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Plot

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A grand view of the main setting used in this season (which is artificially recreated in the next season). The island is also used in the fourth and fifth seasons (which leads to its destruction).

Total Drama Island is set in the fictional titular reality show, which follows the competition of twenty-two unsuspecting and unwitting campers at Camp Wawanakwa, the most rundown, insect-infested, disgusting island in an unspecified area in Muskoka, Ontario. The campers participate in competitions and challenges that get more insane and dangerous each week to avoid being voted off the island by their fellow campers and teammates. At the end of the series, the winning contestant will receive C$100,000 (US$73,129.00). The competition is hosted by Chris McLean, assisted by the camp's chef, Chef Hatchet, who is also Chris's best friend despite being mistreated at times. Egotistical and immoral, unless something affects him legally, Chris places the show's contestants in various life-threatening challenges.

At the beginning of the season, the campers are placed into two groups of eleven, the "Screaming Gophers" and the "Killer Bass". In each episode, the teams participate in a challenge, in which one or more campers can win invincibility for their team. The losing team is called to the campfire that night, where the losing team vote one of their members off the island. The camper with the most votes is eliminated from the competition. At this campfire, Chris passes out marshmallows to the campers who have not been voted off, while the one who does not get a marshmallow must walk down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, which will take them away from the island (which is actually a hotel/resort quite close to the island with a pool and luxuries) and they will "never, never, never, ever, ever, ever, come back, ever" according to Chris (this was proved to be a lie in Episode 15, "No Pain, No Game", when he brought Eva and Izzy back into the game).

In Episode 14, the teams are disbanded, so it is every camper for themselves, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for themselves, whereupon the rest of the campers vote one camper without invincibility off the island (with a few exceptions where elimination is determined by the challenge itself). This process of elimination continues until two players remain where they are then subject to a final contest.

Total Drama Island is a parody of the reality show Survivor. McLean is very similar to Survivor host Jeff Probst.[2] This is the first season in which the winner does not get to keep the money, due to it being eaten by a shark in the episode "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island". The season finale, "The Very Last Episode, Really! had two endings that changed whether Gwen or Owen won the season, with the winner depending on the country the season aired in. This tradition of two endings for each finalist was kept for the rest of the original series' run, and its spin off The Ridonculous Race. The following special, "Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island" and season, Total Drama Action had alternate versions to acknowledge a specific ending in their episodes, but previous winners were simply never directly acknowledged following Action.

Episodes

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Total Drama Island premiered on July 8, 2007, on the Teletoon channel. This season has 26 episodes, each 22 minutes long, and two special episodes.[3] It was the third Cartoon Network show outside of Adult Swim and Toonami to have the U.S. rating of either "TV-PG" or "TV-PG-D", and a parental-guidance warning after every commercial break and at the beginning of the show (the first two being Sunday Pants and IGPX). Its rating in Canada was initially "G"; current broadcasts are rated "PG".

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Episode finale variations

For every season, the show's producers create two alternate endings for the final episode, such that the winner seen in one country's broadcasts is the runner-up in other countries (and vice versa) where the show airs. Owen is the original winner in Canada, but he is also shown as the winner in Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latin America (Cartoon Network), the Middle East, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Gwen is the original runner-up in Canada, but she is also the winner in Finland, Japan, Latin America (Boomerang and TBS), Norway, Poland, Romania and Sweden.

Characters

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The primary cast of Total Drama Island.
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Top: DJ, Duncan, Tyler, Harold, Geoff, and Heather
Standing: Lindsay, Leshawna, Eva, Justin, Owen, Noah, Trent, Gwen, and Cody
Sitting: Izzy, Bridgette, Courtney, Katie, Sadie, Ezekiel, and Beth

Staff

Character Voice actor Description
Template:Va Christian Potenza Chris is the host of the series.
Template:Va Clé Bennett Chef is the cook and Chris' assistant for challenges.

Contestants

There are 22 original contestants who competed in Total Drama Island. They are Beth, Bridgette, Cody, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Katie, Leshawna, Lindsay, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Trent, and Tyler. Many of the characters return in later seasons either as contestants or as guests.

