RuPaul's Drag Race 3x10

1. - Previously on

2. RuPaul's Drag Race...

3. There is no place like

4. the U.S. of A...

5. - No foam here.

6. 100% American, made in the USA.

7. - Wah!

8. - Papi, I want you to come back

9. home, baby!

10. - Alexis Mateo,

11. you made us proud.

12. Condragulations.

13. You are the winner

14. of this challenge.

15. - I wanna say thank you to that

16. special person

17. that's shown me that I needed

18. to love myself first.

19. - Ladies... I have made

20. my decision.

21. For the first time

22. in Drag Race history,

23. no one is going home tonight.

24. - What?

25. - And tonight, Rupaulapalooza!

26. - Ooh!

27. - The dolls hit a high note.

28. - But some fall flat.

29. No.

30. - And extra-special guest judges

31. Jody Watley and Carmen Electra.

32. The winner of

33. RuPaul's Drag Race

34. will receive a lifetime supply

35. of Kryolan professional makeup,

36. headline Logo's Drag Race tour,

37. featuring cocktails perfected

38. by Absolut,

39. and a cash prize of $75,000.

40. And may the best woman win.

41. - Buon giorno, buon giorno.

42. - Back again, new day.

43. - We're all still here.

44. It's a new day, and there's

45. still six of us...

46. because no one went home, so...

47. we'll see what's gonna happen.

48. - Why do you think Ru gave us

49. another opportunity?

50. - Honestly, I think that Ru

51. feels like

52. she says... like we're both really

53. fierce queens.

54. Like if I was anyone else in

55. this competition,

56. I might feel a little bit like

57. oh, shit, like...

58. Ru feels like we're too good

59. to go.

60. I would be nervous.

61. - Can somebody just slap her

62. and wake her up?

63. - I wasn't expect to be in

64. the bottom two.

65. - You never expected...

66. - And, yes, I know... and I know.

67. I know, I know, but... I still

68. have something to learn.

69. I appreciate that RuPaul give me

70. another opportunity.

71. I cannot fuck it up.

72. - Ooh, girl, you got she mail!

73. Hey, dragsters.

74. Hey!

75. - Listen up.

76. Can you hear that?

77. It's herstory calling.

78. Learn to embrace the past.

79. Make it your own... and you just

80. might be America's next

81. drag superstar.

82. Hello, hello, hello!

83. Hi... my gorgeous queens.

84. Now, to kick things off, we're

85. gonna play a little game

86. of Rusical chairs.

87. Oh!

88. - It's a lot like

89. musical chairs.

90. When the music stops,

91. who's ever left standing

92. has to finish the lyric.

93. If you get it right, you get

94. to give a queen the boot.

95. But if you're wrong, you're out.

96. Oh, and you have to play

97. the game wearing high heels.

98. - Oh, of course!

99. - Are you ready?

100. - Yes!

101. - Let the music play.

102. - Oh!

103. - Ah ha!

104. - Carmen is left standing.

105. What lyric comes next?

106. - Um...

107. - Ding ding ding ding ding!

108. You got it!

109. - Mm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm!

110. - You get to give one

111. of the queens the boot.

112. - I choose... Shangela.

113. - I knew it was me.

114. - Bye!

115. - Let the music play!

116. - Ha ha ha ha!

117. - Carmen, dear, are you on

118. a five-second delay

119. or something?

120. What lyric comes next?

121. - I got to think about this one.

122. I'd rather something than try to

123. fit in.

124. Damn, these bitches got me.

125. - I'm sorry, Carmen,

126. but you are out.

127. You may join Shangela.

128. Let the music play.

129. - Oh!

130. - Ha ha!

131. - That is right.

132. Ha ha ha ha!

133. - Get out, girl!

134. Oh!

135. - There are two chairs left

136. and three queens.

137. - Ha ha ha ha!

138. All right, Yara.

139. - Can't wait to hear this.

140. I don't know!

141. - Time is up, Yara, I'm sorry.

142. But go ahead and join

143. the other girls.

144. Okay, we have two girls

145. and one chair.

146. Sounds like a video you can

147. watch online.

148. Okay. Let the music play.

149. Aah!

150. - Ah ha ha!

151. - All right, Raja.

152. Do you know the lyric?

153. - Mm...

154. - We have a winner!

155. - Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop!

156. Ow!

157. - Now, it is time to pump up

158. the volume.

159. For this week's main challenge,

160. you'll need to find inspiration

161. from the vast herstory of music

162. to perform in a ladyboy music

163. festival

164. we're calling...

165. Rupaulapalooza...

166. sponsored by Absolut vodka.

167. Please welcome Jeffrey Moran.

168. Hi!

169. - Hi, guys.

