meet the cast of the 25th season of the amazing race

cbs announced the new cast of the silver season of the amazing race. this season 11 teams of 2 will be racing around the world and they are:

• adam and bethany, married surfers
• dennis and isabelle, dating couple
• brooke and robbie, couple / professional wrestlers
• keith and whitney, engaged couple
• kym and alli, friends / cyclists
• lisa and michelle, sisters / realtors
• maya and amy, friends / scientists
• michael and scott - friends / firefighters
• misti and jim, married dentists
• shelley and nici, mother & daughter
• tim and te jay, dating couple

notable contestants are bethany, the one-armed surfer who survived a shark attack; and whitney and keith who previously appeared in survivor south pacific and eventually became a couple after the show.

here is the meet the cast video from the official youtube channel of the show:

the show also had its first public starting line in las vegas earlier this year. they will also introduce a new twist, "the save". this will be awarded to the first team to finish in the first leg and will allow that team to save themselves from elimination. the show will also have a new timeslot (fridays 8pm) and will premiere on september 26 (september 27 in the philippines).

ps - rumors is that they will be having 2 legs in the philippines! this is only the 2nd season that they will have pitstops in the philippines. the last time they were here were legs 11 and 12 in season 5 where they went to manila, cavite, laguna and palawan.

image is from : http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/photos/1002236/meet-the-cast/ 

video is from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQK4imtNQmg