List of Total Drama Island contestants
Contestant Label Voice actor Team Finish
Original Swapped Battle of the sexes Merged Placement Episode
Ezekiel The Home-Schooled Guy Peter Oldring rowspan="2" Template:TDteam rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 2
Eva
(Returned to game) 		Template:Eliminated 3
Noah The Schemer Carter Hayden rowspan="3" Template:TDteam rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 4
Justin The Eye Candy Adam Reid Template:Eliminated 5
Katie The Sweet Girl Stephanie Anne Mills rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 6
Tyler The Jock Peter Oldring rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 7
Izzy
(Returned to game) 		rowspan="3" Template:TDteam Template:Quit 8
Cody The Geek Peter Oldring rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 9
Beth The Wannabe Sarah GadonTemplate:Efn Template:Eliminated 10
Sadie The Sweet Girl's Friend Lauren Lipson rowspan="4" Template:TDteam rowspan="4" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 11
Courtney The Type-A Emilie-Claire Barlow Template:Eliminated 12
Harold The Dweeb Brian Froud Template:Eliminated 13
Eva The Female Bully Julia Chantrey rowspan="12" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 15
Trent The Cool Guy Scott McCord Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 16
Bridgette The Surfer Girl Kristin Fairlie Template:TDteam Template:TDteam rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 17
Lindsay The Dumb Princess Stephanie Anne Mills Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 18
DJ The Brickhouse with a Heart Clé Bennett rowspan="3" Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 19
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast Katie Crown Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 20
Geoff The Party Guy Dan Petronijevic Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 21
Leshawna The Sister with 'Tude Novie Edwards Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 22
Duncan The Delinquent Drew Nelson Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 24
Heather The Queen Bee Rachel Wilson rowspan="3" Template:TDteam rowspan="3" Template:TDteam rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Template:Eliminated 25
Gwen The Loner Megan Fahlenbock Runner-up 26
Owen The Funniest Guy Around Scott McCord Template:TDteam Winner

Season summary

Total Drama Island Returns season summary
Episode Original airdate Challenge winner(s) Eliminated
No. Title Written by Canada United States Team Contestant
1 "Not So Happy Campers- Part 1 Jennifer Pertsch July 8, 2007 June 5, 2008 colspan= "100%" Template:TDteam
2 "Not So Happy Campers- Part 2 June 12, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Ezekiel
3 "The Big Sleep" Nicole Demerse July 15, 2007 June 19, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Eva
4 "Dodgebrawl" Alex Nussbaum July 22, 2007 June 26, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Noah
5 "Not Quite Famous" Jennifer Cowan July 29, 2007 July 3, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Justin
6 "The Sucky Outdoors" Jennifer Pertsch Aug. 5, 2007 July 10, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Katie
7 "Phobia Factor" Shelley Scarrow Aug. 12, 2007 July 17, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Tyler
8 "Up the Creek" Alex Nussbaum Aug. 17, 2007 July 24, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Izzy
9 "Paintball Deer Hunter" Shelley Scarrow Aug. 26, 2007 Jul. 31, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Cody
10 "If You Can't Take the Heat..." Alex Ganetakos Sept. 2, 2007 Aug. 7, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Beth
11 "Who Can You Trust?" Alex Nussbaum Sept. 9, 2007 Aug. 14, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Sadie
12 "Basic Straining" Jennifer Pertsch Sept. 16, 2007 Aug. 21, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Courtney
13 "X-Treme Torture" Erika Strobel Sept. 23, 2007 Aug. 28, 2008 Template:TDteam Template:TDteam Harold
14 "Brunch of Disgustingness" Alex Nussbaum Sept. 30, 2007 Sept. 4, 2008 Template:TDteam colspan="100%" Template:TDteam
15 "No Pain, No Game" Erika Strobel Oct. 7, 2007 Sept. 11, 2008 Leshawna rowspan="8" Template:TDteam Eva
16 "Search and Do Not Destroy" Alex Nussbaum Oct. 14, 2007 Sept. 18, 2008 Heather Trent
17 "Hide and Be Sneaky" Tom McGillis Oct. 21, 2007 Sept. 25, 2008 Heather & Leshawna Bridgette
18 "That's Off the Chain!" Erika Strobel Oct. 28, 2007 Oct. 2, 2008 Heather Lindsay
19 "Hook, Line, and Screamer" Nov. 4, 2007 Oct. 9, 2008 Gwen DJ
20 "Wawanakwa Gone Wild!" Shelley Scarrow Nov. 11, 2007 Oct. 16, 2008 Gwen Izzy
21 "Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon" Nov. 18, 2007 Oct. 23, 2008 Template:TDteam Geoff
22 "Haute Camp-ture" Alex Nussbaum Nov. 25, 2007 Oct. 30, 2008 Template:TDteam Leshawna
23 "Camp Castaways" Erika Strobel Dec. 2, 2007 Nov. 6, 2008 colspan="100%" Template:TDteam
24 "Are We There Yeti?" Alex Nussbaum Dec. 9, 2007 Nov. 13, 2008 Gwen & Heather rowspan="2" Template:TDteam Duncan
25 "I Triple Dog Dare You!" Erika Strobel Dec. 16, 2007 Nov. 20, 2008 Gwen & Owen Heather
N/A "Total Drama Island Recap" (CA)
"TDI Rundown" (US) 		None
Matt McElhannon 		Jan. 4, 2008 Dec. 4, 2008 colspan="100%" Template:TDteam
26 "The Very Last Episode, Really!" Jennifer Pertsch Dec. 11, 2008 OwenTemplate:Efn Template:TDteam Gwen
27 "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island" Jennifer Pertsch & Tom McGillis Nov. 29, 2008 Dec. 18, 2008 colspan="100%" Template:TDteam

