- Twelve new queens compete to be America's Next Drag Superstar. The queens must reinvent their drag looks using only a set of curtains and household items.
- Twelve queens arrive in the workroom; all prepared and sizing up their competition. The first meeting with RuPaul goes straight into a photo shoot with Mike Ruiz. The theme of the shoot is Gone With The Wind where the girls straddle a cannon with a wind machine blowing directly at them.
The episode's maxi challenge features the girls being tasked with making a couture outfit out of different styles of curtains. As a reward for having the best photo in the mini challenge, David Petruschin/Raven is allowed to pick her curtains first. The other queens then must race to grab their own, along with other house furnishings. Joey Santolini/Tatianna and Thomas White/Morgan get into an argument after grabbing the same curtains. Morgan eventually gives up and lets Tatianna keep them. In the work room, the girls find out that D.J. 'Shangela' Pierce/Shangela doesn't know how to sew. She saves a space for her next to Michael Steck/Pandora Boxx so she can ask for help on sewing her outfit. Donté Sims/Mystique also struggles when she explains that the curtain materials aren't plus size friendly.
On the runway, RuPaul is joined by guest judges Santino Rice and Merle Ginsberg as well as special guest judges, Kathy Griffin and photographer from the mini challenge, Mike Ruiz. During the judge's critiques, Morgan McMichaels is declared the winner of the challenge. She is rewarded with immunity from next week's elimination and a photoshoot with Interior Illusions in Lux Magazine. James William Ross IV/Tyra Sanchez and Pandora are also highly praised for their performances. The bottom three end up being Mystique, Shangela and Antoine Ashley/Sahara Davenport. Although the judges are disappointed with Mystique's poor outfit, they declare her safe due to her presentation on the runway. Shangela and Sahara are then faced off during the Lip Sync for Your Life. Shangela is critiqued for her lack of experience and poor outfit construction whilst Sahara is told that she doesn't look 'draggy' enough. The girls perform to RuPaul's 'Cover Girl' with Sahara showing off an acrobatic and dancerly performance and Shangela being the first to rip off her outfit.
RuPaul makes the final decision and Shangela is asked to shantay away.
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