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

Welcome to "RuPaul's
Drag Race," Season 16.

This week, you'll be
judging each other.

The top two queens will
lip-synch for the win.

- In first position, obviously,
I'm gonna put Sapphira.

- A cash prize...

- In first position,
I'm going to put Q.

- And immunity

from a future elimination.

Sapphira Cristal,
you're a winner, baby.

Next week,
seven new queens arrive

to compete for the crown.

So buckle up, bitches.

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
Becky G.

- I did not prepare for this.

My name is Hershii LiqCour-Jeté

from the legendary Haus of Jeté.

And bitch, I'm a drag queen.

You might know my drag sister.

She goes by the small name
of Kornbread Jeté,

one of the most annoying,
aggravating women

that I know in this world.

But I love her to death.

Hershii LiqCour-Jeté is
glam camp auntie drag.

I love being beautiful and I
love being absolutely stupid.

My goodness.

I'm the first one in the room,
and it feels good.

The Werk Room, bitch!

It feels like the competition
is mine already.

Hold on, let me just...

I am ridiculously excited,
and I can't control myself.

I'm very loud,
and I command attention

when I walk in a room,
so I'm absolutely

ready to show the world
what they've been waiting on.

Broke a damn nail.

- Darling, why give blood
when you could sell Plasma?

My name is Plasma,
and I'm a 65-year-old woman

inhabiting this gorgeous
24-year-old's body.

My style is very
1950s Hollywood glamour.

She's elegant.

- Ooh, she's royal.

- I was raised listening
to Julie Andrews,

Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand,

all of these musical theater
giants.

And when I was very young,
I realized

that I wanted to be a performer.

And then when
I learned that I could

make money being a performer,
bitch, the game changed.

Diva, what's your name?

- Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- Girl...
- You're gonna have to say that

one more time
a little bit slower.

I'm a great host.

I'm a great singer.

I'm a comedian.

I love to connect with anyone
and everyone in the room.

- Where are you from?

- Well, I was born in Texas,
and then we moved

to New York, darling, New York.

Yeah, what about you?
- She's a New York queen.

Saint Louis, Missouri, slash
Atlanta slash Los Angeles.

I'm hometown queen.

- Okay, she got three names,
she got three homes.

How about that?
Period.

- This feels so fucking surreal.

- Yeah, I hate to say it,
and you know,

it never has a good connotation,

but it's smaller
than I expected.

I expected it to be wider.

- Wider?
- Yeah.

- I thought you said whiter.
- I like girth.

- And I was like, well.

- Viva Mexico, "Karr-brones"!

Mi nombre es Geneva Karr,

or as everybody knows me,
Geneva Vroom Vroom Karr.

Geneva Karr's drag style
is very dramatic.

And of course,
a lot of Mexican spice.

Hi, you monsters.

- Hello!

I'm sorry
I hit you with the hat.

I'm Plasma.
- Purpose?

On purpose?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- We just started.
You're trying to kill me.

She's a dancing queen.

She's a diva.

This Mexi-can puts the ass
in "Tex-ass."

And soon all over the world.

Wait, that sounded a lot less
dirty in my mind.

First Mexican queen
in the house.

- Yeah.
- Well, Mexican born.

Mexican born, before the girls
start to come for me like...

Where y'all from?

- I'm from Texas and New York.

- I live in Texas.
- What part?

- Brownsville, the tip.

- Work.
- Just the tip?

- Just the tip,
that's all it takes.

- Geneva has, like,
this mischievous energy

that's so, like, infectious.

It sort of makes me excited to
get to know her a little bit.

- Fasten your seat belts,

'cause this Plane always
goes down.

- I'm Plane Jane,
and I'm the authentically

Russian clown hooker
from Boston.

Plane Jane is known
for big boobs, big hips,

small waist, pretty face.

- Jiggle, jiggle,
jiggle those seeds.

Yeah.

- I'm equal parts camp and cunt.

People would describe my
personality as really fun,

really friendly, and caring.

Not a bitch at all.

Yeah.

I want to take
a look at myself...

- In the mirror, yeah.

- Great, I look the best.

- Thank you.

Villain.

- I'm not a villain.

I'm just a bitch.

- My first impression
of Plane Jane...

She seems catty, not because

she's wearing a cheetah outfit.

- I'm actually
a Russian speaker.

- I am a Russian doll.

- Can you give us
a sample of it?

- Um, let's see.

- I think she called me vodka.

- I'm immediately looking
at, like, these three queens

and thinking, okay,
this is the brick squad.

Ooh, damn, I just
took a fat dump on them,

didn't I?

God.

- I want to know
who this finger wave

belongs to because I want it.

- I noticed that there are
already things in stations

and I'm like, okay,
so we're the second group?

- All right, well,
someone already

brought my vintage hair,
and Marge Simpson has arrived.

- The fact that
it's a split premiere

is honestly kind of good
because there will be

less bitches sucking up air
out of the room,

so I can truly shine.

A bunch of less reasons
to be nervous

right now, which is great.

- We got somebody.

- A goddess amongst men.

- She brought the Holy Spirit.

- Hallelu.

