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00:00I'm so excited to see what you guys bring next week.
00:15Just been such a rollercoaster.
00:22Bitch!
00:24I am on cloud motherfucking 9000. I am, oh my god.
00:29Y'all, I am flabbergasted.
00:31When I won the first time, I had to share it.
00:34A win I'm not sharing, and it's a win that literally makes me in this entire competition.
00:39Finale me, sweetie.
00:40I guess I do gotta clean these brushes.
00:46I'm sorry, Lauren, Elena, Joe and Ori. I'm so sorry, y'all.
00:50Y'all are fucking phenomenal. Such amazing artists.
00:54I'm happy as fuck for all of y'all, though.
00:56I am very excited to watch you guys work, though.
00:59And, like, sit back, watch you guys paint.
01:01I'm gonna make popcorn. I'm gonna be, like, watching a movie.
01:05It's Ravenhunties, and welcome to the grand finale of season two of Painted with Raven.
01:10The first competition show where makeup artists compete from their home mirror.
01:14I wanna win.
01:14This is do or die for me.
01:16The winner will receive a year's supply of cosmetics provided by Anastasia Beverly Hills
01:21and a cash prize of $25,000.
01:26Painted with Raven.
01:29Our finalists have had a fierce and fabulous road to the finale.
01:33Here's a taste.
01:35Did somebody order a masterpiece?
01:37First up, Nicki Nicks.
01:39I wanna be your sister.
01:41Yes!
01:51You look absolutely awful, as you should.
01:55Next up, Q.
01:57The way you created the split is looks like the crack in an egg.
02:03I'm the first person muted.
02:04Next week, let's do the thing.
02:06The way you've recreated your face
02:08into the shapes of Michael Jackson, like, it's...
02:11It's really good.
02:12Yeah.
02:16Like the chicken that rises from the ashes,
02:18you are the winner of this week's challenge.
02:20Here comes Tucker.
02:22♪
02:25So fierce!
02:27You look so beautiful, bitch.
02:29♪
02:34Wow.
02:38I love this look.
02:41Joining me to help judge our Season 2 Grand Finale
02:44and help give away $25,000
02:47is someone that knows a thing or two about winning.
02:51RuPaul!
02:53Ha ha ha!
02:55That's my intro?
02:56I did get a note from Jimmy Fallon.
02:59Okay.
03:00And he said, make sure you say,
03:02And he said, make sure you say,
03:04the Queen of Drag.
03:07So, the Queen of Drag!
03:09Ha ha ha!
03:10I love that.
03:12By the way, your makeup is absolutely gorgeous tonight.
03:15Who did your makeup?
03:16Thank you.
03:17Um, this little guy that was hanging out in my room.
03:21Ha ha ha!
03:22Well, he did a fabulous job.
03:24Let's welcome back our artists
03:25that didn't make it to the finale.
03:27♪
03:29Hi, artists.
03:30Meet RuPaul.
03:31Hi, guys.
03:32Hi.
03:33Look how pretty you all are.
03:35I am so proud of each of you.
03:37You are just everything that I love about life.
03:40Color and expression and conjugulations
03:43for not only being in this competition,
03:45but expressing yourselves.
03:47That's what life is all about.
03:49Thank you so much.
03:50What surprised you the most about this competition?
03:53I think for me,
03:55I was really surprised
03:56at how emotionally involved I became
03:59throughout the entire process.
04:01I grew so attached to every single contestant.
04:04So I've made so many new friends now,
04:06and I've learned so many new things from everybody.
04:09So I think that's what I'm most surprised about.
04:12That's great, because you all will be connected forever
04:16in beautiful color and art.
04:19Okay.
04:20I hope you're ready for a good ball.
04:22Ha ha ha!
04:23I thought you'd never ask.
04:24Don't you love a ball?
04:25How many you got?
04:26She loves two.
04:27Ha ha ha!
04:28Ha ha ha!
04:32Today, our finalists will be competing
04:34in the Ascension Ball.
04:35They'll take us on a journey
04:37from their darkest point
04:38through the mask they wear on Earth
04:40and onto a divine being
04:42they admire and aspire to be.
04:44First, we're going down,
04:46and I mean down to the lower realm.
04:48The finalists were asked
04:49to take their most painful moment
04:51and channel it into an eye-popping,
04:53shadow self.
04:54Are you ready?
04:55I am.
04:56I'm kind of scared.
04:57All right, it's face time.
05:04First up in the Ascension Ball,
05:06Tucker serving Dr. Manhattan Realness.
05:10Wow!
05:11I love that technique.
