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King of Drag Season 1 Episode 1
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00:00:00Last looks, please.
00:00:11Oh, okay.
00:00:13What is that, anyway?
00:00:15Elf Cosmetics.
00:00:16I've always wanted to know, what does the elf stand for?
00:00:18Eyes, lips, face.
00:00:20Oh, I get it.
00:00:21Places, please.
00:00:23And action.
00:00:25I'm Murray Hill, a semi-famous comedian from Brooklyn.
00:00:28I am honored to introduce to you the world's first drag king competition show.
00:00:36Who will be crowned the first ever king of drag?
00:00:58I'm a real king.
00:01:00Say what you can, ah.
00:01:02I'm a real king.
00:01:03You're in the presence of royalty.
00:01:06Come on and get it hot.
00:01:08Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:01:09We've received submissions from every corner of the nation, even the red states, to be part
00:01:15of this historic event.
00:01:16But only ten of the most badass kings were selected to duke it out for the crown.
00:01:22It will take muscle, machismo, and magic to win.
00:01:26Ladies and gentlemen, and I can say that again since there's only two genders now, and I'm
00:01:31both of them.
00:01:32Stop doom scrolling.
00:01:33Hold on to your nuts if you have them.
00:01:35And put your hands together for the first time on national TV.
00:01:41Son of a King!
00:01:52Oh my God, King of Drag.
00:01:55That's it!
00:01:55Walking in, I see all of our photos on the wall next to Murray Hill.
00:01:59Oh my God, this is part of history right here.
00:02:02I can't believe it.
00:02:03I'm excited, a little scared, because I know some of these people.
00:02:07I know what you could do.
00:02:08I'm really feeling starstruck like 100%, like the cameras are cool, but the kings are
00:02:13even cooler.
00:02:13Hello, I'm Alexander the King.
00:02:16Hi, Dick.
00:02:16So great to meet you.
00:02:18There are so many people, so many colors, so many chairs.
00:02:21There's just so much happening.
00:02:23I can't believe it.
00:02:24We made it!
00:02:25This is pressure.
00:02:26The price has went up.
00:02:28I've been doing drag for three years.
00:02:30I feel like I'm the baby king, because I don't have a lot of experience.
00:02:32So I'm really pretending that I'm confident.
00:02:35I'm excited to see Molasses.
00:02:37I'm a big fan, and I'm honored to be in the space with you.
00:02:39Oh, thank you.
00:02:40I'm a whore, but I'll take it.
00:02:42I'm King of Molasses, and I'm a drag king based in Washington, D.C.
00:02:46The drag scene in D.C. is active and very hustle-driven.
00:02:51I have followed you on the internet absolutely forever.
00:02:54You can keep flirting with me.
00:02:56I'm a first-generation Nigerian.
00:02:58I was born in the U.S.
00:03:00When I was a kid, I was told I'm worthless.
00:03:03I am constantly trying to remind myself that I am good.
00:03:08With that being said, I deserve king of drag, and I will win king of drag.
00:03:13There is king in my name for a reason.
00:03:16This is easy.
00:03:17I should have come on.
00:03:17This is a dating show.
00:03:19Two Texas kings.
00:03:20You're on my list.
00:03:22I was like, if Alexander's not in here, I'm going to flip a table.
00:03:25My fellow Texas king, Buck Wilde, representing Dallas.
00:03:30In Dallas, there is not a lot of places for kings to perform, so I created Dallas' only
00:03:36drag king brunch.
00:03:38And what I'm trying to do is bring drag kingery to a wider audience.
00:03:43Texas represent, right?
00:03:44Texas represent.
00:03:46For sure.
00:03:46I remember.
00:03:47Oh, my God.
00:03:48Look at this.
00:03:48Let me see this.
00:03:49Wow, what do we got here?
00:03:50We got some handsome guys.
00:03:53My name is Charles Galen King.
00:03:55I am a Mexican-American, indigenous, with Shakira, with Chol blood person.
00:04:00My mother is the reason to blame for this creature in front of you now.
00:04:06She introduced me to drag in 2011.
00:04:09Amma, hola, te quiero mucho.
00:04:11I am tuna melt.
00:04:12Nice to meet you, Charles Galen King.
00:04:13Is this team Latino?
00:04:14Latino!
00:04:15No, no, no, no!
00:04:16Primos, Primos, Primos!
00:04:21I'm Theo, and my drag name is tuna melt.
00:04:24And I'm repping Queens, New York, baby!
00:04:29I've been doing drag for four wonderful, beautiful years.
00:04:33I was introduced to drag through my drag father, Thady Bedbuck.
00:04:37And in the process of finding tuna melt, I found Theo.
00:04:41Before drag, I was in music tech.
00:04:44But when I came out trans, I felt like I couldn't be me there, which is why I left to pursue drag.
00:04:50Oh, my God.
00:04:51It looks so good.
00:04:54My name is Joy, also known as Henlo Bullfrog.
00:05:02Joy is from Philadelphia.
00:05:04Henlo was stolen by the fairies at birth and dropped in a frog pond for 30 years.
00:05:08Then he crawled back to Earth by coming up through a West Philly mausoleum.
00:05:11He hasn't quite figured out how to be human yet.
00:05:13He's trying and failing, but we're all there for a good time.
00:05:16Yes, ask it, ask it.
00:05:18Oh, first ball joke of the season.
00:05:20We got this.
00:05:20I do a lot of creature drag, as well as a lot of drag thing, a lot of drag monster, a lot of horror drag, alt drag.
00:05:27In the drag world, bringing your fullest self into the situation, even the parts that might be a little off-putting,
00:05:32and I'm an expert on off-putting, is going to benefit you in countless ways.
00:05:37Top two?
00:05:38Top two, yes.
00:05:39What's your name?
00:05:40Oh, hi, I'm Perk.
00:05:41Perk, big D.
00:05:42Big D?
00:05:43A.
00:05:43Where do you live?
00:05:44Oh, I live in Charlotte.
00:05:46Charlotte, North Carolina?
00:05:47Yes, but I also just live in a constant state of anxiety.
00:05:50Of course.
00:05:51So many of us do.
00:05:52Hi, I'm King Percosex.
00:05:55Being a drag king in the South, it's a little bit of like a mind warp.
00:05:59I'll be at the gig, and I'll be safe, I'll be fine, I'll be happy, but is it safe for me to leave this place in drag?
00:06:07My goal in King of Drag is I want to be able to make a good life for me and my cat.
00:06:12That's what I want to do.
00:06:14Also, it's great seeing so many familiar faces.
00:06:16I worked with Buck, Tuna, Pressure, Head Low, and Molasses before.
00:06:21Oh, so you know so many people.
00:06:23Yeah.
00:06:24Oh, good for you.
00:06:25That's a big leg up, you know what I mean?
00:06:27Dinko!
00:06:29Yes!
00:06:30Oh!
00:06:31Molasses!
00:06:32I'm like, oh!
00:06:33Sorry.
00:06:34I'm working.
00:06:37Oh, hi.
00:06:39Hi.
00:06:40I'm Dick, it's nice to meet you.
00:06:42Hi, I'm also a Dick, I'm Perk.
00:06:44Nice to meet you, Perky Dick.
00:06:45I like it, that's good, that's good.
00:06:48I'm like struck by my competitors.
00:06:50As a geek and a fan of drag, I follow many of these guys on the internet.
00:06:55It's definitely intimidating.
00:06:57I'm feeling some shrinkage in the Dick department.
00:07:01It is also crazy that I'm the only king from the Midwest.
