RuPaul's Drag Race 1x5

1. Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race.

2. There is no connection between me and the girls.

3. If one of you has to go, who should it be?

4. I would have to say Shannel.

5. Okay.

6. Educate, donate, and celebrate, because life is a celebration.

7. Ongina, you are the winner of this challenge.

8. The time has come for you to lip sync for your life.

9. Rebecca, chante, you stay.

10. Jade, sashay, away.

11. And tonight.

12. Do it.

13. Oh no.

14. I have to excuse myself.

15. This decision is too difficult.

16. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race will receive

17. a feature photo spread in Paper Magazine,

18. a portrait taken by renowned photographer Greg Gorman

19. for the L.A. Eyeworks Legendary Designer Eyewear campaign,

20. a headline spot on the Absolut Pride Tour across the U.S.A.

21. Plus a cash prize of $20,000 courtesy of Absolut Vodka

22. and MAC Cosmetics.

23. And may the best woman win!

24. Morning.

25. Morning.

26. Morning.

27. Hey, look at the room.

28. Our tables are, like, pushed back.

29. Yeah.

30. What do we need all this space for?

31. Break dance?

32. No, don't say that.

33. It feels so weird without Jade, doesn't it?

34. Yeah.

35. Oh god.

36. Rebecca deserved to go home.

37. Completely.

38. Jade embodies an all-around,

39. 110% beautiful person inside and out.

40. Rebecca is not.

41. I honestly think that most of the girls were rooting for Jade.

42. And I'm sorry but, hey, I don't want to go.

43. I really came here to win.

44. Hello racers.

45. A great drag queen once said,

46. "To whom much is given, much is expected."

47. You have a special gift that keeps on giving, lady.

48. Drag is part of a sisterhood.

49. And starting today, sisters are doing it for whom?

50. Themselves.

51. Hello, hello, hello!

52. Hi!

53. Hello.

54. Uh, oh no.

55. Oh.

56. Surprise!

57. I'm rolling with a new pit crew today.

58. Ru comes into the room with these fierce girls.

59. Not fierce like drag fierce,

60. like fierce like they looked threatening.

61. My little sisterhood of the travelling panty girdles.

62. Now, I want you all to meet

63. a talented group of girl fighters.

64. My name is Jaret.

65. I teach Krav Maga.

66. It's an Israeli hand-to-hand combat and self-defense system.

67. My name is Sweepea and I'm a cage fighter.

68. I'm Michelle.

69. I teach Kenpo karate and I'm a Brazilian capoeirista.

70. My name is Mia.

71. I'm boxer.

72. My name is Tempele and I'm a boxer.

73. Mama said knock you out!

74. My god.

75. What are they about to put us through?

76. The next drag superstar needs to keep in shape.

77. So today for your mini challenge,

78. these girl fighters are gonna give you a full-force workout.

79. In the end, the last queen standing will be the winner.

80. Here's the first strike that you're gonna be learning.

81. Sweepea's gonna help me demonstrate it.

82. It looks like this.

83. Go.

84. Go.

85. The next strike that we're gonna do.

86. This is called ground and pound and this is her specialty.

87. Sort of straddling.

88. See, I think these girls know how to straddle.

89. Ready?

90. All right?

91. Any questions?

92. All right.

93. Let's go.

94. See what you got.

95. Start nice and easy.

96. Okay.

97. Right to the pad.

98. Okay.

99. Good.

100. Okay.

101. Keep going.

102. Okay.

103. Stay at it.

104. Hang on.

105. Hang on.

106. Hang on.

107. What are you doing?

108. Oh!

109. Okay, I'm sorry!

110. With all the work that we've been doing

111. there was a little bit of tension.

112. Harder punches!

113. Harder elbows!

114. It helped release all that tension.

115. Come on.

116. Come on.

117. Come on.

118. Stop!

119. Man, I am scared of you queens.

120. Kick that bitch's ass!

121. Be aggressive.

122. Be aggressive.

123. I was like, "Oh, okay, I'm ready to pass out."

124. What we demo it's gonna be straight punches.

125. Any time I say "down", get down into this position.

126. So down.

127. Hands go down, feet go out, jump back up

128. and continue punching right away.