170. There are a couple of things

171. I think you need to know as you

172. go through the competition.

173. You need to let your personality

174. show through.

175. We really wanna see that you

176. know who you are.

177. Show us what it means to be

178. part of this family and part

179. of Absolut.

180. - Now, ladies, this week

181. each of you will record

182. the brand-new RuPaul song

183. Super Star.

184. Ooh!

185. - But each of you will be

186. interpreting it in a totally

187. different

188. and timeless musical style.

189. Your options are hip-hop...

190. country...

191. disco...

192. reggae...

193. punk, or pop.

194. Now, Manila, since you won

195. the mini-challenge,

196. you get to choose first.

197. And then one at a time,

198. you decide who chooses next.

199. - I'm gonna go with...

200. bloo, bloo, bloo, bloo, bloo...

201. disco!

202. - Ooh-ah, ooh-ah, ooh-ah!

203. - Now, Manila, who gets

204. to choose next?

205. - We'll go with Raja.

206. - I want punk.

207. - Who gets to go next?

208. - Yara.

209. - Yara gets to go next.

210. Come on over, Yara.

211. - Manila picks Yara, not Carmen.

212. What happened to Team Heather?

213. - I'm gonna take pop.

214. - All right, Manila,

215. who goes next?

216. - Alexis.

217. - Alexis.

218. - Thank you, Manila.

219. - I get what you're trying to

220. do, Manila,

221. but girl, just pick

222. the Heathers.

223. Who cares about those boogers?

224. Girl, stop being fair.

225. - I'm gonna take the hip-hop.

226. - All right, mami.

227. - Next is Carmen.

228. - Next is Carmen.

229. - Finally.

230. - Carmen, are you feeling

231. coun-try?

232. Or are you feeling reg... gae?

233. - I really like reggae.

234. So I'm gonna go with reggae.

235. - Okay!

236. And of course, that means,

237. Shangela, you are our

238. country queen.

239. - I'm straight out

240. of Paris, Texas,

241. and I'm going to hold onto

242. the country.

243. - All right, ladies, before

244. your recording session,

245. you'll have time to rehearse

246. and put together

247. an appropriate performance

248. outfit.

249. Until then, gentlemen...

250. start your engines...

251. and may the best woman win!

252. - Carmen Carrera.

253. Join us here on

254. Alexis Mateo Show.

255. You have any questions

256. for our comedy queen?

257. - No, I thought you... I thought

258. you was gonna ask...

259. I thought this was your show.

260. - I'm giving you the free option

261. to say something to her before

262. we continue

263. just criticizing you.

264. Manila just took me by surprise.

265. - I wasn't expecting her

266. to pick me first.

267. I know her.

268. She would have said okay.

269. Now, who do I think's gonna try

270. to turn this competition?

271. I don't want them to have

272. the music they want.

273. - I don't really read into

274. those things.

275. I think that some people might

276. want to, you know, stir up

277. some drama because of that, but

278. I think that's why she did it.

279. - Oh, I don't think nobody's

280. trying to stir up drama.

281. But you can be stupid all day

282. long,

283. pretend to be aloof,

284. but I know better, honey.

285. You go play that one with

286. somebody else.

287. - I think Alexis and Shangela

288. wanna start drama.

289. Fuck those hos.

290. Who cares?

291. Maybe she did and maybe

292. she didn't.

293. I don't know.

294. I'm gonna ask that bitch.

295. Gonna ask her now.

296. They're trying to say that

297. you're trying to sabotage me

298. because I only had two options

299. instead of four,

300. and I should have been called up

301. there after this bitch.

302. - You know what, honey,

303. it's not shade.

304. I'm not strategizing

305. besides myself.

306. - Oh, so you're being selfish.

307. - Going down the line was like

308. the easiest and fairest

309. way to do it, 'cause I don't

310. wanna start drama

311. being like picking you guys

312. first and then having

313. all the other girls being like,

314. "Oh, Manila's just picking

315. the Heathers."

316. - I actually wanted the reggae

317. one, actually, so...

318. - Well, then it worked out,

319. so what are you fucking

320. complaining about, bitch?

321. - I'm not complaining about

322. anything.

323. Don't get me twisted, honey.

324. - You know what? No.

325. Carmen's trying to start up

326. some motherfucking drama!

327. She's turning into Shangela.

328. The main challenge this week

329. is we have to record

330. our own version

331. of RuPaul's new single

332. Super Star,

333. and we have to perform it in

334. front of a live audience.

335. - It is battle of the vocals

336. right now.

337. Everyone is doing their song.

338. - Girl, I thought I was at

339. the audition for Glee.

