- Hello and welcome to The Pit Stop.
I am your hostess, Manila Luzon
and oh baby baby do I have a special guest for you today.
The one and only Britney Spears impersonator of the world,
miss Derrick Barry.
(sings) oh Derrick Barry!
- (sings) How were you supposed to know
- (laughs and coughs)
(dramatic music)
you look fantastic tonight.
- Well that's 'cause you look like me
and I look like you, so we both look good.
- Is there a family resemblance you think?
- More than what we saw in that last episode.
- Oh and we're gonna talk all about it right now.
Well Britney, I mean, Manila.
(both laugh)
- [Manila] last week we watched Miss Vanjie
win her second lip sync in a row
which unfortunately sent home Miss Shuga Cain.
Now it's the top six.
Now it's getting down to the wire.
What are the judges looking for?
- Well this is the time where they say
they nit-pick everything.
- M-hmmm
- So if they don't like the shoe
which I think always matters,
but if they don't like the shoe with the outfit
- You're in the bottom. - it matters right now.
- Yeah. - And that really shows
how strong this top six is.
- It's really getting down to the nitty gritty.
I was, I'm really upset that Shuga was in the bottom
because I though that last week
she did a really great job. - Yeah me too.
- But then looking back at it,
after I had a little bit of time to sit on it,
like I'm thinking like, you know
she was the weakest one in her group.
- [Derrick] It had to be somebody.
- It had to be somebody. And then her runway was like eh.
And it's like getting close.
The judges are at every little thing now.
- Everything, and usually they love reveals.
And I was really shocked to hear Michelle say
you shoulda just kept it on.
You know imagine if they woulda said that to Valentino
it would have been perfect.
(both laugh)
- [Manila] After the elimination Silky feels like
she's just actually getting worse.
- [Derrick] Yeah
- [Manila] The judges are starting
to look past her Silky-isms.
The things that they were kind of like
giving her a free pass from.
And now they're starting to pick up on the little details.
- Yep - and it's starting
to get her into trouble.
Starting to mess with her head a little bit?
- Yeah, definitely.
And I think she's starting to see everyone around her
even though they've gotten those same critiques,
they're honing in on Silky now.
And that obviously, you'd feel a lot of pressure
under that boiling point, you know.
- Especially because what she just does naturally
the judges are really eating that up, until now.
Where it's starting to be like
okay we've gotten to know your personality
now we want you to elevate your drag.
And I feel like she is getting a little too comfortable.
- Definitely. - She's not trying as hard.
She's getting a little bit sloppy.
She's skipping some steps.
- Well and they say sometimes you're resting on pretty.
And there is such thing as resting on personality.
And I think that's kind of what's happening now,
is she's starting to notice, uh-oh there needs to be more.
You know, so let's see if she gives 'em more.
- [Manila] Let's see!
So we have a mini-challenge.
This week it is Slap out of it!
I love it, it's some good old slap-stick.
- So good - Drag queens insulting
each other and slapping each other.
- Yeah it was like a reading challenge
mixed with the slap challenge.
Which I love.
- They were like, you girls are gonna say something
that is gonna be so offensive
that you are gonna get slapped.
- I love that, I wanna be offended.
And I want people to offend other people
- And you also wanna get slapped.
- Well obviously, one more time.
(both laugh)
- Which queens had the best reactions?
- [Derrick] Oh I think that I loved Brooke
because any time she'd get slapped
she would do a turn.
And then there was like a triple pirouette
or something in one of 'em.
So she just made it so dramatic.
I thought Silky did really well.
- [Manila] You liked Silky? - [Derrick] Yeah,
I thought Silky was funny.
- [Manila] I really liked Nina, I thought she had
some good little, uh, little reads.
And I also think that Nina was one of my favorite
persons that slapped people.
Because it really looked like
she was smacking 'em to the floor.
- Yeah she's an amazing actress.
I mean Nina's so good, and over the top.
And theater, and all of that.
And that comes into play in almost
every single challenge that they do.
- Well just like in the reading challenge a few weeks ago.
