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Nine drag queens enter the workroom. For the first mini-challenge, the queens do a sexy carwash photoshoot. For the main challenge, the queens create an outfit made from items from the thrift store.

On the runway, Nina Flowers and Ongina receive positive critiques, with Nina Flowers winning the challenge. Akashia, Rebecca Glasscock and Victoria "Porkchop" Parker receive negative critiques, with Rebecca Glasscock being safe. Akashia and Victoria "Porkchop" Parker lip-sync to "Supermodel (You Better Work)" by RuPaul. Akashia wins the lip-sync and Victoria "Porkchop" Parker is the first queen to sashay away.

• Guest Judges: Bob Mackie and Mike Ruiz
• Mini-Challenge: Sexy carwash photoshoot
• Main Challenge: Create an outfit made from items from the thrift store
• Challenge Winner: Nina Flowers
• Challenge Prize: A stay at Paris Hotel in Las Vegas
• Bottom Two: Akashia and Victoria "Porkchop" Parker
• Lip-Sync Song: "Supermodel (You Better Work)" by RuPaul
• Eliminated: Victoria "Porkchop" Parker

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens take pictures of themselves acting out certain emotions with a digital camera. For winning the mini-challenge, Akashia and Ongina are named team leaders and tasked with choosing their teammates for the main challenge: a Destiny's Child girl group battle.

• Team Serving Fish performing "Say My Name" - Nina Flowers (hair), Ongina (choreography), Rebecca Glasscock (costume design) and Shannel (makeup)
• Team 3D performing "Independent Women Part I" - Akashia (makeup), BeBe Zahara Benet (hair), Jade (choreography) and Tammie Brown (costume design)

On the runway, Serving Fish is praised as the winning team, with Ongina winning the challenge. 3D is named as the losing team, with Akashia and Tammie Brown being announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "We Break the Dawn" by Michelle Williams. Akashia wins the lip-sync and Tammie Brown sashays away.

• Guest Judges: Frank Gatson and Michelle Williams
• Mini-Challenge: Act out certain emotions and take pictures of themselves in those emotions with a digital camera
• Mini-Challenge Winners: Akashia and Ongina
• Main Challenge: Destiny's Child girl group battle
• Challenge Winner: Ongina
• Challenge Prize: A basket of chocolates courtesy of Karma and Vojeur Chocolate
• Bottom Two: Akashia and Tammie Brown
• Lip-Sync Song: "We Break the Dawn" by Michelle Williams
• Eliminated: Tammie Brown

For this week's main challenge, the queens have to channel Oprah Winfrey in the following television personality roles: first as a newscaster reading mock news stories from a teleprompter, second as a product spokesperson attempting to sell certain items, and finally as a talk show host interviewing Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott.

On the runway, category is Dress to Impress. BeBe Zahara Benet, Nina Flowers and Ongina receive positive critiques, with BeBe Zahara Benet winning the challenge. Akashia, Jade and Shannel receive negative critiques, with Jade being safe. Akashia and Shannel lip-sync to "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston. Shannel wins the lip-sync and Akashia sashays away.

• Guest Judges: Howard Bragman and Debra Wilson
• Main Challenge: Channel Oprah Winfrey in various television personality roles
• Runway Theme: Dress to Impress
• Challenge Winner: BeBe Zahara Benet
• Challenge Prize: A Sonos stereo sound system
• Bottom Two: Akashia and Shannel
• Lip-Sync Song: "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston
• Eliminated: Akashia

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens pair up to give their partner a 30-minute makeover. Jade wins the mini-challenge and receives 5 extra minutes in the main challenge: writing a Mac-Viva Glam commercial before having 10 minutes to film it.

On the runway, BeBe Zahara Benet, Nina Flowers and Ongina receive positive critiques, with Ongina winning the challenge. Jade, Rebecca Glasscock and Shannel receive negative critiques, with Shannel being safe. Jade and Rebecca Glasscock lip-sync to "Would I Lie To You?" by The Eurythmics. Rebecca Glasscock wins the lip-sync and Jade sashays away.

