User blog comment:QueenBeeHeatherBam1/Total Drama Generations Ideas/@comment-1874924-20121118182129/@comment-1874924-20121118221135

That's largely why my competition story is a reimagining--I didn't think that I would be able to come up with a lot of new challenges or new characters. On Survivor, which TDI largely parodied (with later TD season casting a wider net), most of the challenges fall into a few basic types, such as "race plus puzzle".