- My name is Megami and I'm the
geek chic goddess of Brooklyn,

New York, and the Barbie
of Staten Island.

I started drag as a cosplayer
going to geeky conventions

like New York Comic Con.

- She's thorny.

- I can do cosplay and high
fashion and avant-garde looks.

People would describe me
as loud, funny.

I am a Latina from Brooklyn,
so nothing gets by us.

Hello, gays!
- Hello!

- Now I know you, Miss Thing,
Miss New York.

- Hello, gorgeous.

- Megami's reputation
in New York

is a little bit spicy.

She will have no problem
putting a bitch in her place.

Now, Miss Megami, why don't you
let the children know

what she's up to
in Miss Brooklyn?

I mean, I am the cosplay
queen of New York City.

- And you're cosplaying
today as?

- The Antichrist.

- Some people
in this world think

drag queens are evil,

so why not indulge the fantasy,
darling?

- Ooh.

- Okay, bitch.

- The queen of flips.

I don't set the bar, I flips it.

My name is Mhi'ya Iman LePaige,

and it's time
to get flip tested.

On stage,
Mhi'ya is a ball of fire.

She's doing tricks, flips,

and just performing her ass off.

I have multiple videos that
have over a million views.

I'm the TikTok sensation.

- I have never seen a corset
add weight to somebody.

You better work, bitch.

- Hi.
- Hi.

- You look gorgeous.

Hi.
- How are you doing?

- I know you're from TikTok.

- Yes.

- I mean everywhere.

- The one that might give me
competition will be Mhi'ya.

I know what she's capable of.

I'm already expecting Mhi'ya
to flip around the whole stage,

probably land on RuPaul herself.

- I'm from Miami.

Mi... shit.

- I know you do, like,
a lot of videos with flips

and, boy, your performances
are amazing, by the way.

- Thank you.

- Y'all don't know,
I'm actually also,

like, a TikToker.

I'm known for styling
my leg hair.

- Leg hair?
- Yeah.

My God.

- Leg hair.

- Ew.

Who styles their leg hair?

- I don't know if you've seen
that, over 11 million views.

- I'm like barely on TikTok.

I'm dressing like an old lady
and I behave like one too.

- Based on first impressions,
I don't think

I got any competition.

- I hope that next bitch slips.

- Girl.
- We're manifesting.

We're manifesting.
Hold my hands.

- You got the Antichrist
right next to you

and you're hoping
the girls are slipping?

Girl.

- This is exactly what
conservatives are scared of.

My God.

- You are such a witch and is
there's a power right here.

Bananas.

- So we know the trade
of the season.

- Blowing in from the east,
it's your banana Buddha

Nymphia Wind.

I'm the first Taiwanese queen

to reign the stage
of "Drag Race."

My drag is very conceptual,
cultural,

and very yellow, obviously.

Hi, girls.

- Hello!

- I would say have
a big fan base in Taiwan.

I call them the...

In English,
it's banana believers.

I'm a deity.

I'm here to spread yellow fever.

Can I say that?

I know your ass.

Megami.

My God.

- I am so surprised
that Nymphia Wind

just walked through this door.

She's a psychopath,
but also brilliant.

- How long have you
been doing drag, lovely?

- Five years.
- Five years.

- Nymphia just recently
moved to Brooklyn.

She's been winning
stuff back at home,

and I don't want to say
I'm, like, hoping she fucks up,

but I'm not
not hoping she fucks up.

Shit.

- Whoo, girl.

She done already
done had herses.

My God.

- Four, five, six, seven.

- Hello, queens.

Want to be America's
next drag superstar?

- Yes.

- Be true to yourself
and never quit.

And if you got a big hump,
put some glitter on it.

And if you got two big
humps, come sit by me, baby.

- Hello, hello, hello.

Are you actually here,

or is this some kind
of hologram?

- I didn't know the
Village People were in town.

My beautiful queens,

welcome
to "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Condragulations,
you got the job.

Now, as you may have noticed,

you are not the first to arrive.

- That's right, seven of
your sickening sisters

started their journey last week.

- Being in the second group
is a little bit annoying.

But at the same time,
by now, America already

forgot about all those girls.

- But for now, all eyes
are on your charisma,

uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

Now for your first
mini challenge,

you are going to work with
someone who's photographed

everyone in Hollywood.

And I do mean everyone.

So shoulders back, tits out,

and I'll see you at the She-MV.

- You know what, America?

My heart just dropped
because the competition

has officially begun.

- Let's go.

- Whoo!

- Next!

- It's time to do our
She-MV photo shoot.

- We have a line
over here, ma'am.

- We will call your number.

- What the hell
is going on here?

- Girls, just give us
a couple of frames.

We're gonna get this camera
warmed up for all y'all.

All right.

My God, I see Love Connie.

- Yes, let me see your pearls.

- I see Ts Madison, and I
almost fell out my heels.

- Yes, Yentl.

- I absolutely live
for both of 'em.

- Hey, it's noon.

You know it's time for my break.

You can handle all this, right?

- Stay.
- Call Ms. Ru.

- I need you...
- Call Ms. Ru.

- All right.

- Next.

Listen, we ain't got all day.

I have a break.

