RuPaul's Drag Race (2009) s09e11 Episode Script
Gayest Ball Ever
1 - Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race You'll be giving our crew members the chance to strut a mile in your shoes.
[screams and applause.]
- Yeah, I'm having a hard time here.
- Nina wants to sew two whole outfits from scratch, and Nina don't know how to sew.
- Trinity Taylor.
- This was probably the tightest presentation.
- Alexis Michelle.
- The outfits are kind of real basic.
- Nina Bo'nina Brown.
- Even the bunny part was just sort of half done.
- Shea Coulee.
- It felt, like, you know, there's the star sister and then there's the other sister.
- Trinity Taylor, you're the winner of this week's challenge.
- Shea Coulee, shantay you stay.
Nina Bo'nina Brown Andre Charles, sashay away.
- Oh, my goodness.
- [sighs.]
Nina is gone.
She did bring a side of drag that most people don't see.
But I'm relieved.
The negative is gone.
It's time to move on.
- "Sue me.
Shea Coulee, hope you struggle cleaning this.
" [all laugh.]
But for real, girl, I still believe in you, bitch, and I can't wait to see what you do.
- Sorry.
I had to grab this 'cause I'm freaking cold.
- She might be cold, but her pussy is on fire 'cause you won, bitch.
- [cheering.]
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
What did everybody feel about their critique? - So help me, God.
Michelle's opinion means so much to me.
I don't want her to have to tell me one more time to step up my look.
It feels like shit.
This is a serious top five, so I have to make sure that I am bringing it hard.
- So, Shea, not that I enjoyed you being in the bottom, but how's it feel to finally lip sync? - Whoo! - It really fucking sucks.
- If she would have sent your ass home, I would have been laughing all the way, bitch.
- Now that we're the top five, no one is safe.
One mistake and you're home.
- Girl, all I gotta say is free the tuck, honey.
Free the tuck.
- Ooh! [car engine starts.]
- The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race receives a one year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.
With extra special guest judges super-duper model Joan Smalls and Andie MacDowell.
- RuPaul's Drag Race - May the best woman - Best woman win - Yes, girl.
Top five, top five.
- Top five.
- Bitch, it's the top five.
I'm ready to slay my way to the top.
I'm taking this competition seriously.
[buzzing.]
Little bugs are my phobia.
I don't like gnats.
Gnats are the devil.
Is it around me? Please, kill it, kill it, kill it.
What was the question? - Hello, hello, hello.
-Hey! -Oh! - Ladies, for today's mini challenge, we're having ourselves a good old fashioned bitch fest, and we're doing it with puppets.
[screams and applause.]
Because why? [All.]
Everyone loves puppets.
- Exactly.
Pick out a puppet that represents one of your competitors, and drag it up.
First up, Shea Coulee.
Reach in, girl.
Don't be scared.
You know, you'd think that hole would be worn out after so many years.
- It's Peppermint.
- Next up, Sasha Velour.
- [gasps.]
It's Trinity.
- Trinity Taylor.
- Oh! I have Shea.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint.
- Alexis.
- All right, you're up, Alexis Michelle.
Here she comes.
[gasps.]
[all laugh.]
-It's a boy.
-It's a something.
- All right, you've got 20 minutes to drag up your puppet.
Go! [screams.]
- Start with the ass.
- I'm gonna fuck you up with this puppet, Alexis.
- I would never wear that color.
- Make sure you make it basic.
I feel like mine's very accurate.
- Bitch, that is a hot motherfucking mess.
- Exactly.
- All right, ladies.
Time's up.
From the Today Tix Theater, let the bitch fest begin.
- Hey, girl, you know what? You've been doing really well in this competition, Pepper.
How does that make you feel? - Aah! Oh, what's going on with the bottom of the outfit? Girl, you know what they say.
Power top, lazy bottom.
Ow! You do realize you got a little lace right here on your wig.
Let me get that-- Oh! Damn, girl! [all laugh.]
- I told y'all don't touch my wigs.
- Trinity, where are you? - I'm right here, girl.
I've gotta say, I've learned a lot about drag since I've been here.
It isn't just about silicone.
It's also about restylane, botox, and this little thing called hot glue that I'm just filling myself up with.
Ha! [all laugh.]
- Well, Trinity, you are often talking about sex.
- Oh, girl, I like fisting, glory holes, horse play.
That's where you have sex with Nina Bo'nina Brown.
[all laugh.]
Couch play.
That's where you have sex with Nina Bo'nina's Brown's padding.
[all laugh.]
Jelly play.
That's where you have sex with me.
Hey! [all laugh.]
- Oh, hi.
How are you, Shea? Well, you have won a lot of challenges this season, but it sure isn't on that makeup, is it? - Well, you know, this is how we do it in Chicago, bitch.
- You know, you might want to check your kitchen, girl, 'cause, you know, you already been clocked about that once.
- What you mean, girl? I have disco butt.
- You don't really have that much body, do you, honey? Do you need to go see my doctor? - No.
We do this natural in Chicago.
- Sasha, what is that over on your hand? - The feathers are the bird that's flying out of the cage.
I'm being freed.
- What's with the crown? - Well, Alexis, I really want to be America's next drag superstar.
- Sasha, don't you think that's a little literal? - It's not literal, it's felt.
It's meta.
- Wow, Sasha, that is really deep.
- End scene.
- Uncanny.
- Alexis Michelle, you look so fabulous today.
- Oh, thank you.
I'm just a Broadway girl - Okay, Alexis, we got it.
- Wait a minute.
I'll be right back.
- Don't take too long, 'cause you know it's showtime.
Alexis, what are you doing down there? - And I'm from Broadway - Why you fucking look so green, girl? - [deep voice.]
I'm not doping, bitch.
- [laughs.]
You shady ladies all did real good.
[all laugh.]
The winner is Sasha Velour.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
- You've won a $500 gift card from Today Tix, the last minute theater ticket app.
- Trinity's ass floats to the top again.
- All right, ladies, it's time to celebrate our queer culture like only you queens can.
For this week's maxi challenge, we're throwing a ball.
But not just any old ball.
We're throwing the gayest ball ever! -Yeah.
-Ow! #GayestBallEver You'll need to work three different looks, each one more gay-tastic than the last.
First category is Rainbow-She-Betta-Do.
We want to see a flaming look inspired by the rainbow flag.
Second category is Sexy Unicorn.
-Yes! -Ooh.
- Hooves and horns and queens.
Oh, my! [all laugh.]
Third category is Village People Eleganza Extravaganza.
-Oh.
-Shit.
- Each of you needs to create a look inspired by the legendary group the Village People.
That's cowboy, cop, Native American, construction worker, and leather biker couture.
Rrr, rrr.
So I'm gonna head over to the YMCA and let you guys pick your own Village Person inspiration.
Start your engines, and may the best woman win.
[laugh.]
- We all agreed to be very diplomatic with the selection of the Village People look.
I end up choosing the leather biker look because it's all black, and everybody looks good in all black.
- Aah! Police brutality.
Hits too close to home.
- I chose the cop look.
I'm trying to, like, let loose a little bit, be a little bit more edgy.
So, Peppermint, what are you making? - I'm just trying to go for a very hyper-feminized version of the leather daddy/mommy.
- Pepper, are you going for like a fetishy look? - I don't really have much experience with the leather community.
I'm more like the pleather community.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint has a great personality.
She has a great personality.
But her looks, they're just not polished, so that could be her downfall.
- Coming up What do you think is going to be your winning ticket? - I can always count on my smarts.
- I want to do like a patchwork, big skirt-- - Wait.
Let me put my earring on.
