Total Drama World Tour (often shortened as TDWT and formerly titled Total Drama, the Musical ) is the third season of the Total Drama series. The series' extension was commissioned by Teletoon from the producers, Fresh TV . The season's elements and plot structure is largely based on The Amazing Race , with the semi-final episode being a direct parody of the reality series.
55-419: In this season, fifteen returning contestants and two (later three) new contestants are taken on a trip around the world, and compete in cultural themed challenges of countries they visit. An added twist in this season is that they are required to break spontaneously into song, or else be immediately eliminated. The original cast from this and past seasons do not compete in the next season, Total Drama: Revenge of
110-411: A 73% approval rating according to Rotten Tomatoes. The finale of All-Stars gained some infamy when it broadcast due to the sequence showing the eliminated contestants in balloons floating towards the sun and Alejandro and Heather being chased by Fang, causing audiences to believe that they were being killed off from Total Drama . According to Fresh TV , the company that worked on the show, it
165-495: A pole, the 15 contestants remaining fall off the plane onto Japan, the final four are attacked by a condor , etc.), or face instant elimination. There are 30 songs in total, and every episode takes place in a different location. As the contestants are eliminated, they take the "Drop of Shame". This season's entire plot structure and elements is expanded into a related series called Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race , which aired in 2015. This series also takes place around
220-569: Is a sequel to Total Drama Island , Total Drama Action , Total Drama World Tour , and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island . The season was produced by Fresh TV in association with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and distributed by Cake Entertainment . Owing to the series' premise, the season presents itself as a parody of reality television series, such as Survivor . The entire season first premiered in
275-406: Is also very similar to the previous season, Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (both being very similar in terms of length, location, features and cameos). This half is an all-star season which features a return of fourteen contestants from both the first and second generation cast. This is the first season to feature characters from two different generations competing together. The theme for
330-399: Is an all-star season using fourteen returning characters from the two previous seasons, while the last thirteen episodes consist of a new cast introducing fourteen new characters. Both halves with 13 episodes each are part of the 26 episodes that Cartoon Network ordered in 2012. Cartoon Network aired the whole season first starting on September 10, 2013, on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. EST in
385-491: Is called to the campfire at night, where they must vote one of their members off the island. The camper with the most votes is eliminated from the competition. At this campfire, McLean passes out marshmallows to the campers who have not been voted off, while the one who does not get a marshmallow is eliminated. That eliminated person must then walk to the island's dock and will be forced off of the island, and told to "never, ever come back", according to Chris. About halfway through
440-401: Is confirmed that their fate was not lethal as the balloons popped before reaching the intense heat, as for Heather and Alejandro, they confirmed that they somehow managed to overpower and beat up Fang meaning they all survived. Christian Potenza Anthony Christian Potenza is a Canadian actor and comedian. He has voiced Jude Lizowski on 6teen as well as Brando Beaver and both of
495-519: Is located somewhere in Muskoka, Ontario . The second part of the season, Total Drama: Pahkitew Island , features a brand new island which producers say it is located somewhere in Western Canada . The season's animated characters are depicted as campers who participate in themed challenges and must avoid being voted off the island by other fellow campers. At the end of the series, the winning contestant or
550-471: Is the first part of the season. Christian Potenza first announced the season in an interview with Tom McGillis (the creator of the series), saying that Total Drama All-Stars would be very similar to Total Drama Island and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island , due to the high worldwide ratings of the latter. Therefore, this part of the season takes place back at Camp Wawanakwa; in a single location once again, unlike Total Drama World Tour . This part
