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. - Yara sounds horrible.

341. - Maybe tone is lost in

342. translation.

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

344. She doesn't sing in English.

345. She doesn't sing in

346. any language.

347. - Bah!

348. - Hello, hello, hello,

349. my superstars.

350. Hello.

351. - Hey, Carmen.

352. - Hey, hey.

353. - Lady reggae.

354. - Yes.

355. - Does this challenge

356. frighten you at all?

357. - No, this excites me.

358. - Because you were

359. in the bottom two...

360. - Maybe I might have a little

361. bit more to prove,

362. but I like a challenge.

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

364. you know?

365. I'm just gonna sing like I do

366. and gonna go with something that

367. I can pull off.

368. - Irie, man.

369. One love.

370. - Okay.

371. - Well, hello, Raja.

372. - Hi, gorgeous lady

373. of wrestling.

374. - Yes!

375. So why'd you choose punk?

376. - As much as I wanted to be a

377. punk rocker as a teenager,

378. I was way too glamorous up here.

379. - Ha ha ha ha!

380. - Like I could not stick

381. a safety pin in my nose.

382. I might bleed, it might hurt.

383. - You've been criticized for

384. over-thinking your challenges.

385. You're very cerebral.

386. What is your strategy to sort of

387. break out of that?

388. - Well, you know, this is

389. a perfect one for me

390. because I can finally go balls

391. to the wall.

392. - Something that's always worked

393. for me is to remember

394. that what other people think

395. of you...

396. - Right.

397. - Is none of your business.

398. - Yeah.

399. - That... that's their...

400. that's them.

401. All right, Raja.

402. - Thanks, Ru.

403. - Get back to work.

404. - Right. See ya later!

405. - Hey, Manila.

406. - Hi.

407. - Do you have your disco moves

408. together?

409. Can you do the bump?

410. - Yes.

411. - Can you do the double bump?

412. Uh-uh.

413. You got it, kiddo.

414. - Yara Sofia!

415. The new princess of pop.

416. - Yes.

417. - Do you know how to sing

418. at all?

419. - Um... yes.

420. - You do?

421. There was a little hesitation

422. there.

423. - Yes.

424. I'm not the best singer.

425. I'm an actress.

426. You have to believe it.

427. And in front of the mirror,

428. I'm gonna practice...

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

430. I'm a singer,"

431. and I'm gonna sell it.

432. - I'm very glad I kept you

433. around,

434. because I'm very excited to see

435. your pop princess.

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

437. - Hey, Shangela.

438. - Hi, Ru.

439. - Now, you got stuck with

440. country.

441. Would you have chosen it?

442. - It's not about the song.

443. - Yeah.

444. - It's the look.

445. There's the traditional,

446. you know,

447. Jessica Simpson, these boots are

448. made for walkin' kinda look.

449. - Yeah.

450. - And then there's

451. Carrie Underwood concert.

452. - That is quite a conundrum

453. because a lot of people are

454. gonna expect...

455. - Jean skirts and plaid tops.

456. - You're just gonna have to

457. follow your heart on this.

458. Yo, yo, yo, yo!

459. - Hey, Ru.

460. - Whassup?

461. - I got the hip-hop.

462. - And you chose this.

463. - Yes.

464. I'm modeling myself after

465. Lil' Kim.

466. - Uh-oh!

467. - Yes!

468. - Uh-oh, the queen bee?

469. - I love Lil' Kim.

470. Ru knows I am hip-hop.

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

472. - Peace.

473. - Peace.

474. Bam!

475. - Bam!

476. - All right, ladies,

477. in a few moments,

478. you'll be headed to

479. a professional recording studio.

480. - Now, tomorrow on the main

481. stage,

482. you'll be debuting your version

483. of super star in front

484. of a live audience.

485. We'll be joined by our

486. extra-special guest judges,

487. Grammy-award winning artist

488. Jody Watley...

489. - Ooh!

490. - Hey!

491. - Jody Watley is an amazing

492. performer.

493. So I'm excited that someone on

494. that judge's panel

495. is gonna finally be looking at

496. performance over look.

497. - And the sizzling hot

498. Carmen Electra.

499. - Wow!

500. - Whoo!

501. - So whatever you do...

502. don't fuck it up.

503. - Shangela.

504. She looks like Mystique's

505. country realness.

506. - Poor Shangela.

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

508. ugh!

509. It's tragic.

510. How's Shangela gonna do

511. in country?

