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04.16.2012

TEAMS TRAVEL TO INDIA WHERE EMOTIONS RUN HIGH AS ONE RACER WEIGHS THEIR WELL BEING AGAINST THEIR OWN FUTURE IN THE GAME, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” SUNDAY, APRIL 22

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“Bollywood Travolta (Cochin, India)” – Gender disparities cause one Team to lose faith when a challenge seems insurmountable, and emotions run high as a Racer must weigh their own well-being against their future in the game, on THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 22 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan is host. 

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

 

Name: Dave Brown, Jr.

Age: 33

Hometown: Madison, Wis.

Current occupation: U.S. Army Officer        

 

Name: Rachel Brown

Age: 30

Hometown: Madison, Wis.

Current occupation: Project Manager

 

Connection to Teammate: Married

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Name: William “Bopper” Minton

Age: 41

Hometown: Manchester, Ky.

Current occupation: Motorcycle Mechanic

 

Name: Mark Jackson

Age: 45

Hometown: Manchester, Ky.

Occupation: Former State Inspector

 

Connection to Teammate: Best Friends

 

 

Name: Brendon Villegas

Age: 31

Hometown: Westwood, Calif.

Current occupation: PhD Student

 

Name: Rachel Reilly

Age: 27

Hometown: Westwood, Calif.

Current occupation: Event Hostess

 

Connection to Teammate: Engaged

 

 

 

 

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Name: Vanessa Macias

Age: 31

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Current occupation: Freelance Writer  

 

Name Ralph Kelley

Age: 36

Hometown: San Antonio, Texas

Current occupation: Bar Owner   

 

Connection to Teammate: Dating

Divorcees

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Name: Art Velez

Age: 43

Hometown: Temecula, Calif.

Current occupation: Border Patrol Agent

 

J.J. Carrell

Age: 42

Hometown: Carlsbad, Calif.

Current occupation: Border Patrol Agent

 

 

Connection to Teammate: Border Patrol Agents/Friends

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Misa Tanaka (ELIMINATED 2/19)

Age: 27

Hometown: San Diego

Current occupation: Car Buyer

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Maiya Tanaka

Age: 25

Hometown: San Diego

Current occupation: Professional Golfer

 

Connection to Teammate: Sisters

 

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Dave Gregg (ELIMINATED 2/26)

Age: 44

Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla.

Current occupation: “Ambassador of

Laughter”

 

Cherie Gregg

Age: 44

Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla.

Current occupation: “Ambassador of

Laughter”

 

Connection to Teammate: Married Clowns

 

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Elliot Weber (ELIMINATED 3/4)

Age: 28

Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Current occupation: Musician

 

Andrew Weber

Age: 28

Hometown: Menlo Park, Calif.

Current occupation:  Professional Soccer

Player

 

Connection to Teammate: Twins

 

 

 

Name: Kerri Paul (ELIMINATED 3/18)

Age: 30

Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.

Current occupation: Program Coordinator

 

Name: Stacy Bowers

Age: 30

Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.

Current occupation:  Self Employed / “Basketball” Wife

 

Connection to Teammate: Cousins

 

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Joey “Fitness” Lasalla (ELIMINATED 3/25)

Age: 29

Hometown: Whitestone, N.Y.

Current occupation: Trainer/Supplement

Company Owner

 

Danny Horal

Age: 27

Hometown: Holbrook, N.Y.

Current occupation: Nightclub Promoter  

 

Connection to Teammate: Friends   

 

 

Name: Nary Ebeid (ELIMINATED 4/15)

Age: 32

Hometown: Los Angeles

Current occupation: Federal Agent

Name: Jamie Graetz

Age: 33

Hometown: Los Angeles

Current occupation: Federal Agent

Connection to Teammate: Federal Agents/Friends

 

 

 

 

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.


Photos are available on www.cbspressexpress.com

Website: www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race/

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/amazingrace_cbs

CBS Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CBSTweet

 

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Press Contacts: 

Mitch Graham       818-655-1592  mitch.graham@cbs.com

Amy Miller            212-975-4757  amy.miller@cbs.com

 

Photo Contacts:

Rudi Simpson       818-655-1545  rudi.simpson@cbs.com

Kathleen Prutting  212-975-8533  kprutting@cbs.com 

Press:

Mitch Graham
818-655-1592
mitch.graham@cbs.com

Amy Miller
212-975-4757
Amy.Miller@cbs.com

 

Photo:

Kathleen Prutting
212-975-8533
kprutting@cbs.com