| Season's Greetings | |
| Season 8, Episode 1 | |
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| Cameo | Owen |
| Challenge(s) | None |
| Reward(s) | immunity |
| Winner(s) | None |
| Eliminated | None |
| Episode guide | |
| previous "Jury's Out (Total Drama Amazonian Nightmare)" |
next "Slip 'N Slide... of Death!" |
Twenty different contestants classified as "heroes" and "villains" return back to the island. They are divided into two teams based on their past performances and quickly chatter between past relationships begins. Later, an evil genius tries to manipulate a certain delinquent into forming an alliance, not before being noticed by two of her fellow teammates, causing conflict between the three.
Still in the Running[]
| Heroic Hippos | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bridgette |
 Cameron |
 Geoff |
 Gwen |
 Harold |
 Leshawna |
 Sam |
 Samey |
 Staci |
 Tyler |
| Villainous Vipers | |||||||||
 Alejandro |
 Blaineley |
 Dakota |
 Duncan |
 Eva |
 Justin |
 Noah |
 Scarlett |
 Scott |
 Sugar |
Scott's image
==Gallery==
Samey and Tyler talk at the dock.
Justin watches Duncan and Gwen argue and Harold and Leshawna fight a food monster.
The women of the Heroic Hippos decide to have a girls night.