512. - I think she's gonna rely what

513. she's been relying on this

514. whole time...

515. being a loud mess.

516. I don't know what the hell

517. Shangela's wearing right now.

518. Like she just cut a piece

519. of fabric,

520. and it's all uneven

521. and it just...

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

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

524. for not coming out there

525. in a cowboy hat, you know,

526. in a denim skirt, but...

527. it's not that.

528. It's more this.

529. This is Carrie Underwood

530. concert.

531. You know what... you know what

532. I mean?

533. - She's somehow got her way

534. through

535. with fucked-up outfits before,

536. so, you know, we'll see

537. what happens with her.

538. Bless her little heart.

539. - Hey.

540. - Hi. I'm Shangela.

541. - I'm Lucian.

542. - Today our main challenge is

543. to record RuPaul's song

544. super star

545. in a specific musical genre.

546. - Have you been in the studio

547. before?

548. - No. I have not.

549. - This is your microphone.

550. Steve is in the booth.

551. He's gonna help us out.

552. - Lucian produced RuPaul's CD

553. Champion.

554. This is real!

555. It makes me feel like

556. I'm already

557. a musical recording artist.

558. - The melody that you're singing

559. there seems a little different.

560. - Okay.

561. - Are you changing it on

562. purpose?

563. - I may have taken it too high

564. with the "oh."

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

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

567. and then I'll take your feedback

568. on it.

569. I'd love to record one more

570. time,

571. and then that way I can get

572. the timing down for the intro,

573. so you guys may not have to do

574. any editing,

575. which would be nice.

576. Okay. Thank you.

577. - It seems like Shangela might

578. benefit

579. from being less confident.

580. - Anything else that I can do to

581. make it better?

582. No is okay too.

583. - It's gonna be my first

584. experience as a singer okay?

585. So... easy on me.

586. - Oh, okay. All right.

587. It's really scary, though.

588. - It is?

589. It's been a while since we have

590. seen a hot, gorgeous guy.

591. Bam!

592. I cannot concentrate.

593. - Okay...

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

595. - What you didn't like?

596. - You sound terrified.

597. - I am terrified.

598. - Your vocals are like...

599. oh... oh...

600. - Shaking?

601. I know! I'm nervous.

602. - I know.

603. What would make you not nervous?

604. - We cannot say that on TV.

605. - Yeah, it's those upper notes

606. that are a little like...

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

608. - Well, don't think push.

609. Just think power.

610. - Okay.

611. - Here we go.

612. Okay, if you can run some

613. auto-tune on that,

614. that'd be great.

615. - Just enunciate the words

616. a little bit more and make it

617. a little more prettier

618. in that girl punk way.

619. What does that mean?

620. - Sounds like you have a deeper

621. voice

622. than the key of this song.

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

624. I don't wanna compromise

625. my voice

626. and fuck it up by doing

627. something

628. that's out of my range.

629. - We gotta figure out how to

630. make you sound less

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

632. - The right tune.

633. Right.

634. I can't wait to perform in

635. front of a live audience,

636. and I just hope that

637. the recording...

638. the look, all of it goes well

639. so that the audience

640. can love it.

641. Yeah, there is definitely

642. pressure.

643. - Maybe we should play it back

644. so you can hear...

645. and then maybe we can figure out

646. a game plan.

647. - I'm doing reggae.

648. - Okay.

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

650. old-school,

651. like with the accent...

652. - You don't wanna play up any

653. comedy here or anything.

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

655. not really my thing.

656. - Well, this is the microphone.

657. - Okay.

658. This is to catch my spit,

659. I guess?

660. - It's actually to block

661. the air from...

662. - Oh!

663. I'm sorry.

664. Hearing my voice

665. is freaking me out.

666. - Do you think that you're

667. performing right now?

668. - Well, I don't sing,

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

670. you can throw in

671. some extra things in the beat?

672. The beat is so like...

673. da da da.

674. - Reggae is laid-back.

675. You have to perform it.

676. If you were in a club

677. and you were singing this

678. and there was a crowd of people

679. around you,

680. what would you do?

681. - I would sound like a mess.

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

683. No.

684. - It's just not interesting

685. at all.

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

687. If you don't give me something

688. more entertaining,

689. it's gonna be like...

690. Just do it.

691. - I'm a little frustrated.

692. Lucian just wants me to keep

693. going, give more.

694. But this is not my thing.

695. - I think we're done.

696. - Oh! That was crazy.

