- Hello dolls and welcome to the Pit Stop!
I'm you're hostess Manila Luzon and today
I have a very special guest.
The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race
Christmas Spectacular, Eureka O'Hara!
- (laughs) Well one of the winners, right?
- One of the many winners.
- [Hosts] One of the many, many, many, many winners.
(upbeat music)
- But where's your crown?
- Oh doll, I didn't get a crown, or a $100,000.
Maybe fourth time's the charm, (bleep).
- Hey, who knows? - How are you?
You look lovely. - I'm fantastic.
What do you think of the season so far?
- Oh my god, I love the season, honestly
I think it's so good, a lot of drama which is great.
- Yes! - You know I love the drama,
oh I get so thirsty for it!
- We are going to get real deep into all the tea.
- Mama knows honey, y'all know I like to talk, so bitch,
I got plenty of things to say.
- Alright, it's gonna be an extra long episode
of Pit Stop 'cause we got
Eureka O'Hara here tonight! - [Eureka] Right!
- Well last week we saw Ariel sashay away
and now we're down to 10 queens.
- [Eureka] All the way from 15.
I feel like this is gonna be a long season. (laughs)
- [Manila] It's gonna be a long season,
especially if Shangela comes back in a box.
- [Eureka] Oh yeah girl or they bring me back!
Or you! - Who knows?
Or me! - Right.
- [Manila] We have Yvie Oddly back again,
right after the elimination,
kind of stirring the pot or ruffling feathers.
Last week she got into a little tiff with Ra'jah
and this week she's getting into it with Silky and Vanjie.
What do you think about that?
- [Eureka] Yeah, I think that Yvie
is definitely a critic, you know?
And I don't know if it's because she critiques herself
so harshly that it makes her critique
others around her as well.
- I can see her point and kinda being annoyed
by the girls who are like, I'm happy with being safe
and I'm just gonna be safe all the way until the end.
- Yeah. - And that's not really
the reality, right?
- Right, right, but I love drama,
so Yvie's everything to me.
(both laugh)
I love that! - More drama, more drama!
It's time for the mini challenge
and RuPaul invites Love Connie
to come out and do a little work out routine
with all the girls.
- [Eureka] Girl, not Love Connie, honey,
that's all throwback.
At this point you can see all the girls
are trying to show out.
We got splits and slams and dips, and Yvie's starting
to flip, and twirl, and contorsionazz.
- [Manila] Yeah, I can see that the girls
are using this little mini challenge to really show off
their performance abilities, and their tricks
and all that stuff. - Yeah.
The girls are thirsty to win.
- [Manila] A'keria and Plastique win the Mini Challenge.
Did you agree with that?
- Yeah, I mean, I think they both did good.
A'keria was funny, I like her.
I was gagged when Yvie started flippin' and dippin',
and you know, so I kinda liked her's.
But, yeah, Plastique was good, you know.
But I already know Plastique can dance, I wasn't shocked.
- Well every time Plastique hit the ground,
RuPaul was like (yelling).
Whoa!
(Laughs) - But that's kinda why I was glad A'keria won, too.
It shows that you don't have to all that.
You know, that personality and fun,
and I thought Nina was really funny too.
- Now it's time for the Maxi Challenge.
It's the first ever International Draglympics!
(yells)
So now we have two teams who have
to perform a freestyle floor routine.
- Oh my god.
- With voguing, with fanography, and shablaming.
- Girl. - So as the
Mini Challenge winners, A'keria
and Plastique are now the team captains.
So we have Tuckpantisan, which is A'keria's team,
and she picks Brooke Lynn, Silky, Yvie and Shuga,
and then team Glamizonia.
- Yeah.
- Plastique, Ra'jah, Vanjie, Nina,
and then picked last, Miss Scarlet.
- Poor Scarlet, she can't catch a break.
- Scarlet and Nina are having a hard time
with the choreography.
- I would feel a little pressure and insecurity
from being picked last as well,
and she knows she's not really a dancer.
I think she's definitely, probably beating herself up a lot.
I don't really necessarily worry about Nina
and I also know Nina, you know?
