User blog comment:Gogogadget831/Every Episode of Total Drama Reviewed: Episode 80 - Hawaiian Punch/@comment-1427230-20150808210354/@comment-11883116-20150808220914

Actually, all fake eliminations other than Greece seem to be prepared from the beginning and were only to increase drama via revealing the votes (in Sweden it wasn't even needed as Courtney's teammates already said they're voting for her, that's why Chris skips it). We have non-elimination episodes without them, so they have a special meaning. Also, all of them serve some purpose: Heather's shows how much her interactions with everyone changed this season (hated at the beginning, later not that much), Duncan and Courtney's just keep their plot longer and Sierra's to still have her there to help him. All of them (maybe except for Courtney's) would've drastically changed the plot.

As for Cody, you're right. He actually has a potential, especially if they focus more on him being liked by everyone (which was done only at the end of the season and only because he was the only nice one left. Most of them didn't interact with him before.) I didn't say (or at least didn't mean it to sound like that) that he can't be a finalist, but that he wouldn't be a good choice. Let's face it, are both Owen and Litghning worth it too? Sure Owen's nice and doesn't have any enemies but he lacks it competition-wise while Lightning's good at challenges but lacks it plot or development-wise.