Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race.
He'll be acting in the Rusical, Fannie, the Hard Knock Ball.
Juicy Love Dion.
You were wonderful.
You just got little outshone.
Athena Dion.
There were some moments that you were just kind of reading what was on the script.
Jane Don't.
There was physical comedy, there's choreography in there.
Condragulations, you're the winner of this week's challenge.
Juicy Love Dion.
Athena Dion.
I'm sorry my dears, but you are both up for elimination.
Juicy Love Dion, shantay, you stay.
Athena,
sashay, away.
We are back in the Werkroom and we're missing a huge presence.
Athena Dion has left the building.
Ladies, remember
The cage you are trapped in,
you've built yourself.
Juicy, bring it home.
Love you forever, all of you.
Athena Dion.
Knowing Athena at this point, if she is to go out,
it's better with family, someone that she loves.
And for y'all to share such a beautiful moment.
Oh my God.
The last line really just got me.
You know I'm always on your side, so don't ever be a stranger.
Athena's like no other.
I feel like a better queen for knowing her.
Can I teach you guys a little Greek to send off Athena?
Please.
Yes, please.
"S'agapo poli" means I love you very much.
"S'agapo poli"
"Xronia polla" Athena, to many more years.
I love you with all my heart and I'm going to miss you in this competition.
To Athena Dion.
Opa!
I'm grateful to still be in this competition, regardless of the fact that I just had to send a close friend home.
I definitely feel a shift in the air. I'm now
standing alone as the only person from my drag family still here.
So, I got to represent.
I want to make her proud.
Make everyone in Miami proud.
Which at this point, I think make yourself proud. It's like fuck trying to please all these other people.
Yeah.
Do what the fuck you want to do because you're a fucking star.
I think that Juicy is
used to doing what
Athena says to do.
And hopefully, now she can really
push herself more than she has been.
Congrats to our winner.
Yes!
Yes, bitch!
Win number two.
You've been very close every week and now after, what was your last one was what?
Yes.
Eight weeks ago, nine weeks ago?
Yes.
You've been very close every time and now you're finally back.
I was having moments of like, had I just sort of plateaued?
So I feel great, I feel affirmed, I feel like I'm on the right track.
But speaking of,
How do you...? Yeah.
How do you...?
I want to make you proud.
You didn't squabble this opportunity.
I know you did it.
Miss Mikey, you are also very much in the top.
Your voice is insane. Like you should just feel so proud of yourself.
Thank you.
They they said some pretty amazing things and I feel galvanized, Kenya. I feel galvanized. What can I say?
Yes!
Galvanized.
Speaking of Kenya.
Kenya first in the top!
Kenya! First in the top, Kenya!
I finally can feel galvanized for real.
Yeah!
Bitch, I finally add the literally to the fucking word, bitch.
Yes!
I got my fucking life this week.
Good.
You could not have asked for any more perfect challenge for me to show them what I fucking had.
And if you want to take a trip to Discord land,
I don't think I was on the bottom now.
I don't think I was on the top. I don't think I was on the top.
I think I was just... safe, safe.
Come on, girl.
I'm not the judge, it's not my opinion that matters. Discord, I thought it was your time tonight.
Same.
I just thought Juicy, you were going to be safe, and I thought it would be between you and Athena.
That's not what happened.
I would say that my confidence is my biggest strength.
It has gotten me all the way here and has kept me in the top in my head.
So, as long as I keep this delusional Discord train running, I think I'll make it all the way to the end.
Y'all, we are at a motherfucker top seven.
Oh my God!
Wow! Wow!
We've eliminated half the girls.
Seven girls.
Oh my God!
This is half the cab. What the fuck. Wait a fucking minute, bitch, wait.
So we started with fourteen.
Wait, hold on.
And seven went home. Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Then the seven of us left.
Yeah.
So now, bitches, half of them.
Oh shit!
If there is a moment where Darlene is about to come out, baby, it is the top seven.
I just am desperately feeling like I need to show up and
I need a win.
Oh, Miss Shenanigans, can you unzip me?
It is time for the girls to start packing. We got to get these numbers down.
Oh, it's like a fucking can of biscuits.
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Good morning.
Good morning. Good morning.
Child, it is a new day in the Werkroom.
And being in the top seven, that's crazy.
Especially with this cast.
I'm ready to show the judges what this big ass big titty girl has.
Is this the top seven we thought was going to happen?
I feel like from the beginning I was like, I don't know if Darlene's gonna last very long.
Okay.
Surprises at every turn.
We have given Darlene shit for the crazy shit she packed. And yet, she has saved everyone!
Everyone! He saved everybody!
Every challenge!
Every challenge.
Because every challenge you're like, fuck, I need big red shoes. Who's got them?
Hello, hello, hello!
Hi.
The shoes. She better.
My queens!
Hi.
Hi, Ru.
In the spirit of open communication and sisterly love,
for today's mini challenge, the library is about to be open.
Yeah.
Yes!
That's right. Because reading is what?
Fundamental!
That's right.
Oh, pick crew!
Hi Thor.
God of Thunder.
Well, thank you so much, lovely.
Say bye to Chris.
Bye Chris!
That ass.
All right, first up, Darlene Mitchell.
Oh, Darlene.
Darlene, the library is open.
Nini Coco.
Taking a look at her drag closet, it's kind of like a good old church potluck.
Lots of variety, but no flavor.
Damn.
Darlene's getting spicy.
The good girl's going bad.
Miss Kenya Pleaser.