129. So any questions?

130. You guys got that.

131. It's the last man standing.

132. Okay.

133. I'm nauseous.

134. You're nauseous?

135. I, honestly, I feel... yeah, I, honestly,

136. I'm dizzy.

137. My heart is racing really bad and I'm just shaking.

138. I was so winded and so, literally,

139. feeling like I'm going to vomit.

140. Can I lay down on the couch?

141. Yes.

142. You may lay down on the couch.

143. Here's a towel if you'd like.

144. Gonna stand in your fighting stance.

145. You're standing non-stop punches as hard and as fast as you can.

146. After sitting down

147. and kind of gathering my thoughts for a minute,

148. I realized, well, why not?

149. I have a lot of integrity and I am a fighter.

150. Not physically but mentally.

151. So I thought, well, I'm gonna give it my best shot

152. and I hope I don't throw up.

153. Now this is the final stage of this challenge

154. and the last queen standing wins this challenge.

155. Shannel, are you ready?

156. I'm gonna do what I'm gonna do.

157. Dolls, are you ready?

158. Yes.

159. All right.

160. Go for it.

161. I'm just ready to give up.

162. I'm out of breath.

163. You can tell that my punches are weak.

164. I was like, "Oh shit, this is no joke."

165. I mean, I was sweating like some sort of pig in heat.

166. I don't care if I'm ready to have a heart attack,

167. I'm gonna keep on punching those things because I want to win.

168. You got it.

169. Oh!

170. All right, we've got a champion!

171. Last queen standing champion!

172. All right!

173. That's my queen!

174. Congratulations bitch.

175. My self-esteem, you know, has been going down.

176. I needed something to give me that jolt

177. so I can go back and get in the race.

178. Today these ladies have given you one tough workout.

179. Now it's your turn to give back.

180. For this week's challenge,

181. your mission is to make over your girl fighter partner

182. into a real live female version of yourself!

183. Of your drag persona!

184. Woo!

185. This is your chance to reveal the secrets of drag.

186. Something every real woman should know.

187. So you should make use of your MAC makeup kits,

188. supplies from Michael Levine fabrics,

189. and shoes from Kitson L.A.

190. Now Rebecca, you won the workout challenge.

191. As your reward, you get to choose your makeover partner.

192. Who do you choose?

193. Tempele.

194. Tempele.

195. As a further reward,

196. you also get to pair up all the other teams.

197. Rebecca is here for the game.

198. I see many different sides of Rebecca,

199. and some are a little underhanded.

200. Ooh, wow.

201. I definitely think that at this point of the competition,

202. getting so close to the end, that there is definite strategy

203. on who she picked and she found strengths and weaknesses

204. with each so that she could have an advantage.

205. Ooh, matchmaker.

206. Mia is going to... Nina Flowers!

207. Which means Sweepea goes to Miss Shannel.

208. I think that Rebecca doesn't want us to believe

209. that she was trying to handicap us.

210. I'm not a bitch.

211. I'm just trying to get 'em all riled up.

212. At tomorrow's presentation on the main stage,

213. no one has immunity, so make this challenge count.

214. Gentlemen, start your engines.

215. And may the best woman win.

216. All right here, try these on.

217. Right now, we're gonna have to turn the girls

218. from tough boxing ass-kicking chicks

219. to models on the runway with grace and beauty.

220. It's gonna be very, very hard.

221. We don't really have much to work with here.

222. Step into it.

223. Put your hands on those hips and show them strength and power.

224. Okay.

225. But still having...

226. Poise.

227. Elegance and beauty.

228. Okay.

229. I see what you're saying.

230. So it's very wha, wha.

231. Muscular.

232. Yeah.

233. Okay, I see what you're saying.

234. There's a lot of work to do.

235. Tensions are running high.

236. I want that fabric.

237. I'm looking at it too.

238. Okay, then I want the black sequins.

239. You only get one or the other.

240. First come, first served.

241. Fine.

242. Do you want this, baby?

243. No, it's fine.

244. Ongina, she's funny, but at the same time

245. she always has this diva-ness to her.

246. I think that's how he comes across.

247. I need that, sweetheart.

248. First come, first served, right?

249. Isn't that what you guys said?

250. I want to, like, straighten your hair.

251. Is that okay?

252. Yeah.

253. So it's just, like, jet straight and pretty.

254. Or no?

255. Or big and awesome.

256. Do you want big and awesome?

257. I'm learning that

258. you can't really judge a book by its cover.