Ma'am, before we take
your picture,

I gotta fill out this form here.

Name, please.

- Plasma.

- Is that like
the 60-inch plasma

or the 30-inch plasma?

That's... like 8 1/2.

- Ooh, I like that.

That sounds good.

Okay, ma'am, we're gonna have
to take your picture right

now for your license, okay?

- I'm a theater girl,
an improv person.

So this is my moment to be seen
for what I came here to do.

- Give me Faye Dunaway.

- Bette Davis.

Gene Kelly.

Fred Astaire.

- Ooh, yes, child.

Next.

Okay, ma'am, do you have
any moving violations?

- Seven.

- That all you gonna admit to?

- Right now.

- Okay, bitch,
you think you smart.

You want me to come
from around this counter

and show you seven?

I'll give you nine
moving violations.

- For a little bit,
I get thrown off,

and I can't tell if
he was saying that for real

or was this the banter.

- You want to take her picture?

- I want to take her picture.

Okay, you gonna give
some ebony fashion fair?

- But no, me and Ru
are having a good time.

- Show me how
you pump the brakes.

Hands on your knees.

- Now hammer time.

- Ooh, this will go good
on her Grinder.

Girl.

- The damn She-MV is infested.

- Child, you better stop
bringing food from home.

Have you ever been rear-ended?

Yes, every day past 5:00.

- Put that in the computer.

Show me where you was hit.

Right here.

All right, so under whore,
I'm gonna check yes.

- You know, RuPaul's
over here really checking

how quick I am,
and I'm like, you know,

Okay, let me give it to you.
Like, you want improv?

I'll give you improv.

- Give us Selena.

Celia Cruz.

- Azucar?

- Ricky Martin.

- How about Charo?

That look like
your Ricky Martin.

- Got you.
- Now there you go.

That's Charo.

Now give us J-Lo.

Ha-ha-ha, that's really good.

Next.

Plane Jane, do you have
an OnlyFans account?

- No, I don't, no.

- I'm looking her up.
- Look her up.

Now, ma'am, have you
ever talked your way

out of a speeding ticket?

- I've sucked my way out
of a speeding ticket.

- Ooh.
- Ooh.

- It wasn't much talking there.

- Okay, we gonna have to take
your picture right now.

- And I need you to pose
like your feet hurt.

- Have I not been
doing that already?

- Are your boobs too big
for your back?

- Yes.
- Are those your real hips?

- Yes.
- What about your ass?

- No!

- Look back at your ass.
- Ooh.

- Look up.
Look at it.

Look up.

That's your ass.
You see it?

- I see it.
I see it.

- You gotta pay
your rent this week.

Right in the kisser.

- Ooh.

She definitely have
an OnlyFans account.

- Ooh.
- Okay, yeah.

Ooh, dollar bills, y'all.

All right, ma'am, we will
have your license in the mail

in about nine months.

- Okay.

- All right, goodbye.

- Bye, girl.

Bitch.

- Hello.
- How'd it go?

- I'm sorry.

I'm shook.

- How was it?

- It was something.

It was nerve-racking,
but it was fun.

It was fun.
Let me go de-drag.

Let me join you naked women,
naked mole rats.

- I've seen the girls de-drag
at the bar a million times,

but for some reason,
under these LEDs, it's like,

that's a man.

- You look so different.
- Yeah.

- Me?

- Yeah.

- You go from horrifying
ugly clowns to, you know,

handsome men.

If any of these girls
think they're

the trade of the season,
they're mistaken.

The only trade that I see is,
you know, the kind that I want

to trade in for replacements.

It's true.

Next.

Ma'am, what's your name?
- Megami.

- Is that like the Japanese
thing they do with the paper?

- Sure.

- And what is that
you are wearing?

- An entire cathedral.

Are you religious?

Ru, I am a Christian
woman, you know?

Okay.

- In the beginning, Deuteronomy.

- She-teronomy.

- This is, like,
what I was born to do.

I live for the camera.

- Presbyterian,
Baptist, Scientology.

- Now give us the resurrection.

- Give us the erection.

- It's very tight in there.

I can't.

You ain't saved then.

- Yeah, you is not saved.

- Come back
when you know the Lord.

- All right, so I'm gonna write

erectile dysfunction on here.

- Bye, girl.

- Next.

- Got another one
sitting over there asleep.

- Ma'am?

- I'm concerned.

Like, should I wake
Mhi'ya up here,

or should I just cut the line?

- Ma'am!

- Next.
- Ma'am.

- We ain't got all day.

- Ma'am, let's see
how you back a car up.

Okay.

Beep, beep, beep.

Throttle.

Okay.

Now slam it in park.

- Honey, she done
parked that car.

- These bitches
got me on my knees.

I'm doing splits.

I'm feeling my oats.

I'm feeling queen of flips.

- Now, ma'am,
if you had to back it up slow,

how would you do it?

We can't use that
for your license,

but I'll take a few copies
of that right there.

Beep, beep, beep.

Are those
prescription sunglasses?

- This one is, not this one.

- Can you read this?

- "I like big dicky."

- That's right.
- That's right.

- And ma'am, what is
under that raincoat?

