RuPaul's Drag Race (season 6)

At the beginning of the episode, seven contestants are introduced: Adore Delano, April Carrión, BenDeLaCreme, Gia Gunn, Kelly Mantle, Laganja Estranja and Vivacious. RuPaul then announces to the queens that the season premiere will be split into two episodes; those first seven queens will compete against each other in the first part, and the remaining seven will compete against each other in the second part. The mini-challenge for this week was a photoshoot that consisted of jumping off a small platform into a foam-filled container and taking a picture mid-air. Laganja Estranja was declared the winner. This week's main challenge was to design a high-fashion outfit using materials inspired by a TV show. As the winner of the mini-challenge, Laganja Estranja could assign the TV show:

During the runway critique, BenDeLaCreme is praised for her outfit and her look. April Carrión is also given good critiques for her outfit and RuPaul is glad that she decided to not wear pants as she originally intended. Kelly Mantle, Vivacious and Adore Delano are all critiqued for their lackluster outfits, but only Kelly Mantle and Vivacious land in the bottom two. BenDeLaCreme was declared winner of the main challenge. Before announcing the winner, RuPaul specified that there would be no immunity granted throughout the season, unlike previous seasons. After the lipsync, Vivacious stayed, and Kelly Mantle was asked to sashay away.

At the beginning of the episode, the remaining seven contestants are introduced: Bianca Del Rio, Courtney Act, Darienne Lake, Joslyn Fox, Magnolia Crawford, Milk, and Trinity K. Bonet. RuPaul then reveals that the first half of the queens have already competed against each other, and one has already gone home. The mini-challenge for this week was a photoshoot that consisted of a boudoir pillow fight with each queen and the Pit Crew. Trinity K. Bonet was declared the winner. This week's main challenge was to design a high-fashion couture outfit using materials inspired by party supplies. As the winner of the mini-challenge, Trinity K. Bonet assigned each girl one of the party supply boxes:

During the runway critique, Bianca Del Rio and Milk are praised for their outfits. Milk took a risk by wearing a goatee but was commended for her boldness. Trinity K. Bonet was praised for her outfit after removing a cardboard shoulder piece referred to as a pizza-box by the judges, and Courtney Act was critiqued for a simple outfit. Joslyn Fox is encouraged to edit her styling choices. During her critique, Magnolia Crawford is defensive to all of the judges and complains about the supplies she was assigned to create her look. Darienne Lake joins Magnolia Crawford in the bottom two. Bianca Del Rio was declared winner of the main challenge. After the lipsync, Darienne Lake stayed, and Magnolia Crawford was asked to sashay away.

At the beginning of this episode, the queens from last week are introduced to the contestants from week one, before all 12 queens participate in this week's mini-challenge; to pair up with a queen not in their original group and perform a beach-themed lip-sync in pairs, with one queen as the top half and the other as the bottom. Adore and Milk win the challenge and are made team captains for this week's main challenge - to star in two scenes influenced by horror movies; one from the 1960s and one from the 1980s. Both Adore and Milk pick the queens from their original groups and whilst Team Milk is given the 1960s movie, Team Adore is given the 1980s. During the main challenge, although Trinity has some shaky moments, all of Team Milk perform well. On the other hand, Team Adore has several problems, with April coming off as "boy" as opposed to butch, Adore and Vivacious stumbling over their lines and DeLa accidentally talking over some of the other queens during their lines.

On the main stage, the queens are asked to "slay the runway" in their best drag. Team Milk won the challenge, with Darienne being named the overall winner for her hilarious performance. During the judges critiques, whilst DeLa and Laganja are commended for being the better parts of Team Adore, April, Vivacious and Adore are all criticised for their performances. Santino noted that DeLa would have potentially won the challenge had she been on the winning team. In the end, despite poor leadership, Adore's star quality, potential and funny 1980s-themed performance (despite not knowing all of her lines) saves her from the bottom two which leaves April and Vivacious to lip-sync. After a high-energy performance by both queens, Ru asks April to stay and Vivacious to sashay away.

