Amazing Race 17 Cast revealed

[Maxim Oleksyn]

Well take a gander at the latest teams!

BROOK ROBERTS
Age: 27
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
CLAIRE CHAMPLIN
Age: 30
Hometown: Reno, Nev.
Occupation: Home Shopping Host
RELATIONSHIP: Home Shopping Hosts

GARY ERVIN
AGE: 53
HOMETOWN: Morganfield, Ky.
OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur
MALLORY ERVIN
AGE: 24
HOMETOWN: Lexington, Ky.
OCCUPATION: Miss Kentucky 2009
RELATIONSHIP: Father/Daughter

MICHAEL WU
AGE: 58
HOMETOWN: Sugar Land, Texas
OCCUPATION: Software Consultant and Content Creator
KEVIN WU
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Sugar Land, Texas
OCCUPATION: Student/Internet Entertainer
RELATIONSHIP: Father/Son

NICK DECARLO
AGE: 26
HOMETOWN: Henderson, Nev.
OCCUPATION: Bartender
VICKI CASCIOLA
AGE: 26
HOMETOWN: Henderson, Nev.
OCCUPATION: Hair Stylist
RELATIONSHIP: Dating

CONNOR DIEMAND-YAUMAN
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Chesterland, Ohio
OCCUPATION: Student (Princeton)
JONATHAN SCHWARTZ
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Cranford, N.J.
OCCUPATION: Student (Princeton)
RELATIONSHIP: Ivy League A Cappella Singers

NAT STRAND
AGE: 31
HOMETOWN: Scottsdale, Ariz.
OCCUPATION: Doctor
KAT CHANG
AGE: 35
HOMETOWN: Santa Monica, Calif.
OCCUPATION: Doctor
RELATIONSHIP: Doctors/Friends

RON KELLUM
AGE: 45
HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, Calif.
OCCUPATION: Director/Choreographer
TONY STOVALL
AGE: 42
HOMETOWN: Tucson, Ariz.
OCCUPATION: Doctoral Student (University of Arizona)
RELATIONSHIP: Best Friends

JILL HANEY
AGE: 27
HOMETOWN: Marina Del Rey, Calif.
OCCUPATION: Hair Stylist
THOMAS WOLFARD
AGE: 30
HOMETOWN: Marina Del Rey, Calif.
OCCUPATION: Ad Sales Director
RELATIONSHIP: Dating

ANDIE DEKROON
AGE: 43
HOMETOWN: Atlanta, Ga.
OCCUPATION: Stay-at-Home Mom
JENNA SYKES
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Athens, Ga.
OCCUPATION: Student (University of Georgia)
RELATIONSHIP: Birth Mother/Daughter

CHAD WALTRIP
AGE: 26
HOMETOWN: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
OCCUPATION: Operations Manager
STEPHANIE SMITH
AGE: 23
HOMETOWN: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
OCCUPATION: Hair Stylist
RELATIONSHIP: Newly Dating

KATIE SEAMON
AGE: 23
HOMETOWN: Rahway, N.J.
OCCUPATION: Beach Volleyball Player
RACHEL JOHNSTON
AGE: 24
HOMETOWN: Moorestown, N.J
OCCUPATION: Beach Volleyball Player
RELATIONSHIP: Beach Volleyball Partners

[Maxim Oleksyn]

The teams were heavily photographed when the race began in Boston (back in June), which is a nice change from the series of Los Angeles starts. As always, the frighteningly resourceful Reality Fan Forum posters have identified several of the teams. (The site is also compiling sightings from around the world and possible eliminations in this timeline thread, which obviously contains spoilers.)

Continuing with the beauty queen kick that the producers seem to be on (Ericka, Caite), the cast includes not one, but four beauty queens/pageant winners/whatever. Four! According to the site, they are Mallory Ervin, Miss Kentucky, who’s racing with her dad; Miss South Carolina Stephanie Smith, who’s paired with her boyfriend; and Mrs. Colorado 2009 Megan Yarberry and her friend Mrs. Nebraska 2009 Jennifer Hart.

Among the other racers is YouTube star KevJumba, Kevin Wu, is racing with his father, and a team of two Princeton grads who are members of the a cappella group the Nassoons. The University Press Club has details and interviews with Connor Diemand-Yauman and Jonathan Schwartz.

The season premieres on September 26, 2010 with a special 90-minute episode before returning to its regular hour-long format the following week.

[Felicia]

Why do people need to know what city they left from and where they went months before the show airs? I mean, what's the point in keeping track and all this? Do they have no lives? I'll find out when I watch the show!

Thanks Max!

[Zen Elipsys]

Well, I've always been under the impression that it's more like a game, trying to follow the race as it happens and puzzle out where they went based on very limited information.

Just like any reality show, some people would rather figure out the answer as soon as possible rather than wait for the show to give it to them. If they go around and post it on other forums then they're dickheads, but I can almost see the desire to find out before most people do.

[Felicia]

Good point.

[Assassin]

You know, I was just saying that there aren't enough beauty queens on reality tv.

I wonder if they're going to prove all the stereotypes wrong?

[Smokey]

LOL! I wonder how many times we're going to hear that during the show. We should start a pool!