Get the camera ready, honey.
- I'm ready.

My God.

- Goodness.
Talk about low hanging fruit.

- Ooh.
- Damn.

Well, the ones in the coat,
they look a little bit brown.

They too ripe for me.

Would you like this one?

- Well, that one looks
like it's not ripe enough.

- I am going absolutely
bonkers in the She-MV.

I know what these two
are thinking.

They want a piece of my bananas.

All right, we got a picture?

- We got a picture, Mama.

- Okay, ma'am,
thank you very much.

You can take your bananas
and leave.

- Would you like some?

- I'm allergic to bananas.

- Yeah, yeah.

It's the banana peeler.

Don't slip, don't slip.

- We just finished
our photo shoot.

Y'all are men.

Finally, I can take
all of this shit off.

My God.

Geneva Karr, to me, has
the biggest transformation.

I feel like it's someone
I would go to their home

and then have a meal.

Geneva Karr gives

"I will feed you and I cook"
energy.

- The person that looks the
most different is Plane Jane.

She went from sex kitten
dominatrix to this '50s actor.

Like, her bone structure
is sickening.

And I think that's what's
making me go, okay.

Okay, girl.

- I've only ever
been to Orlando.

I'm a Disney gay, so...

- Megami, she looks like
my elderly Russian uncle

both in and out of drag.

- How do we feel about being on
"RuPaul's Drag Race" season 16?

- I'm gonna be honest
with you girls.

I felt nervous until
I walked in the Werk Room

and saw everybody else.

- No tea.

That's tea.

- Plane Jane is one to kind
of, like, watch out for.

I feel like we're either
gonna be great friends

or great frenemies.

- Anyways, um...

- Hi!

My queens,
you're all so beautiful.

- Thank you.

- But the winner
of today's mini challenge is...

Nymphia Wind.

- Okay, girl.

Whoo-hoo!

- Condragulations.

You've won a cash prize
of $2,500.

My.

- Now, ladykins, for this
week's maxi challenge,

we want you to showcase
your talents

at the Queen Choice Awards.

Yeah!

And to make your
first week here truly

unforgettable,
for this challenge,

I will not be judging you.

- What?

- Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

- In fact,
you'll be judging each other

in a peer evaluation system

we're calling Rate-a-Queen.

And that's not all.

In addition to
a cash prize of $5,000,

this week's winner will
also receive immunity...

- Which she can use
to save herself

from a future elimination.

- Bitch, this is the dawning of
the age of immunity once more.

It's a game changer.

- Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

- The stakes could not
be higher.

There's immunity.

There's money on the line.

But finding out that these
other bitches have to rate me,

this is gonna be a wild one.

So strap in, America.

- So we're judging each other.

What do we think about that?

- See, now everyone's
my best friend.

- I guess this brings
into question, like,

how we play the game
because, like,

is this a competition of merit?

Like, are we all gonna actually
fairly score each other

based on what we think
the performance quality was?

Or are we gonna rank those girls

that we think are threats?

- I mean...

- My strategy
going into this is,

I'm gonna be fair about this.

I don't know all of you
that well yet.

And I want to be fair
in my assessment.

I don't know how long
each of y'all are gonna

last in this competition.

But what I do know is
that if I see something

that I'm like, yes, bitch, work,

that's gonna be my top vote.

- I'd rather rate based on my
opinions of your performance

and your drag
than anything else.

- Thank you,
my congenial sister.

My gosh.

- I don't know who to watch
in this room right now.

- No, y'all, I'm definitely,
like, voting meritus as well.

- Yeah.

- All of these girls are looking

like they're trying
to play nice,

but somebody's gonna play
a dirty game.

It's giving me anxiety
a little bit,

because at the end of the day,

I've just met these girls
that are around me,

and I don't trust them.

- I can't wait to see
what you've brought.

Your Instagram is immaculate.

The New York girlies
fucking bring it.

- I know.

New York girls always bring it.

We need to make
a New York alliance, no?

You know, in preparation
for Rate-a-Queen,

I gotta have some friends.

I'm here to play the game,
and I will do

anything to get that immunity.

- How do y'all feel?

- I'm not gonna even lie
to you, I'm a little nervous.

- What do you think
Jane's gonna do?

- I don't know.

I feel like... I know she said
she would vote fair,

but she gives me the vibe
like she might not.

- Bitch, I was thinking
the exact same thing.

- Like, I'm like, I'm...

I'm sorry
I'm thinking like that,

but I just get the vibe
that she'll be like, yeah,

I'm gonna vote fair, and then
fuck all those bitches,

I'm trying to get immunity.

- Okay, we're getting
into it, baby.

We're getting into it.

- As quickly as
we're becoming friends,

the competitive side in
everybody is creeping back up.

Everybody's gunning
for that $5,000 and immunity.

So I think
all of us are to watch,

'cause we don't know
what's gonna happen.

- New York in the house,
thank you.

Fresh day.

- Girl.

- It's a new bright, shiny day,
and our first maxi challenge

is the Queen Choice Awards.

This is your "RuPaul's Drag
Race" main stage debut,

and Ru has asked us to rate
our fellow competitors.

So it's a little bit
like, here we go!

