• Animated comedy
• Reality competition

• Tom McGillis
• Jennifer Pertsch

• Terry McGurrin
• Alex Ganetakos
• Laurie Elliott
• Kurt Firla
• Shelley Scarrow
• Miles Smith
• Meghan Read
• Craig Martin

• Chad Hicks
• Keith Oliver

• Tom McGillis
• Jennifer Pertsch
• George Elliot
• Brian Irving
• Alex Ganetakos
• Terry McGurrin

• Wren Errington
• Christine Thompson

• Fresh TV

• Total Drama
• Total DramaRama

Total Drama returns with a new host Don and 18 teams of two. All 36 characters are then paired off into 18 teams of two. They all start off inToronto,Ontario,Canada and must race around the world for a chance at $1 million. Their first challenge is to either climb thestairs of theCN Tower or take the elevator and do a sky-walk around the tower (Scares).

Either-Or: Stairs or Scares

Stairs: Adversity Twins, Daters

Scares: Fashion Bloggers, Best Friends, Tennis Rivals, Sisters, Vegans, Reality TV Pros, Rockers, Geniuses, LARPers, Goths, Mother & Daughter

All eighteen teams travel to the first destination,Morocco in the scorching hotSahara Desert Their second challenge is to choose 5 spices from a local kiosk then take them across theSahara Desert on camels and then eat them in a Moroccan stew at a restaurant. LARPers Tammy and Leonard tried to buy the spices with "Dragon Coins", much to the kiosk owner's disbelief. Best friends Carrie and Devin reach the Chill Zone first, while the LARPers Tammy and Leonard come in last place after they tried to use magic on the other teams and thus become the first team eliminated.

All-In: The Spice is Right

Botch or Watch: Just Stew It

The final Seventeen teams now travel toParis,France, where they all go to theEiffel Tower to draw pictures of their partners, explore the catacombs rowing down the river on giant wheels ofRoquefort cheese, and make their way to theLouvre, where the Chill Zone is located. The Police Cadets arrive first, while Tennis Rivals, Gerry and Pete, get last place due to their slow pace and become the second team eliminated, barely saving the Reality TV Pros, Noah and Owen, from elimination despite receiving a time penalty for Owen eating the cheese wheel they were supposed to ride on. Also during this the Dater’s relationship started to deteriorate.

Botch or Watch: Caricature

All-Ins: Catacomb Cheese Hunt, Cheese Rowing

Sixteen remaining teams now head south to Calanque de Maubois on the coast of theMediterranean Sea. Their challenge is to swim with sharks, build a sandcastle exactly a replica of thePalace of Versailles and then make their way toIceland on speedboats. The Ice Dancers take first place, while Surfer Dudes Geoff and Brody manage to stay in the race after struggling in the shark challenge. The Geniuses are 16th in the end after working too hard on a sand equation.

Botch or Watch: Who Wants to Swim With Sharks

All-In: Sandpalace of Versailles

Fifteen remaining teams are now inIceland, where they first must run through a geyser field and repeat an Icelandic phrase, after which they must either eat an Icelandicfeast or look forfossils in a cave. The Goths are the first team to finish, while the Mother & Daughter team, Kelly and Taylor, receive a one-hour penalty, and the Vegans come in last after reluctantly eating meat. However, it is a non-elimination leg, so they are spared the elimination.

All-In: Broken Icelandic Telephone

Either-Or: Feast or Fossil

Feast: Goths, Surfer Dudes, Rockers, Mother & Daughter, Daters, Reality TV Pros

Fossil: Ice Dancers, Sisters, Fashion Bloggers, Police Cadets, Best Friends, Adversity Twins, Father & Son, Stepbrothers

The final 15 remaining teams now travel toRio de Janeiro,Brazil, where they must face a kitchen mitt full of painfulbullet ants and prepare a costume for theCarnival. The Ice Dancers take first place once again. Meanwhile, despite being the first to arrive at the Chill Zone, the Vegans end up with a 30-minute penalty because Miles made all of the feather costume that gets them 15th and eliminated from the race.

