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Total Drama All-Stars Final Analysis
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'''Hey there, I’m Dot. This is it--my final analysis of Total Drama All-Stars, yup, the entire season. I’m going to be breaking down the elements of the season completely and more thoroughly than I did in my individual reviews. Some elements that I’m going to cover are Episodes, Characters, and Relationships. This is a long blog, so be prepared.'''

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Heroes vs Villains
'''Challenge: Jump off a cliff to dive for keys that will unlock the Spa Hotel. One person from each team will ferry the divers back and forth from the cliff to the Spa Hotel until the winning key is found. The winning team gets to stay in the Spa Hotel that night and the losers have to vote someone off. Honestly, this was a dull challenge but was easily overshadowed by the nostalgia bomb of cliff jumping. There’s little drama to it except a little bit with the sharks, but there’s really no rush except to beat the other team. The carriage drivers are quickly overworked while the others complain on top of the cliff. The challenge was quickly forgotten (for me) among the excitement of the All-Stars cast. 6.25/10'''

'''Eliminated: Lindsay, because she was slow to push the carriage. The Villains worked faster than her team and won. Courtney almost got flushed due to bossing Lindsay into pushing the carriage in the first place. Everyone says that Lindsay got robbed and I agree. I mean, she doesn’t even remember how to PUSH A CART. Doesn’t she push shopping carts around at the mall all the time? A bit of a dumbed down elimination, especially for a first-boot that was predicted to be a finalist! I feel like Sam would’ve been a better choice here since he was sluggish the whole time and Lindsay should’ve made it further. Unfortunately, this was not her season. 5.75/10'''

'''Plotlines: Not many are established here, since it’s only the beginning. We have the whole love triangle popping up again, the Gwentney team switch, and some minor interactions betweens generations. Sierra begins her Camody plotline quite subtly (thank goodness) and we don’t see much development in the Jo/Heather rivalry or the Duncan Do-Right plot. But a solid start for the interactions overall. 7.25/10'''

Overall: 19.25/30

Evil Dread
'''Challenge: Dig in the sand for color-coded pieces of a sculpture. The team to find all seven of their pieces and correctly assemble them on their platform wins immunity! This challenge started the downhill trend of the challenges. This wasn’t really a reference to a past challenge and was slow going. There was no excitement in finding the pieces, and the whole thing was dragged down by sluggishly dull character interactions. Also, how did Zoey THROW the last piece onto the statue?? 6/10'''

'''Eliminated: Lightning, because he miscounted the pieces and was annoying the whole time. After such a great episode for him (not performance wise, though), I was ready to start liking his character. It was kind of annoying that he eliminated him just after his MVP episode, but it was to be expected. In All-Stars he was kind of fodder anyways, so I wouldn’t have had him go much further (maybe an episode or two). He was eliminated around the right place nevertheless. 8/10'''

'''Plotlines: We start to see more development of the Camody plot (more of Sierra being insane, though). Scott tries and fails to go back to his old, conniving ways from ROTI, which I didn’t like. It wasn’t that any of his good derailment had already started, it was that he was neutral last episode and I was kind of liking that from him. Jo/Heather conflict briefly sparks. Gwen dumps trash on Courtney by accident and Courtney thinks she did it on purpose. This Gwentney plotline is already getting weird and it’s shredding their previous interactions. So far, most of their plotlines are repetitive and painful to watch, but I’m interested to see where this goes. 7.5/10'''

Overall: 21.5/30

Saving Private Leechball
'''Challenge: Race to the crates of leeches to select weapons, then eliminate the other team in a leech-slinging shootout on the island! Each person of the opposite team that’s hit is worth a point. The first team to get six points (or hit every member of the other team) wins a night at the Spa Hotel and safety at the elimination ceremony! This was probably my favorite so far because it was the most action packed. Not really a reference, but at least it had momentum. A lot of the players were eliminated early on (Heather, Scott) and just didn’t get a chance to play, though. 6.75/10'''

'''Eliminated: Jo, because she became too aggressive and lost the challenge for her team. Honestly, this elimination felt like just the right time. It was annoying that they started a Jo/Heather conflict that they never finished, but Jo didn’t have much potential to go far this season. It just wasn’t her time. 7.25/10'''

