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RuPaul: Previously on RuPaul's Drag Race...

You'll be improv-ing a show

we like to call the World's Worst.

♪ Row, row, row your boat ♪

All: Three girls with one brain.

I'm a fierce brocc-ally.

Nicky Doll.

I felt you disappeared a little bit.

Dahlia Sin.

The broccoli was just lost in the sauce.

Sherry Pie.

You are the winner of this week's challenge.

Nicky Doll, enchanté, you stay.

Dahlia Sin, sashay away.

Whew!

Ooh, child.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

First elimination has just happened.

Dahlia is no longer with us.

RIP, honey.

"I love you all, Dahlia."

Love you, too, Dahlia.

I think that this was a pretty fucking strong wake-up call.

Every single episode, one of us is gone.

Dahlia going home,

like, one of the most beautiful girls amongst us,

it feels like anyone can go home.

Now the competition has begun.

I love you, Broccoli.

[all laugh]

After the lip sync, I have a fire under my ass.

And if I have what it takes to send Dahlia home,

I have what it takes to send all the other girls back home, too.

So be ready for the French bitch,

because she's coming for you.

[speaking French]subtitle

It feels so, like, mixed emotions

that, like, Dahlia just left

and Sherry just won at the same time, so, yeah.

-Congratulations! -Yeah!

-Yes! -Thank you.

I am feeling a bit vindicated.

Like, bitch, I told you so.

You didn't lead us at all.

At times, I felt like we were carrying you.

I thought I did a good job.

I am happy that I chose

two powerhouses of queens for my team,

and we fucking did it.

I still think that Aiden is a weak competitor,

but she's definitely a smart bitch.

I mean, she picked me.

I thought I did a good job.

I mean, it would have been nice to get critiqued on something

that I like to think that I'm very, very good at.

It was nice to be safe,

but, like, I wanna be at the top, honey.

Because of Brita's reputation in New York,

she came in here expecting that her name

would carry her through the competition

and that she would slay.

But unfortunately, Brita, it doesn't work that way.

It's like Nicky said.

I mean, different situations, of course,

but it's a wake-up call for me.

I feel like the past two challenges

have been things that I should be excelling in.

I sing, I dance, I do improv.

I wanna be in the top. I want $5.000, too.

Jan seems to be really pissed.

Bitch, I just lip synced for my life

and I'm listening to you saying, like,

"I really wanna be on the top."

Well, listen, that was the first one down.

There's gonna be many more.

That's right, 12 girls...

All: With one brain. [all laugh]

And if we ever work in a group again

and I tell you we fucking did good and to calm down,

listen to me, bitch!

For me, I thought I did light makeup for that.

I'm not gonna lie. Your makeup is distracting.

You thought you did light makeup for the challenge?

-Yeah! -Girl!

What the hell? That's light makeup for you?

I don't even do that face on New Year's Eve.

What light makeup are you talking about?

I'm glad you're still here, Nicky.

But watch out. You're next. [all laugh]

This is a very strong group of girls,

so it's time to start stepping up my game.

Oh! This is still a competition.

Even though we're playing nice, we gotta play to win.

I gotta play to win.

Whew!

Whoo!

RuPaul: 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 judge Leslie Jones.

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

♪ May the best woman ♪

♪ Best woman win ♪

Another day, another dollar.

A little skip-skippy-dippy-dip.

I wasn't at the top in this last challenge.

Going forward, I need to show the judges

the true Brita that everyone in New York City knows, loves,

and the reason why I'm perfectly capable

of winning this entire goddamn thing.

How'd y'all sleep? Y'all sleep good?

-Yeah. -So well.

I slept like a baby.

I had an amazing dream last night.

-What was it? -What was it about?

I won RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12.

And then you woke up.

[all laugh]

[alarm]

RuPaul: Ooh, girl! [cheering]

She done already done had herses.

My queens, does a baller make you holler?

Well, take a swing, Miss Thing,

and then drop it like it's hot,

or you're gonna have to bounce.

-[gasps] -Swish-swish, bish.

[cheers and applause]

Hello, hello, hello!

[cheering]

Yes!

Ladies, America's next drag superstar

needs to think globally and act locally.

For today's mini-challenge, you'll be raising awareness

of the world's declining bee population.

-Aw. -Aw.

By shaking your stingers

to a buzzy little mash-up we calling The Beehive Jive.

[cheering]

♪ Oh, Pit Crew ♪

-Oh! -Oh!

I've never seen you wear more clothes.

Now, using these bee-utiful fixins,

plus hair products from Hask and pads from Planet Pepper,

you've got 20 minutes to get into quick bee drag.

#DragRace.

Get to it, busy bees!

It's complete, utter chaos.

Bees communicate through dance,

and the only thing that we're communicating right now is aah!

Bitch, I look butch.

RuPaul: Ladies, time's up.

Beehive, get in formation.

Now, bees are a crucial part of our ecosystem,

pollinating fruits, vegetables, and the grains we eat.

So basically, without bees, we are fucked.

And without dees--

[all laugh]

Let's keep the bees alive doing The Beehive Jive.

Hit it!

[Flight of the Bumblebee plays]

Where's my EpiPen?

[record scratch, Freaky Money plays]

Widow Von'Du!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

Come on, party bee.

[cheering]

Jackie Cox.

-Hey! -Come on, girl!

Yes, Jackie!

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that sting.

Sherry Pie.

[Record scratch, Flight of the Bumblebee plays]

[record scratch, Freaky Money plays]

Rock M. Sakura.

She needs to run a honeycomb through that wig.

[cheering]

Why are you killing the bees?

[all laugh]

Heidi!

I will never say "Heidi N Closet" ever again.

I'm just putting that out there.

My bee likes to make a statement.

If you take a close look at her drawers,

it says, "Bee-lieve."

[laughs]

Don't get your knickers in a honeybunch.

What did I call me?

Brita. [laughs]

Yeah!

Whoo!

Nicky Doll. Get it, Miss Sting.

Oh!

[cheering]

Jaida Essence Hall.

Come on, girl.

[laughs]

Whoo!

Ooh, she is giving me Bee-yonce.

Aiden Zhane.