Botch or Watch: Bullet Ant Mitt

All-Ins: Swing Your Butts to the Coconuts, Carnival Fashion, Hang Gliding

Fourteen remaining teams now travel toTransylvania,Romania Also known as the place of the dead. Their challenge is to transport themselves in coffins and then perform gymnastics. The Ice Dancers came in first once again. During the challenge, Noah develops a crush on competitor Emma. The Goths are penalized so they come in 12th instead. Daters Stephanie and Ryan begin to argue and are second-last to arrive, while Fashion Bloggers, Tom and Jen, are eliminated after reconciling from a fight over their blog.

All-In: Lay to Rest

Botch or Watch: Gymnastics

The thirteen remaining teams travel toHawaii, where they dive for wedding rings and perform the traditionalHawaiian marriage of walking over hot coal. The Ice Dancers find aLucky charm while Kelly tells her spoiled daughter off for her attitude. The Surfer Dudes, Geoff and Brody, come in first, while the Daters, now known as the Haters, fight throughout the challenge and come in last. They break up with one another before Don reveals it is another non-elimination leg.

Botch or Watch: Diving for Wedding Rings

All-In: Wedding Walk on Fire

Botch or Watch Performers: Spud, Jacques, Kitty, Carrie, Geoff, MacArthur, Taylor, Stephanie, Mickey, Noah, Ennui, Junior, and Lorenzo

All-In Grooms: Jacques, Josee, Brody, Devin, MacArthur, Lorenzo, Junior, Mickey, Owen, Kitty, Kelly, Ennui, Spud, and Ryan

The thirteen remaining teams travel to theBurj Al Arab hotel inDubai to eitherserve a tennis ball or clean windows (Squeegee). Owen and Noah form an alliance with the Sisters, Emma and Kitty, leading to the latter team finishing first, while Kelly's attempts to discipline her daughter Taylor end up getting them eliminated from the race.

Either-Or: Serve or Squeegee

Serve: Surfer Dudes, Best Friends, Stepbrothers, Goths, Daters/Haters, Adversity Twins, Rockers, Police Cadets

Squeegee: Reality TV Pros, Sisters

The final twelve remaining teams now travel toBeijing,China, to see theBeijing National Stadium, eat local delicacies, and finally make their way to the Chill Zone located in theGreat Wall of China. The Haters end up becoming the first team to arrive, coming in first place. The Ice Dancers' bad luck continues, while Noah and Emma grow closer together. The Rockers, Rock and Spud, come in last, but are safe because of another non-elimination leg.

All-Ins: Crow's Nest Parachuting, Street Food

Botch or Watch: Rickshaw Pulling

Botch or Watch Performers: Josee, Sanders, Brody, Ryan, Emma, Owen, Spud (supposed to be Rock), Dwayne, Devin, Chet, Crimson, and Jay

All-In Cooks: Ennui, Ryan, Mickey, Geoff, Chet, Josee, Emma, Owen, Spud, Junior, and Devin

All-In Eaters: Crimson, Stephanie, Jay, Brody, Lorenzo, Jacques, Kitty, Noah, Rock, Dwayne, and Carrie

The twelve remaining teams now travel toOulu,Finland, where they first must enter a sauna chamber and then play air guitar on stage. The Rockers manage to bounce into first place, while the Goths, Crimson and Ennui, lose their makeup, Josee finds out her lucky charm is cursed, and Noah nearly comes in last before being motivated by Owen. In the end, the Adversity Twins, Jay and Mickey, come in last after suffering from stage fright and are eliminated.

