♪ MTV ♪
Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race"--
We are playing the Snatch Game!
[cheers and applause]
♪ Let me the fuck out of here ♪
You are very ugly man.
[laughter]
[whooping]
What else are you digging for?
Bones and, you know, whatever you got.
You know, I can resell it.
Xunami Muse.
It was a little hard to sort of
find what you were going for.
Morphine.
It was boring.
And you don't want to be boring in the Snatch Game.
Sapphira.
What I love most is how free you were to the character.
Plane Jane.
You leaned into it.
It was a very smart choice.
Condragulations.
You're the winner of this week's challenge.
[applause]
Morphine.
Shantay, you stay.
Xunami Muse, sashay away.
[light dramatic music]
♪ ♪
I'm completely shocked.
I had to lip sync against my best friend.
I don't even think I can read it.
Hold on.
Let me collect myself.
[sighs]
I'm just-- I can't believe she's gone.
"Nami leaving this early, LMAO.
Love you all, Xunami Muse."
That was honestly one of the toughest things I've had to do
ever in this competition.
And now I feel like a part of me is gone.
Oh, I don't want to wipe this away.
We love you, Xunami.
♪ ♪
I'm feeling pretty emotional.
It's really hard to have lost Xunami.
We truly lost somebody special.
Her energy is unmatched.
Xunami, I love you.
Like, you are my sister for life.
Love you.
We grow so close so quickly that seeing someone's dream
come tumbling down is not only sad
because we love our friend, but also, it could be anyone next.
So it just gets heavier and heavier the closer
we all get to the top.
Congratulations, Plane.
Yes.
Oh my god, I forgot.
How do you feel?
I don't want to say my win was
overshadowed by this, like, really shocking elimination.
But ugh, there's so much emotion right now.
I'm gooped that I won the frickin' Snatch Game.
Yes.
No.
I honestly feel like Sapphira should have
won Snatch Game hands down.
How are you feeling, Sapphira?
I feel good.
And I knew that I would.
[laughter]
It was fun.
I do wish I had won.
I had the first win of the season.
And I have not won since.
And some of these queens have two main challenge wins.
The pressure is on.
I'm looking around.
And it's the top 8.
And every single one of these eliminations
is going to be a gag.
- Heartbreaking. - Heartbreaking.
This does not feel like the same game it did last week.
At this point in the competition,
splitting hairs, splitting every microscopic cell, honey.
There is no more playing it safe.
You either go full to the wall, or you're gone.
I think everyone at this point
knows everyone is tough competition.
So everyone's wishing for someone to fail at something.
Even though my Snatch Game was absolutely horrible,
I need to get myself back into this competition
and remember my strength as a drag queen.
Nymphia, no tea, no shade.
Gooped and gagged that you weren't in the bottom.
The girls were like... [gasps].
Nymphia Wind, you are safe.
I heard.
We were all like, what?
What?
You know, what's fun is that you didn't go home.
So it will always be iconically awful,
and you don't have to feel bad about it.
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
[laughter]
This is top 8.
The stakes are high, and the pressure is higher.
A lot of these girls would love to see a big player
knocked out of the competition.
[dramatic music]
♪ Rupaul's Drag Race ♪
The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"
receives a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills
cosmetics and a gag-worthy grand prize of $200,000,
served by Cash App, with extra0special guest judge,
Kaia Gerber.
♪ Rupaul's Drag Race ♪
♪ May the best drag queen win ♪
♪ Best drag queen win ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Yellow gorgeous.
It's a new day in the Werk Room.
And at this point, I definitely feel a little underestimated.
But it's OK, because yellow is bound to shine.
Who's gonna go next?
[laughter]
She's becoming a catty little girl now.
I don't think there's anyone nice here.
Congeniality is going to be turned into cuntgeniality.
Yes.
I think there should be, like, an award for like--
For, like, being the cuntiest.
The cuntiest, the bitchiest, the meanest girl.
Well, we know who won that one.
Oh!
Who's that?
Oh!
[alarm blares]
Ooh, girl.
She done already done had herses.
Thank you, Mother.
Thank you.
Hey, ladykins.
[together] Hey!
Are you creepy and draggy and altogether gaggy?
Well, good goth, girl.
Get a grip.
Oh!
I'm scared!
What does that mean?
Wait.
Is it a scary acting challenge or something?
With you in the cast, it's always scary.
Oh, fuck you, bitch.
Hello, hello, hello. [cheers and applause]
Hi.
All right.
That's clean and fresh.
Ladykins.
You know, America's Next Drag Superstar needs
to always leave them laughing.
And I'm not joking, bitch!
[laughter]
For today's mini challenge, I'm gonna give each of you
a chance to spit--
take.
[laughter]
Now, the spit take is a classic comedy gag
made famous by Danny Thomas.
You spit out liquid in response to something funny you hear.
In the end, the queen that gets the most giggles wins.
I don't spit.
[laughs]
Oh, Spit Crew!
Ooh!
[laughter]
- No! - Oh, my goodness.
All right, you've got 25 minutes
to get into quick comedy queen drag,
as if your drag isn't comedy already.
[all groaning]
Go!
We're doing comedy makeup?
I'm just gonna to paint like Plasma.
Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha, bitch.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
All right.
Plane Jane, you're gonna start drinking.
I'll say something.
And then you respond to that.
Has anyone seen my urine sample?
[laughter]
And the winner of Miss Congeniality is Plane Jane.
[laughter]
My spit take, I'm not even acting, bitch.
[laughs] You funny, girl.
You really funny.
Mhi'ya, what's the last thing you
want to hear after you've had sex with Flava Flav?
I'm not really Flava Flav.
[laughter]
Damn.
That was more than a spit take.
That was a whole everything take.
Plasma, are you thirsty?
Not after that.
So Patti LuPone called.
She has two words for you.
Cease and desist.
[laughter]
Welcome the comedy stylings of Nymphia Wind.
I'm ready for my second redemption to make Ru laugh,
considering the Jane Not-Good-At-All.
So Nymphia, good news.
This week, we're redoing the Snatch Game!
