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- Previously on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

- This is my older sister.

- Older? - Oh!

- We're both competitive, and I think

she's gonna throw me into the crocodiles.

- We are having a ball.

[all cheering]

You need to create an outfit using only menswear.

- Oh, we are lip-synching this week, bitch.

- Girl, you in danger, girl.

- Nymphia, you're the winner of this week's challenge.

[all cheering]

Geneva Karr, Hershii LiqCour-Jete,

Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige, your peers

have rated you as the bottom queens of the week.

- I am fucking pissed off.

These fucking perras.

- Geneva Karr, shantay, you stay.

Hershii, sashay away.

[dramatic music]

- Ugh.

- Ooh, girl.

- Oh, my God.

- Hershii has gone home, and we're breathing

a sigh of relief that we weren't the first to go.

And at the same time, like, Hershii was my friend.

- It says, whiplash.

Love, Hershii.

- Whiplash, whiplash.

- There's a lot of emotions going through my head,

because Hershii's one of the persons that I got close to.

But you know, I did what I got to do.

I definitely did not deserve to be in the bottom.

I mean, the outfit speaks for itself.

I think these queens are shady because they

saved Mirage when Mirage should have been in the bottom.

And I can see how they're gonna start playing the game.

And that's OK, because I can play a game too.

- Nymphia, condragulations, miss diva.

- Do I get my leche now?

[laughter]

- Wait, wait, wait, how does it feel?

- It feels crazy to actually, like, win something of $5,000.

[cheering]

- Q, how do you feel?

- A little bummed by the results,

honestly, because my outfit was all unconventional materials

and also I got, like, perfect critiques

and I don't think, like, Nymphia did.

[tense music]

- She said, I almost won once again.

- I know. - Always a bridesmaid.

- It's like the second time in the top.

It stings not winning, but RuPaul, it's OK.

You made the wrong decision.

I forgive you.

Just don't let me lose next time.

- So during "Untucked" there was a little bit

of a tense moment between my new sister and my old sister.

- Uh-huh.

- Younger sister.

[laughter] - OK.

- I gave a little bit of an unsolicited, you know,

opinion slash critique on Amanda's look.

- The way I remember it is that Plane came up to Amanda

and said, "Quite frankly, I don't like

anything you've done or who you are."

[laughter]

- Listen, listen.

- What's up?

- As we get to know each other,

I hope you're able to sort of sway my opinion

on how you've been looking.

[all exclaiming]

It's no tea. It's no tea.

- The shade--ahh! [laughter]

Adrenaline was flowing.

You know, cocktails were also flowing.

And--

- Oh, now she blames it on the edit and the alcohol.

[all exclaiming]

- No, no, no, no.

I don't need to blame it on anything.

I'll take responsibility for what I said, baby.

I do want to apologize for giving my unsolicited feedback

to you when it wasn't needed.

- Or even relevant to the conversation.

- Sure.

- She honestly can eat my fucking ass.

- It was the way that you came up to her

and not having the same relationship

that we do with her.

- Right. - You did say

the same thing that we have said to her.

[laughter]

To be fair.

It didn't feel the same because you didn't

have that same relationship.

- Once I get to know you a bit more,

maybe I can, you know, shade you in a bit more

of a fun way instead of a--

- Well, I hope you stay around long enough to do so.

[all exclaiming]

- Likewise, girl.

Likewise.

Here's the deal. You can't unring a bell.

Now it's just a matter of, how can we move forward?

Are we each other's favorite people now?

No. Does it matter to me?

No.

Let the shade begin.

- Don't look at this.

You'll see the safety pins in the back, baby.

- [singing] "RuPaul's Drag Race"

The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

receives a one year supply

of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics

and a gag-worthy grand prize of $200,000

served by Cash App

with extra special guest judge Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[singing] RuPaul's Drag Race

May the best drag queen win

Best drag queen win

[upbeat music]

- Q. [laughs]

[all singing]

- It's a new day in the Werk Room, and I'm feeling pussy,

I'm feeling cunt, and I am doing my best

to stay as far away from Plane Jane as possible,

because I don't want to get in trouble

for fighting her bitch ass.

- I'm ready to put the ball behind me.

[laughter]

- Are we putting drama behind us as well?

[all exclaiming]

- I'm not quite so sure yet.

- We'll see how things play out.

I think it's safe to say I'm here

to shine like the big, bright star that I am.

So... - Stars are full of gas, baby.

[laughter]

- Hello, hello, hello.

[all cheering]

My queens.

- Hey. - Hi.

- America's next drag superstar can't rely on

her good looks alone.

She's got to develop her character.

So back by popular demand, for this week's maxi challenge,

you'll be starring in the sketch comedy show "RDR Live."

[all cheering]

Today you need to choose your parts

and rehearse your padded asses off.

Because tomorrow you'll be performing your sketches live

in one take.

- Let's go. - All right.

- It's literally "SNL," honey.

I'm a little-- I'm goosebumps, mama.

Like, if you fuck it up, that's it.

It's over.

- Now remember, this challenge is all about creating

a breakout character.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

- All right.

[all cheering]

- "RDR Live."

There are five sketches.

- Why don't we just go down the list of characters

and we can raise our hands if we're interested in the role.

- Who wants Branderson Cooper?

I would love to have that role.

- And you're the only one. - Thank you.

So it's mine.

[laughs]

- Who wants to be Donna Lemon?

And that's just you.

- I'm really interested in News Anchor 1.

- I'd love to be News Anchor 2.

I see the newsroom sketch

with the late night anchors.

This is the Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler moment

I have been waiting for.

- I'm also interested in News Anchor 2.

- And then we have brick from Stonewall,

which is all of you.

- How many people want the brick?

- I'll take the brick.

The role of the brick, I see so much potential

for, like, physical comedy and I see myself in it

accepting the Oscar as a brick.

