User blog comment:TotalDramaAndrew/Ranking on the Male Finalists in Total Drama/@comment-25073839-20140504084413/@comment-5956575-20140504135248

Didn't Duncan get there because he had Courtney helping him? Regardless of that, that doesn't make it any less legal. Despite Duncan being my favorite, he definitely had "Joey Wheeler" luck status to be able to avoid elimination as many times as he did. I still prefer him as winner over Beth, but it's pretty clear to me why many think otherwise, and I respect that. That's why I too agree among the other finalists, he wasn't the most deserving, but definitely above the likes of Mike who had not even interacted in a challenge in TDAS to get to the top.

Also, Owen didn't win any post-merge challenge that I remember either. Duncan and Owen never won post-merge, Mike didn't work at all, Alejandro had some villain-sue status, but was still an extremely impressive player. Lightning, Alejandro, Cameron/Owen, Owen/Cameron, Duncan, Mike is how I would rank them.