[laughter]
Oh my god!
Nymphia's spit take is real, honey.
She's gooped!
No.
That's way too real!
[laughter]
Hope it's tequila.
Morphine, we got your IQ test results back.
You're pregnant.
[laughter]
That's rotted.
Oh, wait a minute.
That's the same glass Michelle uses to soak her teeth!
[laughter]
Sapphira, Xunami called.
You are the father.
[laughter]
Oh my god, there's a tsunami coming out of my mouth.
[laughs]
The fuck?
Her father.
[laughter]
Now that makes more sense.
[laughter]
My queens, one of you did not come here to play.
You came here to spray!
The winner of today's Mini Challenge is...
Nymphia Wind.
Yes.
[cheers and applause]
After the Snatch Game, it feels great to, you know,
make Ru laugh.
Condragulations.
You've won a cash prize of $2,500 courtesy of Teammate.
You could buy a lot of bananas for that.
Yes!
Now, ladykins, I've got a riddle for you.
What's black and white and sickening all over?
Well, we're about to find out.
You know, goth girls have been fascinating queens
since the beginning of time.
For this week's Maxi Challenge, you need to create
from scratch a neo-goth look.
Think Morticia meets Mugler, Beetlejuice meets Balenciaga,
or Elvira meets Saint-Laurent.
I just want to pick up my bags and run out of here.
This is crazy.
Another design challenge?
Look, my jewelry's falling off because I'm aggravated.
To show us your spooky take on goth fashion,
you can only use the black, white, and gray fabrics
provided here, plus your own hair,
heels, and undergarments.
I'm quite excited about today's Maxi Challenge,
aren't I?
I think that the girls that don't sew
are caught off guard a little bit.
The girls are gagged.
The girls are gooped.
And I'm fucking excited, because that means
I'm just in the top 7, baby. I don't know.
Like, I'm sorry.
I'm not going home on a design challenge.
Just point blank, period. It's not happening.
Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen win!
[cheers and applause]
Coming up--
I don't know what goth is.
So this is one of the ideas.
If you feel like you can execute it better
than the first time you did it.
[groans]
[laughs]
[organ music]
[horn beeps]
Fuck.
Bitch, y'all ran fast.
This week's challenge is a goth design challenge.
Goth is definitely something very spooky and creepy.
It's connecting with your inner death.
Oh, I like that.
I'm honestly shocked.
A third design challenge?
That hasn't happened since like, what?
Season three?
I am absolutely living.
I'm about to shit on these hos.
What are you doing, Miss Q?
I see a lot of black and white.
I want to do, like, very dress coat,
like very full body, almost like a bevel kind
of bottom of it.
So lots of tulle and some ruffles,
very like Victorian baby doll, but chic, very fashion.
Cute.
Fucking Q and Nymphia are standing next to each other
like, we got this.
And I'm like... [groans].
[upbeat music]
My relationship to goth is, I don't think
a relationship that I've ever had.
[laughs]
Let me guess. You're doing something
matronly and old Hollywood.
[laughs] Don't you wish, bitch?
This is neo, neo-goth.
It's not, um, old-school glamour goth.
Mm.
Do you feel like this is within your wheelhouse?
Or do you think that this is maybe something that's
outside of your comfort zone?
Uh, I think that I'm a multi-hyphenated artist who
can do multiple things, Plane.
In previous design challenges,
Plasma has really floundered.
She's pigeonholing herself into this matronly aesthetic, just
the same old, haggard Plasma aesthetic
that we've come to know and hate.
Mama, this is the time to really do something different.
♪ ♪
What are you thinking so far?
Elvira meets Morticia, but make her Latina,
even though Morticia is kind of Latina.
Right.
I wanted to do, like, a ball gown,
extremely over-the-top body with a giant train,
and so like a wire and then maybe
like spikes on the shoulders.
I was safe for the last two design challenges.
So this time around, I'm gonna turn my pussy up,
because there's less of us.
So there's no room for error.
How y'all feeling?
Uh, y'all should know how I'm feeling.
I'm happy!
Happy?
Hell no.
I mean, I have a vision for what I want to do.
I want to do a dress-- - Mm-hmm.
with two different fabrics.
I want to use the patent leather
in the front and then the mesh in the back to show my shape.
And I just have to bring it alive.
Do you have your measurements?
No, I'm just gonna use a dress that I have
and use that as the cutout.
Same way we did for the thing.
I didn't do good in the doll design challenge.
And I had to lip sync for that.
So I have to show the judges that I've learned
and I've grown from the previous sewing challenges.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
My knees have never hurt more in my entire life.
Sister, I know that can't be true.
[laughs]
Is this the opera edition again?
Mm-hmm.
Everything I do is the opera edition.
Are you familiar with "Addams Family" vibes?
Hmm?
I don't know what goth is.
Oh my god!
My plan is to make a classic Sapphira silhouette
and just go from there.
Sapphira Cristál is always grand.
So you're always going to get something that's
big and poofy and out there.
So this is one of the ideas.
So like kind of like a shelfy skirt moment?
Yeah, like a-- kind of like a big Catherine O'Hara--
no, what is her name?
- Catherine the Great? - No.
O'Hara.
What's the O'Hara girl?
Asia?
No, no, no, no, no. Scarlett.
Scarlett O'Hara.
Who's Scarlett O'Hara?
Who's that O'Hara girl?
What's that O'Hara girl?
Scarlett O'Hara-type gown.
Or this one.
Yeah.
I just feel like they're both similar to things
you've already done in a design challenge.
True.
If you feel like you can execute
it better than the first time you did it, go for it.
Yeah.
OK, thank you.
It's very important for me to do well in this challenge
because last design challenge, I used my immunity potion.
I have been questioning myself through every
design challenge.
And this time, I am going to play to my strengths.
OK.
You're like, you girls never listen.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
How's it going, Miss Dawnie Wawnie?
Oh, Q, hi.
I'm really good.
I'm really excited.
I don't want to show you my thing.
I love you.
But girl, I want to win this damn challenge.
Yeah, I know you do.