340. - [off-key]

341. - Yara sounds horrible.

342. - Maybe tone is lost in

343. translation.

344. - She don't sing it in Spanish.

345. She doesn't sing in English.

346. She doesn't sing in

347. any language.

348. - Bah!

349. - Hello, hello, hello,

350. my superstars.

351. Hello.

352. - Hey, Carmen.

353. - Hey, hey.

354. - Lady reggae.

355. - Yes.

356. - Does this challenge

357. frighten you at all?

358. - No, this excites me.

359. - Because you were

360. in the bottom two...

361. - Maybe I might have a little

362. bit more to prove,

363. but I like a challenge.

364. I'm not gonna try to fake it,

365. you know?

366. I'm just gonna sing like I do

367. and gonna go with something that

368. I can pull off.

369. - Irie, man.

370. One love.

371. - Okay.

372. - Well, hello, Raja.

373. - Hi, gorgeous lady

374. of wrestling.

375. - Yes!

376. So why'd you choose punk?

377. - As much as I wanted to be a

378. punk rocker as a teenager,

379. I was way too glamorous up here.

380. - Ha ha ha ha!

381. - Like I could not stick

382. a safety pin in my nose.

383. I might bleed, it might hurt.

384. - You've been criticized for

385. over-thinking your challenges.

386. You're very cerebral.

387. What is your strategy to sort of

388. break out of that?

389. - Well, you know, this is

390. a perfect one for me

391. because I can finally go balls

392. to the wall.

393. - Something that's always worked

394. for me is to remember

395. that what other people think

396. of you...

397. - Right.

398. - Is none of your business.

399. - Yeah.

400. - That... that's their...

401. that's them.

402. All right, Raja.

403. - Thanks, Ru.

404. - Get back to work.

405. - Right. See ya later!

406. - Hey, Manila.

407. - Hi.

408. - Do you have your disco moves

409. together?

410. Can you do the bump?

411. - Yes.

412. - Can you do the double bump?

413. Uh-uh.

414. You got it, kiddo.

415. - Yara Sofia!

416. The new princess of pop.

417. - Yes.

418. - Do you know how to sing

419. at all?

420. - Um... yes.

421. - You do?

422. There was a little hesitation

423. there.

424. - Yes.

425. I'm not the best singer.

426. I'm an actress.

427. You have to believe it.

428. And in front of the mirror,

429. I'm gonna practice...

430. "I'm a singer, I'm a singer,

431. I'm a singer,"

432. and I'm gonna sell it.

433. - I'm very glad I kept you

434. around,

435. because I'm very excited to see

436. your pop princess.

437. - You're gonna love it, darling.

438. - Hey, Shangela.

439. - Hi, Ru.

440. - Now, you got stuck with

441. country.

442. Would you have chosen it?

443. - It's not about the song.

444. - Yeah.

445. - It's the look.

446. There's the traditional,

447. you know,

448. Jessica Simpson, these boots are

449. made for walkin' kinda look.

450. - Yeah.

451. - And then there's

452. Carrie Underwood concert.

453. - That is quite a conundrum

454. because a lot of people are

455. gonna expect...

456. - Jean skirts and plaid tops.

457. - You're just gonna have to

458. follow your heart on this.

459. Yo, yo, yo, yo!

460. - Hey, Ru.

461. - Whassup?

462. - I got the hip-hop.

463. - And you chose this.

464. - Yes.

465. I'm modeling myself after

466. Lil' Kim.

467. - Uh-oh!

468. - Yes!

469. - Uh-oh, the queen bee?

470. - I love Lil' Kim.

471. Ru knows I am hip-hop.

472. - Keep it hood and, um...

473. - Peace.

474. - Peace.

475. Bam!

476. - Bam!

477. - All right, ladies,

478. in a few moments,

479. you'll be headed to

480. a professional recording studio.

481. - Now, tomorrow on the main

482. stage,

483. you'll be debuting your version

484. of super star in front

485. of a live audience.

486. We'll be joined by our

487. extra-special guest judges,

488. Grammy-award winning artist

489. Jody Watley...

490. - Ooh!

491. - Hey!

492. - Jody Watley is an amazing

493. performer.

494. So I'm excited that someone on

495. that judge's panel

496. is gonna finally be looking at

497. performance over look.

498. - And the sizzling hot

499. Carmen Electra.

500. - Wow!

501. - Whoo!

502. - So whatever you do...

503. don't fuck it up.

504. - Shangela.

505. She looks like Mystique's

506. country realness.

507. - Poor Shangela.

508. I mean, she's got country and...

509. ugh!

510. It's tragic.

511. How's Shangela gonna do

512. in country?