- Uh-huh.
[RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- For today's maxi challenge, we're getting ready for the gayest ball ever.
I'm gonna shit glitter.
- I chose the Native American.
I want to give something that will feel a little bit tribal, but also ready to wear.
What I need to use is an editing eye in this challenge to make sure that it feels fresh.
This is my chance to say, like, I'm not basic, I have taste.
- Alexis needs to push her aesthetic further.
She needs to modernize it.
I feel like I could go to New York and throw a stone and hit five other queens that can do exactly what she does.
- Hi-ee.
-Hi.
-Hello.
- I'm here.
I'm queer.
Get used to it.
[cheers and laughter.]
-Hey, Sasha.
-Hi, RuPaul.
- Now, you chose the cowboy? - Yeah, the cowboy seems like a winning choice to me, and this fabric is incredible.
But constructing is not my strongest suit, so I have to be very, very clever.
- Yeah.
What do you think is gonna be your trump card? Oh, did I say fuck Trump? - Not today.
- Not on the day.
- Not today.
- What do you think is gonna be your winning ticket? - I can always count on my smarts to push me over the edge.
- So how are you going to reinterpret the rainbow flag? - Well, it really is quite a challenge, because I'm breaking it apart.
I'm deconstructing the rainbow-- God, that sounds overly intellectual, but I promise I have an interesting trick up my sleeve that I'm excited to pull out.
- Sasha is really, really, deep and puts a lot of thought into her drag, and that's both an advantage, but it's also kind of a disadvantage.
'Cause if nobody knows what the hell is going on, what difference does it make anyway? - Whoo.
- Alexis Michelle.
- Hi, RuPaul.
- Now, which character in the Village People are you-- - Wait.
Let me put my earring on.
Maybe you'll have some sense of what I'm doing.
Am I the cop? - I think you're the Native American.
- I'm the Native American.
- And why'd you choose that one? - I saw this bowl of these beautiful turquoise embellishments, and they spoke to me immediately, and I said, you know what? Build the look around these.
- Uh-huh.
Now, last week, the judges had some critiques about your aesthetic.
-Yes.
-How'd that make you feel? - You know, it hurt, actually.
I did sew my bodysuit and leotard.
They weren't Halloween costumes I bought in a store.
- It was just that the outfit you created wasn't two steps beyond.
- I think I'm on the right track this time, and it's time to be that Phoenix and rise up out of those ashes.
- Good, because, you know, we're down to the wire here.
This is it.
- This is it.
- I've chosen something very ambitious, with the amount of stoning that I intend to do to this bodice.
Now is the time I've really got to show that I belong here visually.
-Hi, Shea.
-Hey, Ru.
- I see lots of construction worker stuff here.
Why'd you choose the construction worker? - I'm a really big fan of British fashion, you know, Vivienne Westwood, Burberry.
and so I want to do, like, an interesting kind of like patchwork big skirt that has, like, a lot of, like, punk unfinished edges, but still really polished and fashion forward.
- Oh, my goodness.
That's a tall order.
Now, Shea, last week you wound up in the bottom two for the first time.
Did that shake you up? - Oh, girl, it shook me up.
It shook me down.
It shook me all around.
- This challenge will determine the final four, so this is big time.
This is no joke.
- Yeah, no.
My performance in last week's challenge was just a one time deal.
Ain't no slip-ups from here on out.
- All right, ladykins, gather round.
Now, tomorrow, in addition to your three ball looks, I want you to perform an opening number that pays tribute to the gayest Olympic sport ever rhythmic gymnastics.
[cheers and laughter.]
[cheers and screams.]
And that's how you get the gold medal here at "Drag Race.
" [cheering.]
Now, Sasha Velour, you won the bitch fest, so you're in charge of the choreography.
- Okay.
[laughs.]
- So good luck, and don't fuck it up.
[cheers and laughter.]
- Coming up - Ow! - Oh, my God.
Are you all right? - Sasha's certainly not delivering.
This rehearsal feels kind of unfocused.
- Crack the whip.
- I have been trying.
- Wham! [RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Whoo! - [laughs.]
Now it's time for us to rehearse our rhythmic gymnastics routine.
- All right, ladies, let's get to work.
- I still don't even know what rhythmic gymnastics is, but I'm gonna find out.
- One thing that I loved that I saw the Olympians do is, like, they hold out these things so we can have that pull apart moment.
- Yes.
So - One, two, three, four.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- This is ridiculous.
- Okay, okay, let's focus, let's focus.
- One, two, three-- - No, wait, Trinity.
- One, two, three, four-- - Ow! - Oh, my God.
Are you all right? - Oh, my God.
Is it red? - No, not yet.
- Bitches getting their ribbons tied in knots, getting slapped in the face.
It's actually not as easy as it looks.
- Okay, okay, so going from the beginning, I come up on three, and then all together we do something on four, right? - Yeah.
And for the next section, can we do five, six, seven, eight? - No.
What if the first time--okay.
So what if the first time we put Alexis in the middle? - Sasha's certainly not delivering.
This rehearsal feels kind of unfocused.
I grew up in the theater.
I know what it means to stage a musical number, so I have a perspective that could help the team out here.
Can I make a suggestion, ladies? What do you think about storm the judges, give good face? - I'd rather not let it down, actually.
I think it'll be sloppy picking it up.
I want to keep it as simple as possible.
- Are you guys all comfortable with, like, a battement? So if we were like Let it rise with attitude -Okay.
-Shea and Sasha think that their ideas are the best.
My point of view is just pushed aside as second rate.
May I suggest that we do figure eights in place for one, two, three-- - Well, that's gonna change how we get off.
- Well, maybe if we just move faster.
[all talking.]
- I don't want to move any faster.
- I do like adding the movement.
- All right, you guys.
We need to just decide.
- There's too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
Crack the whip.
- I have been trying.
- Sasha's too nice, 'cause I would have bitched slapped somebody.
Wham! And then twirled my ribbon.
- And back to work.
- Motherfucker.
- How's everybody's look coming along? -It's horrible! -[laughs.]
- I am fucking terrified.
- Sasha's rainbow runway look, it's very pedestrian.
- I'm doing the most time consuming part right now.
It's going to be, like, a patchwork on, like, flannel.
- So you're making a costume for Adore Delano? -Ooh.
-[laughs.]
- I didn't know she was part of the Village People, but okay.
- Well, no, she wasn't a part of the Village People, but she was top three, unlike you.
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.
- I'm just not impressed by Shea.
Cut-off shorts and a wife beater? Really? Does it look like a construction worker? Bitch, no.
So how do you feel about the routine, Sasha? - I feel, um I feel good about it.
These are very fun to watch, these spinning ribbons.
- If you're a kitty.
- Even if you're not.
- I'm glad it wasn't any longer than it was.
- Ru better give us sunglasses, 'cause it's getting hella shady up in here.
- Honestly-- - Uh-oh.
Get ready, girl.
- I think that the dance element is not your comfort zone, and I saw your insecurity around that, and it came out a little bit in your behavior.
- I don't think that I was insecure in the rehearsal at all.
To be honest, I was not being listened to.
- I don't think you stood up as a leader, though.
- In my opinion, she was trying to steer the ship, and all of us were just, like, blah-blah-blah.
- I did not feel you steering the ship.
- It's clear that my strategy did not work for you, Miss Alexis.
- Frankly, I also feel like you sort of explicitly trust Shea and Shea's vision more than other folks.
- Actually, no.
I felt like Shea was stepping on my toes a little bit.
- I was honesty just sharing my ideas, you know.
- You definitely just, like, straight up talked over me a bunch of times, and it was very challenging.
