"Chris McLain coming to you live here with the final season of the one, the only, TOTAL DRAMA! This is it! The big bang! The big doozy! That's right, the final season of Total Drama! This season will feature all thirty-five contestants, from Total Drama Island, and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island! Also including the three newbies for two seasons ago, Alejandro, Sierra and Blaineley! After a three day mini-reunion at Playa Des Losers - it is time for the ultimate showdown! Thirty eight. contestants. One-hundred million dollars. Three heart wrenching months! Who will win? Who will fall? Who could have it all? What alliances, romances and friends are to come? Drama, desperation and disaster await on..."

TOTAL. DRAMA. FINALE.

Chris stands at the dock of the painfully familiar Camp Wawanakwa. "You're probably wondering, 'Camp Wawanakwa?' Well you are wrong! You think this is Camp Wawanakwa?" The camera pulls out and lifts high and the sky to reveal Chris' most treacherous creation yet. Camp Wawanakwa has been converted to featured multiple bio-hazardous area, geographically altered locations and several movie lots; all wrapped together with the classic camp grounds. "That's right, Camp Wawanakwa is now, Camp WOW-anakwa! This is something you've never seen before folks! Here on the island we have features from every season so far! Bio-hazardous areas covered in toxic slime and running amok with chemically altered animals, ala Revenge of the Island! Geographically changed sections on the island to emulate cities, deserts and winter landscapes, a nod to World Tour! Several movie lots to recreate our favorite flicks, as in Action - and the familiar camp themed cabins and dining hall; throwing it back all the way to season one!" Chris smiles sheepishly, his unnaturally white teeth reflecting beams from the sun. "So, are we ready to reintroduce all our contestants! I think so!"

Roaring through the waters is a yacht, carrying the first nineteen contestants: Alejandro, Anne Maria, B, Beth, Blaineley, Bridgette, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Dakota, Dawn, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen and Harold. The yacht slows down at the dock and lowered its ramp to release the reluctantly eager contestants. Alejandro comes sliding down, flashing a sexy smile to the camera. Anne Maria struts down, unsurprisingly covering herself in spray tan and hairspray. Beth waves exuberantly to the camera until she is pushed out of the way by Blaineley, who gives a salacious wink to the camera.

"Hey, that wasn't very nice!" Beth tells Blaineley. Blaineley turns to Beth, looking down at her with an intimidating expression.

"Look shorty, I didn't come here to be nice. I came here to revive my dead career and get a T.V. contract, alright?" Blaineley replies to Beth.

Bridgette strolls down to the dock, followed by Brick who gives a salute. Cameron and Cody are next, then is Courtney who is on the phone with her lawyers. Courtney's exaggerated demeanor catches the attention of fellow contestants, who begin to eavesdrop on her conversation she's so clearly invested in.

"Look Todd, I don't care! Your job is to protect me! You did it in Total Drama Action, and I don't know why you can't do it again?" Courtney screams into her phone.

"Whoa Courtney, we've only been here a few seconds! Maybe we should get off the phone and just - " Bridgette stops mid sentence as Courtney cuts her eyes at her.

"You really don't deserve special treatment honey!" Blaineley chimes in. "That's called cheating, sweetie. Look it up!"

"Just because you got kicked off after one episode doesn't mean you need to attack me." Courtney responds. Chris glances over at Courtney and chuckles.

Chris:
"Confessional time! Courtney can talk to her lawyers all she wants. There are brand new contracts for this season and she can try all she wants to get things in her favor, it won't work. Zip! Zilch! Nada! My bet is - she's gonna be outta' here sooner than she can make another call to her lawyer!"

Dakota comes down the ramp, attempting to grab the camera and kiss it before she is bumped into by Dawn; whose floating ominously down the ramp. DJ walks down, then Duncan, Ezekiel, Geoff, Gwen and Harold. The eighteen of them begin conversing, having not so interesting conversations that hold no real substance. Though some are friends, the tension is high. Many of them are fully aware this could be their last chance to win this sort of money in their lifetime and the fear and anxiety is palpable. With several mighty stomps, Eva comes down the ramp to the dock. Everyone immediately turns and looks at her; fear trembling up and down their bodies. Everyone remained in total silence as Eva stood before them; cracking every single bone in her body. Eva's eyes immediately cut over to Bridgette, who backs up slowly.