- There's really only one thing that I want to do

and that's Candy Long.

So I'm gonna take Candy, and I'm gonna let you girls

fight it out for Connie.

- Who wants to be Connie?

- Connie's slutty, right?

- Yeah, Connie's-- - She's flirty and fun.

- I'm a little nervous about you doing Connie.

[tense music]

- Why are you nervous?

- You want the tea, sis?

I think that I'm going to excel in this role...

- Uh-huh.

- And I want you

to excel in your role as well, sister.

- So you think you're gonna outshine me from the get go?

Because that's what you're saying.

- I wasn't--I'm not saying anything.

- That's what you're saying.

- I know, I know, but I just want her--

- Stop making drama.

- I just want her reasoning.

- I would love to do Connie.

And we're both stupid sluts.

- We can slut it up.

- Yeah.

- I think she was scared that I was gonna outshine her.

I didn't even want that role.

And you know what?

She's a cunt.

- And then the host will be TBD.

- So who wants to host? - Me.

- I want to host.

I really, really want to do the hosting,

because it's not a character and I can just put

my own personality into it.

- That honestly is the most important role, I believe.

It sets the tone and this person

has to absolutely destroy it.

- I feel like I would do really well.

- I see Sapphira doing really great in that too.

- I think it would be very interesting to see

you in a host position.

- Sapphira, are you willing to bow down and give--

- I'm never willing to bow down.

- We could either do it rock, paper, scissors, or votes.

I think that's the most fair.

- I'm gonna do Lowenstein.

- Oh. - Oh.

- I really know that I'm gonna turn out anything I do.

So she can have it.

- You sure about that? You're locking it in?

- Mother has spoken. - Yep.

- All right.

- I guess I'm hosting.

- Not "I guess."

- Not "I guess." - I'm reading.

Yes, I guess I'll host.

- It seems like the second that Sapphira gives Mirage

the role of host, she's like, oh, OK.

I thought you wanted it.

- You good?

- Yeah.

It's making me second guess if I want it,

because now I think she's playing a game.

But at the end of the day, I got what I wanted.

So can I really be mad at her?

- And then we have sketch five.

I think we should make the singing girls do this one.

- This is literally a preschool song.

This sketch is about Barbra Streisand.

But I'm reading the sketch and thinking,

you don't have to sing.

It's fucking "Jingle Bells."

You don't have to be a choir director

to sing "Jingle Bells."

I'm sticking with News Anchor 2.

- You would eat it up, Plasma.

- I feel like we could all do great in a number of places.

I'd like to stick with News Anchor 2.

- I think personally that me and Amanda

have a great rapport.

We are becoming good friends.

And I think that we would eat up Anchor 1 and 2 together.

I'm sorry, Plasma, but I also think that Barbra Shop,

it's written for you, girl. - It's written for you, babe.

- Me, Amanda, and Q are all friends,

and we want to do this scene together

and Plasma wants my role.

Like, can't you see what's happening?

We've decided this already.

I'm so sorry, diva, but like, you will

eat up Barbra Streisand. I know this.

Can you do it?

Thanks.

Mwah, thank you, baby.

- I just feel like I was kicked out of the news anchor group

without my-- - No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

It's just an opinion, girl.

- That a lot of people share.

[laughter]

- It feels very much like I'm being

assigned a role by someone who's never

cast a comedy show before.

Fine.

Well, at least give me the part with the highest note

so I can belt. I'll take Bryce.

- Anchor 1, 2, and brick, right?

- I think that's settled. - OK, cool.

Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

- Y'all better turn it out. - Girl, you'll eat it up.

You'll be fine. - You will.

- Girl, you know what? You know what?

It would be convenient for you to remind me

how good I am at what you assign me to.

- All right, all right, all right, all right.

- Gaslight, gatekeep, girl boss.

Yes, Dawn, you better work.

- Let's make a show, ladies.

[all chattering]

- Candy Long and Connie Thick.

- We are the first sketch.

So it's, like, really up to us

to, like, set the tone.

For this week's maxi challenge, we're doing "RDR Live."

And we're gonna be performing these catches

in one take live.

Like...

[laughs]

- First of all, I can sense some, um,

stern and unhappiness from you.

- I don't have a lot of warm, fuzzy feelings about the way

the news anchor situation was approached.

I just don't really appreciate the card being played up like,

well, Amanda and I are already close, so like,

it should be us.

I'm like, so are you a package deal?

Like, is this dodgeball?

- [laughs] - Yeah.

- Can I sit at the lunch table, girls?

I'm not someone who, like, impersonates Barbra.

It's one of the impersonations that I try to stay away from.

She is one of those people that I hold in such high regard

that I don't want to make fun of in any way.

- First of all, thinking about not

disrespecting people and all that kind of stuff,

this is comedy. - Yeah.

- First and foremost.

So like, hello gorgeous.

- I do know so much about her and I do love Barbra.

When I saw "Funny Girl" for the first time,

I remember thinking, this is a performance

like I've never seen before.

When she was 19 she made her Broadway debut in

"I Can Get It For You Wholesale."

She was actually one of the first artists

I owned on vinyl.

Directed and starred in "Yentl."

"Funny Girl" was her first movie

and her second Broadway show

and then she, like, moved to Hollywood.

They told her to get a nose job and she didn't and then

she won the Oscar her first time out.

It intimidates me to, like, try--you know what?

Fuck the intimidation.

I'm gonna feel this fear and I'm gonna do it anyway.

The spirit of Barbra has never led me astray.

I'm gonna be OK.

So fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you.

I'm gonna worry about Barbra.

- I'll say Thick, you say Long, and you say Deck Services.

- Call us at...

- Thick...

- And Long... both: Deck services.

- OK, I kind of like that.

I kind of like that a lot, actually.

- As someone from New York, like,

"SNL" is a part of our culture.

And I'm a cosplayer and I love playing characters.