- It's going to be a tough battle to get to the top four.
I see the claws come out.
Rreer! Pfft, pfft.
It ain't RuPaul's Best Friend Race no more.
- Aah! - Coming up - I'm living for this look.
- Chic as fuck.
- You are over.
[all laugh.]
[bell rings.]
[RuPaul laughs.]
- Covergirl, put the bass in your walk Head to toe, let your whole body talk And what? - Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Trapped in the body of a straight girl, it's my gay best friend Michelle Visage.
- Let me out.
Let me out.
- Oh, honey, you've been out for a while.
[all laugh.]
A man who's no stranger to balls, style superstar Carson Kressley.
- I love a good ball.
Two's even better.
- [laughs.]
And super-duper model Joan Smalls.
Welcome to my runway.
- Thank you for having me.
I'm super excited.
- You look gorgeous.
- Trying to keep up with you.
- [deep voice.]
Oh, you gonna need a few years for that, son.
That was my Lady Bunny impersonation.
And the beautiful Andie MacDowell.
You ready for some sex, lives and tucking tape? - Oh, baby, am I.
- We're so glad you're here tonight.
This week, we challenged our queens to turn out three gag-worthy looks for the gayest ball ever.
But first, to get this ball rolling, category is Rhythmic Gymnastics A-Go-Go.
- [laughs.]
- Gentlemen, start your engines and may the best woman win.
Representing the U.
S.
of Gay, it's the RuPaul Rhythmic Gymnastics team.
- Give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude If you give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude Storm the judges, give them face Posture, doll, hand on the waist A diva knows her obstacles Sell it back, but don't stop the show - Get your ass on up - Give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude [laughter and applause.]
- Hit the showers, girls.
[applause.]
I think my girls are doping.
- [gasps.]
- Can you feel the love? - Let's get this ball rolling.
Category is Rainbow-She-Betta-Do.
First up, Shea Coulee.
- Graffiti Nefertiti.
- I decided to go in a little bit of a different direction and do a dress that is graffiti, and I'm just feeling this look so much.
- Tag, you're it.
[Michelle laughs.]
Sasha Velour.
Oh, gorgeous.
- Color blocking perfection.
- I'm giving a little nod to "The Wizard of Oz" and the importance of Dorothy to the gay community.
- Oh.
- Honey, I am home.
- Careful, before someone drops a house on you.
[Michelle laughs.]
- I'm filing for "section great.
" [all laugh.]
- Alexis Michelle.
- Rainbow Brite.
- Yes.
- This look is literal Pride flag.
Bright, loud, colorful, stripey.
-Taste the rainbow.
-Mmm.
- Trinity Taylor.
- That gives whole new meaning to strap-on.
- I'm giving you gay rainbow with a dash of dark lady.
- I wonder what's at the end of her rainbow.
-I just want her ass.
-Uh-huh.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint.
- Ooh, I wonder if her rug matches her drapes.
[all laugh.]
- My look is a classic Pride look.
I'm a classic beauty with a classic booty, and I'm working it like there is no other.
- This look brought to you by Skittles.
- Category is Sexy Unicorn.
Shea Coulee.
She's the black horse of this competition.
- 50 Shades of Shea.
- I'm giving you dark and lovely stallion.
You can just call me Neigh Coulee.
-Spank it.
-Oh.
Does she make you unicorn-y? [all laugh.]
Sasha Velour.
- Oh.
- It's the Chronicles of Drag-nia.
-Lord of the Hooves.
-Yes.
- When I think of a unicorn, I think of medieval tapestry, and I'm just selling that fantasy beast.
- The tip of her horn is bleeding.
I think this is a period costume.
[all laugh.]
- Alexis Michelle.
Now, she's a real hoofer.
- I am a glittery, gold unicorn.
Look at these hooves.
You know what they say about big hooves, don't you? - Now, that's what I call a fairytale.
- She's really feeling her oats.
- Trinity Taylor.
- She's got so much energy, it's like Lisa Crank.
[all laugh.]
- It's every little gay boy's pony fantasy: bubblegum, cotton candy, My Little Pony, and I live.
- Yeah, shake those tail feathers.
Peppermint.
- Horn-raiser.
- My sexy unicorn is a space unicorn.
I start to realize that my garment is a little baggy in some places, so I have to kind of move very strategically.
- Unicorn? I don't remember eating unicorn.
[Michelle laughs.]
- Category is Village People Eleganza Extravaganza.
Serving construction worker couture, Shea Coulee.
You better construction work.
- I deconstructed a whole bunch of flannel shirts to make a cape.
I got my hair wrapped up in a turban 'cause you do not want them edges to sweat out.
I am feeling invincible.
- Nailed it.
[all laugh.]
Serving cowboy couture, Sasha Velour.
- Putting the "ho" back in calico.
- I have this beautifully tailored red bandana outfit.
This, to me, is everything I love about fashion.
- Your country breakfast is ready.
Serving Native American couture, Alexis Michelle.
- Hey, Alexis, how's your head? - I'm so thrilled with how this bodice turned out.
I feel current, chic and I look like a million dollars.
- Well, somebody's gonna need an aspirin.
[all laugh.]
- Serving cop couture, Trinity Taylor.
- I like this because it goes from daytime to welding in one simple tilt of the head.
- I'm feeling strong and sexy.
I'm the bad cop that's coming for all the naughty boys.
Spread 'em.
- Yeah, she is armed and fabulous.
Serving leather biker couture, Peppermint.
Her safe word is "wintergreen.
" [all laugh.]
- I am all decked out in leather, and, honey, I'm gonna make them all my slaves.
You better call me Master.
Wha-tch! - I think you got a date later on, honey.
- Coming up Ladies, I have to ask, who deserves to go home tonight and why? [RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Welcome, ladies.
It's time for the judges' critiques, starting with Shea Coulee.
- Your rainbow was not rainbow at all, but it was so stunning.
- I just felt coming out in rainbow stripes would have been predictable.
- Right, but there wasn't one color of the rainbow in there.
Not one.
- This particular look that you're wearing right now, I think it's great.
I love the details.
But for me, the crowning glory is that patchwork flannel shirt/cape combo.
- Gives, like, a street style model off-duty meets couture, and I would totally wear that, so I hope we share the same size.
- Can we see that jacket? Can you spin around for us? - Wow.
-Riveting.
-Yes.
- No, that's what she was doing earlier.
[all laugh.]
- Thank you, Shea.
- Thank you.
- Up next, Sasha Velour.
- Let's start with your rhythmic gymnastics.
You had this psychotic Dorothy Hamill feel to you.
You had this plastered weird smile on your face.
It was really well done.
- I'm a little bit in love with you in general, I have to say.
There's something extremely modern about your style.
- This cowboy look, the details here are so great.
Super chic.
- Your unicorn.
It was executed flawlessly.
- And your rainbow look, I loved when you removed the hat and you gave us Little House On The Fairy.
That was amazing.
- Up next, Alexis Michelle.
- The gold unicorn, I really liked it.
There was something very childlike about it.
- For the rainbow, I feel it was too literal.
If they give you a theme, you should be able to take me there, you know.
And I felt like it needed a little bit more of a oomph.
And you look incredibly beautiful, but I feel if we take the bow out of your head, I can get that outfit at Ricky's.
It's a little bit lackluster.
- I would love to see this taken way over the top.
These two, they're taking an idea and giving it a real twist and just going balls deep, if you will.
- This is the final five, and there's so much more that could have been done.
- I nearly went blind stoning this thing.
- Got it.
Still underwhelming.
- Okay.
- Up next, Trinity Taylor.
