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- [singing] MTV

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

You're gonna star in the "Wicked Wiz of Oz."

- [singing] It's only us

[cheering]

- Kori King.

- Lydia was shining a little bit more.

- Acacia Forgot.

- You have an opportunity to do something with the song,

and it was a bit of a missed one.

- Sam Star.

- You did such a great job!

- Condragulations.

You are the winner of this week's challenge.

[cheering]

Kori King, shantay, you stay.

Acacia, sashay away.

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

- Well.

They got me, gals.

- Well, shit.

- Yes, God, Nessa.

- I have just now sent Acacia home.

It's sad that she went home.

But she wasn't gonna send me home.

No, ma'am. No, ma'am.

- "All you can do is forgot.

Love, the piggie of the week, Acacia."

She didn't have many words to say.

- But when she did, she said them.

- They hit. They hit.

- They always hit.

- Acacia, you will be missed.

- It is just getting sadder and sadder every time

one of our divas departs.

But I am ecstatic that Kori stayed.

- I am safe to fight another day.

If I don't get a win, my lawyers will be called.

- Well, you better hire a lawyer.

- Get in line.

- Ooh!

- I am a little annoyed that I was in the bottom again.

I need to have at least a win or some good critiques

to ensure that I make it to the end.

- Congrats, bitch.

- Come on, Sam.

- That's two wins. - Oh!

- All right.

- Thanks, babe.

- Sit down.

- You know, it honestly feels correct.

I want to thank everyone.

- Here she go. Cue the music.

Cue the music.

- The pageant music.

- The old Sam is dead, and the new one is alive.

- Girl, just interrupt her. She'll sit down.

- The nice... what'd you say?

- [laughs]

- Now you're quiet.

- Oh, no, no, no, hold up.

I said, just interrupt her.

She'll sit down.

That's what I said.

- [laughs]

- But I'm still standing.

Better than I ever been, bitch.

You know what?

You bitches better watch out, 'cause I ain't playing no more.

I won the Rusical, and these bitches are mad.

Oh!

- There are now three girls in the competition with two wins.

- Oh, shut up, you guys!

I can't stand you!

- I think I can speak for all of the queens without a win,

we need a fucking win like we need water.

I want a win!

- I would love to taste what a win feels like.

- Same, bitch.

- I wish I won.

There's a lot of us high-stake girlies who really

just want to grab a win.

- OK, motherfuckers, I'm coming for a motherfucking

win next week.

- But sorry to them.

- [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, courtesy of Todaytix,

the theater ticket app.

With extra special guest judge Betsey Johnson.

RuPaul's Drag Race

May the best drag queen win

Best drag queen win

- Yee-haw!

- Good morning.

Top nine. - Top nine.

- It's a new day in the Werk Room,

and I am so excited because this week

is gonna be my week to shine.

I've been in the top the past two weeks,

and my upward trajectory plan is working.

- Which one of you non-winners is gonna get a win this week?

- I would love to.

- I wouldn't classify myself as a non-winner.

- And as we've seen in the past,

you can be doing really well one week

and the next week, you can just go home.

- So which one of you big mouth bitches are going home?

[laughter]

- Hello, hello, hello.

[cheering]

- Yes, yes, yes. - Yes!

- Good morning, queens.

- Good morning, Ru!

- Now for today's Mini Challenge,

in the grand tradition of "Paris is Burning,"

the library is about to be open.

[cheering]

Because reading is what?

- Fundamental!

- That's right.

Oh, Pit Crew.

- Ooh.

- Bryce, what you do with my reading glasses?

And are those my underwear, too?

- Oh! - Ooh!

- All right, first up, Onya Nerves.

- Thank you, handsome.

- The library is open.

- Kori King, girl, you know it's

not cheating to look at the mirror before you go on stage.

[laughter]

Lana Ja'Rae, you know, Ru, a lot of us

came here to start our career, but Lana came here to end it.

[laughter]

- Oh, my God.

- Suzie Toot, you remind me of the bright sun

because every time I look at you, it hurts my eyes.

OK.

- Good one.

- Jewels Sparkles, you are a beautiful stone.

But don't forget, sweetheart, stones aren't soft.

- And your jokes aren't funny.

[laughter]

- Sam Star.

- Mm-hmm.

- You are grade A.

H-O-L-E. A-hole.

- I get that a lot.

- Kori King, when Marsha P. Johnson threw you,

how bad did it hurt?

[laughter]

Give that to me, mother.

It feels good.

- There we go.

- Arrietty, you know, the judges have said

that you should be in "Cats" the musical

because of your makeup.

I disagree, I don't think that's fair to "Cats"

the musical.

[laughter]

Kori King, I heard you had to start identifying as they/them.

But it's not because you're non-binary.

It's because you're the size of a group of people.

[laughter]

Oh, Lydia, Lydia, Lydia.

You know, I always say there's no I in team, but there is

a D in Lydia, and it's Kori's.

[laughter]

Sam Star, you remind me of my favorite Batman

character, Two-Face.

[laughter]

Thank you. - Yes!

- Kori Bigums King.

- Oh!

- You may be my top, but to the judges,

you will always be in the bottom.

[laughter]

- Lydia Butthole Kollins, you know, I love to, you know,

shake my cup.

And you look like you also shake cups outside for money.

[laughter]

- Onya looks so pissed off in drag.

Onya's face looks how Rosa Parks

felt about Lana's Snatch Game.

[laughter]

Lana Ja'Rae, at this point, all you can do

is disappoint the judges.

[laughter]

- You shady bitch.

- Lexi Love, you are just steps away from reaching your dreams.

12 steps exactly.

[laughter]

No, in all seriousness, I have never met anyone who works

harder than Lexi loves liver.

[laughter]

- Oh, my God, bitch.

- Miss Onya Nerve, bitch, your padding is so lumpy.

You don't have a silhouette.

You have a "sillawhat."

[laughter]

Miss Lexi Love, you know, I don't think it's fair

when people call you a whore.

I mean, at your age, nobody's paying for that anymore,

are they?

[laughter]

- They are not, baby.

- OK, the library is closed officially.

Now y'all shady, but one of you was a shade shadier.

The winner of today's Mini Challenge is...

Suzie Toot.

- Oh!

[applause]

- Ah!

