Here’s Ozzy Lusth’s Big Game Plan for Survivor: Game Changers

11 seasons after his last outing on Survivor, Ozzy Lusth is back and has a strategy going into Game Changers, one that includes plenty of names.

To play more than once onSurvivoris an honor. To play four times is to be among some legendary names. Ozzy Lusth has now joined the four-time-player club with his spot onGame Changers, as has his fellowMicronesiaalum, Cirie Fields. Cirie’s a strategic genius, but Ozzy’s one of the major physical players, who basically ups the chance of any tribe he’s on winning significantly. Here’s the thing: he knows it, too.

Speaking toEntertainment Weekly, Ozzy revealed his strategic choices forGame Changers:

"“The people I can trust are the people who think they can beat me — the people who have big egos out here. People like Malcolm, people like Caleb, people like Troyzan, people like Brad, people like Andrea. Even possibly people like Aubry and Tai and maybe even Debbie.”"

Take a count there. Ozzy just named eight separate, specific players whom he thinks he could work with. That’s either really clever or really foolish, but we lean towards clever. It shows an openness and willingness to work with a not-insignificant portion of his fellow players — and a new awareness about how he can leverage other people’s knowledge of him for his own gain.

Ozzy will start the game out on the Nuku tribe, per thecast list. Of the names he listed, he’ll have Andrea Boehlke, Brad Culpepper, Tai Trang, and Debbie Wanner on the same tribe to start the game. Tai also appeared inour own cast assessment of Ozzyas a good potential ally based on their similar love of nature.

Sometimes, though, it’s more interesting to look at who isn’t in that list rather than who is. Ozzy didn’t name J.T. Thomas, who will also be on Nuku to begin. J.T. himselfhas saidthat he would like to work with Ozzy. The two of them share a reputation as excellent players of the physical game. Additionally, J.T. does have a pretty good social game, and it sounds like Ozzy’s looking to turn that weakness into a strength.

Here’s how he put it toEW:

"“And I’ve got to develop my relationships and I’ve got to develop my bonds with the people I play with because it’s the only way that I’m going to get to the end of this game.”"

If he wants to do that, there are far worse partners in the game than J.T. Remember, J.T. and Stephen Fishbach formed a duo that went all the way to the end inTocantins. That’s a strong bond if ever there was one.

As for the only person Ozzy’s ever played the same season with, Cirie Fields? Well, let’s just say it doesn’t look like that connection will mean much. Here’s his answer to whom he’d like first out of the game, viaDalton Ross on Instagram:

Since Cirie’s also on Nuku to start the game, the premiere episode ofSurvivor: Game Changerscould feature the two of them squaring off pretty much from the wordgoif Nuku happens to lose an Immunity Challenge.

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That’d be a pretty fantastic way to kick off a season, to be honest.

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