Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island is an animated series which premiered in the Canadian television channel, Teletoon on July 8, 2007. The show was created by the creators of 6teen. It is rated of TV-PG for Cartoon Network. Total Drama Island is a show that is similar to Survivor taking place at Camp Wawanakwa which takes place in Muskoka, Ontario.

Season 1
The series was about 22 contestants on an animated reality show. The teens are divided into two separate teams, the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass. The two teams were given challenges and every three days, the losing team voted a contestant off. The losing contestant must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers which will take the loser away. This process continues on until one person remains on the island. The Last Contestant will win a $100,000 prize which the host, Chris McLean, is certain the contestants will, "blow in a week."

Season 2

 * see: Total Drama Action

The season two is called Total Drama Action and it takes place in an abandoned movie lot nearby Camp Wawanakwa. 14 of the original campers are now competing for 1.000.000 dollars in movie-themed challenges.

Season 3

 * see: Total Drama, the Musical

The yet-to-come third season of Total Drama series. Fifteen of the original contestants plus two new ones compete for another million dollars in variated challenges around the world, all while playing spontaneous musical numbers.

Season 4
In the official TDI blog, Mark Thronton states there will be a season 4. Currently, nothing is known about it.

Elimination

 * see: Elimination

A process in Total Drama Island where a camper is eliminated. Initially, the losing team would vote for a camper and the one with the most votes against them would be voted out. Since the teams merged, all the contestants began to vote for each other and only the challenge winner had immunity. Also, a camper may be eliminated if losing a challenge, in exceptional circumstances.

Characters

 * see: Characters

Twenty-two teenagers plus Chris McLean, the host, and Chef Hatchet, the cook, are participating in Total Drama Island.

Episodes

 * see: Episodes

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive

 * see: Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive

The official website for this season, Total Drama Island Totally Interactive features, along with info about the series, a interactive campsite with info about the characters, games themed on the episodes, earnable wallpapers and screensavers, and a camper creator where the player is able to create its own character. It currently appears only on Teletoon website, since in Cartoon Network's, it was replaced by Total Drama Action EXTRA.

Camp TV

 * see: Camp TV

The original prototype for Total Drama Island. In it, there were only eighteen of the current contestants and they had different prototype designs.

Censorship in United States

 * see: Edits for full list of censors

Total Drama Island episodes were usually rated TV-PG in the United States, for suggestive dialogue and aggressive language.

Prizes

 * see: Episode Prizes

Each challenge is worth a prize. The usual prize is invincibility for the winning team or contestant, but, on other occassions, there are other rewards, too.

Theme Song
KSCuTEOQkho "I Wanna Be Famous", by Graeme Cornies and Dawna Toews

''Dear Mom and Dad I'm Doing Fine, You Guys are on My Mind. You asked me what I wanted to be And now I think the answer is plain to see. I wanna be Famous.'' I wanna live close to the sun So pack your bags cause I've already won Everything to prove nothing in my way I'll get there one day Cause I wanna be Famous! Na Na Na Na Na Na Na na na na na na na na na na na na I wanna be I wanna be I wanna be famous I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous! (Whistling I Wanna Be Famous)

DVD

 * see: Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season

Awards

 * The series was nominated for only one award: The Gemini Awards, in 2008.