User blog comment:DeathBolt/What Made Total Drama All Stars So Bad?/@comment-24028957-20131201170504/@comment-2002887-20131202193638

Sam made it halfway (6 episodes out of 13, and then had a decent role in episodes 8 and 13 considering he wasn't in the game anymore at that point). Dawn, Sam, and Brick were all eliminated in a row and just because Brick made it one episode further than Sam doesn't mean he was miles more worthy of being on this season than Sam. However the best argument for Brick's inclusion was that Sam was the only character that lacked a serious relationship with anyone else. At least Brick had connections with Jo and had more significant connections with Cameron, Mike, Zoey, Lightning, and Scott than Sam did, but Sam had a decent season until he was voted off. Heck Sam did better than people expected him to: 1st or 2nd out.