Total Drama Island

Total Drama Island
Season	1
Number of episodes	26 (TDI Rundown & +1 special)
Number of contestants	22
Premiere date
Teletoon	July 8, 2007
Cartoon Network	June 5, 2008
Production
Creators	Tom McGillis Jennifer Pertsch
Developers	Fresh TV Inc. Teletoon
Directors	Todd Kauffman Mark Thornton
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Total Drama Action

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
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	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			1st Eliminated 22nd place
	Noah The Schemer	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			3rd Eliminated 21st place
	Justin The Eye Candy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			4th Eliminated 20th place
	Katie The Sweet Girl	Screaming Gophers	Killer Bass			5th Eliminated 19th place
	Tyler The Jock	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			6th Eliminated 18th place
	Cody The Geek	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			8th Eliminated 17th place
	Beth The Wannabe	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers			9th Eliminated 16th place
	Sadie The Sweet Girl's Friend	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			10th Eliminated 15th place
	Courtney The Type A	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			11th Eliminated 14th place
	Harold The Dweeb	Killer Bass	Killer Bass			12th Eliminated 13th place
	Eva The Female Bully	Killer Bass	Killer Bass		Merge	2nd Eliminated
						13th Eliminated 12th place
	Trent The Cool Guy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Boys		14th Eliminated 11th place
	Bridgette The Surfer Girl	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Girls		15th Eliminated 10th place
	Lindsay The Dumb Princess	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		16th Eliminated 9th place
	DJ The Brickhouse With Heart	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		17th Eliminated 8th place
	Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast	Killer Bass	Screaming Gophers			7th Eliminated
						18th Eliminated 7th place
	Geoff The Funniest Guy Around	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		19th Eliminated 6th place
	Leshawna The Sister With 'Tude	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		20th Eliminated 5th place
	Duncan The Delinquent	Killer Bass	Killer Bass	Boys		21st Eliminated 4th place
	Heather The Queen Bee	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		22nd Eliminated 3rd place
	Gwen The Loner	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	Girls		Winner/Runner-up 2nd/1st place
	Owen The Party Guy	Screaming Gophers	Screaming Gophers	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 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 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.

Gallery

Early versions of the Total Drama Island logo.

Screaming Gophers line up, plus Chris.

The Killer Bass line up, plus Chef Hatchet.

Heather arrives, not happy with the group of other contestants and the condition of the island.

Courtney and Ezekiel are the first bottom two of the season.

Gwen and Trent get to know each other during the challenge.

The Bass have their first victory, courtesy of Harold.

Heather's conflict with Gwen begins, when she reads her diary to the entire viewing world.

Katie and Sadie's final moments before being separated, due to the former's elimination.

The contestants discuss their greatest fears.

Beth finds a mysterious tiki idol while she is on Boney Island.

Beth finally turns against Heather after another fight.

Heather receives a good lesson from her team.

Katie and Sadie are finally reunited after the latter's elimination.

Harold takes revenge on Duncan by rigging the votes to eliminate Duncan's Love Interest Courtney.

Leshawna kisses Harold goodbye before he leaves the island.

Owen wins the yacht party for the guys by drinking more cockroach drinks than Leshawna.

Eva swears revenge after being eliminated again.

Heather kisses Trent, breaking his and Gwen's hearts, and later resulting in his elimination at the hands of Leshawna.

Geoff and Bridgette, almost kissing for the first time, at the latter's elimination.

Lindsay learns the truth behind Heather's alliance after it costs her the game.

DJ receives a group hug before leaving the island.

Izzy is eliminated again.

Geoff is eliminated.

The eliminated contestants are told to vote off a member of the final five.

The remaining campers team up and find the camp.

Duncan gives Gwen a fist bump before he leaves the island.

Heather finally meets her end, along with her long awaited comeuppance.

Owen wins Total Drama Island in his ending.

Gwen wins Total Drama Island in her ending.

The contestants end up in a massive pile-up while racing to find the million dollar case.

Chris tells the audience to tune in for Total Drama Action in the final shot of the season.