User blog:TDFanatic52/How to be a Finalist in Total Drama

Total Drama is one of the best shows that I have ever seen. In its six season run, the show has produced a large variety of original contestants. Some are most memorable based on the reputation that precedes them and others are memorable on other factors that only work in fan fiction.

Irregardless on how many contestants the show starts off with, in the end, only two remain. These two people have endured countless challenges and their crazy competitors to earn one million dollars with only one person in their way, each other. However, before we even get to the end, the finalists have to start somewhere. From the classic island camp of Wawanakwa to the mechanical island known as Pahkitew, from around the world, to filming movies, the finalists have tough wit, strong personalities, and the minds of supercomputers to make it to the end of this treacherous competition.

As you continue reading, you will see my in-depth analysis of each finalist of Total Drama. I use the strategies that they promote in the season they were a finalist with both team and challenge wins* and their strategic moves in the season that they were a finalist in.

Without further adieu, lets get started.

*''The wins will count for both team and individual. In the case of the World Tour finalists, if they don't have to vote, that will count as a win.''

Alejandro
Challenge Wins: 12 (10 team; 2 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Convinced Harold to quit
 * Manipulated Sierra and her knowledge of her show against her in Broadway, Baby!
 * Caused the eliminations of all but two members of Team Victory
 * Got rid of Noah, an observant person, in I See London...
 * Eliminated his closest ally in The Ex-Files
 * Caused the elimination of Owen in Niagara Brawls
 * Got Courtney to help him in Chinese Fake-Out
 * Help cause the elimination of Duncan in African Lying Safari
 * Started a feud between Heather and Sierra in Awwwwww, Drumheller

Beth
Challenge Wins: 5 (3 team; 2 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Gave friendship bracelets to her team in Beach Blanket Bogus
 * Help blackmail Gwen in The Chefshank Redemption
 * Showed everyone a tape of Leshawna badmouthing everyone in Million Dollar Babies
 * Aligned with everyone who was against Courtney after the merge
 * Teamed up with Courtney in Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen
 * Broke the alliance she had with Courtney in 2008: A Space Owen
 * Revealed that she spent time with the eliminated contestants (minus Courtney) in Mutiny on the Soundstage

Cameron
Challenge Wins: 8 (6 team; 2 individual)

Strategic Moves:


 * Found a way to awaken one of Mike's alternate personalities in Ice Ice Baby
 * Formed an alliance with Mike to get rid of Scott in A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 * Recognized that he is immune since the other contenders in the ROTI final five would go for bigger challenge threats in Up, Up And Away In My Pitiful Balloon
 * Teamed up with Lightning to get rid of Jo
 * Talked to Lightning about getting rid of Scott in Eat, Puke and Be Wary
 * Helped eliminate Scott

Duncan
Challenge Wins: 8 (8 team; 0 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Pranked Trent which indirectly caused both his and Gwen's eliminations
 * Became his team's leader after Gwen's elimination due to his challenge wins the previous season
 * Joined an alliance with Leshawna and Harold in Dial M for Merger
 * Formed a guy's alliance with Justin and Harold in Super Hero-Id
 * Voted for Harold in 2008: A Space Owen
 * Eliminated Courtney in Top Dog

Gwen
Challenge Wins: 11 (7 team; 4 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Questioned Heather's authority in Not Quite Famous
 * Voted for Eva in No Pain, No Game
 * Got Owen to spill the beans about the first guy's alliance in Hide and Be Sneaky
 * Tried to keep everyone from being attacked by a Chef Hatchet in Hook, Line, and Screamer
 * Bonded with Heather in Are We There, Yeti?
 * Convinced Owen to help her win in I Triple Dog Dare You!

Heather
Challenge Wins: 13 (10 team; 3 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Recognized Alejanrdo and Lindsay as threats in Walk Like An Egyptian - Part 1
 * Managed to get Sierra's help in Broadway, Baby!
 * Warns Leshawna about Alejandro in Slap Slap Revolution
 * Told Cody to calm Sierra down in Can't Help Falling in Lourve
 * Tried to form an alliance with DJ in Newf Kids on the Rock
 * Managed to get in a tie-breaker position in Picnic at Hanging Dork
 * Voted for Courtney
 * Agreed to vote for Courtney in Sweden Sour
 * Helped cause the elimination of Owen
 * Caught Alejandro and Blainley cheating in China
 * Helped eliminate Duncan
 * Voted for Alejandro in Drumheller
 * Helped cause the elimination of Cody in Hawaiian Punch

Lightning
Challenge Wins: 3 (2 team; 1 individual)

Strategic Moves:
 * Teamed up with Jo in A Mine is a Terrible Thing to Waste
 * Voted for Brick
 * Convinced Cameron to make Jo lose in Up, Up and Away In My Pitiful Balloon
 * Caused Jo's elimination
 * Eliminated Zoey in The Enchanted Franken-Forest

Mike**
Challenge Wins: 2 (2 team; 0 individual)

Strategic Moves:
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