Contestants: Leshawna, Max, Dawn, Brick, Tyler, Courtney, Sugar, Beardo

Eliminated: Sam, Sadie, Rodney, Katie, Anne Maria, Leonard, Scott, Ezekiel, Eva, Staci, Dakota, Noah

"Previously, on Total Drama: Redemption...The remaining contestants went on a shootout in the woods. Tyler and Brick's alliance stayed strong, while Sugar secretly betrayed hers by eliminating Courtney from the challenge. Dawn shared a personal story...about Max. And for some reason, everyone seemed to want an alliance with Beardo. Noah beat everyone to him, but Courtney, Sugar and Leshawna caught on and took him out." Chris laughs. "The battle for Beardo continues right now, on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"

Tyler and Brick are out, talking strategy and going for their morning run. Ten full laps around the island. Being on the far side of the island, the odds of someone hearing them are fairly slim.

"So I think Courtney should be our target," Brick suggests.

"Yeah, she's a totally strong player," Tyler agrees. "We just gotta get that other dude to vote with us."

"Right. I say one more lap, and then we'll go talk to him." Brick's measured breaths suddenly stop as he comes to an abrupt halt. Tyler keeps running and slams into his back, sending them both into the dirt.

"Why'd you stop, bro?" Tyler asks, brushing himself off.

"You don't hear that?" Brick says. Both of them focus on a rustling sound in a nearby shrub. They quietly approach it, and begin to hear a tapping sound, but when Brick pushes the branches aside, the bush is empty.

Elsewhere, Dawn is meditating alone. Her solitude is quickly ruined when a seagull lands on her head, followed by her slightly mutated pink bird in her lap, and the bear she had helped sitting beside her. She cradles the pink bird in her palms and stands up. She then looks around and sees Max, who is sitting alone and tightening a screw on some sort of contraption, but he makes it too tight and the whole thing collapses into scrap metal and springs.

"Curses!" he shouts to himself as Dawn sits beside him.

"Hello, Max." she says quietly.

"Oh, what do YOU want?" he growls.

"I just thought you might like to pet one of my animal friends." she says with a sweet smile. "I know you have a soft spot for them. Didn't you have a bunny when you were younger?"

Max nearly gags and stands up in disgust. "I don't know how you know these things..." he growls and glares at his fellow contestant. "..but you'd better leave me alone. You don't want to get on my bad side..."

"I just want to bring out the good in you." Dawn whispers. "I know it's in there, and you can do such great things if you just-"

"Silence!" he interjects.

"Please, just hold my bird friend. She's a kind and sweet soul," she explains, holding her arms, and the bird out. Max reluctantly takes the feathered animal and holds it close to his face. It stares at him with it's soft, trusting eyes.

"Isn't this the bird that you found...that can breathe fire?" he asks nervously.

"Yes, the poor critter was harmed by Chris's evil deeds at Camp Wawanakwa. She was...wait..." Dawn pauses for a moment and looks behind her. "I sense an unfamiliar presence..."

"What are you talking about?" Max sneers, just before the bird bites his thumb. He yowls in pain, but Dawn is distracted. She walks towards a tree and looks up.

"Reddish-orange...with a touch of cyan..." Dawn mutters to herself. "Definitely a human aura..." Max approaches her from behind, sucking his now-red thumb. Dawn's eyes widen suddenly. "It's gone..."

"What's gone?"

"Whoever was in that tree." She explains. "Someone was watching us. Someone who can apparently move very quickly..."

"What are we just sitting around for?" Leshawna complains to her alliance mates. "If we wanna bring this beatbox guy into our alliance, we should just go talk to him now!"

"No!" Courtney commands. "We can't just go up and ask him. We barely know him! We have to wait for the right time..."

"I know him!" Sugar states proudly. "Well, kinda. I can go talk to him!" She gets up and trots away from the other girls before Courtney can object. Sugar appears behind Beardo, who is leaning against a tree and beatboxing alone. "How's it goin' pal?" she yells, giving him a friendly punch on the shoulder. Unfortunately, Sugar does not know her own strength and sends Beardo off his feet. Beardo responds by immitating a heart monitor. Two beeps, then a long, flatline tone. Courtney approaches them and helps Beardo to his feet.

