RuPaul's Drag Race 8x8

1. - Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

2. You'll be working in pairs

3. to create presidential campaign ads.

4. - I immediately was like—

5. I wrote 30 pages.

6. - Damn, Thorgy.

7. - Every team is going to hope that Bob and I fail.

8. Why?

9. - But we both want to win.

10. - I think we got everything.

11. - Do you want a shot of Chi Chi drinking booze?

12. - I think I'm good.

13. - Okay.

14. - Thorgy Thor.

15. - I got totally confused

16. when you didn't say anything about the booze.

17. - There were too many ideas.

18. - Chi Chi DeVayne.

19. - We just had to push you a little bit

20. for you to be in your skin.

21. - Just be you.

22. Honey, that's why we sent you a plane ticket.

23. - Bob The Drag Queen and Derrick Barry.

24. - I would love to see

25. a fully realized glamasaurus rex.

26. - Okay.

27. - Don't just give us that same old pretty makeup.

28. Show us something completely different.

29. - Condragulations.

30. You are both the winners of this week's challenge.

31. - Chi Chi DeVayne, shantay, you stay.

32. - Thorgy Thor.

33. Sashay away.

34. - Mmm.

35. - Whoo, mama.

36. - Goodness.

37. - Girl. - Poor Thorgy.

38. - I cannot believe that all happened.

39. - That was a— that was a rough one.

40. - That was, like, so emotional.

41. - "Please take down Bob.

42. She's terrible."

43. - "Anyway, love you guys.

44. "Top three, Naomi, Bob and Deryk.

45. That was shady. Thorgy."

46. - There you have it, girl. - Whoa, that was really shady.

47. Damn, Thorgy.

48. But you're not here anymore,

49. so I guess it really doesn't matter, huh?

50. - I thought we had a special connection.

51. - Well, you realize that's so typical Thorgy.

52. I mean, that's my homegirl.

53. I was so excited to see her when I got here.

54. And I was sad to see her go.

55. Even though she got competitive with me,

56. that's Thorgy.

57. I love her anyway.

58. And I really am gonna miss her.

59. That was a lip-sync for the ages, mama.

60. - That was epic.

61. - I'm at a loss for words,

62. 'cause it was so unexpected.

63. Child, I'm gonna erase this shit.

64. Real talk, y'all?

65. Derrick's ass should've been lip-synching tonight,

66. and I know I'm not the only girl

67. that's thinking it.

68. - When they said that Derrick was in the top,

69. I was like, "Okay, I did not see that."

70. - That's where her jealousy kicked in.

71. - Purely based on the runway look,

72. I think Derrick should've been in the bottom.

73. Derrick's black-and-white runway

74. looked like he stepped

75. out of the thrift store bargain sale day.

76. - Bob and I smeared the shit

77. out of each other like Ru told us to do,

78. so I felt like Bob and I won.

79. I think the other queens, those bitches better be scared,

80. because now I'm competition.

81. Oh, you didn't win a challenge?

82. Oh, I did?

83. And I didn't have to do anything Britney to win.

84. - I think it was your ensemble

85. that they read you for.

86. Your outfit.

87. - Yeah, I think that's where all the negative was.

88. And they want you to start carving yourself.

89. - It's just funny to me, because this is my drag.

90. - First let's start with blocking those brows down

91. and changing your paint.

92. Derrick paints like a real woman would paint,

93. and that's not drag.

94. - The thing is, they have seen this look from you,

95. so I think they want to see

96. something else you can do with a higher arch brow—

97. - Yeah, and I get that. I get that,

98. that I really didn't change my makeup

99. besides doing black and white,

100. but I wanted to look like an old movie star.

101. - I'll tell you this.

102. If they tell you to do more draggy, block that brow.

103. - Yeah. - Bring it up to your goddamn

104. fuckin' hairline. - Right.

105. If I come out, and I do not have my brow raised,

106. there is no excuse for me to be here.

107. - Derrick talking about she gonna change her makeup,

108. do this, do that.

109. Like, girl, we've been telling you that from the beginning.

110. Like, what the fuck?

111. - Oh, my goodness.

112. - Girl, it is too damn late.

113. - Oh!

114. - Bye, boo-boo.

115. ♪ RuPaul Drag Race

116. - The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

117. receives a one-year supply

118. of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

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

120. With extra special guest judges

121. David and Amy Sedaris!

122. - Oh!

123. - Whoo!

124. Fantastic five!

125. - Today is gonna be super important

126. because the crown is so close you can taste it,

127. and you do not want to be that bitch

128. that got sent home so close.

129. Whoo, girl.

130. She done already done had herses.

131. - Now, they say you can't judge a book by its cover.

132. Ha!

133. You need to grow a spine, girlie.

134. Be a real page-turner.

135. And for the love of God,

136. don't forget to tuck your bookworm.

137. - Hello, hello, hello.

138. Hi!

139. - Ladies, at this point in the competition,

140. you're family.

141. And sometimes, to bring sisters closer together,

142. it's good to do some family role-playing.

143. And we're gonna do it with puppets.

144. Why?

145. 'Cause everybody loves puppets.

146. - Everybody love puppets.

147. Pick a puppet that represents one of your competitors,

148. and drag it up.

149. First up, Kim Chi.

150. - All right, girl. - Dig deep for a puppet.

151. Who is it?

152. - Chi Chi.

153. - Oh, no.

154. - All right, next up, Chi Chi DeVayne.

155. Oh, dear.

156. Ooh!

157. - It's—

158. - Derrick Barry.

159. - I have Bob The Drag Queen.

160. - They gave me hair.

161. That was nice.

162. - Next up, Derrick Barry.

163. - Ooh!

164. - The hair!

165. - I got Naomi.

166. - All right, Naomi.

167. Vogue over to the hole.

168. - Kack-k-k-kack ka-kack-ka-kack, pow.

169. - Derrick Barry.

170. - It's gonna be even worse than her snatch game.

171. - All right, Bob, you're up.

172. - Kim Chi! - Yay!

173. - Look at Kim Chi go.

174. Oops! Oh, no!

175. Oh, shit!

176. - All right, ladies.

177. You have 20 minutes to drag up your puppets.

178. Go.

179. - All right!

180. - I need the tiniest lashes possible for Derrick.

181. - Wow. I wear 301s, cunt.

182. - Okay, let me get the fabric that is the cheapest,

183. without a sparkle, for Naomi.

184. - Because I don't have to rely on fabric.

185. - You do have to rely on your body, though, apparently.

186. - Oh, snap.

187. Derrick and Naomi,

188. I think they're getting tired of each other.

189. - Wow. - Remember, honey.

190. I paint for the Las Vegas stage,

191. where you actually have to look like someone.

192. You just have to look like Raven.

193. - No, I have my own drag aesthetic.

194. It's called Naomi Smalls.

195. - Mmm. It's called Naomi Smalls?

196. Keep giving me material, honey.

197. - Ooh!

198. - Time's up, ladies.

199. Let the bitch fest begin.

200. Coming to the stage, Kim Chi.

201. I used to be 350 pounds.

202. And what did you get down to?

203. 349.

