The series premiered in Canada on Teletoon on July 8, 2007, and ran for 26 episodes, each 22 minutes in duration[1] with a special 44-minute season finale.

At this campfire, Chris passes out marshmallows to the campers who have not been voted off, while the one who does not get a marshmallow must walk down the Dock of Shame to the Boat of Losers, which will take them away from the island (which is actually a hotel/resort quite close to the island with a pool and luxuries) and they will "never, never, never, ever, ever, ever, come back, ever" according to Chris (this was proved to be a lie in Episode 15, "No Pain, No Game", when he brought Eva and Izzy back into the game).

The two teams face off in their very first challenge: jumping off a thousand foot cliff into a small safe zone surrounded by shark-infested waters, then building a hot tub out of wood.

Courtney finds herself on the chopping block for her overbearing attitude and refusing to jump into the water, but her team instead votes out Ezekiel following his series of sexist remarks.

The two teams compete in a twenty kilometer race and a buffet-eating contest, only to discover that their real challenge is an "Awake-A-Thon" to test who can stay awake the longest.

The Gophers dominate initially thanks to Owen and Cody displaying surprising skill - that is, until Duncan is forced by Courtney to take charge, which turns the tides of the game.

Ultimately, Harold wins the tiebreaking bout in a one-on-one showdown versus Owen, while Noah is eliminated due to being nothing but sarcastic and refusing to help his team.

The two teams participate in a talent show, with the Gophers selecting Justin, Trent, and Heather to compete while the Bass initially choose DJ, Courtney, and Geoff.

After Courtney sustains an injury, Bridgette falls ill, and Geoff breaks his skateboard, the Bass turn to Harold, who wins the contest by beatboxing.

Courtney finds herself on the chopping block once again after bragging about how she's not afraid of anything, but ultimately failing to overcome her fear of green jelly and costing her team the challenge.

Thanks to DJ taking Izzy's advice and pushing his team's canoes, the Bass narrowly edge out the Gophers in the race to win.

Duncan, Geoff and DJ incessantly tease and pick on Harold after he leaves his dirty underwear lying around their cabin.

The dysfunctional Gophers lose their third challenge in a row, but not before learning of the tiki doll Beth brought back from the cursed Boney Island.

The Bass lose the challenge and Harold, fed up with Duncan's persistent bullying of him, rigs the votes to eliminate a bewildered Courtney.

In the end, Owen's eating habits distract him and allow the girls to win the challenge, resulting in Duncan's elimination.

Owen is the original winner in Canada, but he is also shown as the winner in Australia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latin America (Cartoon Network), the Middle East, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

[citation needed] Gwen is the original runner-up in Canada, but she is also the winner in Finland, Japan, Latin America (Boomerang and TBS), Norway, Poland, Romania and Sweden.

[9] Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch studied what tweens liked and disliked about reality television shows in the writing process.

[13] Every cast and crew member on Total Drama Island had to sign a confidentiality agreement not to disclose who the winner was.

[18] Other voice actors from 6teen include Julia Chantrey as Eva; Drew Nelson (Kai) as Duncan; Megan Fahlenbock (Jen) as Gwen; Adam Reid (Wayne) as Justin; Stephanie Anne Mills (Kirsten) as Lindsay and Katie; Rachel Wilson (Melinda Wilson) as Heather; and Scott McCord (Stone) as Owen and Trent.

Carole Bonneau, the Vice President of Teletoon stated that Total Drama Island, along with 6teen were "consistently top performers" for audiences of ages 6–11, and also helped to bring in older viewers as well.

[20] That year, the series was the top "regularly scheduled Thursday night program at 9 p.m. on all television throughout third quarter among kids 2-11, 6-11 and 9-14," according to the Animation World Network.

[21] On Memorial Day weekend of 2009, a marathon of Total Drama Island increased viewership in age groups 2–11, 6–11, and 9–14, each by 20% or more compared to the same week in 2008.

[25] Matthew Price of The Oklahoman gave a mixed review of the series, stating that it "starts unbelievably slowly", but deeming that the later episodes effectively spoofed reality shows.

[26] Debi Enker of The Age gave a negative review of the season's last episode, calling the art, design and writing "lamentable.

"[27] Total Drama Island received a score of 8.1 on Metacritic from users, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

It contains all of the 27 episodes (including TDI Rundown) of season one of this series in a 4 disc set, for a total of 594 minutes long.

In reviewing the DVD for season, Matthew Price of The Oklahoman wrote that while the show started out "unbelievably slowly," the series became more interesting as campers began getting voted off.

[30] Mac McEntire of DVD Verdict praised the character development as well, but noted that the show sometimes sinks to "lowbrow gross-outs".

[32] However, the website is no longer available, as it was replaced by Total Drama Online and the Teletoon and Cartoon Network official sites.