I've heard she's a religious woman, and apparently so are her heels because they are staying up on faith and prayer.
What's the difference between Darlene and a computer?
Computers actually have gigs.
Jane Don't.
On the runway, you were always dripping in rhinestones.
We call her a vajazzle because that is the technical term for rhinestones on a cunt.
Didn't see that coming.
Darlene Mitchell, her name is so white when I stood next to her, my credit score went up one hundred points.
Nini Coco, the forever twink that got access to free cable and watercolors in the psych ward.
Oh.
Juicy Love Dion is what happens when you dismantle the Department of Education.
Jane Don't.
If you want to watch Jane spiral, tell her you like her.
Tell her she's funny.
Tell her she's smart.
Discord's reads are a little dry, just like Nini told us that tongue was.
Kenya Pleaser. Kenya, you remind me of my favorite Wizard of Oz character.
The brick road.
Nini has a face only a mother could love.
That mother being Casey Anthony.
Oh my god!
Jane Don't is on an all sex diet.
She has sex to lose weight.
She's gained eighteen pounds.
Nini Coco, out of drag, you look like someone Jane would beat up and steal their lunch money.
And in drag, you look like a mechanical engineer.
Damn.
Okay, I tried. I tried. I really tried.
Myki Meeks, everyone says you look like Arya Stark from Game of Thrones, but I think you look more like Peter Dinklage.
Damn, no laugh.
You know that, you know
Discord Addams, judging from your runway walk, you really are part of the Addams family.
Lurch.
Myki Meeks, out of drag, you look like a beautiful butch lesbian, and in drag, you look like her
Kenya Pleaser.
It's safe to say that Kenya Pleaser is one of the most talented girls in this competition.
It's not true, but it's safe.
Thank you.
Okay, the library is closed officially.
Thank God.
Ladies, you are all illiterate.
The winner of today's mini challenge is
Myki Meeks.
I win the reading challenge.
I may look nice, but this tongue is sharp.
Condragulations, you've won a cash prize of twenty-five hundred dollars.
I love you all. I promise. I love you.
My queens, sadly, Didi Fuego,
Mandy Mango, Briar Blush, Ciara Myst, Vita VonTesse Starr, Mia Starr, and Athena Dion have all been eliminated.
But that doesn't mean they can't come back to haunt you.
No, do not bring these girls back in this competition, I can't take it.
What the fuck?
Please welcome back to the competition.
the suitcases left behind by your eliminated sisters.
Oh, thank God.
I'm going to have to call air traffic control about this.
So white zone is for loading and unloading only.
Hope I don't get a ticket.
Ladykins, before traveling here, we asked all fourteen of you to pack materials that you could fashion into a runway look.
Now here's the twist.
Each of these stylish Away suitcases belongs to a queen who has sashayed away.
For this week's Maxi Challenge, you need to use one of your eliminated sister's materials
to create a festive look that says
party.
Honestly,
this is great for me.
A lot of the sewing girls have been sent packing. So I'm like,
okay.
Maybe it's win number three.
Now Myki, you won the mini challenge, so t to pick first.
Myki, who do you choose?
I'm going to go for my sister,
Briar Blush.
I want to make you proud.
I'm going to make you proud.
And now Myki, you get to choose which queen chooses next.
Kenya, you get to pick.
Oh, thank you.
I pick Kenya next because she was in the bottom for the last design challenge and I can't give Jane another win.
I'm going to go with Vita VonTesse Star.
Vita Vita Vita.
You know you want to eat her!
Kenya, who goes next?
I will choose Juicy.
Thank you. I'm gonna go for my good titi, Mia Starr.
I like all kinds of guys.
J L D, who goes next?
Miss Jane Don't.
I choose Ciara Myst.
Who goes next?
Darlene, go on ahead.
Mother Athena Dion.
I own the moon because I like to shine.
Athena had been dubbed the draggiest drag queen on the main stage, and I just really trust what's in there is for me.
Darlene, who goes next?
Nini.
Okay, Nini, whose baggage do you claim?
Can I have my luggage?
Is that an option?
I'm gonna go for DD Fuego.
I'm not for couples.
Okay, I'm tequila.
Which means Discord has inherited Mandy Mango's baggage.
A literal table.
That's cool.
If what Mandy wore was any indication of what she packed, I don't think this is going to be pretty for old Discord.
All right, ladykins, you can use your own hair, undergarments, and accessories.
But the rest of your party look needs to come from the materials packed inside your Away suitcases.
And remember,
Even though you'll be using another queen's material, your final look needs to be all you.
Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.
I'm going to miss my flight.
Get that brush in there.
Let's see what's in our suitcase, sister.
Oh, thank God.
Okay, yellow.
Ciara, if there was ever a moment that I needed you to be almost overprepared for every single aspect
Bitch, it's a fabric store.
I knew it.
I knew my good sis Ciara.
I'm looking around, everybody else seems to have like a few pieces of fabric and some trim and whatever, but I'm
Oh my goodness.
We have stretch velvet in the building, bitch.
Zebra.
Okay, yes.
Mama.
Wait, is that it?
That's it?
Athena!
This is not what I expected from Athena.
I wish I could go back in time and leave that suitcase on the end.
Don't let me down, Briar, don't let me down.
Well, it's a very
It's a very sub dude party.
I see your Briar may have squabbled this opportunity.
I picked my sister Briar Blush.
Because we have similar aesthetic points, but I see a sea of navy.
Not my favorite colors to work with, but at least I have something to work with.
All right, that's what I want to wear to a party, you know what I'm saying?
