Terence & Sarah continue the ongoing trend of casting lots of dating couples on the race. We have Sarah who seems like a Type A business woman. And Terence, a real estate broker/running coach. With the market tanking, I bet he was glad to get out of the country for a while. [...]

Anita & Arthur fill the roles of “old team” and “hippies”. They certainly seem to have more claim to being hippies than BJ & Tyler. They’re on the race, not to win the million dollar prize, but to see new people and find out about the world. Gone in the first 3.

Marisa & Brooke are a pair of blonde southern belles. They’ve got looks going for them, and Brooke speaks Spanish. Watch the race to avoid Spanish speaking countries this go around, just to fluster them. These two have very little experience traveling, and good looks can only get you so far. [...]

Andrew & Dan join the race representing the frat brothers of the world. As two recent college graduates, these two don’t have much to show for themselves other than 4 years of partying, and a degree in Tourism Management. These two will be gone by the half way point.

Aja & Ty are from that classic group of racers who have been dating long distance and somehow think that a high stakes, stress-filled race around the world with the threat of elimination hanging over your head all the time is a great way to learn about your partener. It certainly gives you an [...]

Toni & Dallas represent that most elusive of family teams, the Mother/Son team. The most difficult task for parent/child teams is always the struggle with letting the child make choices and learn to lead. That was displayed most recently by Ron & Christina last season. It will be interesting to see how [...]