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Lip-Sync Performances

    Lip Sync Performances (Regular Seasons, 1-5) 
  • Season 1:
    • Akashia is probably the first instance of a truly awesome lip-sync when she performed to the song We Break The Dawn by Michelle Williams. Despite the fact the queen facing off against her (Tammie Brown) had decided she wasn't going to perform, Akashia still gave the song her all and thoroughly shocked and impressed Ru and the judges.
    RuPaul: Akashia, you motherfucking broke the dawn!
    • Ongina vs BeBe Zahara Benet is probably the Ur-Example of a lipsync that made eliminating one of them a difficult choice for Ru (who even had to step away for a bit to think about it, not helped by both queens having strong track records up to that point). Wig removals, intense face, strong body movements, many elements that would define future lip-syncs started here.
  • Season 2:
    • Sahara and Shangela in the season 2 premiere set a high bar for the rest of the season. This, of course, is where Shangela debuted the death drop.
      Sonique: It looked like Mortal Kombat.
    • Sahara and Morgan's lip sync to Martha Wash's "Carry On." Pretty notable as quite a number of the queens have done a split during the lip-sync, but Sahara may have topped them all by doing a jumping split and landing off the stage. The rest of the lip-sync is deeply affecting with both Sahara and Morgan really connecting to the song. Ru cited it as one of his favorite moments on the show.
    • Special mention goes to Jujubee, who across Season 2 and All Stars, has lip-synced a total of five times and was never eliminated because of a lip-sync.
      • A particularly iconic moment for Juju is her lip-sync with Sahara Davenport to "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles, where she writhed all over the stage, gave seductive looks and gave tons of passion, looking more like a rock star than in the actual rock star challenge that episode.note 
    • Morgan McMichaels and Sonique's lip sync to Stacey Q's “Two of Hearts.” The two approached it with very different styles, with Sonique delivering acrobatics and and splits, "working every inch of the stage," while Morgan went with air tight voguing so precise that Ru called it among the tightest she'd ever seen. Ru admitted that it was a very difficult choice, with Morgan barely snatching the win.
    • The final lip-sync to Ru's own "Jealous Of My Boogie" saw a resurgence of attention on social media over a decade after it aired. While James "Tyra Sanchez" Ross will always be controversial on and off the show, a lot of fans agree nowadays that this lip-sync alone is a compelling argument as to why Tyra Sanchez really was a deserving winner. Tyra owned the stage from the word 'go' just by twirling her cape wildly, whipping it off, giving energy to every single line, and doing a killer back bend. And then she drops off the stage to serve face directly to the judges (this was before stepping off stage during a lip-sync was largely disallowed) before ending with a truly iconic split. Raven tried to sass it up, but she's simply outclassed here by Tyra's sheer showmanship.
  • Season 3:
    • Manila Luzon and Delta Work lip syncing to Donna Summer's “MacArthur Park.” Both really connect with the song, with Manila edging out by performing in a highly powerful, emotional, and completely insane manner.
    • Raja and Carmen lip sync to Paula Abdul's "Straight Up." It almost immediately becomes a strip tease full of erotic lesbian skin-on-skin contact to the visible excitement of the judges' panel, the other contestants, and the jocks backstage.
  • Season 4:
    • Dida Ritz vs The Princess, AKA Dida Ritz' moment in the sun. They were faced with the unenviable task of doing "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" while the song's original artist, Natalie Cole, was sitting on the judges' table that week. Dida Ritz did not take that lightly, and did such an incredible job, dancing her ass off and giving limitless energy, that Natalie - and the rest of the judges - were just living for the whole performance. Still considered an all-time classic by many fans.
    • Phi Phi and Sharon's lip sync may quite possibly the most intense in Drag Race history, aided by the season-long tension experienced between the two as well as the extremely high energy song. They became Fire-Forged Friends through it.
    • Dida Ritz and Latrice Royale lip syncing to Gladys Knight & The Pips "I've Got To Use My Imagination."
    • Latrice's beautifully heartfelt performance of "Natural Woman" — completely outshining Kenya Michaels, who does identify as a woman and came out as transgender after the show.
  • Season 5:
    • Coco Montrese's lip syncs were both strong but extra points go to her lip sync against Jade Jolie with The Pointer Sister's "I'm So Excited", because of how strong both Queens were.
      • What made it even more CMOA was how extremely strong Jade Jolie was; it came as a surprise to many (however she did very well in an earlier lip syncing challenge herself)
    • Roxxxy and Alyssa lip syncing to Willow Smith's "Whip My Hair." Alyssa's been established as being a great dancer and her performance in the spoken word lip sync challenge was raved so she was expected to do very well, but Roxxxy more than held her own by giving a high-energy performance and employing some great tricks, including taking off her wig to reveal another wig. Not only did Ru keep both queens, but she later revealed that this is her favorite lipsynch in the entire series so far.
    • The entire lip sync between Coco and Alyssa, built up off of of several years and most of a season's worth of tension. Best summed up by the judges' reactions, which are a collective Jaw Drop.
    • Jinkx and Detox's lip sync to "Malambo No. 1" by Yma Sumac. Detox has already proven herself a strong lip syncer, with her infamous mouth wiggle making her a force to be reckoned with. But just when it looked like Rolaskatox would end up the finalists however, Jinkx's camp and comedy prowess proves to be beneficial for this song, with her own strong mouth movements complimenting the song and giving her the edge even with Detox holding her own. In the end, Jinkx not only won the lipsync, but she also broke up Rolaskatox once and for all.

    Lip Sync Performances (Regular Seasons, 6-10) 
  • From Season 6:
    • Season 6 in general is just giving us awesome lipsync after awesome lipsync. Although the first two had their flops (Kelly and Magnolia), every lipsync since then has been top notch. These girls are not here to take chances.
    • April and Trinity lip syncing to "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan.
    • Trinity and Milk lip syncing "What a Man" by Salt-n-Pepa with En Vogue. It's notable on Trinity's end as she showed that even if it might seem like she's finished she's not and if she should ever fall into the bottom two again she'll come out victorious. Meanwhile, Milk also gets kudos for keeping up in the energy department; she wasn't going home easily and she worked just as hard as Trinity did.
    • Laganja and Joslyn lip syncing to "Stupid Girls" by Pink, especially when they simultaneously do a split. As Courtney points out, neither queen was looking at the other, so they had no clue the other person was going to do the same move. Everyone in the room cheered when it happened.
    • The lipsync between Trinity and Adore saw the two of them working perfectly together to give a fittingly sensual performance of Paula Abdul's "Vibeology" in front of the singer herself. What makes it even more meaningful is that this isn't Adore's first time having to prove herself in front of Paula, and she delivered against Trinity, who's no slouch in the lipsync department as shown above.
  • From Season 7:
    • Katya and Sasha lip syncing to "Twist of Fate" by Olivia Newton-John. While Sasha holds her own, Katya deservedly wins by really connecting to the song and employing splits, slow-splits, and back bends.
    • Jaidynn and Kandy lip syncing to Ariana Grande's "Break Free." Grande was a judge that week and she was visibly impressed by both of them.
    • Jaidynn (with Tempest) and Ginger (with Sasha) hilariously lip sync to "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany. It's made all the more impressive that the pairs were conjoined, since their movement was somewhat restricted.
    • Kennedy Davenport and Katya's lip sync to Katy Perry's "Roar". In tribute to her drag sister Sahara, Kennedy replicates her jump split off the stage.
  • From Season 8:
    • Robbie Turner delivered a fantastic lip sync to Faith Evans's "Mesmerized" in roller skates. Oh yeah, and that clip of her in previews falling backwards off the stage? Completely intentional, and it paid off damn well.
    • Naysha Lopez and Chi Chi Devayne's lip sync to Blondie's "Call Me." Both delivered an appropriately high energy performance, with Chi Chi Devayne edging out Naysha.
    • Chi Chi Devayne and Thorgy Thor's lip sync to "And I Am Telling You" from Dreamgirls. Towards the end, a strand of glass beads in the back of Chi Chi's dress got caught in her heel; it snapped as she stood up, dramatically raining beads on her during the climax of the song. This became a defining moment for Chi Chi and ultimately saved her from elimination.
    • Bob and Derrick's lip sync to Sylvester's "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)." While Derrick goes for a high-energy performance, Bob really connects with the song while pulling a schtick to bring out her personality in the lip sync, scoring her the win.
  • From Season 9:
    • Aja vs. Kimora Blac's lipsync to Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero". It was obvious Kimora was out of her depth, which could have meant an easy win for Aja, however they still put up a fight lipsync for their LIFE! It was the biggest turnaround following their Princess Disastah look.
    • Charlie Hides vs. Trinity Taylor's lip sync to Britney Spears's "I Wanna Go". Trinity had just came off of a bad critique and took complete responsibility for her team's shortcomings, effectively sealing her place in the bottom two. Although Charlie only bobbed along, thus sealing her fate, it did not stop Trinity from putting on a show with flips and spins galore.
    • Peppermint became known as the lip sync assassin of the season with a fierce performance to Madonna's "Music" against Cynthia Lee Fontaine. Between fast body movements, making the robot a gag-worthy move, and symbolically shooting Cynthia as if she knew the result of this match, poor Cucu didn't stand a chance.
    • Aja vs. Nina Bo'Nina Brown's lip sync to CeCe Peniston's "Finally". Nina's voguing and breastplate-shaking against Aja's energetic acrobatics and spinning jump split makes for an extremely close call for Nina, the winner.
    • Sasha Velour had two this season - both in the finale. The first one was a lipsync against Shea Coulée to Whitney Houston's "So Emotional". As she'd never lipsynced before in the season proper, nobody knew how Sasha would do in a lip-sync, but the minute Sasha took off her wig and revealed all the rose petals underneath, it was all over for Shea. In interviews after the finale Sasha revealed that if she had gotten Britney Spears' "Stronger" she had a pair of scissors hidden on her that she would have used to strategically cut up her wig on stage, still hiding all the rose petals inside it.
      • And then she goes head-to-bald-head with Peppermint performing Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right But It's Okay", where she deconstructs a face mask (starting with the mouth the second the song begins, as a Take That! to Valentina). She proves to be such an intense lipsyncer that it wins her the crown, in a major upset.
  • From Season 10:
    • The season starts strong with the lip sync between Kalorie Karbdashian-Williams and Vanessa Vanjie Mateo to Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man". Many viewers upon seeing this Bottom 2 were convinced that Vanessa would handily send Kalorie home due to her somewhat reserved behavior up until that point. However, Kalorie ended up giving an unexpectedly high-energy lip sync, tearing off pieces of her money dress to make it rain and... well, giving the judges body-ody-ody. It's Kalorie that sent Vanessa home.
    • Monét X Change vs Dusty Ray Bottoms lip-syncing Nicki Minaj's "Pound the Alarm" — which includes a death drop fake-out from Monét and Ru telling the other queens at the end that THAT is how you lip-sync for your life.
    • The season 10 episode 9 lip sync between Eureka and Kameron to Patti Labelle's "New Attitude" is a feast of comedy, athleticism, spot-on lip movements, synchronous jump splits and priceless reaction shots from the judging panel. The high-energy performance of both queens (and probably the fact that they both had great track records so far) led to the first double-shantay in a long time. "Now that's what I call a lip sync for your life!"
    • At the finale, Eureka becomes the first queen in Drag Race history during the civillian season (second overall) to have been apart of two Double Shantay lipsyncs, with both occurring in the same season!