"Don't think I haven't forgotten how you betrayed me." Eva growls at Bridgette, shoving past her. The truth is, Eva didn't care about Bridgette at all. While she still had some unresolved anger, her main goal was to intimidate Bridgette into staying out of her way. And she knew she could do this. After sitting back in silence on the Aftermath show, it was time for Eva to reassert her dominance, and win.

Another yacht came gliding up to the dock, carrying the remaining nineteen contestants. Heather, Izzy, Jo, Justin, Katie, LeShawna, Lindsay, Lightning, Mike, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Sam, Scott, Sierra, Staci, Trent, Tyler and Zoey. The ramp came sliding down and the first one off was Izzy, doing backflips and cartwheels and all sorts of annoyingly energetic things. Next was Katie and Sadie, who were linked by the arms and squealed all the way down the ramp until they reached the dock; where the continued to squeal and jump up and down. Heather and Jo made their way down at the same time, bumping into each other.

"Move it Man-Lady." Heather growls at Jo as she pushes her aside. "This is too good, you're like an Eva clone. Something tells me your temper will get you kicked off!"

"Something tells me you and your evil, manipulative, scheming - " before Jo could finish her shot back at Heather, LeShawna comes bursting through, knocking the two girls down the the dock.

"Hey y'all! It's LeShawna!" LeShawna cheers and waves at the camera. "All you skinny white girls best be watchin' out, cause' I am back and better than ever girl!" LeShawna made it to the dock and glared at Alejandro, who had his eyes fixed on her. "Oh no, don't think you gonna' be workin' your way into my heart sweetie! You best be knowin' I am a strong woman now, and you can't control none of us!" Alejandro chuckled and rolled his eyes.

Alejandro:
"I guess people are now going to see through my manipulative charm. Well, the ladies that is anyway. This is a cast of fools, but I'm afraid after my previous ventures they've become smarter. Looks like I've got to hit harder than ever now. You see, I worked my manipulation on all those lovely ladies. There are other options I've yet to explore, and I think this season is the perfect opportunity for them."

LeShawna:
"Man if I knew that what I know now, I would have never fallen for Alejandro's smooth moves. Every girl should know he is bad news. I'd be surprised if he stayed in this game long. First Justin and now him. I guess we're luck there weren't any hot lookin' guys on that Revenge season!"

Justin models down the ramp, failing to get any positive reactions out of any of the ladies. Lightning comes down, boasting about his athleticism. Noah and Owen come down, having a debate about what kind of disgusting foods Chef will be serving this year. Sam comes down, glued to his video game, followed by a cross-armed Scott; who looks as displeased as ever. Trent comes down, with Staci close on his heels - blabbing on and on about her non existent relatives. Lastly are Mike and Zoey, Lindsay and Tyler, and Sierra. The couples walk hand and hand while Sierra stalks behind them, feverishly typing away on her blog.

"So what challenges do you think we'll have this year?" Zoey asks Mike.

"Hard to say. But as long as we're on the same team, everything will be okay!" Mike replies, giving Zoey a gentle peck on the cheek. Lindsay coos in admiration at the sweet display of affection. Tyler attempts to copy Mike, but ends up jabbing Lindsay in the eye with his lips.

"Sorry Linds! Oh boy, are you hurt?" Tyler asks in concern, peering into Lindsay's reddening eye.

"I think I'll be okay - Tyler." Lindsay says. Tyler gives Lindsay a steamy kiss on the lips for her actually remembering his name. The two make it at the end of the ramp and stand by Alejandro, who fixes his gaze on Tyler. Tyler gives a nod to Alejandro, who winks in response. Tyler displays an expression of confusion and looks away.

Tyler:
"This is my first time using one of these things, and these are pretty wicked man! What was I gonna' say? Right! Alejandro looked at me kinda' funny and I don't know what any of that's about. Is he trying to steal Lindsay from me?"

Alejandro:
"Perfect. Tyler and I had a brief partnership during World Tour, so it's only natural it resumes course. But, there has to be a bit more persuasion in play. If I want to have full control over him, I just need to do with him what I did with the ladies."

Lindsay:
"It is so great to be back on Total Drama, especially with Tyler! We're going to make an alliance and make it to the final two! I don't know what really will happen then but we'll be rich!"

