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00:00:00Last flips, please.
00:00:02Okay.
00:00:03What is that, anyway?
00:00:05Elf cosmetics.
00:00:06I've always wanted to know, what does the elf stand for?
00:00:09Eyes, lips, face.
00:00:11Oh, I get it.
00:00:12Places, please.
00:00:13Oh, thank you.
00:00:14And action.
00:00:16I'm Murray Hill, a semi-famous comedian from Brooklyn.
00:00:19I am honored to introduce to you
00:00:22the world's first drag king competition show.
00:00:26Who will be crowned the first ever
00:00:29king of drag?
00:00:33Found it.
00:00:34Got it.
00:00:35Found it.
00:00:36You never had nothin' quite like me.
00:00:39Say what you got now.
00:00:41I'm a real king.
00:00:42You're in the presence of r-r-r-r-re royalty.
00:00:46Come on and get it.
00:00:47I'm a real king.
00:00:50I'm a real king.
00:00:52Say whatcha kind now.
00:00:54I'm a real king.
00:00:55You're in the presence of r-r-r-r-re royalty.
00:00:58Come on and get it, yeah, I'm a real king.
00:01:01We've received submissions from every corner of the nation,
00:01:05even the red states, to be part of this historic event.
00:01:08But only 10 of the most badass kings
00:01:11were selected to duke it out for the crown.
00:01:14It will take muscle, machismo, and magic to win.
00:01:18Ladies and gentlemen, and I can say that again
00:01:20since there's only two genders now, and I'm both of them.
00:01:23Stop doom scrolling, hold on to your nuts if you have them,
00:01:27and put your hands together for the first time
00:01:30on national TV, Senator McCain!
00:01:43Oh my god, King of July.
00:01:47Walking in, I see all of our photos on the wall next to Murray Hill.
00:01:50Oh my god, this is part of history right here.
00:01:53I can't believe it.
00:01:54I'm excited, a little scared, because I know some of these people.
00:01:58I know what you could do.
00:02:00I'm really feeling starstruck, like 100%.
00:02:02Like, the cameras are cool, but the kings are even cooler.
00:02:04Hello, I'm Alex Van Der The Great!
00:02:07I'm Dick, so great to meet you.
00:02:09There are so many people, so many colors, so many chairs.
00:02:12There's just so much happening.
00:02:14I can't believe it.
00:02:15We made it!
00:02:16This is pressure.
00:02:17The price has went up.
00:02:19I've been doing drag for three years.
00:02:20I feel like I'm the baby king, because I don't have a lot of experience, so I'm really pretending
00:02:24that I'm confident.
00:02:25I'm excited to see Molasses.
00:02:26I'm a big fan, and I'm honored to be in the space with you.
00:02:27Oh, thank you.
00:02:28I'm a whore, but I'll take it.
00:02:29I'm King Molasses, and I'm a drag king based in Washington, D.C.
00:02:34The drag scene in D.C. is active and very hustle-driven.
00:02:43I have followed you on the internet absolutely forever.
00:02:45You can keep flirting with me.
00:02:47I'm a first-generation Nigerian.
00:02:50I was born in the U.S.
00:02:52When I was a kid, I was told I'm worthless.
00:02:55I am constantly trying to remind myself that I am good.
00:03:00With that being said, I deserve King of Drag, and I will win King of Drag.
00:03:04There is King in my name for a reason.
00:03:07This is easy.
00:03:08I should have come on.
00:03:09This is a dating show.
00:03:10Two Texas kings.
00:03:11You are on my list.
00:03:13I was like, if Alexander's not in here, I'm going to flip a table.
00:03:17My fellow Texas king, Buck Wilde, representing Dallas.
00:03:21In Dallas, there's not a lot of places for kings to perform, so I created Dallas' only Drag
00:03:29King Brunch.
00:03:30And what I'm trying to do is bring drag kingery to a wider audience.
00:03:34Texas represent, right?
00:03:35Texas represent.
00:03:36For sure.
00:03:37I remember.
00:03:38Oh, my God.
00:03:39Look at this.
00:03:40Let me see this.
00:03:41Wow.
00:03:42What do we got here?
00:03:43We got some handsome guys.
00:03:44My name is Charles Galen King.
00:03:46I am a Mexican-American indigenous with Shakira with child blood person.
00:03:51My mother is the reason to blame for this creature in front of you now.
00:03:57She introduced me to drag in 2011.
00:04:00I am Tuna Melt.
00:04:03I'm Tio, and my drag name is Tuna Melt, and I'm repping Queens, New York, baby.
00:04:20I've been doing drag for four wonderful, beautiful years.
00:04:24I was introduced to drag through my drag father, Thady Bedbuck.
00:04:29And in the process of finding Tuna Melt, I found Theo.
00:04:33Before drag, I was in music tech.
00:04:35But when I came out trans, I felt like I couldn't be me there, which is why I left to pursue drag.
00:04:41Oh, my God.
00:04:42It looks so good.
00:04:43My name is Joy, also known as Henlo Bowfrog.
00:04:54Joy is from Philadelphia.
00:04:55Henlo was stolen by the fairies at birth and dropped in a frog pond for 30 years, then he
00:04:59crawled back to Earth by coming up through a West Philly mausoleum.
00:05:03He hasn't quite figured out how to be human yet.
00:05:05He's trying and failing, but we're all there for a good time.
00:05:08Yes, ask it.
00:05:09Ask it.
00:05:10First ball joke of the season.
00:05:11We got this.
00:05:12I do a lot of creature drag, as well as a lot of drag thing, a lot of drag monster,
00:05:16a lot of horror drag, alt drag.
00:05:18In the drag world, bringing your fullest self into the situation, even the parts that
00:05:23might be a little off-putting, and I'm an expert on off-putting, is going to benefit
00:05:27you in countless ways.
00:05:29Top two?
00:05:30Top two, yes.
00:05:31What's your name?
00:05:32Oh, hi.
00:05:33I'm Perk.
00:05:34Perk.
00:05:35Big D.
00:05:36A.
00:05:37Where do you live?
00:05:38Oh, I live in Charlotte.
00:05:39Charlotte, North Carolina.
00:05:40Yes, but I also just live in a constant state of anxiety.
00:05:42So many of us do.
00:05:44Hi, I'm King Perkisex.
00:05:46Being a drag king in the South, it's a little bit of like a mind warp.
00:05:51I'll be at the gig, and I'll be safe, I'll be fine, I'll be happy, but is it safe for
00:05:57me to leave this place in drag?
00:05:59My goal in King of Drag is I want to be able to make a good life for me and my cat.
00:06:03That's what I want to do.
00:06:05Also, it's great to see so many familiar faces.
00:06:07I worked with Buck, Tuna, Pressure, Head Low, and Molasses before.
00:06:12Oh, so you know so many people.
00:06:14Yeah.
00:06:15Oh, good for you.
00:06:16That's a big leg up, you know what I mean?
00:06:18Tinko!
00:06:19Yes!
00:06:20Oh!
00:06:21Molasses!
00:06:22I'm like, oh.
00:06:23Sorry.
00:06:24I'm working.
00:06:25Oh, hi.
00:06:26Hi.
00:06:27I'm Dick.
00:06:28It's nice to meet you.
00:06:29Hi.
00:06:30I'm also a Dick.
00:06:31I'm Perk.
00:06:32Nice to meet you.
00:06:33Perky Dick.
00:06:34I like it.
00:06:35That's good.
00:06:36That's good.
00:06:37That's good.
00:06:38That's good.
00:06:39I'm like struck by my competitors.
00:06:42As a geek and a fan of drag, I follow many of these guys on the internet.
00:06:47It's definitely intimidating.
00:06:49I'm feeling some shrinkage in the Dick department.
00:06:52It is also crazy that I'm the only king from the Midwest.
00:06:56The Midwest has a lot to carry on the shoulders of one lesbian on a mustache.
00:06:59Be king.
00:07:00Sure.
00:07:01Yes.
00:07:02Showbiz!
00:07:03When I started drag in 2015, there were a lot of boxes that I felt like I was pushed
00:07:14to be in, and Murray Hill was literally the person that gave me the Alexander the Great
00:07:21gusto.
00:07:22Murray Hill's whole thing is, if you don't see yourself represented, go out and represent
00:07:25yourself.
00:07:26Showbiz!
00:07:27Oh my god.
00:07:28Daddy.
00:07:29It's Murray.
00:07:30It's drag dad.
00:07:31I'm so excited.
00:07:32I'm the shortest one here.
00:07:33Oh my god.
00:07:34Who is you?
00:07:35Who is your daddy?
00:07:36Who is your daddy?
