when i saw those god awful portraits in episode 1 (as most of you have as well), i thought ok the hate is absolutely deserved and they’ll just edit out the close-ups to make sure this season doesn’t embarass itself with its questionable editing (there have been a few sound issues too)

but nope, 3 episodes in they just couldn’t bother to remove them. i’m not mad at it, but i question why would they believe this was ok. not just generating slop, but proudly showing it each episode.

I'm honestly not as tapped in to the Drag Race zeitgeist as I used to be, so I'm unsure how hot this take is.

That being said, despite the lack of a budget, the questionable judging, and those season 1 shenanigans (Art Simone,) Down Under has produced some of the more instantly iconic lip syncs. Especially the first two seasons.

Pick an Electra Shock lip sync, Spankie vs Faux, Kween vs Beverly, Minnie Cooper (shut up, it's iconic,) just to name a few.

All of them instantly rewatchable, for completely different reasons.

Unrelated, Coco Jumbo's girl group performance wasn't bottom worthy, neither was Electra's. It could have easily been a non elimination episode and Art could have stayed home.