RUPAUL: Previously, on Canada's Drag Race...
PRIYANKA: I can't believe I'm here!
STACEY: Who's ready for their close-up?
SCARLETT: This competition just turned up, bitch.
Canada's Drag Race is changing the game.
We are serving you so much high fashion right now.
STACEY: Oh my gosh, yes.
JEFFREY: It shouldn't work but it does.
LEMON: My life's goal is to finally win a pageant.
JIMBO: Your mother and I invented the Snatch Game, okay.
RITA: This is not Toronto's Drag Race.
QUEENS: Oh!
SCARLETT: Can you * * off too? ILONA: Eat shit.
PRIYANKA: I hate you. I'm coming for the crown.
JIMBO: Okay!
BROOKE LYNN: There's a fine line between confidence
and arrogance.
JEFFREY: Phew... Turd city.
ILONA: I can't help but feel like giving up.
STACEY: I was expecting more.
SCARLETT: I don't know what else I have left to give.
BROOKE LYNN: Y'all are being way too Canadian here.
This is a competition.
ILONA: Every man for themselves now, sissy.
KIARA: That bitch better be scared.
JEFFREY: That was a * * * * * * * lip synch, ladies.
Thank you.
BROOKE LYNN: Now, sashay away.
JIMBO: Why?!
[laughter]
♪
RITA: Ooh!
SCARLETT: Jimbo's gone home, but I know that I just made
a lifelong sister in that bitch.
PRIYANKA: I'm gonna miss Jimbo so much!
RITA: I'm gonna miss him deeply.
PRIYANKA: Jimbo is one of the most lovable creatures ever.
I'm not gonna say human, because Jimbo is a literal creature
from outer space, brought here to entertain the masses.
RITA: "Life is the true drag competition.
"Be real, spread"-- What's that?
"Your legs," okay.
"Spread love and win, XOXO, Jimbo."
SCARLETT: Oh, we love you, Jimbo, so much!
PRIYANKA: Jimbo, we have one thing to say to you.
Oh, okay!
ALL: Oh, oh, oh, okay!
PRIYANKA: Bye, Jimbo! SCARLETT: Bye, love.
QUEENS: We love you!
RITA: We made it to the finale and the French Canadian
is still here, just as planned.
RITA: Congrats.
You won your first maxi challenge.
SCARLETT: I won the ball!
PRIYANKA: You won the bawl! SCARLETT: I won the bawl!
PRIYANKA: How do you feel that we've been nagging you
for being safe the whole season, and you won
one of the biggest challenges?
SCARLETT: I feel * * * * good
'cause y'all didn't think I was here,
but good morn-ting!
SCARLETT: These bitches are shaking now.
PRIYANKA: I would like to do a séance for my skirt.
SCARLETT: Could you imagine you're Miss Cleo in there
and just like sage everything?
PRIYANKA: You are responsible for the most
legendary Michelle Visage read,
and you should be proud of yourself.
Oh god. Okay, let's throw it away.
RITA: Byeee.
PRIYANKA: It's crazy that you have literally been in the top
all season, and then the last two weeks you had to lip synch.
I would have never ever said that for you, ever.
RITA: I've been bottoming for the last two weeks,
and she's not into bottoming, baby.
RITA: I would like to say something.
I think I'm a witch.
Remember, ♪ Team L-E-M-O-N...
♪ Ain't gonna make it to the end! ♪
Who was on that team?
RITA: Boa, Kiara, Tynomi,
Lemon, and then Jimbo.
RITA: Nobody here.
PRIYANKA: Oh my god! Actually...
SCARLETT: Witch.
The Moose Knuckles made it to the end!
PRIYANKA: Well, shit, balls, and piss, we did it.
RITA: We * * * * did it. SCARLETT: Top * * * * three!
RITA: Woo!
PRIYANKA: Let's talk about statistics over the season.
BoBo, you go first.
SCARLETT: I've got one maxi.
I've never been in the bottom once,
and I've never had to lip synch once.
RITA: I won three maxi challenges
and I've been bottom two times.
SCARLETT: She's been bottoming quite a lot.
RITA: Two times.
SCARLETT: She's been bottoming lately.
Hope she used lube.
PRIYANKA: I've won two maxi challenges,
and been in the bottom twice.
SCARLETT: So what does that mean?
Are we all-- RITA: Even.
SCARLETT: Are we all an even playing field?
PRIYANKA: I think it's a clean slate.
RITA: A clean what?
PRIYANKA: Slate, like a slate. RITA: Oh...
I'm not really doing Drag Race.
I'm just trying to learn English, you know.
[laughter]
SCARLETT: Top three, top three!
PRIYANKA: Whoa, whoa, whoa, shit!
RITA: It's a pretty even top three,
but at the end of the day, facts are facts.
I won the most maxi challenges.
I've been original and 100% myself all this time,
and the crown deserves to be in Montreal.
SCARLETT: I'm gonna slay my way to the top two
and win this * * * * crown.
PRIYANKA: Three of the most supreme drag queens in Canada,
and we're all competing to be Canada's first ever
drag superstar, so you better watch out
because I'm coming for the crown!
RITA: Aah!
RUPAUL: The winner of Canada's Drag Race
receives a year of hotel stays from Hilton,
and a cash prize of $100,000.
With Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Stacey McKenzie,
and Brooke Lynn Hytes.
With tonight's extra special guest host,
Canada's squirrel friend, Traci Melchor.
♪
PRIYANKA: Top three! [cheering]
RITA: I have to prove myself
and prove to the rest of the world that I deserve this crown,
so I'm feeling nervous,
but I'm ready to fight, 'cause she's a fire, baby!
SCARLETT: It was like such a rocky road for all of us
that I can't believe that we actually made it here.
PRIYANKA: The fact that I'm still here
after all the ups and downs is so cool.
PRIYANKA: The competition has never been stronger.
We have Rita Baga, who is our French Canadian diva,
who has been doing drag forever.
We have Scarlett BoBo, who's our punk rock queen,
who really stands for her community
and is like this huge activist.
And then you have me.
What am I even doing here?
SCARLETT: I think that Priyanka is my biggest threat
in this competition, not only because
she's a talented performer, but she is so invested
in herself and invested in her brand.
RITA: I would be so proud to bring the crown home
in Montreal. PRIYANKA: Yeah!
RITA: With my thick French Canadian accent.
PRIYANKA: I love a thick French Canadian.
RITA: Thick. [tongue pop]
[siren] RITA: Yay!
RUPAUL: O Canada!
She done already done had herses.
Our top three queens:
Priyanka, Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo,
when you're good, you're good,
but when you're bad, you're sickening.
One final challenge stands between you and the crown.
Soon, all of Canada will know if you wear it well.
♪
BROOKE LYNN: Oh, and then there were three.
Bonjour, bonjour... RITA: Bonjour!
BROOKE LYNN: ...bonjour. One for each of you.
It is hard to believe, but we are nearly at the end.
SCARLETT: Wow.
BROOKE LYNN: One of you will win
and be crowned Canada's first drag superstar.
SCARLETT: Oh!
BROOKE LYNN: You are all so deserving,
and I know whoever snatches this crown,
you will wear it well.
Speaking of...
Are you ready for your final maxi challenge of the season?
SCARLETT: Yes! PRIYANKA: [laughs]
PRIYANKA: This is a $100,000 challenge.
PRIYANKA: Oh my god.
BROOKE LYNN: You will all be writing and recording
an all-new remix
of RuPaul's "U Wear It Well."
