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- ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ Gentlemen ♪ - ♪ Start your engines ♪

- ♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ May the best woman win ♪

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ Gentlemen ♪ - ♪ Start your engines ♪

♪ RuPaul's Drag Race ♪

- ♪ May the best woman ♪

- ♪ Best woman win ♪

- Oh, my God, it's the finals!

- I'm so nervous and excited for all the girls.

- I'm so excited to see who won.

I'm gonna have a good old party.

- Who the hell beat me? Who beat me?

- I can't wait to find out that I have won "Drag Race."

[cheering]

- I'm Team Divina tonight.

- I'm Team Viv. Yeah.

- I want Baga Chipz to win.

- I am Team Everyone,

because I think all three of them

are well-deserving winners.

- I can't wait to see who wins,

and it's gonna be the best night.

- Get the frock out of my way.

- Excuse me. Excuse me.

- Whoo!

- Watching "Drag Race" is like watching an exclusive party

at a club.

It's taken many years for us to get here,

and we're finally here.

- I loved the first series of "Drag Race UK."

- It's been amazing. It's been a fantastic first series.

- First series of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK"

has been the most British thing

that I have seen in my entire life.

- It's been mad,

and it's got better and better and better.

- The art of drag has many different facets.

First of all, you know,

how do you create a character

that is fully realised and fun

and really exciting?

- They have to act. They have to sing.

They have to do almost stand-up comedy.

They also have to sew,

and I thought that was enlightening.

- Behind the glamour, it's pretty grim.

- So I want to get this wig off. My head's hurting.

- You're tucking yourself, there's gaffer tape there,

people are bleeding.

- I was hot gluing stuff to my penis.

I literally burned my bell-end with hot glue.

- It's... It's not easy.

- The UK version is its own special monster

because it has the British sensibility

and the sense of humour.

What is a tuppence?

- It's just put UK drag queens on the map.

- I love a show in a bar.

It's the best thing in the world

where you're just having a drink,

and then the lights come up and a glittery curtain,

and you go, oh, wow, there's a show.

Let's watch this.

- I'm just wishing you all the very best.

- Good luck. Good luck. - Good luck.

- You slayed it.

- Good luck, girls.

Whoever wins, you're all worthy of it.

- May the best woman win, darling. Ahh.

- Oh, my God. So the impact of being on the show

has been ridiculous.

Like, I didn't expect it.

I don't think anyone did.

- The reaction from the fans

and just from the country and even worldwide

has been insane.

Like, I think we've really showcased UK drag

at its finest.

- Being part of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

was exactly what I'd expected,

and it affected me

in exactly the ways that I knew that it would,

- I can't believe it.

I mean, it feels like it's gone so fast.

- It's been amazing.

The feedback from everybody has been amazing.

So thank you for all your messages and love.

Thank you. Mwah.

- Professionally, I would say that the impact

has been quite incredible.

- "Drag Race" has completely taken my drag

from small bars to massive worldwide tours.

It is the ultimate thing you can do as a drag queen.

- I'm so thankful to "Drag Race," really.

If it wasn't for them,

I wouldn't be in the position I am today.

- I've been able to travel, I've been able to go everywhere,

New York, Manchester, Lincoln.

- I never thought I'd be travelling the world.

- Now, like, one of the biggest things for me

is that my art is now taken seriously.

It's not just something

that I've put up on Instagram for the crack.

- I feel like since coming off the show

I've really tried to elevate everything that I was good at,

and elevate everything that I didn't do as well.

I still can't perform, but who cares?

- Doing a career in drag now would be great.

I see it more like dressing up.

Just, like, see how many weird things I can come up with.

- Professionally, the impact has been booked and blessed, babes.

- Everybody's got so busy.

And, like, my diary's packed out.

- I feel so privileged, because there's so many girls

that wish to be in my heels right now.

And let me tell you, they're not comfortable heels,

but it's been the best experience,

and the best life experience for me.

- The show has been amazing.

It's helped me so much with my confidence as a queen.

Ideally, you don't go on "Drag Race"

to figure out how to be a better drag queen.

But in my case, it really helped me.

- I am absolutely still the same person.

People who knew me before or know me now,

absolutely the same person.

It's just now I'm getting pictures

in random aisles at Aldi's.

[laughs]

- In drag, you want people to recognise you,

and to go, ooh, look, there's Vinegar Strokes.

But when people actually see me walking down the streets

like with me Tesco bags,

walking down, going, "Oh, my God, let's to get home,"

I mean, it's, like, crazy

to think that people actually wanna come up and talk to me.

- Well, the older generation love me more than anything.

