^1 In A Lost Puppy Dog Ozzy and Alexis would be immune in Tribal Council due to being exiled prior to the Immunity Challenge.

Survivor: South PacificEdit

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 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 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.

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 (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. Eventually, Ozzy gave his vote to Sophie, claiming that she deserved it since she was the reason Ozzy was eliminated, 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 HistoryEdit

^1 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-SurvivorEdit

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. Ozzy was a guest in Survivor After Show, with Parvati

GalleryEdit

Cook IslandsEdit

Ozzy Lusth, as a member of Aitutaki.

Ozzy's reaction by the mutiny.

Ozzy on the merged tribe Aitutonga.

Ozzy dominates the challenges.

Ozzy at the final immunity challenge.

Ozzy cries at the final tribal council.

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MicronesiaEdit

Ozzy Lusth is a member of Malakal.

Ozzy and Amanda.

Ozzy blindsided.

Ozzy with Amanda at the Survivor: Micronesia Reunion

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South PacificEdit

Ozzy and Coach return to play one more time

Ozzy finds Savaii's Hidden Immunity Idol

Ozzy voted out for the first time

Ozzy at Redemption Island, putting his "Trojan Horse" plan in motion

Ozzy voted out for the second time

Ozzy voted out for the third time

Ozzy at the Reunion

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TriviaEdit

• 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 castaway 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 Jason Siska, who gave it to Eliza Orlins).
  • While Jaime Huffman was the first to play a fake idol, it was made by the producers and not another castaway.
• 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.
  • He is the only contestant that has reached 100 days playing the game without appearing on Survivor: Heroes vs Villains.
    • ​Ozzy was considered for Survivor: Heroes vs Villains, but was not chosen.
  • He is also the first contestant to compete three times on Survivor without appearing on Survivor: Heroes vs Villains. He would be followed later by Jonathan Penner.
    • Coincidentally, both contestants' first season was Cook Islands and their second season was Micronesia.
• 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.
• If votes voided by a Hidden Immunity Idol do not count, Ozzy holds the record for the most cumulative votes received over multiple seasons with 27. If voided votes do count, he is behind Jonathan Penner with 29 and Jerri Manthey with 28.
• 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 castaway to both play multiple times and be voted out multiple times in a season.
• 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.
  • Ozzy won all but one individual immunity challenge in Cook Islands, with Adam Gentry winning the one challenge Ozzy lost.
• In both tribe switches Ozzy participated in, he stayed with his original tribe.
  • In all three of his seasons, Ozzy was only on two tribes.
• 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.
• Ozzy is the seventh player to find the Hidden Immunity Idol.
• Ozzy is the fifth player to return to the game after being previously voted out in the same season, after the Outcasts twist brought two players back and two players re-entered the game in Survivor: Redemption Island.
• He is the second person to win the same challenge twice after Parvati Shallow.
• Ozzy is the only contestant to spend time on both Exile Island & Redemption Island.
  • Coach briefly visited Redemption Island while on a reward during Survivor: South Pacific and has been to Exile Island during Survivor: Tocantins; however, he never was sent to Redemption Island as a result of being voted out.
• He is one of three contestants (with Jonathan Penner and Russell Swan) to have competed in multiple odd-numbered seasons.
• Ozzy is the first finalist to garner four jury votes and not win the title of Sole Survivor.
  • Cook Islands was the first season in which such an achievement was possible.
• Ozzy is the only person to play with both contestants (Erik Reichenbach and Brandon Hantz) who have given Individual Immunity away at Tribal Council and be immediantly be voted out in the season that this occurred (Survivor: Micronesia and Survivor: South Pacific).
• Ozzy is the only person to become a returning player and not be a original member of Rarotonga on Cook Islands.
• He is the tied with Chase Rice for the most jury votes received by a Runner-Up with 4.
• Ozzy is the only player in Survivor history to find multiple Hidden Immunity Idols and never use them to negate votes

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Survivor: Cook Islands Contestants
Adam Gentry · Becky Lee · Billy Garcia · Brad Virata · Candice Woodcock · Cao Boi Bui · Cecilia Mansilla · Cristina Coria · J.P. Calderon · Jenny Guzon-Bae · Jessica Smith · Jonathan Penner · Nate Gonzalez · Ozzy Lusth · Parvati Shallow · Rebecca Borman · Sekou Bunch · Stephannie Favor · Sundra Oakley · Yul Kwon

Survivor: Micronesia Contestants
Alexis Jones · Amanda Kimmel · Ami Cusack · Chet Welch · Cirie Fields · Eliza Orlins · Erik Reichenbach · James Clement · Jason Siska · Joel Anderson · Jon Dalton · Jonathan Penner · Kathy Sleckman · Mary Sartain · Mikey Bortone · Natalie Bolton · Ozzy Lusth · Parvati Shallow · Tracy Hughes-Wolf · Yau-Man Chan

Survivor: South Pacific Contestants
Albert Destrade · Brandon Hantz · Christine Shields Markoski · Coach Wade · Dawn Meehan · Edna Ma · Elyse Umemoto · Jim Rice · John Cochran · Keith Tollefson · Mark Caruso · Mikayla Wingle · Ozzy Lusth · Rick Nelson · Semhar Tadesse · Sophie Clarke · Stacey Powell · Whitney Duncan