697. Ah! Fuck.

698. I'm sorry.

699. Fuck.

700. - Okay, here we go.

701. From the beginning.

702. Fuck.

703. Sounds bad, right?

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

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

706. keep trying, 'cause...

707. - Okay. Here we go.

708. - I'm sorry.

709. Is bad too?

710. - We should figure out the

711. best way

712. to make you... sound good.

713. - I'm doing my best.

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

715. But after being in the bottom

716. two last week,

717. I'm gonna be a professional and

718. I'm gonna be more serious.

719. - You know, I have to give you

720. props, because you're workin'.

721. - Thank you, Lucian.

722. Appreciate it.

723. - I felt like Yara was always

724. trying hard, even,

725. to make something happen.

726. But I don't know that anything

727. ever really did.

728. - Recording artist Manila Luzon

729. is in the house!

730. - Whoo-hoo!

731. - Yaaah!

732. - Oh, are those our music?

733. We walk into the workroom,

734. and and there are mp3 players

735. just waiting there

736. with our songs on them.

737. Today we have to lip sync the

738. song we had just recorded...

739. super star!

740. - Oh!

741. I gotta be alone.

742. Hearing my voice

743. with the track and the lyrics,

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

745. and it was me singing it.

746. And I had never heard that

747. in my life.

748. I love it!

749. I love it, I love it!

750. I wanna do more.

751. It's good to have that feeling,

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

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

754. myself.

755. - Whoo-hoo! I love it!

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

757. I cannot believe it!

758. I can understand me!

759. - Wow, Yara!

760. - What?

761. - I love it... I can actually

762. understand you.

763. - Oh, shit!

764. I sound sickening!

765. I sound ten times better

766. than what I was expecting to

767. sound like.

768. - It's awesome!

769. - It sounds great!

770. Bam!

771. - So I got my track.

772. I'm listening to it.

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

774. I don't like the way it sounds

775. right now.

776. - I wanna hear yours.

777. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

778. I need to learn mine.

779. I don't like the song

780. personally,

781. so I'm not gonna go around

782. and like spreading my bad song

783. to everyone.

784. I wanna keep it to myself and be

785. like, all right,

786. let me think of a plan in order

787. to make this work.

788. - So, Heather, what did you

789. think of your recording session?

790. How'd it go yesterday?

791. - It went well.

792. I like it.

793. - Now that we have our music,

794. I was like, "Oh, dang,

795. I don't know about this."

796. It's kind of weird to hear

797. my own voice.

798. Trust me; it sounds a lot

799. better in my head,

800. but there was really nothing

801. left to do

802. except to perform

803. the hell out of it.

804. This is gonna be interesting.

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

806. - Mm-hmm.

807. - Did you rhinestone the trim?

808. - Uh-huh.

809. - That's cute.

810. Do you need more rhinestones?

811. I have some more.

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

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

814. some more rhinestones on that?

815. That was not her trying to help

816. me.

817. That was her trying to get into

818. my head.

819. - Well, these are pretty

820. rhinestones, gir.

821. - Thank you.

822. Well, hello there!

823. Welcome to the main stage

824. of RuPaul's Drag Race.

825. Michelle Visage, a name

826. that's music to my ears.

827. - Aw, go on.

828. - Jeffrey Moran...

829. Absolut brand czar.

830. Baby, we gotta stop meetin'

831. like this.

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

833. we're gonna meet a lot more

834. often.

835. Jody Watley.

836. Not only are you one of my

837. favorite singers,

838. you're my favorite Soul Train

839. dancer.

840. - Thank you!

841. - Carmen Electra, welcome!

842. I feel so Paisley Park tonight.

843. - Yes, very!

844. - This week, each of our queens

845. was challenged to record my song

846. Super Star

847. in a different style.

848. Now they're here to perform in

849. front of a live audience

850. at Rupaulapalooza,

851. sponsored by Absolut.

852. Gentlemen, start your engines,

853. and may the best woman win.

854. I just unfold my wings.

855. I'm giving you Soul Train

856. realness, honey.

857. I know I look good.

858. I'm feelin' fabulous.

859. Whoo-whoo!

860. Alexis is serving hip-hop.

861. - Bam!

862. - Can I get a hallelu?

863. Everyone looks wired.

864. They might as well be in

865. a country hoe-down,

866. and I love that.

867. So I just start boot-scootin'

868. my way

869. right on across that stage.

870. I'm a little worried

871. about the audience...

872. how they are gonna take this

873. ballad.

874. But at the end... people like

875. receiving me with open arms.