All-In: Finnish Spa Day

Botch or Watch: Air Out Your Rock-On

The final eleven remaining teams now travel toZimbabwe to take a selfie of them going overVictoria Falls and with awhite rhino. The Ice Dancers travel back toHawaii to break the curse, while Dwayne and Junior, become separated from each other. The Police Cadets, Sanders and MacArthur, win the leg. In the end, Dwayne reunites with his son, and the Ice Dancers end up coming in last after they arrive in Zimbabwe last. However, they are saved by a non-elimination leg, and they vow to take down the other teams.

The eleven remaining teams head forAustralia, where they must first enterGeelong Prison and then escape by using various methods possible. Both the Ice Dancers and the Police Cadets get a Boomerang (which sends back a team to repeat the previous challenge) and use it on each other. The Stepbrothers finally begin to get along, while Carrie tries to reveal her feelings for Devin, who later finds out his girlfriend Shelly has broken up with him. In the end, the Ice Dancers beat out the Cadets for last place, but another non-elimination round saves them.

The eleven remaining teams stay inAustralia for a bunny hunt challenge. The Ice Dancers paint a bunny to fool the Police Cadets. They then fly their own gliders toNew Zealand. The Goths adopt a bunny, which they name "Loki", for themselves. The Ice Dancers finally come back on top, while both the Stepbrothers and the Rockers end up 11th & 10th in a double elimination and are thus cut from the race.

The final nine remaining teams start off inNew Zealand and they all catch a train to eitherjump down (off) theKawarau Bridge to catch a fish orjump around doing aMāoriwar dance. The Ice Dancers swiftly zoom into first place, while Emma and Noah become too distracted by each other, causing the Reality TV Pros to lose the game. Emma breaks off her relationship with Noah, much to the latter's shock. However, it was another non-elimination leg so they are still in the race.

Either-Or: Jump Down or Jump Around

Jump Down: Daters/Haters, Goths, Police Cadets, Sisters, Reality TV Pros, Surfer Dudes

The nine remaining teams travel toAlberta,Canada, to consume a pot of pork and beans and then ride a mechanical bull. The Cadets delay the Ice Dancers, Stephanie slows Ryan down due to her hatred of beans, and Brody is unable to stay on the mechanical bull. In the end, The Surfer Dudes win the leg, while Dwayne and Junior are last to arrive and are eliminated but Junior and Dwayne finally become great friends.

All-In: Tip Your Hat, Spill Your Beans, and Eat Like a Cowboy by All Means

Botch or Watch: Mechanical Bull Riding

The final eight remaining teams now travel to theArctic Circle, where they must play ring toss on narwhal horns and then build an igloo. The Surfer Dudes overcome the Ice Dancers' mind games and come in first once again, while Ryan and Stephanie come in last once again after using aBoomerang on themselves. It is revealed to be another non-elimination leg, so they stay in the race.

Botch or Watch: Narwhal Ring Toss

All-In: Igloo Building

The eight remaining teams now travel toFlores,Indonesia, where they must all collectKomodo dragon venom and then find a quilt with the series logo on it. The Goths come in first, while Noah is buried under a pile of rugs and Owen spends too long trying to find him. As a result, Noah and Owen are eliminated. Emma kisses Noah before their departure.^[53]

The final seven remaining teams now travel toLas Vegas,Nevada, where they must either ridedune buggies in a bonanza and collect three flags or do amagic show (perform a magic trick) right in front of a magician. The Surfer Dudes struggle to complete the challenge, while the Goths come in first once again, angering the Ice Dancers. After the five stages of heartbreak, Devin suddenly realizes he likes Carrie, but almost at the same time she stops liking him. However, they are saved because of another non-elimination leg.^[55]

Either-Or: Dune Buggy Bonanza or Magic Show

Dune Buggy Bonanza: Surfer Dudes, Police Cadets, Sisters

Magic Show: Daters/Haters, Goths

The seven remaining teams drive a bus toAcapulco, Mexico, where they must eat spicy peppers in order to determine which height they will jump from on a cliff to get the next travel tip. They then must ride their burros to the chill zone. Devin is unable to eat the pepper and is blinded when he rubs pepper juice in his eyes. The Cadets win the leg, while the Goths are eliminated after the Ice Dancers kidnapped Loki.