00:07:04The Midwest has a lot to carry on the shoulders of one lesbian on a mustache.
00:07:08Speaking of death.
00:07:10Showbiz!
00:07:16Showbiz!
00:07:17When I started drag in 2015, there were a lot of boxes that I felt like I was pushed
00:07:23to be in, and Murray Hill was literally the person that gave me the Alexander the Great
00:07:30gusto.
00:07:30Murray Hill's whole thing is, if you don't see yourself represented, go out and represent
00:07:34yourself.
00:07:34Showbiz!
00:07:35Showbiz!
00:07:35Oh my god!
00:07:36Daddy?
00:07:36Look at that!
00:07:37It's Murray.
00:07:39It's drag dad.
00:07:40I'm so excited.
00:07:41I'm the shortest one here.
00:07:43Oh my god!
00:07:45Who's your daddy?
00:07:46Who's your daddy?
00:07:47You are!
00:07:47I love Murray Hill's showbiz!
00:07:51Murray Hill really had a huge impact on my drag, so seeing him in person was a dream
00:07:57for me.
00:07:57So cool!
00:07:58I just want you to know, I've looked up to you for a long time.
00:08:02You little rascal.
00:08:04All right, Kegs, can I sit there?
00:08:05Come on, guys.
00:08:06I love a couch.
00:08:07Welcome to your man cave!
00:08:14This man cave will be your workroom.
00:08:17Make yourself at home, but don't stain the furniture we have to return this stuff in 29
00:08:22days, okay?
00:08:23Oh!
00:08:23All right, Kegs, it is my absolute honor to be your host.
00:08:27I started doing this in 1995.
00:08:31I've been dreaming about this show for a long, long time, and you're going to have to pinch
00:08:37me, because we're finally making it happen.
00:08:40Yeah!
00:08:42You 10 kings are part of drag king history.
00:08:48And you know what?
00:08:49You've already won by being here.
00:08:51Yeah!
00:08:53I'm going to take that.
00:08:54It's such an honor to be here.
00:08:57I want to win this competition.
00:08:58I came here to prove my place in New York City.
00:09:02My friend, where are you from?
00:09:03East Los Angeles, senor!
00:09:04Yeah!
00:09:06And where are you from?
00:09:07I'm from Stone Mountain, Georgia.
00:09:09Georgia!
00:09:09Yeah!
00:09:10All right, buddy, where are you from?
00:09:12I live in Bellingham, Washington.
00:09:14So what's it like in Washington?
00:09:15I have no idea.
00:09:17I'm very alone.
00:09:19I'm the oldest person in the competition.
00:09:21I knew that would be the case.
00:09:22Come on.
00:09:23How many 50-year-olds were applying for this show?
00:09:26It's sometimes hard for me to feel like I have a lot of artistic community.
00:09:31And I'm hoping to feel a little bit more connection to people who have things in common with me.
00:09:35All right, well, you know what, kid?
00:09:36You're not alone today.
00:09:38That's right.
00:09:38That's right.
00:09:39Now, this is a competition and a community.
00:09:43Take a look around.
00:09:45These kings will be your brothers or siblings.
00:09:48There's a very wide representation here of drag.
00:09:51So what do you want to represent?
00:09:52I want to represent, you know, classic drag.
00:09:56I want to represent dick jokes.
00:09:58You can see a dick joke right there.
00:10:01For me, it's all about showing that masculinity can be soft.
00:10:04It can be beautiful.
00:10:05It doesn't have to be aggressive and blah, blah, blah.
00:10:07Here, I'm representing for trans people, especially for trans people in Texas and in red states.
00:10:13Let's go.
00:10:13And it's rough out there.
00:10:15And what about you for sex?
00:10:16I'm a part of a lot of different, like, minority groups.
00:10:19I'm Haitian-American.
00:10:21I'm trans.
00:10:22Growing up in a Haitian household, it's a special experience.
00:10:26The house always smelled good because, you know, food, cooking, seasoning.
00:10:29But in a lot of ways, it was not so great.
00:10:32Like, I've been told if any of you guys are gay, I'm going to disown you and say that you're going to hell.
00:10:37Drag has given me a real family that actually cares about me and my well-being.
00:10:41So when you're in drag and when you're out of drag, is it a completely different persona?
00:10:45Out of drag, I am very, like, femme, like, high femme.
00:10:49What?
00:10:49Yeah.
00:10:50It's true.
00:10:50But in drag, this is what you get.
00:10:52All right.
00:10:53And what about you?
00:10:54I am exactly the same all the time.
00:10:56Yes.
00:10:57No, I'm actually pretty, like, tight, keeping it together, like, pretty serious person.
00:11:03And then in drag, I get to be the fool.
00:11:05So much of what I do in drag is what scares me, which is why it's so exciting to be here with all of these people because this scares the shit out of me.
00:11:10If I'm going to set myself up for success, I'm going to be real.
00:11:14I am making things in the rest of my life less scary by choosing what scares me now in drag.
00:11:21Let's go.
00:11:21All right.
00:11:22Each week, you will face theme challenges that test your daring, innovation, creativity, and charisma with a K.
00:11:33And at the end of six episodes, one of you will be crowned the first King of Drag.
00:11:45To be the King of Drag would mean all of the confusion that I felt as a teenager.
00:11:52It wasn't for nothing.
00:11:52The winner of King of Drag will receive a crown and scepter from Fierce Drag Jewels, a custom suit courtesy of sharp suiting, talent management with queer up agency, and a round trip flight to Seattle to headline the Emerald City King's Ball.
00:12:15Even if the prize was, here's some drink tickets, it would be an honor to win.
00:12:19But I want the crown.
00:12:21I want that scepter.
00:12:22Give me all of it.
00:12:23I want every bit of it.
00:12:25Oh, there's more.
00:12:26Win the crown, the glory, and a year's worth of unstoppable beauty from Elf Cosmetics and Elf Skin.
00:12:34Woo!
00:12:36And $10,000 in cold, hard cash from Reverie.
00:12:42Yes!
00:12:44Oh, my God.
00:12:45Oh, my God.
00:12:47Oh, Lord, I'm going to take my wife to the beach with $10,000.
00:12:49I can pay the light bill.
00:12:51I can buy me some more drag.
00:12:52Drag is a spit.
00:12:53Yes!
00:12:54Well, you can buy eggs!
00:12:55I can buy eggs and eggs.
00:12:56I have an opportunity to give back money to my mother and Elf Cosmetics.
00:13:00They have Big Mood Mascara, which is really big mood, and just...
00:13:05I am so excited that this is happening.
00:13:08Are you ready to get started?
00:13:12Yes!
00:13:13Elf Cosmetics, give me strength.
00:13:15Let's go.
00:13:16Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:13:18Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:13:20Hey, somebody give me a drum roll.
00:13:27Shake it, baby!
00:13:28Shake it, baby!
00:13:29Shake it, baby!
00:13:30Shake it, baby!
00:13:31This week's theme is America's favorite pastime after hamburgers, beer, and insatiable bloodlust.
00:13:49Sports!
00:13:50Yeah!
00:13:51Oh, my God!
00:13:52Yes!
00:13:53Sports!
00:13:54This is gonna be fun.
00:13:55I am going to do my best to bring it on!
00:13:57Yeah!
00:13:58I hate sports.
00:13:59Always tried to get my period during gym class.
00:14:02Bad at sports!
00:14:04That's right.
00:14:05That's right.
00:14:06It's time to show us how you play with your balls.
00:14:11Let's start with something small.
00:14:14Something teeny-weeny, otherwise known as the weenie challenge.
00:14:22Your first weenie challenge is a sports trading card photo shoot.
