[RuPaul] Previously, on Canada's Drag Race...
-Hi, hotties. -[Cheering]
Welcome to the Premiere Ball.
♪
-Oh, yeah! -Oh, oh... oh!
[Laughing]
Girl, you are shimmering.
You look like something I hallucinated when
I took acid in high school, but fashion.
[Giggling]
Venus, you're a winner!
Tonight, no one is going home.
-[Gasping] -Oh my God.
Gag.
♪
-Yeah! -What the fuck?!
Ah! [Squealing]
Nobody goes home!
[Cheering & laughing]
I'm so gagged that we're still 11 here.
I'm so surprised and shock!
Like telenovella, shock!
To have that moment to like be in your power,
not be frightened because you're not fucking leaving...
and to just give it,
and Tegan and Sara are right there, like!
Literally, in front of their faces.
Like, I kept looking over at them.
And I was so gagged, like...
I'm performing your song to you.
I'm a little bummed to have lost
the lip sync against Venus,
but there's still a lot of competition left.
Congratulations, fucking Sisi and Melinda.
You're both fucking still here.
[Cheering] Yes!
You're stuck with us a little longer.
I'm happy that we get to serve a second impression.
I'm such a big personality.
I feel like I didn't have a chance to show that.
It's the first time no one's gone home on
Canada's Drag Race in the first episode.
[Cheering]
There's no fucking lipstick on the mirror right now.
Ya!
I'm relieved, but I'm also gagged!
Because now all eyes are on me.
This is a competition. Eventually...
a lot of girls have to go home because
there's only one winner. I'm here to win.
So the competition starts-
[All] Now!
And one of you is going home...
sooner rather than later.
Let's fuck it up.
Can we get a "Season 4", on 3?
1, 2, 3...
[Shouting] Season 4!
[Cheering] Woo!
-Ah! -[Groaning]
I have one complaint that affects all of you.
Moving forward, I need you to either lift the toilet seat...
sit down, or wipe up your mess because
if I sit on one more toilet seat wet-
Same, bitch.
I will be so fucking angry, I'm done with it!
Does anyone want to put the dragon on?
Woo! Yes.
Melinda and Sisi are so lucky this week.
All eyes are on you two now.
What are you going to do to really pick it back up?
How do you feel about that, Brooke Lynn?
[Laughing]
Wanna come for me?
♪
The winner of Canada's Drag Race receives a sickening
supply of beaty products from Shopper's Drug Mart,
and the pleasure of $100,000, thanks to Trojan.
With Traci Melchor...
Brad Goreski...
And Brooke Lynn Hytes!
With tonight's extra special guest judge,
Ra'Jah O'Hara.
♪
[Screeching tires]
[Revving engine]
♪
It's a "moo" day in the werkroom!
[Cheering]
It's a new day in the werkroom,
and I am feeling reinvigorated.
Just like anything else in my life,
sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down,
but the important thing is, I'm ready to do this.
Let's go.
How do you feel, having the first win?
Call me Angela Basset because bitch,
I did the thing, okay?
What are you going to do with the $5000?
Yes!
Honey, I might have to get some of these injections.
Ah! [Laughing]
Last week, I was in the bottom.
I need to get out of my head, and focus on
whatever is coming next this week.
We're all here!
[Cheering]
I kind of wanted someone to go home.
I think we all wanted someone to go home.
Someone's definitely going to go home this week,
and it's not going to be me.
It is game on.
I'm really, really, really happy.
I know I was on the top three, but I was...
in the middle and safe,
and as far as I'm concerned, that means...
I live to slay another day.
And, all those add up to getting right to the very end.
-[Siren] -[Cheering]
O Canada!
She done already done had herses.
-Attention, shoppers. -Yes.
Are you buying what I'm selling?
Well, get ready to shop 'til you death drop.
Yes.
Because, for a limited time only,
this pussy's on fire sale.
-Yes! -Meow!
Operators are standing by.
[Engine revving]
-I want to buy it. -Okay!
[Cheering] Hi!
Oh my God, you're all still here.
[Laughing]
Those look very comfy.
I stole them from wardrobe.
[Laughing]
Behind every stunning drag look is
a whole lot of smoke and mirrors.
You all know what I mean.
Mm-hm.
Now it's time we share our best kept
beauty secrets with the world.
And make some coin while we're at it.
-[Cheering] -Yes, let's do it.
So, we're announcing...
QV-She, a shopping channel
for drag obsessed consumers.
-Word! -Oh!
Fun fact- my overthinking brain
woke me up at 3:30 in the morning,
so I turn the TV on, and guess what's on?
The Shopping Channel.
What was the universe telling me, bitch?
Homework.
You will become on-air hosts and go live as you
plug one of these fabulous products.
[All] Ooh! Okay!
Shade Blockers, a stylish safeguard
against shade of any kind.
-Ooh! -Okay.
Tip Tits, a bra with a built-in pocket for
a queen's hard earned bills.
The Party Poncho, it's a poncho that
reveals a whole new look underneath.
-Can you believe it? -Ah...
And last, the Fierce Flat, a shoe so fabulous,
no one would ever dare clock you for lack of heel.
-That's for you. -[Laughing]
-Oh! -[Laughing]
Well, I'm going to need these ones too, then.
[Laughing]
But the secret to any good business
is finding the right team.
So, split yourselves into three groups of three,
and one group of two- Now!
[Laughing]
I want to work with my best friend.
We're going to be quickfire back and forth.
And, Aurora has the acting chops.
My first choice was Venus and Girlfriend.
Bitches.
We're in the pretty girl corner, that's what I thought.
I like Luna and Nearah, but...
working with kids can be dangerous sometimes.
I don't know if people actually want to
work with me, at this point, because I had
this bottom situation last week,
but hopefully, the girls still have trust in me.
So, the bitches ran away as quickly as possible from me
because I was in the bottom last week,
so I was left with my best Judy, Kitten Kaboodle.
I know that she is a clever Betty.
Venus, as the winner of last week's challenge,
your group will pick their product first.
Um, I would like the Tit Tips, please.
You got it. Who would you like to choose next?
-[Bell ringing] -I love you.
