User blog comment:TD23120/Discussion: Which Contestants Should Appear Again And Which Contestants Should Never Appear Again/@comment-4393544-20140922233705/@comment-1037137-20140923021542

I'm pretty positive that the older members of the fandom hold close many more of the originals than that. Most would say the originals are still the best and most memorable cast, I'm pretty certain of this. The latter two casts have their fans but it's the originals whom we've spent the most time with and many more of them than just Gwen and Heather are still held in fairly high regard, from what I still see.

I've heard similar rumors about Scott McCord, but I don't actually know how much of that is true. Though I hear Owen was not an All-Star because of that reason, and so McCord ultimately only came back for the cameo at the end when CN insisted on giving Owen one. But again, don't know how much of it is definitely true.