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 on twenty-two teenagers' 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.
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 |
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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 | 27/27 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
Camper | Team Affiliation | Finish | ||||
Team Phase | Individual Phase | |||||
Former | Primary | Battle of the Sexes |
Merge | |||
Ezekiel The Home Schooled Guy |
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1st Eliminated 22nd place | |||
Noah The Schemer |
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3rd Eliminated 21st place | |||
Justin The Eye Candy |
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4th Eliminated 20th place | |||
Katie The Sweet Girl |
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5th Eliminated 19th place | |||
Tyler The Jock |
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6th Eliminated 18th place | |||
Cody The Geek |
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8th Eliminated 17th place | |||
Beth The Wannabe |
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9th Eliminated 16th place | |||
Sadie The Sweet Girl's Friend |
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10th Eliminated 15th place | |||
Courtney The Type A |
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11th Eliminated 14th place | |||
Harold The Dweeb |
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12th Eliminated 13th place | |||
Eva The Female Bully |
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Merge | 2nd Eliminated | ||
13th Eliminated 12th place | ||||||
Trent The Cool Guy |
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Boys | 14th Eliminated 11th place | ||
Bridgette The Surfer Girl |
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Girls | 15th Eliminated 10th place | ||
Lindsay The Dumb Princess |
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Girls | 16th Eliminated 9th place | ||
DJ The Brickhouse With Heart |
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Boys | 17th Eliminated 8th place | ||
Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast |
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7th Eliminated | |||
18th Eliminated 7th place | ||||||
Geoff The Funniest Guy Around |
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Boys | 19th Eliminated 6th place | ||
Leshawna The Sister With 'Tude |
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Girls | 20th Eliminated 5th place | ||
Duncan The Delinquent |
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Boys | 21st Eliminated 4th place | ||
Heather The Queen Bee |
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Girls | 22nd Eliminated 3rd place | ||
Gwen The Loner |
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Girls | Winner/Runner-up 2nd/1st place | ||
Owen The Party Guy |
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Boys |
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 several other occasions, different prizes are rewarded as a bonus.
Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!
- For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Island: Totally Interactive!

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.
Trivia
- This is the first of three seasons to take place entirely at Camp Wawanakwa, with 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 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 that does not feature a prize of one-million dollars; the prize was $100,000 until Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island featured a million-dollar grand prize, setting the trend for future seasons.
- This is the only season that Eva, Katie, and Sadie compete in.
- 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.
- 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.
- Excluding 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 being advertised as "the first animated reality show" was similar to the promotion of the mature animated series, Drawn Together.
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See also
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