'''Plotlines: Here we start to see the development of Duncan Do-Right. Duncan dives in front of Gwen to protect her from a leech. Well, he gets switched over to the Heroes team. Courtney is switched over to the Villains team (where she ought to be). It’s a little annoying that Chris switches Duncan over at the drop of a hat. Saving someone from a LEECH isn’t necessarily heroic. Have you forgotten his many seasons of villainy? That development was really annoying and tore Gwuncan into a few pieces that would have trouble putting themselves back together. 6/10'''

Overall: 20/30

===Food Fright ​​​​​​​'''Challenge:  Each team member must run through a grueling obstacle course while scarfing down pancakes. If a team member throws up while on the course, they cannot play again. The first team to finish their pancake and complete the obstacle course wins! Honestly, this was a pretty dull challenge. There was no drama to it and it was basically a giant yuck-fest. I mean, I like toilet humor as much as the next guy, but vomiting 24/7 isn’t exactly appealing. There was no variety to the challenge as it was different people doing the exact same thing without any development woven into it. A very disappointing challenge overall. 4/10=== Eliminated: Sam, because he cheated and thus lost the challenge for his team. Honestly, I really didn’t like Sam this season because he was gross and ineffective. He basically took Owen’s place and even shared his elimination episode. I wish Sam had been the first boot, though. I’m glad they eliminated him anyways. Why include him instead of Owen? Well, I guess Owen’s a screenhog and Sam isn’t. But at least Owen’s likeable. 7/10'''

'''Plotlines: Now that Duncan’s on the Heroes team, we start to see him question his rebelliousness or whatever. I think this was a pretty funny development to start (at least until later). This was before it got repetitive and forced. Sierra’s insanity is somewhat normal for her, but I was hoping that she’d get some development outside of Cody. Oh well, her character’s one-dimensional. Whoop dee doo. Mal breaks Sam’s Game Guy (oh wait, he did that already, haha, can’t remember). This has no villainous purpose whatsoever, and the only benefit I see from this is flexing his muscles. It has no impact on Sam’s elimination. It would’ve been better if Sam was eliminated because he spent the whole challenge whining about his GameGuy, but nope. Mal just follows whatever impulse strikes him. This is part of what makes him an annoying villain. His schemes aren’t strategy, they’re random, thrill-of-the-moment actions! Oh yeah, and Scourtney existed. I’ll talk about that later. 6/10'''

Overall: 17/30

Moon Madness
'''Challenge: A rare blue harvest moon has struck the camp and it’s turned normally nice creatures evil. Now the teams must race across the island in the middle of the night. The first team to get all their players across the finish line wins! Okay, this was no “great” challenge by any stretch, but it was much better than the others. Interactions were tied into the challenge and it was kind of fun to see the animals turn nice/vicious (depending). There was very little drama but it felt much more exciting than the other challenges and definitely had a LOT more momentum. 6/10'''

'''Eliminated: No one, was a reward challenge. Cameron volunteered for elimination but was instead switched over to the Villains team. OKAY, COME ON. This was a lame move on their part. There’s no need to have a reward challenge since there are only 13 episodes! The reward challenges only work with the longer episode formats. I was really hoping that Cameron was going to be eliminated this episode since it seemed like the right time. However, Ed Macdonald has some weird ideas about where Cam’s character is supposed to go, so Cameron GROSSLY overstayed his welcome this season. Yuck; this was a perfect opportunity and it totally failed! 3.5/10'''

'''Plotlines: Other than the Gwuncan breakup, I thought that the plotlines were nice. It was good to have a challenge that supported those plotlines. We get some brain scenes in this episode, which I think are unnecessary and quite gross. If you have to show what Mike’s doing, do it in a less weird environment! This is a REALITY show, not a fantasy show. There’s more development of Scourtney, which I’ll talk about in my relationship/plotline section. At this point I honestly don’t mind Scourtney. Compared to Gwuncan it was something fresh and exciting. I liked that a lot. I guess I’m one of the few people who actually liked Heather acting nice. It was fun and a new plan from her that had me laughing and on the edge of my seat. I loved Alejandro’s reaction when he found out that she was just faking! Anyways, let’s talk about Gwuncan. Up until the end, it was fine. In fact, it was pretty much nonexistent. Duncan was talking about his ex, which is a big dating no-no. This was a trainwreck ship that I never asked to happen from the beginning of World Tour. I felt glad that it was winding to a close, but not like this! It was a poorly executed, five-second breakup that shattered a two season relationship and didn’t even look back. Kissing Duncan felt like kissing a shoe, huh, Gwen? Maybe you should TALK to him about that instead of randomly having a hormonal surge and ending your relationship! This had almost nothing to do with Duncan talking about Courtney either! I thought the writers were hyping up the love triangle again, but nope, that plotline went out the writing window. 6/10'''

