RuPaul's Drag Race 1x6

1. Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race.

2. I'm rolling with a new pit crew.

3. Your mission is to make over your girl fighter partner

4. into a real live female version of yourself!

5. Yes!

6. Rebecca, your girl fighter looked pretty and real.

7. You are the winner of this challenge.

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

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

10. Bebe, chante, you stay.

11. Ongina, sashay, away.

12. And tonight.

13. Dolls, I have a little bitty twist for you.

14. I don't know what more of myself I can give.

15. Oh.

16. I think Bebe's going to be sent home.

17. The winner of RuPauls' Drag Race will receive

18. a feature photo spread in Paper Magazine,

19. a portrait taken by renowned photographer Greg Gorman

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

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

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

23. and MAC Cosmetics.

24. And may the best woman win!

25. Hello girls.

26. Morning.

27. One more week to go.

28. Being in the final four is a dream come true

29. because I only have three more people to beat,

30. so the more people they eliminate,

31. the closer I get to the finish line.

32. I don't know if any of the other girls are angry

33. that I'm still here.

34. Oh, fuck it, none of the girls like me.

35. Me me me me me.

36. Rebecca has been able to mislead everybody

37. into believing how innocent she is.

38. But she hasn't misled me.

39. I know the fake person

40. that lies underneath all that cosmetics.

41. Hey racers.

42. As I speak, Paris is burning, Lindsay is dehydrated,

43. Britney's ordering from a drive through,

44. and Paula is just plain tired.

45. What's your excuse?

46. Pull it together for the next challenge

47. and you'll be around for the final lap

48. of RuPaul's Drag Race.

49. Now come meet me on the runway for your next mini challenge.

50. Hi ladies.

51. Hi.

52. Wow, the final four.

53. You dolls are the cream of the crop.

54. Now it's time to get back to basics.

55. Today's mini challenge is a vogue-off.

56. Now vogueing was introduced to the world

57. in the cult classic "Paris Is Burning".

58. And of course, the mainstream learned about vogueing

59. from another queen named Madonna.

60. You'll take turns vogueing and when the music starts,

61. you'll hit it.

62. At the end, I'll pick a winner.

63. So I want to see some popping, some dipping,

64. and some spinning.

65. That's right.

66. Bring it to the ball!

67. Representing the house of Cameroon, Bebe, you're up first.

68. I've never vogued before.

69. I mean, where I come from, I mean, obviously,

70. you don't hear of anything like a ball.

71. So it was a little challenging for me.

72. Let's watch this bitch turn it out.

73. House of Cameroon!

74. Africa!

75. Bebe Laphagia.

76. Bebe Laphagia.

77. Ooh!

78. House of Glasscock!

79. Why ya'll gagging so?

80. She bring it to you every ball.

81. Paint your face, honey.

82. Face.

83. Face.

84. Face.

85. Work the floor.

86. Popping, dipping, spinning.

87. Ooh!

88. Extravaganza power!

89. Opulence.

90. Yes, chop, chop, chop.

91. To me, vogueing is about posing

92. and just being bitchy and in your face.

93. And I did it well.

94. That was hot, girl.

95. All right, ladies, there are two of you

96. who really let the rhythm move you; Nina and Rebecca.

97. I was surprised at the vogue-off

98. because I think that it should have been Nina and myself.

99. You two are going to vogue it out.

100. Let the music play!

101. Yes!

102. The two super powers.

103. Latina power!

104. East meets west.

105. Double the extravaganza.

106. Oh, the battle royale.

107. Wow!

108. And snatching the trophy at this ball is...

109. House of Flowers!

110. Woo!

111. It felt great to win.

112. Nina Flowers, you've won this challenge

113. and you'll find out what your prize is in a few minutes.

114. Nina did the best but she's much older than me

115. and she was probably at the club

116. when they started doing vogueing.

117. Do do do do do do.

118. Do do do do do do.

119. All right.

120. All right.

121. Now you girls really showed me some moves today.

122. Now, tomorrow on the main stage,

123. we're gonna throw a house ball like no other.

124. This ball will be sponsored by Absolut Vodka.

125. In the house ball, you'll be asked to create

126. not one, not two, but three different drag looks.

