RuPaul's Drag Race 7x12

1. Previously on

2. Category is... Hello Kitty.

3. Kennedy is my catsuit queen.

4. Do you know how to make a catsuit?

5. No, I don't.

6. I don't know what to do with all this stuff.

7. Listen. The clock is running out.

8. Category is Hello Kitty BFF Realness.

9. I love this look. I'm having waist envy.

10. - Condragulations.

11. You are the winner of this week's challenge.

12. Kennedy, this particular look could be

13. a little bit more adventuresome.

14. Katya's eleganza.

15. I did not like it at all,

16. and there's no way Hello Kitty is allowed to hang out

17. with this Russian hooker.

18. Kennedy Davenport, shantay, you stay.

19. Katya, sashay away.

20. Walking into the workroom without Katya,

21. it doesn't feel right.

22. "If you need me, you know where to find me:

23. the dumpster out back."

24. - Ohh. - Oh, my goodness.

25. She's one of a kind, and I'm so sad to see her go.

26. And I can't believe I'm crying on TV.

27. Girl, congratulations, Miss Violet.

28. Next.

29. Kennedy Davenport, your Hello Kitty

30. was a "hell no" kitty.

31. This is not a sewing competition.

32. Y'all know you had to sew, and what the did you do?

33. Girl, okay, so what.

34. I'm not a seamstress.

35. I don't know how to sew.

36. But no other bitch on this show

37. has ever been able to sing like me or act like me.

38. Oh, my God.

39. I feel like I'm in a pressure cooker.

40. The heat is on, and eventually,

41. it's just going to explode.

42. I need a smoke and a nap.

43. RuPaul's drag race

44. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race receives a one-year supply

45. of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

46. and a cash prize of $100,000.

47. RuPaul's Drag Race

48. May the best woman

49. Best woman win

50. Hey, hey

51. - Eh? - Oh, my God.

52. It feels awesome to walk into the workroom

53. and it just be top four.

54. Where's everybody else?

55. Bitch, they gone.

56. Thank God.

57. Hello. Hello. Hello.

58. Ahh. Hey, Michelle.

59. Condragulations, ladies.

60. Ooh.

61. For your final four challenge,

62. you'll be starring with RuPaul

63. in the official music video for

64. Ahh.

65. In a few moments, you'll be dancing

66. with choreographer Candis Cayne

67. Ahh! Yes.

68. And then you'll be acting with director Matthew Anderson.

69. Yay.

70. Oh, and I hope you're hungry,

71. because you're each invited to one last meal

72. with Mama Ru.

73. Bedazz.

74. This is definitely not

75. a time to be half-steppin' it, ladies,

76. because tomorrow, one of you will be eliminated

77. and edited out of the final video.

78. That's some shady.

79. Bitch, I'm turn into Effie White.

80. This is Dreamgirls, and I am telling you,

81. I am not going.

82. Gentlemen, start your engines,

83. and may the best woman win.

84. Hello, girls.

85. Oh, my God. Hi, Candis.

86. So today the choreography is gonna be a throwback

87. to the '80s strong woman look,

88. like Pat Benatar, Sheena Easton.

89. Okay, you start faced forward, legs like this.

90. Of course, the part that makes me nervous

91. about this music video is the dancing.

92. It looks like one, two, three, four,

93. five, six, seven, eight.

94. But I am determined not to let that

95. get the best of me this time.

96. Ginger, that looked great.

97. Thank you.

98. All right, we're gonna move on.

99. Step, touch, step, touch, step, touch.

100. Violet, in this, you need to get a little bit lower.

101. Think '80s Cheryl Tiegs dancing.

102. I was born in '92.

103. That's no excuse.

104. Don't get frustrated.

105. You have the look.

106. Just don't psych yourself out.

107. It's just steps.

108. Violet, girl, bye.

109. - Kennedy, darling. - Hello.

110. Sit down.

111. Are you hungry?

112. I'm juicing now, you know.

113. Now, this was your first time auditioning for the show.

114. Yes, ma'am.

115. And what took you so long?

116. I was always trying to work and struggling.

117. I just didn't have the time, really.

118. And then, like, after losing my dad,

119. it was like, "You know what?