204. Oh, my God!

205. Condragulations, girl.

206. Well, the camera adds ten pounds.

207. I ate, like, seven cameras.

208. Do you have a bit of a speech impediment?

209. Speech impediment? Oh, my God!

210. Kim, this is ridiculous.

211. Thank you. Bye, Kim.

212. Oh, fuck.

213. - All right, this is Kim Chi.

214. And—oh, Chi Chi, you're still here.

215. Ooh, um, the judges keep telling you the word titties,

216. and all I can see is your boy nipples.

217. Shit. I'm a cheap queen.

218. Let's talk about your two-inch heels.

219. They coming to the stores, I paid 100 bucks.

220. When I saw the bag, it said $14.99.

221. Why does your hair bump never blend in to your hairline?

222. - Bitch, my hair is blended in.

223. Most of the time, girl.

224. - See, I told you, I'm a cheap queen.

225. - So, Naomi, I'm wondering.

226. Is this your roller girl look, neon look,

227. or Madonna kimono look?

228. They're all the same.

229. - No, ma'am.

230. I have never looked like that in my entire life.

231. I would never wear some shake and go Beyoncé wig.

232. - There's one thing I do want to talk—

233. Ooh, you're doing a split, girl.

234. That's the most talented thing

235. I think I've seen you do on this competition.

236. - Damn, Derrick, you are cutting deep, bitch.

237. This is a puppet show.

238. Kids are here. - The one thing

239. I want to talk to you about is your snatch game.

240. Your New York was really bad.

241. - Damn, shady.

242. - Oh, Flavor Flav!

243. No, you didn't!

244. Okay, try to do that.

245. Oh, Flavor Flav.

246. Oh, no, you didn't.

247. - Derrick, does it hurt, me having my hand inside you?

248. No, I'm used to sitting on two dicks at one time.

249. - Derrick and Naomi, they're like Tom and Jerry.

250. Like NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak.

251. - Derrick, tell me about your drag.

252. Well, I don't really have a drag style.

253. There is no Derrick Barry.

254. There is Britney Spears.

255. But I hand-sewed this piece of fabric

256. that's just buttoned up around my waist.

257. - That sucked.

258. - Hey, everybody.

259. I'm Bob The Drag Queen.

260. Hey, Bob, how you doing?

261. I'm doing well. I talk a lot.

262. I work at every club in New York.

263. I have a big mouth!

264. I think I'm all that,

265. even though my wigs look like Chi Chi's.

266. Yeah!

267. Jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes, jokes.

268. So what are you gonna do when you run out of jokes?

269. I know what I'll do.

270. Walk into the club purse first.

271. Bam!

272. Walk into the club purse first. Bam!

273. New York, baby!

274. - Wow.

275. So you bitches just didn't hold anything back,

276. did you?

277. The winner of today's mini challenge is...

278. Chi Chi DeVayne.

279. - Whoa!

280. - I never lose a challenge.

281. - All right, ladies.

282. For this week's maxi challenge,

283. we're having a book ball.

284. Oh, word.

285. - Now, in honor of our guest judge,

286. author and humorist David Sedaris...

287. I'm challenging you to put together

288. three different looks

289. that tell the story of your life.

290. First category is Baby Drag Realness.

291. You know, when you were five years old,

292. and you slipped on those first pair of heels?

293. Second category is That's My Mama Realness.

294. A drag look that pays tribute to your own sweet mama.

295. Third category is

296. Autobiographical Eleganza Extravaganza!

297. A couture creation made entirely...

298. out of books.

299. - Ooh. - Oh.

300. For your first two looks,

301. you can use clothes, shoes, and accessories

302. from the Out of the Closet Thrift Store.

303. Gentleman, start your engines,

304. and may the best woman win!

305. - Is that really how I sound?

306. How Derrick did my puppet?

307. - Is that really how I sound?

308. You're like Paris Hilton.

309. It's just like giving me one note.

310. - Damn.

311. - I actually thought that was very clever.

312. - You're not mad at it? - No.

313. - Oh, cool. - Not at all.

314. Bitch, I have tough skin.

315. - It looks like it.

316. You really testing out that tough skin, ain't you, girl?

317. - And Derrick has thin hair.

318. - Ha-ha!

319. - Wow.

320. I also have a career with my wigs on.

321. You'll have a career once you start gluing yours down.

322. - Baby.

323. - Popcorn.

324. - The fun thing about Naomi is

325. she only has one thing to say.

326. And then she has to think for, like,

327. hours to come with another read.

328. - I have one thing to say.

329. I'm not that smart.

330. - Whoa.

331. - Were you upset by my puppet?

332. - I honestly don't remember what you said.

333. - Everything was factual.

334. - Why do you guys hate each other?

335. Can't you guys just get along? God damn it.

336. - I do not hate Derrick.

337. I do not like his drag.

338. - This is getting intense.

339. - You don't hate me; you just hate my drag.

340. - There, exactly. - Yeah.

341. - It's gonna get severe up in here!

342. It's gonna get severe up in here.

343. Gat, gat, boom!

344. - Derrick and Naomi

345. are starting World War III in this bitch.

346. Y'all is going for blood today.

347. The shit has hit the fan, honey.

348. - Coming up...

349. Do you know how to do glamazon drag?

350. - I want to show up in a leotard.

351. - We're looking for your story.

352. Who are you?

353. - I'm Naomi Smalls.

354. - Right.

355. - This week's challenge is the Book Ball.

356. We have to come up with three looks.

357. So we have Baby Drag, a mama look, and Book Drag,

358. where we have to design a high fashion costume

359. out of books.

360. - Watch out for the paper cuts, ladies.

361. - Hey, sexy librarians.

362. Hi! Hello!

363. - Hi, Derrick Barry. - Hi, Ru.

364. - You're cutting up my book. - I know.

365. My Eleganza Extravanganza

366. is taking elements of your book

367. and mixing them with famous paintings.

368. Because I feel like celebrity female impersonation

369. is such an art form. - Right.

370. But you've come under a lot of fire

371. in terms of aesthetic.

372. And also last week, the judges called you out on your makeup,

373. specifically to make it look more draggy.

374. 'Cause you paint. You just paint what's there.

375. Do you know how to paint an illusion on your face?

376. - Yes.

377. I will definitely be giving you a brow.

378. - Yes, darling. - Definitely, darling.

379. - If the judges want me to wipe my eyebrow out

380. and draw on a new one, I'm gonna do that.

381. I'm ready to take a risk,

382. and I want to show the judges

383. I came here to really challenge myself.

384. - Why, Chi Chi DeVayne.

385. - Hey, Ru the Q.

386. - What are you gonna do for your Mama Drag look?

387. - My mother, to me she's high glam.

388. She always wears platinum blonde hair, long eyelashes.

389. She loves leopard. She's a party girl.

390. I definitely get my ability to dance from my mom.

391. I didn't realize it until we went to,

392. like, a wedding one time.

393. Lady know how to cut a rug.

394. - Now, tell me this.

395. What are you gonna do for your Eleganza Extravaganza?

396. - I'm the unconventional queen.

397. I've worked with paper before,

398. so I'm just going to wow you guys.

399. - Well, Chi Chi, remember what was said

400. last week.

