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“This Christmas prepare yourself for the most awaited comeback of the century! This year ten past contestants of Total Drama will reunite after seventeen years for a special Christmas episode!”
Join them on 23rd of December in a special show hosted by Bridgette and Geoff at 9pm on Netflix!
Watch as your favorite stars,
talk about their past and present lifes,
play games,
describe how they like to spend their Christmas
and share gifts with a secret Santa…
just in…
…Total Drama: Christmas Special!”
Lights…
…camera..
…Action!
((Bridgette and Geoff turn to the camera in their matching Christmas sweaters and smile))
Bridgette: Hello, everyone! It's good to see you!
Geoff: Welcome to the special Total Drama Christmas episode! Where ten of the past contestants of the show that aired around seventeen years ago, will reunite on a Christmas themed show!
Bridgette: Let's welcome them, shall we?
((Camera turns to the entrance where people come out when their name is called))
Bridgette: Heather!
Geoff: Alejandro!
Bridgette: Courtney!
Geoff: Leshawna!
Bridgette: Lindsay!
Geoff: Zoey!
Bridgette: Mike!
Geoff: Sierra!
Bridgette: Jo!
Geoff: …and Scott!!
((The ten people sit on a red couch in the middle of the room. Infront of them is a wooden table with a red bowl. Behind them there's Christmas lights and decorations.))
Bridgette: It's nice to have you all here! Let me begin with a small introduction to fill in our viewers on what you have been up to!
((The camera foucs on the people that Bridgette talks about))
Bridgette: Scott, you have recently moved back from the city back to the farm to your parents, correct?
Scott: Well, yes. The city life wasn't really working for me so I decided to go back on the farm.
Geoff: And what do you there?
Scott: Mostly help with the business and stuff.
Bridgette: Jo, we heard a lot about your sports achievements.
Jo: Yeah, I decided to stick to fighting and I have been rather successful at it!
Geoff: Congratulations for that! We also heard something about you moving in to Brick?
Jo: Yea…Me and Brick decided to be roommates again.
Scott: Just roommates?
((Jo gets flustered))
Jo: ...Well, not exactly…we want to see how things are going to go…
Bridgette: Moving on! Sierra, your social media job is doing pretty well?
Sierra: Yes! Yes! I can't believe I have been doing this since I was a teenager! I'm really happy!
Bridgette: Zoey and Mike are having their four year marriage anniversary soon, am I right? What have you been up to?
((Zoey holds Mike's hand. They smile at each other.))
Zoey: Yes, we’re really happy. Right now, we're living a rather quiet life together.
Geoff: You know, you’re the first Total Drama couple to get married, right?
((Zoey and Mike laugh))
Mike: Yes, we’re very proud of that title.
Bridgette: Lindsay, how your modeling career had been treating you?
Lindsay: Exhausting! I didn't know looking pretty was so much work! But still, I’m having a lot of fun!
Geoff: What about your husband Tyler? How is he doing?
Lindsay: Tyler is so good! He keeps playing in those football matches and he is really good!
Bridgette: Leshawna, your social media is telling us that you've been partying a lot.
Leshawna: Yeahh…But I have been working too! I'm just keeping that part private!
Bridgette: Courtney, how is your lawyer life treating you?
Courtney: It's a lot of work but I’m enjoying it.
Bridgette: And we can't forget about the recent engagement of Heather and Alejandro, congrats you two!
Alejandro: Thank you, Bridgette.
Sierra: It’s about time! What took you so long?
((Heather and Alejandro laugh awkwardly))
Heather: We had some issues to work on along the way but we're finally ready.
Bridgette: We’re really happy for you!
Bridgette: Now, to begin with the first activity. We have prepped a bowl with papers that have some questions on them.
Geoff: You will pick a random question and ask it to a person on your left.
Bridgette: Scott will pick a question for Heather since he doesn't have anyone on his left.
((Scott takes out a random paper out of the bowl and reads it out loud. The camera focuses on Heather.))
Scott: What is your biggest regret from the show?
((Heather sighs, Alejandro holds her hand))
Heather: It's always me who gets question like this…
((Heather takes a deep breath and looks down))
Heather: I kinda want to say joining the show in the first place-
((Everyone in the room laughs))
Heather: As much as, there's a lot of things I could have done differently… I was very focused on winning, I guess, if I knew how not worth it would be, I would have played differently. Perhaps that's it. I regret foucsing too much on winning.