120. It's time now."

121. My dad passed in October 2013.

122. And it's still so fresh to me.

123. We didn't see eye-to-eye at first,

124. but we ended up having the best relationship.

125. He came to my pageants, and we was always talking.

126. Then he told me, "You need to go on RuPaul's Drag Race."

127. So by him passing, it was, like, you know, it's time.

128. I want to do it for my dad.

129. Wow.

130. And what would winning RuPaul's Drag Race mean to you?

131. Hoo-whee.

132. It's everything has been a struggle.

133. I've always been a caregiver,

134. because my sister is severely mentally retarded,

135. and I had to step in.

136. [Kennedy voice-over] I took part in raising my sister.

137. I bathed her, and I washed her clothes.

138. I had big responsibilities as a child myself.

139. And it's repeating itself, because since I lost my dad,

140. now I'm her guardian.

141. I... I never ask God why.

142. I just take it on.

143. Mm. Mm.

144. And I feel like being on here and have made it this far,

145. this is my reward.

146. It's an amazing story, and you've done so well.

147. I am so proud of you.

148. Thank you.

149. I loved watching you just work through it

150. and make it happen.

151. I will see you out there.

152. That's right, honey.

153. I'm just saying.

154. I-J-S.

155. I had fun, like, actually doing the choreography.

156. I want to do well and go to the top three,

157. so I'm excited to do it.

158. I'm so excited.

159. I mean, obviously, learning choreo is not my strong suit,

160. but I think I've got it.

161. But, I mean, like, you were having trouble

162. with the choreo,

163. and you've also been clocked for your acting in the past.

164. Does that scare you at all?

165. Really, bitch?

166. I mean, not really.

167. I've obviously pushed through it every single time.

168. But, like, it's at the point now

169. where you can't just push through.

170. Like, with me with the dancing,

171. I know that I'm gonna have to nail it

172. or I'm gonna have to go home.

173. What's your approach that you're taking

174. other than, "I'm just gonna push through."

175. I'm just gonna enjoy the fact that I'm in top four,

176. and I'm here to win it, and any, like,

177. issues I'm having going into it, I'm just gonna work it out,

178. like I've been doing the entire season

179. Girl, get over yourself,

180. 'cause I've been over you since the moment you walked in.

181. Keep 'em coming, girl.

182. Keep 'em coming.

183. Coming up...

184. Hit it.

185. Throw your top down like you know where you're going

186. You want to be America's next drag superstar.

187. Oh, oh, oh... uh... uh, okay.

188. Hi.

189. Ginger Minj.

190. Who is your ally back home, aside from your friends?

191. Do you have any allies in the family?

192. I know it sounds cliché for every gay boy to say,

193. "My Mom is my personal hero," but she's amazing.

194. Are your parents still together?

195. No.

196. Have you maintained a relationship with your father?

197. When I was 14 going into 15,

198. he left us for his high school girlfriend.

199. And I didn't talk to him for years after that.

200. Wow.

201. What do you want your father to know about you

202. that you think he doesn't know?

203. That's a tricky question, because I really don't think

204. my father knows a lot about me.

205. I don't think that my father has...

206. I'm sorry.

207. My entire life, I have felt like

208. I didn't even know who my father was.

209. So how could he know anything about me?

210. Growing up, I was so tormented in my life

211. that the only way I could deal was to make jokes

212. and use humor to cover it all up.

213. My relationship with my father has shaped me into

214. the human being that I am today.

215. No matter all the bull that's happened in the past,

216. I just hope that he's proud of me.

217. Listen. I'm so proud of you.

218. Because you are lovely and beautiful and talented.

219. Thank you. That means the world to me.

220. All right, darling.

221. Here, well, at least take one of these

222. for the ride home.

223. - Oh, thank you. - Yeah.

224. I'll see you out there.

225. - muah! Bye. - muah!

226. So whatcha wearing, pumpkin?

227. I don't know.

228. I don't know if I want to do, like, a gown.

229. Oh, it seems so, like, typical.

230. - Like, not enough? - Yeah.