00:14:26Yeah!
00:14:27Yeah!
00:14:28I am so excited to see my face on a trading card.
00:14:31My ego absolutely does not need that, yet very much wants it.
00:14:34Whether you're giving SAR Quarterback or Waterboy, this is your chance to show us what it takes
00:14:39to be the MVP.
00:14:40You'll be working with renowned photographer and author of Young Queer America, Maxwell
00:14:45Poth.
00:14:46Oh!
00:14:47Yeah!
00:14:48What?
00:14:49Oh, wow.
00:14:50I love a photo shoot.
00:14:51I love getting Henlo up there.
00:14:52More often than not, I'm also behind the camera as a makeup artist, as a costume artist, as someone
00:14:57doing the set pieces.
00:14:58To judge this first challenge, please welcome a member of our King's Court, the legendary Chicago
00:15:03King, winner of Alaska's Drag Queen of the Year, Tenderoni!
00:15:08Hello?
00:15:09Hello?
00:15:10Hello?
00:15:11Hello?
00:15:12Hello?
00:15:13Hello?
00:15:14It's a center!
00:15:15Take it easy.
00:15:16Wins!
00:15:17Wins!
00:15:18Wins!
00:15:19Wins!
00:15:20Wins!
00:15:21Tenderoni is one of my favorite drag kings, period.
00:15:22Tenderoni never looks off.
00:15:24Like okay, this is a competition, for real.
00:15:27And also joining us is WNBA All-Star, a queen of the queers, and two feet taller than me, they know sports.
00:15:35It's Laysia Clarendon.
00:15:38Hello.
00:15:45Oh, my God.
00:15:46I'm having a hard time finding the words.
00:15:48I see Laysia, and I see a person who has thrown down for their community.
00:15:54So that's just respect.
00:15:55The winner of this challenge will receive a special advantage to be revealed.
00:16:02You got five minutes to suit up in random semi-used sports gear.
00:16:06Oh, my God.
00:16:07Just don't let me catch any of you sniffing the jocks.
00:16:12All right.
00:16:14Get ready to get sweaty.
00:16:16On your marks, get set, go.
00:16:23I see chaos everywhere.
00:16:24Let them go first, and I'll just see what's left, because I'm not going to get hurt right now.
00:16:29Oh, come on, wait.
00:16:31I'm throwing elbows into whoever.
00:16:33I'm getting those boxing gloves, whether it kills me or not.
00:16:36I knew my roller derby background was going to come in handy.
00:16:38I will knock a mother out of the way.
00:16:41I want the katana.
00:16:43I feel great about this challenge, because I see the katana.
00:16:46I'm not known for being athletic, but I do like a good Hunger Games.
00:16:51This feels like it could be a comedy challenge.
00:16:53It could be an opportunity to establish myself as funny.
00:16:56So I do feel the pressure.
00:16:57What are you?
00:16:59I see a lot of blue pieces of equipment.
00:17:01I'm going to see if I can make a cohesive outfit.
00:17:05More is more, but we'll add it down.
00:17:07Do you want two jocks?
00:17:08Yeah.
00:17:09This might want to be bigger.
00:17:10Anybody want blue goggles?
00:17:11Yeah.
00:17:11Yeah, too.
00:17:12Even though it is a competition, right off the bat, we're all just helping each other.
00:17:18It's just a bro fest, and I like that.
00:17:20Sports.
00:17:21We're finally on the team, not being picked last.
00:17:24I got extra mouth guards if anyone wants one.
00:17:26Oh.
00:17:26It's pink.
00:17:28I was not a big sports person.
00:17:31I grew up in dance.
00:17:32However, I did find the wonderful world of wrestling in high school.
00:17:38I said, if I'm going to do sports, I'm going to do the gayest sport.
00:17:41Wait, what the f***?
00:17:41What sport is this?
00:17:42I want to play it.
00:17:43Is that a hatchet?
00:17:44Episode one, and I'm starting to get naked.
00:17:47No one's shocked.
00:17:49I'm giving middle of the pack king right now, and I am desperately looking for a way to stand out.
00:17:55How can I construct a look that I would wear on stage, and also gives me actions to do while I'm modeling.
00:18:02Up first is King Henlo.
00:18:25Henlo very rarely knows who, where, and what he is.
00:18:30Would Henlo know sports?
00:18:32No, absolutely not.
00:18:33Would he put on things completely wrong?
00:18:35Yes, of course he would.
00:18:40King Percocet!
00:18:43I feel awkward when I take photos.
00:18:45My best photos are when I'm performing, but now it's the first thing we're doing in front of each other.
00:18:51I'm just like, well, I don't know how to be sporty, but I know how to be wildly inappropriate.
00:18:56Let's go.
00:18:57First impression.
00:18:58Yes!
00:18:58Yes!
00:18:59Yes!
00:19:00Yes!
00:19:01Yes!
00:19:02Yes!
00:19:03Yes!
00:19:03Yes!
00:19:04Oh, you're so nasty.
00:19:05Yes!
00:19:06Charles!
00:19:07Oh my God!
00:19:08I get to play photos and model.
00:19:14As a child, I did not like taking photos, but growing up, I realized my face is my moneymaker.
00:19:20Oh, yes!
00:19:21I wanted some of that.
00:19:22Oh, yeah.
00:19:23Oh!
00:19:24Oh!
00:19:25Oh!
00:19:26Oh!
00:19:27Oh!
00:19:28Oh!
00:19:29Oh!
00:19:30Oh!
00:19:31Oh!
00:19:32Oh!
00:19:33Oh!
00:19:34Oh!
00:19:35I'm so rich!
00:19:36I want that advantage bad!
00:19:37Oh!
00:19:38Oh!
00:19:40That would be funny because I am very much regretting grabbing the jock straps.
00:19:45I'm ready for my dick pic now!
00:19:48Now, in this challenge, I have one strategy.
00:19:52If I can get my armpit hair
00:19:54in as many of these photos as possible,
00:19:57it's gonna be giving Harry Jock.
00:20:03Is Murray a coach or is Murray heckling us?
00:20:06Either way, I'm living for it.
00:20:09I don't know where he got that leaf blower from,
00:20:11but I'm glad he has it.
00:20:13Such good blowing.
00:20:14Yes.
00:20:15Oh, that's hot.
00:20:16I mean, sports are just gay.
00:20:19King Big D!
00:20:22In my drag, I do characters.
00:20:24For my first impression look,
00:20:25I chose my character, Vincent Pricks.
00:20:27He's an auteur, he's a maker,
00:20:29he's fabulous, he's an artist.
00:20:30I don't know how to cheer for this!
00:20:33I am feeling intimidated,
00:20:35but it's like I'm also starstruck.
00:20:36I'm seeing the years on them.
00:20:38I'm seeing their history.
00:20:39Like, okay, I got some of my work to do.
00:20:41Wow.
00:20:42Ooh!
00:20:44The goggles are sickening.
00:20:46It's so sexy, it's crazy.
00:20:47He is a five senses experience, and gorgeous, and I can't.
00:20:53That's sports right there.
00:20:55King Buck Wilde!
00:20:58My strategy was just to come in there and be silly and funny
00:21:01and do some sort of vaudeville situation.
00:21:04I'm having the best time.
00:21:05You got it, you got it.
00:21:06You got it.
00:21:07Oh, God, that was exhausting.
00:21:13I think I pulled something.
00:21:14Does anybody have any ice?
00:21:15JJ?
00:21:16All right, put a little speed in your step.
00:21:19That's JJ, one of our producers.
00:21:21JJ!