What is this? There's hot glue on it.
Oh.
A terrible realization sets in.
Oh, it's cut up.
It's cut up.
Ciara.
Ciara!
Every piece of fabric has
giant holes in it.
Some of it has hot glue all over it. There's a hair net in here.
What the fuck?
Ciara has given me
complete. garbage.
This is a remnant sale.
I was like, oh my god, there's so much fabric. Bitch, what the fuck?
No way, she gave you scraps.
All of them are scraps. The whole thing.
That is crazy.
Oh my god!
A minute ago, I had the highest hopes.
And now this is
Defcon five, worst case scenario.
I genuinely don't know if I have enough fabric to make a dress.
She already made me a bow.
Our challenge this week, we have to make party dresses with the leftover materials provided by the eliminated queens.
I hate this fabric.
The yellow?
Well, this specific one that's got the orange shift in it. I just think it looks like a duck.
Are we allowed to have a drag swap?
Um, no, no, we're not, honey.
I am frustrated with what is in this suitcase.
Twelve yards of non-stretch zebra.
Two giant appliqués, black and white, and maybe three yards of spandex.
How are my yellow shoes gonna go with...?
You can use bananas.
So, body contrast and a twelve yard zebra train. Let's go.
How do you feel about your stuff, Nini?
Actually, I feel pretty good about it. Like the color story that she brought is so good.
Yeah.
And this honestly has a bunch of inspiration printed all over it.
I get into DD's suitcase and it's just this beautiful print.
Sometimes you got to let the fabric speak for itself.
This fashion illustration fabric, that needs to be the thing that I prioritize in this design.
I'm going to try to sketch a few things.
I won the first design challenge and I take a lot of pride in my ability to make all my own looks and I have a shot at the win.
Reduce, reuse, recycle, honey.
What is wrong with her?
I knew I shouldn't have trusted a bitch that wakes up at seven am.
I feel reasonably certain that this was a strategic decision.
Most of the girls in the room suspected we might be switching materials.
This is Drag Race. They're probably not just going to have us bring the materials to make a dress that we have a plan for.
Where's the fun in that?
You know what? I'm glad I put you last and the Rate-A-Queen. Deserved.
If I would have got Ciara's suitcase,
I'm going off the record.
I would have left.
I would have said, thank you so much for this opportunity.
This bitch has fucked me over.
Wait, we could all kind of like fit inside it.
Oh my God, yes!
You got to hold down here...
No, I swear to God. I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
This is a fashion moment.
Probably the best remaining seamstress now has no fabric.
Oh, man.
Hey, ladykins.
Hi, Ru!
Are you bitches in stitches?
Yes, ma'am.
Jane Don't, come on over.
Yay!
So Jane, what do you have here?
Ciara graciously packed fabric with huge holes in them.
Okay.
So I am sort of starting at square negative three
Okay.
because I'm basically going to have to construct a textile so that I have enough fabric to use.
You chose Ciara Myst.
I did.
Why did you choose her?
Well, Ciara's approach to this competition was very like prepared. She really seemed to have a plan for everything.
Clearly the plan was sabotage.
You won last week. Do you feel there's a target on your head?
Yeah, absolutely.
I don't think everybody's upset to see me working at a disadvantage.
You know what I mean?
I love that tattoo of the divine Miss M. How long have you had that?
I've had it for a couple of years.
I feel like she really did her own thing.
You know, she was working in the Continental Baths and she was like kind of this punk rock, like screaming, like drag queen,
and somehow she managed to parlay that into,
you know, becoming a woman my mom loves.
Uh-huh.
And I love that idea of like the the ultimate outsider who finds her way inside the castle.
Is that your story?
I hope so.
I'm extremely hard on myself and I think I've spent a lot of the time here
doing really, really well and still feeling like it wasn't good enough.
Thinking...
What is that about?
I don't know.
What payoff do you get from that?
There isn't any.
It doesn't serve you.
It doesn't. No.
Yeah. Yeah.
And I know that. So I'm that's...
That's what I'm trying to work on a little bit.
Well, I believe in you.
Thank you.
I believe in you.
Ru is far more confident than I am that I'm going to be able to pull this off.
I think this is going to be gorgeous.
Thank you so much.
She is so used to me doing well that she doesn't seem to process that I'm like, no, I'm really fucked.
Kenya Pleaser?
Come on.
Hi, Kenya.
So now, the last time we had a design challenge,
it didn't quite work out the way you wanted it to.
No.
Kenya, you are up for elimination.
How are you going to avoid lip syncing this week?
Ru, I'm going to try to sew my little fat ass off, girl.
Wait a minute. That's what you said the last time.
Oops!
What do you have there?
Ru, you are looking at a puff sleeve bell bottom jumpsuit.
I want to go to like a disco party.
A jumpsuit is always great.
Yeah.
You just have to have the right proportions.
You have to make sure that that bell lands at the right place.
Absolutely.
You have to make sure the sleeves are in proportion with that bell.
Yeah.
In theory, what you're doing is great.
It's just the construction.
If I can pull that off, I think I could be in the light somewhere, bitch.
Go back to work.
Yes, thank you so much.
Thank you.
I feel like Vita has set me up
for a really successful design challenge.
It's no time for safe.
I need to win something.
All right, Juicy, come on down.
Hi Juicy, why didn't you get Athena's baggage?
Because I know my mother and I know that she kind of likes to play a little dirty game.
Oh, so you had some intel.
A little bit.
And you had to lip sync against her last week.
