Total Drama All-Stars

Total Drama All-Stars is the fifth season of Total Drama.

Summary
Not much is known of the fifth season as of late, although Tom McGillis confirms in the ReFresh Blog that the season will be comprised of 26 episodes. The first 13 being focused on the original contestants competing in an "All-Star season," while the other half of the season introduces a completely new cast. The new teams are the Heroic Hamsters and the Villainous Vultures.

History
The new season was confirmed in an interview with Tom McGillis on July 19, 2012, stating that the fifth season would be very similar to the first and fourth season, hinting it may take place on the island, Whether or not this is true is unknown. The interview can be found on YouTube, here and here.

More information was released about the new season, confirming it to be currently in production through a ReFresh blog post by Tom McGillis on October 23, 2012. It confirmed that the season will be 26 episodes long, 13 of which focus on the original cast in an All-Star season and the other 13 introducing new contestants.

Christian Potenza confirmed on his Facebook page that recording sessions for the fifth season have been scheduled for December. That same day, Drew Nelson revealed on his fanpage that Duncan would make some form of appearance this season. On February 3, Nelson confirmed that Duncan would indeed participate in the season.

The "Heroes vs. Villains" theme was confirmed by ABC3 Austrailia on December 19, 2012 by staff, and that the new season would be seeing a 2013 airdate.

Cartoon Network revealed the show's name in their Upfront press release on January 28, 2013 (Total Drama All-Stars), with the description Total Drama is back, but this time the team at Fresh TV have assembled the best loved and most hated contestants from seasons past to compete – Heroes vs. Villains style!.

In a YouTube video posted by Christian Potenza, it was confirmed that Cameron, Mike, Heather, Jo, Courtney, Gwen, Sierra and Alejandro would be returning. Also, it was confirmed that Alejandro would receive a new voice actor, Alex House.

Trivia

 * This is the first season to introduce a new cast halfway through the season.
 * This will be the first time any of the original contestants have competed in the show since Hawaiian Punch.
 * There are a total of 26 episodes in this season.
 * This season will feature the one hundredth episode of the Total Drama series, which will be the tenth episode of the season.
 * This will be the first season to debut Alex House, who replaced Marco Grazzini as Alejandro.