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A group of teens participate in a competition with elimination-style challenges each season, competing for awards and immunity from elimination by completing challenges both individually and in teams. About halfway through the competition, the teams combine into individuals. The players are gradually eliminated from the game as they form relationships with one another. When there are only two participants remaining, they participate in a final challenge for a financial reward; in the first season, it was $100,000 (US$73,129.00), and from the second season on, it was $1,000,000 (US$731,485.00). Six seasons total—Island, Action, World Tour, Revenge of the Island, the two-part All-Stars and Pahkitew Island, and the resurrection of Total Drama Island—make up the current run of the show.
A franchise and a cult following have grown up around Total Drama. Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, a spin-off series, debuted on September 7, 2015. Total DramaRama, a second spin-off series, debuted on September 1 in the United States and on October 7 in Canada.
Total Drama was revived, and on February 17, 2021, it was announced that two new seasons would be developed for Cartoon Network in Canada, Cartoon Network in the United States, and CBBC in the United Kingdom. Due to timing and casting restrictions, nobody of the original voice actors nor any of the prior participants will return for any season, which will act as a soft reboot of the original series. On April 10, 2023, the first season was released in Italy; Discovery+ in the area carried the original English version, which will subsequently have an international expansion.
Production
According to McGillis, they used a "national online research project" to ascertain this group's preferences.McGillis, Pertsch, Elliott, and Irving, partners in the new TV company, created the show.The first season's spending plan was $8,000,000. At Elliott Animation's Toronto studio, it was animated using Flash.
Each member of the Total Drama cast and crew was required to sign a confidentiality agreement promising not to reveal the outcome of the contest. Kauffman created every single character. When it originally began filming in 2006, the show's initial moniker was Camp TV.
There were two distinct parts to the fifth season. Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, the second episode, has a new cast and setting whereas the first episode, Total Drama All-Stars, is set on the original island from the first season, Camp Wawanakwa.
McGillis had made it clear in 2013 that he wanted Total Drama to have ten seasons.The series' executive story editor and senior writer, Alex Ganetakos, also stated in 2014 that there would be additional seasons produced in the future.
When asked if there would be more seasons in a Q&A on September 25, 2018, McGillis replied, "Nope. I hate to break your dreams, but there isn't currently a market for this experience in the larger entertainment industry.
Due to the COVID-19 lockdowns in the spring of 2020, during the COVID-19 Pandemic, the show garnered a cult following and saw a surge in popularity on Netflix.
It was revealed on February 17, 2021, that two additional seasons were being made for HBO Max and Cartoon Network.On June 22, 2022, Cake Entertainment announced that the BBC has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to co-commission the next seasons, which would air on the CBBC Channel in the UK. The show's first five seasons as well as any spinoffs would also be added to BBC iPlayer.
On October 6, 2022, Regular Capital tweeted about a new Total Drama poster that included the new cast and Chef in a fresh layout.
In an interview with Terry McGurrin posted on YouTube on October 27, 2022, it was stated that Deven Mack would take over as Chef Hatchet's voice because Clé Bennett was heading to Hollywood and would be repeating his role from the spin-off series Total DramaRama. Later, he explained on Twitter that while if the new seasons basically serve as seasons six or seven, they are actually being produced as a new series.
It was announced on March 28, 2023, that Terry McGurrin will take over for Christian Potenza as Chris McLean due to "creative decisions."
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