You know, I didn't win Snatch Game,

but I won the reading challenge.

That feels major to me.

- Condragulations.

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

- Ooh! - Ooh.

- Thank you. - Werk.

- Love being shady.

- Ladykins, for over 60 years, one designer's

sparkling style and irreverent attitude

have rocked the runway.

- Yes.

- So for this week's Maxi Challenge,

we are celebrating the one, the only Betsey Johnson.

- Fuck yes!

- Fuck yeah.

- Betsey Johnson is an incredible designer.

Her designs are over the top and so much fun.

I am so excited right now.

- If there's any fashion brand out

there that goes hand-in-hand with drag queens,

it's Betsey Johnson.

- Now each of you needs to create an original outfit

inspired by one of three classic

Betsey Johnson collections.

There's punk grunge flappers... popping prints,

pizzazz, and funky florals.

There's Betsey's prom... pink, plucky, and powerful,

and the prenup collection... a bitchin' bride-to-be

in black and white.

Now there will be three queens per collection.

Suzie Toot, you won the Mini Challenge,

so you get to pick first.

- Oh.

- Which do you choose?

- You can call me "Notradamus."

What's his name?

- Nostradamus.

Close enough.

Bitch, you can call me Nostradamus

because I know damn well Suzie's about to pick the punk

grunge flappers.

- I'm gonna have to go with the punk grunge flapper.

- Let me guess.

Was it the word "flapper" that got you in there?

- Maybe it tickled me just a bit.

- OK, Suzie, take your spot.

OK, Suzie, which queen gets to choose next?

- Oh, shit.

OK.

Lydia Butthole Kollins.

- Oh, God, I think I'm gonna have to give it up

for punk grunge flapper, too.

- Take your spot.

Butthole, which queen gets to choose next?

- Ooh, this is tough.

Lexi Love.

- Damn.

- Oh.

- Miss Lexi Love, whether or not she knows it,

has grounded me in this competition so much.

So I have your back, girl.

- Oh, fuck.

- Y'all, I am shooketh because I know that

I do not look like Kori King.

- Lexi, which collection do you choose?

- Prenup.

- Take your spot.

Which queen gets to go next?

- My baby sister, Sam.

- Yes!

I think I'm gonna join my big sister and do prenup as well.

- All right, take your spot.

- Thank you, bitch.

- OK, Sam, which queen chooses next?

- Jewels.

- Yay.

I could kill the pink, but if I'm too comfortable,

am I gonna win the challenge by being comfortable?

No.

I choose the punk grunge flapper collection.

- Oh, OK.

- So that leaves Betsey's prom and one spot in prenup.

Which queen chooses next?

- Lana.

- Oh.

- Arrietty is pissed, honey.

- Even though she's a really close friend of mine,

since Arrietty already has a fashion win,

I'm gonna give Lana the chance to choose

which team she prefers.

- Lana Ja'Rae.

- Betsey's prom.

- Take your place.

Which queen chooses next?

- Arrietty.

- I would love prenup.

- Take your spot.

So that means Onya Nerve and Kori King,

y'all going to the prom.

- Yes!

- Taking my girl back to prom.

- [laughs] Oh, it's getting racial up in here.

I wonder what high school you guys would be going to?

Martin Luther King.

- [laughs]

- Not Rosa Parks.

- Now, queens, you may use the fabulous materials

provided plus your own hair, accessories, and undergarments.

But remember, use Betsey's collections for inspiration

because the judges are looking to see

your charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent

all over that runway.

Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.

- Yes.

Thank you, Ru!

[upbeat music]

- Oh, let's get it, honey.

- All right.

This week's Maxi Challenge is a design challenge

inspired by Betsey Johnson.

- I know we're not fighting each other for once.

- You said, that's new.

I am immediately looking for the stretch fabric.

I am not trying to reinvent the wheel

for this sewing challenge.

Keep it simple.

- Is this stretch?

This is not stretch.

So we've had two design challenges already,

and I won one.

And then the other one, I was in the top.

Should have won.

So this one, I'm like, I'm so excited.

- Ooh, actually.

Oh, my God, I'm literally taking all of it.

- This is so fierce and so stretchy.

I'm trying to find colors that clash in a very

Betsey Johnson kind of way.

I'm so drawn to these floral grandma couch print fabrics.

I think I'm good with this for now.

- Yeah, I want to look at the look book.

- The look book, mama. - Mama.

- Oh, yeah, let's go look at the look book.

The look book.

- We're all given Betsey Johnson look books that

correlate with our collection.

- Yes, bitch.

This is fierce.

- The styling here is really cool.

- Girl, I have too many ideas.

All right, let me look at what I have.

I haven't been in the top for a design

challenge yet, which was kind of what I

was expecting coming in here.

I thought that that was gonna be where I thrived.

So I need to put my whole pussy into this challenge

and make sure I impress the judges.

Let's think, Jewels.

- I can tell you're thinking because I can see the beads

of sweat on your forehead.

- [laughs]

No response.

- Bitch, these are cute.

The prenup collection, it's very

obviously wedding-inspired.

But you're marrying, like, your sugar daddy,

who you don't really like.

What silhouette are you thinking of doing?

- I'm gonna do skintightie-ish long dress.

I want to really reference Betsey Johnson

but also make it Arrietty.

So, like, a 50/50 is what I'm trying to go for.

Maybe a 30/70, 70 mine.

- So you're doing bodycon. - Yes.

- Lexi, what are you feeling?

- I'm not sure yet, love.

- Huh?

- I'm not sure yet.

- OK.

- Ugh.

Everybody instantly knows what they're gonna do.

And I'm struggling just to know where to begin at this point.

OK, OK,

OK, OK.

- I'm feeling very confident in this challenge.

Arrietty is feeling very confident in this challenge.

And I look over, and Lexi is crying.

I see you kind of shutting down.

What's wrong?

- I don't know.

- Talk to me. - Mm.

I just don't know.

Like, Sam, I don't know.

They haven't been impressed with my designs.

And I'm just like at the point, like, I

don't know what else to do.

Like, right now it's not looking...

it does not look pretty for me.

All design challenges so far, I've been safe.

Being safe is just not good enough for me.

I'm sorry.

I have to show that I can make something that is impressive.

