Total Drama Island (2023)

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This page is about the first half of the sixth season of Total Drama. For the first season of the same name, see Total Drama Island (2007). For the second half of the sixth season, see Total Drama Island (2024).

Total Drama Island (2023)
Season Information
Season No.	6.1 1.1 (reboot)
No. of Episodes	13
No. of Contestants	16
Teams	Ferocious Trout Frogs of Death Merge
Premiere date
Canada	October 21, 2023
United States	June 1, 2024
Production
Creators	Tom McGillis Jennifer Pertsch
Developers	Fresh TV Inc. Elliott Animation Cartoon Network
Directors	Keith Oliver
Previous:	Total Drama: Pahkitew Island (Original Series)
Next:	Total Drama Island (2024)

Total Drama Island (2023), also referred to as Total Drama Island: Reboot is the first half of the first season of the reboot—and first half of the sixth overall—of Total Drama.

Overview

Total Drama Island brings the series back to its roots on Camp Wawanakwa with a diverse cast of sixteen new characters. Contestants are tested to their limits by participating in drag racing, extreme baking, TikToking, and "disaster and horror movie inspired challenges" for the chance to win the one-million dollar prize.

Format

• Reboot: This season restarts the franchise after 9 years (12 years in-universe) of absence.
• All-New Cast: This season features sixteen new contestants making them the fourth generation.
• Merge Composition: The merge consisted of ten members.
• Finalist Helpers: In the final challenge, the three finalists were each given an eliminated contestant to help them through a stage of the challenge.
• Elimination Challenge: During the final three, the contestant that lost in a challenge would automatically be eliminated.
• Back to an Island: This season, although taking place in an island similar to Camp Wawanakwa, takes place on an island somewhere in Muskoka, Canada.
• Eliminated Bleachers: The previous candidates eliminated during the season attend the finale from the bleachers.
• Co-Host: For this season, Chef Hatchet is the co-host of the competition.

Episodes

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Island (2023)/Episode guide

Total Drama Island (2023) consists of thirteen episodes.

Cast

The sixteen contestants in Total Drama Island alongside Chris and Chef Hatchet.

Total Drama Island (2023) cast
Character		Voice actor	Episode count
Icon	Name
	Chris	Terry McGurrin	13/13
	Chef Hatchet	Deven Mack
	Priya	Eman Ayaz
	Bowie	Brandon Michael Arrington
	Millie	Barbara Mamabolo
	Julia	Julie Sype
	Emma	Melanie Leishman	12/13
	Chase	Julius Cho	11/13
	Zee	Gerardo Gismondi	10/13
	Ripper	Fred Kennedy	9/13
	Wayne	Jack Copland	8/13
	Raj	Varun Saranga
	MK	Kimberly-Ann Truong	7/13
	Damien	Daniel Keith Morrison	6/13
	Scary Girl	Katie Griffin	5/13
	Nichelle	Tymika Tafari	4/13
	Axel	Tamara Almeida	3/13
	Caleb	Kwaku Adu-Poku	2/13

• Rock and Spud appeared in one episode.

Elimination

For more information about this section, visit: Total Drama Island (2023)/Elimination table

Contestant		Team Affiliation		Finish	Rank
		Original Team	Merged Team
	Caleb The Smoking-Hot Player	Frogs of Death		1st Eliminated in "Meet the Victims"	16th
	Axel The Hard Core	Ferocious Trout		2nd Eliminated in "Pirates of the Cabbagean"	15th
	Nichelle The Gorgeous with a Side of Substance	Frogs of Death		3rd Eliminated in "Drown Town Abbey"	14th
	Scary Girl AKA Lauren	Ferocious Trout		4th Eliminated in "Numbskull Island"	13th
	Damien The Reactionary	Ferocious Trout		5th Eliminated in "Jurassic Fart"	12th
	MK The Outrageous and Underestimated	Frogs of Death		6th Eliminated in "Launch Back of Notre Game"	11th
	Raj The Hockey Bro	Frogs of Death	Merge	7th/8th Eliminated1 in "Severe Eggs and Pains"	9th
	Wayne The Hockey Bro	Frogs of Death
	Ripper The Bad Boy	Ferocious Trout		9th Eliminated in "The Wheel of Vomit"	8th
	Zee The Good Vibes Only Guy	Ferocious Trout		10th Eliminated in "Paddle Field Earth"	7th
	Chase The Other YouTube Sensation	Ferocious Trout		11th Eliminated in "The Truth, The Pole Truth and Nothing But the Truth"	6th
	Emma The Breakout YouTube Star	Frogs of Death		12th Eliminated in "Tortoise Rigamortis"	5th
	Julia The Influencer and Evil in Human Form	Frogs of Death		13th Eliminated in "Caved by the Bell"	4th
	Millie The Book-Smart One	Ferocious Trout		14th Eliminated in "Magma Cum Laude"	3rd
	Bowie The Loveable Party Boy	Frogs of Death		Runner-Up in "Magma Cum Laude"	2nd
	Priya The Novice of Everything	Ferocious Trout		Winner in "Magma Cum Laude"	1st
Notes: ^1 This contestant was disqualified from the competition.

