Season 1 (Total Drama)

The first season of Total Drama, titled Total Drama Island, began airing on July 8, 2007 and concluded on January 4, 2008. A special later aired on November 29, 2008. The season consists of 26 episodes, with 2 specials.

Summary
Twenty-two contestants arrive at Camp Wawanakwa to compete on Total Drama Island. While they're expecting to stay at a five star resport, they soon realize it's instead a run down summer camp. The campers compete in challenges, and each week one contestant is sent home.

Major plots
The season follows the contestants of the show, as well as the show's host and the camp chef.
 * Gwen and Trent's relationship.
 * Heather's alliance with Beth and Lindsay.
 * Heather's rivalries with Leshawna and Gwen.
 * Owen's relationship with Izzy.
 * Duncan's relationship with Courtney.

Credited cast

 * Emilie-Claire Barlow as Courtney (as of episode 3)
 * Clé Bennett as Chef Hatchet and DJ
 * Julia Chantrey as Eva
 * Katie Crown as Izzy
 * Novie Edwards as Leshawna
 * Megan Fahlenbock as Gwen
 * Kristin Fairlie as Bridgette
 * Brian Froud as Harold McGrady
 * Sarah Gadon as Beth
 * Carter Hayden as Noah
 * Lauren Lipson as Sadie and Owen's mother
 * Scott McCord as Owen, Trent, and the killer
 * Stephanie Anne Mills as Katie and Lindsay
 * Drew Nelson as Duncan
 * Peter Oldring as Cody Anderson, Ezekiel, and Tyler
 * Dan Petronijevic as Geoff
 * Christian Potenza as Chris McLean
 * Adam Reid as Justin
 * Rachel Wilson as Heather

Uncredited cast

 * Julie Lemieux as Heather's mother
 * Rochelle Wilson as Courtney (until episode 2)
 * Unknown as an intern, Jasmine, Duncan's father, Duncan's mother, Duncan's parole officer, Gwen's brother, Gwen's mother, Gwen's neighbor, and Owen's father

Non-speaking characters

 * An Eskimo
 * The finale intern
 * A man at a drive through
 * A mime
 * Mr. Coconut
 * Ninjas
 * A sumo wrestler

Notes and trivia

 * Courtney's voice actress switched from Rochelle Wilson to Emilie-Claire Barlow for unknown reasons starting in the third episode.
 * No character appears in every episode in this season, with the closest being Chris McLean, Duncan, Gwen, Heather, and Owen. Chris was absent in "Are We There Yeti?," while Duncan, Gwen, Heather, and Owen were all absent in "Season Review."
 * In both cases, the character appeared in a flashback through the use of archive footage.

DVD releases
The season has been released on DVD in three separate sets.

Region 1

 * Total Drama Island - The Compete 1st Season contains all twenty-six episodes, as well as the review special. Most of the exclusive clips for the season are included, however some audition tapes were missing due to being included in the review special.

Region 4

 * Total Drama Island - Collection One contains the first thirteen episodes of the season.
 * Total Drama Island - Collection Two contains the last thirteen episodes of the season, as well as all of the seasons exclusive clips that belong to episodes.