- ♪ MTV ♪
- Citizens of the world, may I present to you
the top eight contenders for Queen of the Universe!
[cheers and applause]
- Oh, my God.
- Whoo!
- We're through.
all: Yes!
- We're through.
- Shake me. - Oh, my God.
- I need to not be in this hair.
- Surprise.
all: Oh!
- Hi.
Listen, I've got some news.
For the next show, it's a night of duets.
all: Yeah!
- Of course, there's a twist.
[suspenseful music]
Taiga Brava...
- Okay.
- Because you were the final queen to be saved,
you are now officially the power bottom.
- [laughs] Oh!
- All right. All right.
Yeah. Write your own jokes.
And I can also reveal-- and this is big--
the queen that came the top of the studio audience vote--
Viola. all: Oh!
- Oh, my gosh.
- You are a power top.
Yes, you are.
You are our newly-minted power pair,
and you are our first duet coupling.
- Oh, wow. - Okay, let's go!
- You get to choose the song you'll perform.
You are also in charge of putting together
the other duet partners, as well
as the genre they will sing.
And we'll find out what's happening on the next show.
Mwah, mwah, mwah. Bye!
all: Bye!
- Feel like I'm about to start some drama.
- Remember this, though, what goes around comes around.
- Oh! - You're right, Jazell.
- So be mindful of this.
- Yes. - There's a lot of twists here.
- ♪ She's the Queen of the Universe ♪
♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
announcer: From our host city, London, United Kingdom,
this is "Queen of the Universe,"
and here's your host, Graham Norton!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- Welcome to "Queen of the Universe,"
the first all-drag, all-singing competition
that is truly out of this world.
[cheers and applause]
Eight singing superstars from across the globe
remain to battle it out.
And in the end, one winner will take home
the life-changing prize of...
a quarter of a million dollars!
It's a lot of dollars.
Helping us in our quest to find the best,
it's our Pop Diva Panel.
Trixie Mattel!
Vanessa Williams!
And Michelle Visage!
Now, unfortunately, due to circumstances
beyond our control, Mel B is unable to join us tonight,
but the show goes on.
And it's double trouble, as our queens hit the stage
and perform duets.
all: Ooh! - I know. Yeah.
The theme is two queens, one song.
[laughter]
Tonight's duet pairings were decided
by our power top and power bottom.
Let's take a look.
- What do we have in front of us?
Rock ballad.
- So one's a ballad.
- R&B.
- Pop.
We should do it at the same time.
Like, say them...
- Should we say the one that we--
- The one that we're feeling is the one.
- Your gut instinct. - One.
both: Two. Three.
- Pop. Yes!
- Ahh! - Okay we've decided.
- Yes! Okay, okay.
Here comes the fun part. - Here's all the queens.
- They're all competition right now.
Are we gonna decide on being strategic or being nice?
- At the end of the day, it's a competition, bitch.
- It is time to reveal tonight's duet pairings.
Let the drag-stravaganza begin!
[cheers and applause]
First, welcome our power top from Coventry, UK,
and our power bottom from Cancun, Mexico.
It's Viola and Taiga Brava!
- Gorgeous.
- Our next singing duo hail from Orlando, Florida,
and San Francisco, California, USA.
It's Jazell Royale and Militia Scunt!
- A white wedding, though? Who we kidding?
- This next duo comes from Amsterdam, Netherlands,
and Sydney, Australia.
It's Love Masisi and Trevor Ashley.
- I love that.
- Yeah.
- And last but not least,
from Manila, Philippines, and Palermo, Italy,
it's Maxie and Aura Eternal!
- Welcome, queens, and lovely to see you again.
Now, tonight, each pair will be performing an original duet
composed by our musical director Leland,
featuring lyrics the queens have written themselves.
all: Ooh! - Okay.
Now, Viola and Taiga Brava... - Yeah?
- You got to choose the pairings and the song genres.
Do you think you're going into this challenge
with an advantage?
- 1,000%.
all: Ooh.
- Who's ready for some queen-on-queen action?
[cheers and applause]
First off, from Coventry, UK, and Cancun, Mexico,
it's Viola and Taiga Brava!
