A fresh and exciting cast!
Deserves better promo visuals too
M/F:
Brother | Sister - 32 yrs; Hispanic siblings from the Midwest expanding their horizons; brother is sarcastic at times and lighthearted in humor while the sister is more conservative and organized
Married Homemakers - 50 yrs; Work-at-home parents from Utah always looking for an adventure; all about literally bringing fun to the race via their backpacks stocked with random treasures such as a scrapbook, art supplies, and tape - Potential race winners?
Best Friends - 24 & 23 yrs; African-American besties from Long Island; athletically talented young woman supporting her precious gay best friend since they first met in high school; the archetypical "popular person racing with bullied individual" team
Newlyweds - 30 yrs; Former female sports car model and the average-looking guy with a decent job making young men and women watching question their own dating approaches; Kelly & Jon-like personalities and hardly ever bicker, but they do disagree at times
Newly Dating - 26 yrs; "Most emotionally disastrous team" since Nate & Jen; Both of Northeast Asian descent and commonly find flaws more than being fortunate for things; always trying to fix each others' ideas & attitudes before the thoughts get too troublesome, but ends up in irony
M/M:
Uncle | Nephew - 46 yrs & 20 yrs; First person under 21 at the starting line to be on TAR since season 19!; Any type of personalities with a mind-boggling backstory would fit as with a new kind of parent/child team
Brothers - 25 yrs; Modelesque Caucasian brothers with dark pasts in high school and college, epitome of a frat boy persona and charming with a side of guilty pleasure (Oh, brother)
F/F:
Lifelong Friends - 25 yrs; Two young, geeky hipsters from the Carolinas that have been friends since primary school... except one of them deals with alopecia and received a scar on her arm after a fiery car accident ; inspirational team of the season
Hairstylists | Former Roommates - 27 yrs & 25 yrs; African and Jamaican-American best friends, hairstylists, and former U of Washington roomies with flagrant () and flavorful fashion sense planning to run the race for good time's sake; one is calm and jocular while the other is flamboyant but knowledgable
Engaged - 39 yrs; Found true love in each other and they plan to put their relationship to an ultimate test; warmhearted, brave, adventurous, but kind of snappy when people or themselves become annoying
Astronaut Wives - 60 & 70 yrs; Forget sports wives - science wives are the biggest thing (thanks ABC ) since frozen fruit; first ever older recruited team, but a lot of potential to bringing spunk and charm into the race; this team will make everyone smile or laugh with pleasureRefreshing route with four new countries!
STARTING LINE: Lost Dutchman State Park - Apache Junction, AZ
Leg 1 (United States --> Malaysia) | flight to Kuala Lumpur for mainland tasks (+Detour); water transport to Pulau Ketam for floating cage aquaculture Roadblock & biking to Pit Stop at Nang Thiam Keng Temple
Leg 2 (Malaysia --> Thailand) | flight to Chiang Mai with Wat Rong Khun visit and a SURPRISE SINGLE U-Turn following a songthaew/Siamese "twin" Detour; Songkran Roadblock; PS at Bhubing Palace
Leg 3 (Thailand --> Kyrgyzstan) | flight to Bishkek; shyrdak embroidery/reed screen Detour; PS at Independence Monument
Leg 4 (Kyrgyzstan) | self-drive to rural Kyrgyzstan; horseback games DT: Tyin enmey/Jumby atmai, eating sheep's head & drinking a tall glass of fermented mare's milk RB; PS at Burana Tower
Leg 5 (Kyrgyzstan --> India) | flight to Siliguri; Himalayan Railway to Darjeeling
featuring a paragliding Fast Forward and tea harvest/tea taste naming Detour
Leg 6 (India) | flight to Varanasi; collecting masala spices for restaurant/cow hauling milk Detour; Roadblock: Find trinket box with matching wedding charm and deliver to bride & groom at ceremony via River Ganges boat and on foot
Leg 7 (India --> Eritrea) | Diwali lantern & diya misc. task; flight to Asmara; features self-driving and tasks involving life around a rural village; sight of the second U-Turn (but first Double U-Turn)
Leg 8 (Eritrea --> Cyprus) | flight to Larnaca for salt pits & DT in Larnaca or Paphos: MS Zenobia scuba treasure hunt/archaeology; Ayia Napa for the RB: slide down all four "Chariot Chase" slopes and lastly the "Fall of Icarus"
Leg 9 (Cyprus --> Slovenia) | flight to Ljubljana; self-drive in outer Llubjana and nearby cities
Leg 10 (Slovenia --> France) | flight to Toulouse with a circus trapeze and tightrope walk Roadblock
Leg 11 (France) | train to Paris; featuring personal velotaxi travel around the city
Leg 12 (France --> United States) | flight to Boston, MA!
• Paul Revere House, Cafe Fleuri, Bodega Clothing Store hidden in convenience store, and Plymouth Breakwater
• Garden shopping at Lowe's in Saugus and deliver to Fenway Victory Gardens
• Plimoth Plantation as the final Roadblock location
FINISH LINE: Ames Mansion, Borderland State Park - Easton, MA