127. Oh.

128. The first category is swimwear

129. because looking sexy and unspookable in a swimsuit

130. is the ultimate test of a drag illusionist.

131. The second category is realness.

132. Executive realness.

133. You will be asked to pass as a real business woman,

134. not a drag queen.

135. Think CEO diva.

136. For this category you will be allowed to use

137. your own wardrobe or start from scratch.

138. And the final category is evening gown.

139. I want to be gagging on the extravaganza

140. and eleganza of evening wear.

141. Oh my god.

142. We have to get all of this together

143. and so I'm just going crazy.

144. This is your opportunity to pull out all the stops.

145. For the evening gown competition,

146. the good folks at Marco Marco

147. are here to lend you a helping hand.

148. Now, I'd like to introduce you to an absolute genius

149. from Absolut Vodka, Mr. Jeffrey Moran.

150. Hi Jeffrey.

151. How are you?

152. Good to see you.

153. Good to see you.

154. Hi ladies.

155. Hi.

156. Now you have something you want to tell our ladies?

157. First, I'm thrilled to be part of your challenge.

158. And we at Absolut believe that starting with something simple

159. and natural can lead to something really big.

160. Take, for instance, the flavored vodkas; citron,

161. mandarin, raspberry; each one has a memorable impression

162. and a lasting flavor that everyone loves.

163. That's your inspiration for the challenge.

164. Now dolls, to further inspire your creations,

165. each of you will represent a different Absolut fruit flavor;

166. Miss Citron, Miss Raspberry, Miss Mango,

167. and Miss Mandarin.

168. Now Nina, you won the vogueing challenge.

169. Your prize is that you get to assign the fruit flavors.

170. So Nina, what flavor?

171. I'm gonna go with mango.

172. Nina is Miss Mango.

173. Bring it!

174. Miss Bebe will be raspberry.

175. All right.

176. Miss Shannel will be Miss Mandarin.

177. And Miss Rebecca Glasscock, Miss Citron.

178. So dolls, in addition to making this

179. the hottest house ball in history, don't forget,

180. the judges will be looking for your charisma,

181. uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

182. In the House of Absolut.

183. Gentlemen, start your engines.

184. And may the best woman win!

185. All the fabrics were provided to us

186. so everybody had the same stuff to work with.

187. Right now it's really overwhelming to me

188. because how am I going to do all of this,

189. be able to make sure that all the work is done?

190. And so I'm just thinking, "Okay, what do I start with?

191. Where do I put this?

192. What would I have to work with?"

193. Brr brr brr brr brr.

194. It is so frustrating.

195. I am supposed to be Miss Raspberry,

196. Miss Absolut Raspberry,

197. and I'm supposed to represent raspberry.

198. This is going to be interesting.

199. Very interesting.

200. Mine is just too bubblegum, too candy.

201. I mean, I love red but the colors are just not working.

202. I mean, do you think this color goes with this?

203. Exactly.

204. That's how I feel.

205. I was frustrated because this challenge is quite a lot.

206. We have three different challenges in one.

207. We have to present an executive realness.

208. We have to do an evening gown.

209. And then we have to do swimsuit.

210. Miss Bebe, how do you feel about this?

211. Girl, I'm going through it right now.

212. I don't even know where to start.

213. I think Bebe's gonna do extremely poorly

214. on the challenge.

215. It's either she pulls something out of the hat

216. or she's going to be sent home.

217. How do you feel about this, Shannel?

218. Horrible.

219. Yeah?

220. I'm not so much worried about designing the bathing suit

221. 'cause I can pretty much put a piece of strap around me.

222. Well, luckily you don't have any problem because you have a body.

223. That I'm not worried about.

224. You have a body.

225. I have an idea in my mind, it's executing...

226. I need a pen.

227. I'm very visual with things.

228. And I'm very good with, you know, give me something

229. and I'll drape things and I'll piece it together.

230. But when it comes to the construction of something,

231. it's out in left field somewhere to me.

232. With the bathing suit, it's like I don't even know

233. where to begin to do all of that.

234. Right.

235. I'm not a seamstress.

236. Me either.

237. Bottom line.

238. I don't sew.

239. See, I'm scared to wear this,

240. which I could wear for my executive

241. but then I'm gonna be told it's too much again.

