User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All Stars Was Such An Abysmal Season (PART 6)/@comment-3410066-20150322124819/@comment-25297892-20150322220935

Every season need a character that has just to be eliminated soon as possible withot anger the audience: Sam was perfect for this role out of the various choices available (otherwise I would have picked Anne Maria, but make a girl a punching bag character would have brought up even more hate to the season..)

The Final 4 was the best they could come with this cast, considering that Jo and Lindsay were ousted at the beginning, the majority of first generation contestants had already won, Sierra and Courtney were terribly unlikable in this season (one an awful running gag, the other..god...better stop here) and so the spots left were for the three II gen main characters + a fanfavorite (back on TDI) heroine from I generation.