User blog comment:Foreseer44/Confirmed: There Will Be 36 Contestants In The Ridonculous Race/@comment-1427230-20150219232752/@comment-2212492-20150221062937

This just confirms that Julie never watched the earlier seasons of Total Drama and therefore does not know about the characters in them, which is why she joined the show before All Stars but she knew about the fan favourites such as Lindsay, Dawn and Noah, since the fans ask about them millions of times.