Ooh, and this bitch is giving me Bee Arthur.

Aiden is definitely the Edith Piaf of the beehive.

Bitch look sad.

Simply Jan.

[cheering]

Oh, honey.

Yes, honey!

Crystal Methyd.

Ooh, careful with that stinger.

Just the tip.

[cheering]

Gigi Goode.

[cheering]

-Yes! -[laughs]

Hey!

Yes!

[cheering]

Shake that stinger, mama!

Ladies, the winner of today's mini-challenge is...

Gigi Goode.

Yes! [applause]

Yes, I won the mini-challenge! [laughs]

I think this means

that I'm the Queen Bee of the season, doesn't it?

Con-drag-ulations.

You've won $2.500 cash money, henny.

Okay! All right!

And in your name,

Hask will be making a $2.500 donation

to the HoneyBeeConservancy.org,

where you'll find simple things you can do to save the bees.

Aw. Yay! [applause]

And most importantly,

we'll be posting your bee videos

on Instagram at RuPaul's Drag Race

to haunt you for the rest of your lives.

[all laugh]

Now, ladies, did you know Drag Race and sports

have a lot in common?

They both involve competition,

colorful outfits,

and balls.

Okay.

So for this week's maxi-challenge,

we are throwing a fashion ball, darling.

[cheering]

Why y'all gagging so?

She bring it to you every ball.

Always gagging on the balls.

Now, you need to slam-dunk three homerun looks.

The first look is Lady Baller,

serving sexy Title IX realness.

Second look, Basketball Wife Realness,

a posh look that screams,

"He owns everything, henny."

And for your third lurk,

you need to design and create

a look that serves Balls to the Wall Eleganza.

[murmuring]

Now, to create your eleganza look,

you can play with all these balls,

plus materials from the F&S Fabrics wall.

I have been waiting for a design challenge,

so I'm really excited to show what I can deliver.

Hey, listen, I gotta bounce,

but, uh, gentlemen, start your engines,

and may the best woman win.

[cheers and applause]

[sighs] I am a little nervous.

You know, this is the first design challenge we have,

and I've only sewn one garment before this.

So just pray for me.break

Gimme the balls!

This week's challenge is the Ball Ball.

We have three categories.

Our first two looks

can be pulled from our wardrobe that we brought with us,

but the Balls to the Wall Eleganza

must be constructed while we are here from scratch.

[crash] Oh, my God.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

-Brita! -Brita!

Come on, Season 12, let's get sewing!

Hey, miss. What are you doing?

I wanted to have a little bit of Latin flair.

Mm.

Carmen Miranda's a big inspiration of mine

because I like wearing lots of necklaces and bracelets.

I wanted to show the judges my Mexican side,

so I thought it would be fun

to glue a bunch of balls to my head.

And I wanna look like I'm a piñata.

Doing everything myself is something

that I'm really proud of when it comes to my drag.

I'm excited to show everyone what I can do.

I'm also really excited to see some people fail.

Oh, wow.

These were the very first things I saw,

and I made sure that nobody else was gonna get these,

because I have a plan.

I have a plan, too.

You got cheese balls?

-Girl. -Just to snack on?

I'm gonna step on the runway and be like...

My ball comes from the voguing scene

in Harlem, New York, in the eighties,

and it's basically categories

that you have to portray yourself in.

And you have to sell the garment, darling.

Miss Nicky. So what are you doing?

I'm really gonna do, like, this fringe dress.

But covered with those fringes, so it's just gonna--

I'm gonna have, like, a very tight structure.

Oh, it's just gonna move.

And it's gonna move on the legs.

I feel like they have been praising me for the fashion,

but arriving with fashion is good,

but you wanna show them

that you're really part of the process,

and this is my attempt to show them that I can do that.

Great.

Finally, no English needed for that one, honey.

No, bitch.

Finally, something that I can fucking slay.

I don't have to work with bitches I don't know.

I'm just relying on myself.

This is creative, this is fashion-forward,

this is what I like to do.

It's good to be a good seamstress,

but it's better to be a good designer.

I like what Nicky's doing right now.

My biggest threat in this challenge is Nicky Doll.

She definitely has a concept together,

so I do kind of feel a little bit of pressure on me

to kind of step up my game.

I think I'm gonna go, like, really mod sixties

and just, like, add these balls every which way.

-Whichever way you can, yeah. -Yeah, girl.

Oh, bitch.

Since, though, I am a seamstress,

I really pride myself on being able to construct a garment.

I wanna make this look like something

that was very impeccably put together.

I wanna win this challenge, you know?

You said you used to play soccer, right, Jan?

I did. I grew up playing soccer my entire life.

Does this hurt you, seeing this soccer ball destroyed?

No, because it's just like the patriarchy.

Oh, yes. Tear it down, rebuild it.

I started playing sports when I grew up.

Soccer was my number one thing, and I played that for 13 years.

Growing up in a Catholic school, it's not really great to be gay.

And because I played sports,

I think that people kind of gave me a little bit of a pass,

because they thought, oh, well, he's really athletic,

so he can't be that gay.

Like, sure.

But I like to call myself the Troy Bolton of drag,

because, yes, I do love sports,

but I also love some musical theater.

I love to belt it out.

Getting your patterns out, girl?

Yes'm.

Remember, the neck is at the top.

[laughs]

Right now, I am freaking out.

Everyone is, like, cutting fabric,

they have, like, concepts laid out,

and I'm--I don't-- I have no idea what I'm doing.

Jackie, I got it.

I think you're done, Brita.

I think this is it.

I might get eliminated, though, because I have no shape.

Round is a shape, actually.

[laughs and coughs]

My asthma.

Is that cheating if I just wear this as a hoop skirt?

Pineapple Princess.

I could be a pineapple. I have enough green.

-There you go. -That's pretty freaking cute.

Now I have a concept,

but, like, how the fuck am I gonna construct this?

Like, I don't know what I'm doing.

Gigi, you sew, right?

Yes, ma'am.

I'm gonna need some help.

I'm freaking out a little bit.break

This week's challenge is the Ball Ball.

We're gonna have some basketball, some football,

some hanging balls, some highballs, some lowballs.