401. We want Chi Chi.

402. Now, we want an elevated Chi Chi.

403. We want you to be refined.

404. We say country, that's not a bad word.

405. - Yeah. - It's flavor.

406. Savor in it.

407. - Okay. - Bask in it.

408. Never be ashamed of it.

409. - I'm realizing that country is in.

410. So I guess I got to heighten what I do.

411. I just want to pull it off.

412. I want to do good.

413. - Well, hello there, Bob. - Hey, RuPaul.

414. - Now, last week, the judges, Michelle, specifically,

415. called you out to see if you could do glamazon drag.

416. - I'm gonna go glamorous for my book look.

417. So I'm taking this corset.

418. I've already got three pieces glued down.

419. Look at me go. - Uh-huh. Uh-huh.

420. - Do a corset that kind of branches out,

421. goes past the bosoms. - Yes.

422. - Then I'm gonna do like a gradient color.

423. - Well, 'cause you know, Michelle

424. calls your drag ratchet drag.

425. - Yeah.

426. - I am in love with the way you look tonight.

427. Less ratchet, more fashion.

428. - Do you call your drag ratchet drag?

429. - I've never called it ratchet, but that term doesn't offend me.

430. - Is that a conscious decision?

431. - It's a conscious decision.

432. 'Cause if you come to one of my shows,

433. it's like me on stage by myself

434. for an hour and a half.

435. And if I'm gonna be in, like, a gown with huge earrings

436. and big old sculpted up-do,

437. by the time my show's done, my eyebrows become my moustache,

438. I'm sweating. See what I mean?

439. So I'm gonna show up in a leotard.

440. - You're so confident.

441. What scares you?

442. - My mom got sick recently.

443. She has, like, a chronic and really rare form

444. of pneumonia called BOOP, which sounds cute,

445. but it's not that cute, actually.

446. I got the scariest call,

447. which is like, "You need to come here."

448. I was, like, really freaked out. - Yeah, yeah.

449. - My mom had been very physically fit,

450. and then she was just, like, skinny and frail, and,

451. like, her hair was falling out.

452. And she couldn't do anything.

453. Like, anything.

454. - Wow.

455. - I mean, it was really hard to see my mom like that.

456. All of the things in my life that,

457. like, make me a good person are

458. because my mom taught me to do it.

459. I don't have a lot of people like my mom in my family.

460. Fuckin' got me, you bitch.

461. - Wow. That's pretty rough.

462. What do you think your mom would think about you

463. in this competition?

464. My mom thinks I'm the best ever.

465. My mom is the funniest person I know.

466. My mom is my hero,

467. and she showed me that you can do anything.

468. More importantly, come through anything.

469. - All right.

470. Well, I want to see gorgeous Bob The Drag Queen.

471. - Note taken. - All right.

472. Thanks.

473. - Here we go, girl.

474. - Hi, Naomi. - Hi, Ru.

475. - Now, this is of course an autobiographical challenge.

476. - Yes. - We're looking for your story.

477. Who are you?

478. - I'm Naomi Smalls.

479. - Yeah, that's kind of vague.

480. I want more.

481. How are you going to insert more of you into this challenge?

482. - My mom is such a huge part of who I am.

483. I'm such a huge fan of hers.

484. - And she had how many kids?

485. - She had one in her first marriage,

486. and my dad had two in his first marriage,

487. and they got together and they had one,

488. and then eight of them are adopted.

489. - And that is... - That's 12.

490. - 12. Wow.

491. - For That's My Mama Realness,

492. I want to portray what a classic beauty my mom is.

493. She doesn't need huge hair and big diamonds.

494. She doesn't need anything to amp her up.

495. She just knows she's perfect in my eyes.

496. - Now, a few weeks ago,

497. you were almost fading into the background.

498. - Right. - But you came up from behind

499. and just knocked 'em dead.

500. - Well, I'm actually kind of thankful

501. that I was in the bottom two,

502. because it literally lit a fire underneath my ass.

503. This is what I want to do, and I should just

504. fuckin' bring it every single time.

505. - Well, you know, two weeks ago, it was a design challenge

506. that you won. - Mm-hmm.

507. - And I want that same excitement

508. from you in this challenge.

509. - I'm just nervous, because the judges

510. like what I'm doing so far,

511. and I don't want to give them any reason to doubt me.

512. I want to prove to them that I'm not a one-hit wonder.

513. - Well, I can't wait to see what you're going to do.

514. - Thank you, Ru. - Get back to work.

515. - Hi, Kim Chi. - Hi, Ru.

516. - You're a design queen. - Yes, I am.

517. - So this is something you can sink your teeth into.

518. What are you planning?

519. - With all three of the runways,

520. it's kind of like a visual fairy tale.

521. So I'm going to start off as a little sprout.

522. - Uh-huh. - And through drag,

523. I blossom into the artist

524. that I'm going to become. - Wow.

525. So, now, this challenge has a part

526. that pays homage to your mother.

527. What is that gonna look like? - Oh, my gosh.

528. So this one I'm really excited about.

529. I brought a traditional Korean hanbok,

530. because my mother taught me to be proud

531. of who I am and my heritage.

532. - It's something your mother has worn before?

533. - Yes. - Has she seen you in drag?

534. - She doesn't know that I do drag.

535. - What? - I know.

536. My mom thinks I'm a makeup artist.

537. - You know she's gonna see this show.

538. Are you afraid? - I am a bit afraid

539. that she might see all of this as,

540. like, a waste of time.

541. I just want my mom to be able to be proud of,

542. like, everything that I do.

543. You know, the person that I am today.

544. - You think she doesn't know that already?

545. - I don't think so, no.

546. - Hmm.

547. - Have you never shown her that side of you?

548. - Not really, 'cause I just

549. don't like being vulnerable with my mom.

550. - Right. - 'Cause then she might think

551. that I'm a weak person,

552. and I want to portray myself as anything but that.

553. - I think that Kim should tell her mom.

554. 'Cause I feel like if you're not really

555. opening yourself up to your family,

556. then you're robbing them of the experience

557. of getting to know

558. and experience you for who you are.

559. I mean, in theory, I know Kim

560. better than her fuckin' mom knows her.

561. That's not fair.

562. - Is that why you got so emotional on the runway

563. when you were being critiqued?

564. - I felt like I tried my best, but it just didn't work out.

565. So I just got really frustrated.

566. - I just felt like there was a sense of shame

567. when you broke down.

568. Somehow they're all linked together.

569. I'm not sure how.

570. And that's what I'm trying to get at.

571. - I'm very hard on myself about being perfect.

572. Especially growing up,

573. because I wasn't the model child,

574. and I was the "artistic" one.

575. And last week's performance was a letdown,

576. because I feel like my mom probably

577. wouldn't be proud of what I did.

578. - I just want to do really well in this competition.

579. - You have done really well. It's top five.

580. You are so talented.

581. Everybody knows that about you.

582. But do you know it?

583. - I know it, yeah. - But do you own it?

584. - I will own it. - Will own it?

585. After this challenge, or later this—

586. - No, right now. I will own it. - Okay.

587. I need you to really hear yourself say that,

588. because that's the key to this competition.

589. If you see it, we can see it, you know?

590. All right, get back to work.

591. - Thank you.

