Shirin Oskooi is a contestant from Survivor: Worlds Apart and Survivor: Cambodia.
A self-proclaimed "superfan", Shirin displayed an enthusiastic attitude for the game that annoyed many of her tribemates in Worlds Apart. Her personality grated on several of her tribemates, leading to several heated confrontations, most notably with Dan Foley and Will Sims II. When her Nagarote Alliance was pagonged after the merge, Shirin was taken out in 8th place.
During her short stay in Cambodia, Shirin orchestrated Vytas Baskauskas' blindside before her inability to make genuine relationships with her tribemates, in addition to her over-scheming with Spencer Bledsoe, led to her demise as the second person voted out.
Profile[]
Retrieved from CBS.com
Name (Age): Shirin Oskooi, 31 |
Survivor[]
Worlds Apart[]
Shirin was originally placed on the White Collar tribe where she was perceived as irritating by some of her fellow tribemates, such as Joaquin Souberbielle and Tyler Fredrickson, for being enthusiastic and talkative. In the first Immunity Challenge, she found herself in the hot seat after the White Collar tribe lost, largely due to Shirin's poor performance on the puzzle portion of the challenge. She was spared by her tribemates on account of her bravery to step up during the challenge, and they instead voted out So Kim for her antics.
After the tribe switch, Shirin was put on Nagarote, where she was again criticized by tribe members Jenn Brown and Will Sims II for being annoying. In their first challenge as new tribes, Nagarote suffered an embarrassing defeat. Shirin was on the chopping block for her behavior, but they instead blindsided her ally, Max Dawson, for similar reasons.
Shirin made the merge and the line was beginning to be drawn between the Blue Collars and the No Collars, leaving Shirin in the middle along with her former White Collar tribe members, Tyler and Carolyn. When it came time for the first vote, Shirin joined the No Collars in blindsiding Kelly Remington when Jenn used her idol. However, Carolyn and Tyler sided with the Escameca Alliance and left Shirin's alliance in the minority. Her alliance members were picked off one by one, first Hali Ford, then Joe Anglim. After the Survivor Auction, Will was angry at Shirin for distrusting his honesty in sharing his reward. Will proceeded to yell at her saying that no one misses her at home while she is gone. Despite some people who witnessed it at the camp were stunned by Will's comments, they didn't comfort or defend her. Shirin felt personally attacked for she had grown up in a family that was a victim of domestic abuse. Her newfound ally Mike Holloway broke up the conflict and comforted Shirin at this low point of the game. With their target set on Mike, the majority alliance was disappointed when Mike won immunity, thus they instead voted out Shirin's ally, Jenn. The next Immunity Challenge with the last man and last woman standing would win Immunity. Shirin lost out to Carolyn while Mike won immunity for the men in the next episode, leaving Shirin as the next one to go. At Tribal Council, Mike attempted to save Shirin by revealing his Hidden Immunity Idol, attempting to convince the other castaways to think he would use it on her. Unfortunately for Shirin, some of them called Mike's bluff and voted Shirin out in a 4-2-2 vote with some of them clapping after she was ousted.
At the Final Tribal Council, Shirin gave a speech reminiscent of Sue Hawk's "Snakes and Rats" by comparing Mike to a howler monkey due to his prowess in challenges and his gameplay. She compared Carolyn to a stingray because of her under-the-radar gameplay until making a big move when the time was right. Then, she was merciless in her analogy of Will and retaliated by comparing him to a dead fish for his vile and toxic attitude towards her. She ultimately gave her vote to Mike, who she saw as her savior during Will's tirade, who ultimately won 6-1-1.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya | Ladder Daze | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost |
| 2 | Basket Case | Reward/Immunity | No | 1st | |
| 3 | Dear Liza | Reward/Immunity | No | 2nd | |
| 4 | Collar Blind | Reward | No | 2nd | |
| House of the Holey | Immunity | Yes | 2nd | ||
| Switched Tribes, Day 12 | |||||
| 5 | Nagarote | Beach Balls | Reward | No | Lost |
| Swing Break | Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 6 | Air Raid | Reward | No | Won | |
| Shut Your Trap | Immunity | No | Won | ||
| Tribes Merged, Day 17 | |||||
| 7 | Merica | Get a Grip | Immunity | Lost | |
| 8 | Anchorman | Reward | Invited | ||
| Hip to Be Square | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 9 | O-Black Water | Reward | Won | ||
| Keep on Your Toes | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 10 | Survivor Auction | ||||
| Soul To Squeeze | Immunity | Lost | |||
| 11 | Barrel Bridge | Reward | Won | ||
| Water Weight | Immunity | Lost | |||
| Voted Out, Day 29 | |||||
Cambodia[]
Shirin was one of the twenty castaways chosen by the public to compete on Survivor: Cambodia for a second chance.
Shirin was a part of the Ta Keo tribe. When Vytas Baskauskas tried to form bonds with the women, Shirin decided to target him for his perceived smugness. She later told Spencer Bledsoe and Jeff Varner that Vytas has a lot of connections. After losing the first Immunity Challenge, Ta Keo immediately went to Tribal Council, where Shirin, along with Abi-Maria Gomes, Spencer, Kelley Wentworth, Jeff, and Peih-Gee Law sent Vytas home. After his elimination, both Shirin and Peih-Gee discuss how Abi-Maria is irritating them, however, Abi heard them. Then, Shirin, along with most of the tribe, laughed and made fun of Abi while she was crying on the beach. After losing their second Immunity Challenge in a row, both Shirin and her closest ally Spencer become targets for playing too hard. She tried to scramble, but was unsuccessful. At Tribal Council, the tribe split their votes between Shirin and Spencer, who voted against each other, knowing one of them would be voted off. Ultimately, Shirin was eliminated in a 5-4 vote.
| Episode | Tribe Affiliation |
Challenge | Challenge Type | Sit-Out? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ta Keo | The Marooning | Reward | No | Won |
| Quest for Fire | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | ||
| 2 | Yank Yer Hank | Reward/Immunity | No | Lost | |
| Voted Out, Day 6 | |||||
Post-Survivor[]
- On May 10, 2017, Shirin appeared as a guest on Survivor Know-it-alls in a special edition broadcasted in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[4]
- Shirin, along with nineteen other former Survivor, Australian Survivor, Survivor South Africa, and Survivor New Zealand contestants, competed in the second Survivor-themed mini-competition of Sequester on June 20, 2020. She was eliminated in the fifteenth round, finishing in 5th place.[5]
- Shirin participated in the 4th real-life season of Sequester, created by Big Brother 17 contestant Audrey Middleton. She was eliminated in the fourth episode, finishing in 10th place.
Trivia[]
- As revealed in her Ponderosa video, Shirin is of Iranian descent.
- Shirin is the first contestant of Middle Eastern descent. She would be followed by Natalia Azoqa, Noura Salman, Ronnie Bardah, Maria Shrime Gonzalez and Venus Vafa.
- Shirin lost 12 lbs. during her time in Worlds Apart.
- The Worlds Apart premiere aired on Shirin's 32nd birthday. She is the third castaway to have a premiere air on their birthday, after Ryan Aiken and David Samson.
- Shirin is so far the only woman with this distinction, as well as the only one not to become the first person voted out of their respective season.
- Shirin is the only castaway to compete in back-to-back seasons and fail to make the merge in their second season.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/shirin.oskooi/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230328202235/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215010/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20230131175637/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/215130/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mLtaGgOB2Y
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNMcwCWh1Bg
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