- The rainbow look.
Does it look good? Yeah.
Is it the best you could do? No.
This is more like bar Trinity back at home.
- Let's talk about this runway look tonight.
I think this is so chic and so glamorous, and all of those little badges and pins are phenomenal.
The hair, the makeup, the visor, it's really cool.
- It's tough.
At the same time, it's feminine.
The ass looks amazing.
[laughs.]
I need to take myself to the gym after this.
- No, just the doctor.
[all laugh.]
- Up next, Peppermint.
- Your unicorn, that was fun, but there was a little bagginess going on in the crotch-al area.
- The rainbow I really loved because it was kind of French diva.
I had an instant flash of being in Paris, and I wanted to meet you in the park at night.
[all laugh.]
- What did you do in France, Andie? - In Paris.
Just call me anytime you're going to parties, okay? - And then, this look, you know, the silhouette is great.
I love all the details.
- As soon as you came out the runway, like, you owned it.
And I felt like you were gonna beat me up, but I loved it at the same time.
It was, like, I just loved the whole idea.
- Thank you.
- Ladies, at this crucial point in the competition, I have to ask, who deserves to go home tonight and why? Let's start with Shea Coulee.
- I would have to say Alexis Michelle.
- Sasha Velour.
- Alexis did really struggle.
I would have to say Alexis as well.
- Very interesting that they're not supportive of my look right now in front of the judges, considering they had nothing to say to me about it in the workroom.
Fucking shady whores.
- All right.
Alexis Michelle.
- Frankly, I'd have to say Peppermint.
She has a one-in-a-million personality, and I think that she's able to sell looks that aren't always finished.
- Trinity Taylor, same question.
- A huge pet peeve of mine is not paying attention to details, so I would have to say Peppermint.
- All right, Peppermint.
Your turn.
- Probably because she is my biggest competition, Trinity Taylor.
- Well, thank you, ladies.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
All right.
So just between us squirrel friends, what do you think? Let's start with Shea Coulee.
- Overall, I love everything she did.
The unicorn was very powerful.
- Construction couture, amazing.
One of my favorites.
- Her rainbow look did not read rainbow to me whatsoever.
- I could see in the movie "Paris Is Burning," people would be on the floor shouting, it is not a rainbow dress! - I get what everyone is saying, but the fact that she included makeup on her body, it was like an artwork.
- Shea Coulee came here to compete, and she knows how to do it.
Sasha Velour.
- I love Sasha because I think she's original.
- She gave us rainbow in a really different way, and the unicorn look stood out from the herd.
[all laugh.]
I just think she's chic as fuck.
- Her cowboy look was absolutely beautiful, but it was more fashion than it was drag.
- Yeah, I come to RuPaul's Drag Race not just to see a look that I'm going to go to Paris and I can see that down a runway.
Like, I just needed to be taken to that dream, that fantasy land.
- You know, I'm torn, because everything Sasha did was absolutely fantastic.
But is it gag-worthy for a ball? We're looking for the Harlem children to be saying, you are over.
You are over.
Miss Thing, you are over.
Alexis Michelle.
- Her rhythmic gymnastics thing, she just had so much enthusiasm for it and she gave us like Mary Lou Retton 1986 realness.
- Every time she came out on the stage, I was just so captivated by her beauty.
But everything else kind of like fell through.
- To me, that Native American fell completely short.
So many things she could have done to make it so much better and so much draggier.
And it looked like a shake and go that she had on tonight.
- The look was a little bit pedestrian.
- Again, we have to look at this as this is the top five and this is when you bring the best that you have.
- Yes.
- Trinity Taylor.
- The rainbow look, that was a real miss for me.
We need wow factor.
I want that look to be an event, and that was like an appetizer.
- And the unicorn, it wasn't my favorite, but I still thought it was a lot of fun.
- Even though her unicorn wasn't that special, she sold the fuck out of that thing.
- Yeah, she did.
- Her final look, however, was so fantastic.
Everything about it, from the hair down to the bottom just worked for me.
- Pep, Pep, Pep.
What's up, Peppermint? - I don't think she was a stand out in the rhythmic gymnastics number.
I didn't notice if she did a great job or a bad job.
I just didn't notice.
That's a problem.
- Her unicorn was definitely out of her comfort zone.
She had a "Hellraiser" thing going on with her head, and the idea was very forward thinking.
- But it kind of was ruined because the pieces didn't fit properly.
- But the last look, I felt like she owned it and it was so intimidating and just empowering.
- And I love the way she commanded the runway with it.
She was connecting with all of us.
You could tell that she was living.
- Silence.
I've made my decision.
Bring back my Village People.
- [laughs.]
[RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Sasha Velour, your three fashion looks really roped us in.
Shea Coulee, your three ball looks gagged the judges.
Shea Coulee, con-drag-ulations.
You're the winner of this week's challenge.
[applause.]
You've won two VIP tickets to Cirque Du Soleil's sexy adult cabaret Zumanity, including airfare and deluxe Las Vegas accommodations.
- Yes! Being in the top four feels so good.
I am feeling invincible.
- Sasha Velour, you're safe.
- Thank you.
- You may step to the back of the stage.
- Alexis Michelle, your Native American couture left the judges with reservations.
I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
- I'm pretty angry being placed in the bottom for this week.
Frankly, I think what I'm wearing is more fashion than what Trinity and Peppermint are wearing.
- Trinity Taylor, your cop rocked, but your other looks weren't as arresting.
Peppermint, your leather queen dominated, but your unicorn and rainbow were a little light in the loafers.
Peppermint, I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
Trinity Taylor, you're safe.
You may join the other girls.
Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from elimination.
The time has come [thunder.]
to lip synch [echoing.]
for your life.
Good luck and don't fuck it up.
[music plays.]
- Body, body, wanna feel my body? Wanna feel my body, baby? Such a thrill my body Such a thrill my body Yeah, yeah Talking about my body, well Listen here.
Every man wants to be a macho, macho man To have the kind of body always in demand You can best believe that he's a macho man Ready to get down with anyone he can Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! - Macho, macho man - Macho man, yeah - I've got to be a macho man - I've got to be a macho, macho man Hey, hey, I've got to be a macho - Whoo! - Oh! Oh! [all laugh.]
- Girl! - Body - Yeah - You'll adore - You'll adore my body, baby - Come explore - Come explore my body Yeah, yeah Made by God, my body, baby - It's so good, my body -Hey! You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk His western shirts and leather Always look so boss Funky with his body, he's a king Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey! - Macho, macho man - Macho man, yeah - I've got to be a macho man - I've got to be a macho, macho man Macho, macho man I've got to be a macho [cheers and applause.]
- Ladies, I've made my decision.
Peppermint, shantay, you stay.
You may join the other girls.
- Thank you.
- Alexis Michelle, to misquote Liza Minnelli, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
- [sobbing.]
Thank you so much.
- Now sashay away.
- Thank you.
[applause.]
Dream big, my girls.
I'm not really surprised.
It just wasn't my day.
I know it looks like I'm super sad, and the truth is I am.
I mean, it's hard to go home right before the end.
But I think what I'm really feeling is this was something I wanted for so, so long and I'm finally here.
I've learned that I have what it takes.
Let this statue be the first of many.
You like me.
You really like me.
- Well, look at you, my fab four.
Con-drag-ulations.
And remember, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you going love somebody else? Can I get an amen up in here? -Amen! -Amen! - Now let the music play.
- Hey, kitty girl It's your world Hey, kitty, kitty girl Whoa-oh-oh
[screams and applause.]
- Yeah, I'm having a hard time here.
- Nina wants to sew two whole outfits from scratch, and Nina don't know how to sew.
