CBS’s award-winning The Amazing Race is increasing the number of competitors for its upcoming 35th season. Season 35 will feature 13 teams attempting to outrace each other and claim the $1 million grand prize.
“We start this season of The Amazing Race with an international flight to Asia, bringing back the thrill of traveling around the globe to exotic places. And on top of that, our cast is fantastic! Their energy is palpable, and their enthusiasm even greater! This season’s big, 90-minute episodes allow us to show more of each city we travel to, especially the people and the culture, plus we get to know our contestants on a deeper level and their relationships with each other,” stated co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri. “You will laugh, you will cry, you will shout at the TV in frustration and also scream with joy, but best of all you will feel the highs and lows on this journey of the human spirit with the majestic backdrop of the world.”
Season 35 kicks off on September 27, 2023 with the racers beginning their globe-trotting adventure at the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. Every episode this season will be 90 minutes long and will air on Wednesdays at 9:30 – 11:30pm ET/PT. The new season will bring back the Express Pass and commercial travel. Plus, there won’t be any non-elimination legs and the U-Turn will get a new twist.
Phil Keoghan returns as host as the teams travel to locations in Slovenia (new to The Amazing Race), Thailand, India, Germany, Sweden, and Ireland. The race will wrap up in Washington state.
Per CBS: “This season on The Amazing Race, one of the 13 teams trekking around the world will be eliminated at the end of every leg. Each team is comprised of two people who have a pre-existing relationship with one another. At every destination, each team competes in a series of challenges – some mental and some physical – and when the tasks have been completed, they learn their next destination.
In the premiere episode, for the first time, a former team surprises racers as judges at the end of the first Roadblock, where one team member must traverse a perilous tightrope stretched from one rooftop to another at the historic Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.”
The Amazing Race Season 35 Teams:
- Jocelyn Chao (49, Grocery Store Manager) and Victor Limary (49, Grocery Store Manager)
Married from Albuquerque, N.M. - Liam Hykel (23, Navy Veteran) and Yeremi Hykel (24, Marine Corps Veteran)
Brothers from Cheyenne, Wyo., and San Marcos, Texas - Malaina Hatcher (45, Tax Examiner Technician) and Andrea Simpson (44, Director of Credit Management)
Best friends from Philadelphia, Pa. - Joe Moskowitz (35, Head of Business Development for a Commercial Real Estate Tech Platform) and Ian Todd (40, Sr. Director of New Business for a Marketing Tech Start-Up)
Engaged from New York, N.Y. - Steve Cargile (54, Residential/Commercial Paint Contractor) and Anna Leigh Wilson (28, Speech Pathologist, Private Flight Attendant, Influencer)
Father and daughter from Petty, Texas, and Royse City, Texas - Morgan Franklin (31, Marketing Executive) and Lena Franklin (29, Marketing Executive)
Sisters from Brooklyn, N.Y., and Los Angeles, Calif. - Ashlie Martin (38, Hospitality Account Manager) and Todd Martin (38, Special Education Teacher)
Married from Chino, Calif. - Robbin Tomich (41, Stay-at-Home Mom) and Chelsea Day (41, Stay-at-Home Mom)
Childhood best friends from Kirkland, Wash., and Shoreline, Wash. - Greg Franklin (25, Software Developer) and John Franklin (27, Product Manager)
Brothers from New York, N.Y., and Mountain View, Calif. - Rob McArthur (48, Teaching Assistant and Assistant Football Coach) and Corey McArthur (25, Senior Manager of Client Strategy and Analytics)
Father and son from Riverside, Calif., and New York, N.Y. - Joel Strasser (42, Auto Claims Training Specialist) and Garrett Smith (43, Delivery Driver)
Best Friends from Kuna, Idaho, and Meridian, Idaho - Elizabeth Rivera (52, Retired Lieutenant) and Iliana Rivera (27, Entrepreneur)
Mother and daughter from Tampa, Fla. - Alexandra Lichtor (34, Consultant) and Sheridan Lichtor (29, Consultant)
Siblings from Chicago, Ill.
