Total Drama X: Sunset Valley takes place about 3 years after Total Drama: Pahkitew Island was filmed. Since then, the company that created the franchise went bankrupt and was bought by a larger and growing company: Kamahew Studios. Now with the rights to the show and the demand for another season, Kamahew did the only thing they could. They greenlighted the idea for a new show and bought out an old National Park somewhere in the Western United States. After thousands of tedious auditions, fourteen were selected to be competitiors of the new season.