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- [singing] MTV

[horns honking]

[RuPaul's "Pink Limousine"]

- [singing] Bumpy road behind me

Sun on the horizon

And I had a revelation

Visibility up ahead

The fog is clearing as I reach my destination

And then the sky opened up into a rainbow high like

That's where I been trying to go all my life

So silly of me sitting waiting for my rides

When I knew I had to take mine

Come on and pull up on me

I'm in a pink limousine

We Hollywood

Come on up and pull up on me

Ooh, I'm in a pink limousine

We go Hollywood

Come on and pull up on me

Rebel in the front seat

Kitten, take the back seat

Light it up for the one who showed me the way

Ooh, I'm in a pink limousine

We Hollywood

Come on and pull up on me

Ooh, I'm in a pink limousine

We go Hollywood

Come on and pull up on me

[cheers and applause]

Can somebody please validate my parking?

[laughter]

Welcome to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Now, with everything that's going on

in this crazy-ass world, leave it

to the queens of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

to fill our hearts with light, love, and laughter

just when we need it the most.

Now across the country and around the world,

our tribe is gathered to celebrate Nymphia Wind,

Plane Jane, and Sapphira Cristal

as they battle it out for the title

of America's Next Drag Superstar.

[cheers and applause]

Now before we kick things off, I want to say

hello to my Judge Judys...

Michelle Visage.

- Hey, baby!

- [laughs] Carson Kressley.

- Hi, Ru!

[cheers and applause]

- Ts Madison.

- Hey, Ru!

- And Ross Mathews.

- Happy finale!

- Hi, judges. - Hi.

- Hello.

- Y'all look so purty. - Ah, go on.

- Thank you.

Tonight, we challenged each of our three finalists

to perform a spectacular original number,

created to showcase their charisma,

uniqueness, nerve, and talent.

[cheers and applause]

In the end, I'll choose the top two queens of the season,

and they will face off in a final lip sync for the crown

and a grand prize of $200,000.

[cheers and applause]

Racers, start your engines,

and may the best drag queen win.

[cheers and applause]

RuPaul's Drag Race

The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race" receives

a one-year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills

cosmetics and a gag-worthy grand prize

of $200,000 served by Cash App.

RuPaul's Drag Race

May the best drag queen win

Best drag queen win

[cheers and applause]

The time has come to switch that kitty on

- Welcome back the queens of season 16.

Category is Grand Finale Eleganza.

[cheers and applause]

She melts in your mouth.

It's Hershii LiqCour-Jeté.

- [singing] I want to see you hustle

Hustle that thing for me

You say you wanna win it

I want to see you sweat

Put your whole kitty in it

- Seeing is believing.

It's Mirage.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] International queen of queens

Gotta ask who's doing it like me

Should I be bashful about it

No, bitch, please

'Cause in reality, don't nothing come free

- Your presence is required for Amanda Tori Meating.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Come on, now sashay, shantay panther type of vibe

Badder bitches than you try but don't survive

- Vrrom-vroom, bitches.

It's Geneva Karr.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] You say you want to win it

I want to see you sweat

- It's Brooklyn's baddest bitch.

It's Megami.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] You say you want to win it

I want to see you sweat

Put your whole kitty in it

You say you want to win it

I wanna see you hustle

- Head for higher ground.

Here comes Xunami Muse.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Bitch, you better get to stepping

Ain't no free ride to heaven

Tell me your desires

And I'll tell you how to get what you need

Bitch, you better get to stepping

- Here to give you life, it's Plasma.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Badder bitches than you tried

Wanna keep up with me

- She's flippin' fabulous.

Give it up for Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige.

- [singing] The time has come to switch the kitty on

I'm the moment

Hold me, watch me

I'll be gone

Can you keep up with me

Girl, get busy

- Good morning, squirrel friends.

It's Dawn.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] You say you want to win

I want to see you sweat

Put your whole kitty in it

You say you want to win it

I want to see you hustle

- Are you ready for a shot of Morphine Love Dion?

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] I'm on that sashay, shantay panther type of vibe

Badder bitches than you tried

- You can't spell queen without Q.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] The time has come to switch the kitty on

Hold me, watch me

I'll be gone

Keep up with me

Girl, get busy

- And now, our top three queens.

She is bananas.

It's Nymphia Wind.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Put your whole kitty in it

You say you want to win it

I want to see you hustle

- She is ready for takeoff.

It's Plane Jane.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] You say you want to win it

I want to see you sweat

Put your whole kitty in it

You say you want to win it

I want to see you hustle

You say you want to win it

I want to see you sweat

Put your whole kitty in it

You say you want to win it

- She feels good.

