User blog comment:Rhonda the stalker fan!/TDWTH? Coming soon!/@comment-1874924-20110305170113

This sounds like it has potential, but for various reasons I don't read a lot of competition stories, so please don't take it personally if I don't end up reading yours. (I'll certainly check it out, but whether I stay with it is anybody's guess at this point.)

On an unrelated note, check the formatting of your blog post. It looks like most of your text is in a header font, which is distracting in long passages.

As for which canon characters should be in your story, here's an idea that would fit well with the randomness of your premise: since your author insert is replacing Hatchet, he could be "demoted" to contestant status, much like Blaineley was in TDWT. That would make for an interesting dynamic that we haven't seen before. He would probably be fairly strong in the challenges (albeit by no means invincible), might not be above duplicity (witness his tampering with challenges in TDA and TDWT) and might even make a good main antagonist. Alternatively, some of the "veterans" might have scores to settle with him. Hatchet's presence as a contestant could also make for an interesting dynamic between him and Rhonda.

Among the "real" contestant characters, my favorites are Gwen, LeShawna, Izzy and Eva, in that order. (What can I say? I like girls.) You've already got two Goths, though, so you probably wouldn't want to use Gwen. Likewise, Julie would seem to have Izzy's portfolio covered.

One potential problem I see with your original characters is that you have both Chris as the host and a contestant named Chris. If you stick with that arrangement, you must take care to be sure that the reader knows which Chris you're talking about at any given time.