Elimination table

Contestant Episode
1–2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Owen WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE Template:Maybe SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Maybe Template:Maybe WIN WINNER Template:Ya
Gwen WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN — SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN Template:Maybe Template:Maybe SAFE SAFE WIN WIN RUNNER-UP Template:Ya
Heather WIN WIN SAFE Template:Maybe WIN WIN SAFE Template:Maybe Template:Maybe WIN WIN WIN — Template:Maybe WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Duncan SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE Template:Maybe WIN SAFE SAFE Template:Maybe SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Leshawna WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN — WIN SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Geoff SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Izzy WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN Template:Quit SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE colspan="2" Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
DJ SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Lindsay WIN WIN Template:Maybe SAFE WIN WIN Template:Maybe SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN — SAFE SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Bridgette SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE Template:Maybe WIN WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE — SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Trent WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN WIN SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Eva SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Harold SAFE Template:Maybe WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN WIN Template:Maybe Template:Maybe Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Courtney Template:Maybe SAFE WIN WIN SAFE Template:Maybe WIN WIN WIN SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Sadie SAFE SAFE WIN WIN Template:Maybe SAFE WIN WIN WIN Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Beth WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Cody WIN WIN SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Tyler SAFE SAFE WIN WIN SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Katie SAFE SAFE WIN WIN Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Justin WIN WIN SAFE Template:Eliminated Template:Ya
Noah WIN WIN Template:Eliminated Template:Na
Ezekiel Template:Eliminated Template:Na

Production

As Camp TV

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On February 15, 2006, it was announced that Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch were working on a project called Camp TV.[5] According to Tom McGillis, Fresh TV was approached by Teletoon to create the show.[6]

As Total Drama

Development

On March 27, 2006, the project was renamed Total Drama Island and the franchise was also renamed Total Drama. Production began in June 2006.[7]

Writing

Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch studied what tweens liked (and disliked) about reality television shows in the writing process.[6][8] McGillis said that they used a "countrywide online research project" to determine what 9-to-14 year olds were watching.[6][9] It was found that Canadian tweens enjoyed watching Fear Factor, Survivor, The Amazing Race, American Idol, and Canadian Idol.[6]

Animation

The season was animated at Elliott Animation and was directed by Todd Kauffman and Mark Thornton.[10][11] Fresh TV partners McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott and Irving produced the series.[12] The budget for the series was US$8,000,000.[13] It was animated in Flash,[11] at Elliott Animation's studio in Toronto.[12] All the characters were designed by Kauffman.[14]

Confidentiality agreement

Every cast and crew member on Total Drama Island had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to disclose who the winner was.[15]

Casting

Voice actors from the series 6teen have lent their voices for Total Drama Island.