-Nearah? -Thank you so much.
We want the Party Poncho!
-Well, it's yours. -Thank you so much.
Now which group would you like to choose next?
Ooh, Kitty!
-Aw. -Mwah.
The Fierce Flats.
Sensible footwear for the older woman.
We love a sensible footwear.
[Laughing]
So that means Sisi, Denim, and Kiki,
you have the Shade Blockers.
You're going to need 'em.
[Laughing]
When you go live,
you will have 4 minutes to deliver a
performance that's informative,
"she-larious", and memorable.
And queens, I will be expecting a 5-finger discount.
[Laughing]
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen...
Sell, sell, sell!
[Cheering]
♪
I'm so excited to be working with you girls.
I know, I can't wait.
What I love about QVC is that it's giving camp.
It's these lovely ladies that just love to show off,
and sell their products,
and I feel like that's what we do as drag performers.
We show off and we like to sell ourselves.
I'm not like the best host to like initiate a conversation,
like I think I'll do a lot better like
playing off of everything.
Of the energy and everything.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
I definitely was not hoping for a comedy challenge in the
second week because that is not my strength.
I'm not necessarily a theatre queen.
I've never done that kind of challenge,
but I'm excited to just swim on.
I meant to say dive on- dive in.
[Laughing]
We don't want her talking too much because
she doesn't feel comfortable.
Right.
-I mean, I can talk. -No, you will talk.
I am not a comedy queen.
But, I think I'm going to surprise a lot of people,
showing them how funny I am.
Even though English is my second language, I'm not...
I'm not planning to be behind.
No, you will not be behind.
We weren't picked by all these other bitches.
They all kind of like scurried towards each other,
just kind of looked at each other, and were like-
Well, I think we were kind of on the end.
Well, the bitch beside me like ran the fuck away.
[Laughing] No.
[Southern accent] Welcome back to QV-She.
I love the QV-She girls.
They could literally sell you anything.
It could be the ugliest cubic zirconium ring and
they're going to be like,
"We have never seen this before."
The phone queue right now is backed up.
You guys, these Tip Tits are flying off the shelves.
Venus pulls out this southern accent,
and that becomes the foundation of our entire skit.
[Lisping] Sometimes you've got to sin
just to get a little closer to God.
Oh, Jesus!
-Jesus! -[Laughing]
We've got this in the fucking bag.
Have you been shaded lately, and you
just can't take it anymore?
We came with the perfect product for you.
So Shade Blocker is supposed to protect you
from shady bitches.
We need to make sure that
we are giving information that makes the customer
want to buy our product and...
be funny at the same time.
I'm Kiki Ho, your host,
and my co-host, Sisi Superstupid.
How do you do?
[Laughing]
I get on with myself.
So in this challenge,
I want to go really over-the-top campy.
My name is Sisi Supersecrets.
Sh. [Laughing]
-You hate it. -I don't get it.
I feel like Sisi's sometimes just like
in her own little world.
Analyze people and like...
shade that you can throw at people.
The earmuffs are massaging your ears.
The idea is just words and words,
but there's no content.
I think we just need to develop the script a bit more
because like time is ticking.
I don't know how I'm going to like
make my character stand out and shine.
I'm stressing out because I don't have lines yet,
and I need lines, so...
It's right here, that's where you start.
I am spiraling.
I'm freaking the fuck out.
My ass got kicked last week so,
the pressure is for me right now to just deliver.
If all else fails, just have fun.
Yes, and! [Chuckling]
I already have a lot of ideas.
Oh, well, I already saw your eyes.
Now, with turbo tap dance mode.
We just gel together like peanut butter and jelly,
and mm-mm-mm, I am eating...
every bit of this sandwich.
Yes, Mama. [Rolling tongue] Okay!
I'm feeling just fabulous in this one.
Yes. [Rolling tongue] Okay?
Oh my God.
I'm really afraid of that team.
Diva duck walk mode.
Oh my God.
They're doing too good right now,
from what I'm hearing.
Yes, just 59.95 delivery.
Money up front.
[Laughing]
I'm having so much fun doing this with you.
I'm so grateful I got to partner with you today.
We just need to go through funny functions
that it can do, and then
the reveal is the very last thing.
Is there drunk bridesmaids throwing their drinks around?
The Party Poncho will keep you covered.
You said you were going to be like,
"Aimee, tell us how."
I think I should say something there instead.
Right, okay.
These were not my first choice
when it comes to my team.
I just don't want you guys to make me feel like...
Like a baby, you know what I mean?
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm not worried about the challenge.
I'm worried about being out of the frame,
like me not talking.
I know I have a strong accent,
and understanding a little bit-
Baby, we all have accents.
But we've got this, we've got this.
I am trying to listen to what Aimee is asking us to do,
and... that's all a person can do is listen.
As a group, as a team,
we're working together collectively.
I don't want you to feel like we're babying you and
trying to hold your hand every step of the way
because at the end of the day,
you're here for yourself, I'm here for me,
you're here for you.
But as a team effort, this is the challenge.
We're doing it together,
and we're going to do just that.
We have agreed now to put our issues on the side,
and work as a team.
You've got this in the bag. Just have fun.
Right now, I'm just praying to the drag Gods
to save our asses.
Jesus, take the damn wheel, please.
That's all the time we have for you today.
Thank you very much.
Now, a word from our sponsors.
♪
Alright, girls, we're going live in
3, 2, 1.
[Cheering]
-Sasha Velour. -Exactly.
Sasha Velour could never.
Well, hey, queens.
Hey, Brooke Lynn!
Welcome to the studio floor of QV-She.
Alright, Denim, Kiki and Sisi, you're up first.
You look just like Vivian Vanderpuss right now.
It's weirding me out.
I think that's offensive to her.
Are you ready to get going?
Yes!
Now here's your camera, here's your clock,
and remember, this is live.
One take only.
Alright, we are going live in 5, 4, 3...
[Inaudible]
Welcome back to QV...
She!
To all the drag superfans out there,
we have something special...
For you!
I'm your host, Kiki Ho, and...
my co-host, Sisi Superstupid.
Oh, well, that's me, that'll do.
