Total Drama Stardom

Chris, Chef, and the other twenty-four competitors have finished filming the finale of Total Drama World Tour. Only problem? They're stuck in Hawaii, with a busted up plane in Drumheller. The active volcano demolished their only form of transportation, the helicopter, and Chris' boat was totaled. So, now, what are they going to do? Chris McLean's twin sister (or so she claims to be), Caitlin McLean, has stepped up to the plate. She's gathered sixteen Total Drama fans around North America in hopes of making her own reality show, to gain enough money to get her brother and the poor teenagers out of Hawaii. After finding an old RV in the local dump, she's taking a road trip from Newfoundland, all the way to San Diego, California, where she will fly to Honolulu to save the cast! But, where is she going to get the money to do all of this? The revenue received from the viewers and ratings of each episode of Total Drama Stardom will play a crucial role: plane tickets to Hawaii, gas money, and keeping all of the filming equipment! Each day, the sixteen fans will participate in one challenge, and each night, the competitor that does not receive a melted candy bar at the Rest Stop Ceremony will be forced to take the Motel Room Rental of Shame, and the rest of the contestants will continue on. Will she succeed? Find out, only on the fourth season of Total Drama; Total Drama Stardom!

Theme Song
Opening music with guitar solo. ''(Camera focuses on a rat crawling into the RV's engine, and a bolt flying out of one of the RV's tires)

'"Dear Mom and Dad, I'm doing fine." (Camera zooms through the RV door, where Caitlin is angrily honking)

"You guys are on my mind!" (Timothy cringes at Angie, who is blowing bubbles with her gum)

"You asked me what I wanted to be, and now I think the answer is plain to see." (Camera zooms into the kitchen, where Luke and Mordecai are throwing food at each other, and Sydney is keeping score of how many times each got hit)

"I wanna be famous!" (Claire is sticking her head out of the kitchen window, her tongue out, similar to a dog, and she is singing along to the theme song)

"I wanna live close to the sun." (Brian is looking at the sun through a window)

"So, pack your bags, 'cause I've already won." (Brian covers his eyes and runs into Ivy, who was ranting in the confessional)

"Everything to prove, nothing in my way." (Valerie is picking out clothes for Niko from his suitcase, while Niko is terrified at what she's choosing)

"I'll get there one day." (Camera zooms out of the room Valerie and Niko were in, then go into the bathroom)

"'Cause I wanna be famous!" (Brendon walks out of the bathroom with toilet paper covering his body, pretending to be a mummy)

"Naaaa-na-na-na-naaaa, na-na-na-na-naaaa, na-na-na-na-na-naaaa!" (Brendon's outfit scares Jessica, she shrieks and runs into a wall, causing Amanda to laugh at her)

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" (Camera zooms out of the RV, where Mitchell is on Brandon's shoulders, trying to jump on top of the RV)

"I wanna be, I wanna be, I wanna be famous!" (Emilie is on top of the RV, performing in front of the other contestants, who are watching her from a Rest Stop Ceremony)

Whistling. (Camera zooms out, where the sign on the gas station reads "Total Drama Stardom")

Chapter 1: New Season, Newf Kids
 Posted On: November 8, 2010  A blonde, twenty-eight-year-old woman, in the driver's seat of an RV, was happily humming the Total Drama theme song. She noticed the camera, and startled, slammed on the brakes. "Whoa! You scared me. Well, hello, world! I'm Caitlin McLean, your new host! I'll be explaining challenges, leading eliminations, all of that junk. Since Christopher's stuck in Hawaii, it's up to me to get plane tickets for him, Chef and the other twenty-four contestants, from Hawaii to Toronto. But, what's a girl supposed to do? How am I gonna get enough money to do that? I've devised a plan to create the fourth season of Total Drama, here on this very RV! We've gathered sixteen Total Drama fans all around Canada and the USA to compete in challenges based off of the place we run out of gas in! One by one, or whatever I feel like doing that elimination ceremony, they'll all be voted off or eliminated, until only two remain. If we have enough money — and if we don't, we're screwed — the two of them and I will fly to Hawaii, rescue the contestants and the crew, and there, one will be crowned the winner, in some sort of way I haven't determined yet. So, lean back in your recliners, set any other show you want to watch on PVR, and be sure to watch the first episode of Season Four: ''Total. Drama Stardom!'' Roll the theme song! What? We don't have one? Uhhh... well, this is awkward."

Caitlin drove along the streets of Toronto, counting building numbers before coming to a stop. She mumbled, "Now I know what a soccer mom feels like." An annoying young girl stormed out of her large home. "You never let me do anything!" she shouted behind her, as her mother frantically hurried with seven pink suitcases. The mother set down one suitcase in front of the RV and sighed, "Jessica's been all worked up about this trip, she originally packed thirteen cases. I hid six of them and told her that they disappeared." Jessica continued stomping, passed by Caitlin without uttering a word, and took a seat in the RV. "Uh-huh. Well, I'm sure she'll get over it soon enough," Caitlin assured. Jessica's mother laughed. "Ha! That's the best joke I've heard in a while. Well, take care of my baby! I'm off to get a foot rub." Caitlin noticed that the luggage was still on the sidewalk, and shrugged. "I'm not picking that up..."

Jessica frustratedly glared out the window as she and Caitlin picked up the next competitor. The RV screeched to a halt, and as Caitlin opened the door, she was run over by a boy. He gasped, "This is so cool! I love it all! Who are you?" He jerked a finger towards Jessica, who ignored him. Caitlin stood up, and unsteadily walked back to the driver's seat. "Nice to meet you too, Brendon." "Oh, sorry, Caitlin! That's your name, right? Sorry, sometimes I just get so involved with everything else that I can't remember! I love your name, by the way. It has seven letters, just like mine! I know lots of people with seven-letter names. Want me to list them? Abigail, Allison, Andreas, Beverly, Bradley, Britany, Cameron, Camille..." Jessica took hold of his shoulders and shook him. "How about you calm down!?" Brendon opened his mouth to say something, but Caitlin slammed on the gas.

In the middle of the highway, Brendon began to hum "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall", but Jessica kicked him in the groin before he could get to 97. Caitlin stopped the RV again and asked, "Who the heck lives here?" The house was completely covered in bubble wrap, and a sign on the front door read, "No Entry Without Decontamination Suit". Just then, a nervous male was shoved out of the door, followed by a voice that barked, "Hurry, you're letting all the ozone in!" The door slammed shut, and the boy shuffled over to the RV. He flinched as Caitlin opened the door and said, "You're Timothy, right?" He nodded and entered the RV, but stumbled backwards after Brendon ran over to him and hugged him. Brendon cheered, "Woo! New person!" Timothy shrieked, and removed a small bottle from his belt. He then sprayed himself with the contents while chanting, "Disinfect! Disinfect!" Caitlin, Jessica, and Brendon all awkwardly stared at him. "... I guess we'll keep on trucking," Caitlin said for the sake of the silence.

The next destination was an average house, with a teenager eating chips on the lawn. Caitlin smiled, "Angie! Welcome!" Angie, startled, picked up her luggage and walked over to the RV. She noticed that the chips had dirtied her hands, and offered Caitlin a hug. Caitlin complied, and Angie took the opportunity to clean her hands on Caitlin's backside. From the window of the RV, Timothy gasped, "Health violation!" He jumped out of the RV and repeatedly sprayed Caitlin's back with the contents in his bottle. Angie shrugged and entered the RV, where Brendon was now taped to a seat. Jessica innocently kicked a roll of duct tape underneath her chair and lied, "I don't know how that happened." Brendon made muffled noises, leaving Angie speechless. "Get away from me!" Caitlin shouted, chasing Timothy into the RV. "Alright, let's keep going. We've still got twelve more teens to pick up!"

Caitlin stopped in front of another house, but the contestant was nowhere to be seen. She wondered, "Is this the right place?" Angie suggested, "You should get a GPA." "I think you mean GPS," Jessica corrected. "GPA, GPS, PSP, they're all the same thing!" Angie complained. A knock on the door of the RV was heard, and as Caitlin opened the door, a small boy waved to the group. Jessica, Angie, and Caitlin all moaned, "Awwwwwww!" Caitlin kneeled down, and in a motherly tone, asked, "Hi! Can you get your big brother, Mitchell, for me?" The boy frowned. "I am Mitchell." "I don't believe I know a teenager under four feet," Caitlin joked. Mitchell sighed and took out a copy of his application form from his suitcase. "I'm a 'midget-dwarf-thing', as most people would say." Caitlin chuckled, "Mitchell the Midget? Ooooh, that's catchy." Mitchell's face turned red, and he threatened, "If you were a dude, I would pound you to the ground!" "Totally..." Caitlin dismissed.

While driving to the next contestant's house, a loud thump was heard on the roof of the RV. "What was that?" Angie wondered. Someone then knocked on the door of the RV, each knock getting louder. Caitlin opened the door, and a tall girl wearing a helmet sprang into the RV. Caitlin asked, "Er, who are you?" The girl spun around, removed her helmet, and threw it out the window. "I'm Claire! Sorry about that, I was skydiving, and I missed my target. Hey, you're Caitlin! And I signed up for this show! What a coincidence!" Caitlin nodded, "Good, one less house to go to. Ten to go!"

Shortly after, they continued driving. Claire had her head stuck outside of the window, shouting, "Woo! I feel so... so..." "About-to-die?" Jessica suggested. "No, silly," Claire chuckled, "That's what the kid laying on the street feels like!" Caitlin slammed on the brakes, and a large screech echoed through the neighborhood. Inches away from the van, a teenage boy was flat on the ground, face up, limbs extended, and completely awake. The boy noticed the RV stop and groaned. Caitlin flipped through her papers and concluded, "Oh, you're Luke." Luke frowned. "I don't wanna go on this show!!" "Ugh. Get in the RV, dangit," Jessica ordered. Caitlin and Claire pulled Luke into the RV, kicking and screaming, while Jessica pulled out the roll of duct tape again.

The eighth contestant pounded on the door of the RV. Caitlin opened the door, but no one was seen. "Boo!" Caitlin yelped and slammed the door of the RV shut, panting. "Oh, please, that wasn't scary," Claire frowned. Caitlin scrambled back to the driver's seat. "Are you kidding me?" Angie looked out the window, then observed, "Hey, look, some short kid's pounding on the door." Caitlin opened the RV door again, this time armed with a can of mace. The eighth contestant laughed, "Oh, don't worry, I don't bite. Except for winning I'm chewing! Ha!" The other seven contestants are stared at her blankly. Caitlin whispered, "Who are you?" "The name's Amanda. I'm a born commander! Get it? Because Amanda and commander rhy—" "We get it!" they all shouted.

Caitlin welcomed, "Hello! You're Brandon, correct?" "I'm right here, silly," Brendon chuckled, now untied. Brandon set his luggage down in the RV. "Oh. Is your name Brandon too?" "No, I'm Brendon," Brendon replied. Brandon smiled, "Alright, then, Brendon. I'm Brandon. Nice to meet you guys." After a short silence, Angie whispered to Amanda, "So, which one is Brandon?" "No clue!" Amanda whispered back.

Caitlin's jaw dropped as she approached an extravagant mansion, with an impatient girl tapping her foot on the paved stone floor. "It's about time!" the girl snapped, her butlers loading her luggage on the RV. Caitlin snapped out of her state of shock. "Well, hello, Ivy!" Ivy ignored Caitlin and took a seat beside Timothy, who inched away nervously. "What's your damage?" Ivy inquired. "N-N-N-Nothing," Timothy stuttered. Angie whispered to Ivy, "He thinks you're dirty." Ivy's eyes widened, and she turned to Timothy. "Excuse me!?" "Moving on!" Caitlin told them, and she slammed on the gas.

The eleventh contestant boarded the RV hastily. "Finally! Geez, what took so long?" Caitlin narrowed her eyes at the girl. "Well, Sydney, there's this thing called 'traffic'." Sydney rolled her eyes and sat beside Claire. "What's up?" Claire blinked, giving no response. Sydney nodded, "Cool, cool."

The next contestant jumped into the RV. He roared, "Raaah! I. Am. Brian!!" The bus was silent except for Jessica's hysterical laughter. Brian walked over to her. "What's so funny? I wanna laugh!" Jessica folded her arms. "Oh, nothing. Besides the fact that you're skinnier than Claire's eyebrows." Claire mumbled, "... Cheap shot." "What? Skinny? Me? Ha!" Brian chortled. He continued laughing, then coughed. "Ow. I have a low lung capacity due to my size..." "Point proven," Jessica smiled.

The thirteenth contestant walked in with six-inch high heels. She walked to the back of the RV, with her heels being the only audible noise. Caitlin held back her laughter. "Well, Valerie, those are some interesting shoes you have there." Valerie beamed, "I know, right? they were like, two hundred bucks, too." "Two hundred for a pair of sneakers on chopsticks!?" Luke gasped. Valerie glared at him. "Excuse me!? What did you say!?" "Is that the fifth time someone's said that today?" Brendon wondered. Caitlin counted in her head. "I think so."

The next contestant was a male, wearing an outfit similar to a magician's. Valerie's eyes widened. "Oh my goodness. That's a fashion emergency and it needs an evacuation." Caitlin filled through her papers again and held her hand out. "Welcome, Mordecai." "Call me Cai," he mumbled, then walked to the back of the RV. In the back, he sat with Sydney, who asked, "So, can you like, do magic tricks?" Mordecai shrugged, "Well, I try to." "What do you mean you try to?" Sydney suspiciously asked. Mordecai shook his head. "Nevermind."

The second-to-last contestant boarded the RV. He winked at Caitlin. "Hey. What's up? I'm Niko." Caitlin rolled her eyes. "Of course you are." "What's that supposed to mean!?" Niko demanded. At the same time, Caitlin and Brendon called out, "Six!" Niko was obviously confused. "Huh? What? What do these numbers mean!? Ugh, nevermind, I'll just go to the back..." "Oh, hey, there," Niko said to Valerie. Valerie lifted her foot in his face. "Talk to the heel." Niko touched the heel. "Is that a chopstick?"

The final contestant walked into the RV, and noticed the others. "Oh, I'm last? Wonderful," she frowned. "Alright, Emilie, just take a seat so I can explain what's going on here," Caitlin instructed. Caitlin parked the RV, then stood up front and center. "Welcome, the sixteen of you. You guys are all contestants on the fourth season of Total Drama; Total Drama Stardom! Here, you'll compete in challenges as teams until only two of you remain. The two of you will fly with me to Hawaii, where the final challenge will take place, and where one will be crowned the winner! How will we only get down to one person? By eliminations, which take place at rest stops. I like to call them, 'Rest Stop Ceremonies'!" "How creative," Ivy commented. Caitlin continued, "There, the contestant who does not receive a candy bar will be forced to take the Motel Room Rental of Shame, and will never, ever be able to come back to the show." Niko asked, "So, what're the challenges gonna be based off?" Caitlin scratched her head. "Uhhhh, I didn't really think about that. I guess it'll take place wherever we end up. Oh, and by the way, you guys know about the confessional from the other seasons, right? Well, it's back again! It's in the passenger's seat of the RV." Brendon: (confessional, plays with the fuzzy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror) "Oh, and we're having a challenge today, based on wherever we are right now..." Caitlin unsurely informed. "And where the heck is that?" Niko asked, staring oddly at the grey clouds. Caitlin beamed, "We're in St. Johns, Newfoundland!" Jessica frowned and shook her head. "Newfoundland? That's so last season." "So is that top," Valerie pointed. "I'll have to help you on your wardrobe." Jessica gasped and claimed, "She is not on my team!" "Well, the teams'll be decided based on the results of this challenge," Caitlin explained. "And what exactly is the challenge?" Ivy impatiently asked. Caitlin pointed to a series of small boats on the shore, and then to a group of buoys out in the ocean. "Your first challenge in our four-part marathon is to collect a flag from one of the twelve buoys out there by rowing to it, after pushing your boat off the shore. Each buoy only has one flag, so four of you will be flagless. You four will be eliminated from the challenge, and will lose the chance to become a team captain!" Jessica: (confessional) I have got to become a captain. I do not wanna wind up on some lame-o team with what's-his-face, Teddy? "On your marks!" Caitlin began. "Get set..." "Go!"

The contestants rushed over to the shore, and each entered their own boat. Amanda hopped into the boat beside Luke, who groaned. Brandon and Claire both ran towards the same boat. "Oh, did you want this one?" Claire asked. Brandon backed away. "Oh! No, it's fine, really, you take it. There's enough for everyone, isn't there?" "Yep, there is. And, uh, thanks!" Claire smiled, then hopped in and pushed ferociously. Brian cheered, "Yeah! Let's do this!" He attempted to jump into a boat, but ended up landing head-first on Jessica. "Ew! Get off of me! I have to challenge to win," she scoffed. Mordecai pointed his wand at a boat and chanted, "Ocean filled with fish galore, get this boat off of the shore!" Nothing happened, and Mordecai tapped his wand in frustration.

The boats finally made it off the shore, and Caitlin reminded, "Remember! There are only twelve flags! So, if you wanna be a captain you'd better grab one and go!" Amanda began humming, "Row, Row, Row Your Boats", and Luke hit her boat with his paddle. "Hey! What gives?" Amanda whined. Luke faked a gasp. "Oh! I'm sorry! I was just paddling." From behind the two, Emilie raised an eyebrow. Emilie: (confessional) That Luke person doesn't seem to realize that he's always on camera... The first few people to reach the buoys were Brendon, Niko, and Claire. They each grabbed a flag and began rowing back, as Sydney approached the buoys. As she was halfway-through the return trip, she passed by Luke, who was tied for last with Amanda. Luke whispered, "Hey, I noticed that you're a bit of a power-player in this game. Wanna make a deal?" Sydney frowned, "What kind of deal?" "You give me your flag, and I pick you on my team if I win." "And if you don't win?" Sydney pointed out. Luke paused, then sighed, "I'll.... help you win the next challenge, considering we're both on different teams and neither of us get eliminated." Sydney agreed, "Deal!" Luke: (confessional) Easy pickings.

Luke, Claire, Brendon, Niko, Angie, Valerie, Brandon, and Mitchell had all grabbed flags and returned with them. Emilie rowed past Sydney, who was sleeping in her boat. "What the heck?" Emilie wondered aloud. Jessica, frustrated, paddled by Emilie and stuck her tongue out. "Oh, sassy, are we?" Emilie grumbled. Ivy, Timothy, and Jessica each grabbed a flag, and only one remained. Amanda and Brian glanced at each other from their boats, then paddled wildly. Jessica whispered to Ivy, "Hey, look, battle of the nerds." Ivy snickered, but quickly stopped. Ivy: (confessional) I'm more sophisticated than all of these other... vermin. I won't stoop down to their level. At least, not just yet. Brian grabbed the flag as Amanda made a wild dive for it, and cheered, "Yes! I have the power!" Climbing back on her boat, Amanda stuck her tongue out at Brian.

"Alright! Let's see who's advancing to Round 2," Caitlin began. "Angie! Brandon! Brendon! Brian! Claire! Ivy! Jessica! Luke! Mitchell! Niko! Timothy, and Valerie! You twelve will advance on. As for Amanda, Emilie, Mordecai, and Sydney, you'll have to wait back in the RV." Mordecai, Amanda, and Emilie grumbled as they moped back to the RV, while Sydney stayed asleep in her boat.. Caitlin turned back to the other twelve contestants. "As for you guys! Your second challenge is right here on the shore. As you can see, there are tons of oysters scattered along here. Some of these little guys contain pearls in them! But there are only eight pearls. So, four of you will be joining the other guys in the RV!" "Sounds... fun...," Jessica frowned. Luke slid over beside Brendon, and nudged his shoulder. "Hey, uhhh... Brandon?" On Luke's other side, Brandon asked, "Hmmmm...?" Brendon clarified, "Oh, he was talking to me, he just got my name wrong." "But, he's standing next to me," Brandon pointed out. "Maybe he meant me?" "But he touched my shoulder," Brendon added, now slightly annoyed. "Ugh, forget it!" Luke scowled. Caitlin shouted, "Ready? Go!"

Angie picked up an oyster and opened it. She stomped her foot. "No pearl. Dam—" The RV horn honked, startling her. "Gah! What the heck?" Caitlin jumped out of the RV. "Censoring words actually costs money on TV, so, we can't afford that." "Uh-huh. Oh, by the way, how many oysters are on the shore?" Angie asked out of curiosity. Caitlin shrugged. "Twenty, thirty, forty thousand? Who knows?" Angie's jaw dropped. "And only eight have pearls!?" She began shaking the oysters violently, listening for any sounds of a pearl.

Over to Angie's left, Timothy and Mitchell were desperately opening and closing oysters, and tossing them to the side. With every oyster he opened, Timothy muttered, "Ew, ew, ew, ew..." Mitchell cried out, "Woo! Got one!" He ran over to Caitlin, and bumped into Luke. Mitchell's pearl fell into the sand, and Luke picked it up. Mitchell roared, "Hey! That was mine!" "Huh? What do you mean? I had one too, I was just walking over to Caitlin. Yours must've rolled away somewhere," Luke lied. "Oh. Sorry about that," Mitchell apologized. Luke waved, "Not a problem!" He turned around and snickered, "Sucker."

Many hours later, the only contestants to have found a pearl were Luke, Niko, and Claire. Caitlin sighed, "Hurry up people, I'm not getting any younger!" Angie shook another oyster and gasped. She opened it up and found a pearl, then shouted, "Got one!" Across the shore, Valerie called out, "Same here!" Brendon and Brandon put their hand on the same oyster. Brendon pulled on it. "Uh, this one's mine." Brandon also pulled on it. "I totally grabbed it first!" "Brandon, just let me have it, there's like, a 0.0001% chance of the pearl being in it anyways," Brendon argued. "There's still a chance!" Brandon snapped back. They both pulled on it fiercely, until it flew out of their hands and into Jessica's. Jessica opened the oyster and found a pearl. "Oh, awesome!" Brandon and Brendon gasped, then glared at each other. Brandon scowled, "That was so your fault!" "Was not!" Brendon defended. They continued checking oysters, then both shouted, "Found one! No way. Ugh!" Caitlin hit the RV horn again and called, "Round 2 is over!!"

The contestants gathered around, and Caitlin concluded, "And the people advancing on to Round 3 are Angie, Brandon, Brendon, Claire, Jessica, Luke, Niko, and Valerie!" Mitchell glared at Luke, who innocently shrugged back at him. "As for Brian, Ivy, Mitchell, and Timothy, you guys are out!" Ivy frowned. "Ugh! I'm so tired of this." Niko: (confessional) Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaz. Caitlin walked into a lodge beside the shore. "C'mon in, this is where we're doing the third challenge."