In this week's episode, the Queens are challenged to sing, dance and act in a performance of Shade - the Rusical. For the mini-challenge, the Queens are shown pictures of various body parts and asked if they are from a "biological" or "psychological" woman (a drag queen). Adore and DeLa win the challenge and are made team captains for the main challenge. During rehearsal, several of the queens encounter problems, notably Trinity, who panics over her performance and becomes annoyed with both the choreographer and Bianca. Several of the other queens also have problems with their singing.

On the main stage, the queens perform Shade - the Rusical and then come decked out in their best Tony Awards glamour. This week, although the queens performed in teams, they are critiqued as individuals. Adore receives praise for her performance although her dress is criticised by Santino, while Michelle comments negatively on her silhouette (not cinching). Courtney Act is also praised for her performance and star quality, along with DeLa. On the other hand, Trinity is criticised for not enunciating properly and getting her lines lost, Darienne is accused of fading into the background and April is told that she did not embody her "big girl" role, which was meant to be a showgirl and not just about padding. Courtney Act wins the challenge and Trinity and April lip-sync. Ru compliments both queens on their strong performance before saving Trinity and asking April to sashay away.

The queens compete in a star-studded TV game show that showcases their celebrity impersonations. With guest judges comedian Heather McDonald and actress Gillian Jacobs.

This week saw the return of the fan-favorite "Snatch Game" challenge, and on the runway, the queens wore their best 'RuPaul' inspired looks. In the workroom, BenDelaCreme's choice to portray actress Maggie Smith is met with skepticism from RuPaul, while Ru is unimpressed by Gia's initial choice to portray singer Selena. Realizing the choice could land her in the bottom, Gia made a last-minute change to portray Kim Kardashian instead. On the main stage, Courtney, Darienne, Joslyn and Trinity were all declared safe. Within the top three, Adore and Bianca were both praised for their strong performances in the Snatch Game, and Adore was complimented for her silhouette (cinching), however, both queens were criticised for their looks, which the judge's felt failed to embody the "RuPaul" theme. DeLa's portrayal of Maggie Smith, along with her RuPaul dress were deemed the best and she was declared the winner of the challenge. Gia, Laganja and Milk were all criticized for their poor impersonations in the Snatch Game. Gia was accused of not being funny, while Milk's decision to portray "Male RuPaul" on the runway received very mixed feedback. However, Milk was declared safe, leaving Laganja and Gia in the bottom two. During the lip synch, although both queens put in a strong performance, Laganja's unique style kept her in the competition, and Gia sashayed away.

This week, the Queens were challenged to channel their inner 1990s rap goddess in a performance of "Oh No She Betta Don't". The mini-challenge saw the queens "read" (or insult) their fellow competitors. Ru names Darienne the winner and she picks Laganja, Adore, Bianca and Courtney to form her team, confusing and annoying DeLa, who wondered as to why she wasn't picked. The queens then are challenged to dress in their best 1990s rapper realness and write their own verse to perform in the "Oh No She Betta Don't" music video, watched over by rappers Trina and Eve. Several of the queens struggle during the shoot and stumble over their raps, and although many end up giving a good performance, Trinity and Darienne notably struggle the most.

For this week's runway, the Queens walk in their best "CrazySexyCool" outfits showing off their favourite body part. Courtney, Laganja and DeLa are all called safe, although Ru warns Courtney that she is resting on being pretty and needs to step it up. During the judges critiques, Joslyn is praised for her improvement and giving an impressive rap but her look is criticized for being too busy. Adore's performance is also praised but Michelle comments again on the length of her skirt. Bianca is complimented on both her pretty look and rap performance. On the other hand, Trinity is criticized for letting the challenge get the best of her, while Darienne's simple runway look also attracted negative reviews. Though Milk is complimented on her unique style and energy, both her runway look and look for the challenge are criticized for being unpolished and inaccurate. Adore is named the winner of the challenge, while Trinty is left to lip-sync against Milk. Although Milk brings some unique features to her performance, Ru saves Trinity again and asks Milk to sashay away.

For this week's mini challenge, the girls were tasked with bedazzling their hands and modelling fruits and vegetables, with Laganja being named the winner. Ru then placed the girls into groups for this week's main challenge: to come up with commercials for Ru's new cosmetic line, "Glamazon", which targeted specific demographics. During the main challenge, all of the groups suffered some problems. Adore and Laganja performed well but had trouble keeping in sync. Bianca struggled trying to bring the confidence out of Trinity, but in the end both queens performed well. Darienne and DeLa struggled with the tension between them as well as with their unusual concept based around plastic surgery. Courtney and Joslyn also had problems with their cues.