It's Sapphira Cristal.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] You say you want to win it

The time has come to switch that kitty on

- Let's hear it for the queens of season 16.

[cheers and applause]

Who do you want to be America's Next Drag Superstar?

Are you Team Nymphia, Team Plane Jane, or Team Sapphira?

Let your voice be heard using the hashtag DragRace.

- Fierce, baby, fierce.

[upbeat music]

- Here we go.

- Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Now, I want to remind our viewers about

the ACLU Drag Defense Fund.

Now, throughout the evening, a QR code just

like the one that you're watching right now

will pop up on the screen.

The money you give helps the ACLU protect

our basic human rights.

To kick things off, Cash App is donating $25,000.

Plus, they've agreed to match your donations up to $25,000.

So big or small, we love 'em all.

Can I get an amen up in here?

- Amen!

[cheers and applause]

- I love it.

Now, on with our show.

Our first finalist has blown us all away all season long.

And they call the wind Nymphia.

Take a look.

[cheers and applause]

- Blowing in from the East,

it's your banana Buddha, Nymphia Wind.

Bananas.

My journey here has been amazing.

- This shit is bananas.

- I stand out as the gorgeous oddball.

Werk!

- Whee!

- I like dickies.

- Dawn is my...

- No.

- [blowing raspberry]

- Ooh.

- I live for my art.

And I feel like all of my runways are fashion moments.

It's iconic.

It's me.

- You just have a taste level that is through the roof.

- My pussy is on fire!

- Wow.

- Oh, my gosh.

- It just looks like an Hermes catalog.

You nailed that.

- On this journey, I've learned I have

a wide variety of skill sets.

I've never been in the bottom lip syncing.

He might be the other woman.

[laughter]

I did have my very low point during Snatch Game,

but I gradually picked myself back up.

Drag really did help me build my own self-confidence

and feel like, you know what?

There is something beautiful there.

- During that podcast, we fell in love with you.

- I wanted to prove to the people back home in Taiwan

that you can chase after your dream, and it will happen.

I am so close to the crown.

I can literally taste it.

I will fight to the fucking bitter end.

And I am going to win.

- And now, with the first of our top-three performances,

Nymphia Wind.

- [singing] Now she is the queen of wind

Ah, ah

Oh

Heavy stones, they now feel weightless

Deadly roads lead to salvation

She's looking towards the sun

Out of runway, nowhere left to run

Now she is the queen of wind

Ah, ah

This time, she'll never descend

Ah, ah

Heading forward

Heading over

She's reborn again

Now she is the queen of wind

Ah, ah

Now she is the queen of wind

Ah, ah

This time, she'll never descend

She's the queen of wind

[cheers and applause]

- Wow.

[laughs]

Well, that was a breath of fresh air.

Now it's time for the judges' critiques.

- Nymphia, what you gonna do with all that ass?

[laughter]

You know, you have been amazing this entire season long.

But tonight was, like, the epitome of who Nymphia is

as a performer, always bringing the looks with fashion

meets culture, and you did that tonight.

The breakaway into your full pop fantasy,

I was here for every single minute of it, Nymphia.

I am so proud of all the work that you have done

that's led you to this right now.

Good job.

- Thank you, Michelle.

[cheers and applause]

- Nymphia Wind, you blew me away.

[laughter]

This trajectory that we're talking about,

it's all happening at the right time

for you... better and better and better and better.

You came out tonight for your runway like a Chiquita banana,

and it was very appealing.

Then your dance number, it had the dancing.

It had attitude.

It had fashion.

It had a point of view.

And it was really drag excellence.

- Thank you, Carson.

[cheers and applause]

- Now, Nymphia, you served some of the most breathtaking

fashion in Drag Race herstory.

Now, when did your obsession with fashion begin?

- I was always a creative child,

and I just liked anything pretty.

And drag for me is just a way to express myself

and say what I want through fashion.

[cheers and applause]

- Growing up queer can be challenging.

Now knowing what you know now,

what would you say to your four-year-old self, Leo?

- Hi, Leo.

I have to say, growing up, you will feel like

you don't belong anywhere because you've always been

this really weird little child.

And sometimes you will feel very lonely.

But one day, you will come across a woman

named Nymphia Wind, and she is your higher self.

So let her guide you throughout your life.

And go wherever the wind wants to take you.

[cheers and applause]

- Now who's here supporting you tonight?

- My mom and my best friend, Ariel.

They came from Taiwan.

- Oh, my gosh!

Wow.

Mama Wind, what was Nymphia like growing up as a child?

- Leo was very shy and sensitive and not confident.

But after he became a drag queen,

well, that's completely different.

[laughter]

Oh, my God.