Inside the lodge was a log table with eight chairs around it, four on each side. On the table were twenty-four large bottles, each labeled on the side as "XXX". Caitlin gestured, "Take a seat. Your third challenge is to down three of these bottles. The first four contestants to drink three bottles wins the challenge, and will move on to the final round!" "So, uh, what's in the bottles?" Niko asked. "That's a surprise," Caitlin chuckled. "Go!"

Each contestants grabbed a bottle and began drinking, and each immediately coughed wildly. "VINEGAR!?" they all complained. Caitlin was laughing hysterically, leaning against the window. Angie moaned, "Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick." Brandon and Brendon both leaned against each other, noticed, then continued drinking. Claire coughed out a small metallic disc, and laughed, "Oh, that was from Truth or Dare last week!" Jessica's eyes widened, and she threw up on the floor. Luke was nearly done with his first bottle, but stopped and coughed on Niko. Niko complained, "Augh, gross!" Valerie shrugged and drank the vinegar normally. "Don't see the big deal."

"And we have our first member or the final round, Valerie!" Caitlin announced. Valerie: (confessional) Tasted fine. Don't get why everyone's going crazy... Brandon finished his final bottle, and yelled, "Done! Ow, my throat hurts." "And Brendon will be competing with Valerie in Round 4!" Caitlin smiled. Brandon corrected, "No, I'm Brandon." "But I can go to Round 4 if you want," Brendon joked. Claire finished her third bottle, with a pile of metallic objects beside her. "Done!" Angie pointed to the pile. "Is that a credit card?" "Oh! That's my mom's!" Claire gasped. Luke also finished his last bottle. "Done!"

"And the contestants moving on to the final round are Brandon, Claire, Luke, and Valerie!" Caitlin pointed to the losing group. "Angie, Brendon, Jessica, Niko, you four can go back to the RV, and, uh, drink some water." The four of them walked out of the lodge, coughing madly. Caitlin addressed the remaining teens. "Now! You four!" She led them out the other door of the lodge, to a dock. "You guys are going to go fishing!" she began. "Lame," Valerie frowned. Caitlin ignored her and continued, "There's tons of fish out in the ocean, but you're searching for three colored fish. A gold fish, a green fish, and a silver fish. The three contestants who catch one of those fish will become team captains! Any questions? No? Go!"

Brandon, Claire, Luke, and Valerie dashed over to the edge of the dock and grabbed a fishing rod. They each cast their lines out in the ocean, waiting for a pull. After a long silence, Claire sighed, "Sooooooooo..." Brandon, Claire, Luke, and Valerie: (confessional, split-screened) Fishing sucks. Finally, Brandon yelped, "Whoa! I feel something!" He reeled in his line quickly, and cheered, "Woohoo! Silver fish!" Caitlin complimented, "Well done! Come back over here." After another long and awkward silence, Luke felt a pull on his fishing rod. "Oh, yeah!" He reeled in, and pulled out a green fish. "Nice." Luke walked over to Brandon and Caitlin, and waited for the final team captain to be decided. Claire asked, "So, how's it hangin', Val?" "Don't call me Val," Valerie snapped. Claire inched away. "Touchy." Valerie's fishing rod twitched, and she squealed, "Yay! I got it!" She reeled in a gold fish, and ran back over to the lodge. Claire sighed. "Back to the RV, I know, I know." Caitlin corrected, "No, actually, you stay here, the losers are gonna have to come over here!"

The contestants were all lined up on the dock, except for the team captains, who were next to Caitlin. "Congratulations to Brandon, Luke, and Valerie, our winners!" The other thirteen contestants clapped unenthusiastically. Caitlin continued, "Now, they'll be choosing the teams for this season." Emilie noticed, "Wait a minute, there's sixteen of us. Three doesn't go into sixteen evenly." "That's right, Emilie," Caitlin grinned. "What's so funny?" Amanda frowned. Caitlin pointed to a small boat which docked itself. "Anyone know what this is?" Brendon gasped, "Oh my gosh! The Boat of Losers from Season 1!" Caitlin turned to the team captains. "And the person who isn't picked on a team is gonna be riding it! Today!" The contestants all gasped, and Caitlin shook her head in disappointment. "Seriously? Not one of you saw that coming?"

"Alright, let's start choosing teams!" Caitlin ordered. "Brandon, since you caught the first fish, you choose first." Brandon, without hesitation, pointed to Claire. "I choose Claire." Claire smiled and walked over beside him. Caitlin glanced at Luke. "Luke, you chose the second fish, now it's your turn." "Sydney," Luke chose, keeping his word. "Valerie, now you choose," Caitlin told her. Valerie frowned, then shrugged, "Niko." Brandon paused, then decided, "Angie." Luke pulled Brendon over to his team. "Brandon. No, wait, Brendon? Who are you!?!?" "I pick Ivy," Valerie stated. Brandon sighed, "Alright, fine, Jessica." Brandon: (confessional) She looked like she was about to shoot me if I didn't pick her. "Uhhhhh, Emilie," Luke chose. Valerie complained, "I was about to pick her! Ugh, fine, I pick Timothy." Only four contestants remained, and Brandon selected, "Mitchell." Luke looked at Amanda, then Brian, then Mordecai. "Uhhh, I pick Cai." Amanda and Brian looked at each other nervously. Caitlin increased the tension. "Valerie, the contestant you do not choose must walk down the dock and board the Boat of Losers. What is your decision?" "I... pick..." Valerie hesitated. She exhaled, then chose, "Amanda." The rest of her team groaned. "Awww, seriously?" Brian frowned. "Alright, well, see ya guys." Brian walked over to the Boat of Losers and departed, leaving the three teams of five. "... sooo anti-climactic," Jessica disproved. "Anyways, congrats, teams!" Caitlin cheered. "Now, if you remember from last seasons, each team had names." She walked past Brandon's team. "You guys are the Credit Cards!" Then past Luke's team. "And you five are the Cash Collectors!" And finally, to Valerie's team. "And the rest of you are the Studded Stars." Caitlin pointed back to the RV. "Teams, head back into the RV and get some shut-eye! You'll really be needing it for tomorrow, trust me." Luke: (confessional) My team could be better, I guess. But, hey. I've got it all covered. I'm winning this. Angie: (confessional) ... I guess it could be worse. Amanda: (confessional) I almost got eliminated! That was scary! Just like your face! Ahaha! (from outside, the other contestants shout, "That's not funny!!") "And that ends the first episode of Total Drama Stardom. Tune in next week to see who wins, who loses, and all of the nail-biting tension I love making! See you next week!"

Chapter 2: I Spy With My Little Ally...
 Posted On: November 16, 2010  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, we kicked off the new season with sixteen new contestants, in hopes of being able to raise enough money to fly to Hawaii and save the cast! A few contestants made pretty quick connections, i.e., Luke and Sydney. Of all the people, huh? In the end, our challenge winners were Valerie, Luke, and Brandon, and they became our team captains! Unfortunately, there wasn't room for everyone, so we had to say farewell to Brian. With our three teams, we enter Day Two! Who will win? Who will lose? Who will fetch me a latte? Find out on this episode of Total. Drama. Stardom! Oh, awesome, we have a theme song now! Roll it!"

After the theme song, Angie was seen sitting next to Jessica. Angie asked, "So, what's your take on the boys?" "Huh?" Jessica asked, confused. "What do you mean?" Valerie joined the conversation. "Oh, y'know. Who's cute... and who needs to get the boot." Jessica pretended to throw up. Jessica: (confessional) As if I'd even think about hooking up with someone on this show. Never! Angie shrugged. "Well, it was worth a shot. How about you, Valerie?" Valerie shook her head. "Not really anyone. Maybe Mitchell, but he's like, 'little brother' cute." From the opposite side of the RV, Mitchell snapped, "I heard that!"

Luke slid over to Sydney and whispered, "So, we're still in an alliance, right?" Sydney gasped, and loudly said, "We were in an alliance!?" "Shush it!!" Luke snapped. "Yes, we were in an alliance. And now that we're on the same team, we can stay in that alliance. Right?" "Yeah, sure, whatever," Sydney dismissed. Luke nodded, then went over to Brendon, who was gazing outside the window. "Hey, Brendon!" Luke greeted. Brendon diverted his attention from the window. "Oh, hey. Did you ever notice how leafy the trees are outside? It's so awesomely green." "..... Totally," Luke unsteadily replied. "Hey, do you mind, er, hanging out with Sydney and I?" Then, in a hushed tone, he added, "She's lonely." "Oh! Of course!" Brendon accepted, overjoyed. "Awesome. Maybe we could, like, team up together at challenges and eliminations, too," Luke slipped in. Brendon frowned. "Is this some sort of alliance?" "Nooooooooo, noooooooooo," Luke blatantly lied. "Totally not." "Alright, then, sure!" Brendon nodded.

Caitlin grabbed the microphone at the front of the RV and imitated a tour guide. "Welcome to Quebec, Canada's largest province. Here, the native language is French, unlike many other Candian provinces. Here, we'll be visiting the capital, Quebec City, for our second challenge!" "What are we gonna do here? All there is is maple syrup," Niko frowned. Caitlin nodded, "And that's exactly what this challenge is about!" Luke teased, "So, is the challenge an all-you-can-eat waffle buffet?" "No. The challenge is to find the local maple syrup factory," Caitlin explained. Valerie shrugged. "That shouldn't be too hard. I mean, who's gonna miss a giant maple syrup factory in the middle of Quebec?" Caitlin added, "It's underground." "Awwwwwwwwwww!" the three teams all complained. "Now, in order to find the factory, you'll have to ask one of the locals. In French," Caitlin instructed. "Once you get to the maple syrup factory, you'll have to stick your team's logo onto the target area using nothing but maple syrup. First team to do so wins..." Jessica finished, "...and the last team eliminates a member. We've seen the show before!" Caitlin corrected, "Actually, this is a reward challenge." Ivy: (confessional) Ew. Reward challenges only slow down my progress towards the grand prize. Ugh! Caitlin opened the RV door. "So, first challenge, get directions from one of the locals! Let me tell you now; these guys drive a hard bargain. You might have to trade something in order to get the information needed to get to the maple syrup factory. Ready, get set, go!"

The Studded Stars all met up together, and Ivy asked, "Anyone here know French?" Valerie enthusiastically mentioned, "Oooh! I know some French! La mode means 'fashion'!" "Because that's totally going to help us," Ivy sighed. "How about you, neat-freak?" Timothy shrugged, "W-Well, I did watch some educational foreign language videos while I was at home. Where it's safe. And ozone free." Valerie mumbled, "Fuh-reak." "Well, what are we waiting for?" Ivy demanded. "Let's go!" The Studded Stars walked over to a local, and Ivy tapped his shoulder. She nudged Timothy's shoulder and muttered, "Well, talk to him!" Timothy was wide-eyed after he noticed that the local had a small cut on his hand, with no band-aid. "I'm not talking to the infected!" Timothy wailed. The local scratched his head, then walked away from the team, while Ivy groaned, "Wonderful."

The Credit Cards also met up, beside the RV. "Alright, game plan, people. What are we doing?" Jessica began. "Well, we need to find a local," Brandon reminded the group. Claire pulled a random woman to her side. "Found one!" The woman snapped, "Lâchez-moi!" Subtitles appeared at the bottom of the screen reading, "Let go of me!" Mitchell walked over to the woman and asked, "Excusez-moi, savez-vous comment se rendre à la fabrique de sirop d'érable?" The subtitles appeared again, saying, "Excuse me, do you know how to get to the maple syrup factory?" The woman nodded, but then held her hand out. "Une centaine de dollars, s'il vous plaît." Mitchell's eyes widened, and he turned to his team. "She wants a hundred bucks!" "For directions!?" Angie asked in disbelief. Angie: (confessional) What people do that kind of stuff!?

The Cash Collectors gathered on the opposite side of the RV. "Do any of you speak French?" Luke quizzed. The Collectors all mumbled, and Luke facepalmed himself. "Great." They sighed, and a few minutes later, a woman walked over to them. She asked, "Are you children lost?" Luke gasped, "You speak English!?" "Well, yeah. French is the main language, not the only language," she chuckled. "Do you know how to get to the local maple syrup factory?" Sydney asked. The woman pointed to the right. "Walk about half a mile that way, you should be there in no time!" "Thanks!" the team chanted as they ran to the right. The woman began walking again, and bumped into Caitlin. "Oh, hello," Caitlin greeted. "Hi there," the woman greeted back. "Quebec City's just wonderful, isn't it? The buildings, the people, the maple syrup factory over to the West..." Caitlin interrupted her. "Did you say West?" The woman nodded, and a flashback played of the woman pointing the Cash Collectors over to the East. "Just checking," Caitlin said, smirking.

A montage of clips showed Timothy running away from locals, the Credit Cards searching for money in their pockets, and the Cash Collectors running in the wrong direction. Jessica searched through her back pocket. "I know I have my emergency wad over here..... got it!" She pulled out an enormous wad of money, and gave the local a $100 bill. The woman smiled and pointed westward. "Merci!" Mitchell called back to the woman, as the Credit Cards ran.

The Studded Stars were still having trouble with Timothy. "I'm not talking to any of them!" Timothy defied. "Oh, yes, you are!" Ivy roared. Timothy turned to her and argued, "What does it matter? It's a reward challenge." Niko shrugged. "Dude's got a point." Ivy sighed, "A challenge is called a challenge for a reason. Besides, Timothy, what have you got to lose?" "My title as a bacteria virgin," Timothy matter-of-factly said. Valerie and Ivy glanced at each other, and both sighed.

The Cash Collectors were still running. Sydney cheered, "Yes! We've got this challenge in the bag. The other teams are nowhere in sight!" Luke frowned. "And neither is the factory. We should've reached it by now!" Emilie agreed, "Luke's right, we definitely missed it somewhere along the way." The Collectors turned around and ran back again, panting.

The Credit Cards opened the factory's doors and gasped. The factory was enormous, with maple syrup all over the place. Caitlin was then seen beside a cannon, which was pointed at the opposite side of the factory, where a large target board was placed. "Hello, Cards!" she addressed. "Load a silver cannonball into the cannon and fire at the target area!" "Where are the cannonballs? I don't see any," Brandon observed. Caitlin pointed to three deflated beach balls beside a maple syrup "river". "Right over there. You'll have to fill your team's beach ball up with maple syrup in order to make it hit the target board!" Angie: (confessional) I really want to know who comes up with these challenges.

The Studded Stars had now completely given up and were just wandering around aimlessly. Amanda then perked up. "What's that over there?" Ivy: (confessional) Is it a better team? "Hey, it looks like the factory!" Valerie gasped. They rushed over to it and entered, and Caitlin pointed to the beach balls. "Fill up the yellow ball with honey, then fire it out of the cannon to the target board," Caitlin instructed. "Sounds messy," Timothy frowned. Ivy glared at him. "Do not make me get on your case again."

The Collectors were back at the RV. "Ugh, what the heck!?" Luke frustratedly shouted. "I don't get where we went wrong," Emilie said, confused. Mordecai looked to the West and suggested, "Maybe we should try going that way." Luke rolled his eyes. "That's the opposite way, you idiot. Are you trying to make us lose?" Mordecai eyed Luke. "Well, going the 'right' way obviously isn't working!" "If we lose, you're so going home!" Luke declared. "It's a reward challenge!!" Mordecai argued. Brendon, Emilie, and Sydney looked back and forth to each of them as if they were at a tennis match.

"Pour more syrup!" Jessica ordered. The Credit Cards were spilling maple syrup everywhere. Claire laughed, "Now I know what a pancake feels like." To the Cards' right, Amanda shouted, "Hey, that was my joke!" Claire: (confessional) Amanda and I both know she's not that clever. The Credit Cards lifted their beach ball in the air. "Done!" Maple syrup flew everywhere, and landed on Timothy's hair. He panicked, "Get it off! Off! Off! Off!!!" Valerie began to get up to help him, but Niko pulled her back down. "No, no, no, you stay here." "This is no time for you to bust a move!" Ivy said as she elbowed him. "Fine, fine! But we still need to fill this up!" Niko ordered.

Mordecai and Luke were still arguing, and it began to grow extremely off-topic. "Celine Dion is not that good of a singer," Mordecai stated. "You did not go there," Luke gasped. "Well.... magic isn't real!" Mordecai's eyes widened. "Take that back!" Luke smiled smugly. "Never!" At this point, Brendon, Sydney, and Emilie were now falling asleep on each other.

The Cards loaded the cannonball in, and Claire hollered, "Fire in the hole!!" Brandon fired, sending the ball flying towards the target, and they hit a bulls-eye. "Wooo!" the Cards cheered, high-fiving each other. The Stars followed, loading up their ball. "Bombs away!!" Niko called out, as Amanda fired the ball out. The beach ball soared across the factory, and hit the target. "We did it!" Valerie yelled in delight. The Stars gathered together, except for Timothy, who was still running in circles. Caitlin blew a whistle. "And, we're done! Congratulations, Credit Cards! You win!" "Well, what do we win?" Mitchell asked impatiently. "Free pancakes and waffles for the remainder of the competition!" Caitlin announced. The Credit Cards were silent except for Angie, who cheered exuberantly. "Studded Stars, congrats on coming in second," Caitlin said. Ivy: (confessional) Talk about bitter sweet. Caitlin finished, "And Cash Collectors.... where the heck are they?" The scene swithced over to Mordecai and Luke, who were still arguing. "Australia is not a country!" Luke snapped. "Yes, it is! It makes no sense that it'd be a continent!" Mordecai shot back. Caitlin blankly stared at the camera. "Okay... will Mordecai and Luke ever stop arguing? What enemies will be made? What friendships will be broken?" Ivy shouted off-screen, "That's basically the same thing!" Caitlin ignored her. "Tune in next week to find out the answers and more, only on Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Chapter 3: Spin Cycle
 Posted On: November 26, 2010  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, the teams were taken to Quebec where they became full-fledged tourists! Mitchell helped lead the Stars to a huge victory, while the Collectors got misled by a clueless chick!" "Says you?" Ivy called out off-screen. Caitlin gasped, then quickly ended the recap. "Watch today's episode of Total Drama Stardom! Hmph, these teenagers think they've got jokes now..." Caitlin's voice trailed off as she walked back to the driver's seat.

Luke, Sydney, and Brendon sat across the RV from Mordecai and Emilie. Emilie: (confessional) Could the alliances be any more obvious? "Alright, that's it, I can't stay here. Especially with our so-called 'team leader' who killed our chances of winning the last challenge," Mordecai said, moving to the back. As he walked to the back of the RV, Luke muttered, "Hey, why don't you use your magic wand to wish us up a victory?" From the rear of the RV, Mordecai shouted back, "Oh, how long has that been in your back pocket?" "How do you even know I have back pockets!?" Luke shot back. Sydney howled, "Ohhhhhhhhh, snap!" Emilie stood up and clamped her hand over Luke's mouth. "Just end it, alright? You're both being immature." "Fine!" Luke snapped. "Fine!" Mordecai echoed.

Meanwhile, Jessica was busy examining her team. Jessica: (confessional) If there's anything that gets you through Total Drama, it's an alliance. And right now, I'm lacking one. "Hey, Angie, what's up?" Jessica smiled. Angie shrugged. "Nothing much. Chilling." Jessica nodded, "Oh, so, I was just thinking that maybe—" Caitlin then slammed on the horn of the RV. "C'mon, grandma! If you don't know how to drive on the freeway, don't go on it!!" "... so, what do you think?" Jessica finished. Angie blinked. "I need to pee." Jessica: (confessional) Hm, this isn't as easy as the other guys made it seem...

Finally, the RV screeched to a halt. Claire, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, flew into Brandon's lap. "Oh! Sorry," she blushed. "Not a problem!" Brandon assured. Caitlin flipped her hair back and introduced, "Welcome to Toronto, Ontario! Here, your third challenge takes place at the country's landmark; Canada's National Tower, also known as CN Tower. Exit the RV to check out the challenge!"

The contestants all exited the RV, where the CN Tower stood proudly in front of them. And dangling just a few feet from the ground were fifteen black wires with harnesses, which extended all the way up to the top of the tower. Caitlin pointed to the wired harnesses. "Alright. Each of you, strap on to one of those." "I don't think I can fit in that," Valerie dismissed. "I'm a size zero." Mitchell, confused, asked, "Zero? What the heck is a size zero? Zero is nothing. Non-existant." Valerie kneeled down to him. "You have to much to learn, my child." "Don't call me that!" Mitchell growled.

Jessica, still looking for an alliance member, moved on to Claire. "Hey, Claire," Jessica addressed. "How, uh, are you doing.... and stuff?" To Jessica's other side, Ivy mumbled, "Worst greeting ever." "Oh, do not talk to me, missy," Jessica snapped. "Drop the act, it's really not fooling anyone," Ivy sighed. Jessica: (confessional) Who... does... this... girl... think... she... is!? Caitlin continued explaining before Jessica could pounce on Ivy. "Alright. At the sound of my whistle, the wires will begin revolving around the tower. The revolution speed will gradually increase as time goes by, so you might be throwing up after half an hour." "Well, that's something to look forward to," Luke frowned. Caitlin continued, "You can get off at any time you'd like by removing the straps and landing on the safety mattresses below. The last person remaining wins it for their team. The first team to lose all of their members will be facing elimination!" Luke eyed Mordecai. "Oh, I have an idea of what'll happen tonight." "Go!" Caitlin shouted as she blew on her whistle.

The wires began revolving around the tower slowly, however, that was too much for Timothy who immediately hopped off. "Seriously?!" Ivy shouted at him. "Ahhh, I already feel a headache coming on!" Timothy panicked. Angie began to feel slightly nauseous, which was evident by her groaning. She complained, "Ughhhhhh, I really shouldn't have eaten pancakes today..." Seconds later, she threw up on herself, and immediately hopped off. "Ewwwwwwwwwwwww!" she cried. Timothy, who was by the RV, was horrified. "I'll get the anti-bacterial towels!"

The speed had increased slightly, and Caitlin called, "Collectors have all of their members left, Stars and Cards are down to four!" Luke had his eyes shut, while muttering, "This is so stupid..." From behind him, Mordecai sighed, "Can you not be so judgmental of everything? No one needs your attitude." Luke stuttered, "Yeah, w-well... no one needs you to be so reasonable!" "Do you listen to yourself!?" Mordecai shouted. From behind Mordecai, Emilie joked, "No, he just loves hearing himself talk." Luke furrowed his eyebrows. "Hey! Two against one? I'm out." Luke unstrapped himself and landed on Angie, who had thrown up on herself. Timothy exited the RV with an anti-bacterial towel, then noticed Luke was now covered in vomit as well. "Why didn't anyone tell me!?" Timothy cried in anger.