For their main stage presentation, the queens were asked to dress in their best black and white outfits. During the judges critiques, Adore and Laganja were praised for their funny commercial but Laganja's outfit was criticised. Trinity and Bianca's commercial also was well received and their synergy as team members was also praised. On the other hand, DeLa and Darienne's concept was seen as confusing and distracting from the product, whereas Courtney and Joslyn were criticised for not identifying the product quickly enough. Joslyn's look was also criticised for being too similar to her outfit last week which was not well received and DeLa was accused of hiding behind a "showgirl" character. Adore and Laganja won the challenge and Darienne and DeLa were asked to lip-sync. After a strong performance, Ru initially saves Darienne, before shocking everyone and also saving DeLa, declaring that she wanted to give DeLa the opportunity to show more.

The mini-challenge this week involved the queens decorating their chins to perform a lip-sync number upside down. Joslyn wins the challenge and is given the task of deciding the order that the queens will perform in this week's main challenge; to write and perform a stand-up comedy routine in front of a live audience of mostly senior citizens. Darienne Lake goes first and impresses the judges with her funny routine. She is followed by Courtney Act, whose routine is described as average but she is complimented for playing to her strengths and including a song. Adore Delano goes next and is critiqued for her routine having too much swearing in it as well as being accused of letting her personality carry her through another challenge, which causes her to break down and express her desire to be in the competition and show the judges what she is made of. The next queen to perform is BenDeLaCreme, whose jokes are described as intelligent but is criticised for her speedy delivery, her "showgirl" runway look and reliance on a character. Laganja Estranja receives very negative critiques, with her routine being described as dull and hidden behind an emotionless façade. Ru also takes her to task for not believing in her own star power and letting helpful critique get the best of her when she becomes defensive. Ru gets emotional when praising Trinity for finally standing up to her insecurities and delivering a strong, funny performance without letting self-doubt get the best of her. Joslyn performs next and is criticised for her routine starting strong but dramatically fading as well as for putting herself before Bianca, a comedian. Bianca is last on stage and receives glowing critiques, with all the judges agreeing that she excelled all aspects of the challenge. This leads Bianca be named the winner whilst Joslyn and Laganja are asked to lip-sync. After a high-energy performance, Ru saves Joslyn whilst reminding Laganja to own her stardom before asking her to sashay away.

This week's challenge involved the queens channelling their inner talk show host by guest-hosting The RuPaul Show and interviewing Chaz Bono and Georgia Holt. During the main challenge, Adore's nerves got the better of her and she stumbled over her questions several times. Bianca gave a good interview but focussed solely on Chaz and ran out of time before she could ask Georgia any questions. Trinity interviewed next and also struggled, forgetting Chaz Bono's name and asking irrelevant questions. On the other hand, after asking Ru for advice earlier in the workroom, Courtney focussed on being friendly and approachable which led her to give a charming and well done interview. Darienne also struggled with nerves but her fun personality carried her through. Like Courtney, DeLa performed well in the interview, notably by combining both parts of her character and her own personality and doing her research. Joslyn was the last to interview and started strong before making Georgia uncomfortable by asking a very personal question (abortion views). For their main stage presentation, the queens were asked to channel their inner "animal". During the judges critiques, both Adore's outfit and her interview were criticised. Trinity also was called out for being nervous and calling Chaz the wrong name, when she was calling him Chad, but her outfit received acclaim. Joslyn became emotional when being confronted about her inappropriate questions and her heartfelt apology was appreciated by Georgia, who praised her performance before then. However, the judges criticised her outfit choice again. Both Darienne and Bianca received mixed feedback, with Bianca noting her problems with time-keeping and Darienne being surprised when called out for her nerves during the challenge. On the other hand, whilst DeLa was praised for stepping away from her character, becoming more endearing and doing her research, Ru declared Courtney the winner of the challenge for her strong performance. Adore and Trinity were named as the bottom two and performed a high-energy lip-sync to "Vibeology" by Paula Abdul. Although both queens performed well, Ru saved Adore whilst asking Trinity to sashay away, but not before praising her for her progress during the competition.

