User blog comment:MrQuest17/Theory: TDROTI Cast really second half of Gen 1!/@comment-11883116-20161031202840

No. TDWT only introduced three new contestants so of course they couldn't be labelled new generation and since they competed with 1st cast, they were classified as part of their generation. As you mentioned, second gen is called second gen because it was a whole new cast of new contestants. Having cameos of old contestants doesn't matter in this case.