2009 Amazing Race Contestants

Meghan Rickey (23); Cheyne Whitney (23)
This couple is dating and has been for the last five years.

Maria Ho (26); Tiffany Michelle (25)
Friends and professional poker players

Marcy Maloy (60); Ron Shalita (59)
Older couple who are dating

Lance Layne (41); Keri Morrione (33)
Engaged couple soon to be married

Herbert Lang (32); Nathaniel Lofton (28)
Teammates on the Harlem Globetrotters

Gary Tomljenovich (47); Matt Tomljenovich (22)
Father and Son team

Garrett Paul (28); Jessica Stout (27)
Dating couple with a volatile relationship

Brian Kleinschmidt (27); Ericka Dunlap (27)
The first interracial married couple to compete on the Amazing Race. She is a former Miss USA

Eric Paskel (41); Lisa Paskel (43)
Married Yoga teachers

Sam McMillen (23); Dan McMillen (21)
Brothers, gay men

Zev Glassenberg (26); Justin Kanew (30)
Friends. Zev has Asperger's Syndrome

Mika Combs (22); Canaan Smith (26)
Dating couple, Christian country musicians