♪ ♪
- How does it feel to be the power top?
- The pressure is on to remain in the top.
I've got so much to prove, and I feel
very pressured to keep doing well.
So me and Taiga chose pop, because it's a big contrast
from our first performance, and we wanted
to show a range of our skills.
- We have to do good.
I have something to prove from last week.
It was horrible to even think that I was going home.
Yeah, I don't want to be in that position again.
I need to do better.
I need to show the judges-- I need to show the audience
that I can kill a performance.
Give me your ideas. What are you thinking?
- Okay. - What are you thinking?
- So I've got, "I was a loner stuck with a boner."
- [mock gasps] Boner!
You laugh, and I laugh.
In Mexico, we're very good at double entendres,
but not, like, actually saying something like that.
Bitch, you're horny.
- I have a very vulgar kind of humor,
and I think, to be honest, that's because I'm British.
I'm just in your face, vulgar, disgusting.
Do you want to sing Spanish in the song?
- I mean, I don't know. I don't know yet.
- Because I think you could teach me some Spanish,
and I could also sing some Spanish.
- Ooh!
[speaking Spanish]
- Welcome.
Welcome to our office.
- How's it going?
Leland is amazing.
He's recorded with Troye Sivan, Selena Gomez,
and pretty much every season of "Drag Race."
So to work with him is crazy.
- This is Gabe. Gabe is here. I am here.
We're here to help you make this song
as good as it can be... - Yes.
- So that you can go out there and give
an incredible performance. - Okay.
- I want to just dive right in.
I'm excited to hear your lyrics.
- I was a loner stuck with a boner.
- Mm.
- I kept on crying,
shoving his cock down my throat.
- Mm-hmm. - Deep throat.
- I'm not gonna lie.
I always think is,
we see how far you can push it, and then reel it in,
but I think that should be in your verse.
The first two lines.
- Working with Leland is so much fun.
I don't really think me and Taiga match that well vocally.
I don't think our voices blend together that well,
so we've had to put lots of work in
to make those harmonies really stick out
so it sounds beautiful.
- I'm happy that we were together.
- Me too. We're family now.
- So now let's kill this bitch.
- I was top last week, and I really,
really want to stay up there.
And as long as I remember my Espanol, we're gonna do great.
- I just know that if Viola and myself remember the lyrics
and my hair is big enough for Michelle and Trixie,
we're gonna nail this.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ T4B ♪
♪ Just for me ♪
♪ Mom, I got torn up ♪
♪ Left in a breakup ♪
♪ I want to see what the next one could be ♪
♪ I need a night out ♪
♪ I'm looking for someone tonight ♪
♪ All right ♪
- Yeah!
- ♪ That's what I want to find ♪
♪ That would fit just right ♪
both: ♪ I want a T4B just for me ♪
♪ A match made in heaven like a lock and key ♪
♪ T4B ♪
♪ OMG ♪
- Word.
both: ♪ Come over at seven, stay for eternity ♪
♪ T4B ♪
- ♪ I was a loner stuck with my boner ♪
♪ I just want to ask are we gonna match? ♪
♪ I need to find out ♪
♪ Guess I'll be trying tonight ♪
♪ All right ♪
- ♪ That's what I want to find ♪
both: ♪ That would fit just right ♪
♪ I want a T4B just for me ♪
[singing in Spanish]
♪ T4B ♪
♪ OMG ♪
[singing in Spanish]
- Yay! both: ♪ T4B ♪
- ♪ That's what I want to find... ♪
both: ♪ Right away! ♪
- ♪ That would fit me just right ♪
both: ♪ Perfectly! ♪
♪ T4B ♪
♪ Just for me ♪
♪ A match made in heaven like a lock and key ♪
♪ T4B ♪
♪ OMG ♪
- Come over at seven, stay for eternity.
both: ♪ T4B ♪
- ♪ You are the top for me, baby ♪
- ♪ T4B ♪
♪ You are the bottom for me, baby ♪
both: ♪ T4B ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Taiga Brava and Viola!
Pop duet. Let's go to the Pop Diva.
Michelle, what do you think?
- Oh, my goodness.
Taiga, this week, your voice
is very strong and very in control.