SCARLETT: [gasps] PRIYANKA: Yeah-ha!
SCARLETT: RuPaul is trusting these three Canadian queens
with her song!
And we're gonna kill it.
BROOKE LYNN: Oh, if only you were excited.
PRIYANKA: [laughs] SCARLETT: [squeal]
PRIYANKA: Ah, holy shit.
BROOKE LYNN: I don't think I've seen you have this much emotion
the entire season. [laughter]
RITA: I'm really excited! BROOKE LYNN: Good.
RITA: Really! [laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: You will debut your track tomorrow
on the main stage,
in a showstopping lip-synch
song and dance extravaganza!
[laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: #CanadasDragRace.
[giggles] You thought the other challenges were hard?
Girls, get ready!
You can't hot glue this one. SCARLETT: Oh!
PRIYANKA: Oh, she's looking at me.
She's looking at me. She's definitely looking at me.
SCARLETT: Uh-oh. PRIYANKA: [chuckles]
BROOKE LYNN: Once again, you'll be recording with
our resident producer, Ralph, and learning choreography
with Hollywood Jade.
Oh, and moi.
SCARLETT: Yay! PRIYANKA: Ooh-ho-ho!
BROOKE LYNN: But before you get too deep
into the song and dance, each of you will sit down
for a one-on-one interview with Jeffrey
and Canada's squirrel friend, Traci Melchor.
PRIYANKA: Yay!
BROOKE LYNN: And for your final runway look tomorrow,
Traci will join us as our final guest host of the season.
We're keeping it in the family, y'all.
SCARLETT: Yeah. BROOKE LYNN: Ladies, this is it.
Only two queens stand between you and that crown,
so you've gotta work.
Gentlemen, start your engines.
Actually, do you want to say it with me?
PRIYANKA & SCARLETT: Yeah!
BROOKE LYNN: Ready? 1, 2, 3...
ALL: And may the best woman win!
RITA: Byeee! PRIYANKA: Love you.
BROOKE LYNN: Bye. Don't suck!
PRIYANKA: Oh! SCARLETT: [laughs]
♪
RITA: In order to impress the judges,
I have to write good lyrics because
I'm with two strong competitors
who did very well on the first lip synch extravaganza,
so I have to make it my own.
PRIYANKA: Do you have a Thesaurus?
SCARLETT: What the * * do you need a Thesaurus for?
PRIYANKA: These girls have so much attitude.
Note it down.
SCARLETT: My strategy for writing lyrics is just to write
some fun, upbeat lyrics.
I want to talk about what I've done in the competition.
"Never on the bottom. Straight to the top."
Ha-ha, that's me,
'cause I'm never on the bottom.
PRIYANKA: What's another word for representation?
SCARLETT: Does it have to end in--
PRIYANKA: Repping, repping. SCARLETT: Repping.
PRIYANKA: The bar is set really high because I've won
this type of challenge before, so it's gonna be all eyes on me
to make sure that I'm really knocking it out of the park.
PRIYANKA: Do you think Rita's singing her whole thing?
PRIYANKA: If Rita Baga is belting all the ABCD notes
up in here, then I gotta make sure that my verse sticks out.
SCARLETT: It's intimidating because she's just so good,
Like, she's a singer, and that's just a talent I don't have.
RITA: Okay.
Bye. It's my time to shine.
She's a singer.
Aah! Bye.
RITA: Bonjour!
RITA: We have to work with Ralph again,
and I feel good about it because she's super sweet,
and she's also super talented.
RALPH: This is crazy. It's the end of the show.
You're still here. Congrats.
RITA: Thank you. RALPH: That's pretty big.
RITA: I'm excited to do this. RALPH: Show off!
RITA: ♪ Ah, oui, c'est moi Rita Baga ♪
♪ The French Canadian diva
♪ Runway killer, hotdogs lover ♪
♪ This alien actress is taking over ♪
RALPH: Enunciating,
and a little, little less crazy character.
RITA: [odd voice] Alien actress, alien actress,
alien actress.
Alien actress taking over.
RALPH: Alien actress, yeah. RITA: Alien.
RALPH: Alien is a hard word, right?
RITA: Alien. JOHN: Alien.
RITA & RALPH: Alien. JOHN: Alien.
RITA: Alien. RALPH: Alien.
RITA: Alien.
RALPH: You're kind of going, "Eh-lien."
Alien.
RITA: I hear the same thing.
RALPH: Okay. [laughter]
RITA: ♪ So bow down to your queen ♪
♪ Let's make it clear
RALPH: I would love to be able to show off the fact
that you have a great voice and you can do harmonies.
That could give you a little edge.
RITA: ♪ Bow down to your queen, let's make it clear ♪
RALPH: Should we do a third harmony?
BOTH: ♪ Bow down to your queen, let's make it clear ♪
RITA: She's a vocalist so she's bringing three harmonies.
RITA: ♪ Could we...
RALPH: Ooh! I like that.
RITA: I am ready for my Grammy now.
JEFFREY: Come sit. SCARLETT: Hi!
SCARLETT: What's up?
SCARLETT: I feel lovely walking into this interview
with Jeffrey and Traci.
I'm excited to talk to them on just like a one-on-one basis.
JEFFREY: How are you? SCARLETT: I'm fantastic!
JEFFREY: You look fantastic. SCARLETT: Thank you!
TRACI: I'm living for this jacket.
SCARLETT: Thanks. TRACI: Living!
JEFFREY: What has been the biggest surprise
being a part of Canada's Drag Race?
SCARLETT: You don't realize how intense emotionally,
physically, mentally... This is the Olympics of drag.
One week I'm acting in a her-itage moment,
and the next week I'm singing the national anthem.
SCARLETT: I have grown significantly
in this competition.
I never thought I would be able to do half the shit
I ended up doing.
SCARLETT: I sewed a cape and I lined it with a hood,
with a lining in it.
JEFFREY: And it was good. [laughter]
SCARLETT: I kind of was like second-guessing myself,
and, you know, I was attaching myself to my sisters too,
and so... JEFFREY: Mm... Mm-mm-mm!
SCARLETT: ...it took me a couple of weeks
to like find my footing,
and I did it, which was great. [laughter]
SCARLETT: I did it! I'm here.
TRACI: You're doing this on your own.
I imagine you're missing your mom.
SCARLETT: Oh my god, she's trying to get me going!
I know she's doing it. I know she's doing it.
I know what she's doing. TRACI: Moi?
You have a very special relationship with your mother.
SCARLETT: I do, yeah.
TRACI: Can you tell us about that?
SCARLETT: My mom's my best friend in the entire world.
I remember when I was 17, at my first show,
she'd have to work at 6 in the morning,
but like she would stay at my show to watch me on stage.
Like, she's always my cheerleader.
In the village in Toronto
she will walk into a bar, and everyone's like,
"Move, BoBo. Mama BoBo's here."
JEFFREY: [laughs] SCARLETT: Like, she's iconic.
She really is.
SCARLETT: She looks at me when I'm performing on stage
and just like she beams.
Like, I just like... I live to make her so proud.
SCARLETT: I grew up with a really terrible childhood,
a really bad home.
My stepfather was extremely abusive towards myself
and my mom, and my mom was my best friend--
my mom, my dad, my superhero--
and I don't know where I would be without her.
I really don't.
TRACI: That darkness in your childhood,
how does that influence you being a support system
for the LGBTQ community?
SCARLETT: I'm excited to be able to share my journey
and my experiences with other people,
just so they can have someone to relate to.
JEFFREY: Mm. SCARLETT: Drag saved my life.