- Trinity Taylor.
- This was probably the tightest presentation.
- Alexis Michelle.
- The outfits are kind of real basic.
- Nina Bo'nina Brown.
- Even the bunny part was just sort of half done.
- Shea Coulee.
- It felt, like, you know, there's the star sister and then there's the other sister.
- Trinity Taylor, you're the winner of this week's challenge.
- Shea Coulee, shantay you stay.
Nina Bo'nina Brown Andre Charles, sashay away.
- Oh, my goodness.
- [sighs.]
Nina is gone.
She did bring a side of drag that most people don't see.
But I'm relieved.
The negative is gone.
It's time to move on.
- "Sue me.
Shea Coulee, hope you struggle cleaning this.
" [all laugh.]
But for real, girl, I still believe in you, bitch, and I can't wait to see what you do.
- Sorry.
I had to grab this 'cause I'm freaking cold.
- She might be cold, but her pussy is on fire 'cause you won, bitch.
- [cheering.]
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.
What did everybody feel about their critique? - So help me, God.
Michelle's opinion means so much to me.
I don't want her to have to tell me one more time to step up my look.
It feels like shit.
This is a serious top five, so I have to make sure that I am bringing it hard.
- So, Shea, not that I enjoyed you being in the bottom, but how's it feel to finally lip sync? - Whoo! - It really fucking sucks.
- If she would have sent your ass home, I would have been laughing all the way, bitch.
- Now that we're the top five, no one is safe.
One mistake and you're home.
- Girl, all I gotta say is free the tuck, honey.
Free the tuck.
- Ooh! [car engine starts.]
- The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race receives a one year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics and a cash prize of $100,000.
With extra special guest judges super-duper model Joan Smalls and Andie MacDowell.
- RuPaul's Drag Race - May the best woman - Best woman win - Yes, girl.
Top five, top five.
- Top five.
- Bitch, it's the top five.
I'm ready to slay my way to the top.
I'm taking this competition seriously.
[buzzing.]
Little bugs are my phobia.
I don't like gnats.
Gnats are the devil.
Is it around me? Please, kill it, kill it, kill it.
What was the question? - Hello, hello, hello.
-Hey! -Oh! - Ladies, for today's mini challenge, we're having ourselves a good old fashioned bitch fest, and we're doing it with puppets.
[screams and applause.]
Because why? [All.]
Everyone loves puppets.
- Exactly.
Pick out a puppet that represents one of your competitors, and drag it up.
First up, Shea Coulee.
Reach in, girl.
Don't be scared.
You know, you'd think that hole would be worn out after so many years.
- It's Peppermint.
- Next up, Sasha Velour.
- [gasps.]
It's Trinity.
- Trinity Taylor.
- Oh! I have Shea.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint.
- Alexis.
- All right, you're up, Alexis Michelle.
Here she comes.
[gasps.]
[all laugh.]
-It's a boy.
-It's a something.
- All right, you've got 20 minutes to drag up your puppet.
Go! [screams.]
- Start with the ass.
- I'm gonna fuck you up with this puppet, Alexis.
- I would never wear that color.
- Make sure you make it basic.
I feel like mine's very accurate.
- Bitch, that is a hot motherfucking mess.
- Exactly.
- All right, ladies.
Time's up.
From the Today Tix Theater, let the bitch fest begin.
- Hey, girl, you know what? You've been doing really well in this competition, Pepper.
How does that make you feel? - Aah! Oh, what's going on with the bottom of the outfit? Girl, you know what they say.
Power top, lazy bottom.
Ow! You do realize you got a little lace right here on your wig.
Let me get that-- Oh! Damn, girl! [all laugh.]
- I told y'all don't touch my wigs.
- Trinity, where are you? - I'm right here, girl.
I've gotta say, I've learned a lot about drag since I've been here.
It isn't just about silicone.
It's also about restylane, botox, and this little thing called hot glue that I'm just filling myself up with.
Ha! [all laugh.]
- Well, Trinity, you are often talking about sex.
- Oh, girl, I like fisting, glory holes, horse play.
That's where you have sex with Nina Bo'nina Brown.
[all laugh.]
Couch play.
That's where you have sex with Nina Bo'nina's Brown's padding.
[all laugh.]
Jelly play.
That's where you have sex with me.
Hey! [all laugh.]
- Oh, hi.
How are you, Shea? Well, you have won a lot of challenges this season, but it sure isn't on that makeup, is it? - Well, you know, this is how we do it in Chicago, bitch.
- You know, you might want to check your kitchen, girl, 'cause, you know, you already been clocked about that once.
- What you mean, girl? I have disco butt.
- You don't really have that much body, do you, honey? Do you need to go see my doctor? - No.
We do this natural in Chicago.
- Sasha, what is that over on your hand? - The feathers are the bird that's flying out of the cage.
I'm being freed.
- What's with the crown? - Well, Alexis, I really want to be America's next drag superstar.
- Sasha, don't you think that's a little literal? - It's not literal, it's felt.
It's meta.
- Wow, Sasha, that is really deep.
- End scene.
- Uncanny.
- Alexis Michelle, you look so fabulous today.
- Oh, thank you.
I'm just a Broadway girl - Okay, Alexis, we got it.
- Wait a minute.
I'll be right back.
- Don't take too long, 'cause you know it's showtime.
Alexis, what are you doing down there? - And I'm from Broadway - Why you fucking look so green, girl? - [deep voice.]
I'm not doping, bitch.
- [laughs.]
You shady ladies all did real good.
[all laugh.]
The winner is Sasha Velour.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.
- You've won a $500 gift card from Today Tix, the last minute theater ticket app.
- Trinity's ass floats to the top again.
- All right, ladies, it's time to celebrate our queer culture like only you queens can.
For this week's maxi challenge, we're throwing a ball.
But not just any old ball.
We're throwing the gayest ball ever! -Yeah.
-Ow! #GayestBallEver You'll need to work three different looks, each one more gay-tastic than the last.
First category is Rainbow-She-Betta-Do.
We want to see a flaming look inspired by the rainbow flag.
Second category is Sexy Unicorn.
-Yes! -Ooh.
- Hooves and horns and queens.
Oh, my! [all laugh.]
Third category is Village People Eleganza Extravaganza.
-Oh.
-Shit.
- Each of you needs to create a look inspired by the legendary group the Village People.
That's cowboy, cop, Native American, construction worker, and leather biker couture.
Rrr, rrr.
So I'm gonna head over to the YMCA and let you guys pick your own Village Person inspiration.
Start your engines, and may the best woman win.
[laugh.]
- We all agreed to be very diplomatic with the selection of the Village People look.
I end up choosing the leather biker look because it's all black, and everybody looks good in all black.
- Aah! Police brutality.
Hits too close to home.
- I chose the cop look.
I'm trying to, like, let loose a little bit, be a little bit more edgy.
So, Peppermint, what are you making? - I'm just trying to go for a very hyper-feminized version of the leather daddy/mommy.
- Pepper, are you going for like a fetishy look? - I don't really have much experience with the leather community.
I'm more like the pleather community.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint has a great personality.
She has a great personality.
But her looks, they're just not polished, so that could be her downfall.
- Coming up What do you think is going to be your winning ticket? - I can always count on my smarts.
- I want to do like a patchwork, big skirt-- - Wait.
Let me put my earring on.
- Uh-huh.
[RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- For today's maxi challenge, we're getting ready for the gayest ball ever.
I'm gonna shit glitter.
- I chose the Native American.
I want to give something that will feel a little bit tribal, but also ready to wear.