Your drag is really fun tonight.
I think you look good. - Thank you.
- Your makeup is pretty.
Your hair is a better height tonight.
Viola, I thought your voice is really pretty.
Your two voices are nice, because they're so different.
She's a belter, and you are very smoky.
I just want to say that in this type of look
that you're wearing here, Viola,
that's either gonna be a short, or it's gonna be a panty.
So what we have right now is a shanty.
If you want to flatter, always take it higher.
- I see what you're getting at. - If you want to.
- Show more vagina.
- It's always worked for me.
I mean, look at me now.
[laughter]
- Well, I'll ask for everyone.
What does T4B mean?
- It's looking for a key
that would go pretty well with the lock.
- We got it. We got it. Thank you.
- A lot of people claim to be the key
when they're really the lock.
- Michelle, don't talk about me like I'm not here, okay?
- Viola, you gave us power with lip and the eye.
And you have transformed.
You've gotten much more sleeker and edgy
and graphic, which I love, so congratulations.
[cheers and applause]
- Did you have this gold outfit, Viola?
- No. I had to borrow this off Aura.
- I knew when you came out, this had to have been probably,
like, a last-minute choice.
I've been in a drag show.
I know how things go.
It's just, you know, this is probably one
of her coolest looks she could have pulled out,
and you had to borrow something.
[audience booing]
- I agree. I agree. - Whose side are you on?
You were in the bottom last week.
- Yes.
- I think, as a duo, you did out-sing her,
and she was the A, you were the A-plus.
And you made her sound good,
and she made you sound good.
Great job.
- Please give it up for Viola and Taiga Brava!
[cheers and applause]
- Thank you.
[all cheering]
- I just don't know what to do with, like, all the attention.
I don't have--
- Was it actually yesterday or today?
- It was yesterday.
Michelle's like, "It's not her birthday today, bitch."
[cheers and applause]
- Who's ready for another drag collab?
I'm standing here with Maxie and Aura Eternal.
You're the only pairing where English
is both of your second languages.
both: Yes.
- How challenging was that to work together?
- It's--this whole competition.
It's a challenge after another.
If we can prove that also,
that would be amazing for everything to see.
- Let's take a look at what went on behind the scenes.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Ooh! - Well, well.
- Not bad.
Okay.
- Oh, okay.
- Welcome. - Yes.
- Oh, she thinks she's special.
- As your power top and power bottom,
we've made some decisions.
Maxie and Aura.
all: Oh.
- And the genre that we have given you is R&B.
all: Ooh.
- I think they put us together to give us a challenge maybe.
- Are you not happy?
- I am. - Oh.
- I'm happy.
I was so shocked, because I don't know her.
- We are writing the verses.
- You choose what-- - Okay.
I would want to be queen one.
- You want to be the first one?
- Yes, yes, yes. - All right. All right.
All right. That's cool. - Yes.
- A song this hot is meant to tell to the universe
we are that bitch.
This is R&B.
We have to describe something that happened
with somebody else, like our partner.
- No.
We are the hot.
We are the hot one.
We are talking about ourselves.
Our body.
How beautiful I am.
- I am just afraid that we are going to have
strong, different opinions.
♪ All the world ♪
♪ All the world asks me where I'm from ♪
It's like-- - Uh-uh. It's not working.
Change that.
Let's do--not agreeing to your partner is healthy,
to know if that's gonna work for her.
You know, it's gonna work for her,
it's not gonna work for me.
You know, so we have to learn that.
- What was it like writing lyrics in English
when English is not your first language?
- Sometimes it's easier.
- Really?
- English is more straightforward.
- Well, not for me.
- So how was it for you?
- Tagalog is my first language...
- Yeah. - So, you know, English,
it's very hard for me to communicate.
No one in my family speak English.
I'm just learning myself, and so if something is not
going well, so just bash me.
- I am worried about tonight's performance.
I didn't connect that well with Maxie.
This week we have to nail this performance.
- All we need to do is remember the lyrics, the dance move,
and set the stage on fire.