05:13My energy and my aura is being sucked out of me
05:16and that my eyes are drooping
05:17and that I am close to death
05:19while also giving a little bit of a glimmer of hope
05:22which ties into the rest of my looks.
05:25The light to dark,
05:27it's illuminating from within.
05:29Fantastic.
05:31Next up, Q.
05:35I am serving Reptilian Realness, girl.
05:37I am giving you the snake tease.
05:39I'm trying to slither past the competition, girl.
05:41I have these scales.
05:42Get these motherfucking snakes
05:45off this motherfucking stage.
05:48They're highlighted,
05:49they're contoured,
05:50they're shaded.
05:51All of the things are happening, girl.
05:53There's intricacy.
05:54There's a lot happening, girl.
05:55There's intricate detail.
05:56This thing, eat it.
05:57Q, did you make an ass out of yourself?
06:02And finally, Nikki.
06:05Oh, my goodness.
06:06Now, I hear Nikki has no gag reflex,
06:09but who cares?
06:12I see myself as this young'un
06:15who's been scorned and bullied in the past.
06:18So I am serving this gory mess,
06:22but it's also therapy for me.
06:24I am burying my soul,
06:26and from this dark past,
06:28I will rise.
06:30Suck you butt.
06:32I've got an orthodontist
06:33who will fix you right up, Nikki.
06:39Hi, my final three.
06:40Say hello to RuPaul.
06:42Hi, artists.
06:44Oh, my gosh, hello, RuPaul.
06:46I am gagging.
06:48I have been waiting for this moment.
06:50RuPaul's gonna get to see my looks.
06:53I can't wait for her
06:55to witness all of my artistry.
06:57Condragulations for making it
06:59to the final three.
07:01You all did an amazing job,
07:02and what a way to start
07:04the grand finale challenge.
07:08Hey, Tucker.
07:09Hey, RuPaul.
07:10So tell us about your lower realm look.
07:13I immediately thought of
07:15when I was very depressed
07:17and suicidal for about three years.
07:19It was hard for me to express
07:21that I was gay or trans.
07:23I never really knew
07:25what my purpose was,
07:27but I always had some sort of inkling
07:29that I had something special about me
07:31that just needed to be unlocked,
07:33and that's what I wanted to represent
07:35with all the darkness and the cool tones.
07:37You know, Tucker, I love your story,
07:39and I love that it has
07:41a really happy ending,
07:42because you found the thing
07:44that enlightens you,
07:45and it actually speaks
07:46to the blue look that you have.
07:48I am so happy for you
07:50and so impressed by your talent.
07:53Thank you.
07:54I can't wait to see the next one,
07:56so thank you, Tucker.
07:57Good morning, Q.
07:59Good morning.
08:00Tell us about your lower realm self.
08:03I immediately thought of
08:05the devil, honestly,
08:06and he's called the father of lies,
08:08and I think for me,
08:10at my lowest self,
08:11I was both living a lie
08:13and believing the lies
08:14that people were telling me.
08:15Being an African-American
08:18gay male in the South,
08:20you hear it all the time,
08:21gay, gay, gay.
08:22No.
08:23I believe the lies so much
08:25and told the lies so much
08:26that I am unable
08:27to completely be freely myself.
08:29Q, I enjoyed your story, too,
08:31because it is another story
08:32of ascension.
08:33It is you taking your past
08:36and what you were told
08:37and really creating your own story.
08:40You deserve to be here
08:41at the top.
08:42Thank you.
08:43Hey, Nikki.
08:45Hey, Rue.
08:46You're looking gorgeous.
08:48So tell us about
08:49your lower realm self.
08:51Me built up with all of my trauma
08:54growing up as a first-generation
08:55born Filipino
08:56in a very small town,
08:58growing up gay
09:00and fighting with a lot
09:01of my demons,
09:02me trying to persevere
09:03through them
09:04and how I want to start out
09:05and then start to ascend.
09:06What does bakla mean?
09:08So bakla means gay
09:10in Tagalog,
09:11so I was always called that
09:13all the time,
09:14so then it really played
09:15a big part and role
09:16in my mental health,
09:17which is why my head
09:18is, like, split open.
09:19The prosthetic,
09:20the makeup,
09:21the way you did
09:22the wording on your chest,
09:24it looks like it could be
09:25in a movie.
09:26Beautiful,
09:27and your artistry
09:28speaks for itself.
09:29I just have
09:30one question for you.
09:32How's your head?
09:34Thank you, Nikki.
09:36Okay, artists,
09:37you've taken us
09:38to Hades and back.