Chris stands among all the eager thirty eight contestants, who are all excitedly bickering about what this season may hold. Chris snaps his fingers and a lift comes out of the dock; raising him above everyone else. "Greetings contestants! I know you're all as stoked as I am to be back here on Total Drama! The first of many things I'd like to introduce is a brand new change to the team system! Four teams will compete agaisnt each other! Once half the total number of contestants we have now is reached, the teams become two, and once we reach half of that, the teams will be dissolved!"

"Wait a minute...half of thirty eight is nineteen. And there isn't a half of nineteen - not an even one that is." Harold interjects.

"Correct Harold! In order to make this system work, two contestants will have to be eliminated first, dwindling the cast down to thirty six. Half of thirty six is eighteen, half of eighteen is nine. You get the idea." A murmur of excitement erupts over the contestants. The chance to vote off two people at the very start was something that seemed like a dream. Anyone was fair game, and the game was going to be deadly. "You're probably all wondering, what has happened to Camp Wawanakwa?" Chris asks rhetorically, resulting in a silence from everyone else. "It has become a giant melting pot of elements from all past seasons! Movie lots, different geographic areas and hazardous waste filled locations! Your challenges will be a mix of old ones and new ones, all centering around the themes from past seasons! Also returning this season is..." A loud dinging echoed across the campground, causing the contestants who knew what it was to groan. "Musical numbers! Follow me contestants!'

Chris hops off his platform and leads the contestants over to the bonfire elimination grounds. The seating was no longer just wooden stumps, but reflecting the seats used for elimination in every season. Aside from wooden stumps were wooden and metal bleachers to reflect the seats at the Gilded Chris Ceremony and the Total Drama Jumbo Jet. The contestants took their seat while Chris stood at a podium. "This season, your immunity idol will not be marshmallows, or a gilded me or a bag of peanuts. No, they will be Memory Books! Memory Books were made from scratch, from me and Chef. The book contains shots and comments of you at your best and worst while on Total Drama. And yes, we have everything!" Chris chuckles deviously. "As with any new season, there is a new form of elimination. You will take the Stairs of Shame, and ride the Lift of Losers!" Chris gestures over to a shabby set of stairs off to the side, covered in worn red carpet. Dangling above it is a harness which seems to stretch high into the sky with no end.

"I hate to complain, but is that even safe?" Gwen asks, searching for the end of the harness.

"Whadda' you care?" Anne Maria asks to Gwen. "You're all gothy and dark, ain't you one of those suicidal gals?" Gwen gasps and covers her mouth in shock. "Eh, just a question. Don't get ya' bad dye job in a knot."

"Watch it you Jersey Shore reject!" Duncan snaps at Anne Maria. "No one talks to my girl like that!"

"Oh you shut the hell up!" Courtney screams, stomping over to Duncan. "You're a dirty rotten trader! And Gwen is a lying little skank! You're both are going to get what you deserve!"

"Geez, I hope I'm on ya' team. I'd ratha' work with ya' than against ya'!" Anne Maria comments to Courtney; who rolls her eyes.

"Alright! It's time to select who should be the first two to go home." A roar of erupts among the contestants. Everyone is shouting and screaming and getting into fights over who is picking who. Every name must have been said once. "Enough!" Chris screams into his megaphone. "This...isn't working. Instead, I'll have the girls pick someone, and the boys pick someone. Ladies?" In an instance, both Heather, Courtney, Sierra and Anne Maria; who was just bandwagoning, all shout Gwen's name.

"You can't be serious. You can't be holding the whole Duncan thing against me forever!" Gwen moans. "And Sierra, why would you say my name."

"You know why." Sierra mutters, her eyes darting back and forth between Gwen and Cody.

"Boys, it's your turn!" Chris says. The boy whisper among each other, not really in agreement of who to boot off. Scott smirks as he exchanges a few whispers with some former teammates. Scott and reluctantly Cameron and Brick all call out Jo's name together.

"You. Are. All. Screwed." Jo shouts at the three boys. "If I survive this, which I will, I will make this game unbearable for you, got that?"

"Gwen and Jo! Any other lucky contestants that should be nominated for the boot in episode one?" Chris calls out.

"Heather!" Lindsay cries triumphantly, followed by cheers from fellow Heather haters.

"I'm voting for Alejandro. He messed with my head and I ain't lettin' him win this time!" LeShawna declares.

