Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island is the first season of the Total Drama series. Total Drama Island premiered in the Canadian television channel, Teletoon on July 8, 2007. It is rated of TV-PG or TV-PG-D for Cartoon Network. Total Drama Island is a show that is similar to Survivor taking place at Camp Wawanakwa which takes place in Muskoka, Ontario.

Overview
This season was about twenty-two teenage contestants on an island known as "Camp Wawanakwa" or "Total Drama Island." The teens thought that they were going to be on a show called "I Wanna Be Famous," where they live in a mansion and "play guitars and have a great time." According to Chris, to be on the show, you had to be "kooky, obnoxious, stuck-up, dense, loud, annoying, filthy, or anywhere remotely in between." The twenty-two teens are divided into two separate teams, the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass. The two teams were given challenges and every three days, the losing team would vote a contestant off. The losing contestant must walk the Dock of Shame, arrive to the Boat of Losers, which will then take the losing camper away. This process continues on until only one person remains on the island. The last contestant standing will win a $100,000 prize.

Elimination

 * see: Elimination

A process in Total Drama Island where a camper is eliminated. Initially, the team that had lost the last challenge (unless the last challenge happened to be a reward challenge) would vote for a camper and the one with the most votes against them would be voted out. Since the teams eventually merged, all the contestants began to vote for each other and only the challenge winner has immunity. In certain challenges, a camper may be automatically eliminated if losing a challenge after the merge.

Characters

 * see: Characters

Twenty-two teenagers plus Chris McLean, the host, and Chef Hatchet, the cook. The twenty-two teenagers are competing, while the host and cook are not.

Episodes

 * see: Episodes

There are 26 episodes, 27 counting the exclusives, plus a special. TDI Rundown and Total Drama Island Recap are exclusive episodes, respectively being aired on Cartoon Network and Teletoon.

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive

 * see: Total Drama Island Totally Interactive!

The official website for this season, Total Drama Island Totally Interactive features, along with info about the series, a interactive campsite with info about the characters, games themed on the episodes, earnable wallpapers and screen savers, and a camper creator where the player is able to create its own character. It currently appears only on Teletoon website, since in Cartoon Network's, it was replaced by Total Drama Action EXTRA.

Camp TV

 * see: Camp TV

The original prototype for Total Drama Island. In it, there were only eighteen of the current contestants and they had different prototype designs.

Censorship in United States

 * see: Edits for full list of censors

Total Drama Island episodes were usually rated TV-PG in the United States, for suggestive dialogue and aggressive language. On occasion an episode would be rated TV-PG D for mild flirtatious dialogue.

Prizes

 * see: Episode Prizes

Each challenge is worth a prize. The usual prize is invincibility for the winning team or contestant, but, on other occassions, there are other rewards, too.

DVD

 * see: Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season