242. It's hard.

243. It's absolutely horrible.

244. It's hard.

245. In my case, I don't have any realness executive look

246. because I don't dress like an executive.

247. And yet again, it's greens.

248. I mean, what woman do you see going to the office in green?

249. I think my laid-back attitude

250. has been to my advantage in this competition

251. because when you're trying to control everything

252. and can't control anything,

253. that's when you fuck everything up.

254. But I feel pretty confident.

255. I'm very competitive.

256. I've just gotta keep my eye on the prize

257. and play this as a game.

258. Rebecca is here for the game.

259. I see many different sides of Rebecca.

260. Some are very nice, very beautiful, very put together,

261. and some are a little underhanded.

262. Is there pens in there?

263. What?

264. Is there pens?

265. Girl, just use one of your eyeliner pencils or something.

266. It's just a sketch.

267. No, I want a pen

268. and I had one that was with my notebook that's now gone.

269. No one likes Rebecca

270. but she is able to stir the pot and to create some drama.

271. That's why she's here.

272. But I'm not bitter about that.

273. That's okay.

274. You know how you create, like, the halter-top and stuff?

275. How do you do it?

276. Bring me the piece of paper and I'm going to draw it.

277. Bebe was asking me how do I do this?

278. How do I do that?

279. To me, it's very important that we can work together

280. and look good.

281. You fold the fabric.

282. Yeah, like this, right?

283. And this is going to be the front and this is the back.

284. Okay.

285. You have to fold it into a square?

286. Exactly.

287. Yeah.

288. At this point I'm just worried about finishing my own stuff.

289. So the last thing on my mind is the three other girls.

290. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

291. Hello, hello, hello.

292. My little up and coming legendary children.

293. Hi Shannel.

294. Hey.

295. How are you, darling?

296. Stressed.

297. Are you stressed?

298. Very.

299. If I knew how to sew.

300. Is that what you're the most nervous about

301. is your sewmanship?

302. Yeah, I mean, I drew my designs out that I want.

303. Just, you know, the execution of it is hard

304. so this is a big challenge for me.

305. Yeah?

306. Now, throughout the competition

307. the judges have sort of gotten on you

308. about being a little more realer.

309. Now where are you going to sort of reveal more of yourself?

310. More realness?

311. You know, this is significantly more understated

312. than what I would normally do.

313. Very tasteful.

314. I would normally have peplums and, you know,

315. a real big asymmetrical collar and things like that.

316. I am a showgirl from Las Vegas.

317. I like big, grand, over the top costumes.

318. I'm not one to wear simple things and to do simple things.

319. There is a level of expectation that you have to uphold.

320. This is not an easy challenge.

321. I'm setting myself up for failure.

322. Somehow I believe you can do it.

323. You have shown such stick-with-it-ness

324. throughout this competition that I believe in you.

325. I believe you can do it.

326. I appreciate that.

327. 'Cause I don't believe in myself right now,

328. to be honest with you.

329. No, don't say that.

330. All right, let's move on.

331. Rebecca.

332. Miss Citron.

333. Hey.

334. So what do you have planned?

335. How are you gonna blow me away creatively?

336. That's a secret.

337. Oh!

338. Ancient Chinese secret, huh?

339. Yes.

340. How are you gonna hide your candy

341. in a fabric so sheer, so revealing?

342. I haven't thought it out that far.

343. Yeah.

344. So I'm just going with the flow.

345. Well it's a bold strategy and I hope it pays off for you.

346. I don't want to tell him anything.

347. I want everything to be a surprise

348. for when I walk out on the runway, he's truly surprised.

349. It's not something that he saw in the works.

350. Ah ah.

351. That's the secret, isn't it?

352. But then I kind of sort of afterwards

353. wanted to show him my work because, you never know,

354. a girl could have copied something that I was doing

355. and then he never saw it, then he might think

356. that I copied it off of the other girl.

357. It could happen.

358. The bottom line is she has no fucking clue

359. what she was making.

360. Now, you're Raspberry, right Bebe?

361. I am.

362. How's it going?

363. You seem a little defeated.

364. No, I don't think defeat is the right word.

365. Confused is.

366. I'm just going crazy.

367. I'm like, "Wow."

368. Ru, do you know how difficult it is to be six-foot-two

369. and you have to work with two yards of fabric?