Overall: 15.5/10

No One Eggspects the Spanish Opposition
'''Challenge: Contestants are trapped in the Fun Zone, where eggs are hiding everywhere. Teams must dodge evil mutants and put eggs in their corresponding basket to score points. The team with the most points at the end wins! As usual. This challenge had less momentum and was mostly an ode to Zoey getting a WHOLE bunch of eggs at the last second and winning. The invincibility idol had the most drama out of all the elements, which were staggered and kind of random. 5.5/10'''

'''Eliminated: Heather, because Alejandro used the Invincibility Idol on her. This one was annoying, but not as infuriating for me as it is for many others. Sure, she was dumbed down like crazy, but Heather isn’t meant to make it far EVERY time. She’s fun and interesting and one of the best TD characters, but for her to make the merge would classify her as a serious screenhog. Besides, we apparently have to make room for MORE IMPORTANT characters like Mike and Zoey! Anyways, it was surprising and great plot for Aleheather. I approve...somewhat. 6/10'''

'''Plotlines: Aleheather aside (which I’ve already explained above), the plots were neutral. Zoey’s still clueless about who Mike really is, we get some sad brain scenes, and Duncan once again tries to prove that he’s bad. I feel like the more Duncan tries, the more forced it is. The scene with the bird is clearly played for laughs but it just made me sad and nostalgic for the old Duncan. Cammera was gross. 5/10'''

Overall: 16.5/10

Suckers Punched
'''Challenge: Teams must compete in individual boxing matches against their fears. Each win over their fears wins their team a point. The team with the most points at the end wins! This was by far one of my favorite challenges this season. I loved the NPNG reference as well as the Phobia Factor elements. OF COURSE CHEF AND CHRIS RIGGED THE WHEEL, HAHA. The interactions tied well with the challenge and I’m glad that some of the season’s screenhogs were out of the spotlight for once. Every character got a moment to shine and that worked out really well. 8/10'''

'''Eliminated: Sierra, because the Villains got to choose who to eliminate from the Heroes team. This seems like a big mistake to me. Cameron just switched over to the Villains team and now they’re gonna listen to him because he’s upset about Camera? Sierra’s one of the WEAKEST players on the Heroes team. Eliminate Duncan or Mike! They’re both strong team members who have performed well in past challenges. I didn’t like Sierra that much in All-Stars, but this seemed like a dumb move for the Villains. 6/10'''

'''Plotlines: Like I said before, the plotlines tied in really well to the challenge. Alejandro defeating Jose and admitting that he still likes Heather is one of my favorite Total Drama moments of all time (lower half of top 10). Gwentney was a little unusual. Three seasons of love triangle plot and they’re planning to end with a mushy, girl power friendship? Unusual, but adrenaline-eliciting. I like it. Duncan not fighting the bird was kind of lame and was even more forced than before. 8/10'''

Overall: 22/30

You Regatta Be Kidding Me
'''Challenge: The teams have merged and so every contestant in on their own! The first post-merge challenge is a boat race around the island filled with obstacles, peril, and faulty motors. Contestants must race to the docks and select their vessel; some of them are more seaworthy than others! The first person to sail around the island and cross the finish line first will win the challenge and immunity from the elimination ceremony. This challenge was fun, but none of the contestants really interacted. They were just going through the motions and the only interactions I got were Zoke, Gwentney, and Scottameron. Also, what past challenge was this a reference to? Backstabbers Ahoy?? 6.5/10'''

'''Winner: Alejandro, because he stuck his nose out over the finish line. I’m not giving out points for individual winners. Alejandro’s a good winner.'''