Yes, I did.
It did break my heart to do so, but now I can be as loose as the juice can get.
The juice is loose?
The juice is loose.
I remember what laughter felt like.
Now, I see you have a sketch there.
I do.
Is this a cat suit?
I'm going like a Kylie jumpsuit route.
Do you have a pad?
I padded for the Rusical.
Little pads.
But do you ever give them just a bunch of ass?
A bunch of ass. That's what looking?
And some titties.
Oh, okay. Maybe I can pull out some.
Well, listen, at this point, the judges are looking for variety.
Yeah.
They want a queen who has um range.
Yes.
Okay. Well, you get to work.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Juicy. The juice is loose.
I'll see you.
Absolutely.
Thank you.
Ru is pretty hard to read.
But he laughed at the juice is loose.
Pop quiz, where is the "The Juice is loose" from?
Beetlejuice two.
Is that me wrong?
Where's it from?
Uh, it's from O. J. Simpson.
Shut the fuck up.
They used to call him The Juice.
Okay.
Discord Addams, will you runway walk over here?
The walk is terrible.
Is that terrible?
It's terrible.
T-U-R-R-I-B-L-E, terrible.
You're doing something with your shoulders.
Whatever you're doing with your shoulders, do it with your hips. Keep your shoulders straight. Can you do this?
Don't do your knees together.
A workshop.
They had to call in a specialist.
I cannot remember a time in Drag Race's history when RuPaul has been like, the situation is so dire.
Uh, tall neck, but keep your shoulders down, yeah.
...that I need to go in there and set it to rights.
Do you have some other walks in you?
Maybe.
Every time I go in there, I'm like, I'm going to give them the best walk ever.
And then I walk out and you all are laughing and I'm like, it's the same walk.
It's the same one, isn't it? I know it is.
You chose Mandy Mango.
I chose nothing.
You chose nothing.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right.
They chose you last.
I think like I have been notoriously like pretty decent at the design challenges, so
maybe it's because they didn't want me to get a good suitcase.
Now, I see a a shredded sort of Bob Mackey dress there.
You nailed it.
I love the asymmetrical storyline there. That always works.
Yes.
What do you think is going to help you break through in this competition?
Well, I thought it was going to be the Pope.
It was very funny and a side of you came out in that that was very unexpected.
Yeah.
Keep that up. Make sure this is the time you're in the top, okay?
Yep.
I can't wait to see how this turns out.
Thank you.
Ladies, listen up.
Tomorrow on the main stage, you'll be debuting your party looks,
where we will be joined by the muse that
Yves Saint Laurent called the perfect woman.
Supermodel extraordinaire,
Iman.
Oh my fucking God.
Iman's gonna see me in garbage.
Iman is gonna see me in garbage.
Get that walk together, Discord.
Yeah!
So good luck.
And don't fuck it up.
Woo!
Thanks, Ru.
I'm gonna cut this out here and then hold it together is with safety pins, that way...
And they said you can use safety pins. It's fine.
I can't use safety pins as embellishments, but I can use them as safety pins.
If I cut this in half and the only way to hold it together is with a safety pin, then I can see that, but I can't
Right.
That makes sense.
I guess.
I guess it makes sense.
So we're only allowed to use the materials provided and we're only about to use materials as they are intended.
So if I can't use safety pins to embellish, then I'm going to use them to sow it.
This rhinestone fishnet cannot be sewn, it cannot be hot glued, so I'm going to safety pin it, which honestly,
Oh, my hand's getting tired.
Emotions are high.
I cant' take it anymore.
Sewing machines are going, fabric is everywhere,
and Jane is having her fourth meltdown of the day.
I don't like it any more than you do, babe.
I have my guardian angels.
I still got Vita in the suitcase.
Oh girl, bring Vita out.
We'll put Vita right here.
We put drag queens in a room and you expect us to work on outfits all day long and we're not supposed to go crazy?
The most sane person in the room right now,
is Discord.
And that says a lot.
Out of the seven girls eliminated, who has your favorite drag style?
Vita.
It has to be Vita.
Vita and honestly, I think Crystal is genuinely...
Who's Crystal?
Y'all don't remember Crystal?
Wow, that's pretty embarrassing for all of you.
Remember her entrance like when she walked in and she said
Hey, it's me Crystal.
Yes, I remember that bitch. Yeah.
Crystal is an icon. Crystal is a legend and she is the moment. She is the secret fifteenth queen of the season.
Yes, remember She and Athena got in that fight about who had their butt done better.
Girl, you remember when Athena slapped her with her tentacles?
Yes, Athena hit her a lot.
Yes.
Juicy.
Juicy, you literally sent the bitch home. Like what is that?
Weigh in on you guys.
Stop acting like you don't remember Crystal.
Like what the fuck?
Stop it because like I really do have like some spots in my memory that I can't fill in right sometimes.
Wait, is there a Crystal on this season?
Juicy, you literally sent her home to Mambo Number Five.
It was singing, you did a three sixty dip.
Right as Lou Bega asked for a "little more Erica by his side".
Y'all need to go get some sleep.
We are at a point of the competition where we're all just delirious.
I forgot how to do a running stitch.
That's okay.
I forgot Ciara's name.
That's what she said?
Bitch, this is going to be a long night.
Back to work.
You know what?
It's about to go down, down, down.
Today we are going to walk the runway in our party dresses. We all know I'm a fashion girl and I love being
But today, this is not one of those days.
Oh my god.
Looking around the room, everybody has something pretty wearable on the dress form.
