On June 28, 2011, Christian Potenza mentioned an upcoming season of Total Drama. This was the first time a cast member mentioned a fifth season to the public. One year later on July 19, 2012, Christian Potenza announced the fifth season in an interview with Tom McGillis, saying that Season 5 would be very similar to Total Drama Island and Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, due to the high worldwide ratings of the latter. That means that this season will take place in a single location once again (unlike Total Drama World Tour), and that the competitors could either be the new cast again or both the original and new cast. It is possible the theme for this season will be "Heroes vs. Villains", as mentioned by Cory Doran.[30] This season will bring back the traditional length of 26 episodes, and is already in pre-production for a 2013 release date.
