"The Amazing Race" Cast Announced
NEW YORK (CBS) Eleven new teams are set to compete on the 17th season of "The Amazing Race."
CBS announced the lineup Wednesday. It includes a team of home shopping hosts, newly dating couples, an Internet entertainer, Ivy League a cappella singers and a birth mother/daughter team who recently reunited after the mother gave her newborn daughter up for adoption more than 20 years ago.
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The racers will travel over 32,000 miles, covering four continents and 30 cities, with first-time visits to Bangladesh, Ghana and the Arctic Circle.
Additionally, for the first time in the history of the show, the team to finish in first place during the premiere episode will be awarded a surprise, game-changing advantage, according to a news release from the network.
"The Amazing Race" will premiere with a special 90-minute debut on Sunday, Sept. 26, at 8:30 p.m. EST.
Here are the teams:
Brook Roberts
Age: 27
Hometown: San Diego
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
Claire Champlin
Age: 30
Hometown: Reno, Nev.
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
Relationship: Home Shopping Hosts
Nick DeCarlo
Age: 26
Hometown: Henderson, Nev.
Occupation: Bartender
Vicki Casciola
Age: 26
Hometown: Henderson, Nev.
Occupation: Hair Stylist
Relationship: Dating
Ron Kellum
Age: 45
Hometown: Los Angeles
Occupation: Director/Choreographer
Tony Stovall
Age: 42
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Occupation: Doctoral Student (University of Arizona)
Relationship: Best Friends
Michael Wu
Age: 58
Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas
Occupation: Software Consultant and Content Creator
Kevin Wu
Age: 20
Hometown: Sugar Land, Texas
Occupation: Student/Internet Entertainer
Relationship: Father/Son
Chad Waltrip
Age: 26
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Occupation: Operations Manager
Stephanie Smith
Age: 23
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Occupation: Hair Stylist
Relationship: Newly Dating
Nat Strand
Age: 31
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Occupation: Doctor
Kat Chang
Age: 35
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
Occupation: Doctor
Relationship: Doctors/Friends
Gary Ervin
Age: 53
Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Mallory Ervin
Age: 24
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
Occupation: Miss Kentucky 2009
Relationship: Father/Daughter
Connor Diemand-Yauman
Age: 22
Hometown: Chesterland, Ohio
Occupation: Student (Princeton University)
Jonathan Schwartz
Age: 22
Hometown: Cranford, N.J.
Occupation: Student (Princeton University)
Relationship: Ivy League A Cappella Singers
Jill Haney
Age: 27
Hometown: Marina Del Ray, Calif.
Occupation: Hair Stylist
Thomas Wolfard
Age: 30
Hometown: Marina Del Ray, Calif.
Occupation: Ad Sales Director
Relationship: Dating
Andie DeKroon
Age: 43
Hometown: Atlanta
Occupation: Stay-at-Home Mom
Jenna Sykes
Age: 21
Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Occupation: Student (University of Georgia)
Relationship: Birth Mother/Daughter
Katie Seamon
Age: 23
Hometown: Rahway, N.J.
Occupation: Beach Volleyball Player
Rachel Johnston
Age: 24
Hometown: Moorestown, N.J.
Occupation: Beach Volleyball Player
Relationship: Beach Volleyball Partners