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CBS has announced the 11 teams that will compete for the $1 million prize on the 23rd season of The Amazing Race.
Among the teams are former NFL teammates, married ER doctors, theater performers, childhood friends, baseball wives and NHL ice crew girls. The teams will travel through four continents and nine countries, spanning more than 35,000 miles. Challenges will call for them to paraglide over Iquique, Chile, subject themselves to a freezing water plunge in Norway and take part in Formula One Racing in Abu Dhabi.
PHOTOS: ‘Amazing Race’ Season 23: Meet the 11 Teams Competing for $1 Million
This season also will bring back the “double express pass” twist that was introduced last season, in which the first team to check in at the first pit stop will earn two “express passes” — one to keep for themselves and one that must be given to another team by the end of the fifth leg of the race.
The reality competition series is set to premiere at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 29, with Emmy-nominated host Phil Keoghan returning. The series will vie for its 10th Emmy in the reality competition program category at next month’s Primetime Emmy Awards.
The complete list of teams can be found below (to see individual photos of each team, click here).
Name: Hoskote Venkatesh
Age: 60
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: ER doctor
Name: Naina Venkatesh
Age: 27
Hometown: Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Current occupation: fitness instructor
Connection: father/daughter
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Name: Jason Case
Age: 33
Hometown: Attleboro, Mass.
Current occupation: owner of a snowplow company
Name: Amy Diaz
Age: 29
Hometown: Providence, R.I.
Current occupation: social media manager
Connection: dating
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Name: Leo Temory
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: entrepreneur/restaurateur
Name: Jamal Zadran
Age: 26
Hometown:Los Angeles
Current occupation: CEO/owner of Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)
Connection: cousins
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Name: Tim Wiyninger
Age: 26
Hometown: Cordell, Okla.
Current occupation: oilfield plant operator
Name: Daniel “Danny” Merkey
Age: 25
Hometown: Cordell, Okla.
Current occupation: oilfield operator
Connection: best friends
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Name: Rowan Joseph
Age: 56
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Current occupation: actor, producer, director and voiceover artist
Name: Shane Partlow
Age: 47
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Current occupation: actor/producer
Connection: theater performers. They call themselves the “Queens of Bingo.”
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Name: Brandon Squyres
Age: 34
Hometown: Chico, Calif.
Current occupation: contractor
Name: Adam Switzer
Age: 34
Hometown: Chico, Calif.
Current occupation: eco-friendly farmer
Connection: childhood friends
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Name: Allison “Ally” Mello
Age: 22
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: the NHL’s L.A. Kings ice crew girl
Name: Ashley Covert
Age: 25
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: the NHL’s L.A. Kings ice crew girl
Connection: L.A. Kings ice crew
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Name: Nicole Jasper
Age: 39
Hometown: Atlanta
Current occupation: ER physician
Name: Travis Jasper
Age: 43
Hometown: Atlanta
Current occupation: ER physician
Connection: married ER doctors
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Name: Nicole “Nicky” Getz
Age: 27
Hometown: splits time between Kansas City and Troy, Mich.
Current occupation: baseball wife/training to be a Pilates Instructor
*Married to Chris Getz, who has played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals (currently)
Name: Kim DeJesus
Age: 32
Hometown: Chicago
Current occupation: baseball wife
*Married to David DeJesus, who has played for the Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Rays (currently)
Connection: baseball wives
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Name: Timothy Sweeney
Age: 32
Hometown: Morristown, N.J.
Current occupation: sports marketing
Name: Marie “Reebs” Mazzocchi
Age: 29
Hometown: Morristown, N.J.
Current occupation: fitness trainer/gym owner
Connection: exes
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Name: Chester Pitts II
Age: 33
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
Current occupation: sports analyst for Texans Insider/executive consultant for ZT Wealth and Altus HMS.
*Played for the Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks for more than 10 years in the NFL.
Name: Ephraim Salaam
Age: 36
Hometown: Studio City, Calif.
Current occupation: co-host of Fox Sports Live.
*Played for the Denver Broncos, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Atlanta Falcons for 13 years in the NFL.
Connection: former NFL teammates
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