"Me too!" Bridgette agreed, giving LeShawna a hug.

The excitement eventually subsided, but it boiled down to just four contestants to vote for: Alejandro, Gwen, Heather or Jo. Two of these contestants would be going home in the very first episode and never again would have the chance to win the prize of a lifetime. Pens and slips of paper were passed out to all the contestants. Everyone began writing down the name of the person they'd like to see go home. Some talked together in small groups to decide while others kept their choice a secret, After was seemed like an eternity, everyone had finished and the votes were passed into Chris. The tension was hot and high. The four nominees had their hearts pounding. Alejandro attempts to keep a cool and calm demeanor, not letting anyone knowing how he feels. Gwen is shaking and nervous, unable to hide her fear. Both Heather and Jo display looks of pure anger, but unlike Heather, Jo was fueled by fear rather than burning hatred. It was time for Chris to announce the votes, and who voted for who. This was one sure way to start some drama.

"Twelve votes for Gwen! Her voters being Courtney, Heather, Ezekiel, Noah, Geoff, Tyler, Eva, Justin, Katie, Sadie, Trent and Sierra!" Chris announces. Almost everyone who voted was on Team Trent during their feud on the Total Drama: Aftermath.

"Twelve votes for Jo! Her voters being Dakota, Zoey, Mike, Scott, Brick, Anne Maria, Cameron, Lightning, B, Staci, Sam and Dawn!" Everyone who voted for Jo was in Total Drama Revenge of The Island, and likely cast their vote due to knowing her over competitive nature.

"Eleven votes for Heather, all casted by Alejandro, Gwen, Duncan, Cody, Lindsay, Harold, Jo, Beth, DJ, Owen and Blaineley!" These votes were obviously casted by those who spited Heather and had an extreme disliked towards her.

"Only two votes for Alejandro! Those two being LeShawna and Bridgette." The two girl high five each other. They know their vote won't do much, but they feel proud casting it. "Now…wait…Izzy, you didn't vote." Chris says, looking over to Izzy; who lets out an overdramatic sigh.

"Izzy! Go me!' Izzy cheers as she starts to dance like a buffoon.

"One vote for Izzy. Two votes for Alejandro. Eleven votes for Heather. Twelve votes for Gwen and Jo. The numbers don't lie! Gwen and Jo - time to say goodbye!" Chris announced. The contestants begin bickering, some is complete anger and others in total satisfaction. Jo stands up, clenching her fists, boiling with rage. Gwen slumps down, accepting her defeat.

Heather:
"I probably would have gone Courtney crazy if I got eliminated just because some retard like Lindsay nominated me to. Those eleven who voted for me are going down! Well, Gwen and Jo are already out of here, so those other nine better watch themselves. I will bring the thunder and rain!"

Alejandro:
"I'm not surprised I was chosen, but I knew I wasn't going to leave so quickly. After Jo, Gwen and Heather were called; I knew I was safe. There's already so much existing drama between all of them, no one would pay attention to me. For the two who did wish to take me down, I vow to take them down...again."

"This isn't fair McLain! There has to be a normal elimination procedure!" Jo screams. "I demand a normal one, or I am not leaving."

"It was normal. People voted for you, and you and Gwen got the most votes. The Lift of Losers waits!" Chris replies, gesturing over to the Stairs of Shame.

Jo stomps up the squeaking stairs and up to the harness. She looks back down at her now former contestants. Most of the faces she's looking down on are blank, other than the ones of her former teammates and rivals from Revenge of the Island. Jo knows her mouth will end up getting her in more trouble, and it was better to hold her tongue and get out of there! "How do you put this stupid harness on? And where is my stupid memory book?"

"You're a loser, Jo. Losers don't get them - or deserve them!" Chris stated.

Without warning, the harness began to slowly rise off of the ground. Jo struggles to properly put the harness around her body as it rises higher into the air. She screams in terror as it rises higher and higher. Hanging on with just her hands, Jo disappears into the clouds. The harness descends back down a few moments later, covered in a suspicious red fluid. A murmur travels across the contestants, most of them uneasy and terrified about what really lies at the end of the Lift of Losers. Chris looks over to Gwen and flashes her a goofy grin, indicating it's time for her to go. Gwen sulks up the stairs as Courtney and Heather shout a variety of piercing insults at her. Gwen examines in the harness and gasps in horror at the apparent blood on it. Gwen straps on the harness, successfully, and awaits her departure.