[laughter]

[cheers and applause]

- What was it like raising a drag queen in Taiwan?

- I just trust my children

because I know if you do the things you like,

you will do it automatically. - Yes.

- You don't need to push your children to do.

And then I just stand behind to support him.

And if he need my help...

As he needed, he asked me.

That's it.

[cheers and applause]

- So, Nymphia, how are you feeling right now?

- Very emotional to see my...

Just being able to represent my country

and coming here on this stage and to see my parents

sit there and my friends.

- We love you!

[cheers and applause]

- OK, Nymphia, one final question.

What would it mean to you to be crowned

America's Next Drag Superstar?

- It would mean a lot to be the first East Asian

queen to win the crown and to be able

to represent my country.

So being here on the main stage, it means a lot.

[cheers and applause]

- Nymphia, the world has gone bananas for you,

and so have I.

Give it up for Nymphia Wind.

[cheers and applause]

- Love you!

- [singing] A, A, A, A, A

ASMR lover, that is what you are

- If you're Team Nymphia, sound off using #DragRace.

- [singing] Oh, you don't think so

Just ask your man

Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, gang, gang

Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Our next finalist is a busty bombshell

who knows where to find the boys and the burgers.

It's Plane Jane.

Take a look.

[cheers and applause]

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

clown hooker from Boston.

Agreed. I look the best.

- Oh.

- I came in to this competition confident

with my beauty and my polish and my clownery.

- We don't have a liquor license.

Shh.

We know Dax.

My name is Lady Cox [indistinct].

Both: Doctor.

- You are very ugly man.

I would never.

I've shown nothing short of drag excellence

my entire time here.

- Really, really love your look.

Those are the tricks that make a great queen a great queen.

- I have four wins.

It feels correct.

Talk to the scoreboard, baby.

Throughout this process, I've realized that there's

a tact to being bitchy.

I've learned throughout this competition to lower my guard.

I'm really happy that I've truly made a sisterhood here.

I gift this immunity potion to Nymphia Wind.

I've bared my soul.

I've shown my ass.

As big of a bond as I've made with all my sisters here,

I'm ready to cut them down.

I truly believe with all my heart

that I am America's Next Drag Superstar.

And I'm ready to take that crown

and nuzzle it right between my big, juicy breasts.

- And now let's slip into something more comfortable

with Plane Jane.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Bodysuit tonight

Bodysuit

B-bodysuit

Body

Body, bodysuit

Bodysuit

Slip right in, and I'm feeling cute

All these boys in hot pursuit

Call me Gwyneth 'cause I got 'em gooped

Body, ooh, bodysuit

Dress it up, dress it up

They love you

And if there is something that I need to do

I'm gonna do that in my bodysuit, mwah

Bodysuit tonight

Bodysuit, b-bodysuit

Bodysuit tonight

Bodysuit, b-bodysuit

All you bitches want to look like me

Little miss thing, you will not succeed

I don't care if it's 500 degrees

Committed to the bodysuit

Yes, indeed

All of your men start to look real dumb

Bodysuit, got 'em under my thumb

They want to peel it off and get me nude

But there's another bodysuit

Don't need to ask me what I'm going to wear

Any occasion, baby, I don't care

A funeral, wedding, or court affair

I'm gonna show up, show up for it anywhere

Mwah, bodysuit

Bodysuit, b-b-b-b-bodysuit

All that ass in a bodysuit

B-b-b-b-b-bodysuit

Bodysuit, bodysuit

B-b-b-b-bodysuit

All that ass in a bodysuit

B-b-b-b-bodysuit

Don't care what I have to do

I'm gonna do that in my bodysuit, mwah

[cheers and applause]

All right, start relying on that bodysuit.

Now it's time for the judges' critiques.

- Plane, I can't help but to think that song was

directed perfectly toward me.

[laughter]

The one thing I would have changed in this number

is if there were, like, three or four bodysuits,

it would have been even funnier.

But the whole concept of it was so funny, so you,

and so fun to watch.

- Thank you.

- You know, there is something so extraordinary about you,

but I just can't put my burger finger on what it is exactly.

The song was all that ass in a bodysuit.

Honey, I don't know how you fit all that talent in a bodysuit.

- Thank you.

[cheers and applause]

- Lovely.

Now, Plane Jane, I hear you just graduated

with a degree in marketing.

Condragulations.

- Thank you.

- Let's put that degree to work right now.

- Uh-oh.

- Pitch me the Plane Jane marketing campaign

for the crown, darling.

- Oh, gosh.

I'm glad I got my degree for this.

- My campaign for the crown would have to be

all this body, Mama Ru.

- Yes.

- Take a look.

