User blog comment:Epic~00/Total Drama All Stars: Episode 7 - Suckers Punched Review/@comment-24028957-20131024194805/@comment-31556666-20131028212103

Maybe it's just that Chris favors certain contestants over others.

Christian Potenza has confirmed that Heather is the contestant that Chris hates the most. And in all of her eliminations, Chris has made the situation very dramatic and exciting.

He chose to make Duncan return in World Tour as part of a challenge. And it's obvious that Chris wanted Duncan back in that season because when Duncan first eliminated, Chris even said how much he'd miss him.

Owen returned in Action because the money from his family was gone. Chris also made him return because of the broken jaw situation. However, other contestants have went through a lot of pain yet never got this privilige. I think Owen is Chris' favorite contestant as he is the only one who doesn't show too many signs of hating anyone.

This upgrade could be the same case with Mal. I predict that Mike will make it to the Final 2, or at the very least, the Final 3.