    Lip Sync Performances (Regular Seasons, 11-15) 
  • From Season 11:
    • Mercedes' and Kahanna's lipsync to "Work Bitch". Both queens gave very high energy performances with many tricks, but it's Kahanna that goes home.
    • In "Diva Worship", ALL 6 queens on the bottom team lipsync for their lives simultaneously. The only time that many queens perform on stage is during a lipsync extravaganza or a musical performance.
      • Plastique deserves a special shoutout here for being able to find space on a stage with five follow queens performing with her to execute a split without injuring anyone around her.
    • Ra'jah gives justice to the Davenport family name in all her lipsyncs. Fans often cite her Curb-Stomp Battle against Mercedes to James Brown's "Living in America" as "how to win a lipsync three seconds in". No wonder the queen who finally sends her home, A'keria, is another Davenport!
    • Ariel takes a hard fall in her lip-sync against Shuga. While she is actually eliminated as a result, viewers have to give Ariel props for getting up and carrying on as if nothing ever happened and delivering a good performance.
    • Brooke and Yvie's lipsync in episode 8. After both of their abysmal performances at Snatch Game, Ru decides to make them lipsync for their life. Both queens pull off amazing dance moves and acrobatic stunts, with death drops, flips and handstands. The lipsync is so good that Ru announces a double shantay. It should be noted that Silky, who won the Snatch Game, was so sure that Yvie was in trouble after a poor Whoopi Goldberg impression, but Yvie and Brooke's performance was such an instant classic that they actually overshadowed Silky's win.
    • Vanjie pulls out 2 amazing back-to-back lipsyncs. First, to "Hood Boy", where she completely captures the essence of the song while wearing a latex bodysuit, eliminating Dance Battler Plastique.
    • The next episode, Vanjie goes against Shuga Cain to "No More Drama" by Mary J Blige. Vanjie uses her caftan and hair whips, and throws her jewelry off the stage bit by bit, for an emotional lipsync. Shuga Cain went all out with the emoting, but Vanjie was truly tired of this drama.
      RuPaul: Vanjie, that was magic. Shantay you stay.
    • The final lipsync for the crown, set to "The Edge of Glory" by Lady Gaga. The awesomeness was expected, since it brought back together Brooke and Yvie, but while the former resorts to Boring, but Practical jumps and acrobatics, Yvie really connects with the spirit of the song, aided by her gorgeous gown and mirrored headdress (making it look like she had three faces - plus a fourth on the back of her head), and manages to win the crown.
  • Season 12:
    • We kick the season off with a bang as Gigi Goode and Widow Von'Du are given the All Stars treatment, and have to lipsync to win for the week. They have the unenviable task of doing "Starships" right in front of Nicki Minaj herself, and Widow goes batshit with high energy splits and moves, while Gigi goes an entirely different direction and plays it for silly comedy, which is a sight to see coming from someone previously so poised. Widow takes this one, but really, both of them delivered.
    • Jaida has one where she manages to show poise and out-camp the comedy of her opponent Sherry Pie to "Call Your Girlfriend" by Robyn. She is obviously declared the winner of the Lipsync.
    • Heidi managed to survive losing her wig, a feat only achieved by another great lipsyncher Ra'Jah O'Hara. However, she is also the only Queen to put her wig back on as if nothing had happened. Overall, she fit Kim Petras' song "Heart to Break" very well while also doing the infamous robot dance.
    • After being given the worst critiques and being named as the worst by her fellow Season 12 sisters, Widow Von'Du brought out ALL the fire and passion to Chaka Khan's "This Is My Night", who was also sitting right in front of her. Honorable mention also goes to Jan in the same lip-sync, who put up a high energy fight with reveals and death drops.
    • Jackie Cox delivering a campy and emotional lip-sync to Katy Perry's "Firework" all while wearing a hijab, a powerful lip-sync performance that some could deem as a political commentary. Up against Widow Von'Du, who wore a black power-themed look, and also delivered a fantastic, heartfelt performance.
    • The makeover episode has Heidi and Jackie lipsync to "Kill the Lights" by Alex Newell. Both queens are appropriately dressed for the disco number, with Heidi pulling off high-energy dance moves, and Jackie serving a campier and character-based lipsync. In the end, it's a double shantay.
  • Season 13:
    • Ru gifted us with a premiere full of lipsyncs, bringing the girls up in pairs (and one trio) so we could get a long series of performances. Standouts include:
      • Symone vs Tamisha Iman, to "The Pleasure Principle." Symone immediately established herself as a force of personality, serving face, being silly, miming along with the keyboard melody and just being a lot of fun. Tamisha embodied the Janet Jackson of her era, and especially having it be so recent after she's recovered from cancer, she gives her best shot. Sadly, she gets knocked out by Symone.
      • Olivia Lux vs Rosé to "Ex's and Oh's." A powerhouse of a lipsync where Rosé and Olivia both had strong performances, comedy mixed with true lipsync artistry. While a guitar solo is usually something that gets someone sent home, the fact that Olivia pulled it off so well and made it work was truly something incredible. Olivia may be brand new, but she's got some talent, enough to knock Rosé into the Sashay pile.
    • Symone vs Olivia Lux to "Break My Heart", where it showcased two queens taking a song in a direction that was their strong point and really put on a show to the point that either one of them could win. Olivia took the song more literal and gave it a comedic twist, while Symone put out a good old fashioned lipsync that would make Dida Ritz impressed (as well as Latrice, who called it the best lipsync in recent memory for her). As one commenter on the youtube video said;
      I believe in a Symone & Olivia Lux supremacy
    • Denali deserves her own section for the caliber of lipsyncs she puts out. She lipsyncs in her first three episodes (one non-elimnation, one for the win, and the third a proper LSFYL) and each one is stellar.
      • Her first lipsync is done in ice skates but she still knocks it out of the park, even doing a cartwheel, and while she loses it is the most contested loss of the episode.
      • She gets a chance to fully show us what she's capable of in her lipsync to "If U Seek Amy" against Rosé now that she's lipsyncing in heels and not ice skates, and girl does she DELIVER. She hits every beat cleanly, she serves face, she duckwalks to the bridge, and it shows that Denali is a true lipsync assassin.
      • Her third lipsync to "100% Pure Love" by Crystal Waters was so stellar - a non-stop attack of dancing that completely buried Kahmora Hall - that Ru immediately told her she won the lipsync then continued to praise how entertaining the performance was, before finally telling Denali that who ever has to lipsync against her in the future is going to have a bad time. After the performance, fans started commenting that they would be okay with seeing Denali lipsync every week if she continued to put out these kind of performances.
    • Lala Ri's lipsync to "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea, turning it out while wearing an outfit that was LITERALLY falling apart on stage, and even turning Joey Jay's money-throwing gag into her own moment by picking up the discarded dollars as though they were tips. Joey has a walk to die for and might've won against someone else, but Lala Ri just turns in a classic despite looking utterly ridiculous.
    • Continuing Season 13's streak of incredible lipsyncs, Kandy Muse and Tamisha Iman's lipsync to Blu Cantrell's "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" is amazing, with Kandy serving face and emotion, and Tamisha giving soul and dancing all after revealing that she has an ostomy bag.
    • Elliott with 2 Ts and Lala Ri's lipsync to Kelly Clarkson's "Whole Lotta Woman" is a whole lotta awesome, Elliott backs up her much-touted dance training and redeems herself from her premiere lipsync loss. It's even more impressive that she managed to knock out lipsync assassin Lala, who held her own very well during the performance.
    • Kandy Muse and Symone's lipsync to Fifth Harmony's "BO$$" is amazing, Symone gives perfect face, attitude, and a very tight lipsync, Kandy gives high-energy moves and floor choreography, and the pair are even in sync at points of the song. Symone is declared the winner, but Ru can't bring himself to eliminate Kandy either!
    • Utica's lip-sync against Elliott to Company B's "Fascinated" makes the list because of it's surprising turnout, with Utica completely defying all our expectations (given her first episode showing wasn't great) and killing the lip-sync with comedy, perfectly timed moves, and even some impressive floor choreo.
    • Tina Burner and Utica's lip-sync to Black Eyed Peas' "My Humps" was epic, with Utica's spooky-yet-sexy character take on the track winning the judges over.
    • Symone and Utica lip-syncing to Ariana Grande's "No Tears to Cry", Symone looked absolutely breathtaking during the lip-sync, the light hitting her shimmering gold dress in all the right ways as she perfectly emoted the song.
    • Symone enters the competition and not only notches the most wins out of the girls, but also becomes THE lip sync assassin, as she competes in seven lipsyncs, And. Wins. Each. One.
  • Season 14:
    • Deja Skye's "Fallin'" lip-sync gets a special shout-out from Ru as he dubs her a "lip-sync assassin", and it's no wonder. The Alicia Keys hit is a rather hard song to do, and Deja absolutely crushed it, delivering the emotion, hitting every beat, every ad-lib, as Keys herself looks on in approval.
    • Jorgeous shows us why she's the dancing queen to watch in her lip-sync to Ava Max's "My Head & My Heart" as she goes 100mph throughout the whole thing, showing us spins, split kicks and body movement galore. While Orion Story did her best despite knowing the odds were stacked against her, it's clear this is Jorgeous' time to shine right from Kerri Colby's prior confessional, where she's looking forward to Jorgeous and only Jorgeous. Of particular note is when Orion's big split is immediately overshadowed by Jorgeous' picture-perfect death drop (but let's be honest, it was over for Orion long before that).
    • Not to be outdone by the previous episode, Jasmine Kennedie puts on one hell of a show to "Suga Mama" by Beyoncé, and you know she's gonna give Maddy Morphosis the business right when she whips off her skirt. Jasmine serves a ton of body, gives attitude, dances up a storm, and puts her wig glue to work with plenty of hair whips. Poor Maddy tries to serve camp, but she's just out of her depth against Jasmine.
    • Episode 7 sees a rare instance outside of All-Stars of the top two queens lip-syncing for the prize, as Lady Camden and Daya Betty rock out to Blondie's "One Way or Another". Daya shows plenty of improvement from her first lip-sync, serving a lot of face and embodying the punk nature of the song, but Lady Camden truly shines here. Embodying Freddie Mercury in more than just her outfit while also putting her ballet skills to great use with high-kicks, flexibility, and rock and roll camp, she truly serves it up and unsurprisingly wins, the cherry on top to her amazing run in the episode.
    • Episode 9 sees the lipsync smackdown everyone's been waiting for, Jasmine Kennedie and Jorgeous to the Etta James hit "Something's Got a Hold on Me". It's a VERY close call, both of them serving emotion, dancing, and even playing with each other and synching up. The highlight goes to Jasmine's isolated split, as she lowers herself down further with each lyric, much to the screaming and hollering of the girls in the back. Unsurprisingly, it's a double shantay.
    • After eleven weeks of keeping her skills to herself, Willow Pill finally has to lip-sync for the first time, and she absolutely gives us a show. To the tune of "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross (which Willow claims was the only song in the list she actually wanted to perform) Willow serves the emotion of the song, campy moments, and perfectly groovy moves, leaving her opponent Bosco in her dust.
    • Angeria, Camden, and Jorgeous end up in a triple smackdown to Beyoncé's "Radio", and boy do they all deliver. It's a nail-biter to the end, with all three utiilizing their dance abilities to the max, and a special mention goes to Angeria and Jorgeous doing a dip one after the other (though it would have been an even more satisfying moment had Camden not failed to dip as well and complete the trio). Unsurprisingly though, Jorgeous claims another win.
    • The hands-down standout lipsync from episode 11's Lalaparuza Smackdown was Lady Camden and Bosco facing off to En Vogue's "Don't Let Go." Bosco hopes to temper Camden's known dancing abilities by choosing a slow song, so Bosco goes in with sensuality. Unfortunately for Bosco, it turns out Camden isn't deterred at all by the song choice, and she serves passion, more subdued dancing and sensuality. Bosco's no slouch, but Camden pulls ahead. Of particular note is a perfect camera shot as the song starts, which captures both girls emoting to the song - someone at World Of Wonder needs to give that cameraman a raise.
    • The final battle is Bosco and Jasmine Kennedie to the sultry Diana Ross track "Swept Away". Both girls have something to prove, having lost their first two lip-syncs, but Bosco absolutely lays it all out. Serving sex and breaking out all her stripper moves, Bosco absolutely turns the party and survives the smackdown. Deja Skye even commented that she "could watch this for hours".
    • Jorgeous becomes the first queen on a regular US season to survive four bottom lip-syncs after her battle against Bosco to Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel", and it's no wonder, she absolutely delivers the emotion attitude, and perfectly pop and lock's it to the beat. Bosco puts up a fight, but this lip-sync cements Jorgeous as an almost unstoppable beast.
    • After four lip syncs for her life, who is capable of finally taking out Jorgeous? Daya Betty. Not only does she topple Jorgeous, she makes it a double-elimination by beating Deja Skye as well (the queen who beat her in the "Fallin'" lipsync and sent her packing). Daya cemented her place in the top 5 with a badass performance to Olivia Rodrigo's "good 4 u".
    • Legendary drag song "Telephone" by Lady Gaga and Beyonce shows up in the fourteenth episode, pitting Willow Pill (who has only lip-synched once) against her best friend Angeria (who has lip-synched twice). How do you embody such an iconic song, especially when you're both wearing full-length gowns? Willow and Angie pull out all the stops, Angeria with hilarious facial expressions and arm movements, and Willow hiking up her dress to strut as much as she could, then doing a jump to end up on her knees. They end the song leaning and dancing up on each other, finally hitting identical squats at the end. After a performance like that, Ru declares that shante, they both stay, to form a Top Five, for the first time in her-story.
    • The finale lip-sync for the crown between Lady Camden and Willow Pill sees both queens fight it out to Cher's rendition of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" in a close-fought battle where both queens got to shine. Camden busts out the ballet moves and recreates her fall and reveal from Episode 7, while Willow brings the laughs by bringing face and deliberately slow arm movements to compensate for her big outfit before revealing a literal pants-suit. At the climax however, both queens rip off their outfits one more time, almost in-sync with each other before performing the house down together as if it were a duet, ending with a forward roll from Willow and a running split from Camden. In the end, Willow edges out Camden to win the crown, but it really could've gone either way.
  • Season 15:
    • Salina EsTitties' design challenge submission in episode 5 lands her in the bottom, where she's tasked with taking on Amethyst to "Q.U.E.E.N." by Janelle Monáe — who's the guest judge for the evening. Salina hadn't exactly been winning people over with her messy runways up to this point, but with a chance to really show her stuff as a performer, Salina exceeds expectations. She serves all kinds of sex, drops her skirt right when the song's lyrics mention dropping a skirt, saves a failed cartwheel so smoothly you might miss it on first glance, and does a split at the same time as Amethyst, then immediately flips it for good measure! Janelle Monae loves the show, and it's a star-making performance for Salina, who sends Amethyst right back to Connecticut.
    • After their lackluster performances in The Daytona Wind 2, Jax and Aura Mayari duke it out to Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa's "Sweetest Pie" and this song is Jax's time to shine. Despite Aura's best efforts to upstage and block her opponent, Jax is having none of it as she spins, dips, and flips all over the stage with ease while still nailing both artist's portions of the song, going between Megan and Dua's parts perfectly and showing the girls how it's done.
    • The Lip-sync Lalaparuza Smackdown certainly had its moments, but there is no question that the lip-sync to "I'm In Love With A Monster" by Fifth Harmony was the highlight of the night. Not just because it's Sasha Colby's debut lip-sync, but in a dream-match scenario, it's against Anetra, both winding up together because no one else wanted to challenge them. Sasha Colby lives up to all her pre-season hype with an absolute whirlwind of hairography, twerking and serving body. Anetra delivers high energy, clean splits, and nearly dislocates her leg with a death-drop. There's so much to take in, one would be forgiven for hoping for a double-shantay, but Sasha gets the win after one hell of a fight.
      • The first lipsync of the night was Malaysia versus Marcia. Malaysia isn't very confident, and doesn't know who to choose, searching for an opponent she can beat (that isn't Spice). In possibly the worst decision she could've made, she settles on Marcia Marcia Marcia, a trained ballerina. Marcia had been coasting on safe placements the whole competition, but when she realizes Malaysia picked her expecting an easy win, she responds with a hilarious display of both athleticism and pettiness, slaying Anitta's "Boys Don't Cry" with attitude, style, and a healthy dose of flips. She even does a proper high kick after Malaysia fumbles one trying to keep up, as if to rub it in.
      • After that was Luxx versus Salina Estitties. Luxx is no slouch when it comes to lipsyncing herself, but in a hilariously bad decision, she chooses Salina as her opponent. Salina responds by choosing the Celine Dion number "It's All Coming Back To Me Now". Luxx is out of her element with a ballad, and Salina cuts up by throwing in tons of camp and humor, easily winning the round.
      • Then there's Jax versus Mistress. The latter is one of the last queens that hasn't performed yet, alongside Anetra, Sasha Colby, and Jax. What does Mistress do in a pool full of sharks? Do what a big girl does best, and eat. She chooses Jax, anticipating that Jax will choose a song that works to her advantage, and the gambit pays off when the latter chooses "Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne, allowing her to utilize her old school style and hand Jax her first defeat. Both girls connect with the song and give off a great show, but Jax's stunts are countered by Mistress' better stage presence, making the song look easy in comparison, and she wins the round.
      • The final fight in the Smackdown is Anetra vs. Jax, both proven lip sync assassins at that point. It's two stunt queens going at it to the tune of "Finally" by CeCe Peniston, with such a close performance that sending either one home is a devastating decision. Both queens bring their all, but in the end, one had to go — Jax.
    • You'd think Marcia Marcia Marcia, who'd been perpetually underwhelming the judges all season, would be easy pickings for Anetra when they wind up in episode 11's bottom two. Except Marcia³ can perform, and she won't go home without a fight. As soon as Doja Cat's "Boss Bitch" comes on, Marcia³ and Anetra just go full throttle, dancing, walking that duck, and giving every last bit of attitude the song deserves. A couple of moments tip it in Anetra's favor in the end — Marcia³ doing a back bend with Anetra doing what Salina calls a "Free Willy" dive over her, and then Anetra doing Silky Nutmeg Ganache's famous butt splash. Even so, Marcia³ doesn't give up—she and Anetra end up doing jumping splits at the same time near the end of the song. Marcia³ does a perfect helicopter split, while Anetra leads hers with a taekwondo kick! Marcia³ has nothing to be ashamed of in defeat — she left after giving us a season highlight.
      • Michelle Visage would later refer to this as her favorite lipsync of all time, and considering the number of incredible lipsync performances she's been witness to, that's no small praise!
    • Loosey's last stand is versus Luxx Noir London, in the latter queen's first time in the bottom. It's a fight for the right to enter the final four, and Luxx does not waste a single second of it. Poor Loosey is simply out of her depth, as Luxx flies around the stage like someone turned the inertia off. The Hayley Kiyoko number "For the Girls" is well-served, so much so you can imagine Luxx springing into action at the club whenever it comes on. The moment she started doing the stretches in the brief lead-up to the song, we all knew it was over for LaDuca, but no one was prepared for exactly how hard Luxx went.
    • The final two of the season is, as expected, viral sensation Anetra vs Old Master Sasha Colby (set to Amii Stewart's rendition of "Knock On Wood"), and apparently, their previous battle was far too close for Sasha's comfort. While Anetra works through her bag of tricks and adds a new one where she pulls ribbons out of her heart, Sasha refuses to concede a single moment of the spotlight. She strips off her puffy ballroom gown into a pageant dress, and then strips that off to reveal little more than glittery pasties and a thongnote  so she can whip her hair and do a spine-threatening back bend. And in a brilliant touch, she finishes by just collapsing back on her puffy gown to serve some serious body. Packing more spectacle in two minutes than some queens do in a lifetime, it is simply no contest, and Sasha Colby becomes the least-clothed contestant to win the crown.