You likey?

Ooh.

- So knowing what you know now,

what words of wisdom do you have

for four-year-old little Andy?

- Oh, my gosh.

- Aw.

Look at little Andy.

- Malen'kiy Andy,

you're gonna be a drag queen when you grow up!

[laughter]

And never, ever, ever wish

that you could be anybody but yourself.

I'm standing on the main stage of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

with Mama Ru herself, feeling more empowered

and beautiful than I ever have in my entire life.

So you're gonna get there, baby.

Be yourself.

[cheers and applause]

- Now, a new member of your drag family sent a message.

Take a look.

- Oh, gosh.

- Hi, it's Nick, AKA Lazi Susan,

and on behalf of all of us kicker dancers,

we want to give a special shout out to all the queens

for making the season so epic.

And I want to give a special shout out

to my drag mother, Plane Jane.

Thanks for everything, and come see us

in person at RuPaul's Drag Race Live

at Flamingo Las Vegas.

- Hi, Mama Ru!

All: Hey, Mama Ru!

- Hi!

Oh, my goodness, Lazi Susan.

You turned that bitch out.

- Yes.

- That is my sister.

- Yes. - Yes.

- So, Plane, who's here supporting you tonight?

- My beautiful mom and my best friend, Big Atlas,

in full regalia.

- Gorgeous.

Now, Mama Jane, you're a scientist,

and your child is a drag queen.

What do you two have in common?

- I don't think this is too far apart.

Just kidding.

- No, no, no, no, you're right.

There's a lot of science going on there.

- That's right, for sure, for sure.

Both of us are hard workers.

Both of us are perfectionists.

I also think that we are a little bit alike.

But maybe I'm flattering myself.

I don't know.

She is so beautiful.

- Now, do you have any advice for parents

who are raising a little Plane Jane of their own?

- Don't try to tell them what you want them to do,

imposing your dreams on them.

Just let them be themselves.

Let them be free.

Let them express themselves and love them and support them.

That's all you can do, just love them and support them.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you, Mama Jane.

Thank you so much.

Now, Plane Jane, what would it mean to you

to be crowned America's Next Drag Superstar?

- It would mean that the most beautiful,

the most curvaceous, the most correct person

and queen would win.

- Well, in all seriousness, I think it would mean

it doesn't matter really what cultural background

you come from or whether both of your parents

are very serious, you know, scientists.

If you have the drive and the passion

to serve puss

and, you know, just be gorgeous and stunning,

you too can be America's Next Drag Superstar like me.

[cheers and applause]

- All right, one final question.

How do you say "good luck and don't fuck it up"

in Russian?

- [speaking Russian]

- Right.

Plane Jane, you are the total package...

Beauty, brains, and bat-shit crazy.

Let's hear it for Plane Jane.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] Jane, Jane, Miss Jane if you're nasty

- If you're Team Plane Jane, sound off using #DragRace.

[cheers and applause]

[upbeat music]

- Welcome back to the grand finale

of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Up next, she's serving James Brown,

Bobby Brown, Millie Bobby Brown...

All the Browns.

It's Sapphira Cristal.

Take a look.

[cheers and applause]

- Girl, what the fuck?

- I think this place is haunted.

I'm Sapphira Cristal, and I'm Philadelphia's crown jewel.

Hot sexy thing

Thank you

I waited 11 years to get here, and I feel like this is right.

I was so filled with joy.

And honestly, that joy has never left me.

Drag U

I have shown great drag.

Not good drag, but phenomenal.

- It's that wink-wink nod-nod that we love about drag.

- It's fucking everything.

- Thank you.

This journey, I learned to trust myself.

I learned to love myself even more.

- My favorite thing, though, is that you

are motherfucking slewfoot.

Come on, slewfoot.

- I accept me when I'm happy.

I accept me when I'm sad, but I always accept me.

Write down all your worries, throw it behind you.

I feel like the mother role that I

have taken on my entire life, I've come back here.

Give me a hug.

I have been on my A-game the entire time.

Even in the times that I didn't do as great,

I was still stunting on that runway.

I am America's Next Drag Superstar.

I've worked hard for it.

I earned this.

I am ready to take that crown and not only win $200,000,

but show the world that I am 100% that bitch.

[cheers and applause]

- And now, here to get your heart pumping,

it's Sapphira Cristal.

[dramatic music]

- [singing] I found the remedy

When I learned to

Love me

[cheers and applause]

Come on!