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens were challenged to use their bodies to create abstract paintings representing marriage equality. Bianca wins and is given the task of assigning each queen a bride-to-be for this week's makeover challenge. However, in a twist, it is revealed that the queens will be making over the grooms into blushing brides, not the brides themselves. In the workroom, Adore panics about not being able to sew and Joslyn struggles with her brides aversion to doing drag because of his profession. Darienne also encounters problems when her couple decide they want a gothic-themed wedding and she cannot find any appropriate material.

On the main stage, the queens walk the runway dressed as their brides' mothers. During the critiques, Joslyn is criticized for the proportions of her bride's dress as well as his metallic-looking makeup. Both Adore's personal look and her bride are also heavily criticized. Courtney is accused of upstaging her bride with her personal look while Darienne's goth-themed bride did not land with all the judges who also criticize her personal look. On the other hand, both Bianca and DeLa receive positive critiques for their makeovers. In the end, Ru names Bianca the winner of the challenge and asks Joslyn and Adore to lip-sync. Adore gives an impassioned performance and she is saved again while Joslyn sashays away.

For this week's mini challenge, the queens make puppets of each other and parody their behavior. DeLa is named the winner and gets to assign each queen a jewelry color for this week's main challenge, a pageant of jewelry inspired couture where the queens must pull out three looks:

• Banjee Girl Bling
• Platinum Card Executive Realness
• Dripping in Jewels Eleganza themed around their jewelry color.

During the workroom visit, Ru questions Darienne on how she's going to step it up and voices his concerns to DeLa about the fact that she hasn't won a challenge since the Snatch Game. Adore becomes emotional when questioned by Ru, voicing her frustrations with her lack of sewing ability along with her determination to surprise the judges and make the top three. RuPaul then adds a twist to the challenge; the queens must also perform a lip-sync opening number with DeLa (the mini-challenge winner) as the choreographer. On the main stage, the queens walk the runway in their three outfits. During the judges critiques, Adore is the only queen to receive universally positive reviews, with the judges praising her performances during her runway presentations. DeLa's executive look is criticised for not fitting the challenge specification whilst her eleganza look is accused of being too similar to her past looks. Bianca is also criticised for her eleganza look being too similar to previous looks as well as for not surprising the judges, although Bob Mackie praises her polish. Courtney Act is, once again, accused of resting on pretty and needing more shape to her body and Darienne is criticised for her looks not fitting the brief and the fit of her eleganza gown. After the critiques, Ru asks each queens who should be eliminated. All the queens name Darienne, including herself whilst getting emotional and accepting that she missed the mark on this week's challenge. Courtney names both Adore for falling down in recent challenges as well as Darienne. After the judges deliberation, Ru names Adore the winner and asks DeLa and Darienne to lip-sync. Darienne's emotional connection to the song causes Ru to save her for the third time and DeLa sashays away.

For this week's main challenge, Michelle Visage comes in the work room announcing to the remaining contestants that the final challenge will be in two parts. First, they will star in RuPaul's music video Sissy That Walk, and then act in two acting scenes. Choreographer Jamal Sims makes a guest appearance for this week's episode, teaching the contestants the choreography for the music video. As in each Drag Race series finale, RuPaul also sat down with each queens for a kiki about the competition. Mathu Andersen also makes a guest appearance for this week's episode, directing the contestants in the acting scenes. On the runway presentation and during the critiques, each queens receive mostly good feedback for their presentation on the runway and during the music video as well as in the acting scenes. As a result, for the first time in Drag Race history, RuPaul asks the remaining four contestants to lip-synch on Sissy That Walk at the same time. At the end of the lip-synch, RuPaul asks Darienne Lake to sashay away. The final three is announced, consisting of Adore Delano, Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act. Similar to what happened for the previous two seasons, RuPaul asks the public to decide who "America's Next Drag Superstar" should be, and that the winner will be announced during the reunion episode. Bianca Del Rio marks the first contestant in Drag Race history to reach the finale without being one of the worst or being in the bottom two throughout the competition.

Wigs fly as the queens discuss the drama of the season. Plus, both "America's Next Drag Superstar" and "Miss Congeniality" are crowned.