Warning: This post contains spoilers per RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Race Season 2, Episode 3.
Carson Kressley said hello to an old friend on Friday RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Race.
TV presenter and a lot of time drag race The judge was surprised by the latest episode of the VH1 reality show when the eliminated queen turned out to be a friend and former screen colleague.
“You are one of my favorite men in the whole world, and now one of my favorite women!” Kressley teased after being eliminated, admitting he didn’t know who the queen was at first.
“I was wondering if you found out about it and when,” the secret star replied.
Before PEOPLE gives away the ending, here’s how the whole episode played out…
POPPY LOVE
After two wins in a row, Poppy Love was flying high, but she also felt the heat.
“Everyone is looking at me as someone who needs to be defeated and that’s a lot of pressure,” the Queen said. “It definitely lit a fire under my ass.”
To speed up the process – and in hopes of a third win in a row – the man behind Poppy Love opened the show with an energetic rendition of Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5”, inspired by someone close to him.
“When I think of powerful women, I think of my amazing wife,” he said. “My wife is the most incredible woman on this planet. She does hard work every day. This is female power, female power. This song is a great embodiment of all that, and I hope I can give it credit.”
Poppy did not miss, but, unfortunately, the judges did not have more. “I want you to go overboard with the characterization even more so that we can understand who Poppy Love is,” said Michelle Visage.
“Are you alright. You are a professional, you know this choreography, you look fantastic, you are a great actor, ”added RuPaul. “This is exactly the kind of extra sissy dom we’re looking for.”
MILLIE VON SUNSHINE
Also at the top of a successful week was Millie Von Sunshine, who came close to winning last week for her performance of Robin’s song “Dancing Yourself.”
Having already explored her violent side in the first week and her emotional side in the second week, Millie was hoping to show her sexy sultry side in the third week.
“We have to give them something different this time,” the star behind Millie said in her pre-performance package. “I’m not naturally a sexual person, so I want some comedy with make-up and costumes that emphasize the mannerism of the performance.”
Dressed in a bathrobe, curlers and a green face mask, Millie played the role of a phone sex operator, juggling multiple phones while lip-syncing to Fifth Harmony’s “Work From Home”. But the Queen fiddled around trying to take off her costume, and for a moment she felt defeated.
“This week has been more challenging than before and there were a lot of moving parts, so it’s obvious that when things don’t work, movies are shown. That’s it,” she later said, looking up as the judges praised her for pushing forward. . “It’s special, the sexy tone, the sexy vibes, that’s not who I am at all. But you have to pretend until you do, baby, and that’s what I did.”
SHIK-LI-FEI
Chic-Li-Fay came out to swing on a Friday RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Raceeasily showing one of the best performances of the evening.
Like Millie, the star behind the Queen came in this week in hopes of pushing Chic’s sexuality further than before, leaning on the pads of his thighs and buttocks to shape his body. “Look, either embrace the sexy or go home,” he said before taking the stage.
Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money” was the perfect inspiration for this. Dressed as a Girl Scout, Chick worked with her troupes, making it clear that “my cookies are on sale this week.”
The judges praised the combination of sexiness and Chic’s camp. “Oh, Gurl Scout,” Kressley said. “You were there bringing your pecans to the climax.
“You went all the way today,” Visage said. “Obviously dancing is your business, but drag is a different performance. You have to go overboard until you feel ridiculous. And today the bell rang … You did it.
“This is the culmination of the last two weeks,” Chick later said. “I had a lot of fun on stage today.”
JACKIE WAS
Britney Spears’ “Work Bitch” proved to be the perfect empowering song for Jackie Will, who took the stage hoping to get higher marks after two weeks at the bottom of the competition.
“Last week I was safe, but hardly,” said the celebrity. “I feel like I’m trying to figure out what I’m capable of. My forte is not dancing, but I think my forte – and Jackie’s forte – is having fun. For that, I just need to be more sincere.”
“If there is a mistake, I hope I have enough grace to just turn it on, cover it up and move on,” he continued. “I will do everything in my power, I will get the maximum pleasure from this. Sometimes the most interesting people are the people who aren’t the best dancers.”
Dressed as a mistress, Jackie Woold lived out her “rich bitch fantasy” according to Kressley. But he and his fellow judges pointed out that Jackie missed a few words in the song.
“The key to drag is not to take it too seriously,” Visage said afterward. “Lord knows you don’t take it too seriously.”