    Lip Sync Performances (Regular Seasons, 16-20) 
  • Season 16:
    • Geneva Karr somehow ends up lipsyncing in every episode she's in, managing to eliminate Hershii and Mirage. Her time is finally up, however, when she lands in the bottom with Mhi'ya Iman Le'Paige, the self-proclaimed queen of flips, set to Janet Jackson's "Control". Control is exactly what Mhi'ya exhibits as she busts out backbends, handstands, tumbles, handsprings, spinning dips, and cartwheels-into-splits, in that order—with grace that should be illegal and all without forgetting to serve face or body or missing words. Not only that, she achieves it while wearing a very large wig and a breastplate with bosoms that are bigger than her head—how? To no surprise, Geneva is calling a cab home.
    • Mhi'ya is also tasked with sending home Megami the next episode. To her credit, she initially says she won't be pulling out any flips, as the song is more emotional in nature...and after giving the proper emotion for the whole song, she then busts out a penguin slide on her belly for a climactic moment. Mhi'ya is not just a good dancer, she's inventive as well.
    • Morphine vs. Xunami Muse. In another one of those star-crossed lipsyncs, neither queen wants to send the other home, and are pitted against each other despite it. Both girls connect with the song and interact with each other multiple times, and give a real feeling of emotion to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by Whitney Houston. Even focused on her friend, Morphine can't be stopped from reflexively serving latina. She does high kicks, waves her flowing skirt around to the music before ripping it off, and drops into a couple splits, even slapping her own ass at one point. But arguably the best parts of the song are the duets, when Xunami picks up a rose earpiece that had fallen off of Morphine and presents it to her, before the two kiss, or when they simply hold each other's hands and dance together.
    • Mhi'ya simply cannot be stopped. After landing in the bottom with her, it can be agreed Plasma gave a good showing, but the queen of flips was not taking chances. She busts out a wig-to-wigless reveal homaging Sasha Velour's underdog victory against Shea Coulee, but with black rose petals, and does a series of back-handsprings later on! Much as with her other lipsync wins, this stunt is accentuated by the stiletto heels she was wearing and the mermaid gown she was in, somehow not hindering her at all.
      • It's worth noting that she has broken three lipsync "curses" with this win: very few queens survive a third lipsync at all, while Mhi'ya has also managed to avoid elimination at the hands of two lipsync faux-pas: she removed her shoes in the lipsync against Megami (big no no), and took off her wig when lipsyncing against Plasma without having another one underneath (also frowned on). Yet because Mhi'ya made them part of the performance instead of simply being messy, it works.