876. I love it.

877. It's hard to get into character

878. and be, you know,

879. the sexy person

880. performing to, like, the cats

881. in the alley.

882. So I'm just trying to like do

883. something that's gonna

884. compensate

885. for the horrible vocal.

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

887. feeling my look.

888. I want it to embody punk as a

889. philosophy and as a movement,

890. and I just wanted to have

891. a great time out there.

892. - Ladies...

893. it's time for the judges'

894. critique.

895. Let's start with Manila.

896. - Ooh!

897. - I thought the lip sync

898. could've

899. been a little more on point.

900. I wanted to feel like you were

901. singing it a little bit more.

902. - I was surprised that you went

903. directly to the audience,

904. as soon as you came onto

905. the stage.

906. I felt you grabbing

907. at the audience too early.

908. - Okay.

909. - Your moves were great.

910. You had really super moves,

911. and I pray to god there's a

912. bottle of Absolut

913. hidden in that fro somewhere.

914. - There's actually a whole case.

915. - The song was totally late '70s

916. After School Special

917. starring Scott Baio theme song,

918. which I love.

919. And you look gorgeous.

920. - Thank you.

921. - Next up, Alexis Mateo.

922. Now, tell us about your outfit.

923. - My outfit was inspired

924. by Lil' Kim.

925. - Uh! Bam!

926. Girl, I think you got Missy

927. Elliott stuffed up in there!

928. - Yes. Big ol' titties

929. and lotsa ass.

930. - Alexis sold it.

931. I could tell that you were

932. enjoying it.

933. The lip sync was great.

934. Loved the rap.

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

936. and this is like Hannah Montana

937. does hip-hop.

938. - Hannah Montana?

939. - All right, up next,

940. our country queen Shangela.

941. - Hey, y'all.

942. - You chose to do today's

943. country look

944. like Carrie Underwood

945. and Taylor Swift.

946. - To me it was a little more pop

947. than country.

948. I would have liked to have seen

949. something

950. just a little bit more

951. unexpected.

952. - You definitely came out

953. with the energy.

954. There's no question.

955. But I think I almost saw that

956. energy getting the best of you.

957. It got a little sloppy

958. sometimes.

959. - Your energy is always great.

960. But I would have liked to have

961. seen

962. a little more country stuff

963. in there.

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

965. that it's important that we just

966. are open-minded with regard

967. to country.

968. I know you guys are definitely

969. open-minded to that,

970. and so I appreciate all

971. your comments back.

972. - When we're sitting here,

973. we hear that song,

974. that's what dictated it.

975. It's not our preconceived notion

976. of country.

977. It's that

978. You know?

979. That's what you heard.

980. - All right, next up, our

981. pop princess Yara Sofia.

982. I love the fact that you put

983. some Spanish in there.

984. - Yes.

985. - That was fantastic.

986. - Thank you.

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

988. picked that outfit

989. for that version of the song,

990. but you do look spectacular.

991. - I appreciate that sex sells.

992. I might have maybe covered up

993. a little skin.

994. - Had you stood at the back

995. of the stage back there

996. for a little longer with

997. the mic stand,

998. you could have sold the ballad

999. a little bit more.

1000. - Yes, you could have worked

1001. the mic stand more,

1002. but you connected

1003. with the audience.

1004. I love the glitter.

1005. It's very Britney MTV

1006. Video Music Awards,

1007. I'm a Slave.

1008. Britney wants her old body back

1009. too, by the way.

1010. - I bet she does.

1011. Up next, our punk queen Raja.

1012. We've been asking you here for

1013. you to tap into that power

1014. that you have when you walk

1015. the runway,

1016. and it looked to me like

1017. you did it.

1018. - I loved it.

1019. I loved the performance;

1020. the lip sync was great.

1021. - You really owned the stage on

1022. this one.

1023. I mean, I was there.

1024. I felt like I could have gotten

1025. in the mosh pit.

1026. - When I was 14, I had the same

1027. hairdo, but it was blue.

1028. Everything was on tonight,

1029. Raja.

1030. Your performance, your look,

1031. your attitude, the emo...

1032. Like, way on.

1033. - Thank you so much.

1034. - Up next...

1035. lady reggae, Carmen Carrera.

1036. Tell me about your outfit.

1037. - Well, my outfit is kind of

1038. like if Bob Marley

1039. had a lovechild

1040. with a Puerto Rican girl

1041. and she grew up in jersey.

