User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/Returnees in Total Drama/Ridonculous Race discussion/@comment-1427230-20151206005839/@comment-22535514-20151206015428

Izzy's second run was a lot better than her first for the reasons you mentioned. She did not do a whole lot, but I guess that is a good thing. She did leave at the perfect time, though the reason why she was eliminated (especially over Heather) could have been better handled.

Eva was funny in her return episode. I guess it was a way to light the merge, and then have the relevant people continue the lit fire. Her being the second out definitely made it obvoius that she was going to go soon.

She technically was not eliminated, but she was not supposed to be in the season either. I wanted to put her debut as a part of it, because it is still someone randomly entering the game, as a contrast to others who made it from start to end (which returnees and debutees did not have). Courtney was always unlikable to me, but she was a horror in Action.

Oh I absolutely agree with you on that sentiment. He should have stayed gone after being in the entire series up to that point, but they did not want to do that. If they insisted on that stupid triangle, than they should have at least done it earlier, and gotten rid of him when Team Victory was being plucked off, to let the other characters shine in the second half. Didn't really care for Gwuncan, or the triangle at all, so it was even more annoying to watch, since it was the least interesting thing on the show to me.

It is ridiculous that she has to be considered a contestant because of her 2 episode tryst on the show. Not impressed that I have to lump her in with the rest.

I guess her return had a point, but it is so weird that they eliminated her, had her an intern to develop her relationship with Sam, eliminate him a few episodes later, bring her back, and suddenly have him cameo to develop their relationship.

Their returnw as pretty much the big sour point to me in the season, especially when I had pretty much no bad to say about The Ridonculous Race before the final 3 episodes. If they chose either opiton, it would have been fine. I guess they wanted to shock us, but sometimes, it is best to be predictable.