Drag was the only thing that made me feel like
I took up space in the world and I meant something
and I had a purpose and a voice.
SCARLETT: With this title and with this platform,
I will be able to help so many more people
just feel heard and feel seen.
JEFFREY: You told me several weeks ago
that you visualized yourself in the top three.
SCARLETT: Yeah.
JEFFREY: You manifested your ass right in that seat right there.
SCARLETT: I did, right here, and it's real comfy too!
SCARLETT: I am the most deserving
in this crowd out of everybody. I have not slipped up once.
SCARLETT: I haven't had to lip synch once,
and I haven't been in the bottom once,
and all those girls are making fun of me being "safe BoBo,"
and I was like...
JEFFREY: "Look at me now, bitch."
SCARLETT: Yeah, I'm here, girl. JEFFREY: Uh-huh.
RALPH: You remember John?
PRIYANKA: Yes, I love you, John.
RALPH: AKA, hot producer.
PRIYANKA: My rap is three sections.
RALPH: So you're doing a rap.
PRIYANKA: And a sing-y thing here.
I have to find the key and the note, and all that stuff,
so I need help with that. RALPH: Okay.
PRIYANKA: I want to say
♪ I had a vision Miss Priyanka read your mind ♪
♪ Call me now!
PRIYANKA: I need to impress the judges with this
because I want to show them that they made the right decision
each week they saved me, each week they made me win,
putting me in the finale.
PRIYANKA: Ah, ah... RALPH: Aah...
PRIYANKA: Aah... Is it there?
RALPH: What if we did kind of like,
♪ I had a vision Miss Priyanka read your mi-ind ♪
PRIYANKA: ♪ Read your mi-i-ind... ♪
RALPH: Oh, whoa! PRIYANKA: Like that?
PRIYANKA: Am I a singer? Am I killing it?
PRIYANKA: ♪ Miss Priyanka read your mi-i-ind... ♪
The "your" was shambles but she's getting there.
RALPH: It was a scootch flat. [laughter]
JOHN: I think we should do one more
and you should nail the run. PRIYANKA: [squeals]
Okay, got it.
PRIYANKA: I'm feeling the pressure, I gotta nail this.
PRIYANKA: It's actually funny that I'm singing this all slow
and sexy because I'm actually making fun of myself.
PRIYANKA: If you can't make fun of yourself,
then how in the hell you gonna make fun of somebody else?
Can I get an amen? [laughs]
PRIYANKA: Oh, our lipstick is still on this microphone.
RALPH: Wow! PRIYANKA: Ew.
RALPH: Did you make out with the mic?
PRIYANKA: That's because I knew John would touch it.
John's like, "Excuse me, sir."
RITA: Bonjour, beautiful people!
JEFFREY: Bonjour! TRACI: Hello!
RITA: We're doing the interview with Jeffrey and Traci,
and we're talking about personal stuff.
TRACI: I understand that you were going between
your mom and dad, and back and forth,
for part of your childhood.
How did that influence who you are today,
and specifically your artistry?
RITA: I was kind of between two families always.
It was difficult, but at the same time,
it has helped me a lot to not rely on anybody else.
But I'm trying to open up a little bit more
so people can get to know me.
TRACI: And you already are.
RITA: Throughout this competition,
I realized that sometimes it's okay to open up a little
because you don't want to be a robot.
RITA: Until week eight, I was front-running.
BROOKE LYNN: You are the winner of this week's challenge.
RITA: And then whoop, in the bottom.
And then the week after, whoop, in the bottom again.
It did put me in a weird place in my mind
because I was like, "Okay, am I losing the focus?"
But now I think I should just listen to my inner voice,
put the trust in me, because at the end,
there's only gonna be on winner.
Here I am. [laughter]
TRACI: What were your goals the first day
that you walked into the workroom
and you took in all its fabulousness?
RITA: At the beginning I was like,
"Oh, it's Toronto-oriented.
"There's a lot of queens from Toronto."
As a French speaker, I was like,
"Oh, I'm never gonna make it," and then I made it.
I'm very proud to be French Canadian.
I'm very proud to be from Montreal, specifically,
so I want to bring the crown home.
This is what I want to do.
I'm just visualizing the moment, you know, they call my name,
the winner of the very first season of Canada's Drag Race.
RITA: You don't have to speak English to be a good drag.
You don't have to be loud to be a good drag.
To be a good drag, you have to stay true to who you are,
and to showcase your art in general,
and this is what I do.
RITA: I'm committed. I shaved my hair.
I glued everything that I can glue on my body.
TRACI: Commitment.
RITA: I've painted my whole body several times.
I'm fully committed, and I'm in it to win it.
JEFFREY: Well, Rita, we have fallen in love
with your artistry, with your craft,
from the moment that you stepped foot into the workroom,
and thank you so much for giving us the opportunity
to fall in love with you in this moment.
TRACI: Merci. RITA: Merci a vous.
JEFFREY: Merci beaucoup. RITA: Bye.
[laughter] TRACI: Bonsoir.
Bonsoir. RITA: Bonsoir, bonsoir.
TRACI: Voulez vous couches avec moi?
JEFFREY: Ooh, darling!
RALPH: So tell me about what you wrote.
SCARLETT: War paint on and I'm battle-ready.
Stilettos high and my sword is heavy.
RALPH: So you were singing this part of it, right?
SCARLETT: Yeah, how much autotune do you have on there?
SCARLETT: This is very nerve-wracking.
SCARLETT: ♪ War paint on and I'm battle-ready ♪
RALPH: You need to really watch your pitch on that.
SCARLETT: This is a RuPaul song. This is the finale, you know?
I've really gotta sell this hard.
SCARLETT: ♪ War paint on and I'm battle-ready ♪
♪ Stilletos high and my sword is heavy ♪
RALPH: You're going into a sort of a different key.
TOGETHER: ♪ War paint on, I'm battle ready ♪
SCARLETT: ♪ War paint on... RALPH: Okay, wait, hold on.
We're gonna start on the same note.
TOGETHER: ♪ War... War... ♪
RALPH: What note is he singing?
JOHN: Not. SCARLETT: Not a note. [laughs]
JOHN: It's a new note.
RALPH: ♪ War...
SCARLETT: ♪ War...
TOGETHER: ♪ War...
SCARLETT: Ah, I'm like... [gags]
I don't know what's happening.
TOGETHER: ♪ War... War... ♪
♪ War...
SCARLETT: This is my last chance to make an impression
and I'm choking.
PRIYANKA: Well, well, well.
JEFFREY: Priyanka! TRACI: Hello.
PRIYANKA: Wow, you look gorgeous.
TRACI: This? I woke up like this.
JEFFREY: I want to know how being in this competition
has changed your perspective on your own drag.
PRIYANKA: Listen, every time I've stood up here
on this runway, I've learned something new about myself.
I thought I came in here, I knew Priyanka, I knew her.
I knew who Mark was, and it wasn't until I had
my high highs and my low lows that I truly understood
how much more growing I had to do.
TRACI: Who is Mark, and who is Priyanka?
PRIYANKA: I don't want to put on a different persona
when I'm in drag.
I look a lot different, and it's more elevated,
and I'm having a lot of fun, but I have that same amount of fun,
and I'm just as crazy when I'm Mark as well,
and that's what I learned here, for sure,
because at home I had my day job,
when I was talking about Spongebob Squarepants,
and then coming home, eating a quick dinner,
and then turning into Priyanka, so there were those two
clear different worlds that I was in.