- You've got to go into it confident, you know?

- Yeah.

Oh, God. - Snap out of it.

- Yeah.

- Please.

- I'm not giving up.

I'm just...

- Do you need a hug? - A little afraid.

Yes. - I love you.

- I love you.

- And you're gonna be fine, bitch.

- OK, OK.

OK.

We might survive today.

- So what are you thinking?

- I'm thinking Julia Fox.

She did this, and it's like a veil.

And this is like tulle around it, and it's huge.

- Love it.

I just think Lexi hung the moon,

but she can get into her head quite easily.

So I'm happy that I was able to pull her out of her spiral.

We're gonna make tulle to go underneath it to make it...

- As big as fucking possible.

- Then you can easily make your veil.

- All right, let's do it, Sam.

- I think I might have missed my calling,

and I should have been a damn guidance

counselor because I'm able to get Lexi snapped out...

snap out of it.

Throw it back to the Rusical.

- All right.

Resetting.

- That fabric is really cute.

- I really like it.

I have such a fun plan with it.

I'm so excited.

- What in gay hell?

- Start taking the tulle and run it through the machine

and start just like... - Yeah, yeah, ruffling.

- Shoving it.

- It's on, honey.

- Onya is sending me.

- I know.

- Sending me.

Sending me.

What is going on?

This is too much.

- A garment is... a garment has been made.

A garment has been made.

- She's already done, honey.

- What?

- Onya is running around in this tube dress.

Mm-mm.

Brrr... sharing the buggy.

It's the hospital socks for me.

[upbeat music]

- That's a pretty tulle.

- Thank you.

I get that a lot.

- That's only when your clothes are off, Sam.

- Ooh.

- This week's Maxi Challenge is another design challenge.

And I am back in my element, bitch.

I was able to win the first design challenge,

so I feel great.

But these other girls should probably be worried.

- Bobbing and weaving, girl.

- Bobbing and weaving.

- Bobbing and weaving, honey.

- Hey, squirrel friends.

- Hey!

- OK, ladykins, I've got some exciting news.

- Yes.

- I've invited an expert on Betsey Johnson.

Say hello to Betsey Johnson.

- Hello, ladies!

- Oh, my God!

- What?

- Oh, my God!

- Gag!

- I think she's so cool.

I want her to do a split in front of us.

- I'm literally gonna shit my pants.

- Oh, Ru, I love you.

- I love you.

- At 82, I want to be an inspiring old lady here.

- [laughs]

- I am so fucking gagged.

She is such an icon in the fashion world.

The stakes just got way higher for this challenge.

Not only do I have to impress RuPaul,

but I have to make sure I honor Betsey Johnson.

- Now Betsey and I are here to help

with your design inspiration.

First up, Lexi Love, Sam Star, and Arrietty.

Come on over.

Hey, ladies.

Say hello to Betsey Johnson.

- Hi!

- Hello, hello.

- Now, they've chosen the prenup collection.

First of all, Betsey, what inspired

you to do a prenup collection?

- Maybe one of my three marriages.

[laughter]

To me, it was a celebration of everybody on the runway...

Black, white, boy, girl.

Everything on the runway equal.

- Now, Betsey, you were the first designer

to put trans models on the runway, is that correct?

- Yes, yes, yes.

They were sensational models.

They understood how to show a garment.

- Betsey is the first to include people like myself

in modeling?

Like, she's the pioneer.

Holy shit.

- Now, Lexi, of Betsey's designs, which

one spoke to you the most?

- The see-through wedding gown, body-ody-ody look.

- So is this going to be your dream wedding dress?

- Oh, abso-freaking-lutely.

- Yeah.

- So I'm really gearing up to, like, show off this week.

- What about you, Arrietty?

You've done well with design in this competition.

- Yes.

- So you've written "sexpot" on there.

- Did you know I was wearing this?

- No.

- How weird.

- I was very inspired by the bodycon.

I think it's a lace floor-length gown,

but it's very tight.

- Are you using that fabric there?

- I am.

I want to be, like, a gothic bride.

- How close to her design are you gonna stick?

- I am going to do half you, half me.

So it's gonna be a wonderful baby.

Oh, baby. No.

- Hopefully not a baby.

- Not a baby.

- Yeah, the baby didn't work out too well for you.

- You're right, you're right, you're right.

- Let's see yours, Sam Star.

- Ah.

- Oh, my goodness.

That looks so Betsey right there.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, that looks like something

you've already designed, though, Betsey, doesn't it?

- Oh, yeah, that's the old 1980s fit and flair.

- You've got the bow. - The bow.

Bows are gonna be big.

- Great minds think alike.

- Uh-huh.

- I love your style and how whimsical and fun it is.

Have you always been that since a kid?

- As a terrified, little Connecticut country kid,

I hid happily behind my dancing costumes.

I was always in fantasy mode, dressed up as something.

- Well, that's drag, isn't it?

- That's absolute drag.

- I'm gonna embrace the Betsey Johnson and have some fun.

- Thank you.

- Yes.

All right, kids, get back to work.

Can't wait to see what you do.

- Thank you so much. - Thank you so much.

- Very exciting.

- All right, we want our flappers...

Tootsie Fruitsy, Butthole, and Jewels Sparkle.

Come on down.

- Suzie Tootsie, honey.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Hi.

- Hello.

- How amazing is this that you get to meet the designer who's

inspiring your looks today?

- I am the combination of the punk

and the grunge and the downtown and the da-da-da.

It was the most natural show for me to do.

- So let's take a look and see what you guys are doing.

Let's start with Ms. Toot Toot Beep Beep.

So that is shorter than a flapper dress.

- So of course, I'm very inspired by the 1920s era.

Flappers were rebels of their time,

like showing their knees while they were dancing.

So I wanted to do a modern take on a flapper,

which would be even shorter.

I might even rouge my knees for this one.

- Oh, my goodness.

- I think my greatest strength in this challenge

is my knowledge base, my references, and my aesthetic.

- Jewels, what do you have there?

- So I've got a few things going on.

I did something ruche because, you know,

there was a lot of ruching in that.

But I did do ruching on the first design challenge.

So I might steer away from that.

I wanted to play with some fur ideas.

I was thinking of doing, like, a longer slit with some fur

going down the sides. - Wow.