259. Because, like, Jaret, she has a lot of feminine inside of her,

260. you just need to, like, slap her around a little bit.

261. So we can do like that and then, like,

262. we can do a ponytail

263. and that ponytail will look like your headpiece.

264. I like this airplane that goes onto the head.

265. So that's, like, part of my look.

266. My biggest fear is that I will be in the bottom two

267. and have to lip sync for my life.

268. I won last week's challenge,

269. and today RuPaul said that there is no immunity,

270. I just won this big fabulous prize, which is fine,

271. I'll take it, I love it.

272. But I wish I had immunity at the same time.

273. Are you scared?

274. Yes.

275. Don't be scurred.

276. Okay.

277. I want you to hold this.

278. Hold it right there.

279. I ended up with Mia.

280. And as soon as I saw her,

281. I said, "I definitely have to work on an outfit for her,

282. because none of my clothes is gonna fit on her."

283. It's a great challenge, literally transforming them

284. into what we are.

285. It's hard because these girls they never wear dresses,

286. they never wear makeup.

287. I gotta record this.

288. Wait 'til I sit down.

289. First time I've put on makeup.

290. I am partnered with Sweepea who is probably the most masculine,

291. definitely, of the entire group.

292. Okay, wait, wait.

293. Is this really that weird?

294. Yes.

295. Okay, okay, go.

296. Are you sure?

297. Yeah, go.

298. I think it was very apparent to me today

299. that Rebecca's strategy was to pair girls up

300. with who she didn't think would suit them.

301. You're gonna end up having a lot of makeup on.

302. I guarantee you.

303. Are you really good with makeup?

304. Oh girl.

305. Are you gonna put a lot on?

306. Yeah.

307. Oh, because this is not my territory.

308. You will do what I want you to do.

309. I knew right away what I was going to put her in

310. and what I was going to put myself in.

311. I can represent Africa

312. and you should represent the Middle East.

313. With the shimmy shimmies and the wrap, and...

314. This is strange for me in a different way.

315. It is.

316. It's a totally different

317. It is.

318. You have to take your mind away from being the butch woman.

319. Let's just say, you want to mesmerize people.

320. Okay.

321. Try these on.

322. I'm gonna fall.

323. You are?

324. Hold me.

325. No.

326. Squeeze it in.

327. There you go.

328. You gotta be kidding me.

329. Nope.

330. These girls, they never wear heels

331. so they don't know how to walk in heels.

332. You can do this.

333. Straighten out your knees.

334. Okay.

335. Ooh.

336. Walk around.

337. Oh!

338. Just keep in mind that when you're doing that,

339. don't do this.

340. Don't walk like a man.

341. Okay.

342. Stand there and do this a little bit.

343. Just relax it.

344. Okay.

345. Feel it and then just, ooh, just walk it.

346. Just ah!

347. It is challenging to teach the way I walk the runway

348. to another person.

349. Just kind of walk around.

350. Yep, heels always... toes first.

351. Do I look stupid?

352. Manly, but I'll fix it.

353. Think of sexy.

354. Think of somebody out there that you want them to see you

355. and you just want to feel sexy

356. so that they can really know that you're the hottest thing

357. among all the hottest things in the house.

358. Okay.

359. The runway walk, for me, would not be about catwalk.

360. It would be about seducing.

361. When you're trying to walk with your friends

362. and you're looking cute, how do you walk?

363. I-I-I don't.

364. I just be myself.

365. Okay, so, let me see you.

366. Let me see you be yourself.

367. That was myself.

368. That was yourself?

369. Yeah, okay.

370. It's not easy.

371. So I mean, that's frustrating,

372. when you have this perfect vision

373. and you don't have what you need for that vision.

374. Work.

375. Do do do do.

376. Do do do do.

377. I had a lot of tension

378. because I was going to be judged by her performance

379. and she was a little bit stiff, a little bit rough.

380. One on here?

381. A half a step?

382. No.

383. When you're here, okay,

384. you bring the one that is in the back

385. and bring it up front and then you turn.

386. Oh.

387. Do do do do.

388. I was worried she might not get what I was trying to tell her.

389. And go.

390. These are high.

391. No, no, no, no.

392. Quicker and, like, quicker.

393. Oh, okay.

394. You gotta walk as fast as I do.

395. Oh.

396. 'Cause we gotta look together.