So, I'm not seeing anything that looks like an obvious contender for the bottom,
which is.
a little irritating.
Myki, how are you feeling about your look?
We changed directions. At first I was going for like Charli XCX party girl.
Right.
But like, okay, let's have a party in Aspen. Like let's go to the slopes. And that's...
Yeah, let's go to the slopes, bitch.
Because I go skiing even when the slopes are closed.
Oh.
Even though in my suitcase there was not that much.
variety, I have made a fitted skirt.
I have made earmuffs, I made a scarf, and I made a giant muff to go with it.
All within matching fabric. But you were like done first yesterday. You had like your outfit finished.
Yeah, so I really wanted to make sure I had a clean silhouette
Uh-huh.
that it fit me perfect.
To the T.
ly, honey.
I really thought coming into this competition, I had my body figured out, everything was where it's supposed to be at.
And I made sure that uh, like bitch, I want to be curvaceous like a bottle.
Do you teach yourself how to sew? How do you learn how to sew?
Do you know you can buy like drag offline?
Yeah.
And the bitch was like, I don't have things for big girls.
And the bitch literally was like, if you want something in your size, learn how to sew. And you know
Bitch and I learned how to motherfucking sew.
Honey, I have stepped my pussy up, my clitoris up, my valva, vulva, whatever you call it, bitch. I don't know
But I have stepped it up, honey. This is my goddamn revenge dress. This is my redemption jumpsuit.
How did your look end up coming together?
I made some edits. The cape is gone.
The little flowers are chopped.
The ones that you spend...
Literally, the first like two hours...
Lliterally.
Okay.
But I feel like it looks better being a little bit more streamlined and less like all over the place because I feel
I am concerned for Darlene. She wasn't given a lot to work with.
That was a lot of zebra and a little bit of black.
I don't know. I don't know if I'm seeing the vision.
And Eugenie, did you figure it out after Ciara...?
Um...
Yeah, I think we landed on something.
Despite Ciara's best efforts, I have a dress.
It's not particularly interesting, but it does look pretty good.
And it's a dress, and it can go on my body.
Maybe there's a sliver of hope that Ciara Myst has not condemned me
to elimination.
How are you feeling about your look, Miss Diva?
I think it's gorge. It came together at the end.
I worked very hard hemming these pants and making sure the finishings were nice.
I think it looks
Tight.
Looks good.
Yeah?
It looks like you're going to a party.
This time around, Juicy, who has spent the last however many weeks struggling to thread a bobbin, did not
So,
I'm curious how this is going to play out.
How's your outfit? Did you change anything?
It fully came together. Thankfully,
everything fit the first time.
The construction
skills that Nini has, I think, are excellent, but the ladies who launched with a orange sequin
catsuit underneath don't know how I'm so sold on.
How are you feeling about today?
Yesterday I was completely spiraling, but I really really really really love my outfit now.
I had a lot of safety pins. I wasn't expecting how many safety pins was going to be on it. I was like, damn. Oh my God.
There are eight hundred. There are literally eight hundred safety pins on it.
Safety pins?
Bitch, safety pins will not in a goddamn suitcase.
I didn't sew one part of the outfit. The entire thing is hemmed and put together with the safety pins.
Fierce.
That's some shenanigans.
I think Discord is definitely trying to get away with something, period.
You think the judges are gonna clock your safety pins today and be like
Have anything to say about that?
In a in a bad way?
I don't know. What are they gonna...? How are they gonna read the safety pins?
Well, I hope they read it as fashion.
If you take these safety pins out, my entire garment will fall apart,
which means these safety pins were necessary.
Did they have the added bonus of making it aesthetically freaking cool? Yes!
Like three safety pins is is trash. Like a thousand safety pins, fashion.
I hesitate to make predictions every time I'm like, I think it'll be great.
Boo-Boo the Fool.
You know what I mean?
We just really got to channel more Boom Boom Pow.
We have to channel Boom Boom Pow.
I love Boom Boom Pow.
I don't know, I'm just obsessed with that song. To be fair, I am obsessed with the Black Eyed Peas. I have
Can you please describe Boom Boom Pow?
Boom Boom Pow to me is a it's a way of life, really. It's structured like an ancient poem.
Like it's like the Odyssey, it's like singing me a muse.
The four philosophers.
Yes, like before we get to even hear the Boom Boom Pow, each of the peas
appears to describe the Boom Boom Pow to us
so that we will know its presence when we see it.
It's sort of like Old Testament prophet shit.
It is, the horsemen of the Boom Boom Pow. The horsemen of the Black Eyed Peas.
The horseman, the horseman of the Black Eyed Peas.
They will appear so that you shall know the Boom Boom Pow when you see it.
I think that Boom Boom Pow is the text that like when scientists are like digging up our civilization,
It will be our like Gilgamesh.
That's when Fergie truly let us know about how she
is three thousand and eight and we're two thousand and late.
Hello.
Wait, when the finale lip sync song is Boom Boom Pow.
Girl, if the finale lip sync song was Boom Boom Pow, when I tell you,
I would be going feral.
Bitch, I don't know.
I'm tired.
Let's play some basketball!
Sometimes I'm like, wow, I have a degree.
Huh. What's your degree in?
Fashion design.
Oh wait. Hold on.
Have you said that to people?
What happened? What did Darlene say?
I just found out that Darlene has a degree in fashion design.
You went to school for fashion design?
You go, Nini.
I always like went into like the styling routes.
I would do like my like base garment sketches and then I would just start like styling the hell out of it.