513. - I think she's gonna rely what

514. she's been relying on this

515. whole time...

516. being a loud mess.

517. I don't know what the hell

518. Shangela's wearing right now.

519. Like she just cut a piece

520. of fabric,

521. and it's all uneven

522. and it just...

523. it's not making any sense to me.

524. - I hope that I don't get ragged

525. for not coming out there

526. in a cowboy hat, you know,

527. in a denim skirt, but...

528. it's not that.

529. It's more this.

530. This is Carrie Underwood

531. concert.

532. You know what... you know what

533. I mean?

534. - She's somehow got her way

535. through

536. with fucked-up outfits before,

537. so, you know, we'll see

538. what happens with her.

539. Bless her little heart.

540. - Hey.

541. - Hi. I'm Shangela.

542. - I'm Lucian.

543. - Today our main challenge is

544. to record RuPaul's song

545. super star

546. in a specific musical genre.

547. - Have you been in the studio

548. before?

549. - No. I have not.

550. - This is your microphone.

551. Steve is in the booth.

552. He's gonna help us out.

553. - Lucian produced RuPaul's CD

554. Champion.

555. This is real!

556. It makes me feel like

557. I'm already

558. a musical recording artist.

559. - The melody that you're singing

560. there seems a little different.

561. - Okay.

562. - Are you changing it on

563. purpose?

564. - I may have taken it too high

565. with the "oh."

566. - What I would say is that...

567. - But I'll do it...

568. and then I'll take your feedback

569. on it.

570. I'd love to record one more

571. time,

572. and then that way I can get

573. the timing down for the intro,

574. so you guys may not have to do

575. any editing,

576. which would be nice.

577. Okay. Thank you.

578. - It seems like Shangela might

579. benefit

580. from being less confident.

581. - Anything else that I can do to

582. make it better?

583. No is okay too.

584. - It's gonna be my first

585. experience as a singer okay?

586. So... easy on me.

587. - Oh, okay. All right.

588. It's really scary, though.

589. - It is?

590. It's been a while since we have

591. seen a hot, gorgeous guy.

592. Bam!

593. I cannot concentrate.

594. - Okay...

595. There's a lot to go over here.

596. - What you didn't like?

597. - You sound terrified.

598. - I am terrified.

599. - Your vocals are like...

600. oh... oh...

601. - Shaking?

602. I know! I'm nervous.

603. - I know.

604. What would make you not nervous?

605. - We cannot say that on TV.

606. - Yeah, it's those upper notes

607. that are a little like...

608. - So I'll just like push harder.

609. - Well, don't think push.

610. Just think power.

611. - Okay.

612. - Here we go.

613. Okay, if you can run some

614. auto-tune on that,

615. that'd be great.

616. - Just enunciate the words

617. a little bit more and make it

618. a little more prettier

619. in that girl punk way.

620. What does that mean?

621. - Sounds like you have a deeper

622. voice

623. than the key of this song.

624. - I'm kind of a more edgy gal.

625. I don't wanna compromise

626. my voice

627. and fuck it up by doing

628. something

629. that's out of my range.

630. - We gotta figure out how to

631. make you sound less

632. "I can't find the right..."

633. - The right tune.

634. Right.

635. I can't wait to perform in

636. front of a live audience,

637. and I just hope that

638. the recording...

639. the look, all of it goes well

640. so that the audience

641. can love it.

642. Yeah, there is definitely

643. pressure.

644. - Maybe we should play it back

645. so you can hear...

646. and then maybe we can figure out

647. a game plan.

648. - I'm doing reggae.

649. - Okay.

650. - But I don't wanna be like...

651. old-school,

652. like with the accent...

653. - You don't wanna play up any

654. comedy here or anything.

655. - Yeah, I think that's... that's

656. not really my thing.

657. - Well, this is the microphone.

658. - Okay.

659. This is to catch my spit,

660. I guess?

661. - It's actually to block

662. the air from...

663. - Oh!

664. I'm sorry.

665. Hearing my voice

666. is freaking me out.

667. - Do you think that you're

668. performing right now?

669. - Well, I don't sing,

670. so it's like is there a way that

671. you can throw in

672. some extra things in the beat?

673. The beat is so like...

674. da da da.

675. - Reggae is laid-back.

676. You have to perform it.

677. If you were in a club

678. and you were singing this

679. and there was a crowd of people

680. around you,

681. what would you do?

682. - I would sound like a mess.

683. But let's go, let's do it.

684. No.

685. - It's just not interesting

686. at all.

687. It's just like... just so flat.

688. If you don't give me something

689. more entertaining,

690. it's gonna be like...

691. Just do it.

692. - I'm a little frustrated.