I think she's a performer period.
So she might not be the best at choreography
or she might not be getting it right now,
but the bitch is a hard worker, so I know
she's gonna show up tomorrow and know it.
- And A'keria's team, A'keria's actually not super--
- On the struggle bus, bitch.
You have all this confidence, you have this great team,
you're being an incredible leader, and then all
of a sudden you're over here,
and you're (bleep) everything up girl, what's going on?
- Silky isn't doing so well on her team.
- [Eureka] She's doing her best though, bitch.
I ain't mad, look at that booty sweat.
(laughing)
She is sweating in her panties, bitch.
- She is trying. - Working her ass off.
- [Manila] Yvie's starting to, she's got all the tricks
and the flexibility, but she's been pushing herself a lot
and she's starting to feel the wear and tear.
- So, I kind of applaud her for speaking up
and being honest about it.
I just hope she's able to push through and slay.
You know, I don't know, it scares me.
But I'm a little more triggered than most.
(laughing)
So, I know all about injury,
so I just think she needs to be careful.
- Okay, so let's break down these
Draglympics performances. - [Eureka] Okay.
- Let's start with team Tuckpantisan's
floor routine. - Team Tuckpantisan, okay.
- (laughing) What'd you think of it?
- I think they're doing great.
I think Silky's really nailing it, too.
I think A'keria's looking good, I mean she's
kinda twirling, giving me some booty action,
the fans are good.
They've all got great personality.
- [Manila] Yeah, they really got the fanography,
they got the voguing section and then they were all dipping,
including Miss Silky, who was able to pop right back up.
- Well Miss Silky dipped and apparently
they decided to go with a different choreography routine
where she stayed on the ground.
But it added more personality in the moment
and I kinda live because weirdly even though the focus
is on Silky at this moment, you know who I'm looking at?
A'keria.
- Ah. - [Eureka] She stole the show.
- [Manila] She's performing the house down.
- She stole the show for me.
- Okay, what about team Glamizonia?
- Team Glamizonia is a little more nervous for me.
I can feel the nerves in a couple of the girls.
You can literally see the nerves on Vanjie's face
before it starts.
Nina West is a [bleep] bull and I love every second of it.
- [Manila] She not doing all the chorography with her limbs
but it's all up here in her face.
- [Eureka] Oh bitch, her face's dippin' and whippin',
and fan choreographin',
and bitch she's snappin' a fan with her lips, bitch, like.
- [Manila] Scarlet was not as, I don't know if she
got no rhythm?
- Yeah girl, she's, it's white girlitis.
I mean, we all know, we been there.
- [Manila] But Plastique is starting
to fade into the background,
even though she's doing everything right!
- You can see that Vanjie and Plastique
are getting some decent middle air time,
where Plastique could be taking advantage
of these moments where I see she
just kinda whipping her pony tail
and moving on, and letting other people
take the center stage.
- So which team do you think had the best performance?
- Definitely Tuckpantisan for me.
I think they came out and they really slayed it,
and they set the bar pretty high.
And when the next team came out,
I saw the nerves before I saw anything else,
which I didn't see that in the first team as much.
- At first I thought the Tuckpantisan team
was a little sloppy. - [Eureka] Yeah.
- Oh, the overall vibe and energy I got from their team
was better than the Glamizonia team.
- Yeah - [Manila] Shuga did
a good job.
I thought that Vanjie did a great job as well.
- [Eureka] Yeah. - I could see
that Vanjie's nerves, she was able to put
that energy into a good performance.
- You can tell right in the beginning she
was prepping herself for it.
So when she went out there,
it was like she was in the pageant.
- [Manila] Yeah. - [Eureka] And she
was the lead and these were her back up dancers.
- [Manila] Yeah. - And I actually
kind of forgot about Shuga.
- I feel like Brook Lynn and Shuga were able
to kinda gel everyone, so it was a unit and a team.
- [Eureka] Yeah, I think that I'm so used
to Brook Lynn doing well, that I kinda skipped over her.
- [Manila] Who do you think was a total flop
in this challenge?
- Scarlet and Plastique, I feel are two
that I really saw kinda flop.