Leshawna: Then again, you didn't know it wouldn't be worth it. How were you supposed to know that when you manage to get your hands on the money, it would be thrown to the volcano?
Heather: I guess-
Courtney: Is Leshawna defending Heather? What is happening?
((Heather and Leshawna laugh))
Leshawna: I’m just saying, Heather was a teenager trying to win a million dollars. I think we need to lay off her.
Alejandro: I agree, the game was rigged, winning was extremely hard and not always rewarded.
Heather: …Thanks.
((Heather smiles at Leshawna warmly, she smiles back))
((After a minute of silence, Heather takes out a question out of the bowl and reads it)
Heather: Alejandro, what advice would you give to the new Total Drama participants?
((Alejandro takes a minute to think about the question))
Alejandro: There's a lot of things I can say that won't really matter cause they're not likely to listen.
((Alejandro laughs a little, pauses again to think))
Alejandro: Bring a lot of clothes. That's something I wish I knew.
((Everyone in the room laughs and agrees with Alejandro))
Alejandro: People watching the show have no idea how much we had to change during the day.
Lindsay: Yes! That was exhausting! I had to throw away so many clothes.
Heather: And they made fun of me on the first day for bringing too much clothes.
Leshawna: Me too! And look who ended up being right.
((Alejandro takes out a question out of the bowl))
Alejandro: Courtney, would you participate in another season of Total Drama after all these years?
Courtney: I’m 99% sure that no. I will admit that I said that before every season, though.
((Others laugh))
Mike: I remember me, Zoey, Cameron and Scott were all swearing we wouldn't step a foot there again-
Zoey: And then we met again in All Stars and it was very awkward.
Leshawna: I had it like that too. Every time I was like “Nope, never again.” and still I came back every time I could.
Courtney: However, after all these years I don't think I would come back unless everyone else would.
((Courtney takes a paper from the bowl))
Courtney: Leshawna, who is your favorite contestant from the remake?
Leshawna: That is a difficult question… I never got to meet them in person but… I think Bowie is pretty funny. But I think Damien is my favorite.
((Leshawna takes a paper out of the bowl))
Leshawna: Lindsay, did you keep something from the show?
((Heather mumbles))
Heather: Apart from the trauma.
((Everyone laughs))
Lindsay: It’s not like they gave us a lot there, so there wasn't much to take… I did take some make up from the Action set, though.
Jo: I used to steal soap bars from the mansion in All Stars, if that counts.
Scott: Oh, yeah, me too!
Courtney: But why?
Jo: Cause they smelled nice? And it's free soap.
Courtney: I stole towels from the winner's mansion in All Stars too, so who am I to judge.
Heather: I did that too!
Mike: We all stole from the mansion in All Stars, let's be honest-
Sierra: I noticed that the toilet paper in the normal bathroom kept getting replaced with the fancy one-
Zoey: I changed it a few times and I saw others doing it too. I think there was this silent agreement to steal the toilet paper and put it in the normal toilet.
Alejandro: I’m pretty sure Chris was very mad about that.
Courtney: He didn't notice until he started living in the mansion too and realized that toilet paper is disappearing a little too fast.
((Leshawna talks after a small pause))
Leshawna: I wasn't in All Stars but I did keep Heather’s wig from Action-
Heather: You did??
Leshawna: Yeah! It's nice to remember the times we actually got along.
((Lindsay picks a question out of the bowl))
Lindsay: Zoey, what was your favorite moment in Total Drama?
((Zoey sighs))
Zoey: When it ended.
((Everyone laughs))
Zoey: Seriously, though. The end of All Stars was my favorite moment. Getting Mike back, everything coming to an end… that's when I was the happiest.
((Zoey hugs Mike and picks a paper from the bowl))
Zoey: Mike, what is something that happened on the show that either got cut from the final product or just no one knows you did?
((Jo laughs))
Jo: Tell us your secrets, Mike.
((Mike laughs too))
Mike: They never showed how much injuries we suffered in Revenge of the Island.
((Zoey, Scott and Jo agreed with Mike))
Mike: We would spend hours bandaging each other and everything and they never showed in the final version.
Zoey: It always happened at night when the challenges were over so maybe that's part of the reason.
Jo: I think it's because they didn't want to show our suffering so Chris wouldn't get in trouble.
Zoey: Oh, that too…
Zoey: We also had our first kiss off camera.
