New Amazing Race Cast Includes Fabulous Beekman Boys and Heavy Metal Rocker

The new season of CBS' The Amazing Race is about to get a lot more fabulous. Goat farmers Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge, also known as Planet Green's Fabulous Beekman Boys, are one of 11 new teams racing around the world when the 21st season of the reality competition series begins Sunday, Sept. 30 at 8/7c. Joining the reality stars are heavy metal rocker and former member of White Lion and Megadeth James LoMenzo, double-amputee professional snowboarder Amy Purdy and Las Vegas Chippendales dancers Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis.
Teams will compete in challenges through three continents and nine countries, including a 10-story rappel in Los Angeles, frying an egg on their heads in Indonesia and working with rat collectors in Bangladesh. And in a new Amazing Race twist, if the team that wins the first leg of the Race can also finish first in the final leg, they will double their winnings to $2 million.
Here's a complete rundown of this season's new teams:
Name: Natalie Anderson
Age: 26
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: physical therapy student
Name: Nadiya Anderson
Age: 26
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: project coordinator at Bridge2Peace
Connection: twin sisters
Name: Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Age: 43
Hometown: Sharon Springs, N.Y.
Current occupation: goat farmer/advertising executive/author
Name: Brent Ridge
Age: 38
Hometown: Sharon Springs, N.Y.
Current occupation: chief executive officer of Beekman 1802
Connection: goat farmers/life partners
Name: Rob French
Age: 46
Hometown: Boston, Ga.
Current occupation: professional monster truck driver
Name: Kelley Carrington-French
Age: 50
Hometown: Boston, Ga.
Current occupation: professional monster truck driver
Connection: married monster truckers
Name: Trey Wier
Age: 23
Hometown: Austin, Texas
Current occupation: land consultant/ former college athlete
Name: Alexis "Lexi" Beerman
Age: 22
Hometown: Dripping Springs, Texas
Current occupation: clothing designer
Connection: dating
Name: James LoMenzo
Age: 53
Hometown: Burbank, Calif.
Current occupation: professional musician/former band member of White Lion and Megadeth
Name: Mark "Abba" Abbattista
Age: 45
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
Current occupation: entertainment lawyer
Connection: friends
Name: Abbie Ginsberg
Age: 31
Hometown: Encinitas, Calif.
Current occupation: dance instructor/choreographer
Name: Ryan Danz
Age: 35
Hometown: San Diego, Calif.
Current occupation: financial service company owner
Connection: dating divorcees
Name: Jaymes Vaughan
Age: 30
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current occupation: Chippendales MC
Name: James Davis
Age: 27
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Current occupation: Chippendales dancer
Connection: Chippendales dancers/best friends
Name: Rob Scheer
Age: 52
Hometown: Ketchikan, Alaska
Current occupation: lumberjack and entrepreneur
Name: Sheila Castle
Age: 44
Hometown: Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Current occupation: retail manager
Connection: engaged
Name: Caitlin King
Age: 24
Hometown: Atlanta, Ga.
Current occupation: special ed teacher
Name: Brittany Fletcher
Age: 25
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Current occupation: medical device sales
Connection: best friends
Name: Gary Wojnar
Age: 52
Hometown: Livonia, Mich.
Current occupation: substitute teacher
Name: Will Chiola
Age: 53
Hometown: Dearborn Heights, Mich.
Current occupation: substitute teacher
Connection: best friends/substitute teachers
Name: Amy Purdy
Age: 32
Hometown: Summit County, Colo.
Current occupation: motivational speaker/snowboarder (double amputee)
Name: Daniel Gale
|Age: 36
Hometown: Summit County, Colo.
Current occupation: executive director
Connection: dating on and off
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