- Yeah, I've got...

I've got a lot of ideas.

How do I nail an idea when you've got so many?

- Relax, breathe, and rock out.

Just go for it, go for it, go for it.

- What about you, Butthole? - OK.

- You've got this sort of tie-dye fabric or...

- It's beautiful.

It's meshy.

Very Betsey Johnson.

- Uh-huh.

- I have a little dress going on.

- Oh, it's another slinky dress from Butthole.

- Yep.

I'm figuring it out.

I am going to add lots of stuff.

This is just my... my first sort of idea.

- OK.

- Lydia Kollins is always going to mix different textures

and textiles.

I design and create based on feeling

more than a rigid outline of what things should be.

I just want to exude a feeling of Betsey Johnson.

And it is honestly a massive honor to meet you.

I feel like I get a lot of inspiration from your work,

and I think you're incredible.

- The best day of my life.

Really. Thank you.

- All right, kids, well, get back to work.

Can't wait to see what you turn out.

- Thank you so, so much.

- All right, Lana Ja'Rae, Onya Nerve, and Kori King,

come on down.

- Good luck.

- Betsey Johnson!

[laughter]

- Now you all got the prom collection.

- Yes.

- Your prom is kind of made by your dress.

And that's what was most important to me,

to make something where if I put it on, it would be a party.

It would right away make me feel like something.

- Why did you choose this look?

- Because I never got to go to prom.

So I wanted to experience that moment

and what it felt like to be a little party princess.

- And you didn't go to prom because?

- Of COVID-19.

- Really? How about that?

- I know. She fucked up everything.

- So is this outfit gonna be reflective of what you

would have worn to the prom?

- It's like... it's like what I would have worn if I was,

like, in the '80s.

Winning prom queen.

Fuck COVID for ruining my prom.

This is my prom now, and I'm enjoying it on the runway.

- So you got a storyline going on?

- Yeah.

- OK, all right.

- I feel like a lot is riding on this challenge

because I have failed in the previous two design challenges,

which is kind of embarrassing, being

labeled as a fashion queen.

So I'm trying to really make sure I do something

that's a lot more elevated.

So I'm hoping my story will really sell the look

and really make it something unique on the runway.

- All right, now, Miss Onya Nerve, let me see your sketch.

- This is what I have here.

- Oh, bows, bows, and more bows.

- Yes.

- This is so dumb and stupid and gorgeous.

I love that it's ridiculous.

Bows, bows, bows, bows, bows.

It's just fun.

- I am not a sewer.

For someone who doesn't sew, what do you suggest on how

I go about tackling this?

- Think of how you can fake that, how you can cover up

the fact that you can't sew.

- OK.

- Are they allowed to staple and use scotch tape?

- However they can... - And glue guns.

- Oh.

- Just, like, make sure the fact that you don't know how

to sew too well doesn't show.

- It looks like you've sewn this little tube

thing together.

- I made this little tube dress right here.

- Is this your fabric, this latex?

- Yeah, this is like a... - Oh.

- There you go. Play with it, Betsey.

Play with it.

Play with it, girl. Play with it.

- Yeah.

- There you go.

See, I like what you did here, uh-huh.

So yeah, I'm just playing around with it.

I love walking the runway, so I think I'm

gonna have a good old time.

- Let's talk to Kori King here.

Can I see your sketch?

- So I just did, like, a...

- Look how pretty that is.

- Thank you.

- How did you draw that?

- I studied, like, animation and, like, cartoons, like,

cartoons and stuff like that. Yeah, yeah.

- That's gorgeous. - Thank you.

- You think you're gonna be able to pull that off?

- We will see. We shall see.

We shall see.

- Now you've been challenged in the design aspect.

So how are you gonna overcome that this time?

- I think I have to, like, push myself a little bit

to make something a little more challenging and not as simple

that I have.

- That silhouette, wasn't your yellow dress

kind of that same silhouette?

- A little bit.

- Are you thinking the judges might call you out on that?

- Maybe.

- The judges are gonna want to look at some variety.

- Variety.

- You know?

Any last encouragement for these kids?

- Screw it. Let's just do it.

- Yes. All right, guys.

I cannot wait to see what you turn out.

- Good luck.

- All right, thank y'all.

Thank you.

- After my walk through with Ru, I...

I have to change my outfit.

I cannot come out with a hoochie mama dress again.

- All right, listen up, ladykins.

Tomorrow on the main stage, you'll be making your Betsey

Johnson collab debuts.

Now, Betsey, any final words of advice?

- Yes, Ru.

Good luck, and fuck it up, and show me who you are.

- Yes!

[cheering]

- Werk, Betsey Johnson.

- Wow, what an icon.

- Now we have to actually do work,

and we have to impress her.

[groans]

[dramatic music]

- Uh-oh, it's already giving pussy.

This week's Maxi Challenge is a design

challenge inspired by the one and only Betsey Johnson.

Can y'all just let me be confident this entire time?

Just every time I be like, how this look, I

want y'all to be like, I live.

- Girl, it's sickening.

- I live.

- She said fuck it up.

I'm about to fuck this shit up.

- I live, honey.

- At this point, I'm semi confident.

I'm looking around the room, and I don't think

that I have the best garment.

But what are we gonna do?

We are gonna serve this garment on the runway

like Onya Nerve does.

And if I can do that, I know we're good.

[laughs]

- Miss Koralicious.

- My darling sister.

- How are things going? - Good.

- 'Cause you were doing, like, a poof dress before, right?

- Yeah, I've been...

I've been chopped.

- What are we doing now?

- More like gown.

More... more classy.

- More classy?

So you're like the elegant...

- I'm the elegant...

I'm the elegant girl at prom.

So now I'm deciding to go less, like,

slutty tutu prom and more, like, long, to the floor,

elegant prom dress.

- We've gone from cheap stripper to classy, elegant.

- Classy, elegant woman. - I'm into it.

- So departure from what I would normally do.

I am a little nervous, but I have to trust the ice cube gods

and believe in myself.

- Y'all know who I really miss?

- Who?

- Joella.

[laughter]

- Oh, yes, honey.

The horse hair is gonna make it so cutesie!

- My plan is to have a spin on a classic flapper dress.

I want to, like, kind of twist it in my Kollins way

and just add a whole bunch of weird shit.

