On the Monday night Season 6 finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” New York-based drag queen Bianca Del Rio took home the crown of “America’s Next Drag Superstar,” beating out runners-up Courtney Act and Adore Delano.
It’s become custom now for the drag queen contestants to attempt to extend their 15 minutes with campy singles available on iTunes, accompanied by over-the-top music videos. All three of this season’s finalists have new videos — Bianca made a “Hot Mess,” Courtney laments “Mean Gays,” and Adore Delano just announced she’s “DTF.”
But which of these videos are truly the most extreme, worthy of RuPaul’s legacy? We’ve picked the seven most outrageous of the bunch.
And, as if this needed saying, warning: These are pretty much all extremely NSFW.
‘DTF,’ Adore Delano
Of this season’s final three, Delano’s newest video is easily the stand-out. For one thing, it actually sounds like a song. For another, it’s all about soliciting sex at the laundromat. That’s pretty much all you need to know.
‘Boy is a Bottom,’ Willam Belli, Detox (and Vicky Vox)
Since being disqualified from the fourth season of the show, Willam Belli has cemented herself as the show’s queen of virality. Her biggest hit, accompanied by Season 5 contestant Detox and their pal Vicky Vox, was a parody of Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” about Chick-fil-A called “Chow Down.”
As inspired as it was, it doesn’t touch the outrageousness of “Boy is a Bottom,” in which the three spoof Alicia Keys’ “Girl On Fire” by discussing the dance of sexual positioning.
‘Let’s Have a Kai-Kai,’ Willam Belli (and Rhea Litré)
It just wouldn’t be fair to do this list with only one Willam track. Her pairing with queen Rhea Litré sent up the Scissor Sisters’ club hit, “Let’s Have a Kiki.” For those unfamiliar with the lingo, a “kiki” is a party or joyous gathering of friends, whereas the raunchier “kai-kai” is the mating of two drag queens.
Yep, this one gets dirty real quick.
‘Hot Couture,’ Manila Luzon
Otherwise a pretty standard dance track, the Season 3 runner-up’s single featured a video in which a young boy appears as a burgeoning drag queen. Luzon’s seriously over-the-top costumes, including as Marie Antoinette and Karl Lagerfeld, pushed this one onto the list.
‘Nice Car! (Shame About Your Penis),’ Pandora Boxx
It’s one of life’s saddest ironies that the nicer a man’s car, the smaller . . . never mind. Just watch the video.
‘Werqin’ Girl,’ Shangela Laquifa Wadley
The craziest thing about Shangela’s video is how epic the choreography is — Beyoncé would be proud. Throw in an infectious catchphrase — “Halleloo!” — and a cameo from “Dance Moms” nutjob Abby Lee Miller, and you’ve got one wacky piece of werq.
‘Call Me on the Ouija Board,’ Sharon Needles
Season 4 winner Sharon Needles blew the judges away with her creepy-as-hell style of drag, which pretty much always made her look like a dead Courtney Love.
Her obsession with the dark and dreary is on full display here with creepy look after creepy look, accompanied by a bizarre bubblegum pop beat and recitation of the alphabet.