"Sorry about that," she begins. Beardo opens his mouth to reply, or make a sound, but he stops when he hears a clicking sound. Sugar, Leshawna and Courtney hear it too. "He's clicking..." Courtney says. "What does clicking mean?" Beardo shakes his head.

"Not me." he says softly and quickly. The quartet approaches a bush, rustling, just like what Tyler and Brick had seen. Leshawna throws her arm into the bush and grabs whoever, or whatever is inside.

"Sierra?!" Leshawna and Courtney call out. The purple haired superfan stands in the shrub, one arm around her laptop and the other being held by Leshawna.

"Hiiii!" She greets them with glee. "Oh! Sugar! It's so cool to finally meet you! You were soooo funny on Pahkitew Island! Like the way you thought Leonard was a real wizard! Hilarious!"

"What are you talkin' about? 'Course he's a real wizard!" Sugar protests.

"Sierra!" Chris yells, approaching her with the other contestants. "You were supposed to stay in the studio until the challenge was revealed."

"But there are so many Total Drama contestants I haven't met!" she whines in response. "Dawn and Brick weren't in the All Stars season and Sugar and Beardo weren't contestants yet. And my blog needs to be up to date at all times!" She opens her laptop and holds it carefully while reading the screen. "For example: Did you know that Leshawna keeps a picture of her and Harold in her wallet?"

"How did you know that?!" Leshawna shouts, her eyes wide and her face slightly red.

CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA

"That girl...She's even creepier than Dawn!"

Sierra closes her laptop as Dawn approaches her.

"Your obsessive personality comes from-" Dawn's sentence is cut short by Sierra's excited squeal. She grabs the moonchild's shoulder and pulls her into a side hug, then smiles at the phone she has in her other hand and snaps a selfie.

"Dawn!" Sierra shrieks. "Did you know that despite being voted out fourth in Revenge of the Island, you were a fan favourite?"

"Oh, um..." Dawn tries to form a reply, but is at a loss for words.

"And a lot of people expected you and Scott to go out," Sierra continues.

"What? After he accused me of stealing from my friends?" Dawn asks. "And got them to vote me off the island? I don't like to use the word 'hate' but..."

"Brick!" Sierra moves on. "I just wanna say that between you and Jo, I was totally team Brick!" She gets really close to the cadet, their noses almost touching before Chris grabs her shirt and pulls her away.

"That's enough." Chris states. "Time to start today's challenge."

A splinter-filled, wooden booth surrounded the top eight contestants. They sat in a row in the booth on beat up, repurposed office chairs. Chris stood at a podium before them, next to a screen that displayed the eight faces. On the other side of the screen sat Sierra in her own booth.

"Today's challenge is Total Drama Trivia!" Chris announces. "A correct answer lets you stay in the game. Answer incorrectly and you're out! And, who better to help with Total Drama Trivia than our own superfan...Sierra." The excitement from Chris's voice drains when he says her name. "Yeah, kinda ruined the surprise."

"Sorry," Sierra squeaked.

"Whatever." Chris shrugs. "Let's start off easy. Beardo?" Beardo's face now takes up the whole TV screen. "Who came in fourth place in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island?" Beardo taps his chin, making a 'tick-tock' sound before ending with a 'ding!' He clears his throat and speaks.

"That was me, Jasmine." he says, doing a flawless impression of Jasmine's Austrailian voice.

"Correct!" Sierra confirmed.

"And bonus points for the impression!" Chris says, before moving on. "Leshawna. Who was the last contestant to arrive on the first day of season one?"

Leshawna hesitates briefly before giving an answer. "Izzy. Girl slammed her face on the dock. How could I forget that?"

"She's right!" Sierra cheers. "I remember the order everyone arrived. Wanna hear?"

"No!" Chris yells. "Sugar! Who was the third person voted off of Pahkitew Island?"

"Easy!" Sugar yelps. "Amy!" A loud buzzer sounds. Chef Hatchet, standing off to the side near a series of levers, pulls one of the levers, causing Sugar's seat to launch her into the air, then come crashing down. Sugar's portrait on the digital screen turns gray.

"Wrong answer!" Chris calls out. "You're out!"

