[siren blaring]
- Tonight, no one queenwill be eliminated.
♪ ♪
In fact,before tonight's show ends,
two queens will be eliminatedfrom the show forever.
- What?- What?
♪ ♪
- The first queento leave tonight will be...
♪ ♪
Revealed after we've seenall the queens perform tonight!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God.
- Not funny, Mel.- No.
- Not funny.- There's big stakes here.
- See, we told you there'dbe lots of twists and turns.
Now, on with the show!
- ♪ She's the queen ♪
♪ Of the universe ♪
Queen of the universe!
[applause]
- So far, five of our top tensinging drag queens
have already performed.
Tonight,we continue with our theme
of No Place like Home,
as our five otherinternational contestants
hit the stage.
[upbeat music]
- I just want to go outand show my ass...
- [laughs]- And have a good night
- Exactly.
- Are you ready for today?
- It's my first time in the UK,
- My first timein everything--
international show...- Really?
- First flight.
- First ever,ever in your life?
- Never traveled.
This is my first timeto go out of the country.
- How exciting!- Yeah, it's very exciting.
You're really a virgin.
[laughter]
- Oh!
Let's getthe fantasy on, shall we?
[applause]
- Our next queenbeat out thousands
of other talented applicantsto earn their spot
in this competition.
From Palermo, Italy,it's Aura Eternal!
♪ ♪
I recently just finished"Drag Race Italia"
season two, where I wasthe least experienced one,
and I grew immenselybecause of it.
It was aonce-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
♪ ♪
- How did you pick this name?
- I think the biggest thingyou don't want in drag
is for othersto forget about you.
- Yeah.
- So I just wantto be an Eternal Aura.
I just want to be somethingthat lasts.
- Like an energy, yeah.- Yes.
Palermo is a dream
of a cityin terms of monuments.
The sea is beautiful.
The drag scene in Palermois nearly nonexistent.
It's, like, me and other twoto three queens in Palermo.
The gay clubis like the gay club.
It's one.
Being queerin a very religious country,
sometimes it's good,
and sometimes it's dangerous,because you don't know
how people are gonna respond,especially if you're
in a countrywhere the religion
is the main thought of people.
From the chorus, right?- Yeah.
- So take me to church...- Yeah, from the chorus.
Girls, let's goto chorus positions.
- I do not use my religionto judge somebody else.
I use my religionto live better
and to live betterwith other people.
♪ ♪
What I'm chasing,I've chased all my life,
and Aura Eternalis on a journey,
so I will begrowing and learning
and living and loving forever.
I will still burnthe place to the ground
if you don't make me win.
[laughs]
[cheers and applause]
[soft pop music]
- ♪ My lover's got humor ♪
♪ She's the giggleat a funeral ♪
♪ Knowseverybody's disapproval ♪
♪ I should haveworshipped her sooner ♪
♪ I was born sick,but I love it ♪
♪ Command me to be well ♪
♪ A-- ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Take me to church ♪
♪ I'll worship like a dog ♪
♪ At the shrine of your lies ♪
♪ I'll tell you my sins ♪
♪ So you can sharpenyour knife ♪
♪ Offer methat deathless death ♪
♪ Good God,let me give you my life ♪
♪ In the madness and soil ♪
♪ Of that sad earthly scene ♪
♪ Only then I am human ♪
♪ Only then ♪
♪ I am clean ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Amen ♪
♪ Take me to church ♪
♪ Ah ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ Let me give you my life ♪
♪ Take me to church ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Aura Eternal, everybody!
Oh, wow!
You just get uplike you're on hydraulics.
- I'm already in the spot.
[laughter]
- I want to start with you,Trixie.
- You look likea moving oil painting.
Like, it was so beautiful,
and the closer you got,you got up in my eyes,
and you, like, neverbroke character for a--
[machinery clanking loudly]
[laughter]
It's 'cause you sangabout the church.
- Yes.
[laughter]
- But I have to ask,drag queen to drag queen,
why "Take Me to Church"?
- Take me to churchis like bring me to myself.
- Mmm.
[cheers and applause]
I think she just sold meon the church.
- Ciao, bellessima.- Ciao, bellessima.
- I love the waythat you do drag.
I think your face is beautiful.Your skin is gorgeous.
The dress is beautiful.The song is a deep one.