So getting the chance to do a weird character

and make it funny, this is what I'm made for.

If there's anyone in this that I'd want to be doing

this role with, it's you.

I feel like our sense of humor is

very similar in the, like, oh,

I'm such a slutty, beautiful woman.

- Sure. Well, we're yet to see

your sort of full sense of humor emerge.

- Truly.

- But hopefully it will with this, diva.

I wanted to work with somebody who was a little bit different.

And I feel like I kind of got that with Megami

more so than I would have with Morphine.

We're playing a game, bitch, and I'm

trying to be strategic.

- Over here on Team Mirage, we are struggling a little bit.

Initially I was excited to work by myself.

But then upon realizing that everyone else has someone

to run their ideas by and bounce things off of

and now I'm like, if you drop the ball, it's all on you.

So I don't have anybody to blame besides myself.

- I'm hearing we have a GOP leader joining us live

from South Carolina.

Senator Lindsey Graham.

- Hey, queens.

Call me Lady G or La Lindsey.

Now that I've gotten to read my lines,

I am completely panicking.

After all these years of hiding, I'm feeling my oats.

I don't have a Southern accent,

and I don't know who this character is.

- It bothered me a little bit that Plane Jane

was like, oh, I'm a little worried for you

to do this role with me.

And I'm like, why the fuck would you be worried?

- But look, I have to say--

- Because she thought she was

gonna eat me alive or something.

- Yeah, it gave very that energy.

- She did, right?

I didn't like that.

- Sisters.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Hi. How are y'all feeling?

- Absolutely amazing. - Ready.

- Amazing.

I wanted to make sure you have a part

where you can truly shine. - Mm.

- Do you think that maybe Plane just wanted to have

a clearer road to, like, excel?

- Yeah, I think she wanted to clearer road to excel.

- Fuck my drag, I guess.

[laughter]

- That's what I'm saying, bitch.

You better eat her up.

- My biggest worry is being overshadowed

by Plane, because I already know she can do this.

So I kind of have to bring my game up to her level

or else I'll look like crap.

- Good luck, bitches. - Good luck.

- On to the next corner.

- We're like RuPaul.

We're doing our own little walk through.

- Ooh. [laughs]

- What a fake fucking cunt bitch.

- [laughs] - Y'all horrible.

I love being a part of this group.

- We're disgusting and shady.

Now back to "RDR Live."

both: Live from Tuckahoe, it's "RDR Live."

[laughter]

- This week's maxi challenge is "RDR Live" sketch comedy.

This is a one take, no mistakes, so no pressure.

[moans]

- Hey, ladykins.

[all cheering]

Now, we've got company.

- Hello.

- Say hello to Ross Mathews.

all: Hi.

- All right, come on down.

- Ladies, oh, thank you.

- OK, Morphine, Xunami, Mhi'ya, and Geneva.

Now, raise your hand if you've done sketch comedy before.

- Oh. - Oh, OK.

- This will be fun.

- This ought to be really fun.

- Any OnlyFans or anything?

- No.

- You're a little shy, I think.

Is this a big challenge for you?

- No. - No.

One word answer.

- Getting in front of you two is definitely intimidating.

- Yeah.

- I kind of like, I'm like this when I'm in front of you two.

- Do you perform in the clubs, right?

- Yes.

- OK, so when you're in the clubs, you can't be

timid, right? - No.

- It's when you are able to express

yourself openly is when the audience

can fall in love with you.

They will root for you because they feel a kinship.

But if you have a wall up, they can't get in.

So you want to let them in.

- Ru's just said that I'm reserved again.

But back home, I'm the life of the party.

So I have to show the judges that I'm having fun

and show them that I can be very stupid too.

- Geneva, last week you were in the bottom two.

There will be a teleprompter, you know, to read the stuff.

Are you nervous about that?

- I used to be a cashier, so I know

a lot of, like, memorizing things is

something I used to do, like,

with the fruits and vegetables and stuff.

- Oh.

- It'll be interesting to speak to you after you do this.

[laughter]

- They're not buying it.

- I'm not, no.

We've sat on this end of the table

and heard this exact same spiel.

Oh, no, we're gonna be fine.

Oh, she crazy. We're gonna be cute.

Oh, girl, you know.

- I used to work with fruit and vegetables.

I'll be fine. [laughter]

- All right, well, go back, rehearse your lines,

and make us laugh.

- Gracias. - Thank you.

- All right, Nymphia, Mirage, Sapphira, and Plasma.

- Hi, hi, hi.

- You are the Barbra Shop Quartet, which means

that Mirage is the host.

- Yes. - Yes.

- OK. Are you Barbra fans?

- Yeah. - Yeah.

- You are? - I am a huge Barbra fan.

"Don't Rain On My Parade" was like my first, like,

singing in the shower song.

- And did you all choose these roles?

- What's--what's this about?

- I was really, really hoping for a role in a different skit

being one of the news people.

The mid-century safety zone that I have

is not something I'd like to be doing the whole time I'm here.

- Don't overthink it.

If you do a great Barbra and it's a chance to do Barbra,

do Barbra.

- I can't help but wonder if Dawn feels like

she has royally screwed herself by giving me

something I am perfect for.

- And Mirage, you're the host.

Now, how did you get that role?

Did you have to fight for it?

- It wasn't really a fight, necessarily, but, um...

- So what happened was... - What happened?

Yeah, thank you. - Give me the tea.

- I wanted to be the host and I thought to myself,

no, I want to be in a group.

I want to work with somebody. - Uh-huh.

- And so I decided, I'm gonna be Lowenstein

and you're gonna host.

- Huh. - OK. All right.

- Sapphira saying that she gave me this role

is putting in Ru's head that it's not something

that I felt confident about and that I picked

and that I stand by.

- I sense some hocus pocus here.

- Right? - Yes.

[laughter]

I certainly do.

- Is there any truth to that?

- No, no.