397. You get what I'm saying?

398. Well, I need to take these damn heels off.

399. You're gonna be in heels tomorrow though.

400. Not this high.

401. No, no, no, no, no.

402. I'm gonna grab my heels.

403. Stay right here.

404. Ah.

405. I'm a little worried.

406. Her feet hurt, she was crying, she was whiney.

407. Grr.

408. No, get close.

409. I didn't know it was that hard being a girl

410. because I don't walk in heels every day, so.

411. If they hurt then walk faster.

412. Yeah, I almost fell.

413. I'd rather be in the ring and moving around in boxing shoes

414. than moving around in high heels.

415. I feel like such a wuss.

416. Do it by yourself right now.

417. I can't.

418. Up and down.

419. I'm giving her tough love.

420. Oh!

421. Do it.

422. Just back and forth.

423. Oh no!

424. Do it.

425. I'm not sure she's gonna learn her walk

426. so I can't cut her any slack right now.

427. Oh.

428. My dogs is barking.

429. Come on.

430. And all I'm thinking is, "She can't fuck this up."

431. Damn!

432. Hey dolls!

433. Hey ladies.

434. Hi.

435. Wow.

436. Look at ya'll.

437. Hey Shannel, what are you doing?

438. I've embellished a bra in felt.

439. That cup size seems a little small for Sweepea.

440. She put it on.

441. Nope.

442. First time I've ever put a bra on.

443. Your first time?

444. Yeah.

445. Really?

446. I was always a little tomboy

447. and I was always running around with the boys

448. jumping fence and I thought it was a little too feminine

449. 'cause they're not like that

450. so I wanted to dress and act like them.

451. See, this is the problem.

452. See, you should have been hanging out

453. with boys who wore bras.

454. And then it would have been a different story.

455. But now you are.

456. Yeah.

457. My plan is to be as feminine as I possibly can,

458. and not just be feminine, but become Shannel

459. and represent what Shannel stands for.

460. Thank you.

461. Hey Michelle.

462. Hey Bebe.

463. Hey Momo.

464. How you doing?

465. Good.

466. Good.

467. Really good.

468. What have you learned from Bebe so far, Michelle?

469. Learned how to do a half smile, which I'm really, really bad at.

470. A sexy smile.

471. He's like, "Smile, like."

472. He's like, "No, no, no, no!

473. Half."

474. Show me the half smile.

475. I'm like, "This is my half smile!"

476. I'm really trying.

477. It's really hard.

478. Bebe, tell me exactly

479. why is a woman supposed to do a half smile?

480. Because our look tomorrow will not be, "Hey, I'm here."

481. You know?

482. It could be more.

483. Yes.

484. Bebe has so much experience in being sexy.

485. I'm like, "All right."

486. And it looks fake to me.

487. I never know how to do this.

488. Well, good luck to both of you.

489. Thanks Ru.

490. The first thing I did when they assigned me to her was...

491. we need to work on that catwalk.

492. Uh huh.

493. What did Nina teach you about the runway?

494. What tips?

495. Oh, I don't know.

496. I don't exactly remember but I can show you.

497. Yes.

498. Yes.

499. Uh huh.

500. Yes.

501. Yeah.

502. Very good.

503. I am really looking forward to seeing Miss Nina and Miss Mia

504. on that runway tomorrow.

505. Thank you very much.

506. You know, I wish I had a drag daughter.

507. I mean, you guys are all my daughters

508. but I don't really get to dress you up.

509. That's right.

510. You know?

511. Tell me about what you're doing?

512. I want her to look more youthful

513. and me a little bit more like a mom.

514. Sexy but mom.

515. A sexy mom.

516. Yes.

517. A MILF.

518. Yes.

519. Exactly.

520. Yeah.

521. Good luck.

522. Thank you.

523. All right.

524. Hey Jaret.

525. Hey Ongina.

526. Hi.

527. Hi.

528. Look at you.

529. She scares me.

530. She scares you, Ongina?

531. When she first walked in today I was like,

532. "Holy Jesus Mother Christ."

533. She will beat ass and it might be mine.

534. What are you the most sort of nervous about

535. with this competition?

