User blog comment:LoganParvatiTD225/Meet Tom and Jen from The Ridonculous Race/@comment-25027229-20150721195248/@comment-1741760-20150721211531

It wasn't needless, it was necessary to keep things happening in the aftermaths in order to stop it from being dull. Whether you love it or hate it, that's what drama does - it makes you feel some sort of emotion rather than 22 minutes a week of friendship, rainbows, unicorns, whatever fits. Without it keeping us invested, there's nothing stopping us from changing the channel.

Also how do you know most of the fanbase thinks she should have stayed in the Action special? Unless you've seen at least over half of the Total Drama fanbase say so (which I doubt because TD has over a million or more viewers in the US, not counting it spreading internationally) I don't see how you can say that for a fact.