231. You know, I have tons of gorgeous dresses

232. but I just feel like it's really expected,

233. and I don't want to blend in with these pageant girls.

234. How many times have you gotten in this.

235. Once or twice.

236. Mm-hmm.

237. While Kennedy and I completely appreciate

238. what these kids are trying to do

239. with their modern take on drag,

240. old-school is the only school, honey.

241. The two of them are in the corner playing dress-up

242. like it's kindergarten.

243. It's a walk-off.

244. Ginger and Kennedy's final runway looks

245. are a mystery, except for huge, gigantic pageant girl hair.

246. They're, like, competing for who can have

247. the biggest hair on top of

248. who is America's next drag superstar?

249. All this bullover, and they pulling out sleepers.

250. It will be comfortable for their plane ride home.

251. This is your time to make a statement.

252. And the you pulling out...

253. Oh.

254. Girl.

255. Hi.

256. Violet, darling.

257. So when you auditioned for the show,

258. how far did you imagine yourself coming?

259. Oh, the winner.

260. - Uh-huh. - The crown—girl...

261. Now, where did you get this confidence?

262. Because you have a lot of it.

263. Just growing up,

264. I was put on the back burner for sure.

265. My sister kind of had lots of stuff she was going through,

266. so I've always just kind of had to be my own—

267. my own support system, my own biggest fan, so...

268. Well, it sounds kind of lonely.

269. There's really no shoulder for violet to cry on.

270. Besides my own.

271. Right, and that's what it seems like you've been

272. in this competition,

273. 'cause you won shadiest queen, remember?

274. Did I?

275. Did that hurt your feelings at all?

276. Kind of, but I knew that wasn't the case.

277. You know, I was just like, "Okay, well,

278. "I need to work harder to show these girls

279. who I really am."

280. I think the biggest thing that I've learned

281. throughout this process is to just be aware

282. of your first impressions,

283. because it could be a lot more difficult

284. to change someone's first impression

285. after their mind has been made up.

286. I know that you're only 22 and you think,

287. "Well, sure, this is nothing.

288. A lot of people have this."

289. Let me tell you, a lot of people don't have it.

290. You are really special.

291. A lot of people will take the rest of their lives

292. to get where you already are.

293. Thank you so much, Ru.

294. Thank you.

295. Pearl, darling, welcome to lunch.

296. Thank you.

297. Did you really think you'd make it this far?

298. - Uh-uh. - You didn't?

299. Have you surprised yourself?

300. I surprised myself coming in here

301. and into "my shell."

302. I've never had these moments of,

303. like, kind of, like, clamming up.

304. You were ready to tap out at one point.

305. I definitely was hurting, yeah,

306. but I'm all bark and no bite.

307. Listen, this is the thing, is that I know your potential,

308. and I wanted to see it, and I was feeling

309. that is wasn't there.

310. What was baby Pearl like?

311. - Baby Pearl? - Yeah.

312. Like, say, seven years old.

313. Uh... God.

314. When I was seven, you know,

315. I was scared less all the time.

316. I was going through some pretty traumatic times.

317. It was just mental, emotional, physical,

318. psychological torment every day.

319. That's pretty rough.

320. You know, when I first met you,

321. I sensed there was something else going on,

322. and it felt like a traumatic issue to me.

323. Yeah.

324. I'm really not the kind of person that opens up a lot.

325. So every time I do, it makes the weight feel

326. a little bit more lifted off my shoulders.

327. Boy, oh, boy, has there been a transformation in you.

328. At this point, there's nothing that could break my spirit.

329. Good. Well, condragulations.

330. - muah! muah! - muah! muah! muah!

331. Flazéda, gurl!

332. Hi, girls.

333. Hi.

334. It's time to shoot the music video for Born Naked.

335. For the first part of the music video,

336. we're doing choreography in front of a green screen.

337. Now, before we start, I just have to let you know,

338. this is it.

