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Wow, posting someone as MOR as Lisa almost killed this thread lol. Back on track with a bigger character at #25...
























25 OSCAR 'OZZY' LUSTH
Survivor: Cook Islands, 2nd Place
Survivor: Micronesia, 9th Place

Ozzy might be a surprising choice because I don't really talk about him often, but I first realized that I really liked him when I was actually excited to see him again in FvF, he was my #2 behind Parvati and that held up for a while. I realized I liked Ozzy because he was fun to watch in challenges because I don't think we've ever had someone so proficient at swimming than he was, and he knew it. He was cocky but it was endearing and in Cook Islands he essentially learned the game as he went, which some might classify as mactor-ish and some might classify as oldschool, and luckily for me I love both oldschool methods and mactors so it felt very true to me (spoiler -- there is another castaway from this season with a similar strategical approach that is later on this list). He threw a challenge to get rid of useless Billy who I hated so I thought that was awesome, and even though Cristina's CPP5 (surrounded by two INV's yay) made her more of a favorite during the episode, it was evident that Ozzy would do whatever he had to in order to satisfy himself in the game. I loved seeing him provide for his tribe like a jungle boy. He truly enjoyed the experience and being out on a deserted island in the middle of the South Pacific and being able to live a simple, fun lifestyle, and I really liked watching that. It's what I would want to do if I was on Survivor and so I appreciated seeing that. Ozzy provided so much for his tribe and knew due to his strategic deficiencies he could use that to his advantage, which is actually a strategy in its own. We know Ozzy lost to that gamebot Yul('s HII -- same thing), but he managed to get votes from INV queens Rebecca & Jenny who never even spoke to him. Other highlights in the Cooks were "420... the magic number", him winning pretty much every single individual immunity, and overall just playing the game how he wanted without succumbing to the pressure of how he felt it should actually be played.

And then FvF came, and Ozzy was cool, and then a douche (especially to Tracy) and he got blindsided in one of the best ever. His showmance with Amanda was lame and he essentially was lame, but then again so was Ami and I still put her on this list, and she even was willing to Timbira herself to allow Ozzy to win. Ozzy's cocky, arrogant, douchey and mactor-y, but he's also true to himself, amazing in challenges, a great provider, someone who really enjoys and values the experience and tries to grow as a person from it, and he's hot too.