What I need to use is an editing eye in this challenge to make sure that it feels fresh.
This is my chance to say, like, I'm not basic, I have taste.
- Alexis needs to push her aesthetic further.
She needs to modernize it.
I feel like I could go to New York and throw a stone and hit five other queens that can do exactly what she does.
- Hi-ee.
-Hi.
-Hello.
- I'm here.
I'm queer.
Get used to it.
[cheers and laughter.]
-Hey, Sasha.
-Hi, RuPaul.
- Now, you chose the cowboy? - Yeah, the cowboy seems like a winning choice to me, and this fabric is incredible.
But constructing is not my strongest suit, so I have to be very, very clever.
- Yeah.
What do you think is gonna be your trump card? Oh, did I say fuck Trump? - Not today.
- Not on the day.
- Not today.
- What do you think is gonna be your winning ticket? - I can always count on my smarts to push me over the edge.
- So how are you going to reinterpret the rainbow flag? - Well, it really is quite a challenge, because I'm breaking it apart.
I'm deconstructing the rainbow-- God, that sounds overly intellectual, but I promise I have an interesting trick up my sleeve that I'm excited to pull out.
- Sasha is really, really, deep and puts a lot of thought into her drag, and that's both an advantage, but it's also kind of a disadvantage.
'Cause if nobody knows what the hell is going on, what difference does it make anyway? - Whoo.
- Alexis Michelle.
- Hi, RuPaul.
- Now, which character in the Village People are you-- - Wait.
Let me put my earring on.
Maybe you'll have some sense of what I'm doing.
Am I the cop? - I think you're the Native American.
- I'm the Native American.
- And why'd you choose that one? - I saw this bowl of these beautiful turquoise embellishments, and they spoke to me immediately, and I said, you know what? Build the look around these.
- Uh-huh.
Now, last week, the judges had some critiques about your aesthetic.
-Yes.
-How'd that make you feel? - You know, it hurt, actually.
I did sew my bodysuit and leotard.
They weren't Halloween costumes I bought in a store.
- It was just that the outfit you created wasn't two steps beyond.
- I think I'm on the right track this time, and it's time to be that Phoenix and rise up out of those ashes.
- Good, because, you know, we're down to the wire here.
This is it.
- This is it.
- I've chosen something very ambitious, with the amount of stoning that I intend to do to this bodice.
Now is the time I've really got to show that I belong here visually.
-Hi, Shea.
-Hey, Ru.
- I see lots of construction worker stuff here.
Why'd you choose the construction worker? - I'm a really big fan of British fashion, you know, Vivienne Westwood, Burberry.
and so I want to do, like, an interesting kind of like patchwork big skirt that has, like, a lot of, like, punk unfinished edges, but still really polished and fashion forward.
- Oh, my goodness.
That's a tall order.
Now, Shea, last week you wound up in the bottom two for the first time.
Did that shake you up? - Oh, girl, it shook me up.
It shook me down.
It shook me all around.
- This challenge will determine the final four, so this is big time.
This is no joke.
- Yeah, no.
My performance in last week's challenge was just a one time deal.
Ain't no slip-ups from here on out.
- All right, ladykins, gather round.
Now, tomorrow, in addition to your three ball looks, I want you to perform an opening number that pays tribute to the gayest Olympic sport ever rhythmic gymnastics.
[cheers and laughter.]
[cheers and screams.]
And that's how you get the gold medal here at "Drag Race.
" [cheering.]
Now, Sasha Velour, you won the bitch fest, so you're in charge of the choreography.
- Okay.
[laughs.]
- So good luck, and don't fuck it up.
[cheers and laughter.]
- Coming up - Ow! - Oh, my God.
Are you all right? - Sasha's certainly not delivering.
This rehearsal feels kind of unfocused.
- Crack the whip.
- I have been trying.
- Wham! [RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Whoo! - [laughs.]
Now it's time for us to rehearse our rhythmic gymnastics routine.
- All right, ladies, let's get to work.
- I still don't even know what rhythmic gymnastics is, but I'm gonna find out.
- One thing that I loved that I saw the Olympians do is, like, they hold out these things so we can have that pull apart moment.
- Yes.
So - One, two, three, four.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
- Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- This is ridiculous.
- Okay, okay, let's focus, let's focus.
- One, two, three-- - No, wait, Trinity.
- One, two, three, four-- - Ow! - Oh, my God.
Are you all right? - Oh, my God.
Is it red? - No, not yet.
- Bitches getting their ribbons tied in knots, getting slapped in the face.
It's actually not as easy as it looks.
- Okay, okay, so going from the beginning, I come up on three, and then all together we do something on four, right? - Yeah.
And for the next section, can we do five, six, seven, eight? - No.
What if the first time--okay.
So what if the first time we put Alexis in the middle? - Sasha's certainly not delivering.
This rehearsal feels kind of unfocused.
I grew up in the theater.
I know what it means to stage a musical number, so I have a perspective that could help the team out here.
Can I make a suggestion, ladies? What do you think about storm the judges, give good face? - I'd rather not let it down, actually.
I think it'll be sloppy picking it up.
I want to keep it as simple as possible.
- Are you guys all comfortable with, like, a battement? So if we were like Let it rise with attitude -Okay.
-Shea and Sasha think that their ideas are the best.
My point of view is just pushed aside as second rate.
May I suggest that we do figure eights in place for one, two, three-- - Well, that's gonna change how we get off.
- Well, maybe if we just move faster.
[all talking.]
- I don't want to move any faster.
- I do like adding the movement.
- All right, you guys.
We need to just decide.
- There's too many chiefs and not enough Indians.
Crack the whip.
- I have been trying.
- Sasha's too nice, 'cause I would have bitched slapped somebody.
Wham! And then twirled my ribbon.
- And back to work.
- Motherfucker.
- How's everybody's look coming along? -It's horrible! -[laughs.]
- I am fucking terrified.
- Sasha's rainbow runway look, it's very pedestrian.
- I'm doing the most time consuming part right now.
It's going to be, like, a patchwork on, like, flannel.
- So you're making a costume for Adore Delano? -Ooh.
-[laughs.]
- I didn't know she was part of the Village People, but okay.
- Well, no, she wasn't a part of the Village People, but she was top three, unlike you.
- Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo.
- I'm just not impressed by Shea.
Cut-off shorts and a wife beater? Really? Does it look like a construction worker? Bitch, no.
So how do you feel about the routine, Sasha? - I feel, um I feel good about it.
These are very fun to watch, these spinning ribbons.
- If you're a kitty.
- Even if you're not.
- I'm glad it wasn't any longer than it was.
- Ru better give us sunglasses, 'cause it's getting hella shady up in here.
- Honestly-- - Uh-oh.
Get ready, girl.
- I think that the dance element is not your comfort zone, and I saw your insecurity around that, and it came out a little bit in your behavior.
- I don't think that I was insecure in the rehearsal at all.
To be honest, I was not being listened to.
- I don't think you stood up as a leader, though.
- In my opinion, she was trying to steer the ship, and all of us were just, like, blah-blah-blah.
- I did not feel you steering the ship.
- It's clear that my strategy did not work for you, Miss Alexis.
- Frankly, I also feel like you sort of explicitly trust Shea and Shea's vision more than other folks.
- Actually, no.
I felt like Shea was stepping on my toes a little bit.
- I was honesty just sharing my ideas, you know.
- You definitely just, like, straight up talked over me a bunch of times, and it was very challenging.
- It's going to be a tough battle to get to the top four.
I see the claws come out.
Rreer! Pfft, pfft.
It ain't RuPaul's Best Friend Race no more.
- Aah! - Coming up - I'm living for this look.