I called myself the Hannah Montana of Canada.
PRIYANKA: I purposely had two Instagrams
and kept it so separate.
And at the time I was so okay with it.
But looking back, I'm like,
"Now, why would you go and do that?"
PRIYANKA: Here, in the Drag Race playground,
I got to be both versions of myself in one place
for the first time ever in my life.
It's so cool.
PRIYANKA: I don't need to live this double life.
Mark and Priyanka can exist together.
PRIYANKA: Now, my dad and I have an interesting relationship.
He doesn't know that I'm gay.
I haven't come out to my father yet,
and it's crazy to think that this man, who is my father,
who I love, doesn't know anything about me doing drag,
anything about my past relationships.
He doesn't know that I'm on the biggest
drag stage in the world,
and that's heartbreaking because I want him to enjoy that
for his child because I know he'd be so proud of me.
You know?
I want to come out to my dad and use that courage
to inspire other people.
It's like ripping the Band-Aid off,
because I want people to do it earlier in their lives.
PRIYANKA: I didn't get to do this when I was a teenager.
I keep surprising myself by all these things I'm realizing
because I came out so late in my life.
PRIYANKA: Look how much I learned in the past
nine or ten weeks here.
I want people to learn lessons as they go,
so that they can just be proud of who they are,
and live that life, and grow, and be gay.
That's what I said to myself, "Just be gay." [laughter]
PRIYANKA: That's the name of my merch, isn't it?
Shit. "Just be gay"!
PRIYANKA: I'll see y'all at the finale on the main stage.
JEFFREY: See you at the finale!
PRIYANKA: I've gotta go rehearse or something.
SCARLETT: Ooh!
PRIYANKA: Ahh! Hi!
BROOKE LYNN: Hi, ladies. QUEENS: Hello.
PRIYANKA: Look at this! BROOKE LYNN: Right?
PRIYANKA: Matchy-matchy! BROOKE LYNN: Matchy-matchy.
PRIYANKA: Ebony and ivory.
PRIYANKA: It's time for choreo with Hollywood Jade,
and Brooke Lynn's here too!
HOLLYWOOD: And then there were three.
Congratulations. QUEENS: Thank you.
HOLLYWOOD: I can only imagine how hard you've had to work
to get to this point.
BROOKE LYNN: And the hard work isn't over.
This will be your most ambitious challenge yet.
RITA: I'm not a fast learner when it comes to choreography,
and I'm with two fabulous drag dancers,
so I'm feeling the pressure.
HOLLYWOOD: You're going to step out with your right foot.
You're going step, step.
PRIYANKA: What the hell is Rita Baga wearing
to this rehearsal? It's not the Matrix!
There is a hat.
There is this pleather jacket
with a pleather shirt underneath.
I've never been more confused,
and I have been in the closet twice.
It's a look, bitch.
HOLLYWOOD: 5, 6, 7.
We said T, T, T, T, T, T, Ta, heh...
So what I'm doing, I'm going shaky, shaky, bring it in.
RITA: Hollywood is like, "Okay, and the next move is
"da-da, da-da, and the next is hm-hm, ah-ooh,
"and the next--" But I'm still at the first one.
HOLLYWOOD: T, T, T, T, T, T... PRIYANKA: Ah, it's so fast!
HOLLYWOOD: It's a quick weight transfer.
SCARLETT: Choreo with Hollywood Jade is stressful as * * *.
HOLLYWOOD: What did Brooke Lynn say?
Hardest challenge yet, yes.
PRIYANKA: Brooke Lynn Hytes is watching, the dancer herself,
and if we're not hitting the moves right,
she's gonna be like, "Noted, noted."
BROOKE LYNN: I don't want to see you thinking
about what you're doing. I want to see you knowing
what you're doing, and not have to think about it,
and just be up there living and enjoying.
HOLLYWOOD: You're gonna wipe your sweat.
RITA: Is it this way for the sweat?
HOLLYWOOD: Yeah, so like wipe with the back of the hand, yeah.
This is gross. You're delicate.
You're glowing, as opposed to sweating.
And always relaxed wrists.
We're very those people.
BROOKE LYNN: Hey, girl. [laughter]
HOLLYWOOD: Hey, girl, hey! [laughter]
Very that.
Let's see who's been paying attention.
Step, step, T, T, Ta.
SCARLETT: Brooke Lynn's watching me doing this choreo
and it's making me feel like I'm going to need a diaper.
I'm literally trying to like hide behind Rita
just so I don't see her gaze because they're like
beautiful snake eyes burning into my flesh.
HOLLYWOOD: T, T, Ta, Ta... PRIYANKA: Augh!
HOLLYWOOD: Step back. You wear it...
Yes!
BROOKE LYNN: I think it's really important that you don't show
that you're working so hard on your faces.
I know you just learned it, but it's a good thing to start now.
You have to remain calm, cool, and collected, and also,
especially for you, Rita, you need to anticipate more,
because you're always a little bit of a step behind everybody.
And, BoBo, you're verging on being ahead of the music.
You're anticipating too much.
You're doing the opposite of Rita.
So just pull it back just an eensy-teensy bit.
♪
PRIYANKA: Eeh! RITA: Oh, * * *.
HOLLYWOOD: Nice!
BROOKE LYNN: Pri, that note of your face
was especially for you.
You're very like... I know that's your personality,
but this is the time for you to be fierce.
PRIYANKA: You can run but you can't hide.
I wear my heart on my sleeve, and also on my face.
HOLLYWOOD: Shake and shake down. Pull up, in...
PRIYANKA: I really want to show Brooke Lynn that I'm willing
to work hard for this because they think I'm a big goof,
so I want to prove to them that I can take everything seriously.
BROOKE LYNN: This release move, you don't go...
PRIYANKA: Okay.
BROOKE LYNN: Keep yourself a little bit more forward.
Not like... PRIYANKA: Forward.
BROOKE LYNN: Ass back, but not too much, like ah, there you go.
That's a little bit better. PRIYANKA: Okay.
HOLLYWOOD: 5, 6, 7, 8, step, step,
T, T, T, TT, TT, TT, T, T,
T, T, T, T, Ta, Ta.
BROOKE LYNN: If you mess up,
just make something up, keep going.
The one thing you cannot do is stop and like get frustrated.
Just pretend like you know what you're doing.
♪
SCARLETT: Oh, shit.
SCARLETT: I'm tripping over my feet.
I'm not hitting the moves, but I'm still doing it.
♪
HOLLYWOOD: It's in there.
You've just gotta let it marinate a little bit.
SCARLETT: The crown is mine. All I need to do is focus.
BROOKE LYNN: Well, it looks like you have a lot of work to do.
SCARLETT: Ah! Ha.
BROOKE LYNN: But you are in very, very good hands.
I cannot wait to see what you bring on the main stage.
I want to see Rita, I want to see BoBo,
and I want to see Priyanka up there, so make it your own,
but also, still do the choreography.
And don't * * it up.
RITA: I'm very anxious about this choreo.
QUEENS: Byeee! BROOKE LYNN: Excuse me.
PRIYANKA: Oh, oh. Clear the way.
RITA: Will I be able to do it?
♪
BROOKE LYNN: Ah, memories!
[laughter]
♪
PRIYANKA: Top three! [all cheering]
PRIYANKA: I cannot believe it's our final day
in the workroom.
RITA: This is it!
Someone is getting crowned today.
PRIYANKA: I feel like I've aged 10 years in drag.
RITA: And it shows! PRIYANKA: And it shows!
RITA: And it shows!
