Ozzy Lusth/South Pacific

Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth is a contestant from Survivor: South Pacific.

In South Pacific, Ozzy's chief accomplishment was his earning the distinction of being voted out three times in a single season, twice winning his way off Redemption Island thanks to his challenge prowess. He fell one day short of the Final Tribal Council after losing a critical Final Immunity Challenge to Sophie Clarke.

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Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth (30)
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 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."^[1]

Survivor[]

“	I'm here to play in a humble way, but I'm also here to win.	”
—Ozzy Lusth (on competing in South Pacific)

Assigned to the red Savaii tribe, Ozzy lead the 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 group delayed any of its plans, when Savaii won the Day 5 Immunity Challenge. On 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.

On Day 9, Jim was worried about seeing Ozzy getting closer with Elyse since Semhar's elimination. 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. The Savaii tribe was furious with Cochran.

Defenseless and unable to win individual immunity once again, Ozzy was immediately voted out returning to Redemption Island. He 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 and calling her a spoiled brat, 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.

In the key Final Immunity Challenge, he had the early lead but struggled with the puzzle portion and lost to Sophie (who Ozzy tried to get rid of the day before). 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, but of the three he believes Sophie has more hopes to change her ways and be a better person than the other two. Eventually, Ozzy gave his vote to Sophie, claiming that she deserved it since she was the reason Ozzy was eliminated and was impressed that she had a veteran player like Coach riding her coattail, 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.

Episode	Tribe Affiliation	Challenge	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1	Savaii	Thrilogy	Reward	No	Won
1		Coconut Conundrum	Immunity	No	Lost
2		Crate Escape	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
3		Hitching a Ride	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
4		Shoulder the Load	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
5		Pig Out	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
6		Losing Face	Reward/Immunity	No	Won
7		Family Ties	Reward/Immunity	No	Lost
Voted Out, Day 18
8	Savaii	Jail Break	Duel		Won
Returned, Day 19
Tribes Merged, Day 19
8	Te Tuna	Coconut Cradle	Immunity		Won
9	Te Tuna	Get Crackin'	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 22
10	Te Tuna	Keep It Up	Duel		Won
12		Offer It Up			Won
13		Puppet Master			Won
14		Block It Out			Won
15		Get a Grip			Won
Returned, Day 36
15	Te Tuna	Teeter Tower	Immunity		Won
15	Te Tuna	Lei of the Land	Immunity		Lost
Voted Out, Day 38

Episode	Ozzy's Votes	Voted Against Ozzy
1	Semhar	-
2	Savaii Tribe Immune
3	Mark	-
4	Savaii Tribe Immune
5	Cochran	-
6	Savaii Tribe Immune
7	Cochran	Cochran, Dawn, Jim, Keith, Whitney
Voted Out, Day 18
8	On Redemption Island
Returned, Day 19
8	Rick; Rick¹	Individual Immunity
9	Cochran	Albert, Brandon, Coach, Cochran, Dawn, Edna, Rick, Sophie, Whitney
Voted Out, Day 22
10	On Redemption Island
12
13
14
15
Returned, Day 36
15	Sophie	Individual Immunity
15	Albert	Albert, Coach, Sophie
Voted Out, Day 38
Voted for Sole Survivor	Sophie

^1 In "Double Agent", the vote ended with a 6-6 tie between Keith and Rick, forcing a revote. Ozzy did not change his vote on the revote.

Trivia[]

Ozzy is the first contestant to spend time on both Exile Island and Redemption Island. He would later be followed by Candice Cody and Aras Baskauskas.
- Ozzy is the only contestant to play three or more times, and play only in seasons featuring either Exile Island or Redemption Island.
Ozzy is the first returning player to be voted out and return to the game within the same season.
Ozzy and Christine Shields Markoski were the only two people to win Redemption Island duels in South Pacific.
Having won the Get a Grip challenge twice (the first time in Cook Islands for individual immunity and the second time in South Pacific as a duel to return to the game), Ozzy is the second of three returning players to win the same individual challenge twice. The first was Parvati Shallow and the third was Keith Nale.
Ozzy is the first castaway to return to the main game twice after being voted out twice.
Ozzy has been voted out a total of five times, making him the most voted out castaway in Survivor history. He was voted out once in both Micronesia and Game Changers, and three times during South Pacific.
Ozzy is the first man to be the highest-placing member of their original tribe on two separate seasons and the third overall, following Stephenie LaGrossa and Sandra Diaz-Twine. They would be followed by Tony Vlachos and Natalie Anderson.
Ozzy lost 23 lbs. during his time on South Pacific.^[2]
Ozzy received the most votes against him in South Pacific, with 17.