"Uhm, Chris? Wasn't she right?" Sierra asks. "The Pahkitew elimination order was Beardo, Leonard, Amy, then-"

"I asked who the third person voted out was." Chris clarifies. He presses a button on his podium and the screan changes to show the scene from Pahkitew Island. On screen, Chris announces that Samey had been voted out. The Redemption contestants stare and watch Samey trick everyone into thinking that she was Amy. "Samey was voted out. Amy was cheated out. The correct answer was Samey."

"Well that ain't fair at all!" Sugar protests, brushing herself off.

"Tough. Go sit down over there." Chris points to a bench with his thumb. "Next question. Courtney. What place did Jo come in, on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island?"

"Fifth." Courtney says with confidence.

"She's right," Sierra says. "I so thought she was gonna win by that point, too."

"Didn't you tell me you were Team Brick?" Brick asks.

"Well yeah but this was after. You were already eliminated and I needed to have a backup."

"Right." Brick says, slightly offended.

"Next question goes to Dawn." Chris continues the challenge. "Name one of Mike's alternate personalities."

"I don't think he'd appreciate us talking about that," Dawn says. "But to answer the question, Chester."

"That's right," Confirms Sierra. "There was also Vito, and Svetlana, and-"

"Thank you, Sierra." Chris interrupts. "Max. Who was the first contestant to use the McLean-Brand Chris Head to save themself from elimination?"

"I believe that was Dawn, in season four." Max answers, only to be ejected from his seat.

"Sorry, Dawn's was a fake, made by Scott," Sierra explains. "Scott was the one who used it first." Dawn seems visibly upset as she watches a replay of her own elimination from season four.

"Curses. Foiled again,"Max says under his breath.

"Tyler." Chris starts. "During Total Drama: World Tour, we visited four of the provinces and territories of Canada. Name all four."

"No sweat!" Tyler shouts, a bit too excited. "Ontario, Alberta, Newfoundland, and the Yukon."

"Nice," Sierra admits.

CONFESSIONAL: TYLER

"So what if I wasn't there for Ontario and Alberta?" he shrugs. "I was still paying attention from the sidelines. I've got brains and brawn!"

"Brick. Similar question. In World Tour, we also visited the United States more than once." Chris begins. "What states did we visit?"

Brick smiled confidently. "New York, Nevada, and Hawaii."

"Impressive," Sierra confesses. "Especially since you weren't, ya know...there."

"Uh, I still watched the show." Brick explains.

"Beardo, back to you." Chris moves on. "What team was Trent on in Total Drama: Action?" Beardo again makes the 'tick tock' sound before shrugging.

"Screaming Gaffers?" he says, now speaking in Trent's voice.

"Nope!" Chris yells as he watches Beardo spring into the air and make a whistling sound on the way down, followed by an explosion upon impact. "Killer sound effects though. Leshawna, which team won the first challenge in Total Drama: All-Stars?"

"The Villainous Vultures." She answers. "Had to watch to support my girls, Gwen and Lindsay."

"She's right," Sierra confirms again. "Ya know I was there too!" she says, feeling offended.

"Yo I was rooting for ya," Leshawna waves, cheering the superfan back up. Courtney scoffs and readies herself for her question.

"Courtney. Name two people who refused to jump off the cliff in the first challege of season one."

"Easy." she says. "DJ and Beth."

"Yep. Also Courtney refused to jump." Sierra states.

"Don't remind me!" Courtney growls.

"Also Heather didn't wanna jump but then Leshawna threw her off the cliff," Sierra rambles on, causing Leshawna to chuckle at the memory.

"Dawn, who came in 9th in Total Drama: Action?"

"Uhm..." Dawn hesitates. "I believe it was Leshawna..." Her seat springs into the air, but she actually flies rather gracefully. The bear she had befriended appears seemingly out of nowhere to catch her.

"The correct answer was Heather," Sierra corrects her.

"Tyler, what is Blaineley's real name?"

"Heh, Mildred." Tyler grins.

"Midred Stacey Andrews O'Halloran," Sierra finishes.

"Thank you, Sierra." Chris says. "Brick. What was the movie genre used in episode seventeen of Total Drama: Action?"

"Hmm," Brick hums, tapping his chin thoughtfully. "Was it superhero themed?"

"Wow, I'm really impressed." Sierra confesses.

"Yeah, me too..." Courtney grumbles to herself.

"Leshawna," Chris continues. "Who was eliminated first in Total Drama: World Tour?"

