EDGE Interview: It's Eureka! Versus the World!

Eureka was eliminated on episode four of "Canada vs. the World." Given her thoughts about competing at this point in her life, one wonders if she gave it her all.

"Yeah, I did," she says admitting that her energy dropped about halfway through the show. That's because Eureka the person had changed and maybe her character did too. "Even the judges had mentioned, where's the Eureka they know – the high energy? I just found such a calmness in my trans and maybe like less of an energy to have to prove myself, which changes the dynamic of how I react and respond to situations. Maybe, I don't know, I feel like of course I gave it my best shot. I always put my best in everything, but at the same time, I just didn't have the drive I've had in the past I don't think."

She didn't. Drag personas are characters, not carbon copies of the humans they embody. However, they can become collateral damage if their creator is struggling. Perhaps Eureka's sobriety affected her drag character subconsciously.

"That's interesting," she says of the notion, pausing to think about it further. "Um, I think that, you know, when you're not using, and you're used to using to kind of push you into an energetic place, I guess the right maybe. But, I think through recovery, I've learned a lot about not being so desperate for the things that I was addicted to before, like attention, pushing passed to be in the spotlight because that's something to prove. When you're an addict you're constantly proving something to yourself and the rest of the world."

Working through some of these epiphanies also comes with conflicts, and the "Drag Race" reality franchise is notorious for its pithy squabbles. In "Canada vs the World," there were a few, especially coming from fellow competitor Miss Fiercalicious who in one episode called Eureka out for being a longtime show veteran but still landing in the bottom. While it's not uncommon to use intimidation tactics to rattle a fellow contestant, the remark might have been especially salient given Eureka's current state of mind.

The casual diss didn't seem to upset Eureka.

"I think that she knows what she's doing in a sense that, like, she knows how to make great TV, and she knows what gets her the attention for her brand. I mean, at the end of the day, like we all love, you know – maybe not all of us – but there is a taste for that drag queen and she plays it very well," she says. "The more I've gotten to know her personally, she has the hugest heart in the entire world. She's such a good person, you know. I think she's also just funny and it's weirdly her humor."

Eureka may have not been crowned on the show but she is still taking on the world.

"I'm actually in Vegas," she says. "I'm doing a scripted show at the Linq [Hotel] called 'The Disco Show.' I really want to move on to the next phase of my career. I went to college for radio, TV and film. So I'm really pushing that way."

"The Disco Show" premieres on September 7.

You can watch "Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World" every Friday on WOW Presents Plus in the U.S. and select territories internationally.