693. Lucian just wants me to keep

694. going, give more.

695. But this is not my thing.

696. - I think we're done.

697. - Oh! That was crazy.

698. Ah! Fuck.

699. I'm sorry.

700. Fuck.

701. - Okay, here we go.

702. From the beginning.

703. Fuck.

704. Sounds bad, right?

705. - It's still not great, no.

706. - Okay, uh, let's try...

707. keep trying, 'cause...

708. - Okay. Here we go.

709. - I'm sorry.

710. Is bad too?

711. - We should figure out the

712. best way

713. to make you... sound good.

714. - I'm doing my best.

715. I don't have the best... voice.

716. But after being in the bottom

717. two last week,

718. I'm gonna be a professional and

719. I'm gonna be more serious.

720. - You know, I have to give you

721. props, because you're workin'.

722. - Thank you, Lucian.

723. Appreciate it.

724. - I felt like Yara was always

725. trying hard, even,

726. to make something happen.

727. But I don't know that anything

728. ever really did.

729. - Recording artist Manila Luzon

730. is in the house!

731. - Whoo-hoo!

732. - Yaaah!

733. - Oh, are those our music?

734. We walk into the workroom,

735. and and there are mp3 players

736. just waiting there

737. with our songs on them.

738. Today we have to lip sync the

739. song we had just recorded...

740. super star!

741. - Oh!

742. I gotta be alone.

743. Hearing my voice

744. with the track and the lyrics,

745. I mean, it was a full-on song,

746. and it was me singing it.

747. And I had never heard that

748. in my life.

749. I love it!

750. I love it, I love it!

751. I wanna do more.

752. It's good to have that feeling,

753. 'cause I'm an old jaded queen,

754. and I just... I was, like, beside

755. myself.

756. - Whoo-hoo! I love it!

757. I'm so excited to hear my song!

758. I cannot believe it!

759. I can understand me!

760. - Wow, Yara!

761. - What?

762. - I love it... I can actually

763. understand you.

764. - Oh, shit!

765. I sound sickening!

766. I sound ten times better

767. than what I was expecting to

768. sound like.

769. - It's awesome!

770. - It sounds great!

771. Bam!

772. - So I got my track.

773. I'm listening to it.

774. But I'm like, oh... my... God.

775. I don't like the way it sounds

776. right now.

777. - I wanna hear yours.

778. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

779. I need to learn mine.

780. I don't like the song

781. personally,

782. so I'm not gonna go around

783. and like spreading my bad song

784. to everyone.

785. I wanna keep it to myself and be

786. like, all right,

787. let me think of a plan in order

788. to make this work.

789. - So, Heather, what did you

790. think of your recording session?

791. How'd it go yesterday?

792. - It went well.

793. I like it.

794. - Now that we have our music,

795. I was like, "Oh, dang,

796. I don't know about this."

797. It's kind of weird to hear

798. my own voice.

799. Trust me; it sounds a lot

800. better in my head,

801. but there was really nothing

802. left to do

803. except to perform

804. the hell out of it.

805. This is gonna be interesting.

806. - Oh... making a cowboy hat?

807. - Mm-hmm.

808. - Did you rhinestone the trim?

809. - Uh-huh.

810. - That's cute.

811. Do you need more rhinestones?

812. I have some more.

813. - Mm-mm. I have some more.

814. Oh, you sure you don't wanna put

815. some more rhinestones on that?

816. That was not her trying to help

817. me.

818. That was her trying to get into

819. my head.

820. - Well, these are pretty

821. rhinestones, gir.

822. - Thank you.

823. Well, hello there!

824. Welcome to the main stage

825. of RuPaul's Drag Race.

826. Michelle Visage, a name

827. that's music to my ears.

828. - Aw, go on.

829. - Jeffrey Moran...

830. Absolut brand czar.

831. Baby, we gotta stop meetin'

832. like this.

833. - Yes, honey, but in that dress,

834. we're gonna meet a lot more

835. often.

836. Jody Watley.

837. Not only are you one of my

838. favorite singers,

839. you're my favorite Soul Train

840. dancer.

841. - Thank you!

842. - Carmen Electra, welcome!

843. I feel so Paisley Park tonight.

844. - Yes, very!

845. - This week, each of our queens

846. was challenged to record my song

847. Super Star

848. in a different style.

849. Now they're here to perform in

850. front of a live audience

851. at Rupaulapalooza,

852. sponsored by Absolut.

853. Gentlemen, start your engines,

854. and may the best woman win.

855. I just unfold my wings.

856. I'm giving you Soul Train

857. realness, honey.