605-472: Is the first season to feature a 20-second intro, as every other previous season had a full one-minute intro section. 7 characters from Total Drama World Tour and 7 characters from Total Drama: Revenge of the Island returned to compete in Total Drama All-Stars . They all competed together during several "Heroes vs. Villains" themed challenges, which means that all the heroes competed against all
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#1732858724290660-458: Is the second time the series completely replaces any existing cast with an all new cast. The new characters competing are Amy, Beardo (Barbu in VQ), Dave (David in VQ), Ella (Eleanor in VQ), Jasmine, Leonard, Max, Rodney, Samey, Scarlett, Shawn (Cédric in VQ), Sky (Kristelle in VQ), Sugar, and Topher (Quentin in VQ). On June 28, 2011, Christian Potenza mentioned an upcoming season of Total Drama . This
715-649: Is the voice of Brando Beaver and both of the Bison Brothers in Pikwik Pack. His YouTube channel, The Infinity Forge (originally called "SwitchBoardNetwork"), largely features videos of his experiences as a voice actor for Teletoon , and has gathered a respectable fan following. He has also guest-starred on various independent animated series on YouTube. In 2023, Potenza began co-hosting a bi-weekly podcast segment on The Corcoran Entertainment Show in which he and his co-host, Franky Corcoran are pitched content ideas from
770-664: The Pahkitew Island cast all wear pink clothing, symbolizing the support for anti-bullying. Before the official cast release Sunday Muse was also confirmed to voice Ella, while Ian Ronningen was set to voice Rodney. On May 30, 2014, a new teaser trailer was released for Total Drama: Pahkitew Island in Italy, marking the first time fully animated scenes were released to the public. Several trailers in English were released later on Cake Entertainment's website. On June 16, Cartoon Network posted
825-544: The Pahkitew Island website, along with the audition tapes for Sugar, Samey, Amy, Leonard, and Max. Italy was the first country to air full episodes of Pahkitew Island . On June 23, the audition tapes of Beardo, Rodney, Ella, Topher, and Dave were released. On June 26, the entire cast and the characters they voiced were released via Fresh's re:fresh blog. On July 1, ABC3 announced that Total Drama: Pahkitew Island will air on July 14, 2014, in Australia. Total Drama All-Stars
880-510: The 2002 Jackie Chan movie The Tuxedo . Most of Potenza's roles are in television commercials, including a giant yellow toothbrush in the "evil gingivitis" commercials for Listerine , a dog in the Fido commercials "The Office" and "The Promotion", as well as a sunflower in Canadian Kia ads. He performed the voice for Jude Lizowski on 6teen ; another cartoon character is Trevor Troublemeyer on
935-566: The Bison Brothers in Pikwik Pack . From 2007 to 2014, Potenza was also the original voice actor for Chris McLean in Total Drama . Potenza has been on television since 1997, when he first appeared in the television series Riverdale as the character Jimmy. His performances include appearing as Doug in the CBC Television hockey comedy series The Tournament , as well as CSA Agent Joel in
990-479: The Island , as there is a new cast. However, nine of these original contestants each have a cameo in the next season, while seven of them return to compete again in the fifth season, Total Drama All-Stars . A spin-off series based on this season, The Ridonculous Race , premiered in September 2015. As with the previous seasons, fifteen returning contestants and two new ones (Alejandro and Sierra, later three with
1045-482: The ToonZone Awards, it won "Best Foreign Series", "Best Music Score on a TV Series", and "Best Voice Actress" for Annick Obonsawin. It was additionally nominated for "Best Original Song" for Oh My Izzy (sung by Scott McCord and Megan Fahlenbock), and "Best Voice Actor" for Carter Hayden. In the 2011 KidScreen Awards, the season won "Best Animated Series", "Best Voice Talent", and "Best Tweens/Teens Program". Despite
1100-533: The United States starting on September 10, 2013, on Cartoon Network with the first part, while the second part premiered in the United States on July 7, 2014, for a two-week time period. In Canada, the first part premiered on Teletoon during their "Can't Miss Thursdays" time slot starting January 9, 2014, while the second part of the season also premiered during their "Can't Miss Thursdays" time slot on Teletoon starting on September 4, 2014. The second half of
1155-482: The United States, with Teletoon airing the season later on January 9, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. EST. This season also features the 100th episode of the entire series which was aired in Canada on February 27, 2014. The 100th episode of the series is the 9th episode of this season, "Zeek and Ye Shall Find". All episodes for the fifth season are 21 minutes and 20 seconds long, all of them much shorter than previous seasons. This
