Total Drama World Tour

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.

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 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.

Plot As with the previous seasons, fifteen returning contestants and two new ones (Alejandro and Sierra, later three with 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 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 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.

Episodes

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.

Episode finale variations The show's producers created two alternate endings for 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 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.

Characters 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 the show but serving in lesser capacities as commentators on The Aftermath.

Staff Character Voice actor Description Christian Potenza Chris is the host of the series. Clé Bennett Chef is the cook and the co-host of the series.

Contestants + List of Total Drama Island contestants Contestant Label Voice actor Team Finish Original Swapped Merged Placement Episode Ezekiel rowspan="2" 1 Duncan Ezekiel The Home-Schooled Guy Peter Oldring rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 2 Harold The Uber-Geek Brian Froud 3 Bridgette The Surfer Girl Kristin Fairlie 4 LeshawnaTDI & TDA The Lively Novie Edwards 7 Lindsay The Dimwit Stephanie Anne Mills 9 Izzy The Insane Katie Crown 11 DJ The Teddy Bear Clé Bennett Noah The High IQ Carter Hayden rowspan="2" rowspan="2" 13 Tyler The Sporto Who Sucks at Sports Peter Oldring 15 Gwen The Goth Girl Megan Fahlenbock 16 Owen The Big Guy Scott McCord rowspan="8" 19 Blaineley The Celebrity Manhunt Host Carla Collins rowspan="2" 20 Courtney The Overachiever Emilie-Claire Barlow Duncan The Juvie Drew Nelson 21 Sierra The Obsessive Uber-Fan Annick Obonsawin rowspan="3" 23 Cody The Geek Peter Oldring rowspan="2" 26 Heather The Queen Bee Rachel Wilson Alejandro The Arch Villain Marco Grazzini

