User blog comment:TDFanatic52/What if there were no alternate endings in Total Drama?/@comment-25297892-20160304164416

Usually, alternate endings are very different as one has more depth or events than another therefore one ending tends to be more official and climactic than the other:


 * Owen's is prominent ending that rounds up to his decision to give the money away in order to fight for a bigger prize.What leads to season 2.
 * Cameron's ending has him splitting the money for everyone (even Scott), Lightning's has just him having to spent all his money to recover his bones.
 * In Surfer Dudes ending we get to know that Brody and Mac Arthur have a future, while in the Cadets's there's no reference to that.

In my opinion they should Always try their best to provide equally quality endings, while usually one is less deep or more rushed than the other. About the winners by themselves, I consider "official": Owen, Beth (in TDA special there's even a reference to her money prize that she spent with Lindsay in Paris), Heather/Alejandro, Cameron (no doubt he deserved it over Lightning), Zoey, Shawn and Cadets (see Cameron above).