about halfway through the season, the teams are disbanded, so it is every camper for themselves, after which the challenges continue; the winner of each challenge then only receives invincibility for him or herself, whereupon the rest of the campers vote one camper without invincibility off the island. this process of elimination continued on until two players remain on the island. these two players were then subject to a final contest. "total drama island" is a parody of the reality show "survivor". host chris mclean is very similar to "survivor" host jeff probst. this is the first season in which the winner does not get to keep the money, due to it being eaten by a shark in the episode "total drama drama drama drama island".