User blog comment:Fedora Kid/Total Drama All-Stars: Thoughts Going Into This Season/@comment-1756703-20130822113657/@comment-1734566-20130823171959

I said "default hero" for a reason. Yes, she was only the more likable of the two because Alejandro was worse, but again, that's the point of her overall character arc in the series, which Courtney has never gone through.

And personally, I'm sure there's a lot of people who can't stand Courtney, either. She's not so much one of the most "popular" characters in the series as much as she's one of the most "polarizing:" People either love her or hate her. Plain and simple. And true, maybe not ALL of her popularity comes from DC, but a solid chunk - maybe even half - is most likely a result of that pairing.