Brooke Lynne Hytes wins this mini-challenge.
Do you agree with that?
- [Derrick] I do, I just think that her reactions are great
yeah, I mean I was loving Brooke Lynne for it.
- Yeah, I agree.
I think Brooke Lynne, I think she had the best reads.
And she also had, like, the best,
like when she got slapped she really
was over-dramatic and falling to the floor.
- So fun, the spins! - [Manila] The spins.
- It's just amazing, it's so good.
- [Manila] Moving on to the maxi-challenge.
The eliminated queens are back and the queens
have to make them over and make them part
of their drag family.
- You know what I love is how scared they were
to see six eliminated girls come in.
'Cause you never know what they're coming back for.
- Yes. - So they scared 'em
for a minute and then I love that Ru said
look they're not back to come back in the competition
they're back for a make-over challenge.
- I mean it scared me
for a second - Oh yeah
- Because I was like oh bitch
could Soju have skipped ten episodes?
Come back at the very end and then take the crown?
- Yeah - Is this possible?
- Well it didn't work for Trixi
- No - But then she did
win All Stars so.
- Hey, there's always All Stars. - You never know.
- [Manila] The make-over challenge is really
difficult because you don't know,
you're putting your competition in the hands
of someone else, and it's really really scary.
- Yeah, it's really scary.
So now you're putting your style on to somebody
else's face, body, everything.
And not really knowing if they're gonna
feel that fantasy.
What if a certain girl does your makeup
and you look in the mirror and
you're like oh (beep) - yeah
- I don't like how I look.
Are you gonna be able to sell it on the runway?
- Yeah - You know
so that's another scary thing.
And what if these girls don't normally
make people over?
- And unlike previous seasons where you're
putting someone who's never been in drag before.
We're seeing drag queens who we've all met,
we've all fallen in love with,
we all know what they look like.
And now we're seeing it in these girls' styles
so you have to almost do a better job
at their make over than they do themselves?
- Than they do themselves - And that's gonna be hard
with like Plastique there, I mean come on.
- [Derrick] Yeah, and to teach Soju how to walk heels.
- [Manila] (laughs) - [Derrick] I mean,
her truck driver walk was worse than Nebraska's.
- [Manila] Oh dang! - [Derrick] Well, I mean
we saw the footage. - [Manila] We saw the footage.
- I mean there's room for improvement
Nebraska has proved it.
So we're just waiting for Soju to prove it.
- M-hmm, yes.
We saw the fishnets, and they were ripped.
- (laughs)
- [Manila] Do you think it's more or less
challenging making over an experienced drag queen
as opposed to someone that has never been in drag before?
- [Derrick] I mean, I thought it was gonna be
easier and better to make over the girls returning.
But to have someone that isn't comfortable
walking in heels, that's a little scary.
- But I think like, this would be actually easier.
Because a least the drag queens know
like oh my nuts are gonna be ...
uncomfortable - Right, I know how to tuck
- [Manila] I already know like,
my feet are gonna hurt - Right
- I already know that it's gonna be hot with the wig.
You know. - Yeah, and they're
familiar with the runway.
- It still has a level of difficulty to it because --
- Yeah it has the potential to go wrong.
- Because we know these queens,
we already have an expectation.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah there's a preconceived notion of
what they should be able to.
What they've proven to do.
- And what we're expecting.
- And what we're expecting from them, yeah exactly.
- [Manila] As the winner of the mini-challenge,
Brooke Lynne Hytes gets to pick the pairings.
So Brooke Lynne picks Plastique because duh.
I mean, she thinks just because Plastique's
so pretty it's gonna be an easy make over.
I don't know, what do you think about that?
- I mean I probably would have picked Plastique.
- Really? - I just think
that she has a level of
genius-ness when it comes to, uh, presentation.
She really does.
And I think that doing her make up,
I mean she's beautiful, no matter what.
You could literally put a lash and a lip
on Plastique and she's good to go.
- I'd be afraid to pick Plastique because
she's so beautiful when she does her own drag
to put her in my style of drag
I feel like that would be taking away
from her beauty, right?
