Ozzy Lusth

Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth is the runner-up in, and also competed in and.

He is regarded as one of the series' most physically adept players, by showing outstanding endurance and strength in both challenges and camp life. However his social game was never quite on par and that made Lusth an easy target when he became vulnerable.

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Name: Oscar “Ozzy” Lusth (31)

Current Residence: Venice, Calif.'''  Previous Seasons: 'Survivor: Cook Islands and Survivor: Micronesia''

Ozzy Lusth may be a surfer from Venice, Calif. but he takes the game of Survivor very seriously. “I’m here to play in a humble way, but I’m also here to win.” This will be his third time playing Survivor, and he believes the game has made him a stronger person. “For the last two seasons, I feel it has really changed me for the better. And, I’m looking for this last, this third experience, to really be the end to it all, the redemption.”

In previous seasons, Ozzy dominated in challenges but did not have the best social game and was even voted out of Survivor: Micronesia with an idol in his possession. He has grown a lot since the last time Jeff Probst snuffed his torched and is ready to give the game another shot. “The last Tribal Council that I went through, the one that voted me off, I’ve got to let that go, but I have to be able to remember and go back and say there were signs.”

Not only has Ozzy matured as a player, but he has also transformed his personal life. Born in Mexico, Ozzy takes pride in his heritage and his community. In 2009, he started the non-profit organization, MexicoSkateProject.org, to help grow the popularity of skateboarding and build skate parks in every town or pueblo in Mexico.

What does he think of Coach, his competition? “Honestly, I’m actually pretty excited that Coach is here. He can be a polarizing character but I think that he respects the way that I play the game, and I respect the way he plays.”

Survivor: Cook Islands
Upon arriving at camp, Ozzy thrived and began to show his skills in surviving at an early start. This earned him in good standing with his fellow tribe mates and allowed him to form a a bond with everybody with the exception of Billy Garcia.

During the events of Dire Strengths And Dead Weight, Ozzy began to notice Billy's lack of work ethic and suggested to his tribe that they intentionally lose the next Immunity Challenge. Despite a mixed reception to the idea, the tribe followed and J.P. Calderon sat out of a challenge that would be more suited to him than Billy, and at Tribal Council Ozzy got his wish.

After a tribe reshuffle, Ozzy and Cecilia Mansilla were outnumbered by former Rarotonga and Puka Puka members. He successfully maintained strong relationships with Yul Kwon, Sundra Oakley and Becky Lee - together, these four would form one of the series' most powerful alliances.

Survivor: South Pacific
Assigned to the red Savaii Tribe, Ozzy lead their tribe in most camp activities and even acting as support, as evidence when he comforted Dawn Meehan when the latter went to a mild depression. While his physical prowess kept him in the tribe, his tribemates did not let him take control over the tribe, as seen during Savaii first Tribal Council, where Ozzy's plot to oust John Cochran was put on hold, when the tribe eliminated his initial ally Semhar Tadesse, who blew the Immunity Challenge for them. Few days down the line, Ozzy joined Jim Rice's proposed a "3+2" alliance made consisting of the tribe's most athletic members (Ozzy, Jim, Keith Tollefson, Whitney Duncan and Elyse Umemoto), stating that once the remaining competition was over with, the males would secretly blindside the two females. The plan delayed any of its plans, when Savaii won the Day 5 Immunity Challenge. In Day 7, Ozzy found the Hidden Immunity Idol in hopes of redeeming himself from his infamous blindside in his previous season. The next day, Savaii lost the Immunity Challenge, where Ozzy joined the rest of the tribe in voting Mark Caruso out for being the oldest person in the team.

In Day 9, Jim was worried about seeing Ozzy getting closer with Elyse since Semhar's demise. With this, Jim plotted to avoid Ozzy from obtaining more power by plotting with the outsiders Cochran and Dawn. The plan materialized in Day 14, when Jim, Cochran and Dawn voted against Elyse, and with Keith and Whitney played safe by voting for Dawn, Ozzy and Elyse were thrown off-guard, as the latter got blindsided.

That night, disappointed by Elyse's surprise removal, Ozzy declared himself a "free agent," removing himself from the alliance and declaring to the tribe he had the Hidden Immunity Idol; but soon patched things up with his tribe and led them to winning the next Immunity Challenge. Worried by Upolu's one-person advantage (one of their tribemates, Christine Shields Markoski was dominating the Redemption Island duels), Ozzy proposed to his tribe a risky plan he called "Trojan Horse"—should Savaii loses the next Immunity Challenge, the tribe would purposefully vote him out, effectively sending himself to Redemption Island in hopes of defeating Christine. Ozzy then surrendered his Hidden Immunity Idol to Cochran, stating that he would get it back should he return to the game. At the duel, Ozzy did defeat Christine, and re-entered the competition as part of the newly merged Te Tuna tribe, where he won the first individual Immunity Challenge along with Dawn. Anticipating a 6-6 tie vote between the former warring tribes, Ozzy gave his Hidden Immunity Idol to Whitney, stating that a Savaii member getting voted out is highly unlikely because two of them had immunity, while one other person would use the idol. Unknown to them, Cochran was pulled by the rival Upolu tribe, with the Harvard Law student spoiling Savaii's strategies and secrets. At Tribal Council, the anticipated 6-6 tie happened between Keith and Rick Nelson, forcing a revote. But not wanting to end the vote a stalemate (which would culminate in drawing rocks, where the unlucky person who would pick the colored rock would be eliminated) and the idea of playing the game based on probability, Cochran betrayed the Savaii alliance and joined Upolu in voting Keith, sending him to Redemption Island.