It's an intense one,
and what I wanted, Aura,was I wanted it
to kick in the pocketwith you almost,
like, riding it insteadof sitting into the groove.
Does that make sense?- Yes, yes, of course.
- So let the musictake you in
while you sing itso we can feel it with you.
- Yes, OK.
- [speaking Italian]- [speaking Italian]
- To continue on what Michellewas talking about,
when you went up to your head,
that's where I feltyou back off,
which took us outas an audience
because we wanted youto ride through.
So if you can work on that,I think
then you'll be 100% betterwith your attitude
and with us listeningas an audience.
- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- You showed us your true,
inner, sensitive,vulnerable you.
You did it throughthe way you look,
the way you sang,the way you held yourself,
and I felt all of it.
Aw, I really like you.
I really do.
- I like you too, very much.
- Oh, thanks!- [laughs]
- Thank you so much.Thank you.
- Well, we are fullof love for you.
Aura Eternal,ladies and gentlemen!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- Up next to perform,from Manila, Philippines,
it's Maxie!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- My name is Maxie,
and I'm representingthe Philippines.
Manila is a crazy place.
Everyone is loud,everyone is funny,
and they are alllooking real good,
like me.[laughs]
Everyone in the Philippines,they can sing--
not out of tune, in tune,
high pitch, low pitch,everything.
Oh, my God, girl.
We had a lotof talented queens.
It's very competitive.
I started singingwhen I was three years old.
When I was a child, I knowthat I'm going to be a star.
I joined "Wil Time Bigtime"which is a TV show.
I am 13 years old,and the host asked me,
"When did you feelthat you're gay?"
I jokingly answered
that I felt itsince in my mother's womb.
So I became an advocate.
[speaking Tagalog]
I starredin "Maxie the Musical."
I used the name Maxiewhen I joined
drag live singing competition.
I felt like that isthe career that I wanted.
[soft dramatic music]
You do tarot?- Yes, I do.
- Good girl.- I'm afraid.
Ah, that one.What's that mean?
- Oh, my God.
This is, like, one ofthe best cards you can have.
It's the wish card.- Oh!
- It's whatever you wish,it will come true.
- All right.- So you can leave that there.
- I'ma leave it here.
In the Philippines, I reachwhat I want to achieve.
But here,it's a whole different game.
[upbeat music]
I was bornto compete and to win.
I'm ready.Bring me my crown.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat pop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Stomp, stomp,I've arrived ♪
♪ Drop the beat, nasty face ♪
♪ Why you looking at me? ♪
♪ Flyin', flyin',flyin', flyin' ♪
♪ Through the skyin my spaceship ♪
♪ I'm an alien tonight ♪
♪ Dirty, dirty, dirty,dirty, dirty, dirty sucka ♪
♪ You think I can't get hoodlike you ♪
What?
♪ I can do it like a brother,do it like a dude ♪
♪ Pull my crotch,wear my hat low like you ♪
- Hey!
- ♪ Do it like a brother,do it like a dude ♪
♪ Grab my crotch,wear my hat low like you ♪
♪ We can do itlike a mandem, mandem ♪
♪ We can do itlike a mandem ♪
♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar ♪
♪ We can do itlike a mandem, mandem ♪
♪ We can do it like a mandem ♪
♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar.
♪ Boys, you can saywhat you wanna ♪
♪ Boys, you needto lick my dollar ♪
♪ Boys, getting hot under ♪
♪ The collar, collar, collar ♪
♪ Holler ♪
♪ Do it like a dude ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
♪ Do it like a brother ♪
♪ Do it like a dude ♪
♪ Grab my crotch,wear my hat low like you ♪
♪ We can do it likea mandem, mandem ♪
♪ We can do it like a mandem ♪
♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar ♪
♪ We can do itlike a mandem, mandem ♪
♪ We can do it like a mandem ♪
♪ Sugar, sugar, sugar, boy ♪
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Work, you bitch.
- Oh!
Maxie, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
- [laughs]Maxie, I've got to ask you.
"Do It Like a Dude,"
why of all the songsin the world
did you pick that one?
- Because I thinkthat stereotyping and bullying
and discriminating--
I'm here to provethat it's wrong.
I can do betterthan a dude, man.
[cheers and applause]
- All right, Michelle.
- She is a pop star.
I think your makeuplooks very, very pretty.