DONNA BELLISIMA
Storytelling was key to Donna’s success in the competition. So, on Money Honey Week, the star behind the Queen explained that he was “going to Anne Nicole Smith for a bit” while guiding a woman looking for a sugar daddy.
“I want to serve as models, I want to serve innovative ideas. I’m trying to give them a mini-game,” said the celebrity. “I’m trying to focus us on these additional props and details. I give you gold coins, girl.”
The judges gave Donna rave reviews for the “fun” number they put on “I Don’t Want It All” by Kim Petras. But they admitted that she got bogged down in all the props of the number, so she lost the audience.
“We want to bring the fantasy to you,” RuPaul said. “Kressley tells the star, ‘Focus on yourself. Make sure it’s always 100% about Donna.”
THIRST FROM A TRAP
“I’m going to dehydrate girls,” the man behind Thirsty said before his performance.
If the secret star sounded confident, it’s because he threw everything into the room, coming out of the last two weeks the week before.
“Last week was not very good for me. You feel that sense of defeat when you know you went out and gave everything you had. It just didn’t match what other queens brought to the table,” he said. . “I don’t want to go back there. If I take in your life the first thing I had in that lip sync and bring in the energy, there’s no place to not be confident.”
Lip sync to Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings”, Thirsty number was old for Marilyn Monroe’s iconic number Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. And to get even closer to the crowd, Thirsty launched a number in the hall.
The judges ate it. “Because you stated in the audience, it made you accessible and personal, but also untouchable,” RuPaul said. Visage added: “I felt on a different level than you. You had more confidence tonight and I just loved it.”
Ru even gave Thirsty some advice. “It took me years to realize that the power I have in drive can be used when I’m not in drape,” said the Emmy Award winner. “So there’s something to sink your teeth into.”
CHAKRA 7
RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Race Perhaps the best is saved for last this week, judging by Chakra 7’s incredible rendition of Fergie’s “MILF$”.
The Queen blew the stage with her performance as a serious mom-to-be who doesn’t need the help of the men around her.
It’s the atmosphere that the secret female star behind Chakra 7 wanted to embody. “This week’s performance is very important to me because a big part of this performance is the birth of a child,” she said. “I’m a mom and there are moms who keep it for their families. It’s not easy. I want it to be a big deal for them. Like, “I see you. It.’ ”
Her message completely resonated with the judges, who praised her fearlessness. “You really experienced the brutality of drag and drop,” RuPaul said. “It’s poor, it’s fearlessness, that’s what drag is.”
Chakra 7 left all smiles. “This is the first time I’ve been in a competition where I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I’m making my own drag system,'” she said. “There is such a thing as ‘finding your burden. … My freedom a couple of weeks ago and my freedmen now are completely different things. It’s on such a deep level.”
RESULTS, ACHIEVEMENTS
After all, Chakra 7’s performance was enough to take the win this week – like Chick-Li-Fei, the two queens drew for the first time in history. Celebrity Secret Race her story.
This left Jackie Will and Donna Bellicima at the bottom. When the two competed in a Lip Sync for Your Life showdown (to Gwen Guthrie’s “Ain’t Nothing Goin’ on but the Rent”), it became clear that Donna had the upper hand over Jackie. She was saved, RuPaul asked Jackie to leave.
Before she could, of course, she had to reveal her true identity. So who was Jackie By? Indeed? Weird look for a natural Star Tom Phylicia!
“Wait, I know that Tom Phylicia!” said Kressley afterwards, welcoming his ex strange eye colleague with whom he starred again in 2018 Get a room with Carson and Tom for Bravo.
Kressley further admitted that at first he couldn’t tell it was Phylicia until Phylicia started talking. “I forgot my glasses so I was a little cross-eyed,” Kressley said. “I had no idea it was you until you started talking. And then I said, “I know that regional central New York finger lakes accent! ”
Phylicia went on to say that he never thought he would compete in cross-dressing, especially since his career as an interior designer means he has no stage experience. But he ultimately failed to take the chance to “work with this incredible team”.
“Thank you for this amazing opportunity,” said Phylicia, who has raised $5,000 for the Bone Marrow Foundation’s charity. “My brother and I really did a bone marrow transplant. [years ago] and he is healthy and alive and doing very well. The thought of helping the Bone Marrow Foundation do this for someone else and someone’s family is reason enough.”
Never miss a story – subscribe to PEOPLEfree daily newsletter to keep up to date with the very best PEOPLE has to offer, from spicy celebrity news to exciting stories of public interest.
RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Race airs Fridays at 8:00 pm ET on VH1.