00:21:22All right, that's good.
00:21:24I'm still not going to eat my vegetables.
00:21:26JJ!
00:21:27Leija Tenderoni, who had the top photos and why?
00:21:33My top picks are Charles Galen King and Alexander the Great.
00:21:41Yes!
00:21:42I love the way you guys handled that equipment.
00:21:46You did not let it handle you.
00:21:47I really loved King Molasses.
00:21:50Yes!
00:21:51And also Buck Wilde.
00:21:54Yes!
00:21:55You guys really knew your angles and you really knew how to balance your balls.
00:22:01Speaking of balls, stop blue-balling us.
00:22:05Who won the challenge?
00:22:06My pick is...
00:22:08Charles Galen King!
00:22:12I really did that.
00:22:16I feel proud of myself.
00:22:19My pick is...
00:22:22King Molasses!
00:22:23Congratulations!
00:22:24You are the Weenie winners!
00:22:26This is what I came here to do.
00:22:28Keep moving forward.
00:22:29Everyone, people I know and don't know, look very strong.
00:22:32So it's actually quite an honor to win the first challenge.
00:22:35This week's Weenie Challenge sponsor, Pride-letics, is proud to give you each $150 gift card
00:22:44and you'll be getting a special advantage in the next challenge.
00:22:48Aw, snap.
00:22:49Laysia, thanks for being here.
00:22:50Showbiz.
00:22:51All right.
00:22:52Pretend everybody?
00:22:53Beat it.
00:22:54Get outta here.
00:22:55See you later.
00:22:56Get outta here.
00:22:57Beat it.
00:22:58Now it's time for something bigger.
00:23:01It's big.
00:23:03It's meaty.
00:23:04It's...
00:23:05I'm sorry.
00:23:06It's time for a commercial break.
00:23:07Somebody has to pay for this.
00:23:08Aw.
00:23:09Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:23:11Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:23:12Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:23:13Kings, it's time for the main course.
00:23:14The Beefy Challenge.
00:23:15Woo!
00:23:16Yeah!
00:23:17The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events of the year, but I know for you queer kids,
00:23:20you only watch it for the halftime show.
00:23:23Kings, it's time for the main course, the Beefy Challenge.
00:23:38The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events of the year.
00:23:44But I know for you queer kids, you only watch it for the halftime show.
00:23:48As King of Drag is our Super Bowl, we need some star power for our halftime show.
00:23:55You will be forming two boy bands.
00:23:59Yes!
00:24:00Each team will be given a track courtesy of my old pal from Brooklyn, the legendary DJ Larry T.
00:24:08He's worked with RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Peaches, Amanda Lepore, and me.
00:24:16Each team must write and perform an original boy band song complete with group choreography in our royal hall.
00:24:24Choreography is definitely my strong suit. Working as a group is also my strong suit.
00:24:29I'm worried about having to work as a team.
00:24:31I am someone who likes to be a leader, but I don't know enough about the other Kings to step forward and be a leader in this challenge.
00:24:37King Molasses and Charles Galen King, you get to choose your bandmates.
00:24:43The rest of you, on a bench!
00:24:46Oh my!
00:24:47It's like kickball all over again.
00:24:49Look at me and the way I'm dressed. You think I know about boy bands?
00:24:52So if these people are smart, they will not pick me first.
00:24:55King Molasses, you're up first!
00:24:56This is weird.
00:24:57I don't see this as a full advantage. If anything, this might put a little bit of a target on my back based on who I don't pick.
00:25:06Traditionally, when you are the team captain, if the team doesn't do well overall, it's kind of your ass.
00:25:12For my first pick, I'm going to go with a king that I met today. And that's going to be pressure.
00:25:20Ooh, that's me!
00:25:23Molasses picked me first. I'm not worried about being on the team. I just want to make sure I'm meeting their energy.
00:25:29I don't want to be the reason why we lose.
00:25:31All right, Charles.
00:25:32Tuna Mel!
00:25:35Bam! This is my moment. I come from the music industry, and I feel very confident in my songwriting abilities.
00:25:42Penwell. Come on, Frog.
00:25:47It's an honor, my liege.
00:25:48Alexander the Great.
00:25:49Yeah!
00:25:51Dick Bend.
00:25:52Come here, hottie.
00:25:53Fuck wild!
00:25:54Yeah.
00:25:57Just me and Elton John over here.
00:25:59Elton John!
00:26:01My final pick is going to be King Perk.
00:26:08Come on, Perka.
00:26:09Yeah!
00:26:10And all them buckles.
00:26:13Yay!
00:26:14I feel awful.
00:26:16I feel solo.
00:26:17I feel small.
00:26:18I feel third grade Jim.
00:26:20That leaves Big D to join team two.
00:26:24I'm excited.
00:26:26Getting picked last.
00:26:27It goes deep.
00:26:28At least some of this is absolutely in my wheelhouse, and I'm going to deliver.
00:26:32You have 90 minutes till showtime.
00:26:35All right, guys, bring it in.
00:26:36Come on.
00:26:37On three, long live the kings.
00:26:41One, two, three.
00:26:43Long live the kings!
00:26:47Let's do it.
00:26:48Let's do it.
00:26:49Oh, no.
00:26:50Come on.
00:26:52First day, first beefy challenge is boy bands.
00:26:55Ninety minutes is not enough time to do this challenge.
00:26:58Ninety minutes?
00:26:59To what?
00:27:00To write-a-verse, record-a-verse, and come up with choreography?
00:27:04I'm kind of freaking out.
00:27:05Budget!
00:27:06Okay.
00:27:07So I've actually done drag king boy bands a few times before.
00:27:10I feel pretty comfortable as far as being a good team member and making sure that our looks kind of hang together.
00:27:15I saw myself in boy bands.
00:27:17This is my opportunity.
00:27:18Good.
00:27:19Now I have my thinking cap on.
00:27:20We can start.
00:27:21Anything that revolves around music, I feel really empowered to succeed at.
00:27:25I want to make sure you get that relaxed fit, nice to meet you.
00:27:27You know what I'm saying?
00:27:28I had me an NSYNC CD, a Backstreet Boys CD, or two.
00:27:31Some people think about NSYNC.
00:27:33I think about Blackstreet.
00:27:34The Temptations.
00:27:36You got some accessories.
00:27:3710p3.
00:27:38My boy band era is New Kids on the Block.
00:27:41Does Duran Duran count as a boy band?
00:27:43I have had many opportunities to live out my boy band fantasy.
00:27:47When I was the producer of my own drag troupe, The Boys of Austin, I have experience when it comes to turning a group of kings into a boy band.
00:27:54And so I'm ready.
00:27:55Okay.
00:27:56Okay, everybody.
00:27:57Wow.
00:27:58The first thing we should come up with is a name, right?
00:28:00Yeah.
00:28:01Yeah.
00:28:02Let's listen to the song?
00:28:03Oh, sure.
00:28:04Want to try the song?
00:28:05I'm like a team name, you know?
00:28:06I'm thinking Viagra because we're blue.
00:28:08I was thinking like Molasses and the Sticky Sweets or something like that.
00:28:11Sticky Sweets?
00:28:12Maybe this is an opportunity for me to be a leader in this challenge.
00:28:16And like we all just like hold hands and skip and have a great time under my thoughtful leadership.
00:28:20I can always be like the blue balls.
00:28:22Something quick, punchy.
00:28:23Yeah.
00:28:24The blue ballers.
00:28:25Okay.
00:28:26Blue ballers.
00:28:27I quickly establish DVD's alpha energy.
00:28:29I like that a lot.