And I know that you're my competition for it.
I know you do. Nymphia is too.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. - Nymphia's close too.
You are one of my competition for it.
- Yeah. - So--
All these little look girls this season.
Yeah, just a couple. Just a couple.
Just a couple of them.
But which look girl got the Balenciaga note on the runway
last time?
I want this win.
I really do.
We're on week nine now, and I haven't won a challenge yet.
So my plan is to make it Dawn, make it fashion,
make it interesting, make it fun.
And maybe I'll like break Q's knee.
I don't know.
We'll see.
This is a design based on something that I've
kind of done in the past.
I'm gagging.
And it was like-- and I made this kind of sculptural
chandelier dress pant moment.
Imagine "Beauty and the Beast," but in a Gothic cathedral,
and the chandelier comes to life.
It looks very ambitious.
We do have a limited amount of time.
- I know. - OK, so--
I work quickly. I know what I'm doing.
In that case, I won't say anything more, because I
want you to succeed, sister. - Period.
Thank you.
I am the Miss Congeniality.
What did you just say?
Coming up--
Q told me that you're doing something similar to me.
OK.
Well, can I see yours?
No.
You know what?
Gaslight, gatekeep, girl boss.
Get out of my station.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Why is nobody ready?
Ready.
The hardest part of this goth design challenge
is honestly looking around the room
and comparing my design to the others.
This fabric is so annoying.
Inspiration, come to me!
I ignore Nymphia now, only because every time I
hear her go, I don't know what to do, I just want to, like,
punch her in the face.
Whose is this?
Plane's.
Plane!
Yeah?
Wow!
No.
No, no, no, no, no.
Yes!
That's mine.
All of this is mine, mine, mine.
Go, go.
Scurry away, banana.
Oh my god, Nymphia, you can't do yellow.
I feel sad not being in yellow for this challenge,
but not that sad, because I look great in black.
Ooh!
I see inspiration.
Did you just get like Raven in "That's So Raven"?
You're like-- and the inspiration just hit you?
Yeah.
Currently, I'm thinking, I want a veil.
So I am working with these fake plants
that look like feathers.
And I'm gluing them together and then making
a little full circle as a headpiece.
[In Taiwanese accent] Ooh, you have glue gun.
I use some glue gun.
I feel uncomfortable laughing when you make that voice.
[laughs]
And I'm working out my design as I work.
Do you guys want to learn Mandarin?
Morphine!
Yeah?
I feel like I have to return the favor.
What?
What would you like to learn in Mandarin?
You're the winner of this week's challenge.
[speaking in Mandarin]
Huh?
[speaking in Mandarin]
Nee-see?
[both speaking in Mandarin]
Ah!
That's wild.
I forgot it.
Yeah, because you won't hear it in English either.
Oh!
[laughter]
I better be in the top this week.
What'd you say?
I better be in the top this week!
What's your idea?
You didn't show me your idea.
Essentially, I'm doing a bolero two-piece.
It does look simple.
You're gonna embellish the hell out of it?
I'm gonna fuck it up, yeah.
OK.
So-- which is why I grabbed all the satin fabric.
I want to make, like, strips out of it,
and then hanging down, down, down,
super fringy, super strappy.
Regardless of what the case may be,
I will not be looking a fool on that runway, mama,
because I know what I'm doing.
Now I just have to start on the detailing work of tattering
things and really trying to make this outfit fit
the Gothic vibe.
Miss Plane?
Yeah?
How are you feeling with that immunity potion?
[laughs] I'm feeling good about it.
Slay. That you have it?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Are you already-- - No.
already asking me for it?
No, not at all.
[laughs]
I'd say that I'm most worried for Plasma.
I can see that she's in her head.
And I can see what she's designing.
And it just does not feel good.
Plasma, I have a question.
Yeah?
Seeing as this is like the third design challenge, right?
Very astute.
Are you trying to diversify what you make?
I feel like now's a good time for you to diversify, to kind
of stand out from the other things
that we've already been making.
You've been wanting to come out of that shtick that you do,
you know? - Yeah.
Dawn is right.
I've already made this, like, classic Hollywood silhouette.
I think it's just making sure that you're making
smart decisions, you know?
Yeah.
I think the smartest decision is to--
I don't even want to say it.
What?
Nymphia, say it.
I was gonna say, like, beg for immunity.
Well, let me noodle a little bit.
My brain is running off the tracks
trying to come up with an idea that will be innovative
and new and fresh.
What's something Plasma doesn't do?
She doesn't do, like, contemporary, like Paris
Hilton, sort of like Bratz doll shit.
So I'm like, OK, how do I make that goth?
What if I did like a tattered, shaggy coat,
like shreds, all attached to like an open-arm jacket,
and then maybe still the high-cut leo, and then
maybe like some really low-cut pants?
- Ooh. - I also never wear no pads.
So I could go no pads and show my skin.
Oh.
You hate that.
I don't love that part.
But I like the rest of it.
Great, OK.
I feel like I'm going in a direction that suits me.
I'm doing something that feels new and bold.
Did you see that Plasma is doing something
kind of similar to you?
She's doing like a shreds thing.
Hey, Plazzy-doo?
Hmm?
Q told me that you're doing something similar to me.
OK.
I mean, I haven't seen yours, so I
have no idea if that's true.
What's the design changed to?
Well, can I see yours?
No.
I haven't seen your highly protected
government documents.
But I don't know what you're even doing.
[exhales]
It's just the last design challenge,
when we used similar fabric, and they said, you know,
this bitch standing next to you did all that,
and you did this.
Yeah, I was there.
You know, it's always a possibility, babe.
A lovely incendiary comment from Plane Jane.
How unexpected.
You know what?
Gaslight, gatekeep, girl boss.
Get out of my station.
If our shit does look similar in any way, shape, or form,
she's gonna be the one getting the brunt end of it.
Ooh!
Mama!
Battle of the shreds.
Shreddy Krueger, honey.
Shreddy Krueger!
Shut the fuck up.
Girl.
Coming up--
Oh.
My poor baby, Mhi'ya.