- Oh, girl, come on, please. - Really? Really?

- No, you know, if she wants to do it, she can do it.

I realized that being the host, I could shine a lot

or it could be a disaster.

I don't think it'll ever be a disaster when I'm involved.

However, I want to see what magic can be made

with another person.

- OK. All right.

- Mirage is having second thoughts?

That's not my problem.

- All right, thank you ladies.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

- Ladies, listen up.

Listen up, queens.

Now, we can't wait to watch "RDR Live" tomorrow.

And on the runway, category is...

Night of 1,000 Chers.

Whoa! [all cheering]

- "Wagon Wheel Watusi."

- So snap out of it!

- And don't fuck it up, man!

[all cheering]

- Yes, bitch.

[upbeat music]

- Hello, gorgeous.

- Hello, gorgeous.

- Yellow, gorgeous.

- It's another elimination day.

Another bitch got to go home.

But it's not gonna be me.

- [singing] It's a new day in the Werk Room

- I'm ready for my Oscar moment.

I am starting to feel the brickness flowing through me.

I'm thinking like a brick.

I'm painting like a brick.

Or you could say I was, like, painting like Amanda.

It's essentially the same thing.

[laughs]

- How are you feeling about your little hosting gig

tonight? - I'm excited.

- Yeah? Do you host a lot back home?

- Yeah.

Bar gigs and that kind of thing,

just like a little show, quick little intro, outro.

- What have you hosted outside of bar stuff?

- We had our very first Indigenous Pride in Vegas.

- Oh. - Work.

- Are you Indigenous? - Yeah.

- Oh, cool.

- I'm Mexican American and Apache.

And hosting Indigenous Pride in Las Vegas

was a big deal for me because drag is something

that's very, very important to me,

and so is where I come from.

That's the first time I've ever mixed drag and my culture.

- Yeah. - Those worlds

had never even connected in my brain.

It was special for me to bring these two pieces of myself

together in a way that was celebrated and respected.

And it means a lot.

- Geneva, when did you come here to America?

- So my parents brought me over to the United States

when I was around seven years old.

So that's when they decided to come over here to give myself

and my brother that was just born at the time

better opportunities and better life, and you know,

the American dream.

But you know, I got legal status to be here.

- Are you a DREAMer? - Uh-huh.

- Me too! - Really?

- Yes. - Yes.

- Oh, my God.

Yeah, I really didn't know, like, what I was gonna do

if that hadn't gone through.

It was during the Obama administration.

We literally would not be able to be here

if it wasn't for that. - Exactly.

Yeah, honestly.

- So thank you, Obama.

[laughter]

DACA stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

And it is a law that came to effect to grant kids

with no papers a work permit and, you know,

a Social Security number so that

they can be another member of this society.

DACA is why I'm able to, like, legally work

and also be on "Drag Race."

We're not citizens, you know.

We're kind of like in limbo.

We're legally here because we were already here,

but we don't have the full rights of a citizen.

- So when it comes to DACA, we're kind of always, like,

not 100% I guess feel safe, because at any time

they can just be like, you know what?

We're gonna take this away from you.

And it's very scary to think that

that could be a possibility.

- When I got the call for this, I literally,

I was like bawling, because I was like--

I was like, I'm finally, like, having a shot

to, like, live my dreams, you know?

Like, I don't know.

Sorry. [laughs]

- This is, like, something big for us because

I believe we're the first DACA queens on the show.

And you know, like, we kind of have this moment

where we kind of get a little teared up

because everything we've been through

and everything we have to go through.

I don't know why it gets me so emotional.

I guess because we grew up not really showing

that much of affection, because we had to be

strong, you know, living in the United States, you know, so.

- Do any of you girls have an OnlyFans?

- Well, I don't.

But... - It seems like you might.

- So this is kind of random, but my day job

is ghostwriting on OnlyFans.

- What? - No.

- Yeah, girl.

I work for this agency that manages OnlyFans creators.

So I respond to their messages for them

as them while they're on vacation in fucking Bora Bora.

It's like all these, like, straight girls.

And I just sit in their account.

- Oh, you do it for--it's not gay, you do it for--

- No. - Oh.

- No. - Women.

- Yes, girl.

I get into the fantasy.

- Oh, and she's responding to all these straight guys?

[laughter]

- A lot of these old straight men

that think they're talking to a blonde

20 something with big tits?

Well, they're correct.

- All the straight people out here are shook right now.

They're seeing this girl on the other side.

Here's Amanda just...

If only they knew what was on the other side

of that messaging line.

[laughs]

[tense music]

[RuPaul's "Cover Girl"]

- [laughing]

[singing] Cover girl

Put the bass in your walk

Head to toe

Let your whole body talk

- Wow. Hello.

- [singing] And what

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

Michelle Visage, when was the last time

someone tickled your funny bone?

- Oh, honey, you know I had my funny bone removed

in the late '80s.

- [laughs]

The hilarious Ross Mathews.

Now, do you still have your funny bone?

- Oh, I sure do and it's in right now.

[laughter]

- And a big Drag Race welcome to Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Welcome.

Are you excited to be here?

- I am so excited.

Ru, I've been slaying bitches forever.

I was born ready.

[laughter]

- This week, we challenged our queens

to create breakout comedy characters on "RDR Live."

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome to the QNN End of the World Countdown.

- I'm Brandy Cohen.

- And I'm Branderson Cooper.

And we are just one disaster away from total annihilation.

- I'll drink to that.

[laughter]

- Boy, have we fucked things up.

- I'm a little drunk.

Remind me how we got here.

- Here are the top 10 reasons why the world is about to end.

And number 10, banning books.

- That one is crazy.

I was reading Jackie Collins at age 11, and look at me now.

- Number nine, climate change.

And speaking of climate change,

we go now via satellite to Donna Lemon, our reporter

on the ground in Death Valley.