The wires revolved faster and faster, and Mitchell began panicking. "Guys, my harness is a little too big for me," he said in a nervous tone. Sydney saw that Mitchell's entire body was able to fit in one leg hole. "Think?" she laughed. Mitchell whined, "It isn't funny! I am not losing this challenge!" "Pull the pole out of your butt, if you fall, you've got three teammates left," Sydney told him. Mitchell paused, then shrugged and unstrapped himself from the harness. Sydney: (confessional) Did I just manipulate someone? Yay!!

Valerie finished telling Jessica, "... and that's why you should never wear yellow plaid. It just doesn't work out!" Jessica nodded as if she was listening. "Yep, yep. I totally know what you're talking about." "I mean, I wouldn't be caught dead looking like that," Valerie scoffed. Jessica continued nodding. "Nope, couldn't be caught dead." Valerie pointed to Jessica's shirt. "I mean, like, I wouldn't even wear that!" "Yep, I wouldn't eithe—" Jessica realized what Valerie had said. "Wait, what!?" Jessica kicked Valerie's harness, which ended up breaking. Jessica called out to her, "Whoopsies!" "Caitlin! I demand a re-do!" Valerie ordered. Caitlin shrugged. "No rules against that." "Ugh, you're just like Chris!" Valerie said as she stomped away. "Awwww, thanks! I'll tell him you said that when I get to Hawaii," Caitlin smiled. The wires were now revolving at the speed of a relatively slow rollercoaster. Niko sighed. "Weak sauce!" Sydney began whining, "I'm getting dizzy..." Mitchell called out to her, in a mocking tone, "Just fall, you've got three teammates left!" "Hey, don't copy me!" Sydney roared. "I can spread rumors about you faster than Timothy can repel girls!" From inside the RV, Timothy frowned. "Hey!" Sydney unstrapped herself, and Mitchell laughed. "Loser." "Get over here, you little tree stump!" Sydney hollered. Mitchell gasped. "Tree stump!? Oh, you're on!" Mitchell and Sydney began slap-fighting, and from her harness, Jessica began to have a laughing fit. "Oh, this is too much!" Jessica cackled. She laughed so hard that she ended up flipping over in her harness and falling out. "Whoaaaaa!" Caitlin cringed as Jessica landed head-first on a mattress. "And that leaves two Cards, three Collectors, and three Stars!"

The harnesses were now really spinning quickly, and just the sight of them was able to make a spectator cross-eyed. "Ugh, that's it, I'm done," Brandon declared. He unstrapped himself, but as he fell, Mordecai zoomed right past him, and Brandon ended up getting stuck in Mordecai's harness. Brandon panicked. "Ahhhhhhhhh!" Mordecai attempted to shove him off. "Ah! Get off!" "I'm trying!" Brandon worriedly told him. Mordecai groaned. "Ugh, you know what?" He unstrapped himself, and both boys fell down, hitting the mattresses. "It's all up to Claire to keep the Cards from eliminating a teammate tonight!" Caitlin announced. Claire frowned. "Thanks. No pressure's on me at all."

"Wheeeeee!" Amanda yelled in joy. "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Brendon echoed. "Ow, headache, headache!" Ivy complained. Emilie had her arms folded, bored. "Tick, tock, tick, tock..." Niko had dead insects all over his face. "Ugh! Stupid speed!" "Go Claire!!!" Mitchell, Brandon, and Jessica cheered. Angie would have cheered, however, Timothy was smothering her with an anti-bacterial towel. "Alright, yeah, I'm done," Emilie said. She unstrapped herself and landed feetfirst, then walked into the RV as if nothing had happened. "Looks like we've got this in the bag," Valerie said, satisfied. "Hmph," Jessica frowned. At that moment, Amanda fell to the ground. "What the... why'd you give up!?" Valerie snapped. "You were fine! You were even enjoying it!" Amanda grinned. "But falling looked even more fun!" Valerie shook her head. "Ugh..."

Brendon continued screaming. "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" Niko, Claire, and Ivy were covering their ears in horror. "Will you please shut up?!" Ivy snapped. "Whaaaaaaaaaat?" Brendon asked. Ivy leaned forward. "I said, shut up!!!" Brendon squinted his eyes. "I can't hear you over the wires breaking the sound barrier and everything!" Brendon then shrugged and continued screaming. "Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!" "Oh, that's it," Ivy said. She unstrapped herself and landed on the mattress. "I'm done." "The teams are all on even ground now!" Caitlin observed. "Only Brendon, Niko, and Claire remain. Next to fall loses the challenge for their team, and the last to fall wins it!" "Screw it, I'm out too," Niko sighed. "My hearing is more valuable than a victory!" Ivy and Valerie groaned. "Great!" Luke laughed hysterically. "Ah! Ahahaha! Blahahahaha!" "Oh, grow up," Ivy muttered, as she kicked Luke. "Ow! Ugh, whatever, you're going home tonight, so I don't care," Luke taunted.

Claire and Brendon were now revolving so quickly that it was impossible to tell who was who. "The wind stings!" Claire moaned. "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" Brendon hollered. Claire then paused. "Why am I still here?! There isn't even a reward!" Brendon shrugged. "I dunno, I'm having a blast!" Claire unstrapped herself, and Brendon cheered. Caitlin blew her whistle again. "Collectors win! Cards... uh... don't lose. As for the Stars, you'll be voting someone off tonight!!" Ivy: (confessional) This is so embarrassing, being the first team to lose a member... and it'd better not be me!!

The Rest Stop Ceremony took place at the local gas station. Caitlin walked out of the gas station with four chocolate candy bars. "Hello, Studded Stars. You know how it goes; I have four candy bars. Four of you will receive one. The contestant who does not receive a candy bar must immediately take the Motel Room Rental of Shame, and can never, ever, ever return to Total Drama Stardom." "First candy bar goes to... Valerie!" Valerie caught her candy bar. "Ew, it's melted!" Valerie: (confessional) Who did I vote for? Well, Niko lost the challenge for us, but Timothy's obviously gonna tear us down in the long run. "Next one goes to Niko!" "Nice," Niko smiled, as he caught his bar. Niko: (confessional) ..... Ivy. "The next candy bar goes to Amanda!" Amanda chuckled, "Talk about irony. I'm safe from elimination, but not safe from—" Ivy put her hand over Amanda's mouth. "Please. Just stop." Caitlin held the last candy bar in her hand. "Timothy, Ivy, one of you received three votes. The other received two. The person who does not receive the final candy bar must walk the Dock of Sham— excuse me, just take the Motel Room Rental of Shame." "The final candy bar goes to..." Timothy and Ivy nervously glanced at each other. "Ivy." Timothy gasped. "You guys are all infectous jerks!" Ivy smiled. "See ya later!" Caitlin pointed behind her. "The motel's that way. You'd be renting a room there, if this weren't a reward challenge!" "Wait, what?" Niko frowned. "Fake elimination!" Caitlin grinned. Timothy grinned. "So, I'm still in?!" "That's the idea," Caitlin stated. "You five can go back in the RV." Ivy, Valerie, Amanda, and Niko grumbled as they went back, while Timothy beamed. Caitlin faced the camera. "And that's it for this episode! Will someone ever get eliminated? What task will our teens face next? Find out next time on Total Drama Stardom!"

Chapter 4: Bosom Cream Pie
 Posted On: November 27, 2010  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our cast visited Toronto, where they took a spin around CN Tower. I mean, seriously, they actually hung on wires and spun around the thing. Jessica tried to make an alliance.... which failed! The Stars lost the challenge, and Timothy kinda got voted off. And by kinda, I mean it was a trick elimination! Hehe. So, we've still got fifteen players in this here game. And today, we'll be switching countries as we enter the good ol' US of A! Who will finally get eliminated? Find out at the end of this episode!"

Jessica walked over to Brandon. Jessica: (confessional) I am not giving up on this alliance shiz. I need one, like, now. "Hey, Brandon," Jessica began. "Oh. Hey, Jessica," Brandon greeted. Jessica sat down beside him. "I was just wondering if you wanted to, I dunno, team up in challenges and eliminations and stuff?" Brandon shrugged. "Well, we're kinda already teamed up, since, we're in teams." Jessica leaned in closer to Brandon. "Well, you know, I wanna get to know you a little more." Brandon pointed to Jessica's lower lip. "You have syrup on your lip." "Oh," Jessica embarrassingly said, then licked it off. Brandon lied, "I, uh, need to ask Caitlin something. I'll talk to you later." "Yeah, uh, sure, whatever," Jessica sighed.

Amanda had her face plastered against the window. She chanted, "Almost.... almost..." "What are you doing?" Brendon inquired. She replied, still looking outside the window, "We're about to cross from Canada to the United States!" Claire, Brandon, Sydney, and Angie's eyes all widened. They all attacked the window. "Move it!" Sydney snapped. "I wanna see!" Brandon whined. "Brendon, move your immense head," Claire demanded. "Brandon's head isn't that big," Angie pointed out. Claire shook her head. "No, I meant Brendon. I would never say that to Bran—" She caught herself in mid-sentence. "I mean, uh, Brendon's head is big, not Brandon's. Case closed." Amanda counted down, "Three! Two! One!" Caitlin slammed on the car horn. "We're here! Welcome to Boston." "Huh?" Brandon asked. "But, we haven't even crossed the border yet." Caitlin frowned. "I don't know what you're talking about. We crossed about four hours ago." Angie stuttered, "B-but... Amanda... and the looking, and the counting, and the—" Amanda began cracking up. "Oh, you guys are just too gullible!" Sydney: (confessional, scribbling on a notepad) Amanda likes to... hm, I need something juicy. Something... something... 'Amanda likes to chew off her toenails at night'? Sounds believeable, right?

The contestants filed out of the RV and stood in front of a bakery. "Oooh, eating challenge?" Brendon grinned. "No," Caitlin corrected, "I can't afford to buy that many pies. You guys are gonna be baking your own Boston Cream Pies!" Angie clapped. "Oh, yeah!" Angie: (confessional) Baking is awesome. Well, except for all the preparation stuff. But at the end you get a cake!! Caitlin added, "But you'll have to add your team's own flair to the pie. The team that has the most creative and edible pie, wins!" Caitlin walked the teams into the bakery, where three ovens, counters, and refrigerators were set up. "All of the ingredients necessary are stored in the refrigerators. Recipes and tools are on the counters. Any que— Oh! I nearly forgot." Caitlin grinned mischievously. "One of the ingredients is explosive." "What?!" the contestants gasped. Amanda asked, "Like, boom-boom, explosive?" Caitlin dismissed, "Oh, the explosion can't do much. You just have to make sure it ends up in the cake. Any questions?" Mitchell raised his hand. "What does the winning team win?" Caitlin paused, then ordered, "Start cooking!" Mitchell protested, "Bu—" "Start cooking!" "Can you—" "Start cooking!!"

The Cards met up, and Angie grabbed the recipe. She read, "Preheat oven to 375 degrees..." Brandon complied and turned the oven knob to 375. "... grease and flour two nine-inch round cake pans..." Mitchell and Claire both grabbed a nine-inch cake pan and spread them all over with grease and flour. "... sift all-purpose flour, cake flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside." Brandon passed Jessica the ingredients, and she did so. Angie looked up. "Alright guys, let's... wow, you're fast." Jessica nodded. "That's what teammates do! Right, teammate?" She nudged Brandon's shoulder. Brandon stuttered, "Uh, oh, um, yeah! Totally."

The Collectors gathered together. Before anyone could even breathe, Luke declared, "The cake is gonna be in the shape of a dollar sign, called it." Mordecai sighed. "First off, it's a pie. Secondly, do you realize how tough that would be?" "Don't get all technical with me," Luke snapped. "Oh, right, you can't comprehend as quickly as the rest of us," Mordecai recalled. Luke growled, "I oughta throw that explosive ingredient in your face!" Mordecai started to shoot back an insult, but Emilie separated the two. "Guys, stop it! We've got to work on this cake." Mordecai stopped. "She's right." "Suck-up," Luke said, sticking his tongue out. "Oh, grow up!" Sydney barked at him, as she grabbed the recipe. She read aloud, "Preheat oven to 375 degrees." Mordecai turned the oven knob slightly to the right of 375. Luke stomped his foot and adjusted the knob. "That was 381, you turd." Emilie: (confessional, motions hanging herself)

The Stars scrambled over to their station. Amanda wondered, "Hm. Which ingredient do you guys think is the explosive one?" "No time for speculation!" Ivy snapped. "We need to get baking." Valerie read, "Preheat oven to 375 degrees." Valerie then turned the knob on the oven to 475. "Are you crazy? It's 375," Ivy corrected, as she fixed the knob. "Well, if we make it 475, it should bake faster, right?" Valerie thought. Niko shrugged. "Can't argue with logic." Timothy also shrugged. "As long as I don't get dirty." Ivy sighed. "Fine. Whatever." Ivy: (confessional) I don't really know anything about baking, but, whatever. Back with the Cards, Angie read, "Cream six tablespoons of butter in a deep bowl, with three-fourths of a cup of sugar until light and fluffy." Jessica began doing so, and almost five seconds later, Claire stopped her. "That's good enough." "That isn't light or fluffy at all!" Jessica argued, and continued creaming. Claire frowned. "Next step?" Angie continued reading, "Beat two eggs into the bowl, one at a time, and then beat in a teaspoon of vanilla extract." Brandon shuffled through the fridge and found the vanilla extract, but then slipped on some egg yolk which fell on the floor. "Whoooaaa!" The vanilla extract flew through the air, and landed on Sydney's chest. In a split-second, the vanilla extract exploded, and the remains of Sydney's shirt was scattered all over the Collectors' counter. Luke stated, "Um, Sydney, your boobs are showing." "Thank you, Captain Obvious," Sydney grumbled. She then shrugged. "Whatevs." Emilie blinked. "You aren't gonna put a shirt on?" Sydney raised an eyebrow. "No, not really." "... Alright then," Emilie frowned. Brendon stared at Sydney. "Don't those, like, strain your back?" Sydney gasped, then smacked Brendon. "Ugh!" Caitlin walked over to Sydney. "Okay, uh, girl, you're gonna have to put a shirt on. We're not gonna edit... those... out... for the rest of the episode." Sydney grumbled and walked back to the RV to get another shirt.

Ivy then carefully grabbed the vanilla extract from the Studded Stars' fridge. She chanted, "Alright, I got this, I got this, I got this..." "Oh my gosh, I broke a nail!!" Valerie shouted in terror. Ivy, startled, dropped the vanilla extract, and her shoes were blown off. She screamed, "My shoes!! Valerie, you are dead!" Valerie chuckled, "Sweetie, I did you a favor. Those shoes were yes-ter-day!" Ivy clenched her teeth, then ran over to the Collectors' counter. She grabbed their vanilla extract and threw it at Valerie, who's top exploded similar to Sydney's. "Oh, now it's a party," Niko snickered. Valerie's eyes widened, and she threw an egg at Ivy. Caitlin ran back into the kitchen. "We are not starting a food fight! I'm not buying extra ingredidents!"

The screen split into three sections, one with each team, and fast-forwarded two hours later. The teams all had two vanilla cakes and a bowl of custard. The Cards smiled at their success. Angie asked, "Wait, what's gonna be our team 'flair'?" Brandon suggested, "We could make the frosting silver. As in, like, our logo." "I like the way you think," Jessica approved. They searched through the counters and found some food coloring, then began dyeing the dish.

The Collectors resumed their previous argument. Luke outlined a dollar sign shape on the pie. "It's perfect!" "No, it's stupid and it won't work!" Mordecai argued. "Yes, it will! You're so rejective!" Luke shot back. Mordecai threw his hands in the air. "Is that even a word?! You know what, fine, do your dollar sign cake." Luke smiled in satisfaction. "Alright, let's get cutting!" He grabbed a knife and began cutting the cake. He then paused and asked, "How do I do this?"

The Studded Stars had completely finished their pie. Niko grinned. "It's perfect!" Ivy also began to grin, but then her eyes widened in horror. "We forgot to add our own special thing!" "Oh, crap!" Valerie said, annoyed. Ivy began shuffling through the counters. Amanda pointed to a white container. "Vanilla icing?" Niko turned the container around. "Hm. Whatever, it works!" Amanda slowly applied the icing on the cake, and make it spell out the words "Studded Stars Rule".

Caitlin sat at a table in front of three Boston Cream Pies. The one on the left was a regular Boston Cream Pie, only with silver chocolate frosting. The one on the right was also the exact same thing as a Boston Cream Pie, only with a message on top of it. The Bostom Cream Pie in the middle was shaped in a large S-shape. Mordecai elbowed Luke. "What the heck? You totally screwed it up!" "Oh, calm down," Luke worriedly assured. Caitlin took a bite of the Credit Cards' cake first. She nodded in satisfaction. "Great taste, and the coloring doesn't affect the chocolate at all. Great work." The Credit Cards high-fived each other, and Jessica winked at Brandon. Caitlin moved on to the Cash Collectors. "Well, this looks... different," Caitlin said, trying not to address the poorly-cut shape. She nibbled on a small slice of it, then, in a shocked tone, exclaimed, "Wow, this is delicious!" Emilie: (confessional) We have a chance! Caitlin moved on to the final one. "Ooooh, this looks pretty good. Vanilla and chocolate," she grinned. She took a large bite out of it, then coughed. "Bleh! What is this!? It tastes burnt, firstly, and secondly, that isn't vanilla!" Valerie frowned. "What are you talking about?" She dabbed her finger in the icing, tasted it, then also coughed. "Ew! Glue!" Ivy's eyes widened. "Who keeps glue in the kitchen?!" "I think it's obvious; Cards win, Collectors come in second, and Stars lose! Again!!" The Stars all faced each other. "This was your fault!"

The Rest Stop Ceremony took place shortly after. Ivy glared at Amanda, who glared at Niko, who glared at Valerie, who glared at Timothy, who glared at a rusty pole. Caitlin walked out with four candy bars. She clarified, "Someone is going home, just to tell you guys." Amanda nodded. "Great." Valerie also nodded. "Perfect." Caitlin threw the first candy bar at Niko. Niko smiled. "Awesome." She threw the second candy bar at Ivy. Ivy: (confessional) Valerie! That witch nearly blew off my toenails! The third candy bar went to Timothy. Timothy dodged it. "Ew! It's melting." Caitlin then held the last candy bar in her hands, and looked at Valerie, then Amanda. "This was a really tough vote... everyone got at least one vote except Niko." Niko smiled again. "Aw, I'm loved." "Don't lie to yourself, honey," Ivy jeered. "The final candy bar goes to Valerie." Valerie caught the candy bar. "Yes! In your face!" Amanda rolled her eyes. "Fine! Hmph." She stomped back to the RV, collected her luggage, and walked to the nearest motel. "It's about time, she was ticking me off," Niko sighed. Caitlin signed off. "And that's the end of it! Two contestants down, thirteen to go! Tune in next time for another thrilling episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Chapter 5: New York Dorks
 Posted On: December 4, 2010  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, the three teams and I entered the United States! Yep, that's right. I had to pay a toll. Anyways, we went over to Boston, Massachusetts where we had this season's cooking challenge! Each team made their own Bostom Cream Pie. After Brandon's klutzy self slipped, Sydney blew her top off. Literally! And minutes later, Ivy and Valerie were both explosive messes! After the Stars nearly poisoned me, they were sent to the elimination ceremony, where Amanda got the boot! Later, gator! Today, we'll be heading over to the city that never sleeps! Tune into this exciting episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

The RV screeched to a halt. Brendon gasped. "Look!" He pointed out the window, where he and the others realized their location. Emilie smiled. "New York City! Broadway musicals, here we come." "Broadway? Pfft!" Valerie scoffed. "I'm more excited about the shopping!!" She grinned. "Where's the fashion district?" Brendon and Brandon both looked out the same window, then took notice of each other. They both said in unison, "... Oh, you. What's that supposed to mean?! Oh my goodness, I'm going to—" Ivy shouted, "Will you two shut up?! And, I don't get what's so great about New York City." Jessica raised her hand. "Same here." "Make that three," Niko chimed. Luke leaned back on a chair. "Four." "Oh, learn to live a little," Emilie scolded.

Mordecai stared at the window, over at a man performing magic tricks on the street. The man pulled out a rabbit from his top hat, and the people observing him clapped. Mordecai shook his head. "Amateur!" Mitchell also looked out the window, and noticed the extreme height of the buildings. He mumbled, "So... tall... getting... dizzy..." "Oh my goodness," Timothy said in disbelief. He watched as a woman dropped a used napkin on the sidewalk. He shouted out the window, "Pick that up!! Like, now!!!" The woman looked at him, flipped him off, then continued walking. Timothy gasped, then sobbed, "I need a hug."

Caitlin cleared her throat. "Welcome to New York City! You guys have probably heard all about this place; Broadway! Central Park! Statue of Liberty! Times Square! Which we're on right now. That's why there's so much dang traffic!!" She slammed on the horn. "Move it!! You don't need a car in New York City anyways!!" She recollected herself and continued, "The first part of today's challenge starts here, in Times Square. I've managed to get a couple of subway lines closed off for challenge purposes. You'll have to take your team's train over to Yankee Stadium! Which is way uptown. 161st Street, to be exact. Once you get there, I'll explain that portion of the challenge. For now, find your way over to the Times Square train station and take your assigned train! Credit Cards have the grey C train, Collectors have the green C train, and Stars have got the orange S train!" "I hate orange," Sydney muttered. "It's our team color," Ivy reminded her. "Live with it." Caitlin opened the RV door. "Ready?" Luke yawned. "No." "Go!"

The teens raced down the steps of the Times Square station entrance. "Whoa, that's a big train," Brandon commented. The teams entered into their assigned subway trains, and Caitlin's voice boomed through the speakers. "Hello, contestants! Two of your team members will have to man the steering wheel, or, should I say, handle. Yeah, I know, it's weird. The other three, or two, in the Stars' case, will have to answer random New York City trivia that I ask over the speakers! If you get it right, your train gets a speed boost! Get it wrong, and you get delayed. So, pick your people!" "I call driver person!" Angie shouted, running to the front of the train car. "I'll go with her, I guess," Mitchell shrugged. "Emilie and I should drive!" Mordecai snapped. "No way! Sydney and I should!" Luke shot back. Sydney whispered to Emilie, "Do you even wanna drive?" Emilie whispered back, "Not at all." Sydney cleared her throat. "Hey, guys, why don't both of you drive?" "What?!" Mordecai and Luke hollered in disbelief. Sydney and Emilie pushed the two into the conductor's car. "I know a lot-ish about New York, so I'm staying here," Valerie declared. "Same here!" Niko chimed. Ivy walked to the conductor's car pulling Timothy by the arm. "Let's go!"