(both laugh)
I feel like I'm gonna stay far away from Plastique.
Because like, what if Plastique looks better than you.
- Yeah - You know
You don't wanna have that moment.
- Yeah you don't wanna be out-shined.
Yeah that's true. - Yeah, so she also
pairs Nina with Shuga, Yvie with Scarlet.
A'Keria with Honey.
Silky with Soju.
And Vanjie with Ariel.
Do you think Brooke chose her teams
with some kind of strategy?
Or do you think she was pairing them
up because she thought they looked the same?
- I think in the beginning she did
as best as she could.
Once she picked Plastique, she's like okay.
Let me pick and pair to benefit the other girls.
Because that's another thing that can hurt her later.
Is if the girls are like,
you picked me and her, to definitely throw me off.
And now you should go home for it.
You know what I mean? - Yeah.
- So she had to kind of worry about that.
I don't feel like she was being malicious at all.
Once she paired three of them together
and they looked good together,
she was kind of left with
- [Manila] Silky and Soju? - [Derrick] Yeah.
What did you think of that one?
- [Manila] I mean at first I was thinking like
okay maybe there's a little shade there.
You know, 'cause I know Silky isn't
getting along with everybody.
But of the pairings I feel like
that made the most sense.
Let's talk about Nina doing some day-time TV drama
by asking Scarlet, who are you surprised is still here?
And Scarlet's all like Silky and Vanjie.
What are they still doing here?
- Yeah - And then a little bit
of a confrontation erupts in the work room.
- [Derrick] Yeah. - [Manila] All the girls
have an opinion now. What do you think about that?
- [Derrick] I'd rather more opinions than no opinions.
It's great. - [Manila] Yeah?
- [Derrick] That was so fun to watch.
- Do you think this is going to effect their performances?
- I definitely think when it's getting
brought up during the make up process
and you're already on a time crunch.
You have to to make over yourself,
make over your partner.
And then go out and sell it.
So it's definitely the worst time
to talk about anything like this.
It puts everyone on edge.
- [Manila] Or is it the best time?
- [Derrick] Yes. - [Manila] Because you know,
like oh I'm already like doing the finishing touches
on my make over and my make up is like cute.
And I got the wigs prestyled so,
what do you think about this?
- [Derrick] Yeah, I've got nothing to lose.
- [Manila] (laughs) yeah.
- I mean it's a competition but there's
gotta only be one winner.
Well sometimes two, we don't really no anymore.
(both laugh)
- Okay, well this is always my favorite part.
The runway, times two.
Because its the makeover challenge.
Family resemblance.
What did you think of the runway?
Who was your favorites?
- Well my favorites, definitely Brooke
because of the dress, the dresses.
I love a mirror image kind of thing.
It added to the symmetry of it.
So it all just really worked together.
And choreographed.
I mean, from start to finish.
And then the little play on there
like bitch don't go in front of me.
This is my moment, so get behind me.
Because you are already eliminated.
You're welcome that you're here.
And then Vanjie I thought was a really strong one.
The makeup was perfect.
It looked like Vanjie.
And then down to the hair.
the dress and the pantsuit, I love that idea.
- [Manila] My favorites were Yvie and Scarlet.
I really liked that. - [Derrick] Yeah.
- [Manila] I thought it was fun.
You know when you go to the car wash?
And they look like the spinning things at the car wash.
Coming down the runway, for me.
- [Derrick] Yeah, totally. - [Manila] I really liked that
and I just, I don't know maybe I'm a little biased.
But I loved the Davenports.
I mean, A'Keria and Honey looked amazing.
It was like a bottle of ketchup and mustard
coming down the runway, just pageant style.
I loved it.
- [Derrick] And yellow and red grabs your attention.
Yellow and red together.
So I thought that that was a nice, uh,
play on the color scheme.
- Who didn't do it for you?
- I'm gonna have to go with Silky and Soju.
And it's not just the outfit.
It was uh, definitely Soju's makeup.