What is your size?
Because maybe we can use this.
No, no, no, no, no.
If you help her, then I'm in the bottom.
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
Who else loves these sleepless design
slash sewing nights?
This week's challenge is to create a neo-goth look.
In the last design challenge, I was in the top.
So the judges have high expectations.
[sewing machine whirring]
Sister, you're sewing, sewing, sewing.
- Who? - You.
Yeah.
Baby, I'm not playing games.
I'm working so hard, because, unfortunately,
I was in the bottom last week.
And honestly, I cannot just walk
out there in a simple gown.
You need to add sparkle to the shit, mama.
It's a lot, Mary.
I miss Xunami gluing stuff on a corset.
Me too.
Can't be slacking at this point
in the competition, mama.
If I get two, what am I?
Um, bad at Snatch Game?
Shut up.
Nymphia, what's your design?
- I actually still don't know. - You don't?
I just know what headpiece I'm doing,
and I'm gonna build from that. - I see that.
It looks cool.
I mean, I did some drawings, but I don't like any of them.
So I've been working at my headpiece all afternoon,
and I still don't know what my dress is going to look
like, which is stressful.
Are you feeling inspired by these fabrics?
- No. - Oh, good.
They're not yellow.
What is this headpiece that you're making?
Are you gonna put a candle in that?
No, it's just a circle.
Oh!
It's giving Christmas realness.
[gasps]
Miss Atelier, Miss Atelier, ring-ring.
RuPaul's calling. Are you ready?
Well, have fun with your black fabric, baby.
Shut up.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
OK, wait.
I actually realized that this is gonna be a lot of work.
As I begin the detailing work on this garment,
I really thought that I wasn't going
to take as long on this design challenge
as the previous ones.
No, no, honey.
I realized very quickly that this
is going to take me years!
I'm in the thick of it.
I have these pliers, and I'm trying
to rip these chains apart.
And I'm getting pissed off.
[stammering]
My fingers are, like, cold.
I think you're dying, sister.
My hands are hurting.
But we have no time to spare, honey.
It's time to make it work and make it fierce.
There we go.
What the-- fuck!
[sighs]
♪ ♪
At this point, my concept is so different from what
I typically would do.
And it's so out of my comfort zone.
And I'm starting to panic.
I don't want to be in the bottom.
There's only eight of us.
I don't know how that's going to work this week, you know?
Yeah.
But definitely, staying out of the bottom
would be a good idea. - Thanks.
Wow.
These girls have gotten in Plasma's head.
She's spinning again.
I see that she is not in a good place.
Give me a hug.
I can hear in your voice that you are not pleased.
You don't have time for that. - I know.
OK?
I'm actually concerned for you and not because I'm worried
about what you're gonna present,
because you always present something that's nice.
But I'm concerned for your insides.
I'm not hearing the joy of Plasma right now.
That annoying girl?
I need her to be here.
[laughs]
Whatever is happening in your head right now, leave it.
You have two wins.
Keep that momentum going in your brain.
Keep that momentum going in your spirit.
Get into it.
Get up.
Come on.
Yeah, you see? - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Feels good. - Yeah.
Now, take this energy and put it in the sewing machine.
- All right, all right. - All right, I love you.
I love you.
After my conversation with Sapphira,
I just feel like I've made it this far.
I've already made it through two design challenges.
OK. I can go.
I can do it. I can do it.
I don't want to Jinkx Monsoon myself,
but this might be sickening.
That would be a gag.
♪ ♪
Making my design is a little troubling, because I've
never made a dress before.
Oh!
Oh.
So what are you doing on the bottom?
Because the bottom is cut-- it's cut to the side.
And it flares around.
But I just want a regular mermaid bottom.
My poor baby, Mhi'ya.
She is looking at me like, I'm packing my bags now.
She has an idea.
She just needs help in the execution of it.
So I figured I'd help her.
I like Mhi'ya.
She's a sweetheart.
So I want her to be here a little longer.
What is your size?
Because maybe we can use this.
Well, I can take it in.
[laughs] You hear this bitch just call me fat?
She said, I might have to make mine smaller.
I mean, I guess I can take it in.
Maybe we could take it up.
Just use this.
And we'll cut it big.
Mhi'ya's idea is pretty simple.
I could probably make Mhi'ya's outfit in two hours.
So I am going to help her figure out how to do it.
Go get your tape measure.
Measure from your shoulders to your knees.
You putting it on titties or what?
So Sapphira is being a good sister
that I thought she would be.
37.
So shoulder.
She's gonna cut out the beginning of the dress.
And I'm gonna do everything else on my own.
I'm just gonna cut it here.
Honestly, this is seeming like deja-Ru,
because in the previous design challenge, Mhi'ya also
got help from Mother Sapphira.
I bet Mhi'ya sure is happy that Sapphira's still
here with us so that she can construct her garment for her.
I hate when people help each other here.
At this point in the competition,
I feel like it's time to stop helping, honey.
I think the other girls are probably thinking,
oh, Sapphira is stupid for helping Mhi'ya.
But I say, fuck you, bitches!
We're gonna do two full circles.
So you'll have a full circle skirt.
But you'll have the first circle in the front
and the second circle in the back.
So it'll be really, really full, OK?
As helpless as I feel with sewing,
I'm doing all my own stitching, and all my own designing,
and all my own building.
Sapphira and Mhi'ya are holding a conference
over Mhi'ya's look.
What we're gonna do is add a little
something-something underneath.
23, 23, and 23, OK?
Do you want to do that, or do you want me to eyeball it?
Do what?
Sew.
Ask for more help, you know?
Distract Sapphira.
Before you sew this, just call me over so I
make sure you put it on right.
All right.
If I didn't feel so secure in this challenge,
and I saw someone else getting a ton of help,
I'd be like, no, no, no, no, no,
because if you help her, then I'm in the bottom.
Especially with so few of us left,
I think it could change the tides in a problematic way
for others.
Coming up--
Whoo!
Are we ready for the runway?
She didn't have the energy for the Snatch Game.
