User blog comment:MrQuest17/Theory: Bridgette and DJ originally competing in TDAS?/@comment-25297892-20160603111529

It's unlikely they could have picked them, mostly because the main (theorical) problem with TDAS was that there were plenty of potential heroes against very few suitable villains (Alejandro, Heather, Lightning and Scott were the only original villains in the Vultures, while Jo and Duncan were just bad subjects and Gwen was nonsensely swapped with main villain of TDA Courtney, and Justin wasn't even put in consideration). Now, Bridgette, Izzy, Harold, Cody, Leshawna, DJ and Owen, the main first gen excluded would have been all more or less in the Heroic Hamsters and neither your idea to put DJ in the same situation of Gwen (or Leshawna considering her TDA moral flaws) could have worked, because if already the swap between Gwen and Courtney was backlashed as Chris's nastiness, imagine how backlashed would have been another swap featuring the nice DJ or Leshawna.

Therefore I think they didn't consider Bridgette and DJ for All Stars, also because their placements are high on TDI but low in the next seasons. Definitely, TDAS should have been AFTER Pahkitew to get a balance of heroes & villains at least reasonable. (Even if Pahkitew lacked of good villains..)