[dramatic music]

Wait, Donna, are you literally on the ground?

- It's literally the end of the world in Death Valley.

But I am living.

It's storming non-stop.

Turns out aerosol hairspray really was a bad idea.

- Donna, are you OK?

[thundering]

- Ooh, hey, baby.

Can I get a lift?

My ride's here.

Bye.

Trade.

- She'll be fine.

Everything on her floats.

- At numbers five, four, and three, the GOP,

as in Girl, Oh, Please.

- Wait, I'm hearing we have a GOP leader

joining us live from South Carolina?

Senator Lindsey Graham?

- Hey, queens, call me Lady G.

- OK, Lady G, you have contributed a lot

to the end of civilization.

- Decimating human rights, attacking women

and queer people.

- Excuse me.

Can we talk about my glow up?

Watch out, season 17.

- There's not gonna be another season of anything

if the world ends.

- Y'all can come join me in my bunker when shit gets real.

It'll be like an "Untucked" that never ends.

- OK, we're done.

Bye, girl.

- Toodles.

- And now here to deliver the number one reason

for the end of the world, it's the Grim Reaper.

- And I've got one thing to say.

all: Live from Tuckahoe, it's "RDR Live."

[upbeat music]

- It's "RDR Live" with Dawn and Geneva Karr.

Megami and Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige.

Morphine Love Dion and Nymphia Wind.

Plane Jane.

Plasma, Q, and Xunami Muse.

Amanda Tori Meating and Sapphira Cristal.

- With musical guest RuPaul!

[cheers and applause]

- And your host, Mirage.

- Oh, thank you, thank you so much.

I am so thrilled to be hosting here at "RDR Live."

[all cheering]

My name is Mirage, and I cannot believe

I am standing on this iconic stage.

[all cheering]

And I'm learning a lot about television production too.

For example, jibs, these cameras that

operate on a big crane-- not a nickname

for Sapphira's tiny breastplate.

[laughter]

A boom is a big overhead microphone,

not the sound that Nymphia makes when she untucks.

Very confusing.

And crafty is what we call the snack table, which is funny

because I thought crafty was what you called

Amanda Tori Meating's drag aesthetic.

Yeah.

But seriously, I am so grateful to RuPaul

for making me one of his RuGirls

for the rest of my-- oh, applause.

[applause]

For the rest of my life.

I get to tour the world, spread love,

and get into Twitter feuds with soccer moms

telling me I'm not pussy enough.

But we've got a terrific show for you.

RuPaul is our me-- our musical guest,

so stick around.

[cheers and applause]

- Hello there.

I'm Connie Thick.

- And I'm Candy Long.

Summertime is right around the corner.

And that means everyone is looking forward to one thing.

- Sitting on a nice, big, beautiful deck.

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Here's what one of our regular customers has to say.

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So Connie and Candy suggested I try a deck in the rear.

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[laughter]

- So give us a call, because at...

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- Our customers always come first.

[both moaning]

- And now give it up for RuPaul.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] And you ain't nobody's baby

Baby, cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Giddy-up, get down, cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Shake that booty to the ground

Like an animal busting through that door

Hands up, boot scootin' on the dance floor

Want to see you, see just how you move

Want to get you, get you into this groove

Hey, no, you ain't no lady

Oh, lady

And you ain't nobody's baby

Hey, no, you ain't no lady

Oh, lady

And you ain't nobody's baby

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Shake that booty to the ground

Whoa

Whoa, lady

No, you ain't no lady

Whoa, lady

And you ain't nobody's baby, baby, baby, cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Giddy-up, get down, cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Swing your partner round and round, cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Giddy-up, get down, lady cowboy

Giddy-up, giddy-up

Shake that booty to the ground

[cheers and applause]

- It's Queen Network News with Amanda Tori Meating and Dawn.

[dramatic music]

- Good evening.

I'm Amanda Tori Meating.

- And I'm Dawn.

- In financial news, the Treasury Department

is in chaos after gold bars in the National Reserve

were discovered to be fake.

When asked what the counterfeit bars were made of,

the Secretary of the Treasury, LaLa Ri, said,

"It's chocolate."

[laughter]

- Forbes Magazine has released its annual 100

Most Powerful Drag Queens in Entertainment list.

And for the third year in a row,

Amanda was included in the position of not on that list.

[laughter]

- To celebrate the anniversary of Betty Friedan's

historic book "The Feminine Mystique,"

Ross Mathews is releasing his memoir, "The Feminine Mistake."

- In somber news, Lady Bunny has passed away again.

We'd like to say she'll be sorely missed,

but she's never missed a sore in her life.

[laughter]

- 2024 marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall

uprising, a turning point in the queer civil rights

movement that began when a brick

was thrown through a window at the Stonewall Inn.

Here to comment is gay icon, the brick.

- Ohh.

Hello, hello, hello.

- So tell me, what was it like

being at the Stonewall Inn that night?

- Well, I had just gotten laid by this guy, Mason.

Anyway, next thing I know, I'm being flung through the air.

I crash through a plate glass window and land

on the floor of the Stonewall Inn.

- Did you see who threw you?

- Does it matter, bitch?

- So do you feel like you've been

overlooked in queer history?

- Oh, God, yes.

All folks want to talk about is who threw me.

But what about me?

I gave you gay liberation with my body.

You like your "Drag Race" and gay marriage

and Kylie Minogue.

That was me.

Can I get an amen?

both: Amen.

- The brick from Stonewall, everybody.

[cheers and applause] - Ohh!

- And that's the news.

Thank ya.

[cheers and applause]

- And now it's time for the holidays

with the Barbra Shop Quartet.

- It's so great to have you all here at this very

special holiday party.

- We are the Barbra Shop Quartet.

Our fourth member developed shpilkes and can't be with us,

but we will honor Babs the best way we know how.

Through song.