I think you're young.I think this fits you.
Your padding, all of it looksreally, really well done.
Not a fan of a leotard.
If you watch "Drag Race,"you know that.
But you look appropriate.
At your age, it's cute.
And I loveyour streak in your hair.
- OK!
[cheers and applause]
- The nerve of youto sing "Do It Like a Dude"
and be a complete woman,oh, my gosh.
It was so great.
I also love that you'replaying this tough character,
and then when the music broke,you were like,
"Oh, thank you,thank you, thank you."
Thank you for committingto the character.
It was great.
[cheers and applause]
- What you've mentioned about,"I'm gonna do it like a dude,
but I'm gonnablow you away..."
we totally got that.
And also, all thehip thrusting that you did--
there you go.
Wind, wind, wind,wind, wind, wind.
But your voice didn't break.
So that's really tough to doand keep your voice
still and straight and strong.
So brava to you to do that.
And you just broughtthe fire, honey.
[cheers and applause]
- I really wanted to enjoy it,but I didn't enjoy it
until you came right here,
and then I feel likeyou exploded.
So I would liketo have that commitment
at the top of the song.
But I love the look.
I love the attitude.Well done.
- Give it upfor Maxie, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Queen of the universe ♪
- I enjoyed her.
How great was that?
The bar is set high.- That bar was set high.
- Two people are going home.
If you don't knock it outof the park straight away,
you're done.
- Tonight's themeis No Place Like Home,
and our ten queensmust serve looks inspired
by their nationsand perform songs
they've chosenas their personal drag anthem.
Up next to perform,from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
it's Chloe V.
Last year's winner, of course,
drag queen from Brazil,like you.
Does that add extra pressure?
- Of course,and my sister drag queen,
she's perfect.
She has the voice,
she has the personality,I know.
She's, like, super.
- OK, well, let's take a lookat what your life
is like back in Brazil.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- [speaking Portuguese]
Welcome to Rio, y'all!
Brazil is the mostspecial place in the Earth.
You can find, like,the most talented
drag queens of all world.
I am the prettiest drag queenin all country,
and I consider myselflike a butterfly
'cause I'm froma small village.
It's close to Rio.
My teenage years were, like,the worst years of my life.
I wasthe super, super queer kid.
So I was, like,bullied for, like,
the longest years of my life.
I was super lonely.I didn't have friends.
And I think that momentput me with music
because musicwas my only friend.
The first time I did dragwas at home with my mom.
And she said, "Oh, my God,I want to wear this too."
And then I put my mom
in allthe Spice Girls costumes.
Her favorite one is Mel B.You know, mine too.
My mom is always there for me.She's the protector mom,
and it's because of herthat I'm here.
[laughs]
I'm super proudof who I've become.
It's a long way backto Brazil,
so I'm not heading homeany time soon.
[cheers and applause]
[soft rock music]
♪ When you were here before ♪
♪ ♪
♪ couldn't look youin the eye ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You're just like an angel ♪
♪ Your skin makes me cry ♪
♪ ♪
♪ But I'm a creep ♪
♪ I'm a weirdo ♪
♪ What the hellam I doing here? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't belong here ♪
♪ ♪
♪ She's ♪
♪ Running out ♪
♪ The door ♪
♪ ♪
♪ She's running out ♪
♪ She run ♪
♪ Run, run, run!
♪ Ah ♪
♪ Ah, ooh ♪
♪ Run ♪
♪ ♪
♪ But I'm a creep ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm a weirdo ♪
♪ What the hellam I doing here? ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I don't belong here ♪
[singing in Portuguese]
[cheers and applause]
- Chloe V, everybody!
Come on down.
You like that chair, yeah.
[laughs]
- Hello, darling.- Hello.
- So why did youchoose this song?
- I was, like, bulliedfor the longest time,
like teenage years,and even, like, now.
So I think the song,like, fits perfectly to me.
- I love that.
I'm sorry that you're stillgoing through that now.
- That's OK.
- I think this is--the worldis changing,
and you're beingin your powers.
I thought that there weremoments of strength
in that performance vocally.
I thought there weresome pitch problems
when we went up.- Yes, yes.
- Again, drag-wise,we're wearing a leotard.
Michelle's not a fan of these.
If you're going to do it,just do it differently,
so it's not just a leotard.
- OK.Thank you very much.