00:07:37Who is your daddy?
00:07:38I love Murray Hill.
00:07:40Showbiz!
00:07:41Murray Hill really had a huge impact on my drag.
00:07:45So seeing him in person was a dream for me.
00:07:48So cool.
00:07:49I just want you to know, I've looked up to you for a long time.
00:07:53You little rascal.
00:07:54King's busted down.
00:07:55Come on, guys.
00:07:56I love a couch.
00:07:57Welcome to your man cave.
00:07:58Yeah!
00:07:59This man cave will be your work room.
00:08:00Make yourself at home, but don't stain the furniture we have to return this stuff in 29 days.
00:08:13Okay?
00:08:14Oh.
00:08:15King's, it is my absolute honor to be your host.
00:08:18I started doing this in 1995.
00:08:22I've been dreaming about this show for a long, long time.
00:08:26And you're gonna have to pinch me because we're finally making it happen.
00:08:31Yeah!
00:08:32And you 10 kings are part of drag king history.
00:08:37And you know what?
00:08:40You've already won by being here.
00:08:42Yeah!
00:08:43That's right.
00:08:45I'm gonna take that.
00:08:46It's such an honor to be here.
00:08:47I want to win this competition.
00:08:49I came here to prove my place in New York City.
00:08:53My friend, where are you from?
00:08:54East Los Angeles, senor!
00:08:55Yeah!
00:08:56And where are you from?
00:08:58I'm from Stone Mountain, Georgia.
00:08:59Georgia!
00:09:00All right, buddy, where are you from?
00:09:02I live in Bellingham, Washington.
00:09:04So what's it like in Washington?
00:09:06I have no idea.
00:09:07I'm very alone.
00:09:09I'm the oldest person in the competition.
00:09:12I knew that would be the case.
00:09:13Come on.
00:09:14How many 50-year-olds were applying for this show?
00:09:16It's sometimes hard for me to feel like I have a lot of artistic community.
00:09:21And I'm hoping to feel a little bit more connection to people who have things in common with me.
00:09:26All right, well, you know what, kid?
00:09:27You're not alone today.
00:09:28That's right.
00:09:29That's right.
00:09:30Yeah!
00:09:31Now, this is a competition and a community.
00:09:34Take a look around.
00:09:35These kings will be your brothers or siblings.
00:09:38There's a very wide representation here of drag.
00:09:41So what do you want to represent?
00:09:43I want to represent, you know, classic drag.
00:09:46I want to represent dick jokes.
00:09:49I can see a dick joke right there.
00:09:52For me, it's all about showing that masculinity can be soft.
00:09:55It can be beautiful.
00:09:56It doesn't have to be aggressive and blah, blah, blah.
00:09:58Here I'm representing for trans people, especially for trans people in Texas and in red states.
00:10:03Let's go.
00:10:04And it's rough out there.
00:10:05Yeah!
00:10:06And what about you, Percuse X?
00:10:07I'm a part of a lot of different, like, minority groups.
00:10:10I'm Haitian-American.
00:10:11I'm trans.
00:10:12Growing up in a Haitian household, it's a special experience.
00:10:16The house always smelled good because, you know, food, cooking, seasoning.
00:10:20But in a lot of ways, it was not so great.
00:10:22Like, 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.
00:10:27Drag has given me a real family that actually cares about me and my well-being.
00:10:31So when you're in drag and when you're out of drag, is it a completely different persona?
00:10:36Out of drag, I am very, like, femme, like, high femme.
00:10:39What?
00:10:40Yeah.
00:10:41But in drag, this is what you get.
00:10:43All right.
00:10:44And what about you?
00:10:45I am exactly the same all the time.
00:10:47Yes!
00:10:48No, I'm actually pretty, like, tight, keeping it together, like, pretty serious person.
00:10:53And then in drag, I get to be the fool.
00:10:55So 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,
00:11:00because this scares the out of me.
00:11:01If I'm going to set myself up for success, I'm going to be real.
00:11:05I am making things in the rest of my life less scary by choosing what scares me now in drag.
00:11:11Let's go.
00:11:12All right.
00:11:13Each week, you will face theme challenges that test your daring, innovation, creativity, and charisma.
00:11:20With a K.
00:11:21Thank you!
00:11:23Thank you!
00:11:24And at the end of six episodes, one of you will be crowned the first king of drag.
00:11:33To be the king of drag would mean all of the confusion that I felt as a teenager.
00:11:42It wasn't for nothing.
00:11:43The winner of king of drag will receive a crown and scepter from fierce drag jewels,
00:11:49a custom suit courtesy of sharpsuiting, talent management with queer-up agency,
00:11:56and a round-trip flight to Seattle to headline the Emerald City King's Ball.
00:12:06Even if the prize was, here's some drink tickets, it would be an honor to win.
00:12:10But I want the crown. I want that scepter.
00:12:13Give me all of it. I want every bit of it.
00:12:16Oh, there's more. Win the crown, the glory, and a year's worth of unstoppable beauty
00:12:21from Elf Cosmetics and Elf Skin.
00:12:26And $10,000 in cold, hard cash from Reverie.
00:12:33Yes!
00:12:35Oh, my God.
00:12:37Oh, Lord, I can take my wife to the beach with $10,000.
00:12:40I can pay the light bill. I can buy me some more drag.
00:12:43Drag is a spitz.
00:12:44We can buy eggs!
00:12:46We can buy eggs and eggs.
00:12:47I have an opportunity to give back money to my mother.
00:12:50And Elf Cosmetics, they have Big Mood Mascara, which is really big mood.
00:12:55And just...
00:12:57I am so excited that this is happening.
00:13:00Let's go!
00:13:01Are you ready to get started?
00:13:03Let's go!
00:13:04Elf Cosmetics, give me strength. Let's go.
00:13:07Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:13:09Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:13:14Hey, somebody give me a drum roll.
00:13:31Chicken baby, chicken baby, chicken baby!
00:13:34This week's theme is America's favorite pastime after hamburgers, beer, and insatiable bloodlust.
00:13:40Sports!
00:13:41Yeah!
00:13:42Oh, God.
00:13:43Yes.
00:13:44Sports.
00:13:45This is going to be fun.
00:13:46I am going to do my best to bring it on.
00:13:48Yeah!
00:13:49I hate sports.
00:13:50Always tried to get my period during gym class.
00:13:53Bad at sports.
00:13:55That's right.
00:13:57It's time to show us how you play with your balls.
00:13:59Let's start with something small, something teeny-weeny, otherwise known as the weenie challenge.
00:14:12Your first weenie challenge is a sports trading card photo shoot.
00:14:16Hey!
00:14:17Yeah!
00:14:18I am so excited to see my face on a trading card.
00:14:21My ego absolutely does not need that, yet very much wants it.
00:14:24Whether you're giving SAR quarterback or Waterboy, this is your chance to show us what it takes to be the MVP.
00:14:31You'll be working with renowned photographer and author of Young Queer America, Maxwell Poth.
00:14:36Oh!
00:14:37Yeah!
00:14:38You did!
00:14:39One!
00:14:40Oh, wow.
00:14:41I love a photo shoot.
00:14:42I love getting Henlo up there.
00:14:43More often than not, I'm also behind the camera as a makeup artist, as a costume artist, as someone doing the set pieces.
00:14:48To judge this first challenge, please welcome a member of our King's Court, the legendary Chicago King, winner of Alaska's Drag Queen of the Year, Tender Rony!
00:14:59Hello, hello!
00:15:00Hello!
00:15:01Hello!
00:15:02Hello!
00:15:03Hello!
00:15:04Get to sit here!
00:15:05Take it easy!
00:15:06Oh!
00:15:07Oh!
00:15:08Oh!
00:15:09Oh!
00:15:10Tender Rony is one of my favorite drag kings, period.
00:15:12Tender Rony never looks off.
00:15:15Like, okay, this is a competition, for real.
00:15:18And also joining us is WNBA all-star, a queen of the queers, and two feet taller than me, they know sports, it's Laysia Clarendon!
00:15:28Hello!
00:15:29Oh my god, they're- I'm- I'm- I'm having a hard time finding the words.
00:15:39I see Laysia, and I see a person who has thrown down for their community, so that's just respect.
00:15:46Oh my god.
00:15:47The winner of this challenge will receive a special advantage to be revealed.
00:15:52You got five minutes to suit up in random, semi-used sports gear.
00:15:57Oh my god.
00:15:58Just don't let me catch any of you sniffing the jocks.
00:16:02Aw.
00:16:03Aw.
00:16:04All right.
00:16:05Get ready to get sweaty.
00:16:07On your marks, get set, go!
00:16:09Woo!