• Guest Judges: Gordon Espinet and Jenny Shimizu
• Mini-Challenge: In pairs, give your partner a 30 minute makeover
• Mini-Challenge Winner: Jade
• Main Challenge: Write and film a Mac-Viva Glam commercial
• Challenge Winner: Ongina
• Challenge Prize: Mac-Viva Glam ambassadorship
• Bottom Two: Jade and Rebecca Glasscock
• Lip-Sync Song: "Would I Lie To You?" by The Eurythmics
• Eliminated: Jade

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens have to outlast their opponents in an endurance challenge. Rebecca Glasscock wins the mini-challenge and is given the responsibility of assigning the queens' partners for the main challenge: female extreme fighters to makeover into their drag daughters.

On the runway, Rebecca Glasscock and Shannel receive positive critiques, with Rebecca Glasscock winning the challenge. BeBe Zahara Benet, Nina Flowers and Ongina receive negative critiques, with Nina Flowers being safe. BeBe Zahara Benet and Ongina lip-sync to "Stronger" by Britney Spears. BeBe Zahara Benet wins the lip-sync and Ongina sashays away.

• Guest Judges: Lucy Lawless and Robin Antin
• Mini-Challenge: Outlast your opponents in an endurance challenge
• Mini-Challenge Winner: Rebecca Glasscock
• Main Challenge: Makeover a female fighter
• Challenge Winner: Rebecca Glasscock
• Challenge Prize: Gift baskets from Curlisto worth $1,000
• Bottom Two: BeBe Zahara Benet and Ongina
• Lip-Sync Song: "Stronger" by Britney Spears
• Eliminated: Ongina

For this week's mini-challenge, the queens compete in a vogue battle. Nina Flowers wins the mini-challenge, and as her reward, she assigns the flavors for the main challenge: creating three looks for The Absolut Drag Ball.

• BeBe Zahara Benet - Raspberry
• Nina Flowers - Mango
• Rebecca Glasscock - Citron
• Shannel - Mandarin

On the runway, BeBe Zahara Benet and Nina Flowers receive positive critiques, with BeBe Zahara Benet winning the challenge. Rebecca Glasscock and Shannel receive negative critiques, and are announced as the bottom two. They lip-sync to "Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary. Rebecca Glasscock wins the lip-sync and Shannel sashays away.

• Special Guest: Charo
• Guest Judges: Jeffrey Moran and María Conchita Alonso
• Mini-Challenge: Vogue battle
• Mini-Challenge Winner: Nina Flowers
• Main Challenge: The Absolut Drag Ball
• Runway Themes: Swimsuit, Executive Realness, and Evening Wear
• Challenge Winner: BeBe Zahara Benet
• Challenge Prize: A custom dress from Miami Elite Design
• Bottom Two: Rebecca Glasscock and Shannel
• Lip-Sync Song: "Shackles (Praise You)" by Mary Mary
• Eliminated: Shannel

RuPaul takes a look back to the best moments of the season. Including unaired clips, the audition tapes of the queens that did and didn't make it to the show, and the Top 10 most memorable fashion looks of the season.

• Guests: Merle Ginsberg and Santino Rice

For the final challenge of the season, the queens record a verse and film a spot for RuPaul's music video "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)".

On the runway, Rebecca Glasscock is eliminated, leaving BeBe Zahara Benet and Nina Flowers as the top two queens of the season. After they lip-sync to "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)" by RuPaul, BeBe Zahara Benet is announced as the winner, leaving Nina Flowers as the runner-up.

• Main Challenge: Record a verse and film a spot for RuPaul's music video "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)"
• Eliminated: Rebecca Glasscock
• Top Two: BeBe Zahara Benet and Nina Flowers
• Lip-Sync Song: "Cover Girl (Put the Bass in Your Walk)" by RuPaul
• Runner-up: Nina Flowers
• Winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season One: BeBe Zahara Benet

The queens all return for the reunion. Discussions include: Victoria "Porkchop" Parker talking about how well she would've done in future episodes, Tammie Brown's quirkiness, Akashia's tearful exit, Jade's frustration with Rebecca Glasscock, Ongina discussing her being HIV positive, Shannel's elimination, Rebecca's fakeness and attitude, Nina Flowers finishing second and BeBe Zahara Benet winning the competition. It is then announced that Nina Flowers is this season's Miss Congeniality.

• Miss Congeniality: Nina Flowers

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