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05/15/2017

RACERS FACE THEIR FEARS AND BATTLE EXTREME HEAT DURING CHALLENGING ROADBLOCKS IN VIETNAM ON BACK-TO-BACK EPISODES OF “THE AMAZING RACE,” THURSDAY, MAY 18

“I Thought We Were Playing It Nice” (Hanoi, Vietnam) – An extreme fear of heights paralyzes one Racer at a Roadblock when faced with bungee jumping 240 feet from a bridge into the Corinth Canal, on THE AMAZING RACE, Thursday, May 18 (9:01-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

“Riding a Bike is Like Riding a Bike” (Ninh Binh, Vietnam) – Teams battle the scorching heat while transporting shrimp baskets for one mile to a local fisherman, and one Racer approaches their breaking point during the exhausting Roadblock, on THE AMAZING RACE, Thursday, May 18 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

Remaining Teams in THE AMAZING RACE:

Matt and Redmond

Becca and Floyd

Tara and Joey

London and Logan

Scott and Brooke

CHEAT TWEET: Racers bungee jump 240 feet into the Corinth Canal on a special back to back episode of #AmazingRace 5/18, 9:01pm @CBS! http://bit.ly/2qAnQYL

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

Matt and Redmond

Name: Matt Ladley
Age: 25
Hometown: Steamboat Springs, Colo.
Follow on Twitter: @mattladley

Follow on Instagram: @mattladley

Name: Redmond Ramos
Age: 28
Hometown: Fremont, Calif.

Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @DocPegLegRed

Becca and Floyd

Name: Floyd Pierce
Age: 21
Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @Floydjp3

Name: Becca Droz
Age: 26
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Penn.

Follow on Twitter: @beccadroz

Follow on Instagram: @becca_beatbox and @funstoppables

Tara and Joey

Name: Tara Carr
Age: 38
Hometown: Where the Army sends me! Originally from New Milford, Conn., but currently reside in Alexandria, Va.

Follow on Twitter: @TAR29GoArmyTara

Name: Joey Covino
Age: 46

Hometown: Boston, Mass.

Follow on Twitter: @JoeyCovino3

Follow on Instagram: @joeycovino

London and Logan

Name: London Kaye
Age: 27
Hometown: New York, N.Y.

Follow on Twitter: @london_kaye

Follow on Instagram: @madebylondon

Name: Logan Bauer
Age: 27
Hometown: Navarre, Fla.

Follow on Twitter: @loganRbauer

Follow on Instagram: @loganbauer

Scott and Brooke

Name: Scott Flanary
Age: 34
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @scottflanary

Name: Brooke Camhi
Age: 36
Hometown: Lynbrook, N.Y.
Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @therealbcamhi

Jenn and Kevin

(Eliminated 3/30)

Name: Jenn Lee
Age: 25
Hometown: Palos Verdes, Calif.

Follow on Twitter: @_jennlee_

Follow on Instagram: @jennleezy

Name: Kevin Ng
Age: 31
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.

Follow on Instagram: @itkeving

Jessie and Francesca

(Eliminated 4/6)

Name: Francesca Piccoli
Age: 33
Hometown: Banning, Calif.

Follow on Twitter: @franfitness

Follow on Instagram: @francescapiccoli_100

Name: Jessica “Jessie” Lynn
Age: 28
Hometown: Howland, Ohio

Follow on Instagram: @JessieLynnShields

Seth and Olive

(Eliminated 4/13)

Name: Olive Beauregard
Age: 24
Hometown: Providence, Rhode Island

Follow on Twitter: @Olivejeann

Follow on Instagram: @olivejeann

Name: Seth Tyler
Age: 37

Hometown: Seattle, Wash.

Follow on Instagram: @tylset

Shamir and Sara

(Eliminated 4/20)

Name: Shamir Arzeno
Age: 28
Hometown: Bronx, N.Y.

Follow on Instagram: @Sarzenofit28

Name: Sara Fowler
Age: 27
Hometown: Baltimore, Md .

Follow on Twitter: @SaraLynnFowler

Follow on Instagram: @sarafowler_

Vanck and Ashton

(Eliminated 4/27)

Name: Ashton Theiss
Age: 25
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @ashtontheiss

Name: Vanck Zhu
Age: 28
Hometown: St. Paul, Minn.

Follow on Twitter and Instagram: @vanckzhu

Michael and Liz

(eliminated 5/11)

Name: Michael Rado

Age: 37

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Penn.

Follow on Instagram: @muchodestructo

Name: Liz Espey

Age: 24

Hometown: Maryville, Mo.

Follow on Twitter: @Liz_Espey

Follow on Instagram: @col.liz.espey

THE AMAZING RACE 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/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/amazingrace

Twitter: www.twitter.com/amazingrace_cbs

Instagram: @TheAmazingRace_CBS

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

Phil Keoghan: https://twitter.com/PhilKeoghan

Bertram van Munster: https://twitter.com/BvMProfilesTV

Elise Doganieri: https://twitter.com/EliseDoganieri

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