536. Just her really getting the persona of who I am.

537. I want the entire Ongina to be this tomorrow.

538. Mm hmm.

539. So I'm gonna shave her hair tonight.

540. Gather around girls.

541. Gather around.

542. Listen up.

543. There's one more twist to this challenge.

544. As part of your presentation on the main stage,

545. your girl fighters are going to lip sync a song for us.

546. And you're gonna teach them how.

547. I was kind of caught off guard

548. 'cause I thought it was enough work just to put on a dress,

549. put on frickin' high heels, and walk.

550. Now, the song I've chosen for them to perform is...

551. drum roll?

552. "Freakum Dress" by Beyonce.

553. That's not the easiest song.

554. I can't even perform that song, let alone these butch girls

555. who probably have never even heard the song before.

556. Now make me proud, ladies.

557. And remember, don't fuck it up.

558. You learn the lyrics and I'll take care of this.

559. Okay.

560. Okay.

561. Finish dress.

562. Freakum dress.

563. You heard that part that was like, "Ah, woah."

564. You should do that one right.

565. My biggest fear is that my fighting bulldog,

566. she won't be able to pull through and she'll suck.

567. Practice.

568. Practice.

569. Practice.

570. How is it?

571. Difficult.

572. I know.

573. She's very into it, you know.

574. She really wants to do it and she's so excited.

575. And that makes it really good to work with her.

576. It is truly about the lip sync.

577. I'm an outgoing person.

578. I love to put myself to test, but this is...

579. I didn't know what I was walking into.

580. What they're looking at is, did you know the words?

581. Make sure that as you're learning those words,

582. that you feel it here.

583. Okay.

584. I will.

585. Hold that.

586. Bring the beat back.

587. Oh, I see what you're saying.

588. I'm using my hands as well.

589. Okay.

590. Stop!

591. I ain't ready yet.

592. Okay.

593. Throw a little attitude in it.

594. Throw some shoulder, throw some eyes.

595. Shannel is about representing eyes, and glamour,

596. and diva, and strength, and body, I said,

597. so if you're going out there as my sister

598. and I'm putting you together, I want you to embody that.

599. That's what's really gonna be able to lock in

600. that lip sync value for you.

601. Gotcha.

602. Girl, you need to keep going over this song, baby.

603. Over and over.

604. Let my brain rest for a moment.

605. Michelle, she's funny and she's very goofy,

606. which was very frustrating to me.

607. I'll be sitting over there and when you're done,

608. just come meet me over there.

609. All right.

610. I'll listen to it like five more times.

611. No, that's fine.

612. They're judging us on how we make our other people,

613. you know, on Bebe's look, so I don't know.

614. We'll see.

615. Mwah!

616. How you doing?

617. No, no, no.

618. Stand up.

619. Stand up.

620. Wait.

621. It's very hard to face elimination day,

622. especially now that it's getting very tight.

623. There's a lot to be done.

624. Keep in mind that we were having the same time as always.

625. This time we have to split those hours in two persons.

626. Bebe, can I ask you something?

627. Yeah.

628. Um, has anybody actually ever mistaken you

629. to be a real woman?

630. Yeah.

631. Yep, it happens.

632. In the club, especially.

633. All the time.

634. Really?

635. The fact is that I, Bebe Zahara Benet,

636. I do not live my life as a woman.

637. It's not my lifestyle.

638. Like when that happens, what do you do?

639. Do you tell them, like, the truth?

640. Yeah, I tell them the truth.

641. I tell them that it's an illusion.

642. I have just developed a character

643. and that's where people need to find that fine line

644. so that when they look at us performing

645. they don't necessarily think that,

646. oh, they are dressed up like this

647. because they want to live like this.

648. No.

649. That is just such a misconception.

650. No, I don't go home like this.

651. I don't live my life like this.

652. Unless you're cleaning the house, Bebe.

653. Okay, unless I'm cleaning the house.

654. Ah, loser.

655. I don't want to have to worry about you

656. so I want you to be ready.

657. Chop, chop.

658. Rebecca took a very Mommy Dearest,

659. Joan Crawford approach to Tempele.

660. Ow.

661. She's really tough.

662. Rebecca is tough.

663. Ouch.

664. No pain, no gain, baby.

665. I thought, wow, there is one team here that doesn't seem

666. like they're really cohesive in their mindset.