'''Eliminated: Duncan, because he blew up Chris’ cottage and disqualified himself. Well, he got what he deserved. This is more of a plot thing so I’ll talk about the dramatic and annoying end of Duncan Do-Right. 5/10'''

'''Plotlines: Duncan Do-Right is now officially over. In a desperate attempt to prove that he’s bad, Duncan blows up Chris’ cottage, aka Playa Des Losers. Not only is this like running a cheese grater over multiple past seasons of development, it’s straight up insulting. We’ve all grown to know and love the delinquent and now he’s just a wishy washy joke. What a waste. Besides Duncan Do-Right, Gwentney is now a thing and it’s utterly terrifying. Courtney and Gwen are both very out-of-character and are now obsessed with each other on a Katie/Sadie level of creepiness. I mean, since when do they care about hair?? Also, Zoey puts herself in MORTAL DANGER to see if Mike’s actually Mike. Not only is the really annoying and totally godplaying, it’s really unsafe. Get yourself some help, Zoey. No boy’s worth DYING over. But of course you can’t die since you’re Magical Zoey the Godplayer! Of course we get to hear Mal making engine noises. We all asked for that. 4/10'''

Overall: 15.5/10

Zeek and Ye Shall Find
'''Challenge: Ezekiel has kidnapped Chris and taken him into the mines! Find and save Chris before it’s too late for the not-so-beloved host! The person who saves Chris wins the impromptu challenge and gets immunity for the night! I was kind of expecting this from the title. It was kind of an underwhelming “100th” challenge. There was very little drama until the end (basically just people walking through the mine and Gwen freaking out, which is quite disconcerting). But the last part was cute and it was good to see Gwen win for a change. It was fun to see Chef play a (slightly) bigger role for once. 6.5/10'''

Winner: Gwen, because she defeated Ezekiel and rescued Chef.

'''Eliminated: Cameron, because a bunch of boulders fell on him and he was too injured to continue competing. I don’t mind this elimination at all. It’s the only way Cam’s elimination would be satisfying at all at this point. He’d grossly overstayed his welcome and had very little plot that was actually good. I was sick and tired of hearing his little whiny voice, and while I’m upset that he didn’t go sooner (aka pre merge Moon Madness), I’m glad that he’s finally gone...at least until the finale. 5/10'''

'''Plotlines: This is the last appearance of Feral Ezekiel and it’s not a very pleasing one. It makes me nostalgic for old Ezekiel, who was at least nice to look at. This Zeke is a derailed monster and definitely not in good shape. He has acid drool and has gone off the deep end of the development pool. For a show that used to pride itself on its SATIRE of unrealistic game shows, Total Drama has certainly deteriorated over the years. Scourtney also becomes canon. While it’s a peculiar ship and just seems to exist so that they’re some intergenerational couples, I find it kind of cute. It’s giving Scott some really good development that’s different from his normal malevolent ways. This episode marks the end of Scott’s villainous development, now he’s just a loveable pain magnet. Also, how could I forget the “Courtney, I’M YOUR GIRLFRIEND!!!” quote?? Mal does some random scheming that AT LEAST isn’t breaking stuff, haha. Cameron and Courtney kiss, thus creating the shortest couple (literally) of Total Drama. Cameron should stay single forever because he is unshippable. 6.5/10'''

Overall: 18/30

The Obsta-Kill Kourse
'''Challenge: In a tribute to Basic Straining, contestants must wear heavy packs on their backs and make their way through a grueling obstacle course that includes snapping turtles, ziplining, and electric ropes. I liked this challenge a lot! Possibly my favorite challenge, though the drama was only at certain intervals. It’s always fun to see the contestants getting beat up...actually...only Mal and Zoey. I loved the Basic Straining reference and the momentum was actually pretty nice. 7/10'''

'''Winner: Zoey, because she reached the finish line first. Little did I know (actually I DID know because I’ve seen this season 5 times) that this would only be the start of Zoey’s godplaying streak.'''