09:39It's time for your next look
09:40in the ascension ball.
09:42To rise
09:43to your earthly mask.
09:44This is how you think
09:45the world sees you.
09:47Game on, faces off.
09:49Your next challenge starts...
09:51now.
09:52Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
09:57Holy cow, guys.
09:59Hi, guys.
10:00You look great.
10:02Oh, my God.
10:03How are you guys feeling?
10:05I'm feeling pretty all right
10:06or whatever.
10:07Yeah, Tucker,
10:08you're giving me, like,
10:09a White Walker
10:10from Game of Thrones.
10:11I think Tucker is fierce.
10:14I think she's beautiful.
10:16I've looked at her work
10:17and times, and I'm like,
10:18wow, this is so beautiful,
10:19but what is it?
10:20You know what I mean?
10:21So I think her strength
10:23could also be her weakness,
10:24which reminds me a lot
10:25of myself.
10:26I'm surprised
10:27how fast Q got out of it.
10:28I'm looking at Q,
10:29Q's gone.
10:30Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
10:32I feel like maybe
10:34one of Q's weaknesses
10:35would be Q
10:38is easily overwhelmed
10:40I think that one
10:41of Q's strengths
10:42is his use of prosthetics
10:44and the way
10:45that he conceptualized
10:46everything
10:47and really bring things
10:48together.
10:49Yeah, judging
10:50by the first look,
10:51you guys, like,
10:52gonna destroy this.
10:53I'm just can't wait.
10:54Can't wait.
10:55So I see
10:56the first three looks,
10:57and the first person
10:58that stands out
10:59to me is Nikki.
11:00It looks so creepy
11:01and so cool
11:02and the headpiece,
11:03everything just screams
11:05like scales.
11:07Bye, guys.
11:08Good luck.
11:09Bye, guys.
11:10Good luck.
11:11Good luck.
11:17Hi, artists.
11:18Just popping in.
11:19Wanted one last chance
11:20to talk to each of you
11:21one-on-one.
11:22So we'll start
11:23with Q.
11:24I know you doubted
11:25yourself,
11:26and I know there was
11:27actually a time
11:28where you thought,
11:29why am I even here?
11:30But look at you.
11:31This is why you're here.
11:32What has this competition
11:33taught you about yourself?
11:35This competition
11:36has reminded me
11:37that I need
11:38to be kind
11:39to myself.
11:40One of the biggest things
11:41that I've always been
11:42concerned about
11:43is making sure
11:44that I treat people well
11:45and I basically
11:46do people how I want
11:47to be done, you know?
11:48So I think
11:49that sometimes
11:50we forget to allot
11:51ourselves that same grace.
11:52Well, I am very
11:53proud of you
11:54to see that
11:55chicken
11:56that we saw
11:57week one
12:00come into this.
12:01So I'm gonna let you
12:02go get ready,
12:03and I can't wait
12:04to see your next look.
12:05Make us proud.
12:06That's what I'mma do.
12:07All right.
12:08Bye, Q.
12:09Hi, Nikki.
12:10Hi, Raven.
12:11Last week,
12:12you seemed a little
12:13disbelief that you
12:14were in the finale.
12:15I was just, like,
12:16dreaming about this
12:17moment,
12:18and so it was more,
12:19like, a shock
12:20and everything just came
12:21like, like,
12:22everything's happening.
12:23Like, it's really happening.
12:24How do you feel
12:25this competition
12:26has changed you?
12:27It made me
12:28push my boundaries.
12:30It made me really
12:31tap into
12:32my emotions,
12:33which I
12:34don't generally do,
12:36and it gave me
12:37a boost of confidence,
12:38especially now since
12:39I'm in the final.
12:40Like, that bitch,
12:41I can do it.
12:42Now, what would
12:43winning mean to you?
12:44Winning it
12:46would just, like,
12:47solidify
12:49all the hard work
12:50I've done,
12:51all the blood,
12:52sweat, and tears.
12:53Oh, I'm gonna make
12:54me, you're gonna
12:55make me cry.
12:56And, uh,
12:57make me, like,
12:58really believe
12:59I am, like,
13:00that talented.
13:02Well, I have
13:03faith in you,
13:04so I'm gonna let you
13:05get to work on your
13:06second look.
13:07Thank you so much,
13:08Raven.
13:09Hi, Tucker.
13:10Hi, Raven.
13:11How you feeling?
13:12Excited.
13:13I'm ready to give
13:14it my all.
13:15You are the youngest
13:16one
13:17in the competition.
