Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island (formerly titled Camp TV) is the first season of Total Drama.

Overview

Created as a parody of shows such as Survivor and Fear Factor, Total Drama Island focuses o n t w e n t y -t w o t e e n a g e r s ' arrival at Camp Wawanakwa to compete on a reality television show. The contestants are divided into two teams and must compete in challenges every three days. While the winning team earns invincibility, the losing team has to vote off one of their own players. Whoever is voted off must walk the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers and leave the island. The teams eventually dissolve and the elimination process continues until the last contestant standing wins a grand prize of $100,000.

Format

Team Composition: The twenty-two campers were divided into two teams of eleven.
Team Swap: Two contestants swapped teams.
Battle of the Sexes: The original teams were disbanded into a "b o y s vs. g i r l s" team challenge.
Merge Composition: There were t w e l v e c a m p e rs that were part of the merge, ten still competing and two returnees.
Return: Two previously eliminated contestants return at the merge.
Elimination Challenge: During the final nine, the contestants faced a sudden-death motorcross challenge, where the last contestant crossing the line is automatically eliminated. During the final eight, the contestant that fails to complete the horror challenge is also eliminated. During the final three, the contestant who refused to complete one of the eliminated contestants' dare would automatically be sent to the Boat of Losers.
Eliminated Contestants Vote: During the final five, t h e e l i m i n a t e d con te sta nts residing in Playa Des Losers were given the opportunity to vote out one of the rema ining con test ants.
Final Challenge: Instead of a final elimination ceremony, where the eliminated contestants would vote for a winner, a Final Challenge took place with the final two contestants, in which the fir st to cross the finish line won the prize money.

Episodes

For more information about this section, visit: List of Total Drama Island episodes

This season consists of twenty-six episodes (twenty-seven including "Total Drama Island Recap" and "TDI Rundown") plus a special.

Cast

The original twenty-two contestants in *Total Drama Island*.

Voice actor	Role	Episode count
Scott McCord	Owen	27/27 episodes
Megan Fahlenbock	Gwen	27/27 episodes
Rachel Wilson	Heather	27/27 episodes
Drew Nelson	Duncan	27/27 episodes
Christian Potenza	Chris	26/27 episodes
Clé Bennett	Chef Hatchet	25/27 episodes
Novie Edwards	Leshawna	25/27 episodes
Dan Petronijevic	Geoff	25/27 episodes
Clé Bennett	DJ	23/27 episodes
Stephanie Anne Mills	Lindsay	22/27 episodes
Kristin Fairlie	Bridgette	21/27 episodes
Scott McCord	Trent	20/27 episodes
Katie Crown	Izzy	18/27 episodes
Brian Froud	Harold	17/27 episodes
Emilie-Claire Barlow	Courtney	16/27 episodes
Lauren Lipson	Sadie	15/27 episodes
Sarah Gadon	Beth	14/27 episodes
Peter Oldring	Cody	13/27 episodes
Stephanie Anne Mills	Katie	11/27 episodes
Peter Oldring	Tyler	11/27 episodes
Adam Reid	Justin	9/27 episodes
Carter Hayden	Noah	8/27 episodes
Julia Chantrey	Eva	8/27 episodes
Peter Oldring	Ezekiel	6/27 episodes

Elimination

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Island elimination table

	Team Affiliation				Finish
	Team Phase			Indiv. Phase	Status	Episode
	Former	Primary	Sexes	Merge	Status	Episode
Ezekiel The Home-Schooled Guy	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			1^st eliminated 22^nd place	"Not So Happy Campers - Part 2"
Eva The Female Bully	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			2^nd eliminated Returns	"The Big Sleep"
Noah The Schemer	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			3^rd eliminated 21^st place	"Dodgebrawl"
Justin The Eye Candy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			4^th eliminated 20^th place	"Not Quite Famous"
Katie The Sweet Girl	Screaming Gophers	Killer Bass			5^th eliminated 19^th place	"The Sucky Outdoors"
Tyler The Jock	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			6^th eliminated 18^th place	"Phobia Factor"
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast	Killer Bass	Screaming Gophers			7^th eliminated Returns	"Up the Creek"
Cody The Geek	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			8^th eliminated 17^th place	"Paintball Deer Hunter"
Beth The Wannabe	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			9^th eliminated 16^th place	"If You Can't Take the Heat..."
Sadie The Sweet Girl's Friend	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			10^th eliminated 15^th place	"Who Can You Trust?"
Courtney The Type-A	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			11^th eliminated 14^th place	"Basic Straining"
Harold The Dweeb	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			12^th eliminated 13^th place	"X-Treme Torture"
Eva The Female Bully	Killer Bass	Killer Bass		Merge	13^th eliminated 12^th place	"No Pain, No Game"
Trent The Cool Guy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Boys		14^th eliminated 11^th place	"Search and Do Not Destroy"
Bridgette The Surfer Girl	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Girls		15^th eliminated 10^th place	"Hide and Be Sneaky"
Lindsay The Dumb Princess	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		16^th eliminated 9^th place	"That's Off the Chain!"
DJ The Brickhouse with Heart	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		17^th eliminated 8^th place	"Hook, Line, and Screamer"
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast	Killer Bass	Screaming Gophers			18^th eliminated 7^th place	"Wawanakwa Gone Wild!"
Geoff The Funniest Guy Around	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		19^th eliminated 6^th place	"Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon"
Leshawna The Sister with 'Tude	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		20^th eliminated 5^th place	"Haute Camp-ture"
Duncan The Delinquent	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		21^st eliminated 4^th place	"Are We There Yeti?"
Heather The Queen Bee	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		22^nd eliminated 3^rd place	"I Triple Dog Dare You!"
Gwen The Loner	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		Finalist 1^st/2^nd place	"The Very Last Episode, Really!"
Owen The Party Guy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Boys		Finalist 1^st/2^nd place	"The Very Last Episode, Really!"

