.

978. However, I did want to show that I

979. do like to change up my look.

980. Honestly, she's a crower, not a shower.

981. Hormona Lisa.

982. Somebody's gonna take a vinegar bath later on.

983. - What did you call me? - Mm.

984. Skunks, to me, are the glamorous ones

985. of the rodent family.

986. Just don't smell too hard because you might pass out.

987. I wear deodorant. I do. I do, I do.

988. I can't say the same thing for everybody else on the cast.

989. She didn't come here to play, she came here to spray.

990. - Crystal Envy. - Ooh.

991. Yeah, you know, that salt will bloat you up, girl.

992. I'm giving you porcelain baby doll realness.

993. My perfected, poised, polished pageant self on the outside...

994. Face crack of the century.

995. This represents how underneath I can sometimes

996. crack under pressure.

997. She's got a splitting headache.

998. Splitting!

999. Lexi Love.

1000. This MTV moon person award fits into my drag

1001. because it's not only pop culture reference,

1002. but it's fashion.

1003. It's stupid and goofy and fun.

1004. I cannot.

1005. This is my first runway, look at me go.

1006. Extraterrestrial.

1007. Yes.

1008. - Houston... - We have a drag queen.

1009. Lana Ja'Rae.

1010. How's your cat head?

1011. Haven't had any complaints.

1012. - Ah. - Meow.

1013. Gouda morning.

1014. This look is based off of my baby cat Gouda,

1015. because every day with Gouda is a Gouda day.

1016. I'm serving pussy on this runway

1017. because what's more pussy than a pussy being pussy?

1018. - Oh, my goodness. - Meow.

1019. What a tail.

1020. Onya Nurve.

1021. Baby, this gown and mask is inspired by a body of artwork

1022. that I produced made with materials

1023. that you would typically find in the beauty supply store.

1024. Baby, got some Afro picks up in here.

1025. You got earrings, you got some weave.

1026. I am giving you Black opulence down.

1027. Yes, honey.

1028. She—ooh, let me take my time up in here.

1029. I got my time, girl.

1030. Ooh.

1031. Now, let me make it backstage.

1032. Ooh, I got my—

1033. I'ma take my time!

1034. On the next episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

1035. See if Onya Nurve...

1036. Ever makes it to the end of the runway.

1037. Sam Star.

1038. Stormy weather.

1039. Stormy Daniels.

1040. I'm giving you storm cloud mask, honey, the darkness—

1041. living in the closet.

1042. And then bam, it's revealed.

1043. And I'm gay now, bitch.

1044. This is everything you want for a pageant-perfect look.

1045. She likes to keep it cumulus up in here.

1046. Cumulus.

1047. - Coming up... - Oh!

1048. Whoo!

1049. - Ah! - Yes!

1050. Welcome to part one of "Drag Queens got Talent."

1051. First up, she loves her vitamin D.

1052. It's Jewels Sparkles.

1053. You want some milk?

1054. Yes!

1055. OK.

1056. Wait, are there subtitles?

1057. Do you know Spanish? - No.

1058. Do you know what la leche means, RuPaul?

1059. Whoo!

1060. Mmm! Delicioso!

1061. Love it!

1062. - Work, bitch! - I did it. I got it.

1063. I was so perfect.

1064. I served cunt to the highest degree, bitch.

1065. Ding.

1066. That really makes me want a big glass of milk.

1067. It does.

1068. Up next, escándala, it's Arrietty.

1069. Hola!

1070. I'm absolutely getting my life seeing Arrietty onstage.

1071. Whether that's because of my alliance

1072. or because she's actually killing it,

1073. the world will never know.

1074. Andale, andale, arriba, arriba.

1075. Oh!

1076. Arrietty's whipping her dress all around.

1077. It's a costume performance, and I live.

1078. But you gonna give us something else with that dress?

1079. Yes.

1080. Puss.

1081. Ole.

1082. Up next, everybody loves puppets.

1083. It's Lydia Butthole Kollins.

1084. Butthole is her maiden name, right?

1085. Oh, Ru.

1086. Thank you for having me in your home.

1087. My name is Lydia B Kollins.

1088. And what does the B stand for?

1089. This is a fever dream.

1090. Welcome to the universe.

1091. Stupid.

1092. Lydia's number is weird and demented.

1093. I'm scared.

1094. I'm living for Miss Lydia Butthole.

1095. Bend over!

1096. Yes!

1097. Oh, girl.

1098. She is serving butthole.

1099. She's a real sweet tart.

1100. It's Lucky Starzzz.

1101. Welcome to the world of Lucky Starzzz.

1102. On today's episode, we're making lemonade!

1103. Oh, Rusie Q, feeling thirsty?

1104. Well, have I got just the treat for you.

1105. Cheers! - Oh!

1106. That is how you do it, America.

1107. When it comes to Rate-A-Queen,

1108. tens, tens, tens across the board.