[cheers and applause]
all: ♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
[upbeat music]
- ♪ You should know I know how to tease ♪
♪ Thermostat ♪
♪ All flames here will please ♪
♪ There's no turning me down ♪
♪ I'm bringing the energy ♪
[singing in language]
- ♪ A silhouette here will turn you on ♪
♪ You won't forget like a gotcha song ♪
♪ Work this stage like a fire ♪
♪ And even if you want it good ♪
[singing in language]
both: ♪ Feel the temperatures rise ♪
♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
♪ Would you know how to touch somebody this hot? ♪
♪ Put your hands on the flame ♪
♪ Are you ready or not? ♪
♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
- ♪ This hot ♪
You go, sis. [laughs]
♪ Jealous girls ♪
♪ They won't let it go ♪
♪ It's not my fault, it's uncontrollable ♪
♪ Can't buy this at the store ♪
♪ I know that the world is cold ♪
♪ I turn it up a little more ♪
- Be prepared 'cause I can be your hell ♪
♪ But don't be scared 'cause I can treat you well ♪
♪ Take you to paradise ♪
♪ My eyes will make you hypnotized ♪
♪ And make you terrified ♪
- Sing to me, Maxie.
- ♪ I don't want sunlight ♪
- ♪ Heat you up just right ♪
both: ♪ Feel the temperatures rise! ♪
- ♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
♪ Would you know how to touch somebody this hot? ♪
♪ Put your hand on the flame ♪
♪ Are you ready or not? ♪
♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
- Everybody put your hands together, come on!
both: ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ This hot ♪
♪ Ooh ♪
♪ This hot ♪
♪ Put your hands on the flame ♪
♪ Are you ready or not? ♪
♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
♪ This hot ♪
♪ This hot! ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Nice!
- Aura Eternal and Maxie!
- Good job! - You did it, baby.
You did it, baby.
- Oh!
All right, let's find out
how the Pop Diva Panel are feeling.
Let's go to Michelle.
- First of all, you got the orange memo.
- Yes.
- You are now officially Visages.
Welcome to the family.
I love that you included Italian and Tagalog in there.
Aura, I thought your voice has stepped up in this,
but I can still see a little nerves,
a little shakiness.
You have to trust your instrument,
because you've got it.
You're like a little pop star.
A little pop chihuahua.
You're ready to go.
Maxie, the Philippines,
they approach music in a totally different way,
and I love that about your country,
and I feel like you represent that.
Vanessa brought to my attention you look
like a little baby Cardi B.
- [trills] - Yes.
- From last episode, you guys gave us more,
and this is what it's all about.
It seems like you're really good friends.
How was it working together?
- We actually--we're not.
So we were kind of like
the Brandy and Monica of the situation.
- Really? - Oh, wow.
- Yes. Yes. - The Trixie and Michelle.
- Yes.
We had to get to know each other first,
and I found myself being so happy about knowing her.
- Aww. - I was so thankful.
- Now. Same for me.
- I've learned a lot from Italian, to her passion,
to her beautiful face.
Oh, my God.
[in feminine voice] Amazing!
[laughter and applause]
She is. She's amazing.
- I love this, and you guys think you didn't really--
you weren't really friends at first,
but it's the story of two people coming together
and bonding over being hot.
So you are both so, so, so gorgeous.
Aura, I love the snatch pony with the makeup and the hair.
It's the only acceptable way to wear hair like that.
It's so good. - Thank you.
- Maxie, this is such a cool look.
When you came out in these beads, I was like,
"Is that how I'm supposed to wear those?"
- Oh, wow.
- I have been wearing 'em wrong for years.
You guys also sang like this wasn't your first time
singing together which I think, for a duet challenge,
is, like, the ultimate compliment.
- Thank you. - Yes.
- Thank you.
- Give it up for Maxie and Aura Eternal!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- Up next to perform, from Orlando, Florida,
it's Jazell Royale,
and from San Francisco, California, USA,
it's Militia Scunt!
[cheers and applause]
♪ ♪
- Jazell and Militia.
- Okay.
Yeah. - Okay.
Slay it.
- I'm gonna tell you what genre you're gonna do for the week.
- Okay. - Which is...
A ballad.
- We got it. We got it.
See y'all next week.
[laughter]
I was kind of shocked that I got paired
with not only Jazell, but with a ballad?