00:16:10I see chaos everywhere.
00:16:14Let them go first, and I'll just see what's left, because I'm not gonna get hurt right now.
00:16:20Oh, I'm gonna wait.
00:16:22I'm throwing elbows into whoever.
00:16:24I'm getting those boxing gloves, whether it kills me or not.
00:16:27I knew my roller derby background was gonna come in handy.
00:16:29I will knock a mother out of the way.
00:16:32I want the katana.
00:16:34I feel great about this challenge, because I see the katana.
00:16:37I'm not known for being athletic, but I do like a good Hunger Games.
00:16:42This feels like it could be a comedy challenge.
00:16:44It could be an opportunity to establish myself as funny, so I do feel the pressure.
00:16:48What are you?
00:16:49I see a lot of blue pieces of equipment.
00:16:51I'm gonna see if I can make a cohesive outfit.
00:16:55More is more, but we'll add it down.
00:16:57Do you want two jocks?
00:16:58Yeah.
00:16:59This might want to be bigger.
00:17:00Anybody want blue goggles?
00:17:01Yeah.
00:17:02Yeah.
00:17:03Even though it is a competition, right off the bat, we're all just helping each other.
00:17:09It's just a bro-fest, and I like that.
00:17:11Sports.
00:17:12Finally on the team, not being picked last.
00:17:14I got extra mouth guards if anyone wants one.
00:17:16Ooh.
00:17:17It's pink.
00:17:19I was not a big sports person.
00:17:22I grew up in dance.
00:17:23However, I did find the wonderful world of wrestling in high school.
00:17:29I said, if I'm gonna do sports, I'm gonna do the gayest sport.
00:17:31Wait, what the ?
00:17:32What sport is this?
00:17:33I wanna play it.
00:17:34Is that a hatchet?
00:17:35Episode one, and I'm starting to get naked.
00:17:37No one's shocked.
00:17:39I'm giving middle of the pack king right now, and I am desperately looking for a way to stand out.
00:17:45How can I construct a look that I would wear on stage?
00:17:48And also, like, gives me, like, actions to do while I'm modeling.
00:18:01Up first is King Henlo.
00:18:18Henlo very rarely knows who, where, and what he is.
00:18:21Would Henlo know sports?
00:18:22No.
00:18:23Absolutely not.
00:18:24Would he put on things completely wrong?
00:18:26Yes.
00:18:27Of course he would.
00:18:31King Percocet!
00:18:33I feel awkward when I take photos.
00:18:36My best photos are when I'm performing.
00:18:38But now, it's the first thing we're doing in front of each other.
00:18:41I'm just like, well, I don't know how to be sporty, but I know how to be wildly inappropriate.
00:18:47Let's go.
00:18:48First impression.
00:18:49Let's go!
00:18:50Yes!
00:18:51Yes!
00:18:52Yes!
00:18:53Yes!
00:18:54Yes!
00:18:55You're so nasty.
00:18:57Charles Galen King!
00:19:01Oh, my God.
00:19:02I get to play photos and model.
00:19:05As a child, I did not like taking photos.
00:19:08But growing up, I realized my face is my money maker.
00:19:11Oh, yes!
00:19:12I wanted some of that.
00:19:14Yeah, yeah.
00:19:15Oh, oh!
00:19:16Oh, it's a song.
00:19:18Yeah!
00:19:19Oh!
00:19:20Oh!
00:19:21Oh!
00:19:22I'm living my Jedi fantasy with this katana.
00:19:25I want that advantage.
00:19:28Bad!
00:19:29Wait!
00:19:30Let's try to be funny because I am very much regretting grabbing the jock straps.
00:19:37I'm ready for my dick pic now.
00:19:40In this challenge, I have one strategy.
00:19:43If I can get my armpit hair in as many of these photos as possible, it's going to be
00:19:49giving Harry jock.
00:19:53Is Murray a coach or is Murray heckling us?
00:19:56Either way, I'm living for it.
00:19:58Oh, yeah!
00:19:59Oh, yeah!
00:20:00I don't know where he got that leaf blower from, but I'm glad he has it.
00:20:03Such good blowing.
00:20:04Yes!
00:20:05Oh, that's hot!
00:20:06I mean, sports are just gay.
00:20:08King Big D!
00:20:11In my drag, I do characters.
00:20:12For my first impression look, I chose my character, Vincent Pricks.
00:20:17He's an auteur.
00:20:18He's a maker.
00:20:19He's fabulous.
00:20:20He's an artist.
00:20:21I don't know how to cheer for this!
00:20:22I am feeling intimidated, but it's like I'm also starstruck.
00:20:27I'm seeing the years on them.
00:20:29I'm seeing their history.
00:20:30Like, okay, I got some of my work to do.
00:20:32Wow!
00:20:33Woo!
00:20:34The goggles are sickening!
00:20:36It's so sexy.
00:20:37It's crazy.
00:20:38He is a five senses experience and gorgeous and I can't.
00:20:44That's sports right there.
00:20:46King Buck Wild!
00:20:49My strategy was just to come in there and be silly and funny
00:20:52and do some sort of vaudeville situation.
00:20:54I'm having the best time.
00:20:56You got this.
00:20:57You got this.
00:21:01Oh, God, that was exhausting.
00:21:03I think I pulled something.
00:21:05Does anybody have any ice?
00:21:06JJ?
00:21:07All right, put a little speed in your step.
00:21:10That's JJ, one of our producers.
00:21:12JJ!
00:21:13All right, that's good.
00:21:15I'm still not going to eat my vegetables.
00:21:16JJ!
00:21:19Leija Tenderoni, who had the top photos and why?
00:21:24My top picks are Charles Galen King and Alexander the Great.
00:21:32Yes!
00:21:34I love the way you guys handled that equipment.
00:21:36You did not let it handle you.
00:21:38I really loved King Molasses.
00:21:41Yes!
00:21:43So good.
00:21:44And also Buck Wild.
00:21:45Yes!
00:21:46You guys really knew your angles and you really knew how to balance your balls.
00:21:52Speaking of balls, stop blue balling us.
00:21:55Who won the challenge?
00:21:56My pick is Charles Galen King.
00:21:59Yay!
00:22:00I really did that.
00:22:01I feel proud of myself.
00:22:02My pick is King Molasses.
00:22:03Congratulations.
00:22:04You are the weenie winners.
00:22:05This is what I came here to do.
00:22:06Keep moving forward.
00:22:07Everyone, people I know and don't know look very strong.
00:22:08So it's actually quite an honor to win the first challenge.
00:22:12This week's weenie challenge sponsor, Pride-letics is proud to give you each $150 gift card and you'll be getting a special advantage in the next challenge.
00:22:25Aw, snap.
00:22:26Lasia, thanks for being here.
00:22:27Showbiz.
00:22:28All right.
00:22:29Time to run it.
00:22:30Beat it.
00:22:31Get out of here.
00:22:32See you later.
00:22:33Get out of here.
00:22:34Beat it.
00:22:35Now it's time for something bigger.
00:22:36It's big.
00:22:37It's meaty.
00:22:38It's meaty.
00:22:39It's...
00:22:40I'm sorry.
00:22:41It's time for a commercial break.
00:22:42Somebody has to pay for this.
00:22:43Aw.
00:22:44Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:23:09The beefy challenge.
00:23:10Yeah.
00:23:11The Super Bowl is one of the biggest events of the year but I know for you queer kids you only watch it for the halftime show.
00:23:39Since King of Drag is our Super Bowl,
00:23:42we need some star power for our halftime show.
00:23:46You will be forming two boy bands.
00:23:50Yes!
00:23:52Each team will be given a track
00:23:54courtesy of my old pal from Brooklyn,
00:23:56the legendary DJ Larry T.
00:23:59Okay, Larry.
00:24:00He's worked with RuPaul, Scissor Sisters,
00:24:03Peaches, Amanda Lepore, and me.
00:24:06Yeah!
00:24:08Each team must write and perform an original boy band song
00:24:12complete with group choreography in our royal hall.
00:24:16Choreography is definitely my strong suit.
00:24:18Working as a group is also my strong suit.
00:24:21I'm worried about having to work as a team.
00:24:22I am someone who likes to be a leader,
00:24:24but I don't know enough about the other kings
00:24:26to step forward and be a leader in this challenge.
00:24:29King Molasses and Charles Galen King,
00:24:32you get to choose your bandmates.
00:24:35The rest of you, on a bench.
00:24:37Oh, my!
00:24:39It's like kickball all over again.
00:24:41Look at me and the way I'm dressed.
00:24:42Do you think I know ,, boy bands?
00:24:44So if these people are smart, they will not pick me first.