00:28:30The blue ballers.
00:28:31Especially after your little basketball move.
00:28:33I think.
00:28:34If you need a rapper, I can rap.
00:28:40So I could do that for you.
00:28:42Go for it.
00:28:43I come from the music industry.
00:28:44I see a songwriting challenge.
00:28:46I'm a songwriter.
00:28:47I'm going to write a fire verse.
00:28:49It makes the most sense with like the bridge.
00:28:52So would you want to rap that part?
00:28:53Because it sounds different.
00:28:54Okay.
00:28:55So Charles Galen kicks off.
00:28:56I follow.
00:28:57And then we pair up Buck and Big D because their stories were similar.
00:29:01And then we think that Tuna could take it home with the rap at the end.
00:29:04I'm a control freak or I need someone else to be in charge and have authority.
00:29:08So I want someone strong to be like, this is what we're doing.
00:29:11I know at least one musician.
00:29:12You're a musician?
00:29:13A little bit, yeah.
00:29:14What do you play?
00:29:15Um, trombone, bass guitar, a little bit of slide guitar.
00:29:18I was trained into musicianship pretty early on because my parents said, well, if you're
00:29:23going to come on tour with us, we have to justify you being there.
00:29:26So here's some instruments.
00:29:27Let's train you up.
00:29:28Because I am the captain and going first is tough.
00:29:32I will take the first spot to open it up.
00:29:35I want to introduce all of y'all by name, by the end of my verse.
00:29:40To be fair, that leaves you less time to speak about yourself and your verse.
00:29:43I was going to say, yeah.
00:29:44I think I got it.
00:29:45I'll go now.
00:29:46Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:47Like, if I'm starting us off, I want to start us off right.
00:29:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:49Okay, leader.
00:29:50I'm definitely noticing that there are multiple, strong leaders on this team.
00:29:54And we have to really work together on this.
00:29:55They started poetry in high school, so I'm just like, easy.
00:29:58Oh, incredible.
00:29:59Oh, good job.
00:30:00Okay, King.
00:30:01Easy.
00:30:02I didn't say it was good.
00:30:03I strategically pick going in the middle, because who remembers the middle verses?
00:30:06I don't.
00:30:07So hopefully the judges won't either.
00:30:09Honestly, I know Perka going to do something weird.
00:30:12Don't be scared.
00:30:13Come on through.
00:30:14Big pressure.
00:30:15Big pressure.
00:30:16I got you.
00:30:17Now I need like four more seconds.
00:30:18I'm very nervous.
00:30:19Being a comedian, I don't, I write jokes.
00:30:21What do you want the audience to know about you?
00:30:24Um, I was just trying to let them know my name, mostly.
00:30:28We're talking to a girl.
00:30:29So if we're finishing, I want you, what is the last line you want to say to a girl?
00:30:33Big pressure.
00:30:34I got you.
00:30:35I know you want to touch me too.
00:30:36Hey.
00:30:37Okay.
00:30:38Okay.
00:30:39Okay.
00:30:40I'm feeling my confidence grow like bar by bar by.
00:30:42I'm like, maybe I am a rapper.
00:30:44Maybe I can use my real voice.
00:30:46I'm like, I am big pressure.
00:30:49We're here to prove we deserve our place.
00:30:51Do you love dick yet?
00:30:52I can see it on your face.
00:30:53You sound like a great writer, but for the beat to kind of keep you on it.
00:30:58For sure.
00:30:59It's great feedback.
00:31:00Sassy.
00:31:01Fine.
00:31:02I am not intimidated by writing a verse.
00:31:03I know what skills I have.
00:31:04And like the fact that everyone else hasn't necessarily seen them yet is like fine.
00:31:08I know I come in with a bit of a reputation.
00:31:10In order for me to sort of underline that reputation, I have to establish myself as a frontrunner.
00:31:18I'm still on like the second verse.
00:31:21Tuna Belt's like eight lines in.
00:31:23Alexander the Great's shimmying his shoulder, so I know he's got something good.
00:31:26I'm nervous because I've never written anything like this before.
00:31:29Rhyme, time, lime.
00:31:31Uh, I don't know.
00:31:34I'm the live singing rapping king of New York City.
00:31:37This is my moment to shine.
00:31:39Put your hands on my waist, then I give you a t-boy face.
00:31:42For the longest time, I never felt like a girl.
00:31:45I also never feel 100% like a man.
00:31:48It's always been this spectrum of existence.
00:31:55I am so worried about remembering my lyrics.
00:31:57Then we move on to choreography.
00:31:58What are we doing for Buckwild's verse?
00:32:00I just wonder if we just change level.
00:32:02What if we made out?
00:32:03I'm kidding.
00:32:04I'm kidding.
00:32:05That's fine too.
00:32:06That's fine too.
00:32:07Sorry, we're on the line going on to stage.
00:32:09It's time to choreo and nobody steps up to be the lead.
00:32:12Step with the right cross.
00:32:14Back, back.
00:32:15Somebody needs to do a big, like, to initiate it, I think.
00:32:17Should we take out the Buck step?
00:32:19I'm sorry.
00:32:20If it's too much, just take it out.
00:32:21I don't think it's too.
00:32:22What do other people feel?
00:32:23I think there's a part of me that thinks I just should have been the choreographer.
00:32:26But I'm really nervous.
00:32:27Also, I was picked last.
00:32:28So it doesn't feel correct for me to say, oh, and now I'm your leader.
00:32:32I'm just trying to get comfortable with the choreography that we have.
00:32:35And Big D's like, can we add?
00:32:36And we're like, no, we can't add any more.
00:32:38There are five of us.
00:32:39There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen.
00:32:41Buck is dressed to the nines in his chest plate.
00:32:44I'm hoping that he's able to move along with us.
00:32:47I got to make sure me and my team are bringing it.
00:32:49Do a little say, say my name, say, say.
00:32:53And then we can all be in, like, maybe two in the front, three in the back.
00:32:57I am a classically trained dancer and competitive dancer.
00:33:00Drag gives me the ultimate freedom.
00:33:02As a performer, I have the ability to do everything that I want to do.
00:33:08Like, what the ?
00:33:09That's crazy.
00:33:11And then it goes, say my name.
00:33:13Yeah.
00:33:14Okay.
00:33:15Does that work?
00:33:16Down.
00:33:17What do you think?
00:33:18All right.
00:33:19So, um...
00:33:20Just remembering it.
00:33:21I have a lot of trauma in choreography.
00:33:24I see flashbacks of mistakes I've made on stage.
00:33:28I came here with so much to prove.
00:33:30I'm hoping my verse holds me into safety.
00:33:34Yeah.
00:33:35We're going to do, like, the Super Bowl, the Kisha Lamar, the walk.
00:33:38So, I'm like, okay, I can do that.
00:33:40And then my big homie, Perkinson, is struggling with...
00:33:42Can we just exempt Perk as we are doing...
00:33:45That's literally what I'm thinking.
00:33:46I'm here to represent for all the black people with no rhythm.
00:33:49It's going to be hilarious if we just continue the choreography.
00:33:52You are literally trying to get reset.
00:33:54That's funny.
00:33:55There are, like, so many things that Molasses court did.
00:33:57There are things I wouldn't do personally.
00:34:00But the challenge is to be cohesive as a group.
00:34:03And I'm also worried about falling down in these heels.
00:34:06Why did I choose to wear these shoes?
00:34:08Sorry, Kendrick.
00:34:12I literally just saw Perka drop into a split across the man cave.
00:34:16So, I think I know I have to do a split, too.
00:34:19Remember your beat?