- Really, Plastique?
- I expect more from Plastique.
I know she's an entertainer,
I don't wanna see these nerves at this point.
- You need to perform for your life.
Enough with the choreography, 'cause I suck at that.
So, my favorite part of the show is now the Runway.
- Oh!
- And everyone's wearing gold!
- Oh yeah. - Just like us!
- Is this what you would have worn?
- Probably not, but, who was you favorite?
- My favorite would have to be A'keria.
I mean, she walked out first out of the gate,
bitch, and slayed!
Had a headstart, honey.
Textures, feathers, rhinestones, beads.
- [Manila] The necklace was exquisite.
- [Host] Her hair was golden blonde.
- [Eureka] Yeah. - [Manila] It was like nice--
- [Eureka] With some highlights.
Look at that booty, (bleep).
- Okay, second favorite?
- [Eureka] Plastique was good, Nina was good,
and for me, Yvie is always fun on the runway.
- I loved Plastique.
It was--
- Stunning. - Everything!
- [Eureka] She just walked out of the fashion show,
and had the mug to match.
- [Manila] Like she said, it was a lot of things.
There was like a gold helmet, there was gold shoulders,
there's gold wings, the gold corset.
It was a lot, but everything was cohesive
and it all fit beautifully together.
And it was on the beautiful Plastique!
- So, I loved that is was angelic
because of the color scheme,
but it was a different shape.
Like I loved the creative couture wing,
the shape of the bodice and then that chain mail skirt.
I think Nina West is always funny.
She brought me comedy on the runway, I loved it,
it's what I'm used to.
Stop relying on that comedy gig, you know what I mean?
- Yeah, see, I like Shuga.
- [Eureka] The next feather look would be Shuga, for real.
- [Manila] Shuga with the feather shoulders.
- [Eureka] What's with the feathers
and the gold all of a sudden?
- [Manila] Well, I'm responding positively
to the gold feathers.
Who didn't do it for you?
- Vanjie's not my favorite runway look this week.
I think there's something going on with her padding,
that leotard's pushing her pads down.
- [Manila] Yeah. - [Eureka] So I'm getting kind
of a funky shape.
- [Manila] Coming from last week where we saw Plastique
in her Playboy Bunny look, I feel like
this one was like the wah wah wah.
- You didn't like Silky's?
- [Manila] I didn't like Silky's
gold look. - [Eureka] A little plain.
- [Manila] It was a little plain, it had the cross here.
Was it religious? - [Eureka] Yeah.
- [Manila] Was it like, a, I don't know.
I wasn't getting anything from it.
- Y'all know I'm a biased Miss
'cause she's the big girl, so for me,
she can't do any wrong.
Her look to me wasn't the best look.
I think it's that comedy shtick that she does
and it's her safety blanket at this point.
I want to see more couture,
more cohesiveness of fashion, I just wanna see
something different.
Similar things with Yvie Oddly for me.
She can come out in a cane and I still love it
'cause I'm in love with her.
- [Manila] Yeah, Yvie's look didn't do anything
for me today. - [Eureka] Really?
- [Manila] I felt for her because she was injured
and I'm happy that she was able to get a cane,
spray paint it gold so that it made it work for her thing.
And she was able to sell the garment
even though-- - Okay yeah.
- I wouldn't buy that garment to save my life.
- Anything that Yvie is selling,
I'm buying right now, because she sells it.
- So it's time for judging.
Team captain, A'keria wins the Maxi Challenge.
Do you think she deserves it?
- [Eureka] She deserves to be a winner.
She's a great captain, she did great in the routine,
she was really the surprise for me.
- And that gown!
Really just, it sealed the deal.
Tuckpantisan is safe. - [Eureka] Yeah.
- [Manila] But that means that Glamizonia is up
for elimination. - [Eureka] Yeah.
- And then Ru asked that questions that we all dread!
- Girl.
- Who should go home and why?
And then all the girls say Scarlet.
- I mean, I wasn't surprised.
I mean they wanted someone to blame, I think.
They felt like she was a weak link from the beginning.