00:24:47King Molasses, you're up first.
00:24:48This is weird.
00:24:49I don't see this as a full advantage.
00:24:53If anything, this might put a little bit of a target on my back
00:24:56based on who I don't pick.
00:24:58Traditionally, when you are the team captain,
00:25:01if the team doesn't do well overall, it's kind of your ass.
00:25:04For my first pick, I'm going to go with a king that I met today.
00:25:11And that's going to be pressure.
00:25:12Oh, that's me!
00:25:13Hey!
00:25:14Hey!
00:25:14Come on, Molasses, pick me first.
00:25:17I'm not worried about being on the team.
00:25:19I just want to make sure I'm meeting their energy.
00:25:21I don't want to be the reason why we lose.
00:25:23All right, Charles.
00:25:24Turn them out!
00:25:27Bam!
00:25:27This is my moment.
00:25:28I come from the music industry, and I feel very confident
00:25:32in my songwriting abilities.
00:25:35How are you doing?
00:25:37Penwell.
00:25:38Come on, Frog.
00:25:39It's an honor, my liege.
00:25:40Alexander the Great.
00:25:41Yes!
00:25:42Dick Ben.
00:25:44Come here, hottie.
00:25:45Fuck wild!
00:25:46Yeah.
00:25:49Just me and Elton John over here.
00:25:50Elton John!
00:25:53My final pick is going to be King Perk.
00:26:00Come on, Perka.
00:26:01And all them buckles.
00:26:04I feel awful.
00:26:08I feel solo.
00:26:09I feel small.
00:26:10I feel third grade gym.
00:26:12That leaves Big D to join team two.
00:26:16I'm excited.
00:26:17Getting picked last.
00:26:19It goes deep.
00:26:20At least some of this is absolutely in my wheelhouse,
00:26:23and I'm going to deliver.
00:26:24You have 90 minutes till showtime.
00:26:26All right, guys, bring it in.
00:26:28Come on.
00:26:28Come on.
00:26:30On three, long live the kings.
00:26:33One, two, three.
00:26:35Long live the kings.
00:26:39Let's do it.
00:26:40Oh, no.
00:26:41Come on.
00:26:41We're the boss.
00:26:42Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:26:44First day, first beefy challenge is boy bands.
00:26:4790 minutes is not enough time to do this challenge.
00:26:5090 minutes to what?
00:26:52To writerverse, recordverse, and come up with choreography.
00:26:56I'm kind of freaking out.
00:26:57Budget.
00:26:58Okay.
00:26:59So I've actually done drag king boy bands a few times before.
00:27:02I feel pretty comfortable as far as being a good team member and making sure that our looks kind of hang together.
00:27:07I saw myself in boy bands.
00:27:09This is my opportunity.
00:27:10Good.
00:27:11Now I have my thinking cap on.
00:27:12We can start.
00:27:13Anything that revolves around music, I feel really empowered to succeed at.
00:27:17Well, make sure you get that relaxed fit.
00:27:18Nice to meet you.
00:27:19You know what I'm saying?
00:27:20I have me an NSYNC CD, a Backstreet Boys CD, or two.
00:27:23Some people think about NSYNC.
00:27:25I think about Blackstreet.
00:27:27The Temptations.
00:27:28You got some accessories.
00:27:2910p3.
00:27:30My boy band arrow is New Kids on the Block.
00:27:33Does Duran Duran count as a boy band?
00:27:35I have had many opportunities to live out my boy band fantasy.
00:27:39When I was the producer of my own drag troupe, The Boys of Austin, I have experience when
00:27:43it comes to turning a group of kings into a boy band, and so I'm ready.
00:27:47Okay.
00:27:48Okay, everybody.
00:27:49Wow.
00:27:50First thing we should come up with is a name, right?
00:27:52Yeah.
00:27:52Yeah.
00:27:53Let me listen to the song.
00:27:55Oh, sure.
00:27:56Want to try the song?
00:27:57Like a team name, you know?
00:27:58I'm thinking Viagra because we're blue.
00:27:59I was thinking, like, Molasses and the Sticky Sweets or something like that.
00:28:03Sticky Sweets.
00:28:04Maybe this is an opportunity for me to be a leader in this challenge, and, like, we all
00:28:08just, like, hold hands and skip and have a great time under my thoughtful leadership.
00:28:12It can always be, like, the blue balls.
00:28:14Something quick, punchy.
00:28:15The blue ballers.
00:28:16Okay.
00:28:16The blue ballers.
00:28:17I quickly establish DVD's alpha energy.
00:28:21I like that a lot.
00:28:21The blue ballers.
00:28:22Especially after your little basketball moves.
00:28:24And I think...
00:28:25If you need a rapper, I can rap.
00:28:32So I can do that for you.
00:28:34Go for it.
00:28:34I come from the music industry.
00:28:36I see a songwriting challenge.
00:28:38I'm a songwriter.
00:28:39I'm going to write a fire verse.
00:28:41It makes the most sense with, like, the bridge.
00:28:43So would you want to rap that part?
00:28:45Because it sounds different.
00:28:46Okay.
00:28:46So Charles Galen kicks off.
00:28:48I follow.
00:28:49And then we pair up Buck and Big D because their stories were similar.
00:28:52And then we think that Tuna could take it home with the rap at the end.
00:28:56I'm a control freak or I need someone else to be in charge and have authority.
00:28:59So I want someone strong to be like, this is what we're doing.
00:29:03I know at least one musician.
00:29:04You're a musician?
00:29:05A little bit, yeah.
00:29:06What do you play?
00:29:07Um, trombone, bass guitar, a little bit of slide guitar.
00:29:10I was trained into musicianship pretty early on because my parents said, well, if you're
00:29:15going to come on tour with us, we have to justify you being there.
00:29:17So here's some instruments.
00:29:19Let's train you up.
00:29:20Because I am the captain and going first is tough, I will take the first spot to open
00:29:27it up.
00:29:28I want to introduce all y'all by name by the end of my verse.
00:29:32To be fair, that leaves you less time to speak about yourself and your verse.
00:29:36I think I got it.
00:29:37Huh?
00:29:37I'll go now.
00:29:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:38Like, if I'm starting us off, I want to start us off right.
00:29:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:29:41Okay, leader.
00:29:41I'm definitely noticing that there are multiple strong leaders on this team and we have to
00:29:46really work together on this.
00:29:47I used to write poetry in high school, so I'm just like, easy.
00:29:50Oh, good job.
00:29:51Okay, King.
00:29:51Easy.
00:29:52I didn't say it was good.
00:29:54I strategically pick going in the middle because who remembers the middle versus?
00:29:58I don't.
00:29:59So hopefully the judges won't either.
00:30:01Honestly, I know we're going to do something weird.
00:30:04Don't be scared.
00:30:05Come all through.
00:30:06Big pressure.
00:30:07I got you.
00:30:08Now I need like four more seconds.
00:30:09I'm very nervous.
00:30:10Being a comedian, I don't, I write jokes.
00:30:13What do you want the audience to know about you?
00:30:16Um, I was just trying to let them know my name, mostly.
00:30:20We're talking to a girl.
00:30:21So if we're finishing, I want you, what is the last line you want to say to a girl?
00:30:25Big pressure.
00:30:25I got you.
00:30:26I know you want to touch me too.
00:30:28Hey.
00:30:29Okay.
00:30:30Okay.
00:30:31I'm feeling my confidence, girl.
00:30:32Like, bar by bar.
00:30:34Maybe I am a rapper.
00:30:36Maybe I can use my real voice.
00:30:38I'm like, I am a big person.
00:30:41We're here to prove we deserve our place.
00:30:43Do you love dick yet?
00:30:44I can see it on your face.
00:30:45You sound like a great writer, but for the beat to kind of keep you on it.
00:30:50For sure.
00:30:50It's great for you.
00:30:51Sassy.
00:30:51Fine.
00:30:52I am not intimidated by writing a verse.
00:30:54I know what skills I have and, like, the fact that everyone else hasn't necessarily seen
00:30:58them yet is, like, fine.
00:31:00I know I come in with a bit of a reputation.
00:31:02In order for me to sort of underline that reputation, I have to establish myself as a frontrunner.
00:31:09I'm still on, like, the second verse.
00:31:12Tuna Belt's, like, eight lines in.
00:31:14Alexander the Great's shimmying his shoulders, so I know he's got something good.
00:31:17I'm nervous because I've never written anything like this before.
00:31:21Rhyme, time, lime.
00:31:23Uh, I don't know.
00:31:26I'm the live singing, rapping king of New York City.
00:31:29This is my moment to shine.
00:31:31Put your hands on my waist, then I give you a T-boy face.
