Osten Taylor

Osten Taylor is a contestant from .
Although physically strong and well-liked by his tribe, Osten did not enjoy camp life as the game began to wear on him physically, resulting in him becoming increasingly short-tempered and despondent. He holds the distinction of being the first person to ever quit the show after a traditional vote was forgone following Osten's request to be voted out.
==Profile==
Retrieved from CBS.com
Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, Osten Taylor now lives in the South End of Boston. He is currently employed as an equity trade manager with an investment management company. He previously worked as a salesman, construction worker and waiter. Taylor attended the Thompson School of Applied Science where he received an Associates Degree in Business Management and went on to study resource economics at the University of New Hampshire. His favorite hobbies are boozing with the fellas from UNH & The Braintree Boyz in Bean-Town, fitness training and golfing. He describes himself as outspoken, personable and focused. He is most proud of having worked on Wall Street, which was a childhood goal. His favorite sport is basketball. His father is his hero because he was able to put himself through college and graduate school, graduating Magna Cum Laude, while supporting two kids. He feels he's ready for because of his mental stability, patience, wisdom, resourcefulness and God's blessing. His birth date is December 10, 1975.https://web.archive.org/web/20230528232910/https://www.cbs.com/shows/survivor/cast/20706/
==Survivor==
Assigned to the Morgan tribe, Osten bargained all his clothing, except for his boxers, in exchange for supplies for the tribe at the Panamanian village during the marooning. Osten then formed an alliance with Andrew Savage and Ryan Opray identifying themselves as the strongest people within the tribe. Despite his physical appearance, Osten struggled to adapt to island life always appearing to be tired, lethargic and prone to freak out over minor situations such as a pelican entering the camp. After Morgan lost the second Immunity Challenge, Osten asked his tribe to vote him out. At the Tribal Council that night, his wish was not granted as Ryan Shoulders was eliminated for his weakness.
During the Reward Challenge on Day 10, Osten began to drown during the swimming portion resulting in Andrew and Ryan O. having to swim out to save him. Although his tribe admitted that he was weak and he wanted to quit as early as Day 6, they kept him around at the next Tribal Council, where the majority alliance turned on the last outsider, Lillian Morris. His wish to voluntarily leave the game still left unfulfilled, when the Morgan tribe, already down to five members, won the next three Immunity Challenges.
On Day 19, the game took an unexpected turn when game's first six evictees returned as The Outcasts to compete for a chance to return to the game; The Outcasts won the Immunity Challenge, sending both Morgan and Drake to Tribal Council to eliminate a member. That afternoon, Osten again asked his tribe to vote him out, to which they finally agreed to do so. At Tribal Council, after the Morgan tribe verbally confirmed that they would respect Osten's wishes, a visibly upset Jeff Probst snuffed his torch without going to an official vote, and then laid the torch down on the ground, making Osten the first person in history to quit Survivor.
<tabber>Challenge History=
Episode	TribeAffiliation 	Challenge 	Challenge Type	Sit-Out?	Result
1 	rowspan=12 	Cannon Carry	Immunity 	No 	
2 	Bountiful Chest 	Reward 	No 	 	
2 	All Tied Up 	Immunity 	No 	 	
3 	Sprung A Leak 	Reward 	No 	 	
3 	Pull Your Weight 	Immunity 	No 	 	
4 	Float-It Notes 	Reward 	No 	 	
4 	Boarding Party 	Immunity 	No 	 	
5 	Paddle For Paddles 	Reward 	No 	 	
5 	Survivor Smoothie 	Immunity 	No 	 	
6 	Ready, Aim, Fire 	Reward 	No 	 	
6 	Shoulder the Load 	Immunity 	No 	 	
7 	Pirate Prison Break	Immunity 	No 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
|-|Voting History=
Episode	Osten'sVotes	Voted AgainstOsten
1 	 	
2 	 	
3 	 	
4 	 	
5 	 	
6 	 	
7 	colspan="2" 	
 	 	
</tabber>
==Post-Survivor==
==Trivia==
* Osten is the first contestant to quit .
* Osten became the first Survivor to not have his final words aired at the end of the episode. Only shots of the Morgan tribe leaving Tribal Council were shown as the credits were rolling, with the final shot being Osten's extinguished torch lying on the ground. The torch remained laid down at Tribal Council for the rest of the season and was not included in the Rites of Passage.
** He is the first person to not be included in the Rites of Passage.
* In an interview, Osten revealed that he quit the game because he had multiple staph infections, and claiming that Mark Burnett "quit on them" by introducing The Outcasts.
* Upon Sandra Diaz-Twine being voted out in , Osten is the only castaway from Pearl Islands to have never been voted out throughout their Survivor career.
==References==
Category:Contestants
Category:Male Contestants
Category:African-American Contestants
Category:Pearl Islands Contestants
Category:Morgan Tribe
Category:11th Place
Category:Quitters
Category:Survivor (U.S.)
Category:Survivor (U.S.) Contestants
Category:Survivor: Pearl Islands
Category:1975 births
Category:Living people