Betsey Johnson is controlled chaos and just being a weirdo.

I'm just going to flip this on its head and do what I do best.

- When it comes to design challenges,

there's the side of me that is so kind

and wants to help people, and the other half of me that wants

to throw pearls on the stage.

What are you doing?

I know you were undecided.

- Yes, I mean, I'm honestly just

gonna throw, like, everything I have at the wall with this.

Like, Betsey Johnson is about more, more, more.

But it has to look good.

So, you know.

- At this point, I'm starting to think

she just doesn't really know what the end

product is gonna look like.

Whatever sticks, she'll just do.

- I have, like, a base. I have a thing.

I have a thing.

And then I'm going to be accoutrement-ing it to death.

- Lydia claims to be this fabulous seamstress.

I haven't seen it so far, but maybe she'll surprise me.

- What are you doing?

- I'm doing, like, a Dior new look-inspired thing.

- Can I come look? I'm curious.

- Yeah, sure.

- OK.

- Field trip.

I just started adding the horse hair.

- I'm seeing the Dior inspiration already.

- You know?

But I kind of want to, like, do it new age and do, like,

a bandeau top.

- Yeah, and have your balls hang out.

Oh.

- No, bitch, that's very you.

- [laughs] This is beautiful.

I'm excited to see. - Thank you.

- Yeah.

- Well, keep me posted, henny.

- Yeah.

That was the ugliest effing skirt

I've ever seen in my life.

No, I'm kidding.

Y'all, it's a "Mean Girls" reference.

Come on.

I'm not actually calling Sam's skirt ugly.

Maybe boring.

- Why are you tying a do-rag?

- She got the do-rag on?

- Yeah, bitch.

- She got the do, bitch.

I don't know what Suzie thinks she's making,

but let me tell you what she is making.

Suzie is making a do-rag.

Suzie dressed like Alicia Keys.

[laughter]

- I can't.

I can't.

- You're gonna have Simone so gagged with that.

- I hate you.

- Black girl magic.

- [laughs] Black girl magic.

Girl, Suzie is from the Brewster Projects, honey.

- Oh, my God.

- Child, that's not a do-rag.

That's a scarf on a white girl's head.

This right here, that's what you call a do-rag.

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

[laughs]

- So after making the tube dress, what I want to do

is embellish it with a bunch of bows

to hide the fact that it is a very simple dress.

Ah!

Sorry, I burned myself.

- I said, oh, Jesus.

I said, did I say something?

- Child, these bows is giving me a headache.

Working with tulle is not easy.

I can't even glue them on.

Like, it's 5,000 different glues on this just

to get these bows to stay.

Do we have a stapler?

[laughs] That was a real question.

So I just got to do what I got to do.

But we are so back.

- I am worried about Onya because her outfit

looks like a frumpy potato bag that has bows on it.

[laughs]

- So the base of my dress is done,

and now it's time to embellish it.

The vision I have in my mind is a two-toned kind

of color story, where I have one

color with the fur contrasting with the purple dress.

I have so many furs here.

I'm just trying to figure out which one goes with this bust.

- I mean, the purple is sickening.

- The purple on purple is sickening,

but I just don't have enough.

So I'm kind of having a really tough time.

I'm trying to pick up first to see which one matches

and which one looks the best,

and there's not enough of any of them

to go around the whole thing.

I don't know, I feel this is giving "Flintstones."

I'm stressed.

I don't like this.

This is ugly to me.

- Jewels cannot decide.

It's feeling a bit directionless,

and I'm getting worried for her.

How are you doing, diva?

- All of my decisions have led me to this one decision

that I've made. - What's your decision?

I want to know, too.

- I am going to take it down the road of instead

of choosing a fur, why not use them all?

We are doing all the furs, bitch.

I'm cutting up this fur.

I'm gluing a little bit here.

I'm gluing a little bit there.

Does it match? No.

But is it Betsey?

Yes.

- Look at all this hair.

- Look at the fur.

- Is this Miss Big Feet Number Two?

- It could go two ways.

It could be very fierce, or it could be Muppet nightmare.

- I'm doing something, like, up here.

- Ooh.

- And then I'm gonna add some...

- She's nasty.

OK, so the velvet is facing different directions.

That's very sickening.

- I don't think it is. - It definitely is.

That's why this one looks deep maroon,

and this one looks fuchsia.

- Look.

- It has to lay one direction because the hairs on it lay.

That's why... it just... it would look

that same color right here.

- I didn't even realize that.

So if it was upside... oh, my God, yeah, it's upside down.

Fuck.

Ugh.

[upbeat music]

- Whoo!

- Betsey! Betsey!

Betsey! Betsey!

- Today, we'll be walking the runway

in our Betsey Johnson inspired look.

- Ahh!

And, girl, I'm feeling read-y.

If you stay Arrietty, you ain't gotta get ready.

- Sister, you always turn the party for a design challenge.

- It's true.

My garment came out very wonderfully.

Girl, I could have a second win under my belt,

and that feels cunt.

- Oh, no, wait, I would do this.

- Girl.

- This is the fucked up thing.

I would do this.

- Sickening.

- Today, I am so excited.

Ooh.

My look, bitch, is sickening.

Hey!

I feel like a blushing bride that

is getting ready to walk down the aisle

and get a big old fat win, honey.

- I'm finally going to prom.

- You're going to prom!

- I'm excited to see what the judges say.

I feel like this is, like, the best garment I've made so far.

- Hell yeah.

- And I also just really wanted to show that I can actually

make a garment because I have not been

able to show that yet.

All you can do is have fun.

- All you can do is have fun.

- Did everyone finish in time?

- I did.

I stayed up last night until very, very late,

and I'm very happy with the turnout.

Yesterday was a lot, but even though I

had some technical difficulties,

being the professional drag queen that I am,

I had to make it work the way I could.

Ding.

I just have to sell it on the runway.

- Kori, how do you feel about your look?

- I feel good. I feel good.

My body looks good in it.

I like the bows.

I'm feeling fine. I'm feeling fine.

- Not incredible, just fine?

- Huh?

Not... not incredible, but definitely fine.

I know I said I was gonna give Mama Ru this long gown

that she oh, so craved.