13:18You have
13:19this
13:20attitude
13:21that not many people
13:22have at 19 years old.
13:23How do you
13:24feel
13:25you've achieved
13:26this?
13:27Because I know
13:28that time's a ticking.
13:29I mean, I gotta make
13:30the most of this
13:31while I am
13:32young.
13:33I got a motive.
13:34I know what I want
13:35to do,
13:36and I'm gonna do it
13:37the best way I can.
13:38And look where you're at.
13:39You're in the top three
13:40in this competition
13:41because you go
13:42at everything
13:43with just
13:44a full
13:45force.
13:46No apologies.
13:47You got two more looks,
13:48so I'm gonna
13:49let you get back
13:50to work.
13:51Okay.
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14:32Okay, I'm gonna get it done in time.
14:35The way I'm connecting
14:37this
14:38earthly mask
14:38look to my
14:39lower realm self
14:40is by
14:41the cover story.
14:42I want to make sure
14:43I'm carrying
14:44in the blue.
14:45I have to make sure
14:46that my face and my body
14:47are rainbowy as hell.
14:48Also giving depth
14:49in a fierce ass
14:50nose contour.
14:51This earthly mask
14:52is me
14:53realizing what my
14:54potential is.
14:55So I feel
14:56like we should be
14:57reading the news
14:58or telling
14:59people about
15:00what's happening
15:01of the San Fernando Valley.
15:03Well, it does look like we should be doing that,
15:05but that's so boring.
15:08You know what we get to do?
15:09We get to judge makeup.
15:10Hi, artists.
15:14So I want to ask what surprised you about yourself.
15:16Let's start with Elena.
15:18The ability for me to push myself,
15:20and also the way challenges were presented,
15:23and having to get inspired by anything.
15:26You know, usually I come up with the looks,
15:28and I have to think about it.
15:29But in this competition, I just have to go,
15:32and have to like the idea immediately.
15:34That's incredible.
15:35Things come up, and you have to use your intuition at times,
15:38and just go with it, and trust it.
15:40That's fabulous.
15:41All right, the ascension ball continues,
15:43as our finalists have risen from the lower realm,
15:45and taken the form of their earthly masks,
15:47showing us the way others see them.
15:49Are you ready?
15:50I am so ready.
15:51I love a resurrection.
15:53I see you got the word erection in there.
15:57All right, it's face time.
16:05First up, Nikki Nick.
16:10Ooh.
16:14I am serving two faces.
16:16A tear apart, tear away face.
16:18And embodying the madame gal on my demon-esque side
16:23that people think I am bitchy about.
16:27Nikki's smile just frightens my day.
16:33Next up, Q.
16:36Q is in bloom.
16:38Ooh.
16:41Out of this blackness is this beautiful, colorful creature
16:44that's coming out, and it's trying to be seen.
16:46And bitch, you be like, honey.
16:48Honey, eat it up, girl.
16:50Period.
16:52Gorgeous.
16:52Finally, Tucker.
16:55All eye on Tucker.
16:57Ooh.
17:00It's serving bitch who knows that they're an artist.
17:04Rainbow and colorful, and it's also serving
17:08a wisp of energy in the chest.
17:13Excuse me, sir.
17:14My eye is up here.
17:16Ha ha ha ha ha.
17:17Hi, artists.
17:18I can't wait to hear about these looks.
17:20Hi, Q.
17:21Good morning.
17:22What is your earthly map?
17:24It represents two of the most difficult struggles
17:26that I've had to endure as an adult.
17:29So the first being navigating being a black man.
17:31And then number two, this is the darkest, probably,
17:33place of my life.
17:34And I was so unhappy with my life
17:36that I could no longer live in that place.
17:38And if I wanted to continue to live in that place,
17:41I would have to be a black man.
17:43And I would have to be a black woman.
17:45And if I wanted to continue to actually be able to live,
17:49I would have to move.
17:51So I moved.
17:52And because of that, I was freed.
17:53And I think that I shine brightly, which is
17:55a part of why I use the light, because I
17:57think it's important that we all allow our lights to shine.
18:00I love the intersection of impressionism
18:02and surrealism in this piece.
18:04And of course, your story, I can totally relate to your story.
18:07Again, the fact that you've been able to overcome inner demons
18:12is beautiful.
18:14Next up is Nikki Nick.
18:16Hi, Raven.
18:17Hi, Ru.
18:18Hi, Nikki.
18:19I see two masks.
18:20Yes.
18:21So which one is the mask?
18:23So I honestly believe that people perceive
18:25me as almost being two-faced.