[piano playing]

- [singing] Jingle bells

Jingle bells

Barbra on the way

A Jewish girl from Brooklyn

To an icon for the gays

Oy.

By the way, do you know how many Barbra it takes

to screw in a light bulb?

Trick question.

There's only one Barbra Streisand.

[laughs]

- [singing] On Broadway she did sing

Sang I'm the greatest star

There is just one thing

My name is Barbra not Barbara

A funny girl was she

Always in control

The hair, the nails, the nose, a bagel

Not an onion roll

Did you hear that Barbra Streisand

and RuPaul are forming a musical group together?

They're calling themselves RuBarb.

[laughter]

- [singing] A day or two ago

We watched "Prince of Tides"

She produced, directed, starred

But an Oscar was denied

Hey, Doc, what's up with that?

It just seems so unfair

But Babs kept making movies

'Cause that's just the way she were

Was?

[laughter]

And jingle bells, shingle bell, bing bang bong

- [singing] Jingle bells, jingle bells, ding dang dong

- [singing] Jingle bells, shmingle mells

Ding dang

Dong

Guh

[laughter]

all: It's Barbra all the

Way

[cheers and applause]

[indistinct chatter]

- Well, that's our show.

And just remember, if you can't laugh at yourself,

how in the hell are you gonna laugh at somebody else?

Can I get an amen?

all: Amen!

- Good night, everybody!

[all cheering]

[upbeat music]

- Category is Everything Every-Cher All At Once.

- [laughs]

- Up first, Xunami Muse.

Cher, "The Prisoner," 1979.

- Beaded for her pleasure.

[laughs]

- I'm giving you this nude illusion with my wings,

my beaded fringe wig.

I feel fantastic.

- Yes, Mr. Mackie, tell me all about it.

[laughter]

Morphine.

Academy Award Cher, 1988.

- Tell me, where do you keep your Oscar?

- This Cher look shows a lot of skin.

And mama, I am literally wearing no underwear.

Baby, if my straps snap,

you're going to get a really good surprise.

- Wow, this dress is so tight.

I wonder if she could "snap out of it."

- If she does, maybe her Olympia Dukakis will fall out.

[laughter]

- Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige.

Cher promoting "Burlesque," 2010.

- She's giving me a silk woody.

- Ooh.

- I'm giving you catsuit full of stones

and I am serving body.

I'm embodying my inner Cher.

- How do you like them bagels, boy?

- Geneva Karr.

Cher as ringmaster for Ringling Brothers, 1974.

- She looks like she's fucking all the Ringling Brothers.

[laughter]

- I'm feeling my Cher but if she was Latina.

You know, extra curvy.

The color red, it looks amazing with my skin.

And I'm blushed just like Cher in the '70s.

- Every night all the men come around

and lay their money down.

Mirage.

Cher in concert, 1979.

- Ooh, Mackie's back in town.

- I'm giving Cher mixed with Naomi Campbell

mixed with streetwalker

with a dash of showgirl.

And the ponytail, it's giving 40 inches,

I think. [laughs]

- Forget the other two. She's just the tramp.

- Yes.

Megami.

Cher, Turn Back Time, 2009.

- Oh.

So I'm serving you my favorite Cher look.

One of her iconic leather jackets with this nice

see-through bodysuit.

I only wish I had a giant cannon and some sea men

all around me.

- If I could turn back time,

I'd just go to Michelle's doctor.

[laughter]

- Plane Jane as Cher, 1974 Met Gala.

- There is nothing plain about her.

- It's the sheer mesh gown

overlaid with crystals

and stones and appliques.

And it's just such a stunning Bob Mackie piece.

And who else to do that piece justice but me?

- No burger finger there.

[laughter]

Amanda Tori Meating, Cher doll, 2001.

- When she's done, she can just go

take a shower with the loofah.

- Yeah.

- Bitch, look how correct

Amanda Tori Meating looks tonight.

We have this lovely lavender X shape

that is so iconically Cher with this beautiful

flowing gown element on the bottom.

Lap it up, kittens.

- Life in plastic, it's fantastic.

- Dawn as mod Cher, 1966.

- How many Muppets had to die for that jacket?

- I'm giving you some classic '60s Cher

with some classic 2020s Dawn.

I took this black and white picture

and we don't know what color the fur coat is,

so I went with a little orange and blue color story

because I think it's really fun and '60s.

And then boom, slut waist, mama.

Always. OK?

- This is the sunny side of Cher.

- Yes it is. - Oh, wow.

She's giving me a "Sunny Boner."

- [laughs]

Q from the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, 1973.

- Black and white and Cher all over.

- Cher is go big or go home,

and you know I like to make a statement

when I walk in the room.

I am feeling very poised and elegant

because I know the body is right,

and I know the face is right.

I'm Cher, bitch. [laughs]

- I wonder if she's wearing a ze-bra.

- Plasma, Met Gala 1985.

- She is doing more than her fair share.

- I'm giving you dark lady eleganza.

It's a Bob Mackie dress, but it's not over the top.

It's just pure glamour.

I just feel like a glass of champagne came to life.

- It's not easy being a diva.

- Tell me about it.

- Nymphia Wind.

Cher Egyptian goddess, 1979.

Ankh if you love Cher.

- Ankh, ankh.

- I'm very naked, but I'm giving you

mysterious Egyptian lady with fierce cutting eyes,

spreading her wings and letting the world see

her glorious Egyptian body.

- I can see her Nefer-titties.

- [laughs]

Sapphira as Cher in the Vegas residency, 2017.

- Wow.

- Mm-hmm. That's a Vegas buffet.

[laughter]

- Cher is the queen of excess,

and I'm the drag queen of excess.

So this is a match made in heaven.

I'm wearing this blue shoulder piece that

has 100 pheasant feathers.

It is gorgeous.

This is a woman's world, and I am a woman.

- You know what color this is?

- What color?

- Elijah Blue.

- Yes.