'''Eliminated: Alejandro, because Mal convinced everyone that he was a threat and voted him off. Alejandro was awesome this season so I was sad to see him go. This was clearly his torture episode, which was kind of annoying, since Alejandro’s not the type to get “tortured” by the writers. I mean, Scott’s getting tortured all the time and when the writers decide to have a torture episode they torture AL?? It doesn’t make any sense. 5/10'''

'''Plotlines: The Malejandro interactions were fun but had no purpose except to glorify Mal. After all the hyping up of Alejandro they did in World Tour, am I supposed to believe that a walking stick with a weird voice defeated him?? Also, my favorite part was the Team Makeup/Breakup, aka Scourtney. I love their dynamics and chemistry during this episode. Scott climbing on Courtney’s shoulders was strangely funny. Scott eating dirt at the beginning is my favorite moment of All-Stars, hands down. Scott = MVP! 9/10'''

Overall: 21/30

Sundae Muddy Sundae
'''Challenge: Race across the island to recover ingredients for a sundae and then head back to the start. The first contestant to assemble their sundae and then eat it wins the challenge and immunity! This challenge was okay in my opinion. It was slow and there weren’t a lot of complications or drama (though that’s obvious), to be honest. Each character was on a track and then ran down that track until they reached the finish line. There was no crossing over or any sort of interaction. Besides, it was over so fast so what’s the point? 5/10'''

'''Winner: Zoey, because she finished her sundae first. Seriously, how did she beat dirt farmer Scott in an eating contest?? That’s totally godplaying and it’s getting on my nerves. Doesn’t she weigh like eighty pounds?'''

'''Eliminated: Courtney, because Mal showed everyone the chart that she’d made. Okay, this was one of my least favorite eliminations. Courtney was one of my favorites to win the season and the writers suddenly and abruptly derail her x 10? Not cool. In my opinion, the derailment wasn’t actually that bad, but it certainly wasn’t a pretty last appearance (minus the balloons) of one of my favorite contestants. Instead of calmly confronting her friends about the chart, Courtney went ballistic and freaked out, causing her friends to move away from her. This was the wrong decision on her part and a poorly written one too. Courtney, in the past, has shown multiple talents for remaining extremely calm in dire situations. This just throws a lot of her development out the window. So much for my predicted finalist. 3/10'''

'''Plotlines: I talked a lot about Courtney’s derailment in the Eliminated section, so the only major plotline that’s left (minus Gwentney’s weirdness and Zoey being clueless about Mal) is Scourtney. At this point, Scott and Courtney break up when Scott sees the chart. Was I the only one who thought Scott as a rat was a cute idea? But at the end, when Courtney’s flushed, Scott says “She’s wasn’t ALL bad”, implying either that he’s forgiven her or that he still has feelings for her. Either way, Scourtney was great development for the farmer, who I’d originally thought wasn’t the romantic type. It turned out to actually be an OK choice from the writers! 5/10'''

Overall: 13/30

The Bold and the Booty-ful
'''Challenge: Is it weird that this is my favorite challenge? Just the ship part. Basically, the contestants have to go on a treasure hunt for a specific object. The first person to bring back their treasure (intact) wins the challenge, a guaranteed spot in the finale, and the chance to eliminate one of the two remaining contestants! I really liked this challenge for absolutely no reason. Maybe it’s because it’s the only good thing about this episode. 8/10'''

Winner: Zoey, because she brought back her treasure first.

'''Eliminated: Gwen and Scott. Chris disqualified Gwen for defacing his painting and Zoey chose to take Mal to the finale instead of Scott, thus eliminating him. Okay, Gwen’s elimination wasn’t that bad. I mean, it was a little unfair but she kind of deserved it for using BEAR POOP to fix the painting. She wasn’t gonna make the finale anyways since she did in Island. However, Scott’s elimination is one of my least favorites of all time. Not only it is because Scott was such a well developed, thought out, funny, loveable character, but it’s because the final two’s now Mike and Zoey. Taking Mike/Mal to the finale instead of a farmer was a completely illogical decision. Get your boyfriend some help instead of fostering the demon that grows (quite randomly) inside of him!! DON’T TAKE HIM TO THE FINALE IF HE’S A PSYCHOPATH. In making this dumb decision, Zoey, you’ve also eliminated the MVP of All-Stars. Down to the bottom of my rankings you go. 2/10'''

'''Plotlines: Zoey finds out that Mike is really Mal using the DVD that Alejandro hid. Y’know, I’m spending a lot of time on the Episodes section and thus will discuss more about this in Zoey’s Character Profile. After all this time of waiting for her to find out, I’m kind of annoyed. No, actually I’m VERY annoyed. Minus the lack of a Leshawna cameo, everything else was kind of “bleh”. Well, except the eliminations. 4/10'''