370. Well, you know, us big girls have to work a little harder

371. because there's so little.

372. Which is so unfair.

373. Well, life is not fair, Bebe.

374. I have two words for you.

375. What?

376. Extravaganza eleganza!

377. All right, darling.

378. I'm gonna let you get back to work.

379. Nina Flowers!

380. Hi.

381. Miss Mango.

382. Miss Mango.

383. Now, you are very proficient

384. at using that sewing machine, aren't you?

385. I have to confess that I'm very good using the machine

386. when I have patterns.

387. Unfortunately I didn't brought any with me.

388. Oh, you don't have patterns, huh?

389. But I decided to take one of my shirts and I cut it

390. and, actually, I'm just using it as a pattern.

391. I see.

392. When you were growing up, was there a woman who you idolized

393. who was an executive?

394. Who are you basing it on?

395. I'm basing the executive woman in the image of my mom

396. as a secretary.

397. She was always very conservative and very elegant.

398. That's my role model for this inspiration on this look.

399. Mothers are very influential in drag queens

400. and she's no longer with us.

401. She passed away five years ago.

402. But she's still with me all the way.

403. She was not only my mom, she was my best friend.

404. And she always encouraged me

405. to go for the things that I wanted in life.

406. So she's a big part of this.

407. I will honor her in that executive outfit.

408. She's here with me in spirit.

409. Wow.

410. Yeah.

411. Good luck.

412. Thank you so much.

413. All right, darling.

414. Dolls, can I get your attention?

415. I have a little announcement to make.

416. Now, I know you guys are under a lot of pressure

417. and it's important to do your work here,

418. but it's also important to remember to have some fun.

419. To spice it up a little bit.

420. A little Absolut cocktail party!

421. Please welcome an all-around entertainer...

422. Charo, come on out here, honey.

423. Mwah, mwah.

424. Hey baby!

425. Look at you!

426. How gorgeous.

427. I love Charo because she's funny.

428. She's really tiny in person and she's got really big boobs.

429. Thank you for invite me.

430. Look at what I bring.

431. Look at what you've brought us.

432. A fiesta.

433. A fiesta.

434. Today we're gonna have fiesta.

435. to dance.

436. First, you can do like Samba, okay?

437. Uh huh.

438. Second, you have to hold your partner very tight.

439. Uh huh.

440. It's like spooning.

441. Yeah, spooning, yes.

442. Be careful.

443. Spooning leads to forking.

444. Uh huh.

445. Okay?

446. Charo has such a big spirit.

447. I mean, it's like everybody's so tense and so she comes

448. and it's like uplifting your spirit,

449. making you forget about how much work you have to do

450. and just taking that little break to just laugh.

451. Me advice to give you, remember it's the walk.

452. It's how you sell it.

453. How about a walking lesson?

454. Okay, chest is up, stomach is in.

455. Even if you don't breathe, never mind.

456. If you drop dead, you drop dead with class.

457. Yes.

458. And then, act like you own the world.

459. Uno, dos, uno, dos.

460. I am the biggest bitch in the world.

461. Charo was talking about being a bitch,

462. which means that you have to have confidence,

463. you have to have attitude, and you have to be very sassy.

464. But not necessarily mean.

465. Bebe.

466. Woo hoo!

467. All right, girls.

468. Time for us to go.

469. But before we do, I have one little bitty twist for you

470. involving our challenge.

471. Now, because tomorrow's house ball is all about realness,

472. you need to incorporate your real fruit

473. into your evening gown presentation.

474. Oh.

475. Now the judges are going to be looking to see

476. how clever you are

477. and how you accessorize with your real fruit.

478. Now make me proud and remember, don't fuck it up.

479. Are you ready my dear?

480. I am ready.

481. Buena suerte.

482. Adios.

483. Adios!

484. Seriously?

485. Real fruit?

486. Just to really make it more painful,

487. I have to use natural fruits on my dress.

488. And I have raspberry, and it's really a messy kind of fruit.

489. It's small but it's very messy.

490. I don't know what I'm gonna do with the fruit, girl.

491. At least you have a fruit you can manage.

492. Yeah, right, the mango.

493. That is huge.

494. How am I gonna place a mango in an evening gown, you know.

495. That's gonna be real tacky.

496. It's gonna look hideous.

497. Who would want to wear that?

498. Nobody.

499. Not even me.

500. Fruits everywhere!

501. Good morning children.

502. Fruity fruity.

503. This morning, all of us were very concerned

504. because we weren't finished.