1042. - I love the outfit.

1043. There was some problems

1044. in the lip sync.

1045. It was a little off.

1046. - So, now Jeffrey, she pulled

1047. the guy up onstage,

1048. but she left him there.

1049. - Frankly, he diverted

1050. my attention

1051. a little too much from you.

1052. This is about you.

1053. You're going to be

1054. the super star.

1055. It made me feel like quality

1056. impression...

1057. and a little low on the

1058. delivery.

1059. - I sound horrible,

1060. but that's okay... I'm a man.

1061. - You didn't sound horrible.

1062. You didn't... you just... it felt

1063. that you weren't committed

1064. to the vocal.

1065. Ladies, $75,000 is at stake.

1066. And the decisions get harder

1067. and harder to make.

1068. And I need your help.

1069. Who should go home tonight

1070. and why?

1071. Raja.

1072. - Oh, man.

1073. I fucking hate this question.

1074. You know what, I...

1075. oh, God.

1076. I would Shangela,

1077. only because, you know what,

1078. clearly you could go down

1079. the line,

1080. you can tell which genre

1081. of music every one,

1082. for the most part,

1083. and then, you know, it just kind

1084. of gets lost

1085. as far as her look.

1086. - Carmen, same question.

1087. - I have to agree with Raja

1088. because I feel that there's

1089. always a look issue.

1090. You need to look the part

1091. if you're going to be

1092. a drag super star.

1093. - Where look is definitely

1094. important,

1095. you have to be able to perform,

1096. and you need to be able

1097. to connect,

1098. and obviously she didn't do that

1099. tonight,

1100. and she has continuously not

1101. done that

1102. throughout this competition,

1103. and that's truly why I feel

1104. Carmen Carrera

1105. should be the one who goes home

1106. tonight.

1107. - Alexis Mateo.

1108. - I'm going to pick Carmen

1109. Carrera as well,

1110. and I think she's resting

1111. and pretty.

1112. - All right, girls,

1113. I think we've heard enough.

1114. Now while you enjoy an Absolut

1115. cocktail

1116. in the Interior Illusions

1117. lounge,

1118. the judges and I will

1119. deliberate.

1120. You may leave the stage.

1121. All right, just between us

1122. girls...

1123. We'll start with Manila.

1124. Now, I have never enjoyed

1125. a performer

1126. to come out and immediately

1127. attack the audience.

1128. - I loved the fro,

1129. and I love what she delivered,

1130. but I think I'm with you.

1131. I don't want her attacking

1132. that audience.

1133. - I think she looked good;

1134. her costume and the whole

1135. package.

1136. And I love that she attacked

1137. the audience.

1138. Good for her.

1139. - Alexis Mateo.

1140. - The good was she really did

1141. own her performance.

1142. - It's hip-hop.

1143. We don't know you as that kind

1144. of an artist,

1145. and then you come out here.

1146. You got a hip-hop hat on,

1147. you got a girl hip-hop jacket

1148. on,

1149. and then the rest is stripper.

1150. That's not hip-hop.

1151. - I mean, what was she supposed

1152. to wear,

1153. some... she's supposed to sport

1154. a sag and a wife beater?

1155. - If I pick her up, we're going

1156. to an interview

1157. and I see those... you

1158. gotta cover those up!

1159. - Well, a big trend

1160. in queens these days

1161. are those latex boobs.

1162. - Oh! I don't like the way

1163. they look.

1164. Those aren't breasts.

1165. These are breasts!

1166. - Oh! Girl!

1167. - These are breasts!

1168. - You don't have to tell me

1169. twice.

1170. Shangela, now, she made

1171. a bold decision

1172. to do today's country look.

1173. - She didn't do it for me.

1174. And I understand, you know,

1175. the whole "I want it to be

1176. current

1177. and I want it to be now

1178. country,"

1179. like... fine.

1180. But someone's paying you to do

1181. something, sweetie;

1182. you gotta deliver on that.

1183. - I almost don't even remember

1184. it,

1185. it was so middle of the road.

1186. - If you have to explain it,

1187. it's not being projected.

1188. It was a fail.

1189. - Yara Sofia!

1190. - That body is near-perfection.

1191. - But with that said,

1192. that voice is still there.

1193. - And I don't ever want to hear

1194. her record again, just FYI.

1195. - I don't know, I thought she

1196. had guts to get up here.

1197. She sparkled.

1198. I liked her.

1199. - Carmen Carrera.

1200. - The best thing about it for me

1201. was the outfit.