I had the look

But that didn't do it, no

I had the voice

But that didn't do it, no

I had the slewfoot

But that didn't do it

Nothing I did would fill me up

But then I danced into my own

Accepted myself

Damn, look how I've grown

I found the remedy

When I learned to love me, yeah

Turned on that inner peace

Now my heart ain't empty

Get up, don't wait, do it right now

'Cause this is waiting for you

Wake up and look in the mirror

And tell yourself, I love you, boo

I found the remedy when I learned to love me, yeah

Oh, yeah

Come on, slewfoot

[cheers and applause]

- Yes, mama.

Sapphira has found the remedy.

Let's hear from our judges.

- This was some next-level Beyoncé shit, honey.

Baby, when I tell you you were dangerously in love

and then got down there and was uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, oh-oh.

- As we're sitting here, I just thought of the name Slewphirra.

So...

Michelle, Michelle, you are not right.

You are not right.

- You are welcome.

Number two, the dancing biscuits

came out tonight, girl.

- Yes!

- From the look to the opera beginning, like,

all of it is so you.

Sapphira, I'm so excited by you.

And you should be so damn proud of yourself.

[cheers and applause]

- Now given the current political climate,

what does the world need to know about drag queens?

- The world needs to know that drag queens

are just here to spread love and to entertain.

And if you are afraid of drag, then you are afraid of freedom.

[cheers and applause]

- Sapphira, what words of wisdom

do you have to share with your four-year-old self, O'Neal?

- Aw.

- Goodness.

- You are full of love,

and it's something that you need to never lose.

The evil that's gonna come to you,

it's really just gonna be there to teach you a lesson.

And you have parents who love you,

who are going to instill things in you

to make you always believe that you are a star.

[cheers and applause]

- Sapphira, who's here supporting you tonight?

- Tonight, I have my best friend,

Eric Jaffe, and my mommy!

- Hi, my baby.

- Mama Cristal, tell me about the first time you found out

that Sapphira was doing drag.

- Oh.

[laughter]

I had a formal that my baby picked for me.

It was one of the first things he brought me

that wasn't hoochie. - Uh-huh.

- And the first time I found out my baby was doing drag

was I opened up the closet, and it smells

kind of rank for no reason.

- Because Sapphira had been wearing it.

- Mm-hmm.

- And didn't take it to the dry cleaners.

[laughter]

Left my dress in the closet funky.

[laughter]

- All right, Sapphira, one final question.

What would it mean to become America's Next Drag Superstar?

- It would mean that all the trials and tribulations,

everything was worth it.

And I can take all of my experiences

and share love with everyone on a different level

that I haven't been able to.

I'd be able to make changes in the world with this platform.

I'd be able to just be more me, and I'm fabulous.

- You certainly are.

Sapphira, thank you for putting your best slewfoot forward.

Give it up for Sapphira Cristal.

[cheers and applause]

'Cause you're a star, baby

- If you're Team Sapphira, sound off using #DragRace.

- [singing] Forever and ever

Forever

Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Tonight, "Drag Race" celebrates the wicked and wonderful

woman behind Elvira, Mistress of the Dark,

Cassandra Peterson.

[cheers and applause]

Do you know you're one of my favorite judges ever?

- No, but if you hum a few bars, I can fake it.

Like all pop culture icons, Cassandra was born

in Manhattan, Kansas, a tiny farm town.

As a young girl, she was in an accident

that left her badly burned.

Cassandra's scars made her feel like an outcast.

She found comfort in monsters like Frankenstein

and became obsessed with horror films.

- Ah!

- By 14, the blossoming entertainer was

working as a go-go dancer at a gay club

called The Purple Cow.

Cassandra credits the drag queens at the club

with teaching her how to walk, how to dress,

and how to do, well, just about everything.

By age 17, she was a Las Vegas showgirl,

performing in the wildly popular revue Vive Les Girls.

On a fateful date with Elvis Presley,

he convinced Cassandra to pursue a singing career,

and she did, touring Europe as the lead singer

of the band E-Latins 80.

Cassandra even landed a small role in the James Bond

film "Diamonds Are Forever."

But still, she struggled to find meaningful work.

Her luck started to turn around when she joined

the world-famous Groundlings, working

alongside soon-to-be comedy legend Paul Reubens.

Then an audition to be the hostess

of a late-night horror movie show

would change her life forever.

Tapping into her drag roots, she donned a black bouffant

wig, blood red lips, and a form-fitting gown

with a plunging neckline.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, was born.

Her sharp wit, risqué double entendres,

and valley girl attitude made her a breakout star.

Cassandra co-wrote and starred in the film

"Elvira, Mistress of the Dark," which

became an instant camp classic and one

of my all-time favorites.

- Elvira!

- Not only has Elvira been a three-time judge,

she is quoted on "Drag Race" more times than I can count.

- I wasn't just a great set of boobs.