I didn't really expect to get exactly what I wanted,
but it helps to be flirting with the one
who makes the choices.
I love you.
I came from gospel music and singing in church.
- Yes. Me too. Yeah.
- And then jazz is basically just using the voice
as the instrument to blend and mix
with the other physical instrument.
Well, me and Jazell, we have
very similar backgrounds vocally.
We both sang in choirs.
All that sort of stuff, so we speak
the same musical language.
Have you ever done a duet before?
- I don't think that I've ever done a duet,
outside of lip synching a duet.
I'm used to singing by myself, but I'm really impressed
with Militia, her knowledge of music,
her knowledge of writing.
Do we want to make it nasty?
It's like, "Oh, my gosh.
This is a beautiful ballad, but listen to what
they're actually saying." - Okay.
- ♪ I'm gonna give for you ♪
- Yeah!
It felt like a great collaboration,
and so I was really confident going to go see
Leland's big, beautiful eyes.
- I've looked over the lyrics, and
the word that I would use to describe your lyrics
are "horny."
[laughter]
- We tried to make it classy horny.
- Okay, okay. Great.
- Oh, yes. - Classy horny. I love that.
- This is the longest span I've ever gone
without any sort of intimate connections.
It does make it a little bit harder,
'cause there are a lot of pretty people
to be looking at around here.
- All right. Here we go.
- ♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
♪ I'm gagging for you! ♪
[both vocalizing]
- Okay, so here--
we have a lot of work to do.
What I want to do is map out for you
who sings an adlib when and where.
- Working with Leland--it's amazing,
and I knew what we presented wasn't perfect,
but I knew it was a great start.
And we needed him to put that finishing touch on the song.
all: ♪ Gagging for you ♪
- Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.
- Now, tell me this. - Yes, ma'am.
- Do you take me to be your wife
until this episode does us part?
- I do, until this episode do us part,
and next week fuck you.
[laughter]
We are giving you '90s balladeer down Boyz II Men.
Hot chocolate by the fire.
It's so fucking cute.
- You know, I think they did us some justice
by putting us together.
- And maybe a mistake for themselves.
- Absolutely. - Everyone else.
Is it--am I wrong?
- Are you? [laughs]
I can't wait to gag the other girls
and send one of them packing.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Ooh, babe ♪
♪ Stay inside ♪
♪ No, I ain't terrified ♪
♪ I just want you to have your way with me ♪
♪ We fit together perfectly ♪
♪ All this love I need to ♪
both: ♪ Show ♪
- ♪ Go how deep you want to ♪
both: ♪ Go ♪
♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
♪ Gagging for you ♪
- Whoo!
both: ♪ You know that I lose ♪
♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
- ♪ Late at night ♪
♪ Wanting to hold you tight ♪
- ♪ I want to hold you, baby ♪
- ♪ All of you needs to be all over me ♪
♪ Let's reunite our bodies ♪
both: ♪ Baby, come back ♪
- ♪ All this love I need to ♪
both: ♪ Show ♪
- ♪ Go how deep you want to ♪
both: ♪ Go ♪
♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
♪ Gagging for you! ♪
♪ In all that I do ♪
♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
♪ I'm gagging ♪
- ♪ For you ♪
- Ahh! both: ♪ Gagging for you ♪
- ♪ For you! ♪ - ♪ Ooh! ♪
- ♪ In all that I do ♪
♪ Gagging for you ♪
both: ♪ I'm gagging for ♪
♪ You ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Give it up for Jazell Royale and Militia Scunt!
- Thank you for these, by the way.
- Of course. Bitch. - You've made a catcher
out of me this evening. - Yeah!
- I gotta say, Jazell, it's the collarbone.
It's the shoulders.
It's so beautiful. - Thank you.
- Militia, I love when you turned this corner,
and you went full Toni Braxton.
Did you hear that? You were like...
- Yes. - Hooo...
I love that.
As far as, like, comedic-wise, I think if you guys
would have sold this more melodramatic,
it maybe would have been even funnier,
'cause this is, like, nasty.
[laughter]
- Melissa, tell me, how do you think their voices blended
as a duet?
- I thought they blended well.
