User blog:CheeseBurgerGuy/Total Drama Theory: What if Total Drama was a Parody of Big Brother?

While this most recent season of Big Brother hasn't been my favorite, one thing I really like about it is the theme. The show has always been like a wacky summer camp and now the house design and twists reflect that. It actually got me thinking about this crazy idea: what if Total Drama Island had been a parody on Big Brother instead of Survivor.

For those of you not familar with Big Brother rules, this is how the show works:
 * 1) The first competion of a cycle is the Head of Household competiton. The winner will nominate two contestants for eviction.I will be reffering to it as the Camp Director (CD) compeitition to make it more consistent with TDI.
 * 2) The second competion is for the Power of Veto. The winner can remove a nominee from the chopping block and force the CD to nominate another contestant.
 * 3) From there, the players must vote out one of the final nominees.

With all that out of the way, let's get started.

Not So Happy Campers

 * Challenge Concept: Every contestant who jumps off the cliff and lands in the target zone cannot be nominated for banishment. Those that don’t jump get punished with chicken hats. The first successful jumper is Camp Director.
 * Camp Director: Bridgette
 * Nominations: Ezekiel and Heather
 * Why Ezekiel?: His sexist comments made him Bridgette’s target.
 * Why Heather?: Her fight with Leshawna and the drama she was causing on day one made her an easy target.
 * Comments: I considered putting Courtney up for nomination but I didn't think Bridgette would do it over Heather, who was more of a thorn in everyone's side.

The Big Sleep

 * Challenge Concept: Same as canon except the winner wins the Power of Veto.
 * Veto Holder: Gwen
 * Veto Used?: Yes, on Heather
 * Bridgette Nominates: Eva
 * Why?: Bridgette asked Gwen to go through with her new plan to backdoor Eva for her anger issues, deeming her a bigger threat than Zeke. Gwen was too tired to argue and thought maybe Heather just had a bad first impression considering she returned Eva's MP3.
 * Final Noms: Zeke and Eva
 * Banished: Eva (22nd)
 * Comments: I decided to eliminate Eva like in canon because I wanted to further showcase Heather as a strategic threat by removing herself from the line of fire. Considering the two episode elimination cycle, Eva will not be returning.

Dodgebrawl

 * Challenge Concept: Instead of teams it's a free for all game of dodgeball. If you catch a ball, the game is paused and you choose who to bring back in. Winner is the new CD.
 * Camp Director: Duncan
 * Nominations: Harold and Courtney
 * Why Harold?: He and Duncan did not get along.
 * Why Courtney?: Despite being in an alliance, Courtney was threatening to put Duncan on the block if he didn’t get back in the game despite being exhausted.
 * Comments: Duncan not only could get the credit for his team winning in canon, but is the only contestant who could at this point put up both Harold and Courtney. You will see why that's important in the next episode.

Not Quite Famous

 * Challenge Concept: Everyone competes in the talent show as an individual. Winner takes the Veto.
 * Veto Holder: Harold
 * Veto Used?: Yes, on himself
 * Duncan nominates: Ezekiel
 * Why?: Zeke only further pissed off the women with his rap. Duncan also didn't want Courtney to go home considering that the opportunity to save herself was stolen by Bridgette.
 * Final Noms: Zeke vs Courtney
 * Banished: Ezekiel (21st)
 * Comments: I couldn’t keep Zeke around very long considering he was the first boot normally. I only delayed his elimination since I wanted to parrallel the canon first elimination ceremony.

The Sucky Outdoors

 * Challenge Concept: The person who lasts the longest out in the woods will be deemed the new Camp Director
 * Camp Director: Courtney
 * Nominations: Izzy and Noah
 * Why Izzy?: Everyone gets pranked by Izzy in this version instead of just the Gophers. As such, Izzy was an easy target.
 * Why Noah?: Noah didn’t have many friends in the game other than Owen. Besides that, Noah was an easy pawn to put up against Duncan, who she planned to backdoor due to his competition prowess.
 * Comments: While I'm not a big fan of keeping the twins around, I have no reason to nominate them.

Phobia Factor

 * Challenge Concept: A random person (Beth) is called to complete their fear. If you succeed, then you name another to compete. If they succeed, then they eliminate you. The last person to complete a fear wins the power of Veto. Anyone who completes their fear cannot be the re-nom.
 * Immunity: Duncan, Trent, Beth, Heather, Katie, DJ, Owen, and Sadie
 * Veto Holder: Gwen
 * Veto Used: No
 * Why?: Gwen isn’t allied with either of the noms and Gwen doesn’t want to step on Courtney’s toes considering the limited pool of potential noms (and the backdoor already failed).
 * Final Noms: Noah and Izzy
 * Eliminated: Noah (20th)
 * Comments: Island was never Noah’s season. Even if he got to survive a while longer, there wasn’t much I could do with him.

Up the Creek

 * Challenge Concept: Everyone must compete in pairs. The winning pair gets immunity and must decide which between them gets Camp Director privileges while the other gets immunity.
 * Camp Director: DJ
 * Immunity: Geoff
 * Inital Nominees: Izzy and Harold
 * Why Izzy?: She was crazy talking about the RCMP and threw the challenge trying to help the other alliance.
 * Why Harold?: He was already on the block previously.
 * Self-Banished: Izzy (19th)
 * Why?: Same as canon
 * Comments: With more time needed between eliminations, I can't spare any opurtunity to eliminate a contestant. As such, Izzy will not be returning for the jury phase of the game.