Season summary +Total Drama World Tour season summary Episode Original airdate Challenge Eliminated No. Title Written by Canada United States Location Song(s) Winner(s) Team Contestant 1 "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 1" Shelley Scarrow June 10, 2010 June 21, 2010 Giza, Egypt "Come Fly With Us" colspan="2" EzekielDuncan 2 "Walk Like an Egyptian—Part 2" Alex Ganetakos Sept. 9, 2010 June 28, 2010 "Lovin' Time" & "Rowin' Time" Ezekiel 3 "Super Happy Crazy Fun Time Japan" Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein Sept. 16, 2010 July 5, 2010 Tokyo, Japan "Before We Die" Harold 4 "Anything Yukon Do, I Can Do Better" Terry McGurrin Sept. 23, 2010 July 12, 2010 Yukon, CA "Stuck to a Pole" Bridgette 5 "Broadway, Baby!" Alex Ganetakos Sept. 30, 2010 July 19, 2010 New York City, NY, US "What's Not to Love" colspan="2" colspan="100%" 6 "Aftermath: Bridgette Over Troubled Water" Shelley Scarrow Oct. 7, 2010 Online colspan="2" "Baby" & "I'm Sorry" colspan="100%" 7 "Slap Slap Revolution" Laurie Elliot Oct. 14, 2010 July 26, 2010 The German Alps "Eine Kleine" Leshawna 8 "The Am-AH-Zon Race" Terry McGurrin Nov. 4, 2010 Aug. 2, 2010 The Amazon, Peru "Gypsy Rap" colspan="100%" 9 "Can't Help Falling in Louvre" Doug Hadders & Adam Rotstein Nov. 18, 2010 Aug. 9, 2010 Paris, France "Paris in the Springtime" Lindsay 10 "Newf Kids on the Rock" Alex Nussbaum Nov. 25, 2010 Aug. 16, 2010 St. John's, NL, CA "Sea Shanty Mix" colspan="100%" 11 "Jamaica Me Sweat" Emily Andras & Brendon Yorke Dec. 2, 2010 Aug. 23, 2010 Montego Bay, Jamaica "Oh My Izzy" colspan="2" Izzy DJ 12 "Aftermath: Revenge of the Telethon" Alex Ganetakos Dec. 9, 2010 Online colspan="2" "Save This Show" & "Sisters" colspan="100%" 13 "I See London..." Shelley Scarrow Dec. 16, 2010 Aug. 30, 2010 London, United Kingdom "Changing Guard Mix" colspan="2" Noah 14 "Greece's Pieces" Terry McGurrin Dec. 30, 2010 Sept. 6, 2010 Athens, Greece "Greek Mix" colspan="2" colspan="100%" 15 "The EX-Files" Laurie Elliot Jan. 6, 2011 Sept. 13, 2010 Area 51 & 52, Nevada, US "Boyfriend Kisser" colspan="2" Tyler 16 "Picnic at Hanging Dork" Michael Gelbart Jan. 13, 2011 Sept. 20, 2010 Victorian Outback, Australia "Shear the Sheep" colspan="2" Gwen 17 "Sweden Sour" Terry McGurrin Jan. 20, 2011 Sept. 27, 2010 Gothenburg, Sweden "We Built Gwen's Face" colspan="2" colspan="100%" 18 "Aftermath Aftermayhem" Laurie Elliot Jan. 27, 2011 Online colspan="2" "Her Real Name Isn't Blaineley" colspan="2" colspan="100%" 19 "Niagara Brawls" Emer Connon Feb. 3, 2011 Oct. 4, 2010 Niagara Falls "Blainerific" Courtney & Duncan rowspan="3" Owen 20 "Chinese Fake-Out" James Hurst Feb. 3, 2011 Oct. 4, 2010 Beijing, China "A Chinese Lesson" Sierra Blaineley & Courtney 21 "African Lying Safari" Laurie Elliot Feb. 24, 2011 Oct. 18, 2010 Serengeti, Tanzania "Wake Up" Alejandro Duncan 22 "Rapa Phooey!" Shelley Scarrow March 3, 2011 Oct. 25, 2010 Easter Island "Condor" Heather colspan="2" 23 "Awwwwww, Drumheller" Nicole Demerse March 10, 2011 Nov. 1, 2010 Drumheller, Alb., CA "This Is How We Will End It" Sierra Sierra 24 "Hawaiian Style" Alex Ganetakos March 20, 2011 Online Hawaii, US "Who You Gonna Root For?" & "I'm Winning This" colspan="2" colspan="100%" 25 "Planes, Trains, and Hot Air Mobiles" Shelley Scarrow March 27, 2011 Nov. 8, 2010 Drumheller, CA "I'm Gonna Make It" Heather rowspan="3" colspan="100%" Tijuana, MX Hawaii, US 26 "Hawaiian Punch" Alex Ganetakos April 24, 2011 Nov. 15, 2010 Hawaii, US "Versus" Alejandro rowspan="2" Cody Alejandro/Heather Heather/Alejandro

Elimination table Contestant Episode

1–2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25–26 26 Alejandro SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE colspan="2" SAFE Heather SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Cody SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE colspan="2" Sierra SAFE SAFE Duncan SAFE SAFE SAFE Blaineley SAFE rowspan="2" Courtney SAFE SAFE Owen SAFE SAFE SAFE Gwen SAFE Tyler SAFE SAFE Noah DJ Izzy Lindsay SAFE SAFE SAFE SAFE Leshawna SAFE SAFE SAFE Bridgette SAFE SAFE Harold SAFE Ezekiel

Production

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 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.

Reception Awards and accolades Total Drama World Tour won numerous awards in 2011, from such outlets as the ToonZone Awards and the KidScreen Awards. At 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".

Critical reception Despite 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 the creator's handling of Ezekiel (where he was turned into a feral monster over time), as many fans felt he was not given justifiable 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 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".

Media DVD releases 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 the second half of the season was released in a Collection 2 DVD on August 7, 2013.

Online website 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 the site.

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