They were a little pitchy, just a few times
when you were in unison at the top.
But besides that, I thought it was hilarious.
The whole "gagging for you" is amazing.
Whose idea was it for the bridal?
I need to know the story behind this.
- So it was mine.
Most people, when they see two brides, you know,
singing a love song, they may think we're singing to men,
but we're singing to each other.
So we're the lesbians of the cast.
- Period.
- I would have worn either one of those to my wedding
and would have felt stunning.
You're both really beautiful.
I love the idea of you doing this '80s power ballad,
and I love that you all played it,
dare I say, straight.
I think if you would have went melodramatic,
it would have been too much and not believable.
This was actually believable and ridiculous,
and I love that about it. - Thank you.
- Yes, ma'am. Thank you.
- Please give it up for Jazell Royale and Militia Scunt!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- Tonight it's two queens, one song,
as our drag-tastic singers perform original duets.
I'm standing here with Love Masisi and Trevor Ashley.
Hello, both.
both: Hello, Graham.
- So Viola and Taiga Brava put you two together.
What do you think they were thinking?
- I think they put the old people together.
I think it was like a nursing home special.
They thought, "Let's just get the two oldest ones
and stick 'em together 'cause they'll definitely lose."
- Let's have a look at what got you this far.
- You and me, doll. - So funny.
I don't think we even have to say it.
Come here, please, in the center,
so that I present the genre of the week.
- I'm very happy with my pairing,
because we both have the same kind of history
with musical theater.
And we both have this big, Broadway voice,
so I thought we can help each other with this challenge.
- And the genre, for you...
- What are we gonna be, doll?
- Rock. - Rock.
- Yay.
- Right.
I was very happy to take rock.
I love a bit of Tina Turner.
I love '80s Cher.
For me, doing a rock song?
Bring it on.
- Rock hard. I mean, it's a double entendre.
- I know, it is a good double entendre.
[laughter]
- Should we start writing an introduction of who we are?
- Yeah I think so. - I love life...
- Yeah, yeah. I think so.
- And so on and so forth. Yeah, yeah.
- I mean, how do you feel about love?
Are you open for it?
- I've been married three times.
- Oh, my God.
- I've learned that the reason why I stopped
after number three...
[laughter]
Is, first, that I had to do some work on myself.
- I love it.
Singles aside, Love, I'm just like, ooh, you know?
Maybe we say that, you know? - Mm-hmm.
- Yours is about working on yourself.
- Yes, yes. Yes. - Mine's like...
I've worked it all. I can't do it any harder.
- Writing songs is amazing.
It's like therapy on paper.
A song is really nice when it's personal.
We both got into each other's private lives
and really took out the juicy details.
- So how are we feeling, team rock hard?
- Good. - Are we hard?
- Yes. - We're very hard.
- Great, great. Amazing.
- ♪ I want to be a drag heavyweight ♪
- And then right here-- - ♪ Plus you're straight ♪
- Right there, I want to make sure we get that lyric.
You can even speak the "plus you're straight."
both: Plus you're straight.
- Love Masisi, for your second verse,
you're speaking to someone saying,
"Don't even try to love me right now,
'cause I'm not in that place."
I like that you're each bringing your personality
into the song, and then the chorus is very much
both of you coming together.
- We are the two oldest queens in the competition.
What could possibly go wrong?
Everything.
But, however, we are also the most experienced
in the competition.
Love and I, we're gonna smash it!
[cheers and applause]
both: ♪ Won't let my guard down ♪
♪ 'Cause you know my heart's rock hard ♪
[upbeat rock music]
- ♪ I gave up, loved you a life too late ♪1
- Wow!
- ♪ I want to be a drag heavyweight ♪
Plus, you're straight.