-Jan's got a plan. -Blue balls.

I'm just ready to play with the balls.

Let's go. [laughs]

In order to make the look that I've envisioned,

I'm gonna go with this method that we use for cosplay.

You create a cast of your body

using tights and some duct tape.

Crrrrk!

Crrrrk!

Who wrapping gifts over there?

Rock M., what are you doing?

The roll's too loud! I can't hear you!

When you wrap all this duct tape around your body,

it'll hold the shape of your body

and then it'll become the base of my outfit.

Ah, she's free!

My goal is to put as many balls as possible on this dress,

and to really impress the judges

with just how big my outfit is gonna be.

I need more duct tape.

Someone that I'm concerned for is Rock M.

I'm very confused on what's going on.

It looks like a science fair project gone wrong.

We're all still hustling,

we're all still trying to think how can we make this better?

How can we top ourselves?

How do we turn this from an outfit to an eleganza?

So, friends, what do we think

the judges are actually looking for in this challenge?

It has to read ball, but scream high fashion.

-Exactly. -Just walk down the runway,

and you scream "high fashion" at the top of your lungs.

High fashion!

This is high fashion!

Balenciaga!

Screaming high fashion right now.

Wow. [laughs]

The concept for my Balls to the Wall Eleganza look

is a beautiful white gown.

There's more white balls somewhere.

Normally, I'm not the type

to be running around playing with white balls.

But for this look, I'm gonna have to get my hands

on as many white balls as I can.

♪ She's gonna need a bunch of popcorn balls ♪

♪ To make it through ♪

♪ She's gonna take some wiffle balls ♪

♪ To make it through ♪

Jaida's got this white gown going on.

I don't think it's a cute bottom of it.

It kind of disconnects a little bit.

She was gonna be a lovely gown,

but, darling, major issues I'm running into at this moment.

My original idea is to make this beautiful gown.

But I just realized that there are not enough white balls

to do exactly what it is that I want to do.

So right now my heart is palpitating shit.

I don't know what the hell is going on.

A bitch is going through a little bit of panicking.

Bitch, this might have to be a leotard.

I'm sewing my base garment,

and then I realize, oh, my God,

I just spent so much time making this stupid base.

Like, oh, my God, I'm running out of time

to put these balls on it.

And, oh, my God, am I gonna have time

to make this dress come to fruition?

The stress is setting in.

I have to cover this whole thing in balls,

and I've already spent hours just making a white dress.

Oh, I hope it's enough.

Other girls have half-finished garments,

so I feel kind of fucked right now.

I'm really enjoying this black-and-white theme.

My look is turning into sort of a pinup kind of moment.

I'm honestly loving what I'm creating.

The only thing about mine is I'm just, as of now,

hoping it's not too simple, maybe.

[clucks tongue]

I am racking my brain,

trying to find ways to zhuzh up this outfit.

[hums]

But I am feeling like if I add anything else,

it's going to lose shape, it's going to lose meaning.

And one thing I don't wanna do

is walk down that runway looking like a mess.

Like I said, I know it's, like, more simple.

Mm-hmm.

But that's, like, generally my drag.

I'm most worried for Aiden.

It's a two-colored corset with a couple of droopy balls.

[nervous chuckle]

It's not necessarily about--

-Having to have the most on. -Having it be the most, yeah.

It's if you have a strong concept.

This is, like, referee.

It fits perfectly with the sports theme.

I didn't even think of that, yeah.

Bitch, you didn't know that you were creating

a pinstriped white and black costume

that resembles a referee?

It's a ball challenge.

Girl, what?

I'm trying to think if I have a whistle

that could go with that.

That would be hilarious.

Jan has pointed out that it sort of reads as referee,

and it's this sort of lightbulb moment

that's just adding another layer of confidence on my outfit.

I think I might be pretty much done.

Aiden is done working on it,

and isn't really going the extra mile

to see if there's anything else that he can add to the look.break

Woop, woop, woop, woop.

It's time to get ready for the ball.

Yesterday I just wasn't really sure

if this dress was going to come together

the way that I wanted it to,

but last night I was able to work on my dress,

so this morning I've just decided

to hike up my panties and make it fucking work.

[laughs] Oh, my gosh.

Get your inches!

Nicky, we gotta put our wigs on.

Okay, let's see who has the best human hair.

One, two, three.

Oh, yeah.

You just slapped me with your hair, bitch!

Well, that's what happens

when you have this much volume, Nicky.

Too much volume. Real.

The problem that Nicky is having in this competition

is that she's not letting the judges

see the goofy side that we all see.

I feel like Ellen DeGeneres.

[all laugh]

And that's not gonna bode very well for her.

How you feeling, Miss Heidi?

I'm feeling good.

My vision kind of came together.

It's really cool.

It's very clean. I love the lines.

I didn't want it to just be a bunch of balls everywhere.

[laughs]

I wanted--I wanted--

Good thing she's on the other side of the room right now.

I wanted them to be, like--

Miss Thing.

I wanted them to be meticulously placed.

Uh-huh, I see.

The shade starts this week.

Rock M.'s garment could use a little bit of editing.

It's a little too...

It is balls to the wall, and that it is,

very balls to the, mm, wall.

[tongue pop]

With the challenge, I feel like

I really, like, turned it.

Anybody else, like, really happy with what they did?

Aiden, how well do you feel?

Because I know you had, like, a lot of time left

between what you did.

Yeah, I was the first one done out of everybody.

So last night, while I'm, like, struggling to finish this dress,

Aiden is over here in the corner taking a nap.

She took the least amount of time on her look,

and she was on the couch sleeping.

Aiden isn't working hard enough.

I'm actually really happy, like, with what I made.

I think it's, like, totally me.

Don't you think you could have added more to it

with, like, the extra time?

-Because, like-- -No.

I think if I had added anything else,

it would have pulled away from the vision that I have for it.

-Okay. -And like I said,

I do tend to have sometimes

a "less is more" kind of aesthetic.

My face is something that I use to kind of pull--

like, bring my looks together, if that makes sense.

But don't you feel like this is gonna be an issue

in front of the judges,

when it's a fashion ball and not a face category?

