Confessional (Total Drama)

The Confessional Cam (aka the Confession Cam or just the Confessional) is a location in the Total Drama series where contestants on the show can go to reveal their personal thoughts on the game, explain their plans, say hi to friends back home and cast votes for their fellow campers. For the most part these sessions are kept in complete secrecy, only being revealed upon the airing of the show or at Chris's discretion.

Total Drama Island
For Total Drama Island, the confessional cam takes on the appearance of an old fashioned outhouse. On the side facing the campers is a camera taped to the wall, where the campers dish their personal feelings. Also inside the bathroom are typical outhouse sights - a toilet, toilet paper and a window. Despite these amenities however, the confessional cam doesn't seem to be the campers main lavatory, as there are bathroom stalls in the communal bathrooms. Still, campers have used the confessional cam as an outhouse at times. It's clear that the outhouse isn't exactly the most hygienic place, as with Lindsay and Gwen's confessions there can be seen a large swarm of flies constantly buzzing around their heads and chest.

Normally, a confession consists of only one camper, however on occasions two enter the stall to talk together, such as Katie and Sadie. Even though Chris mentions that these confessions are completely secret, some of the campers at times worriedly ask if the person they are talking about will ever hear their confessions. There was only one time that the confessional videos were shown to the campers in Total Drama Island, in the episode "No Pain, No Game" where Eva was eliminated.

Aside from speaking their mind, campers also go to the stall to cast their votes. It's unclear if all is needed to cast a vote is the camper saying their name into the camera or if a written ballot is also needed, as Harold is seen rigging paper ballots in "Basic Straining", whereas in the episode mentioned above, Chris only shows their vocal votes.

In the final episode, The Very Last Episode, Really!, the confessional cam is left unusable by Owen after using it as a bathroom after eating Heather's laxative cupcakes. However, in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island it appears to be back up and running.

Total Drama Action
With the confessional outhouse cam unusable because of their change of location, Chris announces to the campers in "Monster Cash" that for Total Drama Action the contestants will now dish their secrets in a confessional make-up trailer (which Lindsay is overjoyed about). The trailer itself is filled to the brim with various cosmetics for the contestants to use if they choose (although none have used any thus far and Lindsay once refused a lipstick when she said she didn't use that brand). Unlike the outhouse cam where they talked into a camera, the contestants talk this time into a mirror instead (possibly a two way mirror). Unlike last season, confessionals with two contestants seemed more common, and they seem to be more cautious of what they say to the confessional.

Also inside the confessional appear to be make-up artists, who at times try to apply make up to the contestants. These artists have so far only been seen as arms reaching out from the boarder of the mirror to apply the make-up to the contestant or spraying perfume once they leave. Occasionaly, an object is thrown at a camper, when using the confessional. It is unknown if objects are thrown by the make-up artists or the interns/producers of the show.

However, the biggest change to the use of the confessional is that now the contestants cast votes right before the elimination ceremony and no longer in their private confessionals, probably because of what Harold did to Courtney in Total Drama Island.

Trivia

 * It's possible that the mirror in the trailer is only a hole because they do not show the back of the castmates heads or the camera.
 * The only campers to never use the Confession Cam were Ezekiel and Tyler. Ironically, those campers were done by Peter Oldring. Cody is the only one who used the stall, and was voiced by Oldring.
 * Located behind the campers in the confessional outhouse is an image of Kilroy, a popular doodle part of the "Kilroy was here" fad. Other graffiti includes a skull and crossbones, a love struck heart and either an ankh or the sign of Venus.
 * The only campers to ever seem to use the confessional outhouse as a bathroom are Owen and Lindsay. However Harold did have his pants down when he opened the door in X-Treme Torture meaning he was going to the bathroom also.
 * The roof of the confessional make-up trailer seems to have been ripped off by the huge robot monster.
 * Chris was the first actual person to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Island.
 * Gwen was the first camper to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Island.
 * Lindsay was the first castmate to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Action.
 * She was also the only camper to use the confessional cam as an actual outhouse in Total Drama Island.
 * In One Flu Over the Cuckoos, Harold claims "Duncan is a worthless punk or (his) name isn't Harold Norbert Cheever Doris McGrady V" and told them not to tell Duncan about the "Doris" part. Duncan, however, found out about Harold's secret despite them being trapped inside a room. This means the confessionals are in either real-time, or that Harold recorded the first confessional, in which he proclaimed that Duncan was a worthless punk, before the challenge and Duncan found out about it before the challenge also. However, when Geoff and Bridgette were using the confessional, it was in real time as the monster picked them up. This could be explained how the roof was torn off, but since Chris says they're on a budget, it probably wasn't fixed, so Duncan can hear what he says beforehand. Another example of using the confessional after the challenge is in "Paintball Deer Hunter", when Cody is seen in the confessional bandaged, even before the bear attacked him.
 * Gwen is the only contestant to use the confession cam while in swimwear.
 * Courtney is the only contestant to use the confession cam in while in her pajamas.
 * In TDA the outhouse was changed to a make-up trailer.
 * A contestant is occasionally ambushed in the confessional, as shown by Harold in Dial M for Merger.

Goofs

 * In a few episodes the confessional stall is shown to be darker than it normally is. The reason for this is because it is nighttime outside the stall.
 * Even when the camera is on the door sometimes the camera is not shown when the confessional stall is opened.