But mind you, I see Darlene go for the fucking zip lock bag.
Full of wigs.
Well, ladies and gentlemen.
Girl, look at the bag.
Everybody gets a mullet.
The mullet bag.
Darlene has the ugliest pack of wigs, some in which I don't even know why she brought.
Oh my God.
Wait, I'm seeing it.
She is fierce.
What is that ash blonde Bob?
Who wants to wear that?
Wait, bitch. I fully have my Bob under the table.
Why do you have a Bob under the table?
Because bitch, I'm ready to serve content at all times.
I'm ready to wig it up, you can't just hit two times.
And. you're ready.
What the...? Darlene, why?
Do you have this?
It looks like you're about to sell me some chicken nuggets.
I hate those ones.
I hate, I hate.
Oh my God, it's so disgusting.
The girls just can't take.
You get a mullet. You get a mullet. You get a mullet.
Nini, why are you so passable?
A new cut.
A new color.
We're having a very good time with the wigs.
This is only bag number one.
Come on, bronze.
Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Michelle Visage. Now, what's your favorite kind of party?
Uh, fisting?
B Y O F
Style superstar Carson Kressley, what's your favorite kind of party?
Oh, I love a slumber party.
Especially when there's fisting.
Yeah!
And the one and only,
Iman is here.
Iman, what's your favorite kind of party?
Cha cha, bitch!
Iman, you look gorgeous as always.
Thank you, darling.
It's great to be here.
This week we challenged our queens to use the materials of their eliminated sisters to create festive fashions.
And tonight on the runway, category is
Party.
Racers, start your engines and may the best drag queen win.
Category is party.
Up first...
Darlene Mitchell headed to the VMAs after party.
Poof, there it is.
A good design requires three things: volume, silhouette, and a mullet.
I am eating this runway with every step. This little mini dress is so form-fitting, I can barely breathe.
And I've got pillow up top, pillow on each arm, pillow around the hip.
I could fall and be protected from any angle.
Roast for your pleasure.
I'll see you at the after after party.
I'll see you at the zoo.
Discord Addams headed to an end of the world party.
It's just her and the Twinkie.
I chose not to use any of the yellow fabric I was given because this is not a Bart Simpson moment for me.
This is couture.
Looks like a moth has eaten me up, but the safety pins are holding me together.
And RuPaul just cheeses right at me and gives me a big thumbs up.
I have mastered the walk in front of Iman.
I am a supermodel.
Is she punking us?
I said, step away from the shredder.
Juicy Love Dion.
On her way to a Miami Beach party.
Oh.
Oh, Miami Mob Wife Eleganza.
Thank you, Titi Mia, for your fabrics. I knew my big back sister would not let me down.
And I'm giving you Miami Beach.
It's hot, and I'm letting the breeze in with all these open panels on this Kylie jumpsuit.
I'm showing body. I'm padded.
We're in front of Iman. You have to serve.
I dream of Weenie.
Yes.
If you can't beat them, hair them.
Pair them?
I don't even know them.
Jane Don't.
Headed to a Grammy's after party.
How much it cost for one leg?
Eat it up.
This look is a Bob Mackie inspired gown, so I am giving very glam, very professional lady.
I'm covered in appliqués.
Everything has been pieced together individually.
All I have to say to Ciara Myst is, thank you.
Because if it weren't for your deceit and treachery,
I would not be here looking fierce.
Say hi to Clive Davis for me.
Nini Coco headed to a fashion week post show garden party.
Oh. Anyone else hungry for a carrot?
It is springtime and I am floating into this garden party in this bright bold gown, complete with a cat suit,
Oh, I love a convertible.
Oh, yes.
Yes, the Jennifer convertible.
My pony is snatched and my walk is fierce.
The train is no longer running.
No, it stopped.
Myki Mix headed to an après ski party.
Winter in Pacoima is glamorous.
I'm a Florida girl.
I've never been skiing, so I'm wearing what I would think would be cute, uh, some type of snowy after party.
I use the dark navy stretch to make this base suit, kind of giving snowsuit, right?
And blue sequin to be the standout.
I have the matching earmuffs, the scarf, the gloves, then of course, the muff has to match too.
I need some hot cocoa now.
Two hands, one muff.
Kenya Pleaser on her way to a disco party.
Okay.
She is.
Yes, and she's the ball of the bell.
Ooh, two two, pip pip.
Studio fifty four has nothing on me.
My outfit has bells and loops. It has a deep V line.
I have the afro. I have the flower. The bell bottoms kiss the ground wonderfully.
Bitch, this garment is so well constructed that it looks like it's painted on me.
It's a Pleaser way or no way.
Black and white and red all over.
And it ain't raining men, it's raining sequence.
You heard of Donna Summer? This is Kenya Spring.
Uh-huh.
Welcome, queens.
It's time for the judges' critiques.
Up first, Darlene Mitchell.
Everybody, really, I when everybody came out, I thought, wow, wait, did they make this stuff?
It's incredible. Every look is so fully realized.
This one I do love. It's getting me nineteen eighties, pretty in pink, Gunny Sacks, which was a brand
I love it because it's really something that you will see in London in the eighties.
The way you roosh the top of this, is it stuffed?
It is.
If you're lucky.
Please.
And what I love about this, Darlene, is this is a different look. There's no gauntlet involved.
You did something completely different with your makeup.
You didn't wear the hideous shoes, you wore the other ones.
The only tiny tweak I would say is maybe if you added some of that zebra fabric onto the shoe.
