User blog comment:AverageHero/My Original Total Drama Series Character Rankings.../@comment-32154022-20120416225047/@comment-1153194-20120416231459

Cameron was labeled as underdog, and told he couldn't win from the beginning, damaging his character, from my eyes. Underdogs happen, they aren't made. Ironically, Lightning was the real underdog, being part of a group negatively portrayed in the media, though rarely considered undedogs in real life (jocks, I mean). Total Drama tends to say who can't win, and the ones not part of that discussion aren't considered. Someone being an underdog, or mentioned as not being able to win shouldn't be mentioned. It makes things far more boring, and predictable. The TD winner selection process seems entirely predictable. Owen - intended fan favorite. Duncan - actual fan favorite. Heather/Alejandro - impossible winning villain. Cameron - intended underdog. I wish the series would focus less on how they portray the winner, and just focus on the character and their storyline aside from victory or their label/what it would mean for that character to win.