Well, I'm not just going down there

with my face painted and naked.

Nicky: No, no, no, for sure.

This is an eleganza challenge,

and to me, that means do as much as you can

and be as creative as possible.

There's a lot of shit you can do to spice it up.

Well, somebody's going home today.

Shit done got real, honey.

Come on, Sakura.

I live for this mug. This is so nice.

Ooh, thank you.

I first started doing Sakura face

because the first time I ever started in drag,

someone told me, oh, it must be really easy for you

because you're Asian.

And, like, you don't have to try very hard.

-Yeah. -Oh, my God.

They're like, you don't have to try very hard at all, do you?

And I was like, I'll show you who's not trying.

And so I just started

putting more and more and more makeup on.

The fact that people think

that Asian queens don't have to try too hard

because they already look like women

or they're highly feminized really got to me.

So I started to look like

I was at least trying hard with my makeup.

But now that I paint so bold,

all I ever hear is, wow, you're giving me Trixie makeup.

Wow, you're giving me Kim Chi makeup.

But the thing is I've been drawing anime-ish styles,

I had that How to Draw Manga book

ever since I was a little kid.

And a lot of people do this style and have done it before.

Sakura, you took it to a whole other level.

I'm a lady now.

Just like you girls. [giggles]

[all laugh]

[RuPaul laughs]

♪ Cover girl, put the bass in your walk ♪

♪ Head to toe, let your whole body talk ♪

And what?

[laughs]

Yes!

[all laugh]

Welcome to the main stage of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Michelle Visage. Now, do you play any sports?

No, my doctor doesn't want me doing any activities

that involve balls flying at my face.

Well, there goes your social life.

Ooh!

And the hilarious Ross Mathews.

Did you ever play ball?

Well, I don't wanna brag, but in college,

I was on the varsity brunch team.

Oh.

Yes. I still play sometimes.

[all laugh] I'm a natural.

And the one and only Leslie Jones.

Girl, you betta werk!

Leslie, are you recording this?

Yeah, girl, this is how I do it at home.

I live-tweet live.

[all laugh]

And you is bomb.

You like a banana birthday cake.

And you look amazing.

Thank you.

I'm channeling Diana Ross tonight.

Call her Miss Jones.

[all laugh]

This week, we challenged our queens

to bring three looks to the Ball Ball.

I'm so excited.

And tonight, they're ready to roll.

[all laugh]

Gentlemen, start your engines,

and may the best woman win.

Aah! You just did that in front of me!

Oh, my God, I'm losing my mind.break

Oh, my God, you guys, it's starting!

Category is Lady Ballers, serving Title IX realness.

First up, Jackie Cox.

Leslie: You are crossing the line, girl.

[all laugh]

Jackie: I am serving you Amanda Bynes,

She's the Man, Canadian lacrosse player realness.

Don't know exactly how lacrosse is played,

but I'm gonna win it.

RuPaul: Is it wrong for me to say she's a lacrosse dresser?

Ross: I thought it was hockey.

Yeah. Yeah.

Nicky Doll.

Leslie: Ooh, tackle me, bitch.

Michelle: The Dorothy Zbornak sports collection.

[all laugh]

Nicky: My lady baller is serving you quarterback

from the Lady Gaga planet, fully dripping in rhinestones,

with like a very holographic makeup.

I'm serving you the future of drag, and I'm here for it.

Michelle: Now, that's a tight end, y'all.

[laughs]

All: De-fense! De-fense!

Leslie: Oh, yes, baby!

Michelle: That's so butch.

Thank you!

RuPaul: Aiden Zhane.

Oh, my God, she's in A League Of Her Own.

Michelle: It's the sequel.

RuPaul: That would be a load of her own.

-Aah! -Ooh!

Aiden: I am really channeling

this vintage female baseball player

in a total Aiden Zhane way.

I am just living my best baseball fantasy.

Ross: I heard she lets you get to third base.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: There's no crying in Drag Race.

Michelle: No!

RuPaul: Rock M. Sakura.

Michelle: She's nesting.

[all laugh]

Michelle: She came in like a wrecking ball.

[all laugh]

Leslie: Oh, my God, it's a tetherball.

Rock: Bam! Imagine Ariana Grande,

but instead of a ponytail, she had a tetherball braid.

I'm gonna rope them in with this look.

I'm having so much fun.

Leslie: Ooh! Mama said knock you out.

Yeah, I've had balls knock me out.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: LeBron Essence Hall.

[all laugh]

Michelle: Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker.

[all laugh]

Jaida: My lady baller's look is a WNBA player.

I wanna pay homage

to all of these super-crazy talented girls

who work really hard on the court,

and they don't get the shine that they deserve.

RuPaul: White men can't jump, but black queens sure can strut.

Leslie: Yes! This is a slam-dunk, though.

Nope. I spoke too soon.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Brita.

Michelle: Now, is she a pitcher or a catcher?

Leslie: Oh, she does both, baby.

-Oh! -Ooh, ooh.

Brita: I'm serving you baseball the house down.

My shoulders look like baseballs

with the stitching in it.

Forget sliding into bases.

You can slide into my DMs, honey.

Ross: Before you're with her,

you better seventh inning stretch.

RuPaul: Crystal Methyd.

Leslie: Ooh, she's about to bowl me over.

Ross: Honey, stay in your lane.

[all laugh]

Crystal: Before coming to this competition,

I worked in the basement of a bowling alley,

and I know a lot of old bowlers.

I've got cute little glasses

that I made sure to take off and give Michelle a wink,

so she can see my new makeup.

Leslie: Oh, my God, I wanna be on her bowling team so bad.

RuPaul: Striking. Just striking.

[all laugh]

Jan. Simply Jan.

Michelle: Soccer? I don't even know her!

Ross: Beckham? I don't even know him!

[all laugh]

Jan: I'm so excited

to bring the soccer Jan-tasy to this runway.

This look is chic,

not to mention I'm dribbling a soccer ball down this runway.

Who else?

Ross: She's at my goooal weight.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Well, you know, any hole is a goal.

[all laugh]

Heidi.

Michelle: Whore! I mean, fore.