((Jo and Scott look surprised))
Mike: Yeah, we did… We found a place with no cameras and had our little dates there…
((Alejandro giggles to Heather))
Alejandro: I wonder how much kissing happened off camera…
((Heather gets flustered))
((Mike picks a question from the bowl))
Mike: Sierra, which contestants do you keep in contact with?
Sierra: So, my lawyers said I can't talk about Cody or Cameron…
Sierra: I did keep being friends with Heather!
((Sierra smiles to Heather))
((Sierra takes a paper out of the bowl))
Sierra: Jo, what was your favorite challenge?
Jo: As much as they were mostly life threatening, I did enjoy the extra exercise! I really enjoyed the first challenge in All Stars, when we had to find the right key to the mansion!
Alejandro: I must say it was my favorite too, as it gave me my freedom back.
((Jo takes a question out of the bowl))
Jo: Scott, who do you wish you kept contact with? Who do you miss the most?
Scott: Well… if I’m being honest… I kinda miss talking with Courtney…
Courtney: Awww… really?
Scott: Not necessarily in a romantic way… I just enjoyed being with you…
Courtney: Why haven't you called then?
Scott: I was nervous and didn't know what to say… I don't know how to talk to girls…
Courtney: Well, I would love to keep contact with you.
((Courtney and Scott smile at each other))
Bridgette: I can see you had fun with this one. We have some questions that the fans asked us a lot.
Geoff: First most asked question is… Where is Gwen?
((Everyone awkwardly laughs))
Heather: I don't know, Geoff, this is your show.
Alejandro: Yeah, Geoff, you tell us where is Gwen?
Geoff: Oh well, we didn't invite her-
Courtney: It's fine, though. After the trailer for this came out I got a lot of questions asking where are Gwen, Duncan, Owen …
Zoey: I got a lot too about why there weren't many people from the Revenge of the Island cast. Here it was a matter of many people not being able to make it. Cameron is busy, Sam is staying away from the cameras, Lighting is in jail-
((Everyone gets shocked, Jo interrupts Zoey))
Jo: Lighting is in jail?
((Zoey looks surprised))
Zoey: Yeah… it happened recently…you guys didn't know?
Jo: No?
Heather: Why is Lighting in jail?
Sierra: Oh, I heard about it! He got drunk and crashed into someone's house and landed in the pool.
Mike: Is he okay?
Zoey: No one got hurt from what I heard.
Alejandro: He’s rich so he’ll probably get out of there soon.
Zoey: That is true…
Bridgette: The next question is… What would you say to Chris now?
Heather: Go fuck yourself!
((Everyone cheers))
Geoff: Fair enough. Last question, what are some relationships that happened off screen?
Leshawna: There's a lot of them I think.
Courtney: A lot of unlikely ones, I’d say. I know Beth and Duncan stayed friends which is pretty surprising.
Heather: I think most of my friendships were either cut out or happened off screen. Me and Jo, Sierra, Duncan and many more.
Leshawna: I did notice that when rewatching the seasons at home. The editors did you dirty.
Lindsay: Yeah, like when I got voted out first in All Stars and I watched most of it at home and then was so confused when I saw you in real life being friends with Jo.
Bridgette: Alright! It is time for some Christmas activities! Follow me!
((The cast follows Bridgette to a Christmas themed kitchen, each person was given a gingerbread man and many gingerbread decorations))
Geoff: As you know, we held a secret santa between your ten. Each of you got a random person you needed to buy a gift for.
Bridgette: You will be giving your gifts soon but before that your task will be to decorate a gingerbread in front of you so it looks like the person you had to pick a gift for.
Geoff: After you're done, we will rank them from the best done to the worst! Your time is half an hour! Get started!
((Everyone begins decorating, some people are doing better than others. After time passes Bridgette and Geoff look through their works and decide who did the best and who the worst))
Bridgette: As much as, I’m sure everyone worked really hard, some of you did better than the others.
Geoff: Starting off with the last place, Scott’s Mike gingerbread.
((Gingerbread Mike’s eye falls off as soon as the camera lands on it))
Scott: I was never good at arts…
Bridgette: On the ninth place we have Jo’s gingerbread Zoey! Followed by Leshawna’s Lindsay then Alejandro's Courtney!
Geoff: On the sixth place, there's Sierra's gingerbread Leshawna! As we reach the top five we have Mike’s Scott and Zoey’s Alejandro!
Bridgette: And finally the final three being Lindsay’s Heather, Heather's Sierra and in the first place Courtney’s Jo!!