592. - Ladies!

593. Gather round.

594. Now, listen, I've got good news.

595. Tomorrow on the main stage,

596. in addition to David Sedaris,

597. we will be joined by his twisted sister...

598. - Actress and author Amy Sedaris will be here.

599. Oh, right, and there's one more thing.

600. In addition to your three Book Ball looks,

601. you'll be performing an opening number.

602. A tribute to Amy's comedy classic,

603. "Strangers With Candy"

604. in full Jerri Blank-inspired drag.

605. - That's gonna be ridiculous.

606. - So Chi Chi, you won the mini challenge,

607. so you're in charge of the choreography.

608. - So good luck,

609. you boozers, users, and losers.

610. And don't fuck it up.

611. Coming up...

612. - Let's start from the beginning.

613. Got it?

614. - No.

615. - We down to the top five.

616. I ain't finna correct her.

617. - Thrown in jail, wow.

618. - So Kim Chi.

619. - I'm worried that I might lose this challenge.

620. - All right. - Down to production.

621. - For today's challenge,

622. we have to come up with three different looks

623. for the Book Ball and a dance number.

624. It's a tribute to Jerri Blank,

625. the character Amy Sedaris plays on the TV show

626. "Strangers With Candy."

627. It's about embodying this particular character.

628. - Chi Chi, you don't even need the teeth in.

629. - Oh, damn.

630. - I told y'all she says shady shit all the time.

631. - Oh, we can't say things in jest?

632. - Let's start from the beginning.

633. We're gonna have—

634. Got it?

635. - No.

636. - Okay, let's do it again.

637. - Wait. So when I— I get to the end,

638. I do it step turn this way?

639. - Why not for this time you stand behind me,

640. so you can actually see someone doing it in front of you?

641. - Okay, that sounds much better.

642. - Ready, and—

643. Got it?

644. - There's the walking.

645. It's literally, walk, walk, walk, turn.

646. - Oh, God.

647. - Start over.

648. - Hey, hey, I've got something to say.

649. I was a teenage runaway.

650. Thrown in jail. Wha—

651. - So Kim Chi.

652. - I'm worried that I might lose this challenge

653. just because I can't dance, and I don't want that to happen.

654. - Come on, let's do it again.

655. I'ma watch it this time, guys.

656. - I was a teenage runaway,

657. I was a boozer and a user

658. and don't forget, a loser!

659. - Bob can actually dance.

660. I don't know why she plays it down

661. that she's just a comedian.

662. Girl can dance.

663. But I don't know how these other girls are gonna do.

664. I don't know, girl.

665. - I was a big fan of the pole.

666. Also love the hole.

667. - Naomi, she's still modeling,

668. she's still voguing,

669. and oh,

670. oh, and oh.

671. She's not kind of channeling

672. that ugliness of Jerri Blank.

673. - You're walking like a model.

674. And I need you to walk like Jerri Blank.

675. Yeah, think a hunchback. - There you go.

676. - Yeah. - She has a FUPA.

677. - Think scoliosis, like you had in high school.

678. - I actually have no idea

679. who the fuck is Jerri Blank.

680. What's "Strangers With Candy"?

681. Somebody please tell me.

682. - Think, like, first of all, do this face,

683. and then come down and—

684. - Derrick is doing this, like, weird thing.

685. She's playing like a fuckin'

686. caveman almost.

687. I don't know what the fuck she's doing.

688. - This is the sexiest you've ever looked.

689. - We down to the top five.

690. I ain't finna correct her.

691. - Whoo.

692. - So we're back in the work room,

693. and it's crunch time.

694. - Make it or break it right now.

695. - We have a short amount of time,

696. so it's work, work, work.

697. - I'm nervous about this challenge.

698. I'm trying to prove that I can be glamorous.

699. But this is not my field of expertise.

700. I don't work with unconventional materials at home.

701. This is very stressful.

702. It's a lot of shit. - Yeah.

703. - Yeah, there's just so much to do.

704. This is, like, crazy.

705. - For my book drag, I decided to use cardboard.

706. Because I want, like, a really structured dress.

707. I'm taking some very bold moves.

708. I'm not sewing anything.

709. - Thank God.

710. - All hot glue and spray paint.

711. - I mean, well, bitch, somebody got to go home.

712. Oh, yeah.

713. - Bob's using more cardboard

714. than she is books.

715. That's not the challenge.

716. Honey, you got it all wrong.

717. You're in for a rude awakening, girl.

718. - Coming up...

719. - I think you're gonna take great photos,

720. but that does not take talent.

721. - Bitch, glue down your brows, and then I'll glue down my lace.

722. - Oh, shit.

723. - I'm here in this room with you right now,

724. in the top five.

725. - Ooh!

726. The library has opened again.

727. - For today's maxi challenge,

728. we're getting ready for the Book Ball.

729. This challenge is literally super-important,

730. because it decides who makes the top four.

731. It's a huge deal.

732. - So, do you guys feel, like, a lot of pressure

733. about being top five and having to perform well?

734. - I think it would suck especially to go home right now.

735. 'Cause it's literally so close you can taste it.

736. - Do you think you hands-down deserve to win?

737. - Yeah.

738. I think everyone should have that mentality.

739. - Agreed. - Most definitely.

740. - Why do you think you deserve to win?

741. - I've got the best grades in school.

742. - But when you look at RuPaul's beauty and grace,

743. do you feel like you possess that,

744. because I don't see, in the past winners,

745. the beauty that they have.

746. - Damn.

747. - That bitch just called you ugly.

748. - No, no, no.

749. I've just never heard them ever say to a previous winner

750. that they did ratchet drag.

751. - All the queens think that I can't be glamorous

752. because Michelle called me ratchet one time, in a good way.

753. And it's all they can cling to, especially Derrick.

754. You keep thinking ratchet drag means something bad.

755. Ratchet and like, this idea of somebody being raggedy

756. are not the same thing.

757. - But Bob, I've seen, like, your videos online,

758. and I think you're very funny,

759. but, like, the first thing I thought was, like,

760. she literally wears lips and lashes.

761. - Whoo.

762. - I guess, but I mean, I do my thing.

763. You know, people will come to my show.

764. - I just think, like, makeup is very important

765. because the moment people look at you,

766. that's the first thing you see. - Yeah.

767. - I also want to say,

768. my makeup's not that fuckin' bad.

769. - Ooh.

770. - You guys act like I have, like, the worst makeup

771. in "Drag Race" history.

772. Granted, it's not the best.

773. I am no makeup artist.

774. - I don't think your makeup is terrible,

775. it just looks like you're not wearing any.

776. - It's a bit of a shock,

777. people thinking that my makeup is so bad,

778. 'cause no one's ever read me for my makeup.

779. - I don't think you even try to, like,

780. add more dimensions with your makeup.

781. - I do feel, though, the judges say,

782. "Oh, I can see you're trying."

783. - I think the judges are comparing Bob to himself.

784. But if you compare Bob to me and Naomi,

785. Bob's makeup is nonexistent.

786. I'm not, you know, like, putting your talents down.

787. But I just think, like, if all people have to see

788. is, like, your pictures, to, like, judge you—

789. - Because there is, like, a standard with drag.