♪ ♪
- ♪ Been down the aisle more than once or twice ♪
♪ They told me you're nice, but they're twisting knives ♪
♪ So close your eyes ♪
both: ♪ Before you try to love me ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ Love me! ♪
♪ Stop! ♪
♪ Don't even get a little flirty ♪
♪ There's nothing you can do to hurt me ♪
♪ I won't let my guard down ♪
- ♪ You should know ♪ - ♪ You should know ♪
both: ♪ My heart is rock hard ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ They say a leopard won't change its spots ♪
♪ So I once made for some young hot shots ♪
♪ With a yacht ♪
- ♪ Been down the aisles more than once or twice ♪
♪ I'm dancing alone, but I must be nice ♪
♪ Take my advice, before you ♪
both: ♪ Try to love me ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ Love me! ♪
♪ Stop! ♪
♪ Don't even get a little flirty ♪
♪ There's nothing you can do to hurt me ♪
♪ I won't let my guard down ♪
- ♪ You should know ♪ - ♪ You should know ♪
both: ♪ My heart's rock hard ♪
♪ Before you try to love me ♪
♪ Love me ♪
♪ Love me! ♪
♪ Stop! ♪
- ♪ Whoa! ♪
- ♪ Don't even get a little flirty ♪
- ♪ Don't get flirty! ♪
- ♪ There's nothing you can do to hurt me ♪
- ♪ There's nothing you can do to me ♪
both: ♪ I won't let my guard down ♪
- ♪ You should know ♪ - ♪ You should know ♪
both: ♪ My heart is rock hard! ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Love Masisi and Trevor Ashley, everybody!
So let's find out what the panel thought of your duet.
Let's go to Vanessa.
- Love Masisi, you amped it up from last episode.
That's why I saved you, 'cause I knew you had more,
and you gave us more.
Trevor, you sang rock, but you also gave us a nice, loud belt
that we knew you could do.
But you made it rock and roll, and we saw that
you can add more to your skill set
that we could see, and we want to thank you for that.
- Michelle Visage, what do you reckon?
- There were so many eye-gasms going on between,
first of all, you walking the leopard boys
was, like, on a leash, a chain.
It was like everything I ever wanted.
Then the beautiful display around you was leopard,
so I was like... [hyperventilating]
I didn't know where to turn, right?
Trevor, you nailed those harmonies.
Love, you're a great bottom, I've heard.
[laughter]
I'm talking about notes, people.
Don't go in the gutter.
And I thought it sounded wonderful.
You're giving me Grace Jones vibe.
I love all of that.
I love the way that you guys connected with the look.
Love, remember to keep your eyes up and into that camera
and out at us because you're beautiful.
We want to see you.
- Thank you for everything. - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- This is one of my favorite looks
I've ever seen on "Queen of the Universe."
I love it so much. - Oh, thank you.
I feel like Rebel Wilson in "Cats."
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
- Well, you're gonna hate me.
I was talking to her, but--
[laughter]
Trevor, I love your hair.
I would have loved about 50% more of it.
Just, like--I mean it's rock.
Like, jack that thing up.
Make that wig unusable by tomorrow,
you know what I mean?
Congratulations. This is beautiful, you guys.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
- Please give it up for Love Masisi and Trevor Ashley!
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- Coupled up by the power pair,
each of our queen duos have all performed.
Now comes the hard part.
Studio audience, based on their vocal performance
and their drag style, it's time to vote for your favorite duo.
[suspenseful music]
While you lock in your votes, here's a reminder
of tonight's performances.
both: ♪ T4B, just for me ♪
♪ A match made in heaven like a lock and key ♪
both: ♪ Have you ever been with anybody this hot? ♪
♪ Would you know how to touch somebody this hot? ♪
both: ♪ I'm gagging for you ♪
♪ Gagging for you! ♪
- ♪ You should know ♪ - ♪ You should know ♪
both: ♪ My heart's rock hard ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Welcome back, queens.
You are all absolute stars, but tonight,
some of you shone brighter than others.
Our drag-loving studio audience has spoken.
[dramatic music]
Based on the audience vote, in no particular order,
the first pair through
to the next stage of the competition is...
♪ ♪
Viola and Taiga Brava.
Congratulations.
The next pair of queens moving forward are...
♪ ♪
Jazell Royale and Militia Scunt!
Congratulations.
Well done to you both. Well done.
Two duos remain standing.
The final pair staying in the competition is...
♪ ♪
Maxie and Aura Eternal.
[cheers and applause]
Congratulations to you both.
Love Masisi, Trevor Ashley, based on the audience vote,
you are the bottom duo of the night.