858. I know I look good.

859. I'm feelin' fabulous.

860. Whoo-whoo!

861. Alexis is serving hip-hop.

862. - Bam!

863. - Can I get a hallelu?

864. Everyone looks wired.

865. They might as well be in

866. a country hoe-down,

867. and I love that.

868. So I just start boot-scootin'

869. my way

870. right on across that stage.

871. I'm a little worried

872. about the audience...

873. how they are gonna take this

874. ballad.

875. But at the end... people like

876. receiving me with open arms.

877. I love it.

878. It's hard to get into character

879. and be, you know,

880. the sexy person

881. performing to, like, the cats

882. in the alley.

883. So I'm just trying to like do

884. something that's gonna

885. compensate

886. for the horrible vocal.

887. I go out there, and I'm really

888. feeling my look.

889. I want it to embody punk as a

890. philosophy and as a movement,

891. and I just wanted to have

892. a great time out there.

893. - Ladies...

894. it's time for the judges'

895. critique.

896. Let's start with Manila.

897. - Ooh!

898. - I thought the lip sync

899. could've

900. been a little more on point.

901. I wanted to feel like you were

902. singing it a little bit more.

903. - I was surprised that you went

904. directly to the audience,

905. as soon as you came onto

906. the stage.

907. I felt you grabbing

908. at the audience too early.

909. - Okay.

910. - Your moves were great.

911. You had really super moves,

912. and I pray to god there's a

913. bottle of Absolut

914. hidden in that fro somewhere.

915. - There's actually a whole case.

916. - The song was totally late '70s

917. After School Special

918. starring Scott Baio theme song,

919. which I love.

920. And you look gorgeous.

921. - Thank you.

922. - Next up, Alexis Mateo.

923. Now, tell us about your outfit.

924. - My outfit was inspired

925. by Lil' Kim.

926. - Uh! Bam!

927. Girl, I think you got Missy

928. Elliott stuffed up in there!

929. - Yes. Big ol' titties

930. and lotsa ass.

931. - Alexis sold it.

932. I could tell that you were

933. enjoying it.

934. The lip sync was great.

935. Loved the rap.

936. - I'm a hip-hop girl,

937. and this is like Hannah Montana

938. does hip-hop.

939. - Hannah Montana?

940. - All right, up next,

941. our country queen Shangela.

942. - Hey, y'all.

943. - You chose to do today's

944. country look

945. like Carrie Underwood

946. and Taylor Swift.

947. - To me it was a little more pop

948. than country.

949. I would have liked to have seen

950. something

951. just a little bit more

952. unexpected.

953. - You definitely came out

954. with the energy.

955. There's no question.

956. But I think I almost saw that

957. energy getting the best of you.

958. It got a little sloppy

959. sometimes.

960. - Your energy is always great.

961. But I would have liked to have

962. seen

963. a little more country stuff

964. in there.

965. - But I just... you know, I feel

966. that it's important that we just

967. are open-minded with regard

968. to country.

969. I know you guys are definitely

970. open-minded to that,

971. and so I appreciate all

972. your comments back.

973. - When we're sitting here,

974. we hear that song,

975. that's what dictated it.

976. It's not our preconceived notion

977. of country.

978. It's that

979. You know?

980. That's what you heard.

981. - All right, next up, our

982. pop princess Yara Sofia.

983. I love the fact that you put

984. some Spanish in there.

985. - Yes.

986. - That was fantastic.

987. - Thank you.

988. - I don't know if I would have

989. picked that outfit

990. for that version of the song,

991. but you do look spectacular.

992. - I appreciate that sex sells.

993. I might have maybe covered up

994. a little skin.

995. - Had you stood at the back

996. of the stage back there

997. for a little longer with

998. the mic stand,

999. you could have sold the ballad

1000. a little bit more.

1001. - Yes, you could have worked

1002. the mic stand more,

1003. but you connected

1004. with the audience.

1005. I love the glitter.

1006. It's very Britney MTV

1007. Video Music Awards,

1008. I'm a Slave.

1009. Britney wants her old body back

1010. too, by the way.

1011. - I bet she does.

1012. Up next, our punk queen Raja.

1013. We've been asking you here for

1014. you to tap into that power

1015. that you have when you walk

1016. the runway,

1017. and it looked to me like

1018. you did it.

1019. - I loved it.

1020. I loved the performance;

1021. the lip sync was great.

1022. - You really owned the stage on

1023. this one.

1024. I mean, I was there.

1025. I felt like I could have gotten

1026. in the mosh pit.

1027. - When I was 14, I had the same

1028. hairdo, but it was blue.

1029. Everything was on tonight,

1030. Raja.

1031. Your performance, your look,

1032. your attitude, the emo...