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#17328587242901210-631: The United States. Canada then aired Alejandro as the winner, which was later aired in Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa, and in Sweden. The main Total Drama World Tour cast consists of host Chris McLean, assistant Chef Hatchet, and the contestants. The remaining contestants from Total Drama Island and Total Drama Action also appear in
1265-482: The Villains get this ... Last time on a very special episode of Total Drama All-Stars: ... Say hello to my metal friend! ... I sincerely doubt it, Al ... next, I'll allow it, his pain was our gain ... Which team will finish their barf-tastic breakfast first? Find out after the break on Total Drama All-Stars! On June 11, 2013, it was confirmed that the airdate for the whole season will take place in early 2014; mostly during
1320-420: The addition of Blaineley) partake in an elimination-based competition for the grand prize of C$ 1,000,000 ( US$ 731,485.00), led by series host Chris McLean ( Christian Potenza ). In this season, contestants are taken around the world throughout international based challenges and are required to break into song whenever Chris rings a special chime (usually forced and when a mishap happens; Bridgette gets stuck to
1375-417: The competition, the teams are disbanded, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for him or herself, whereupon a camper without invincibility is voted off the island. This process of elimination continues on until two players remains on the island. These two players, are now then subject to a final contest. At the end, a camper wins the competition, while
1430-434: The creator's handling of Ezekiel (where he was turned into a feral monster over time), as many fans felt he was not given jusitifable character development; the constant losing streak of Team Victory and the love triangle between Duncan, Courtney and Gwen. The love triangle was eventually addressed in a video with the show's creators on Christian Potenza 's YouTube channel, revealing that the breaking up of Duncan and Courtney
1485-555: The final episode, such that the winner seen in one country's broadcasts is the runner-up in other countries (and vice versa) where the show airs. Heather was shown as the first winner when Australia aired the season for the first time worldwide. Heather was also depicted as the winner in airings from Brazil, France, Israel, Italy, Latin America, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Singapore, Spain (including Catalonia), and in
1540-463: The first part, Total Drama All-Stars as: Total Drama is back, but this time the team at Fresh TV have assembled the best loved and most hated contestants from seasons past to compete – Heroes vs. Villains style! Total Drama: Pahkitew Island is the second part of the fifth season. It was first announced on June 11, 2013, as a "sixth" season, even though it is still part of the fifth season. This part features an entire new cast considered as
1595-399: The first three seasons. Total Drama: Pahkitew Island , however, was considerably more positive. However, there was some criticism regarding the stereotypes of the new cast, with many criticising the new contestants for being unrealistic and, as with All-Stars , for the lack of closure to certain character arcs in-tandem with Chris McLean's aforementioned derailment. The season currently holds
1650-460: The fully animated first episode was also leaked on Instagram by her Venezuelan Spanish voice actor. On March 21, 2014, the entire cast design was revealed by Fresh TV along with new promotions for the season. Bryn McAuley who will be voicing the twins, Amy and Samey, was the first confirmed voice actress. On April 9, 2014, Fresh TV Inc. celebrated the International Day of Pink by making
1705-522: The last camper to stand on the island will win C$ 1,000,000. The competition is hosted by Chris McLean ( Christian Potenza ), who is assisted by the camp's chef, Chef Hatchet ( Clé Bennett ). At the beginning of the competition, the fourteen campers are evenly placed into two teams which are themed to the genre of the competition. In each episode, the two teams participate in a challenge, in which one or more campers can win invincibility for their team. The losing team
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1760-461: The loser ends up being the runner-up. However, the runner-up is the winner in the other ending of the finale, as there are always two endings to Total Drama seasons. This season, along with every other season in the series, is a parody of the reality show Survivor while the host, Chris McLean is very similar to Survivor host Jeff Probst with the evil persona of Fear Factor 's Joe Rogan . The first part consisting of thirteen episodes
1815-418: The many accolades and the enormous fan appraisal that still goes on to this day, and critical acclaim, some events of this season were severely criticized, such as the under-use of characters who had smaller roles in the preceding seasons, and the overuse of characters who had already won a preceding season or, at the very least, made it far into them. Other aspects of the season that had a negative reception were