I get, like, Gladys,

80-year-old Gladys come up to me in the street

and be like, "Oh, I love you, Baga,

'much betta,'" and all that.

And I'm just like, oh, bless you, luv.

- Oh, it's just been nuts.

Like, to meet fans that really liked what I did,

even though it was only one episode,

has been the best thing ever.

- Just overnight fame, really, you know what I mean?

I'm basically like the new People's Princess.

- I thought I would just be gay famous,

but it turns out I'm also kind of real famous.

That's fucking weird.

- I can't go to the shop.

I can't get a loaf of bread without people coming up to me.

- I went through Birmingham for a gig once.

I dropped off at the train station,

literally put on Instagram,

I was like, "I'm in Birmingham for 15 minutes."

I had so many people just arrive,

being like, "Where's Sum Ting Wong?"

- I mean, I'm in the supermarkets getting spotted.

I'm in the steam rooms at the gym getting spotted.

It's just ridiculous.

- It has filled my heart with absolute joy,

and I did not expect

to get the kind of love and stuff that I did.

- Oh, I've got so many celebrity fans since the show.

Oh, Jane McDonald, she loves me.

- My biggest celebrity fan

has been the one and only Kim Woodburn.

She's seen the impression,

she's absolutely made up with them,

and that is just completely full circle for me.

- [gasps] I have heard from Kat Slater.

- I've got Amy Charles blowing up my DMs all the time.

- Kim Woodburn is obsessed with me.

- Jessie Waller, she texts me.

She said thank you so much for using the line.

I didn't become just a little bit of a slag.

I became a...total slag.

- Even the GC has got on the case.

- The GC is in the building, girls!

I thought she'd send me a cease-and-desist.

- Duncan from Blue is always in my inbox.

- Donald Trump keeps sending me nudes.

- You're watching the BBC.

- What?

- Rrr.

- You've won our very first RuPeter badge.

- ♪ Rule Britannia ♪

- I am absolutely loving

all the pictures of the laundry bags

that keep getting sent to me.

One, two, three, four.

Divina De Campo's behind me. Tch.

Taking a picture of a laundry bag.

[laughs]

- My favourite meme has to be Cheryl,

no face, huge wig.

It's so good.

- Well, we'll see.

My favourite memes from the show

are Cheryl being all, like,

I'm a fucking star!

- I'm a fucking star!

- I want to be the star that I am.

I'm a fucking star!

I am a star. [sniffles]

- Honestly, that cracked me up so hard.

- Baga, of course. Much betta!

- Ooh, bloody hell.

Much betta!

- [laughs]

- Much betta!

- I don't really have a favourite meme.

I just stay clear of the Internet, to be honest.

- My favourite highlights of the show

have to be a turban into a shit wig into a shit wig.

That is iconic "Drag Race" herstory right there.

- Making high-fashion couture out of laundry bags.

And what? [laughs]

- My best memory on the show

was probably seeing Divina in the same room as me.

She was the first drag queen I ever met

on my first ever night out,

and just to see her in the same room as me,

sitting next to me, both nervous,

both first day on the biggest show in the world,

I was, like,

this is the most validating experience for me ever.

- Winning the first mini-challenge

was pretty cool, I guess.

I've just shit myself!

- Scared Kat, con-drag-ulations.

- Dirty Mary Berry with her poonanny.

- [imitating Mary Berry] My poonanny

tastes like a fondant fancy.

- [imitating Margaret Thatcher] Oh, my God!

- I love girl bands,

and that girl band challenge was incredible.

♪ Category Essex, they call me Cheryl Hole ♪

I got to meet Cheryl.

I never thought that would happen in my life.

Obviously, my namesake is because of you.

- Oh, babe!

- Definitely has to be Geri Halliwell's face

when I was grinding my crotch.

Oh, my God, she looked absolutely horrified.

- The instant Geri came out to say goodbye...

- I just thought you had such a great energy.

- I was just like... [sobbing]. Geri Halliwell just made me cry!

- My top three moments for "Drag Race" Season 1

was Pete Burns, "Snatch Game..."

[imitating Trump] I've grabbed Michelle's pussy several times.

And I'm drippin'!

[laughs]

- Another fun moment for me was telling Vinegar

that I'd never been to a drag show before.

- Mm.

- Just telling them all that I have no experience

was quite entertaining for me.

- ♪ Baga Chipz is stunning, Baga Chipz is class ♪

♪ Baga Chipz is sexy, she takes it up the-- ♪

- Blblblbl. [laughs]

- ♪ Baga's pussy's burning, the lady's not for turning ♪

- I love the Frock Destroyers.

- Frock Destroyers. - The Frock Destroyers.

- The Frock Destroyers, where I won my RuPeter badge.

