Total Drama has had a total of 68 characters in the series who were introduced as contestants through seven seasons. The first three seasons consist of an original cast, with a total of 25 characters. 22 were introduced in the first season, while the other 3 were introduced in the second season's special before becoming main characters in the third season. The fourth season consists of a new cast with 13 characters. The first part of the fifth season brings back 14 contestants from the previous two casts each to compete together for the million. A third cast with 14 characters were introduced in the second part of the fifth season. For
The Ridonculous Race, 32 new characters were introduced. A fourth cast with 16 new characters were introduced in the revival of
Total Drama Island. By season, 22 characters competed in the first season, 15 competed in the second season, 18 competed in the third season, 13 competed in the fourth season, 14 characters competed in both parts of the fifth season (28 characters in total for the fifth season), 36 competed in the spin-off series
The Ridonculous Race, and 16 new characters competed in the revival season.
Voice actors There are various voice actors who have recorded the voices for all the characters in the
Total Drama series.
Christian Potenza and
Clé Bennett voice the two main characters in the series, who appear in almost every episode. Christian Potenza plays the role of egotistical and unempathetic host Chris McLean, saying that the best part of the job was that his character could not be voted off the show. Clé Bennett voices Chef Hatchet, who serves as McLean's assistant. Other voice actors include
Brian Froud, who voices contestants Harold and Sam. For the original cast:
Emilie-Claire Barlow as Courtney the Go-Getter Girl, Clé Bennett as DJ the Gentle Giant,
Kristin Fairlie as Bridgette the Granola Girl,
Marco Grazzini as Alejandro (for
Total Drama World Tour),
Carter Hayden as Noah the Deadpan Snarker,
Alex House as Alejandro (for
Total Drama All-Stars), Lauren Lipson as Sadie one of the Dividual,
Scott McCord as both Big Fun Owen and Trent the Street Musician,
Drew Nelson as Duncan the Bully,
Annick Obonsawin as Sierra,
Peter Oldring as Cody the Casanova Wannabe, Ezekiel the Homeschooled Kid, and Tyler the Lovable Jock,
Dan Petronijevic as Geoff the Nice Guy,
Adam Reid as Justin (Even the Guys Want Him), and
Rachel Wilson as Heather the Alpha Bitch. For the second generation cast, the voice actors are: Carleigh Beverly as Dakota,
Jon Cor as Brick,
Cory Doran as Mike, Kevin Duhaney as Cameron,
Laurie Elliot as Jo, Brian Froud as Sam,
Athena Karkanis as Anne Maria,
Barbara Mamabolo as Zoey,
Caitlynne Medrek as Dawn, Ashley Peters as Staci,
Tyrone Savage as Lightning, and James Wallis as Scott. For the third generation cast, the voice actors are: Clé Bennett as Beardo and Leonard,
Zachary Bennett as Shawn, Katie Bergin as Jasmine,
Daniel DeSanto as Dave,
Bruce Dow as Max, Kristi Friday as Scarlett,
Christopher Jacot as Topher,
Bryn McAuley as Amy and Samey,
Sunday Muse as Ella,
Sarah Podemski as Sky, Ian Ronningen as Rodney, and Rochelle Wilson as Sugar. For the fourth generation cast, the voice actors are: Kwaku Adu-Poku as Caleb, Tamara Almeida as Axel, Brandon Michael Arrington as Bowie, Eman Ayaz as Priya, Julius Cho as Chase, Jack Copland as Wayne, Gerardo Gismondi as Zee,
Katie Griffin as Scary Girl, Fred Kennedy as Ripper,
Melanie Leishman as Emma, Barbara Mamabolo as Millie, Daniel Keith Morrison as Damien,
Varun Saranga as Raj, Julie Sype as Julia, Tymika Tafari as Nichelle, and Kimberly Ann Truong as MK. Most voice actors have only voiced one character, while some actors have voiced two characters. Peter Oldring and Clé Bennett are the only voice actors who have voiced more than two characters, Oldring voicing three, and Bennett voicing four (five if counting DJ's mother). However, if the spin-offs are to be included, then multiple voice actors would have voiced multiple characters throughout the series. Brian Froud, Bennett, and Barbara Mamabolo are the only voice actors to voice contestants from more than one generation. Alejandro is the only character to have three voice actors; he was voiced by Marco Grazinni in
Total Drama World Tour, Keith Oliver while he was in his robot suit, and Alex House in
Total Drama All-Stars. Josh is the only minor character to have a voice actor of his own,
Dwayne Hill, as these roles are usually given to one of the main cast members.
Roles outside series Total Drama characters are seen in an entirely different series called
Skatoony where the characters are interviewed to play in quiz trivia games against real people and other Canadian series characters. Geoff, Leonard, Noah, and Owen also appear in
Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race as contestants. Beth, Bridgette, Cody, Courtney, DJ, Duncan, Ella, Geoff, Gwen, Harold, Izzy, Katie, Leshawna, Lightning, Max, Noah, Owen, Sadie, Sugar, and Trent appear in the alternate-universe spin-off
Total DramaRama as young children, along with Alejandro, Carrie, Chef Hatchet, Chet, Chris McLean, Don, Heather, Jasmine, Jen, Laurie, MacArthur, and Tom appearing as teenagers and adults. ==Reception==