339. It's between your performance and 100 grand.

340. Whew.

341. Hit it.

342. Throw your top down like you know where you're going

343. Work. Give it to me, girl.

344. Do you like where you're going

345. Running all the red lights

346. Gorgeous.

347. And I said who

348. Who do you think you are

349. Ooh, ooh

350. Who do you think you are

351. Ooh, ooh

352. Who do you think you

353. So what happened with the hair there, Ginger?

354. It caught a breeze, and it flew away.

355. I hope it matches the other takes.

356. Ooh, Lord be with me.

357. A sexy muscle car under the radar

358. Throw your top down like you know where you're going

359. Pearl has a very limited repertoire as far as movement.

360. Pearl is looking like she fittin' to slam somebody.

361. That's why we call it the Pearl smash.

362. Pearl smash.

363. Is there something going on here?

364. Is there boy hair there, or is that—

365. Does it look okay?

366. I think your wig is sliding back, girl.

367. It's sliding back.

368. Oh, these queens.

369. Come on.

370. Don't they know a bobby pin when they see one?

371. You all are having some wig problems.

372. You know that you're working with a fan today, you guys.

373. This is a video.

374. Sorry.

375. You want to be America's next drag superstar,

376. and your wig is sliding back?

377. But you want to be America's next drag superstar.

378. Oh, oh, oh... uh... uh, oh, okay, okay.

379. Do you need a moment to go to the workroom

380. and sort it out?

381. Unprofessional.

382. Unacceptable.

383. Okay, while Pearl sorts her wig out,

384. let's get Violet up here.

385. Is your wig on tight?

386. - I think so. - Okay.

387. Cue music.

388. And I said who

389. Who do you think you are

390. Ooh, ooh

391. Who do you think you are

392. I'm trying so hard that I forget

393. I'm supposed to do choreography.

394. Whoopsies.

395. Who do you think you are, yeah, yeah, I'm tellin'

396. Violet's earring falls off.

397. These girls.

398. This is a music video.

399. Didn't you glue your earrings on?

400. Just try to give us a take that we can use.

401. It was a mess, at hot one.

402. I'm talking about with flies on it.

403. Bitch.

404. We might have got something.

405. I hope it's enough.

406. We'll see.

407. Coming up...

408. I just feel like you are too young

409. to take on this responsibility.

410. I agree with Kennedy.

411. It's a level of maturity

412. that I don't think you have reached yet.

413. What the hell are you looking at?

414. So now we're about to do our acting scene,

415. which is directed by Matthew Anderson.

416. We're gonna be playing three different characters,

417. and in the end, they're all gonna be cut together.

418. I'm gonna kick y'all's ass.

419. Ru is gonna also be acting alongside us,

420. and it's a little bit intimidating.

421. And... action.

422. In science class,

423. we learned that all human beings evolve from lizards.

424. You're a lizard.

425. Zip it, boy.

426. Ugh, you kids are the reason mommy needs her happy pills.

427. Ha-ha, look.

428. My dollies are kai-kai'ing.

429. You don't even know what that means.

430. I... I hate it here.

431. Okay, cut.

432. Pearl, you seem to just be hitting

433. one note all the way through.

434. You know, the anger you had

435. when you were going to walk off the show?

436. Remember that?

437. Whoo-hoo. We all remember.

438. Use that.

439. Okay.

440. - Okay. - Exactly.

441. Here we go. Action.

442. Don't you give me no lip, boy.

443. Oh, I hate it here.

444. And cut.

445. Very nice.

446. Well, that was better with emotional intensity,

447. so time to do the great switcheroo

448. and get into your next character.

449. All right, darlings, round two.

450. And... action.

451. Hurry up and eat.

452. Mommy's got to watch her stories.

453. Somebody pass me the potatoes.

454. Pearl is doing really well pilled-out.

455. Action.

456. What's that?

457. It's RuPaul's Born Naked, available on iTunes.

458. Don't forget to shamelessly plug that CD.

459. Like, pick it up, and show it.

460. Okay.

461. Just show me how you would do it right now.

462. Got it.

463. Kennedy is an amazing performer,

464. but her biggest weakness is her short-term memory...

465. Loss.

466. Oh, pick it up?

467. It's RuPaul's Born— it's RuPaul's Born Naked,

468. available in iTunes.