790. Especially "Drag Race."

791. You have to have your makeup at a certain level.

792. You have to have your wigs at a certain level.

793. - They're absolutely right.

794. I pay more attention to my performances

795. than I do to my makeup.

796. But what matters is, are you delivering a product

797. to people who want to buy it.

798. That's what matters.

799. So if your thing is beauty,

800. then yeah, beauty matters a lot.

801. But my goal is to be an entertainer.

802. And I am an entertainer.

803. - I'm not saying that you should just be beautiful,

804. and you should win because it's a beauty pageant.

805. But you don't have to be a fuckin' stand-up comedian,

806. or just a live singer or a dancer.

807. - Why you coming— why you coming for me, bitch?

808. - There is definitely a beauty standard

809. when it comes to drag.

810. You could be doing an amazing death drop,

811. but it's not gonna be as impressive

812. if you look a fuckin' busted mess.

813. - My name's Bennett, and I'm not in it,

814. but I will say is I do think...

815. - You in it now, bitch.

816. - I think you need a talent

817. to not only win

818. but to make money in the future.

819. Like, I'm a dancer.

820. Everybody knows that I dance.

821. Everybody knows Bob does—

822. - Everything.

823. - Everybody knows.

824. - Whoo!

825. - Not makeup.

826. - I think you need some kind of talent.

827. I mean, Naomi, I look at you as a model.

828. - Oh!

829. - And to me, that's the only that I've—

830. you know what I mean, that I've seen.

831. That's what I get from you. - Right, I agree.

832. I think you're gonna take great photos,

833. but that does not take talent.

834. - Being a drag queen is such a talent.

835. You are a performer. You have to be a makeup artist,

836. you have to be a hairstylist, you have to be—

837. - So if you're a hairstylist,

838. why haven't you glued down your lace fronts?

839. - Oh, shit. The library has opened again.

840. Insert shady rattlesnake noise here.

841. Roo koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-koo- koo-koo-koo-koo.

842. - Bitch, glue down your brows, and then I'll glue down my lace.

843. - I cannot wait to see a shot of you

844. and have screen caps go around, and it's just lifted lace.

845. - And you know what yours is gonna be?

846. It's gonna be so much light reflected off that forehead,

847. because there's no brow on there.

848. I love that you two can't let it go.

849. Derrick, you and I are not frenemies any more.

850. You two are almost enemies at this point, girl.

851. - And I didn't get the challenge to do my brows

852. until my last challenge.

853. - But the judges told you to do that.

854. The judges haven't told me to glue down my wigs yet.

855. They're telling you to change up your makeup

856. and carve out your face.

857. - Do you not understand what I do for a living?

858. I don't carve my face out.

859. There's no lines on my face.

860. That's not gonna look like a female illusion.

861. That's going to look like drag makeup.

862. Not one time did they tell me

863. that my makeup is not good.

864. - And I'm telling you, like, as a friend,

865. change up your makeup.

866. It's not me digging at you.

867. - There are some digs in there.

868. - But, Naomi, why would I change my makeup

869. when I impersonate Britney Spears for a living?

870. - And that's why it bugs me.

871. Because we're coming into this competition,

872. and we're representing ourselves.

873. We're not representing a celebrity.

874. I feel like I'm telling Derrick

875. what the judges have been tiptoeing

876. around this entire time.

877. And literally someone just needs to be blunt about it,

878. because Derrick is not understanding it.

879. And even though Derrick never really asked me,

880. but someone needs to tell him the truth.

881. Who is Derrick Barry?

882. Chad came here with his own aesthetic.

883. He wasn't doing Cher the entire time.

884. - Chad had been doing drag for years, and—

885. - And so have you. - And not impersonating Cher.

886. - Okay.

887. Like, when you're coming to represent you

888. as a drag queen, not Britney Spears,

889. why wouldn't you come as Derrick Barry?

890. - Being compared to Britney Spears in the slightest

891. is the biggest compliment in the world.

892. And if I have to change my face to be myself,

893. then I'm not really being myself.

894. I just think that you've been upset with me doing well

895. in times where you didn't,

896. so you take digs at me to make yourself feel better.

897. - I disagree with Derrick saying that Naomi goes after him

898. because she's insecure.

899. Naomi sees Derrick's skill level

900. as not being up to par with everybody else,

901. and that's why she's frustrated that Derrick Barry's still here.

902. - Am I the first person who's ever

903. said anything like this, ever, to you?

904. - That has said my makeup is not good?

905. - I didn't say your makeup's not good.

906. It's just not drag.

907. - These are the most octaves I've ever heard Naomi speak in,

908. that's for sure.

909. You get her excited, girl,

910. she becomes Mariah Carey, honey.

911. - I just have never said that you don't belong here,

912. so for you to say that I don't belong here—

913. - I never said you don't belong here,

914. it's just that we literally— - You did.

915. You said it bugs you that I'm here.

916. - No, the thing that bugs me is

917. that you are here finding who you are,

918. this entire journey.

919. And we all came here with our own fuckin' aesthetic.

920. - Whoo!

921. - I'm here in this room with you

922. right now in the top five.

923. - Okay.

924. I'm so annoyed.

925. - When's dinner?

926. - Wow.

927. - Oh.

928. - We are getting ready for the Book Ball.

929. And we are all feeling the pressure.

930. This is the challenge that is going to determine

931. who's gonna be in the top four.

932. The heat is on.

933. - Is there anything about the runway

934. that you're worried about?

935. - There's a chance I might not use the bottom

936. of my outfit.

937. You know when you spray paint something

938. but it's laying down, then you lift it up

939. and things are showing that weren't showing before?

940. - Yeah.

941. - But they want me to be glamorous,

942. so I want to wear a gown.

943. - Short can be glamorous.

944. Glamorous just doesn't mean like a mermaid,

945. like, long silhouette.

946. - Yeah, but she's like, full-on glamour.

947. So I made this mermaid gown.

948. But it's hard to walk in,

949. and I think I can be glamorous

950. without wearing a dress the size of Kentucky.

951. This is a risk I'm willing to take.

952. - Derrick? - Hi.

953. - My mirror's right here.

954. - I don't feel good about what happened with Derrick yesterday.

955. I feel like my mom would've,

956. like, really, like, slapped my hand about that.

957. And I'm gonna do everything I can to bury the hatchet.

958. So if he needs a zip-up, if he needs advice,

959. if he needs anything,

960. I will definitely be the one to give it to him.

961. - I'm going to powder and then glue again.

962. Is that what you do?

963. - Well, I don't cover my—

964. - Oh, you don't glue down, that's right.

965. - But when it comes down to time to shape, let me know.

966. - Yeah.

967. The judges have asked me,

968. so for the first time in this competition,

969. I am blocking out my brows.

970. Ooh.

971. I am going for three different brow looks.

972. I just want to show that I'm comfortable

973. being a different character out there.

974. I want my brow like here, and then out.

975. Does that sound right?

976. - No.

977. - I'm proud that he's trying

978. to give the judges something new,

979. but he only wants to ask me about his eyebrows,

980. and changing up your face

981. is so much more than just eyebrows.