- Chic as fuck.
- You are over.
[all laugh.]
[bell rings.]
[RuPaul laughs.]
- Covergirl, put the bass in your walk Head to toe, let your whole body talk And what? - Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Trapped in the body of a straight girl, it's my gay best friend Michelle Visage.
- Let me out.
Let me out.
- Oh, honey, you've been out for a while.
[all laugh.]
A man who's no stranger to balls, style superstar Carson Kressley.
- I love a good ball.
Two's even better.
- [laughs.]
And super-duper model Joan Smalls.
Welcome to my runway.
- Thank you for having me.
I'm super excited.
- You look gorgeous.
- Trying to keep up with you.
- [deep voice.]
Oh, you gonna need a few years for that, son.
That was my Lady Bunny impersonation.
And the beautiful Andie MacDowell.
You ready for some sex, lives and tucking tape? - Oh, baby, am I.
- We're so glad you're here tonight.
This week, we challenged our queens to turn out three gag-worthy looks for the gayest ball ever.
But first, to get this ball rolling, category is Rhythmic Gymnastics A-Go-Go.
- [laughs.]
- Gentlemen, start your engines and may the best woman win.
Representing the U.
S.
of Gay, it's the RuPaul Rhythmic Gymnastics team.
- Give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude If you give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude Storm the judges, give them face Posture, doll, hand on the waist A diva knows her obstacles Sell it back, but don't stop the show - Get your ass on up - Give your all So what if you fall? Legends rise with attitude [laughter and applause.]
- Hit the showers, girls.
[applause.]
I think my girls are doping.
- [gasps.]
- Can you feel the love? - Let's get this ball rolling.
Category is Rainbow-She-Betta-Do.
First up, Shea Coulee.
- Graffiti Nefertiti.
- I decided to go in a little bit of a different direction and do a dress that is graffiti, and I'm just feeling this look so much.
- Tag, you're it.
[Michelle laughs.]
Sasha Velour.
Oh, gorgeous.
- Color blocking perfection.
- I'm giving a little nod to "The Wizard of Oz" and the importance of Dorothy to the gay community.
- Oh.
- Honey, I am home.
- Careful, before someone drops a house on you.
[Michelle laughs.]
- I'm filing for "section great.
" [all laugh.]
- Alexis Michelle.
- Rainbow Brite.
- Yes.
- This look is literal Pride flag.
Bright, loud, colorful, stripey.
-Taste the rainbow.
-Mmm.
- Trinity Taylor.
- That gives whole new meaning to strap-on.
- I'm giving you gay rainbow with a dash of dark lady.
- I wonder what's at the end of her rainbow.
-I just want her ass.
-Uh-huh.
[all laugh.]
- Peppermint.
- Ooh, I wonder if her rug matches her drapes.
[all laugh.]
- My look is a classic Pride look.
I'm a classic beauty with a classic booty, and I'm working it like there is no other.
- This look brought to you by Skittles.
- Category is Sexy Unicorn.
Shea Coulee.
She's the black horse of this competition.
- 50 Shades of Shea.
- I'm giving you dark and lovely stallion.
You can just call me Neigh Coulee.
-Spank it.
-Oh.
Does she make you unicorn-y? [all laugh.]
Sasha Velour.
- Oh.
- It's the Chronicles of Drag-nia.
-Lord of the Hooves.
-Yes.
- When I think of a unicorn, I think of medieval tapestry, and I'm just selling that fantasy beast.
- The tip of her horn is bleeding.
I think this is a period costume.
[all laugh.]
- Alexis Michelle.
Now, she's a real hoofer.
- I am a glittery, gold unicorn.
Look at these hooves.
You know what they say about big hooves, don't you? - Now, that's what I call a fairytale.
- She's really feeling her oats.
- Trinity Taylor.
- She's got so much energy, it's like Lisa Crank.
[all laugh.]
- It's every little gay boy's pony fantasy: bubblegum, cotton candy, My Little Pony, and I live.
- Yeah, shake those tail feathers.
Peppermint.
- Horn-raiser.
- My sexy unicorn is a space unicorn.
I start to realize that my garment is a little baggy in some places, so I have to kind of move very strategically.
- Unicorn? I don't remember eating unicorn.
[Michelle laughs.]
- Category is Village People Eleganza Extravaganza.
Serving construction worker couture, Shea Coulee.
You better construction work.
- I deconstructed a whole bunch of flannel shirts to make a cape.
I got my hair wrapped up in a turban 'cause you do not want them edges to sweat out.
I am feeling invincible.
- Nailed it.
[all laugh.]
Serving cowboy couture, Sasha Velour.
- Putting the "ho" back in calico.
- I have this beautifully tailored red bandana outfit.
This, to me, is everything I love about fashion.
- Your country breakfast is ready.
Serving Native American couture, Alexis Michelle.
- Hey, Alexis, how's your head? - I'm so thrilled with how this bodice turned out.
I feel current, chic and I look like a million dollars.
- Well, somebody's gonna need an aspirin.
[all laugh.]
- Serving cop couture, Trinity Taylor.
- I like this because it goes from daytime to welding in one simple tilt of the head.
- I'm feeling strong and sexy.
I'm the bad cop that's coming for all the naughty boys.
Spread 'em.
- Yeah, she is armed and fabulous.
Serving leather biker couture, Peppermint.
Her safe word is "wintergreen.
" [all laugh.]
- I am all decked out in leather, and, honey, I'm gonna make them all my slaves.
You better call me Master.
Wha-tch! - I think you got a date later on, honey.
- Coming up Ladies, I have to ask, who deserves to go home tonight and why? [RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Welcome, ladies.
It's time for the judges' critiques, starting with Shea Coulee.
- Your rainbow was not rainbow at all, but it was so stunning.
- I just felt coming out in rainbow stripes would have been predictable.
- Right, but there wasn't one color of the rainbow in there.
Not one.
- This particular look that you're wearing right now, I think it's great.
I love the details.
But for me, the crowning glory is that patchwork flannel shirt/cape combo.
- Gives, like, a street style model off-duty meets couture, and I would totally wear that, so I hope we share the same size.
- Can we see that jacket? Can you spin around for us? - Wow.
-Riveting.
-Yes.
- No, that's what she was doing earlier.
[all laugh.]
- Thank you, Shea.
- Thank you.
- Up next, Sasha Velour.
- Let's start with your rhythmic gymnastics.
You had this psychotic Dorothy Hamill feel to you.
You had this plastered weird smile on your face.
It was really well done.
- I'm a little bit in love with you in general, I have to say.
There's something extremely modern about your style.
- This cowboy look, the details here are so great.
Super chic.
- Your unicorn.
It was executed flawlessly.
- And your rainbow look, I loved when you removed the hat and you gave us Little House On The Fairy.
That was amazing.
- Up next, Alexis Michelle.
- The gold unicorn, I really liked it.
There was something very childlike about it.
- For the rainbow, I feel it was too literal.
If they give you a theme, you should be able to take me there, you know.
And I felt like it needed a little bit more of a oomph.
And you look incredibly beautiful, but I feel if we take the bow out of your head, I can get that outfit at Ricky's.
It's a little bit lackluster.
- I would love to see this taken way over the top.
These two, they're taking an idea and giving it a real twist and just going balls deep, if you will.
- This is the final five, and there's so much more that could have been done.
- I nearly went blind stoning this thing.
- Got it.
Still underwhelming.
- Okay.
- Up next, Trinity Taylor.
- The rainbow look.
Does it look good? Yeah.
Is it the best you could do? No.
This is more like bar Trinity back at home.
