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January 5 , 2008: CBS eventually gets around
to putting up their Survivor: Micronesia site,
which includes Ozzy's marginally updated bio (below):
"Ozzy SURVIVOR: COOK ISLANDS
Age: 26
Home Town: Venice, CA
Occupation: Freelance Photographer/Writer
Born in the historic city of Guanajuato,
Mexico, Oscar 'Ozzy' Lusth,
began his life in the house his father built for his grandmother
(which still remains in the family today). A few years after
he was born, his parents divorced and Lusth moved with his
mother to Durham, North Carolina, where his mother eventually
remarried and had two additional children. His father remained
in Mexico and had two additional children as well.
Lusth moved
many times in his teen years to seven U.S. States and Central
America while his mother divorced and remarried for a third
time (at which point, they were living in Mountain View,
California) where he learned to surf. In high school, Lusth
was able to attend an alternative learning program called
Learning Community where he was introduced to acting and
photography. After high school, he moved to Santa Barbara.
He then attended two years of college at Santa Barbara City
College before moving to the Los Angeles area.
Lusth is currently
working as a freelance photographer and writer. He enjoys
big wave surfing, skateboarding, sailing, snowboarding, wakeboarding,
gymnastics and motorcycle riding. He owns land in Panama
and enjoys going there to spearfish. He can dive to 30 feet
and can hold his breath under water for three minutes. He
is skilled at building traps, forts, shelter and surviving
in the wilderness on his own. In the summer of 2005, he camped
all the way from Panama to San Diego over the course of five
months. Over the past year, Lusth has begun to develop a
non-profit organization to build skate parks in Mexico.
Lusth
currently resides in Venice, California with his German Shepherd
mix, Buddha (who also accompanies him on his board while
surfing). His birth date is August 23, 1981."
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January 3, 2008: Entertainment
Weekly (mostly Dalton Ross) handles the cast-release
chores for Survivor: Micronesia. Included is Ozzy's pre-show
interview and Probst's comments:
"THE RETURNING FAVORITES: OZZY LUSTH
AGE: 26
SEASON: Survivor: Cook Islands
OZZY SAYS: ''My mistakes last
time were basically being too much of a loner. I'm never
going to go anywhere by myself except to use the bathroom.''
JEFF
PROBST SAYS: ''Ozzy's big problem's going to be the fact
that he's Ozzy. Ozzy played a brilliant physical game — the
only thing Ozzy lacked was the social skill of how to play
Survivor. And that's probably going to be the deciding difference.
If he can figure out a way to survive socially due to the
kind of targets he's going to have on his back due to his
physical strength, then he can do really well. Otherwise
it wouldn't surprise me if Ozzy went out really early because
you just don't want him around."
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December 17,
2006: Narrowly lost to Yul by a 5-4-0 (Yul-Ozzy-Becky,
respectively) margin in the final Survivor:
Cook Islands jury vote.
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August 23, 2006: Officially revealed as a Survivor:
Cook Islands contestant on CBS's The Early Show.
From his official CBS bio:
"Born in Mexico, Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth
moved 10 times in his teen years to seven U.S. States and Central
America while his mother remarried. He attended two years of
college at Santa Barbara City College before moving to the
Los Angeles area.
 Lusth
is currently a waiter and was formerly a restaurant manager.
He enjoys big wave surfing, skateboarding, sailing, snowboarding,
wakeboarding, gymnastics and motorcycle riding. He owns
land in Panama and enjoys going there to spearfish. He
can dive to 30 feet and can hold his breath under water
for three minutes. He is skilled at building traps, forts,
shelter and surviving in the wilderness on his own. In
the summer of 2005, he camped all the way from Panama to
San Diego over the course of five months.
He enjoys reading and writing.
Lusth currently resides in Venice, California with his German
Shepard mix, Buddha (who also accompanies him on his board
while surfing). His birth date is August 23, 1981. "
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