1109. Yes!

1110. Coming up...

1111. Ru, hit it!

1112. Flopping.

1113. Welcome back to "Drag Queens got Talent."

1114. Up next, remember her name, it's Joella.

1115. From Koreatown to Beverly Hills,

1116. I reign supreme with a plus-sized

1117. body that's a fabulous dream.

1118. - Yes! - Yes, sister! Yes!

1119. I am performing in front of Katy Perry.

1120. It's Joella Day today, honey.

1121. Y'all thought that was sickening?

1122. Ru, hit it.

1123. Yes!

1124. Work!

1125. That's my Katy Cat!

1126. And don't forget the -ella.

1127. It was cute.

1128. I would have gave her $5.

1129. Yes, diva!

1130. This ain't her first rodeo, it's Acacia Forgot.

1131. Come on, Acacia.

1132. You better ride that bull!

1133. I'm a little disappointed.

1134. But you know what, that's good for me

1135. 'cause my country competition is...

1136. Flopping.

1137. Last but not least, she's a hoofer with a heart of gold,

1138. it's Suzie Toot.

1139. Presenting the nine tapping toes of Miss Suzie Toot.

1140. And now the Gettysburg Address in Morse code.

1141. Yes!

1142. Wow.

1143. Wow.

1144. Suzie Toot.

1145. Girl, it's a toot for me.

1146. The nine toes.

1147. Y'all, am drunk with power.

1148. I feel like I'm Michelle Visage, and I can't

1149. wait to rank these bitches.

1150. I'm a patriot now!

1151. Coming up...

1152. This is a competition, and I came to play.

1153. I'm going to save this queen 'cause I know a lot of people

1154. do plan on voting her last.

1155. I hold their fates in my dainty little hands.

1156. Welcome, queens.

1157. Tonight there will be no judges' critiques.

1158. The queens that watched you will rank you from top

1159. to bottom and side to side.

1160. So while y'all Rate-A-Queen backstage,

1161. the judges and I will be reciting

1162. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream"

1163. speech in Morse code.

1164. You may leave the stage.

1165. All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,

1166. the queens are rating each other.

1167. But I'm just curious to know what y'all are thinking.

1168. Starting with Jewels Sparkles.

1169. I thought that blue number on the runway was exquisite.

1170. And the performance was funny.

1171. I don't speak Spanish, but it was delicioso.

1172. She ate. She chewed. She swallowed.

1173. Mmm.

1174. Arrietty.

1175. I thought that paint that she did with the very strong white

1176. down the face went with the first look with the elf ears.

1177. I didn't like it with the performance look.

1178. She wants to spread her culture, and I love that,

1179. but this is "Drag Race."

1180. I need a reveal. I need a whole bit.

1181. Like, boom, bam, bop.

1182. Lydia Butthole Kollins.

1183. I thought, wow, this is weird and freaky and mesmerizing.

1184. Then all of a sudden, she was just standing there

1185. with Bryce. - Yeah.

1186. She was on to something really strong.

1187. And then it went south for me.

1188. How far south?

1189. To the butthole.

1190. - Mm-hmm. - All right, Lucky Starzzz.

1191. You know, I love when someone can do

1192. a little trick in their drag. - Mm-hmm.

1193. And personally, me, I've always used my breasts

1194. as utilitarian objects.

1195. The rap, the lyrics—

1196. I really enjoyed that performance.

1197. All right, Joella.

1198. Her original song—

1199. it wasn't anything groundbreaking.

1200. But then she sold the hell out of it, which made us laugh.

1201. I really enjoyed her curves and how she used them.

1202. Although she could have given more with the look.

1203. I'm a hard mother sometimes to all of my kitty cats.

1204. Well, you owe it to the kitty cats.

1205. Acacia Forgot.

1206. The snowman outfit, I didn't find that super memorable.

1207. Meh. - For the performance,

1208. I thought I was back at my old job, "American Idol."

1209. Ah!

1210. I didn't get to really hear the lyrics.

1211. I think the nerves got her.

1212. All right, let's hear what Lionel Richie has to say.

1213. Suzie Toot.

1214. Suzie came out with a dime on her head,

1215. which we all enjoyed, and then she took it off

1216. and I wanted her to put it back on.

1217. Whoa, that makeup was shocking.

1218. I didn't mind her hair and makeup in that.

1219. I thought it supported that Depression era.

1220. - Yeah. - She was like—

1221. Very depressed.

1222. Now, the tap-dancing was super cute.

1223. The humor was so interesting and layered.

1224. It was just funny.

1225. Silence.

1226. It's time for the queens to make their decisions.

1227. Ladies and gentlethems, it is time for Rate-A-Queen.

1228. I love knowing that I hold their fate

1229. in my dainty little hands.

1230. It do take fucking Nurve,

1231. so let's get into this shit.