667. At all.

668. You look like a whole different person.

669. Mm, I feel like a whole different person.

670. It's totally Nina but like, ten feet taller.

671. I finished the makeover for my girl but I was worried about me.

672. Good evening

673. and welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.

674. As always, I'd like to say hello to my fabulous judges.

675. Fashion journalist

676. and best-selling author Merle Ginsberg.

677. And hello to my pal,

678. the shamelessly outspoken designer, Santino!

679. Now, this week we have two extra special guest judges.

680. First up is the founder of the Pussycat Dolls,

681. Miss Robin Antin.

682. Meow!

683. And finally, someone who knows a thing or two

684. about being a tough woman.

685. Please welcome Xena Warrior Princess, Miss Lucy Lawless.

686. Now judges, our queens were asked to make over

687. a group of fierce girl fighters in their own drag image.

688. This is gonna be a lot of fun.

689. Gentlemen, start your engines.

690. And may the best woman win!

691. I wasn't doing runway fashion, per se.

692. I was doing my own way of looking at this challenge.

693. So it was more about culture.

694. It was more about the body language and the eyes.

695. Where's the camel, girls?

696. Yes, where is it?

697. There's no camel toe in this set.

698. Wow, she has never been more sweet.

699. As she's walking down the runway all I can think of is,

700. "Wow, you are amazing.

701. And in, literally, 24 hours I took you and I made you

702. a complete and total package."

703. Wow, that's her mommy.

704. Mommy Dearest.

705. I was worried

706. 'cause I usually come through on the runway very well,

707. and this time she was doing it for me.

708. So that was scary.

709. It's a family portrait.

710. Take it away, Mama.

711. Why is she looking at me like that?

712. Go away, you have no power here.

713. Do not accept an apple from this woman.

714. No.

715. She's a good witch.

716. Ooh.

717. It's natural for me to walk the runway.

718. It's not natural for her to.

719. But because she got it so well, I'm really proud of that.

720. Wow, look at that beautiful face.

721. Yeah, both of them.

722. In case you missed it the first time.

723. I know we must look so cute right about now.

724. We're going down the runway

725. and I think we're hitting the same steps,

726. we're on the same pace,

727. and we're definitely giving mother/daughter vibes.

728. Wow.

729. Not without my daughter.

730. Hello my drag warriors.

731. You were asked to prepare our girl fighters

732. for a lip sync performance of Beyonce's "Freakum Dress".

733. Wow!

734. Now, my dolls.

735. My lovelies.

736. As drag mothers, I asked you to share your charisma,

737. uniqueness, nerve, and talent with real women.

738. And remember, girls, no one has immunity

739. in tonight's elimination.

740. As the competition gets stiffer, the stakes get higher,

741. and no one is safe.

742. Rebecca and Tempele, come on down.

743. Let's see her before photo.

744. Wow.

745. Who's that girl?

746. Tempele, are you amazed by that?

747. Yes.

748. And what beauty tips did you learn

749. that you could apply to your everyday life?

750. How to be a bad, mean...

751. I yelled at her a lot.

752. A lot.

753. I was like, "Wha."

754. Pretty bitch.

755. Okay.

756. I think that she would have been able to dance more freely

757. and shown her stuff if she wasn't worrying

758. about the dress coming up and showing her cootch.

759. And that's a bad thing?

760. Well, she seemed constrained by it.

761. Clearly you guys are dressed more down than other people,

762. you know.

763. It's a simpler, cleaner, less costumey.

764. One could argue that, like, well,

765. they did, you know, less work.

766. But because you both look good in that look, it works for me.

767. Thank you both very much.

768. You may join the other girls.

769. Ongina and Jaret, come on down.

770. You look like a prom date.

771. Yes, because it was a masculine/feminine challenge,

772. I wanted to be the more masculine one.

773. Not really a feminine/masculine challenge.

774. It's more of your ultimate fighter

775. out to your drag persona.

776. Let's take a look at what Jaret looked like before.

777. Oh wow.

778. See, now you're all so just naturally beautiful.

779. Yeah.

780. Mm hmm.

781. Yeah.

782. Can you do that shoulder thing that Ongina does?

783. Oh wow.

784. Jaret, can you lift up your dress a little bit

785. and show us your legs?

786. Higher.

787. Higher.

788. There you go.

789. I would have probably really shortened it

790. because I'm all about showing something.