Please come forward.
[cheers and applause]
Now, I have good news, and I have bad news.
The good news is, one of you will be
moving forward in the competition.
The bad news is, one of you will be leaving us for good.
Now, when you entered this contest,
we asked each of you to learn a selection of survival songs
that you could be asked to perform
at any given point during the competition.
Well, that time is now.
Love Masisi and Trevor Ashley, prepare yourselves.
It's time to sing your song for survival.
- Love Masisi, Trevor Ashley,
this is your final chance to impress our Pop Diva Panel.
Good luck.
First up, it's Love Masisi.
[cheers and applause]
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ And I am telling you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm not going ♪
♪ Even though the rough times are showin' ♪
♪ There's just no way ♪
♪ There's no way ♪
♪ Stop all the rivers ♪
♪ Push, strike, and kill ♪
♪ I'm not gonna leave you ♪
♪ There's no way I will ♪
♪ And there's no way ♪
♪ No, no, no, no way I'm living without you ♪
♪ I'm not living without you ♪
♪ Not living without you ♪
♪ I don't want to be free ♪
♪ I'm staying ♪
♪ And you and you and you ♪
♪ You're gonna love me ♪
♪ You're gonna love ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Me! ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Love Masisi, everybody!
- Thank you.
- Do you think you've done enough
to stay in the competition?
- Yes, I have. - Okay.
There's someone who disagrees with you.
It's Trevor Ashley!
[cheers and applause]
[sentimental music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ I'm not a stranger to the dark ♪
♪ ♪
♪ "Hide away," they say ♪
♪ 'Cause we don't want your broken parts ♪
♪ I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars ♪
♪ "Run away," they say ♪
♪ No one'll love you as you are ♪
♪ But I won't let them break me down to dust ♪
♪ I know that there's a place for us ♪
♪ For we are glorious ♪
♪ When the sharpest words try to cut me down ♪
♪ ♪
♪ I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out ♪
♪ I am brave, I am bruised ♪
♪ I am who I'm meant to be ♪
♪ This is me ♪
♪ Look out 'cause here I come ♪
♪ Look out! Here I come! ♪
♪ And I'm marching on ♪
♪ I am marching on ♪
♪ ♪
♪ This is me! ♪
[cheers and applause]
- Trevor Ashley, everyone!
Trevor, did you manage to enjoy that performance at all?
- Look, I tried to as best I can
'cause I really don't want to go home yet.
- Queens, you have done all you can.
Your fate now lies in the hands of our Pop Diva Panel.
Panel, which one queen you want to save?
The queen with the fewest panel votes will leave us tonight.
[dramatic music]
Trixie?
- Masisi, while I would love to see you next week,
I have to see Trevor next week.
But I love you.
- Vanessa.
- Love Masisi, I saved you last week...
♪ ♪
And I'm not saving you this week.
Trevor, you're my choice.
- With two votes, Trevor is going through.
Finally, Michelle, just to be clear,
who would you have saved?
- I thought you both put all you had into this moment,
and I think it just came down to that little, tiny bit
about singing,
so I would go for Trevor.
[cheers and applause]
- Congratulations, Trevor.
You may join the other queens, and we'll see you next week!
- Oh, darling, I just adore you,
and it's just been heaven,
so thank you so much for everything.
[cheers and applause]
- Love Masisi, well done for making the Netherlands proud.
You leave us tonight, but your star
continues to shine bright.
Is there anything you'd like to say to us before you leave?
- Well, I want to thank everybody for this experience.
[cheers and applause]
- I've been so happy to be able to share my talent
to the universe and represent the Netherlands.
- Love Masisi, everybody! - Thank you.
[cheers and applause]
- Citizens of the world, may I present to you
the top seven contenders for Queen of the Universe!
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat music]
Congratulations, queens.
You are all one step closer to winning
a quarter of a million dollars!
Until next time, shoulders back, tits out,
and always reach for the stars!
- ♪ Queen of the Universe ♪
- ♪ She is the queen of the moment ♪
♪ She is the queen of the night ♪
♪ And she brought the heavens and brought the lights ♪
♪ She's the Queen of the Universe ♪
♪ Queen of the Universe ♪