The trains began moving, and Caitlin's voice was heard through the speakers. She recited, "What is the "main" street in Times Square?" Valerie, Claire, and Brendon all answered, "Forty-second street!" The three trains all sped up, now at 63rd street. Caitlin continued, "How many boroughs are in New York City?" "Five!" Valerie replied, while the Cards and Collectors gave no response. The Stars' train advanced on, now at 78th street, while the Cards and Collectors were at 69th street. "Push it to the left!" Mordecai ordered. "No, we should keep going straight!" Luke defied. Mordecai and Luke pulled the handle back and forth until it snapped off, and the train continued going straight without stopping. "Uh-oh," the two said in unison.

"Next question!" Caitlin's voice echoed. "What avenue stretches all the way from the north Bronx, down to the tip of Manhattan?" Niko and Brandon answered, "Broadway." The Collectors, again, gave no reponse. The Stars were now at 94th street, the Cards at 85th, and the Collectors at 77th. Caitlin asked her fourth question. "What locomotive is necessary to ride in order to get to the Statue of Liberty?" Brendon whispered, "What's a locomotive?" Sydney shrugged, while Emilie answered, "A boat?" In the other trains, Niko and Jessica answered, "The Staten Island Ferry." The Stars advanced to 103rd street, Cards to 96th street, and Collectors to 81st street. "Next question... the Empire State Building has home many stories?" "Like, fairy tales?" Sydney asked, while Valerie answered, "102 floors." The Cards gave no reponse, and only the Stars sped up. "Alright, last question, and then it's all up to your conductors!" Caitlin warned. She quizzed, "Central Park is huge. How many city blocks long is it?" Valerie mumbled, "It goes from 59th to 110th, so that's..." Niko finihed, "51 blocks!" The Cards and Collectors gave no response, and Caitlin shut off the speakers. At that point, the Stars were on 142nd street, the Cards on 119th, and the Collectors on 95th.

The Stars stopped in the 161st street station, and exited. "Where's Yankee Stadium?" Timothy asked aloud, scracthing his head. "It's a baseball stadium," Ivy reminded. "We can't miss it." The team turned around and saw the large, 97000 square meter stadium. Niko pointed to the entrance. "There it is." "Thank you, because that wasn't painfully obvious," Ivy sighed. They entered the stadium, where Caitlin awaited, with three baseball bats beside her, and three pitching machines about fifty yards away. "Hello, Stars! Here, you'll have to hit three homeruns in order to continue to the next and last part of the challenge. You've arrived first, so you get to choose which bat you'd like to use," Caitlin explained. Timothy asked, "What's the difference between them?" Caitlin pointed to each bat. "This one's made of wood, this one's made of metal, and this one's als made of metal, but it's not hollow, it's just totally metal." The Stars whispered amongst each other. Ivy whispered, "The hollow steel one! It's the best bet." "But, wouldn't the not-hollow steel one hit the ball further?" Valerie protested. Ivy mumbled, "Yeah, I guess so..." Niko told Caitlin, "We'll take the, uh, fully-steel one!" Timothy grabbed the bat and immediately dropped it. "This thing is heavy!!" "Oh, grow a pear," Valerie insulted. She attempted to lift the baseball bat, but dropped it as well. "Ow!" "Well, this isn't good," Ivy frowned.

The Cards made it outside of the subway and entered Yankee Stadium. Caitlin held both of the remaining bats. "Cards, you have to hit three homeruns in order to advance. Take your pick; wooden bat, or metal bat?" Jessica quickly chose, "Steel bat. C'mon guys, we're behind!" "I don't think you have anything to worry about," Caitlin chuckled, pointing to the Stars, who required three teammates in order to lift the bat. "Well, let's get going!" Angie said, grabbing the bat from Jessica. Angie: (confessional) I don't really know how to play baseball. But, you just like, catch the ball, then hit it with the stick, right? Angie swung wildly and actually managed to hit a home run. She squealed, "Eeeeee! Touchdown!!" "It's 'home run', Angie," Brandon corrected. "You ran away from home?" Angie gasped. Brandon stared at her blankly.

The Collectors, now far behind, exited the station with Mordecai and Luke staring each other down. Brendon tried to get the two to compromise. "C'mon guys, we're a team! We need to stick together and win the challenge." "I bet Mordecai would love to be stuck next to a dude," Luke remarked. Emilie gasped. "Don't be such a jerk!!" She shoved him against the Yankee Stadium entrance door. Luke: (confessional) Big mistake. They entered, and Caitlin tossed the wooden bat to them. "Hit three homeruns to advance. You're way behind, so you'd better get going!" Luke rushed over to the third pitching machine and ordered, "Alright, who can swing?" Sydney, Brendon, and Mordecai raised their hands. Luke lowered Mordecai's hand. "It's not nice to lie." Sydney mumbled, "I hate people who lie..." "Oh, you're so funny," Mordecai and Emilie said in unison, then blushed. Luke took notice, and narrowed his eyes at them. "Well. I guess Sydney, Brendon, and I are swinging." "Oh, that's a funny coincidence," Brendon laughed. "We're like, together and stuff with the challenges and voting and everything, and—" Brendon caught himself. "Nevermind..." Mordecai and Emilie glanced at each other, both realizing the obvious.

A montage was then shown of the teens attempting to hit home runs, but failing miserably. Timothy, Valerie, and Ivy all tried to swing, but ended up dropping the bat, and Timothy got hit in the groin by the un-hit ball. Jessica swung, missed, and the bat flew out of her hands, hitting Timothy in the groin again. Sydney swung, and hit the ball, however, it hit Timothy in the groin for the third time. "I'm gonna go... sit down... if that's possible anymore..." Timothy decided. Niko stood up, grabbed the bat, and swumg, hitting a home run. "Oh, that was easy..." Ivy was speechless. "How did you..." So was Valerie. "Why didn't you..." "Do it again!" Timothy yelled, from the bench. "No problem!" Niko yelled back, hitting another home run. Niko: (confessional) Yeah, I play sports. Okay, I play sports a lot. It just helps my... smooth moves. (winks)

Brandon, Claire, and Angie were all taking turns swinging, each missing. "This is so hard!" Claire cried. Angie: (confessional, snickering) That's what she said. (laughs hysterically, falls out of chair) Jessica grabbed the bat and swung, and the ball soared across the stadium, hitting the edge, but not being considered as a home run. She complained, "Oh, come on!!! Caitlin!!" Caitlin shrugged. "Rules are rules. But, meh, I guess I'll let it slide." "Woo! That's three, right?" Angie counted. "Two. We've still got one more," Mitchell reminded.

With the Collectors, Brendon swung, and hit a home run. He smiled. "This wooden bat weighs like, a pound! It's so easy to swing!" Sydney also swung a home run. "Woo! We're guaranteed winners!" Next to bat was Luke. He swung, hit the ball, and the bat snapped in half. The ball, however, fell short. "Whoops." Mordecai's jaw dropped. "Great! Now what?!" "Oh, I know, let's use Mordecai's body as a bat," Luke sarcastically suggested. "Oh, I know, let's all vote Luke off for breaking our bat and ruining our chances!" Mordecai imitated. The two stared each other down again.

Niko hit the third and final homerun for the Studded Stars and cheered. "Yes!" He turned to Caitlin. "What now?" Caitlin pointed to the 161st street subway station. "Go back in there and race over to 86th street. From there, run to Central Park! Last team there has to vote someone off." The Studded Stars raced down the stairs and entered the subway, and took their old positions in the train. "Next stop, immunity!" Ivy cheered.

Back at the stadium, and Cards were still having trouble hitting. Luke looked aorund the stadium and saw that the Studded Stars had left their baseball bat. "There!" He ran over to it and tried to lift it, then dropped it on his foot. "Owwwwwwwwwwwwww!!" "Go karma!" Mordecai whooped. Luke sneered, "Don't just stand there, unless, you know, you wanna get voted off tonight." Mordecai and Emilie sighed and helped Luke lift the bat. And, at the same time, the Cards and Collectors both hit a home run. "Yes!" the ten of them cheered. Caitlin pointed over to the subway station. "Get yourselves over to 86th street and race to Central Park! The Stars have an unbeatable lead right now!" The Cards and Collectors shoved each other as they ran down the stairs. "Move it!" The ten of them filed into their trains and raced, the Cards just slightly ahead.

While racing, Luke frowned, "We're gonna lose!" "You just now realize?" Emilie remarked. Mordecai pointed to the broken handle. "Well..." Luke pushed the handle forward, and the train sped up slightly, hitting the back of the Cards' train. Claire fell out of her seat. "Ow!" Mordecai and Luke both pushed the handle with all their strength, and it rammed into the back of the Cards' train. "What's going on?!?!" Angie panicked. "I have no idea!" Mitchell replied.

The Stars exited the 86th street train station and ran over to Central Park. There stood Caitlin, and they cheered. "We won!!" Caitlin nodded. "Yep, you did. And it's about time you won a challenge! Now, let's see which team comes in last..." Both the Cards and Collectors stumbled out of the 86th street train station shortly after. "Why the heck did you guys crash into us?!" Luke sneered. "You crashed into us!" Brandon corrected. Jessica pulled Brandon by the arm to Caitlin, while the Collectors also ran over to her. Caitlin frowned. "Great, it's a tie." "Ew, I hate ties," Sydney mumbled. "Especially the ones around peoples' necks." "You're very hateful today, Sydney," Brendon pointed out. Mordecai tapped his wand against his leg. "Well, how are we gonna break this tie?" "Don't rush me!" Caitlin growled. She noticed a bike rental booth and smiled. "I've got it!" Caitlin walked over to the booth and rented two bikes. "Cards, Collectors, the tiebreaker challenge is a bike race across Central Park. Each team needs to pick one member to represent them for this tiebreaker!" "Not it!" Brendon, Sydney, Emilie, and Mordecai declared. "Oh, that is so fourth grade!" Luke frustratedly told them. "Fine, I'll do it." The Credit Cards, however, all wanted to do the challenge. Angie claimed, "I'm a pretty good pedaler!" "And I'm great at turning!" Claire argued. "So am I," Brandon added. "I'm going for the Cards!" Jessica decided. Angie, Brandon, and Claire groaned, while Mitchell shrugged. Mitchell: (confessional) I don't like bikes. My feet can't reach the pedals.

Jessica and Luke were mounted on their bikes, staring each other down. Caitlin instructed, "You guys are gonna ride your bikes across Central Park. Right now we're on West 86th Street. The first person to make it to East 86th Street wins the tiebreaker, and the loser's team will be voting someone off tonight!" "So, who are you voting off?" Luke asked. Jessica, confused, replied, "Huh?" "You know, when you lose the challenge," Luke snickered. "Oh, ha, ha. Very funny," Jessica disproved. "I hope you like candy bars." Luke asked, "What's that supposed to mean?!" Caitlin blew her whistle. "Go!" The two pedaled into the 86th Street entrance.

They zoomed past the green grass along the paths in Central Park, avoiding joggers and other people. The two reached a fork in the path, and both went separate directions. Jessica, who took the path on the right, hit a dead end after thirty seconds of pedaling. She slammed on the brake and stomped her foot. "Great! Luke's probably way ahead of me now!" Luke took the path on the left, and continued zooming through Central Park. He chuckled, "She'll never catch up to me!" A large white splat landed on Luke's hat, and he panicked. "What the heck was that?!" Still pedaling, he took off his hat and examined it. He looked up at the sky and shouted, "Frickin' pigeons!!" Since he took his eyes off the path, he crashed into a tree. "Oof!" Jessica passed by him and waved, "Later, Luke!" She exited Central Park on East 86th Street and let out a loud cheer. "Yes!" "The Credit Cards are safe!!" Caitlin announced. "As for the Collectors... you'll be voting someone off!" Luke limped out of Central Park with a broken bike. "Uhhhhhhh...." Mordecai and Emilie: (confessional, whispering, then sighing) Mordecai: (confessional, to Emilie) So, what do you think? Emilie: (confessional, to Mordecai) I guess this is goodbye. There's no stopping Luke's obvious thing going on with Brendon and Sydney... Mordecai: (confessional, frowning, hugs Emilie)

The Rest Stop Ceremony took place in the Times Square subway station. Caitlin walked outside of a small convenience shop with four candy bars, and a key chain with the Empire State Building on it. She stopped in front of the teens. "Before I start giving these out, do you guys like my key chain?" Sydney and Brendon nodded. "Totally." Luke suggested, "You should've gotten one with your name on it." "Snap! I oughta do that later," Caitlin promised, looking back at the store she exited. She then turned back to the Collectors. "Alright. I only have four candy bars. The contestant who does not receive a candy bar must take the red L train — for losers!" "The first candy bar goes to Brendon." Brendon cheered. "Woo!" He caught the candy bar and cheered again. "Almonds! Woo!" Sydney frowned. "Aw, I hate almonds." "Too bad," Caitlin scowled, as she threw the second candy bar at Sydney. Sydney refused to catch it, and the candy bar hit her square in the forehead, knocking her out. "The next candy bar goes to..." Mordecai looked at Emilie, nodded, then looked back at Caitlin. "Mordecai!" Mordecai's eyes widened as he caught his candy bar. "I'm safe?! I'm safe! But, wait..." "And the last candy bar goes to..." Mordecai realized too late. "No!" "Luke!" Emilie sighed and stood up. "I guess this show and I just weren't meant to be." Mordecai also stood up. "Emilie, I..." "It's okay," she assured. "I saw this coming." Luke: (confessional) Why Emilie? The two have obviously got some pathetic relationship going on. Voting off Emilie hurt Morde-cry more than it would if I voted him off. Plus, she shoved me. No one shoves me! Well, no one should. Mordecai tried to say something, but Luke put his hand over his mouth and impatiently asked, "Isn't there a loser train that needs boarding?" Caitlin, staring at her key chain, snapped out of her trance. "Oh, right! Emilie, time to go." Emilie boarded the red L train, and smiled at Mordecai, who was still being silenced by Luke. Caitlin continued staring at her key chain, and Brendon awkwardly asked, "Sign off?" Caitlin ignored him and looked at the key chain from a different angle. "OH MY GOSH!! Now it's the Statue of Liberty!" Brendon blinked, then did the sign off. "Uhh... That ends our exciting... What episode are we on?" Sydney, woken up from her knocked-out state, whispered, "Fifth." Then in a normal tone of voice, she added, "Ew, I hate the number five." Brendon continued, "That ends our exciting fifth episode! Thirteen remain. Will the Cards ever lose a member? Like, seriously? Will Caitlin ever get over her key chain? Find out only on the next episode of Total! Drama! Stardom! Ooh, I'm gonna go get a 'Brendon' key chain."

Chapter 6: Celebrity Manhunt's Exclusive First Aftermath
 Posted On: December 7, 2010  A spotlight shone on Josh, former Celebrity Manhunt host, now assigned to the job of hosting the Total Drama Stardom Aftermath. He smiled, "Welcome, welcome! You guys all recognize this place; the aftermath studio! Geoff and Bridgette made out on this very couch!" He paused. "... I'm just gonna sit over here." Josh moved over to the interviewee couch and dusted himself off. "Alright!" "The first five episodes have been pretty entertaining, am I right?" Josh hyped. The audience cheered and clapped, and Josh nodded. The classic aftermath music played softly in the background as Josh said, "We'll be interviewing our three rejects; Brian, Amanda, and Emilie!" A static buzz was heard in the background, and the aftermath TV screen flickered. Josh gasped, "Oh! We did it! A week ago, we tried to get a feed from our abandoned cast in Hawaii. I think it's reaching us!"

The flickering on the TV screen ceased and Chris came into view, with tattered clothes and a beard. He whispered, "Day 63 of strandation... we're nearly out of coconuts... and Owen's gone mad." The camera shifted to Owen, who rolled around in the sand on his stomach, mumbling, "Tacos... I don't even remember what those look like..." "And Alejandro's coping pretty well," Chris added, and he shifted the camera over to Alejandro, still in the Drama Machine. Alejandro wheeled himself over to a nearby tree and attempted to knock a coconut off it, but instead ended up completely knocking the tree over. Chris laughed, and the feed was lost.

"Dangit!" Josh complained, then faced the camera again. "That'll be happening a few times during our show," Josh smiled. "Now, let's introduce our first guest!" "He's five hundred pounds of denial in a ninety-eight pound body! Please welcome, Brian!" Brian hopped out from backstage and made muscle-man poses. "Raaaaah!" Josh blinked. "Brian! Welcome! Come take a seat!" Brian sat down on the interviewee couch beside Josh. He asked, "Josh, shouldn't you, uh, be on the interview-person seat?" "That thing is contaminated!!" Josh protested. Josh then began the interview. "So, how's it like being Total Drama Stardom's Ezekiel?" "Ezekiel?! I'm not a zombie!!" Brian replied, offended. "Oh, calm down," Josh laughed. "It's just that you got eliminated first..." Brian frowned. "Yeah, it sucks. But, hey, at least I didn't get voted off." "Well, no one wanted you on their team, so that's actually worse, dude," Josh pointed out. Brian paused to think about it, then shrugged. "Whatever. I didn't really have too many friends anyways. Makes sense that I'd go first." Josh chuckled, "Ho, ho, ho! Actually, you did have friends. Roll clip!"

The TV screen flickered, and an image came into view of Brian, Ivy, Mitchell, Timothy, Mordecai, Amanda, and Emilie in the RV. Brian stuttered, "When... when.... when was this?!" Josh sighed, "Oh, don't pretend not to remember. The people in this clip were all the first seven people out in the Newfoundland challenge, since Sydney took a snooze in her boat." He pointed back to the TV. "Let's watch!"

Mitchell sighed, "This is so boring..." Ivy agreed, "I'm bored out of my mind..." "Let's play a game, huh?" Amanda suggested. It caught Timothy's attention. "What kind of game?" Amanda shrugged. "Truth or Dare?" The other teens shrugged, and then approved. Amanda quickly added, "Alphabetical order!!" Everyone else groaned as Amanda grinned. She pointed to Ivy. "Ivy! Truth or Dare?" "Truth, obviously," Ivy replied. Amanda thought, then asked, "If you had to hook up with any guy in this RV, who would it be?" Ivy's eyes widened, and she frowned. "I'm not answering that!" "You have to! You picked truth! Now, spill!" Amanda demanded. Ivy rolled her eyes. "Ugh, fine. I can't believe I'm saying this, but, Brian." Amanda giggled as Brian gasped, then blushed. Mordecai, Mitchell, and Timothy all made protests. "Look! Mitchell, you remind me of my little brother. Timothy, you're a freak. Same with you, Cai. That only leaves Brian, and he's pretty decent," Ivy explained. "Awwwwww!" Amanda teased. Brian, still blushing, realized, "It's my turn! "Timothy! Truth or Dare?" Brian asked. Timothy quickly responded, "Truth! Dares always end up including contact with a bacteria-infested object." Brian looked around the RV, then asked, "If you were a team captain, which four people would you pick?" Timothy thought for a second. "Hm. I guess you, you're pretty nice-ish. And Angie, definitely Angie. Oh, and Mitchell! I'm sure there's a pill for shortness." Mitchell laughed sarcastically. "Oh, you're hilarious." "And, I guess..." Timothy finished, "Sydney? I dunno." Ivy mumbled to Emilie, "Sounds like a lame team." Emilie gave no response, shrugging.

Brian shrugged. "Alright. What was the point of that?" Josh shook his head in disappointment. "This kid is hopeless. You have friends. They decided not to pick you. Do you know what that means?" "My friends don't like awesomeness?" Brian winked. Josh rolled his eyes. "Y'know what? You're annoying. But, let's move on to our next guest, who annoyed the pants off everyone! Please welcome, Amanda!" The audience clapped as Amanda walked in, waving to the crowd. Amanda took a seat beside Brian and asked Josh, "Why did you just interview a twig?" The audience laughed, as well as Josh. Brian, however, sternly glared at Amanda and shot back, "Oh, what joke book did you get that one from?" The audience all gasped, and a random person shouted, "Do you need some ice for that burn?" Josh, still amused, quieted, "Alright, alright. Now, Amanda, I—" The aftermath TV flickered once again, and Josh squealed. "Shhh! Shhh! We're getting a feed from Hawaii!"

A blurred image of Chris came into view, however, he now had a tooth missing. Chris hyperventilated. "Heather... Gwen... LeShawna... Slapping... Scratching... Kicking..." Chef took hold of the camera and mumbled, "Just watch this." He moved the camera over to focus on Heather, Gwen, and LeShawna, who were all kicking and slapping each other. Through the fighting, Heather shouted, "That is my coconut!" "Nuh-uh, girl!" LeShawna protested, yanking Heather's ponytail. "That was all mine!" Gwen claimed, attempting to push LeShawna with no success. Chef focused the camera back on him, with the girls' screams heard in the background. "Y'all see what we gotta go through?!" Chef was then hit in the head by the coconut the girls were fighting over, and the feed was lost.

Josh was rolling on the floor, chanting, "Catfight! Catfight!" "Dude, get up! The feed's gone," Brian told him. Josh's eyes widened as he stood up, dusted himself off, and sat beside Amanda. "Right. Uh, well. Amanda. You are un-arguably the most annoying person on Total Drama, only being beaten by the dolphin BFF's. How do you feel about that?" Amanda shrugged. "I dunno. How's it feel to be the least popular Celebrity Manhunt host?" Josh gasped. "Hey! Blaineley's only popular because she got loopholed into the show! I'm way better than that forty-one year old—" "Blaineley's forty-one?!" Brian gasped, along with the audience. "The camera takes off about fifteen years, darlings," Josh chuckled. Amanda paused. "Then, how old does that make you?" Josh froze. "Moving on! Amanda, how do you think you 'left your mark' with the other contestants?" "I think I can be known as a good friend," Amanda nodded. Josh and Brian looked at each other, restraining their laughter. Josh then said slowly to Amanda, "No... one... likes... you. Comprende?" "I don't speak Russian," Amanda frowned. Josh awkwardly stared at her, then changed the topic. "Here's a little-known fact; Amanda actually broke a Total Drama record!" Amanda gasped, "Really?" Josh nodded, "Yep. One of the longest confessionals recorded. It couldn't be aired, but it took place right before the fake elimination in Toronto! Roll clip!"

Amanda: (confessional) Oooh, first elimination ceremony! I'm so excited!! Someone's gonna go home in an awesome suspenseful way like always. It's so fun! Wait, why am I here? Oh, right, I have to vote someone off. Hm. Who should I vote for? Ivy? She's so mean and uptight. Like, seriously. She needs to let her hair down. And out of that ponytail. It should be illegal to have a ponytail that tight. But on the other hand, Timothy's a freak! I mean, look at him! I don't think it'd be smart for us to keep him on the team. Valerie's okay, I guess, she's just a total witch sometimes. Niko's, uh, nice... (blushes) But, um, yeah. I guess I'm gonna have to vote for Timothy. He's just not right for the team! Then again, no one is. Gosh, Valerie picked such a crappy team... And I got robbed in that Newfoundland challenge! I totally had that flag. Ugh! Oh, elimination in five minutes! Well, if I go home tonight — wait, let's face it, that obviously isn't happening! (cackles) I should really get going, but I won't! (Ivy shouts, "Get a move on!") Alright, fine.