- You went for a lotof different colors
in the singing,and some of them
were more successfulthan others.
But I would rather you try thatthan come out here
for your first songand play it really safe.
So--and also this hairreally looks like your hair.
It looks like it's growingout of your head,
so congratulations.
- Like an ordinary girlgoing to the shopping mall.
[laughter]
- I don't know this song,so in the very beginning,
I wish you would enunciate it.- You don't know this song?
- I don't.[laughter]
- Vanessa!- I don't know this song.
- Radiohead!- I don't know this song.
So I wish you would enunciateit a little more
in the beginning'cause I couldn't really hear
what the lyrics were...- OK.
- Because I don't knowthe song.
In terms of the drag,I wanted more.
- I really likedhow you attacked that song.
And you gave me lightand shade and soft and dark.
Now, my thing is,your look is meant
to represent your country.
- Yes.- Right?
- The looks screamsmore me than Brazil.
- That would bemy only critique
'cause I didn't feel Brazil.- This is crazy.
I'm, like, talkingto Mel B right now.
- You might hate itby the end of the show.
Don't speak too soon.
- Oh, my gosh.OK.
[laughter]
- Give it up for Chloe V!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Queen of the universe ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Earlier we droppedthe bombshell
that two queens will be leavingthe competition tonight,
so the pressureto deliver is truly on.
Our next singing sensation,come dressed to impress,
is from San Francisco,California, USA.
It's Militia Scunt!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Hello.My name is Militia Scunt.
I'm 28 years oldfrom San Francisco, California.
San Francisco isthe gay capital of the world.
It's super eclectic,super cute.
Like, pretty muchanything goes.
When I first started,I had, like, a full beard.
I never padded.
They were just as acceptingwhen I shaved it off
and cinched my waistand put on hips
and all that good stuff.
So pretty much, you cando whatever you want there,
as longas you're singing.
Hey, hey, hey.
I'd never even heardof drag until I was, like, 19.
I grew up in the suburbsof San Francisco.
My mom decidedthat public school
was not for us.
She was gonna homeschool usand do this,
like, religious curriculum.
So I was at churchsometimes seven days a week.
♪ I got my brand new titties ♪
Can you move?
You want to be famous so bad.
I had startedworking professionally
as a drag queenbefore I moved to SF.
I just wasn'ttelling my family.
So all of my drag,
all had to store itin my trunk,
and I would immediatelyget off of work
and drivefrom an abandoned parking lot
and paint my faceunder a streetlight.
Yeah, every once in a while,you'd catch some people
having sex down there.Down there.
That was sort of my routine.
And I told my parents,like, I was fundraising.
I was just raisingmy own funds to move out.
So it wasn't a lie.
Here I come,
London!
I moved to SF to get paid.
I then flew all the wayto London to get paid.
And that's what I intend to do,period.
♪ ♪
- Militia Scunt.- Yes.
- In order to keepworking on television,
I need to be carefulwith your name.
- [laughs]- Can we explain Militia Scunt?
- Everyone called me that wordwhen I first started
because I kept winningall these pageants,
and they werevery upset about it.
So I just adopted itinto the name
and was like, yeah,now they can call me my name.
- Militia...- Scunt.
- Scunt.We're there.
- Period.[laughs]
- All right,off you go, Militia Scunt.
- Thank you, Graham.
Oh, my God,that's Graham Norton, y'all.
- I know.Militia Scunt.
[cheers and applause]
[pop music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I should grow up someday ♪
♪ 'Cause I got bills to pay ♪
♪ I can't be waking upin someone else's place ♪
♪ I know I drink too much ♪
♪ Can't paymy rent this month ♪
♪ I should be saving up ♪
♪ But I just got paid ♪
♪ I'm broke but I'm balling ♪
♪ Don't knowwhere we're going ♪
♪ We go in when we go out ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
♪ I'm broke but I'm balling ♪
♪ Don't knowwhere we're going ♪
♪ We go in when we go out ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
London!Y'all ready?
♪ ♪
Hey!Let's go!