505. All right,

506. the hot glue is not even holding the raspberries, honey.

507. Well, you were the one next to me saying,

508. "I want raspberry."

509. Until I hear I had to use the fruit.

510. Yes loca.

511. So did everybody sleep well?

512. No.

513. Why?

514. Because I couldn't get my mind off of this shit.

515. I've had about two hours of sleep,

516. and due to the fact that it is elimination day,

517. it makes me feel like I don't even know

518. why I should bother going on

519. when I just don't seem to be successful.

520. I don't know what more of myself I can give.

521. Shannel's just running around freaking out,

522. but I'm just a pacer.

523. I can't help it.

524. I'm not really thinking about anything when I pace,

525. it's just a natural thing.

526. I'll get up and just start pacing.

527. She's a little delusional.

528. I mean, she walks around, she paces the floors.

529. I think she's a little cuckoo.

530. I think that in her mind

531. she thinks that she's won this entire competition,

532. and if she has,

533. I think that that would be a very sad representation

534. of what drag is supposed to be in America.

535. My favorite part of doing drag is the transformation.

536. It's amazing how I'm able to change

537. while I'm doing my makeup, my pads,

538. my hair, and while I'm doing every single step,

539. Nina takes over more and more.

540. And finally when she's done,

541. it's a different persona comes out.

542. And it's really where the art is.

543. Opulence.

544. You own everything!

545. Good evening

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

547. I'd like to say hi to my fabulous judges.

548. First, fashion journalist

549. and best-selling author, Merle Ginsberg.

550. Hello!

551. And hello to the shamelessly outspoken designer

552. who is no stranger to the runway,

553. shake the dice, steal the rice, Santino.

554. Ru.

555. Our guest judge this week is Absolut Vodka's image czar.

556. Please welcome Jeffrey Moran.

557. And our extra special guest judge this week;

558. actress, singer, and former Miss Venezuela,

559. Maria Conchita Alonso.

560. Thank you.

561. Now, the challenge this week

562. was for the girls to throw a house ball

563. representing a different real fruit flavor.

564. Each girl was asked to bring their own outrageous style

565. to three categories.

566. Are you ready?

567. Yep.

568. Yep.

569. Ready.

570. This is gonna be fun.

571. Gentlemen, start your engines.

572. And may the best woman win!

573. Category is executive realness, 18 through 35.

574. Bring it to the ball.

575. I loved my executive look and I think it just worked perfect.

576. I was presenting the Zahara Enterprize.

577. Ooh, CEO my, my, my.

578. Miss Bebe Benet.

579. Ooh.

580. Bebe, in an Absolut world,

581. why should you win RuPaul's Drag Race?

582. I should win this because I would let people out there

583. know there's pride and there's dignity in what we do.

584. Dressing up for a living does not make us less of a man.

585. Thank you, Bebe.

586. Nina Flowers.

587. I was completely lost

588. when I started creating my executive realness.

589. But it turned out I was conservative

590. and I wasn't selling sex.

591. Beautiful.

592. This is some, like, Geena Davis realness.

593. Yeah, she's gorgeous.

594. Yeah.

595. Hello Nina.

596. Hi.

597. Why should you win RuPaul's Drag Race?

598. For the past 15 years of my life,

599. I have dedicated myself to the art of female impersonation.

600. And that is why I feel I should win this competition

601. because I want to be able to share with the world

602. my experience and inspire others.

603. Thank you, Nina.

604. Shannel.

605. I was very pleased with my selection

606. for the executive look.

607. So I was pretty confident today.

608. Maybe that's Bebe calling her.

609. Could be.

610. A mega merger.

611. Now Shannel, why should you win?

612. First of all, good afternoon,

613. RuPaul and our distinguished panel of judges.

614. As an entertainer and as a gentleman,

615. I am happy with who I am.

616. I look in the mirror and I love myself.

617. I love who I am.

618. So I thank you all, and most importantly,

619. I am honored to be here.

620. My name is Shannel.

621. Thank you all so much and have a wonderful night.

622. Thank you, Shannel.

623. Thank you.

624. Rebecca Glasscock.

625. Oh, is that a call?

626. Hello?

627. Donald Trump, you old geezer.

628. Oh, this is her yellow.

629. Oh!

630. Very pretty.

631. That's right.

632. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the boardroom.