SCARLETT: I'm gonna go see my face lady.
PRIYANKA: Yeah, I'm gonna go with you to your face lady
and get those all-star lips after.
SCARLETT: Yeah, yeah, yeah. [laughs]
PRIYANKA: How do y'all feel about our final
maxi challenge? SCARLETT: Oh my god!
RITA: Excited.
SCARLETT: When we first started that choreo,
I was like, "No, no thank you.
"Take it back. I would like a refund."
But I feel good about it now. I want to strap my boots on.
I want to snatch my wig down,
and I want to * * * * get on that goddamn * * * * runway.
SCARLETT: I've definitely been saving my biggest look for last.
I'm super excited to pop off with this
gorgeous coronation look.
PRIYANKA: I'm ready to attack,
and I'm ready to paint this face.
SCARLETT: Let's get ready for...
ALL: ...the coronation!
RITA: Okay, okay, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, okay!
♪
PRIYANKA: Ladies, let's gossip and giggle.
What was the worst look of the season?
SCARLETT: I did not like Kyne's glow-up.
PRIYANKA: Kyne's glow-up look?
RITA: But her makeup was good.
PRIYANKA: Why was she purple?
SCARLETT: She looked like something from Willie Wonka.
I Kyne-a felt bad.
PRIYANKA: I didn't feel bad because that bitch thought
that she was the shit, and then she comes and shows up
in like a jacket and a purple face and calls it drag, bitch?
I'm offended.
♪
PRIYANKA: Okay, her-itage moments were so fun.
RITA: I think my highlight from her-itage moments is when I had
this wonderful opportunity to teabag Kiara.
PRIYANKA: [laughs]
RITA: Help me pick up this skinny legend!
PRIYANKA: Kiara really killed that week too.
RITA: Yeah.
PRIYANKA: Snatch Game was awful. I was so tense.
SCARLETT: Is Miss Cleo still haunting you?
PRIYANKA: [as Miss Cleo] Call me now!
PRIYANKA: As long as I can make fun of myself for it,
that's all I care about.
But Rita, your Snatch Game performance was incredible.
RITA: [as Edith Piaf] I might sing a song for you.
BROOKE LYNN: Absolutely. RITA: ♪ No...
This will be my final act.
Thank you. [laughter]
PRIYANKA: I was sitting beside Lemon during Snatch Game.
SCARLETT: Oh my God. PRIYANKA: She was so good.
I was like hiding behind her, she was so good.
LEMON: [as Jojo] I get bullied a lot,
so I just wrote maybe it's her haiw that keeps fawling out.
Uh, haiw. [laughter]
PRIYANKA: How'd everyone feel about the puppet challenge?
SCARLETT: Oh my god, that was my first win!
PRIYANKA: Yes, it was. SCARLETT: It's Rita Baga!
[imitating Rita] I would love to stick my Montreal smoked meat
into a nice, juicy, sour... Lemon.
SCARLETT: When Jimbo started stuffing my cheeks,
that was hilarious.
JIMBO: There we go.
QUEENS: Oh!
JIMBO: A little pump up for you.
PRIYANKA: I cried so much this season, oh my god!
SCARLETT: Same.
PRIYANKA: Lucky for you, your face is so frozen and filled up
that no one could tell. Me, bitch?
I look like a girl from the * * * * Ring.
[laughter]
SCARLETT: Okay, can I just say that this top three
is probably one of the best I've ever seen?
RITA: It's a good top three. We're all different.
SCARLETT: We're all such powerhouses.
RITA: We've got the pop star, the rock star,
the French Canadian diva.
SCARLETT: Do you guys think it's anyone's game?
PRIYANKA: Yeah, it's anyone's game.
RITA: We've all have similar critiques.
SCARLETT: I didn't really get bad critiques this whole season.
RITA: Maybe they were like, "Oh no, she will have a meltdown."
SCARLETT: Oh my god! PRIYANKA: [laughs]
SCARLETT: I was that girl this season.
♪
SCARLETT: Are we feeling nervous?
PRIYANKA: We've said goodbye to all of our sisters,
and now it's just us three competing for $100,000.
It's literally our $100,000 performance.
RITA: One of us is going to win tonight.
PRIYANKA: [screams]
♪
♪ Covergirl
♪ Put the bass in your walk
♪ Head to toe
♪ Let your whole body talk
♪ And walk
♪
♪ Covergirl
♪ Put the bass in your walk
♪ Head to toe
♪ Let your whole body talk
♪ And walk
♪ Now walk
♪ Walk
♪ Now walk
♪ And what
[cheering & applause]
STACEY: She doesn't want to stop!
[laughter]
TRACI: Welcome to the main stage of Canada's Drag Race.
I'm your guest host, Traci Melchor.
This is the finale and the moment
we've all been waiting for.
The stunning Stacey McKenzie, are you proud of these girls?
STACEY: I am so proud of these girls.
Can you believe I birthed them all?
[laughter]
TRACI: Brooke Lynn Hytes,
do you have any nuts for your squirrel friend, Traci?
BROOKE LYNN: Oh, gosh-darn-it, I just tucked mine away
for the winter.
TRACI: And Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman,
how do you top this wild ride?
JEFFREY: I think you mean,
"How do you power top this wild ride?"
Child, just watch me.
TRACI: She-blam. It's a date.
JEFFREY: Can't wait.
TRACI: For the final maxi challenge,
the queens were asked to write, record,
and perform their very own Ru-mix of RuPaul's
"U Wear It Well."
Gentlemen, start your engines,
and may the best woman win.
[squeals]
JEFFREY: Yes, girl! TRACI: [laughs]
♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ French tip, lipstick painted on ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ Value sure suits you-oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪
♪ Work it for me
♪ Work it for me, me
♪ You wear it ♪ You wear it
♪ You wear it well
PRIYANKA: ♪ Question, who was the first ever queen ♪
♪ To walk in the Drag Race north of the scene ♪
♪ Question, what was the name of the queen
♪ Who went from Toronto to north supreme ♪
♪ Answer, you know who it's gonna be ♪
[It's Priyanka]
♪ Hi, it's me, Pri
♪ I had a vision, Miss Priyanka read your mind ♪
[Call me now]
♪ I know you're thinking that call declined ♪
♪ You're feeling like a mess might give you stress ♪
♪ Just own your fess in a paper dress ♪
♪ Wear it well even when you fell ♪
♪ Just grab your cup and get back up ♪
♪ Cheers to you, don't feel no shame ♪
♪ And one last question, what's my name? ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ French tip, lipstick painted on ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ Value sure suits you-oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪
♪ Work it for me
♪ Work it for me, me
♪ You wear it ♪ You wear it
♪ You wear it well
SCARLETT: ♪ You know me hitting that runway nice and sweet ♪
♪ Sitting all cute up in the top three ♪
♪ Kings and queens, queers we define the scene ♪
♪ We are the ones that stomp our feet ♪
♪ We are the crowd, we bring the heat ♪
♪ War paint on and I'm battle ready ♪
♪ Stilettos high and my sword is heavy ♪
♪ Kitty cat, kitty cat, meow, meow ♪
♪ What kind of kitty are you wearing right now? ♪
♪ Now we wear it, wear it well ♪
♪ Now it's time to raise some hell ♪
♪ Never on the bottom ♪ Straight to the top
♪ Scarlett's giving a death drop ♪
♪ Lace front sitting so in sync ♪
♪ [Mohawk!] She will not be tamed ♪
♪ [Dreadlocks!] You know what I said ♪
♪ You know you wear it well
♪ [Highlights] Laser set to stun ♪
♪ [Ombré!] Bitches come undone! ♪
♪ [Hunny Bun] Serving sensation ♪
♪ You know you wear it well
♪ Don't let nobody tell you you ain't beautiful ♪
♪ You wear it ♪ You wear it
♪ You wear it well
RITA: ♪ Ah, oui, c'est moi Rita Baga ♪
♪ The French Canadian diva
♪ This chameleon will wear the crown ♪
♪ So it ain't the time to play sad clown ♪
♪ Runway killer, hotdog lover ♪
♪ Alien actress taking over
♪ So bow down to your queen
♪ Let's make it clear
♪ I came here to unite and con-queer! ♪
♪ Who will wear this crown?