- Are you girls excited
for the talent show?

- I'm excited for it.

You know, I have many talents,

and I'm excited to display
my big, juicy talents

to Mama Ru on that stage.

- What kind of juicy talents
are you preparing?

- You'll have to see, baby.

You'll have to see.

I'm holding my cards
to my chest.

I don't want these
other girls to know what it is

that I'm going to do,

because, boy,
do I have somethin' for ya.

- What are you gonna do?

- I kind of wanted to use
this moment

to speak up about
all this, like,

anti-drag sentiment
that's happening.

- It's frustrating.

We all just want
to, like, exist and live

our lives and entertain
and not have to...

deal with the bullshit.

It's important for people
to be able to live

freely on this Earth.

And that's what drag is.

Drag is expressing yourself
exactly how you want to

and not giving a fuck
what anybody else has to say.

It's the goblin porn.

That is what's truly polluting
the minds of Americans...

The goblin porn, honey.

- It's the goblins.

It's not the drag queens.

- No, it's not.

- All right, now.

How do we think
everyone's gonna do?

- I'm interested to see
Plane Jane's performance.

And then Ms. Mhi'ya is
about to eat everybody up.

Yeah.

It looks like she's dancing...

- Yeah.

- Which, like,
I'm excited to see.

I don't think these girls are
paying any attention to me.

- Intriguing.

- Wait, do you think people are?

- When I first saw you,

I said, okay,
competition started.

- Well, that's because
we were the only two

in the fucking room.
- Well.

The girls have their eyes
on Mhi'ya, Plane,

and Nymphia, and no one's
looking out for the underdog.

And right now,
that feels like me.

But when it's Plasma's turn
to get on that stage,

it's Plasma's stage.

And there's no one in the world
who can take that from me.

- So wait,
Nymphia is from Brooklyn?

- I'm from Taiwan.

I just moved to Brooklyn
last year in August.

Really?

- Yeah.

Fresh, fresh off the boat.

- Were you doing drag
out in Taiwan?

- Yeah, I was doing drag there
for, like, five years.

- How's the scene there?

- It's very small.

Everyone knows each other.

The drag scene in Taiwan,
everyone kind of

is, like, this really big
drag family.

And the government in Taiwan

is very supportive
of gay rights.

We are the first country in
Asia to legalize gay marriage,

and I'm very proud
to say I'm Taiwanese.

- Sister, you're gearing up
to host "Drag Race: Taiwan."

- I don't think
Taiwan's big enough

to have their own "Drag Race."

- Well, listen, maybe
you'll make the scene blow up.

- Hopefully.

I feel like I have a lot
of expectation back home.

Like, my God,
Nymphia is going to America.

I wonder what she's gonna do.

I feel a lot of pressure,
like I want to make them proud

and, you know,
win it for the country.

- Miss diva, is there
a significant other

in the picture?

- I do have a partner.

Work.

- We have two kids, girl.

My God, you have kids?

- A three- and a two-year-old,
yes.

- Did you call a sitter
before you came here?

My boyfriend's sister, she...

She struggles a lot,
and she knew

she couldn't take care
of her kids.

So she put 'em up for adoption.

He was like, I want you
to be a dad with me,

and I was like.

- Wait, that's sweet, though.

- Girl, it's... I don't know.

That's been the hardest part
about being here

so far, though, because...

- You're missing your kids?

- Yeah, it's really
fucking hard.

Farrell's the oldest.
He's three years old.

And then a year later,
we got his sister.

Her name is Egypt,
and she's two.

Egypt is the diva
of the... we be battling

for diva of the house.

- I feel like queer people
who have kids

these days are, like, under even

more scrutiny than usual.

- Yeah, some of the stuff
that we've heard

and some of the stuff
that people say,

and not just from online,
but from some

of our family members, too.

- Wait, some of
your family members?

Yeah.

It's gotten back to us
that certain family members

said, like, what are they
teaching 'em over there?

Are they okay?

Like, what is she doing that
in front of them for?

Why does Hershii feel
like she need to do...

A whole bunch
of unnecessary questions.

And me doing drag is
literally the last thing

my kids think about every day.

The first thing they want
to know in the morning

is who is feeding them
and then what am I

turning on the television.

I love being a daddy.

It's scary.

I'm not gonna lie to you,
especially in the climate

that we're in now.

I'm very popular on TikTok,
and it comes with trolls.

They say very mean things.

At the same time, I'm getting
a whole bunch of responses

from other gay dads out there,
and they're like,

thank you for being seen.

Thank you for putting
yourself out there.

Some of us can't.

But no, they make me the
happiest thing in the world.

Like, I did not see myself
being a parent,

but every time I hear one
of them walk into the room

and go, "Mama."

Girl, my ovaries are acting up.

- Take a pill, girl.

- What the fuck?

- Who's that?

- Now that I've got
your attention.

Hola, mis reinas.

- Boom, Becky G walks in.

Becky motherfucking G.

- Nice to meet you guys.

- Hi.

- I'm a big fan.

I perform her music back home.

- Si.

- I'm like, bitch, I'm here.

Like, Becky G is, like,
2 feet away from me.

- How are we doing, guys?