And...
I'm Denim, your shade specialist.
It's more like giving jeggings.
Oh!
Yeah!
Are you tired of being shaded and can't take it anymore?
Well, this product is for you!
And that'll do!
-Yeah! -Yes!
♪
We forgot the lines.
And then he just went downhill from there.
If you buy right now-
You get a special motor-boating session
with the three of the hosts of this show.
And that'll do!
For only 60 payments of 19.99.
[Laughing]
I don't even know what I'm saying.
I don't even know what I'm selling.
But I'm doing it.
Our line is blowing up like-
Just like Brooke Lynn's filler.
[Laughing]
You need one. [Laughing]
I do not know what's going on right now and,
the funny thing is that they don't know
what's going on either.
The Shade Blocker will be your new BFF.
Well, that's something I need.
It's a little bit cringe, I'm not going to lie.
-Yeah! -Yeah!
It is a hot mess.
Do you feel your that'll do?
-Yes. -That'll do!
That'll do! That'll do!
Since I got these glasses,
I can't just feel my that'll do to the world!
All you have to do is put them on,
and all the shady bitches in your life will be blocked.
-And you get a block. -And you get a block.
And you get a block.
That's all.
Thank you, and we'll see you after the commercial break.
♪
And that's all!
We'll see you after the show!
-That'll do! -That'll do, see you later.
You!
♪
-That'll do. -[Laughing]
-That'll do! -That will do.
[Laughing]
-Oh my God. -Yes.
That was something.
♪
Hi, Melinda, hi, Kitten.
Hi, Brooke.
I'll let you get in position,
and then let's see what you've got.
Alright, we are going live in 5, 4, 3...
[Inaudible]
Welcome back to QV-She.
And I'm your host, Melinda Verga.
Today, I am joined by my extra special friend,
Kitten Kaboodle.
-Can we Kiki, honey? -Yes.
Have you ever fallen off a stage?
Yes.
Is kitten heels even a little too high for you now?
Yes!
Never fear, we have an incredible Fierce Flat line
that is going to change your world!
Starting with this one right here.
Oh yes, these are the sequined dazzlers.
They come with turbo tap dance technology.
-Oh my God! -Turbo tap dance!
Wait 'til you see these puppies in action.
You just push the turbo tap dance button.
-Oh! -Amazing!
And before you know it...
You're tap dancing,
you're shuffling off to Buffalo...
And you have a career on Broadway!
They're cracking me up.
Bitch, I'm so jealous, I wish I was with them.
Retailing at 69.99,
but if you call in the next five minutes,
we will give it to you for 4 easy payments of 59.99.
I can hear the phones going
ring, ring, ring, ring, ring, ring.
These are a prototype, and these are only,
exclusively, for our QV-She members.
I have to try these on!
Kitten is killing it.
-The duck walk... divas. -Divas!
And this is with slip and slide technology...
for easy access.
Kitten is a professional.
I'm pretty sure that she actually worked at the
Shopping Channel because she is not missing a beat.
They're going to change your life.
Oh! Oh, what am I doing?
What's going on?
I don't know what's happening,
but you look fabulous!
Let's hear from a loyal customer.
Oh.
[Laughing]
I got my first pair back in 1965.
It changed my life.
[Laughing] That's time.
[Applauding & laughing]
I've never wanted to buy flats more in my life.
Venus, Aurora, and The Girlfriend Experience.
We are live in 3...
[Inaudible]
Kings, queens, and everything in between,
welcome back to QV-She.
It's your host with the most, Mary Louise Hytes,
no relation to Brooke Lynn Hytes.
Last week on the lab, y'all were telling me that
you are not feeling supported.
Y'all don't know where to put those tips.
But hold up, I've got the solution just for you.
It is called Tip Tits, and I've got the she-devil
herself that envisioned the damn thing.
I have been going to drag shows my entire life.
Call me a drag hag, whatever.
But, I have seen drag performers and drag lovers.
They just get so much cash,
but they have no place to put it.
So, I've created the lovely, lovely-
[Gasping] Tip Tits!
Patent pending.
They are knocking it out of the park.
Here's our competition.
Now, all you've got to do is take your hard-earned cash,
take your tip and just...
oh, just slide it right in.
Ooh, and now it's all safe in your tits!
Did y'all just hear that? We've got pockets.
Y'all been asking for pockets for months.
Call right now.
I'm living for Miss Venus. She's delivering.
I have a legend here today.
She's my inspiration for the Tip Tits, Daisy Chains.
I just want to know more about what the Tit Tips
have done for you.
I do believe the Lord provides,
but sometimes you've got to dance with the devil.
[Laughing]
Miss Daisy, do you want to introduce our newest style?
Girls like me like to get tossed around like a salad,
but sometimes...
You've got to- [Laughing]
Toss- [Laughing]
I need to see what's on these tits.
What's the product, girlie?
The Girlfriend Experience started forgetting her lines,
and I'm like uh-oh.
I've got a confession right now.
What is it?
I'm wearing my Tip Tit right now.
-Show us, girl! -You better show us.
I can't! I'm a Christian woman!
Sometimes, you've got to-
[Laughing]- dance with the devil.
[Deep voice] Show us!
[Screaming & gasping]
Let me tip you right now, girl.
-Tip me! Tip me! -Oh yes!
Make sure that you buy our Tip Tits,
and you'll be feeling extra supported,
both in your tips and your tits. Ha-ha!
Thank you so much for joining us.
We're going to cut to commercial.
Tip Tits. Tip Tits. Tip Tits.
And we are off air.
-[Applauding] -Yes!
Fuck!
We are going live in 3...
[Inaudible]
And welcome back to QV-She.
Today, I heard we've got some fabulous,
fabulous, fabulous- did I say fabulous-
fabulous discounts for a fabulous product,
which is called the Party Poncho.
I have here with me Dr. Nearah Nuff.
That is doctor of fashion to you.
Okay.
We're here to keep you covered, literally.
Whether you're a drag queen...
whether you're a construction worker...
Oh?
Or whether you're a grave digger...
Okay.
...we'll be sure to make sure you're the
baddest bitch in the room.
