CBS Reveals Amazing Race 9 Teams; Show to Premiere February 18th  1/30/06

CBS UNVEILS THE IDENTITIES OF THE 11 TEAMS COMPETING IN "THE AMAZING RACE 9"

Three-Time Emmy Award Winner "The Amazing Race" Returns to Its International Format Where Teams of Two Will Travel to Exotic Locations, Spanning Five Continents, With a Two-Hour Premiere, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT

"The Amazing Race" Moves To Its Regular Tuesday, 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT Time Period Beginning March 7

CBS today announced the identities of the 11 Teams set to compete in THE AMAZING RACE 9. The three-time Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series returns to its international format where teams of two will travel to exotic locations, spanning five continents, with stops in the Middle East, Moscow and Sicily, to name a few. The 11 teams will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize. THE AMAZING RACE 9 will begin with a special two-hour premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 28 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE AMAZING RACE will be broadcast regularly on Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) beginning March 7.

THE AMAZING RACE has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Reality Program.

Following are the 11 Teams, listed in no particular order:

Name: BJ AVERELL (Male) Occupation: Online Tutor Age: 26 Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif.

Name: TYLER MACNIVEN Occupation: Filmmaker Age: 25 Hometown: San Francisco, Calif.

Relationship: BEST FRIENDS

Name: SCOTT BRAGINTON-SMITH Occupation: Sales Age: 41 Hometown: West Harwich, Mass.

Name: JOHN LOWE Occupation: Wealth Manager Age: 38 Hometown: Dorchester, Mass.

Relationship: LIFE-LONG FRIENDS

Name: YOLANDA BROWN-MOORE Occupation: Science Teacher Age: 27 Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

Name: RAY WHITTY Occupation: Attorney Age: 31 Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

Relationship: DATING

Name: MONICA CAYCE Occupation: Student Age: 23 Hometown: Fayetteville, Ark.

Name: JOSEPH MEADOWS Occupation: Homebuilder

(More) Age: 23 Hometown: Fort Smith, Ark.

Relationship: DATING

Name: DESIREE CIFRE Occupation: Writer Age: 24 Hometown: New York, N.Y.

Name: WANDA LOPEZ-ROCHFORD Occupation: Corporate Trainer Age: 44 Hometown: Smyrna, Ga.

Relationship: MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

Name: MICHELLE GARNER Occupation: Homemaker Age: 36 Hometown: Hattiesburg, Miss.

Name: LAKE GARNER Occupation: Dentist Age: 37 Hometown: Hattiesburg, Miss.

Relationship: MARRIED PARENTS

Name: JONI GLAZE Occupation: Children's Minister Age: 44 Hometown: Katy, Texas

Name: LISA HINDS Occupation: Realtor/Artist Age: 48 Hometown: Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

Relationship: SISTERS

Name: BARRY LAZARUS Occupation: Retired Physician Age: 63 Hometown: Silverthorne, Colo.

(More) Name: FRAN LAZARUS Occupation: Retired Accountant Age: 61 Hometown: Silverthorne, Colo.

Relationship: MARRIED 40 YEARS

Name: JEREMY RYAN Occupation: Valet Age: 26 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Name: ERIC SANCHEZ Occupation: Waiter Age: 27 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Relationship: FRIENDS

Name: DAVID SPIKER Occupation: Musician Age: 30 Hometown: Manhattan, Kan.

Name: LORI WILLEMS Occupation: Pizza Hut Manager Age: 25 Hometown: Manhattan, Kan.

Relationship: DATING

Name: DANI TORCHIO Occupation: Recent College Graduate Age: 22 Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.

Name: DANIELLE TURNER Occupation: Recent College Graduate Age: 22 Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.

Relationship: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS

THE AMAZING RACE 9 features 11 teams of two on a trek around the world for approximately 30 days. At every destination, each team will have to compete in a series of challenges -- some mental and some physical -- and only when the tasks have been completed

will they learn their next destination. Teams who are farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning $1 million.

Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman and Hayma Screech Washington are the executive producers for Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc., in association with Touchstone Television and Amazing Race Productions. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri.

RATING: To Be Announced

Source: CBS Press Release