[all laugh]

Ross: She is giving me a Tiger Woodie.

Leslie: She's definitely a ho-in-one.

[all laugh]

Heidi: She thinks she's about to make her PGA debut,

but she's really just gonna go for putt-putt.

But she loves the sport of golf, honey,

and she's ready to swing all over these holes.

Leslie: Whew. Don't lose your balls, now.

Ross: Ooh!

Leslie: Oh. She did lose her ball.

RuPaul: Sherry Pie.

Well, I see she brought out the old ball and chain.

[all laugh]

Sherry: My lady baller look

is inspired by Roald Dahl's Matilda.

I am crunching down that runway.

I am swinging that hammer,

and, oh, I have to touch up my lipstick.

Well, thank God it's also a purse!

Michelle: She's a little shot-putting at first.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Widow Von'Du.

Leslie: Giddy up. Ride that pony!

Michelle: Oh, yes, she betta glue.

[all laugh]

Widow: I am giving you save a horse,

ride a cowboy, polo player realness.

I feel like I'm about to accept an award for winning the match.

RuPaul: They shoot whoreseses, don't they?

[all laugh]

Leslie: She done already had horses.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Gigi Goode. Croquet, you stay.

Ross: Cro-kurrr?

[all laugh]

Who the fuck is Heather?

[all laugh]

Gigi: I am wearing a look

inspired by one of my very favorite movies, Heathers.

I'm trying to give my just rich teenage bitch fantasy,

and, honey, I'm just giving my resting bitch face.

RuPaul: What's your damage, Gigi?

[all laugh]

Fuck me gently with a chainsaw.

[all laugh]

Oh, my God, I just saw a runway!

[all laugh]break

RuPaul: Welcome back to the Ball Ball.

Category is Basketball Wife: He Owns Everything.

Jackie Cox.

Ross: She's a bellbottom.

Jackie: This lady is married to some ball player

that she doesn't bother learning the name of.

Touch this net. Touch all of this net.

My net worth is 51% of this company.

Ross: Know what she's gonna catch with that net?

-Hmm? -A cold.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Nicky Doll.

Leslie: This bird is cooked.

Michelle: Cock-a-doodle-doo.

Nicky: I'm going for the Azzedine Alaia-inspired look.

I have this oversized ostrich coat.

I am serving you badass bitch heading to Paris fashion week.

Leslie: Pluck it, girl, just pluck it.

[Michelle laughs]

RuPaul: Aiden Zhane.

Leslie: She thinks she has it in the bag.

RuPaul: Well, she's got the receipts to prove it.

[all laugh]

Aiden: I am just really trying

to channel my inner Peggy Bundy.

I am trying to give the judges a basketball wife

who thinks she's glamorous,

but really, the bitch is just delusional.

Michelle: Basketball wives of Edison, New Jersey.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Rock M. Sakura.

Did somebody say Golden Globes?

Leslie: Yes.

Rock: I'm trying to show the judges

that Rock M. can do sexy.

So this woman, she can get anybody on the team,

and she wants her husband to know that.

Leslie: I wish Lil' Kim would.

RuPaul: Now, I ain't saying she a gold-digger.

[all laugh]

Jaida Essence Ball.

Michelle: Look, it's Mahogany's sister Burgundy.

[all laugh]

Jaida: I think a basketball wife

is just about a feel that you give.

Like when you see a woman and she just looks pulled together,

that's a basketball wife.

I mean, look, my man do not play basketball,

and I'm a basketball wife in my mind.

Michelle: Y'all, how do you get a wine stain out of this fur?

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Brita.

Leslie: I thought I thaw a putthycat.

Brita: This is a take on Kim Kardashian's Mugler dress

that she wore at the Met Gala.

I mean, I look expensive, too.

NBA money, honey.

RuPaul: She owes everything.

[all laugh]

She owes! [laughs]

RuPaul: Crystal Methyd.

Michelle: Paris Hilton looks...different.

RuPaul: Actually, it's Paris Ramada.

[all laugh] Michelle: Oh, there you go.

Crystal: With my makeup being so light,

I definitely feel like an actual woman.

I wanted to have the longest hair.

I am making sure to fling it as much as I can

because my husband bought it for me.

That's so hot.

-It's totally hot. -It's so hot.

RuPaul: Simply Jan.

Leslie: Uh-uh, girl, she the bomb.

Ross: She got an over the shoulder boulder holder.

Jan: I have my completely rhinestone track suit

and my Louboutins,

not to mention my custom handmade Janel bag.

I look flawless.

RuPaul: She's dripping in Janel Monáe.

[all laugh]

Heidi!

Michelle: Straight from Ramseur Country Club.

[all laugh]

Leslie: Ooh, this is the shiestiest church service

I've been to.

[all laugh]

Heidi: My basketball wife's realness is Shalonda.

She does not wanna be looked at,

don't touch her, don't breathe in her direction.

She just trying to check out the other basketball husbands.

Ross: Don't you dare sign that prenup.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Up next, Sherry Pie.

Leslie: Ooh, yes.

Michelle: Y'all know it's serious

when she got hair coming out of a hat.

[Ross gasps]

Leslie: Yes!

Sherry: My basketball wife is a rich bitch.

Her husband gave her a money gun.

That's how much money they got.

Leslie: Yes, make it rain, boo!

[all laugh]

Michelle: If you liked it, then you should have put a hat on it.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Widow she betta Du.

Ross: Something tells me she's got something up her sleeve.

[all laugh]

Widow: Oh, bitch, I'm buying everything.

Charge it to the card,

put it in the car, carry it up the stairs.

That is what I'm serving you right now.

RuPaul: The Widow wore white.

[all laugh]

Gigi Goode.

Michelle: I anaconda do.

[all laugh]

Gigi: I'm recently divorced,

however, I have acquired most of his assets.

I'm busy on Rodeo Drive

trying to spend all the money he's earning.

Leslie: Get that motherfucking snake

off of that motherfucking runway!

[all laugh]

Category is Balls to the Wall Eleganza.

First up, Jackie Cox.

Ross: Make it rain, coat.