633. Rebecca Glasscock, why should you win?

634. I want this.

635. I really do.

636. This is my dream.

637. I have the drive and the determination

638. and I'm gonna keep going and keep going

639. until I fulfill my dream.

640. Thank you, Rebecca.

641. Category is swimsuit.

642. Oh, the reveal.

643. Gorgeous.

644. Tasty.

645. Raspberry never looked so good.

646. How do you hide things?

647. Ancient Chinese secrets.

648. Hello there, I am Miss Absolut Raspberry.

649. Delicious.

650. Ooh!

651. It'skind of very Brigitte Bardot in Cannes.

652. Yes it is.

653. It really is.

654. Nina.

655. Miss Mango.

656. I am Absolut Vodka and I represent Miss Mango.

657. Mmm.

658. Oh!

659. That is hot.

660. Wow.

661. Look at those bows.

662. Her body is like so womanly.

663. Isn't that incredible?

664. Now I want orange juice.

665. Yeah, I'm thirsty all of a sudden.

666. Yeah.

667. Yeah.

668. Well, hi there.

669. I am a delicious Miss Mandarin.

670. Mmm.

671. Yes, something to wash down the fava beans.

672. I knew that was coming.

673. I swear I did.

674. Ooh!

675. She is the Sunshine State.

676. Look at those little lemons on top of her head.

677. Uh huh.

678. Hi, I'm Rebecca Glasscock and I'm your Absolut Citron girl.

679. Woo.

680. Category evening gown extravaganza!

681. My inspiration was very Diana Ross.

682. I just made it very simple, very clean lines,

683. different points of interest, and just let the whole body

684. and the selling of it talk for itself.

685. Rossberry.

686. Miss Diana Rossberry.

687. Fruit is the new fur.

688. That's very green.

689. Yes, it's very green.

690. I've never seen such a conservative look on her.

691. Oh, and look, she's got the mango in her collar

692. and in her belt ornament.

693. Beautiful.

694. Nicely done.

695. Opulence.

696. You own everything!

697. Oh wow.

698. Wow.

699. Diamond 'Lil.

700. She is ripe.

701. Uh huh.

702. And if she falls asleep, she's got a pillow.

703. She's got a pillow on her shoulder.

704. That's right.

705. Nolan Miller eat your heart out.

706. Lemoncello.

707. Lemoncello.

708. Yes.

709. Lemon chiffon.

710. I ended up falling in love with the color

711. and everything worked out for my advantage

712. because all the other girls were having problems

713. incorporating the fruit into their outfits

714. so I'm feeling lucky and let's see what the judges think.

715. Now it's time for your evaluations.

716. Bebe, we'll start with you.

717. All right, Maria, what did you think

718. of the three faces of Bebe?

719. Every look you gave me a different thing,

720. which was great.

721. And your butt is incredible too, you know.

722. And your makeup with all three looks has been

723. the best that I've seen you have this entire time.

724. The executive was fabulous.

725. She was sexy but she wasn't too sexy.

726. 'Cause if you go too far, it's like you want to fuck the boss,

727. not you want to be the boss.

728. You really exude a certain sexiness

729. and you really were very evocative of the fruit.

730. Like chocolate covered raspberry tasty.

731. Bebe, I think you have a date for Saturday night,

732. by the way.

733. Nina.

734. Miss Mango.

735. When you came out in the swimming suit,

736. you're not going towards the sex thing of what we all expect

737. but more demure, more feminine.

738. You did get the most seductive and sexy fruit that there is

739. and you balanced the sexiness with a real richness.

740. The bathing suit cape, that was so smart.

741. And it totally made the whole thing really feminine.

742. I think that you probably did the best

743. to organically incorporate the fruit into your eveningwear.

744. It's phenomenal that you used the rind.

745. I think that was very smart.

746. It looks beautiful.

747. Thank you.

748. Next up is Shannel.

749. You are Miss Mandarin.

750. Santino, what did you think?

751. Orange looks great on your skin

752. and you always astound me with the costume.

