Monday, January 27, 2014

Amazing Race Season 24 All-Stars Cast List

Season 24 of The Amazing Race is going to be the 2nd ever All-Star edition. On the race:

  • 4 teams competing for their 3rd time
  • There are 4 teams from Season 22
  • The earliest season being represented is 14 (Margie & Luke)
  • There is 1 team from the most recent season, 23 (Leo & Jamal)
  • There are no winners racing, so whoever wins, it will be their 1st time winning the race
  • The highest placing team is Flight Time & Big Easy, who finished 2nd
  • The lowest placing team is John & Jessica, who finished 9th
Tune in for the Season 24 premiere of The Amazing Race on Sunday, February 23 at 8:00 PM, EST.

Here's the cast of All-Star Racers:


Bopper & Mark
Relationship: Friends
Previous Season
: 20, placed 5th
Known for:
being funny and performing above and beyond what anyone expected them to do, and were playing for their families

William "Bopper" Minton
Age: 43
From: Clay County, KY
Occupation: Unemployed

Mark Jackson
Age: 47
From: Clay County, KY
Occupation: Unemployed
Brendon & Rachel
Relationship: Married
Previous Season: 20, placed 3rd
Known for:
Big Brother, and Rachel's crying meltdowns

Brendon Villegas
Age: 33
From: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: PhD student in biomedical physics at UCLA

Rachel Reilly
Age: 30
From: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: Actress, reality TV personality, journalist and owner of Adventures4pets.com
Cord & Jet
Relationship: Brothers

Previous Seasons: 16, placed 2nd and 18, placed 6th
Known for:
always wearing their cowboy hats and using their southern/country charm

Cord McCoy
Age: 33
From: Tupelo, OK
Occupation: Cowboy

Jet McCoy
Age: 34
From: Ada, OK
Occupation: Rancher
Dave & Connor
Relationship: Father/Son cancer survivors
Previous Season: 22, placed 8th (had to withdraw because of an injury)
Known for: having to withdraw because of Dave's injury, even though they completed several legs with the injury and weren't eliminated even though it was a big disadvantage

Dave O'Leary
Age: 59
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Occupation: Real estate invester

Connor O'Leary
Age: 22
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Occupation: Student and professional cyclist
Flight Time & Big Easy
Relationship: Globetrotters/Friends
Previous Seasons: 15, placed 4th and 18, placed 2nd
Known for:
being funny

Herbert "Flight Time" Lang
Age: 37
From: Brinkley, AR
Occupation: Harlem Globetrotter

Nate "Big Easy" Lofton
Age: 32
From: New Orleans, LA
Occupation: Harlem Globetrotter
Jennifer & Caroline
Relationship: Friends/Country Singers
Previous Season: 22, placed 4th
Known for:
 ? ...honestly, I can't remember anything that stood out about them other than they liked the hockey brothers

Jennifer Wayne
Age: 31
From: Nashville, TN
Occupation: Songwriter

Caroline Cutbirth
Age: 30
From: Waco Texas
Occupation: Catalog coordinator and promotions for Ramblin' Music
Joey & Meghan
Relationship: YouTubers/Friends
Previous Season: 22, placed 5th
Known for:
being loud

Joey Graceffa
Age: 22
From: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: YouTube host

Meghan Camarena
Age: 26
From: Los Angeles, CA
Occupation: YouTube host
John & Jessica
Relationship: Engaged
Previous Season: 22, placed 9th
Known for:
not using their Express Pass, while knowing every team was passing them, and then being eliminated while still holding onto said Express Pass

John Erck
Age: 28
From: Mora, MN
Occupation: iOS developer (iPhone and iPad apps)

Jessica Hoel
Age: 27
From: Eden Prairie, MN
Occupation: Sales
Leo & Jamal
Relationship: Cousins aka "Afghanimals"
Previous Season: 23, placed 4th
Known for:
constantly lying and deceiving other teams, and overcoming multiple double U-Turns

Leo Temory
Age: 27
From: Torrance, CA
Occupation: Founder/owner of New York Deli & The Speakeasy

Jamal Zadran
Age: 26
From: Irvine, CA
Occupation: Owner of Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)
Margie & Luke
Relationship: Mother/Son
Previous Seasons: 14, placed 3rd and 18, placed 8th
Known for:
Luke being the first (and only) deaf racer (and I think the only mother/son team ever)

Margie O'Donnell
Age: 56
From: Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation: RN and Sr. Clinical Research Associate

Luke Adams
Age: 28
From: Philadelphia, PA
Occupation: Advancement Associate and motivational speaker
Natalie & Nadiya
Relationship: Twins
Previous Season: 21, placed 4th
Known For:
overusing the word "TWINNIE!

Natalie Anderson
Age: 27
From: Edgewater, NJ
Occupation: Studying to be a CrossFit trainer

Nadiya Anderson
Age: 27
From: Edgewater, NJ
Occupation: Planning/getting ready to open the 1st CrossFit Box in Sri Lanka

Photos and bios courtesy of TV Guide and CBS.com

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