00:31:34For the longest time, I never felt like a girl.
00:31:37I also never feel 100% like a man.
00:31:40It's always been this spectrum of existence.
00:31:46I am so worried about remembering my lyrics.
00:31:49Then we move on to choreography.
00:31:50What are we doing for Buckwild's verse?
00:31:52I just wonder if we just change level.
00:31:54What if we made out?
00:31:55I'm kidding.
00:31:56I'm kidding.
00:31:56That's fine, too.
00:31:57That's fine, too.
00:31:58Sorry, we're on the line going on to stage.
00:32:01It's time to choreo, and nobody steps up to be the lead.
00:32:04Step with the right cross.
00:32:06Back, back.
00:32:07Somebody needs to do a big, like, to initiate it, I think.
00:32:09Should we take out the box step?
00:32:11I'm sorry.
00:32:12If it's too much, just take it out.
00:32:13I don't think it's too...
00:32:14What do other people feel?
00:32:15I think there's a part of me that thinks I just should have been the choreographer.
00:32:18But I'm really nervous.
00:32:19Also, I was picked last.
00:32:20So it doesn't feel correct for me to say, oh, and now I'm your leader.
00:32:24I'm just trying to get comfortable with the choreography that we have.
00:32:27And Big D's like, can we add?
00:32:28And we're like, no, we can't add any more.
00:32:30There are five of us.
00:32:32There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen.
00:32:33Buck is dressed to the nines in his chest plate.
00:32:37I'm hoping that he's able to move along with us.
00:32:39I gotta make sure me and my team are bringing it.
00:32:41Do a little say, say my name.
00:32:45Say, say.
00:32:45And then we can all be in, like, maybe two in the front, three in the back.
00:32:49I am a classically trained dancer and competitive dancer.
00:32:53Drag gives me the ultimate freedom.
00:32:55As a performer, I have the ability to do everything that I want to do.
00:33:00Like, what the f***?
00:33:01That's crazy.
00:33:03And then it goes, say my name.
00:33:05Yeah.
00:33:06Okay.
00:33:07Does that work?
00:33:07Down.
00:33:08What do you think?
00:33:08All right, so, um...
00:33:11Just remembering it.
00:33:13I have a lot of trauma in choreography.
00:33:16I see flashbacks of mistakes I've made on stage.
00:33:20I came here with so much to prove.
00:33:22I'm hoping my verse holds me into safety.
00:33:26You know?
00:33:27We're going to do, like, the Super Bowl, the Kijia Lamar, the walk.
00:33:31So I'm like, okay, I can do that.
00:33:32And then my big homie, Perkinson, is struggling with...
00:33:35Can we just exempt Perk as we are doing...
00:33:37That's literally what I'm thinking.
00:33:39I'm here to represent for all the black people with no rhythm.
00:33:41It's going to be hilarious if we just continue the choreography.
00:33:44And you are literally trying to get reset.
00:33:46That's f***ing funny.
00:33:48There are, like, so many things that Molasses choreographed.
00:33:50There are things I wouldn't do personally.
00:33:53But the challenge is to be cohesive as a group.
00:33:55And I'm also worried about falling down in these heels.
00:33:59Why did I choose to wear these shoes?
00:34:00Sorry, Kendrick.
00:34:03I literally just saw Perka drop into a split across the man cave.
00:34:08So I think I know I have to do a split, too.
00:34:11Remember your beat.
00:34:12Well, we'll just follow you either way.
00:34:13Yeah.
00:34:14And if you turn early, we should go with you.
00:34:16You know what I mean?
00:34:16No, listen to the beat.
00:34:17You won't turn early.
00:34:19I absolutely promise you.
00:34:20I am making suggestions, like, what if we do this?
00:34:23And everyone's kind of like, eh, we're good.
00:34:25The two clearest leaders who are taking charge are Dick and Molasses.
00:34:29Both of them are initiating some really great moves for the team.
00:34:32And if both of them aren't going to budge on those moves, that's not going to look cohesive.
00:34:35It'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.
00:34:42I just wasn't expecting to feel so small.
00:34:47You can react to that.
00:34:48Yeah.
00:34:48Oh, I will.
00:34:49Choreography is a bit challenging.
00:34:51DVD's holding me to task.
00:34:52While 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.
00:34:59I'm seeing what the other team is doing.
00:35:01If we're judged as a group, we are all on the chopping block.
00:35:05I'm intimidated because it seems like the other team came to some conclusions about what to do faster than we did.
00:35:11We're exhausted.
00:35:11I'm trying to preserve whatever energy I have left.
00:35:15As long as the, um...
00:35:17Time's up, kings!
00:35:19Shake it up, put it back in your pants, and meet me in the Royal Hall.
00:35:23Okay, we got this, we got this.
00:35:24God, please just let me remember my lyrics.
00:35:27Please!
00:35:28I am lost.
00:35:29Left is right, right is left.
00:35:31I hope I do not bring my team down.
00:35:41Welcome to the Royal Hall, where the magic happens.
00:36:04Now let me introduce you to our esteemed panel of judges, the King's Court,
00:36:10Chicago's Puerto Rican King of Charisma, Tender Rowney,
00:36:15Brooklyn drag icon, author of The Big Reveal, an illustrated manifesto of drag,
00:36:21and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, Sasha Bluer.
00:36:27Hailing from Philly, New York City, and the motherland of Taiwan,
00:36:31the international man of mystery, Wang Newton.
00:36:35Executive producer and judge of the GLAAD award-winning series, Drag Latina,
00:36:41queer-style icon, the unapologetic, Damian Pellaccioni.
00:36:46And lastly, please welcome the legendary director of A Simple Favor,
00:36:51Bridesmaids, Freaks and Geeks, Jackpot, which I was in,
00:36:55and the upcoming film, The Housemaid, the best-dressed man in Hollywood.
00:37:01Please welcome my pal, Paul Feig.
00:37:04Showbiz.
00:37:05Showbiz.
00:37:07Can you believe we are here right now, everybody?
00:37:11Can you believe this?
00:37:12Woo!
00:37:12Yeah!
00:37:13Yeah!
00:37:14I'm not going to ask you something.
00:37:14Did you ever think you'd be a judge on the first Drag King competition show?
00:37:19I always hoped I would be.
00:37:21Especially with you, Murray.
00:37:22Only in my wildest dreams.
00:37:24It's about damn time.
00:37:25I'm going to say what I said in those dreams.
00:37:27Bring on the men.
00:37:28Oh!
00:37:29Now, were you looking at me when you said that?
00:37:31Because, you know, I got to do my job.
00:37:33Showbiz.
00:37:34Oh, these kids.
00:37:35Before I get down to business, I want to share something that I saw online.
00:37:40Paul, I hate to put you on the spot,
00:37:41but you and your wife recently donated $300,000 to three major LGBTQ plus youth advocacy organizations.
00:37:54You are a true ally, and you lead by example as always.
00:37:58So, thank you.
00:37:59And I love the community, and I love all you guys.
00:38:02This week, our kings were asked to create their own boy band show.
00:38:05They each had 90 minutes to write a verse and work together to give us something to talk about at the water cooler tomorrow, okay?
00:38:13Thanks for laughing at that joke.
00:38:15That was pretty bad.
00:38:17Oh, that got a bigger laugh.
00:38:21So, Kings Court, what are you looking for in this halftime performance?
00:38:25I want to see the choreo.
00:38:27I want to see the charisma.
00:38:28And because I am tenderoni, I want to see some dancing, high energy, and I need to see a gag.
00:38:35What was that last thing?
00:38:36Oh, a gag.
00:38:37Oh, a gag.
00:38:38Okay.
00:38:39I thought you said you need to see a gag.
00:38:41And I'm like, don't look at me.
00:38:43When I think boy bands, I think formations.
00:38:46I think characters.
00:38:48I don't think brilliant lyrics, but I am expecting to see that tonight because this is better than boy bands.
00:38:53This is Drag Kings.
00:38:54I want to see high energy, and I want to see, just like everyone else is saying, some good choreo.
00:38:58I mostly want entertainment, whether it be because mistakes happen or because they really go for it.
00:39:03That's what I'd like.
00:39:04And you know what you call that, Paul?
00:39:05What?
00:39:06Showbiz.
00:39:06There you go.
00:39:07Well, I'm just looking for some dick.
00:39:10Hey, not that kind of dick.
00:39:12Daring, innovation, creativity, and charisma with a K.
00:39:17Okay.
00:39:18All right, judges, are you ready for the show?
00:39:20Yeah.
00:39:21All right.
00:39:23It's the King of Drag sporting event of the year.