[laughter]
[laughs]
[upbeat music]
♪ It's competition day ♪
♪ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, hiya ♪
It's Elimination Day, and another queen's going home.
This week's Maxi Challenge was to create a goth
fashion-inspired runway look.
The ookity-spookity, the dark and kooky.
I am feeling pretty good about my standing
in this competition, but I don't like that other girls
have more wins than me.
I feel ready to join the two winners' club.
Did everyone finish their things?
Mama, barely.
I barely slept last night, honey.
Who slept last night?
How dare you sleep? - Slept like a baby.
How dare you sleep?
How long did you sleep?
Soon as I got in the room.
I'm feeling good because I did a full dress.
And I feel like it's clean.
Mhi'ya saying that she got a lot of sleep makes sense
to me, considering Sapphira, you know,
took care of her look.
Do you know the song?
I know it, but I don't need to know it.
I hope you know it.
Are you gonna be able to move?
I don't need an outfit to perform, OK?
I can perform in anything.
That's right.
Well, from that last lip sync--
Let's leave that alone.
Mhi'ya's feeling her oats because somebody
else did it for her. - ♪ Competition day ♪
How are you feeling?
♪ I'm feeling like on fire ♪
You're feeling like you're on fire?
Yep.
[upbeat music]
♪ It's competition day, and the tensions are higher ♪
Every single time someone's saying something
from the Rusical now, I'm just reminded of the days
of the performance challenges.
And I get wistful.
I feel like I accomplished something that I didn't think
I was capable of, a look from scratch that referenced
goth and contemporary couture.
So today is gonna be interesting.
I feel like I'm doing something that I've never done before.
We're doing something that's very off brand for Plazzy,
which I think--
is good.
Working next to Plasma and knowing
how in her head about this challenge she was,
I really think that her outfit is cute and chic.
And I'm proud of her.
Did you make every bow?
- Yes, yeah. - This is--
I literally only put that there because the zipper,
like, snapped.
Oh.
It looks like a design choice, though.
Why don't you put a rose there or something?
Eh, it's OK.
I definitely don't need no design advice from Sapphira.
Go make another gown.
Do you think you're in competition for the win
this week, sister?
I don't know.
I just don't see goth in Q's.
But it's a lovely, beautiful look.
[laughs]
In this challenge, I think my only competition
is Miss Q over there.
But I think I have a good chance.
[upbeat music]
I think I need to do something,
like, fiercely snatched today.
Honestly, you give me, like, someone who would have
had some sort of a goth phase.
But you said no, you didn't.
No.
High school, I was very, very straight edge.
Did anybody date in high school?
- I had a girlfriend. - You had a girlfriend?
Yeah.
I had like three girlfriends at the same time.
Really?
Girl, in middle school, I guess
that's when I started realizing I was a little queer.
Yeah.
So I thought, by dating multiple girls
at the same time and being a little player
was gonna not let people know that I'm queer, you know?
Yeah.
Did anybody else, like, not date in high school?
Like not allowed to?
There was no one in my area who was queer or out.
Wow.
I grew up in rural, rural, evil northeast Texas.
Growing up, I was afraid of trying to see someone
and being seen as a queer person.
When I realized I was queer, I was living in a place where
MAGA flags and Confederate flags
are still being flown on front porches,
like not in secret at all.
And I just never felt safe.
I don't know.
I still really haven't, like, dated
anyone seriously in my life.
- Really? - Yeah.
Wow.
Oh my god.
Yeah.
Is it, like, a choice?
Or is it because you just haven't had time?
Or like, what--
I mean, I don't feel super desirable all the time.
Oh, girl, you have such an amazing personality,
and you're attractive.
You're adorable.
I used to feel like that a lot, only because, you know,
like, I'm nonbinary.
And like, in Miami, it's full of, like, masc for masc men.
- Or masc for-- - Girl, you know.
woman.
Yeah, masc for woman.
And they don't want anything in between, you know?
Even though dating, for me, has been a little bit
of a struggle, I have been the happiest
I've ever been ever since I kind of came out as nonbinary.
I don't change myself for any man, any boy.
I've always just been this way.
And I'm really, really proud of who I am.
[upbeat music]
We made it through, guys.
We made it through.
We're the top 8.
Can y'all make some noise for that?
Whoo!
♪ Are we ready for the runway? ♪
She didn't have that energy for the Snatch Game.
Ooh!
[upbeat music]
[Rupaul's "Cover Girl"]
♪ ♪
[laughs]
♪ Cover girl, put the bass in your walk ♪
♪ Head to toe, let your whole body talk ♪
[applause]
♪ And what? ♪
Oh yeah, baby.
Welcome to the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race."
Michelle Visage, were you ever a goth girl?
You know what they say.
Once you go black...
[laughs]
Style superstar Carson Kressley.
Carson, have you ever dabbled in the macabre?
Oh, not with this manicure.
[laughs]
I don't want to ruin my nails.
And the fabulous Kaia Gerber is here.
Welcome to our show!
Oh my goth, Ru.
I am so excited to be here!
[laughs] We're excited to have you.
This week, we challenged our queens to go back to black
and create neo-goth looks.
And tonight on the runway, category
is See You Next Wednesday.
[laughs] Racers, start your engines.
And may the best drag queen win.
Coming up--
You're a superstar when it comes to fashion.
You could walk down the couture runway today.
I just want to be blown away, and I wasn't.
[laughs]
[organ music]
Category is See You Next Wednesday.
Up first, Plane Jane.
[sultry music]
This bitch is shredded.
Got a strap-on. Several, actually.
How much for just one ribbon?
This is the side of me that is a little bit more hardcore.
It's very fashion.
It's a little Gaultier.
It's a little Chanel.
It's a little Versace.
I've just done an insane amount of detailing
with chains and hardware and tattered ribbons cascading
and trailing behind me.
It's giving a little dominatrix.
But it's also goth and rock and roll and fierce.
Punk's not dead.
But her feet are.
See you at the vault.
Mhi'ya.
Everyone's raven about this.
You know, I love a good rubber.
Rubber?
I don't even know her.