1870-529: The new 26 episodes will be split into two 13-episode seasons; where the first part will feature some of the existing cast, while the second part will consist of an only new cast which are yet to be introduced. Voice actors began recording lines for Season 5 in December 2012. On January 28, 2013, Cartoon Network confirmed that the new season title will be Total Drama All-Stars for Part 1. Two days later on January 30, both Christian Potenza and Drew Nelson confirmed
1925-525: The season also premiered on APTN in 2015. Similar to Total Drama: Revenge of the Island , this season also consists of 13-episode segments; though, it returns to the traditional 26-episode length of the first three seasons. The winning characters for All-Stars are either Mike or Zoey, and the winning characters for Pahkitew Island are either Shawn or Sky, varying based on the region in which season finale airs. The grand prizes for both parts of this season are both C$ 1,000,000. Total Drama All-Stars
1980-477: The season is "Heroes vs. Villains", meaning that competitors are separated into teams based on their past performance. Contestants that were relatively kind and good-natured were placed on the "Heroic Hamsters", while contestants that acted antagonistic were placed on the "Villainous Vultures". Both the season's first title, " All-Stars " and the " Heroes vs. Villains " theme take after respective seasons from Survivor . Cartoon Network's official synopsis describes
2035-466: The season started airing. As for Total Drama: Pahkitew Island , production was done, and it was released in the United States. The season was first announced to air on May 27, but was later delayed to July 7. This part is under the same production code as the previous part, Total Drama All-Stars . However, the script for the entire first episode was leaked online about a year before the season's release. Scarlett's final design along with one second of
2090-418: The season with one goal in mind: winning that one million dollar prize. Who will take it home? No one knows until the final episode drops and the pain finally stops. Both parts feature a fictional titular reality show that follows the competition of fourteen animated teenagers at a fictional island. For Total Drama All-Stars , the original island used in the first season is featured, where the producers say it
2145-399: The second half of the season was released in a Collection 2 DVD on August 7, 2013. Teletoon hosted a Total Drama World Tour based website starting in 2010 called Total Drama Online where people could play games and earn badges to win prizes, but was only available in Canada. The site was then replaced with universal games available to everyone in 2013, but removed all special features from
2200-476: The second part, Total Drama: Pahkitew Island as: It's an all-new season in an all-new location: Pahkitew Island. Given that the Cree word for "explode" is Pahkitew, it's no wonder that host Chris McLean chose this new island to put a fresh collection of victims – er, contestants – through the most grueling challenges yet. Once again teen freaks, geeks, egos, and cowards smash, crash, and bash their way through
2255-414: The show Sidekick . He also guest starred in the show Grojband as Party Danimal and performed the voice for Chris McLean in the Total Drama series. He also appeared in an episode of Colin and Justin's Home Heist in 2007, in which the suburban Oakville home he shares with his daughter Teagan was remodelled. Potenza also portrays Ryan Archer in the web series But I'm Chris Jericho! . He
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2310-472: The show but serving in lesser capacities as commentators on The Aftermath . The season began production in 2009 when Fresh TV commissioned Teletoon to order new Total Drama episodes for an upcoming third season. This season was to be called Total Drama: The Musical when it first entered production. Keith Oliver and Chad Hicks directed this new season while two new voice actors, Marco Grazzini and Annick Obonsawin had to be hired if they wanted to voice
2365-452: The show's fanbase. Many lamented the "character derailment" within the old and new cast of characters, especially that of the host Chris McLean, the predictability of eliminations, the absurdity of the show despite its "reality show" premise, and for leaving many character arcs unresolved. It currently holds a 5.4 rating on Metacritic based on 9 reviews. Like the previous season, both parts were criticised for their short length in comparison to
2420-449: The site. Total Drama All-Stars Total Drama All-Stars (often shortened as TDAS ) and Total Drama: Pahkitew Island ( / ˈ p æ k ɪ ˌ t eɪ uː / ; often shortened as TDPI ) are the two parts with 13-episode segments that both make up the fifth season of Total Drama . The season was commissioned by Cartoon Network in October 2012, ordering 26 episodes. It