Alright, wow, that is fabulous indeed.
Luna's not really giving us a lot of personality.
Miss Dr. Nearah Nuff has got a fabulous, gorgeous,
valued customer who is a drag queen.
This fabulous Party Poncho has changed her
drag career and can change...
-Yours too. -Yours too!
Yours too!
[Laughing] Okay!
Aimee is here to tell us what she has gone through
without a Party Poncho.
Girl, as a superstar, and I'm not talking about Sisi...
We have a problem.
Every time I go in the club with my beautiful
white, white and white-
-White? -Yes...dress!
They play the... trick on me,
all the fucking bridesmaids.
-Oh, not the bridesmaids. -The fucking bridesmaids!
The fucking bridesmaids!!
Well, don't worry.
We have got the Party Poncho to keep you covered.
So, when it comes to bridesmaids,
those fucking hags...
are going to stay away from your drag with the top, top,
top technology involved in the Party Poncho.
I think everyone is doing kind of bad.
[Laughing]
I'm melting right now.
My pussy is so wet!
So when it comes to this, when it comes to this one-
-So wet. -I have a solution.
-This is the top of the line. -Coming!
This will keep your odour in.
Oh, okay.
I thought the whole point of the Party Poncho was
that it was like a drag reveal.
And for the price of, you guessed it, 69.69,
we're going to make sure that you get your Party Poncho!
Luna, she is literally just standing there
not doing improv.
I want to say thank you, Party Poncho!
She's giving me flatline.
Beeeeep!
Alright.
Because we're part-time tops,
and when it comes to the Party Poncho,
we've got one huge aspect, which is...
-The reveal! -Reveal!
And you didn't see that coming.
Time is up!
[Kitten] We didn't learn anything about a reveal...
You wasn't expecting this.
[Laughing]
...'til the very end when they realized,
oh, we forgot about the reveal.
Well, thank you, everyone, for watching QV-She.
I have been your host, Brooke Lynn Hytes,
and that was something.
[Laughing]
♪
It's elimination day, and
we bombed that challenge.
-That'll do! -That'll do!
I'm really hoping my runway saves me.
Well, my little that'll dos, how are we feeling today?
-[Laughing] -That'll do!
Well, I feel fabulous in my Fierce Flats.
As you should!
[Laughing & cheering]
I couldn't be more grateful having been able to work
with you when all these bitches ran away from me,
so thank you so much.
[Laughing]
I mean, I would run away from me too,
having been in the bottom first week, you know.
I felt the same way, but you fucking surprised me.
-Yes. -That was so good.
We all pulled it through, and we still did the best.
Hold up, hold up.. Wait, wait, wait, wait!
-I don't know about all that. -I don't know about y'all!
Everyone from that first group...
is in danger right now.
Where were you? Were you at QV-She?
We were on another planet.
Yes, it was a hot mess.
I tried to show a different side of my personality,
and I hope that's going to land me somewhere
better than last week.
Our poncho girls, how are we feeling?
It went the way it went, that's for sure.
Me and Aimee had just had like a little bit of
a conflict because...
Aimee felt a little like out of the group.
It was a challenge.
Yeah, it was a little bit of a challenge because
I don't want to make somebody feel like
they're being left out.
I think you were able to stand out really well with
all of the things that you were doing.
Yeah, but I don't think it worked out, though.
It was not good at all.
It fell through because cues were missed,
things that were supposed to be said for me to
bring my cue in were not said,
so I just stood there smiling,
looking at the camera.
I'm not expecting to be in a safe spot,
so I'm going to expect the worst,
and do everything I can to keep myself here
'til next week.
At least now I know everyone's
weaknesses and strengths, so...
Ooh!
As much as I love this,
we do have to start getting ready so...
let's shut up and do that.
-Get into drag! -Woo!
♪
Kitten, when was the first time you saw drag?
-What was that like? -I was only 15.
I met...
some gay guys, and they told me about
this place called the Back Lot.
This is Calgary, 1981.
And there was no signs or anything on this bar.
All the gay bars were secretive.
We didn't have any internet or anything.
Nobody ever told you about anything gay
or drag or anything like that.
You know, you just thought something was wrong with you.
The first queens I ever saw at the Back Lot were
queens called Marty, Tiggy and Summer,
and they were trans queens.
-Yes! -And I fell in love with it.
It just opened my eyes up.
It was like another world.
In Calgary, in the 80s, the drag...
it embodied everything so, you know, when people say,
you know, "You have to start accepting bio queens."
Well, of course we do,
but we had bio queens back then.
And we had trans queens. We had all kinds of queens.
Everybody was included, and everybody was accepted.
Mm-hm.
And I don't know what happened along the way.
Everybody calls it bio queen, but in Vancouver,
we call them hyper queens because
it's like hyper feminine...
because like bio queen is like trans exclusionary.
I've never even heard that before,
and thank you for explaining that to me.
Afab queen is what we use more in Edmonton.
Personally, like I find it transphobic to use the
term afab and amab for like cis people.
Because it was like originally a term that was
like made for trans people to be able to
describe themselves,
to say like I was assigned this at birth,
and I don't identify that way anymore.
I've kind of seen it as an umbrella term in
the drag community...
for like anyone who's not a cisman.
And it just like simply doesn't make sense
as a term for cispeople to use.
I think it's created a lot of confusion, like...
I've been addressed as an afab queen.
And, people just automatically assumed
that I was a woman.
That's not how I identify, you know what I mean?
I feel that.
And now I no longer feel comfortable using
that term as a trans person.
Well, thanks for letting us know.
I mean, now everyone knows because, yeah,
it's always, it's always evolving.
Like I said bio queen, and you said,
"Well, this is how that makes me feel,"
and I am grateful for that, because then it...
informs me because otherwise, I don't know.
We're all going to be older one day,
and we're all going to have to listen to someone younger.
There's always room for learning.
There's always room to listen to
other people's experiences and just grow.
♪
I'm just wondering, like what do y'all know
about like Canadian queer history?
I feel like we know like so much about what's gone on
in the States, but I don't really know much about like
the Canadian backstory.
-Same here. -Same.