((Lindsay, Heather and Courtney are very proud of themselves as others give them a small applause))
Bridgette: With that we’re going to move back to the couch where you're going to get your gifts.
Geoff: You're going to be given them in the order of your placements!
((The group goes back to the couch, Geoff gives Courtney a small box which was her gift))
Geoff: Each person could write down what they wanted so gifting should have been easier.
Courtney: It definitely was.
((Courtney unpacks her gift and finds a silver journal))
Courtney: It's exactly how I wanted it! Thank you, Alejandro!
Alejandro: You're welcome. I am great at picking gifts.
((Heathers gets handed her gift))
Lindsay: This one is from me!
((Heather unpacks her gift and takes out three bottles of nail polish))
Heather: Oh, my, I love it!
Lindsay: You do? I made sure they're glittery because I know you love glitter!
Heather: I do, thank you so much!
((Lindsay gets handed a small bag, she gasps loudly when she opens it))
Lindsay: It's lipgloss!! I love lipgloss!!
Leshawna: I know, girl, I know…
((Zoey and Mike get their gift at the same time))
Jo: You two need to get yours at the same time cause me and Scott decided to work together on your gift as you both asked for the same thing.
((Zoey and Mike take out matching Christmas sweaters out of their bags))
Zoey: I love them!! You must have worked so hard on this, thank you!
Jo: Ah, it was nothing!
((Sierra gets a small box which had a phone case inside))
Sierra: It's great!! Thank you, Heather! You have the best taste!
Heather: I know…
((Sierra hugs Heather))
((Alejandro gets a bag with a mirror inside it))
Alejandro: Perfect way to capture this beauty. Gracias, Zoey.
((Leshawna gets a small box with earrings inside))
Leshawna: They are gorgeous! Thanks, Sierra!
((Jo gets a box with running shoes))
Jo: I am bad at picking ones myself, glad I could get someone else to pick them for me! Thanks a lot, Courtney!
Courtney: It was my pleasure.
((Scott receives a bag with a shark plushie inside. Zoey looks at Mike shocked.))
Mike: He asked for it!
Scott: I did!
Zoey: But I thought you were scared of sharks.
Scott: I was but I have been doing lots of therapy and I am not afraid anymore! So this is a way to celebrate!
Zoey: Ohhhh…. I'm happy for you then!
((Jo pats Scott on the back))
Jo: Good job, Scott!
Bridgette: Now, that we’re in a Christmas spirit, we’re gonna ask you some Christmas themed questions!
Geoff: All questions are picked randomly. We’re gonna start with Heather!
Bridgette: Heather, do you prefer getting or giving gifts?
Heather: I believe I’m good at picking gifts for others. It's always satisfying to see that my gift was the right one.
Alejandro: Heather just loves being right.
((Heather laughs))
Heather: I do, yes.
Geoff: Alejandro, where do you usually spend your Christmas?
Alejandro: I used to spend it with my family but it wasn't the most enjoyable so, now I spend it just with Heather.
((Heather and Alejandro smile at each other))
Bridgette: Courtney, what is your favorite Christmas food?
Courtney: I may sound basic but I really like mashed potatoes. My dad makes the best ones.
Geoff: Leshawna, what is your favorite Christmas tradition?
Leshawna: Oh, I love the food! Not cooking, though.
Bridgette: Lindsay, what is your favorite Christmas song?
Lindsay: Oh! Oh! I have so many favorites! I love “All I want for Christmas is you” and “Santa tell me” and I just can't pick!!
Geoff: Zoey, what is your favorite part of Christmas preparations?
Zoey: I really love decorticating the house! The Christmas lights and candles and the tree! I have so much fun!
Bridgette: Mike, how different is your Christmas now than seventeen years ago?
Mike: Not much, I think. I always spend it with my family, except now Zoey is with me.
Geoff: Sierra, what is your favorite Christmas movie?
Sierra: “Nightmare before Christmas” and yes, I do believe it's a Christmas movie and not Hallowe
en!
Bridgette: Jo, are you good at giving gifts?
Jo: I struggle sometimes but I try to go with my instincts. They're not always right though.
Geoff: Scott, with whom do you spend your Christmas with?
Scott: My family at the farm. Everyone comes, my cousins and aunts and uncles.
Bridgette: Alright, it is lovely to have you here, we have just one activity for you left….
((The show ends with the cast having a Christmas karaoke))
Bridgette: Thank you for watching and see you next year!
Everyone: Merry Christmas!!!