♪ Gimme that,gimme that, gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that, gimme that,gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that money, hey ♪
♪ Gimme that money ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that, gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that money ♪
♪ Gimme that money ♪
♪ And when I've had my fun ♪
♪ I swear I'll be someone ♪
♪ I know that day will come ♪
♪ 'Cause I just got paid ♪
♪ I'm broke but I'm balling ♪
♪ Don't knowwhere we're going ♪
♪ We go in when we go out ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
♪ I'm broke but I'm balling ♪
♪ Don't knowwhere we're going ♪
♪ We go in when we go out ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that, gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that money ♪
♪ Gimme my money ♪
♪ Gimme that money ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that, gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that, gimme my money ♪
♪ Gimme that money ♪
♪ I just got paid ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Oh!
[cheers and applause]
Wowza!
Militia Scunt, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
Michelle?
- Your dragis very San Francisco.
It's very cute and quirky.I love that.
I love that you representwhere you're from.
I love that you choseElla Ayre.
I love that you were dancing.
Sometimes when people dance--that's why most artists--
I'm just gonnaput it out there--
they lip sync when they dance.There's a reason for it.
It's very hardto have breath control.
So well done for you for that.
[cheers and applause]- I thought it'd be bad.
Oh, my God, thank you.[laughs]
- Trust me,you'll know when it's bad.
- OK.[laughter]
- I'm gonna haveto disagree with Michelle
quite a lot because...- Yes, ma'am?
- Coming from Spice Girls,we did, like,
loads of dance routines,and we sung live.
And to prep for that,we would sing our songs
on a running machine.
And I felt you catchyour breath a lot.
And it's just a thing--
just a note to work onbecause I want you
to do really, really well.
I want everyoneto do really, really well.
- But me more.
[laughter]
- So we know you can dance.You can sing.
You are fantastic to look at.
What do you seein the future for yourself?
- I want to be ableto put out music and tour
with that music,and I would just love
to invest more into my craft.
[cheers and applause]
- I love the little bird
who gave his lifefor a wonderful cause
for tonight's show.
I have to say,a song about getting paid,
drag queen to drag queen,that's my "Take Me to Church."
- Period.
Drag was what paid my wayto move out to San Francisco
where I, like, found homeand learned my craft
and all that good stuff.
So it's just a celebrationof what drag is to me.
- Good for you, bitch.
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up forMilitia Scunt, everybody!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
-♪ Queen of the universe ♪
[cheers and applause]
How is this differentto anything else
you've ever done?
- Well, I'm more excitedon this panel
than any other panel.- Right.
- But, ah, you're lookingat everything.
There's so many thingsthat I have to think about,
rather than just the voiceor just the performance.
- The total package,the drag and the voice,
that's the most important.
[cheers and applause]
- Tonight our queens continue
to serve looksinspired by their homelands
and belt outtheir personal drag anthem.
With our firststudio audience vote
of the seasononly moments away,
two queens will be eliminated.
Seriously,the tension in here
is thickerthan Trixie's makeup.
- Oh![laughter]
- I didn't knowyou were wearing makeup
till I read that.
- I was gonna say, no one'sgoing to get that joke.
They're gonna be like,"But that woman," you know?
- The timehas come to introduce
our final queen of the night.
From Amsterdam, Netherlands,it's Love Masisi!
[cheers and applause]
- My name is Love Masisi.
I'm representing Amsterdamand the Netherlands.
I was born long ago
in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Then I moved to New York.
So from New York,I had my first job
that took me to Japan.
From Japan, I movedat 20 years old to Amsterdam.
The Netherlands has beenvery open to me
and accepted mewhen other countries did not.
And for that,the Netherlands is my home.
The Netherlands is beautiful.It's very romantic.
It would alwaysremind me of Venice
because of all the grachts--
the--the--the--the grachts, the grachts--
the canals, the canals.[laughs]
[upbeat music]
As I grew up in Haiti,
I was always bulliedas "masisi,"
and it means "faggot,"
a bad name for queer people.
And so I wantedto change that narrative,
and I decidedto put love in it.
And from that moment,I took that name back.
♪ ♪
The drag scenein the Netherlands
is very diverse.
Femme queens to butch queensto bearded queens,
we have it all.
Is that an eggplantin your pocket,
or are you just gaggingat my extravaganza?
I've been in "Drag Race:the Netherlands"
To be around all theseamazing artists
that are so strong,
you have no choicebut to be good.
You're never too old to havea second chance in life.
I know who I am,and I'm proud,
and I'm about to strut.
Citizen of the universe,
introducing Love Masisi.