I'm an immigrant, so I don't know much either.
I wasn't born in Canada.
I've just been here for 6 years, but now I'm Canadian.
I just became Canadian last year.
[Cheering]
-That's so exciting. -She's a Canadian bitch.
I'm so happy to call Canada home.
Obviously, when you're applying for your citizenship,
you have to study, and there is a lot of questions about
Canada and provinces and territories.
In 1971, it was the first Pride in Canada.
-It happened in Ottawa. -Okay...
Like over a hundred gays and lesbians and bisexuals,
they walk all the way to the parliament...
to protest and say like, bitch, we are here.
We're not going anywhere.
And they started fighting for our rights.
Those people who lost their lives,
who were fighting, who went to jail...
because they were fighting for us,
we need to recognize them.
We need to celebrate them,
and we need to thank them.
Because of them, I can be in this beautiful country,
I can be the gay man I am right now.
I love this history lesson.
Way to have a new Canadian educate all of us here.
-I know, literally. -Yes, immigration!
[Singing] O Canada!
-Yeah! -[Laughing]
[Singing] Our home on native land.
Let it be know that it is still native land.
[Singing] Can I get an amen?
-That'll do! -That'll do!
Ah, hey! 1, 2, 3.
[All] That'll do!
[Laughing]
Oh my God, stop.
Merch, merch, merch! Bitch, you've got merch.
♪
♪ COVER GIRL ♪
♪ PUT THE BASS IN YOUR WALK ♪
♪ HEAD TO TOE ♪
♪ LET YOUR WHOLE BODY TALK ♪
♪
♪ AND WHAT? ♪
[Cheering & applauding] Gorgeous!
Welcome to the main stage of Canada's Drag Race.
He's the face of the homo shopping network.
It's Brad Goreski.
Our products are tops,
but our prices are always bottom.
-Ooh, we love versatility. -[Moaning]
And as seen on TV, it's Traci Melchor.
-Hey, Brooke. -Hey, Traci.
It must cost a lot of money to look that good.
Just four easy payments of 69.69.
Ooh, I'm calling now.
[Laughing]
And it's my season 11 sis, Ra'Jah O'Hara.
How does it feel to be queen of the mother pucking world?
[Singing] Oh my God!
[Singing] Oh my God...
[Singing] Oh my God!
[Singing together] Oh my God!
Correct.
[Laughing]
This week, we challenged our queens to hawk dragwear
as hostesses with the mosteses...
on the new drag shopping channel, Q-V She.
Racers, start your engines,
and may the best drag queen win.
Commence shakedown.
Category is "Gemstones".
First up, Sisi Superstar.
-Oh, bitch stole my look. -[Laughing]
[Sisi] So, I picked amethyst because
I'm absolutely in love with purple,
and we've got the purple queen right over here.
Oh, she's a purple princess.
[Laughing
[Sisi] I'm serving you mistress of the night.
I'm wearing this beautiful choker that I stoned myself.
The crown is crowning.
The nails are nails-ing,
and I'm feeling absolutely beautiful.
She ate and left no plums.
[Laughing]
[Brooke Lynn] Next, Kiki Coe.
-Wow! -Ooh-hoo-hoo.
[Kiki] Bitch! It looks like
I just came out of the Emerald City.
I'm following that golden brick road.
But waiter, there's a drag queen in my salad.
[Laughing]
[Kiki] It's giving glamour, drama, expensive couture.
And it screams Kiki from head to toe.
It's Dua Leafa.
[Laughing]
[Brooke Lynn] Denim.
Ooh!
[Denim] The moon illuminates the ocean and
pulls the tide, and this bubbly
creature of the night crawled straight out of
her aquatic cave, onto the runway.
Even my teeth are made out of moonstone.
I wanted to give the essence that I was just this creature
that was growing moonstones off their body.
[Ra'Jah] Apollo 10s, 10s, 10s across the board.
[Brooke Lynn] Kitten Kaboodle.
[Kitten] So, Kitten Kaboodle is walking the runway
as this tourmaline warrior princess.
[Traci] She's a gem fatale.
[Kitten] I am battling the evil scourge that are out for
our drag, and I am going to battle them
with power, peace, and love.
[Brooke Lynn] Two in the pink and one in the tourmaline.
[Laughing]
Melinda Verga.
[Melinda] Here I am, an ice queen serving cubic zirconia.
[Traci] Diamonds, who needs 'em?
[Melinda] So, I've been inspired by this clear, shining,
ice-like, prismatic stone.
And remember that movie where you have
this princess and everything's frozen?
Yeah, I'm her, all grown up.
I know that I look expensive.
I'm serving them glimmer. I'm serving them cape.
[Brooke Lynn] Not today, satin, not today.
Venus.
[Judges] Ooh!
Sorry, no face pic, no chat.
[Laughing]
[Venus] My gemstone is diamonds.
Baby, they're a girl's best friend.
I am wearing this gor-geous!
...catsuit from head to toe,
but even though you can't see my face,
you know I am serving you the K-U-N-T
under here, honey.
Do you prefer cut or uncut gems?
[Venus] They're having a high fashion show up there, girl,
and I am closing out this motherfucking show.
Game over.
The Girlfriend Experience.
[Girlfriend] The fantasy is mermaid siren realness.
She has just come out of the water.
She's caught in a pearl net.
[Brooke Lynn] Who runs the world?
[Judges] Pearls!
[Girlfriend] Pearls symbolize purity and
it's also a stone that represents the moon,
so it's all just very conducive with my existence.
I just look so good, and just so ethereal,
and I feel ethereal.
The "Pearlfriend Experience."
-Ah! -[Laughing]
[Brooke Lynn] Aurora Matrix.
[Judges] Ooh!
Gorg.
[Aurora] I have become the jade goddess, Guanyin,
and I am serving protection, safety and good fortune.
This runway is inspired by my mom.
I'm wearing her jade pendant.
I have become the jade pendant, itself,
with my chain hair, my green catsuit,
and this beautiful, flowy gown.
I'm walking down like a goddess.
Hey, girl, let's link up later.
[Laughing]
[Brooke Lynn] Luna DuBois.
