Confessional (Total Drama)

The Confessional Cam (aka the Confession Cam or just the Confessional) is a location in the Total Drama series where contestants on the show can go to reveal their personal thoughts on the game, explain their plans, say hi to friends back home and cast votes for their fellow campers. For the most part these sessions are kept in complete secrecy, only being revealed upon the airing of the show or at Chris' discretion.

Total Drama Island
For Total Drama Island, the confessional cam takes on the appearance of an old fashioned outhouse. On the side facing the campers is a camera taped to the wall, where the campers dish their personal feelings. Also inside the bathroom are typical outhouse sights - a toilet, toilet paper, a window, several carvings in the wooden walls, and a roll of fly paper with several dead flies stuck to it. Despite these amenities however, the confessional cam doesn't seem to be the campers main lavatory, as there are bathroom stalls in the communal bathrooms. Still, campers have used the confessional cam as an outhouse at times. It's clear that the outhouse isn't exactly the most hygienic place, most confessions there can be seen a large swarm of flies constantly buzzing around the campers' heads and chest.

Normally, a confession consists of only one camper, however on occasions two enter the stall to talk together, such as Katie and Sadie. Even though Chris mentions that these confessions are completely secret, some of the campers at times worriedly ask if the person they are talking about will ever hear their confessions. There was only one time that the confessional videos were shown to the campers in Total Drama Island, in the episode No Pain, No Game where Eva was eliminated.

Aside from speaking their mind, campers also go to the stall to cast their votes. It's unclear if all is needed to cast a vote is the camper saying their name into the camera or if a written ballot is also needed, as Harold is seen rigging paper ballots in Basic Straining, whereas in the episode mentioned above, Chris only shows their vocal votes.

In the final episode, The Very Last Episode, Really!, the confessional cam is left unusable by Owen after using it as a bathroom after eating Heather's laxative cupcakes. However, in Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island it appears to be back up and running.

Total Drama Action
With the confessional outhouse cam unusable because of their change of location, Chris announces to the castmates (as the campers were now called) in Monster Cash that for Total Drama Action the contestants will now dish their secrets in a confessional make-up trailer (which Lindsay is overjoyed about). The trailer itself is filled to the brim with various cosmetics for the castmates to use if they choose (although none have used any thus far and Lindsay once refused a lipstick when she said she didn't use that brand). Unlike the outhouse cam where they talked into a camera, the contestants talk into a mirror this time instead. Unlike last season, confessionals with two contestants seemed more common, and they seem to be more cautious of what they say in the confessional.

Also inside the confessional appear to be make-up artists, who at times try to apply make-up to the castmates. These artists have so far only been seen as arms reaching out from beyond the border of the mirror to apply the make-up to the castmate. Occasionally, an object is thrown at a castmate when they're using the confessional. It is unknown if objects are thrown by the make-up artists or the interns/producers of the show.

However, the biggest change to the use of the confessional is that now the contestants cast votes right before the elimination ceremony and no longer in their private confessionals, probably because of what Harold did to Courtney in Total Drama Island.

In order to vote for a winner in the season finale, Chris and Chef presented a portable bathroom for the eliminated contestants to cast their vote for a winner in, which was the same one used during the first challenge of The Sand Witch Project. A pen was provided to write with, while toilet paper was used to write on.

Trivia

 * It's possible that the mirror in the trailer is only a hole because they do not show the back of the castmates heads or the camera.
 * The only campers to never use the Confession Cam were Ezekiel and Tyler. Ironically, those campers were done by Peter Oldring. Cody is the only one who used the stall, and was voiced by Oldring.
 * Located behind the campers in the confessional outhouse is an image of Kilroy, a popular doodle part of the "Kilroy was here" fad. Other graffiti includes a skull and crossbones, a love struck heart and either an ankh or the sign of Venus.
 * The only campers to ever seem to use the confessional outhouse as a bathroom are Owen and Lindsay. However Harold did have his pants down when he opened the door in X-Treme Torture meaning he was going to the bathroom also. Another explanation is that he was telling the confessional about his bathing suit, and went outside.
 * The roof of the confessional make-up trailer seems to have been ripped off by the huge robot monster.
 * Chris was the first actual person to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Island.
 * Gwen was the first camper to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Island.
 * Lindsay was the first castmate to use the confessional cam in Total Drama Action.
 * Gwen is the only contestant to use the confession cam while in swimwear.
 * Courtney is the only contestant to use the confession cam in while in her pajamas.
 * So far, only four episodes do not show any confessional recordings.
 * Cody and Justin were the only two contestants to use the confessional and foreshadow something happening later in the episode. (Cody was covered in bandages and was in a wheelchair after being mauled by a bear. Justin was covered in tar from falling into the tar pit).

Goofs

 * In a few episodes the confessional stall is shown to be darker than it normally is. The reason for this is because it is nighttime outside the stall.
 * Even when the camera is on the door sometimes the camera is not shown when the confessional stall is opened. However, there may be a hidden camera, but this is unlikely, as many contestants are seen talking right to the camera.
 * Even though it was nighttime during the entire challenge during Hook, Line, and Screamer, whenever DJ used the confessional, it appeared to be daytime.
 * Because he got eliminated, there was also no way he could have done this unless there was a confessional at Playa Des Losers. However, this is also unlikely because no one used the confessional during the episode it took place in.