♪ Baga, first time around
♪ Who will wear this crown?
♪ Montreal, first time around ♪
♪ A qui la couronne?
♪ A nous, les francophones!
[You wear it well]
♪ French tip, lipstick painted on ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ Value sure suits you-oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪
♪ Work it for me
♪ Work it for me, me
♪ You wear it ♪ You wear it
♪ You wear it well
♪ Wig shop non-stop, hair salon ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪ Now you're brand new ooh-oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪
♪ Work it for me
♪ Work it for me, me
♪ You wear it You wear it ♪
♪ You wear it well
♪
♪ You wear it well
[cheering & applause]
JEFFREY: Yes, queens! TRACI: You wear it well!
Mm!
♪
♪ The realness...
TRACI: Category is,
Coronation Eleganza, their very best drag.
First up, our queen from La Belle Province,
Rita Baga.
BROOKE LYNN: Oh!
RITA: I am serving green relish fantasy from outer space.
She's a queen.
She's a diva.
She's green.
She's strutting the runway with her fierce attitude,
her yellow eyes, and she's from Uranus.
BROOKE LYNN: She escaped from Area 69.
RITA: I am an alien actress taking over.
BROOKE LYNN: She looks positively wicked.
JEFFREY: Now leave before somebody
drops a house on you too!
RITA: I didn't come here for the third or second position.
I came here for the crown.
TRACI: And now, the queen of her scene,
Scarlett BoBo.
BROOKE LYNN: Oh!
SCARLETT: I am serving coronation eleganza!
My most glamourous look to date.
BROOKE LYNN: She's pretty in pink and black.
JEFFREY: I've got Scarlett fever.
SCARLETT: I just feel so beautiful!
This is a red carpet look.
This look is fashion, it's couture,
it's elegant, but it's still got a little bit of bad-ass in it.
This is what a winner looks like.
TRACI: And she is the first ever named Priyanka.
BROOKE LYNN: Oh, sorry, not sorry.
She looks amazing.
STACEY: Bollywood North.
PRIYANKA: This look that I'm wearing is why I love doing drag
because I get to represent an entire community of people,
and this beautiful lenga that I'm wearing
is screaming my name.
TRACI: Namaste, you slay.
PRIYANKA: I'm showing you my roots.
I named myself Priyanka so that people would know
that there is an Indo-queer West Indian queen
coming on stage so that they know that they're represented.
That's the reason why I make you all scream my name all the time,
to make you remember that a girl named Priyanka
can be successful.
TRACI: Ladies, it's now time for the judges' final critiques.
♪
STACEY: Rita Baga, bonjour, mon cheri.
Your performance tonight with the "U Wear It Well" track
was spectacular.
You know, you had a presence of like fashion and couture.
You brought that little bit of street to it as well.
JEFFREY: I could not take my eyes off you.
You owned every beat, every lyric,
and I was here for it.
BROOKE LYNN: I watched you in the rehearsal,
and I saw you struggle, so I was a little nervous
for you tonight, and you came out, and you what?
Killed it.
Your lyrics were amazing.
I think you had like three harmonies in there.
RITA: Yeah.
BROOKE LYNN: It was so good. And you padded your ass!
You had this big, juicy ass, and it was so delicious.
TRACI: I love the fact that there was a difference between
your maxi challenge performance and your whole vibe,
and you came out here as this alien goddess,
and your mannerisms were very nuanced.
You had me gagging.
RITA: This represents the way I see myself, in general.
I'm extra spacial.
And I came into the competition as a baby alien.
That was my entrance look.
And now I'm fully developed and mature,
so I'm alien goddess.
TRACI: It's not easy being green,
and you made it look easy to be green.
Thank you, Rita Baga.
RITA: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Merci. TRACI: Merci!
BROOKE LYNN: Gesundheit. [laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: Scarlett BoBo,
here we really got to see you do what you do well,
and that's perform.
You're such a natural performer.
JEFFREY: You've never been in the bottom two,
so we haven't seen you lip synch for your life.
SCARLETT: Yeah.
JEFFREY: You brought the energy, child.
Yes, you did, honey. You were incredible.
BROOKE LYNN: Every little bit of choreography you were so on it.
You really used all of the space up here too,
which I really appreciated.
STACEY: I love you on the runway.
SCARLETT: Thank you. STACEY: You look so good.
I just love this classy, elegant, sexy BoBo.
It's classy but there's a little bit of an edge.
You know, you keep it true to who you are.
TRACI: I'm a big fan of a train and a swoop,
and when you were coming down this runway,
you were swooping and duping and twirling,
and it's almost like your train had its own choreographer too.
[laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: It's been a slow rise for you
in this competition. SCARLETT: Yeah.
BROOKE LYNN: You're just kind of blossoming
at just the right time. Thank you, BoBo.
JEFFREY: What's your name again?
PRIYANKA: Priyanka! [laughter]
JEFFREY: Yes, bitch. PRIYANKA: Hi!
JEFFREY: You were so wonderful tonight.
I feel like somebody replaced your battery
midway through the season, and you are like recharged,
and you ain't here to play, honey.
You are here to slay.
STACEY: You were having fun.
You were super sexy as well.
Like, you were giving me super sexy Beyoncé.
TRACI: What I love is that you always make me feel like
I can do it too. PRIYANKA: Yes!
TRACI: There's an effortlessness about your performance.
BROOKE LYNN: You look incredible, bitch.
You look like an Indian queen. PRIYANKA: Thank you.
BROOKE LYNN: This truly is like the epitome of
someone's best drag.
You came out there and you were glowing.
You could tell how proud you were
to be representing your culture. PRIYANKA: Yes.
This is me screaming my name at you in fashion.
STACEY: You're showing who you are.
You're owning who you are.
And if they don't get it, and if they don't want to get it,
that's their business. PRIYANKA: Exactly.
JEFFREY: Well, you look positively exquisite.
I can say with full confidence that this is one of
my favourite looks of the season of Canada's Drag Race.
JEFFREY: Before our final deliberation,
we have one last question for each of you.
Why should you be crowned Canada's first drag superstar?
Rita Baga, we'll begin with you.
RITA: Facts are facts.
I am the one who won the most maxi challenges
in this competition-- three, to be exact.
I've been doing drag for 13 years now.
I've worked hard.
I have a great career in Montreal.
I've always felt like I was an outsider,
somebody special who is not as loud as, you know, her sisters.
I am atypical, but it's Canada,
and I know that I have the strength and the quiet force
that it takes to carry the flag.
I'm also the very first Francophone to be standing
on a top three, and I would like to win this
Merci! JEFFREY: Merci, Rita.
RITA: Thank you.
STACEY: Scarlett BoBo, why should you be crowned
Canada's first drag superstar?
SCARLETT: Because I represent such an interesting part
of the community.