[Traci] Hey, Kitty girl!
[Luna] My gemstone is topaz, it's an orange stone.
I'm giving you Puss 'n Boots crystallized from head to toe.
It's giving you camp, it's giving you fashion.
It's giving you sexy, it's giving you...
comedy, even.
She's Grreaat!
[Laughing]
[Luna] I'm putting a smile on the judges' faces.
They're laughing at me. Well, they're not laughing at me.
They're laughing with me. [Laughing]
It's a party on this runway.
Take it all in. Purr, kitty-kitty.
[Laughing]
[Brad] I'd Rum-Tum tug her.
[Brooke Lynn] Nearah Nuff.
[Nearah] This bitch is expensive, honey!
I chose ruby because I am luxury,
sexy, hot and fierce.
I am showing the judges every single one of
my 16,000 gemstones.
I am the ruby red slippers, and it's the brightest thing
Canada's Drag Race has ever seen.
[Brooke Lynn] There's no place like stoned.
There's no place like stone.
And finally, Aimee Yonce Shennel.
[Brad] Ooh!
[Aimee] Look at her. She's the queen of the ocean.
[Traci] Earth, Wind, and Sapphire.
[Aimee] I'm representing sapphire because
I want to represent my country,
Dominican Republic- the ocean,
the depth, you know, profundidad.
She's profundo.
You see royalty on me, honey.
Victoria who?
Semi-precious, based on the novel, Push, by Sapphire.
[Laughing]
Welcome, queens.
In this week's maxi challenge,
you performed in groups.
But tonight, you will be judged individually.
Based on your performance in the challenge and
your runway presentations,
we have made some decisions.
When I call your name, please step forward.
Luna DuBois. The Girlfriend Experience.
Sisi Superstar.
Kitten Kaboodle.
Melinda Verga.
Venus.
Queens, you represent the
tops and the bottoms of the week.
If I didn't call your name, you are safe.
But before you go...
a lot of you are really lucky that there are only
three bottom spots.
You may leave the stage.
♪
It is now time for the judges' critiques.
First up, Sisi Superstar.
This is a vast improvement from last week on the runway.
I still get your brand, I still get your aesthetic,
but I'm getting drag.
-You look great in purple. -Thank you.
I love this dress, I love the silhouette.
You can't go wrong with purple for me.
Did you walk the runway without shoes on?
Maybe.
Because I think I saw stocking feet on the runway,
which is a fashion no-no.
It's just not polished to do that.
Now to the challenge.
[Exhaling sharply] That was rough.
You might want to put your Shade Blockers on
for this critique.
It's okay, I'm a tough girl, I can take it.
[Laughing]
I'm not quite sure what the Shade Blockers do because,
in the challenge, you didn't really ever
get to what the function of them was.
I wasn't buying what you were selling,
because I didn't understand what you were selling.
When you have an assignment like that,
I have to know what you're selling,
I have to know how much it is.
I need examples.
Why would I need Shade Blockers?
Remember to have fun in the moment, you know.
When your co-stars are dropping the ball,
this is where you pick the ball up,
and take it and run with it. Okay?
Up next, Kitten Kaboodle.
This week, you gave us the whole kit and kaboodle.
You were an absolute joy to watch.
You were so spot on.
You had a point of view, you had structure.
And you were so lucky to be paired with Melinda because...
you could kind of go off on your own a little bit,
but she would always bring you back in.
You were the perfect balance together.
One thing about live TV,
it's hard to make it look effortless...
and conversational,
and you did both of those things.
And then, when you became the customer,
giving a testimonial, closed it beautifully.
And this look- Ah!
-Meow. -I love this look.
It's something completely different than
what we saw last week.
The shoulders are so dynamic.
You are just sparkling from head to toe.
I'm obsessed with this look.
I want to try it on. [Laughing]
I hope you've been lifting weights 'cause
it's so heavy.
It's worth it.
I wanted to just wear this.
-Woo! -Wow!
Come on, body!
Next up, Melinda Verga.
-Ba-ba-ba-ba! -[Laughing]
What a fun, fantastic week for you.
As far as your runway is concerned,
you look absolutely beautiful.
Sell it a little bit more with your face,
because the more that you have fun on this runway,
we're going to have more fun watching you.
The way that you drove your
QV-She segment was just gold.
I mean, you hit all of the beats.
Like, it was literally as if I was watching
a QVC host doing their job.
You understood what you were selling.
There was some humour.
It was such a joy to see you kind of
come into your own, and I have a feeling that
nobody will be underestimating you
in a challenge ever again.
You sold it...
and I bought it.
-Ah! -[Laughing]
How did you get a pair? I'm jelly.
-Well, don't worry, Traci. -I'm jelly!
-I bought you a pair too. -[Squealing]
-Woo! -[Laughing]
QV-She's shipping is fast.
-I know. -[Laughing]
Up next, Mars, Mercury- Venus.
Your look tonight is like a fashion boner
for like a fashion person.
When you came out, I was like, oh my God,
like this is a mixture of like Margiela...
Balenciaga...
Just breathtaking.
And then, of course, the like two-for of
switching the outfit up is just fashion dreams.
Just as sparkly as this runway look is,
is how you started your QV-She hosting.
You know I'm from the south too.
Hey, y'all, hey, Ra'jah.
So I'm gonna give you credit on your country accent, okay?
It was right.
You were terrifying in the best way possible.
You were like a Southern Baptist Karen.
I really, really enjoyed watching you.
Thank you.
Up next, The Girlfriend Experience.
Hi.
This look is beautiful, and I love that
you're showing us something different.
-You are stunning. -Thank you.
Face, body, silhouette- down.
This look is a beautiful interpretation
of your gemstone, pearl.
The details are perfect.
I would have liked to have seen you looking up,
you know, engaging with us, making eye contact.
You look beautiful,
but I need that presentation from you.
I want you to be my girlfriend,
but I'm still not sure what the experience is yet.
That'll cost you.
[Laughing]
In the challenge, I was excited because
you had some funny moments. I was like, oh, here we go,
we're going to get something.
And then, it just stopped, and we literally
saw you just give up at one point.