I'm also an incredible set of legs.

How's your head?

- She hasn't had any complaints yet.

- Bob, how's your head?

- No complaints.

- Miss Fame, how's your head?

- Fine.

An artist and entrepreneur,

Cassandra turned Elvira into a global brand

and the undisputed queen of Halloween.

As a true inspiration to the world of drag and beyond,

"RuPaul's Drag Race" is proud to present

the Giving Us Lifetime Achievement Award

to a great lady,

Cassandra Peterson.

[cheers and applause]

Please welcome Cassandra Peterson.

- [singing] Welcome to the jungle

She's so wild, so animal

She's gonna work that sexy body

So sexual

She's like a female phenomenon

Mwah, mwah!

Look what you have here.

[cheers and applause]

- Thank you, Ru.

- Now, Cassandra, I have to ask, how's your head?

- Well, I haven't had any complaints yet.

[laughter]

- So now what advice would you give

to young people who are trying to make it in Hollywood?

- Take Fountain.

- Oh. OK.

- Oh, no, no, really.

No, really.

But seriously, when I was 30...

I don't know if you know this... but people

told me I was over the hill.

And you know where those people are now?

- No, where?

- Dead.

[laughter]

So my advice is take your time, be true to yourself,

and try to show as much skin as possible, OK?

- Yeah, that's... That's what I always say.

It's great advice.

Give it up for Cassandra Peterson.

[cheers and applause]

And now, on with our battle for the crown.

All hail our top-three queens.

Bring back my girls

Bring back my girls

Bring back my girls

Bring back my

Bring back my girls

Each of you has won the hearts of fans around the world.

But the time has come when three must become two.

The top two queens moving forward to the final lip sync

for the crown are...

[dramatic music]

Sapphira Cristal...

[cheers and applause]

Nymphia Wind.

[cheers and applause]

Condragulations, you are both moving forward

to the final lip sync for the crown.

Now, go get yourselves ready.

[cheers and applause]

- I love you.

I love you, baby.

- Plane Jane, I'm sorry, my dear,

but this is not your time.

But for delivering drag excellence all season long,

we're giving you a tip of $25,000 served by Cash App.

- Oh, my God.

OK.

- On behalf of the fans and from the bottom of my heart,

thank you for an epic season.

Do you have anything to say?

- Well, I'm a little unprepared.

I thought I was gonna be moving on.

[laughter]

I guess all I have to say, Mama Ru,

is love yourself, feed yourself,

and smell my greasy, stinky burger finger!

- Give it up for Plane Jane.

- Thank you, mama.

Oh, thank you.

Both: Mwah, mwah. - I love you.

[cheers and applause]

- Mother, mother.

- Oh, and she smells good?

[indistinct chatter]

- Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Nowadays you hear a lot about party poopers

trying to ban books and take away our rights.

But tonight, we want to focus on parental figures, mentors,

and drag mothers who lead with love

as they support and celebrate their queer kids.

[cheers and applause]

[soft music]

- It's very important to not go through this life alone.

- Whether it's your biological family or, you know,

your chosen family, it's important to have people

who see you for who you are and love you

for who you are unconditionally.

- My mom is my number-one fan.

She is my favorite person in this whole entire world.

- My drag mother keeps me on my feet.

And when I'm down, she picks me up.

- My mom left her country, Mexico,

to come to the United States.

And she really went through a lot for us

to have everything we needed.

- I am always very open about my mental health struggles.

And from the jump, my mom has always been at the forefront

of helping me through that.

- My mom is very important to me because she's smart,

she's gorgeous.

You know, that's where I get all my good genetics from.

- She's not just my mom. She's like my best friend.

- My drag mom's, like, the first person to ever paint me.

She set up my first booking.

- My drag mother, Athena Dion, helped me

grow as an entertainer and as a human being.

- My mother raised me.

My mom did everything to give me what I have today.

- When I've been having a really tough time,

I want to talk to my mom.

- She's taught me a lot about how to lead

with kindness and encouragement.

- My mother has always loved me for me.

- There wouldn't be a Megami without Momgami.

- Your typical Asian parent wouldn't necessarily

accept their children for being different.

So my mom said fuck that, I'm just gonna let my child

be whatever they want to be.

- There are very few parents who are

willing to do the work when they don't get it,

but try to grab an understanding

and love on your babies for who they are.

Just watching my mom grow over the last two years

has greatly affected how I raise my own children.

- Thanks for everything, Mom.

- Thanks, Mom. I love you.

- I love you, Mom.

- Shout out to you, Momgami.

- Mom, thank you. Te amo.

[cheers and applause]

- Whoo!

- She's back for one final victory lap.

