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| Season Number: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
| Network: | Teletoon (Canada) Cartoon Network (U.S.) |
| Prev Season: | Action |
| Next Season: | Revenge of the Island |
| Episode List: | List of Total Drama episodes |
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.[1] 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, , 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.[2]
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 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 , 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.[3]
See main article: List of Total Drama 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.
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.
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.
| 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. |
| Label | Voice actor | Team | Finish | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Swapped | Merged | Placement | Episode | ||
| Ezekiel (Returned to game) | 1 | |||||
| Duncan (Returned to game) | ||||||
| Ezekiel TDI | The Home-Schooled Guy | Peter Oldring | 2 | |||
| Harold TDI & TDA | The Uber-Geek | Brian Froud | 3 | |||
| Bridgette TDI & TDA | The Surfer Girl | Kristin Fairlie | 4 | |||
| Leshawna TDI & TDA | The Lively | Novie Edwards | 7 | |||
| Lindsay TDI & TDA | The Dimwit | Stephanie Anne Mills | 9 | |||
| Izzy TDI & TDA | The Insane | Katie Crown | 11 | |||
| DJ TDI & TDA | The Teddy Bear | Clé Bennett | ||||
| Noah TDI | The High IQ | Carter Hayden | 13 | |||
| Tyler TDI | The Sporto Who Sucks at Sports | Peter Oldring | 15 | |||
| Gwen TDI & TDA | The Goth Girl | Megan Fahlenbock | 16 | |||
| Owen TDI & TDA | The Big Guy | Scott McCord | 19 | |||
| Blaineley | The Celebrity Manhunt Host | Carla Collins | 20 | |||
| Courtney TDI & TDA | The Overachiever | Emilie-Claire Barlow | ||||
| Duncan TDI & TDA | The Juvie | Drew Nelson | 21 | |||
| Sierra | The Obsessive Uber-Fan | Annick Obonsawin | 23 | |||
| Cody TDI | The Geek | Peter Oldring | 26 | |||
| Heather TDI & TDA | The Queen Bee | Rachel Wilson | rowspan="2" | |||
| Alejandro | The Arch Villain | Marco Grazzini | ||||
| 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" | Duncan | ||||
| 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="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" | 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" | Noah | ||||
| 14 | "Greece's Pieces" | Terry McGurrin | Dec. 30, 2010 | Sept. 6, 2010 | Athens, Greece | "Greek Mix" | colspan="100%" | ||||
| 15 | "The EX-Files" | Laurie Elliot | Jan. 6, 2011 | Sept. 13, 2010 | Area 51 & 52, Nevada, US | "Boyfriend Kisser" | Tyler | ||||
| 16 | "Picnic at Hanging Dork" | Michael Gelbart | Jan. 13, 2011 | Sept. 20, 2010 | Victorian Outback, Australia | "Shear the Sheep" | Gwen | ||||
| 17 | "Sweden Sour" | Terry McGurrin | Jan. 20, 2011 | Sept. 27, 2010 | Gothenburg, Sweden | "We Built Gwen's Face" | colspan="100%" | ||||
| 18 | "Aftermath Aftermayhem" | Laurie Elliot | Jan. 27, 2011 | Online | colspan="2" | "Her Real Name Isn't Blaineley" | 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 | ||||
| 24 | "Hawaiian Style" | Alex Ganetakos | March 20, 2011 | Online | Hawaii, US | "Who You Gonna Root For?" & "I'm Winning This" | 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 | ||||||||||
| Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||
| Alejandro | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | rowspan="2" | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heather | In | In | In | In | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cody | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | In | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra | In | In | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duncan | In | In | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Courtney | In | In | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blaineley | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owen | In | In | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gwen | In | In | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tyler | In | In | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Noah | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Izzy | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lindsay | In | In | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leshawna | In | In | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bridgette | In | In | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harold | In | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ezekiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.[4] In the 2011 KidScreen Awards, the season won "Best Animated Series", "Best Voice Talent", and "Best Tweens/Teens Program".[5]
Despite the many accolades and the enormous fan appraisal that still goes on to this day, and critical acclaim,[6] 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 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 was actually a network request, rather than a decision on the creator's part.[7] Total Drama World Tour currently holds a 7.8 on Metacritic, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[8]
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[9] while the second half of the season was released in a Collection 2 DVD on August 7, 2013.[10]
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.[11] The site was then replaced with universal games available to everyone in 2013, but removed all special features from the site.