[all laugh]

Jackie: She is serving you this gorgeous, elegant,

1960s, future-also-disco woman.

She is a Blade Runner fantasy

of Breakfast at Tiffany's meets Saturday Night Fever.

RuPaul: Now, most people don't know this,

but she's actually Jacqueline Bouvier Cox.

Leslie: Booty-ay.

RuPaul: Nicky Doll.

Ross: Ex-koosh-me.

Nicky: My concept is Copacabana.

I'm having a cocktail in the sunset in Brazil.

And I'm going all fringe dress,

but I'm bringing a little French twist to it

by adding extra hips, so very Marie Antoinette like.

RuPaul: Michelle, is there an anal bead option?

[all laugh]

Michelle: You're soaking in it.

RuPaul: Aiden Zhane.

[whistle blows]

Ross: Lady Footlocker.

Leslie: Oh, show me a size 12, girl.

Aiden: I am serving you a little bit of Bettie Page,

but I'm also giving you the nod to a referee.

I am loving this black-and-white color scheme.

I've got my whistle, so don't you dare commit a foul.

RuPaul: What's in this season?

Black, hairy balls.

[all laugh]

Ross: Every season.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Rock M. Sakura.

Leslie: What is that thing called

that you jump in with all the balls in it?

Michelle: A ball pit.

[all laugh]

Rock: They said "dripping with balls,"

so I dragged balls all over this outfit.

I have every color you could possibly imagine.

It doesn't exactly make too much sense,

but it looks visually appealing.

Michelle: This is what it looks like when the cat wins.

Leslie: I think I shouldn't have took that LSD, you guys.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Jaida Essence Hall.

Leslie: Calgon, take me away!

RuPaul: She's the bath bomb.

Jaida: Bitch, I'm really excited,

because my look turned out amazing.

It's giving me this rich bitch fantasy,

dipped in a beautiful, sudsy, foamy bubble bath.

And I just feel the fantasy sweeping over me.

Michelle: Look, y'all. She's got a bubble butt.

[all laugh]

Ross: I haven't seen that many white balls

since my fraternity days.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Brita.

Brita: I'm walking down the runway

with this fierce pineapple dress.

I'm giving you my pineapple crown.

A beautiful, tight pencil skirt

with pineapple segments at the bottom

and pineapple tidbits on my shoes.

I got my pineapple powder puff

that I'm wiping the oil on my nose with,

because she is just oozing of pineapple juice, honey.

Ross: Corn?

Is it corn? Is it a pineapple?

-It's a pineapple. -Oh.

Is that a pineapple?

Yeah, it's supposed to be a pineapple.

Crystal Methyd.

Ross: Ay-yi-I love it.

Leslie: Chiquita banana.

[all laugh]

Crystal: I went with a silhouette

inspired by Carmen Miranda.

She's one of my favorite style inspirations.

She's always wearing the most amount of accessories,

and I really appreciate that in a woman.

Michelle: You know, the last time

I had that many balls on my head...

Oh, Jesus.

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Simply Jan.

This looks like the DNA of the Blue Man Group.

[all laugh]

Michelle: She's turning violet, Violet!

Jan: My Balls to the Wall Eleganza is high concept,

it's cool, it's different, and it's fashion.

Ross: Anyone else have blue balls?

Michelle: You guys know about blue balls,

but what about blue boobs?

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Heidi.

Michelle: ♪ Ho-ho-ho, green drag queen ♪

[all laugh]

Heidi: She's giving you very space alien,

and all my balls are so meticulously placed.

I got a ball cap, so you know.

She's even got a little cue ball on the runway, mm.

I'm giving you all balls everywhere.

Ross: ♪ Mr. Queen, Mr. Queen ♪

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Sherry Pie.

Michelle: Al-gee, your hair smells terrific.

[all laugh]

Leslie: She can now celebrate Arbor Day.

[RuPaul laughs]

Sherry: I'm just walking through the forest.

giving you greens, greens, and nothing but greens.

I am just feeling my magical fantasy.

Ross: Now this is forest green.

[all laugh]

Leslie: Run, Forrest, run!

[all laugh]

RuPaul: Widow Von'Du.

This is what the fashionable are wearing in Machu Picchu.

Michelle: Yes.

Widow: My Balls to the Wall Eleganza

kind of looks like Wakanda Forever

and Christmas with Cindy Lou Who.

And a bitch gots a ponytail.

Ross; Yellow? It's your shoes.

[all laugh]

Leslie: No!

You can't do that to me, no!

RuPaul: Gigi Goode.

Silly rabbit. Trix are for kids.

Ross: Now with drag berries.

[all laugh]

Gigi: I am so proud of what I came up with.

It has a cute little box-pleated skirt,

puffy little pirate sleeves,

and, yes, bitch, there's a zipper.

No one else in this challenge

has made a look as elaborate as mine.

Leslie: I got a pocket full of quarters.

I want some of them gumballs.

RuPaul: Young and full of gum.

[all laugh]

Young and full of gum!break

RuPaul: Welcome, ladies.

Based on your 36 Ball Ball looks,

I've made some decisions.

Jackie Cox.

Crystal Methyd.

Jan.

Heidi.

Sherry Pie.

The Widow Von'Du.

Ladies, you're safe.

You may...bounce.

[all laugh]

You represent the tops and the bottoms of the week.

Now it's time for the judges' critiques,

starting with Nicky Doll.

This is a fashion challenge.

I expected a lot from you, and you delivered.

In your first look, the Lady Ballers,

you heard of fantasy football?

You were my football fantasy.

-Ooh! -Basketball Wives realness,

girl, you worked that.

On your Balls to the Wall realness,

I think this is fun.

It's a corset with a panty,

but you threw a lot of stuff on it

that brought us into, like, a fantasy.

The color palette is perfect.

-Thank you. -There's a lot of whimsy in it.

My favorite part is what you've done with the hips,

because it gave you a shape.

We know that you have a nice aesthetic,

but I'm gonna challenge you

to keep pushing that personality up.

Get out here and be a fool.

[sighs] I understand completely what you mean.

I think it is hard to really understand my personality,

and it's up to me to deliver it to you.

What's the wackiest you've ever been in your life?