    Lip Sync Performances (All Stars) 
  • From All Stars 1:
    • Latrice Royale and Tammie Brown's lip sync to Ethel Merman's version of "There's No Business Like Show Business" saw Latrice (naturally) use her soul and sass to connect with the song, giving plenty of face and hamming it up anytime she could. However, massive props to Tammie Brown who more than makes up for her lackluster previous attempt at a lip sync, using her old-school camp style to also connect to the Old Hollywood nature of the song, and manages to hold her own against noted assassin Latrice.
    • Raven and Jujubee's lip sync to Robyn's "Dancing On My Own" due to the raw emotion involved, doubling as a Tear Jerker. Unlike most lip syncs, there's no dancing, no drag gimmicks, just two friends holding each other as they both burst into tears. It's so heartbreaking, even Rupaul isn't able to send one of them home, telling them 'fuck it, they can both stay!'
  • From All Stars 2:
    • Tatianna and Alyssa's lip sync to Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive" where they not only Lip Synched For Their Legacy, but also for their lives to return to the competition. It goes so well Ru lets both of them back in.
      • Alyssa Edwards is the first queen to been in two lip-syncs that resulted in Double Shantays.
  • From All Stars 3:
    • Aja and BendelaCreme's lip sync to "Anaconda." Both queens go very high energy and completely connect with the song, but Ben edges Aja out by going completely over-the-top and reducing the judges AND the other contestants into laughing fits.
    • Bendela and Shangela do "I Kissed A Girl" which becomes fanservice from Shangela who disrobes into lingerie. Not to be outdone, Bendela keeps trying to make out with her, to the point of mounting Shangela after she does a death-drop. To no one's surprise, it's a double-shantay.
  • From All Stars 4:
    • Valentina redeeming herself on the Lipsync For Your Legacy in episode 2. Not only does she perform impressive moves without any acrobatics (while serving serious body), but she also knows the words this time around, and managed to beat Monet X Change, a lip sync assassin of her season — to an Ariana Grande song, no less!
    • Manila does Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" justice, by serving face and playing the whole thing like a giddy, lovestruck teenager. It's a classic, old-school Drag Race lipsync right down to how she blithely stands right in front of her opponent, without any need for flashy dance moves. She shamelessly steals the show from Trinity, a season frontrunner.
    • Naomi's lipsync against Gia Gunn in the Return of the Queens episode to Ru's "Adrenaline". Much ado has been made in the fanbase of the producers giving her little to no screentime during the season, so when given the opportunity to really shine, she shined. The bend back move? The camera cuts to Michelle and Ru's jaws dropping. She brought the comedy too, getting to showcase more of her "Pose" sensibilities.
    • Latrice Royale and Monique Heart pull out all the stops in the same LaLaPaRUza Lip Sync For Your Life to Ru's "Sissy That Walk". Wig Both have wig reveals. Both do the splits, which Latrice never revealed she could do on her earlier seasons. Neither girl wants to go home. And neither does.
    • Again, Naomi in the Best Judys episode to Judy Garland's "Come Rain or Come Shine". She delivered so fiercely, Latrice gave her stamp of approval in much the same manner that she did for Dida Ritz's legendary "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" lipsync.
    • The final lipsync puts Trinity and Monét, both strong lipsyncers, against each other. Both bring out such amazing dance moves and comedy (special mention to Monét's identical pussycat wig reveal) that they are declared joint winners of the season.
  • From All Stars 5:
    • The season's lipsync gimmick of having the main challenge winner go against a returning Lip Sync Assassin immediately pays off when India goes against Yvie Oddly to Ricky Martin's "Livin La Vida Loca". India gives a very high energy performance but she's demolished by Yvie's comedy, even higher energy, and acrobatics.
    • Miz Cracker vs season 2's Morgan McMichaels is insane - dancing, death drops, goofy comedy (including a miming of cunnilingus), it's all here. It results in a rare double-shantay!
    • Miz Cracker vs Roxxxy Andrews, from season 5 and All Stars 2, to "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande. Miz has some good, high-energy dancing, and she's completely outclassed in stage presence by Roxxxy's slinky, seductive performance, featuring two reveals, including a "Thick & Juicy" belt wrapped around her butt. Also a Funny Moment just for the Refuge in Audacity.
    • The final three go head-to-head-to-head, set to "Make Me Feel" by Janelle Monáe. Jujubee looks fierce as always and puts forth the kind of sensual performance she used to do in season 2, while Miz Cracker busts out some tassels out of nowhere. And then there's Shea, who - in a performance that would make Janelle proud - did an awesome robot, to compensate for a dress that doesn't seem like it's made for dancing, and it's so out-there that it's no surprise that she wins the crown. And for the record, Janelle Monae was very proud indeed.
  • All Stars 6:
    • While the lipsync assassin format drew controversy in the previous season, and still does, it still yielded great results in episode 2's showdown between Rajah O'Hara and season 11's Brooke Lynn Hytes, fresh off hosting season 1 of Canada's Drag Race. As Janet Jackson's "Miss You Much" kicks in, Rajah reminds everyone that she's a lipsync assassin in her own right, and they just go nuts with splits and death drops until Ru has no choice but to give a double shantay.
      • With this decision, Brooke Lynn Hytes joins the club of being in two Double Shantay lipsyncs. Considering it’s a club with only Alyssa Edwards and Eureka, this is a massive achievekent for the self proclaimed Queen of The North.
    • Episode 3's lipsync isn't just an incredible lipsync, it's an incredible segment of television from top to bottom. Trinity K Bonet finally gets a win, and gets to lipsync to Dua Lipa's "Physical," against one of her season 6 sisters: Laganja Estranja, in a long-anticipated comeback by fans, who pops into frame with a big split and gives her "OH Y'ALL WANTED A TWIST, EH?" Catchphrase. Come lipsync time, Trinity does twirl around and give attitude, but Laganja is just an elastic band up there, with splits, back bends, reveals, and her patented death-drops. Trinity simply cannot match wits with Laganja on her A-game. In a confessional, Jan says that it's a dream come true just to be there in person for this performance.
    • Episode 4's lipsync is great in a Curb-Stomp Battle kind of way. Season 2's resident hot mess and Cloud Cuckoolander Jessica Wild is the lipsync assassin against Jan, and she absolutely devours her to the Britney Spears hit "Womanizer", going insane with tight dance moves and swift hair-flips (how in the hell did that wig stay on?). For her to come back after a decade, having lost her first and only lipsync, and prove herself as an incredible performer was truly a moment, and fans hope this is her re-introduction to the fanbase to pave the way for a future All Stars return.
    • It's very easy to forget that Ginger Minj has yet to lose a lipsync in her run on Drag Race, but she proved it in Episode 5 with a hilarious and awesome lipsync against Season 10/All Stars 5's resident party girl, Mayhem Miller to Lizzo's "Phone". Both of them were comedic as hell and proved that a lipsync doesn't have to always contain a bunch of fierce moves, sometimes it can be two people playing off each other's energy and being hilarious as all hell. Several moments spark laughs: the "threatening vogue walk" Mayhem tails Ginger with, the awkward duck walking on both parties, and Ginger aggressively chasing Mayhem asking where the hell her phone is—right before Mayhem gets caught about to hit Ginger with her "phone" (her shoe) as the song ends.
      • Ginger's awkward duck-walking deserves mention because Mayhem can be seen cue-ing her into it. But with the way Ginger looks down at her own limbs in confusion, it looks less like she's deciding to copy Mayhem's duck walk, and more like Mayhem cast a spell that forced Ginger Minj to duckwalk.
    • Episode 6's had Sonique perfectly embodying the energy of "Dirrty", showing off her body (with major Underboobs) and doing stunning gymnastics like a back handspring landing in a split. One gets the feeling it's not Kylie's first time doing this number - it's like a glimpse into Kylie Sonique Love's live shows.
    • Episode 7's was neck and neck between Trinity and Alexis Mateo. The two slayed their dance moves, it is only Trinity losing her wig that let Alexis win.
    • The "game within a game" Rudemption lipsyncs are a long series of moments of awesome for Silky Nutmeg Ganache, who more than redeems herself for her disastrous season 11 lipsync by just blazing through half the season's cast and dominating one lipsync after another, right up until Eureka finally takes her down at the end. The whole episode is Silky's moment in the sun. Where to even begin:
      • In her first, Silky topped her entrance by taking a glass, ice and booze out of her top, and mixing a drink mid-song, an inspired bit that blows poor Jiggly Caliente off the stage.
      • In another lipsync, she pulled a flagpole out and did a whole flag-twirling routine. Scarlet Envy is wearing one of the most gorgeous bodysuits ever seen on the runway, and Silky effortlessly steals the spotlight.
      • She did one lipsync by herself when A'Keria Davenport declined the offer to come back and compete. Silky didn't even need to do it; she could have gone straight onto next week, but in her own words, "Even though I'm not on the main stage with those girls doing Maxi challenges, I take this seriously like it's a Maxi challenge." That's a powerful and important statement. Of course, then you see why she insisted on performing, when she revealed a two-sided male-female bodysuit, so she can play both the female and male parts of Aqua's "Barbie Girl" in a hilarious spectacle.
      • Silky and Pandora Boxx strut their stuff to Ariana Grande's "Focus." This one stands out because Silky doesn't need any reveals or gimmicks, she just dances her ass off and does her trademark butt-splash, and poor Pandy just can't compete with that star power.
      • Most perplexing of all, Silky somehow revealed a guitar(?!) so she could do the solo to Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker." Jan was actually doing pretty well until Silky dropped that bomb.
      • To put all this in perspective, Silky matches Symone’s times lipsyncing and ALMOST ties her.
    • Eureka having already proven herself lipsyncing, breaks her own record when performing with Jaida Essence Hall to “Good Golly Miss Molly” by Little Richard, with a gloriously campy and high energy lipsync from both queens that captures the essence (pun intended) of the song, and with it becomes the first queen in Drag Race herstory to be apart of Three Double Shantay Lipsyncs!
    • The final four's individual lipsyncs are set to Lady Gaga's "Stupid Love," and are notable for one of the most heart-stopping moments of the season, right at the very end. Kylie Sonique Love actually trips mid-song, startling the judges, only for her to not miss a beat and turn it into a somersault! It's an excellent recovery, and it's what finally wins her the crown. And the icing on the cake? Doing Lady Gaga for Snatch Game is what sent Kylie home all the way back in Season 2. It's practically a storybook ending for Kylie.
  • All Stars 7:
    • Episode 3 sees the top two of the Ball challenge, Jaida Essence Hall and Trinity The Tuck, duke it out to Beyoncé's "Green Light." There's a hilarious bit at the beginning where Trinity lipsyncs "give it to mama" while holding a star, but it's all downhill for Trinity when Jaida literally flicks it away. Jaida whips her braid around with reckless abandon, and tears up the stage with her dance moves culminating in a textbook split. It's no small thing to take down Trinity in the first place, but this was a slaughter.
    • Drag Race UK's first season is known for it's notoriously lackluster lip-syncs, so you'd be forgiven for not expecting much from The Vivienne when she finally lands in the top two. However from the first beat of Whitney Houston's "Love Will Save the Day", Vivienne absolutely slaughters, giving comedy, sex, and precise dance moves, a marked improvement from her Drag Race UK lip-syncs which ends with her utterly leaving opponent Jinkx Monsoon in her dust.
    • For the first time in Drag Race herstory, we get a Spoken Word lip-sync to the famous "When The Lights Went Out In Georgia" monologue from Designing Women. Monet absolutely eats this entire lipsync up. Her expressions, movements, hand gestures, and outfit sell every single moment, and she snatches an easy win from Jinkx in one of the best lip-syncs of the season.
  • All Stars 8:
    • Kahanna Montrese spent episode 1 showing that her time performing in Vegas paid off, with one hell of a glow-up from her underwhelming season 11 run, resulting in her first ever challenge win. With a powerful comeback arrives a powerful Aja, her lipsync opponent to claim the prize. And although Kahanna is defeated, it's a hell of a fight, with both performers going all out to Beyoncé's "Freakum Dress" from beginning to end. Aja is a supernova from beginning to end, shaking out a wig reveal on the lyric "lemme fix my hair" and then kicking the old wig off the stage before busting out high-energy dancing and impressive stunts. Kahanna keeps up marvelously, strutting her stuff to the song and serving hairography that has the sound editors in delight. It's a showing that kicks off the season right.
    • Poor Jimbo's sixth lip sync, and third on the show, is against Jasmine Kennedie. To Jimbo's credit, she has fun with the song and works in a perfectly-timed wig drop right as the chorus starts, but Jasmine has, if anything, glowed up and performs even more powerfully than she did on Season 14. The highlight comes at the final chorus, which sees her doing a backflip in heels and, with a moment's hesitation that almost makes you think she's about to fall on her ass, drops into a perfect split. All set to Dua Lipa's "Hallucinate".
    • Episode 7's lip-sync assassin is Jorgeous, who spent the better part of season 14 devouring a good chunk of that season's cast. She'd be more than a match for most of this season's cast, but not Lala Ri — fresh off a challenge win, we get a taste of the Lala Ri experience to Lizzo's "About Damn Time." Just by strutting her stuff as only Lala Ri can do, hitting her marks with laser precision, and giving a real feeling of joy to the whole song, Lala is just too much star power for even someone of Jorgeous' caliber.
    • Jimbo, realizing she can't win if she takes the lip-sync seriously (at least in the way most queens would), decides to just go ham (or in her case go baloney) and brings back the baloney ghost for her fourth lip-sync of the season, against none other than the lip-sync guru herself Silky Nutmeg Ganache. Despite the odds being against her, Jimbo's weirdness finally pays off as she puts up one hell of a fight against Silky to Midnight Star's "Freak-a-Zoid", playing up her inability to dance for laughs and bringing back the cured meats to throw. Silky being who she is however, isn't intimidated and uses her own dance and comedy skills to good use, flirting with her opponent and using the baloney for her own gags, to the loud approval of everyone watching. In the end it's a close battle but Jimbo finally gets a lip-sync win to her name.

