Gilded Chris Award

The Gilded Chris Award, alternately spelled as the Guilded Chris Award, is the Total Drama Action equivalent of Marshmallows from the previous season. Also known as the Chris, they are gold-colored statuettes of the host, Chris McLean. There are multiple awards, and like the marshmallows, there will always be at least one character that will not receive one at the Gilded Chris ceremony. The one who does not receive an award must immediately walk the Red Carpet of Shame, catch the Lame-o-sine, and leave the game. It is still unknown where the losers are taken.

In Riot On Set, Owen finds that the Gilded Chrises are chocolate statues wrapped in gold foil, making them more analogous to the edible rewards from the last season. However, in Alien Resurr-eggtion, a Gilded Chris hit Lindsay on her head and knocked her out with a loud, metal-like clang sound as if it were a real statuette. It is unknown if this is simply a continuity error or if there are, in fact, different kinds of Gilded Chris awards. In the The Aftermath: I, Izzy mentions that the statues are actually chocolate, so Lindsay being knocked out by one may have simply been a one-time gag.

In a rare instance in Ocean's Eight - Or Nine, a team gave all of their awards to a leaving player. When returning castmate Courtney successfully voted off Owen that night, the Killer Grips all gave their Gilded Chrises to Owen as a gesture of friendship, since he loved the chocolate they are made from.

In Ocean's Eight - Or Nine Chris says the statues are made of the finest Belgium chocolate, trademark patented and all his.

Trivia

 * Bridgette, Courtney, and Geoff are the only cast-mates not to have received a Gilded Chris as of yet.