User blog comment:Mister.. E./Total Drama - Rankings *World Tour!*/@comment-3483396-20130606051120/@comment-1874924-20130606051846

The fact that Lightning plays footbal is an informed attribute that has no bearing on the story arc. Personally, I think the reason that Lightning won in the U.S. is that the American viewers and/or network people knew that the largely undeserving Cameron was winning everywhere else, and wanted to be contrary.