"Long-winded, are we now?" Josh slyly remarked. Amanda blinked. "I don't remember saying any of that." Josh nudged her shoulder. "What about the Niko part? Eh?" "No, uh, none of that ever happened!" Amanda denied. Josh shook his head. "And I thought Season One Duncney was pathetic. Get a load of this!" Amanda, furious, asked, "Why don't you move on to the final guest, huh?" Josh nodded excitedly. "Oooh! Yes. The juicy stuff. Let's get straight to the guest we've all been waiting for, Emilie!" Emilie entered, smiling, and took a seat beside Amanda. "Em! What's up?" Josh greeted. Emilie frowned. "Don't call me 'Em'. And, I'm doing fine." "Alright, let's get straight to it; what's the deal between you and Mordecai, huh?" Josh anxiously questioned. "Mordecai and I are nothing but good friends," Emilie re-enforced. Josh pointed to the TV and winked. Emilie sighed, "You have a clip, don't you?" "You know it, girl!" Josh extravagantly cheered. "Roll clip!"

(Changes to this version of the scene are indicated in orange font .) "The first candy bar goes to Brendon." Brendon cheered. "Woo!" He caught the candy bar and cheered again. "Almonds! Woo!" Sydney frowned. "Aw, I hate almonds." "Too bad," Caitlin scowled, as she threw the second candy bar at Sydney. Sydney refused to catch it, and the candy bar hit her square in the forehead, knocking her out. "The next candy bar goes to..." Mordecai looked at Emilie, nodded, both smiled at each other, then looked back at Caitlin. "Mordecai!" Mordecai's eyes widened as he caught his candy bar. "I'm safe?! I'm safe! But, wait..." Tears began to well up in his eyes as Caitlin announced, "And the last candy bar goes to..." Mordecai realized too late. "No!" "Luke!" Emilie sighed and stood up, tears also forming slightly in her eyes. "I guess this show and I just weren't meant to be." Mordecai also stood up, filled with both rage and sorrow. "Emilie, I..." "It's okay," she assured, sniffling. "I saw this coming."

The audience all warmly said, "Awwwwwwww." "It's amazing what CGI can do, huh?" Josh taunted. Emilie shook her head. "We're just close friends. I'm sure the tears were just because Luke had to separate us." Josh jeered, "Alright, prove it with a game of Truth or Hammer!" The Truth or Hammer theme came on, and when it ended, Emilie's eyes widened. Josh reminded, "All you've got to do is tell the truth. If you lie, the hammer will swing down! Hopefully, you'll, uh, dodge." "And if I don't?!" Emilie desperately asked. "Uh, good luck!" Josh grinned. He repeated his previous question. "What's the deal between you and Mordecai?" Emilie opened her mouth to speak, but noticed the hammer, then sighed. "I can't deny it any longer; we're.... together, to put it in simplest form." Josh squealed excitedly, then assured, "Alright, you're good. I just needed to hear that!" Emilie then whispered something in Josh's ear, and he squealed once again. "Emilie's got a little surprise for us!" Josh smiled. "Let's take a trip to last season." Emilie stood up, center-stage, and was suddenly tossed a microphone. She spoke into it. "I'm going to be singing a song I wrote after my elimination about Mordecai. It's called, 'A Magic Ride'." The music began playing in the background, the lights dimmed, and Emilie sang: You cast a spell on my heart I didn't need one from the start The way you love me is enough I'm serious; I never bluff

You take me on a magic ride You make me warmer deep inside I'll always stand right by your side  ' Cause you take me on a magic ride

Together we're unstoppable Not a thing's impossible Although failure is probable Enjoy the ride like a carnival

 ' Cause you take me on a magic ride You make me warmer deep inside I'll always stand right by your side  ' Cause you take me on a magic ride You take me on a magic ride You take me on a magic ride The lights went back on as the audience cheered loudly, while Emilie smiled and bowed. Josh sniffled. "That was... so...." He then began crying hysterically in Amanda's lap. Amanda patted him on the back. "There, there." Josh pointed to the TV again, sobbing. "R-R-R-Roll.... That's G-Gonna Leave a Mark...." Brian leaned back in his seat. "My favorite part!"

The first clip was in Newfoundland, where Timothy had opened an oyster, but then closed it on his finger, panicked, and crashed into Valerie. The next was in Quebec, where the Cash Collectors were running down the sidewalk. Brendon tripped, landing face-first, and ended up also tripping Sydney, Mordecai, and Luke. Third to appear was a clip of Niko in Quebec. He unstrapped himself from the harness, landed on a mattress, but then bounced and landed face-down on the concrete. The next clip was in Boston, where Jessica was beating eggs, but the egg beter flew out of her hands and landed in Claire's hair. The final clip was in New York City, where Luke was riding his bike, but a low-hanging tree branch knocked him in the head, and he fell off.

Brian and Amanda were laughing hysterically, while Emilie forced a chuckle. Josh had stopped sobbing, and faced the camera. "Well, uh, I think that wraps it up, huh?" Amanda, Brian, and Emilie nodded, and Josh smiled. He then signed off. "Alright! Stay tuned, viewers! Next time on the Aftermath we'll be interviewing another three contestants on their time on the show. So hang tight and be sure to catch up on every episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Chapter 7: All's Fair in Love and the Shore
Posted On: January 9, 2011 "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our teens faced their biggest challenge yet in the Big Apple! Yep, we went to New York City for quite an exciting time. We hit it off with a subway race to Yankee Stadium, where the Stars made a pretty bad decision. But, nonetheless, they were safe, thanks to Niko's Niko-ness. The Credit Cards and the Cash Collectors got into a tie, and after Jessica and Luke duked it out — not literally — the Credit Cards won, and the Cash Collectors attended the Rest Stop Ceremony, where Emilie got booted! Sad, isn't it? But, hey, we've gotta move on! Thirteen peeps left as we head on into probably our worst episode yet, in terms of ratings. So grab a soda and watch this episode of Total. Drama. Stardom! Wait, w-w-where's my key chain?"

Mordecai had his head on Angie's shoulders. Angie patted him on the back. "Aww, it's gonna be alright. She was okay with leaving, wasn't she?" Mordecai said nothing, still in a deep depression. From the opposite side of the RV, Luke couldn't stop chuckling. Sydney lightly punched his arm. "Seriously? He's really hurt!" "Oh, don't give me that trash," Luke said, narrowing his eyes at her. "You voted her off too, didn't you?" "Because you told me to," Sydney replied, sticking her tongue out. Luke: (confessional) Geez, Sydney's annoying. but I need her vote. Just until the merge. Which should be coming in another seven or so challenges... (frowns) From the driver's seat, Caitlin wailed, "It's gone!" "What is?" Brendon asked, curious. "My key chain!!" Caitlin cried. Brendon gasped. "Oh, no." Caitlin continued sobbing. "I-I-I don't think I can handle organizing a challenge. Th-this is gonna be a... reward challenge!" The entire RV groaned, except for Mordecai, who seemed to snap out of his depression. Mordecai: (confessional) No elimination? Great, I don't have to worry about Luke's alliance getting me out of here now!

The RV stopped, and the teens all filed out. "Where are we?" Mitchell wondered aloud. Caitlin pulled out a map and pointed to New Jersey. "We're... there. Ish." A group of tanned males, in their young twenties, passed by the teens wearing nothing but wife beaters, bermuda shorts, and flip-flops. "Seaside Heights!" Valerie cheered. "Ew, everyone here looks like they just got mobbed by Crayola," Luke frowned, glancing at a nearly-orange woman with excessive makeup. Caitlin sobbed, "My key chain was nearly orange!" "Get a hold of yourself! You're like, almost twice our age!" Ivy snapped. Caitlin glared at Ivy, and made an "I'm watching you" motion. She then cleared her throat and began, "Welcome to Seaside Heights, New Jersey! Here, you guys are gonna compete in a series of mini-challenges that a majority of the residents in this city do daily. Which is kinda freaky." "I'm freaked out enough!" Timothy whined. "Follow me to your first challenge site," Caitlin told them, motioning to the right. "The first team to win three challenges wins the reward!"

Caitlin stopped in front of a tanning salon. Timothy immediately jumped backwards. "Artificial UV rays! Run away!!" The other twelve teens stared at him, while Caitlin gestured to a room inside the tanning salon. In the room were three inflatable pools, each beside a table which had approximately fifteen small containers on it. "Uhhhhhhhhhhh... this looks.... interesting," Angie stated, glancing at the pools. Caitlin explained, "Each team will select one member to be fully spray-tanned!" Timothy jumped backwards once again, only he crashed into Angie. He fell and landed on top of her, and quickly scrambled to his feet. "Oh, uh, sorry, Angie." "No probs," Angie replied. Claire whispered to Sydney, "He didn't even disinfect himself!" Sydney whispered back, "I know, right? Something's up."

The scene switched to the teams debating about who would do the task. Valerie pointed to Ivy. "You're doing it." "What?! Why me?" Ivy protested. Valerie motioned towards Niko and herself. "We're kinda already tan, and Timothy's not doing this if his life depended on it." Ivy sighed, "Fine, orange me up." Brendon eagerly jumped into the inflatable pool. He asked, "Well, what're you waiting for? I can't tan myself." He paused. "Or can I?" Brendon grabbed a can and began to spray himself with it. Sydney and Mordecai glanced at each other, not knowing what to do. The Credit Cards were falling behind. "We've got to choose someone," Claire warned. "Fine, uh, Mitchell!" Jessica chose. Mitchell's eyes widened. "No way! I'm already under four feet tall! I'll be mistaken for an Oompa-Loompa!" "Just do it!" the rest of the team barked at him, as he reluctantly stepped into the inflatable pool.

Five minutes into spraying, Angie asked, "So, what are the pools for?" Caitlin grinned. "This." She flipped a switch on the wall, and sprinklers from the ceiling went off, partially washing off the spray-tanned contestants. "Oh, come on!" Ivy groaned. "Watching other people suffer soothes my mourning for that key chain," Caitlin chortled. Despite the difficulty with the water, the contestants continued spraying. Finally, the water shut off, as Caitlin pointed to the pool on the right. "Cash Collectors win the first challenge!" Brendon jumped out of the pool, literally giving off an orange glow, and pumped his fist in the air. "Whoa, there, tiger, that's challenge five," Caitlin laughed. "On to number two!" Mitchell snickered as Caitlin said "number two", and Caitlin sighed, "Oh, grow up, oompa-loompa." The rest of the teens burst into laughter, while Mitchell gasped in embarrassment.

The second challenge took place at the local gym. A bunch of sweaty men and women were all shuffling around in the gym, not working out, just "sneaking peeks" at each other. Jessica coughed, "It smells terrible in here!" Caitlin had her nose plugged. "I know, right? Now, challenge two also requires one member from each team; and their task is to work out as long as possible." Niko opened his mouth, but Valerie covered it. "Alright, you're doing it." Ivy nodded in agreement, while Timothy was nowhere in sight. Timothy: (confessional) That place was full of sweat! And heat! And more sweat! Disgusting. "I think a guy should go," Angie suggested. "Why? Are you trying to say that us girls aren't as strong as guys?" Jessica menacingly asked. Angie shook her head. "No, because I don't want to do it, I know you don't want to do it, and Claire's... well, actually, Claire could do it." Claire shrugged, but noticed Brandon, then awkwardly asked, "Uh, actually, I'm a little tired right now. I think we should get a guy to do it. Mitchell's out of the question, so, uh, Brandon?" She smiled and batted her eyelashes, and Brandon smiled, "Sure! Um, alright!" Sydney and Brendon tried to push Luke towards the barbells, but he wouldn't move. "I don't sweat!" Luke snapped. Mordecai rolled his eyes. "Everybody sweats, you moron." "I refuse to. It's gross," Luke frowned. From the entrance of the gym, Timothy shouted, "Agreed!" Mordecai decided, "Fine, I'll go." "Don't, you might twist your bony little arm," Luke teased. Mordecai: (confessional, measuring circumference of his bicep) Seventeen and a half inches! That's like, twenty-six centimeters. Who the heck is he calling bony? Luke: (confessional, pokes his head in) Fine. Your fat arm won't support anything. Mordecai: (confessional, gasps, chases after Luke)

Mordecai, Brandon, and Niko all sat on three benches, with large barbells placed above them. Brandon laughed weakly, "I, uh, do this daily! How hard can it be?" Caitlin shrugged. "If you can lift 155 pounds over and over again, not very." "One... fifty... five?!" Mordecai gasped. "Be a man!" Luke ordered. Caitlin snapped her fingers. "Go!" The three boys all attempted to lift the barbells. "C'mon! Push!" Ivy yelled. "Are you even trying?!" "I won't comment on that," Valerie laughed. Brandon panted, "This should be illegal!" Jessica shouted, "No, it should be illegal to have these pencil-thin arms! Push harder!!" Caitlin: (confessional) Oh, gosh, I might have to make this episode PG. Brendon: (pokes head into Caitlin's confessional) It wasn't PG before? Caitlin: (confessional, shoves Brendon out of the camera's view) Shoo! Mordecai rested the barbell back up. "I'm done, this is insane." "You are so lucky this is a reward challenge," Luke threatened. "Hey... you're right," Mordecai grinned. Mordecai: (confessional) With Emilie... gone... I pretty much have a huge target on my back. But thanks to these reward challenges, I might have a chance to get Sydney or Brendon off Luke's leash. Claire kneeled down. "Alright, Brandon, just a little longer. Niko can't go on forever!" Niko continued doing repititions with ease. "Uh, I sorta can, Claire." Claire stuck his tongue out at him while Brandon rested the barbell back up. "The Studded Stars win!" Caitlin smiled, her nose still plugged. Niko hopped off the bench. "Whoop! 1-1-0!" Valerie ran over and hugged Niko. "Yeah!" The room suddenly went silent. Valerie jumped backwards. "I mean, uh, good job, Niko!" Valerie: (confessional) Oh my gosh, that was worse than wearing stripes with plaid. It just doesn't happen.

The teens exited the gym and walked next door to the salon. "Who the heck puts a salon right next to a gym?" Angie questioned. "New Jersey is weird." They entered, and, sure enough, there were three open chairs, all facing three mirrors, with counters full of gel, scissors, hairspray, and other items of that nature. Caitlin pointed to the teens. "Pick two people; one to do hair and one to get their hair done!" Angie eagerly raised her hand. "Oooh! Oooh! Me! I'm awesome at hair." Claire pointed to Angie's hair. "Those split ends don't exactly prove your point." "Hey!" Angie frowned. "Just let her do it, she can't possibly be too bad," Brandon sighed. Angie squealed. "Eeeeee! So, whose hair am I doing?" Jessica felt her hair. "Hm. I could use a little renewal. I'll go." Niko and Ivy pointed to Valerie. "Stylist." "Aw, I'm flattered. Not really," Valerie snickered. "I guess I'll be doing... Timothy's hair?" Timothy's eyes widened yet again. "No way! Nothing chemical is touching me!" Caitlin tossed a roll of duct tape from hand to hand. "I'll get the front, you guys push." "Wait, what?" Timothy asked, and was suddenly taped to a seat. Sydney shrugged. "I guess Luke and I can go. I mean, we're the only ones who haven't done anything on our team yet." Luke glared at her. "Who died and made you team captain?" Sydney looked at him and replied, "Well, I'm just saying, it's only fair that we—" "Well, life isn't fair!" Luke shouted. "How does this relate to the topic?!" Sydney shouted back. Luke folded his arms and faced away from the team. "I am not getting in that chair." Sydney grabbed the roll of tape from Caitlin, and then, with Mordecai's help, taped Luke to the seat. "Ohhhh, you and Mordecai are so out of here!" Luke warned. Mordecai placed a piece of tape over Luke's mouth. "Much better."

Caitlin pointed to the hair stylists. "You guys will have to design the craziest hairstyle possible in ten minutes, on your victim— I mean, teammate!" Jessica, Timothy and Luke all protested, Luke's voice being muffled by the tape. "Time starts now!" Caitlin laughed. Valerie spun Timothy around in his chair and whispered, "You're gonna love the way you'll look." "Words can't describe how much I doubt that," Timothy replied. Valerie began snipping and combing rapidly, with Timothy's protests being completely ignored. Angie looked at Jessica's hair observantly. Angie thought aloud, "Brown. Hm. Poop-colored, I like it." "My hair isn't poop-colored!" Jessica angrily said. "It's a deep chocolate shade!" "Yeah. It's called crap," Angie snickered, as she began spraying Jessica's hair with extra-hold hairspray. Jessica: (confessional, coughing) Angie's so annoying! Gosh! But I still need an alliance. And you know what they say, "When at first you don't succeed, try and try again." Sydney removed Luke's hat and gasped, "You have emo boy hair!" Luke's hair flopped down and covered his eyes. "Alriiiight, let's see what I can do here," Sydney sighed. She grabbed a large bottle of gel and poured half of it on her left hand, then rubbed it all over Luke's scalp.

Caitlin called, "Time! Let's see what you guys came up with." Jessica's hair was pulled back as tightly as possible, and looked frozen solid in the air. Jessica whispered, "Kill. Me. Now." "I like the concept," Caitlin nodded. Angie beamed, "I was going for the windblown look. Only better." Caitlin moved on to Timothy. Timothy's hair eerily resembled Alejandro's, and Valerie was even trying to pierce his ears, but Niko and Ivy pulled her back. Caitlin glanced at Timothy and commented, "He looks like that hot Mexican dude from last season. What was his name? Fernando?" "Alejandro!" Valerie snapped. Valerie: (confessional) I dunno, I guess I just have the hots for sexy Hispanic dudes. And there's one on our team... (blushes) "Right. Well. Okay, then," Caitlin awkwardly said, walking over to Luke. Luke's hair was in a mohawk, and hair gel dripped off of it. A drop fell on the piece of tape covering Luke's mouth, and he grunted. "So, how does he look?" Sydney grinned. Caitlin held back her laughter and replied, "He... looks... great..." Sydney pumped her fist in the air as Caitlin walked to the front of the salon. "The winners of this challenge are..." Sydney, Angie, and Valerie all crossed their fingers. "The Credit Cards!" Angie squealed as Sydney's confident smile faded. Sydney: (confessional) Are you kidding me? Angie won? Alright. It's snooping time. "What about our hair?" Timothy asked, nervously feeling around his scalp. Caitlin ignored Timothy and lead the rest of the group out, except for him, Jessica, and Luke, who were giving each other terrified looks.

Caitlin led the teens into a one-story structure, filled with neon lights, bars, and twenty-year-olds with extremely revealing clothing. "This place is full of (censored)," Mitchell muttered. Jessica whacked him on the back of the head. "You can't talk about girls like that!" Mitchell, annoyed, turned to her and folded his arms. "I can say whatever I want, whenever I want, no matter whoever it is! So stay out of it!" Jessica gasped. "Oooh, you are gonna—" "Please, calm down!" Caitlin chuckled, "You guys are gonna do great in this challenge, I can already tell." "What is it?" Valerie impatiently asked. Caitlin grinned, "Stage an argument, which quickly turns into a fight. Remember, I said stage. Most believable conflict wins this challenge! You'll need two members from each team. Start picking!"

Sydney and Brendon both shoved Mordecai and Luke up to Caitlin. "Hey! Watch it!" Luke sneered. Brendon shrugged. "It's our best bet. You and Mordecai fight like cats and dogs! Which are adorable, by the way." Sydney nodded in agreement, while Mordecai and Luke sighed, "Fine." "You can't limit my speech! Freedom of speech, first amendment!" Mitchell argued. "We started out in Canada, you tree stump!" Jessica yelled back. Brandon, Angie, and Claire looked at each other, and nodded. Brandon suggested, "Why don't you two continue this argument... in the challenge?" "Gladly!" Jessica and Mitchell said in unison. They stomped over to Caitlin as the camera focused on the Stars. Niko shrugged. "I dunno. I guess anything goes for this challenge. None of us really hate each other like people on the other teams." Valerie: (confessional) Ivy destroyed my shirt in Boston! She's gonna pay. That was my favorite top! "Ivy and I should go," Valerie nonchalantly suggested. Ivy, slightly taken by surprise, asked, "And why is that?" Valerie shrugged, then lied, "I dunno. Do we have any better ideas? Timothy's fixing his hair in the bathroom, so this is our only option right now..." "Well, it's not like Niko's the friendliest guy around," Ivy argued, ignoring Niko's presence. Valerie became defensive. "He's way friendlier than you, to say the least!" Ivy: (confessional) I've got nothing against Niko. But Valerie... That girl creases me. "Fine, then, let's go," Ivy decided. "We're gonna lose, anyways." Caitlin stationed the three pairs in random locations within the club. She shouted, "Go!" Mordecai and Luke sat beside each other at a bar table. "Your hair looks ridiculous," Mordecai commented, trying to start the tension. "So does yours. Or whatever you want to call that carpet on your head," Luke insulted. Mordecai frowned. "This isn't working." Luke nodded. "Yeah. You suck at insults, so..." "I suck at insults?" Mordecai scoffed. "You probably have all yours written down somewhere!" Luke gasped. "Do not! At least I don't lie to myself saying that I'm a magician!" Mordecai's eyes nearly doubled in size. "You did not just go there!" He pounced on Luke, and the two punched and kicked while the bartender simply watched.

Ivy and Valerie stood by the entrance. "What was up with that Niko business, huh?" Ivy asked, still angry. Valerie looked away. "None of your business." Ivy rolled her eyes. "Goodness, you're stubborn." "I'm stubborn?" Valerie asked in surprise. "You're the one who thinks she's always right, when you're definitely not." Ivy: (confessional, chanting) I'm not a violent person, I'm not a violent person, I'm not a violent person... Ivy stuck her tongue out and folded her arms. Valerie, still heated, hesitantly slapped Ivy in the cheek. "Ow!! What's your damage?" Ivy shouted, and almost everyone in the room directed their attention towards her. Valerie muttered, "It's a challenge, isn't it?" "Right..." Ivy remembered, then shoved Valerie. Valerie stumbled backwards and reminded, "She said stage a fight, not kill your teammate!"

Jessica and Mitchell continued arguing in front of the bathroom doors. Mitchell leaned against the wall. "I really don't get why you're being such a feminist about this." "I really don't get why you're trying to change the topic," Jessica said, narrowing her eyes. Mitchell shrugged, "I'm not." Jessica: (confessional) Ugh, I can't stand him, he's so annoying. And tiny. Annoyingly tiny. Mitchell pointed to Mordecai and Luke who were attempting to strangle each other. "Hey, look, dogfight." Jessica put her hands over her head. "Ugh, we're so losing this challenge."