"Gwen! Wait!" Duncan shouts to Gwen as he leaps up the Stairs of Shame to her. "I have to tell you something, and it's important." Gwen's expression went blank as she observed Duncan's stressed expression and solemn tone. "I don't know why I waited so long..."

"Ten seconds you goth lovebirds!" Chris chuckled as he began counting down.

"You know whatever it is Duncan, you can tell me. I won't be mad, I won't judge you. We're a couple and we're supposed to share things with each other!" Gwen told Duncan, cupping his face. Duncan averts Gwen's eyes, searching for the words inside his head.

"I think...I think I'm - " Duncan is cut off by Gwen being hoisted up into the air. Time ran out and the two scream each other's name. Duncan sinks to his knees and clenches his fists, throwing punches on the stairs as tears stream down his face.

Duncan:
"I'm an idiot! A total freakin' idiot! I took too long and now Gwen is gone and I honestly have no idea when or if I'll ever see her again. This bites big time. Man oh man, I have no clue how in the hell I'm gonna' deal with this secret."

Trent:
"What on Earth was that? I don't think I've ever seen Duncan cry! I bet he cheated on her or something. Maybe he has a crush on someone else. I have no clue."

"Wow! That was some awesome drama to start off this shindig! If you will all follow me, I'll give you some more info on the team situation!" Chris starts off with all the contestants following him. All that is but two. Duncan remains at the top of the stairs, grief stricken. He hears a pair of footsteps coming up the stairs and looks up to see Trent looking down on him.

"You okay?" Trent asks. The two guys had their feuds and fights, but Gwen was a girl both of them cared about and Trent couldn't just let Duncan sit their and suffer. Trent put a hand on Duncan's shoulder and looked at him, trying to get a response. Duncan's heart jolted and he slowly lifted his head, locking his gaze with Trent's.

"I'm good." Duncan softly said. Trent helps Duncan off of the ground and two boys go off to where the rest of the contestants are; Duncan keeping a steady eye on Trent.

"As I said earlier, there will be four teams with season! Each of the teams will have a team captain. The captain will select eight members to make a team of nine. The captain will select the first member. The member they picked will select the next member, than that member will select the next and so on and so forth. To get the teams decided, we'll have an old-fashioned race. A race up to the top of the island's most notorious thousand foot cliff! Once up there, dive down into the mutated-shark infested radioactive waters. Swim to shore as fast you can, where your next challenge awaits!" Chris explained. From inexplicably out of nowhere, Chris pulls out a flare gun and shoots it into the air and the thirty six contestants bolt up the cliff.

Lightning and Eva lead the herd, constantly fighting for first place. Not far behind those two were Brick and Scott. Blazing behind hem was Izzy, who was flipping in the air every step she took. A determined Courtney speeded behind Izzy, pushing everyone out of the way in order to be a team captain She saw this as her season, and she was going to win.

"Courtney! Girl, what are you up to?" Izzy greets Courtney as she catches up to her.

"No time to talk you psycho! I want to win!" Courtney screams in between breaths.

"Okay well here's a tip genius: just shut the hell up and run. If you talk you're just going to wear yourself out more!" Izzy explains. Courtney growls at Izzy, pushing her out of her way and sending her tumbling to the ground.

Zoey and Mike ran side by side, seeing the first challenge not as a fight but as a fun thing to do together. In the back of the pack is Owen, Staci, Sam (who is still glued to his video game), Cameron, Noah (who didn't feel like running) and Katie and Sadie (who just decided to walk instead).

"Can't…run...much longer!" Owen cries, tripping over himself.

"We haven't been running that long! Also, did you know my great, great, great second cousin, Philip, he invented the term running. Before then people would say 'who wants to go walk at a fast pace?' Yeah." Staci lies. Everyone around her looks at her as if she spoke a foreign language.

"Oh my gosh Katie, I have a cousin Philip too!" Sadie chimes.

"So do I!" Katie replies, hugging onto Sadie.

"We get it, you're alike! This is not new information." Noah remarks as he rolls his eyes and quickens his pace to get away from them.

"I can tell you for a fact, Staci is lying." a winded Cameron says, even though no one is listening. "I need to get in shape...or just go back to my bubble!"