    Lip Sync Performances (Canada's Drag Race) 
  • Canada Season 1:
    • Juice Boxx vs Lemon. No one wants to be the Porkchop, of course, and this lipsync exemplifies that, with two great dancers just going absolutely all out to "I Really Like You" by Carly Rae Jepsen. Lemon just edges out poor Juice Boxx, but Brooke Lynn takes a moment to acknowledge that this is what a Lipsync For Your Life looks like. (If you remember what Brooke Lynn was capable of on her own season, you know that's high praise.)
    • For her second time in the bottom, Tynomi Banks goes all out in her lipsync against Anastarzia Anaquway to Deborah Cox's "Absolutely Not" in front of Deborah Cox herself, who Tynomi has been a dancer for in the past. Starzy even copies some of Tynomi's choreography towards the end of the song as a "reprise" to Tynomi's move just before her.
    • Ilona Verley and Tynomi's lipsync to Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend", which came after an emotional breakdown on stage that actually halted production. Both queens slayed the song, particularly after Tynomi had Ilona promise to give it her all even if her heart wasn't in the lipsync, but at this point it was Tynomi's third time in the bottom and Ilona sent her home.
    • Priyanka vs Kiara, to Céline Dion's cover of "I Drove All Night." Pri gives passion, while Kiara gives energy, and it's a barnburner from start to finish. It's a lipsync that almost makes you forget the Snatch Game just happened. Kiara has to sashay away, but she went down fighting.
    • Priyanka vs Ilona, to Allie X's "Hello". Priyanka once again puts the passion and mixes it with a hefty dose of comedy, air-drumming to the beat of the song and appropriately greeting the judges during the chorus (first with the Queen's Wave, then a goofy hand wave which leaves them in stitches, especially Allie X herself). It's no surprise that Pri manages to send Ilona packing.
    • Episode 8's lipsync between Lemon and Rita Baga to Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" starts off with Rita pulling her contact lenses out and continues with Lemon doing handstand splits on stage, Rita crawling on her hands and knees, and viewers being treated to the entire song in an epic lipsync that results in Lemon going home.
  • Canada Season 3:
    • Episode 4 sees one of the best lipsyncs in the Canadian edition so far, with Jada Shada Hudson vs Kaos, set to Tamia's "Stranger In My House (Thunderpuss Radio Mix)." Jada really cements herself as a force to be reckoned with in lipsyncs, serving body, lipsyncing like the song means everything to her, and dancing like her life depends on it. Meanwhile, Kaos refuses to let her awkward, boxy outfit get in her way, and she does some impressive acrobatics including a front flip that even catches Brooke off guard. It's not quite enough to save Kaos, whose outfit was falling apart on stage, but she went down like a champ.
    • Anytime Kimmy Couture landed in the bottom, the other queen was in for it:
      • Fans clamoring for more Carly Rae Jepsen in the franchise got what they wanted and more when Kimmy faced Lady Boom Boom in episode 5, to "Run Away With Me." While Boom Boom's decent efforts were hampered by her runway getup, Kimmy stripped hers off quickly and absolutely dominated the stage with high-kicks, hairography, and a textbook death drop.
      • And then Réve's "CTRL+ALT+DEL" gets Kimmy's treatment. She handily sends poor Vivian Vanderpuss home in a variant on her previous dance extravaganza by adding 100% more shimmying, and serving tons of body. Vivian gives a lot of energy, but she's just out of her league against Kimmy.
  • Canada vs. The World, Season 1:
    • Once "Brand New Bitch" by Anjulie is announced as the lipsync song, you know lipsync assassin Vanity Milan is going to eat this song alive, and sure enough, she outdoes herself by serving body, whipping off gloves and giving a plethora of high kicks. Knowing she can't compete with that, Rita Baga instead stumbles out like your drunken aunt at a wedding, strips down to lingerie, humps the stage and makes a glorious fool of herself to the delight of everyone watching. She wasn't going to beat Vanity to a high-energy song like this, but she made what could've been a one-sided massacre into a laugh riot. Appropriately, Vanity can't help but laugh her ass off as soon as the song ends.
    • Episode 3's lip-sync song is a remix of Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here." A year prior, Silky Nutmeg Ganache had decimated nearly half the cast of All Stars 6 in the Lipsync Smackdown, with inspired performances, a wicked sense of humor, and a mind-boggling amount of props, the latter of which prompted some complaints from fans who felt Silky relied too much on them. This time, Silky has two flags hidden up her sleeves that she whips out for the climax, but they're ultimately secondary — Silky treats this song as the Soul music that it is and gives passion to every single word, and it's more than enough to win on its own. Poor Victoria Scone is no match for Silky in her element, and just winds up being Silky's backup dancer.
    • The final two, Ra'Jah O'Hara and her season 11 sister Silky, have their first-ever face-off, to Céline Dion's rendition of "River Deep, Mountain High" (Canada just loves a Celine finale), and both of them give this song the power it deserves, with Ra'Jah whipping off her coat into a beautiful bodysuit so she can bounce all over the stage, and Silky's little shimmy after her first reveal immediately becoming iconic. It's such a treat to see the former villains of their season, now old friends and highly-respected fan favorites, end the season on such a crescendo, and it ends up with their own season 11 sister, Brooke Lynn, giving the crown to Ra'Jah, in a delightful surprise victory.
    Lip Sync Performances (Other Spinoffs) 
  • Down Under, Season 1:
    • Coco Jumbo vs Elektra Shock, to "Shake Your Groove Thing" by Peaches & Herb. Elektra's dancing ability is well-documented by now, but Coco proves she's no slouch either, and they just tear the house down to the delight of the judges and fellow queens. Sadly, Coco gets eliminated, but you'd be forgiven for thinking this one might be a double-shantay.
    • Maxi Shield in "Absolutely Everybody" by Vanessa Amorosi, full stop. She makes history by pulling out her own microphone and performing the house down, hitting every single beat, and fully feeling the song. She dominiates the lipsync without using any crazy dance moves and making Etcetera look like her overly energetic backup dancer.
  • Down Under, Season 2:
    • Episode 6's lipsync is to Ru's own "The Beginning," and when Kween Kong and Beverly Kills nearly slam into each other seconds into the song, you'd think it would be a complete disaster, right? But no - their performances have an overabundance of flips, hair whips, side flips from Kween Kong, and splits that mercilessly pound their tucks into the ground. It's messy in the best possible way, and among the most amazing spectacles Down Under has given us to date.
  • Down Under, Season 3:
    • In the penultimate episode, Hollywould Star has her first lip-sync, against (insert your own Italian accent here) Gabriella Labucci. Hollywould has talked a pretty big game the whole season about how hard she'd turn it if she was ever in the bottom, while Gabby is on her second lip-sync. This one is to Haiku Hands' "Not About You" and not about to give up, Gabby proceeds to serve all kinds of sass, drops her ass, and nails every word, whereas Hollywould rocks every dance in her arsenal with high kicks to spare. The editing has to go back and forth pretty rapidly because both queens just never stop for a second (aside from a single dramatic pause mid-song). Unfortunately, Hollywould misses a few lyrics, which proves to be the downfall for one of the season's frontrunners.
  • España, Season 1:
    • The final three lip-sync to "La gata bajo la lluvia" ("The Cat Under the Rain") by Rocío Dúrcal. Frontrunner Carmen Farala doesn't rest on her laurels and delivers a spectacular performance, completely feeling the music and building up in intensity over time. The high point comes when she takes off her wig and reveals another gorgeous wet-look wig, as if drenched in the rain of the song title! To the surprise of no one, it's her who takes home the crown.
  • France, Season 1:
    • Lolita Banana and La Big Bertha's lip-sync to "Corps" by Yseult is a masterclass of raw emotion and connecting to the song on another level. Both queens decide there's no better way to celebrate a song that's all about accepting one's bodily flaws than by stripping naked as the song progresses, unashamed of who they are. The judges and other queens were very much moved by their performance, and by the end they're hugging each other crying with the viewer likely joining them in shedding tears.
  • Philippines, Season 1:
    • After month of feuding in and out of the race, Marina Summers and Xilhouete lip-sync appropriately enough to Mama Ru's "Call Me Mother", with Marina slaying her former drag mother by serving face and body and hitting every one of Ru's notes. Looks like now Xil can call her mother.
    • The final lip-sync sees Precious Paula Nicole and Marina Summers lip-sync to Gloc-9's "Sirena" and both queens make hard statements for why they should win. Both serve pure emotion and nail the rap portions while also showing that after years of the song being used to mock Filipino gays, they are finally taking it back as a song for them, with Precious just edging out Marina.

RuPaul's Drag Race (US)

    Season 1 
  • Ru's question of "who should go home tonight, and why" has become a staple of the show every season, and it's been pretty intense reality TV most of the time it's been said. To this day, however, no one has ever given a more iconic answer to this question than Shannel. Her speech leaves everyone taken aback, even Ru, and it deserves to be quoted in full:
    Shannel: I am so glad you asked this question. I nominate myself. Because I don't want to be here anymore. [Jaw Drop from Merle Ginsberg] Since day one, I have been judged really hard, and I'm very frustrated that you can't see the personality, because I am so fucking real, you have no idea. And I don't feel I'm being understood here. I am beautiful! I'm a beautiful person internally and on the outside. And it's so, so frustrating to me that that image does not seem to be conveyed. Week after week, when we come into an elimination round, I am so negatively critiqued!
    Ru: The truth is, you are beautiful. You are really beautiful.
    Shannel: Thank you. Thank you. That sounds so nice to hear.
    Ru: It's true! And I... I... I'm sorry, I... I thought I told you earlier, I really did. I would not like you to leave. You are a great contender for this contest.
    Ru: [looking very disappointed] Thank you, Shannel.

  • Ongina revealing her HIV diagnosis, becoming one of the first reality Tv stars to do so.

    Season 2 
  • Say what you want about Tyra Sanchez, but her "Country Realness" ensemble where she pulled off three distinct looks with one outfit is one of the most memorable runway walks in the entire series.
  • Tatianna going off on Tyra Sanchez and her diva behavior during critiques, cementing her reputation as someone not to be messed with. Pandora and Jujubee pointedly back her up, Jujubee in particular getting a moment of Awesome herself for firing back at Tyra with this epic line:
    Jujubee: Girl, I know I’m gorgeous; you don’t need to tell me anything, Miss Thing. Just get yourself some manners so you won’t look so damn stupid. [Tatianna actually laughs]
  • Sonique gets one in the reunion for being the first contestant to come out as transgender, a monumental moment for the show.

    Season 3 
  • Shangela becomes the first queen in the show's herstory to get a second chance in the following season, and she does so by popping out of a giant gift box.
  • In the Season 3 premiere, Raja became the first contestant to win both the mini-challenge and the main challenge.
  • Shangela ripping Mimi Imfurst a new asshole after being accused of having a sugar daddy is still considered by some to be the greatest moment in the herstory of Untucked. Shangela fans know this entire rant by heart:
    Shangela: Time out, hold up, hold up sweetheart, let's get it together before you wanna read. I don't have a sugar daddy, sweetheart. Everything that I have, I worked for, and I worked for to get, and I built myself so I need you to know that 100%. I don't have a sugar daddy; I've never had a sugar daddy. If I wanted a sugar daddy, yes, I could go out and get one, because I am what? Sickening. You could never have a sugar daddy because you are not that type of girl. Baby, everything I have, I worked for, and I've gotten myself. I've built myself from the ground up, you fuckin' bitch! [throws her drink at Mimi]
    • Humorous footnote to this: when Mimi is later eliminated after her infamous lipsync, you can hear Shangela shout "WOO!" from the back of the room. Ouch.
  • Shangela in the stand-up comedy challenge, with her lady pimp character Laquifah (obviously, the entire routine is also a Funny Moment). Since Shangela had experience doing comedy before the show, she utterly kills it on stage, and easily wins the challenge.
  • All of Raja’s outfits. There’s a reason she’s the og fashion queen.

    Season 4 
  • During the Pride Boat Parade Extravaganza, with much made of what Pride represents, Willam just slaps a bunch of pictures of himself on his float (star-shaped photos, mind you), and walks out on the runway with it while wearing a super-skimpy denim number with the butt hanging out. And wins the challenge. Talk about Awesome Ego!
    Willam: You know what my boat reminds me of? A winner.
  • Latrice starts to sing and makes everyone in the room follow her and dance. This is why she's a true Miss Congeniality: she's able to bring joy in every moment, no matter the circumstances.
  • In the Season 4 reunion, Willam calls out Phi Phi for her egregious behaviour throughout the season.

    Season 5 
  • In the second Untucked for Season 5, Serena ChaCha begins showing her true colours and tells the queens that their language (read: regular queen speak) is ghetto. The result? The queens descend on her like vultures and begin reading her to filth.
  • Jade Jolie confronting Alyssa Edwards about her antagonistic attitude. Especially since Jade had before mostly been shown as bubbly and soft, but this showed she's more a case of Silk Hiding Steel.
  • Ivy Winters coming out on the runway on stilts. Could someone pick Ru's jaw off the floor please?
  • Jinkx Monsoon winning Season 5's Snatch Game with her Little Edie impersonation, coming out on top after the other queens give her crap for picking an obscure figure and for her style in general, being more about comedy and camp rather than glamour.
    • Any time Jinkx wins a competition or scores highly, since it always comes after being doubted and second-guessed by the other queens. As of 2018, she still holds the record for the longest time in a high or winning position, at nine consecutive weeks.
    • The fact that Jinkx was the first queen to win two challenges in season five.
    • In "Sugar Ball," Jinkx may have landed in the bottom two for the first time, but she still got a MOA when she broke up Rolaskatox by sending Detox home. She completely owns it in the lip sync, which is especially ironic since the other girls had been doubting her ability to win if put up for elimination. Remember that Detox is definitely no slouch in the lip sync department, with her famous mouth wiggle.
    • Jinkx winning the entire season in general. After all the scorn and mockery she had to deal with all season, it was nice for her to finally earn her happy ending.
  • Alaska's Defend Your Life speech.
  • Detox's look in the finale. She showed up with her body painted grey and a bunch of jewelry on her, looking like she'd just popped out of an old black & white Hollywood movie. This look was such a classic that it became the basis for a runway challenge in season 8.

    Season 6 
  • Bianca Del Rio, in particular with Magnolia Crawford and Adore Delano in Untucked.
  • You say what you want about Laganja Estranja, and a lot has been said, but her Season 6 entrance with a picture-perfect death drop is the gold standard by which all other entrances are judged.
  • The Snatch game has three awesome performances:
    • Adore Delano; good lord, her Anna Nicole Smith impression is perfect.
    • BenDeLaCreme as Dame Maggie Smith, whose answers are in calligraphy.
    • Bianca Del Rio as Judge Judy, who has a grand old time shouting at everyone for the entire game.
    Bianca!Judy: BALONEY!!!
  • The rap 'Oh No She Betta Don't '. Ben and Bianca are hilarious in the best way, Joslyn gives a surprisingly strong verse and Adore delivers her strongest performance yet and ends up winning the challenge.
  • In the Season 6 comedy challenge, the girls must perform stand-up comedy in front of a live audience of senior citizens. Despite a series of lukewarm performances, Trinity does very well, and even Ru is just about brought to tears with how proud she is of her.
  • Adore winning the Drag Ball challenge, as previously in the same episode she actually has a minor breakdown and is in tears in front of RuPaul during her walkthrough. It's also awesome because Ru constantly tells her queens to apply their talents towards other tasks they feel they're weak in, and they constantly don't get it. Adore, for all her ditzyness, actually does get it, incorporating her distinctive personality and acting skills into her looks, with Bob Mackie himself saying her looks weren't really that strong, but her performance in each role sold him on the outfits.
  • The Rusical challenge in season 6. Being skilled vocalists, Courtney and Adore delivered hard. Ben also held her own and managed to land in the week's top 3 with her performance. Fans were craving for a full-length version.

    Season 7 
  • Violet Chachki's reversible black sequined/red plaid outfit for the Fall Fashion Show mini-challenge. She almost literally knocked Carson Kressley out of his seat out of pure shock at the flawless transition and reveal.
  • Violet. Chachki's. Waist. For her "Death Becomes Her" look, she struts the runway with a waist so cinched she actually walks the stage with an oxygen tank ...see for yourself here. According to her, it's eighteen inches — less than half her shoulder width.
  • In Season 7, Kennedy's Little Richard and Ginger's Adele are both so hilarious and flawlessly executed that they tie for winner, a first for the series.
    • Kennedy pulling off successful male drag on the show is pretty awesome in itself (compare to last season with the flummoxed reactions to Milk's impression of Workroom Ru).
  • Season 7 had a special dance challenge where each contestant was paired up and had to dance in half-man half-girl drag. Everyone did exceptionally well, to the point where Rupaul herself was having an obviously hard time deciding what to do since none of them did that poor.