You were just like, okay, I'm done,
and you just kind of checked out.
I understood why you broke the first time,
and I was kind of giggling with you.
Then it became a crutch.
There was dead air, and then you kind of...
went inside yourself, and then you didn't speak after.
Shake those nerves because the key to winning this game
is embodying charisma, uniqueness, your nerve,
and showcasing your talent.
-Mm-hm. -You're already a star.
That's what they saw when you auditioned,
and you're here now so,
give the world The Girlfriend Experience.
Yes, ma'am.
Last, but certainly not least, it's Luna DuBois.
Hi, Judges.
How was your QV-She experience?
It was definitely an experience.
Lines were not followed, it threw me off, and...
too much improv happened, and I didn't have any cues.
But my problem is you started at zero.
From the very first moment, you were like-
[Monotone] "Hi, welcome to QV-She.
This is our fabulous product. It's so fabulous."
You said fabulous like 7 times.
I didn't even know the part about
whether you guys had a script or not,
but it did feel like things weren't going
according to plan, and you kind of didn't
know how to pivot back into what was going on.
The reveal didn't happen until like, you know,
10 seconds before the commercial was over.
Less, like five.
Five seconds, but as the host,
you could have gone over to...
the poncho and said,
"This is what the poncho does."
As the host, you set the tone.
So, you have to bring the energy, and I see now,
speaking to you a little bit more,
that you do have like a more regal presentation.
Yeah, that's how I was raised.
I love that, it's very BB Zahara Benet.
Very that!
But the thing about BB is that she's able to hone it,
and even though she's pulled up and regal,
she's still able to be in your face and
have a full presence.
What I missed from you was the full presence.
Well, as a self -proclaimed cat person,
I'm feline-ing this look.
I love your look, but can you tell me
how it relates to your gemstone?
It wasn't really based on a relation to the stone.
I just went off the colour,
just to do something fun and campy.
I don't know what topaz is, but what I'll tell you is
that you sold it to me, okay?
Thank you.
Now, based on the judges' critiques,
we have made some decisions.
♪
Kitten Kaboodle...
You are the cat's meow, and in the challenge,
you tap danced your way to the top.
Melinda Verga, you dazzled us this week,
and you are on the "verge-a" of greatness.
[Clicking tongue]
Venus, you gave us southern charm,
and girl, it was the tits.
[Laughing]
Kitten Kaboodle...
Condragulations!
-Ah! -Woo!
You are the winner of this week's maxi challenge.
Thank you so much.
The old girl's still got it.
You have won $5000 cash,
courtesy of So Fierce Music.
Yay! [Laughing]
Venus, Melinda Verga, you are both safe.
Thank you so much.
That means Sisi Superstar, The Girlfriend Experience,
and Luna DuBois,
you are the bottom three.
You may leave the stage.
Oh, queens- ah, I'm so sorry.
One more thing.
♪
This season, the maxi challenge winner also
holds the power of The Golden Beaver.
[Shimmering & chuckling]
Ooh!
It grants you the ability to save one of
the bottom three queens...
from lip syncing for their lives.
Whaaa?
A twist!
So Kitten, as this week's winner,
you hold your sisters' fates in your hand.
Sisi Superstar, The Girlfriend Experience,
and Luna DuBois, as you untuck,
you may plead your case.
You may leave the stage.
Hey, y'all better come with a twist.
[Engine revving]
-It's chocolate. -[Laughing]
-Oh... -Oh!
They're back!
Y'all, shit just got real.
Shit just hit the fan.
I know these girls are going to lose it.
What the hell happened in there?
Do you want to say it? I mean, you won.
-I won. -[Gasping] Yay!
That is 100% the choice that I would have made, too.
She absolutely deserves that. You killed!
-You deserve that! -Thank you.
We're also in the top, Melinda and I.
But wait! There's more.
So, every week,
the winner of the maxi challenge gets to save...
one of the bottom queens from lip syncing.
Stop!
I am shocked!
Holy shit.
This is absolutely bonkers!
I just got goosebumps from head to toe.
Somebody has control over who is staying and-
Literally!
...who is lip syncing for their life.
It's time to kiss some ass.
I'm gonna need to make a lot of new best friends.
It's called The Golden Beaver.
The Golden Beaver?
I have a Golden Beaver.
I always thought it was pink, but now it's golden.
Sorry, that was my pussy.
[Laughing]
So, I'm the first one to win a Golden Beaver and,
I haven't seen what anybody else would do.
But, you have that one opportunity to take a
little bit of that power away from the judges.
The three bottoms will...
-Plead their case to you? -Plead their case.
It's...
a little bit of pressure on your shoulders.
Girlfriend, what went on over there?
They said that I broke out of character too much,
and I didn't give enough on the runway.
I just feel like my heart is breaking.
Girlfriend is one of the people that I know
the best on this planet.
She's gone through a lot in her life, and...
I can just see all of those past demons
coming for her right now.
You are meant to be here!
So, if you're here next week, you need to just-
Poof! Like, bust out of this, and like...
show that person that is inside of you.
I just need to find that magic in me again so that the
judges can see that I'm more than
just wearing a skimpy outfit.
Luna, you're on the bottom.
How are you feeling about that?
Well, obviously gutted, but not going to sit here and
make excuses because it's happened already.
-I can't change it. -Exactly.
I just have to roll with the punches,
and do what I have to do, and just give you
the full Luna DuBois experience.
How do you feel, Sisi?
[Sighing] I've been trying to...
show the side of me that's tough.
[Voice breaking] But, I'm really shattered.
[Crying]
Failing so much in this competition is actually
hurting me, and my ego, and everything in between.
I just feel like I'm being misunderstood.
It's high school all over again.
[Denim] I'm really nervous for Sisi.
It's hard because like I know her very personally,
and I do see her being herself, but...
I guess it's just not translating to the judges.
So, I need to know...
why each of you...
feel you should be saved.
It's too early for me to go home.
[Voice breaking] I've been waiting for this moment
like my whole life,
and I don't want to leave you...
you girls. I feel so much love here,
and I'm just so grateful to be here with all of you.
I want this so bad.