Caitlin called the groups back, and required Sydney and Brendon to restrain Mordecai and Luke from pouncing on each other. "I think the winners of this challenge are... obvious," Caitlin stated. "You should say that slower, Caitlin," Mordecai sarcastically suggested. "Luke might not understand you." The rest of the teens in the group howled, "Ooooooooh!" Caitlin shook her head. "Kids today. Let's get going to our fifth — and possibly final — challenge!" "Where is it?" Claire asked curiously. Caitlin looked around. "Uhhhh, we can stay here, actually." The contestants all looked at each other, confused. "Your task is to select one contestant from each team to give me their best dance moves," Caitlin explained. "So, who's up?"

The Credit Cards awkwardly shuffled around. Mitchell asked, "Sooo, anyone have decent moves?" "Nope," the rest of the team said in unison. Jessica's eyes suddenly perked up. "Wait a minute. Claire, you haven't done a single challenge today!" "Hey, she's right!" Angie noticed. Claire stepped backwards. "Alright, alright, I'll go, I guess..." The Studded Stars played Rock, Paper, Scissors. "Rock, paper, scissors, aaaaaaand... shoot!" the four shouted. Everyone except Ivy made scissor symbols, while Ivy made a paper symbol. "Two out of three?" Ivy nervously suggested. ".... Nah," Valerie and Niko laughed. Brendon eagerly asked, "Can I go? Huh? Can I, can I, can I?" "Alright, alright!!" Luke agreed, covering his ears. "Anything to get you to shut it!"

Brendon, Claire, and Ivy walked to the center of the dancefloor as Caitlin said, "Three, two, one, drop it like it's hot!" "Please don't ever say that again," the bartender sighed. Brendon started flailing his limbs crazily while Claire awkwardly shuffled around. Ivy stood with her arms folded, frowning at Brendon. Ivy: (confessional) That was probably the most horrifying thing I've seen all day. That even tops Luke's mohawk. "Okay, okay, let's not put anyone through this torture for another second," Caitlin suggested. Brendon stopped and whined, "But I was just getting started!" "Believe me, it's for your own good," Ivy said. "As horrific as Brendon's moves were, I've got to give him the win," Caitlin admitted. The Cash Collectors cheered as Caitlin remembered, "And that makes The Cash Collectors the winners of the entire challenge!" They cheered louder as The Credit Cards and Studded Stars glared at them. "So, what do we win?" Sydney eagerly asked. Caitlin gestured to the truck outside. "A month's supply of spray-tan bottles!" Luke furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't think you need a truck to deliver a month-load." "The average New Jersey resident does!" Caitlin snickered. "Now, back to the RV, tomorrow's gonna be a long day." The contestants grumbled, and Caitlin signed off, "Still with our lucky thirteen! Will the Credit Cards crumble? Will the Studded Stars stumble? Will the Cash Collectors... well, their team's already pretty dysfunctional. But, stay tuned, and be sure to watch next week's episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Chapter 8: Cam-pain Managers
 Posted On: January 17, 2011  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our teens visited Seaside Heights, New Jersey. There we went through some crazy challenges. It was just an episode full of bad tans, weight lifting, blowdryers, arguments, and terrible dancing! And the final result? The Collectors somehow managed to win the challenge. Who will get the dirty boot of shame next? Seriously, we're eliminating people again. So, tune into this exciting episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Jessica sighed as she looked around the RV. Jessica: (confessional) Still don't have an alliance. Do you realize how embarrassing this is?! Jessica noticed Claire walk by and whispered, "Hey, hey Claire!" "Hmmm?" Claire turned around. Claire sat down beside Jessica. Jessica said, "So, I was going to ask you something a couple of challenges ago, but never got around to it. Would you—" "Like to be in an alliance?" Claire finished. "How'd you know?" Jessica asked, surprised. Claire shrugged. "Lucky guess! Haha. But, yeah, I'll join! I mean, it's not like there are any other alliances against us."

Mitchell nervously walked over to Brandon, who was reluctantly playing cards with Brendon, Luke, and Mordecai. Mordecai asked, "Got any fives?" Luke replied, "No. You have one, though. Look at your age!" "That wasn't even close to funny!" Mordecai disapprovingly said. Brandon noticed Mitchell and asked, "Hey, Mitch, wanna take my place?" "Uhhh, no thanks, but, can I talk to you?" Mitchell asked, motioning over to another room in the RV. "Um, sure," Brandon unsurely answered, walking away from the game. Mitchell whispered, "Okay, so, I want to know if you could help me, er, get rid of Jessica. I just can't stand her anymore." "I was gonna ask you the same thing!" Brandon gasped. "But, yeah, totally. She's out of here." Mitchell grinned, but then quickly added, "But there's only two of us. We need another vote. Do you think Angie or Claire would vote with us?" Brandon thought for a second, then nodded. "I think I can get Claire to vote with us." Mitchell grinned again and walked off.

The RV made a very abrupt stop. Angie and Sydney collapsed on top of each other. Sydney shrieked, "Ugh! Get off!" "You get off!" Angie snarled. "I know I'm hot, but, really?" Sydney awkwardly looked at Angie, then sighed and walked away. Brendon excitedly asked, "So, where are we this time?" Caitlin stood before the contestants and announced, "Welcome to Washington D.C.!" Luke: (confessional) I've been here before. It's just a bunch of people with wrinkles walking around in tight blazers. Jessica: (confessional) Ehhh, I guess these challenge stops are getting a little better.

The contesants stepped out of the RV, where three large platforms were lined up. On the opposite side of the platforms, a crowd of college students watched as the teenagers exited the RV. "You're probably very confused right now," Caitlin said. The contestants unsteadily nodded as Caitlin explained, "Each team will have to convince these forty college students to vote for your team to win the challenge. You'll have to literally campaign your platform to win this challenge. The team with the least amount of votes will have to send someone home tonight!" Sydney: (confessional) I'm great at convincing people to do stuff. My mom originally hated the idea of me being on TV, but I persuaded her otherwise. All I needed was an embarassing picture and an internet connection! Caitlin continued, "Some students are appealed to certain ideas or motives you might have. Talk it up! Start conversations. Anything to get votes will work!" Ivy smirked, and repeated to herself, "Anything to get votes, huh? I have a few ideas..." "You have two hours!" Caitlin concluded as she walked back into the RV. "Challenge starts now!"

The students all walked over to the contestants and began greeting them. Angie smiled. "Hi! I'm Angie." A female student smiled. "Hi there, Angie! What team are you on?" Angie pointed to the grey platform. "The Credit Cards. We haven't lost a single challenge yet! And, I hope you can vote for us to keep that streak going!" "We'll see," the student replied, making Angie frown. Angie: (confessional) "We'll see" is just a code word for "no". Can't people just tell it like it is?

A group of students walked over to the Cash Collectors. Luke and Mordecai walked over to the same student. "I'm talking to him," Mordecai said. "Yeah, right. You'll scare him away with that raggedy cape of yours," Luke sneered. Mordecai bit his lower lip in frustration, then moved on to another student. Mordecai: (confessional) As much as I want to punch him in the face, this is an elimination challenge. If we lose, I'm out of here. So, I'll put up with his crap until... the merge? (sighs)

Valerie scurried over to a female wearing glasses. She panted, "Oh, my gosh, I have got to hook you up!" "Come again?" the student asked, adjusting her glasses. Valerie dug through her pockets and found a tube of ruby red lipstick. "Here." Valerie began applying the lipstick, despite the student's protests. "It tastes like toxins," the student complained. "Don't taste it!" Valerie ordered. Valerie then dug out a compact mirror from her back pocket and placed it before the student. "Alright, there. How do you like it?" The student frowned. "I look like I just ate someone's brains out." "You disgust me," Valerie scowled, walking away.

Timothy: (confessional) I wasn't too excited to start this challenge. I'm not very good with human to human contact, whether it's verbal, physical, emotional, mental— (confessional cuts off) Timothy approached a student with an exceptionally large physique. He tentatively asked, "Um, hello, how are you?" The student glanced at Timothy, and laughed, "Are you talking to me?" "Well, there's no one else around," Timothy pointed out. The student growled, "Don't get smart with me! I can beat you into a pulp!" Timothy folded his arms. "That's sort of impossible." The student then shoved the cameraman out of the way and pounced on Timothy. After "fixing up" another four female students, Valerie ran into the burly student. The student growled, noticed that he had bumped into a girl, and apologized, "Oh, sorry. I just beat this dweeb up, so I'm kinda—" "Wait, was the dweeb wearing soap on his belt?" Valerie interrupted. "Uhhh, yeah," the student replied, then walked away. Valerie mumbled, "Oh, Timothy, when will you learn?" Valerie then found Timothy, with casts all over his body, and several bruises. "Ugh... blergh... Victoria?" Timothy stuttered. "Valerie," Valerie corrected, "And are you insane?! Picking fights? Seriously?" Timothy mumbled, "I... uh... pulp... and camera-shoving..." Valerie rolled her eyes and walked back to the crowd of students.

Niko walked over to a group of male students, with four female students trailing behind him. One of the girls whispered, "Jenny, how tall do you think he is?" Another girl, who was apparently Jenny, whispered back, "At least six feet!" The group of girls giggled, then scurried off as Niko turned around. Niko scratched his head, shrugged, then continued walking along. Valerie, who was watching the entire time, stomped her foot in frustration.

Jessica stood on the side, attempting to start conversations with students, but being ignored. She extended her hand out for a handshake. "Hi there! My name is..." Her voice trailed off as the student walked away. Jessica: (confessional) Okay, that's it. I'm done with being nice. Time to bust out the cold, hard cash. Jessica noticed a male student approaching her vicinity. Jessica fumbled through her pockets and "accidentally" dropped a small wad of money. She pretended not to notice, and saw the male pick it up. The student handed it to her. "I saw you drop this." "Huh? That can't be mine," Jessica innocently replied, winking. "I'm pretty sure it's yours," the student insisted, not catching the wink. Jessica grimaced. "Listen, just take the money and vote for the Credit Cards, kay?" The student shrugged and walked away.

Sydney aimlessly wandered among the crowd, thinking of how to get votes. Sydney: (confessional) I'm good at convincing people, but, I need to know them beforehand. I can't just pop into a group of strangers and be like, "Hey, vote for me or I'll trash-talk you until you cry." Now, if it were like, Claire or someone that I kinda know, I could do that... (a light bulb appears above her head) ... How did this get here? A student passed by Sydney, and Sydney walked alongside the student. "Hey! I'm Sydney, on the Cash Collectors. Green platform." "Oh, hey, Sydney, I'm Dennis," he replied. Sydney nodded. "Right. Well, you should totally vote for us. The other teams are just terrible. This Ivy girl, on the Studded Stars — that's the orange platform — is so cruel! She hates puppies! Would you really vote for someone with that cold of a soul?" "Oh my!" Dennis gasped. "So, are you gonna vote for us?" Sydney smiled. Dennis nodded. "Oh, of course! Thanks for letting me know!" Sydney gave a thumbs-up, then advanced to a different student to spread more rumors.

Brandon noticed every detail: Jessica's bribery, Valerie's "art", and Sydney's lies. He stood up on the grey platform and cleared his throat. "Ahem!" No one bothered to look up at him, and he tried again. "Ahem." He received the same response, and finally, he shouted, "I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY." Finally, all of the students and fellow contestants looked up at him. Brandon: (confessional) I don't like people who cheat. Or lie. Or any other type of misleading behavior. Brandon cleared his throat once again and began, "Out of the forty college students here in the crowd, at least twenty of you have been deceived!" The crowd gasped, as Sydney and Jessica slowly inched away. Brandon continued, "I'm a very honest person. And I play by the rules. So, when I see people "dropping" money in order to get votes, it sorta ticks me off! I mean, really, who does that? Someone who doesn't have the social skills to start up a decent conversation! And what's with all these rumors getting spread around? Ivy hating puppies? Jessica with hairy legs? Mordecai thinking that magic is fake? Are you really buying that? I'm just saying, it just makes sense to vote for someone who's doing the right thing. So, vote for me and my team, the Credit Cards. It's just the right thing to do!" Brandon ended, and realized that many of the students and contestants had diverted their attention to something else. Brandon: (confessional, pauses for about fifteen seconds, sighs) He glumly walked off of the platform, where Claire stood. Claire gave him a sympathetic smile. "Aw, don't be so mopey. I liked your speech." "Really?" Brandon asked, smiling. "Of course!" Claire replied. Brandon suddenly remembered his promise to Mitchell. "Oh. Um, Claire, also, I was wondering if you could help me... vote off Jessica? If we lose? Which I know we won't, but, just in case, for future reference." Claire froze. "Um...." In the distance, Caitlin called, "Time's up!" Claire: (confessional) Phew, saved by the bell!

Caitlin gathered the contestants and students and stated, "Time's up! College students, it's time to vote. Please stand on the platform of the team you'd like to vote for. Contestants, please stand behind the RV, so that the students can vote... not-so anonymously." The contestants mumbled and walked behind the RV as the college students shuffled over to the platforms. "Shocker," Caitlin commented as the students decided. She announced, "The winners of the challenge, with sixteen votes, are..." Behind the RV, every single contestant crossed their fingers. "... the Studded Stars!" The Studded Stars all gasped and cheered. Timothy: (confessional, still bandaged up) We won a challenge! Wow! I might actually try to win this next challenge. Caitlin continued, "And in second place, with thirteen votes..." Luke and Mordecai glared at each other, muttering, "This was your fault! Don't blame me! Shut up! Argh!!" "... the Cash Collectors!" The Credit Cards sighed as all of the contestants walked back to the front of the RV. "Credit Cards, you lost with ten votes," Caitlin frowned. Brandon paused. "Wait, that only adds up to thirty-nine. Where's the last student?" The large student who had beaten up Timothy awkwardly climbed up on the Credit Cards' platform and said, "I, uh, had some bathroom issues." Angie whined, "This is all "we'll see" girl's fault!" Jessica seized the opportunity. "Yes, yes it is. You know how we should get back at her?" "No, how?" Angie asked, curious. "Vote off her favorite contestant, Mitchell," Jessica grinned. Angie thought for a second, then shrugged. "Guess that makes sense." Jessica: ''(confessional, singing) I never thought it would be so simple but, I found a way! I found a waaaaay...'' Claire: (confessional) Okay, so, I know I promised Jessica an alliance, but, Brandon's.... Brandon! I really don't know what to do...

The Rest Stop Ceremony took place at the parking lot of the Smithsonian. Caitlin laughed, "Can you believe no one mentioned the White House at all? Oops." Jessica rolled her eyes. "Just get on with it." "Nyeh-nyeh-nyeh!" Caitlin mocked. "Alright. I have four candy bars. Contestant who does not receive a candy bar will be eliminated. Got it?" Jessica glanced at Claire, who nodded, and Brandon then glanced at Claire, who nodded again. "First candy bar goes to Claire!" Claire, distracted, was hit in the head with the candy bar. "Next candy bar goes to Brandon." Brandon caught it, and it became a smushy mass in his hand. "Ewwwww." "Oh, grow up," Caitlin sighed. "Next one goes to Angie." Angie dodged the candy bar. "Nah, I'm not hungry." Jessica and Mitchell glared at each other, as they snarled in unison, "You voted for me?!" Caitlin nodded, "Yes, you did vote for each other. And this final candy bar goes to..." Claire bit her nails nervously. Brandon grinned at Mitchell. Angie gave Jessica a thumbs-up. "Jessica." Brandon and Mitchell stood up in shock. "WHAT?" Caitlin simply stated, "The votes don't lie." Brandon fumbled, "How, but, then, that means..." Claire awkwardly looked away, pretending to file her nails. "Time to go, Mitchell," Caitlin ordered. Mitchell angrily grabbed his bags and walked away, giving Jessica an "I'm watching you" signal. "And that ends our spicy eighth episode! This really heated things up! The teams are now totally even! Who will take the Motel Room Rental of Shame next? Will Mordecai stay out of the fire for another challenge? Will Valerie continue to deny her obvious attraction to Niko? Seriously, the girl's nearly drooling on him. Tune in next time to find out, only on Total. Drama. Stardom!"

<font color="#FF7500">Chapter 9: An Inside Scoop
 <font color="#FF7500">Posted On: January 22, 2011  "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our three teams went to the capital of the United States, Washington D.C.! There, they had to get some college kids to give their team the win! Valerie's little beauty shop somehow helped her team get the win, along with Niko's smooth moves. Although, Brandon's little speech and Jessica's overall presence didn't exactly get the Cards many votes, sending them to elimination. In the end, it all came down to Claire, and she ended up betraying Brandon and voted off Mitchell! Wow! Even I didn't see that coming. Now, we move on to another state, another city, another zip code, and another drama-packed episode! This is definitely the most dramatic one yet, so don't miss this episode of Total. Drama Stardom!"

Niko shuffled a deck of cards, doing all types of tricks; spreading them out, the waterfall, the accordion, and many others. Several contestants watched in awe, as Jessica indifferently lokoed away. Jessica: (confessional) ... Show-off. Although, I couldn't care less about Niko at the moment. I've got an alliance to manage. Claire frowned, looking out the window, while Brandon sighed, looking at her from the opposite end. Sydney sat beside Brandon. "Sucks being the only one of your gender on your team, huh?" Brandon nearly jumped four feet from his seat. "Ah! Oh, it's you. Uh, yeah, I guess." "Yep, once Emilie left, I thought I was alone," Sydney remembered, as if it was years ago. "But now that I'm in an alliance, it's all good." "Alliance?" Brandon asked, curious. Sydney quickly covered her mouth. "Crap! Um, uh, well... this conversation never happened." Brandon raised an eyebrow and watched as Sydney backed away.

At the driver's seat, Caitlin hummed the Total Drama theme song happily, even tapping her feet to the beat. "Ugh, what are you so excited about?" Ivy snarled. Caitlin grinned, "Just this challenge's location." Luke rolled his eyes. "Where could we possibly be going that's so fun?" Brendon's eyes widened. "Are we going to Disneyland?!" Brendon: (confessional) I love Disneyland! Well, except for the big rat that always follows me around... "Better than Disneyland!" Caitlin claimed. Even Jessica was impressed. "Wow. I'm interested." The RV stopped in front of a large skyscraper with glass windows, with Caitlin beaming as she exited.

The contestants filed out of the stood before the building. Finally, Luke asked, "Alright, where the heck are we?" Caitlin quickly ordered, "Okay, don't judge me for this, but..." "Get on with it!" Ivy impatiently snapped. Brendon whispered to Timothy, "What's wrong with her today?" Timothy shrugged as Caitlin finished, "We're in the city of McLean, in the state of Virginia!" "Oh, Caitlin, you're so selfless," Jessica remarked. "Oh, ha-ha," Caitlin frowned. "But, I know you're gonna love this challenge." Angie pointed to the skyscraper. "What's up with the huge building?" "This building right here is USA Today headquarters!" Caitlin squealed. "More like USA Tomorrow," Valerie commented. "This building looks so retro." Caitlin nodded. "USA Today is one of the nation's most famous newspapers. Your challenge today is to get a juicy secret from one member of one of your opposing teams. Credit Cards need to get the goods on the Studded Stars, Studded Stars on the Cash Collectors, and the Cazsh Collectors on the Credit Cards." Sydney: (confessional) Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! This is my challenge! I am so winning this! (grabs a Sherlock Holmes-esque hat from the RV's glove box) It's on! Caitlin continued, "Get any secret from any member. You all have to choose a different member, though. So you can't like, all gang up on Luke." "But, feel free to," Mordecai suggested to the Studded Stars. Luke rolled his eyes and demanded, "Just start the challenge!" "It's already started," Caitlin grinned. "Get back here in one hour, with your awesome inside story! The winning team gets an awesome reward this time around, and the losing team will face elimination along with a terrible consolation prize!" Mordecai: (confessional) Ugh, what could be worse than having Luke on your team?! "Get going!" Caitlin ordered. "You have 59 minutes left!!"

The Studded Stars met up beside the entrance of USA Today headquarters. "Okay, Luke is mine," Ivy declared. Niko protested, "Why do you get to—" Valerie covered his mouth, then whispered, "Shhh. She's on edge today." "I guess I'll pick Sydney, then," Niko shrugged. Valerie shrieked, "I'll do Mordecai!" From the RV, Mordecai's eyes widened. "Timothy, I guess that leaves you with Brendon," Niko concluded. Timothy was dragged out of USA Today headquarters by a large security guard. "Ugh, third challenge in a row that some huge person has touched me," Timothy scowled. '... Third?" Niko wondered. "Well, yeah, didn't Valerie destroy my hair in New Jersey?" Timothy remembered, not realizing what he implied. Valerie charged over to Timothy, who ran back into the RV. "Ahhhh!"

In the RV, the Cash Collectors were gathered in the far back end of it. Sydney excitedly whispered, "I'll get the goods on Claire and her little alliance with Jessica." "Claire has an alliance with Jessica?" Luke obliviously asked. "I hear everything," Sydney gloated, then stalked off to find evidence. Mordecai blinked. "Creepy. I guess I'll get the goods on Angie." Luke nodded, "Good, I can get Jessica. She's probably got a cemetery full of skeleton's in her closet." Brendon gasped. "Did you two just indirectly agree on something?" "What? No!" Luke and MOrdecai said in unison. Brendon laughed, then froze. "Wait. That leaves me with Brandon?" "Aren't you Brandon?" Luke asked, confused. "No! I'm— never mind," Brendon muttered, as he walked out of the RV.

The Credit Cards were behind the RV, and whispered fiercely. Jessica ordered, "Okay, I'm definitely getting Niko. He's too perfect. There's gotta be something wrong with him." "Did you ever stop and think that people are just genuinely nice?" Brandon suggested. "Did you ever stop and think at all? Jessica mimicked. Brandon: (confessional) Ugh, I can't stand her. And I can't stand this challenge. I don't feel right just sneaking up on people. But, I have to, I mean, it's a challenge... maybe I'll just get Timothy. He's embarrassed himself on this show at least ten times already, one more time won't harm him. Brandon folded his arms. "Um, I guess I'll get Timothy, then." Angie obnoxiously slurped from a nearly empty milkshake and suggested, "I'll get Valerie." "Guess that leaves me with Ivy!" Claire ended. "Ooooooh," the rest of the team chanted. Claire, confused, asked, "What?" "Well, Ivy's kind of.... testy today," Angie pointed out. "She'll probably rip your head off if you trash-talk her," Jessica nonchalantly stated. "But no biggie!" Claire, mortified, ran off.