1232. In first position, I'm already gonna put Lucky Starzzz.

1233. That talent was so out of the box.

1234. First position, I'm gonna put my sister Miss Jewels Sparkles.

1235. Her runway was beautiful.

1236. Kudos to her.

1237. In first position, that bitch, Miss Suzie Shoot, honey.

1238. It's not even a Toot. It was a Shoot, bitch.

1239. The first position, Arrietty.

1240. I did make a promise to this queen,

1241. and I'm going to save this queen

1242. 'cause I know a lot of people do plan on voting her last.

1243. This is a competition, and I came to play.

1244. So I know who I'm looking out for

1245. and I know who's looking out for me.

1246. - Second... - Position, Lucky Starzzz.

1247. Second position, Jewels Sparkles.

1248. I mean, I'm lactose intolerant, but I enjoyed the number.

1249. In third position...

1250. I'm gonna put my sister Jewels.

1251. She would have been my number one,

1252. but I had promises to keep.

1253. In fifth position, we'll put my fellow little country

1254. bumpkin, Acacia Forgot.

1255. Live singing, a little pitchy.

1256. Sixth position, it's gonna be Joella.

1257. I was ready to be, like, gagged and I was only, like, choking.

1258. In sixth position...

1259. Arrietty.

1260. We can all swish a skirt around.

1261. OK.

1262. I do feel like her nerves got the best of her.

1263. She needs to step up a little bit with confidence.

1264. Sixth position sounds cute for her today.

1265. In seventh position, I'm gonna put

1266. Lydia Butthole Kollins.

1267. The talent show, while it started off high,

1268. it didn't end on a high.

1269. Seventh position gotta go to Acacia Forgot.

1270. I forgot it.

1271. And that is...

1272. The tea.

1273. And that's the tea.

1274. - And that... - Is the tea.

1275. And that's the mother-tucking tea.

1276. Ladies, your fellow queens have made some decisions.

1277. When I call your name, please step forward.

1278. Joella.

1279. Arrietty.

1280. Lydia Butthole Kollins.

1281. Lucky Starzzz.

1282. Based on the Rate-A-Queen results,

1283. ladies, you are all safe.

1284. You may step to the back of the stage.

1285. Acacia Forgot.

1286. I'm sorry, my dear, but your fellow queens have

1287. rated you as the bottom queen.

1288. And next week you will Lip Sync for Your Life.

1289. I'm feeling very crushed that I am in the bottom,

1290. and I feel like I'm a little unfairly ranked because I was

1291. one of the only people to show a true talent

1292. and not just an overproduced lip-syncing

1293. track that I dance to.

1294. But here I am.

1295. Jewels Sparkles.

1296. Suzie Toot.

1297. Based on the Rate-A-Queen results,

1298. you are the top two queens of the week.

1299. Oh, my God. I mean, this is so major.

1300. Because of my neck injuries, I never

1301. thought this was gonna be something that I could do.

1302. And to be in the top two doing a dance number as my talent,

1303. I'm so beyond excited.

1304. I think that I gagged these girls a bit

1305. and now they finally see that I'm a real threat

1306. in this competition.

1307. Condragulations.

1308. But there can only be one winner.

1309. Two queens stand before me.

1310. Ladies, this is your chance to impress me

1311. and win a cash tip of $5,000.

1312. The time has come for you to Lip Sync

1313. for the Win.

1314. I know I can't outcamp her, but I can

1315. outdance that bitch any day.

1316. Good luck.

1317. And don't fuck it up.

1318. Jewels Sparkles is giving you cunt.

1319. She's giving you sex.

1320. She's giving you leche.

1321. Ooh, Suzie, you in danger, girl.

1322. You in danger.

1323. Yeah, baby!

1324. I am living.

1325. She catches RuPaul's eye and say, look at these feet here.

1326. My nine toes is tapping on this stage and you

1327. need to pay attention to this.

1328. That's right, it's a woman's world.

1329. - Queen! - That was good!

1330. I never thought the Charleston would work in this

1331. and now I do.

1332. Queens, I've made my decision.

1333. Suzie Toot, condragulations.

1334. You're a winner, baby.

1335. That's what I'm talking about!

1336. I just won the first challenge

1337. of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

1338. This is exactly what I imagined happening.

1339. This shall be the first of many, many victories

1340. for Little Miss Suzie Toot.

1341. You've won a cash tip of $5,000.

1342. Okuuuur!

1343. OK!

1344. Thank you. Thank you so much.

1345. Jewels Sparkles, you are free to slay another day.

1346. Thank you, Mama.

1347. Condragulations, queens.

1348. Next week, the tables will be turnt

1349. at "Drag Queens got Talent Part II,"

1350. and one queen will be eliminated.

1351. And remember, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell

1352. you gonna love somebody else?

1353. Can I get an amen up in here?

1354. Amen!

1355. All right, now, let the music play.

1356. Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

1357. Welcome to week two of "Drag Queens got Talent."

1358. Lexi is in roller skates.

1359. Everybody back away 100 feet.

1360. Oh, no!

1361. Next week, the tables turn and we

1362. get to be the ones deciding.

1363. Yeah, who do I want to put in the bottom?

1364. Oh!

1365. Yes!

1366. Well, shit.