00:34:20Well, we'll just follow you either way.
00:34:21Yeah.
00:34:22And if you turn early, we should go with you.
00:34:24You know what I mean?
00:34:25No, listen to the beat.
00:34:26Don't turn early.
00:34:27I absolutely promise to her.
00:34:28I am making suggestions like, what if we do this?
00:34:31And everyone's kind of like, eh, we're good.
00:34:33The two clearest leaders who are taking charge are Dick and Molasses.
00:34:37Both of them are initiating some really great moves for the team.
00:34:40And if both of them aren't going to budge on those moves, that's not going to look cohesive.
00:34:43It's such a humbling learning curve to be used to being a leader and then be faced with the fact that no one's really looking for your leadership.
00:34:50I just wasn't expecting to feel so small.
00:34:54Small.
00:34:55You can react to them.
00:34:56Yeah.
00:34:57Oh, I will.
00:34:58Choreography is a bit challenging.
00:34:59DVD's holding me to task.
00:35:00While I hate to try and be a know-it-all, I just know that the amount of time we have is going to be shorter than we think.
00:35:07I'm seeing what the other team is doing.
00:35:09If we're judged as a group, we are all on the chopping block.
00:35:12I'm intimidated because it seems like the other team came to some conclusions about what to do faster than we did.
00:35:18We're exhausted.
00:35:19I'm trying to preserve whatever energy I have left.
00:35:23Time's up, kings! Shake it up, put it back in your pants, and meet me in the Royal Hall.
00:35:30God, please just let me remember my lyrics.
00:35:34Please.
00:35:36I am lost.
00:35:38Left is right.
00:35:39Right is left.
00:35:40I hope I do not bring my team down.
00:35:43Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:36:06Welcome to the Royal Hall where the magic happens.
00:36:13Now let me introduce you to our esteemed panel of judges, the King's Court, Chicago's Puerto Rican King of Charisma, Tender Rowney.
00:36:23Brooklyn drag icon, author of The Big Reveal, an illustrated manifesto of drag, and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Sasha Velour.
00:36:35Hailing from Philly, New York City, and the motherland of Taiwan, the international man of mystery, Wang Newton.
00:36:44Executive producer and judge of the GLAAD award winning series, Drag Latina, queer style icon, the unapologetic, Damian Pellicione.
00:36:54And lastly, please welcome the legendary director of A Simple Favor, Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks, Jackpot, which I was in, and the upcoming film, The Housemaid, the best dressed man in Hollywood.
00:37:09Please welcome my pal, Paul Feig.
00:37:13Showbiz.
00:37:14Showbiz.
00:37:16Can you believe we are here right now, everybody? Can you believe this?
00:37:20Woo!
00:37:21Yeah!
00:37:22I'm gonna ask you something. Did you ever think you'd be a judge on the first Drag King competition show?
00:37:27I always hoped I would be.
00:37:30Especially with you, Murray.
00:37:31Only in my wildest dreams. It's about damn time.
00:37:33I'm gonna say what I said in those dreams.
00:37:35Bring on the men.
00:37:36Now, were you looking at me when you said that? Because, you know, I gotta do my job.
00:37:41Showbiz. Ugh, these kids.
00:37:43Before I get down to business, I want to share something that I saw online.
00:37:47Paul, I hate to put you on the spot, but you and your wife recently donated $300,000 to three major LGBTQ plus youth advocacy organizations.
00:38:02You are a true ally, and you lead by example, as always. So, thank you.
00:38:07And I love the community, and I love all you guys. Thank you.
00:38:10This week, our Kings were asked to create their own boy band show.
00:38:13They each had 90 minutes to write a verse and work together to give us something to talk about at the water cooler tomorrow, okay?
00:38:21Thanks for laughing at that joke. That was pretty bad.
00:38:23Oh, that got a bigger laugh.
00:38:29So, Kings Court, what are you looking for in this halftime performance?
00:38:32I want to see the choreo. I want to see the charisma.
00:38:36And because I am tenderoni, I want to see some dancing, high energy, and I need to see a gag.
00:38:42What was that last thing?
00:38:44A gag.
00:38:45Oh, a gag. Okay. I thought you said you need to see a gay.
00:38:49And I'm like, don't look at me.
00:38:51When I think boy bands, I think formations. I think characters.
00:38:55I don't think brilliant lyrics, but I am expecting to see that tonight, because this is better than boy bands.
00:39:00This is Drag Kings.
00:39:01I want to see high energy, and I want to see, just like everyone else is saying, some good choreo.
00:39:06I mostly want entertainment, whether it be because mistakes happen or because they really go for it.
00:39:11That's what I'd like.
00:39:12And you know what you call that, Paul?
00:39:13What?
00:39:14Showbiz.
00:39:15There you go.
00:39:16Well, I'm just looking for some dick.
00:39:18Hey, not that kind of dick.
00:39:20Daring, innovation, creativity, and charisma with a K.
00:39:26Okay.
00:39:27All right. Judges, are you ready for the show?
00:39:29Yeah.
00:39:30Bring it on.
00:39:31All right.
00:39:32It's the King of Drag sporting event of the year.
00:39:35The Mandels Bowl, brought to you by Mandels, the only candles for men.
00:39:41I'm your host, Murray Hill.
00:39:43I don't know what this sport is, but I do know that these guys like tapping each other's butts.
00:39:49And now, for your halftime entertainment, the all-star boy band featuring Charles Galen King, Alexander the Great, Big D, Buck Wild, and Tuna Melt.
00:40:01It's Bromosexual!
00:40:07Sasha Velour, are you kidding me?
00:40:09I'm freaking out.
00:40:10She is our queen.
00:40:13I'm so gagged.
00:40:14One, two, three, four.
00:40:15Hey!
00:40:16You see me?
00:40:17Look and feel me.
00:40:18What?
00:40:19You can't?
00:40:20Then hear me.
00:40:21Baby, Charles, Galen, King IB.
00:40:23Let's play outside and be free.
00:40:24You know what to do.
00:40:25Score the goal.
00:40:26Shoot the hoop.
00:40:27Rep in Austin, Texas.
00:40:28Yes, that lone star state.
00:40:29I'm the king back home.
00:40:30Bitch, I'm Alexander the Great.
00:40:31See me drop into a splint or fly in the sky.
00:40:36I'm here and I'm queer and I stand for trans rights.
00:40:39Hey!
00:40:40Say my name!
00:40:41Say my name!
00:40:42Say my name!
00:40:43Say my name!
00:40:44Say it loud!
00:40:46Say it!
00:40:47Say it!
00:40:48Say it!
00:40:49Say it!
00:40:50Say it!
00:40:51Say it!
00:40:52I am the person to warn you about!
00:40:54Say it!
00:40:55Say my name!
00:40:57Oh!
00:40:58Big D is seasoned.
00:40:59Big D is hot!
