User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All-Stars Was The Worst Season Yet/@comment-1037137-20131206181527

I agree with most of these, but I don't see why Owen's presence was necessary. Seems like someone's excuse to bring the old Creator's Pet back for the sake of making a few lame fart jokes that the season had been lacking up until that point. Problem is, they still aren't funny, and they're unfortunately Owen's defining gag.

As for the finalists, I say it was mostly a problem of how they got to the finale rather than the choice of finalists, those pitching two newbies against each other as opposed to a more sensible veteran vs. newbie setup is admittedly a silly move for an All-Star season.

Yeah, character development was a wash here. This season accomplished virtually nothing.

I have no idea what happened here, but clearly nobody on the staff thought this through at all, this is a truly cut-and-paste job if I ever saw one. They didn't stop to consider whether anyone would find it fun or satisfying at all. I really get the sense that they just threw this together and didn't take any of the important points into consideration to make sure it was even halfway worthwhile.