Elimination is the process in the Total Drama series where a contestant is removed from the competition, often occurring after they are voted for by the other members of their team or merged contestants.
Eliminations usually occur during a Campfire, Awards, or Barf Bag Ceremony. Chris will hand out a marshmallow, Gilded Chris Award, or barf bag to the contestants who are safe, and whoever doesn't receive one is eliminated. Sometimes, no awards are handed out to anyone at all. Generally, elimination ceremonies happen after nightfall.
According to Chris, a contestant won't ever return once he/she walks the Dock of Shame and catches the Boat of Losers in Total Drama Island, walks the Walk of Shame and takes the Lame-o-sine in Total Drama Action, get pushed off the Drop of Shame in Total Drama World Tour, gets thrown by the Hurl of Shame in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, gets flushed by the Flush of Shame in Total Drama All-Stars, or gets shot out of the Cannon of Shame in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island. However, in No Pain, No Game, Izzy and Eva are brought back to the competition by the producers, despite having been eliminated already, which prompts Chris to say that he lied.
Several contestants, including Lindsay, DJ, and Heather in Total Drama Island, Cody in Total Drama World Tour, Gwen in Total Drama All-Stars, and Jasmine and Sugar in Total Drama: Pahkitew Island, have left in sudden-death eliminations. Others, such as DJ in Total Drama Action, Duncan and Harold in Total Drama World Tour, and Anne Maria in Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, have willingly quit the competition, despite their teams winning, there being no elimination, or someone else on their team getting voted off. Izzy in Total Drama World Tour and Cameron in Total Drama All-Stars, have been automatically removed from the competition due to suffering from serious injuries that prevented them from competing.
| Total Drama Island eliminations | |||||
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| Contestant | Primary team | Rank | Episode | Reason for elimination | |
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Alan The Home Schooled Guy |
Killer Bass | 22nd | Not So Happy Campers - Part 2 | His sexist comments against women angered the female members of his team at the main lodge during dinner. |
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Maxwell The Female Bully |
Killer Bass | Returns | The Big Sleep | She lost her temper after Heather stole her MP3 Player, and believed that somebody on her team had taken it. |
| Sandy The Schemer |
Screaming Gophers | 21st | Dodgebrawl | She refused to participate in the dodgeball game, and ticked off his teammates by being overly sarcastic. | |
| Justin The Eye Candy |
Screaming Gophers | 20th | Not Quite Famous | Heather convinced her alliance, Owen and Izzy to vote him off, as opposed to her. | |
| Katie The Sweet Girl |
Killer Bass | 19th | The Sucky Outdoors | She and Sadie had gotten lost and showed up too late at camp to save their team. | |
| Tyler The Jock |
Killer Bass | 18th | Phobia Factor | His alektorophobia (phobia of chickens) was seen as a nuisance and his inability to conquer them contributed to his team's loss. | |
| Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast |
Screaming Gophers | Returns | Up the Creek | Although she was not actually eliminated, the RCMP arrived to arrest her and she ran off screaming, "You'll never get me alive!" | |
| Cody The Geek |
Screaming Gophers | 17th | Paintball Deer Hunter | He was in a full body cast due to being mauled by a bear, and the team thought he wasn't useful anymore. | |
| Beth The Wannabe |
Screaming Gophers | 16th | If You Can't Take The Heat... | Heather exposed her for taking a cursed tiki idol from Boney Island, causing her team to blame her for their losses. | |
| Sadie The Sweet Girl's Best Friend |
Killer Bass | 15th | Who Can You Trust? | Courtney convinced her teammates to vote Sadie off after she continued shooting crab apples at the former even though they lost the challenge. | |
| Courtney The Type A |
Killer Bass | 14th | Basic Straining | Harold got back at Duncan for his pranking by rigging the votes to eliminate his love interest, Courtney. | |
| Harold The Dweeb |
Killer Bass | 13th | X-Treme Torture | He bailed in the skiing challenge when he was distracted by Heather's breasts. | |
| Eva The Female Bully |
Killer Bass | 12th | No Pain, No Game | She let her temper get the better of her again, and she specifically threatened Bridgette. | |
| Trent The Cool Guy |
Screaming Gophers | 11th | Search and Do Not Destroy | Gwen told Leshawna that Heather kissed Trent. Leshawna told everybody to vote him or Heather off. Since Heather won invincibility, they voted off Trent instead. | |
| Bridgette The Surfer Girl |
Killer Bass | 10th | Hide and Be Sneaky | The guys' alliance targeted her and voted her off because she was likable and good at sports. | |
| Lindsay The Dumb Princess |
Screaming Gophers | 9th | That's Off the Chain! | Thanks to Heather, she crossed the finish line second, but since Owen and Duncan couldn't make it to the finish line, due to their bikes being destroyed, by a technicality, she was the last to cross the finish line. | |
| DJ The Brickhouse With Heart |
Killer Bass | 8th | Hook, Line, and Screamer | He ran away before the Killer even got to him, automatically eliminating him. | |
| Izzy The Psycho Hose Beast |
Screaming Gophers | 7th | Wawanakwa Gone Wild! | She shot Heather, Chef Hatchet, a plane, and a horse with a tranquilizer gun due to having bad hunting skills and being too crazy. | |
| Geoff The Funniest Guy Around |
Killer Bass | 6th | Trial by Tri-Armed Triathlon | His happy attitude and popularity was a threat to all the campers. | |
| Leshawna The Sister With 'Tude |
Screaming Gophers | 5th | Haute Camp-ture | Katie and Sadie accidentally set off a chain reaction which caused many of the campers and a parrot to vote her off by simply saying her name. | |
| Duncan The Delinquent |
Killer Bass | 4th | Are We There Yeti? | Chef eliminated Duncan because of all the trouble he caused in the entire season. | |
| Heather The Queen Bee |
Screaming Gophers | 3rd | I Triple Dog Dare You! | Gwen and Owen teamed up against her, and she failed a dare on a technicality. | |
| Gwen The Loner |
Screaming Gophers | 1st/2nd | The Very Last Episode, Really! | Izzy's plan to lure Owen to the finish line with brownies failed, making Gwen the winner; came in second in Owen's ending. | |
| Owen The Party Guy |
Screaming Gophers | Izzy's plan to lure Owen to the finish line with brownies succeeded, making Owen the winner; came in second in Gwen's ending. | |||