It would have really like put it over the top. But this is still very, very good.
Thank you.
Up next, Discord Addams.
First, I want to talk about your walk because I feel like you're making such improvements.
Yes.
Thank you.
Now, when I see this, I don't see any Mandy Mango.
No.
I'm an old school punk rock girl who grew up worshipping Sid Vicious, so I love safety pins in Couture.
This is like Sid Vicious and Sandra Rhodes together.
It moves beautifully, it shimmers all in the right way.
Uh listen, if things don't work out for you, you could always be a designer.
Thank you.
And then the hair and the makeup just support the look really beautifully. You've got, you know, crystals running
What gave you the most trouble?
Eight hundred safety pins.
I can't believe you made this from things that you happen to find that somebody left over for you.
It's incredible. It's a work of art.
Thank you so much.
Up next, Juicy Love Dion.
Well, this is over the top.
I love it is Miami meets Dubai. Okay?
I I love it.
I love the material.
And it looks like you finished the edges of them as well, so I'm very proud of you for doing that.
It's giving Ali Baba, not the discount online resource, but Middle Eastern glam.
You look like you're starring in a porn version of Simba.
Skin bad.
I love that.
I love the crystal encrusted bustier, and even like the forehead wig brooch. I've never seen that. I'm going
I guess for me, maybe a different shoe might have helped a little bit.
I agree that if it was lighter, it would have given you more.
It's just a little bit heavier at the bottom.
But all in all, it's fierce, it's cute, and it's clubby, and it's fun.
Thank you.
This is turning into a love fest.
I hate it.
Up next, Jane Don't.
You know, I was thinking, who's going to get Ciara's?
She is so specifically herself and out there in the best way.
Is that print on the material?
No.
How did you do that print?
Um, so this was like a mesh fabric with a sequin like on it.
So I just cut it up and turned it into applique.
Wow.
It looks like it's a very difficult fabric to work with. It's already kind of sequenced, so it can get bunchy, it can
Now, judges, if you could have seen what Jane was left to work with.
It wasn't even remnants.
It was scraps. And she literally did a patchwork coat of many colors.
Wow.
I love that you made the sleeves long, but the slits even longer.
The appliqués on the fabric really do give it the dimension that it needs to jump.
Otherwise, it would have been flat.
And you put them on the bag.
and your head, and your shoulder.
You're like a very sexy, still alive Dame Edna.
You've done a miraculous job on it.
Is there anything you'd like to say to Ciara Myst right now?
I would like to say, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart,
I will find you.
And when I do,
prepare yourself, Ciara Myst.
The state of Indiana will shake, Ciara Myst.
And I thank you.
Up next, Nini Coco.
I thought this was very chic and I can see this on a runway. To be able to do this kind of blouse,
a balloon sleeve, the ruffle at the bottom of that skirt.
That takes skill.
The print is always challenging and this one is like nineteen fifties women in midi skirts, so it could go a little
It moves well. The balloons, the removable skirt on top of it. It's all beautiful.
But that pop of orange that is really what makes it very youthful and very modern.
Thank you.
Up next, Myki Meeks.
Myki...
Can you hear me?
Huh?
I just think the idea of having the dark
with a darkish fabric is really chic.
But what I love about again, it is that you have that bodysuit.
It really creates that dimension.
It's thought through and it works.
And I do appreciate the craftsmanship on the boot covers, the way the skirt is fitted, the way the
You've really finessed the fit here to give you a beautiful silhouette.
Thank you.
And the fact that you told the story makes it even more enjoyable for us.
Whose materials did you get?
I got Briar Blush.
And then you'd like to say to her?
I hope I made you proud.
Up next, the question remains.
Kenya Pleaser.
So I say this with all the love in the world.
Who helped you?
Michelle, nobody helped me, honey.
You did this all yourself?
Michelle, I can sew, girl, for real and I...
Well then what happened with the last two?
Girl, I don't know, it was a mess.
You look like the life of the party, honey.
Aww.
That color looks great on your skin.
You look gorgeous.
And I think so technically well done. I think this silhouette has perfect balance.
I always love a solid belt.
You know, it's like separate and conquer.
You know?
I see finished edges, I see a neckline that's finished, a hem and a sequence stretch fabric.
I'm gagged.
And then I think that do we kind of highlight on the cheek really works for this era and this vibe. The big
You didn't overdo it with the accessories from head to toe, just fantastic.
Thank you so much.
Queens, this week you all brought the party.
So,
to help us make our decision,
I want to hear from you.
You knew it was coming.
Tonight's the tonight.
Who should go home tonight
and why?
Lord have mercy.
Here we go, bitch.
Queens, I want to hear from you.
Who should go home tonight
and why?
Starting with
Darlene Mitchell.
I think at this point in the competition to come this far and not be in the top
says a lot and I'm such a fan of hers, but I'm afraid I would have to say Discord.
Discord, same question. Who should go home tonight and why?
Oh, God.
I think Darlene and I are both in the same boat of not having won a challenge yet.
So,
I guess Darlene.
Juicy.
Hate to do this, but
I have to echo what Darlene has said, and also
say that yes, the safety pins look great,
but it was not in the box.
So I don't think it was part of the brief to
cover it all in safety pins.
Oh, get her, Juicy!
And for that reason I would say Discord as well.
Okay.
Jane.
Tonight everybody did a really great job. So I think we have to look at track record.
I also will echo what Juicy said. The safety pins were not in Mandy's box and not every single one of those
So I would say Discord.