"Ezekiel." She answers. "Dang fool lost our stick."

"Ooh," Sierra whines. "It was actually Duncan. He didn't want to sing, remember?"

Leshawna sighs, but is shocked to see Tyler get ejected from his seat. He comes crashing down and all eyes shift from him to Chef Hatchet.

"Sorry, wrong lever." he shrugs.

"He can have my seat," Leshawna says quickly before jumping up. She helps the fallen jock to his feet and watches him stumble to back to the chairs.

"Moving on...Courtney! Who was the first contestant to quit the competition?"

"DJ." she says, casually admiring her fingernails.

"That's correct!" Sierra says, "Poor DJ."

"Tyler. Who was the last person to sing in season three?"

"Uhm...I think it was Heather." Tyler says, only to be launched from his chair once again.

"Alejandro had the last line of the last song in the finale." Sierra informs everyone.
"One of my favourite songs, actually. Well, not including the ones where Cody sings..."

"How was I supposed to know that?" Tyler yells. "I was unconscious during that song."

"We're at the final two!" Chris ignores him. "Time for a lightning round. The rules are simple. Starting with season one, name each team. And good luck if you get to the Pahkitew Island teams," Chris taunts.

"I still can't pronounce those team names," Sugar admits.

"Brick, you would've been next, so you start."

"Easy." The cadet says with confidence. "Season one teams...Screaming Gophers."

"Killer Bass." Courtney counters.

"Killer Grips."

"Screaming Gaffers." Courtney and Brick exchange a quick glare.

"Team Victory."

"Team Amazon." Courtney says, leaning closer to try and intimidate her opponent.

"Team Chris is Really Really Really Hot!" Unfortunately, Brick had slipped up and was flung into the air.

"You needed four 'reallys'" Sierra says.

"Huh?" Brick asks, face on the ground.

"Team Chris is Really Really Really Really Hot."

"Really." Chris concludes. "That means today's winner is Courtney!" No one looks pleased, except Leshawna who approahes her to give her a fist bump. "Now, time for a twist. Courtney, you have a choice to make."

"I'm listening," She says.

"We can either have a regular campfire elimination ceremony, or...You can have the only vote tonight. However, if you pick the second option, you have to vote right now, AND you will not be able to participate in tomorrow's challenge."

"Hah!" Leshawna laughs. "She'd have to be crazy to take that option!"

"I'll do it!" Courtney yells.

"Say what?!" Leshawna is surprised.

CONFESSIONAL: LESHAWNA

"Why even have an alliance with this girl?" Leshawna huffs. "Whatever. It's got me to the top seven at least."

"And the person I want to eliminate is..."

"Wait..." Chris stops her. "Just wait for it...build up the drama..."

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"...Can I say it now?" Courtney growls, breaking the silence.

"Fine." Chris permits.

"Brick. You have been eliminated."

"Me?" Brick asks in disbelief. "Why me?"

"Duh!" Courtney cries. "You're obviously really strong and apparently pretty smart. You'd be a major threat, especially with only a few of us left."

"Oooh snap," Sierra says, watching from her seat.

"It's official!" Chris announces. "Brick, you're gone! But first...Chef?"

"Finally," Chef groans before pulling another lever. Sierra screams as her chair springs into the air, sending her off the island.

The sun is setting now, as Brick approaches the ball of shame with his duffel bag in hand. The other contestants wait to watch his departure.

"See ya, soldier." Leshawna waves as he passes. Beardo, Sugar and Max say nothing.

"Good luck, Leshawna." Brick says. "Dawn, it's been fun." Dawn stands with her bear as he passes. The bear growls, but Dawn touches it's muzzle.

"Sorry," Dawn apologizes. "I promise, he's very friendly."

"Right." Brick says. "Courtney?" Courtney raises a brow as Brick passes her. "Smart move. Well played." he admits, making her show off a smug grin. "Tyler, it's been a pleasure serving with you." Tyler and Brick share a fist bump before Brick enters the ball of shame, which Chris closes behind him. Tyler salutes as the ball is sent rolling away. He then glares at Courtney, but she does not see.

"With Courtney sitting out tomorrow," Chris reminds the audience. "What will become of her? How much longer can Leshawna put up with her? And how will Tyler press on without his only ally? Find out next time on Total. Drama. REDEMPTION!"