- Let's talk about this runway look tonight.
I think this is so chic and so glamorous, and all of those little badges and pins are phenomenal.
The hair, the makeup, the visor, it's really cool.
- It's tough.
At the same time, it's feminine.
The ass looks amazing.
[laughs.]
I need to take myself to the gym after this.
- No, just the doctor.
[all laugh.]
- Up next, Peppermint.
- Your unicorn, that was fun, but there was a little bagginess going on in the crotch-al area.
- The rainbow I really loved because it was kind of French diva.
I had an instant flash of being in Paris, and I wanted to meet you in the park at night.
[all laugh.]
- What did you do in France, Andie? - In Paris.
Just call me anytime you're going to parties, okay? - And then, this look, you know, the silhouette is great.
I love all the details.
- As soon as you came out the runway, like, you owned it.
And I felt like you were gonna beat me up, but I loved it at the same time.
It was, like, I just loved the whole idea.
- Thank you.
- Ladies, at this crucial point in the competition, I have to ask, who deserves to go home tonight and why? Let's start with Shea Coulee.
- I would have to say Alexis Michelle.
- Sasha Velour.
- Alexis did really struggle.
I would have to say Alexis as well.
- Very interesting that they're not supportive of my look right now in front of the judges, considering they had nothing to say to me about it in the workroom.
Fucking shady whores.
- All right.
Alexis Michelle.
- Frankly, I'd have to say Peppermint.
She has a one-in-a-million personality, and I think that she's able to sell looks that aren't always finished.
- Trinity Taylor, same question.
- A huge pet peeve of mine is not paying attention to details, so I would have to say Peppermint.
- All right, Peppermint.
Your turn.
- Probably because she is my biggest competition, Trinity Taylor.
- Well, thank you, ladies.
I think we've heard enough.
While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.
All right.
So just between us squirrel friends, what do you think? Let's start with Shea Coulee.
- Overall, I love everything she did.
The unicorn was very powerful.
- Construction couture, amazing.
One of my favorites.
- Her rainbow look did not read rainbow to me whatsoever.
- I could see in the movie "Paris Is Burning," people would be on the floor shouting, it is not a rainbow dress! - I get what everyone is saying, but the fact that she included makeup on her body, it was like an artwork.
- Shea Coulee came here to compete, and she knows how to do it.
Sasha Velour.
- I love Sasha because I think she's original.
- She gave us rainbow in a really different way, and the unicorn look stood out from the herd.
[all laugh.]
I just think she's chic as fuck.
- Her cowboy look was absolutely beautiful, but it was more fashion than it was drag.
- Yeah, I come to RuPaul's Drag Race not just to see a look that I'm going to go to Paris and I can see that down a runway.
Like, I just needed to be taken to that dream, that fantasy land.
- You know, I'm torn, because everything Sasha did was absolutely fantastic.
But is it gag-worthy for a ball? We're looking for the Harlem children to be saying, you are over.
You are over.
Miss Thing, you are over.
Alexis Michelle.
- Her rhythmic gymnastics thing, she just had so much enthusiasm for it and she gave us like Mary Lou Retton 1986 realness.
- Every time she came out on the stage, I was just so captivated by her beauty.
But everything else kind of like fell through.
- To me, that Native American fell completely short.
So many things she could have done to make it so much better and so much draggier.
And it looked like a shake and go that she had on tonight.
- The look was a little bit pedestrian.
- Again, we have to look at this as this is the top five and this is when you bring the best that you have.
- Yes.
- Trinity Taylor.
- The rainbow look, that was a real miss for me.
We need wow factor.
I want that look to be an event, and that was like an appetizer.
- And the unicorn, it wasn't my favorite, but I still thought it was a lot of fun.
- Even though her unicorn wasn't that special, she sold the fuck out of that thing.
- Yeah, she did.
- Her final look, however, was so fantastic.
Everything about it, from the hair down to the bottom just worked for me.
- Pep, Pep, Pep.
What's up, Peppermint? - I don't think she was a stand out in the rhythmic gymnastics number.
I didn't notice if she did a great job or a bad job.
I just didn't notice.
That's a problem.
- Her unicorn was definitely out of her comfort zone.
She had a "Hellraiser" thing going on with her head, and the idea was very forward thinking.
- But it kind of was ruined because the pieces didn't fit properly.
- But the last look, I felt like she owned it and it was so intimidating and just empowering.
- And I love the way she commanded the runway with it.
She was connecting with all of us.
You could tell that she was living.
- Silence.
I've made my decision.
Bring back my Village People.
- [laughs.]
[RuPaul laughs, bell rings.]
- Welcome back, ladies.
I've made some decisions.
Sasha Velour, your three fashion looks really roped us in.
Shea Coulee, your three ball looks gagged the judges.
Shea Coulee, con-drag-ulations.
You're the winner of this week's challenge.
[applause.]
You've won two VIP tickets to Cirque Du Soleil's sexy adult cabaret Zumanity, including airfare and deluxe Las Vegas accommodations.
- Yes! Being in the top four feels so good.
I am feeling invincible.
- Sasha Velour, you're safe.
- Thank you.
- You may step to the back of the stage.
- Alexis Michelle, your Native American couture left the judges with reservations.
I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
- I'm pretty angry being placed in the bottom for this week.
Frankly, I think what I'm wearing is more fashion than what Trinity and Peppermint are wearing.
- Trinity Taylor, your cop rocked, but your other looks weren't as arresting.
Peppermint, your leather queen dominated, but your unicorn and rainbow were a little light in the loafers.
Peppermint, I'm sorry, my dear, but you are up for elimination.
Trinity Taylor, you're safe.
You may join the other girls.
Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save yourself from elimination.
The time has come [thunder.]
to lip synch [echoing.]
for your life.
Good luck and don't fuck it up.
[music plays.]
- Body, body, wanna feel my body? Wanna feel my body, baby? Such a thrill my body Such a thrill my body Yeah, yeah Talking about my body, well Listen here.
Every man wants to be a macho, macho man To have the kind of body always in demand You can best believe that he's a macho man Ready to get down with anyone he can Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! - Macho, macho man - Macho man, yeah - I've got to be a macho man - I've got to be a macho, macho man Hey, hey, I've got to be a macho - Whoo! - Oh! Oh! [all laugh.]
- Girl! - Body - Yeah - You'll adore - You'll adore my body, baby - Come explore - Come explore my body Yeah, yeah Made by God, my body, baby - It's so good, my body -Hey! You can tell a macho, he has a funky walk His western shirts and leather Always look so boss Funky with his body, he's a king Call him Mister Ego, dig his chains Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey! - Macho, macho man - Macho man, yeah - I've got to be a macho man - I've got to be a macho, macho man Macho, macho man I've got to be a macho [cheers and applause.]
- Ladies, I've made my decision.
Peppermint, shantay, you stay.
You may join the other girls.
- Thank you.
- Alexis Michelle, to misquote Liza Minnelli, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
- [sobbing.]
Thank you so much.
- Now sashay away.
- Thank you.
[applause.]
Dream big, my girls.
I'm not really surprised.
It just wasn't my day.
I know it looks like I'm super sad, and the truth is I am.
I mean, it's hard to go home right before the end.
But I think what I'm really feeling is this was something I wanted for so, so long and I'm finally here.
I've learned that I have what it takes.
Let this statue be the first of many.
You like me.
You really like me.
- Well, look at you, my fab four.
Con-drag-ulations.
And remember, if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you going love somebody else? Can I get an amen up in here? -Amen! -Amen! - Now let the music play.
- Hey, kitty girl It's your world Hey, kitty, kitty girl Whoa-oh-oh