Total Drama: Pahkitew Island sets in a fictional reality show that follows the competition of fourteen teen campers at Pahkitew Island, a fictional island located somewhere in Western Canada. The move to the new island was made after the original island, Camp Wawanakwa, sunk in the final episode of Total Drama All-Stars due to Chef Hatchet's careless drilling for the final challenge.
The campers participate in competitions to avoid being voted off the island by their fellow campers. At the end of the series, the winning contestant will win $1,000,000. The competition is hosted by once again, Chris McLean, who is assisted by the camp's chef, Chef Hatchet.
At the beginning of the season, the fourteen teen campers are then placed into two groups of teams, both called Team Kinosewak and Team Maskawak. In each episode, the teams participate in a challenge, in which one or more campers can win invincibility for their team. The losing team is called to the campfire at night, where they vote one of their members off the island. The camper with the most votes is then chosen to be eliminated from the competition. At this campfire, McLean passes out marshmallows to the campers who have not been voted off, while the one who does not get a marshmallow is eliminated. That eliminated person must then walk to the side cliff and blast off the Cannon of Shame!.
About halfway through the season, the teams are disbanded, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for him or herself, whereupon a camper without invincibility is voted off the island. This process of elimination continues on until two players remains on the island. These two players will then subject to a final contest. At the end of the season, one camper will win the competition, while the other finalist ends up being the runner-up.
Total Drama: Pahkitew Island is a parody of the reality show Survivor. Host Chris McLean is very similar to Survivor host Jeff Probst.
Cast
Listed from left to right in order:
Top: Jasmine
Back row: Sugar, Leonard, Amy, Samey, Beardo
Middle row: Ella, Dave, Scarlett, Sky, Rodney
Front row: Shawn, Topher and Max
New Island
Premiere Dates:
Australia: 2014 / Network: ABC3
Canada: Fall 2014 / Network: Teletoon
USA: July 7th, 2014 (6:00 PM) / Network: Cartoon Network