My God.

- We're gonna give you
a great show tonight.

- I'm so excited.
You guys have no idea.

I can't wait to see you guys
shine so bright today.

- What are you looking for
from us tonight?

- Representation.

And I think that that looks
different for everyone.

Like, no one else
can do what you do.

Seeing you guys take these
opportunities, take the stage,

and represent yourselves
in something

that is sometimes
even bigger than you,

that representation is
really important.

So I would say that that's
what I'm looking for tonight.

- Yes, baby.

- Okay, well, I'm gonna
let you guys get to it.

I've got one last thing to say.

Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

- Thank you.
- My gosh.

- I love her so much.

That was the best fire drill
I've ever done.

- Becky G was in the building.

- She was... she was, like,
2 feet away from me.

I got to hug Becky G.
- Yes.

- Like, you know what I mean?
Like, girl.

- I'm hype.

I'm ready to show them
what I have.

They better be ready for a show.

- I feel so excited
with the talent

that I brought because
Becky G is basically

saying representation matters.

It made my heart go,
she's totally gonna love

what I'm about to do right now.

- I'm excited
for that petite woman

to get to experience
my clownery.

Miss Becky G's not ready.

- At the end of the day,

I am in this
for me, myself, and I,

and if I gotta throw some
pearls for them to trip

and fall along the way,
then, you know, so be it.

Watch out, bitches.

Welcome to the main stage of
"RuPaul's Drag Race" season 16.

Michelle Visage, now, what were
you like when you were 16?

- I was like a 2 by 4, Ru...

Flat as a board
and easy to nail.

Hey.

- The hilarious Ross Mathews.

What were you like at 16?

- Just knee deep in pussy, Ru.

- And a big hello to Becky G.

Hi!
- Hi!

- Now they tell me
that you were 16

when this show just premiered.

- Actually, I was 12.

- Wow.

- But who's counting?

- Welcome, my darling.

This week,
we challenged our queens

to show off their talents
at the Queen Choice Awards.

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

It's the Queen Choice Awards,
hosted by Derrick Barry.

- Oops, I'm doing it again.

Welcome to
the Queen Choice Awards.

- Hey, Derrick.

Yay!

- Up first,
from Brownsville, Texas,

y'all, it's Geneva Karr.

- Vroom-vroom.

Somebody cleared customs.

Look, a chili.

- Ay, ay, ay!

My tongue is on fire.

- I wish that custom did not
clear for that talent number,

'cause that was good.

- Hold on to your wigs.

From LA,
it's Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- Here's the story of a mogul
whose goals were very direct.

She set out on the mission.

For her heart,
she would collect.

It was more than edges.

She even gained respect.

Stop lying, child.

You know I did this for a check.

Now, look.

At a back alley near you,

long as you don't mind the rash.

- I thought it was catchy.

I thought it was fun.

And I'm confused why
she was in the jungle,

but work.

- Serving tea from
New York City, it's Plasma.

- A-one, a-two,
a-one, two, three.

Right, Ru, dear?
- Right!

Jennifer Coolidge. My God.

It makes me want a hot dog
in my ass real bad.

Shit.

Joan Rivers. My God.

Ru, would you look
at this motley crew?

My God,
talk about a bitch track.

There's a bunch of bitches,

and I can't keep track
of a single one of them.

God.

Marilyn Monroe.

RuPaul... pass.

Harvey Weinstein.

Michelle,
it's been so long, honey.

When was the last time
I saw you,

the opening of "Hairspray"?

Hold on, I've got something
in my throat.

Being underestimated is
a very powerful position.

I put my hand on that mic,
and I knew what to do.

I was home.

- She puts the ass in class.

It's Nymphia Wind.

- Gorgeous.

- Work.

- Here to tell you what's up,
from New York City,

it's Megami.

- Yeah.
- Work.

- You know, you take away
the message,

and what is your talent,
holding up posters?

Girl.

Protect queer art,

but is she giving us
anything worth protecting?

That's the question.

- Bouncing in
from Miami, Florida,

it's Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- All right, sis.

- Work!

- It's the legs for me.

Bum, bum, bum, bum,
bum, bum, bum, bum.

Yes!

My God!

- She gave exactly what I knew
she was gonna give, America.

My gosh.

- From Boston, it's Plane Jane.

I'm hungry
for a big, greasy burger.

How about you, Ru?

That burger left such a
delicious smell on my finger.

Can you smell it, Mama?

It's my...

My God.

- What?

- Yes!

- You're gross.

I underestimated her.

Plane Jane understands
the assignment of stupid.

- Your right titty's
gotta "catch-up."

- Thanks for watching, y'all.

You know, this is the first
Queen Choice Awards

where nobody got slimed.

My God!

Um, oops,
I think I spoke too soon.

Bye, y'all.

Bye.

The category is Made Ya Look.

Up first, Nymphia Wind.

- I am giving you
the life story of a banana.

I entered as a green,
unripe banana.

Then I turned into
a yellow banana.

- You know
who she reminds me of?

My nana.

- Then I peel into my mature,
ripened banana.

- It's time
to make banana bread.

- Then I turn around,
and I'm fully brown.