    Season 8 
  • In season 8, Kim Chi, Robbie and Naomi sing a punk song about chicken wings... And absolutely knock it out of the park.
    • From that same episode, Kim Chi, Thorgy and Acid Betty all look absolutely stunning in their runway looks.
  • In Season 8, Bob The Drag Queen did a Snatch Game first by doing two impersonations. First, a spot-on (and hilarious) impersonation of Uzo Aduba, followed by switching characters mid-game to an even funnier Carol Channing. No one was surprised when Bob won the challenge.
  • Violet Chachki stunning everyone in attendance by upstaging every drag queen present at the Season 8 finale. During the winners' runway, she showed up in a breathtaking hooded ballroom gown, cinched for the gods, dripping in opulent jewellery, covered in bugs and makeup that made her look like she was a corpse, and sporting a latex crown that seemed to grow right out from her skull. It was glorious.

    Season 9 
  • Season 9 Premiere... LADY MOTHERFREAKING GAGA!
    • Gaga's entrance also deserves special props. She walks in wearing full costume to the point where the contestants are openly stating that she's this season's Derrick. The confession cam proceeds to introduce her as "Ronnie" (complete with her hair up looking a little like Farrah) before she takes off the cap and lets her hair out. In the workroom, it's only when she takes off her mask that it dawns on the other queens, who collectively piss themselves. Well played, Gaga, well played.
    • The queens have to recreate some of Gaga's looks, and in a complete reversal from last year's Kimonogate, we get varied outfits that are often perfect copies of the original. As Gaga pointed out, the originals were made by professional designers working in teams, while the contestants have to do this by themselves and on a budget. Charlie, Alexis and Nina in particular manage to nail the detail and styling.
  • After a liver cancer scare last season, the surprise return of Cynthia Lee Fontaine (and the Cucu!) is a triumphant moment.
  • From Season 9's semi-final, "Category Is" by Peppermint, Sasha Velour, Trinity Taylor and Shea Coulee — who all wrote, recorded and lip-synced/performed their own rap verses. Not only did they all completely kill it, but it ended up with NONE of them being eliminated and all four of them qualifying for the final.
  • Aja and Farrah in the reunion, calling out Valentina over the Miss Congeniality award, took some major balls.

    Season 10 
  • Blair St. Clair confesses during critiques that she was once raped during her college years, and then discusses the effects it had on her afterward. The Vixen, for one of the only times in the season, shows her Hidden Heart of Gold, immediately comforts Blair, and says:
    The Vixen: I'm very shaken... and I can't wait to find that motherfucker.
  • During the reunion, Ru busts out the reading glasses and allows the queens to let off a little steam after some emotional discussions. We get some good reads, but Dusty Ray Bottoms of all people just goes off, tearing into Kameron and Eureka, and even throwing some pitch-black comedy at Blair, leaving everybody in hysterics. Who saw that one coming?? note 
  • Kameron Michaels practically redefined "lip sync assassin" this season. She wound up lip syncing five times over the course of the season, and every time she was on the bottom she just would not go home, turning it out every single time, and only falling to Aquaria in the finale.

    Season 11 
  • In episode 3, while unfortunate for Team Mariah (whose fumble is only matched by the notorious Shakesqueer challenge in Season 7, curiously also a third-episode challenge), there has never been in perhaps the entire history of Drag Race a more thorough trouncing in a team challenge. Team Britney took the ball and ran with it so fiercely, the only real deliberation on the mainstage was how to choose a girl to eliminate from Team Mariah. Team Britney was immediately handed the challenge win, and Nina claimed a well-deserved victory for coordinating it and simultaneously stealing the show.
  • Depending on whether or not you specifically enjoy the show's drama and big personalities, Untucked Episode 7. Drag Race hasn't seen a pile-up this spectacular in years, with rapid succession arguments between Yvie, Silky, Vanjie, Ra'jah and Plastique. The mood strongly harkens back to Season 5's Untucked.
  • Episode 8's runway had Brooke Lynn doing an amazing outfit AND wig reveal in one smooth motion, shocking both viewers and judges, who were so gagged they considered saving her from elimination despite her disastrous Snatch Game. Ru absolutely shits a brick watching it.
  • Episode 9's challenge, the magic show, practically rehashes what happened with the evangelical talk show. The Mighty Tucks dominate over The Black Magic, and it's confirmed how strong of a live performer the winner - Nina West - is.
  • Really, Yvie Oddly is a walking MOA. She suffers from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which not only allows her to be extremely flexible and pull off some amazing stunts onstage, but she states that she is in constant pain because of it and she anticipates that it will eventually render her physically disabled. But in spite of this, she powers through and is a genuinely fierce queen — when she rolls her ankle during the gymnastics challenge, she constructs her entire runway look around it and plays it for comedy, and even demonstrates her acrobatic skills to Alyssa Edwards in the following episode, while wearing a bandage and noting how much her ankle hurt while she did it. Also during that episode's line-dance she completely hams it up while playing the fiddle and is absolutely hilarious even while not being able to stand. And THEN in episode 8 she and Brooke Lynn have a double shantay after one of the most iconic lipsyncs in the series. All of the other queens doubted Yvie — in episode 11, nearly EVERYONE said that she deserved to go home — yet she goes on to win the entire season, even though she only had ONE challenge win. Determinator, right there.
    • To expand on one part of this: there was a comment Silky made to Ru in the workroom about how Yvie should probably go home because she's been working hurt. Yvie is very unhappy about this, so right after Yvie puts on a memorable demonstration of her flexibility for an astonished Alyssa Edwards - with a sprained ankle, mind you - she walks off stage by the other queens, and Silky receives this burn:
    • Her lipsync against Brooke Lynn in the finale deserves a mention. Notably, she actually DOESN'T have a reveal — just that rhinestoned face on the back of her head. Yet she absolutely NAILED it while just relying on her insane acrobatic skills, in a ballgown, no less.

    Season 12 
  • Heidi has one in episode 3. She got mitigated critics last week and got chosen as one of the two least threatening Queens this week. However, she manages to become the highlight of the episode and is applauded for her comedic and star quality by both the judges and the Queens in Untucked.
  • Also in episode 3, Dahlia storming off the stage during her elimination was seen by the fans as audacious, to say the least.
  • Heidi gets another one in Untucked when she angrily calls out the other queens for picking on Aiden, in one of the most intense Cluster F Bombs in the entire series. It's not uncommon to see Heidi fans point to this moment as when they truly fell in love with her.
    Heidi: At the end of the day it doesn't fucking matter! Bitch is safe; leave her the fuck alone! I'mma worry about Heidi right now, okay? Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fuck you!
  • Ru quickly hesitated when Gigi decided to do Maria the Robot for Snatch Game, thinking a robot might make for poor improv, but Gigi has the balls to tell Ru that she "did not share those concerns." It was a big risk, but Gigi was hilarious as a Jerkass robot, and surprised no one when she won the challenge.
    • Smaller moment from the same episode: it also wasn't a surprise that Aiden Zhane went home after a go-nowhere Snatch Game performance, but upon elimination, she gives a humble, respectful speech, gets to the back, and then gives us this iconic exit:
      Aiden Zhane: And also, I will not leave this competition being the quiet bitch, so on that note, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! [walks off to cheers from the other queens]
  • Heidi winning the Droop episode makes her one of the rare Queens to have her first win after lipsynching twice, an achievement that only Raven and Coco Montrese were able to do.
  • Jackie Cox's Stars and Stripes look: an American-flag hijab and kaftan. Jackie, a queen of Middle Eastern descent, tells a heartwrenching story during critiques about the treatment of her family in the US. She proceeds to win the lipsync to Katy Perry's "Firework" in one of the strongest lipsyncs of the season.
  • This season truly sets a new standard of star power. For several challenges, the judges admit that absolutely no one did poorly and are splitting hairs trying to find critiques for the queens.
  • Jaida Essence Hall winning makes her the first Pageant Queen to win a regular season, and she worked her ass off to get it.
    • The finale, put together over Zoom during the coronavirus pandemic, coming off as strong as it did, is a testament to all the teamwork involved, from the queens to the production crew.
    • Aiden Zhane made her outfits for the season on a low budget - approximately $2000, in fact - and got a lot of heat from some fans for looking half-baked. As part of the "digital red carpet" from the finale, Aiden served this glow-up that blew everyone away, including this season's Pit Stop recapper, Bob the Drag Queen. All of a sudden, fans want Aiden on All Stars!
    • Nicky Doll revealed that Jaida went into the season with one week less preparation time than the other contestants because she was cast later than the rest of them. In spite of this, Jaida made every single one of her dresses (except for her yellow tulle dress) and looked amazing in each runway.
  • Really, the Queens of Season 12 are all awesome. Despite the awful circumstances surrounding their season, they delivered and with the exception of one, are well liked by the fandom.

     Season 13 
  • While the charismatic Symone goes on to win episode 2 as a whole - to the point that both Ru and Ross take time out to call Symone a star, which RuPaul does not do for just anyone - the episode is also an understated one for Elliott With 2 Ts. At the beginning of the episode, she's "eliminated" by the other Porkchops, only for Ru to turn the tables and invite Elliott to participate with last week's winners. While the other winners, especially Kandy, are leery of Elliott from the get-go, she proves any and all doubters wrong, with well-received runways and a solid performance that's easily on par with the others, including a picture-perfect split during the musical number.
  • In episode 3, the Porkchop group managed to turn the tables with their performance of 'Phenomenon' being much better recieved than the winners group with fans, with their performance video garnering more views than than Condragulation. Denahli and Rose scored some well-deserved wins, and even Kahmora's verse, while goofy, was seen at the level of Roxxxy's verse iconicness.
  • Symone has been having one hell of a streak. Winning her first lipsync, and then back to back Challenge wins on the episodes she was on. Although she's not the fastest in episode length, to gain two challenge wins (that belongs to Alexis Mateo and Sharon Needles), she is the fastest in appearances to gain two challenge wins (not counting episode 1, her first and second episode, she racked up wins).
  • Special shout out to Denali's mom, for being a badass indigenous woman who's a 6th degree black belt.
  • In episode 10, Ru finally drops the big question: who should go home tonight and why? As always, everyone gives reluctant but polite answers... except resident Motor Mouth Kandy Muse, who when Denali singles her out, stands up for herself and her partner Gottmik, and goes off into a minute-long rant that belongs here just for the sheer audacity. She shades Tina, Denali, Olivia and the judges in one breath. Amazing.
    Kandy: Uhm, first and foremost I wanna say that I didn’t know Tina Burner owned flames or the colors orange, red and yellow. You’ve never seen Tina walking down the runway lookin' like a ho, like this, [gestures to Gottmik] looking flawless. For number one. And number two, me and Gottmik had the hardest challenge in this entire group. Cause I’m big, she’s little, and yet we still made it work. All these bitches have the same size, so there’s no excuse why they should look as weak as...Olivia and Denali look like the weakest out of everyone on the stage. Just my opinion.
  • Even though she was eliminated the episode prior, Denali is arguably the true winner of the soft drink branding challenge because, unlike the queens who were there for that challenge, Denali actually created her own soft drink and marketed it before the season began, completely selling out a month before the episode even aired.
  • While Kandy successfully exploited Genre Savvy and led the Nice Girls Roast to her first main challenge victory, it was Utica's Insult Comic routine that would be remembered for its, um, So Bad, It's Good tendencies. Her awkward, unusually harsh reads of the room ended up getting her heckled in a Moment of Awesome for guest judge Loni Love.
    Utica: ...it's just as hard to swallow as Loni Love's comedy career.
    Loni: [laughing] You're the one bombing!
    • The routine then Crosses the Line Twice when Utica tells RuPaul to stand up after calling her a fashion icon. Ru responds naturally - by Flipping the Bird with both hands then miming getting fisted. This is in reference to a long running claim that after walking the runway Ru switches out the bottom half for sweatpants before sitting at the judging table.
  • In episode 13's Untucked, the pressures of getting to the top 4 catch up with Kandy, not helped by getting criticism over her messy runway look, and she has a panic attack. She winds up spending a good portion of Untucked with a set medic, with even guest judge Cynthia Erivo making a point to check on her. Despite this, Kandy gets back on the main stage, is unsurprisingly put in the bottom, and sends Olivia Lux home in a hard-fought lipsync. Again - right after a panic attack.
  • The opening of the finale was so good, it was hard for even the lipsyncs to live up to it.
    • RuPaul debuted his new song, a neo-disco number entitled "New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold," in a well-received opening musical number. At 60 years old, Ru looks as glamorous as ever, punctuated by the lightning at the end that makes him look positively ethereal.
    • And then Ru is immediately upstaged by her final four, who do a surprise Ball challenge, and wear some of the best looks they've ever had (which is saying a lot). Highlights include Kandy's Black Lives Matter dress, Symone's "urban twist" on the Black & White theme, Rosé's Queen Of Scotland look, and Gottmik's evil queen look. On the Pit Stop, Katya could not stop gushing about these runways, and said it made her never want to do the show again.
      Katya: The last two brain cells that I have that wished to be on Drag Race again? Got smoked! In a second! Extinguished! Smack down! I'm like, not only do I not aspire to this level of drag, my frail old body couldn't even wear it down the runway!