753. But there's something that's not connecting with me.

754. Like I hear you say all the right things

755. but I'm just not feeling it.

756. It doesn't come off as authentic.

757. Okay, fair enough.

758. I liked the executive realness look the best

759. because, I mean, you always look beautiful

760. but we could see how really pretty you are.

761. And I thought you looked like Donald Trump's next ex-wife.

762. When you walked out in the bathing suit, I mean,

763. it was plucked off the tree.

764. It was very natural.

765. And then when we got to the evening gown,

766. I almost feel like we went a little too much.

767. This would be like a drink I'd be afraid to order.

768. But the bathing suit I'd order in a second.

769. All right.

770. Thank you, Jeffrey.

771. Hi Rebecca.

772. Hi.

773. Maria, what did you think?

774. I don't like much your dress.

775. It's reading like corn.

776. It is giving me another message

777. that doesn't really relate to the lemon or citron.

778. And then I wish maybe there was more attention to detail

779. on the hem of your dress.

780. I mean, look at the hem of Nina's dress

781. and see that everything is hemmed.

782. But I have to say, your hair is phenomenal

783. with the lemons in it.

784. Thank you.

785. So girls, earlier I asked you all

786. why you should be the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race.

787. Now, I have to ask you each

788. who should be eliminated tonight and why.

789. Rebecca, what's your answer?

790. Do we just get to pick one?

791. No, you can pick three.

792. You know what?

793. My three competitors are nice girls and I love 'em all,

794. but some of them have already peaked

795. at what they were gonna do drag-wise and I, you know,

796. should have the opportunity to progress and grow.

797. I hear 'ya.

798. But I, honestly, I really do need you to give me one name.

799. Out of the three I would say Shannel.

800. Okay.

801. And why is that?

802. She's a little annoying, you know, at times.

803. Thank you.

804. All right, Nina.

805. Who should be eliminated tonight?

806. Rebecca.

807. Why?

808. Because America's Next Drag Queen Superstar

809. should be someone with experience so that this person

810. can take the title with dignity and respect.

811. All right, Bebe.

812. Same question.

813. I would say Rebecca because working with her is frustrating

814. and, really when it comes down to it,

815. amongst all of us, I know Rebecca is at a lower level.

816. That's what I have to say.

817. Thank you, Bebe.

818. Shannel, who should be eliminated tonight?

819. I'm so glad you asked me this question.

820. I nominate myself because I don't want to be here anymore.

821. Since day one I have been judged really hard

822. and I'm very frustrated that you can't see the personality

823. because I am so fucking real you have no idea.

824. And I don't feel that I am being understood here.

825. So much of what comes back to me is negative.

826. Week after week when we come into an elimination round,

827. I am so negatively critiqued.

828. Nobody can expect to be positive

829. if you are continually getting negative.

830. Everybody is always being told how gorgeous

831. and how beautiful they are.

832. Nobody on the panel, because I pay attention to this,

833. have told me that I'm beautiful.

834. I am beautiful.

835. I'm a beautiful person internally and on the outside.

836. And it's so, so frustrating to me

837. that that image does not seem to be conveyed.

838. You are beautiful.

839. You are really beautiful.

840. Thank you.

841. Thank you.

842. You are.

843. You are.

844. That sounds so nice to hear.

845. It's true and I'm sorry,

846. I thought I had told you earlier, I really did.

847. And I'm sorry if I hadn't earlier.

848. You know, I've told all the girls,

849. you're here because you are the best.

850. But I haven't won one single challenge.

851. Not a mini challenge or another challenge.

852. Not one.

853. But you're still in the race.

854. And that's why I question why.

855. Why when I get so much negativity that comes to me,

856. why am I even still here?

857. I would not like you to leave.

858. You are a great contender for this contest.

859. In answer to your question, I nominate myself.

860. Thank you, Shannel.

861. Okay, ladies, while we contemplate who should stay,

862. you all wait in the Interior Illusions Lounge.

863. The judges and I will deliberate.

864. Oh wow, judges, we are at a whole new level now.

865. Shannel.

866. Wow, what is that about?

867. I don't know if she did this on purpose to grab the attention.

868. Well, I can't help but think that maybe this is a strategy.

869. Everybody else has shown us a mix

870. of vulnerability and fabulousness

871. and she doesn't really want to go there.