She's always extra.Be prepared.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat pop music]
♪ Nails, hair, hips, heels ♪
♪ Face done, lips real,purse full, big bills ♪
♪ Yes, I'm a big deal ♪
♪ Legs, legs, face, eyes,thin waist, big thighs ♪
- Oh, I love it.- Work, bitch.
- ♪ You, me, you wish ♪
♪ New phone, who this? ♪
♪ Pat, pat, patto the gum, gum, gum ♪
♪ Mama yes Godwhen you pop that tongue ♪
♪ This whole clubis my runway, run ♪
♪ You're five, four,three, two ♪
♪ I'm a one ♪
♪ Girl, what did that girljust say, girl? ♪
♪ Girl, I don't dance ♪
♪ I work ♪
♪ I don't play, I slay ♪
♪ I don't walk, I strut,strut, strut, and then sashay ♪
♪ But I don't work for free ♪
♪ That's not the tea, hunty ♪
♪ So make it rain on me ♪
♪ And I might let you see ♪
♪ My nails, hair, hips, heels ♪
♪ Nails, hair, hips, heels ♪
♪ Nails, nails,hips, heels ♪
♪ Hips, hair, hips, heels,
♪ Head, shoulders,knees, toes ♪
♪ Don't touch these clothes ♪
♪ Hips, lips, eyes, nose ♪
♪ Camera click, we pose ♪
♪ Girl, what did that girljust say, girl? ♪
♪ I don't dance, I work ♪
♪ I don't play, I slay ♪
♪ I don't walk, I strut,strut, strut, and then sashay ♪
♪ But I don't work for free ♪
♪ That's not the tea, hunty ♪
♪ So make it rain on me ♪
♪ And I might let you see ♪
♪ Say girl for me,girl for me ♪
♪ Girl for me, girl for me ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Shablam for me,shablam for me ♪
♪ Shablam, shablam for me ♪
♪ Shablam for me, shablam, oh ♪
♪ Shablam for me ♪
[laughs]
That's all.
[cheers and applause]
- Love Masisi!
Everybody, Love Masisi!
- I did not knowthat we were going
to the drag show tonight.
Oh, my God,it was so fucking cool.
[cheers and applause]
- I do have one question.
Now, you're representingyour country, which is...
- The Netherlands.- The Netherlands.
One of my baby daddies is fromthe Netherlands, Amsterdam.
Didn't reallyneed to know that.
But I wanted to know,what is the outfit?
'Cause it was like an octopusthing at the beginning,
and then--- It actually was a crab.
- Oh, sorry.
- And behind me,I think that was the ganjas,
you know, from Amsterdam.
[laughter]
- Right, yeah.
- So that was the green, and--
- Now I get it.Now I get it.
- Yes, now you get it.
- Is this Rasta for the weed,as well, your hair?
- Yes, of course.- Of course.
All right, man.OK.
[laughter]
Amazing.
- We can go intoVanessa's world there.
[laughter]
- I have to be honest,when you first came out,
I thought you were goingto sing "Under the Sea"
because I didn't know.
Is it a mermaid?Is it a lobster?
But I'm so gladthat you clarified that.
I wish you had addeda little more vocal--
♪ Hoo, yeah ♪
Just something we can hearjust a little taste of,
oh, she's got range.
But you broughtit. It was amazing.
[cheers and applause]- You can rap.
We got it.
Todrick's goingto be so thrilled
that that was your song.
And you did doan incredible performance.
Not saying don't rap,because you do it really well,
and I love rap.
So I'm not surethat song served you the best,
but I lovethe way you performed.
And I love the way you do drag.- Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- What was itabout that song that you
thought, right, first show,I'm going to do that one?
- Well, this songmeans so much to me.
It's all about confidence.
And I really wantedto express that.
- Yes![cheers and applause]
Thank you for doing that.
I love that.
- Give it up for Love Masisi!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Queen of the universe ♪
- So there you have it.
Ten singing sensationsfrom around the world
have given it their all,
but now comes the hard part.
Based on their vocalperformance and drag style,
who will sing another day,
and whose high heelswill walk away?
Studio audience,you've heard
what our pop diva panel thinks,
but now it's timefor you to vote
for your favorite queen.
The queen with the fewest voteswill be eliminated.
[tense electronic music]
While our audiencecasts their votes,
here's a reminderof all ten performances.