00:39:26The Mandals Bowl, brought to you by Mandals, the only candles for men.
00:39:33I'm your host, Murray Hill.
00:39:36I don't know what this sport is, but I do know that these guys like tapping each other's butts.
00:39:41And now, for your halftime entertainment, the all-star boy band featuring Charles Galen King,
00:39:48Alexander the Great, Big D, Buck Wild, and Tuna Melt, it's bromo-sexual.
00:39:59Sasha Velour, are you kidding me?
00:40:01I'm freaking out.
00:40:02She is our f***ing queen.
00:40:05I'm so gagged.
00:40:08One, two, three, four.
00:40:09Hey, you see me?
00:40:11Look and feel me.
00:40:13What?
00:40:13You can't?
00:40:14Then hear me.
00:40:15Baby, Charles Galen King I.B.
00:40:18Let's play outside and be free.
00:40:20You know what to do.
00:40:21Score the goal.
00:40:22Shoot the hoop.
00:40:23Rep in Austin, Texas.
00:40:24Yes, that lone star state.
00:40:26I'm the king back home.
00:40:28Bitch, I'm Alexander the Great.
00:40:29See me drop into a split.
00:40:31Or fly in the sky.
00:40:33I'm here and I'm queer.
00:40:34And I stand for trans right.
00:40:36Say, say my name.
00:40:39Say it loud.
00:40:40Say, say it.
00:40:41Say it.
00:40:42Say it.
00:40:43I am the person that they want you about.
00:40:46Say, say my name.
00:40:49Big D is seasoned.
00:40:51Big D is hot.
00:40:53Gonna give you lots of chicken from my chicken soup pot.
00:40:56Slurp up this wisdom, but please don't do gag.
00:40:59Cause there's no such thing as too old to drag.
00:41:03I've been slinging bucks since the dawn of time.
00:41:06People say I'm aging like the finest wine.
00:41:09Did someone say my name three times?
00:41:11I'm giving you the wildest rhymes.
00:41:13Don't act like you don't owe me, son.
00:41:15I'm the one you copied from.
00:41:16Say it loud.
00:41:17Yes.
00:41:17Say it loud.
00:41:18Say it loud.
00:41:18Say it loud.
00:41:20Say it.
00:41:20Say it.
00:41:21Say it.
00:41:21Say it.
00:41:21Say it.
00:41:22Say it.
00:41:23I am the person that they want you about.
00:41:26Say it.
00:41:27Say it loud.
00:41:28Say it loud.
00:41:28Say it loud.
00:41:29Kiss me so stinky and delicious.
00:41:31Repping queens and chasing riches.
00:41:33A drag king in this world.
00:41:34Serving like Mitchell in dishes.
00:41:36Put your hands on my waist while I give you a T-boy face.
00:41:39Give it up for Tuna Mel who's stupid hungry for first place.
00:41:42Ah.
00:41:49Yeah.
00:41:49Oh.
00:41:50Oh.
00:41:50Say it.
00:41:51Say it loud.
00:41:54Say it.
00:41:55Say it.
00:41:55Say it.
00:41:56I am the person that they want you about.
00:41:58Say it.
00:41:59Say it.
00:41:59Say it.
00:42:00Say it.
00:42:00Say it.
00:42:01Say it.
00:42:01Say it.
00:42:02Say it.
00:42:02Say it.
00:42:03Say it.
00:42:03Say it.
00:42:04Say it.
00:42:04Say it.
00:42:05Say it.
00:42:05Woo.
00:42:06Woo.
00:42:06Yeah.
00:42:07Woo.
00:42:07Woo.
00:42:08Woo.
00:42:08Woo.
00:42:09Woo.
00:42:09Woo.
00:42:10Woo.
00:42:10I was really proud of myself for being able to write a lyric, record a lyric, do the choreography.
00:42:16I've discovered something new about myself that I did not know was possible.
00:42:20Hell yeah.
00:42:21I did that.
00:42:21Great job, guys.
00:42:22That was amazing.
00:42:23Come on.
00:42:24Another round of applause for them.
00:42:25I'm amazed that I'm like standing and ready to go at this point.
00:42:28Not getting picked did rattle me.
00:42:30I've got my head in the game and I'm like going to cross the finish line with the hike
00:42:35and the, you know, sports.
00:42:37I step off stage and I'm worried that I needed to drill my lyrics, but I was so tired.
00:42:44More time would have been great.
00:42:45I would have listened to my lyrics even more.
00:42:48None of us are Beyonce, so I think we're okay.
00:42:51And now, the second half of our halftime show.
00:42:55It's King Molasses, Henlo Bullfrog, Pressure K, Percosex, Dick Von Dyke.
00:43:02Here are the blue boys.
00:43:11I'm breathing the same air as Tenderoni.
00:43:13Like, Tenderoni is everything.
00:43:16So 90s with the stones, with the bling.
00:43:18Like, if I had a daddy.
00:43:21Somebody better match my freak.
00:43:23Baby girl, I like to hit seven days out the week.
00:43:25Uh, they call me King Molasses.
00:43:27M-O-L, what's the best of that spell?
00:43:29Asses, yeah.
00:43:30I put the butts in seats with K-Presh, Big Frog, Perk and DVD.
00:43:33It's King of Drag and we run the show.
00:43:35Bleed ballers all day, Henlo, let's go.
00:43:37Seeing flashing lights up in the sky.
00:43:39Gluing things to my face, kind of guy.
00:43:41Chaotic energy, I know you know.
00:43:43Pinned to the stars, just call Henlo.
00:43:45Airbrush blowing monster man.
00:43:47Doing things just because I can.
00:43:49Screaming, bleeding, making noise.
00:43:51Let me introduce you to the boys.
00:43:55You make me wanna, wanna, wanna.
00:44:01Oh, you make me wanna.
00:44:03You do that thing.
00:44:05Make me scream.
00:44:07Make me scream.
00:44:08Ow!
00:44:09Hey!
00:44:10It's Pressure K from the A.
00:44:13I love when you scream my name.
00:44:15I know you want me to buy you a chain.
00:44:17Come on, girl.
00:44:18What's my name?
00:44:19Don't be scared.
00:44:20Come on through.
00:44:21You know, Big Pressure, I got you.
00:44:23I know you wanna touch me too.
00:44:25What's up, girl?
00:44:26What it do?
00:44:27Yo, hey there.
00:44:28My name's King Perka.
00:44:30I'm here to show y'all how I work.
00:44:32I'm an alt king.
00:44:33I'm not really a dancer.
00:44:34But please don't make me cry because I'm just a cancer.
00:44:36I need y'all to listen, listen quick.
00:44:38Tell Trump trans people ain't gonna quit.
00:44:40Oof.
00:44:41I love being here.
00:44:42But y'all, I gotta split.
00:44:44You make me wanna, wanna, wanna.
00:44:50Oh, you make me wanna.
00:44:52You do that thing.
00:44:55Make me scream.
00:44:57Ow!
00:44:58And you make me wanna.
00:45:00Ladies, lezzies, gays and theys.
00:45:02Dick Von Dyke just took the stage.
00:45:04The kings are here and ready to shine.
00:45:06Classy, sassy, manly, fine.
00:45:08Kings are all love, no need to be catty.
00:45:10Drag is family, and I'm the daddy.
00:45:12We're here to prove we deserve our place.
00:45:14Do you love dick?
00:45:15I can see it on your face.
00:45:16You make me wanna, wanna, wanna.
00:45:22Oh, you make me wanna.
00:45:24You do the thing.
00:45:27Make me scream.
00:45:29Ow!
00:45:37Yeah, yo, yeah, yo.
00:45:38Come on, let's hear it for these guys.
00:45:40Oh, kids, great job.
00:45:43I feel good.
00:45:44Perka did a split, and he learned a two-step.
00:45:47Look at God.
00:45:48I'm not feeling the best at my performance personally,
00:45:50but I know everyone else crushed it.
00:45:52To be honest, even though I feel like I'm gonna be safe,
00:45:54I don't know exactly how we landed.
00:45:57I ended up having to land a different way in my split
00:46:00that didn't end up being the cleanest.
00:46:02We're all ready for Perk to be in the bottom
00:46:04for a dancing challenge.
00:46:05I'm all smiles.
00:46:07I just hope I did not break my team down.
00:46:16Let's hear it for him. Come on.
00:46:17Great job, Kings.
00:46:22And I gotta say, this is our first episode,
00:46:25our first big, beefy challenge.
00:46:28And I'm gonna say, I'm proud of each and every one of you.
00:46:32You all crushed it.
00:46:33Come on.
00:46:34Give yourself a round of applause.
00:46:36So, Kings, tonight you performed as a group,
00:46:40but you'll be critiqued individually.