- Welcome, queens.

I've made some decisions.

[dramatic music]

But first I need to ask.

Sapphira, do you wish to use your immunity potion this week?

- I think I'm gonna say no.

- Very well.

Plane Jane, do you wish to use your immunity potion?

- Not this week, Ru.

- Very well.

Queens, when I call your name, please step forward.

Xunami Muse.

Morphine.

Megami.

Amanda.

Dawn.

Nymphia.

Sapphira.

Ladies, you are all safe.

You may leave the stage.

Ladies, you represent the tops and the bottoms of the week.

Now it's time for the judges' critiques.

Up first, Mhi'ya.

- I was a little bit worried about you.

When I saw you swing for the fences, I was so thrilled.

- I just wanted to let loose and show you guys

that I can let loose and have fun.

- You were committed.

And to me, that's the most important part,

especially on any kind of sketch comedy show,

because things go wrong.

- My real issue had to do with just levels.

I wanted more nuance.

I wanted more of a story arc.

- Your Cher look is not really the look

that you were trying to achieve.

Cher no matter what, even when she does her natural hair,

she will make sure it is drag hair.

And this, it needs to be dragged.

- Can you do a Cher impersonation?

Let me see it.

- I'm great.

[laughter]

- Cher meets Kermit.

- Do it again. Do it again.

Do it again.

- Yeah, do it this time, but flick your hair back.

- I'm great.

[laughter]

- Oh, my God, that meme will live forever.

It's gonna haunt you for the rest of your life!

[laughter]

Amazing.

Up next, Geneva Karr.

- So my question is,

do you know who Lindsey Graham is?

- No. - OK.

That was obvious and that was part of the problem.

- Excuse me.

- There was a missed opportunity.

Because if you had really hit the nail on the head,

it would have been great.

- I love the outfit.

I said it's like Cher meets Britney Spears.

It has a little, like, "Circus."

- But you know, I would just be careful with proportions,

because you have a long torso, and you don't

want to really cut in half.

Up next, Mirage.

- You were the host.

There were moments when I saw that you were

comfortable with it and there were just a couple times

when the jokes got away from you.

- You were telegraphing that the joke was coming.

And the key is to let it come out naturally

so that we don't know, oh, here's where the joke is.

- Now, Sarah, you've hosted "SNL" how many times?

- I've hosted three solo and I've

guest starred a few times.

Not enough to get the five time jacket though.

- [laughs]

- This look is really fun.

You look beautiful in it.

- I love this look.

I don't love the hair with it, because the hair

says '60s Cher and the dress is late '70s.

It's interesting to see you young kids sort of,

you know, mix things up a little bit.

I'm like wait, no, no, not that hair with it.

Up next, not so Plane Jane.

- You were so funny in the challenge.

- I'm Candy Long.

- From the first line you uttered, the way you said it,

I knew who you were.

- You didn't overplay it.

You underplayed it, which is really the key to comedy,

because that makes it funnier.

- Thank you.

- This outfit is bat-Cher crazy beautiful.

- You delivered one of the strongest Mackie looks

I think Cher's ever worn.

It's one of my favorites.

And I thought tonight was a slam dunk for you.

- Up next, Q.

- In the challenge, you had to play a brick.

That's hard to do.

You managed to take this object and give it a personality.

You know, there was one line I wrote down.

It says...

- Does it matter?

- I wrote down the same line. - Yeah.

- Stop stealing all my lines, Ross Mathews.

- I copied it off Sarah Michelle Gellar's paper.

- "Does it--" I mean, it was just--

it was comedian level funny.

And you can't really teach that.

- And listen, this is another one of my all time

favorite Cher looks.

I'm so glad you did this look.

- You know, this runway is as much a homage to Cher

as it is to Bob Mackie.

And this is one of his most beautiful outfits.

And you wear it so well.

- Thank you so much.

- Up next, Plasma-rich platelets.

- I loved watching you embody Babs.

And I knew that you had it.

- I had to keep reminding myself to watch the other two,

because my eyes just kept going to you

and I wanted to see more.

- I remember yesterday in the Werk Room,

you said this was a part you didn't really

want to take because you were worried

about being sort of typecast. - Mm-hmm.

- I cannot imagine your sketch without you,

because you doing Barbra in that scene

was just perfection.

- And I love that you chose this dress.

What's your favorite part of this outfit?

- Immediately I liked the idea of a sinister side of Cher.

- Ah.

Part of Cher's brand is morbid

and dark and morose.

In fact, that's why rebel kids loved her in the first place.

Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- Thank you, queens.

I think we've heard enough.

While you relax in the "Untucked" lounge,

the judges and I will deliberate.

All right, just between us squirrel friends,

what do you think?

Let's start with Mhi'ya.

- In the acting challenge, she at least swung for the fences.

- I'm living!

- She just swung a little hard.

It was one note, at this level nonstop.

- In the runway, it fell a little flat.

And for me, the biggest issue is confidence.

I think to be a great queen,

you have to fake it till you make it.

- But I will say, you know who should win?

- Who? - Her impression.

[laughter]

That's the best thing I've seen all week.

[imitating impression] That's the best thing.

[laughter]

- Geneva Karr.

- It could have been the funniest thing

if she could have nailed

a Lindsey Graham impersonation in drag.

- As an actor, you have to be able to ask questions.

And if you get the role and you don't know

who Lindsey Graham is, just ask somebody.

- I do do a Lindsey Graham impression.

- Oh, can I hear it? - Yeah.

[imitating Cher impression] Hey, I'm Lindsey Graham.

- [laughs]

- Now, the Cher look was beautiful.

- But like Cher, if she had cut just

on the inside of the outfit a little bit too,

it would have been more flattering like Cher does.

It's more of like it comes up high and then cuts in.

- Yes, yes.

All right, let's talk about Mirage.

- In terms of the challenge, I think she sped through it.