- We had, like, a top 10 hit.

We had--it was, like, number two on iTunes.

- It was just so much fun to get to work with those girls,

and we worked really, really well together.

- It's played all around the world.

They just love the song.

- We've got a top 10 hit? Um...

- ♪ Don't wanna make up ♪ - ♪ No, no ♪

- ♪ Tell you why ♪

- But I have to say my favourite moment

was doing that makeup challenge with my sister.

She is the same person as me, just with an actual nunny.

- I don't know which Hole to gaze into first.

- Mm-hmm. - [laughs]

- And I just have to say, she's an incredible girl.

She did an incredible job, and I'm so happy

that I got to share the experience with her.

- If I had to change anything,

I'd maybe be a bit more confident,

and I wouldn't maybe make so much fun of Mary Berry.

[imitating Mary Berry] Paul Hollywood

always liked me in pink.

He said, "Mary, it's one in the pink and two in the stink."

- Oh. Oh. - I'm sorry, Mary.

- I think I just spent the whole time

worried about how I was gonna be perceived,

how I was gonna compare to the other queens.

- I think my biggest regret was not preparing before the show.

- I didn't really trust anyone when I was there,

and that made it really hard to let my guard down

and to give the TV show what it needed.

- The stories of these queens

became lessons for a lot of the young kids out there watching.

- I've had so many messages speaking about Section 28,

because it really affected us.

Those kids in the playground,

pushing and shoving and calling you a fag,

and throwing their drinks on you.

And a lot of teachers felt like they couldn't step in.

And to have somebody articulate that

for people of my generation has been really important.

- All of my insecurities came from high school.

- That's kind of why I love drag,

because you get a chance to, like,

pretend that stuff didn't happen,

and, like, what you might have been like otherwise.

- A lot of these queens have gone through so much pain.

A lot of them,

their parents have thrown them out of the house,

or they've gone to conversion therapy.

And you understand that their coping skills

are so valuable to so many people out there.

And it's not just gay people.

It's anyone who's ever had a dream

can take a lesson from our girls here.

- A really proud moment for me,

and it was telling not only the other girls in the workroom,

but the whole world about my addiction.

My family didn't know about that.

So getting to that episode and knowing it was coming

was probably the hardest part of the competition.

Well, it took--

three of my friends died, and it didn't stop me.

But my family were nothing but supportive,

and I think my dad just said, "Shit happens."

But you're still getting a kick up the arse.

And it was just a habit

that caught on a bit too quick and a bit too hard.

My Instagram has just blown up

with people telling me about their stories.

And just knowing that at least I've helped someone

through sharing my story.

- Obviously your parents know you do drag, don't they?

- No. - What?

- My parents now know that obviously I do drag, I'm gay.

I put my feather back.

My mum was absolutely, like, completely cool with it,

because she always thought I was gay.

But my dad was obviously difficult with it.

It was a bit like hard.

- I think it's a cultural thing.

Do you get what I mean? - Right.

They're quite traditional, then. - Yeah.

He turns to us and goes,

"I've always wanted a daughter-in-law,

but now I guess I have four sons.

So you know what? Cheers, Dad.

- One thing that I wanted to do on this show

was talk about equal marriage in Northern Ireland,

and I'm so glad that I got the opportunity

to bring that to the conversation.

In Northern Ireland, we actually don't--

we can't get married.

It's illegal still for gays to get married.

- What? - What?

- Legal marriage in Northern Ireland is now a possibility.

- I wouldn't rush, girl, honestly.

As soon as you get that piece of paper,

all the bedroom action stops.

- If there's gonna be wedding bells, I don't know, maybe 2020.

You never know. Hmm.

- Your drag is sort of, kind of, um...

It's kind of, um...

- Hodge-podge here and there.

So I came out thinking what can I do?

And I've kind of gone back to where Vinegar first started

when she was this kind of working-class woman,

fur coat, no knickers, fag on the go, rollers in the hair.

But she's a complete diva.

- The silver dress and the red wig now,

you will never, ever see me in that again.

- Just like is this my life, you know what I mean?

Like the other day, for example,

I was getting me lips done in Harley Street for free,

and then the next thing I know,

I'm in Chanel buying a bottle of Chanel.

I used to just throw a bit of soap on, you know what I mean?

- It was a little hobby for me

that I wanted to make into a business,

and now I can, you know.

I'm doing gigs all around the UK,

and so see you in your hometown.

- So there's lots of stuff happening in my life now.

I've got a little show coming out, maybe some more music.

I might write a few things. Who knows?

- Definitely being myself.

I said everything that I said in that season.

But I'm a fucking drag queen, for God's sake,

and I'm a scouser.