However, overnight, I made the decision

to cut up this long dress.

I don't want to walk in a gown.

I don't want to look like Grandma Fitzgerald

stumbling in this gown, no.

So it has to be short.

- Are you ready, big sis?

- It's on.

- I am definitely gunning for another win today.

Everyone knows I'm a competitive bitch.

We gotta get some of these girls out of here.

- No, these girls are gonna get themselves out of here.

You wait and see.

- In the words of Bianca Del Rio, bitch, I'll help you pack.

- Paper or plastic?

- Right.

I really think we're the best group.

- Yeah, your look, seriously, is so clean and polished.

Like, it's very you... clean, polished,

put together correctly.

- Yeah, I'm very proud of you.

I know you were in your head, but, bitch, you turned it out.

- Girl, you know me.

I'm an emotional, hormonal roller coaster.

I will honestly say that since transitioning,

I cry all the time.

I'm very, very, very emotional.

- Yeah.

Lexi is definitely a complex character.

I think she lets her inner saboteur definitely

get the best of her a lot of the times,

but I'm grateful that we have sort of found each other

in this competition.

All right, ladies, it's time for the daily check-in

with the lovebirds.

How are we feeling today?

- You are just so involved into my life.

- So, Lydia, what's your favorite thing about Kori?

- Not her outfits.

[laughter]

- No, as a lover, bitch.

- Oh.

Kori is very sweet.

I don't know how y'all perceive her.

- Wow.

- I like her arms.

- Oh, wow.

- Ooh.

- We getting into it, honey.

- She's just a fun person to be around.

She's a good pick-me-up, and she literally could pick me up,

so that's a plus.

- Kori, what do you like most about Miss Butthole?

- Her butthole. - Her butthole.

- No, I'm put on the spot.

- You're giving blushing bottom answers right now.

- I told y'all.

- She's like, oh, my gosh.

Don't ask me about it.

- Enough.

[Rupaul's "Cover Girl"]

- [laughs]

Cover girl

Put the bass in your walk

Head to toe

Let your whole body talk

[applause]

- On her way to the beach.

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

It's our bridge and tunnel girl, Michelle Visage.

Now, Michelle, back in the day, what was your favorite place

to party in Manhattan?

- The Underground, because it's the first place I saw voguing.

I got in with a fake ID that my mother gave me because what?

Arlene did not fuck around.

- [laughs] Now that's good parenting.

Style superstar Carson Kressley, what was

your favorite place to party?

- Oh, it was the Roxy.

It was all about the big, sweaty muscle guys.

- [laughs]

- God, I miss those days.

- And our extra special guest judge, Betsey Johnson.

Now, what was your all-time favorite place to party?

- The Chelsea Hotel, where I went between divorces.

- [laughs]

- There were many visits to the Chelsea Hotel.

- My favorite place to party was after hours

on the piers, honey.

- Yes.

- This week, we challenged our queens

to create kick ass couture, inspired by the trailblazing

Betsey Johnson.

And tonight, they're ready to rock the runway.

Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win.

- [singing] Hustle that kitty ♪

You say you want to win

Category is punk grunge flappers.

First up, Jewels Sparkles.

- This is my dream memory of that fashion show, Ru.

- Aw.

- Oh, it's a great interpretation.

Oh.

- I can't believe I made this.

I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone

and do something that I would never, ever, ever do.

And I am so proud of the outcome.

My favorite Betsey Johnson element of this look

has to be the studs going all throughout my chest.

It's very fashionable.

It's very chic.

And those are things that Jewels always is,

no matter what she's doing.

I feel fierce.

- Flapper?

I don't even know her.

- Lydia Butthole Kollins.

She saw it on the side of the road and just had to have it.

- I've interpreted this theme in a way

that no one else other than Lydia Kollins can.

I have made a deconstructed flapper dress

with a matching facekini.

There are dead cats stapled to my arm

that I'm flinging around the stage right now.

I feel like I'm giving the weirdo genius

that is Betsey Johnson.

I feel incredible.

- She's not a cougar.

She just dresses like one.

- Beep-beep.

Suzie Toot.

- Her muff just made eye contact with me.

- Oh, no.

- The one on her shoulder.

- I have a cute little squirrel guy on my shoulder.

Her name is Lil Betsey,

and she is staring the judges down.

Tonight, I definitely wanted to lean

more punk grunge than flapper.

There are flapper elements,

but I'm a rock 'n roll girl at heart,

even if it's hidden way deep down.

And tonight, I'm letting it all hang out.

- One in the pink, two in the mink.

- [laughs]

Category is Betsey's prom.

Up first, Kori King.

- Whoa, was that my prom dress?

- Well, I have heard that Kori King loves a bow job.

- I am walking this runway in an elegant, well-crafted...

[laughs] Y'all, I fit the theme.

It's pink. It's '80s prom.

I have my legendary scoochy scoocherella dress, honey.

And I am selling it to the best of my ability.

- I've heard of bow-legged but never bow-breasted.

- [laughs] Onya Nerve.

- Look at the size of her tulle.

- Ooh.

- Baby, I don't have one pink bow.

I ain't got two pink bows.

It is bows all over this dress.

I have a lovely corsage on my wrist

because where are we going?

To prom.

I got a little choker on because Betsey Johnson

do like a little edge.

And I feel fun, I feel girly, and I feel cute as hell.

- Turns out you can lead a whore to water,

but you can't make her pink.

- [laughs]

Lana Ja'Rae.

- Boom, bye, COVID.

Now I am taking back my prom, which was stolen from me.

- Do you remember the coronavirus?

- Yes.

- This is her now.

- This look is a lot more campy

than I would normally do,

so I'm actually having a very different walk.

Normally, I like to take my time and be very slow,

but I'm, like, dancing down the runway.

I'm giving them some '80s moves.

I could not tell you what it's called,

but I am serving you just a lot of fun,

which is, like, a side the judges

haven't seen from me yet.

- Not today, satin. Not today.

- Category is prenup.

Up first, Arrietty.

- These have always brought me bad luck.

- The groom is coming, and, bitch,

you can't tell me nothing. It's very sexy.

It's very sleek.

It's very put together.

It's very Arrietty Johnson.

[laughs]

- I love that.

- I really hope Betsey can see the work...

the appliqués, the stones, like, all the work that has

gone into this damn outfit.