I'm feeling good.
I'm looking good.
It's spiders crawling up on the side of me.
I got crow one and crow two on my shoulders.
They're whispering in my ear saying,
walk the runway, bitch.
I'm giving you long 40 inches like Morticia.
It's goth.
And when I turn to the back, I'm giving you nude illusion.
It's giving strip club.
A little birdie told her what to wear.
Yes.
If you like it, then you should have put
a bedazzled baby skull on it.
[laughs]
Dawn.
It's the Dawn of the Dead.
Hey, kitty ghoul.
The elf ears are back, baby.
Tonight is Gothic Dawn--
brooding, sexy, dark.
A chandelier came to life.
She's gorgeous, she's elegant, and she
has a few screws loose.
A little bit of a departure from my makeup
in a glamorous way that I'm quite enjoying.
I am a vintage Gothic fashion dream.
The fantasy's here.
Hoop!
There it is.
I own 51% of this funeral home.
[laughs]
Morphine.
I think someone spiked this.
My look is a velvet mermaid gown with a faux leather
mermaid tail.
The judges have been loving my mug.
So I wanted to go pale and ghostly.
And I'm giving very Morticia Addams
mixed with a little bit of Elvira
mixed with a touch of Latina goddess.
That's goth, you know?
I really put all of my blood, sweat, and white tears
into this damn garment, and I am feeling deadly.
This is Whore-ticia Addams.
She's dressed for dinner at 6--
feet under.
Plasma.
Ain't nothing but a houndstooth.
Yes!
I goth you, babe.
Ha.
This is the goth that I would want to do.
It's very 2000s does '70s, with the shag coat
and with the double belt and the low-waisted pants.
I didn't bring any black hair that's not a 1950s pageboy.
So I'm wearing Plane Jane's hair from the Cher runway.
And I'm like, you know what?
Cher's back, stupid!
It may not feel entirely goth, but it feels cool.
She's into gypsies, tramps, and corpses.
[imitating Cher] You know what she said?
What?
[imitating Cher] Take me home!
[laughs]
Sapphira.
Child, it's break time at the haunted mansion.
[laughs] Let me tell you something, Linda.
[laughter]
This is goth the Sapphira Cristál way.
I'm gonna do what I know how to do,
which is be fierce and sell it.
My gown is gorgeous.
Baby, I am giving you beautiful
webbed sequin fabric.
And, mama, this face is always beat for the gods.
I'm the only Black widow up in here,
and I got another wedding.
So here we go again.
Who's next?
Yeah, yeah.
Where's Jack Skellington when you need him?
She's got charisma, uniqueness,
and one last damn nerve.
[laughter]
They call the wind Nymphia.
This ain't my first funeral.
No.
This is gonna take a while.
I am the dark lady of the night,
and I'm going to seduce you.
I'm floating across the runway with my spider nest on my head
and a mysterious veil to conceal this absolutely
gorgeous, stunning face.
You know, corseted as always, giving you drapey skirt.
No one in this competition can drape like I do.
I hear she got it on the dark web.
[laughter]
I heard she's a real witch.
A total witch.
Q.
Serving the face crack of the century--
actually cracked.
The main showstopper piece of this outfit
is a dress coat, all made in one piece, which is insane.
I was going for like a Victorian, Edwardian kind
of doll silhouette, so like puffed sleeves, and the bows,
and the ruffle detailing.
The immaculate craftsmanship of this garment is incredible.
It is grand.
It is big.
And I am living in all this Gothic glory.
And they are just taking me in.
I think they call is bow-ho chic.
Oh, bow, you better do!
[laughter]
Coming up--
The construction, incredible.
You look like a beautiful nightmare, 10 out of 10.
So how did you make a whole dress like that,
and you don't sew?
[dramatic music]
[laughs]
Welcome, queens.
I've made some decisions.
But first, Plane Jane, do you wish to use your immunity
potion this week?
Mama, this immunity potion has not gone sour yet.
So I'm gonna hold off for one more week.
Very well.
Ladies, this week, you are all being critiqued.
No one may leave the stage.
We have locked the doors.
Tight.
All right, now it's time for the judges' critiques.
Up first, Plane Jane.
I think this is beautiful.
I love the silhouette.
I love the waistline.
I think the details are right.
It had great movement on the runway.
The woven satin ribbons with the chains,
that's a very Chanel kind of goes to the dominatrix vibe.
[laughter]
And what I love is you sold the character.
And I really like it. - Thank you.
It's not my favorite.
I'm used to a different caliber from you.
What I really like is the hair and the makeup.
Everything else, for me, is cute,
but not on your same level.
What's your favorite part of it?
I kind of love how different this is for me.
And I love how I feel in this.
I feel so badass.
All right, thank you.
Thank you so, so much.
Up next, Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige.
Let's talk about this look.
It's like, um-- can you just turn around for one second?
It's like party in the front, funeral in the back.
And I like that.
What is going up those-- are those little spiders?
Yes.
I love that.
Something's not adding up, though,
because for me, I remember asking you in the first sewing
challenge if you sew.
You said no.
So how did you make a whole dress
like that with a mermaid bottom, and you don't sew?
I had some help from Sapphira.
Did you go over there and say, girl--
Can you make this for me?
[laughter]
I did walk over to her.
And I said, oh, fuck, another sewing challenge.
When you say some help, what did she do?
She did the skirt part.
I did basically the rest.
She helped me with the cutouts too.
And I sewed everything.
OK.
Mhi'ya's like, well, I made my own dress.
And I'm like, well, you didn't.
So that's fun.
I think the one thing about this shape
for you is it covers you up again.
I know I've given you this note before.
Yeah.
You know, a deeper, sharp V neckline will elongate you.
Because you want to play with your proportions,
because you are diminutive.
And closing that neck off-- never really a good idea
for someone who is your size.
Up next, it's Dawn of the Dead.
I think you did a brilliant job at this challenge.
You stayed true to who Dawn is.
And it is executed beautifully.
You came out here, and I felt like I
knew exactly who you were.
I think this is stunning.
