User blog comment:Total Drama Wiki! Wars/Week of June 9, 2015/@comment-1037137-20150609185821

I do not blame people for disliking this cast, and most of us here are agreed that it is held back badly by its introduction of the trio, especially Mike and Zoey. However, a larger part of this cast outside of those guys did feel much more fleshed out and were more compelling or at least more entertaining to watch. Those being Scott, Dawn, Anne Maria, Jo, Dakota, and especially Brick. Heck, even Cameron and Sam were more entertaining in their initial appearances and while I personally disagree, Lightning is another favorite of the cast.

That's a lot more than I can say of the TDPI cast, which is overloaded with one-note and gimmicky characters who don't present much strong potential for further expansion and are generally much more forgettable overall. Sure, the ones who did have more engaging personalities and stories were the ones to last long this time, but the cast really felt too much like a joke with its long lineup of gimmick characters. I'd rather have a cast full of people with fleshed out personalities and humorous quirks who were memorable despite their short runs rather than a cast full of people who I cannot take much interest in or work up any desire to see return. The TDPI cast had too few really engaging and well-written characters next to its forgettable fodders. I give the ROTI cast credit for presenting more people (Outside of the trio) who could really make for an entertaining season if they were to return.