Total Drama: Pahkitew Island

Total Drama: Pahkitew Island is the second half of the fifth season of Total Drama.

Summary


"Greetings Total Drama fans! It was time to find a new home for Chris McLean and the Total Drama Crew. As we all know, the Cree word for “explode” is pahkitew… so when we found Pahkitew Island in Western Canada – success! Welcome to Total Drama Pahkitew Island! And, since they were starting anew, it only seemed right to bring in 14 brand new victims. Did we say victims? We meant contestants, but… tomatotomahto!

''Once again teen freaks, geeks, egos and cowards smash, crash, and bash their way through horrifying challenges with one goal in mind: winning that one million dollar prize! Who will take it home? No one knows until number 13 drops and the pain finally stops, here on Total! Drama! Pahkitew Island!!!''"

Elimination
The process of elimination in this season is similar to the ones in Total Drama Island, Action, World Tour and All-Stars. The elimination takes place around a campfire on the new island and the only change from previous seasons present is the location. Marshmallows return as the symbol of safety and if a contestant does not receive one, they must take the Cannon of Shame, representing their elimination from the competition.

Characters
Fourteen teenage contestants, plus the host, Chris, and Chef Hatchet, the cook and the co-host of the show.

History
The new season was officially confirmed in a Teletoon press release on June 9, 2013. Shortly after, a promotional poster was found on TeletoonMedia.com with silhouettes of the brand-new fourteen-person cast. On October 8, 2013, the storyboard of the second half of episode one, titled "So, Uh This Is My Team?", was leaked online.

A press release posted on February 25, 2014 revealed rough airdates for Pahkitew Island; summer 2014 for Cartoon Network and fall 2014 for Teletoon. A promo picture for the season was posted via a Cake Entertainment press release sometime in mid-March. On March 28, Fresh TV revealed on their Tumblr that the season would air in July 2014 on Cartoon Network. However, just a month later on April 29, the season's Cartoon Network airdate was officially confirmed to be May 27. The May 27 date was later revealed by Julie Giles to have been changed with an airdate in the United States not being known at the moment. The actual airdate for the season premiere was July 7, 2014. Cartoon Network announced that subsequent episodes of the season will be aired in a two-week nightly marathon that would end on July 18, 2014.



Trivia

 * This is the second season of Total Drama to not feature any of the original twenty-two contestants competing, the first being Total Drama: Revenge of the Island.
 * This season shares more many similarities to Survivor than any other season.
 * The teams are randomly selected as opposed to a preselection of some sort.
 * No shelter, food, water, or any other provisions are provided to the contestants, meaning they must build their own shelter and find their own food.
 * Some episodes' titles come from quotes from the contestants.
 * The team names are based on the language of the Cree, similar to how Survivor team names are based off words or names of tribes from the area in which the season takes place.
 * The winners of each challenge get immunity plus food, similar to how Survivor rewards the winning team of a challenge with both immunity and another reward (food, desserts, supplies) in a combined Reward/Immunity Challenge.
 * The first two competitors eliminated were both voiced by Clé Bennett.