I think that Girlfriend is a little bit vulnerable just at
this moment, and I feel for her.
I hope that Kitten picks me for this,
but I don't know what her connection is
with the other two.
You guys might...
maybe feel like I don't show a lot of emotion,
but it's just because of my lived experience.
I've been through so much.
I'm from Nigeria, moving here when I was 12.
I've done all the crying already when I was a child,
which is why I'm always like-
I understand how I can look from the outside.
I've got a really snatch, cunty mug
so that does not help at all.
I want to be here.
It is too early for me to leave right now.
I have a lot to prove, mostly to my family,
my religious parents especially.
They don't know that I'm here.
They don't know that I'm a drag queen.
I have to prove to them that
I can be who I am and be successful...
and still believe in God, and still make them proud.
Luna DuBois, I didn't connect with her...
right away.
She's actually starting to open up,
and I'm starting to learn more about her.
I don't want anybody to go home.
I know probably, strategically, I should.
I'm going to be honest.
I was in the bottom last week, and...
I don't think it would be fair for me to take that
chance away from someone else.
I don't think it would be fair for me to get the Beaver.
I've been in the bottom two times,
compared to the other girls.
I just want to play fair.
I have a really big decision to make.
I'm basing my decision on who needs it,
and who can benefit the most.
I want to save all the little kitties...
And I can't.
[Revving engine]
♪
Welcome back, queens.
Kitten Kaboodle, heavy is the hand
that holds the Beaver.
Who do you want to save from the chomping block?
This was such an incredibly difficult decision.
They're all talented queens.
This queen,
I've really connected with, and...
gotten to know her a little bit, and I really,
truly believe that she deserves a chance to stay.
The queen I'm choosing...
to save...
is The Girlfriend Experience.
[Applauding]
Well, I'll be dammed.
♪
The Girlfriend Experience,
you are out of the woods this week.
You may join your sisters in the back.
Kitten, you may join them as well.
Thank you.
Sisi Superstar, Luna DuBois, I'm so sorry,
but that means you are both up for elimination.
Two queens stand before us.
Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare a lip sync
performance of "I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne.
This is your last chance to impress us and
save yourself from elimination.
The time has come... [Thunder]
For you to lip sync...
For your life!
♪
Good luck...
And don't fuck it up.
♪
♪ I'M STANDING ON THE BRIDGE ♪
♪ I'M WAITING IN THE DARK ♪
♪ I THOUGHT THAT YOU'D BE HERE... ♪
♪ BY NOW ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING BUT THE RAIN ♪
♪ NO FOOTSTEPS ON THE GROUND ♪
♪ I'M LISTENING BUT THERE'S... ♪
♪ NO SOUND ♪
♪ ISN'T ANYONE TRYING TO FIND ME? ♪
♪ WON'T SOMEBODY COME TAKE ME HOME? ♪
♪ IT'S A DAMN COLD NIGHT ♪
♪ TRYIN' TO FIGURE OUT THIS LIFE ♪
♪ WON'T YOU TAKE ME BY THE HAND ♪
♪ TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NEW? ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ BUT I, I'M WITH YOU. ♪
♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU. ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH. ♪
♪ OH! ♪
♪ WHY IS EVERYTHING SO CONFUSING ♪
♪ MAYBE I'M JUST OUT OF MY MIND ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH-YEAH! ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH! ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH! ♪
♪ YEAH! ♪
♪ IT'S A DAMN COLD NIGHT ♪
♪ TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS LIFE ♪
♪ WON'T YOU TAKE ME BY THE HAND ♪
♪ TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NEW? ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ BUT I... ♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU! ♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU ♪
♪
♪ TAKE ME BY THE HAND ♪
♪ TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NEW ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ BUT I... ♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU! ♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU... ! ♪
♪
♪ TAKE ME BY THE HAND ♪
♪ TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NEW ♪
♪ I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ♪
♪ BUT I... ♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU ♪
♪ OH, I'M WITH YOU. ♪
♪
♪ I'M WITH YOU. ♪
[Cheering & applauding]
♪
[Sighing]
Queens, we've made our decision.
♪
Luna DuBois...
Shantay, you stay.
[Sighing]
Thank you so much. Thank you so much.
I'm going to improve. Thank you.
-I love you. -[Applauding]
-You are a superstar. -I love you.
I can't wait to drink tequila with you.
I love you.
♪
Sisi, you are and will always be a superstar.
Now sashay away.
Thank you, everyone, for this beautiful opportunity.
I had so much fun, and I'm ready to go
back to my throne in Montreal.
-[Laughing] -Yes!
Sisi!
[Cheering & applauding]
It's the end of a dream for me,
but I'll see your in your nightmares.
[Cheering & laughing]
That'll do!
[Laughing]
♪
I want them to remember that it's okay to fuck up.
Just get up and continue fighting and
keep your head up.
At the end of the day, I think I fucking served.
And, I can't wait to see myself on TV.
♪
Condragulations, queens.
You live to slay another day.
The world had never needed the magic of drag more,
so remember, stay true, north, strong, and what?
Fierce!
Yes, now let the music play!
♪ YOU WEAR IT WELL ♪
♪ FRENCH TIP LIPSTICK PAINTED ON ♪
♪ YOU WEAR IT WELL ♪
♪ VALUE SURE SUITS YOU, OOH-OOH-OOH ♪
♪ WORK IT FOR ME ♪
♪ WORK IT FOR ME, ME ♪
♪ YOU WEAR IT, YOU WEAR IT ♪
♪ YOU WEAR IT WELL ♪
Next time, on Canada's Drag Race...
You'll be forming your own glorious girl groups.
♪ I GAVE YOU MY ALL ♪
♪ BUT YOU BROKE MY HEART ♪
Wow.
♪ I'M BURSTING AT MY SEAMS TO GET YOU IN MY JEANS ♪
I'm seeing this, but I'm not seeing-
Well, we're just learning the choreo.
You are a diva, but don't be
over diva.
Face, face!
Aimee's a little pressed about it,
but bitch, move back.
You're making my heart beat fast.
It's like I'm edging almost.
-Ooh! -Did you like that?
-Bradley! -[Laughing]