1033. Like, way on.

1034. - Thank you so much.

1035. - Up next...

1036. lady reggae, Carmen Carrera.

1037. Tell me about your outfit.

1038. - Well, my outfit is kind of

1039. like if Bob Marley

1040. had a lovechild

1041. with a Puerto Rican girl

1042. and she grew up in jersey.

1043. - I love the outfit.

1044. There was some problems

1045. in the lip sync.

1046. It was a little off.

1047. - So, now Jeffrey, she pulled

1048. the guy up onstage,

1049. but she left him there.

1050. - Frankly, he diverted

1051. my attention

1052. a little too much from you.

1053. This is about you.

1054. You're going to be

1055. the super star.

1056. It made me feel like quality

1057. impression...

1058. and a little low on the

1059. delivery.

1060. - I sound horrible,

1061. but that's okay... I'm a man.

1062. - You didn't sound horrible.

1063. You didn't... you just... it felt

1064. that you weren't committed

1065. to the vocal.

1066. Ladies, $75,000 is at stake.

1067. And the decisions get harder

1068. and harder to make.

1069. And I need your help.

1070. Who should go home tonight

1071. and why?

1072. Raja.

1073. - Oh, man.

1074. I fucking hate this question.

1075. You know what, I...

1076. oh, God.

1077. I would Shangela,

1078. only because, you know what,

1079. clearly you could go down

1080. the line,

1081. you can tell which genre

1082. of music every one,

1083. for the most part,

1084. and then, you know, it just kind

1085. of gets lost

1086. as far as her look.

1087. - Carmen, same question.

1088. - I have to agree with Raja

1089. because I feel that there's

1090. always a look issue.

1091. You need to look the part

1092. if you're going to be

1093. a drag super star.

1094. - Where look is definitely

1095. important,

1096. you have to be able to perform,

1097. and you need to be able

1098. to connect,

1099. and obviously she didn't do that

1100. tonight,

1101. and she has continuously not

1102. done that

1103. throughout this competition,

1104. and that's truly why I feel

1105. Carmen Carrera

1106. should be the one who goes home

1107. tonight.

1108. - Alexis Mateo.

1109. - I'm going to pick Carmen

1110. Carrera as well,

1111. and I think she's resting

1112. and pretty.

1113. - All right, girls,

1114. I think we've heard enough.

1115. Now while you enjoy an Absolut

1116. cocktail

1117. in the Interior Illusions

1118. lounge,

1119. the judges and I will

1120. deliberate.

1121. You may leave the stage.

1122. All right, just between us

1123. girls...

1124. We'll start with Manila.

1125. Now, I have never enjoyed

1126. a performer

1127. to come out and immediately

1128. attack the audience.

1129. - I loved the fro,

1130. and I love what she delivered,

1131. but I think I'm with you.

1132. I don't want her attacking

1133. that audience.

1134. - I think she looked good;

1135. her costume and the whole

1136. package.

1137. And I love that she attacked

1138. the audience.

1139. Good for her.

1140. - Alexis Mateo.

1141. - The good was she really did

1142. own her performance.

1143. - It's hip-hop.

1144. We don't know you as that kind

1145. of an artist,

1146. and then you come out here.

1147. You got a hip-hop hat on,

1148. you got a girl hip-hop jacket

1149. on,

1150. and then the rest is stripper.

1151. That's not hip-hop.

1152. - I mean, what was she supposed

1153. to wear,

1154. some... she's supposed to sport

1155. a sag and a wife beater?

1156. - If I pick her up, we're going

1157. to an interview

1158. and I see those... you

1159. gotta cover those up!

1160. - Well, a big trend

1161. in queens these days

1162. are those latex boobs.

1163. - Oh! I don't like the way

1164. they look.

1165. Those aren't breasts.

1166. These are breasts!

1167. - Oh! Girl!

1168. - These are breasts!

1169. - You don't have to tell me

1170. twice.

1171. Shangela, now, she made

1172. a bold decision

1173. to do today's country look.

1174. - She didn't do it for me.

1175. And I understand, you know,

1176. the whole "I want it to be

1177. current

1178. and I want it to be now

1179. country,"

1180. like... fine.

1181. But someone's paying you to do

1182. something, sweetie;

1183. you gotta deliver on that.

1184. - I almost don't even remember

1185. it,

1186. it was so middle of the road.

1187. - If you have to explain it,

1188. it's not being projected.

1189. It was a fail.

1190. - Yara Sofia!

1191. - That body is near-perfection.

1192. - But with that said,

1193. that voice is still there.

1194. - And I don't ever want to hear

1195. her record again, just FYI.

