‘The Amazing Race’ Season 37: Meet the 14 new teams — and find out the new twists
Married Vegas performers, lumberjacks, and parents of eight sons are among the 14 new teams competing for $1 million on The Amazing Race Season 37.
The cast, announced Wednesday, also includes a pair of married nurse anesthetists, a team of dating nurses, and a duo of gamers. The oldest cast member is 66-year-old Melinda Papadeas, who is racing with her Erika, and the youngest racer is 22-year-old Stanford student Holden Nguyen, who is racing with his sister Han. Meet the cast above or click here.
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Season 37, which wrapped production in June, is dubbed the “Season of Surprises.” That’s because there’ll be a game-changing twist in every episode, including old staples like the Fast Forward and U-Turn, and new ones like the Fork in the Road, which will be introduced in the first leg in Hong Kong. When teams arrive at the Fork in the Road, they have to choose one of two routes take to take to the Pit Stop, creating two parallel races and culminating in two teams being eliminated.
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In August, host Phil Keoghan teased the new twists to Gold Derby, saying, “We wanted to do a season where there were a few surprise elements, so I guess that’s what I would say would summarize what we did. There’s just some things that come of left field for the contestants and I think the viewers will find it fun. Not necessarily new twists but just surprises.”
“This season 14 teams will embark on an unforgettable adventure,” co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri said in a statement. “Traveling around the globe for a stop in Osaka, Japan, where they will experience a modern-day bullet train in a thriving city and then immerse themselves in a 12,000-year-old tradition, performing with a taiko drum group. They will feel the adrenaline rush of skydiving over Dubai’s breathtaking cityscape contrasted with another stop, for the first time on The Amazing Race, in the countryside of Bulgaria, where they will participate in a traditional folk dance. Adding a new city this season, teams will visit the medieval village of Strasbourg, France, which will feel like stepping into a fairy tale. For our season of surprises, there is no end to the drama, twists and turns until we see who the winners are!”
The Amazing Race Season 37, which will air Wednesdays with 90-minute episodes all season, premieres March 5 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.
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