1202. - I saw... some style with

1203. no substance.

1204. - I think she's too

1205. self-conscious

1206. about looking anything other

1207. than sexy.

1208. - Right.

1209. - And I do think she has the

1210. goods,

1211. like she's not moving past this

1212. point of posing.

1213. - That's her crutch.

1214. So she really doesn't have to

1215. bring anything else.

1216. - Raja.

1217. - A lot of performing

1218. is owning it.

1219. Raja just owned it.

1220. - She walked out with those

1221. Doc Martens

1222. and that little plaid number,

1223. and I'm like, she got it!

1224. - She can study a look,

1225. and she can get it,

1226. and she works it on the runway,

1227. but when it comes to emoting,

1228. she's fallen short.

1229. And, Michelle, you've seen this.

1230. Do you think she's broken

1231. through that?

1232. - I think this was so in touch

1233. with the core of who she is

1234. that we can't really judge if

1235. she's broken through or not.

1236. - She represented the strongest

1237. type of woman,

1238. which I find so attractive.

1239. And I wouldn't mind if she,

1240. uh...

1241. well, I guess she wouldn't need

1242. to strap it on.

1243. - No!

1244. - Silence!

1245. I've made my decision.

1246. Bring back... my girls.

1247. Welcome back, ladies.

1248. Now, based on your performance

1249. on the main stage,

1250. I've made some decisions.

1251. Yara Sofia, your performance

1252. was graceful...

1253. but your power ballad ran

1254. out of gas.

1255. You're safe.

1256. Raja, the judges OD'ed on your

1257. punk performance.

1258. God save the queen.

1259. You are the winner

1260. of this challenge.

1261. And you've won an original

1262. custom gown by Marcomarco

1263. from the House

1264. of Infinite Radness.

1265. - I feel fantastic.

1266. Grew up being a little punk kid,

1267. so it was kind of nice to get

1268. to live that look.

1269. And I deserve to win.

1270. - Carmen Carrera...

1271. Your reggae was half-baked,

1272. and your performance went up

1273. in smoke.

1274. I'm sorry, my dear, but you are

1275. up for elimination.

1276. - Oh... God!

1277. I was in the bottom two

1278. last time,

1279. so for me, it's do or die.

1280. - Manila.

1281. Your disco look rocked the boat.

1282. You're safe.

1283. Shangela.

1284. Your attempt to explain away

1285. your new country look

1286. fell on deaf ears.

1287. Alexis Mateo, your hip-hop was

1288. just too damn strip hop.

1289. Alexis Mateo...

1290. You are safe.

1291. - Thank you.

1292. - Shangela, my dear, you are up

1293. for elimination.

1294. - When Ru says that I'm in the

1295. bottom two,

1296. my heart is beating so loudly

1297. because it's not time for me

1298. to go home.

1299. It's not.

1300. - Two queens.

1301. Stand before me.

1302. Ladies, this is your last

1303. chance

1304. to impress me and save yourself

1305. from elimination.

1306. The time has come...

1307. for you to lip sync...

1308. for your life!

1309. Good luck and don't...

1310. fuck it up.

1311. - It hurts me to say that

1312. Shangela's kind of turning it

1313. out.

1314. I mean, I'm rootin' for my

1315. girl,

1316. but Carmen might be in trouble.

1317. - Ooh!

1318. - Ladies...

1319. I've made my decision.

1320. Shangela... shante, you stay.

1321. Thank you.

1322. - Carmen Carrera...

1323. my jersey girl.

1324. You're a fierce queen.

1325. Do you believe in life after

1326. RuPaul's Drag Race?

1327. Because I believe in you.

1328. Now... sashay away.

1329. - Ru's decision's Ru's decision,

1330. and I respect her decision.

1331. I think in this competition

1332. it's about doing it

1333. and doing it the best you can,

1334. and if other people do it

1335. better,

1336. then that's...

1337. the reality of it.

1338. But I am the most beautiful one

1339. here,

1340. and honestly, I would have liked

1341. to get sent home by

1342. somebody better.

1343. - Condragulations, girls.

1344. You have been turning it out

1345. week after week, and so don't

1346. even think of letting up now.

1347. Now, remember,

1348. if you can't love yourself,

1349. how in the hell are you gonna

1350. love somebody else?

1351. Can I get a amen in here?

1352. Amen!

1353. - All right,

1354. now let the music play!

1355. - Grand prize contributed

1356. in part by AlandChuck.travel.