Availability

Max

Total Drama Island became available on Discovery+ in Italy in April 2023. Shortly after, the service was combined with HBO Max to form Max. From June 2, 2024, episodes will be added weekly to Max in the United States following their television premiere on Cartoon Network. The season premiered in Latin America through HBO Max on August 4, 2023, with Brazilian Portuguese and Latin Spanish audio.

BBC iPlayer

Following it's airing on CBBC in the United Kingdom starting in July 2023, the season also became available to stream on the BBC iPlayer.

Hulu

Following the day after the season's finale airing, Total Drama Island will be available to stream with the first 13 episodes on August 25, 2024.

CN-Adjacent Streaming Channels

Following it's airing on Cartoon Network in Canada starting in October 2023, the season was then available to stream on StackTV and Teletoon+ afterwards. However, the finale is unavailable to be watched, despite being listed.

ABC ME

The season premiered in Australia on December 23, 2023, on ABC ME with double episodes and concluded on January 28, 2024. The entire season was made available to stream on ABC's streaming and catch-up TV service ABC iView on the same day as its television premiere, with one episode airing every Saturday and Sunday. It remains unknown when or if it'll be available on Netflix.

Trivia

• From a technical standpoint, it has been mentioned that this season, along with its successor, were written as season one of a reboot. However, the show references events from past seasons and takes place in the same universe as the main series.
• This season, along with its successor, are the second time a singular season deal was cut in half to create two half-seasons. The first was with the show's fifth season.
• This season shares its name with the series' first season.
• This is the fourth and latest season to take place at Camp Wawanakwa.
  • The others are Total Drama Island (2007), Revenge of the Island, and All-Stars.
• This season introduces another new set of characters, making them the fourth generation of the show.
• This season marks the longest gap between two seasons, airing nine years after Pahkitew Island in Canada and Australia.
• The revival shares the same art style as Total DramaRama.
• On the Corcoran Podcast the actor Christan Potenza (the original voice of Chris McLean) stated that he had finished his lines for Total Drama Island (2023) before he was let go.
• Chris and Chef Hatchet have new voice actors this season: Terry McGurrin and Deven Mack (who previously dubbed Chef in Total DramaRama), respectively.
• As stated in the first episode, this season takes place fifteen years after Total Drama Island (2007).
• This is the first season where neither of the competing teams are the superior or inferior teams.
• This is the second season in which Chef Hatchet is never seen crossdressing, the first being All-Stars.
• This is the second season to have no team swaps, with the first being Total Drama Action and later with Total Drama Island (2024) becoming the third.
• This is the first season to not have an episode take place mainly at night.
• This season features the second earliest merge in the show's history so far, with the merge occurring in the seventh episode. As a result, it becomes the first season with more merge episodes than team episodes.
• This is the first season in the series to not have a non-elimination or a horror-themed episode.
• This is the first season of the main continuity where Chef speaks in every episode.
• This is the first season to re-use an elimination exit from a previous season, re-using Total Drama Island (2007)'s Dock of Shame.
  • However, eliminated contestants are carried away from the island by the Drone of Despair, rather than leaving on the Boat of Losers.
  • The Dock of Shame and Drone of Despair would later be used again in Total Drama Island (2024).
• This is the first season to not have an episode written by Alex Ganetakos.
• This is the first season to have only one ending, with Priya being the winner, as opposed to two possible winners.
• This is the first season since Total Drama: Revenge of the Island to premiere in Canada before the United States.
• This is the first season since Total Drama World Tour to feature a female winner in the United States.

Gallery

• Season
• Promotional material

Caleb is the first one eliminated after Bowie tells his team to vote him off, since he appeared a threat.

Axel believes that she did nothing wrong and shouldn't be eliminated.

Nichelle reveals that she is not really an action hero and has a stunt double who performs all of her moves.

Scary Girl is eliminated after chasing Damien around with a jackhammer and not giving Chris the skull.

Damien started a campaign to intentionally get himself voted off the island, but he changed his mind too late.

Julia brags at MK after revealing that the latter stole everyone's belongings.

Raj and Wayne are both evacuated after being too injured to continue in the game.

Julia wins immunity and costs Ripper the game.

Zee reveals that he joined both alliances so they could all vote off Chris. But, when Bowie asks for a re-vote, they send Zee home instead.

Chase takes down everyone except Emma, causing him to be eliminated.

Emma accidentally killed a turtle and was seen as a threat for doing so well. The latter reason is why she is eliminated, according to Millie.

In the end, Bowie has the last laugh and causes Julia to be eliminated.

Millie is eliminated, but she apologizes to Priya, and the two become reunited as friends again.

Bowie is defeated by Priya and is eliminated.

Priya's ball rolls down first, and she wins the season and the million dollars.

Alternative logo.

Alternative logo (Max).

Alternative logo.

The Total Drama Facebook page's promotional picture, depicting silhouettes of previous contestants.

The promotional picture shown in TVKids Magazine revealing the new cast.

Another promotional picture shown in another TVKids magazine showing off the cast.

Another promotional group shot of the cast.

A group shot of the cast from the official total drama website.

Promotional picture for the US.