Timothy, in the RV's kitchen, had finished making his sugarless cookies. Brandon peeked through the window and read the recipe on the counter. "'Sugarless cookies'? Is that even possible?" He shrugged and watched as Timothy pulled the cookies out of the oven and set them on the table. Valerie found him and shrieked, "Oh, now, you're gonna get it!!" She pounced on him, and after several seconds of intense hair-pulling and yelling, Timothy kicked her out of the kitchen. "Ugh," Timothy sighed, and then yelled, "If anyone wants something to eat, there's cookies in the kitchen!!" However, Timothy was unaware that a few strands of he and Valerie's hair and fallen into the still-soft cookies, and slightly melted into it. "Mmm-hmm," Brandon smiled, and he quickly walked away.

Claire walked into the RV, where Ivy was peering out the window, staring at Luke. Claire: (confessional) Is Ivy crushing on Luke? ..... Ew, no, nevermind. Ivy walked over to the kitchen and grabbed a cookie from the tray that Timothy had set out, and angrily took a bite out of it. "She totally didn't make those cookies herself," Claire muttered to herself. "Who. Said. That?!" Ivy shrieked, rampaging out of the kitchen. Claire gasped and ran outside, while Ivy went back to the window. "Looks like we've got a food klepto on our hands," Claire giggled.

Brandon, now with fifty-five minutes to spare, walked into the RV and ran into Claire. "Oh, sorry," Brandon apologized. "Oh, I'm okay," Claire assured. Brandon bit his lower lip. "So, you voted for Mitchell, huh..." Claire clenched her teeth. "Oh, um, yeah, about that—" "It's fine, don't worry about it," Brandon sighed. "You sure?" Claire asked. Brandon halfheartedly smiled. "Sure. So, how's it going snooping on Ivy?" Claire's face lit up. "Actually, I just finished. Wanna... go somewhere?" "Like, where?" Brandon asked, interested. "I dunno, let's just walk. And talk. For the next hour or so," Claire smiled, pointing to the street. Sydney popped her head out of a bush and scribbled something on a notepad, then immediately hid again. "Did you hear something?" Claire asked, turning around. Brandon shrugged, and the two walked off.

Back in the RV, Angie walked over to the tray of cookies in the kitchen. She looked around and asked, "Are these anyone's...?" "SHUT UP. I can't concentrate," Ivy snapped. "Touchy," Angie muttered, then grabbed a cookie from the tray. She ate it, then realized she had crumbs all over her hands. Mordecai walked into the RV, noticed Angie, and jumped behind a chair. Angie looked for paper towels, and didn't find any. She spotted Ivy's red jacket on a nearby chair and slowly wiped her hands on it, then scurried out of the RV. Mordecai grinned, "I've got my evidence." "SHUT UP!" Ivy repeated.

With only ten minutes left in the challenge, Brandon and Claire returned from their walk. "Wow, it's pretty cold," Claire shivered. "Oh, I'll go get your jacket in the RV," Brandon offered. Claire smiled. "Thanks." Brandon walked into the RV and bumped into Jessica. "Oh, hi." "Um, hi?" Jessica uncaringly replied. Brendon peeked over at them. "Yeah, I was just... um... yeah," Brandon explained. "Right," Jessica nodded. "Well, I um, have a challenge to finish. So, I'll be going now..." Brandon nodded. "Oh, yeah, right. Of course." Brandon: (confessional) That was probably the most awkward conversation I have ever had.

Caitlin screamed, "Time is up! Let's see what you guys have come up with!" The teams lined up in front of Caitlin. "Where'd you get that hat from?" Brendon asked Sydney. "I keep my sources anonymous!" Sydney defended. Caitlin pointed to the Credit Cards. "Alright, Cards, let's see what you've managed to come up with." Brandon stepped forward. "Well, I know that Timothy put some of his hair in his sugarless cookies today!" Angie and Ivy's eyes immediately widened, and they coughed up some hair. "Ewwwww..." "What? That was an accident!" Timothy protested. "It's all Valerie's fault!" "My fault? You're the one who called me a large... thing!" Valerie defended. Caitlin blew her whistle. "I honestly couldn't care less. Jessica, your turn." Jessica stepped forward. "Well, I couldn't really find anything bad about Niko, but... you should... watch out for him." "Really? That's it?" Caitlin frowned, disappointed. "Alright. Angie?" Angie shrugged. "Um.... Valerie has a weave!" "Are you insane?!" Valerie shrieked. "Why is everyone against me today?!" Caitlin chuckled. "Alright. Claire?" Ivy growled at Claire as she stepped forward. "Ummm, well, Ivy steals peoples' food!" Claire claimed. "What? No, I don't!" Ivy shrieked. Niko restrained Ivy from attacking Claire, as Caitlin nodded. "Alright, decent job, Credit Cards. Stars, you're up!"

"I'm going first," Ivy declared. She stepped forward and eyed Luke. "Well. This Luke person has a little alliance going on between him, Sydney, and Brendon." "Lies!" Luke shouted. "SHUT UP. I'm not done," Ivy screamed. "He plans to eliminate everyone that he can until he gets to the semi-finals." Mordecai yawned. "Tell me something I don't know." "NO ONE ASKED YOU!" Ivy hollered. Caitlin looked at the Studded Stars and mouthed, "Is she okay?" Valerie shrugged and stepped forward. "Umm. Okay, so, I didn't really get anything good on Mordecai, but... I mean, look at him. That cape is a fashion disaster. But he wears it anyways! I mean, really? That's just suicide." "I've been called worse," Mordecai shrugged. "And I'm sure you're used to it," Luke snickered. Mordecai rolled his eyes as Niko stepped forward. "Well, see, Sydney, um... doesn't ever wear a bra." "And you know this how?" Caitlin asked, raising an eyebrow. Niko folded his arms. "In-depth analysis." Sydney's eyes widened, as Timothy was the final one to step forward. Timothy scratched the back of his head. "I dunno. Brendon's dirty." He stepped back as Caitlin awkwardly advanced to the Cash Collectors.

Luke began, "Alright. Well. Jessica... she's a total witch. She'll manipulate you all! So watch it." Claire glanced at Jessica worriedly. Jessica rolled her eyes and whispered, "Don't worry." "Uhhhh, guess I'm up," Mordecai thought aloud. "See, now, Angie's just disgusting," Mordecai began. "She just kinda cleans her hands on anything relatively clean." Angie gasped, then muttered, "... Jerk." Sydney jumped up with pride. "Alright. Now, Brandon and Claire have this thing going on. And they've like, totally made out in the back of the RV." "Ewwwww," Timothy cringed. "She's lying!!" Claire denied. Caitlin gasped. "Woooooow!!" Brendon stepped forward. "Okay, I, um—" "There's no need, Brendon, I have decided!!" Caitlin declared. "The Cash Collectors win!" The Cash Collectors all high-fived, even Luke and Mordecai. "That's the second time you've done that today," Brendon pointed out. Sydney asked, "And the losers...?" "The Studded Stars," Caitlin answered. The Studded Stars all groaned, and Ivy's hands balled up into fists. "Now, what were these awesome rewards and terrible consolation prizes?" Valerie suddenly remembered. "Oh, right!" Caitlin remembered. She pointed to the RV door. "Please welcome back one of your previous competitors, Brian!" Ivy gasped, "What?" Luke scratched his head. "Huh?" Angie blinked. "Who?" Brian stepped out of the RV. "Hey, guys!" "Wait, you were there the whole time?" Valerie gasped. "No, I was in USA Today headquarters, I snuck on once you guys started the challenge," Brian clarified. Ivy tapped her foot. "So, what team is he going on?" "Yours!" Caitlin beamed. "What?" Ivy shrieked. "Excuse me?!" Valerie gasped. Sydney had her hands on her hips. "Wait, I thought the losing team got a bad prize, and the winning team got an awesome prize." Caitlin pointed to Brian. "Yeah. The losing team gets Brian, the winning team doesn't." "Oh, ha-ha," Brian sarcastically replied. "Can we just go to elimination?" Caitlin rolled her eyes. "Fine, fine. Oh, by the way, Brian's safe for tonight." Timothy and Ivy both stomped their feet at the same time. "Crap!"

The Rest Stop Ceremony began shortly after, and the five contestants lined up at a gas station. "Alright, Studded Stars, this is, what, your third time here?" Caitlin taunted. Ivy rolled her eyes, Timothy shuffled around, Valerie stuck out her tongue, Niko nervously bit his lip, and Brian folded his arms in satisfaction. Caitlin threw the first candy bar at Brian. "Welcome back." "Good to be back," Brian replied. She threw the next one at Valerie. "You're safe, too." Valerie caught it. "Nice!" "Timothy, you're safe too!" Caitlin threw the second-to-last candy bar at Timothy. Timothy frowned. "Can't you use sugarless cookies instead?" Caitlin looked at Ivy and Niko. "Alright, you two. It was a close vote, but, the final candy bar goes to..." Ivy and Niko looked back and forth at each other. "Ivy." Niko hopped out of his seat. "Hm. Well, we all have to go sometime, right?" "What? No!" Valerie frowned. "This can't be right!" Caitlin pulled her vote sheet out of her pocket. ".... Nope, it's right." Valerie groaned as Niko walked down the street with his luggage. Brian: (confessional) Well, you know, I had to vote Niko off. He's kinda perfect. And I need to go far this time! "That ends our most exciting episode yet! Brian's back, Niko's gone, and it's just craziness from here on out! Tune in next time on another exciting episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

<font color="#FF7500">Chapter 10: Child's Play
<font color="#FF7500">Posted On: January 28, 2011 "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our three teams went to my favorite location so far, the town of McLean, Virginia. Narcissism? Maybe. Do I care? Not in the slightest. Anyways, McLean, Virginia is home of USA Today headquarters, and our teens went on a little snoop-fest to get the details on their fellow competitors! Ivy had a couple of.. issues... but I'm sure she's better now, right?" Ivy rolled her eyes. "Sure, sure, whatever." Caitlin continued, "Right. Well, yeah, the Cash Collectors won after Sydney definitely went all out, and caught Brandon and Claire red-handed! The Studded Stars lost, and as their consolation prize, they received Brian! Yep, that's right, our wannabe-Tyler is back. And he managed to get Niko booted off of the show! Will Valerie be able to live without him? Will Brian lead the Studded Stars out of the fires of elimination? Will the next challenge be awesome? My guesses, no, no, and yes. So, tune into our tenth episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

The Studded Stars walked into the RV after Niko's elimination. Brendon and Brandon quickly raced over to them. "Gah!" Timothy shrieked. "What's wrong with you two?!" Brendon looked around. "Brandon and I had a bet..." Brandon also looked through the Studded Stars. "... If this would be a fake elimination or not..." "Niko's gooooooooooone!" Valerie wailed. Brandon howled, "Wooooo! That'll be twenty dollars." Brendon grumbled and reached into his pocket. Valerie: (confessional, weeping) He's gooooooooooone! "Ugh, will you shut up?" Ivy ordered. "You were annoying enough before, now you're just being ridiculous." Valerie sobbed and walked into the bathroom.

Angie, who was brushing her teeth, walked into the sleeping area. She spat out the foamy toothpaste on the floor and asked, "Hey, anyone wanna sleep next to me? It's kinda weird. Being alone. Not that I mind. Just... yeah." No one replied, and Angie frowned. "Hello?" Jessica groaned. "Fine! Whatever! Just shut up so we can get some rest!" "Yay!" Angie cheered, hopping into her sleeping bag. Valerie walked out of the bathroom with a roll of toilet paper, and sat down. Luke noticed, and grunted, "What the heck are you doing?" "I'm not sleeping!" Valerie declared. Luke, clearly annoyed, told her, "Look. Just because your little boyfriend got eliminated—" "He's not my boyfriend!" Valerie quickly interrupted. Sydney sprang up. "Oh, don't start that crap with us." Valerie took a small amount of toilet paper and wiped the tears off of her face. "Well, it's true, I mean, I don't know if he likes me or not." Sydney stood up and walked beside her. "Then, why didn't you let him know once he got eliminated?" "I.... I don't know," Valerie admitted. "I guess I'm just..." "Afraid of rejection?" Sydney finished. Valerie reluctantly nodded. "How'd you know?" Sydney cracked her knuckles. "I'm totally updated on every relationship in my high school. I know when a girl's crushing on a guy, when a guy's too shy to ask a girl out, when—" "I get it," Valerie cut in. "I guess it's too late, now, though." Sydney smirked. "Not necessarily." Valerie raised an eyebrow. "What do you me—" She realized what Sydney was implying, then shook her head. "No, no, I'm not that desperate." Sydney: (confessional) .... She so is. "Well, it's your choice," Sydney concluded, as she slipped back into bed, leaving an indecisive Valerie sitting down, alone.

Caitlin blew her whistle. "Wake up!" The contestants all gasped in surprise. Sydney rolled around and moaned, "Ughhhhh, what's your problem? It's only 4AM." "You should've taken Valerie's approach and stayed up with me," Caitlin said. Valerie bounced in her seat. "Did you know that Caitlin makes a great iced latte? Because I do. She's great. Isn't she, isn't she, isn't she?!" Caitlin patted Valerie on the shoulder. "Right." Mordecai rubbed his eyes. "Why did you wake us up, again?" "Challenge time, obviously," Caitlin indifferently told him. The contestants all groaned and complained, while Caitlin yelled, "Shush! Now, walk outside."

The contestants' grogginess quickly vanished at the sight of the largest mansion in the United States of America. "Whoa, that's bigger than mine," Ivy pointed out. "Snow-off," Angie mumbled. Caitlin pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from her pocket and read, "Welcome to the Biltmore Estate, in Asheville, North Carolina! It's the largest mansion in the United States, I dunno about the world, since I didn't feel like looking it up. It's 175,000 square feet with over 250 rooms." Jessica impatiently tapped her foot on the sidewalk. "And the challenge is?" "I was getting to that!" Caitlin frustratedly snapped. "Your challenge is to play a heck of a game of Hide and Seek in here!" The contestants remained silent, except for Luke, who shook his head. "Just when I thought these challenges were getting decent..." Caitlin stuck her tongue out and continued, "You'll have ten minutes to hide anywhere inside the mansion. I'll come and find one contesant, and blow a whistle to let you guys know that the first person has been found. Then, that contestant will have to find a contestant on one of the opposing teams, and every contestant will just have to find others on different teams. Any questions?" Ivy raised her hand. "Who's that?" She pointed to a tall male with blonde hair nonchalantly leaning against the gate of the Biltmore Estate's entrance. "Oh!" Caitlin remembered. "This is... what's your name again?" The male looked up and shrugged. Caitlin blinked. "Right. Well, he was stranded on the highway, and I decided to keep him on the RV as an intern for our challenges. So, actually, he'll be looking for the first contestant, not me. Right, uh, you?" The intern shrugged. "Okay, I need a name for you," Caitlin sighed. "How about... Curmi?" The contestants giggled, as Caitlin turned around. "It's an acronym! Currently Unnamed Re-occuring Male Intern." Curmi: (confessional, sighs, then shakes his head) Caitlin and Curmi opened the gates. Caitlin pointed inside. "Get going!"

The contestants all dashed inside, except for Valerie, who slowly walked in. Mordecai looked down a hallway and was taken aback by the many doors that were on its sides. He opened one and looked inside, where the walls were covered in candy. "Um. I like this room," Mordecai grinned, walking in. Angie opened a door and found the bathroom, which included a pool-sized bathtub, four urinals, three toilets individually separated with golden stalls, and six sinks lined side-by-side on the opposite end of the door. She lifted her arm, sniffed, then shrugged. Brian ran to nearly the opposite end of the mansion and opened a door, where the indoor gym lay vacant. He gasped. "O. M. G." Brian: (confessional, hyperventilates) He immediately dashed to a treadmill a turned it on.

Ten minutes later, Curmi walked into the Biltmore Estate, and Valerie stood right in front of him. Valerie noticed him and feigned frustration. "Oh, no, you've found me!" Curmi looked at her suspiciously. "It's such a shame being the first person caught!" Valerie continued. Curmi rolled his eyes and blew on a whistle. Valerie frowned. "I have to find someone now, right..." Curmi walked outside, while Valerie nodded. "Uh-huh." "Anyone out there?" Valerie shouted. "No," Brendon replied, in a nearby room. Valerie almost headed in the opposite direction. "Oh, wait..." She opened a door, where she saw Brendon surrounded by stuffed animals. She blankly stared at him, while he threw a stuffed rabbit at her. "Out!"

Brendon and Valerie walked threw hallways, opening any door in sight. "How many doors have we opened?" Valerie groaned. Brendon slammed a door shut. "... Twenty-three." Valerie frowned and opened another door. "Ugh. Hey, Sydney." She shut the door, then quickly opened it again. "Sydney! Sydney! Sydney!" "Hm, what?" Sydney asked. "I'm just reading these magazines. Did you know that 11 in every 12 celebrities have had plastic surgery at least once in their life?" Valerie, slightly disturbed, pulled Sydney out of the room. "Let's get a move on, there's only three of us here, and I need to get to bed."

They continued searching the mansion. Sydney opened the door to a bathroom, where Angie sat in the steaming hot bathtub, filled with bubbles. She walked in hesitantly. "Angie..." Angie shrieked. "Out! Out! Out!" "Yeah, you're out of the challenge," Valerie snidely added. Angie pointed to the opposite side of the bathroom, where a pile of clothes lay. "Um, well, err..." Sydney's eyes widened. "Oh, um, I'll just leave..."

Valerie, Brendon, Sydney, and Angie (who was wearing a towel) stalked the hallway until they reached the end. "A dead end? What the turnip?!" Brendon complained. Valerie whispered to Sydney, "... Turnip?" Sydney shrugged. Angie groaned, "Ugh, this hallway is huge. It'll take so long to get back to the other end." She kicked the wall in frustration, and it opened up, revealing a shortcut path to the other side of the mansion. "Ooooh, a mysterious pathway triggered by an accidental motion! Let's go in!" Valerie grinned. Valerie: (confessional) I've always wanted to be in a scary movie! They're so cool. Except there's always that one girl who trips and gets caught... As if right on cue, Sydney tripped over the carpeting and accidentally pulled down Angie's towel. "Give me that!!" Angie shrieked, snatching the towel back. Brendon: (confessional) Did anyone notice that I've seen all of these girls' chests within the past six challenges?

At the end of the strange pathway, the group ran into Luke, in a room covered wall-to-wall with comic book pages. "This isn't what it looks like," Luke immediately defended. Angie read one of the pages pasted along the regal wallpaper. "'Robin-man and the Bat.' Sounds intense." Luke pointed to her towel in confusion. "Why is she almost naked?" Angie rolled her eyes. "Goodness, you act like you've never seen a half-naked girl before." "Ummm..." Luke muttered. The girls all awkwardly glanced at each other. Brendon broke the silence. "Let's keep going, shall we?"

The group of five continued, but Luke halted. "Wait." Valerie stopped and turned around, annoyed. "Ugh, what?" <br? "Does this mean that Mordecai is our only chance of winning?!?" Luke asked in desperation. Sydney rolled her eyes. "You do have a brain." Luke sneered and folded his arms. "I can easily get you voted off instead, y'know." "You idiot, it'd be a tie," Sydney calculated. "Let's just find someone on the other—" She slammed her forehead on a low ceiling and yelped, "(censored)!" Brendon caught her before she could hit the floor, while Luke chuckled, "Karma's a b—" Luke slammed his forehead on an even lower ceiling. "Crap!!!" "Where the heck are we?" Valerie asked. Suddenly, the floor disappeared from underneath them, and they fell into the indoor gym, where Brian was still running on a treadmill. Brian panted, "Hey guys!! I've been running for thirty minutes now, which is like, twenty miles." Valerie walked up to him and read from the treadmill's counter. "You're right. Y'know, if like, the decimal point was in front." Brian squeaked, "What?" He looked at the treadmill counter and slammed his hand on it, increasing the speed to 25 miles per hour, sending Brian flying across the room. "Ahhh!" Brendon, carrying Sydney on his right arm, caught Brian with his left. "Gosh, you're heavy." "I drink protein shakes daily!" Brian whined. Brendon narrowed his eyes. "Fine, weekly," Brian admitted. Brendon continued to narrow his eyes. ".... Bi-weekly," Brian faltered. "There we go," Brendon nodded. "Now, on to the next one!"

The six of them exited the gym and immediately fell through a trap door. Valerie: (confessional) I'm not sure if this is a haunted house death trap kinda thing, but it's really getting predictable. They landed in a pile, outside of the front door. "What the heck?!" Luke roared. "This is insane!" Sydney stomped her foot. "Ugh. Alright, I have an idea." "You think?" Luke sarcastically gasped. "You're hilarious, y'know that?" Sydney grumbled. "Now, we should all split up. We don't need to find the others in a group. Once you find someone, just head right back here. Sound good?" Valerie nodded, "That's great and all, except we're on different teams." Sydney shrugged. "Then may the best contestant win!" And with that, the six of them rushed back into the mansion to retrieve the other six.

Valerie headed up a staircase, and warily looked through a large lounge room. Behind an arched doorway, Brandon held his breath, trying to avoid capture. "Anyone here?" Valerie whispered. Brandon resisted the urge to reply "No", and stood close to the wall. Valerie frowned and walked away. Brandon, relieved, also walked away, but tripped over a recliner. Valerie spun around and pointed to him. "Gotcha!" "Aw, man," Brandon sighed.

Brian ran up the stairs all the way to the top floor. Panting, he looked around, where one door stood, alone. Although hesitant, he opened the door, which contained nothing. He looked in and shouted, "Echooooo! Haha!" Behind him, a voice whined, "Hey, I was gonna do that!" "Holy crap!" Brian yelled, turning around. "Who's there? Don't hurt me!" Claire walked around from behind the door and giggled, "Did I scare you?" Brian held his hand to his chest. "Well, the fact that my heart is beating at about 500 times per minute might give you a hint."

In the ground-level floor, Luke peeked into random rooms. He walked into a bathroom, and nonchalantly whistled. He kicked open a stall, and the door unhinged, falling on the toilet. Luke: (confessional) .... I have always wanted to do that. Giving a final scan around the bathroom, Luke shrugged, and began to head out the door. While opening the door, he heard a sneeze coming from underneath a sink. "Alright, whoever's here, just come out now," Luke warned. The hidden contestant sneezed again, and Luke walked over to the sink. "... Timothy, just get out." Timothy hopped uot from underneat hthe sink, then shuddered. "Ugh. It was rusty. And dusty. And musty. And—" "Guess what? I don't really care," Luke snidely butted in. "Let's just get out of here so I can get some rest."