Overall: 14/30

The Final Wreck-ening
'''Challenge: The finalists, with the aid of their helpers, must get past the three deadly levels of the Moats of Doom. One moat is made of toxic waste, one is made of lava, and one has Fang lurking in it! Once the contestants do that, they must defeat the Mad Chef and pull the sword out of the stone to be crowned the winner of Total Drama All-Stars! Well, the first part was anticlimactic and offensive. I mean, just look at the plotlines for my thoughts on the balloons. I’ve said enough on them in my last review. The last part was completely random and all the tension came from the interactions and not from the challenge itself. All the finalists had to do was hop over some moats. That was it. Also it wasn’t even a reference to another challenge!! How disappointing. 3/10'''

'''Winner: Mike or Zoey, depending on which ending you watch. Well, I guess Zoey is my preferred ending, though ONLY because Mike only competed for 2.5 episodes and was a total bore. Zoey was clueless the whole season about Mike and when he comes back she’s all “oh yay”??! Ridiculous. I had no reason to root for either of them the entire time and to see Mike/Mal there instead of Scott...ugh. Also, Mike and Zoey are not All-Stars. By winning, they earned themselves the title Total Drama All-Stars, but they’re not. They’re floating godplayers with little personality (no offense, Svetlana/Chester/Manitoba Smith/Vito). 2/10'''

'''Plotlines: This is going to be short since I want to move on and make progress. Mal is dead now, whoop dee doo. All the other personalities are dead because of a dumb, unrealistic, anticlimactic button press. That is extremely offensive--I don’t even know WHAT the writers were thinking there. The only emotional value I got out of that scene was knowing that I would be stuck with Mike for the rest of the episode and not Vito. The balloons float away, carrying members of the first-gen and second-gen that we’ve come to know and love, into the sun. That’s incorrect grammar on my part. That means NO resolution to any plots whatsoever, even the annoying derailments that the writers did. This was a trainwreck of an episode to be sure. 1/10'''

Overall: 6/30

Characters
This is going to be very brief because if you read my reviews you probably already know how I feel about the characters!

Lindsay
'''Performance: Well, she was a first boot so that wasn’t too great of a performer. The writers kind of dumbed her down. I mean, she couldn’t even PUSH a shopping cart. How disappointing for a predicted finalist. Sam would’ve been a much better boot here. 5/10'''

'''Likeability: Well, she’s still Lindsay, even when dumbed down. She’s still a loveable princess, no matter what. 8/10'''

Overall: 13/20, a DECENT character.

Lightning
'''Performance: Second boot, even worse than first boot in my opinion. He spent all his time flexing his muscles that it was mostly his likeability that earned him his ranking. 5/10'''

'''Likeability: Evil Dread was his MVP episode. I liked him a lot there. But outside of that greatness, he was a neutral character for me. 6/10'''

Overall: 11/20, an AVERAGE character;

Jo
'''Performance: She backstabbed her teammates so she deserved to be eliminated, which is a shame ‘cause I thought she had rivalry potential with Heather. But Lightning was gone and so most of her interaction potential was gone (except for the Heather rivalry, which is mentioned above). 6/10'''

'''Likeability: I still like her killer zingers after all this time, which wasn’t a lot of time. But other than her spunkiness, there wasn’t a lot to her character this season. 6/10'''

Overall: 12/20, a DECENT character.

Sam
'''Performance: He didn’t have any strategy or interactions. He had some wasted potential in ROTI, but he was never meant to go far. 4/10'''

'''Likeability: He’s lazy and just painful to watch. His gaming stereotype (as much as I love gaming) was played up too much to the point that it was just plain obnoxious. He’s gross and just plain fodder. If the writers HAD to include him, make him a first boot! Honestly, he just filled Owen’s role here and did it pretty poorly. 3/10'''

Overall: 7/20, a BELOW AVERAGE character.

Heather
'''Performance: Minus the dumb move with the idol, she played a great game and was up to her old, villainous ways. The Heather/Jo conflict really could’ve gone somewhere if Jo hadn’t been eliminated so early. The Aleheather interactions were great as usual! 7/10'''

'''Likeability: She’s Heather, the Queen of Mean. Enough said. 7/10'''

Overall: 14/20, an AWESOME character.

