The Amazing Race premieres on September 27 2009 and once again the host is Phil Keoghan. The Amazing Race has won every Emmy Award since the reality competition began in 2003 and amazing seven in a row.
2009 Amazing Race Contestants
Meghan Rickey (23); Cheyne Whitney (23)
This couple is dating and has been for the last five years.
Maria Ho (26); Tiffany Michelle (25)
Friends and professional poker players
Marcy Maloy (60); Ron Shalita (59)
Older couple who are dating
Lance Layne (41); Keri Morrione (33)
Engaged couple soon to be married
Herbert Lang (32); Nathaniel Lofton (28)
Teammates on the Harlem Globetrotters
Gary Tomljenovich (47); Matt Tomljenovich (22)
Father and Son team
Garrett Paul (28); Jessica Stout (27)
Dating couple with a volatile relationship
Brian Kleinschmidt (27); Ericka Dunlap (27)
The first interracial married couple to compete on the Amazing Race. She is a former Miss USA
Eric Paskel (41); Lisa Paskel (43)
Married Yoga teachers
Sam McMillen (23); Dan McMillen (21)
Brothers, gay men
Zev Glassenberg (26); Justin Kanew (30)
Friends. Zev has Asperger's Syndrome
Mika Combs (22); Canaan Smith (26)
Dating couple, Christian country musicians