User blog comment:MegamanZero0002/Total Drama Season 6 theory/@comment-24709342-20140518051130/@comment-7985501-20140518055246

That doesn't make any sense. Why would he try to sign up if he knew he wasn't in the season? Popular assumption is that Owen was supposed to be in TDAS but Scott had other things to attend to like his band and Camp Lakebottom. He was just too busy so they threw in Sam to replace Owen and to give Brian something to do.

Only thing they granted him was an appearance at the finale. Plus getting a replacement for someone very classic and popular as Owen would have been insulting especially for Scott. With Alejandro, it was ok since he was still somewhat recent.