Trivia / Total Drama: "Haute Camp-Ture"

• Pop-Culture Urban Legends: It's widely rumored among the fandom that the reason the episode's original plot was scrapped was because Novie Edwards had other commitments, hence why her elimination was unintentionally caused by the losers. The writers have since confirmed that the availability of the voice actors was not a factor in choosing the elimination order.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The episode originally involved a fashion style challenge that Heather would have won, leading to Leshawna's elimination due to Heather being given the choice of selecting which camper she wished to eliminate. This makes sense given how the episode's title "Haute Campture" is a play on the term "Haute Couture", which consists of high end fashion based in France.
  "Each camper is getting their minutes of fame - or make that, five minutes of shame, when they compete in the Total Drama Modeling Challenge. Dressed in heels in wigs and forced to strut their stuff, they will be judged on their walking, talking and hawking as they participate in the photo shoot. Owen scores big points with the judges, but loses big time friendships when he gets caught in multi-alliances. If the campers humiliation weren't tested to the limits, their courage will be when they are told they must do their final catwalk performance on a tiny runway over a pit of crocodiles! In the end, one camper reigns supreme when they fall into the croc pits and face off with the hungry beasts."
  • Furthermore, Todd Kauffman revealed on his Twitter that the original plot was scrapped likely because many costume changes made it difficult production-wise. He also confirmed that Leshawna would give up her immunity for Gwen under assumption that the latter would vote off Heather, only for Gwen to vote her off instead, with Heather mocking her that anyone who gives up immunity deserves to lose.