- Don't get mad.

Get everything.

Sam Star.

- Oh, I like this material, girl.

- She's like a virgin.

She only does anal.

[laughter]

- This look is over-the-top fabulous.

Head to toe.

It's the Sam Star experience, bitch.

Actually, it's a Betsey Johnson X Sam Star experience.

I'm giving you sunglasses 'cause yes,

I am hungover at my own wedding.

And to top it all off, my belt says "ride me"

because my husband is a bottom.

- She earned that pearl necklace the hard way.

Lexi Love.

Something old, something new, something borrowed,

something whore.

- This look is so fun and funky and flirty and Betsey,

everything that I wanted it to be.

My gigantic, beautiful veil.

It's just d-d-d-drama.

I thought it would be very clever to create

a bouquet with gold pens.

- Oh, for the prenup.

- Sign away, baby. - Uh-huh.

- Ow.

[laughter]

- Safe from mosquitoes and bees.

- She's not getting malaria.

- No, not at this wedding.

- This is gaggy.

This is mind-blowing.

It's a very Betsey Johnson fashion show.

- I'm feeling really, really good because this

could be my first win.

- I feel really good about my garment.

You know, I'm very proud of what I created.

However, I have my eye on Arrietty

because she's the one to beat in design challenges.

- I'm feeling fantastic, like the win is close to my reach.

- Whoo-hoo!

[cheering]

- We love you, Betsey!

Whoo!

Welcome, queens.

I've made some decisions.

When I call your name, please step forward.

Suzie Toot, Lana Ja'Rae,

Sam Star.

Ladies, this week, you are all safe.

[dramatic music]

You can say goodbye to Betsey and leave the stage.

- Thank you, Betsey.

- Thank you so much. - Mwah.

- Thank you.

- Queens, you represent the tops and bottoms of the week.

And now it's time for the judges' critiques.

Up first, Jewels Sparkles.

- You represented this collection beautifully.

You kept the edge of the punk rockness,

yet you got the flapper in there.

You understood the assignment.

And I think the execution on this is fantastic.

- I love all those kind of art deco chains and beads.

I love the grommet details.

And the earring is a little bit more 1960s London.

That mix is what it's all about.

You really nailed it.

- If I close my eyes, that is the collection.

And the construction is amazing.

I like a great fit that you have absolutely done.

- You really created a beautiful look.

Well done. - Wow.

Thank you. Thank you guys so much.

- Up next, Lydia Butthole Kollins.

- There's an idea here, and I love the way you do drag,

but I think there's just a few things that

are off on the fit about this that it's taking my eye out

of what you're trying to do.

- I'm always a little crooked, a little off,

a little imperfect.

But I got fit down.

I kind of think your off fit is kind of interesting

in a way, though.

- When you have that silk velvet, it's very reflective.

So if the ruching isn't just right,

it's gonna shadow in the wrong places.

- Up next, Kori King.

- Hi.

- At first glance, you're really giving

us that early 2000 prom look.

But Betsey Johnson is more is more.

Like, layer it on.

- I would have really garbaged that dress up.

I've never been able to do simple and severe very well,

but I love it as a beginning of Betsey.

- The issue for me is the execution.

The hemline is just pulling my eye, and it shouldn't be.

The bow's a little off.

I think you look really cute. You look pretty.

But as it's a design challenge,

I'm only critiquing the actual execution and the design.

- Up next, Onya Nerve.

- Hey, y'all.

- Onya, I love ya, but we got to talk about the outfit.

- OK.

- This, for me, the construction was not hidden.

The length is off.

And then I think we saw elastic at the top, I believe.

And the placement of the bows is kind of awkward for me.

- I almost think, you know, if the top one was the biggest

and the bottom one became the smallest,

maybe that would help.

- Yeah, it's like a little bit filled with some mistakes.

But, you know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

And I just hope you feel fun and gorgeous.

- Thank you. I do.

I mean, I thought I looked good.

Y'all told me different.

I still feel cute.

- Yeah.

Did you run out of fabric?

Is that why it's that length?

- No, I just...

you know, I don't know nothing about... you know,

I got to learn my length.

I'm gonna learn my lengths.

- All right, well, thank you very much.

- Thank you.

- Up next, Arrietty.

- Is this couture or Arrietty to wear?

[laughter]

Because the finish is mind-blowing.

- And the execution, it's just beautiful,

but yet still whimsical.

- And you gave us the bow in a different way.

A very smart little, you know, demure bow tie.

I just... I love the fit.

I love the finish. I love the details.

- Thank you.

- My favorite body shape of all-time is the Hollywood

glamour, tight and flair.

Absolutely beautiful.

Very couture.

- Just thank you so much.

It's an honor to make something inspired by you.

- Oh, thank you.

- Up next, Lexi Love.

- I Lexi love it.

- I love that your underneath is

very ragged, jagged, punky, kind of off and cool and great.

But then you have this elegant little birdcage

couture kind of overlay shape.

The bow is a great balance.

- The ribbons up your legs, your thighs.

So sexy and cute.

- It's so fun.

It looked so beautiful on the runway.

- Lexi, you did something very smart

because you chose a silhouette that no one else did.

Well done. - Thank you.

- Thank you, queens.

I think we've heard enough.

While you untuck backstage, the judges and I will deliberate.

All right, now, just between us squirrel friends,

what do you think?

Starting with Jewels Sparkles.

- The execution of this look is flawless.

It had finish and sophistication.

It's pretty perfect.

- It was all the elements that she put together.

She got that show.

She nailed that show to me.

- One of my favorite looks tonight.

- Let's move on to Lydia Butthole Kollins.

- I didn't love the construction of the garment.

There was too much going on.

There were too many things thrown at it

and not in the right way.

If it was a Betsey way, it would have made sense.

- Yeah, I needed to take my ginkgo

biloba to look at this because I just

didn't know where to look.

I couldn't focus.

- I just like the cattail vibe of it.

- The cattail part was the most interesting part of it to me.

Lots of great ideas, but it just didn't

come together for Lydia.

All right, Kori King.

- At this level, you need to sometimes do

a little crowdsourcing and say, does this look OK,

and hope that they're not gonna sabotage you, of course.

But this one needed some help.