Sydney walked into the kitchen, sneakily ducking behind chairs and tables. She crawled over to the refrigerator and opened it. "Anyone inside?" Brendon walked into the kitchen. "Do you really think someone's inside the fridge?" "You never know!" Sydney said, scanning the potatoes. "Right," Brendon nodded. "Hm, my stuffed rabbit is dusty." He walked over to the kitchen sink, along with a roll of paper towels. He turned on the hot water, and received a shriek in the lower cabinets. "HAUNTED HOUSE!" Brendon shrieked, running out of the kitchen in fear. Sydney, slightly afraid, shouted, "You get back in the kitchen right now!!" Brendon was already out of the mansion by the time she finished the sentence, therefore, Sydney investigated the cabinet alone. "He-he-hello?" she shakily asked. Jessica emerged from the cabinet. "That pipe leaks!" "Oh, it was only you!!" Sydney cheered, running over to Jessica. Jessica frowned. "I'm not going to lie and say that I'm as excited to see you too."

Angie, still in her towel, randomly opening doors. Angie: (confessional) So, I'm in a towel, at 4AM, alone in a mansion with eleven other teenagers... is anyone else... interested? (winks) She opened another door and grinned. "Aha! Found you!" "Yeah, so, whatever, just eat!!" Mordecai grinned, pointing to the candy surrounding the room. "... Are you okay, bro?" Angie asked. Mordecai pointed around to the walls. "I dunno. Maybe. Why don't you try it, huh, huh, huh?" Another whistle from the front door was heard, and the contestants filed out of the mansion.

The eleven contestants, including Ivy, stood in front of the Biltmore Estate gates. "Where were you?" Luke asked, annoyed. "..... Hiding behind the front door," Ivy laughed. Caitlin walked out of the RV, with Curmi directly behind her. "Nothing beats the classics." "So, what's gonna go down?" Angie asked. Caitlin began, "Well— wait, where are your clothes?" Angie impatiently tapped her foot. "It doesn't matter where my clothes are!" "Right," Caitlin unsteadily continued. "It appears that the Studded Stars have won, and the Credit Cards have lost!" The two teams simultaneously cheered and groaned, while the Cash Collectors shrugged in indifference. "Credit Cards, you know what's going on," Caitlin grinned. Jessica rolled her eyes. "Right, right, whatever..."

Angie, Brandon, Claire, and Jessica were all sitting on the extravagant fountain in front of the Biltmore Estate gates. Caitlin stood before them, holding three candy bars. "Alright, you guys." Brandon glanced at Claire, who shrugged. Jessica and Angie worriedly looked at each other, while Curmi watched from a considerable distance. "The first candy bar goes to Brandon," Caitlin began. She tossed it too far, and it landed in the fountain. She disregarded it and continued, "Angie." Angie caught the candy bar and stuffed it inside her towel, between her breasts. "That's just not right," Caitlin muttered. "Anyways, Claire, Jessica, I only have one candy bar left. The final one goes to..." She sighed, "No one." "Huh?" Claire and Jessica asked in unison. "There's a tie in the votes," Caitlin pointed out. "Two and two." She then pointed to the RV, where the other teams walked out. "So, the other teams will be deciding who stays and who goes!" Claire and Jessica muttered, "Uh-oh." Caitlin then instructed, "Cash Collectors, Studded Stars, stand behind the contestant you would like to stay in the game." Within seconds, the final result was decided. "And the loser, with only three votes to stay in the game is Jessica!" Jessica stomped angrily. "This isn't the last of me!" She turned around and saw that Luke, Brendon, and Sydney were the only contestants who supported her; the rest supported Claire. Claire: (confessional) I've decided, it's just better to stay true to your heart, and not some threatening chick, which is why Brandon and I voted her off. And I guess that backstabbing witch voted me off with Angie... Jessica struggled rolling away her six pieces of luggage, occasionally dropping one bag. "Ugh!" Caitlin signed off, "And our stuck-up drama queen is out of here! The Credit Cards are down to three! Will they survive to the merge? Will the other teams try to wipe them out? Will I stop asking redudant questions? Find out next time, on Total. Drama. Stardom!"

<font color="#FF7500">Chapter 11: Life's a Peach
<font color="#FF7500">Posted On: February 3, 2011 "Last time on Total Drama Stardom, our three teams were dropped off at the Biltmore Estate for a heck of a game of Hide and Seek. Valerie's craziness over Niko's elimination got her out first in the challenge, and after an obstacle course-like series of events, Ivy was the sole survivor! The Credit Cards lost, again, and after a weird tie in the votes, Jessica got eliminated. Now, it's time for another episode of Total. Drama. Stardom!"

Ivy gathered the rest of her team around a table. She lowered her voice. 'Okay. Look. We're currently doing the best right now." "Really?" Timothy gasped. "But we've been to like, four eliminations already." Ivy ignored him. "So, we have to keep our streak up. We can't fall behind. Right?" Valerie mumbled, while Brian picked his nose. Ivy raised her voice. "Right?!" "Oh, sure, whatever," Brian muttered. Timothy nodded quickly, and Ivy smiled in satisfaction.

The Credit Cards, now down to a measly three contestants, gathered together in the confessional. Claire: (confessional, next to Angie and Brandon) The fact that we can all fit here amazes me... Angie: (confessional, slurps soda) Brandon: (confessional, breathing heavily) Ooookay, okay, okay... we can do this. Right? All we have to do is win the next challenge. Not even - come in second! (Angie continues slurping while Claire shrugs) Uhhhh... Luke: (pokes head into confessional) Once you end your little strategy-fest, can you get out?! The Credit Cards stumbled out of the confessional and landed on Caitlin. She accidentally slammed on the gas and sped into a tree. "Crap!"

The contestants all rushed outside in surprise, where the front end of the RV was completely totaled. Caitlin groaned. "Great. That's just great. Now we'll have to spend all the money that we've saved so far on repairing the RV!" "And how much money is that?" Timothy asked out of curiousity. Caitlin counted on her fingers. "Barely over three hundred dollars." Brendon asked, "Is that... good?" Caitlin glanced at him in annoyance. "No, it's not. Repairing this damage is about five hundred dollars!" Angie's eyes widened. "Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!! We could have a challenge that raises the money to get the RV fixed up!" "That's a great idea, except, I don't know where we are!!" Caitlin roared. Ivy cleared her throat and pointed to a sign behind Caitlin, which read, "Welcome to Charleston, South Carolina! Known for peaches, iodine, and more." Caitlin blushed, "Oh... right. Well, I can't organize a challenge!" "Just think something up!" Claire snapped. "Why are you guys so eager for a challenge?" Caitlin suspiciously asked. The Credit Cards awkwardly avoided the question, as Brandon suggested, "Let's just repeat a previous challenge. Do you know which episode got the best feedback?" Caitlin thought for a second and replied, "Yes, yes I do. I think it was the cooking challenge in Boston." Luke muttered, "That episode only got high ratings because of Valerie and Sydney's jugs flying all over the place." "Who's complaining?" Brian snickered, receving an angry glare from Ivy. Claire smiled. "Great. We can just do that again. Look, there's a restaurant right over there." "Restaurant owners can't just give away their restaurant," Caitlin sighed. "You have to plan weeks ahead of time." Curmi paused and walked over to the restaurant. After a few minutes, he walked back out and gave a thumbs-up. "Okay, then," Caitlin corrected. "Let's go!"

The contestants walked in, where three baskets of peaches were placed on a center table. In the back, three kitchen stations were prepared. Caitlin walked in front of the group with a hat. "What's up?" "Umm, right," Luke replied. Caitlin pointed to the hat. "One person from each team needs to walk up here and pick an ingredient from the hat. That ingredient must somehow be incorporated into your dish. Oh, right, your dish needs to contain peaches, too, no matter what. This is one of the top three states that export peaches." Luke scurried over to the hat. "Team captain, my choice! None of you fools are picking a ridiculous ingredient. Because then we'll lose, and Mordecai will go all drama-queen on us and make some long speech about crap no one wants to hear about." The rest of the Cash Collectors looked at each other awkwardly. Luke: (confessional) Okay, I might have overreacted just a bit. He snatched a piece of paper from the hat and read, "Almonds. What the heck?" Caitlin shrugged as Brandon walked up. He selected a piece of paper and read, "Ice cream. Hm." He walked back as Ivy selected, "At least one-fourth a cup of sugar." Caitlin scoffed, "Oh, you guys got the easy one." "Sugar? That's... not very healthy," Timothy frowned. Caitlin pointed back to the kitchen stations. "You have an hour and a half to make your dish and serve it to the twenty people that just got kicked out of this restaurant! The people, Curmi, and I will all pick our favorite dish. The team with the least votes gets eliminated. Also, you'll have to serve the guests yourselves, so you have to pick your most friendly competitor to hand out the dishes to everyone. Capiche?" Brendon: (confessional) I've always wanted to be a waiter. It just looks awesome to carry, like, seven plates on your arm! Y'know, until some five-year-old bumps into you and there's cake all over some old lady's dress. "Go!" Caitlin ordered, as the contestants dashed behind her.

The Stars gathered around their station while Ivy asked, "Alright, what are we doing?" Valerie bit her lip, then suggested, "Let's try melting sugar." Timothy looked away. "Sounds unhealthy." "Sugar doesn't melt, you idiot," Ivy sighed. "Let's just try it!" Valerie ordered. Ivy gasped in shock at Valerie's volume. Ivy: (confessional) No one gets voice-raise-y with me! Valerie emptied half a cup of sugar into a pan and placed it on the stove, and Timothy turned the stove on to "HIGH". As they waited, Brian blankly asked, "So, what can I do?" Ivy suggested, "Go boil some water." "Got it!" Brian grinned, and ran off. "What do we need boiled water for?" Timothy asked. Ivy shook her head. "No reason; just to get that idiot out of here."

The Cash Collectors all thought long and hard about what dish to make. After a few minutes, Mordecai grumbled, "Urgh, Luke, couldn't you have picked something like salt? Geez." "Oh, please," Luke ignored. "As if you could pick something better." Mordecai scoffed. "Of course I could! We'd probably already be cooking if you didn't pick such a suckish ingredient!" "Guys, calm down!" Sydney ordered. "We need to just get this food going. How about a fruit salad?" Brendon, slightly confused, asked, "With almonds?" Sydney snapped, "Do any of you three have any better ideas?!" Mordecai hesitated, then gave in. "Fine. I'll get the fruit."

The Credit Cards thought for abot two seconds, and Brandon gasped, "Banana split! Only with peaches instead." Angie and Claire both grinned. "I like it." Brandon grabbed the ice cream from the freezer, and Angie pulled two peaches out of the baskets. Angie placed the peaches on top of the ice cream bucket. "We're done, right?" "..... No," Claire replied. "We need to take out the ice cream, put it in a bowl, slice the peaches, and put a bunch of toppings on it." Angie frowned, "That sounds like a lot of work." "It is," Brandon nodded. "And we need twenty-two of them, so let's start!"

The Studded Stars had finished melting the sugar, which created a sticky syrup. "Ooooooh," Valerie grinned. "Looks good." Ivy had her hands on her hips. "And what are we supposed to do with this?" <br Timothy suggested, "We could slice the peaches and dip them in the syrup. But that sounds too messy." "It's better than nothing!" Valerie decided, and began slicing peaches into eighths. Ivy began drizzling the syrup over the peaches until they had finally finished plating a dish. "One down, twenty-two to go," Timothy reminded.

The Cash Collectors were busy chopping up as many fruit as they could find. Sydney was slicing pears, Brendon was chopping peaches, Mordecai was dicing apples, while Luke peeled oranges. Finally, they finished and randomly mixed the fruit together, and tossed almonds into the mix. Sydney looked at the end result. "Looks... decent." Luke furrowed his eyebrows. "It looks like a rainbow just soiled itself." "Do you wanna win or not?" Sydney encouraged, and resumed slicing pears. Mordecai also quickly turned back to his apples. Mordecai: (confessional, chanting) Just win the challenge, just win the challenge, just win the challenge...

The Credit Cards had sliced up a countless amount of peaches, with twenty different plates of ice cream in front of them, along with nuts, chocolate syrup, and cherries. Claire began, "Ready." Brandon smiled at her and continued, "Set..." "Go!" Angie finished, and the three of them began wildly placing the ingredients in. They shoved peaches into ice cream scoops, sprinkled nuts everywhere, chocolate syrup shot out of every angle, and cherries were thrown around crazily. Finally, the three of them backed away, and revealed twenty "peach-split" sundaes. "Oh, crap, we need two more," Brandon noticed, then grumbled to get more ingredients.

The contestants finished, and Caitlin walked into the kitchen. She quickly glanced at the dishes and nodded, "Nice. Now, send out your friendliest teammate to hand out the dishes to the customers." Sydney, Mordecai, and Luke all pointed to Brendon. "You're up." Brendon blushed, "Aw, well, I'm flattered." "I'll go," Brandon and Claire said at the same time. "Oh, no, it's fine," Brandno insisted. "You can do it." Claire quickly shook her head. "No, no. You're way friendlier." Angie rolled her eyes. "Ugh, if you guys don't decide soon, I'll do it." Brandon and Claire looked at each other, and Angie quickly took back her statement. "Wait, no, no!" Ivy pointed to herself. "Obviously, I'm the best people-person on this team. The rest of you are idiots." Valerie scoffed, "Yeah, right. We're all either as smart or smarter than you. So calm down!" "Yeah, calm down!" Timothy echoed. Brian returned with the boiled water and asked, "What do I do with this?" Ivy quickly smiled. "Point proven."

Angie grabbed two plates and walked into the dining area, where the many customers, along with Caitlin and Curmi, sat, waiting. She placed the two plates in front of a married couple. She smiled, "Hi! Enjoy!" Angie turned around and quickly gasped. Angie: (confessional, feeling around her hair) Where's my hair clip?! The woman who had just received a dish removed a metallic pin from her ice cream, with had several blonde hairs attached to it. Angie laughed hesitantly. "Right. Just... eat." She grabbed her hair pin and quickly ran back to the kitchen.

Brendon had bowls upon bowls stacked in each hand and placed them on every table possible. As he placed them, he quickly said, "Hi, I'm Brendon, this is a fruit salad. Bye!" He reached Caitlin and Curmi's table. "Hi!" Curmi blinked, while Caitlin nodded. "Hi. What do you have for us today...?" "Well, we have a fruit salad peach-apple-pear-orange mix with almonds," Brendon told her. Caitlin looked in her bowl. "Almonds in a fruit salad?" "I know, right?" Brendon sighed. "Sydney's idea. But, enjoy!" He continued distributing his bowls as Curmi and Caitlin took a bite. She spit out the almonds. "Ew! It tastes like stones in applesauce..." Curmi shrugged and continued eating. Caitlin: (confessional) Oh, he's a weird one...

Ivy held her plates of syrup-covered peaches in both hands. She immediately walked over to Caitlin and Curmi. "Hi." "So, what do you have for us?" Caitlin asked, curiously peering at the plate. Ivy set the plates down and described, "Well, we have sliced peaches drizzled in a warm syrup, made out of melted sugar." Caitlin cringed. "Sounds unhealthy." From the kitchen, Timothy shouted, "Told you so!" Ivy, annoyed, replied, "Well, I guess, if you're anorex—" Caitlin's eyes widened as Ivy finished, "An exciting person!" A random female customer whispered, "Nice save."

Caitlin, now finished with all three dishes, stood up and announced, "Alright. Contestants, please go back into the kitchen. Customers, under your seats, there is a small slip with three different boxes to check off. You can only check off one. The box that you check off represents which dish you thought was the best. Clear?" The customers nodded and checked off a box, then put the slips in a stack on Caitlin's table. She and Curmi shuffled through the papers. Caitlin picked up a paper and frowned, annoyed. "Someone checked off all three." An incredibly overweight man who was exiting the restaurant blushed. "They were all really good! I couldn't decide..." Caitlin shrugged. "No matter, we have a concensus!" The contestants walked back out to the dining area where Caitlin had the results in her hands. She read, "The winners, with a total of eleven votes, is..." The contestants all nervously shut their eyes in hopes of winning. "The Credit Cards!" Angie tackled Brandon and Claire in joy, sending the two tumbling into a counter. "And the runner-ups for the challenhge are the Studded Stars!" Luke glared at Sydney. "This is all your fault!" "Did you have any better ideas?!" Sydney shouted back. "No, but, still, you could've been less suckish!" Luke angrily yelled. The two glared at each other angrily while Brendon awkwardly walked away from in between the two. Caitlin shrugged. "Looks like you guys will be facing elimination tonight, for the first time since New York!"

At the Rest Stop Ceremony, Caitlin flipped through the money. She counted, "498, 499.... 500!" Brendon gasped, "We're good to go?!" Caitlin nodded. "Yep! Ready to keep on truckin'. Well, except for one of you four." She grabbed the candy bars and threw one to Brendon. "You're safe." She threw another one at Luke. "You too, Mr. Grumpers." "That sounds like a child's TV show character," Luke remarked, dodging the candy bar. Caitlin scoffed, "If you guys aren't gonna eat these, I'll just stop buying them." She looked at Sydney, then to Mordecai. "Sydney, Mordecai, I only have one candy bar left. The contestant who does not receive this candy bar must.... go. And stuff." Sydney: (confessional) I have come too far to go now. Mordecai: (confessional) If I can slip through this elimination, I'm safe 'til the merge... "The final candy bar goes to..." Sydney crossed her fingers, while Mordeci shut his eyes. "Sydney." Mordecai gasped. ".... Aw, man. Well. I guess I had a... good time?" Luke sneered, "Just get out of my sight." "Okay, look," Mordecai said, turning to Luke. "You're probably the most evil, annoying, selfish, inconsiderate, manipulative, backstabbing, hypocritical, wannabe-mean, lazy (censored) I have ever met! And you can take your little alliance to the final three if you want. All I know if that what goes around comes around, and you're gonna get hit by it, hard." Luke held back his anger by rolling his eyes. "Get to steppin'!" Caitlin laughed, impressed. "Wow. Mordecai, do you think you'll regret what you just did?" "No, why?" Mordecai replied, walking away with his suitcases. "I mean, this is a reward challenge," Caitlin grinned. Mordecai's face lit up. "Seriously?!" "Although, I'm not sure if you'll last long after that little comment," Caitlin shrugged, pointing to Luke. The Cash Collectors walked back into the RV as Caitlin signed off. "Still at our top eleven. Will Mordecai regret his little outburst? Will Sydney finally betray Luke? Will the Credit Cards survive with only three members? Find out next time, only on Total. Drama Stardom!"

<font color="#FF7500">Chapter 12: Celebrity Manhunt's Exclusive Second Aftermath
<font color="#FF7500">Posted On: February 11, 2011

Elimination Table
WIN: Contestant was on the winning team for that challenge. (Chapters 2 - TBA)

WIN: Contestant won the challenge for himself/herself/their team. (Chapters 1 - TBA)

IN: Contestant was on the team which neither won nor lost the challenge. (Chapters 2 - TBA)

IN: Had their name called at the Rest Stop Ceremony.

LOW: Received the final candy bar at the Rest Stop Ceremony.

LOW: Contestant was supposed to be eliminated, but something occurred, keeping them in the competition.

OUT: Voted out or eliminated in this chapter.

1| This chapter did not include an elimination.

Chapters 6, 12, 18, and 24 are Celebrity Manhunt Aftermaths.

Trivia

 * Please take into account that Total Drama Stardom is a continuation of the canon series. This is not in the "TD...?" universe, it is my version of the fourth season of Total Drama.
 * The first eight contestants are based off of people I know in real life, the only exceptions being Luke and Amanda.
 * Sydney looks and acts the most like the person who she is based off of.
 * Everyone who used the confessional in I Spy With My Little Ally... was female.
 * Originally, Celebrity Manhunt's Exclusive Aftermath Shows were going to be hosted by one-time characters such as LeShaniqua, Owen's mother, the psycho killer with a chainsaw and a hook, and so on (Two characters would be randomly selected to host the shows).
 * The song that Jessica sings in Cam-pain Managers is "I Found a Way" by Drake Bell.
 * Child's Play is the first (and so far, only) chapter to take place entirely at night.
 * The challenge in Chapter 11, Life's a Peach, is base loosely off of an episode of Top Chef: All-Stars, which included two teams of five making their own restaurants and their own dishes in order to please their customers, which voted on the winning team.

List of Locations

 * New Season, Newf Kids - St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
 * I Spy With My Little Ally... - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
 * Spin Cycle - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
 * Bosom Cream Pie - Boston, Massachusetts, USA
 * New York Dorks - New York City, New York, USA
 * All's Fair in Love and the Shore - Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA
 * Cam-pain Managers - Washington D.C., USA
 * An Inside Scoop - McLean, Virginia, USA
 * Child's Play - Asheville, North Carolina, USA
 * Life's a Peach - Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Goofs

 * In New Season, Newf Kids, Valerie drinks the vinegar as if nothing is wrong with it. However, when she first found out that it was vinegar, she complained about it with the other contestants.
 * In I Spy With My Little Ally..., Caitlin says that the factory is underground, however, the Studded Stars were able to find the factory from a distance.
 * When Caitlin does the recap in Spin Cycle, she says that Mitchell lead the Stars to victory, however, Mitchell is on the Cards.
 * In Bosom Cream Pie, Caitlin says that the explosive ingredient has to be in the cake, however, none of the teams do so, but she doesn't mention it.
 * In New York Dorks, there are two C trains in which the contestants use, one green, one grey, however, those trains do not exist. Neither does the orange S train. However, a blue C train and a grey S train do exist.
 * In New York Dorks, with every question answered in the subway, street updates were given, however, there is no possible way to determine what street you are on in the subway besides train stops. For example, between the 103rd and 110th street stations, there is no way to tell what street you are on except for a slightly inaccurate time-distance proportion.
 * In Child's Play, Luke implies that he has never seen a woman half-naked, however, in Bosom Cream Pie, both Sydney and Valerie were topless (however, this might not be what Luke considers "half-naked").

Credit

 * Credit goes to every user who signed up on the talk page for a potential spot in the fanfiction.
 * Credit goes to Courtney~Duncan~TDA and Bbhinton15 for thinking of the team names.
 * Credit goes to TDA ROCKS for the title of Chapter 1, New Season, Newf Kids.
 * Credit goes to Courtney~Duncan~TDA and TotalDramaAddict for helping create the challenge for Chapter 2, I Spy With My Little Ally....
 * Credit goes to Courtney~Duncan~TDA, Bbhinton15, Nalyd Renrut, and DJ fan for giving ideas for some moments in Chapter 3, Spin Cycle, and Chapter 4.
 * Credit goes to Nalyd Renrut for the title of Chapter 4, Bosom Cream Pie.
 * Credit goes to Bigez620 for the title of Chapter 5, New York Dorks.
 * Credit goes to TDIFan13 for thinking of Curmi's name.