- [singing in Spanish]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm coming up ♪
♪ So you betterget this party started ♪
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Can I ♪
♪ Lay by your side? ♪
- ♪ I have ♪
♪ Good intentions ♪
- ♪ Amen ♪
- ♪ I can do it like a brother,do it like a dude ♪
♪ Hold my crotch,wear my hat low like you ♪
- ♪ I'm a weirdo ♪
- ♪ Gimme that,gimme that ♪
♪ gimme that, gimme that,gimme that ♪
♪ Gimme that,gimme that money ♪
- ♪ I don't dance, I work ♪
♪ I don't play, I slay ♪
♪ I don't walk, I strut,strut, strut, and then sashay ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back, queens.
You are all absolute stars,but tonight,
some of youshone brighter than others.
Our drag-loving studio audiencehas spoken.
Within thisunderstated gold envelope,
I hold the name ofour first eliminated queen.
The queen withthe fewest audience votes
and leavingthe competition now is...
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Chloe V.
♪ ♪
Chloe V, please comeand join us.
[cheers and applause]
Chloe, the commiserations,
I'm sorryit has to end like this.
Is there anything you'd liketo say to us all tonight?
- I'm so just happy to be here.
I just met, like,my super idols.
I just want to thank you allso much for this opportunity.
You know, in Brazil,we don't get this opportunity.
Like, it's one in a billion.
I just feel likethe luckiest drag queen ever.
That's all.
[cheers and applause]
- Chloe V, thank youfor making Brazil proud.
Ladies and gentlemen,please give
an amazing sendoff to Chloe V!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Queen of the universe ♪
- Nine queens remain,
but it's not over yet.
One more queenhas to leave us tonight.
Based on the audience vote,in no particular order,
the queens going throughto the next stage
of the competition are...
Trevor Ashley.
[cheers and applause]
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Viola.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
Militia Scunt.
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
And Jazell Royale.
[cheers and applause]
Congratulationsto those queens.
Please head to the queen box.
[cheers and applause]
Five queens' fatenow hangs in the balance.
Love Masisi,Taiga Brava, Miss Sistrata,
Aura Eternal, and Maxie,
please come forwardand join me.
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Of our nine remaining queens,
you five hadthe fewest audience votes.
Now, we told youone more queen is going home,
but what we didn't tell you
is that there would bea spicy twist.
♪ ♪
Panel, I believeyou have some news.
- Queens, your fatenow lies with us.
We want to test your ability
to perform on the fly,a quality
all divas must possess.
You'll be performing...
♪ ♪
As a group.
- What?- What?
- Que?- Oh!
- Ay, Mami.
- Singing together,you must measure up
to the greatest girl groupof all time,
and I thinkwe know who that is.
- Seduction.- No!
[cheers and applause]
You'll be performing...
"Wannabe" by the Spice Girls!
- No way!
- Do me proud, ladies.
- [laughs]That's gonna be fun.
- No pressure.[laughter]
- All right, queens, get readyfor the Spice Girls showdown!
This is your last chanceto show the panel
that you have what it takesto be a worldwide sensation.
Backstage you will find
Spice Girl drag droppings--attractive.
Use them to create yourvery own Spice Girl alter ego.
You've got just 30 minutesto prepare,
so if you want to head backto the queen room, off you go!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Queen of the universe ♪
[upbeat music]
- Ah!- Oh, my God.
- Bitch!- Oh!
- What the actual fuck?- Oh, oh!
- OK.OK, let me give you some room.
- Oh, I love this!If we have to run--
- We're fuckingfierce drag queens!
- Yes, prepared, prepared.
Wait, so how are we goingto divide this song?
- Number four--
- Queen one, queen two,queen three, queen four.
- I'm number four.- I'ma be the one.
- OK, number one.Wait.
What is the numbers again?
- I bet youthey're going to perform
better than we can together.
[laughter]
This is where the Spice Girlsget put to shame.
[laughing]
- Get gorgeous, darlings.
It's just a challenge, girl!We've got this!
- OK, let's sing it, sing it.- I'll--
[together]♪ Tell you what I want ♪
♪ What I really really want ♪
♪ So tell me what you want,what you really really want ♪
- ♪ Slam your body downand wind it all around ♪
♪ Slam your body downand wind it all around ♪
- We need to beperforming as a group.
- We're a group, OK.- Yes.