- It was the hem that sunk the ship on that one.

- It was the least kind of me, I felt.

- Kori has delivered this same silhouette, that short dress,

time and time again.

I think she's obsessed with showing off all that ass.

- Yes, she is.

- But not a good night for Kori King.

All right, Onya Nerve.

- It was off to me.

And you know how I love off.

And it just was not great off.

- There's something very endearing about Onya Nerve.

Her presentation is so great.

She has such great energy.

And she kind of owned the outfit.

- It just was not made well, and the places

she chose to put the bows were just mind-boggling to me.

- All right, let's move on down to Arrietty.

- Arrietty looked incredible.

It was so smart because everybody else

was bouncing with color, and she chose black,

and she sold it.

- I like the yin-yang of the drama and then the cuteness.

That was very Betsey to me.

- All right, let's move on down to Lexi Love.

- She told a great story, but she

also gave us a really beautiful, interesting

looking garment.

Her altar halter was really sexy.

- I thought this was a really, really fun, really

well-executed Betsey look.

- I loved that silhouette.

It was big, and it was made for this stage.

- I think that Lexi just really enjoyed me, what I've done,

and all the girls did.

I am so happy and proud to have inspired these looks.

I... I feel loved and appreciated,

and I can't thank you enough again, Ru, for it.

- Your body of work has inspired generations,

and it is to be celebrated, the happiness that you've brought

into the world of fashion.

Everybody's invited to the Betsey Johnson party.

- Yes.

- I would love to get married in that big veil.

And listen, I'd love to get divorced in it, too.

Silence.

I've made my decision.

Bring back my girls.

Welcome back, queens.

I've made some decisions.

[dramatic music]

Jewels Sparkles, your 1920s glam had us roaring.

Arrietty, the bride wore black,

and it was to die for.

Lexi Love, we love this look so much, we want to marry it.

Jewels Sparkles, condragulations.

You are the winner of this week's challenge.

[applause]

- Yes!

Congrats, mama.

- Thank you so much.

I finally did it.

I finally fucking did it!

Oh!

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

courtesy of Betsey Johnson.

- Oh, my God.

- Enjoy.

- Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Oh, my God.

- You three may join the other girls.

- Thank you so much.

I won a challenge, a Betsey Johnson design

challenge in front of Betsey.

- Good job, baby.

- And I can't wait for the next.

[laughs]

- Lydia Butthole Kollins, tonight,

you put your whole kitty in it, but it didn't quite fit.

Kori King, tonight was prom night,

but you didn't go all the way.

Onya Nerve, we wanted to say yes to your dress,

but the bows were nos.

Onya Nerve, you are safe.

- Thank you.

- You may join the other girls.

- Yes, Onya.

- Good job, Onya.

- Good job, baby.

- Congratulations, sister.

- That means, Lydia and Kori, I'm sorry, my dears,

but you are up for elimination.

- Finally, the couple is in the bottom together.

I would love for both of these bitches

to walk out of here hand-in-hand

like they're on Noah's Ark.

- Two queens stand before me.

- I'm kind of feeling a little crushed, actually,

to lip sync right now against Lydia, my closest relationship

in this competition.

However, comma, I will not be going home.

- Ladies, this is your last chance to impress me and save

yourself from elimination.

The time has come for you to lip-sync

for your life!

- This sucks.

I think Onya should be where I'm standing right now.

I think that my outfit stomps hers into the ground.

- Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

- [singing] I went to a party last Saturday night

I didn't get laid

I got in a fight

Uh-huh

It ain't no big thing

Late for my job and the traffic was bad

Had to borrow 10 bucks from my old man

Uh-huh

It ain't no big thing

I went to a party last Saturday night

I told you that story

It'll be all right

Uh-huh

It ain't no big thing

But I know what I like

Hey, hey, hey, hey

I knew what I did to you

- [laughs]

- [singing] Kiss me once

Kiss me twice

Come on, pretty baby

Kiss me deadly

- [laughs]

- Yes!

- [singing] You know I like dancing with you

Dancing with you

Come on

Kiss me once

Kiss me twice

Come on, pretty baby

Kiss me deadly

Come on, pretty baby

Kiss me

Come on, pretty baby

Kiss me

Come on, pretty baby

[cheering]

- This is the moment we've been asking for!

[cheering]

- They delivered, honey.

There was tongue.

Bitch, it was fierce.

- Oh, my God!

- Whoo.

Queens, I've made my decision.

Lydia Butthole Kollins, shantay, you stay.

- Yes, Lydia.

- Come on, lady.

[applause]

- Thank you so much.

- You may join the other girls.

- Good job, baby.

- Good job, Lydia.

- Jesus Christ.

- Kori Scott King, you are and will always be "Drag Race"

royalty, henny.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- Now sashay away.

- We love you!

- We love you, Kori! - We love you.

- We love you. - Kori!

[tense music]

- At the end of the day, all you can do is laugh.

- Yeah!

- Bye, Kori.

- Well, they got me, gal.

How dare you, RuPaul.

This? This?

You'll be hearing from my lawyers.

I don't have a lawyer, but when I get one, it is on.

However, comma, "All Stars" will be sickening.

Love you, Lydia.

I know y'all want to look.

I know y'all want to look. Yeah!

Not too much.

- 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?

- Amen!

- All right, now let the music play.

They want to see you let it out

They want to see you go off

I know you want to work

You know I am in business

Come, let's give 'em just what they want

They want to see you work

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

- We're throwing the first-ever

Villains' Roast.

- Kandy Muse don't get asked out on dates.

She gets asked out on dares.

[laughter]

- Your performance was just amazing.

- The minute you fell, even just a little bit,

it took you down.

- I didn't mean to make you get in your head about this.

- Well, you did.

At the end of the day, all you can do

is stab your friend in the back.

- [singing] Work, they want to see you let it out

I know you want to work, they want to see you go off

I know you want to work, you know I am in business

Come, let's give them just what they want

They want to see you, work

They want to see you let it out

I know you want to work, they want to see you go off

I know you want to work, you know I am in business

Come, let's give them just what they want

They want to see you work, work, work

I know you want to work, work, work, work

Work, work, work, work, work, work

Work, work, work

Work, work, work, I know you want to work

Work, work, work, work, work, work

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