Sierra
'''Performance: Kind of a floater, most of her screen time was centered on her obsessing over Cameron/Cody. 4/10'''

'''Likeability: She was pretty annoying, but I liked her in World Tour so that didn’t change a lot. I was hoping she’d get some development outside of Cody, but nope. In comes Cameron, annoying as usual, lol. 6/10'''

Overall: 10/20, an AVERAGE character.

Duncan
'''Performance: He made it to the merge, so I have to give him credit for that. He didn’t strategize as much as I’m used to, though. Maybe because he was too busy trying to remember who Mal was, lol. 7/10'''

'''Likeability: He was kind of a mixed bag here. I liked his interaction with Mal and I think it had a lot of potential. But at the same time, Duncan Do-Right kind of spoiled him, and every time I saw him, I could help but think “Okay, what goody two shoes, annoying, out of character thing is he gonna do next”? 5/10'''

Overall:  12/20, a DECENT character.

Cameron
'''Performance: He should’ve been eliminated in Moon Madness. But Ed Macdonald’s weird fascination with him kept the nerd in the game. I swear, he couldn’t think up a proper elimination for Cam that he’d like, so he just let some boulders fall on him. 5/10'''

'''Likeability: Um, come on. I don’t like his design, I don’t like his voice, he spends half his screen time blathering on and on about nerdy, annoying things, he satellites around Mike and Zoey, and doesn’t trust anybody else. Enough said. 3/10'''

Overall: 8/20, a BELOW AVERAGE character.

Alejandro
'''Performance: His strategy was really good. If it wasn’t for his torture episode, I could see him making final three. Though lots of people don’t like the invincibility idol move on Heather, you can’t deny that it was a good execution of a lucky plan. 8/10'''

'''Likeability: I mean, he’s Alejandro. He’s a well developed character with great interactions with lots of people! Definitely one of my favorite characters this season (second to Scott). 7/10'''

Overall:  15/20, an AWESOME character.

Courtney
'''Performance: Well, except for the big chart mishap, her performance was okay. Minus the fact that SOMEBODY poked his nose into her business, the chart’s plan was actually a pretty good idea. I don’t mind the thought of a Scott v Courtney finale either, hehe. 6/10'''

'''Likeability: She went insane in Sundae Muddy Sundae but mostly stayed true to herself. Of course Duncney went downhill but I love how she handled that. “Yeah, you exist. So what?!”  Overall, I liked her (minus the last episode). Scourtney was interesting development for her, to say the least. 6/10'''

Overall: 12/20, a DECENT character.

Gwen
'''Performance: Well she spent most of her screen time moping about being a villain, having panic attacks, and developing a strange, amorous bond with Cameron. But she’s Gwen, so I like her. 6/10'''

'''Likeability: Well she spent most of her screen time moping about being a villain, having panic attacks, and developing a strange, amorous bond with Cameron. But she’s Gwen, so I like her. 5/10'''

Overall: 11/20, an AVERAGE character.

Scott
'''Performance: In ROTI, Scott had a *somewhat* terrible strategy. Voting off his own teammates? What if they found out that he was BACKSTABBING them and voted him off? Besides, he was a jerk anyways and people didn’t really like him. And in All-Stars fans often complain that he was a floater. However, I disagree. I believe that Scott’s incompetence was actually a strategy--and one of the best that TD has ever seen. I’ll write a blog in the future about this so I won’t explain here. I’m not saying that Scott’s comedic pain magnet element wasn’t development. It most certainly was. But I think that Scott was NOT a floater and instead played an excellent strategic game (whether on purpose or not). He did a great time working undercover and proving himself as not a threat while protecting himself through his interactions with stronger players. 8/10'''

'''Likeability: If you read my reviews, you know how I feel about Scott. His development was the only thing that kept me going through the last couple of episodes...until he floated away in a balloon, that is. Scott hit all the major points for me. He was FUNNY, he was INTERESTING, he WASN’T A SCREENHOG, he was DEVELOPED, and he was LOVEABLE. All things I admire in a character. Writers, take note. Scott was one of the few things about All-Stars that was done right! I’m glad that they decided to enforce such good derailment on him. 10/10'''

Overall: 18/20, an EPIC character.