Give it up for America's reigning Drag Superstar,

Sasha Colby.

Take a look.

[cheers and applause]

- Is that Sasha Colby?

- Period.

They say God is a woman.

And I am.

- Aloha, gorgeous.

- Ooh.

- Yes.

- Fierce!

- So this is your go-to silhouette.

What was your second choice?

- Pasties?

- [singing] G-O-D-D-E-S-S

- America's Next Drag Superstar is Sasha Colby.

- [singing] That bitch is a goddess

Look at her face and look at her bodice

This goes to every trans person past, present, and future

because we are not going anywhere.

[cheers and applause]

- Give it up for Sasha Colby.

[upbeat music]

- [singing] Just the other day, I heard a ho say

Matter of fact, what could a ho say

With a face like this and a bitch this paid

What could a ho say

The bag so expensive, my pussy came with it

Body so nice, they be saying, who did it

But everything natural, actual, factual

Prissy in the streets

But I... like a animal

All you hoes know who the fuck I am

From your boyfriend down to my Instagram

To all these busted-ass hoes that you kiki with

I bet you jaw drop if you ever see me, bitch

I'm her

Her, her, her, her, her, her, her

She, she, she, she, she, she, she

Take a peek

It's me, me, me, me, me

It's her, her, her, her, her, her

Bitch, you do you

And whatever that is, I'm gonna do it better

Hoes must have just seen me in it

Playing catch up

Bitches looking like you is playing dress up

Would I ever spin the block on this, never

I don't even wear a outfit twice

They dumb

Any bitch got a problem, probably never met them

Tell a hater kiss both cheeks

Ciao, bella

But I'm used to the chatter

Because I'm her, her, her, her, her, her, her

She, she, she, she, she, she

Take a peek

It's me, me, me, me, me

Take a glance

It's her, her, her, her, her, her

Because I'm the most sickening ho

So sick of me, no matter what they do or say

It ain't no getting rid of me

I come in every room

And draw attention like a centerpiece

Stepping forward long time, moving like a centerpiece

The hate campaign ain't working at all

I ain't Jack or Jill, bitch

I ain't gonna fall

I'm her, her, her, her, her, her, her

She, she, she, she, she, she

Take a peek

It's me, me, me, me

Take a glance

It's her, her, her, her, her, her

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] They wanna see ya

- Support queens across the country.

Scan the QR code to donate to the ACLU Drag Defense Fund.

[cheers and applause]

- Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Back for more, the one, the only Sasha Colby.

[cheers and applause]

- [singing] G-O-D-D-E-S-S

That bitch is a goddess

G-O-D-D-E-S-S

That bitch is a goddess

G-O-D-D-E-S-S

That bitch is a goddess

She's not trying to impress

She's just being honest

G-O-D-D-E-S-S

That bitch is a goddess

[cheers and applause]

- Wow.

Sasha, this year has been a whirlwind.

Tell us about your meet and greet with Kamala Harris.

- Well, I was so privileged to be invited

by GLAAD for a lovely Pride event

at the vice president's residence.

And I got to meet so many of our queer representatives

all over the country, which aren't a lot,

and all of our allies that are representing us in government,

which aren't a lot.

So please go vote and make sure your voice is heard.

[cheers and applause]

- Are you thinking of throwing your crown into the ring?

- Oh, not enough glitter, babe.

- Now I understand you were honored

by the Council for Native Hawaiian Achievement.

- Yes, I got presented with the Trailblazer Award

this year for bringing the Mahu and Kanaka Maoli to life

here on a global stage, thanks to you.

- Wow.

Now, Sasha, I have a personal question to ask.

Do you have anything to plug?

- Where's Bruno?

[laughter]

I have some great things coming up.

I have a one-woman show.

I also have music coming out

and your very own Sasha Colby ponytail hair line.

- Ooh, I love it.

- So everyone can be a goddess.

- It's fantastic.

Give it up for Sasha Colby.

- [singing] G-O-D-D-E-S-S

[cheers and applause]

That bitch is a goddess

- Now, this is an election year,

and I have one thing to say.

You better vote.

[cheers and applause]

You, you got the right

Stand up for yourself

We've just begun to fight

Ain't no way we're going back in time

Forward to the future, baby, yours and mine

I am American, American, American

I am American, American

Red, white, and blue

I am American, American, just like you, too

- Back for one more strut, the powerful drag Americans

of "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 16.