And that's really hard, like I said,
if you're not used to doing transformations on other people.
But she did say that she can make anybody look good.
I was hoping for like oh my god!
I'm ready to see Soju like I've never seen Soju before.
And I did. - Yeah.
- That happened. - We've never seen her
like that before. - Never like that.
- Yeah I think the problem with Silky and Soju
is that, the chemistry wasn't there.
The makeup wasn't fully there.
Um, it wasn't an exact replica necessarily.
So it didn't really like hit you over the head with it.
So there was a lot of things
that were working against it.
And yeah it just wasn't a good week for Silky.
The other one that didn't do really well for me was
unfortunately it was Nina with Shuga.
- [Derrick] Yeah, was it maybe Shuga's wig?
- [Manila] It was a lot of things working against it.
The two wigs didn't help.
And the fact that having
the pride flag and the trans flag is a good idea,
its just that visually
they're just so different. - Right.
- Well the judges made a decision.
And Brooke Lynne Hytes gets her third win.
Do you see it the same as the judges?
- [Derrick] I do, because it was my favorite.
- I think that maybe
like Vanjie did a good job as well.
I guess I agree with the winner this week.
- Yeah, you don't seem like you agree (laughs).
I love I guess I agree (laughs)
- I guess, I don't know it's really hard
- It is. - It's so hard
to pick at this point.
Now that leaves Silky and Nina in the bottom.
Both for the first time. - I know, yeah.
- Do you agree with that?
- (sighs) they've both done well.
And so to see them both in the bottom, it was
(beep) - [Manila] It was hard
- (beep) you know?
- Yeah, it sucks that Nina's in the bottom now
but, (sighs) I can't disagree.
- M-hmm (affirmative) I also think
the judges were a little upset
that Silky was the only one
that didn't paint her face
for, uh, face-kini.
- (laughs) They're still up-- - [Derrick] I think so.
- they're still holding a grudge?
- They're still mad at the fly or the roach
or whatever she was.
- [Manila] Alright, so now it's time
to lip sync for your life.
First time this season Nina's in the bottom
versus Silky, who's the first time in the bottom.
- [Derrick] Yeah. - What did you think
of this lip sync?
- I was really excited for this lip sync.
Because that song has so much attitude and sass.
And I really thought that Silky was gonna bring it home.
There seemed to be a lot of missteps
with the costume, the wig reveal.
Doing some choreography on the back wall.
And I thought Nina did better.
- [Manila] At first it came off very clunky.
Nina's performance came off clunky to me.
Silky, I feel like she was coming a little bit better
but she seemed very distracted.
And then my eye is sorta going towards Nina
who I was like okay,
she's like the clunky little engine that could.
She's still chugging along
and she's finishing the lip sync pretty,
you know cleanly.
This one, well like Ru said was
Meh.
Ouch.
I don't know how Silky did it.
But Ru-Paul must really like her
because Silky stays for one more week.
And unfortunately that means that Nina
has to sashay away.
- She stayed on a meh.
Can you imagine?
- This lip sync didn't do it for me.
I was underwhelmed.
I was ...
I want my money back.
- (laughs)
- [Manila] It's down to the final five now.
I'm excited to see what happens next.
- [Derrick] Yeah, we've seen what they all can do.
And I wonder now if some people
aren't as intimidated by Silky.
But who knows, I mean now she could
be like turning it around.
And it could completely be a 180.
Is it a 180 or a 360?
- 360, 180. - Whatever spin.
- A lot, angles. - A lotta turns.
Triple pirouette
- [Manila] (laughs) yes.
- We're looking for one of those.
- Yes, we're talking to you Brooke.
- (laughs)
- Alright well that does it for this episode of the Pit Stop
I wanna thank the fiercest Britney Spears impersonator
in the whole god-damn world.
Miss Derrick Barry.
Thank you for coming. - Thank you, I'm just trying
to be as fish as you Miss Manila.
- Oh well you better try harder Merry.
- Oh! (laughs)
- Alright bye guys.
- [Derrick] Bye.
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