She moved a little too much.

I think you need to sort of claim the stage.

- I know none of you all agree with me,

but I liked that '60s hair even though

that's a late '70s look.

- But because we've watched Cher's life in every phase,

to mix and match like that, it's so distracting to me.

Plane Jane.

- Just in three weeks, she has shown us that she can perform

at a really high level.

Her Cher is stunning.

Would you change a thing? Anyone?

- No. No. - OK. Good.

What about her in the challenge?

Would you change a thing? - No.

- No.

- But that's an actor's job, right?

It's to take someone's words and make them your own.

And she did it so effortlessly.

It was as if you would think she wrote that script.

- Uh-huh. All right. Q.

- This is another one that hasn't

faltered from the beginning.

- She took that scene from the other queens.

- Yeah. - The news was good.

It was cute.

It was chugging along.

And then she just came in and I was like, who?

What?

I just need to focus on the brick.

- And then tonight on the runway, oh, brava.

- The way the stripes widened out in, like,

what we would call our problem section, ladies, and then

thinned out on the bottom.

It was just every aspect of it was real perfection.

- Plasma.

- Listen, you could tell without even knowing her

if you just turn the TV on and saw her,

you knew right away she was a Barbra fan.

You have to be able to embody Barbra to do Barbra.

And then tonight on the runway,

it was very smart with her choice,

because it is more of the darker Cher.

- I also love how homosexual she is.

In that not only-- the big Nelly Queen--

that, but also the references.

You know, she's done the gay homework.

- I mean, I'm so jealous she got to be two

of the greatest queens of all time tonight.

- In one day. - In one day.

- Oh! It's a gay miracle.

- [laughs] - Yeah.

- It was incredible.

I mean, these queens, I'm so jealous.

I'm a mere Prinze.

- A mere Prinze.

- Waiting my whole life to use that line somewhere.

[laughter]

- All right. [claps]

Silence.

I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, queens.

I've made some decisions.

[dramatic music]

Plasma, you are one funny girl.

- Oh.

- Condragulations, you are the winner

of this week's challenge.

[all cheering]

- Yeah!

Oh, my God.

- You've won a cash prize of $5,000.

- It means so much.

And it all aligned in such a cool, perfect way.

It's just, like, the coolest motherfucking

feeling in the entire world.

- Plane Jane, Q, Plasma,

you three may join the other girls.

- I can't wait to tell my mom.

- Mhi'ya, your Cher wasn't strong enough.

Geneva Karr, your Lady G didn't hit the spot.

Mirage, your hostess was not the mostest.

Mhi'ya...

you're safe.

You may join the other girls.

- Thank you.

- Geneva Karr, Mirage,

I'm sorry, my dears, but you are up for elimination.

- The first emotion is panic.

I'm just trying to breathe and pull myself together

and say you can't just go home like this.

Like, this can't be it.

So I'm gonna spin and twirl and give it to them.

- Two queens stand before me.

Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me

and save yourself from elimination.

The time has come for you

to lip-synch for your life.

Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

[Cher's "Dark Lady"]

- Come on, Geneva.

Come on, Mirage.

- Come on, Geneva!

- [singing] The fortune queen of New Orleans

Was brushing her cat in her black limousine

I followed her to some darkened room

She took my money

She said I'll be with you soon

Dark lady laughed and danced

And lit the candles one by one

Dance to her gypsy music

Till her brew was done

Dark lady played black magic

Till the clock struck on the 12

- The only person I can watch is Mirage,

because she is giving performance down.

- [singing] She dealt two cards

A queen and a three

- And then I realize her mouth doesn't match the words.

- [singing] To me

- She don't know the song.

- [singing] So I sneaked back

- Mirage kind of doesn't know the words.

- No, she doesn't.

- [singing] Until they saw the gun in my hand

The next thing I knew

They were dead on the floor

Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore

Dark lady laughed and danced

And lit the candles one by one

Danced to her gypsy music

Till her brew was done

[all cheering]

- Ladies, I've made my decision.

[dramatic music]

Geneva Karr, shantay, you stay.

- [crying]

- You may join the other girls.

- Thank you, mami.

- Mirage, my queen, we see big things for you.

Now sashay away.

- [crying]

I'm sorry.

- Just breathe.

Just breathe.

- [sobbing]

[somber music]

[sobbing]

- Oh, my God.

- [sobbing]

- I know it feels like the end,

but it really is just the beginning.

- Yes. - It is.

- Yes! - Trust me.

[applause]

- Come on, Mirage.

- Thank you.

- We love you so much.

- It's so hard to see Mirage.

It just feels like you really just see her dreams

just being crushed in a moment.

[applause]

- I wasn't prepared for how devastating it feels,

you know?

I'm mad at myself.

I'm not mad at Ru.

I just feel like I didn't leave a good impression on her,

and that's embarrassing.

And I, like, really put all of my eggs in one basket.

Like, I didn't make anybody proud

who was, like, supporting me.

I am thankful for the relationships

that I made with the girls here.

I know we're gonna be cool after this,

but I'm gonna miss them the most.

This fucking sucks.

- Well, condragulations, queens.

And remember, if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

Can I get an amen up in here?

all: Amen.

- All right, now let the music play.

A little bit of love

Goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

Can you feel the love

- Next time on "RuPaul's Drag Race"...

I want to collaborate with you

on three hot tracks from my album "Black Butter."

- You added spice to Spice Girls.

- You were fantastic.

- Out of everybody in the girl group,

who didn't sparkle or shine.

- Rest assured, I definitely have more respect for you

than I do for Amanda.

- Why are you such a cunt?

What's with this "I have more respect for you

than I do with Amanda"?

Like, where is this coming from?

- Get her, girl.

Get her ass.

[dramatic music]

- [singing] A little bit of love goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

A little bit of love goes a long, long way

Turn it around when you up and say

Everybody say love

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Love

Can you feel the love