I'm actually rotted inside.

- Oof.

- This look is "a-peel-ing."

- Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- What I'm giving you today
is an old-school club reveal.

So I'm coming out
in my big ruffle coat,

and, ooh, it's chocolate.

Get into my shoulders.

Get into these pumps.

Get into these
soft, supple hips.

Ain't I delicious?

- I want s'more.

- I hope you've got
your platelets.

It's Plasma.

Wow.

Pin crew.

- My grandmother was
a seamstress

and had a tomato pincushion.

So tonight on the runway,
I'm a pincushion come to life.

- More cushion for the pushin'.

- I take off the first tomato.

Like, that's wonderful and cute.

And then I take off the cuffs.

It's burlesque.

And then I rip the pants off,
and they're like, bitch,

she packed three reveals in one.

And that is what
a reveals runway should be.

- Now she is what
I call a pinup girl.

- Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- I'm serving up
Miami's weather,

a jacket for when it's cold

and a swimsuit
for when it's hot.

Beach better have my money.

- Mhi'ya is known for being
a pageantry girl,

a fashionista, just a bad bitch.

I'm feeling hot and fabulous.

- If the glove fits...

- You must acquit.

- Or you must do the splits.

- That.

- Geneva Karr.

Ooh, mariachi.

You see Mario, and then,
boom, I turn into Maria.

- Whoo!

- See ya, señor.

- My grandparents would
listen to mariachi music,

so I hold that
close to my heart.

And then there's
this feminine outfit

that my grandmothers would
wear for special occasions.

I didn't leave no shit
on the floor.

It was a reveal,

not a "take things off"
kind of gig.

- Mamacita, may I
cha cha with danger?

- Besitos.

Megami.

- Wow.

- I think your mascara
is running.

- Since Megami means
"goddess," I wanted to be

an all-seeing goddess
above all of this

disgusting human trash.

But where are my eyes?

Then I reveal,
they're in my hands.

- The palms are
the windows to the soul.

- Are they?

- Apparently.

- Plane Jane.

- Princess Elsa.

- Elsa could never.

- I am gliding down the runway
in my gorgeous

Romanov dynasty-inspired
Russian robe.

And then I gently disrobe
to reveal

a big-titted Boston bimbo.

- Okay.
- Wow.

- She's ready to congratulate
the team after their big win.

- Show me on the doll
where Bean Town is.

- This outfit is
a perfect encapsulation

of my drag persona.

Not only is it stunning,
it's also campy.

- Is that a burger finger?

- Welcome, queens.

This week, your fate lies in
the hands of your competitors.

The judges and I will
provide critiques,

but then it's up to you
to rate your fellow queens.

Up first, Nymphia Wind.

- This shit is bananas.

- It's funny.
It's campy. It's drag.

Every little detail
is perfection.

- And that was
a beautiful performance.

The sleeve-ography
was very impressive.

And I love when culture is
brought to the main stage

because it lets us in
to who you are.

- And I love bananas.

Like, who doesn't love bananas?

- If this is just
a taste of who you are,

I am ready for a buffet.

- All right, up next,
Hershii Liquor Store Jeté.

- That's me.

- Are you related
to our Kornbread?

- I am.

I'm her sister and her best
friend and her aggravation.

- Let's talk about this first.

I love this color on you.
- Thank you.

- My issue with it is
that is a weird-ass length.

That length won't work
for anyone.

It just looks like
it was a mistake.

- I understand.

- But nonetheless, I love
the way you did your number.

It was funny.

It was filled with energy.

- Whiplash and a full bush.

I'm there for it.

It's really a smart way to
brand yourself with something.

You're now the whiplash queen.

- Who wrote the song?

- Kornbread did, actually.

- Kornbread wrote the song?

And what did Kornbread say
to look out for?

- Don't embarrass her.

That's all she said to me.

- Up next, Plasma.

- You're probably
on pins and needles

to hear what
I'm gonna say, right?

God.

- This runway look,
exquisite and so fun.

- Tea for two.

The tea was hot.

I was so impressed.

She's an "actreese."

She's a singer.

She can do impressions.

- But you did a lot.

You were doing burlesque.

You were singing, lip-synching,

and doing impressions.

I loved it, but I feel like
sometimes it's better

to pare it down
to be a master at one

instead of a master of none.

- Up next, Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- If you're gonna do a reveal,
give us some time

to get used to what you're
wearing before you reveal it,

so it has more of an impact.

- Okay.
- But I'll tell you,

what did have an impact
is that number that you did.

- Is your tuck bruised?
Are you okay?

- It's bruised.

- I know you need
a couple Advil,

but it was worth it.

- Now, I'm assuming
you were in gymnastics.

Is that right?
- No.

- No?

How'd you learn how to do that?

- Self-taught.

One day, me and my cousins
was out flipping

and just started flipping.

- Wait a minute.

You were out flipping?

I don't think I've ever
flipped in my life.

- Not with my cousins anyway.

- All right, up next,
Geneva Karr.

- When you came out and said,

"Vroom-vroom,
somebody cleared customs,"

I said,
"This bitch is estupido."

- Mucho.

- I fell in love with you
instantly.

Thank you.

