User blog comment:Epic~00/Why Total Drama All Stars Was Such An Abysmal Season (PART 1)/@comment-24971793-20140825192141

I think Owen should have replaced Sam. It was a silly idea to include an equal amount of contestants from both generations since the first gen is twice as big and had 3 seasons with > 20 episodes. Sam getting eliminated over food was completely random so that "plotline" would have most likely worked better with Owen.

Lindsay fully deserves the All Star status, she was not one of the reasons that the season flopped. She got used as first elimination fodder so you could replace her with Owen, Beth or even Leshaniqua and the only thing that would change about the entire season is that the first episode becomes less funny.