"The Amazing Race" Moves to a New Night and Time this Fall, Sundays at 8:00 PM

"Real Fast! Quack, Quack!" -- The four-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series returns for its 10th season this fall, when Teams will travel over 40,000 miles in under 30 days, spanning four continents and 13 countries. Teams will travel to such exotic locations as Kuwait, Mongolia, Beijing, Madagascar and Hanoi, Vietnam.

The 12 Teams, including the first Indian-American team, a coal miner and his wife, reigning beauty queens, an amputee and a high school teacher, will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. THE AMAZING RACE 10 will begin with a special 90-minute premiere, Sunday, Sept. 17 (8:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Starting Sunday, September 24, THE AMAZING RACE will move to its new home, Sundays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT). Phil Keoghan is host of the series.

The race begins in Seattle, Wash. when Teams begin jockeying for available flights to the first destination, Beijing, China. Once there, Teams are faced with their first Roadblock, which requires them to feast on a Chinese delicacy. As the racers continue to navigate their way through the busy streets of Beijing, they are faced with the game's first twist. Meanwhile, the racer's physical prowess is put to the test when they must climb a portion of the Great Wall of China.


Following are the 12 Teams, listed in no particular order:

VIPUL PATEL
Occupation: Sales
Age: 29
Hometown: Windermere, Fla.

Name: ARTI PATEL
Occupation: Nutritional Educator
Age: 26
Hometown: Windermere, Fla.
Relationship: MARRIED


Name: ERWIN CHO
Occupation: Insurance Company Manager
Age: 32
Hometown: San Francisco

Name: GODWIN CHO
Occupation: Financial Analyst
Age: 29
Hometown: San Francisco
Relationship: BROTHERS


Name: TOM ROCK
Occupation: College Admissions Director
Age: 39
Hometown: New York

Name: TERRY COSENTINO (Male)
Occupation: Special Events Director
Age: 45
Hometown: New York
Relationship: BOYFRIENDS


Name: KELLIE PATTERSON
Occupation: Student: Broadcast Journalism
Age: 22
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.


Name: JAMIE HILL
Occupation: Recent College Graduate
Age: 22
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Relationship: CHEERLEADERS


Name: LYN TURK
Occupation: Fourth Grade Teacher
Age: 32
Hometown: Birmingham, Ala.

Name: KARLYN HARRIS
Occupation: Program Analyst
Age: 32
Hometown: Helena, Ala.
Relationship: SINGLE PARENTS/FRIENDS

Name: DAVID CONLEY
Occupation: Coal Miner
Age: 32
Hometown: Stone, Ky.

Name: MARY CONLEY
Occupation: Homemaker
Age: 31
Hometown: Stone, Ky.

Relationship: COALMINER AND WIFE


Name: BILAL ABDUL-MANI
Occupation: Medical Supply Technician
Age: 37
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Name: SA'EED RUDOLPH
Occupation: Power Lineman
Age: 39
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio

Relationship: BEST FRIENDS


Name: PETER HARSCH
Occupation: Clinical Prosthetist
Age: 35
Hometown: Laguna Beach, Calif.
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Name: SARAH REINERTSEN
Occupation: Motivational Speaker
Age: 31
Hometown: Trabuco Canyon, Calif.

Relationship: RECENTLY DATING


Name: ROB DIAZ
Occupation: Bartender/Real Estate Student
Age: 31
Hometown: Los Angeles

Name: KIMBERLY CHABOLLA
Occupation: Public Relations
Age: 28
Hometown: Los Angeles
Relationship: DATING


Name: TYLER DENK
Occupation: Model
Age: 29
Hometown: Los Angeles

Name: JAMES BRANAMAN
Occupation: Model
Age: 27
Hometown: Los Angeles

Relationship: MODELS


Name: DUSTIN KONZELMAN
Occupation: Reigning Miss California/Marketing Director
Age: 24
Hometown: Riverside, Calif.

Name: KANDICE PELLETIER
Occupation: Reigning Miss NY/Rockette
Age: 24
Hometown: New York

Relationship: BEAUTY QUEENS


Name: DUKE MARCOCCIO
Occupation: Owner -- Tour Company
Age: 52
Hometown: Warwick, R.I.

Name: LAUREN MARCOCCIO
Occupation: Speech & Language Pathologist
Age: 26
Hometown: Warwick, R.I.

Relationship: FATHER/DAUGHTER

THE AMAZING RACE 10 features 12 Teams of two on a trek around the world for approximately 30 days. At every destination, each Team will compete in a series of challenges -- some mental and some physical -- and only when the tasks have been completed will 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 and Hayma Screech Washington are the executive producers for Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc., in association with Touchstone Television and Amazing Race Productions. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri.


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