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Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
5 seasons · 149 days

Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth

The challenge beast who kept coming back, and kept getting closer than anyone expected.

5
seasons played
149 days
on the island
2nd
best finish
1
final tribal council

Known for

Ozzy arrived in Cook Islands looking like a castaway from central casting and turned out to be the real thing: he spearfished, he climbed, and he won five of that season's six individual immunities. That carried him and the Aitu Four to the end, where the jury split between his brawn and Yul Kwon's brains and went with brains by a single vote.

The returns became their own genre. In Micronesia he was blindsided with an idol in his pocket. In South Pacific he was voted out three times and fought his way back off Redemption Island twice, falling one challenge short of the end. In the Hands of the Fans he played his most social game yet beside Cirie Fields, until he told Aubry Bracco his end-game plan and she told everyone else.

Background: Survivor Wiki

Season by season

  1. Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Survivor 13: Cook Islands
    2Survivor 13: Cook Islandsage 24, Venice, California2nd of 20 · 39 days
  2. Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Survivor 16: Micronesia
    9Survivor 16: Micronesiaage 26, Venice, California9th of 20 · 27 days · jury
  3. Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Survivor 23: South Pacific
    4Survivor 23: South Pacificreturned to the gameage 29, Venice, California4th of 18 · 38 days · jury
  4. Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Survivor 34: Game Changers
    12Survivor 34: Game Changersage 34, Venice, California12th of 20 · 24 days · jury
  5. Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans

Photos and logos: CBS

Where they rank

  • 1stMost days played149 days
  • 2ndMost seasons played5 seasons
  • 2ndMost times on the jury4 juries
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Seasons played, finishing positions, day counts, jury status, ages and hometowns come from the contestant table in each season's Wikipedia article, cross-checked against the series overview before publication.

Sources (7)

  1. “Survivor: Cook Islands,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Cook_Islands.
  2. “Survivor: Micronesia,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Micronesia.
  3. “Survivor: South Pacific,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_South_Pacific.
  4. “Survivor: Game Changers,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Game_Changers.
  5. “Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans,” Wikipedia, accessed September 28, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_50:_In_the_Hands_of_the_Fans.
  6. “List of Survivor (American TV series) episodes,” Wikipedia, accessed September 25, 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Survivor_(American_TV_series)_episodes.
  7. “Ozzy Lusth,” Survivor Wiki, accessed September 28, 2026, https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Ozzy_Lusth.

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