In the middle of the horde of teenagers was Lindsay, Tyler, Trent and Alejandro; who was keeping his distance between the other three. Tyler looks at Lindsay to see her slowly losing her energy and falling behind. In an effort to impress her, Tyler scoops up Lindsay in his arms and holds onto her tightly. He looks over at Trent who gives him a thumbs up for earning major relationship points.

"I got you sexy." Tyler whispers to Lindsay, kissing her on the ear. Lindsay giggles playfully and grips onto Tyler tightly. Alejandro dashes up beside the two of them.

"Hola amigo!" Alejandro greets Tyler. Tyler squints his eyes in confusion, unsure of what to make of Alejandro's sudden interest in him.

"Trent! Take Lindsay!" Tyler commands, throwing Lindsay at Trent. Lindsay rockets into Trent's face and the two of them tumble to the ground. "Dude, what do you want from me? You were looking at me on the dock and now you're here? I feel like you wanna' start drama or something man, and I don't want Lindsay to be a part of your dumb schemes!"

"They aren't schemes mi amigo, I just want to be friends. You know we were friends once upon a time. I just want to rekindle that." Alejandro lies.

"Rekindle it? It's not like we were dating or anything!" Tyler shouts. "We never did!"

Tyler-
"I don't see what Alejandro is trying to do. It's honestly super weird. I don't even get it. What does he want from me? An alliance? A bromance? Lindsay!?"

Alejandro:
"It's foolish of Tyler to think he can resists me, No woman can, and no man can. I will have him in the palm of my hands by the end of the day. He can suppress the memories all he wants, but he knows what is going to happen."

After some inner debate on whether he should keep playing his video game, Sam decided to actually participate in the challenge. Dakota bolts in front of Sam, but Sam grabs onto Dakota's wrist and pulls her make. Dakota spins around and smacks Sam across the face, sending him crashing to the ground. Trent, who's ahead of the two, turns around at the sound of Sam hitting the ground and watches the confrontation.

"Don't talk to me, trader!" Dakota snaps, snapping her fingers in Sam's face.

"I told you what happened between me and her way an accident! Well...she tricked me. Well actually - " before Sam could finish, Dakota smacked him across the face again.

"Save it Sam! We are over! And we have been since you began flirting with HER and making out with HER! I thought you loved me Sam, I thought you really cared for me!" Dakota spins around and dashes off, sobbing.

"Girl troubles?" Trent inquires, walking over to Sam and helping her off the ground. "Sorry about that beating man, that was not cool. Anyway, I feel your pain. It can be a real downer when your lady betrays you and cheats on you."

"That's the thing, I cheated on her!" Sam cries out, falling back to the ground. "I've tried to apologize but she won't listen to me!"

"Oh yikes. I know someone who went through that. She didn't take it too well." Trent told Sam, reflecting on the Courtney, Gwen, Duncan love triangle fiasco.

Sam:
"It's all because of that stupid reunion! I was trapped, deceived. I've tried to hard to apologize to Dakota, but all she does is beat me up or say mean things to me. I guess no matter what mistakes you make, they follow you around."

Dakota:
"Yes, it hurts what Sam did. I'm not mad at HER, but at HIM. He knew what he was doing and he went out of his way to hurt. I don't blame HER, because she was just a victim like me! A victim of a manipulative jerk face!"

After what seemed like an eternity long battle, both Eva and Lightning made it to the top of the cliff: tying for first. At the top of the cliff was Chris, showing his infamous obnoxious smile. "You made it! Now you must dive off the cliff, into the hula hoop placed below in the waters! Diving into that hoop will score points for your team in a later challenge, AND the first four to dive into the hoop will become team captains!" Chris gestured over to a small hula hoop drifting through the ocean which had a chunk bitten out of it from a shark.

Lightning sprints right off the cliff and was headed straight for the hula hoop until a mutated shark burst out of the water. This beast has the head of the shark but the body of an octopus. It is - a sharktopus! Lightning screams in terror as the creature opens its giant mouth, ready to swallow him up. Lightning manages to land away from the shark and right into the hula hoop. He desperately begins to swim to shore, the sharktopus following him.. With the sharktopus distracted by Lightning, Eva dived down and went through the hoop, becoming a team captain. A sharktopus rose out of the waters behind her and roared at her. Eva lifts her fist and punches it right in the eye, sending it back into the waters. Back at the top of the cliff was Heather, ready to dive. Behind her stood Zoey and Duncan. As Heather was about to dive off, Courtney reaches the top of the hill, filled with steam.