872. But you know, she just did.

873. She just did.

874. And you have to kind of look at that.

875. That was the real Shannel, I think.

876. I have to wonder, is it her own star power

877. overshadowing her ability to take the competition

878. for what it's worth?

879. And if you can't take the heat, that's not gonna work.

880. So to go out there and to take on, "Oh, they don't like me,"

881. or, you know, "Nobody said how beautiful I am."

882. Well, you know what, it's a given.

883. She's gorgeous.

884. Out of the four girls I think the one that, for me,

885. that looks more like could do a job

886. as amazing as you've done in your career, is Bebe.

887. Yeah.

888. And she's like, "I'm here," you know.

889. Yeah.

890. And her body and the attitude.

891. And her dress was flawless.

892. I thought you couldn't really tell the difference

893. between that dress and something coming down the runway

894. from Valentino Couture.

895. If it were me, I would have probably cried

896. if those raspberries were given to me.

897. I was really impressed, amazed, and astounded

898. that they stuck in her hair.

899. Okay, Rebecca took a lot of hits from her competitors today.

900. I'm wondering if that's why she said

901. all these bitches need to leave.

902. Y'all have gotta go.

903. Of these four,

904. she would be my pick as the weakest of these four.

905. Nina Flowers.

906. I loved Nina's gown.

907. She picked the best fruit

908. and so she was in a place to really just take it somewhere.

909. I loved Nina's originality

910. and the way she put the mangoes on the collar.

911. That was really adorable.

912. I like that she always surprises us.

913. Mm hmm.

914. Thank you, judges.

915. Thank you.

916. Bring the girls back.

917. Welcome back ladies.

918. Let's begin.

919. Bebe.

920. Miss Raspberry Benet.

921. You came from the brink of elimination

922. and this week you were the belle of the house ball.

923. You turned it out three times.

924. Bebe, you're the winner of this challenge.

925. Congratulations.

926. Thank you, judges.

927. Now, as you know, there is no immunity this week.

928. But you have won a custom made dress

929. from Miami Elite Designs.

930. You're safe and you have made it to the final lap

931. of RuPaul's Drag Race.

932. Congratulations.

933. Nina Flowers.

934. Yes.

935. Your look screamed realness,

936. which is exactly what we were looking for.

937. You are safe.

938. You've made it to the final lap of RuPaul's Drag Race.

939. Thank you so much.

940. So we are down to two queens.

941. Shannel, Rebecca.

942. You represent two different stages of drag

943. and each of you has something that the other lacks.

944. First is Rebecca.

945. You're young, vulnerable,

946. and you've come a long way in this competition.

947. And then there's Shannel.

948. Glamorous, seasoned, showgirl Shannel.

949. And I want you to know right now, Shannel,

950. you are beautiful.

951. But you didn't need me to tell you that.

952. But it sounds good.

953. In a moment one of you will be asked to chante,

954. which means you can stay.

955. And one of you will be asked to sashay away.

956. Prior to tonight you were asked to prepare

957. a lip sync performance of one of my favorite songs;

958. "Shackles" by Mary Mary.

959. This is your last chance to impress me

960. and save yourself from elimination.

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

962. Don't fuck it up.

963. Let the music play.

964. Wow.

965. Mm.

966. Okay, ladies, I've made my decision.

967. Rebecca, no matter when our time together ends,

968. for you it's only gonna be the beginning.

969. Week after week it's your potential that's kept you here

970. and it's gonna keep you here again.

971. Chante, you stay.

972. Thank you all.

973. Shannel, even though your time here has come to an end,

974. your contribution to the world of drag is undeniable.

975. Thank you, Shannel.

976. No problem.

977. Thank you.

978. Now sashay away.

979. Shannel wanted this so bad that I think it turned against her.

980. I got on this show, I was able to show the world

981. that I have a fabulous body, that I am beautiful,

982. which was so nice to be told finally today.

983. I already won.

984. To my top three.

985. Congratulations.

986. For you, RuPaul's Drag Race has just begun, so remember,

987. if you can't love yourself,

988. how in the hell you gonna love somebody else.

989. Can I get an amen?

990. Amen.

991. Let the music play.

992. And then there were three.