All-Ins: Who Loves Pepper and Who Loves Dip?, Burrowed Alive

The final six remaining teams now travel toCần Thơ,Vietnam, and are being merged into two temporary super-teams to gonoodling forMekong Giant Catfish. The team consisting of the Ice Dancers, the Police Cadets, and the Haters, called the Axis of Evil, win the leg, while the other team gets separated again. In the end, the Surfer Dudes are eliminated after sacrificing their win for Carrie and Devin.

Superteam: Catfish Noodling

All-In: Get Lost and Found Underground

The final five pairings of remaining teams now travel toSiberia,Russia, where they must traverse down theKola Borehole, the deepest hole in the world to collect a ball. The Ice Dancers cheat for the lead, and even with a major penalty, they still win the leg. MacArthur accidentally breaks Sanders' arm and they come in last, but they are saved by the non-elimination after Sanders decides to keep going.

The final five remaining teams now travel toDarjeeling,India to harvest tea crops and then ride a train. The Ice Dancers once again cheat their way to first by derailing the train, only to receive a one-hour penalty for that. All other teams take advantage of the penalty, and Emma and Kitty win the leg. The Ice Dancers finish fourth and are still in the race, while Ryan and Stephanie stop before the Chill Zone to declare that they have now made up for each other and become Daters again, eliminating both of them from the race.

The final four remaining teams now travel toBuenos Aires,Argentina, for atango dancing challenge. The Ice Dancers apply legal sabotage to help them win the leg. Later on, the Best Friends, Carrie and Devin, finally confess their true feelings for each other, but it all does not end so well as Devin is accidentally pushed off a cliff by the Sisters' emu, resulting in serious injury and the Best Friends forced to withdraw from the race. However, they get to choose one of the previously eliminated teams to come back to the race, so they choose the Surfer Dudes to take their place.

All-In: Tango Takedown

Botch or Watch: Ride 'Em Gaucho

The final four remaining teams now travel tothe Bahamas, where they first find a secret map that leads to an underwater treasure. Josee's claustrophobia makes her run out of oxygen really fast, forcing MacArthur to reluctantly rescue her. Meanwhile, the Sisters, Emma and Kitty, are delayed when Kitty gets stuck in a rock. The returning team, the Surfer Dudes, come in first. Once the rest of the teams escape, it's a close race to the finish. In the end, Emma and Kitty end up coming in last, so they are the last team eliminated from the race. The final three teams are being headed for the finale inNew York City.

All-In: Arrr, Matey! This Way be Treasure Maps

Botch or Watch: Dive to Survive

The final three teams are now inNew York City and are getting ready for the finale. Their first challenge is to go to theEmpire State Building and climb up all the way to the top in order to grab a case and then take the case toCentral Park. The Surfer Dudes are forced to take the subway after their taxi was sabotaged by the Ice Dancers' taxi, and end up in a huge lead, so they reach Central Park first with the case. The Police Cadets reach the Chill Zone first by a few seconds, while the Ice Dancers are finally eliminated from the race. The final challenge is to take the case to the lake and then try to figure out the combination that is being written on one of several buoys, and then open the case that will reveal a map that leads to the finish line. The Surfers are delayed due to a misunderstanding, and both teams search at the same time. The Cadets are the first to open up their briefcase, but MacArthur accidentally puts a hole in their boat, forcing her to row as fast as she can to shore, tiring her out.

• Notes: This episode has two different endings.

After reminiscing about how great the race was, MacArthur tells Brody to keep in touch. Subsequently, the last scene of the season is edited to depict the Surfers holding the million dollar prize, while the Cadets are standing out with the rest of the teams in the peanut gallery.

All-Ins: Who’s Ready to Face the Traffic, Buoys Will be Buoys