982. But I'm giving Derrick space,

983. because I don't want him to think

984. that I'm coming for him about his makeup.

985. - What are you doing for your mom look?

986. - She wore this blue dress in our family photo,

987. and I did a take on that,

988. but it's more sheer.

989. - Uh-huh. What's your relationship like?

990. - My mom was great growing up.

991. She was my best friend.

992. When I came out to her when I was 19,

993. that's when everything changed.

994. When I came out to my mom,

995. I thought she would embrace me with open arms.

996. And I got the complete opposite reaction.

997. The only thing she said was,

998. "Do you mind if I keep this under my hat?"

999. - When she said that, did you take, like,

1000. super offense?

1001. - I, like, shut down.

1002. I wish I had not told her.

1003. Her opinion changed of me,

1004. and my opinion had changed of her at that point, you know?

1005. - Damn.

1006. - That's why I have a lot of empathy for Kim Chi.

1007. Because I know that when a kid

1008. feels broken down by their parents,

1009. it's something that will always be in the back of their mind.

1010. And I feel like my mom broke me,

1011. and I just never—

1012. I never got put back together.

1013. - How's your relationship now with your mom?

1014. - It's better.

1015. My mom has always been a believer in my talent,

1016. and taught me to shoot for the stars.

1017. And the worst that can happen is you land on the moon.

1018. - I love it. You got a great mom, kid.

1019. Let me see?

1020. Look at me, straight on.

1021. Relax.

1022. - Like, that is.

1023. That's relaxed.

1024. - Oh my goodness, girl.

1025. Ooh.

1026. That's all I can say is, "Ooh, my goodness."

1027. - You look so different.

1028. I mean, a completely different person.

1029. - Really?

1030. - Everyone clowns me for my makeup skills,

1031. but it's not as bad as Derrick.

1032. It is bad.

1033. I'm seeing tremendous effort and fearlessness,

1034. and on the other hand,

1035. I'm seeing someone's dad doing drag for the first time.

1036. Welcome to the stage.

1037. - Really? - Yeah.

1038. - I feel like I drew this one higher to offset that.

1039. - Coming to this competition, I think Derrick should have

1040. practiced covering his brows

1041. at least once, because perfecting

1042. your drag makeup takes a long time,

1043. and trying to achieve that, all of that in two hours?

1044. - Oh, my God.

1045. And, what?

1046. Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

1047. It's the author of "Diva Rules," Michelle Visage.

1048. - AKA, the gay bible.

1049. - And the author of "Man Up," Ross Mathews.

1050. - It's the new "Moby Dick."

1051. - Emphasis on the Dick.

1052. The author of "Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls,"

1053. David Sedaris is here.

1054. - There are 54,000 words in this.

1055. - If I could only read.

1056. And, the author of "Simple Times:

1057. Crafts for Poor People," Amy Sedaris.

1058. - It's mostly pictures.

1059. Illiteracy is hilarious.

1060. - And I didn't even get to plug my book...

1061. "Workin' It."

1062. - Work those nails, girl.

1063. - This week, we challenged our queens

1064. to tell their stories in three different looks.

1065. But first, they're paying tribute to the sick

1066. and sickening Jerri Blank.

1067. - Gentlemen, start your engines.

1068. And may the best woman win.

1069. - Coming up...

1070. - I see you trying harder than anyone else.

1071. - You've just outdone yourself tonight.

1072. - I completely disagree.

1073. - Let's get this Book Ball rolling.

1074. Category is Baby Drag Realness.

1075. First up, Kim Chi.

1076. - Big shoes to fill.

1077. - On a blazing August day,

1078. Kim sprouted from her mother soil,

1079. full of hairy bushes.

1080. And as she was watered with beauty,

1081. this little flower began to grow.

1082. - You've got to sissy that walk, baby Kim Chi.

1083. - The funny thing is that's how she walks in her real heels.

1084. - Next up, Naomi Smalls.

1085. - Lady Di-aper.

1086. - As a very young boy,

1087. I found a "Vogue" magazine my mom had on her night table,

1088. and it was high fashion daydreams from there.

1089. In my head, I was prancing on a runway

1090. in front of Anna Wintour.

1091. A supermodel was born.

1092. - It Depends.

1093. - But she sure has Poise.

1094. - Up next, we've got Bob the Baby Drag Queen.

1095. Why, that's the biggest pearl necklace

1096. I've ever seen.

1097. - When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother,

1098. "What will I be?

1099. "Am I going to be pretty?

1100. Am I going to be rich?"

1101. And here's what she said to me.

1102. "You'll be a drag queen, bitch."

1103. - She's working that Pebble Flintstones couture.

1104. - Next, we've got Derrick Barry.

1105. - She changed her eyebrows.

1106. - When I was a little boy,

1107. I would pretend I was the Little Mermaid

1108. every time I took a bath.

1109. The towels were both my gown and my hair all in one.

1110. I was a princess in training to become a queen.

1111. - Seaman lover.

1112. - Yeah.

1113. - Next, Baby Chi Chi.

1114. - My grandmother would tell my mom, "Girl,

1115. you got something on your hands,"

1116. especially when she used to catch me in her fabulous wigs.

1117. Not much has changed now.

1118. My mom still has something big on her hands.

1119. A big ol' drag queen.

1120. - Not the mama!

1121. Got to love me.

1122. - Category is That's My Mama Realness.

1123. Kim Chi.

1124. - Kim Chi's mother determined what she thought was best.

1125. And that prevented Kim from blossoming.

1126. However, her mother had to release her seed

1127. in the wind for Kim

1128. to be the botanical sensation she always wanted to become.

1129. - A botanical sensation?

1130. - Weed whacker.

1131. - It's a weed whacker, exactly.

1132. Naomi Smalls.

1133. - My mom, June, wanted nothing

1134. more than to have a large, happy family,

1135. no matter the ethnicity

1136. or gender.

1137. All 12 of her kids have their own glam shot

1138. with mother dearest.

1139. I guess that's where I get my talent

1140. for posing and love for classic beauty.

1141. Thanks, Mom.

1142. - Christina Darling.

1143. Bob the Drag Queen.

1144. - Martha Caldwell.

1145. She can make a power suit from New York & Company

1146. look like Saks Fifth Avenue.

1147. She also sacrificed.

1148. When we would go get a Happy Meal,

1149. she would give me her adult-size fries and drink.

1150. And that's what moms do.

1151. - Viola Davis.

1152. Why is your penis on a dead girl's phone?

1153. - Yes!

1154. - Derrick Barry.

1155. - I always imagined that Sally Field

1156. would play my mom, Laura,

1157. in the movie of my life,

1158. because my mom was just as pretty

1159. as Sally was in "Steel Magnolias."

1160. My favorite thing my mom wore was a light blue dress

1161. in our family photo.

1162. I'm reimagining her in it as a nightgown,

1163. and on the night I was conceived.

1164. No wonder my dad hit that baby one more time.

1165. - Oh, this is the story of their lives.

1166. - And they have to go back to move forward.

1167. - Chi Chi DeVayne.

1168. Ooh, girl.

1169. - Pop on those lashes and slip on them high heels.

