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THE SEASON PREMIERE OF "THE AMAZING RACE" MAKES ITS FIRST PIT STOP OF THE SEASON IN TAIPEI, TAIWAN, ON SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO!
"The Amazing Race" Recently Won Its Eighth Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
"Kindness of Strangers" (Taiwan) - The Emmy Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE sets off for a new global adventure as Teams depart for Taipei, Taiwan. Plus, one team's position in the game is put in serious jeopardy when they lose their passport less than an hour into the Race, on the season premiere of THE AMAZING RACE Sunday, Sept. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Emmy Award nominee Phil Keoghan is the host.
Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:
Ernie Halvorsen
Age: 29
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Project manager
Cindy Chiang
Age: 30
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: Brand manager
Connection to Teammate: Engaged
Justin Young
Age: 31
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Doctor
Jennifer Young
Age: 26
Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Special education teacher
Connection to Teammate: Siblings
Liz Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Marketing Assistant
Marie Canavan
Age: 24
Hometown: Deerfield, Ill.
Current occupation: Soul-searching
Connection to Teammate: Twins
Ron Zeitz
Age: 44
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Bill Smith
Age: 49
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: Flight attendant
Connection to Teammate: Domestic Partners
Ethan Zohn
Age: 37
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Current occupation: Change maker
Jenna Morasca
Age: 30
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Current occupation: TV host/student
Connection to Teammate: Dating
Bill Alden
Age: 63
Hometown: Albany, Ore.
Current occupation: Farmer/rancher
Cathi Alden
Age: 62
Hometown: Albany, Ore.
Current occupation: College instructor/retired High
School principal
Connection to Teammate: Married for 40 Years/Grandparents
Andy Finch
Age: 30
Hometown: Truckee, Calif.
Current occupation: Professional snowboarder
Tommy Czeschin
Age: 32
Hometown: Crowley Lake, Calif.
Current occupation: Professional snowboarder
Connection to Teammate: Friends/Former Olympic Snowboarders
Amani Pollard
Age: 36
Hometown: Pine Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Business owner
Marcus Pollard
Age: 39
Hometown: Pine Mountain, Ga.
Current occupation: Retired NFL player/football
coach
Connection to Teammate: Married
Kaylani Paliotta
Age: 33
Hometown: Las Vegas
Current occupation: Cocktail waitress
Lisa Tilley
Age: 32
Hometown: Las Vegas
Current occupation: Cocktail waitress
Connection to Teammate: Friends/Former Vegas Showgirls
Laurence Sunderland
Age: 48
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Current occupation: Yacht manager
Zac Sunderland
Age: 19
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Current occupation: Record-setting boat captain
(Zac was the youngest person to ever sail around
the world alone)
Connection to Teammate: Father/Son Adventurers
Jeremy Cline
Age: 35
Hometown: Alamo, Calif.
Current occupation: Commercial real estate broker
Sandy Draghi
Age: 33
Hometown: Dublin, Calif.
Current occupation: Nurse practitioner
Connection to Teammate: Dating
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.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri and Mark Vertullo 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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