- Five minutes!- Ah!
- You have aboutfive minutes now.
Let's go girls.
- Girls, girls,come here for a second.
Come here for a second.This is our chance.
- Yes.- Yes.
- Yes.[all breathing deeply]
[together]Whoa, Spice Girls!
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- Please make some noise
for a Spice Girls showdown!
[cheers and applause]
[Spice Girls' "Wannabe"]
- ♪ I'll tell you what I want ♪
♪ What I really really want ♪
- ♪ So tell me what you want,what you really, really want ♪
- ♪ I'll tell you what I want,what I really really want ♪
- ♪ So tell me what you want,what you really, really want ♪
- ♪ I wanna, I wanna, I wanna,I wanna, I wanna really ♪
♪ really, reallyzig-a-zig, ah! ♪
- ♪ If you want my future,forgive my past ♪
- ♪ If you wanna get with me,better make it fast ♪
- ♪ Hey, now, don't go wastingmy precious time ♪
- ♪ Get your act together ♪
- ♪ Yeah, we could bejust fine ♪
- [laughing]
[together]♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
♪ You gotta getwith my friends ♪
♪ Make it last forever ♪
♪ Friendships never end ♪
♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
♪ You have got to give ♪
♪ Taking is too easy ♪
♪ But that's the way it is ♪
- ♪ How you think about that? ♪
♪ Now you know how I feel ♪
- ♪ Say you can handlemy love ♪
♪ Are you for real? ♪- ♪ Are you for real? ♪
- ♪ I won't be hasty ♪
♪ I'll give you a try ♪
- ♪ If you really bug me ♪
- ♪ Then I'll say goodbye ♪
[together]♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
♪ You gotta getwith my friends ♪
- ♪ You gotta getwith my friends ♪
[together]♪ Make it last forever ♪
♪ Friendship never ends ♪
♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
♪ You have got to give ♪
♪ Taking is too easy ♪
♪ But that's the way it is ♪
♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
- ♪ You gotta, you gotta,you gotta, you gotta ♪
[together]♪ Make it last forever ♪
♪ Slam your body downand wind it all around ♪
♪ Slam your body down andwind it all around ♪
♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey,slam your body ♪
♪ down and wind it all around ♪
♪ Slam your body downand zig-a-zig, ah ♪
♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪
[cheers and applause]
- A Spice Girls showdown,everybody!
[cheers and applause]
- That was fun!
That was a lot of fun!
- All right, well, queens,you have done all you can,
but sadly, one of youwill be leaving us tonight.
Panel, I will now askeach of you
which one queenyou want to save.
Vanessa?
- The one queenthat I want to save,
because I know
that there's moreis Love Masisi.
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Love Masisi!
You are safe.
Please join the other queens.
[cheers and applause]
Trixie?
- Well, I knowhow hard this is.
I have lost drag competitionson television many times,
but you're all really stars,but one of you
showed upand let the other girls know
exactly what fucking timeit was,
and that's Maxie.
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Maxie!
[cheers and applause]
[laughter]
All right, Michelle.
- I know how greatlyyou all want it,
but I knew she had it in her,and she proved that tonight.
So I am going to saveAura Eternal.
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations,Aura Eternal.
You are safe.
[cheers and applause]
And then there were two,
Miss Sistrata and Taiga Brava.
Mel, we now come to you.
[dramatic music]
You can save one,
and the otherwill leave the competition.
Please give the nameof the queen you want to save.
- This is the partthat I really don't like,
but it is what it is,
and both of yougave it your all.
I have to go offwhat I've just seen,
and the person
I have to save is...
♪ ♪
Taiga.
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Taiga Brava.
You are safe.
Please go and jointhe other queens.
Commiserationsto you, Miss Sistrata.
Is there anythingyou'd like to say
as you leave the competition?
- Thank you.
- OK.
Thank youfor making Israel proud.
You leave us tonight,
but your starwill always shine bright.
Give it up for Miss Sistrata!
[cheers and applause]
Citizens of the world,may I present
to you the top eight contendersfor Queen of the Universe!
[cheers and applause]
Congratulations, queens.
You are all one step closerto winning...
a quarter of a million dollars!
[cheers and applause]
Next time, two of youwill get the chance
to shake up the competitionlike never before.
Until then,shoulders back, tits out,
and always reach for the stars!