00:46:43If the court calls your name, please step forward.
00:46:48Pressure K.
00:46:53Charles Galen King.
00:46:58Dick Von Dyke.
00:47:00And Buck Wilde.
00:47:05And what is your royal decree?
00:47:17You are all...
00:47:20Safe!
00:47:23My team really helped with my confidence.
00:47:25Now I'm like, I'm a big dog.
00:47:27And I do big dog s***.
00:47:28Like, I'm feeling good.
00:47:29Your quest for the crown continues.
00:47:32Please step to the back of the stage.
00:47:34Being safe is like, wow, they saw me.
00:47:36And they see me that I have more potential in the future.
00:47:39I'll take it.
00:47:40Gracias.
00:47:41The remaining six of you represent the tops
00:47:45and the bottoms of the week.
00:47:51Yeah, I'm a real king.
00:47:59Yeah.
00:48:01Court, we request your feedback.
00:48:04First of all, I just want to say this is a historic moment.
00:48:06The first drag king competition series in the world.
00:48:09This is exciting to create a platform for all of you
00:48:14and anyone that comes after you.
00:48:15comes after you.
00:48:16I know many of you or know of you.
00:48:19This is a small little community of drag,
00:48:21and I'm going to be judging all of you very harshly.
00:48:25This is important.
00:48:27And you are the best of the best.
00:48:29So we deserve to hear it.
00:48:30Let's begin with Percosex.
00:48:32Hi.
00:48:33Your makeup is stunning.
00:48:35It's graphic.
00:48:35It grabs the light.
00:48:37I'd love to see a little blue accent
00:48:39tied in elsewhere into the look.
00:48:41You came out the cut super high energy,
00:48:43a little bit all over the place sometimes.
00:48:45It looked like you were trying to find where you had to be.
00:48:48You really had the high energy with the split at the end.
00:48:51I agree the choreo was a little bit off.
00:48:53Next time, just throw yourself in it a little bit further.
00:48:56Well, I just always overthink because anxiety.
00:49:00And right before we went on, my legs started twitching up.
00:49:03So I was like, oh, well, too late.
00:49:06Let's go, go time, go time, go time.
00:49:08But also it's not an excuse because I could have said stop.
00:49:10So it was split time decision making.
00:49:13But anyway, I don't disagree with anything.
00:49:17Tenderoni said I looked lost.
00:49:19I'm glad that you got that message
00:49:20because that's what I was giving.
00:49:22It was giving confusion.
00:49:23All right, next up, let's talk to Henla.
00:49:25Hey, baby, look at these colors.
00:49:29This costume, top to bottom, it is full of dedication
00:49:34and commitment.
00:49:35I know that you're known for your airbrush work,
00:49:38so I really appreciate the craftsmanship that I went into it.
00:49:40Amazing look, so graphically pleasing, so unique.
00:49:44And that's what I always look for, is just what stands out.
00:49:47What do I remember?
00:49:48Oh, my God.
00:49:51But I really would have liked to see more Swoon.
00:49:56Yeah, it's boy band.
00:49:57Everyone else's energy was so high.
00:49:59I feel like your energy came in a little bit mid.
00:50:01The energy did not meet the expectations offered
00:50:04by your incredible look and stage presence
00:50:06in the performance itself.
00:50:08We know you can absolutely slay it, sort of counting on you.
00:50:12Promise.
00:50:12I'm still figuring out what these judges are looking for
00:50:15and how they'll score us.
00:50:17My mind has been with the team this whole time,
00:50:19but maybe that means that I wasn't thinking about myself.
00:50:22All right, let's talk to King Molasses.
00:50:24King, I was just completely blown away.
00:50:28You come up with such confidence, such a strong voice,
00:50:31strong personality, took the assignment and just took it
00:50:34to the next level, and I was just completely floored.
00:50:36When I say big Wang energy, we can make our jokes, yes?
00:50:41But who has mastered their inner Wang?
00:50:49Hey, kids, keep it clean.
00:50:50So it's nice to see you bring that,
00:50:54and that's something that's hard to describe in words.
00:50:57It's a beingness, and it's beautiful
00:51:00to see people walk with their ancestors.
00:51:04My father, actually, this was his,
00:51:06it's called an agbada, which I'm definitely butchering,
00:51:10and all of Nigeria who is probably not watching this
00:51:13will call me out for it.
00:51:14But drag has given me a chance to come back
00:51:16into a culture that I didn't always have access to
00:51:19because of my queerness.
00:51:20Molasses, thank you for sharing that.
00:51:22It's super important, especially right now.
00:51:25Yeah.
00:51:26That is global, and there will be queer kids in Nigeria
00:51:29watching you right now on this show.
00:51:32All right, let's talk to Alexander the Great.
00:51:35Alexander the Great!
00:51:36Hello!
00:51:37The second you stepped out,
00:51:39we knew we were in good hands.
00:51:41You had such an ease.
00:51:43You were a consummate performer and professional.
00:51:45You really came out of the group like a firecracker.
00:51:48Like, as soon as you came to the stage,
00:51:49you really commanded it.
00:51:51Your stage presence is so great,
00:51:53and like, the controlled split was so good.
00:51:56Powerful.
00:51:57Powerful, powerful.
00:51:58So confident, just so precise.
00:52:01You just stuck the landing.
00:52:03I love the head-to-toe look.
00:52:04Like, the wig goes with the outfit.
00:52:07Like, the message is so cool.
00:52:09You gave boy band the house down.
00:52:12You're clearly the pretty boy of the group,
00:52:14and we love to see it.
00:52:15Um, great job.
00:52:16Oh, my God.
00:52:17I feel like a champion.
00:52:19Getting this feedback,
00:52:20I know that everything that I've worked for
00:52:22is going great, and I'm meant to be here.
00:52:25Okay, Big D.
00:52:26I thought your lyrics were some of the best.
00:52:29I love the fact that you leaned in
00:52:31and you're unapologetically being open
00:52:33about your age and being an older king.
00:52:35This one right here is serving the comedies.
00:52:39If Shiver Me Timbers was a king.
00:52:41Whoo!
00:52:43You have the greatest, strongest look I've ever seen.
00:52:47I want you in a movie.
00:52:48Oh, stop it.
00:52:49It is my favorite.
00:52:50I love all the costumes up here.
00:52:52This costume is so graphically pleasing.
00:52:57Your makeup, the persona you've brought
00:53:00is just leaping off the stage,
00:53:02and at home it's leaping off the screen.
00:53:04And you are just the complete package.
00:53:07Wow.
00:53:10I'm just an idiot up here.
00:53:14Paul Feig says he wants to put me in a movie.
00:53:16Please call me.
00:53:18I mean, are you kidding?
00:53:19Like, everyone was, I mean, like, it was glowing.
00:53:23They saw me.
00:53:24All right, let's talk to Tuna Melt.
00:53:26Tuna Melt, a fellow New York drag superstar.
00:53:31I love this look.
00:53:32It is, like, very Guatemala.
00:53:34So when you came in, I was like, yes,
00:53:37con mucho, mucho amor.
00:53:38You really bring a real unique character
00:53:40to what you're doing.
00:53:41I think you know why you're in a little bit of trouble tonight.
00:53:44You had the weakest lip sync of everyone.
00:53:46And it's your own words.
00:53:48So I think that just was really distracting.
00:53:50I agree.
00:53:51I do think the lip sync was a little off.
00:53:53But I've seen you perform your own music live before.
00:53:56So you can get a little bit of leeway for that.
00:53:59Baby.
00:54:00What a bubba.
00:54:01Primo, que paso?
00:54:02I feel that confidence was missing.
00:54:05I also think a little bit more confidence would help.
00:54:08I know this was not easy doing something
00:54:10that you just wrote 30 minutes earlier.
00:54:12Yes.
00:54:13You can never predict anything in drag, as we've discovered.
00:54:16So you've got to be super prepared.
00:54:18Yeah.
00:54:19I feel devastated hearing this feedback.
00:54:23I bring a plan to everything.
00:54:25Today, I didn't bring a plan for the lip sync,
00:54:28because I was like, I'll have time.
00:54:29To hear the judges say that he was the worst lip
00:54:32syncer and not acknowledge his lyrics at all,
00:54:35that was very hard to hear.
00:54:37I feel like I just let everybody down.
00:54:40All right, Sasha.
00:54:42Please name this week's winner.
00:54:46We were blown away by all of you.
00:54:47There were three who really excelled this week.
00:54:51Alexander the Great.
00:54:52Now that I've landed in the top three in week one,
00:54:56I feel like the other kings are watching me
00:54:58a little bit more closely.
