CBS Announces Next “Amazing Race” Cast: No One From Tampa

Posted Sep 1, 2010 by Walt Belcher

Updated Sep 1, 2010 at 09:19 AM

Nat and Kat are in The Race. Both are Doctors.

CBS this morning announced the 11 new teams that competed in the next installment of “The Amazing Race”  which premieres with a special 90-minute debut on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 8:30 p.m.

There is one team from Ft. Lauderdale but none from Tampa. This season’s cast will trek 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, the Team to finish in first place during the premiere episode will be awarded a surprise, game-changing advantage.

The new season features teams from all walks of life, including a pair of Home Shopping hosts (from the Jewelry Network), 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. 

Following are the 11 teams, listed in no particular order:

Brook & Claire

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

Nick DeCarlo

Age: 26

Hometown: Henderson, Nev.

Occupation: Bartender

Vicki Casciola

Age: 26  

Hometown: Henderson, Nev.

Occupation: Hair Stylist

Relationship: Dating

Ron and Tony

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

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 & Stephanie

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 & Mallory

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)

Jonathan Schwartz

Age: 22

Hometown: Cranford, N.J.

Occupation: Student (Princeton)

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 & Jenna

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

Katie and Rachel

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

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