Name: Aly Dudek

Age: 24

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wis. 

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Olympic Athlete

*won bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in short track speed skating

Name: Steven Langton

Age: 31

Hometown: Boston, Mass.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Olympic Athlete

*won 2 bronze medals at the 2014 Sochi Olympics in bobsledding

Length of relationship: 7 months

Name: Harley Rodriguez

Age: 41

Hometown: New York, N.Y.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Group Fitness Trainer

Name: Jonathan Knight (@JonathanRKnight)

Age: 46

Hometown: New York, N.Y.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Entertainer (New Kids on the Block member)

Length of relationship: 7 years

Name: Jeff Magee
Age: 57
Hometown: McCall, Idaho
Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Airline Pilot

Name:  Lyda Grawn

Age: 49

Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Flight Attendant

Length of relationship: Known 20 years, dating 4 years

Name: C.J. Harris

Age: 26

Hometown: Tuskegee, Ala.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: IT Technician

Name: Lebya Simpson

Age: 25

Hometown: Tuskegee, Ala.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Medical Support Assistant

Length of Relationship: Known for 15 years, dating for 10

Name: Matt Cucolo

Age: 30

Hometown: Scarsdale, N.Y.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Hairstylist

Name: Ashley Gordon

Age: 28

Hometown: Scarsdale, N.Y.

Connection to your teammate: Dating

Occupation: Hairstylist

Length of Relationship: Known 10 years, dating 3 years

Name: Rochelle Nevedal

Age: 29

Hometown: Kalkaska, Mich.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Contract Engineer

Name: Michael Dombrowski

Age: 26

Hometown: Traverse City, Mich.

Relationship Status: Dating

Occupation: Truck Stop Manager/Pro Wrestling Promoter

Length of Relationship: 2 years

The Blind Date Couples:

Name: Hayley Keel

Age: 28

Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Name: Blair Townsend

Age: 31

Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Navy Physician

Name: Jackie Ibarra

Age: 27

Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Professional Dancer

Name: Jeffrey Weldon
Age: 26
Hometown: Tampa, Fla.
Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Account Executive/Sales

Name: Laura Pierson
Age: 29
Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.
Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Talent Booker

Name: Tyler Adams
Age: 26
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Mobile App Developer

Name: Jenny Wu

Age: 32

Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Blogger and Lawyer

Name: Jelani Roy
Age: 32
Hometown: New York, N.Y.
Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Lawyer

Name: Bergen Olson

Age: 23

Hometown: Sunnyvale, Calif.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Human Resources Project Manager

Name: Kurt Jordan Belcher
Age: 24
Hometown: Butler, Ky.
Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: Pageant Consultant

CHEAT TWEET: Who will race best: preexisting or blind date couples? Special 90-min premiere of #AmazingRace Wed, Feb. 25 9:30pmET! http://bit.ly/1ABVsVJ

THE AMAZING RACE, 10-time Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Reality-Competition Series, sends 11 teams on a trek around the world. 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.

For more detailed information on THE AMAZING RACE and the Racers’ bios, log on to http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/.

Photos are available on www.cbspressexpress.com

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