"Get out of my way losers!" Courtney screams, shoving Duncan out of the way. "Move it you flaming haired harlot!" Courtney snaps at Zoey, who gasps in pure shock. Courtney grabs onto Heather in an effort to get her out of the way. The two girls scream and fight, pulling at each other. Duncan walks over to the two of them and shoves them off. He laughs as he watches two girls plummet into the waters; just outside the hoop.

"NO!" Courtney screams. "I want a redo! This isn't fair! It's Heather's fault! NO! It's Duncan and Heather's fault!" A bottle with a note came rocketing down from above and hit courtney in the head. The note read 'No redos, thems the rules! Love Chris!'. "I hate this game! I have everyone here!" Courtney screams.

"Good, cause we all hate you!" Heather says. Zoey suddenly plops right into the hoola hoop and emerges from the surface with a big smile on her face.

"Yay! I'm a team captain!" Zoey happily cheers, receiving a threatening look from Courtney.

"This game is rigged! I'll sue you Chris!" Courtney shouts up at Chris. "You better watch yourself!" Courtney sneers at Zoey, flipping her off.

"I think you better watch yourself." Zoey replies, pointing to a large fin speeding towards Courtney. The sharktopus emerges from the waters and roars at Courtney, sending her speeding towards the shore.

Zoey:
"Courtney was a favorite of mine on the show in the first season, but now she's just so mean. I admire her hard work but now it seems like she just wants to cheat to win. I hope we aren't on the same team!"

Courtney:
"That Zoey chick is going down. She just bought herself a one way ticket to an elimination. I hope we're on the same team. I will make her life a living hell and make sure she gets kicked off first! She stole my spot as a team captain!"

"Three team captains! Who will be the final one?" Chris announces to the remaining contestants yet to dive. Tyler, Alejandro, Lindsay, Scott and Dawn all stand atop the cliff, ready to take their shot at potentially becoming a team captain.

"I've got this!" Tyler cheers, flexing his muscles as he walks past Lindsay.

"Go Tyler!" Lindsay shouts, clapping her hands together.

"You can do it amigo." Alejandro adds. Tyler turns to Alejandro who gives him a smirk. Tyler is taken aback and stumbles, falling off the cliff and missing the ring entirely. Scott chuckles to himself, receiving an all but happy look from Dawn. The two stare at each other in awkward silence

"I don't see what the big deal is, it was funny! I thought we were going to be friends this season, but now you want to give me dirty looks?" Scott says to Dawn.

"I like you Scott, a lot. But your aura is a dark red. Dark red means evil or usually misfortune. I can't get involved with bad auras!" Dawn tells Scott, stepping away from him.

It was now Alejandro's turn to dive, and much to no one's surprise, he landed directly in the ring, cementing himself as the fourth team captain. The remaining contestants jumped off the cliff, not caring where they landed. While everyone is drying off and Chris is making the next needed preparations, the very first alliance of the season was being formed.

"Hey, hey, hey! The Zeke is in the house, and is here to win!" Ezekiel gloats obnoxiously to himself.

"As If you could win without an alliance!" Eva mocks, walking up to Ezekiel.

"Did I hear alliance?" Blaineley chimes, walking to the two.

"Eh guys, we should form an alliance, eh?" Ezekiel offers.

"Fine, but I'm the leader. I'm stronger than you two princesses and you both know it." Eva demands.

"I think I should, since I'm the oldest. I have great leading skills." Blaineley suggests.

"Is that why you got kicked off the second episode you were in?" Eva asks mockingly.

"Fine, be the leader Eva. But it's Ezekiel's alliance - he did suggest it!" Blaineley agrees.

"Yah, we'll be unstoppable, eh!" Ezekiel cheers.

"But what if we're on different teams?" Blaineley asks.

"Just wait!" Eva screams at them.

Blaineley:
"This is my alliance. If they agree or not, it is mine. By saying it's Ezekiel's alliance, I give him the false perception that he's in control. Then I can make all the decisions for him and there won't be any questions asked. This is too easy."