I wrote down McQueen, because that's what it reminded me of.
Every detail, even down to the little elf ears, I love it.
I think this really highlights
a quirky Victorian elegance.
The actual construction details are phenomenal.
A mid-body hoop skirt that's a drop waist--
like, I don't know how you did the engineering,
but they need you at NASA.
[laughs]
I happen to have an engineering degree.
You what?
I knew it.
Like, it's not just sewing and garment creation to me.
It's like-- - Aerodynamically--
Literally.
Fluid dynamics, mama. - Sure.
Absolutely.
How did you construct that hoop
thing to hang at that point?
Where is it connected?
It's held up by fishing line.
Oh, wow.
Well, Dawn, Dawn, Dawn.
It's not your grandmother's dishwashing liquid, is it?
Hell no.
No, no, no.
Thank you.
Up next, she's addictive.
Morphine.
I want to start with how beautiful
your makeup is, and the alabaster foundation.
And I love everything about it.
So you look beautiful.
And the dress-- listen, you did a good job.
It's just, for me, a bit basic.
I just want to be blown away, and I wasn't.
I have to say, sometimes the simplest
things are the hardest, because you
can see every little detail.
And I can tell how much work went into this.
And I think it fits you so beautifully.
That's how you do that mermaid hemline.
That is like the perfect spot for it
and the perfect proportion.
I've never done a mermaid skirt like this.
So I just had to get in gears and just figure it out.
Is that a faux leather on the bottom?
Yeah.
Don't look too close.
I put a little hot glue, but you know.
[laughs]
I tried to figure it out somehow.
Well, thank you very much.
Thank you.
Up next, Plasma.
I like this.
I love that you're wearing two belts.
I think everyone should wear two belts.
[laughs]
I just love that.
Plasma, this one was a letdown for me.
I was trying to, in my head, going, all right,
what's this point of view?
The '70s vibe, the platforms, the traditional Plasma face.
And any time we see parted hair down the middle,
it's Cher for us.
It just was confusing.
Yeah, there's so many mixed messages here.
It just does not read as goth.
Walk me through your thinking.
My first thought was to do a floor-length trumpet gown.
Can you imagine?
And I was talking with Dawn.
And I got what I interpreted as really helpful
advice, which was, this is what I would expect Plasma to make.
And so I was thinking, I'm just gonna
go in a brand-new direction.
Did anyone help you with it?
Other than Dawn's--
Sabotage?
Yeah, other than Dawn's dagger in my back-- ah!
Then no, I did all this myself.
[laughs]
All right, y'all.
Break time is over at the haunted mansion.
Sapphira.
This is beautiful.
The hem is finished.
The sleeves are gorgeous.
You never let us down when it comes to knowing your body.
The construction, incredible.
There's even a funny, like, bustle in the back.
Those details are beyond.
They're hard to engineer.
I love the fact that you used this fabric, which is very
unique, very cracked mirror.
And it's just off-kilter, which really
sold the goth storyline.
Not only do you look beautiful,
but you made us laugh so hard.
You committed to your character the whole time.
Yeah, you sold the garment.
You were very bothered.
You were dead on your feet.
No wonder you were so bothered.
You made two garments.
[laughter]
It was a really funny presentation.
And I think it took it over the top.
Thank you.
Up next, the Nymphia Wind beneath my wings.
You came out, and it was a production
of the most beautiful caliber.
I love this.
I think you could walk down a couture runway today.
This looks like Vivienne Westwood bridal.
And I kind of want to wear it.
You are such a genius with different textures.
I mean, the ostrich feathers, and the sparkle in that lace,
and the draping.
You're a superstar when it comes to fashion.
It's perfectly styled, beautiful silhouette.
I love the fabrics.
It's just fantastic.
You've come a long way from yellow.
I have.
Now, did you go to fashion school?
Yes, I did.
Where?
I went to the UK to study Fashion Atelier.
Well, it shows.
Beautiful.
Thank you.
Up next, it's Q.
I wish I could say I loved this,
but that's not even enough.
It's more than that.
It's everything.
You went with a light base, and then you added black roses.
And it creates this beautiful haute couture scary
clown look.
It's punk rock meets goth with fashion
fully taking over.
You look like a beautiful nightmare.
And I'm so beyond impressed.
10 out of 10, absolutely stunning.
Thank you.
From the silhouette down to the texture,
to the construction, it is exquisite.
And then the lining.
Oh my gosh.
Wow!
Just beautiful.
I don't know.
I'm just honestly kind of surprised
myself with this one.
Every single detail is, like, hand cut out.
Just very, very proud of this piece.
Well, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, queens.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck in the Lush Lounge,
the judges and I will deliberate.
OK.
Just between us girlfriends, what do you think?
Plane Jane.
She has been a frontrunner from the beginning,
working really hard to stay there.
But it wasn't up to the caliber that I expect.
So for me, it was like, OK.
I would love to have seen some huge shoulder pads,
you know?
But listen, it was still fantastic.
Mhi'ya.
Well, not Mhi'ya favorite tonight.
[laughs]
Almost everyone felt like they had
a very distinct point of view.
I didn't really get that from Mhi'ya.
I don't think she really understood
the story she was telling.
And I think that happens when someone
helps you do the project.
Dawn.
All of it was so cool, so beautiful, and so drag.
I think Dawn really understands her brand.
And she brings it every time.
She really understood the Goth assignment.
And I thought this was one of the best looks of the night.
Morphine.
Morphine was a little sedate for me.
And-- - I get that.
Thank you.
I'm here every Tuesday.
Try the burger.
Not the worst, certainly not the best.
But she did look purty.
Plasma.
I have a soft place in my heart for Plasma.
I fell in love with her tonight.
But I don't even know what her point of view was.
I don't get it.
You can't just give yourself a blue-black lip and say,
I'm goth.
[laughs]
You gotta try!
But she owned it.
And I think that I have respect for that.
Yeah, you gotta respect the way she walked out on stage.
She's just like, bitches, I'm letting you have it.
Yes!
Let's talk about Sapphira.
We all know what Sapphira can do at this point.