    Season 14 
  • While she didn't win, props should be given to Willow Pill for silencing her doubters with her talent show performance. Prior to it, the other queens were somewhat skeptical of her after seeing her entrance look and how nervous she seemed at times. Come the challenge itself however, she kills it with her darkly hilarious and surreal comedy skit getting praise from the judges.
  • Maddy Morphosis had an uphill climb to prove herself, being the first cishet contestant. While her talent show performance, playing live electric guitar, was a bit underwhelming, she more than made up for it in her runway look - a freshly-beheaded Marie Antoinette look styled to look like Maddy is holding her own severed head. To achieve the effect, Maddy had to spend the entire runway duckwalking, and taping the runway segments takes considerably more time than what we see on TV (it's the reason why she's clutching a pillow in Untucked, and Maddy made no secret on social media of how much pain her thighs were in). Controversy with her casting aside, Maddy very much proved her devotion to the craft with this little stunt.
  • For the "Night of a Thousand J-Los" runway, Kerri Colby came down the runway wearing Jennifer Lopez' famous green Versace dress from the 2000 Grammys. As in, she pulled some favors pre-season and got the actual dress. That's a pretty serious flex, and unprecedented for a celebrity-themed runway.
  • Lady Camden had one hell of a run throughout episode 7, as she dominates every part of it, but special mention goes to her runway. Initially coming out in a white ensemble, she suddenly slips and takes what looks like a nasty fall that makes her wig fall off and has the judges look concerned. A few seconds later, she staggers up, to reveal a Freddie Mercury-like mustache to match the rocker-inspired design on her outfit, as the judges realize the ruse and are absolutely gagged. Combined with her performances in the challenge and lip-sync, it's no surprise she won the episode.
  • Episode 12's Rusical, Moulin Ru. It's an all-around success for the whole cast, and Ru admits that the judges are splitting hairs in critiques. However, the whole challenge is especially a moment of awesome for Lady Camden, who loses the lead role to Bosco after an especially tense argument, only to get the emcee role instead and nail that so hard that she wins the challenge anyway!
  • All of the grand finale numbers. In a throwback to Season 8, instead of a lip-sync tournament, each queen got to perform to an original number that showed their strengths and influences. All of them showed off each queen in their natural element, be it Angeria's pageantry and dance skills, Bosco's unapologetic sex appeal, Daya's punk-rock stylings, Lady Camden's ballet and Brit-rock style, and Willow's humor and quirkiness, and it made determining the top two even more difficult.
    • Special mention should go to Daya's outfit, a gorgeous dragonfly-inspired ensemble with many parts and intricate designs that wouldn't look out of place on España 2's highly regarded "Day of the Beast" runway.

    Season 15 
  • With 16 Queens in one episode it's gonna be difficult to stand-out in a talent show especially when nearly every talent has been done already. These two queens however put the T in Charisma Uniqueness Nerve and Talent with their showings in the "One Night Only" talent show:
    • Anetra initially looks like she's gonna give a typical lip-sync to an original song (and to be fair she serves face and body very well while also doing some of the most flawless voguing on the show through her energetic number) but what really makes her stand out is when Bryce brings out a wooden board and without missing a beat, she proceeds to chop it in half like it's made of paper! If that wasn't enough however, she then has Bryce bring out another board, and while still lip-syncing chops the board with a spin kick in high heels that leaves everyone (including guest judge Ariana Grande) gagged. Unsurprisingly, she wins the challenge.
    • Jax starts out lip-syncing to "Attitude" by Leikeli47, which takes a turn for the insane when she proceeds to unclip her braids and jump rope with them. Not only that, but continuing the performance further leads her to do four backflips in stiletto high heels and land on her chest', smoothly sliding into a final kick. Every single move was on beat and even Anetra was gagged.
    • Some of the other performances warrant mention, too. Salina performs an original rap that slays the house down, and Poppy combines lip-syncing and ventriloquism for a comedy act. Sugar and Spice, though they didn't cause much screaming, also wrote their own raps as well that have gone iconic in their own ways.
  • Episode 7 belongs to Mistress Isabelle Brooks. In the second annual Daytona Winds challenge, Mistress slides right in when Aura Mayari starts having doubts about playing her lead role, and talks Aura into switching, under the guise of helping a sister out. Mistress really just wanted that role for herself all along, and Malaysia, who watches this all go down, isn't fooled for a second by Mistress' little con. Mistress goes on to take huge bites out of the scenery and win the challenge, capping off a masterful show of reality TV villainy.
  • She pulls off another one in the LalapaRuza the next episode. Queens are steadily filtered out as each selected girl chooses an opponent she thinks she can beat, until the ones remaining are Anetra, Sasha Colby, and Jax, each of whom could arguably be called the season's best lip-syncer, and Mistress herself. What does Mistress do in a pool full of sharks? Do what a big girl does best, and eat. She chooses Jax, anticipating that Jax will choose a song that works to her advantage, and the gambit pays off when the latter chooses "Tell It To My Heart" by Taylor Dayne, allowing her to utilize her old school style and hand Jax her first defeat.
  • Ru finally drops the famous "who should go home tonight, and why" question during critiques. Mistress gets a small moment herself for having the balls to say frontrunner Sasha Colby (and to Sasha's credit, she seemed more impressed with Mistress than anything). However, the real moment of awesome goes to Luxx Noir London. She proceeds to filibuster about the abilities of every contestant, one by one, and it's all leading up to her calling Loosey unoriginal by comparison, and picking her. The sheer audacity of this belongs up there with Kandy Muse's response to the same question in season 13.
  • The finale presents all 16 queens and all of them look stunning, but none deserves more praise than Aura Mayari, who comes out with a huge unfolding fan that bears gold lettering spelling out a very important message, in the wake of multiple states in the US trying to pass laws to ban drag performances:
    DRAG IS NOT A CRIME
    • Building off of this timely social commentary is Sasha Colby's big moment, winning the crown after an instant classic lip-sync performance and then giving a concise victory speech directed at an increasingly transphobic landscape:
      Sasha: This goes to every trans person past, present and future, because we are not going anywhere!
      • And as the perfect added touch, we cut to Sasha's openly trans roommate in the audience, cheering her little heart out. That roommate, of course, is All Stars 6 winner Kylie Sonique Love.

    Season 16 
  • After just missing out on the Top 2 in her episode, Nymphia Wind shows the world why she's one to watch out for in the Ball as she presents three absolutely stunning looks. The big highlight however is her final look as she puts together a gorgeous ensemble, all tied together by several bows made entirely out of neckties that audibly shock the judges in the best possible way. Unsurprisingly, even with the queens having the power to vote for the tops and bottoms, they put hers among the best and she handily wins the episode.
    • What makes her outfit even better is how Ru and the other queens are initially skeptical when Nymphia reveals her plan to make all the neckties she got work into her outfit, and while most queens (especially during design challenges) would start doubting themselves and scramble to think of something else, Nymphia just shrugs and takes it as a challenge.
  • The girl group challenge sees Geneva (who had been in the bottom twice already), Megami (who was picked last and wasn't on the other queens' radar), Mhi'ya (who was seen as quiet and reserved despite insisting otherwise), and Nymphia (who despite being a top contender, wasn't known as a dancer/choreographer) grouped together in what the other groups thought would be the bottom team, with even the group's own members being worried. And yet thanks to Nymphia once again surprising everyone by revealing she did have plenty of choreography experience along with the others realizing they couldn't afford to play things safe, they put out the best performance of the three teams, surprising everyone else and giving Nymphia her second win and the others their first. Not bad for a team widely thought to be a disaster waiting to happen.

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

    All Stars 2 
  • The talent show in the first episode gives us perhaps Tatianna's greatest moment, when she comes out with a little spoken-word piece called "The Same Parts." Tatianna wowed everyone in attendance and made Katya's life with this piece. (Katya still quotes this performance on UNHhhh to this day.)
  • All Stars 2's transformations runway challenge brought such spectacular results from every single queen that on Fashion Photo Ruview, Raja and Raven didn't boot a single look (in fact, they gave a couple of the looks a "shoot", a step above and beyond their normal "toot" for looks that they like).
  • Alaska found herself in the bottom for the first time. During a conversation between her and Katya, the latter (who was among the best of the week and could eliminate her) said "Party" and there was a moment of silence. Alaska freaked out in an extremely brattish way.
    • Even more awesome, earlier in the episode, Alaska had called Katya "Adore" as a way to shade her. Katya had found a way to subtly return the favor as a joke.
  • In the All Stars 2 reunion episode, Ru talks how the proudest achievement of her career has been using her platform to launch 100 drag queens to international stardom. At that moment, the screen fills with all 100 RuPaul's Drag Race contestants as of Season 8. It's hard not to just pause and stare in awe and remember what each queen brought to the show.
  • While it is a gutpunch, Adore leaving the competition is a good moment of recognition for protecting her mental health. Plus, it paved the way for more queens to do so if the competition got to the point that it was affecting their mental health.

    All Stars 3 
  • All Stars 3: For the Variety Show, four of the ten girls (Shangela, Aja, Kennedy and Chi Chi) went with dance-focused numbers. Aja went out of her way to request a platform from the production team, who were reportedly baffled about what she might have in mind for it. Hers and Kennedy's performances warrant special mention here:
    • In Aja's own words to the other girls: "I’m not going to tell you why I deserve to be here — I’m just going to show you." She came out guns blazing (or katana unsheathing, as it may be) to her original track "Level Ya Pussy Up", going through two outfit reveals while simultaneously voguing, duck-walking and death-dropping with astonishing precision. She capped off her performance by death-dropping off of the mainstage platform, pointedly being prefaced by Milk asking, "Is she gonna jump from there?" It's also worth noting that Aja actually wanted the platform to be higher, but Kennedy asked for it to be lowered for... well, keep reading below.
    • Clearly not looking to be topped by anyone, Kennedy followed this performance up with her own high-energy affair replete with high kicks and cartwheels... including a cartwheel onto the aforementioned platform. This stunt deserves to be highlighted in particular because while Aja's earlier death-drop was obviously impressive (impressive enough to win her a spot in the episode's Top 2 no less), Kennedy's cartwheel was not only essentially an inversion of this, but it wasn't something anyone on the show had done up until that point. (High altitude death-drops and splits, while effectively still being the nuclear option on the show, have precedent, notably including Kennedy's own off-stage split in her notorious Season 7 lip-sync against Katya.) Also, the filming crew deserve props for keeping the platform out of frame until literally the moment Kennedy's leg made contact with it.
  • The Rudemption Runway in episode 2 of All Stars 3 has the queens revisit their most infamously bad outfits from their respective seasons, and they all do a fantastic job, with the judges giving really minimal criticism on the looks.
  • As of episode 4 of All Stars 3, Ben is not only the first queen to win Snatch Game twice, her season track record of 4 wins is already on par with Sharon Needles' record-setting win-count in Season 4 (which has only been met so far by Alaska in All Stars 2 and Shea Couleé in Season 9). Her showing has been so strong that by the time of this episode's airing, she is actively judging herself based on whether or not she wins the final lip sync because by the standards of All Stars, there is literally no other metric by which she hasn't won yet.
    • As for the other winner of the episode, Shangela nets herself a second win, demonstrating the sheer magnitude of her growth since Season 3 and definitively proving to the audience that she's not here to play games... mostly. The other aspect of her performance that's remarkable is how she's using her caché to completely mold the dialogue of the season. While Ben has been attempting to "fairly" use her elimination vote effectively as an extension of the judges' critiques, by contrast, Shangela is more than living up to her Season 3 reputation for playing the game and has consistently used her elimination vote as a way to remind the other queens of who not to cross.
  • In episode 6 of All Stars 3 Ben wins her fifth challenge, the most of any contestant on the show thus far, and chooses to eliminate herself, as she realizes that the crown means more to her competitors than to her. It's one of the only moments in the show that leaves everyone, including Ru, stunned.

    All Stars 4 
  • Gia Gunn, always the resident shit-stirrer, tries to bring up a falling-out between herself and Farrah Moan from six months ago, right as Farrah is getting ready to go on. Farrah isn't so easily fooled, and responds to these mind games by verbally nuking Gia off the face of the Earth:
    Farrah: Yeah, well, some of us don't have to, y'know, force storylines to get their airtime.
    Gia: ...
    Monique Heart: COME THROUGH, FARRAH!!!