I wasn't pretty enough to be a pageant girl.
I wasn't alternative enough to be a bad-ass girl.
I've never fit in everywhere, and every single breath I took
on this runway, I was able to be 100% myself,
and I'm so proud of myself for that.
I want to give all the queer youth the armour it will take
for them to rise above and come to this point right here,
and I want to be here for all the kings, the queens,
the non-binary performers, every single alternative performer
there is, the AMAB performers, the AFAB performers.
I want to be there. I want to be the voice.
I want to tell them that you can have anything you dream of
if you just put your mind to it.
I stand here ready to take on the responsibility
of this title, and I would be honoured to be the first ever
Canadian Drag Race superstar.
BROOKE LYNN: Priyanka, over to you.
Same question.
PRIYANKA: I believe that I should be crowned
Canada's next drag superstar because...
I'm a * * * * superstar.
In this competition, I had my wins,
I had my Miss Cleos. [laughter]
Like my drag career, I fell,
and not only was I able to make fun of myself
because you have to, but I grew from it.
I do drag for the audience.
When I'm lip synching to a RuPaul song,
I want people to forget about their lives
and just be like, "I can do that too."
Reigning as Canada's first ever drag superstar is just that,
making people feel so loved that even if they have no one,
you're their person,
because that's how I make people feel,
that although I fall, someone looks at me and feels lifted,
and that's what I want to continue doing.
BROOKE LYNN: Thank you, ladies.
Please head back to the workroom and untuck while we deliberate.
♪
Leave. PRIYANKA: Oh, shit.
[laughter]
♪
PRIYANKA: [gasps] No!
PRIYANKA: All the eliminated queens are here!
Oh my god!
I hope they don't hear what I said about all of them.
SCARLETT: Aah my god!
RITA: Surprise!
SCARLETT: Oh my god! Oh my god!
I missed you so much. [all exclaiming]
LEMON: Bitch, you look...
PRIYANKA: [laughs] LEMON: ...perfect.
Bitches, can we do a toast to these incredible top three?
[all cheering] ILONA: Season one top three!
LEMON: Congratulations, you three!
ILONA: How does it feel to be top three, ladies?
SCARLETT: We have not slept at all!
[laughter]
PRIYANKA: Is anyone surprised that we're the final three?
PRIYANKA: [laughs]
ILONA: I thought it was gonna be Jimbo over Priyanka.
KIARA: I knew Rita was gonna be in top three.
JUICE BOXX: I'm a little surprised that like Lemon
isn't there.
LEMON: I'm a little surprised I'm not in it.
RITA: ♪ L-E-M-O-N...
ALL: ♪ Ain't gonna make it to the end! ♪
RITA: Told you! ILONA: Called that one, bitch.
TYNOMI: Rita is a witch.
JUICE BOXX: I have a question because I wasn't here for it.
Who won Snatch Game? SCARLETT: Jimbo.
JUICE BOXX: I thought that Priyanka was gonna win it.
JIMBO: Oh!
SCARLETT: She was on the bottom and she had to lip synch!
JUICE BOXX: You were in the bottom?
SCARLETT: Her Miss Cleo was so bad!
TYNOMI: You did Miss Cleo?
I told you not to! [laughter]
You're the worst Jamaican.
PRIYANKA: Oh my god! [laughter]
PRIYANKA: So Kyne, we made you out to be
the villain of the season.
I do want to know, were you being a bitch for television?
Or is that who you are? JUICE BOXX: [gasp]
KYNE: No, I didn't feel like I was bitchy to anyone.
I hope that's not like what you guys think of me.
JIMBO: You did say to me, "No offence,
"but I can't wait to see what youthink pretty is."
So I was like, "I don't know if my sister Kyne
"is really the nicest sissy I've got."
PRIYANKA: You also said Lemon's eyebrows
look like permanent marker.
KYNE: I was trying to be helpful.
BOA: And if she were really a bitch,
she would've been like, "Girl, your brows look great, honey!"
[laughter]
JUICE BOXX: Honestly, some people just like deliver it
in a different way.
PRIYANKA: I do want to say this out loud.
I want everyone to know that Juice Boxx is an incredible
drag queen.
I hate that you got sent home early
because your drag is so good.
JUICE BOXX: I... I appreciate that so much.
Thank you. I was so heartbroken.
PRIYANKA: Her legacy is not the first girl to go home
in this competition.
And Lemon just should have gone home first.
[laughter]
ILONA: Sissy, from day one,
I knew you'd be in the top three,
and I was just kind of hoping I'd be there with you,
but I'm so proud of you
for actually getting to the top three
without having to lip synch once, so go let them have it.
LEMON: I'm so proud of all of the top three.
You guys are * * * * amazing.
But I want to give a special little shout-out,
whatever happens, like you're my * * * * icon.
You guys are too. [laughter]
But I am just, I am so proud of you.
PRIYANKA: Thank you, Lemon. LEMON: I love you.
KIARA: Rita, I am so proud of you.
You're such an icon.
You represent like the entire province of Quebec.
And I'm so proud that you can get the crown to Montreal.
You have to. RITA: Je t'aime.
Merci!
SCARLETT: This has been an absolute honour
to experience this with everybody.
This is * * * * amazing.
I would not have wanted to do this with anybody else,
other than you guys.
And I hope that the three of us just make all of you proud.
JUICE BOXX: Give it up for season one.
QUEENS: Season one! [cheering]
TRACI: What a decision.
How do you pick a winner?
BROOKE LYNN: Well, just between a legend, an icon,
a diva, and a most hyped Canadian...
[laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: We have a lot of thinking to do.
JEFFREY: Let's start with Rita Baga.
She is so good at what she does,
and she has brought it onto the runway each and every week.
Even when she's stumbled and fallen,
she's proven to us through her lip synchs,
that she is a fierce competitor to be reckoned with.
BROOKE LYNN: She has given us so many iconic moments
on this stage. Her Snatch Game...
RITA: [as Edith Piaf] Where the * * are we?
BROOKE LYNN: I really love that her drag is very campy,
old-school glamour.
I love that style of drag, and I'm so happy to see it
represented at the top three.
STACEY: She's a chameleon. She's an actress.
She's a model, the full package.
TRACI: I love the fact that she's so accomplished.
She's the most awarded queen in Montreal.
BROOKE LYNN: She is a fierce queen.
She has a Baga full of tricks.
[laughter]
STACEY: Let's talk about Scarlett BoBo.
BROOKE LYNN: Scarlett BoBo has been the most consistent queen
in this entire competition.
Never been the bottom, but she has always been
consistently good.
STACEY: Her runway walk is, by far for me,
the best on the stage.
I love that she is so comfortable within her skin.
She's not afraid to like show her vulnerability.
You know, if she's bitchy, she's gonna give you bitch.
If she's like happy, she's gonna give you that.
JEFFREY: No matter what challenge or category
we've thrown at her, she has always allowed the essence
of Scarlett BoBo to shine through.
TRACI: She's always ready to put it all on the stage.
You know, she really commits to her characters.
SCARLETT: [screams]
JEFFREY: And to see someone who has slid under the radar
this entire competition, and has found herself rising to the top,
is such an inspiration.
BROOKE LYNN: Let's talk about Priyanka.
JEFFREY: She has brought the looks this season.
She has brought the comedy this season.
STACEY: She is not afraid to be abnorm, be stupid, be dumb,
be weird and quirky.
BROOKE LYNN: Priyanka is a star.
She just has that "it" factor.