Gate alert. Hello.
Safety pin gate.
Yoicks.
Nini.
Sorry to dog pile.
Discord has helped as a partner of mine, so I've really appreciated working with him.
But based on tonight's challenge, I do agree, Discord was not as resourceful as some of the girls on this stage.
So I will say Discord.
Myki.
We're getting down to the wire.
Based off track record, I'll say Discord.
Kenya.
So, based off tonight, even though the outfit is very much herself.
I would say, Discord could have pushed it further with using some other fabrics.
Thank you, queens. I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck backstage,
the judges and I will deliberate.
All right, now just between us squirrel friends, what do you think?
And I need you to be brutally honest because we are
splitting hairs here tonight.
Darlene Mitchell.
Darlene, for me, it was very chic.
She could have really easily over accessorized, but she didn't.
But the execution of the whole outfit was what it really drew me in.
Creating that sculptural quality of the ruching across the bust line and also across the hem line. That took a
You can tell she hand stitched it. It looked that detailed.
The only ding and because everybody's really neck and neck here, she could have done better with the shoe.
Discord Addams.
I love this look like it was right off of a Vegas stage.
Slash and sizzle.
She really brought something that it's uniquely looks vintage but hard edge.
However,
the safety pins were not part of Mandy Mango's package.
So with that said,
I'm not sure how I feel about that anymore.
They were kind of the focal point of the garment.
One hundred percent.
Eight hundred safety pins. That's a lot of safety pins.
That could create a safety pin shortage on the West Coast.
A safety hazard if you will.
A safety hazard, exactly. And the other girls were not happy about that.
It was a successful look, but at what cost?
Juicy Love Dion.
Juicy was juicy. I mean, now the hair and pen looked beautiful and the top.
It's a little, you know, a little trashy, but it actually worked.
It was giving kind of very seventies or eighties, Rick James backup dancer silhouette.
Yeah.
But again, since we're splitting hairs here, it would have been so much better if she had a metallic silver strappy sandal.
Or a really pointy stiletto.
Jane Don't. Had you seen what she got, you would be even more amazed.
She would have been great in the depression.
I think it's nothing short of miraculous that she was able to walk out here like that.
Yes, it's a drag race miracle for us.
It was.
Jane Don't? No, Jane did.
Nini Coco.
This was another production tonight that I thought was so fun to watch.
A blueprint.
She created a wow effect.
And she's also really good at figuring out the balance of the look. Like she had a small crop top to give
Then she had a small little skirt, but then she had a train in the back and then she had the big sleeve.
Very smart kid that Nini Coco.
Myki Meeks.
I really enjoyed this Myki Meeks ensemble.
Somehow that navy and navy has a way of doing this. It turns it into a very chic story and I was here for it.
I love the ear muffs.
I love the muffs in her hands and then of course the covered boots.
Accessories make the outfit.
Kenya Pleaser.
I think Kenya is the shock of the night for all of us that have endured two fashion challenges with her.
I was shocked and then I thought we were conned that somebody else did the look for her, but then she said she made it all
And, you know, she has a tendency to always cover her neck up. And she left it open so that the
She looked like she was having fun. And when somebody looks like they're having fun, it's fun.
All right.
Silence.
I've made my decision.
Bring back my girls.
Welcome back, queens.
I've made some decision.
Darlene Mitchell.
You had me at mullet.
Myki Meeks,
you put the ass in Aspen.
Nini Coco,
your balloon sleeves popped.
Ladies,
You are safe.
Thank you.
You may step to the back of the stage.
Thank you.
Juicy Love Dion.
Your shoes pulled focus.
Discord Addams.
Your safety pins
drew blood.
Discord.
Juicy.
You are both
safe.
Thank you.
You may join the other girls.
Jane Don't.
Kenya Pleaser.
I'm sorry, my dears.
I'd like to say one of you is a winner, baby.
First,
I need to see a lip sync.
Who is so fucking messy, bitch?
Girl!
I started from the bottom and now I'm here, ho.
Two queens stand before me.
This is your chance to impress me
and win a cash tip
of five thousand dollars.
The time has come
for you to lip sync
For
the win!
If I can win this lip sync, I will be the first girl with three wins.
So this is a do or die moment.
I need this win.
Good luck.
And don't
fuck it up.
Yeah!
Yeah, come on, come on!
I just imagine I'm eating a patty pie right now.
And I feel like another one.
My hair is like falling in my face.
The Holy Ghost is upon me.
I'm having so much fun.
Yeah!
Yes! Felt like you were having fun!
Queens, I've made my decision.
Jane Don't, condragulations, you're a winner, baby.
Oh, thank you, thank you so much.
Thank you.
You've won a cash tip of five thousand dollars.
Plus a brand new set of luggage, both courtesy of Away.
I am just so happy and
So ready to shove it in Ciara Myst's face that I made it here.
Kenya Pleaser.
You are safe to slay another day.
Thank you.
Condragulations.
And remember, if you can't love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?
Can I get an amen up in here?
Amen!
Can I get an Iman up in here?
Iman!
All right, all right. Now let the music play.
Next time on RuPaul's Drag Race. You'll be toasting and roasting...
Alyssa Edwards!
I'd love to make jokes about you losing crowns, but I don't want to bring up your teeth.
These girls have been calling me a prop queen all season.
And I just don't see it.
Crickets.
You're naturally such a comedy queen.
The problem was, you didn't really have the jokes.
I'm Jane Don't. I don't do anything bad because I win everything!
God damn it!