Rewards

For more information about this section, visit: List of rewards#Total Drama Island

Many challenges award prizes to the winner(s). Invincibility is the most common reward but on sev er al ot her occ asi ons, different prizes are rewarded as a bonus.

Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!

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Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!

The official website for this season, Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive! features an interactive campsite with information about the season, games inspired by each challenge, wallpapers, screensavers, and a create-your-own-character feature.

Production

For more information about this section, visit: Camp TV

Camp TV is the original prototype for Total Drama Island and only featured eighteen of this season's twenty-two contestants.

Censorship in the United States

For more information about this section, visit: Cartoon Network edits

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

Availability

DVD

Total Drama Island has been released on DVD by Cartoon Network (Total Drama Island: The Complete First Season) and Madman Entertainment in Australia. Cartoon Network's DVD features the entire first season with the censoring of some dialogue, while the Australian DVDs are unedited and split into two collections.

Netflix

On Netflix, Total Drama Island could be found in HD, full screen, 16:9 aspect ratio, using the censored version. In November 2020, Netflix's global rights to the show were set to expire, resulting in it no longer being available on the platform. Netflix later confirmed that the show would be staying on for a little longer. However, in February 2021, all seasons of Total Drama were removed from Netflix in some regions, though it remained available in the United States and Canada.

Trivia

This is the first of three seasons to take place entirely at Camp Wawanakwa.
- The others being Total Drama: Revenge of the Island and Total Drama All-Stars.
This is the first of two seasons in which the remaining two finalists are from the same team.
- This happens again in Total Drama All-Stars.
- This is also the only season in which all of the final three are from the same team.
This is the only season not to feature a double elimination.
This is the only season in which both teams' lowest-ranking members are male.
This is the only season to feature a winning prize of $100,000.
- It wasn't until the special episode for this season, "Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island," where the prize changed to $1,000,000 dollars, setting the trend for the rest of the s e a s o ns.
This is the only season where Izzy competes and is not the first of her team to be eliminated.
This is the only season where Bridgette competes and is not the first female contestant eliminated.
This is the only season where Courtney is not the last female Killer Bass member in a season.
With twenty-two contestants competing, this season has the most number of contestants.
- As a result, this season features the highest amount of eliminations of any season so far (including the two returning contestants and Gwen or Owen's loss in the finale), with twenty-three total.
- This is also the only season that Eva, Katie, and Sadie compete in.
Excluding the first spin-off, Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, this season features the highest amount of challenges and contestants of any season.
This season features seven irregular eliminations.
- This is the reverse of Total Drama World Tour, which featured only seven regular eliminations.
This is one of only two seasons to have its main promotional image be a moment from an actual episode, with the other being Total Drama World Tour.
Total Drama Island has been featured as a question on the game show Jeopardy!, with both "Dodgebrawl" and "Brunch of Disgustingness" being mentioned as part of the clue.
The series' marketing as "the first animated reality show" was close to that of the adult animated series Drawn Together.
- Drawn Together is a parody of Big Brother, one of CBS's most famous reality shows, along with Survivor and The Amazing Race, which are both parodied in Total Drama.

Total Drama
Main Series	Total Drama Island \| Total Drama Action \| Total Drama World Tour \| Total Drama: Revenge of the Island \| Total Drama All-Stars \| Total Drama: Pahkitew Island
Spin-Offs	Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race \| Total DramaRama