a dvd was released by cartoon network on august 18, 2009 in the united states. it contains all of the 27 episodes (including tdi rundown) of season one of this series in a 4 disc set, for a total of 594 minutes long. in addition, its bonus features (entitled as x-tras) are the audition tapes of twenty two campers, as well as izzy's second audition tape and her exclusive interview with chris. in australia, "total drama island" is on region 4 dvd as separate volumes. this series of discs contains the widescreen version with uncut scenes and original dialogue, as seen on teletoon and abc3. in reviewing the dvd for season, matthew price of "the oklahoman" wrote that while the show started out "unbelievably slowly," the series became more interesting as campers began getting voted off. price also praised the parody of reality shows. in another review of the dvd, jeffrey kauffman of "dvd talk" wrote that the character development was compelling and that the parody of reality shows were very funny. mac mcentire of "dvd verdict" praised the character development as well, but noted that the show sometimes sinks to "lowbrow gross-outs". both kauffman and mcentire recommended the series dvd.