18:27So I have this mask side that I usually put,
18:30I guess, to the crowd.
18:32And it's almost like this forced smile.
18:34So I created this enormous smile.
18:37And then I have this other side that I think people
18:40think I'm really bitchy.
18:41You know, I understand this very well,
18:43to put on a happy smile so that other people
18:46don't feel threatened, which is something
18:48that we can all relate to.
18:50Everybody understands that very well.
18:52I like this.
18:53Thank you so much.
18:55Hi, Tucker.
18:56Hi, Raven and RuPaul.
18:57Tell us about your look.
19:00So my earthly mask is like the embodiment of an artist.
19:05And I wanted to have a little paintbrush that makes an eye,
19:08because vision is key.
19:09Oh, now I see.
19:11I got to tell you, this is so beautiful.
19:14You know, years of being taught about art
19:17and being taught what to like about art, you know,
19:19all these years, I've learned that if it makes me feel good,
19:23then it's fantastic.
19:24And this, it makes me happy.
19:27Thank you, RuPaul and Raven.
19:30OK, artists, it's time to leave your earthly realm behind
19:34and rise to your next look in the Ascension Ball,
19:37a divine being that embodies all of the highest qualities
19:40that you admire and aspire to be.
19:43Game on, faces off.
19:44For one last time, for $25,000 and this season's
19:48championship, your final challenge in this competition
19:51starts now.
19:56Look, baby.
19:57Oh my god, Q, are you like fluorescent,
19:59like with the black light?
20:02Oh my god.
20:03Oh, wow.
20:04It's sick.
20:05First person stands out to me is Q this time.
20:08I like that Q's glows in the dark
20:10and has like this like a rip out face effect.
20:14Tucker.
20:15I know, Tucker's insane.
20:19As usual.
20:20Tucker's makeup is just so out of this world.
20:25And their use with paper as a medium,
20:28it's definitely what sets Tucker apart from all of us.
20:31I like the cohesiveness between this look and the other look.
20:34The color scheme, I think it's a new one.
20:37You can tell where I'm going next, too, honey.
20:43I see my other competitors' looks, and they are amazing.
20:46I'm a little worried that maybe I didn't push it enough.
20:50I am happy with what I came up with in my concept
20:52and my execution, but I feel a little worried.
20:56Love y'all.
21:00Ball head.
21:07So final three, what are your thoughts so far?
21:10I'm always gobsmacked when people can just
21:13pull a rabbit out of a hat.
21:15And these are very, very talented artists.
21:19So it's a tough race.
21:21You've got a big decision on your hands.
21:23Well, that's why you're here to help.
21:28Hello again, artists.
21:29Welcome back.
21:30I'm always excited about people who are creative.
21:32My favorite thing is the creative process.
21:35Do each of you have a process that you turn to every time
21:39a challenge came up?
21:40Let's start with Joe.
21:41Joe, what is your creative process?
21:44Honestly, it was kind of hard, just
21:45because I don't do makeup all the time.
21:49I usually just do makeup to kind of escape the chaos.
21:52Wait, what do you usually do?
21:53Are you a prostitute?
21:56I mean, it depends on the night.
22:00You don't do makeup all the time,
22:02so you don't have a regular process that you go through.
22:05Is that what I'm hearing?
22:06Imagination just comes to me, and then I
22:08start to think of how I can make things different
22:11and how I can just twist it and warp it and make it my own.
22:15Ariana, do you have a process?
22:18Honestly, I am inspired a lot.
22:21So I will see something or hear something
22:25and be very inspired.
22:26I like to take things from a lot of things
22:29and just try to find ways where I'm staying true to myself,
22:32but still different.
22:34That's really my process.
22:35What about Lauren?
22:36I create content for TikTok and Instagram,
22:39and I'm always having to produce content very quickly.
22:42Lauren, are your pronouns tic and talk?
22:48So I feel like I have to produce content
22:50at a very quick, like, pace.
22:52And does that inspiration come from television or movies
22:55or magazines?
22:56Yes, definitely.
22:57I'm very drawn to movies in particular,
23:00comic book characters, anything, like,
23:02really graphic and fun and pop arty.
23:05And music.
23:05Music is a huge inspiration as well.
23:07Elena, what about you?
23:08Well, I do content for Instagram and YouTube.
23:12And a lot of my content is inspired by drag and culture,
23:16because I live for that.
23:18But also, I get inspired by different concepts or objects
23:22or color story.
23:23That's beautiful.
23:24I love that.
23:25I love that process.
23:26It's always interesting to find out where
23:28the inspiration comes from.