791. Ongina, if you were gonna play with the masculine/feminine,

792. I think you should have given Jaret your outfit

793. and you wear the dress.

794. And I would have had your hair down

795. and just kicked up the femininity of your look

796. a little bit more.

797. It was really difficult for Jaret

798. to fully embody who I am because she's so butch and I'm so girl.

799. It didn't work quite as I expected.

800. Well, all right, you two.

801. Thank you very much.

802. Please step forward, Mia and Nina.

803. Let's see her before photo.

804. Ooh, wow.

805. Now, were you scared about this challenge?

806. No, because there's some part of me that likes to be girly.

807. Lucy Lawless, you can relate to Mia here.

808. She looks like a Warrior Princess.

809. Well, she looks like a fashion model, actually.

810. I didn't know that you were the fighter.

811. I thought, "Wow."

812. Thank you.

813. I love that Mia was totally baby Nina, you know,

814. in the hair and the makeup.

815. But I actually thought she would look more attractive

816. and feminine with simpler hair.

817. Thank you very much.

818. You may join the other girls.

819. Shannel and Sweepea.

820. Shannella DeVille.

821. Wow.

822. Now let's see Sweepea's before photo.

823. Wow.

824. And look at her now.

825. You're like a mother/daughter S&M team.

826. Sweepea, what was your experience working with Shannel?

827. Perfectionist.

828. And to work with somebody like that, I had to admire that.

829. Did Shannel tell you to admire her?

830. No, no, no, no, because this took a long time.

831. Where I can get a fight over in seven minutes,

832. it took like two hours to do this.

833. So I have a whole new respect for putting on makeup.

834. Sweepea, you look beautiful.

835. Thank you.

836. Is it possible to take the neck piece off?

837. That we can see Sweepea without that piece?

838. Oh!

839. It opens up this whole area and the proportion,

840. it changes her.

841. Honey.

842. Thank you Shannel.

843. Thank you Sweepea.

844. Bebe and Michelle.

845. Let's see her before photo.

846. Wow.

847. Gorgeous.

848. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

849. I think she's wearing too much makeup.

850. It feels like a mask.

851. Michelle, how do you feel about your makeup?

852. I'm just not used to wearing makeup, in general.

853. But this is a lot of makeup.

854. So I went from zero to like a thousand.

855. You know, I thought in this case

856. that the apple did fall a little too far from the tree.

857. I just wish she looked more like her mommy.

858. I would have taken the costume

859. and probably made it a miniskirt,

860. just because I would want to make her a little bit sexier.

861. I was hoping for more compliments.

862. I was hoping for more good choice of wardrobe.

863. That wasn't the case.

864. Well, thank you Bebe.

865. Thank you Michelle.

866. Now, while you all wait in the Interior Illusions Lounge,

867. the judges and I will deliberate.

868. Thank you ladies.

869. I have to be honest, Bebe is a fierce competitor

870. but I had the most trouble

871. with her interpretation of this challenge.

872. I felt like Michelle was the only girl

873. who actually looked less beautiful.

874. Yes.

875. I would love to have seen Michelle

876. with her hair snatched back but a big piece,

877. just the way Bebe had on her head.

878. It was just all just kind of pulled to the back

879. and just kind of fell.

880. It may have actually been even like a banana clip.

881. On my runway?

882. A banana clip.

883. A banana clip!

884. On my runway?

885. No banana clips!

886. Ever!

887. Mia and Nina.

888. You know, Mia looked like a drag queen.

889. Yeah, everybody else looked like a woman.

890. Well, maybe Nina's drag inspiration

891. gets lost in translation on a real woman, you know?

892. Can we go to Ongina now?

893. I think the total concept, for me, didn't work.

894. I did think Ongina looked a little more boyish than usual.

895. Like a woman in a pantsuit is really great.

896. A drag queen in a pantsuit, not tucking, it's a man.

897. At this point in the competition,

898. I expect things to be a little bit more finished too.

899. Exactly.

900. Because the stakes are high.

901. Let's talk about Rebecca.

902. Now, I was a big fan of this.

903. First of all, I have to say, the girl that she chose,

904. I really didn't think she could turn it out like that.

905. I was so surprised.

906. The transformation was the greatest.

907. It was the greatest transformation.

908. In terms of the criteria for this challenge,

909. Rebecca gave the girl her look.

910. Shannel and Sweepea.

911. They were the best.

912. I thought they were the best.

913. Yeah, I agree.

914. Did she look like Shannel?

915. I mean, obviously, one's black and one's white.

916. I think from the neck down.

917. I think from the neck down, yeah.

918. One criticism about their presentation is that

919. they never shared the stage at the same time, you know.