1170. That's the motto in which Albertine lives.

1171. My mama is the original glamazon.

1172. Miss Tina.

1173. That's what they call her.

1174. And raising three kids on her own,

1175. she's the definition of a true baller.

1176. - Ooh, miss got the body.

1177. - Yeah.

1178. Don't make me take my rings off.

1179. Category is Autobiographical Eleganza Extravaganza.

1180. First up, Kim Chi.

1181. - Kim Chi has finally blossomed into the floral centerpiece,

1182. and now she's not afraid to showcase who she really is.

1183. Bold and daring, avant-garde and unpredictable.

1184. Come experience her ever-blossoming beauty.

1185. - She's a real page-turner.

1186. - She's making it easy to read her, honey.

1187. - She needs to edit the outfit.

1188. - Naomi Smalls.

1189. - As Naomi Smalls,

1190. I was blessed with two legs and a heart,

1191. and I'm not afraid to show them to the world.

1192. What you see now

1193. is the embodiment of everything I've ever wanted to be.

1194. - Cher.

1195. - I think I see her bookmarks.

1196. - Isn't she filing for chapter 11?

1197. - Bob The Drag Queen.

1198. Not to be confused with Bob The Librarian.

1199. - It's not about being the prettiest

1200. or wearing the best dress.

1201. It's about taking huge risks,

1202. learning from your mistakes,

1203. and taking advice from people who've done it already.

1204. Look. I may make waves.

1205. I may rock the boat.

1206. But damn it, we're gonna make it to shore.

1207. - Hope you like short stories.

1208. - She has a spastic semicolon.

1209. - Is that what that is?

1210. - Derrick Barry. - Oh.

1211. - Ooh! - Oh.

1212. - In 2003, Halloween brought out the drag in me.

1213. For the first time, I dressed as Britney Spears.

1214. It introduced me to the bright lights

1215. of Las Vegas,

1216. which unleashed my inner showgirl on stages

1217. all around the world.

1218. Coming to a theater near you.

1219. - That's glossy right there.

1220. - She tore a page from my book.

1221. And she's wearing it.

1222. Several pages.

1223. Chi Chi DeVayne.

1224. - I'm Chi Chi DeVayne,

1225. and I've always been a queen

1226. who uses what she has,

1227. whether it be paper or plastic trash bags.

1228. - So look out, girls,

1229. here comes a little country queen

1230. with dreams of ruling the world.

1231. She's guaranteed to be a best seller.

1232. - Paper shredder. - Shredding that runway.

1233. - Have you shred any good books lately?

1234. Coming up...

1235. - Miss Underdog 2016.

1236. - What a glamorous mother.

1237. - My mom would be so proud.

1238. - I don't know that you're at this level.

1239. - Welcome, ladies.

1240. It's time for the judges' critiques.

1241. First up, Kim Chi.

1242. - I love your eye makeup.

1243. I'd love to see what your sink looks like afterwards.

1244. I felt something from each look,

1245. and couldn't wait for you to come out.

1246. - I think you were the only one that actually had

1247. a continuing storyline.

1248. It was the artistry I expect from you.

1249. You've just outdone yourself tonight.

1250. - Thank you so much.

1251. - Up next, Naomi Smalls.

1252. - With the Jerri Blank, I don't know how you did it,

1253. but you still were beautiful.

1254. - Every look tonight, you were the star of the show.

1255. Looks like you could wear that on a red carpet.

1256. I love that it's so exaggerated.

1257. To me, that is drag.

1258. - And what a beautiful, glamorous mother.

1259. I like the story

1260. of having all these children of different ethnicities,

1261. and still loving each other and not judging.

1262. - I think that she's such a beautiful woman to me.

1263. I—I love her so much.

1264. Um, I just hope she's proud of me, 'cause I love her.

1265. - Do you have a message you want to say to your mother?

1266. - Thank you for everything you've ever done.

1267. And I hope I can repay you for the rest of my life.

1268. I'm sorry.

1269. - Thank you so much. - Thank you.

1270. Up next, Bob The Drag Queen.

1271. - I thought in the baby challenge,

1272. you actually looked

1273. like you weren't trying to be too pretty about it.

1274. You just seemed real to me.

1275. And I thought you did a great job reading your script.

1276. It sounded really enthusiastic and flowed really well.

1277. - Tonight I challenged you to be glamorous.

1278. - Mm-hmm.

1279. - I think that you're most of the way there.

1280. I think your makeup looks pretty,

1281. and I think your body's always on point.

1282. But I am not getting book at all.

1283. I'm getting cardboard.

1284. - Well, there is some cardboard in here,

1285. but I don't have any pages from my book.

1286. - Why not?

1287. - Well, I had this mermaid bottom that had pages,

1288. but once I finally saw it,

1289. I was like, mmm, it's a little much.

1290. - But you took off the part that actually is the challenge.

1291. - Well, I'm still wearing books, I'm just not wearing pages.

1292. It's a book.

1293. - Okay.

1294. - Don't listen to them.

1295. Yeah, maybe it's not made out of the pages,

1296. but I like the color,

1297. and I like that it is different, and it's kind of shingle-like.

1298. You have beautiful legs,

1299. and I love what you did with your hair.

1300. - I was going to wear a wig, but I was like, uh.

1301. - Right.

1302. - Yeah.

1303. - Thank you, Bob. - Thank you.

1304. - All right, up next.

1305. Derrick Barry.

1306. - I have seen what you've done with your eyebrows.

1307. I acknowledge that you're trying something different.

1308. But it's going to be a journey for you.

1309. This, tonight, for me,

1310. I just thought it was way too plain,

1311. and way too basic.

1312. - But I like that it looks like you have a real vagina.

1313. - She does. - Yeah.

1314. - Yeah. - My mom would be so proud.

1315. - Oh, yeah?

1316. - Derrick, I see you trying harder than anyone else,

1317. and that I applaud.

1318. But I think you're getting lost

1319. in what we want. - Okay.

1320. - We want you to do you at this level.

1321. And I don't know that you're at this level.

1322. - All right, Chi Chi DeVayne.

1323. - Your dress tonight is really one of my favorites.

1324. - Thank you, Jesus.

1325. - Each one of these looks told a story

1326. that made me get to know you a little bit better,

1327. especially with your mom.

1328. Your mom is giving me

1329. "Real Housewife" of I hope my neighborhood.

1330. - Real Housewives of Shreveport.

1331. - Yeah.

1332. - Everything that you read,

1333. your voice just really super sized it.

1334. And I think you have my favorite line

1335. of the evening, was that

1336. "I'm just a country girl with dreams."

1337. You just seemed really natural

1338. and honest,

1339. and I think you did a great job with that.

1340. - Ooh, thank you.

1341. - I completely disagree.

1342. - Thank you, Chi Chi, and thank you, ladies.

1343. Now, while you go and curl up

1344. with a good book backstage,

1345. the judges and I will deliberate.

1346. All right, now,

1347. just between us best-selling authors,

1348. what do you think?

1349. Kim Chi.

1350. - Kim Chi is a walking art exhibit.

1351. And tonight there was so much emotion

1352. with the stories of her mom.

1353. - Who doesn't, by the way, know that she does drag.

1354. - There was absolutely no joy when she was her mother.

