The Amazing Race Season 37 Cast Includes Firefighters, Vegas Performers and Lumberjacks — Plus, Get Scoop on Huge New Twist

Nick Caruso

5 February 2025 at 10:00 am·3-min read

Fourteen new teams are about to hit the mat in The Amazing Race‘s biggest season ever!

Before their journey of a lifetime begins (Season 37 kicks off Wednesday, March 5 at 9:30/8:30c on CBS with a 90-minute episode), meet the cast below which includes a pair of Vegas performers, retired firefighters, lumberjacks, parents of eight (!), nurses and more.

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Described as a “season of surprises,” the show’s largest cast ever will encounter game-changing twists in every episode including some franchise classics like the Fast Forward and U-Turn. But new additions like the Fork in the Road will test the teams like never before, forcing racers to choose between two parallel routes to the Pit Stop where two teams will be eliminated.

The contestants will travel to Hong Kong and Osaka, Japan, teases co-creators and executive producers Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, where teams will “experience a modern-day bullet train in a thriving city and then immerse themselves in a 12,000-year-old tradition, performing with a taiko drum group. They will feel the adrenaline rush of skydiving over Dubai’s breathtaking cityscape contrasted with another stop, for the first time on The Amazing Race, in the countryside of Bulgaria, where they will participate in a traditional folk dance.”

Sounds like one high-octane season of the Race, right? Scroll down to meet the new teams, then hit the comments to tell us if you’ll be watching!

ALYSSA & JOSIAH

Alyssa Borden (31) and Josiah Borden (32)
Married nurse anesthetists
Philadelphia

BERNIE & CARRIGAIN

Bernie Gutierrez (31, personal trainer) and Carrigain Scadden (33, spa educator)
Friends
Dallas and Denver

BRETT & MARK

Brett Hamby (36, acrobat) and Mark Romain (37, dancer/model)
Married Vegas performers
Las Vegas

CARSON & JACK

Carson McCalley (28) and Jack Dodge (27)
Best friends and game streamers
Brooklyn, N.Y.

COURTNEY & JASMIN

Courtney Ramsey (33, registered nurse) and Jasmin Carey (34, nurse practitioner)
Dating
Leland, N.C.

ERNEST & BRIDGET

Ernest Cato (59, retired chief, Chicago Police Department) and Bridget Cato (28, account supervisor)
Father and daughter
Chicago and Sommerville, Mass.

HAN & HOLDEN

Han Nguyen (26, former energy consultant) and Holden Nguyen (22, Stanford student)
Siblings
Los Gatos, Calif.

JACKYE & LAUREN

Jackye Clayton (51, talent acquisition architect) and Lauren McKinney (61, corporate event strategist)
Sisters
Waco, Texas

JONATHAN & ANA

Jonathan Towns (42, software developer) and Ana Towns (35, stay-at-home mom)
Married parents
Pomona, Calif.

MARK & LARRY

Mark Crawford (63) and Larry Graham (59)
Best friends and retired firefighters
Watertown, Tenn., and Bartlett, Tenn.

MELINDA & ERIKA

Melinda Papadeas (66, administration) and Erika Papadeas (32, client engagement specialist)
Mother and daughter
Chandler, Ariz., and Englewood, Colo.

NICK & MIKE

Nick Fio (32) and Mike Fio (28)
Brothers and entrepreneurs/podcasters
Brooklyn, N.Y.

JEFF (“Pops”) & JEFF

Jeff “Pops” Bailey (65) and Jeff Bailey (36)
Father and son lumberjacks
St. Louis

SCOTT & LORI

Scott Thompson (47, physician assistant) and Lori Thompson (49, stay-at-home mom)
Married parents of eight sons
Salt Lake City

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