469. Um, okay.

470. Get the hell out of here, and change those damn outfits.

471. Action.

472. Don't you dare give me no lip, boy.

473. Don't call me boy.

474. Call me Violet Chachki.

475. Miss Violet is flatlining as the teen queen.

476. Violet, you tend to sort of read a bit of a monotone.

477. So let's just get a few more spikes into your read.

478. Okay.

479. Very good.

480. Isn't she clever?

481. Action.

482. Don't worry, little sister.

483. I'll come back for you... when I'm famous.

484. Please make it stop.

485. - Whoo. - Ahh.

486. It's the last day.

487. Last day

488. It is the very last time

489. that we are entering the workroom,

490. and at this point in the competition,

491. we're pretty much evenly divided right down the middle.

492. On one end of the room, you have Violet and Pearl,

493. the "pretty girls," which they call themselves.

494. We don't call them that.

495. And on the other end of the room,

496. you've got Kennedy and myself representing

497. the bitter old lady brigade.

498. I want to know your very first impressions that first day.

499. Pearl when she came in, and she was like,

500. "Um, I have a face chin on,

501. and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah."

502. I was like, "This stupid bitch."

503. She's stoned.

504. She's high as a kite out of her mind,

505. so I guess my, you know, first impression of Pearl

506. was kind of spot-on.

507. Violet...

508. my first impression of you is that, I mean,

509. you was full of yourself.

510. And has that changed?

511. No, it hasn't because—

512. because you haven't let it die down.

513. So I do respect you,

514. but still think you full of yourself.

515. I just feel like you are too young

516. to take on this type of responsibility.

517. I agree with Kennedy.

518. It's a level of maturity

519. that I don't think you have reached yet.

520. Thank you.

521. This is a job title.

522. I mean, it's not just,

523. "Here's a check and a crown and have fun."

524. It's, "You've got to be an ambassador

525. for

526. Right, you are a representative, and I don't feel like you...

527. You don't have people skills.

528. Have been in this game long enough to know

529. that you have to step out of Violet and be professional

530. about certain situations.

531. And I don't feel like you've been—you've been there.

532. You're not there yet.

533. Okay, I understand more of what you're saying.

534. You don't want to be known as being a bitch.

535. That's it.

536. Violet is like a different Violet.

537. You know, in the beginning of the season,

538. she would have been like, "Well, you."

539. I don't give a what you think."

540. But, you know, here in this moment,

541. she's totally just listening and accepting it.

542. You've got the bitter old lady brigade to help guide.

543. I'm just saying.

544. Coming up...

545. Don't take this as shade,

546. but did you run out of clothes?

547. This is does not say "best drag."

548. Cover girl

549. Put the bass in your walk

550. Head to toe

551. Let your whole body talk

552. And what?

553. Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.

554. Tonight it's just family, so God help us.

555. This week we challenged my girls to star in the official video

556. for

557. And tonight they're stomping the runway

558. in their very best drag.

559. Gentlemen, start your engines,

560. and may the best woman win.

561. Now sissy that walk

562. First up, Kennedy Davenport.

563. Ooh.

564. Taste the rainbow.

565. - Mmm. - Yes.

566. [Kennedy voice-over] I have on my Pride dress,

567. fully rhinestoned, with my matching rainbow shoes.

568. I am just head-to-toe Pride.

569. The rainbow leads right to her pot of gold.

570. - Yeah. - Her ass.

571. Up next, Violet Chachki.

572. Man, she feels like a woman.

573. Ahh, come to the cabaret.

574. Vilkommen. Bienvenue.

575. [Violet voice-over] I'm giving you Victor Victoria, Marlene Dietrich,

576. classic burlesque influences.

577. I'm feeling very razzle-dazzle and like a fierce bitch.

578. She's a Chachki with some fringe on top.

579. Ginger Minj.

580. Ginger has fringe on her minj.

581. This reminds me.

582. I've got to take my car to the car wash.

583. Yes.

584. [Ginger voice-over] I am making sure these judges see every rhinestone,

585. every piece of fringe, every single inch

586. of this big, bold, and beautiful bitch.

587. You know what they say: the bigger the hair,

588. the juicier the ass.