She came out, like she always does, telling a story.
I just was laughing and having so much fun.
And that's what you want when you're watching drag.
It wasn't the most over-the-top,
but it was really well done.
She gave us goth, but in her way.
Nymphia.
Nymphia knows how to turn a look.
She's been doing it since day one.
My only complaint was that we couldn't see her face.
I don't know.
I've walked a Mark Jacobs runway or two where
you could not see my face.
And it doesn't matter because the clothes are so good.
So I really appreciated this look.
I mean, I just could see this on the runway tomorrow.
Q.
She didn't understand the assignment.
She redefined the assignment.
So brilliant.
It was couture.
And now there's a worldwide taffeta shortage.
[laughs]
Thank you very much, Q.
That's gonna go down in the history books,
that outfit right there. - Oh, yeah.
Silence!
I've made my decision.
Bring back my girls.
[laughs]
Welcome back, queens.
I've made some decisions.
Q, tonight, the ghost of fashion past,
present, and future salutes you.
Condragulations, you are the winner
of this week's challenge.
[applause]
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You've won a cash prize of $5,000, presented
by got2b Color Remix.
You may step to the back of the stage.
Thank you.
I'm so thrilled.
If I didn't get this win, I was gonna be cracked.
Second time, second design challenge win.
I should have honestly gotten all three
design challenge wins.
[laughs]
Plane Jane, Dawn, Sapphira,
Nymphia, you are all safe.
You may step to the back of the stage.
Thank you.
[tense music]
Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige, you're a beautiful bird,
but your goth look didn't take flight.
Morphine, your makeup was unspookable,
but your Morticia look wasn't Cousin It.
Plasma, we loved your runway presentation,
but your goth look made us shrug.
♪ ♪
Morphine...
♪ ♪
You are safe.
Ooh.
Thank you.
You may join the other girls.
Mhi'ya.
Plasma.
I'm sorry, my dears, but you are up for elimination.
It's my third time lip syncing.
And I know I have to do more.
I have to bring more to the table.
So if I have to be the lip sync assassin of this season,
give me my mask, and let's go.
Two queens stand before me.
Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save
yourself from elimination.
[dramatic music]
The time has come for you to lip sync
for your life.
♪ ♪
This is my first time in the bottom two.
After two wins, I've proven why I should still be here.
I'm a performer, so I'm not scared of Mhi'ya.
I'm not scared of anything.
Good luck, and don't fuck it up.
[Lady Gaga's "Bloody Mary"]
♪ ♪
♪ Love is just a history that they may prove ♪
♪ And when you're gone ♪
♪ I'll tell them my religion's you ♪
♪ When Punktious comes to kill the king upon his throne ♪
♪ I'm ready for their stones ♪
♪ I'll dance, dance dance ♪
♪ With my hands, hands, hands ♪
♪ Above my head, head, head ♪
♪ Like Jesus said ♪
That bitch got petals.
She is giving us a Sasha Velour moment!
♪ Hands above my head ♪
♪ Hands together, forgive him before he's dead ♪
I've never seen a wig reveal into a beanie before.
That's a new one on "RuPaul's Drag Race," honey.
♪ Because I won't cry for you ♪
♪ I won't crucify the things you do ♪
Not in a gown, bitch!
♪ I won't cry for you ♪
♪ See, when you're gone ♪
♪ I'll still be Bloody Mary ♪
♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah ♪
Pick it up. Pick it up.
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Gaga, Gaga ♪
♪ Dum-dum, da-di-da ♪
♪ Dum-dum da-di-da dadda-da-di-da ♪
♪ Dum-dum da-di-da ♪
Mama, Plasma looks frazzled and frantic
during this lip sync.
♪ Dum-dum da-di-da ♪
♪ I won't cry for you ♪
♪ I won't crucify the things you do, do, do ♪
♪ I won't cry for you ♪
♪ See, when you're gone, I'll still be Bloody Mary ♪
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Liberate, mi amor ♪
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
Wow.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Ladies, I've made my decision.
♪ ♪
Mhi'ya, shantay, you stay.
♪ ♪
You may join the other girls.
♪ ♪
Congrats, baby.
♪ ♪
Plasma, my queen, thank you for giving this season
an infusion of life.
Now, sashay away.
Thank you so much, mama.
Mwah, mwah, mwah, mwah.
Thank you so much.
We love you, Plasma.
We love you.
I'm so glad we had this time together
just to laugh and sing a song.
Seems we just get started, and before you
know it comes the time we have to say, so long.
- Love you! - Love you!
Oh!
Finally, some goddamn peace and quiet.
[laughs]
Right now, I feel a little bit like my emotional hard drive
is a little backed up in terms of what just happened.
It would have meant the entire world to be in the top 4,
to win.
So I'm frustrated that after the track record that I set,
it's over.
I have nothing but pride in what I've accomplished in such
a short amount of time.
The things that I'm taking away with me
from "Drag Race"--
this is Plane Jane's wig, so I intend to take this.
Although there are some other people
I would have liked to see in the bottom,
I'm feeling really, really grateful.
[inhales and exhales]
I don't need that lipstick.
Condragulations, queens.
And remember, if you cannot love yourself,
how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?
Can I get an amen up in here?
[together] Amen!
All right.
Now, let the music play.
♪ A little bit of love ♪
♪ Goes a long, long way ♪
♪ Lifting you up to a brighter day ♪
♪ Can you feel the love? ♪
Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race"--
You've got to let your voice be heard in the anthem "Power."
♪ I got the power, and I know how to use it ♪
I was blown away.
You seemed nervous.
If my name was called today to lip sync,
I would have gotten a scissor and cut
my dress, because I was not gonna
let that bitch send me home.
[together] Ohh!
Ooh!
Wow!
♪ A little bit of love ♪
♪ Goes a long, long way ♪
♪ Lifting you up to a brighter day ♪
♪ A little bit of love ♪
♪ Goes a long, long way ♪
♪ Turn it around when you up and say ♪
♪ Everybody say love ♪
♪ Love, love, love oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ Can you feel the love ♪