00:55:00Big D.
00:55:01Oh, thank God.
00:55:02Thank God.
00:55:04Oh, thanks, Satan.
00:55:05I was on the bench, right?
00:55:07And now I'm top three.
00:55:09Stop it.
00:55:10Stop it.
00:55:13King Molasses.
00:55:15I'm not a lyric writer, a choreographer.
00:55:18And I was able to do all of those things
00:55:20in the first challenge and have a bit of an opportunity
00:55:23to share a little bit more about myself,
00:55:25which is really what this challenge was about.
00:55:28We have decided the winner of this week
00:55:36is King Molasses.
00:55:38Yeah!
00:55:41Congratulations, King Molasses!
00:55:44Oh, my gosh.
00:55:51I can't believe I won the first challenge.
00:55:55This was a great start for me in the competition.
00:55:58You are first in line for the throne this week.
00:56:03Keep it up, if you know what I'm saying.
00:56:06I think I do.
00:56:13Moe is the winner, because anyone that can teach me
00:56:15how to kind of two-step deserves the win.
00:56:18Alexander the Great, Big D, you are also safe this week.
00:56:23Good job.
00:56:25Pursuit of the Crown continues.
00:56:28I will say I really wanted to win, but I'll take it.
00:56:33Now the part that sucks.
00:56:36Which kings are in danger of leaving the competition?
00:56:42Tenderoni?
00:56:44Tune him out.
00:56:45Your performance energy was great,
00:56:47but unfortunately, the lip sync wasn't there.
00:56:52I'm sorry, but you're up for elimination.
00:56:55It's OK with life without a little challenge.
00:56:57You got that.
00:56:58You keep swimming two nuts.
00:57:01I'm Asian, I'm Latin, I'm transgender.
00:57:04I come from a family of immigrants.
00:57:06My mother instilled in me that I had to work two times harder
00:57:10than everybody else.
00:57:12Henlo, your look was great, but the energy and the performance
00:57:16didn't match the look.
00:57:18I came here pretty confident in my abilities
00:57:20and what I was bringing to the table.
00:57:23And to find myself at the bottom of the pack so quickly,
00:57:26it makes me question a lot of things.
00:57:28Percosex, your energy and your performance was great,
00:57:32but it just needed to be reeled in a little bit.
00:57:36I look pretty.
00:57:36I don't dance.
00:57:37Period.
00:57:41I'm in the bottom.
00:57:43I was expecting it.
00:57:44I'm not going to let it affect my mood or anything.
00:57:47We have decided that, Percosex, you are safe.
00:57:55I love you guys so much.
00:57:58It's so good.
00:57:58It's so good to see how you're here.
00:58:01Just make this really cool things.
00:58:02Which means, Henlo Bullfrog, you are up for elimination.
00:58:08Safe kings, please step off the stage.
00:58:11Quero primo.
00:58:13Got you, Henlo.
00:58:14Please take center stage.
00:58:19Henlo and Tuna Mill, you have one last chance for redemption.
00:58:29Each week, the bottom kings must go head to head
00:58:33an elimination battle known as the final thrust.
00:58:40I'm not mentally ready to go into the final thrust.
00:58:43I thought we weren't going home today.
00:58:45This week, you must emulate the most virally memed,
00:58:50but shortest lived Olympic sport, breakdance battle.
00:58:55Are you getting me breakdancing?
00:58:57Am I ready for this?
00:58:59I don't know.
00:59:00I'm terrified.
00:59:00Don't be afraid to get creative.
00:59:03Put your flavor on it.
00:59:04And you don't have to be a great break dancer to win,
00:59:07but we must be entertained.
00:59:09I'm just going to give it to you raw.
00:59:11LOL.
00:59:12I left an incredible job to throw it down for trans joy.
00:59:18Now more than ever, we need people to fight for our community.
00:59:22Man, now you're getting me fired up.
00:59:23Gentlemen, this is the final thrust.
00:59:33Gentlemen, this is your final thrust.
00:59:47DJ, drop the beat.
00:59:49The beat.
00:59:50Yeah.
00:59:51Hey, hey, hey.
00:59:52Let's go.
00:59:53Come on.
00:59:54Come on.
00:59:55Come on.
00:59:56Come on.
00:59:57It's us.
00:59:58You're kidding.
00:59:59We're going to try to win.
01:00:00Come on.
01:00:01Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:00:02Uh-oh.
01:00:03Oh.
01:00:04Oh.
01:00:05Oh.
01:00:06Oh.
01:00:07Oh.
01:00:08Oh.
01:00:09Oh.
01:00:10Yes.
01:00:11Let's go.
01:00:12Let's go.
01:00:13Oh.
01:00:14Oh, it's a battle.
01:00:15It's a battle.
01:00:16Let's go.
01:00:17Hey.
01:00:18Booty.
01:00:19Just full frostbreeze.
01:00:20Woo!
01:00:21Yeah!
01:00:22Yeah!
01:00:23Yeah!
01:00:24Yeah!
01:00:25Yeah!
01:00:26Yeah!
01:00:27Yeah!
01:00:28Yeah!
01:00:29Yeah!
01:00:30Yeah!
01:00:31Yeah!
01:00:32Yeah!
01:00:33Yeah!
01:00:34Oh!
01:00:35Yeah!
01:00:36Woo!
01:00:37Woo!
01:00:38Woo!
01:00:39Woo!
01:00:40Woo!
01:00:41Woo!
01:00:42Woo!
01:00:43Woo!
01:00:44Yeah!
01:00:45Court, you must now vote for the king you wish to stay in the competition.
01:00:51Yeah, I love you both.
01:00:52Um, I vote for tuna melt to stay in the competition.
01:00:56Sasha?
01:00:57My vote is for Henlo to stay in the competition.
01:01:01Wayne?
01:01:02My vote is for tuna melt to stay.
01:01:06Tenderoni?
01:01:07I'm gonna vote for Henlo Bullfrog to stay.
01:01:10Do I want this?
01:01:11Yes.
01:01:12Desperately I want this.
01:01:13Am I ready to fight?
01:01:14Yes.
01:01:15Am I ready to be in the bottom when I score low?
01:01:16Yes!
01:01:17And I will fight my way back up.
01:01:18I can't go home first.
01:01:20And last but not least, Damian.
01:01:23My vote tonight to stay in the competition is Henlo.
01:01:34Henlo Bullfrog, congratulations.
01:01:37You are safe.
01:01:38Your pursuit of the crown continues.
01:01:41You may step aside.
01:01:43I'm feeling the reality that this is a competition.
01:01:48It's real.
01:01:50Knowing that this is where Tuna's big plans end is not just bittersweet.
01:01:57It's bitter.
01:01:58Tuna, a couple of New York City guys up here.
01:02:02I'm very proud of you.
01:02:03You did great.
01:02:04I'm sorry, but you know, you gotta go back to Queens and play for the Mets.
01:02:09I feel like the Mets.
01:02:11Yes.
01:02:12Very good.
01:02:13Hey, they're my team.
01:02:14I love them.
01:02:15I love them.
01:02:16We love the Mets, no matter what.
01:02:17I like an underdog.
01:02:18Now, before you go, we're gonna give you a proper send off.
01:02:23Alright?
01:02:24Okay.
01:02:25Everybody else, please join me on stage.
01:02:28Alright, please kneel.
01:02:31You are a chosen family kid.
01:02:34Alright?
01:02:35And I mean that.
01:02:36I dub thee, Tuna Melt, the New York City Mets of drag kings.
01:02:42You may rise.
01:02:43In the dubbing ceremony, having all of those kings behind me felt like a million bucks.
01:02:49Do you have any parting words?
01:02:50I think the most important thing to say is that trans people, we are not your punching bag.
01:02:55And we fight to be here.
01:02:57And we're gonna take up our space.
01:03:01Now, Tuna Melt, I'm gonna correct you because you said trans people, we're going to take up space.
01:03:07Well, guess what?
01:03:08We are taking up space and we're doing it right now.
01:03:11Yeah!
01:03:14Hell yeah!
01:03:15Woo!
01:03:16Alright, Tuna Melt.
01:03:17Please pack your packer.
01:03:19And it's time to head back to Queens.
01:03:21Well, joke's on you because I just farted.
01:03:24I'm sad to leave this competition, but I don't want people to feel sorry for me.
01:03:34I got my brothers, a platform to save free Palestine, and an opportunity to uplift and spread raucous trans joy.
01:03:42I'm set.
01:03:43We did it.
01:03:44We made it through the first episode.
01:03:45And if you thought that was impressive, wait till you see this.
01:03:49And if you thought that was impressive, wait till you see this.