23:31Are you excited for the next look?
23:32Yes.
23:33Hell yeah.
23:34All right.
23:34It's time for the final look of the season.
23:36For the third and final look in our Ascension Ball,
23:39the finalists are taking us to the heavenly realm.
23:42It's face time.
23:50First up, Hugh.
23:53Now that is so Raven.
23:55I am serving you my blackest beautiful.
23:58I am serving you Egyptian goddess.
24:00I am serving you risen from the ashes.
24:02I am serving you all the things.
24:03And what?
24:04This thing is about to rise from the ashes, honey,
24:06in this competition.
24:09I love the Egyptian nod to Nefertiti.
24:13Absolutely gorgeous.
24:18Next up, Nicki Minj.
24:20I love that crown.
24:20That crown is so gorgeous.
24:22And I love the gold embellishments.
24:26I'm serving this Bacla Filipino god.
24:30That's somebody that I would have loved to look up to
24:32as a little gay boy growing up and bringing
24:36all the elements of traditional Filipino
24:39with a little gay sprinkle of dust onto it.
24:42If that's the key to winning, bring your own crown.
24:45I'm going to bring my own crown.
24:46Is that the key to winning, bring your own crown?
24:49I think it is.
24:50I think it's a key to life.
24:54Finally, one last time, Tucker Fancy.
24:59It's a kaleidoscope of color.
25:02This final look is serving a Pope hat silhouette.
25:06It's serving full realization of what the consciousness can do.
25:10Tucker's the talk of Vatican City.
25:12You're a sinner, baby.
25:17Wow, wow, wow, wowee, wowee.
25:19That was amazing.
25:21Really spectacular.
25:22The three of you together, it's really over the top.
25:25Thank you.
25:26OK, we're eager to hear about these looks.
25:28So let's get started.
25:29First up, Q.
25:33This look for me is inspired by the goddess Oya.
25:37And she is the Yoruban goddess of storms.
25:41And she also ushers the dead to the afterlife.
25:44So I thought that this was a different take
25:47on pretty much the same ideology of the phoenix.
25:50And I wanted to let this look encompass all of the things
25:53that, throughout this competition, I was afraid of.
25:55So I was afraid to do the black scale makeup
25:58with black as the base.
25:59So I allowed that to be how I built this look.
26:02I was afraid of feathers, so I utilized feathers.
26:04So it was pushing my artistry and pushing
26:07my skill to a certain extent.
26:08So this was my new way of addressing the phoenix.
26:12It's stunning.
26:13And then as you look closely, you
26:15see that your headpiece is made of hair.
26:18Of course, we are familiar with that headpiece as Nefertiti.
26:22But you've done something very unique with it,
26:24with the feathers.
26:25I'm so happy you went with the feathers.
26:28I love this.
26:29Thank you.
26:30Thank you, Q.
26:31Thank you, Q.
26:32Next up, Nikki.
26:34Hi, Nikki.
26:36Hi, Raven.
26:36Hi, RuPaul.
26:37Hello.
26:38I feel like I should be bowing to you.
26:40A lot of men have before.
26:44So tell us about your divine, heavenly being.
26:47So this is my amalgamation of all of my three realms
26:52put together.
26:53I started from the bottom of this boy who's been tormented,
26:58moved up to the earth realm, where he still
27:00has little bits of residuals.
27:01So he is two-faced.
27:03And now I have embraced it all.
27:05And I have become a Bakugan.
27:08And I have become a Bacalao Filipino warrior god.
27:12What an amazing story.
27:14The fact that you have turned this into something so beautiful
27:18is really the story of humans on this planet.
27:22And you know, when you look back on a lot of the darkness,
27:25it was painful.
27:26But it actually pushed you into your higher self.
27:31Thank you, Nikki.
27:32Next up, Tucker.
27:35Oh, holy Tucker.
27:36My eyes dance around on this piece.
27:38It leaves me with a sense of balance.
27:41All is right in the world when I look at Tucker.
27:45It's really beautifully done, too.
27:47Is that an airbrush that you've used?
27:49I used a mix of creams, as well as watercolors
27:54and eyeshadow pigments.
27:56And then I love that the eyeball plays its role
27:59in all three of your looks.
28:00And most of your looks have been askew or asymmetrical.
28:04So to see you come into your final look
28:07and say, I'm doing symmetry, it's beautiful.
28:09Tucker is 19 years old.
28:12Wow, wow.
28:13This level of understanding is pretty unique for someone
28:17who is 19 years old.
28:19Thank you, Tucker.
28:19Thanks, Tucker.
