Storyline

ELEVEN OF THE MOST MEMORABLE TEAMS RETURN FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT THE ONE MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE, ON A REBROADCAST OF “THE AMAZING RACE,” ON A SPECIAL NIGHT, SATURDAY, MARCH 8

In A Dramatic Series-First, One Team Will Not Make It To The Starting Line

 “Back in the Saddle” – Eleven of the most memorable teams return for another Race around the world, but in a dramatic series-first, one team will not make it to the starting line, on a rebroadcast of THE AMAZING RACE, on a special night, Saturday, March 8 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.  Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host. (Originally broadcast 2/23/14.)

 

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

 

Name: Leo Temory
Age: 27
Hometown: Torrance, Calif.  
Current occupation: Entrepreneur/Restaurateur
Follow on Twitter: @LeoTemory

 

Name: Jamal Zadran
Age: 26
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Current occupation: Owner, Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)
Follow on Twitter: @JamalZadran

 

Connection: Cousins

Nickname: Afghanimals

Previous season: 4th place on season 23

 

Name: Brendon Villegas
Age: 33
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: PhD Student in Biomedical Physics at UCLA
Follow on Twitter: @brendonvbb12

 

Name: Rachel Reilly
Age: 30
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: TV Personality
Follow on Twitter: @RachelEReilly

 

Connection: Newlyweds

Nickname: Brenchel

Previous season: 3rd place on Season 20

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Name: Jennifer Wayne
Age: 31
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Current occupation: Songwriter

Follow on Twitter: @jenwayne

 

Name: Caroline Cutbirth
Age: 30
Hometown: Waca, Texas
Current occupation: Ramblin’ Music Promoter
Follow on Twitter: @txsweetcaroline

 

Connection: Friends

Nickname: The Country Singers. Part of the band Stealing Angels.

Previous season: 4th place in Season 22

 

 

Name: Cord McCoy
Age: 33
Hometown: Tupelo, Okla.   
Current occupation: Cowboy

Follow on Twitter: @cordmccoy

 

Name: Jet McCoy

Age: 34
Hometown: Ada, Okla.
Current occupation: Rancher

Connection: Brothers

Nickname: The Cowboys

Previous season: 2nd place in Season 16 and 6th

place in Season 18

 

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Name:   David O’Leary
Age: 59
Hometown:  Salt Lake City, Utah
Current occupation:  Real Estate Investor

Follow on Twitter: @davidolearyslc

 

Name:  Connor O’Leary
Age: 22
Hometown:  Salt Lake City, Utah
Current occupation:  Student and Professional Cyclist

Follow on Twitter: @coleary00

 

Connection: Father/Son Cancer Survivors

Previous season: 8th place Season 22

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Name: Herbert “Flight Time” Lang  
Age: 37
Hometown: Brinkley, Ark.
Current occupation: Harlem Globetrotter

Follow on Twitter: @datrotter4

 

Name: Nate “Big Easy” Lofton
Age: 32

Hometown: New Orleans, La.  

Current occupation: Harlem Globetrotter

Connection: Friends

Nickname: The Globetrotters

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Name: John Erck
Age: 28
Hometown: Mora, Minn.
Current occupation: iOS Developer
Follow on Twitter: @johnerck

 

Name: Jessica Hoel
Age: 27
Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minn.
Current occupation: Sales
Follow on Twitter: @jessicahoel

 

Connection: Engaged  

Previous season: 9th place in Season 22

_________________________________________________________________________

 

Name: Margie O’Donnell
Age: 56
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.  
Current occupation: RN and Sr. Clinical Research Associate  

 

Name: Luke Adams
Age: 28
Hometown: Philadelphia, Penn.
Current occupation: Advancement Associate/Motivational Speaker

Follow on Twitter: @lukeadams14

 

Connection: Mother/Son

Previous seasons: 3rd place in Season 14 and 8th place in Season 18

 

 

Name: Natalie Anderson
Age: 27
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: Student
Follow on Twitter: @natalieeand

 

Name: Nadiya Anderson 
Age: 27
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.

Current occupation: Studying to be a CrossFit Instructor

Follow on Twitter: @nadiyaaand

 

Connection: Twins

Nickname: Twinnies

Previous season: 4th place in Season 21

 

 

Name: Joseph “Joey” Graceffa

Age: 22

Hometown: Los Angeles

Current occupation: YouTube Host  

http://www.youtube.com/user/JoeyGraceffa

Follow on Twitter: @joeygraceffa

 

Name: Meghan Camarena

Age: 26

Hometown: Los Angeles

Current occupation: YouTube Host

http://www.youtube.com/user/Strawburry17

Follow on Twitter: @strawburry17

 

Connection: Best friends

Previous season: 5th place in Season 22

 

 

Name: William “Bopper” Minton
Age: 43
Hometown: Clay County, Ky.
Current occupation: Unemployed

Follow on Twitter: @BopperMinton

 

Name:  Mark Jackson
Age: 47
Hometown: Clay County, Ky.  
Current occupation:  Unemployed  

 

Connection: Friends

Nickname: Team Kentucky

Previous season: 5th place in Season 20

 

CHEAT TWEET: 4 the 1st time in #AmazingRace history 1 team will not make it 2 the starting line! 3/8 8pm http://bit.ly/1fCIiqt

 

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 at least $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/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/amazingrace

Twitter: www.Twitter.com/amazingrace_cbs

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

 

*   *   *

 

Press Contacts:

Mason Mallory  818-655-1596  mallory.mason@cbs.com

Christine Park  818-655-1597  christine.park@cbs.com

 

Photo Contacts:

Amanda Beane 818-655-1545  amanda.beane@cbs.com

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