11 new teams revealed for upcoming season of 'Amazing Race'
Toronto, ON (September 1, 2010) – One of the most-watched competition shows in Canada, the multiple EMMY AWARD-winning series THE AMAZING RACE returns to CTV with an extended 90-minutes premiere Sunday, September 26 at 8:30 p.m. ET (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). A Top 10 show in Canada which averaged 2.54 million viewers last season, the 17th cycle of THE AMAZING RACE visits new destinations including Bangladesh, Ghana and the Arctic Circle. THE AMAZING RACE moves to its regular timeslot on Sundays at 8 p.m. ET beginning October 3. New episodes of THE AMAZING RACE are also available on demand the day following their television broadcast on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca.
THE AMAZING RACE sends 11 teams on a trek around the world. Each team is comprised of two people who have a pre-existing relationship with one another. At every destination, each team competes in a series of challenges – some mental and some physical – and when the tasks have been completed, they learn their next destination. Teams who are farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning $1 million.
This season's cast of racers travel over 32,000 miles, covering four continents and 30 cities. Additionally, for the first time in the history of THE AMAZING RACE, the team to finish in first place during the premiere episode is awarded a surprise, game-changing advantage.
Season 17 features racers from all walks of life, including a team of home shopping hosts, newly dating couples, an internet entertainer, Ivy League a cappella singers and a birth mother/daughter team who were recently reunited after the mother gave her newborn daughter up for adoption over 20 years ago.
Below are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:
Team 1:
Brook Roberts
Age: 27
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
Claire Champlin
Age: 30
Hometown: Reno, Nev.
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
Relationship: Home Shopping Hosts
Team 2:
Nick DeCarlo
Age: 26
Hometown: Henderson, Nev.
Occupation: Bartender
Vicki Casciola
Age: 26
Hometown: Henderson, Nev.
Occupation: Hair Stylist
Relationship: Dating
Team 3:
Ron Kellum
Age: 45
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Director/Choreographer
Tony Stovall
Age: 42
Hometown: Tucson, Ariz.
Occupation: Doctoral Student (University of Arizona)
Relationship: Best Friends
Team 4:
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
Team 5:
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
Team 6:
Nat Strand
Age: 31
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Occupation: Doctor
Kat Chang
Age: 35
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
Occupation: Doctor
Relationship: Doctors/Friends
Team 7:
Gary Ervin
Age: 53
Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Mallory Ervin
Age: 24
Hometown: Lexington, Ky.
Occupation: Miss Kentucky 2009
Relationship: Father/Daughter
Team 8:
Connor Diemand-Yauman
Age: 22
Hometown: Chesterland, Ohio
Occupation: Student (Princeton)
Jonathan Schwartz
Age: 22
Hometown: Cranford, N.J.
Occupation: Student (Princeton)
Relationship: Ivy League a Cappella Singers
Team 9:
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
Team 10:
Andie DeKroon
Age: 43
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Occupation: Stay-at-Home Mom
Jenna Sykes
Age: 21
Hometown: Athens, Ga.
Occupation: Student (University of Georgia)
Relationship: Birth Mother/Daughter
Team 11:
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
Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman and Elise Doganieri are the executive producers for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with ABC Studios and Amazing Race Productions. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri.
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Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/amazingrace
Source: BBM Canada (CTV Telecasts in 2009-10 only)




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