28:20Thank y'all so much.
28:22All right, artists.
28:23We've been through hell and back together.
28:25But now it's time for the hardest part of all.
28:27Ru and I have to deliberate and determine
28:29who will claim the prize of $25,000
28:34and be crowned the winner of season two
28:36of Painted with Raven.
28:37Bye.
28:38Bye.
28:40I feel, like, so emotional.
28:42All three of you, like, my eyes,
28:44they just don't know where to go.
28:46And you, you're smudged.
28:47Like, your face is smudged.
28:49I love it.
28:50Thank you.
28:50I love it.
28:51She be cute sometimes.
28:53Tucker, this body paint is beautiful.
28:55Thank you.
28:57I was kind of hoping y'all would epic fail,
28:58but this is the end.
28:59Ha ha.
29:00Ha ha.
29:02I'm glad I'm not Raven.
29:03That's what I got to say.
29:05You all made your looks tied together,
29:07which is, like, really hard.
29:09But you guys really did a good job.
29:11How did you make that headpiece?
29:13I typically use, like, a lampshade,
29:14and I cut it and then shape it to my head,
29:16and then I fill it in.
29:18But bitch, Ford had to be a pizza box girl.
29:22Oh.
29:24But they got her a pizza the other day,
29:26and I said, well, you know what?
29:29She gonna work tonight.
29:33I love the graphic wing.
29:34This is a graphic wing.
29:36That's cool as fuck.
29:38I want some pizza now.
29:40We about to find out who won $25,000, girl.
29:45Q is getting the ultimate second chance.
29:50Tucker is in the midst of receiving
29:54what they have wanted so bad throughout the entirety
29:56of this competition.
29:58Nikki comes from a very tough place.
30:02It would do so much for Nikki to win.
30:05All three, I have no idea who Raven's gonna pick,
30:07because these are all killer looks,
30:09and everyone did a fantastic job.
30:11Well, good luck.
30:12Love y'all.
30:13Good luck.
30:14Good luck.
30:19OK, let's talk about Nikki.
30:22This whole look is really gruesome.
30:25It doesn't make me feel good.
30:27And I guess that's what she was going for.
30:29And then to go from this dark realm to your human mask.
30:37Queer people have always had to have that duality,
30:40that the face that they put on for the public
30:43so that the public doesn't feel threatened.
30:44And then, of course, their true self.
30:46But what's interesting about Nikki's look here
30:48is that the mouth, both mouths, are kind of gruesome.
30:52But you know what?
30:53It's still so beautiful.
30:55It's really, really well done.
30:59Let's go to the third, divine self.
31:01This is so Regal.
31:02The headpiece is my favorite part of this.
31:04But I feel like if you're saying that the headpiece is
31:07your favorite part, did the makeup lack?
31:10You know, the makeup is not my favorite.
31:12I thought that some of the definition got lost.
31:15I'm not sure what she was going for here.
31:17So let's move on to Q.
31:21Q comes from a religious background
31:23and that Q had been told certain things about himself
31:26and has used it here.
31:28And it works.
31:29Q has an attention to detail that I
31:32think in a lot of other challenges got lost.
31:35Time was ticking and it almost looked as though
31:37the looks were thrown together.
31:41This look's planned out.
31:42This look's thought out.
31:43He really thought about, OK, I'm going to not just
31:46put together a look, but I'm going to piece
31:48together this whole story.
31:50Now Q's earthly mask.
31:53This is absolutely my favorite look of Q's in the final three.
31:57The underworld talked of the lies and deceit.
32:02And here in the middle, there is hope.
32:05And then to go in with that black, bold line
32:07and just give a little definition
32:09for the nose, the lips, the eyes,
32:10but then done in such an abstract way
32:12that you realize you're looking at someone who
32:15has painted himself pitch black with just this bright face
32:21peeking through.
32:21And then you get the black light.
32:24And then finally in Q's ascension ball, it's gorgeous.
32:29This makeup is luminescent and it
32:32really comes to life on stage.
32:35I love how Q plays with the light here.
32:37I love how the cheekbones are accented.
32:39And there's something very familiar
32:41and comforting about it.
32:42Q mentioned that the phoenix rising from the ashes
32:45was the inspiration here.
32:46And you can see it.
32:47The feathers successfully used here
32:50really add extra story to what we're familiar with.
32:56Let's talk about Tucker's first look in those shades of blue.
32:59And then with that beam of light on the forehead
33:02that has been created to look like they're almost being
33:04sucked out of the lower realm.
33:06I think the use of the light here
33:08alludes to something greater to come.
