Total Drama Survivor Cursed

Total Drama Survivor Cursed was the second season in the Total Drama Survivor series. Like the first season, it was created by Hunter Starr.

It featured 13 contestants split into 3 teams. 8 of the contestants returned from the first season, while the other 5 were new to the series.

## Contestants

The 8 returning contestants were Sean, Ainsley, Emma, Alex, Sydney, Alexa, Delaney and Luke.

The 5 new contestants were Brian, Kyle, Holly, Julia and Brayden.

## Teams

Originally, the contestants were divided into 3 teams this season. The teams were assigned based on the shape of the bottles that the contestants collected in episode 1.

The Pathetic Worms consisted of the 4 players who collected squares. They were largely made up of newbies, with Ainsley being the only veteran player. Their members were Ainsley, Kyle, Holly and Brayden.

The Gassy Skinks consisted of the 4 players who collected circles. They were largely made up of veteran players, with Julia being the only newbie player. Their members were Alex, Julia, Alexa and Delaney.

The Groovy Chinchillas consisted of the 4 players who collected triangles, as well as Brian who collected a star and got to pick whichever team he wanted as reward for collecting the star. They were largely made up of veterans, with Brian himself being the only newbie player. Their members were Luke, Emma, Brian, Sean and Sydney.

The teams were eventually rearranged into 4 teams of 2, the Dapper Badgers, Puzzled Crabs, Popcorn Chicken and Angelic Dugongs.

The final merged team was known as the Discombobulated Boops boops. It was named by the remaining 7 contestants at the time of the merge.

## Trivia

* Although the season consists of 8 veterans and 5 newbies, Luke is only considered a "half-veteran" as he joined in late in the first season (in episode 2) and quit 2 episodes later (after episode 4).
* In every team, there was a majority of either returning season 1 players, or newbies, with one exception in each team. In each of the three teams, this exception was the first member of that team to be voted out.
* Julia, Ainsley and Brian are the three contestants to never receive a marshmallow this season. Brian and Julia have never received a marshmallow at any point in the series. Brian was the only one of them to make it to merge this season, as he never participated in an elimination ceremony until episode 10.
* Holly was the only merged contestant not to make tribal, despite placing 5th. This is because she had to quit due to an emergency.
* Sydney, Sean and Luke never received a vote the entire season. In Luke's case, it is because he had immunity in every single elimination ceremony, except for Brian's elimination.
* Brayden and Emma are tied for the second highest average placement in the series, considering Emma placed 5th in season 1 and this is Brayden's only run so far.
* Julia was the only contestant this season to not return for the finale.
* Holly was the only contestant this season to quit. She is also the only merged contestant to not form The Jury as a result, and hence Kyle took her place on The Jury as the only non-merged contestant to be on the Jury. Holly however was allowed to ask a jury question, even if she could not vote since she did make it to the final 5.