    All Stars 5 
  • Jujubee was in the very first reading challenge in season 2, and won. Ten years later, and Juju's Still Got It, reading the girls to filth and winning the same challenge a second time - tied with Blair, whose surprisingly strong showing is kind of awesome in its own right.
  • India Ferrah's performance in the talent show is an incredible comeback for her, considering that when she was first announced, many fan's reactions where either "Who?" or "Why is she in All-Stars?". She comes out guns blazing for a dance extravaganza with hair flips a-plenty, and a fire she never quite got to show on season 3. One would think she'd be an easy candidate to win the week. And that's exactly what happens!
    • While she's only declared safe, Mariah comes out for the same challenge with a powerful spoken word piece about gay rights and racial segregation, and uses red paint - smeared all over a mirror and her own dress - to represent the "stains on the walls" left behind by those who have fought and died for those causes. This was filmed a year prior to airing, so Mariah couldn't have known how poignant and powerful the message would be in the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, but on its own, it's still a startling dose of reality. Before she leaves the stage during critiques, guest judge Ricky Martin personally showed his appreciation for Mariah's statement (echoed by a lot of fans).
  • Ongina's Rudemption read after Miz Cracker said she would eliminate her:
    Ongina:You're not Bendelacreme and you wish you were.
  • The finale looks from Derrick Barry and Jujubee. Derrick finally has an opportunity to show that she can, in fact, break out of the infamous Britney Box, and her powder blue dress and crown serves elegance that doesn't look like Britney Spears at all. As for Jujubee, her final runway look before the lipsync is a reference to Buddha, in the form of a gorgeous golden bodysuit with an orange sash that turns into a train. It's almost universally considered the best look of the finale, and possibly the whole season (which is saying a lot if you remember Shea Coulée's bodysuit from episode 2).

    All Stars 6 
  • Okay, it's not the only reason it's a great entrance, but seriously, how did Silky walk in with a GLASS OF MILK lodged in her top without it spilling?
    • Speaking of the entrances: Kylie Sonique Love and her epic entrance line, given this show's history with trans performers, feels like a triumph in its own right.
      Sonique: Ooooooh, girl. You got female.
    • Jiggly Caliente deserves credit too, for her own twist on a more recently discarded catch-phrase of the show:
      Jiggly: Well, mother did say 'may the best woman win!'
  • The talent show, where Ra'Jah O'Hara sews and assembles a dress in one minute flat.
  • In episode 2, Ra'jah O'Hara redeems herself for her stumble in season 11's unusual materials challenge (which got her eliminated) by winning this season's ball. And then having a double-shantay lipsync with Brooke Lynn Hytes on top of that!
  • Episode 4 - Trinity K Bonet gets one for doing Beyoncé and breaking the show's longtime "Beyoncé curse" with her sheer dancing ability.
  • A'Keria's frill runway which literally is her blooming as a flower.
  • Once again, Trinity in episode 7 serves a fire rap. By this point, TKB officially rudeemed four challenges she had previously failed on Season 6, which are the Rusical, the talk show, the rap, and the acting, with the latter twos being wins.
  • While not the winner, Kylie (as Dolly Parton) did surprisingly great at the Snatch Game with a great back and forth between her and Ginger.
    • Speaking of Ginger, her hilarious Phyllis Diller made her only the second queen after BendelaCreme to win Snatch Game twice!
    • In the same vein, Ra'Jah, who never made it to the Snatch Game in season 11, managed to do really well too.
  • Kylie's win this season makes her the first transgender winner in an English-speaking Drag Race season (not counting non-binary winners, like Jinkx Monsoon and Sasha Velour, among others). She's also the first All Stars winner pre-season 4, and in fact, she competed on season 2 - before Michelle Visage even debuted as a judge. And to top it off, she's also the lowest-placing contestant on their original season - by a considerable margin, ninth place - to come back to All Stars and win! You wanna talk Rudemptions, this is it.

    All Stars 7: All Winners 
  • The Snatch Game is a triumph for the whole cast, as despite being faced with the daunting task of doing two impersonations, the queens show why they're winners and bring plenty of laughs, with even the least funny queens having plenty of fun moments - most notably Jaida Essence Hall, whose Prince quickly enters So Bad, It's Good territory. Special mention however goes to Jinkx, where despite it being nearly a decade since her last Snatch Game, kills it as Natasha Lyonne with the husky voice down perfectly. For anyone else, that'd be a top-tier performance, but for Jinkxy-poo, it's a warm-up, as in the second half she absolutely dominates as an exceptional Affectionate Parody of gay icon Judy Garland. It not only wins her the challenge, but means she now also enjoys the status of having the best Snatch Game record across the franchise, with three winning characters under her belt.
    • Right as Ru's about to end the game, Jinkx-as-Judy butts in out of nowhere to address Dave - Jinkx's army vet partner from season 5, who infamously believed he may have killed the real Judy Garland - and she gives him a supportive message to relieve his guilt. That's right, that entire performance was all building up to one of the greatest Call Backs in the entire franchise.
    • The Snatch Game is also a win for Raja, who despite last competing way back in Season 3, and is known mainly as a fashion queen, absolutely nails it with her impersonation of Madame (Wayland Flowers' Grande Dame rod-puppet from his 70s/80s kids show), complete with puppet strings and an exaggerated chin and mouth prosthetic to truly sell the impression.
  • Episode 10's All Glowed Up runway. The contestants walk the runway with the studio lights dimmed, to show off dresses designed to glow in the dark. Add in the fact that the looks in question would stand on their own without the gimmick, and you have one of the coolest runway segments ever.
  • The Roast serves as a massive redemption for Trinity, who made it no secret she was dreading this challenge especially after how hard she bombed her last roast performances. So to see her deliver joke after joke and stand with a comedy legend like Jinkx is a true glow-up.
  • Her co-winner Monét gets her own redemption in the form of her talent show, where after being mocked for her performance in All-Stars 4, gags the world by doing a full-blown opera aria, showing off her amazing range and giving her a well-deserved win.
  • After winning this season, Jinkx has become not only the "Queen of All Queens", but also the first two-time winner in the entire series.

    All Stars 8 
  • In a season with big personalities like Kandy, Darienne, Jimbo, and Heidi, who takes home the first episode's win? Kahanna Montrese. Yes, the queen memed for seemingly not existing on her first season for how invisible she was and who went home second, showed the world how Vegas can change someone, as she oozed sex appeal and confidence from her runways to the maxi-challenge performance that helped show the world why she deserved to be there.
  • As has been the trend for Rusicals the past few years, the queens once again turn it out in Joan: The Unauthorized Rusical as every queen does an amazing job embodying their version of Joan Crawford and providing top-notch vocals and expressions that help remind everyone why she was (and still is) a legend. Both the judges and fans agree nobody did poorly and were splitting hairs on how to determine the top and bottom queens.

Canada's Drag Race

    Canada Season 1 
  • In episode 2, Anastarzia Anaquway tells a haunting story in the Werk Room, about the struggles of being queer in the Bahamas, who are much less friendly to LGBT lifestyles than in Canada. More to the point, she's actually lost friends to hate crimes, and was the victim of one herself, being shot multiple times upon arriving home one night. Not only did she survive, she drove herself to the hospital. After Starzy healed from the incident, she immediately sought asylum in Canada and never looked back. She still has a bullet in her kidney. This story is a devastating Tear Jerker, but the fact that Starzy survived to become such a decorated, accomplished queen, cements her as a Determinator.
  • Scarlett Bobo in episode 2, coming out on the runway and accentuating her look with a fire-eating routine. Holy shit!
  • Jimbo reads Rita Baga into oblivion just to blow off some steam. Ilona Verley just living for it is the icing on the cake.
  • Scarlett Bobo proved to be quite a Determinator this season, going a full eight episodes being safe and never in the bottom, surely a record. In episode 9, she finally wins a challenge, and it's the Ball challenge no less.
  • Priyanka winning the crown makes her the first queen of Indian descent to win a season. The fact that she won while done up in a traditional Indian look only adds to what a great moment this is. She's also the first Queen who was twice in the bottom to ever win.

    Canada Season 2 
  • Kimora Amour's Ugly As Sin runway look in episode 6, easily one of the most haunting runways, and runway walks, in the franchise. Whereas the other girls obviously went for tacky and/or hideous, Kimora walked the runway as a slave, complete with handcuffs and dirt all over her, then finished by breaking the cuffs and running for her life to the back. The judges are in awe and completely silent the whole time, and it's a startling reminder that drag is political.
  • Priyanka, returning in the finale to crown this season's winner, upstages the final three with her incredible "four-armed goddess" look, and then playfully rubs it in everybody's face (in true Priyanka fashion). This dress has been favorably compared by fans to Violet Chachki's famous season 8 finale look, which is saying a lot.

    Canada Season 3 
  • After Miss Fiercalicious throws a childish tantrum over Vivian giving her the song she didn't want for the dual dancing challenge, Gisèle Lullaby takes it upon herself to tear Fiercalicious a new one for her attitude.
  • Despite everyone in episode 4 getting the same materials to craft a runway look, Gisèle Lullaby turns in a luxurious, beautifully conceived gown so well-constructed that it's difficult to believe she had the same amount of time as the rest of the cast. Kimmy and Bombae place high, but seem like distant second and third compared to Gisèle, who wins the week easily.
  • The Periodic Table runway features some stunning looks. Of special note is Lady Boom Boom's bromide look, which features tubes of running liquid throughout, and Bombae's helium balloon bodysuit which saves her from the bottom two.
  • Episode 6's runway theme is simply titled "Paint," and from start to finish it may be one of the most inspired runway segments in Canada's edition altogether. Standouts include Irma Gerd's paint-by-numbers-themed dress, Gisèle's Picasso-esque surrealist piece, Jada's black empowerment look, and Fiercalicious' take on the famous painting The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard. In the end, Bombae winds up getting eliminated, but with her dress covered in a dizzying collage of colors, she may be one of the best-looking eliminated queens of all time.

Other Spinoffs

     Down Under Series 1 
  • Anita Wig'lit's Snatch Game performance as Queen Elizabeth II was light years ahead of everyone else's performance. Ru begins the critiques by just announcing Anita as the winner right off the bat!
  • Etcetera Etcetera in the incredibly uncomfortable episode 5, chewing out Scarlet Adams for her past use of Blackface and not letting her off easily for it.
    Etcetera: I’ve never looked at something like blackface and thought that could be an 'honest mistake.'
  • The decision to include Kiwi queens in the cast was allegedly last minute so most of the emphasis is on Australian culture and Kita even comments on the show that them being their may seem like an afterthought. Last minute decision or not, the three Kiwi queens: Kita, Anita, and Elektra quickly became a trio of Ensemble Darkhorses and absolute highlight on an otherwise controversial season for being hilarious, extremely likeable, talented, and for their unique dynamic.
    • By the end of the season, Kita takes home the crown, Anita Miss Congeniality, and Elektra is easily the fan favorite, trade of the season, and lipsync assassin, nabbing nearly half of the challenge wins between the three of them, becoming the Spotlight-Stealing Squad of the season, and doing all of this without a single controversial or negative moment coming their way. Really makes you forget that season the was originally titled Drag Race Australia.

     España Season 2 
  • The Supremme Eleganza Talent Extravaganza talent show and subsequent Day of the Beast runway are nothing less than a triumph across the board, arguably among the best yet seen across the franchise, featuring slick, expertly designed showcases from every queen which fully exhibit their diverse personalities — even the pair designated the bottom 2, Ariel Rec and Samantha Ballentines, perform to a standard that in any other iteration of the franchise would likely see them safe at a minimum.
    • It quickly became the highest rated episode on IMDB, from any franchise.

    Philippines Season 1 
  • The girl group challenge definitely put a lot of eyes on DRPH as each queen showed why fans have clamored for the Philippines to get its own franchise, with many agreeing the Flexbomb Girls ate up and left no crumbs behind. With some of the smoothest rap lyrics since "I'm That Bitch" and each queen in the group getting to show off their strengths, they helped make a case for this being one of the best challenges of its kind. And props to Viñas' strong vocals giving Pink Pussy Energy a Curb Stomp Cushion to at least soften the blow.
    • In a Drag Race first, after both performances both groups got to share the stage for a face-off as the song pumped up, and it was a sight to behold as queens from opposing teams worked almost perfectly in-sync to cap off the challenge.
    • Speaking of Viñas, her runway that episode saw her walk as a manananggal (a Filipino vampire) and it was a sight to behold. Similar to Maddy's Marie Antoinette runway, she had to adjust her body in a way that ensured that the illusion of her upper and lower halves being separate was maintained and definitely didn't look comfortable, but it worked wonders even as she turned around and broke the illusion (but made up for it with an ass reveal that would make Detox proud). Many agree that had she been on the Flexbomb Girls or if they were judged individually, she would've won the episode handily.

    Canada Vs The World Season 1 
  • For the first time in the franchise, a genuine, currently-serving world leader shows up in the Werk Room. Seriously, how in the hell did they get Justin Trudeau as a special guest?
  • The ball challenge in episode 3 sees Victoria Scone walk the runway as a drag king—or as she puts it, she's now "Victor Stone". For years, fans have been wanting drag kings to have a platform similar to their fellow queens, so Victoria's little stunt was definitely a huge deal. The judges are just living for it, and it's no surprise when Victoria is in the top two.
    Victoria: I don't perform as a drag king in the outside world. But I appreciate the art form so much. It's really a love letter to drag kings.

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