How would you guys rank each season of Total Drama?
Ridiculous Race and Reboot count but please rank both reboot seasons separately. Here is my ranking from worst to best.
9th place - Pahkitew Island: The cast is simply too cartoony. Jasmine is the only likeable person of the cast. Literally everyone else sucks in my opinion. The sci-fi element was cool but the twist was introduced too late and it just wasn't an interesting season. Max, Scarlett and Sugar were also horrible villains.
8th place- All Stars: Do I even need to explain? While the idea and theme of the season is amazing, the execution was literally horrible. They slandered Duncan, Heather's elimination was stupid. Mal was a horrible villain (don't even get me started with how he got Courtney's chart). They made Gwen and Courtney friends only to ruin it again. They assassinated Courtney's character even more after TDA. And we lost our beloved Camp Wawanakwa! (ik the reboot has the camp again, but the Wawanakwa label is gone and they never mention the island by name so my headcanon is that Camp Wawanakwa was rebuilt with slight modifications and was left nameless).
7th place- TDI 2024: This season is not actually that bad. It definitely has good moments and I didn't mind Wayne being the winner and the finale was pretty good too. Some things I don't like for example: There is too much romance in the season. They focused so much on Priya and Caleb to the point I started disliking Priya. I also hated how Damien kinda went back into his old ways AND THE FACT THAT HE FOUND THE IMMUNITY STATUE JUST TO LOSE IT TO JULIA. Nichelle and Scary Girl being bottom 4 eliminations again also sucked, and I hated how Julia and Priya made the final 4 AGAIN!
6th place- Total Drama Action: This season is not actually so bad. It is a fun watch. But the cast was too short compared to the number of episodes which caused there to be many episodes which were plain filler. I found it pointless to bring Owen back. The theme also got repetitive after a while. They also ruined Trent, Bridgette, Geoff, and of course, Courtney. I also cannot stand that Beth was a finalist because she was literally just existing for 90% of the season. But, I love the good character developments we got with Lindsay, Harold and Justin. But I hated Lindsay's unfair elimination.
5th place- Revenge of the Island: This is a good season in my opinion. There are 13 episodes making it a quick but fun watch. Most people of the cast were enjoyable. And they did a good thing eliminating Staci first. Brick's and Dawn's elimination felt kinda unfair to me, and this was the point when Chris got disturbing and menacing but otherwise, this season is good. The other seasons are just better than this one so I put this in 5th.
4th place - TDI 2023: This is the better season of the reboot in my opinion. Every member of the cast is good in my opinion and each have their own good qualities. I felt the eliminations of this season were also very fair. The challenges were also fun (except the disgusting fart episode). The reason this one is not higher is because the theme of this season is the exact same as TDI 2007 as it's a reboot. I also prefer Chef Hatchet's agressive personality much more than whatever we have now.
3rd place- The Ridiculous Race: Since this is a spin-off, the theme is completely different from the main theme of Total Drama and of course, we have a new host. But, the fast paced race format was very entertaining and felt very unique. The locations were also good and most of the cast was good. I also liked how Geoff finally got a season where he isn't tied to Bridgette and we finally got to see his original personality from TDI 2007 again.
2nd place- TDWT: This season is prolly one of the best seasons EVER. The theme is so great and the musical aspect was pretty good but imo it could have been a bit better (I'm experienced with singing so I am judging). The finale of this season was the best one ever and all challenges felt fun. What I didn't like in this season was the love triangle BS, the entire animal curse gag DJ had, Team Victory being the only team eliminated for like the first 12 episodes or so, and the Ezekiel abuse. That's the only reason this season didn't make first place.
1st place- Of course, Total Drama Island 2007: Call me basic, but being the first season, it has almost no misses. Camp Wawanakwa is too iconic to be hated, the theme was simple but great, the finale was kinda bad but otherwise, this season is too good to be true. The OG cast is the best cast in the entire franchise. All the challenges were entertaining. The final 4 was way too iconic. The drama was spicy and entertaining and Heather was a great villain. I don't think anyone can hate this season. No other season has been able to meet the level of TDI 2007. I can go on writing an entire essay on how good this season is.
This is my ranking, comment down below your ranking.