I'm always wacky.

That's the most frustrating part.

Make an ugly face right now.

Yeah! [all laugh]

-Thank you, Nicky. -Merci.

Up next, Aiden Zhane.

Lady Baller was adorable.

It was perfectly in the right era,

which I really appreciated and loved.

You hit a home run in the first inning.

-You guys follow me? -Very good.

What is that? Is that baseball?

Oh, my gosh!

And then your team had a drought.

Basketball Wives realness,

it looked just like minor leagues.

And again, with this last look,

the execution isn't as polished as it needs to be.

This is not going to be enough, Aiden,

because this is a corset with cotton balls on it.

My drag sometimes does tend to maybe have

a little bit of a less is more, maybe, thing about it.

I'm not always the girl who puts everything on.

Yeah, it doesn't have to always be more, more, more.

It just has to have a consciousness behind it

that says, "I am here, and I have something to say."

You've got it, kiddo.

Now spread those wings and what?

♪ Fly ♪

Up next, Rock M. Sakura.

Hi, hi.

In all three of your looks, your hair and makeup, girl.

That tetherball, when you came out

and swung that thing around your neck,

I was like, oh, that's dope.

The problem was there was nothing exciting

going on below the ball.

For your Basketball Wife realness look,

I thought you looked really beautiful.

There was just an issue with the padding.

It was a little disjointed. Mm, mm, mm.

Now, this look, it takes a lot of balls to wear that look.

[all laugh]

We were just saying, Aiden,

that sometimes more, more, more is not right,

and I'm gonna use you as an example.

I feel like maybe every single thing

that you could have gotten your hands on

is on your body right now.

And then the chest is very far open,

and it almost looks like you have sores on your chest.

Sometimes you do need to edit.

Imagine, if you could,

a world where you cut the dress off at the knees.

That would have been chic.

That hair and makeup, dope.

Just, you gotta bring the outfits now to match that.

Up next, Jaida Essence Hall.

Girl, I've played basketball since the sixth grade.

You cannot play.

[all laugh]

You cannot play, girl.

But you know what?

I would still pick you on my team, 'cause you looked fly.

I was like, oh, my God.

The second look, the first thing I thought about

was Porsha from Atlanta Housewives.

Yes.

You were living the rich fantasy,

and tonight, this is really fun.

This is the glamorous woman taking a bath.

She so rich, she bathes in diamonds.

Yeah, I mean, the proportions are fantastic,

and it's really beautiful.

Thank you so much.

I think I would change the same thing

about all three of your looks tonight:

not a damn thing.

Thank you.

Up next, the great Brita.

We're gonna start with your Lady Ballers.

You chose baseball.

I thought it was really fun, the puffy kind of baseball sleeves.

The baseball socks, they were kind of a little loose,

so they were kind of baggy.

The Basketball Wives, it didn't have

that kind of "I'm married to a baller" vibe to it.

It was just kind of clubby pedestrian.

This look, I'm still confused.

Like, is it corn, is it a pineapple,

is it a cornapple?

It's a pineapple.

What you talking 'bout, Willis?

Because that is not a pineapple.

It's a pineapple.

No, I say, no!

[all laugh]

My family lives in Hawaii.

My mom calls my sisters "pineapple princesses,"

so I wanted to be one, too.

I just love your energy.

I think that is so beautiful

that your family calls you little pineapples and cute.

But listen, if you're telling a story, we should get it.

We shouldn't wonder, "Is it a corn?"

If you have a vision

and we don't know what the hell's going on,

you did not execute your vision.

Up next, Gigi Goode.

Your first look was a Heathers moment,

with the croquet, and it was gorgeous and fabulous.

I mean, there's nothing sexier

than a woman in a blazer, I think.

Maybe because they look most like a man.

[all laugh]

The Basketball Wives,

the snake print with the collar up and the black hair,

I'm partial to black hair.

Can I just say that I wanna eat your hair right now?

It looks delicious.

And it's all mine.

That was funny. Tell another one.

[all laugh]

This look, it's perfection.

Thank you so much.

It's exciting, and it's chic.

It's like you've been studying this for a very long time,

which I actually think you probably have been.

My mom is a seamstress.

She's taught me everything that I know.

She's made, like, most of the looks that I brought,

and she does not give herself enough credit.

And she means the world to me.

Honestly, the biggest reason that I'm here

is to make my mom proud.

And your mom is proud. Trust.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, ladies. I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck backstage,

the judges and I will deliberate.

All right, now, just between us ball queens,

what do you think?

Nicky Doll.

Nicky is a fashion queen,

and she served us fashion in every single look.

What's missing for me is the personality.

I don't know anything about her,

apart from the fact that she's French.

I'm rooting for her, because I think she does have it.

I love the aesthetic.

What I need for her to do is work from the inside out.

You know, she's got the outside working.

That's good, girl.

Aiden Zhane.

Where Nicky Doll is lacking in kooky,

Aiden Zhane has plenty of kooky to go around.

Her first look was amazing, but no, no, no,

you are not putting on a pair of panties and a corset

and trying to pass that off as a look to me.

Aiden's such an original,

but I worry that she's overwhelmed.

What she's gonna have to do is get her head out of her ass

and put on some blinders and go for it.

It's about channeling that energy to fuel you

rather than to fear you.

Exactly. Thank you.

Rock M. Sakura.

You know, when Rock M. first came around the corner

with her Lady Ballers outfit,

I saw her face and I was like, ooh, she looks gorgeous.

And then my eyes panned down.

[laughs]

She's the only queen who really gave us a show with the balls,

you know what I mean?

And if she did that in the club, people would go crazy for it.

Yeah, they would.

It was a fun concept,

but it wasn't enough to make the outfit great.

And then her final look tonight

was probably my least favorite on that runway.

The outfit was just not good.

It looks like cats just lost they mind.

Yeah. [all laugh]

Jaida Essence Hall.

I loved Jaida tonight.

She was just gorgeous.

The Balls to the Wall extravaganza was my favorite.

She just looked so glamorous,

and I just thought she was a star tonight.

Three points for Jaida.

Is that a basketball term?

That's a basketball term, thank you!