920. I would have loved to have seen them together.

921. Shannel definitely seems like, you know,

922. she feels so fabulous and so, like, "I look better," you know,

923. "And I don't want to stand with you

924. because I look amazing and if I stand with you,

925. I'm not gonna look as good."

926. Well, thank you all very much.

927. This is gonna be a very difficult elimination.

928. Mm hmm, this is a tough one.

929. Welcome back.

930. Tonight I choose the final four.

931. Rebecca, usually I say more is more.

932. But with this challenge,

933. you kept it simple and it worked.

934. Your girl fighter looked pretty and real.

935. In other words,

936. You are the winner of this challenge.

937. Thank you.

938. I want to say that I'm surprised that I won, but I'm not.

939. I don't think any other contestant

940. did as well as we did.

941. When RuPaul announced that Rebecca had won the challenge,

942. I was devastated.

943. I feel like I should have won that challenge.

944. You and Tempele each win gift baskets

945. from Calisto worth $1000.

946. Congratulations, you're still in the race.

947. Thank you.

948. Shannel, your expertise with makeup

949. and your flair for the dramatic worked to your advantage.

950. But to be the next drag superstar,

951. you need to broaden your appeal.

952. You're still in the race.

953. Bebe, usually you are so flawless.

954. But with this challenge you underwhelmed us,

955. not to mention that your girl fighter's look

956. didn't come close to matching your own.

957. You're in the bottom two.

958. Nina, your style is so bold,

959. but it was difficult to translate to a real woman.

960. But you did pull it off.

961. Barely.

962. You are safe this week.

963. Congratulations.

964. Ongina, this means you are in the bottom two.

965. We were looking for mother/daughter

966. and you gave us father/daughter.

967. It's almost as if you misunderstood this challenge

968. and you've been praised so much in this competition,

969. I fear you may have become too complacent.

970. Bebe, same goes for you

971. and your presentation this week did not measure up.

972. In a moment, one of you will be asked to sashay away.

973. I've consulted with the judges,

974. but the final decision is mine to make.

975. This is your last chance to impress me

976. and save yourself from elimination.

977. The time has come for you to lip sync for your life.

978. Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

979. I come from a family with a lot of dignity

980. and we've always learned how to grow

981. and be able to be strong and fight.

982. If I get eliminated today, it shouldn't be

983. because I did not put my best out there.

984. There's no need for me to go crazy

985. and do cartwheels and tumbles all over the stage.

986. That's not who I am as a performer.

987. I... have to excuse myself momentarily

988. because this decision is too difficult.

989. I need a moment alone.

990. Excuse me ladies.

991. He just caught me off guard.

992. I was like, "Wow."

993. I could not believe this.

994. That totally, like, threw me by surprise.

995. I don't know what my feelings are

996. because I feel that RuPaul made a really bad decision

997. by letting Rebecca stay.

998. Okay.

999. Are you ladies ready?

1000. I've made my decision.

1001. Bebe, you brought to your performance tonight

1002. a fire and a hunger that I haven't seen before.

1003. And you did something I didn't think was possible.

1004. You outshined Ongina.

1005. Chante, you stay.

1006. Ongina, the first time I saw you,

1007. I thought you could walk away with this competition.

1008. You know why?

1009. Because you are a winner, baby.

1010. Thank you.

1011. And I know you'll take that with you wherever you go.

1012. Though this breaks my heart to say, sashay away.

1013. I'm disappointed with myself, but at the same time,

1014. really happy with what has happened.

1015. I made it to the final five.

1016. I didn't make it to the final four

1017. but Ongina is going to keep going.

1018. Laughter through tears, my dears.

1019. This contest will make us stronger.

1020. Congratulations.

1021. I'll see you all next week.

1022. And remember, if you can't love yourself,

1023. how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

1024. Can I get an amen in here?

1025. Amen.

1026. All right.

1027. Let the music play.