2475-420: The theme for this season will indeed be "Heroes vs. Villains". On February 1, 2013, Christian Potenza released a new video that contains several new information about Total Drama All-Stars , including season episode titles, new voice actors, and plot information. That same day, Christian Potenza also released the first lines of the season from Episode 4: When a Hero's eating time is up, they hear this ... and
2530-481: The third generation of Total Drama characters and takes place at a brand new island, due to Camp Wawanakwa sinking into the ocean in the season finale of All Stars . Italy was the first country to air Total Drama: Pahkitew Island starting on June 13, 2014; the season aired in North America throughout the second half of 2014. This is the first season to air a new episode every day in the United States. This part
2585-532: The title for Episode 4 which is "Food Fright". Drew Nelson also confirmed that the two new teams for this season are the Heroic Hamsters and the Villainous Vultures. Rumors started floating in early 2010 about the season being "Heroes vs. Villains" and that both the original and the new cast would compete together, but it wasn't until December 19, 2012, when Tom McGillis confirmed on ABC3 Australia that
2640-463: The two new characters, Alejandro and Sierra. The season's title was later changed to the current title, Total Drama World Tour in 2010 upon the airing of Celebrity Manhunt's Total Drama Action Reunion Special due to the singing no longer being the main focus for this season. Total Drama World Tour won numerous awards in 2011, from such outlets as the ToonZone Awards and the KidScreen Awards. At
2695-470: The villains. The 14 returning characters who competed in Total Drama All-Stars are Alejandro (Alessandro in VQ), Cameron , Courtney (Audrey in VQ), Duncan (Hugo in VQ), Gwen (Joëlle in VQ), Heather (Marilou in VQ), Jo , Lightning (Dutonnerre in VQ), Lindsay (Tania in VQ), Mike (Michel in VQ), Sam , Scott (Steph in VQ), Sierra (Sarah-Laurie in VQ), and Zoey (Zoé in VQ). Total Drama: Pahkitew Island features an entire new cast. This
2750-503: The winter of 2014. Tom McGillis later confirmed on Twitter that the Canadian airdate will be in January 2014, while the U.S. airdate will be in September 2013. On August 19, 2013, Cartoon Network released the first official trailer for Total Drama All-Stars along with a new website that reveals all the characters. Lindsay and Jo's eliminations were leaked via episode scripts and trailers before
2805-532: The world and also features eighteen competitors (teams) like Total Drama World Tour , however whereas World Tour was still organized like Survivor , The Ridonculous Race was based on The Amazing Race . Total Drama World Tour is a Canadian animated television series which premiered on June 10, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. EST on Teletoon and it premiered on June 21, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. EST on Cartoon Network. It aired on ABC3 at 6:40 a.m. in Australia. The show's producers created two alternate endings for
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#17328587242902860-403: Was actually a network request, rather than a decision on the creator's part. Total Drama World Tour currently holds a 7.8 on Metacritic , which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Australia is the only country that released Total Drama World Tour on home video, which was released on a Region 4 DVD. The first part of the season was released in a Collection 1 DVD on April 3, 2013 while
2915-451: Was story edited by Terry McGurrin , while Dennis Jackson and Melanie Jackson, series creators of Wapos Bay , also helped write and consult the plot for Pahkitew Island . Total Drama: Pahkitew Island was sponsored by the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network , who helped with the Cree translations for the team names and various season references. A general synopsis from Teletoon describes
2970-411: Was the #1 telecast on Cartoon Network with the highest ratings for the week of the season premiere. Additionally, it ranked as the #1 telecast on all television among kids 6–11 and 9–14 for Tuesday prime-time airings. It also claimed #1 in its 7 p.m. time period among kids 9–14 and 6–11. Total Drama All-Stars has received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but overwhelmingly negative reviews from
3025-542: Was the first time a cast member mentioned a fifth season to the public. One year later on July 19, 2012, Christian Potenza announced a fifth season of Total Drama in an interview with Tom McGillis , saying that Season 5 will be just like Seasons 1 and 4. This hinted that this season will take place back at an island. As shown in the Fresh TV official website, it seemed that there would be 26 new episodes to be aired in 2013–2014 for Season 5. Tom McGillis later stated that
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