1355. She conveys a lot to me by not saying anything.

1356. - Yeah, there's a lot to read between the lines there.

1357. When she did her voice-over,

1358. the conviction wasn't quite there.

1359. There's still a tentative thing.

1360. And I think once her mother gets to meet her,

1361. and they get over that part of it,

1362. Kim Chi will fully blossom.

1363. Naomi Smalls.

1364. - Miss Underdog 2016. - Yes.

1365. - I mean, who saw this coming?

1366. I am filled with joy for her.

1367. She's just come full circle,

1368. and at 21 years old, listening to direction.

1369. - Yes. - And pushing herself.

1370. - Naomi is checking every box for me.

1371. She is checking fashion She is checking glamour.

1372. She is checking performance.

1373. She is checking heartstrings.

1374. Now I find myself rooting for her.

1375. But is it too late?

1376. - I don't think it's too late.

1377. At least she got there. - Better late than never.

1378. - It's like a period. - What's that?

1379. - Something I had a long time ago.

1380. - Bob The Drag Queen.

1381. - Bob, I thought, nailed Jerri Blank.

1382. Out of everybody, she had the character the best.

1383. What I don't like is the fact

1384. that she wore a cardboard dress,

1385. and books are not made of corrugated cardboard.

1386. - Don't judge a book by its cover.

1387. You know, I didn't mind the dress or the cardboard.

1388. At least he added some color to it.

1389. And he made me laugh, just looking at him.

1390. - You can just tell that he's funny.

1391. The humor kind of just rolls off of him.

1392. - Derrick Barry.

1393. - I will commend Derrick on going all the way.

1394. To a different species, which was—

1395. - Feces? What'd you say?

1396. You hear what you want to hear.

1397. - Exactly.

1398. - Uh-huh.

1399. - However, it was just bad,

1400. bad night in general for Derrick.

1401. She had, like, two lines for blush,

1402. instead of being contoured and buffed out.

1403. This is a drag competition.

1404. Come dimensional.

1405. When she reimagined her mother on a sexy night in a nightgown,

1406. that convoluted story

1407. I can't even put my head around.

1408. This is all a fuckin' reach, okay?

1409. The thing, you're on stage, she glued your book to a corset

1410. and put panties on and she was done.

1411. This was a miss tonight. I'm sorry.

1412. - Yes, Derrick's wasn't up to par with the other girls,

1413. but is anyone trying harder than Derrick?

1414. And that's got to count for something.

1415. - She's so willing to receive the critique.

1416. - But this is not the place to find out who you are.

1417. She's at her limit.

1418. - Chi Chi DeVayne.

1419. - Where Derrick is getting our critiques

1420. and getting lost in it,

1421. Chi Chi is getting our critiques

1422. and figuring it out. And it's working.

1423. This is when the horses are rounding that—

1424. I've never seen a horse race, but when they go in there right

1425. before they finish, and, like, one of them sort of,

1426. like, they start to separate?

1427. - Yes, yes. - This is that moment.

1428. - Seabiscuit.

1429. - Yes. She's— - Yes.

1430. - And I'm hung up on that horse.

1431. - I thought her writing was really good,

1432. and I could listen to hear talk forever.

1433. She's just got such star power.

1434. There's a genuineness

1435. that flows off of her. - Yes.

1436. - For me, I'm gonna say probably my favorite.

1437. - Wow.

1438. - Because neck and neck with Kim Chi,

1439. and what broke it was the performance of Jerri,

1440. took it over the top for me.

1441. - But Kim Chi's mama drag,

1442. it was so completely compelling, so mournful

1443. and so closeted, culturally.

1444. And that, to me, is real acting.

1445. I just—completely captivated by her.

1446. - All right.

1447. Silence!

1448. I've made my decision.

1449. Bring back my...

1450. Girls.

1451. - Welcome back, ladies.

1452. I've made some decisions.

1453. Chi Chi DeVayne, this week you shredded the runway.

1454. You're safe.

1455. Kim Chi.

1456. Your botanical garden trilogy

1457. is destined to be a best seller.

1458. Condragulations, you are the winner

1459. of this week's challenge.

1460. - Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

1461. - You've won a $2,500 gift card from Fabric Planet.

1462. - Kamsahamnida.

1463. I'm floating in air right now.

1464. I'm in a cloud with unicorns, riding through the rainbow.

1465. I could just jump up and down, 'cause I'm so happy.

1466. - Naomi Smalls.

1467. You're safe.

1468. You may join the other girls.

1469. - Thank you, everybody.

1470. - Bob The Drag Queen.

1471. Derrick Barry.

1472. I'm sorry, my dears,

1473. but you're both up for elimination.

1474. - I'm not mad. I'm like, "You're right."

1475. I get it.

1476. But I'm a little disappointed in myself.

1477. It's not a fun feeling.

1478. - Mmm.

1479. I feel like I let Ru down.

1480. I do feel like I'm in good company,

1481. because Bob's next to me,

1482. and there's no one else on the bottom

1483. I'd rather see than Bob right now.

1484. I'm gonna take Bob down.

1485. - Two queens stand before me.

1486. Ladies, this is your last chance

1487. to impress me

1488. and save yourself from elimination.

1489. The time has come

1490. for you to lip-sync for your life!

1491. Good luck,

1492. and don't fuck it up.

1493. - Ladies.

1494. I've made my decision.

1495. Bob The Drag Queen, shantay, you stay.

1496. - Thank you.

1497. I just want to say, I probably had the biggest butt

1498. of this season with Derrick Barry,

1499. and I ended up being her biggest cheerleader

1500. in this competition.

1501. Even if you're afraid of something,

1502. she does it harder than anyone.

1503. Honestly, I love her.

1504. And I guess that was the lesson we learned today.

1505. - You may join the other girls.

1506. You're so brave.

1507. - Derrick Barry, you came here as a Vegas headliner,

1508. but you leave an international star.

1509. Stronger than yesterday.

1510. - Thank you so much for this opportunity.

1511. I'm very proud,

1512. and I'm humbled by the experience

1513. that you've given me.

1514. And I don't want to cry, but I'm going to because

1515. that's just who I am.

1516. And I thought for so long

1517. I would just be lost in Las Vegas,

1518. and now I get to go all around the world

1519. and represent one of my favorite icons.

1520. So thank you so much.

1521. - Thank you. Thank you, Derrick.

1522. Now, sashay away.

1523. - Derrick!

1524. - Go, Derrick!

1525. - That's how you go out in style, girls.

1526. As the international showgirl of the world!

1527. - Yes!

1528. - I got to shine as myself.

1529. And that's the one thing

1530. I've always felt that I was lacking.

1531. I didn't really have a character or a knowledge

1532. of who I want to be or who I am.

1533. But I showed up in this competition,

1534. and I did everything I could.

1535. And that's all that matters.

1536. You have to show up in life.

1537. And I showed up here, and I made it so far.

1538. And I cannot wait to see

1539. where this takes me now.

1540. So thank you, Ru.

1541. - My fantastic four, condragulations.

1542. Remember, you can't love yourself,

1543. how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

1544. Can I get an amen in here?

1545. Amen!

1546. - All right, now let the music play.