Christian Potenza, who played the character Jude on 6teen, played the role of host Chris McLean. Potenza said that the best part of the job was that his character could not be voted off the show.[16]

Emilie-Claire Barlow plays a recurring role as Chrissy on 6teen and plays Courtney on Total Drama Island. Barlow stated that Courtney was her favourite character that she had ever played.[17]

Other voice actors from 6teen include Julia Chantrey as Eva; Drew Nelson (Kai) as Duncan; Megan Fahlenbock (Jen) as Gwen; Adam Reid (Wayne) as Justin; Stephanie Anne Mills (Kirsten) as Lindsay and Katie; Rachel Wilson (Melinda Wilson) as Heather; and Scott McCord (Stone) as Owen and Trent.

Reception

Ratings

Carole Bonneau, the Vice President of Teletoon stated that Total Drama Island, along with 6teen were "consistently top performers" for audiences of ages 6–11, and also helped to bring in older viewers as well.[18] When Total Drama Island aired on Cartoon Network, it performed very well; The Toronto Star reported that, "in some age groups [Total Drama Island showed] a 500% ratings increase in [its] time slot."[9] On December 11, 2008, Total Drama Island garnered 3.5 million viewers.[19] That year, the series was the top "regularly scheduled Thursday night program at 9 p.m. on all television throughout third quarter among kids 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14," according to the Animation World Network.[20] On Memorial Day weekend of 2009, a marathon of Total Drama Island increased viewership in age groups 2–11, 6–11, and 9–14, each by 20% or more compared to the same week in 2008.[21] As of 2011, Total Drama Island has aired in over 188 countries.[22]

Critical reception

Total Drama Island has received generally positive reviews. The series was nominated for a Gemini Award for "Best Animated Program or Series", shared by Tom McGillis, Jennifer Pertsch, George Elliott and Brian Irving.[23] Common Sense Media gave the show 4 out of 5 stars, deeming it an "enjoyable, smart show" and finding that it appealed to all demographics.[24] Matthew Price of The Oklahoman gave a mixed review of the series, stating that it "starts unbelievably slowly", but deeming that the later episodes effectively spoofed reality shows.[25] Debi Enker of The Age gave a negative review of the season's last episode, calling the art, design and writing "lamentable."[26]

Public reaction

Total Drama Island received a score of 8.1 on Metacritic from users, indicating "generally favorable reviews"; this made it the highest-rated season on the website.[27]

Media

DVD releases

A DVD was released by Warner Home Video on August 18, 2009, in the United States. It contains all of the 27 episodes (including TDI Rundown) of season one of this series in a 4 disc set, for a total of 594 minutes long. In addition, its bonus features (entitled as X-tras) are the audition tapes of twenty two campers, played after each of their respective eliminations, as well as Izzy's second audition tape and her exclusive interview with Chris (the latter of which is shown after Eva's second elimination). In Australia, Total Drama Island is on Region 4 DVD as separate volumes. This series of discs contains the widescreen version with uncut scenes and original dialogue, as seen on Teletoon and ABC3. In reviewing the DVD for season, Matthew Price of The Oklahoman wrote that while the show started out "unbelievably slowly," the series became more interesting as campers began getting voted off. Price also praised the parody of reality shows.[28] In another review of the DVD, Jeffrey Kauffman of DVD Talk wrote that the character development was compelling and that the parody of reality shows were very funny.[29] Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict praised the character development as well, but noted that the show sometimes sinks to "lowbrow gross-outs".[30] Both Kauffman and McEntire recommended the series DVD.

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive! was an online game in Canada and the US marketed in conjunction with the television series. It was produced by Xenophile Media. By registering a free account, the player could play games using a customizable avatar to earn points for marshmallows. Marshmallows are used as money in the game so the player can buy in-game items. The player who earned the most points had their avatar make a cameo appearance in the season finale.[6][31] The games were based on the challenges in the show.[6][32] Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive! was nominated for an Interactive Emmy Award in 2007.[31] However, the website is no longer available, as it was replaced by Total Drama Online and the Teletoon and Cartoon Network official sites.[33]

See also

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