TRACI: I love the fact that she brought her West Indian
background to the stage.
As somebody whose family is from the West Indies,
I can relate to what Priyanka's background
has provided her with, the work ethic, the strength,
and she's a really incredible entertainer.
STACEY: And she's humble.
She's humble because she could have been a bitchy drag queen
because with that body, and them clothes
that she be bringing to the stage,
she could have been a little brat, and as a young TV host,
that could have gotten to her head,
and she could have become full of herself.
But no, she's very humble.
She remembers where she came from,
and what it took for her to get to where she's at today.
BROOKE LYNN: Two and a half years in drag,
and look what she's been able to accomplish.
She is living proof that, if you set your mind to it,
you can accomplish anything.
STACEY: It's gonna be really hard to choose
between these three.
I mean, they're all very different queens.
♪
TRACI: Please welcome back, Juice Boxx.
TRACI: Oh! STACEY: Wow.
♪
TRACI: Kyne. BROOKE LYNN: Ooh!
♪
TRACI: Anastarzia Anaquway.
BROOKE LYNN: Oh! Yes, bitch!
♪
TRACI: Tynomi Banks.
JEFFREY: Oh yes, bitch. Yes!
TRACI: Forever! [laughter]
♪
TRACI: Kiara.
BROOKE LYNN & STACEY: Woo!
JEFFREY: Legs for days!
TRACI: Boa. BROOKE LYNN: Ah!
The body beautiful is back!
JEFFREY: Oh, that ass, though!
TRACI: Ilona Verley.
TRACI: Wow.
BROOKE LYNN: Gorgeous!
♪
TRACI: Lemon.
JUDGES: Hi, Lemon!
♪
TRACI: Jimbo.
TRACI: Aah!
BROOKE LYNN: Oh! Ah!
[cheering & laughter]
♪
TRACI: And our three finalists,
Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo,
and Priyanka.
♪
[cheering & applause]
♪
STACEY: One of you will be crowned the first ever winner
of Canada's Drag Race.
PRIYANKA: [under her breath] Oh my god!
STACEY: I want to say something.
It was an honour and a pleasure
working with each and every one of you.
You all have a story, but one of the things I noticed
with all of your stories is that
a lot of you have not been accepted,
and I want you to know that you are accepted,
as long as you accept who you are,
and you stand firm and believe in yourself,
and you love and own who you are.
BROOKE LYNN: Thank you for showing the world that drag,
like life, is not about when you fall down.
It's about how you rise.
You should all be very proud of yourselves
because we sure the * * are.
SCARLETT: Thank you.
JEFFREY: For the millions of young LGBTQIA kids out there
who are made to feel like an other each and every day
when they step out into the world,
you are all queer-oes to each and every one of them,
and you are queer-oes to each and every one of us.
Now, let's get down to business, shall we?
Rita Baga, Scarlett BoBo, and Priyanka,
in addition to winning the title of Canada's
first drag superstar, you will take home
a custom crown and sceptre from Amped Accessories,
a year of hotel stays from Hilton,
and a cash prize
of $100,000.
BROOKE LYNN: Based on your performance of "U Wear It Well,"
and your runway presentation tonight,
we have made some decisions.
In order to choose a winner,
we have decided that we would like to see you all--
PRIYANKA: [gasps]
BROOKE LYNN: ...lip synch tonight.
SCARLETT: [gasps] PRIYANKA: What?
[laughter]
RITA: It's a menage a trois.
SCARLETT: Oh my god.
SCARLETT: This is a huge deal because I have not
had to lip synch once in this whole season,
and no one's gotten to see what I can do.
JEFFREY: Three queens stand before us.
STACEY: Prior to tonight, you were asked to prepare
a lip synch performance of Love Inc.'s,
You're a Superstar.
BROOKE LYNN: This is your last chance to impress us
and prove that you are Canada's first
drag superstar.
TRACI: The time has come for you to lip synch
for the crown.
SCARLETT: Canada is about to see the best * * * * lip synch
they have ever seen.
TRACI: Good luck...
And don't * * it up.
♪
QUEENS: [cheering]
♪
♪ Reach for the sky
♪ Hold your head up high
♪ For tonight and every night, you're a superstar ♪
♪
♪ And don't you be afraid
♪ Think of all the friends you've made ♪
♪ Like any other night you've got your name in lights ♪
♪ You're a superstar
♪
PRIYANKA: I need this crown because I want to show you
that with dedication, hard work, and not taking no for an answer,
that no matter what your skin colour is,
no matter where you came from,
no matter what your upbringing is,
that you can do it too.
♪ At all for a superstar?
♪
♪ You gotta find a rainbow
♪ Tell the world what everyone else knows ♪
♪ Don't let them tell you again about life 'cause you know ♪
♪ You're a superstar
♪ So reach for the sky...
SCARLETT: I've been preparing for 12 years of my life
for this one * * * * moment.
I want to prove to everybody that told me no,
and everybody that told me I wasn't good enough,
or I couldn't make it, that they were * * * * wrong.
♪ Don't you be afraid
♪ Think of all the friends you've made ♪
♪ Like any other night, you've got your name in lights ♪
♪ You're a superstar
♪
♪ Everything you are today
♪ Is what you want to be
♪ So don't be someone else
♪ When you be the best so easily ♪
♪ If you try and believe, my baby, you'll succeed ♪
RITA: Drag transcends language.
It's art.
To be the very first Francophone
to win this Drag Race competition
would be a dream coming true.
♪ You're a superstar
[cheering]
♪ You're a superstar
♪ So reach for the sky
♪ And hold your head up high
♪ For tonight and every night
♪ You're a superstar
♪ So don't you be afraid
♪ Think of all the friends you've made ♪
♪ Like any other night, you've got your name in lights ♪
♪ You're a superstar
♪
♪ You're a superstar
♪
♪ You're a superstar
[cheering]
♪
♪ You're a superstar
[cheering & applause]
PRIYANKA: Love you! [laughs]
PRIYANKA: Come on, party girl!
Yes, party girl queen!
SCARLETT: I've been saving that all season.
♪
STACEY: Ladies, we have reached our final decision.
♪
BROOKE LYNN: The winner of Canada's Drag Race
and Canada's first drag superstar
is...
♪
BROOKE LYNN: What's her name?
BROOKE LYNN: Priyanka! PRIYANKA: Oh my god!
[cheering & applause & laughter]
BROOKE LYNN: Con-drag-ulations.
PRIIYANKA: Holy shit!
[laughter]
SCARLETT: Congratulations.
JEFFREY: Priyanka, you are unforgettable,
just like your name.
We cannot wait to see you take over the world.
Long live the queen!
[cheering & applause & laughter]
♪
BROOKE LYNN: Our queen. PRIYANKA: Thank you!
I've living proof that hard work pays off,
and that even when you make mistakes,
you can still be a winner.
For the kids at home watching,
I know you're used to watching me somewhere else,
but now I'm here, and Mama's home!
Oh, and one more thing, what's my name?
ALL: Priyanka!
BROOKE LYNN: Now take your walk, true north strong and fierce!
♪
PRIYANKA: I'm Canada's first ever drag superstar!
God!
I'm rich!
PRIYANKA: Aah!
PRIYANKA: And I get to represent the country
all around the world.
I am so thankful.
I am so proud to be Canadian.
I am gonna make this country really proud,
and I'm going to make everybody around the world proud.
What's my name?
♪ Work it for me ♪ Work it for me, me
♪ You wear it ♪ You wear it
♪ You wear it well
PRIYANKA: [screams]
♪