589. She is mopping up the floor with this look.

590. Yes.

591. Pearl.

592. Well, fla-zee-da.

593. Ha-ha.

594. New from the Dee Snider intimates collection.

595. Uh-oh, now sissy that walk

596. [Pearl voice-over] My runway look is a huge representation

597. of what my drag is about.

598. It's vintage, and it's over-the-top,

599. and it's sexy.

600. What color is that, Carson, mother-of-pearl?

601. I think it is.

602. Uh-oh, now sissy that walk

603. Welcome, ladies.

604. I couldn't be more happy

605. to see kids succeed,

606. and you really did.

607. Kennedy, you were born naked,

608. but you've grown to become a fierce drag queen.

609. Here's a photo of you as a little bitty boy.

610. Now, if you could time travel,

611. what would Kennedy Davenport have to say

612. to little Ruben?

613. I would definitely have to tell him

614. that it's okay that you are different

615. from the other kids,

616. all the nights that you have cried yourself to sleep.

617. It will be over soon.

618. And that you're gonna be respected

619. for your gift.

620. Thank you, Kennedy.

621. Violet, here's a photo of you

622. when you were four years old.

623. What would you Violet Chachki have to say

624. to little Jason?

625. Um, I would tell him

626. to try to have more patience with everybody,

627. especially with your parents,

628. and you just need to know how special you are and,

629. you know, really bask in moments of weakness

630. and find strength in them and push through everything

631. and get to a goddamn ballet class as fast as you can.

632. Thank you, Violet.

633. Thank you.

634. Ginger, here is a photo of you

635. when you were five years old.

636. What would Ginger Minj have to say to little Joshua?

637. When it feels like the entire world is against you,

638. you've always got a friend in yourself,

639. and when it gets to that moment in your life

640. where you feel like there's no other alternative

641. and you want to end it, remember that in your life

642. there's gonna be stupidity coming at you

643. from a never-ending parade of bigoted.

644. And the only way to survive that parade

645. is to make yourself the grand marshal.

646. Thank you, Ginger.

647. Thank you.

648. Pearl, here is a photo of you

649. when you were four years old.

650. I've never seen that child before in my life.

651. What would Pearl have to say to little Matthew?

652. Oh, God.

653. I'd have to start with a warning.

654. You're about to enter, like, the toughest...

655. You're gonna enter the toughest years of your life.

656. And...

657. gonna suck really bad for a long time,

658. and people are gonna you up

659. and take advantage of you,

660. and people are gonna be looking at you

661. from across the room for so many years,

662. and you're not gonna understand why.

663. Do you understand why now?

664. Yeah.

665. You're a star, baby.

666. Yeah.

667. Thank you, Pearl.

668. Coming up, it's time for the judges' final critiques.

669. And one of you will be going home.

670. Ladies, the winners of this week's challenge

671. will move on to the top three,

672. and one of you will be going home.

673. It's time for the judges' final critiques.

674. First up, Kennedy Davenport.

675. Let's take a look at your dailies.

676. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

677. Hurry up and eat.

678. Mama's got to watch her stories.

679. Look.

680. My two dollies are kai-kai'ing.

681. You don't even know what that means.

682. For the acting challenge,

683. for me, it was flatlined

684. with not a lot of separation between characters,

685. but I think you've made a lot of progress.

686. You look beautiful tonight.

687. I think this is very representative

688. of your best drag

689. I really am very touched

690. about the transformation that you have made.

691. Thank you.

692. Next up, Violet Chachki.

693. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

694. What's that?

695. It's RuPaul's Born Naked,

696. available on iTunes.

697. What happened to manly music?

698. Oh, I hate it here!

699. This is why we can't have nice things.

700. I know dancing is not your favorite thing to do.

701. With that said, I thought your dancing was really good.

702. For the acting challenge, what I loved about that,

703. I think you had so much separation

704. between your characters.

705. You really told the story beautifully.

706. Don't take this as shade.

707. But did you run out of clothes?

708. Oh, God no.

709. Because for me,

710. this does not say "Violet's best drag."

