Rider wrote:
I still maintain these makeups must look totally different in person because I'm often mystified by the judges response.
In some cases the judges seem mystified by their own responses. In season 3 episode 1, Roy/Rod's exoskeleton midget won, but in the top 20 Laura/Sarah's bounty hunter rated ahead of it. Go figure.

The weirdest thing about the top 20 for me was the omission of Tate's big head telepathic monster from season 1. I would have that in the top 5.