1196. - I don't know, I thought she

1197. had guts to get up here.

1198. She sparkled.

1199. I liked her.

1200. - Carmen Carrera.

1201. - The best thing about it for me

1202. was the outfit.

1203. - I saw... some style with

1204. no substance.

1205. - I think she's too

1206. self-conscious

1207. about looking anything other

1208. than sexy.

1209. - Right.

1210. - And I do think she has the

1211. goods,

1212. like she's not moving past this

1213. point of posing.

1214. - That's her crutch.

1215. So she really doesn't have to

1216. bring anything else.

1217. - Raja.

1218. - A lot of performing

1219. is owning it.

1220. Raja just owned it.

1221. - She walked out with those

1222. Doc Martens

1223. and that little plaid number,

1224. and I'm like, she got it!

1225. - She can study a look,

1226. and she can get it,

1227. and she works it on the runway,

1228. but when it comes to emoting,

1229. she's fallen short.

1230. And, Michelle, you've seen this.

1231. Do you think she's broken

1232. through that?

1233. - I think this was so in touch

1234. with the core of who she is

1235. that we can't really judge if

1236. she's broken through or not.

1237. - She represented the strongest

1238. type of woman,

1239. which I find so attractive.

1240. And I wouldn't mind if she,

1241. uh...

1242. well, I guess she wouldn't need

1243. to strap it on.

1244. - No!

1245. - Silence!

1246. I've made my decision.

1247. Bring back... my girls.

1248. Welcome back, ladies.

1249. Now, based on your performance

1250. on the main stage,

1251. I've made some decisions.

1252. Yara Sofia, your performance

1253. was graceful...

1254. but your power ballad ran

1255. out of gas.

1256. You're safe.

1257. Raja, the judges OD'ed on your

1258. punk performance.

1259. God save the queen.

1260. You are the winner

1261. of this challenge.

1262. And you've won an original

1263. custom gown by Marcomarco

1264. from the House

1265. of Infinite Radness.

1266. - I feel fantastic.

1267. Grew up being a little punk kid,

1268. so it was kind of nice to get

1269. to live that look.

1270. And I deserve to win.

1271. - Carmen Carrera...

1272. Your reggae was half-baked,

1273. and your performance went up

1274. in smoke.

1275. I'm sorry, my dear, but you are

1276. up for elimination.

1277. - Oh... God!

1278. I was in the bottom two

1279. last time,

1280. so for me, it's do or die.

1281. - Manila.

1282. Your disco look rocked the boat.

1283. You're safe.

1284. Shangela.

1285. Your attempt to explain away

1286. your new country look

1287. fell on deaf ears.

1288. Alexis Mateo, your hip-hop was

1289. just too damn strip hop.

1290. Alexis Mateo...

1291. You are safe.

1292. - Thank you.

1293. - Shangela, my dear, you are up

1294. for elimination.

1295. - When Ru says that I'm in the

1296. bottom two,

1297. my heart is beating so loudly

1298. because it's not time for me

1299. to go home.

1300. It's not.

1301. - Two queens.

1302. Stand before me.

1303. Ladies, this is your last

1304. chance

1305. to impress me and save yourself

1306. from elimination.

1307. The time has come...

1308. for you to lip sync...

1309. for your life!

1310. Good luck and don't...

1311. fuck it up.

1312. - It hurts me to say that

1313. Shangela's kind of turning it

1314. out.

1315. I mean, I'm rootin' for my

1316. girl,

1317. but Carmen might be in trouble.

1318. - Ooh!

1319. - [whooping, whistling]

1320. - Ladies...

1321. I've made my decision.

1322. Shangela... shante, you stay.

1323. Thank you.

1324. - Carmen Carrera...

1325. my jersey girl.

1326. You're a fierce queen.

1327. Do you believe in life after

1328. RuPaul's Drag Race?

1329. Because I believe in you.

1330. Now... sashay away.

1331. - Ru's decision's Ru's decision,

1332. and I respect her decision.

1333. I think in this competition

1334. it's about doing it

1335. and doing it the best you can,

1336. and if other people do it

1337. better,

1338. then that's...

1339. the reality of it.

1340. But I am the most beautiful one

1341. here,

1342. and honestly, I would have liked

1343. to get sent home by

1344. somebody better.

1345. - Condragulations, girls.

1346. You have been turning it out

1347. week after week, and so don't

1348. even think of letting up now.

1349. Now, remember,

1350. if you can't love yourself,

1351. how in the hell are you gonna

1352. love somebody else?

1353. Can I get a amen in here?

1354. Amen!

1355. - All right,

1356. now let the music play!

1357. - Grand prize contributed

1358. in part by AlandChuck.travel.