711. For me, it feels like a natural progression for you.

712. I think I get what you're doing.

713. I think you do too.

714. Okay, thanks. Good.

715. Next up, Ginger Minj.

716. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

717. Guess who I saw putting on Mommy's makeup.

718. Shut up.

719. Boy, you'd better take off that hoodie right now.

720. Don't call me boy.

721. Call me... Ginger Minj.

722. Your characters were the most fleshed-out.

723. Dancing is not your strong suit,

724. but I think you did it your way.

725. I loved that you had a wig malfunction

726. and you made it work.

727. The fact that you still went with it

728. shows your level of professionalism.

729. This bombshell white diamonds number,

730. this is the best drag that you've had

731. in the entire competition, and you saved the best for last.

732. Thank you.

733. Next up, Pearl.

734. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

735. You get out of my house now.

736. Fine!

737. I'm leaving.

738. Wait.

739. Don't leave me here with them.

740. Little sister, I'll come back for you...

741. when I'm famous.

742. Attagirl, Pearl.

743. Well, who would have thought, Pearl,

744. a few weeks ago that we'd be here today?

745. Uh-uh - And I think I figured it out.

746. You're a weirdo. - Oh, yeah.

747. In this particular challenge,

748. you really pushed yourself out of the comfort zone.

749. You gave us three really definable characters,

750. then with the dancing, you don't move,

751. and it becomes that kind of stoner stripper so high

752. she just wants the dollars.

753. She doesn't care about anything else.

754. - We've all been there.

755. I think you look beautiful, and I'm proud of you.

756. You earned your spot here, and congrats to you.

757. Thank you.

758. Ladies, final question.

759. Why should you and not your competitors

760. be crowned America's next drag superstar?

761. We'll start with Kennedy.

762. I've been in this business for 17 long years.

763. And I condone myself with professionalism.

764. As far as my competitors,

765. with the exception of Ginger,

766. I don't think the other girls are ready.

767. So I fear that they may not know how to condone themselves.

768. And that makes me think,

769. "What do you have to offer once you become the queen?"

770. And it's not much.

771. Thank you, Kennedy.

772. All right, Violet Chachki.

773. I already feel like I am America's next drag superstar.

774. And I've been telling myself that

775. for a really long time now.

776. I've always, you know, looked up to myself.

777. The only really validation I've ever looked for

778. is from this show.

779. And, I mean, as far as my competitors go,

780. I honestly do feel like I represent the past,

781. the present, but more than anything the future.

782. - Thank you, Violet. - Thank you.

783. All right, Ginger.

784. If I could, I would split this with Kennedy.

785. I'd say, "Crown us both.

786. We'll get conjoined twin gowns, and we'll wear them all year."

787. But my other two sisters, as much as I do love them,

788. Violet has the shortest temper I've ever seen.

789. And that's a problem when you're dealing with the world.

790. And Pearl, as much as she has grown,

791. was ready to walk away from a golden opportunity.

792. Not to mention this is America,

793. land of the free, home of the fat people,

794. and if we're gonna supersize our french fries,

795. why can't we at least supersize our next drag superstar?

796. Thank you, Ginger.

797. All right, Pearl.

798. You know, I've busted my ass

799. my entire life for everything that I have,

800. every article of clothing, every rent payment.

801. You have been telling me how exhausted I come off,

802. and it's because I am...

803. From life.

804. Yes, I totally had a moment on this show

805. where I didn't think that I could go on.

806. But that doesn't define what I've done on this show.

807. I do not like to keep myself limited

808. into some kind of drag box,

809. and I have so much more to show America.

810. Thank you, Pearl.

811. Now, while you untuck backstage,

812. the judges and I will deliberate.

813. All right, just between us squirrel friends,

814. what do you think?

815. Let's start with Kennedy Davenport.

816. Her dancing was amazing.

817. You know, she got rhythm.

818. And she is a great representation

819. of glamorous drag.

820. I have to say, she's a hard worker,

821. and she is the professional of the group.

822. If she's the pro, then why wasn't that speech professional?

823. Violet Chachki.

824. Look, she's not a dancer, but she gave it all she's got.

825. She did a great lip sync.

826. And as far as her acting goes,

827. I was really, really proud of her.

828. She has told such a story in her looks constantly,

829. and I believe that she had this last outfit planned all along.

