Portrait of Shirin Oskooi

Shirin Oskooi

We need to win challenges and we need a lot more space in the bed. Survivor 30, E5

Played on

35 days played

Game record

Vote alignment56%of 9 ballots

22nd percentile of 423 castaways

Immunity record0career immunity wins

No wins to rank

Days played45%of 78 possible days

Share of days available, not a rank

Occupation at casting Yahoo! Executive Hometown San Francisco, California

Played with 35 castaways across 2 seasons See every connection ↓

Shirin Oskooi played twice (Survivor 30: Worlds Apart and Survivor 31: Cambodia), 35 days on the beach in total. Oskooi's best finish, 8th, came on Survivor 30. Oskooi has shared a beach with thirty-five castaways, inside the most-connected tenth of everyone who has played.

Get to know Shirin Oskooi

Shirin Oskooi's own answers from the pre-game cast profile CBS published before the season aired.

Claim to fame
Made Google Calendar the #1 online calendar in the world, and helping take care of my mom financially.
Hobbies
Traveling, exotic food, whistling champion and mind games.
Pet peeves
Quitters and morons.
Inspiration
Larry David, because he is a hilarious weirdo who says and does whatever he wants. RuPaul because "fierce queen," "no tea no shade," "now sissy that walk."
Castaway they say they are most like
Sandra as a sassy brown woman who doesn't take crap from anybody. Rob Cesternino as a witty, sharp, know-it-all Survivor nerd who keeps tabs on everybody.
Why they wanted to play
I want to win the ultimate social game, my favorite game in the world.

Birthplace, pre-game profile and alliance facts adapted from Survivor Fandom and Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-07-21. Licensed CC BY-SA.

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Seasons

Season Result Days Tribes Votes against Confessionals
Worlds Apart Season 30, 2015 11th voted out Masaya Nagarote Merica 7 33
Cambodia Season 31, 2015 2nd voted out Ta Keo 5 9

The vote that ended Shirin Oskooi's best run

Four of the eight ballots named Shirin Oskooi on day 29 of Survivor 30: Worlds Apart, a 4-2-2 vote.

Carolyn Rivera, Rodney Lavoie Jr., Sierra Dawn Thomas and Dan Foley

Shirin Oskooi voted for Tyler Fredrickson.

Castaway network

Shirin Oskooi’s connections

The strongest overlaps are surfaced first; every castmate is organized by season below.

35
castaway connections
18
tribemates
1
repeat castmate
2
winners

Connections worth exploring

Repeat pairings, other-show overlaps, tribe overlap, winners and Survivor veterans rise to the top.

Survivor 30 & 31

Joe Anglim

3 Survivor seasons

2 seasons together

Every castaway, by season

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Worlds Apart Season 30, 2015 17 castaways 1 winner 3 returning players View cast

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Cambodia Season 31, 2015 19 castaways 1 winner 19 returning players View cast

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