00:41:00is hot gonna give you lots of chicken from my chicken soup pot slurp up this wisdom but please
00:41:07don't you gag cause there's no such thing as too old to drag i've been slinging bucks since the dawn
00:41:14of time people say i'm aging like the finest wine did someone say my name three times i'm giving you
00:41:20the wildest rhymes don't act like you don't know me son i'm the one you copied from
00:41:30i am the person that don't want you love my face
00:41:35kiss me stinky and delicious repping queens and chasing riches a drag king in this world
00:41:43serving like mitchell in dishes put your hands on my waist while i give you a t-boy face
00:41:48give it up for tuna melt who's stupid hungry for first place
00:41:51i was really proud of myself for being
00:42:21able to write a lyric record a lyric do the choreography i've discovered something new
00:42:26about myself that i did not know was possible hell yeah i did that great job guys that was
00:42:31amazing come on another round of applause for them i'm amazed that i'm like standing and ready to go
00:42:36at this point not getting picked did rattle me i've got my head in the game and i'm like gonna
00:42:41cross the finish line with the hike and the you know sports i step off stage and i'm worried that
00:42:49i needed to drill my lyrics but i was so tired more time would have been great i would have listened
00:42:55to my lyrics even more none of us are beyonce so i think we're okay and now the second half of our
00:43:02halftime show it's king molasses henlow bullfrog pressure k percosex dick von dyke here are the blue
00:43:12blue i'm breathing the same air as tenderoni like tenderoni is everything so 90s with the stones
00:43:26with the bling like if i had a daddy somebody better match my freak baby girl i like to hit seven days
00:43:33out the way they call me king molasses mol was arrested that spell asses yeah i put the butts
00:43:39in seats with k press big frog perkin dvd it's king of drag and we run the show bleed ballers all day
00:43:45henlow let's go seein flashing lights up in the sky gluing things to my face kind of got chaotic energy
00:43:51i know you know pin to the stars just call henlow airbrush glowing monster man doing things just because i
00:43:58can screaming bleeding making noise let me introduce you to the boys
00:44:04you make me wanna wanna wanna wanna oh you make me wanna you do that thing make me scream
00:44:20hey it's pressure k from the a i love when you scream my name i know you want me to buy you a chain
00:44:27come on girl what's my name don't be scared come on through you know big pressure i got you i know
00:44:33you want to touch me too what's up girl what did it do yo hey there my name's king perka i'm here to
00:44:39show y'all how i work i'm an all king i'm not really a dancer but please don't make me cry because i'm just
00:44:44a cancer i need y'all to listen listen quick tell trump trans people ain't gonna quit i love being here
00:44:51for y'all i gotta split
00:44:59oh you make me wanna you do that thing make me scream
00:45:09ladies lezzies gays and they's dick von dyke just took the stage the kings are here and ready to shine
00:45:15classy sassy manly five kings are all love no need to be catty drag is family and i'm the daddy
00:45:21we're here to prove we deserve our place do you love dick i can see it on your face
00:45:25you make me wanna oh you make me wanna oh you make me wanna you do the thing make me scream
00:45:37you make me scream yeah okay oh now let's hear it for these guys oh kids great job i feel good
00:45:53perka did a split and he learned a two-step look at god i'm not feeling the best at my performance
00:45:59personally but i know everyone else crushed it to be honest even though i feel like i'm gonna be safe
00:46:03i don't know exactly how we landed i ended up having to land a different way in my split that
00:46:09didn't end up being the cleanest we're all ready for perk to be in the bottom for a dancing challenge
00:46:14i'm all smiles i just hope i did not break my team down
00:46:24let's hear it for him come on
00:46:25great job kings and i gotta say this is our first episode our first big beefy challenge and i'm gonna
00:46:38say i'm proud of each and every one of you all crushed it come on give yourself a round of applause
00:46:46so kings tonight you performed as a group but you'll be critiqued individually if the court calls your name
00:46:53please step forward pressure k
00:47:02charles galen king
00:47:07dick bondyke
00:47:13and buck wild
00:47:16and what is your royal decree
00:47:23you are all safe
00:47:31my team really helped with my confidence now i'm like i'm a big dog and i do big dog like i'm feeling
00:47:37good your quest for the crown continues please step to the back of the stage being safe is like wow they
00:47:45saw me and they see me that i have more potential in the future i'll take it gracias the remaining six of
00:47:51you represent the tops and the bottoms of the week
00:48:10court we request your feedback first of all just want to say this is a historic moment the first drag
00:48:16king competition series in the world this is exciting to create a platform for all of you and
00:48:23anyone that comes after you i know many of you or no of you this is a small little community of drag
00:48:29and i'm going to be judging all of you very partially
00:48:33this is important and you are the best of the best so you deserve to hear it let's begin
00:48:40with perk of sex hi your makeup is stunning it's graphic it grabs the light i'd love to see a
00:48:46little blue accent tied in elsewhere into the look you came out the cut super high energy
00:48:51a little bit all over the place sometimes it looked like you were trying to find where you had
00:48:56to be you really had the high energy with the split at the end i agree the choreo was a little
00:49:01bit off next time just throw yourself in it a little bit further well i just always overthink
00:49:06because anxiety and right before we went on my legs started twitching up so i was like oh well too
00:49:14late let's go go time go time go time but also it's not an excuse because i could have said stop so
00:49:19it was split time decision making i don't disagree with anything tenderoni said i looked lost i'm glad
00:49:27that you got that message because that's what i was giving it was given confusion all right next up
00:49:33let's talk to henla hey baby look at these colors this costume top to bottom it is full of dedication
00:49:43and commitment i know that you're known for your airbrush work so i really appreciate the craftsmanship
00:49:48that i went into it amazing look so graphically pleasing so unique that's what i always look for
00:49:54is just what stands out what do i remember but i really would have liked to see more swoon yeah
00:50:05let's boy band everyone else's energy was so high i feel like your energy came in a little bit mid
00:50:10the energy did not meet the expectations offered by your incredible look and stage presence in the
00:50:15performance itself we know you can absolutely slay it so counting on you promise i'm still figuring out
00:50:22what these judges are looking for and how they'll score us my mind has been with the team this whole
00:50:27time but maybe that means that i wasn't thinking about myself all right let's talk to king molasses
00:50:33king i was just completely blown away uh you come up with such confidence such a strong voice strong
00:50:40personality took the assignment just to go to the next level and i was just completely floored when i say
00:50:45big wang energy we can make our jokes yes but who has mastered their inner wang
00:50:58hey kids keep it clean so it's nice to see you bring that and that's something that's hard to describe
00:51:05in words it's a beingness and it's beautiful to see people walk with their ancestors my father actually
00:51:14this was his it's called an agbada um which i'm definitely butchering and all of nigeria who is
00:51:20probably not watching this will call me out for it but drag has given me a chance to come back into
00:51:25a culture that i didn't always have access to because of my queerness molasses thank you for
00:51:30sharing that it's super important especially right now yeah reverie is global and there will be queer
00:51:36kids in nigeria watching you right now on this show all right let's talk to alexander the great
00:51:43alexander the great hello the second you stepped out we knew we were in good hands you had such an
00:51:51ease you were a consummate performer and professional you really came out of the group like a firecracker
00:51:56like as soon as you came to the stage you really commanded it your stage presence is so great and like
00:52:02the controlled split was so good powerful powerful powerful so confident just so precise you just
00:52:10stuck the landing i love the head-to-toe look like the wig goes with the outfit like the message is
