User blog comment:Chameleon-Guy/Predictions for the next season (after Pahkitew)/@comment-24152851-20140516041349

Chameleon-Guy, you know one of the reasons why Total Drama is so popular? Because there's so much variety, and they can keep changing the main character each season. Sure there are a group that have particular focus, usually the ones with a more versatile personality, great basis for character development, or the writers just like them for personal reasons. But that's not to say new characters formerly away from the limelight can't have a chance to shine. Beth had little focus in TDI (other than being a lackey to Heather) but they went and poured life into her character in TDA. Same deal with Cody in TDWT (even though I hate what they did to his character in that season).

You raise an interesting point with Owen not being in TDAS, they cared too much for him. I never considered that. With Mike (not going to bring up that whole debate again), I read on another site that Fresh are well aware of the controversy and will quite likely not be bringing him back. And if (unlikely) they do, they will probably try to fix up the controversy by making it more realistic this time round (maybe the button was just a hallucination and he didn't cure his disorder at all), and will require proper therapy this time ... who knows. But even if he's popular with the kids, he sent out the wrong message to the kids. ... I'm gonna restrain myself from ranting about Mike and stop there.

Personally for TDPI, I think the most focused characters will be the twins and possibly Shawn (who seems to be a reference to Shaun of the Dead with all his zombie references).