33:10It does feel like it's in the lower realm,
33:13but it's moving toward the light.
33:16I think this is extraordinary.
33:17I really, really do.
33:21Next up, their earthly mask.
33:23I respond to how the face has been
33:26accentuated with these angles.
33:28I think Tucker is a natural.
33:29I think Tucker intuitively knows what beauty is,
33:33because I am moved by this look.
33:39And then last, Tucker's heavenly realm.
33:43I feel like Steve Winwood.
33:45Bring me a higher level.
33:47It's breathtaking.
33:49Some of the whimsy we've seen in Tucker's personality
33:52really comes out here, even in the way
33:54Tucker presented this look.
33:56I get that Tucker has taken the Catholic background
33:59and reinterpreted it to make it fun,
34:02to make it signature Tucker.
34:05All right, so we picked our season two champion?
34:08I believe we have.
34:12Welcome back, artists.
34:13Through this competition, you've all shown
34:15such strength and resilience.
34:17Today, our finalists have taken us
34:18to the depths of their pain in the lower realm,
34:21bared their souls behind their earthly mask,
34:24and given us a little divine inspiration.
34:27And we are so honored to have taken this journey with you.
34:32Looking at the other contestants' looks,
34:34they showed off such a personal story.
34:37Each of us have a connection with our own looks,
34:39and it's just a matter of what the judges feel fits best.
34:44Tucker, you are bright, beautiful, and a creative dynamo.
34:49Q, you are courageous, honorable,
34:52and have a poetic soul.
34:54This entire time, I felt like I haven't
34:56been able to translate, and it's finally happening.
35:00It feels amazing to be seen.
35:03I think that one of the biggest things that artists need
35:07is for people to recognize their art,
35:08and I wouldn't exchange it for the world, baby.
35:10Like, oh my god, I am so high right now.
35:13Nikki, you are a beautiful representation
35:17of what it means to celebrate your culture.
35:20Honestly, in my mind, the only thing I'm hoping and praying
35:23is that she just says my name, put my emotions out
35:28on my sleeve, or I guess my face,
35:30and made this last ascension ball so personal to myself.
35:36So I am just wishing that Raven just says my name.
35:44Congratulations.
35:58Tucker, you are the winner of season two
36:03of Painted with Raven.
36:04Oh!
36:06Oh my god!
36:09Rachel!
36:10Congratulations!
36:12I'm so happy for you.
36:14You will receive a year's supply of cosmetics
36:16provided by Anastasia Beverly Hills
36:19and a cash prize of $25,000.
36:23Thank you so much.
36:26I just won Painted with Raven season two.
36:29Me, Tucker Fancy.
36:32I'm so happy for Tucker.
36:33She was wondering, like, how she was going to finance
36:36and navigate this next place in her life.
36:38This is a beautiful moment for both of us.
36:40Even though I didn't win, I'm OK with it.
36:43How do you feel to be the winner?
36:46I feel, like, so validated and for all of my hard work.
36:52And I feel like I'm about to ascend into the real me
36:57and to show me off.
36:58So you'll be ascending to the real Tucker, Tucker Fancy.
37:04Nikki and Q, you both should be very, very proud of yourselves.
37:09Q, how are you?
37:11I'm good.
37:12I was in the top three.
37:13Like, I did not expect to be here.
37:16And just being here is, like, I won.
37:19Like, I literally just heard I lost, and I'm happy.
37:23And Nikki?
37:24I'm really happy for you, Tucker.
37:27But I'm not going to lie, I'm devastated within myself.
37:31So I'm just going over it with my head.
37:35Congratulations, Tucker.
37:37Congratulations, Tucker.
37:38I would be lying if I say I'm not disappointed that I didn't win.
37:42But I am happy you won and so well-deserved.
37:47Well, you are all amazing, amazing artists.
37:50And thank you again so much.
37:53Thank you all so much.
37:55With this prize, I'm going to try and make
37:57myself as professional as possible.
37:59I feel like I have the golden ticket right now.
38:01A small-town queer person out of nowhere
38:04that nobody had sights on is giving this torch.
38:08I just feel so happy.
38:09You all made season two the most incredible season yet.
38:13You all should be very proud of yourselves.
38:15This journey is more than just winning the top prize.
38:18It really is about self-discovery.
38:21This is a major turning point in your lives.
38:24You'll look back at this time and realize how strong you are
38:27and how you'll be able to depend on these characters
38:31you've created.
38:32Thank you all for joining us on this season of
38:34Painted with Raven.
38:36Now I'm up.
38:37♪♪♪