So, I mean, come on. [laughs]

- I had a great time. I had so much fun.

And I exceeded all my expectations of myself,

and to be able to do that--tick--

well done, Chez.

- My inbox is flooded with unsolicited dick pics.

- Stop the questions. There's a party going on.

I need a drink.

I need to find out who has beat me in this competition.

So out of my way.

Excuse me, can I get a double gin tonic?

- See you. - Party time.

- Drop me out.

- I need a bevvie, a ciggie, and hopefully a crown.

So tra!

- We are really excited that you guys are here tonight.

Of course we're gonna watch the final episode.

Neither one of us knows the outcome.

- No, we genuinely don't. - Yeah.

Because if you don't know, we filmed different endings.

- It's gonna be good, isn't it?

- Yeah, it's gonna be amazing, I can't wait.

Are you ready? [cheers and applause]

- It's the final episode of "RuPaul's Drag Race UK!"

[cheers and applause]

Aah! [cheering]

- You'll learn the most demanding

and far-out choreography of the season.

On behalf of the United Kingdom, I beseech you.

Don't fuck it up.

[all laugh]

- I think you've built up a really thick skin.

- I'm used to people being horrible and stuff,

so I'm just like--my mechanism, like, is just comedy.

If somebody says,

"Oh, you're a pissed, old, ugly bitch,"

I can be like, "Fuck you, wanker."

You know what I mean?

So comedy really helps me.

- We're gonna say goodbye, but I'm gonna give you a hug now.

- Oh, my God, I'm--

Oh!

- You are a star. You belong here.

- She just grabbed me by the ear.

I am never washing my ear again!

[all laugh]

- Are there any questions you are dying to ask us?

- Um...can I have the crown now?

[all laugh]

- I don't know how they're gonna carry you, Viv.

- I know. [cheers and laughter]

- ♪ To the moon ♪

♪ To the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to, to, to, to, to the moon ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Baga Chipz, we love you, but this is not your time.

- I'm happy! Baga Chipz was top three.

Put that on your chips and eat it.

Thank you! [applause]

- Well done, girl. - Whoo!

- Well done, well done.

Love you.

- Lesbian.

[all laugh]

- I've made my decision.

The time has come to crown our queen.

The UK's first "Drag Race" superstar is...

The Vivienne. - Oh, my God.

[cheers and applause]

I thought it was you! - No, girl.

- I thought it was you.

- I'm okay with it.

I'm okay with it.

- I thought you had it.

- No, it's all right. I'll do "All Stars."

[all laugh]

- The Vivienne, I think she brought--

every week I was excited to see what she was gonna wear.

- They were all three deserving, but The Vivienne won,

and congrats to her.

[cheering] - You better bring it,

because The Vivienne has set the standard so high.

Don't come into it half-hearted. It's a lot of work.

We need imagination, we need creativity.

- If you're going to apply for Season 2, just be funny.

If anyone's a bugger to you,

tell 'em to... [silently mouthing].

[laughs]

- Anybody who's thinking about doing it,

I would say ask yourself the question why not?

[cheering]

- Don't come in too serious.

You are a man in a wig and makeup and fun fabric.

- Just remember, there's a camera there

when you're doing your confessionals.

Who put 50 pence in Cheryl?

- Just have fun, darling, all right?

- Practice and just get your runways down.

- Breathe and enjoy the moment.

- When you do your video, be yourself.

Like, be one thousand million hundred percent yourself.

- Probably have a little bit of experience.

It might help.

Also, Tampax. It helps sweaty armpits.

- Enjoy the ride.

- Be shitty, be yourself. Yeah.

- Don't forget, with "Drag Race"

comes a hell of a lot of hard work after it.

It's not a free pass to this big, marvellous career.

You've got to put the work in.

- You must take a sewing class.

I don't care if it's at the community centre.

I don't care if it's from your nan.

You need to take a sewing class and come with a basic skill.

- I look forward to seeing where the show goes next.

- Let's see what you got for Season 2.

- So excited to be back in the UK for Series 2.

This is a dream.

This has been a dream of mine for five years.

So the fact that it's happening,

we've been recommissioned, it's a smash hit

that's only gonna get bigger is such a dream.

Pinch myself. This is it.

I'm living my dream.

- Through this television show,

kids around the world will know that there are people

who have successfully lived outside the box.

- This is just a dream come true.

Look, Mum, I did it! [laughs]

[laughs]

- Much betta!

- ♪ To, to, to, to, to, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon ♪

♪ To the moon ♪

♪ Come on and take me away ♪

♪ To, to, to, to, to, to, to, to the moon ♪

♪ To the moon, to the moon ♪