830. That is not the best look.

831. Don't try to convince me.

832. Ginger Minj.

833. Her video, not the greatest dancer but totally fine.

834. But she can give you comedy and glamour

835. and acting and singing.

836. I mean, she's a quadruple threat.

837. She offers something different.

838. You know, I grew up as a full-figured young boy.

839. And it does say something to kids in small towns everywhere

840. who may be chubby that there's a chance

841. that they could really rise to the top here.

842. Pearl.

843. At a certain point, I, along with everyone else,

844. was like, "Check, please. I'm out." with Pearl,

845. but here she is in the top four of this competition.

846. That is so difficult.

847. And she fought her way back.

848. And she made me fall in love with her.

849. She does have a boozy charm.

850. And it's star quality that she has

851. where you're intrigued, you know.

852. But is it too off-putting— the sort of distance—

853. for a fan to fall in love with her?

854. Oh, I think they'll love her.

855. Well, one more topic we need to discuss:

856. Michelle Visage.

857. Uh, Carson, pros and cons.

858. Ah, you're funny.

859. Silence.

860. I've made my decision.

861. Bring back my girls.

862. Ladies, before I can decide who makes it to the top three,

863. this is your last chance to impress me

864. and save yourself from elimination.

865. The time has come...

866. for you to lip-sync...

867. for your life!

868. Good luck.

869. And don't it up.

870. Who you waitin' for, another savior

871. Always lookin' but you never find, never find

872. Wakin' up from another night gone

873. Always lookin' but you never find, never find

874. Goin' downtown, you know where ya goin'

875. Throw ya top down like ya know where ya goin'

876. Tell me one thing, do you like where ya goin'

877. Ignorin' all of the signs, and I said

878. I should be America's next drag superstar,

879. because I'm bringing a level that Drag Racehas yet to see.

880. It's the Kennedy Davenport experience, baby.

881. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

882. I'll say it again

883. Being crowned America's next drag superstar

884. means the culmination of a lifetime of work.

885. It's time that a big girl wins this competition.

886. And I said who, who do you think you are

887. I think I represent the old and the new styles of drag.

888. I feel like I really am expressing myself

889. as a visual artist.

890. I am definitely America's next drag superstar.

891. Who, who do you think you are

892. I should be America's next drag superstar,

893. because I do glamour.

894. I do freaky.

895. I do funny.

896. I've just worked so hard.

897. I just deserve it.

898. Who do you think you are

899. I'm tellin' the truth now

900. We're all born naked and the rest is drag

901. Wow.

902. Ladies, I've made my decision.

903. Kennedy Davenport, I'm sorry, my dear,

904. but you will not be moving on to the top three.

905. Kennedy, the struggle is real.

906. And so is your God-given talent.

907. And your journey has just begun.

908. Thank you.

909. This has been a wonderful experience.

910. And I couldn't have asked for anything more.

911. So thank you very much.

912. Now, sashay away.

913. I'm very disappointed that I'm leaving

914. the competition right now.

915. I've done all that I could do.

916. And if it just wasn't enough,

917. it was enough for me.

918. Newark, La Guardia, Kennedy.

919. I present to the world my final three.

920. All season long I've consulted with the judges,

921. and now I want to hear from you, the fans.

922. Who do you think should be America's next drag superstar?

923. Are you Team Ginger,

924. Team Pearl, or Team Violet.

925. Tweet your choice to:

926. And keep the conversation going

927. on RuPaul's Drag Race Facebook page.

928. Let your voice be heard, but remember,

929. the final decision is mine to make.

930. So tune in next week to see the world debut

931. of the music video Born Naked.

932. And the week after that,

933. I will crown a winner

934. at the grand finale of RuPaul's Drag Race.

935. Now, remember, if you can't love yourself,

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

937. Can I get an amen up in here?

938. Amen. - All right.

939. Now, let the music play.

940. Take me up, up, up, up

941. Up up up

942. Up up up

943. We can fly tonight

944. Woah oh oh

945. Woah oh oh

946. Woah oh oh

947. We can fly tonight