00:52:17so cool you gave boy band the house down you're clearly the pretty boy of the group and we love to
00:52:23see it um great job oh my god i feel like a champion getting this feedback i know that everything that
00:52:30i've worked for is going great and i'm meant to be here okay big d i thought your lyrics were some of the
00:52:37the best i love the fact that you leaned in and you're unapologetically being open about your age
00:52:42and being an older king this one right here is serving the comedies if shiver me timbers was a king
00:52:52you have the greatest strongest look i've ever seen i want you in a movie it is my favorite i love
00:52:59all the costumes up here this costume is so graphically pleasing your makeup the the persona
00:53:08you've brought is just leaping off the stage and at home it's leafing off the screen and you are just
00:53:14the complete package wow thank you i'm just an idiot up here paul feig says he wants to put me in a movie
00:53:24i please kill me i mean are you kidding like everyone was i mean like it was glowing they saw
00:53:32me all right let's talk to tuna melt tuna melt a fellow new york drag superstar i love this look it is
00:53:41like very what the mercado so when you came in i was like yeah it's going mucho mucho amor you really
00:53:47bring a real unique character to what you're doing i think you know why you're in a little bit of trouble
00:53:52tonight you had the weakest lip sync of everyone and it's your own words so i think that just was
00:53:58really distracting i agree i do think the lip sync was a little off but i've seen you perform your own
00:54:04music live before so you can get a little bit of leeway for that baby i feel the confidence was
00:54:13missing i also think a little bit more confidence would help i know this was not easy doing something
00:54:19that you just wrote 30 minutes earlier yeah you can never predict anything in drag as we've discovered
00:54:25so you got to be super prepared yeah oh yeah i feel devastated hearing this feedback i bring a plan
00:54:33to everything today i didn't bring a plan for the lip sync because i was like i'll have time to hear
00:54:38the judges say that he was the worst lip-syncer and not acknowledge his lyrics at all that was
00:54:44very hard to hear i feel like i just let everybody down all right sasha please name this week's winner
00:54:54we were blown away by all of you there were three who really excelled this week alexander the great
00:55:01now that i've landed in the top three in week one i feel like the other kings are watching me a little
00:55:07bit more closely big d oh thank god thank god ha thanks satan i was on the bench right and now i'm top
00:55:17three stop it stop it king molasses i'm not a lyric writer a choreographer and i was able to do all
00:55:28of those things in the first challenge and have a bit of an opportunity to share a little bit more
00:55:32about myself which is really what this challenge was about we have decided the winner of this week
00:55:45is king molasses
00:55:50oh my gosh i can believe i won the first challenge this is a great start for me in the competition
00:56:08you are first in line for the throne this week keep it up if you know what i'm saying
00:56:13i think i do
00:56:21mo is the winner because anyone that can teach me how to kind of two-step deserves to win
00:56:26alexander the great big d you are also safe this week good job thank you thank you your pursuit of
00:56:35the crown continues i will say i really wanted to win but i'll take it
00:56:41now the part that sucks which kings are in danger of leaving the competition
00:56:50tenderoni tune him out your performance energy was great but unfortunately the lip sync wasn't there
00:57:00i'm sorry but you're up for elimination
00:57:02it's okay with life without a little challenge you got nuts i'm asian i'm latin i'm transgender i
00:57:13come from a family of immigrants my mother instilled in me that i had to work two times harder than
00:57:19everybody else hello your look was great but the energy and the performance didn't match the look i came
00:57:27here pretty confident in my abilities and what i was bringing to the table and to find myself at the
00:57:33bottom of the pack so quickly it makes me question a lot of things percosex your energy and your
00:57:39performance was great but it just needed to be reeled in a little bit i look pretty i don't dance
00:57:48period
00:57:48i'm in the bottom i was expecting it i'm not gonna let it like affect my mood or anything
00:57:56we have decided that percosex you are safe
00:58:01which means henlo bullfrog you are up for elimination safe kings please step off the stage
00:58:19get a primo please take center stage henlo and tuna melt you have one last chance for redemption
00:58:38each week the bottom kings must go head to head in elimination battle known as
00:58:44the final thrust i'm not mentally ready to go into the final thrust i thought we weren't going home
00:58:53today this week you must emulate the most virally memed but shortest lived olympic sport break dance
00:59:03battle are you getting me break dancing am i ready for this i don't know i'm terrified don't be afraid to
00:59:11get creative put your flavor on it and you don't have to be a great break dancer to win but we must
00:59:17be entertained i'm just going to give it to you raw lol i left an incredible job to throw it down
00:59:25for trans joy now more than ever we need people to fight for our community man now you're getting me
00:59:31fired up gentlemen this is the final thrust yeah i'm a real king
00:59:49gentlemen this is your final thrust
00:59:53next dj drop the beat
01:00:08We need to turn up and win!
01:00:10Yeah, yeah, yeah!
01:00:12Oh!
01:00:13Take it!
01:00:14Oh!
01:00:15Oh!
01:00:16Oh!
01:00:17Oh!
01:00:18Oh!
01:00:19Oh!
01:00:20Let's go!
01:00:21Let's go!
01:00:22Go to battle!
01:00:24It's a battle!
01:00:25Let's go!
01:00:26Hey!
01:00:27Steady!
01:00:28Just full-crossed.
01:00:29Oh!
01:00:30Come on!
01:00:31Woo!
01:00:32Oh!
01:00:33Oh!
01:00:34Oh!
01:00:35Oh!
01:00:36Oh!
01:00:37Yes!
01:00:43Yeah!
01:00:44Oh!
01:00:46Oh!
01:00:47Yeah!
01:00:54Port, you must now vote for the king you wish to stay in the competition.
01:01:01I'd love you both.
01:01:02I'd vote for tuna melt to stay in the competition.
01:01:05Sasha?
01:01:06My vote is for Henlo to stay in the competition.
01:01:11Wayne?
01:01:12My vote is for Tuna Mount to stay.
01:01:15Tenderoni?
01:01:16I'm going to vote for Henlo Bovrock to stay.
01:01:19Do I want this? Yes. Desperately I want this.
01:01:22Am I ready to fight? Yes.
01:01:23Am I ready to be in the bottom when I score low? Yes.
01:01:26And I will fight my way back up.
01:01:28I can't go home first.
01:01:30And last but not least, Damien?
01:01:32My vote tonight to stay in the competition is Henlo.
01:01:43Henlo Bovrock, congratulations.
01:01:46You are safe.
01:01:48Your pursuit of the crown continues.
01:01:51You may step aside.
01:01:54I'm feeling the reality that this is a competition.
01:01:58It's not real.
01:01:59Knowing that this is where Tuna's big plans end is not just bittersweet, it's bitter.
01:02:08Tuna, a couple of New York City guys up here.
01:02:11I'm very proud of you.
01:02:13You did great.
01:02:14I'm sorry, but you know, you got to go back to Queens and play for the Mets.
01:02:18I feel like the Mets.
01:02:19Hey, they're my team.
01:02:24I love them.
01:02:25We love the Mets, no matter what.
01:02:26I like another dog.
01:02:27Now, before you go, we're going to give you a proper send-off.
01:02:32All right?
01:02:33Okay.
01:02:33Everybody else, please join me on stage.
01:02:37All right, please kneel.
01:02:40You are a chosen family kid.
01:02:43All right?
01:02:44And I mean that.
01:02:45I dub thee, Tuna Melt, the New York City Mets of drag kings.
01:02:51You may rise.
01:02:53In the dubbing ceremony, having all of those kings behind me felt like a million bucks.
01:02:58Do you have any parting words?
01:03:00I think the most important thing to say is that trans people, we are not your punching bag.
01:03:04And we fight to be here.
01:03:07And we're going to take up our space.
01:03:10Now, Tuna Melt, I'm going to correct you because you said trans people were going to take up space.
01:03:17Well, guess what?
01:03:17We are taking up space and we're doing it right now.
01:03:23All right, Tuna Melt, please pack your packer.
01:03:29It's time to head back to Queens.
01:03:31Well, joke's on you because I just farted.
01:03:33I'm sad to leave this competition, but I don't want people to feel sorry for me.
01:03:44I got my brothers, a platform to save free Palestine, and an opportunity to uplift and spread raucous trans joy.
01:03:52I'm set.
01:03:55We did it.
01:03:56We made it through the first episode.
01:03:59And if you thought that was impressive, wait till you see this.
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