Eva:
"Blaineley is acting as if she's already in control. The teams are all in nines and if we have an alliance of three, there's no doubt we'll have control of the majority vote. That fake blonde needs to know if she gets in my way, I'll bring the PAINeley!"

Ezekiel:
"Eh, I'm so excited to hopefully get further this time! This alliance is my winning ticket. I got some two strong girls to help me out. But I know I gotta' protect 'em! Girls ain't stronger than no guy, nor any smarter, eh."

"Now, we will select our teams! Choose wisely, no team swaps this season, unless I want them." Chris warns the team captains. Lightning, Eva, Zoey and Alejandro stand behind numbers labeled one through four, all standing in respective order of becoming a captain. "Lightning, select your first team member." Lightning looked around. Much to everyone's surprise, Lightning picks Scott. Scott smirks deviously and walks over to Lightning.

"I pick the guy named after a stupid rock. Brick." Eva commands.

"Your request is my pleasure." Brick announces saluting.

"Whatever just get your ass over here." Eva snaps and Brick hustles over to her.

"Mike!" Zoey squeals. The couple reunite and hug each other.

"Yeah, choosing your stupid crush, that'll get you far!" Eva remarks to Zoey.

"Tyler. I chose you." Alejandro says. Tyler looks around uncomfortably and stands by Alejandro. "We got this, and I got you." Alejandro whispers to Tyler.

Time went by and decisions were made, and the teams became chosen and their names were given. After the the first four members of the teams were chosen, the remaining five members of the teams were randomized in order to throw in some drama, but to also please Chris in creating some chaos for all the contestants.

Screaming Bass: Lightning, Scott, Duncan, Trent, Blaineley, Anne Maria, DJ, Geoff, Sadie

Killer Gophers: Eva, Brick, Cameron, Owen, Beth, Noah, LeShawna, Izzy and Katie

Toxic Maggots: Zoey, Mike, Cody, Sam, Staci, Heather, Sierra, B and Ezekiel

Mutant Rats: Alejandro, Tyler, Lindsay, Bridgette, Courtney, Dawn, Harold, Dakota and Justin

"Great, all the teams are done so lets do our challenge - now!" Eva screams.

"Hush down child." Chris whispers. "As if I haven't already explained; you want to really try to and win. When your teams are merged, you don't want one team to be down a few people because one team failed each challenge! Number advantages are the best thing you have! There will be a few reward challenges this season. These will be special, and sometimes individual rewards. An individual reward is given to the person who won or did the most work in a challenge. They can gain invincibility for as many as four challenges. Also, they may have powers such as choosing who goes home...from ANY team. As far as rules go, there are none. This is the big finale so MOST bets are off. Now make yourselves comfortable and go check into your cabins! Once you all get settled in we are starting our very first team challenge!"

Alejandro:
"Chris said numbers are most important, but I doubt that. My team will be incredibly easy to take down and manipulate. If I can destroy my own team, I can destroy the one I'm merged with. With Tyler secretly by my side, I can do anything. After this next challenge - he will be mine."

Zoey:
"I'm not so sure how I feel about my team. I want to give everyone an equal chance, totally, but...Ezekiel? B? Staci? Heather?! There's a questionable lineup going on here. But I know Mike and I will work well together. I hope we don't end up pulling most of the weight here."

Eva:
"My team is filled with weak idiots. The only one I have hope in is Brick. He is strong, submissive and can be under my control in an instance. Everyone else is just a pawn in my game. This is my season and my show baby."

Lightning:
"I got some pretty cool dudes on my team, I ain't a fool! I don't really care 'bout no one else! I am here for me, and I am here to win baby!"

One episode and already two contestants gone!? What is Duncan's big secret he couldn't tell Gwen? Will Alejandro win Tyler over? What is with Scott and Dawn's feud? What happened between Sam and Dakota? Will Eva's alliance work out or implode? More to come next time on...

TOTAL. DRAMA. FINALE.

Eliminated: Gwen, Jo

Competing: Alejandro, Anne Maria, B, Beth, Blaineley, Bridgette, Brick, Cameron, Cody, Courtney, Dakota, Dawn, DJ, Duncan, Eva, Ezekiel, Geoff, Harold, Heather, Izzy, Justin, Katie, LeShawna, Lindsay, Lightning, Mike, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Sam, Scott, Sierra, Staci, Trent, Tyler and Zoey