- Because the last time no one wanted to blame anyone,
they were all just like, we all [bleep] up,
and then they all ended in the bottom,
so I feel like this team was just like, girl it's her!
- I think at this point, yeah, the girls are like,
oh, we're gonna tell the tea,
this is how we feel, she's the weakest link.
- The judges decide that Ra'jah is in the bottom
for the third time!
- Wow, yeah.
- Alongside Scarlet.
Do you agree with them in the bottom?
- Yeah, out of that team, for sure.
I think Ra'jah was very nervous,
I think obviously Scarlet was the most
noticeably bad in the challenge.
All of her teammates threw her in
as the person that needs to go home.
And the crazy thing is that she kind of agreed with them.
- I thought that Scarlet has looked the most beautiful
she's ever looked in this entire season.
Her makeup, her hair, even the little butterfly clips
in her hair were pretty.
But I can see why the judges are like,
the silhouette is not enough or not like, exciting enough.
And the same with Ra'jah.
I mean she was wearing a gold cat suit
and her face was covered up.
- [Eureka] I think Ra'jah was grasping at straws
with the little face mask
to add some couture to it and then adding a ball.
Again the same thing with Scarlet, for me,
as far as her runway, all these little clips
and the extra hair, and the this,
and the random barouche in the middle of the dress
just pinned awkwardly, was her again,
grasping at straws to try to make a simple look
as extravagant as you can.
- So now it's time for them to lip sync for their life!
What'd you think of their performances?
- [Eureka] I think they both showed no fear,
which is great.
I personally think that Scarlet did better.
- [Manila] The ballad part of the song,
Ra'jah was slaying it.
It looked like she's been performing this song every night--
- [Eureka] Yeah girl, she-- - [Manila] On the show.
[Eureka] Did that for her pageant, I get it.
The song is made for her, I expect her
to do well at this song. - Yeah.
- You know who I don't expect to do well at this song?
Scarlet.
- [Manila] Really? - [Eureka] But do you know who
actually did well, in my eyes was Scarlet.
She knew she wasn't gonna do well at this song,
so she brought the tricks, she pulled everything out.
She showed that she wanted to stay.
That is the person that I want to stay in a competition.
- [Manila] Really? - [Eureka] Ra'jah,
she showed she wanted to stay too,
because she gave passion and performance,
don't get me wrong.
- I feel like Ra'jah just had a better grasp on the song
and performance all together.
Even though she did kinda slip off the stage
and fall right off the stage.
- She slipped off the stage, which I thought was messy.
I don't think that, that should be looked over.
It would've been nice for her to maybe have
an extra trick up her sleeve and be like, no bitch,
this is my third time in the bottom,
I need to have something, but then you got
Scarlet comin' and she hasn't been in the bottom
like Ra'jah has but she's throwing every trick,
showing how bad she wants to be there.
- But Scarlet goes home.
- Bye, bitch! (both laugh)
- I mean, at the end of the day, girl, I'm not a judge.
- Do you think she deserved to go home?
- I don't wanna say that Ra'jah deserved to go home,
they both performed well, but I,
I just liked Scarlet's performance better
because it was just fight.
I wanted to see her stay.
- Ra'jah has been in the bottom now three times.
Now, she said before, that even if she doesn't do well
in the challenges, she will slay the lip sync.
What do you think she has to do now
to not be in the bottom so we don't have to see
her lip sync until the last episode?
- Focus on yourself.
Sometimes, at this point in the competition,
when you're in that drama, it really distracts you
from the real reason that you're there.
Girl, pay attention to the challenge and focus on that.
You're letting the nerves of people
getting into your emotions and you getting
into your own emotions, affect your performance.
- She needs to take that same passion
that she has in her lip syncs and now apply that
to the challenges so that she can win a challenge--
- Yeah. - And she can stay out
of the bottom so that the last time she needs
to lip sync is in the final.
- Yeah. - Well that does it
for our episode!
I wanna thank Eureka, thank you so much for coming here.
- No, it's always a please
to work with you Manila, honestly.
- [Manila] Aw, thank you, we'll see you guys next week, bye!
- See ya!
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