CBS has formally announced the identities of the 11 teams who will be competing on The Amazing Race's 25th season this fall.
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However, one of the teams will be familiar to reality TV viewers. Keith Tollefson and his now-fiancee Whitney Duncan had both competed on Survivor: South Pacific. The couple got engaged in February 2013 after falling in love while filming Survivor in Summer 2011 when Whitney, who is also a former Nashville Star finalist, had been secretly married.
The Amazing Race's 25th season will continue to feature teams participating in a series of challenges -- some mental and some physical -- as they race around the world in the hopes of crossing the finish line in first place and winning $1 million. Phil Keoghan will return as host.
CBS considers its 25th season a milestone. The last 24 editions have chronicled 234 teams; 770,000 miles traveled by Racers; 84 countries visited; 286 Roadblocks; and 12 visits in China. China is the most-visited country on the Race.
The 11 teams competing on the next season of The Amazing Race are as follows:
- "Married Surfers" Bethany Hamilton and Adam Dirks from Princeville, HI
- "Urban Bike Racers" Kym Perfetto and Alli Forsythe from Brooklyn, NY
- "Food Scientists" Amy DeJong and Maya Warren from Madison, WI
- "Realtor Sisters" Lisa Thomson and Michelle Thomson from Miami, FL
- "Firefighters" Michael Ward and Scott Strazzullo from Boston, MA
- "Dating Pro Wrestlers" Brooke Adams and Robbie E. Strauss from Houston, TX and Woodbridge, NJ respectively
- "College Sweethearts" Tim Tsao and Te Jay McGrath from Pasadena, CA
- "Model and Accountant" Isabelle Du and Dennis Hour from Tustin, CA
- "Engaged Couple" Keith Tollefson and Whitney Duncan from Nashville, TN
- "Married Dentists" Misti Raman and Jim Raman from Columbia, SC
- "Mother/Daughter" Shelley Porter and Nici Porter from Detroit, MI
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