User blog comment:Epic~00/Total Drama All Stars: Episode 7 - Suckers Punched Review/@comment-24028957-20131024194805/@comment-24028957-20131027132544

I think this was a "just in case" scenario. In the event of a tie, there'd probably be a double elimination. There has to be one eventually. This would have been a decent excuse to do it. But Mal's plotline (and Chris's ratings) would be cut off right there. So the writers made the Villians vote off someone, and it wouldn't endanger their precious Mal.