[upbeat music]

- [singing] You're not ready for my power

I've got the power

And I know how to use it

I got the power

And I know I ain't gonna lose it

I got the power

Now watch me flex

I got the power, bitch

What did you expect

Come on

I got the power

And I know how to use it

I got the power

And I know I ain't gonna lose it

I got the power

Now watch it flex

I've got the power, bitch

What did you expect

Come on

You're not ready for my power

You're not ready for my power

I got the power

[cheers and applause]

- Now please welcome the reigning Miss Congeniality,

Malaysia Babydoll Foxx.

- [singing] I am American, American, American

I am American, American

Red, white, and blue

I am American, American, American

I am American, American, American

- Yes!

[cheers and applause]

- Hello, everybody.

With my congenial era coming to an end,

I am thrilled to announce this year's winner.

Long may she spread kindness.

The winner of Miss Congeniality will receive $10,000

presented by Olay Body.

[cheers and applause]

The queens have voted,

and for the first time

in Drag Race herstory,

it's a tie.

[cheers and applause]

- Oh, my God.

- No way!

- The first winner is...

Xunami Muse.

- [singing] A little bit of love

Goes a long, long way

Lifting you up to a brighter day

A little bit of love

- Condragulations.

What do you have to say?

- You know what?

I may not have won the crown, but I won the crowd, OK?

[cheers and applause]

Oh, thank you.

- And the second winner is...

Sapphira Cristal.

[cheers and applause]

Condragulations.

- Whoo!

Thank you.

- What do you have to say?

- Mm.

It pays to be nice.

[cheers and applause]

- Condragulations, ladies.

You've each won $10,000.

But wait, there's more.

Olay Body would also like to offer

all the other queens $2,000 each

for slaying all season.

Condragulations, queens.

Now together, prance, queens, prance.

[cheers and applause]

[upbeat music]

- [singing] Giddy up, giddy up

Giddy up, giddy up

Who is she, who is she

Who is she

[cheers and applause]

Welcome back to the grand finale of "RuPaul's Drag Race."

Now, the moment we've all been waiting for.

I present to you Nymphia Wind and Sapphira Cristal.

[cheers and applause]

This is the beginning, the beginning

This is the beginning of the rest of your life

Queens, this is your moment.

After all your hard work, it all comes down to this.

Two queens stand before me.

Prior to tonight, you were asked

to prepare a lip sync performance of "Padam Padam"

by Kylie Minogue.

[cheers and applause]

Ladies, this is your last chance

to impress me and prove to the world

that you are America's Next Drag Superstar.

The time has come for you to lip sync

for the crown!

Good luck, and don't fuck it up.

[Kylie Minogue's "Padam Padam"]

- [singing] You look like fun to me

You look a little like somebody I know

And I can tell you how this ends

I'll be in your head all weekend

Shivers and butterflies

I get the shivers when I look into your eyes

And I can tell that you're all in

'Cause I can hear your heart beating

Padam, padam

Padam, padam

I hear it, and I know

Padam, padam

I know you want to take me home

Padam

And get to know me close

Padam, padam

When your heart goes

Padam

This place is crowdin' up

I think it's time for you to take me out this club

And we don't need to use our words

I want to see what's underneath that T-shirt

Shivers and cold champagne

I get the shivers every time you say my name

And I can tell that you're all in

'Cause I can hear your heart beatin'

'Cause I can hear

Padam, padam

I hear it and I know

Padam, padam

I know you want to take me home

Padam

And get to know me close

Padam, padam

When your heart goes

Padam, padam

I hear it and I know

Padam, padam

I know you want to take me home

Padam

And take off all my clothes

Padam, padam

When your heart goes

Padam

[cheers and applause]

Oh, my gosh.

- Wow.

[cheers and applause]

- In addition to the title of America's Next Drag Superstar,

the winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

will receive a crown and scepter

provided by Fierce Drag Jewels,

a year supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics,

and a grand prize of $200,000 served by Cash App.

That's money, honey.

[laughter]

Oh, and one more thing.

This season's runner-up will receive a tip of $25,000,

also served by Cash App.

- Wow.

[cheers and applause]

Now, the time has come to crown our queen.

[dramatic music]

Ladies, I've made my decision.

The winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race,"

America's Next Drag Superstar is...

Nymphia Wind.

[cheers and applause]

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

Nymphia, is there anything you'd like to say?

- To those who feel like they don't belong,

just remember to live fearlessly and have

courage to live your truth.

And, Taiwan, this is for you!

[cheers and applause]

- Now prance, my queen, prance.

[cheers and applause]

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

Now, remember, if you can't love yourself,

how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?

Can I get an amen up in here?

All: Amen!

- All right, now let the music play.

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

I'm a winner

I'm a winner, baby

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

Lifting you up to a brighter day

A little bit of love goes a long, long way

Turn it around when you up and say

Everybody say love

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Love

Can you feel the love

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