-It is, three-pointer. -Three pointer, that's a thing?

Yeah, it's a thing.

Thank you!

All right, up next, Brita.

I love her energy, it's infectious.

I just think that tonight

was a little bit of a miss for Miss Brita.

What was she pulling out of her mouth at the beginning?

I don't know what it was. Chewing gum?

I can't get past this.

If you're auditioning for a musical

and they say come with three numbers,

you don't do the same number twice.

-Right, right, right. -Right.

And she wore essentially two yellow dresses.

She's better than that.

Yeah, yeah.

And then I had to look up a pineapple,

because I was like, that is not what a pineapple look like.

The only thing worse than not knowing you ate corn

is not even knowing you're eating corn.

[all laugh]

It's hard to digest, and so were her looks.

[all laugh]

Damn! Damn!

All right, let's move on now to Gigi Goode.

Not only was each look better than the last,

but with each look that she showed us, there was a story.

That's what fashion should do.

She's so perfect, she almost looks like a mannequin.

Like if I walked into a store and saw this mannequin,

I'd be like, where is the salesperson?

I want this outfit now!

She's a sample size.

But take away the body,

and you still have fabulous, gorgeous clothes

with texture and storyline and a consciousness behind it.

Just fabulous.

Gigi Goode was a triple threat tonight.

All right. Silence. I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.break

RuPaul: Welcome back, ladies.

I've made some decisions.

Nicky Doll, you look magnifique.

Now show us your freak.

You're safe.

You may join the other girls.

Jaida Essence Hall.

Girl, you really cleaned up this week.

Thank you.

You are safe.

Thank you so much.

Gigi. Tonight you weren't just good, you were great.

Con-drag-ulations.

You're the winner of this week's challenge.

[applause]

Thank you so much.

And you've won a cash prize of $5.000.

-Yes! -Nice!

I feel so incredible.

I feel like I secured my place in this competition,

and I let every last one of these bitches know

who to look out for.

Aiden Zhane, you're in a league of your own,

but tonight on the runway you made a bad call.

Rock M., I like that you take risks,

but tonight it was a bit of a swing and a miss.

Brita, you're a sweet pineapple princess,

but tonight you didn't crush it.

Aiden Zhane.

You're safe.

You may join the other girls.

Bitch.

Oh, my God.

Bitch, too bad.

I'm safe. End of story.

Rock M. and Brita, I'm sorry, my dears,

but you're up for elimination.

Please, please, please, please, please.

I take a deep breath, and I say if you wanna be here, you fight.

[mouthing words]

Look at her. Oh, my God, this is gonna be good.

My arrogant ass thought that I wasn't going to lip sync.

But I am a performer,

and I'm gonna perform the house down.

Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me

and save yourself from elimination.

The time has come... [thunder]

for you to lip sync...

[echoing] for your life!

Dramatic lighting.

Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

♪ Na, na, na, come on ♪

Oh, my God, you guys.

♪ Na, na, na, come on ♪

Whoo!

♪ Na, na, na, come on ♪

Yes, go on, girl!

♪ Na, na, na, come on, come on, come on ♪

-Tear it off! -That's right, girl!

Take it off! Go ahead!

♪ Feels so good being bad ♪

♪ There's no way I'm turning back ♪

-♪ And all the pain ♪ -Oh, no.

♪ Is for pleasure ♪

♪ 'Cause nothing can measure ♪

Oh, my God.

There you go.

♪ 'Cause I may be bad ♪

♪ But I'm perfectly good at it ♪

♪ Sex in the air, I don't care ♪

♪ I love the smell of it ♪

♪ Sticks and stones may break my bones ♪

♪ But chains and whips excite me ♪

♪ 'Cause I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it... ♪

I am lip syncing for my motherfucking life.

I am desperately trying to fight to be here.

♪ May break my bones, but chains and whips excite me ♪

♪ Na, na, na, come on, come on ♪

♪ I like it, like it, come on, come on, come on ♪

♪ I like it, like it ♪

♪ Oh, it's exactly... ♪

I'm just in, like, war zone right now.

Rock M. is doing all these tricks,

and I am not going anywhere.

♪ And meet me in my boudoir ♪

♪ Make my body say ah, ah, ah ♪

♪ I like it, like it ♪

♪ 'Cause I may be bad, but I'm perfectly good at it ♪

♪ Sex in the air, I don't care ♪

♪ I love the smell of it ♪

♪ Sticks and stones may break my bones ♪

♪ But chains and whips excite me ♪

♪ S, S, S and M, M, M ♪

♪ S, S, S and M, M, M ♪

[cheers and applause]

Girl, way to leave it on the stage, girl!

You left it on the stage, literally.

Ladies, I've made my decision.

Ooh, here we go, here we go.

Brita, shantay you stay.

You may join the other girls.

Thank you.

-I love you. -I love you, too.

Thank you.

My dear Rock M.

Keep sockin' it to 'em.

Now sashay away.

-We love you, Rock! -We love you, Rock!

Never give up on your dreams,

and tell yourself that you love yourself.

[cheers and applause]

Love you guys.

[Rock M. cries]

I wanna stay here so bad,

and to leave now is very disappointing.

I'm feeling completely crushed.

I may not have gone very far,

but I have so many things to be grateful for.

Con-drag-ulations, ladies.

And remember, if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

Can I get an "amen" up in here?

-Amen. -Amen.

All right, now let the music play.

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ The red, white, and blue ♪graphic

♪ I am American, American ♪graphic

♪ Just like you, too ♪

RuPaul: Next time, on RuPaul's Drag Race...

You need to over-act in Gay's Anatomy.

-Aah! -[laughs]

[deep voice] Ge this baby out of me!

There's an anal--

Oh, child.

That look is fierce.

I might steal it. [all laugh]

You missed the jokes.

I really did think that you were probably in the bottom.

Ooh!

Whoo!

[sighs]

These fucking bitches.

♪ I am American, American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ The red, white, and blue ♪

♪ I am American, American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Just like you, too ♪

♪ Am-Am-Am-Am-American, American, American ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ The red, white, and blue ♪

♪ I am American, American ♪

♪ Just like you, too ♪