- Because you showed us
where you came from,

and you made it drag.

- And then this was
a beautiful reveal.

You went for the mariachi,
then it came out to this

really feminine,
really flirty dress.

- I might have to fight you
on the crown

for La Diva Más Latina.

I loved everything
you brought today,

and I could not be
any more proud.

- Gracias.

- Up next, Megami in the house.

- I loved the messages
that you were saying.

I think the issue
for me in the number

was it took so long
to get there.

I was staring at the easel
the whole time,

waiting to see what...
What was going on.

And then my main qualm
with this look, Megami,

is there's no reveal.

- So I was thinking
"Pan's Labyrinth."

Like, I plucked out my
eyes and just, like,

they're in my hands now,
and I can see all.

- And the reveal is...

- Her hands.

- The eyes.
- Okay, all right.

- I also want to just curiously
ask you to read, like,

what my future looks like,
because you're

giving this ethereal,
ancestral energy.

- You have the goods.

What I want you to do is think
about every single step of it,

every detail along the way.

- All right, up next,
Plane Jane.

What the fuck?

How did you come up
with "Burger Finger"?

- So I was eating a burger.

I happened to get
a whiff of my... my fingers.

- And I immediately wrote down
in my notes "burger finger."

- We revere stupidity
on this show.

We just love it.

And tonight, I think
you excelled at stupidity.

- What a dumb fucking idea.

Another dumb idea
is this outfit.

I don't get why
this was hiding under Elsa,

but I'm thrilled it was.

- Thank you.

- I've never heard
those two words,

"burger finger,"
together before,

and I am living for it.

My gosh.

- They can do whatever
they want in Congress

in all their little things...

We have burger finger.

Thank you, ladies.

I think you've heard
enough from us.

Now it's time for each of you
to rate your competitors.

Now you may leave the stage.

- I am going to do what I feel
in my heart of hearts

is the right thing to do.

- I gotta rate these whores.

- I kind of feel like
everyone is gonna be

really fair about this.

The only one
I have to worry about

is maybe Jane because she does
have that, like, death glare.

- This competition
is messy, America.

I'm not going to be
strategic just yet.

You have to make the right kill.

You don't want them to be like.

You want to, like...

- All right, let's do this.

In first position,
I would put Plane Jane,

because she really surprised me.

- For the first position,
I'm gonna say Geneva.

She actually shocked me,
so kudos to Geneva.

In first position...

- I choose Plasma.

I found her makeup atrocious.

I am treating this Rate-a-Queen
system as another way

that I can ensure that
I'm in that top spot.

In second position,
I choose Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

So I'm putting
the queens that I think

did the worst in the top.

- For second...

- Position, I'm gonna put
Nymphia Wind.

- In second position,
I choose Plane Jane.

Making Ru laugh is
gonna prove more difficult

than I expected.

So screw her for that.

- In third position...

- I'm gonna put Megami.

- In fifth position,
I would do Hershii.

Sorry, girl.

- In fifth position...

I'm gonna put Mhi'ya.

The stunts can be seen
everywhere.

Where is your uniqueness?

- For the sixth position,

I'm going to say Megami.

She didn't give a RuVeal.

- In sixth position,
it's Mhi'ya Iman LePaige.

- And in sixth position,
I'm so sorry,

but my sister Nymphia Wind
just didn't stack up.

Play the game.

And that's the tea, honeybee.

- And that is the tea.

- And that's...
- The tea.

That's the tea.

- That's the tea.

Welcome back, queens.

You've made some decisions.

This week,
we're having a top two.

The top two queens will
lip-synch for the win

and immunity.

Based on your
Rate-a-Queen results,

our top two queens
of the week are...

Plane Jane and Geneva Karr.

Condragulations.

- Hearing my name does not
come as a surprise to me.

I fucking killed it,
and I'm very pleased

at how well I was able
to play my cards.

- And that's not all.

This week, no one is going home.

My God.

- Thank God.

- The rest of you may step
to the back of the stage.

Two queens stand before me.

Prior to tonight,
you were asked to prepare

a lip-sync performance
of "Shower" by Becky G.

The time has come for you

to lip-synch

for the win.

- All I can think of is,
Becky G's right there.

- Let's go, ladies.

- And I need that immunity.

It's gonna be a show.

- Good luck,

and don't fuck it up.

- The song keeps going,
and that little booby

is still swinging
left and right.

The boob is lip-synching
at this point.

- My goodness.

- So stupid.

- What the hell?

- Ladies...
- I've made my decision.

Plane Jane, condragulations,
you're a winner, baby.

- Thank you, thank you,
thank you.

- You're a winner and a whore.

- It feels so surreal to have
won the first challenge

on "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Yeah, I'm on cloud nine
right now.

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

and immunity
on a future elimination.

My advice, buy yourself a bra.

Condragulations, ladies.

Enjoy this moment
because this competition

is just getting started.

Now 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?

Amen.

- All right,
now let the music play.

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

- Plane, I'm a little
surprised you won.

- This is gonna be

a bumpy fucking ride.

- We are having a ball.

And I'm giving you
one more chance

to Rate-a-Queen.

- In the end,
one of you will be going home.

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