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Total Drama Island (French: L'île des Défis Extrêmes) is a Canadian animated sitcom airing on Teletoon in Canada. The show is produced by Fresh TV Inc. in association with Teletoon. Total Drama Island (also referred to by the abbreviation TDI) made its debut on July 8, 2007, starting with a 26 episode season.

TDI concluded its first season on January 4, 2008. Episodes from the series are currently being rerun on Sunday nights, with two episodes airing back-to-back at 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. As of June 2, 2008, additional episodes of TDI air nightly at 9:00 p.m. The second season of the show, which will be renamed to Total Drama Action, is tentatively scheduled to premiere sometime in the summer or fall of 2008. [1] Also, beginning on June 5, 2008, the first season of TDI will air in the United States on Cartoon Network on Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. [2]

The show is a parody of reality-based television game shows such as Survivor, Big Brother and Fear Factor. The setting for Total Drama Island is a summer camp near Muskoka, Ontario called Camp Wawanakwa, where 22 teenagers from across Canada (divided into two teams of 11, the Killer Bass and the Screaming Gophers) spend eight weeks during the summer competing for a $100,000 grand prize in a reality TV game show (also called Total Drama Island, a show within a show), engaging in various challenges laid out by TDI host Chris Maclean.

As with Survivor in real life, the team that loses the episode's challenge would vote for a team member they believe has cost them the challenge or is, in any way, a weak link to them (although, in later episodes after the teams are dissolved, they sometimes will also vote out a contestant they believe to be the biggest threat to them). At the end of each episode in most cases, while the winning team celebrate with rewards, the losing team attends a campfire ceremony where Chris hands out marshmallows to each contestant; the player who does not get a marshmallow has been voted out of the game and must leave the island, departing from the Dock of Shame on the Boat of Losers. The last remaining contestant on the island wins the $100,000 prize.

In addition to the challenges, intra-team alliances are also formed and dissolved, romances develop between players on one team (or sometimes from opposing teams), and some players scheme and manipulate (and sometimes even cheat) their way to victory. Between challenges, each contestant also discusses their thoughts and feelings about the game in the Confessional Can, a mock outhouse with a TV camera installed inside.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Christian Potenza	Chris Maclean	1
Cle Bennett	Chef Hatchet	1
	DJ	1
Megan Fahlenblock	Gwen	1
Rachel Wilson	Heather	1
Novie Edwards	Leshawna	1
Drew Nelson	Duncan	1
Scott McCord	Owen	1
	Trent	1
Sarah Gadon	Beth	1
Peter Oldring	Cody	1
	Ezekiel	1
	Tyler	1
Julia Chantrey	Eva	1
Brian Froud	Harold	1
Stephanie Mills	Lindsay	1
	Katie	1
Dan Petronijevic	Geoff	1
Lauren Lipson	Sadie	1
Katie Crown	Izzy	1
Adam Reid	Justin	1
Carter Hayden	Noah	1
Emily Claire Barlow	Courtney	1
Kristin Fairlie	Bridgette	1

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Teletoon
Season One	July 8, 2007	January 4, 2008	26
Season Two	Fall 2008	—	26

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

There has not been a DVD release for this show.

[edit] External Sites

• Official website for Total Drama Island
• Official Teletoon website for Total Drama Island