Defenseless and unable to win individual immunity once again, Ozzy was immediately voted out returned to Redemption Island and began to defeat his former tribemates, including Cochran, stating that he would feed them, but defeat them anyway. He eventually re-entered the competition at the Final Five and claimed Individual Immunity.

When the final five contestants returned at Te Tuna camp, Coach expressed his desire to bring Ozzy at the Final Tribal Council, where he would be giving his own Hidden Immunity Idol if necessary. However, Ozzy was suspicious if Coach would really do such promise. At the next Immunity Challenge, ex-Upolu member Sophie Clarke who was ahead of Ozzy, until she audaciously ordered Albert to help her win the challenge, only to be interrupted by Jeff Probst because it was a direct violation of the Survivor Rulebook. Nonetheless, Ozzy won immunity. Appalled by Sophie's actions, Ozzy blasted the economics graduate at Tribal Council for her blunt deeds, causing her to become emotional. Ultimately, Coach did not fulfill his promise to Ozzy by keeping his idol unused, and eliminated Rick instead of Sophie.

After losing the final Immunity Challenge against Sophie, Ozzy made a pitch to Coach to enforce a tie at Tribal Council, but failed. Ozzy was voted out for the third time, this time, permanently.

As a member of the jury, Ozzy blasted Albert Destrade, Sophie and Coach for giving false hopes, condescending demeanor and breaking his "honor and integrity" code respectively. Eventually, Ozzy gave his vote to Sophie; and along with five other jury members, Sophie was crowned as Sole Survivor. At the reunion show, Ozzy received the Fan Favorite Award of the season, winning himself $100,000, with Jeff Probst claiming that Ozzy obtained the highest percentage of votes since the award's inception.

Voting History
In Double Agent, the vote ended with a 6-6 tie between Rick and Keith, forcing a revote. Ozzy did not change his vote at the second vote.

Post-Survivor
As revealed in Survivor: Micronesia, Ozzy and Amanda continued their relationship, but as revealed in an interview for Survivor: South Pacific, Ozzy revealed that he and Amanda had broken up.

Trivia

 * Thus far, Lusth is the only contestant to experience life both on Exile Island and Redemption Island.
 * Ozzy is the only player to return to the game right after being sent to Redemption Island.
 * Ozzy is the only player to win Individual Immunity after returning from Redemption Island.
 * Ozzy and Andrea Boehlke are the only contestants to never lose a Redemption Island duel.
 * In Micronesia, Ozzy was the youngest male contestant from the original Malakal.
 * Ozzy is the second player to make and plant a fake Hidden Immunity Idol, but the first to make one that was eventually found (by Eliza Orlins).
 * Ozzy was the youngest male contestant on Survivor: Cook Islands.
 * Ozzy is the first Hispanic-American castaway to be a runner-up.
 * Ozzy became the fifth recurring contestant to reach 100 days playing the game, following Amanda Kimmel (108), Parvati Shallow (114), Rupert Boneham (100) and Rob Mariano (117). Ozzy's 100th day was on Day 34 of Survivor: South Pacific. His feat was not announced in the episode Then There Were Five (where he spent his 100th day in Survivor on Day 34), but was recalled during the South Pacific live show. He ultimately lasted 104 days total.
 * Ozzy is the only person in Survivor history to be voted out three times in a single season, breaking the former record of two.
 * Ozzy currently holds the second-best record of most Redemption Island duels, with six. The best record is currently held by Matt Elrod, with eleven.
 * Ozzy is currently tied with Phillip Sheppard with the most votes received in a single season, with 17.
 * He is the only contestant that has reached 100 days playing the game without appearing on Survivor: Heroes vs Villains.
 * He is also the first contestant to compete three times on Survivor without appearing on Survivor: Heroes vs Villains. Rgis would be followed later by Jonathan Penner (whose first season, like Ozzy's, was Cook Islands).
 * Ozzy has been voted out a total of four times, making him the most voted out castaway in Survivor history. He was voted out once in Micronesia, and three times during South Pacific.
 * Ozzy is the only contestant to not be voted out on one season, be voted out once on another, and be voted out multiple times on a third.
 * Ozzy is the only member of Savaii to win a duel.
 * Ozzy is the only person to return from Redemption Island twice.
 * Ozzy was the only contestant on Cook Islands to win individual immunity more than once.
 * is the only season in which Ozzy did not win individual immunity.
 * In both tribe switches Ozzy participated in he stayed with his original tribe.
 * Survivor: Cook Islands is the only season in which Ozzy did not have a hidden immunity idol.
 * Ozzy also appeared on the second season of American Ninja Warrior where he was eliminated on the bridge of blades.
 * Ozzy was the only original Aitutaki member to make the merge, and the only person to be on Aitu only going into the merge.