Mike
'''Performance: He performed for two and a half episodes, comes back in the finale (total floater) and magically wins?? Yeah right, am I supposed to root for him? Because a floater went to the finale instead of precious Scott. How am I supposed to feel good about that? 3/10'''

'''Likeability: He spent most of his time walking around in his gross brain, ordering around his other personalities like he was their master, WHICH HE’S NOT. 3/10'''

Overall: 6/20, a BELOW AVERAGE character.

Zoey
'''Performance: She was definitely a mixed bag here. I can’t deny that she got to the finale, but it wasn’t much of an achievement for her since she was never targeted like a NORMAL CONTESTANT would be. She godplayed for her own interests (Mike) and did it frequently without worrying about being voted off. The worst part is that she wasn’t voted off!! That was some serious, dumb luck Zoey got. Also, she was totally the writers’ pet. 5/10'''

'''Likeability: There was no redemption at all. I see no similarities between this clueless, godplaying, development-less monster and the sweet, indie girl from ROTI. She spent 11/13 episode of the season trying to figure out if her boyfriend was a PSYCHOPATH (which everyone else figured out at least five episodes earlier) and when she realized the truth, she refused to get him help!! How empowering...not. 1/10'''

Overall: 6/20, a HORRIBLE character.

Relationships
In order from best to worst, here are the relationships prevalent in this season.

'''Aleheather: They didn’t last that long because of Heather’s early elimination, but it was great to see their dynamic return. They’re such a powerful, evil couple, and even though it’s a little cliche I still love them. I mean, this is a show of stereotypes; cliche relationships are OK here! After Total Drama World Tour, the writers couldn’t just abandon that relationship. They were a little mushy at the end, but it was canon and so I liked it. One of the few relationships that didn’t go off the rails this season.'''

'''Scottney: This was an interesting couple. I think it was very good development for Scott, as you see in my rankings, but Courtney, maybe not so much. After reviewing, I have decided that I do not hate this couple as my userboxes say, but I actually like it a lot! Like I’ve said, I empathize with Scott a lot on that relationship situation and really felt sad when he ate dirt and cried over Courtney in Episode Ten. That really tugged at my heartstrings and made me look at his character from a different perspective. Go Scottney!'''

'''Gwuncan: They didn’t last for very long, at least until Moon Madness. Duncan kind of deserved to be dumped because he kept yakking on and on about Courtney. Where did this sudden infatuation with Courtney come from? I mean, he was sick and tired of her last season. But I guess the writers got tired of Gwuncan already and decided that a RELATIONSHIP WITH CAMERON WAS MUCH MORE INTERESTING, haha. These teens apparently don’t have any love lives outside of Total Drama. Well Gwen sort of freaked out and didn’t know how to deal with her boyfriend, so instead of calmly talking to him about it, she dumped him and backed up her decision by saying that his kisses felt like shoes??! That’s so lame and random! '''

'''Gwenameron:  No. Just no. It’s not a good relationship and creepy too. Gwen’s too good for Cam. They developed their weird relationship throughout the series and for no reason at all!! I don’t like it and it’s gross. Enough said. '''

'''Zoke: Please. Zoey, get some real development. You don’t satellite ENTIRELY around Mike and he doesn’t either. But still. It’s obnoxious how you did literally NOTHING except blather on and on about how “Mike’s worrying me” without ACTUALLY FIGURING IT OUT UNTIL MUCH MUCH LATER, godplaying, and SOMEHOW making it to the finale. Mike, you’re no better. You should be ashamed of yourselves, writers, considering how well-written Zoke was in ROTI.'''

Overall
'''So, was All-Stars as bad as people say it is? Yes.'''

'''But is it actually a BAD season? By no standards. Certainly people aren’t overreacting, and certainly there were many parts (cough cough THE ENDING cough cough ZOKE) that I think were written very poorly. But come on, it’s Total Drama. Derailments or not, they’re still the hosts and contestants that we know and love. It’s still OUR island. It’s still Camp Wawanakwa. And I’d pick watching TDAS over sitting alone at home any day.'''

'''Thanks for reading my reviews! Tune in next for TDAS My WAY and my Total Drama Pahkitew Island review series!'''