Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island is the first season of the Total Drama series. Total Drama Island premiered in the Canadian television channel, Teletoon on July 8, 2007. It is rated TV-PG or TV-PG-D for Cartoon Network. Total Drama Island is a show that is similar to Survivor, taking place at Camp Wawanakwa in Muskoka, Ontario.

Overview
This season involves about twenty-two teenage contestants who signed up for a reality show on an island known as "Camp Wawanakwa" or "Total Drama Island." The teens were originally under the impression that they were going to be on a show called "I Wanna Be Famous," where they live in a luxurious mansion and "play guitars and have a great time." According to Chris, to be on the show, you had to be at least sixteen years old and "kooky, obnoxious, stuck-up, dense, loud, annoying, filthy, or anywhere remotely in between." The twenty-two teens chosen were divided into two separate teams, the Screaming Gophers and the Killer Bass. The two teams were given challenges every three days which they had to compete in. The losing team would vote one of their members off and the losing contestant would have to walk the Dock of Shame and board the Boat of Losers, which would then take them away. This process continued until only two people were left to compete in a final challenge where the last contestant standing wins $100,000 in prize money.

Elimination

 * See: Elimination

The process in Total Drama Island in which a camper is eliminated. Initially, the team that had lost the last challenge (unless the last challenge happened to be a reward challenge) would vote for a camper and the one with the most votes against them would be voted off the island. Since the teams eventually merged, all the contestants began to vote for each other and only the challenge winner has immunity. In certain challenges, a camper may be automatically eliminated if they are to lose a challenge after the merge.

Characters
Twenty-two teenagers, plus Chris McLean, the host, and Chef Hatchet, the camp's cook. The twenty-two teenagers are competing, while the host and cook aren't.

Episodes

 * See: Episodes

There are twenty-six episodes, twenty-seven counting the exclusives, plus a special. TDI Rundown and Total Drama Island Recap are exclusive episodes, only being aired on Cartoon Network and Teletoon.

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive

 * See: Total Drama Island Totally Interactive!

The official website for this season, Total Drama Island Totally Interactive, features, along with info about the series, an interactive campsite with info about the characters, games themed on the episodes, earnable wallpapers and screen savers, and a camper creator where the player is able to create their own character. On Cartoon Network's website, it was replaced by Total Drama Action EXTRA, though it is still accessible.

Camp TV

 * See: Camp TV

The original prototype for Total Drama Island. In it, there were only seventeen of the current contestants which all had different prototype designs, though some of the designs resemble those of the current competitors.

Censorship in United States

 * See: Cartoon Network Edits for full list of censors

Total Drama Island episodes were usually rated TV-PG in the United States, for suggestive dialogue and aggressive language. On occasion an episode would be rated TV-PG D for mild flirtatious dialogue, such as X-Treme Torture.

Prizes

 * See: Episode Prizes

Many challenges award prizes to the winner. The usual prize is invincibility for the winning team or contestant, but, on other occassions, there are other rewards, too.

DVD

 * See: Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season

The Cartoon Network DVD features the entire season and is in fact edited with the censoring of some dialogue whilst the Australian DVDs (released by Madman Entertainment) are split into two collections and is unedited and retains the original dialogue as the unedited seasons of Total Drama are broadcast there.