The Amazing Race

THIS IS MANHATTAN HOME TO

WALL STREET, THE UNITED NATIONS

AND CENTRAL PARK, AMERICA'S

FAVORITE CITY PLAYGROUND.

AND IN THE HEART OF THIS CITY

GEM, BETHESDA FOUNTAIN.

THIS IS WHERE "THE AMAZING RACE"

BEGAN 25 SEASONS AGO.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.

THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR YOU.

GO.

AND NOW 11 NEW TEAMS WILL GET

THEIR CHANCE TO RACE AROUND THE

WORLD.

HERE COME THE TEAMS.

ADAM AND BETHANY, NEWLY WED

SURFERS FROM KAWHI.

WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, I

LOST MY ARM TO A 14-FOOT TIGER

SHARK.

I BELIEVE GOD STRENGTHENED ME

THROUGH THAT TIME AND TODAY I'M

A PROFESSIONAL SURFER AND AUTHOR

OF BOOKS.

WHEN I FIRST MET BETHANY, I

DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HER STORY

EVEN THOUGH IT IS WELL KNOWN

AROUND THE WORLD, NATIONALLY.

YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW TOO MUCH

ABOUT IT.

SO I THINK IT WAS A BLESSING IN

DISGUISE THAT WE GOT TO KNOW

EACH OTHER FOR WHO WE WERE.

I JUST SAW THAT SHE WAS A

BEAUTIFUL PERSON INSIDE AND OUT.

MAY AND MAYA, FOOD

SCIENTISTS FROM MADISON,

WISCONSIN.

WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT

STUDYING CANDY.

MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE.

WE'RE DOING "THE AMAZING

RACE" TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT

SCIENTISTS ARE MORE THAN LAB

COATS, BEAKERS AND GOGGLES.

WE'RE A FORCE TO BE WRECKED

WITH.

ONE SCOOP AT A TIME.

DENISE AND ISABELLE

ACCOUNTANT AND MODEL DATING FROM

TUSCAN, CALIFORNIA.

DENISE IS CAMBODIAN AND I'M

VIETNAMESE.

MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE PREFERRED

ME DATING SOMEONE WHO IS

VIETNAMESE.

THIS WILL PROVE THAT OUR BOND

IS GETTING REALLY CEMENTED.

MARRIAGE?

MARRIAGE, HEY.

BROOKE AND ROBBIE, DATING

PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERS FROM

TEXAS AND NEW JERSEY.

WE'RE NOT LIKE OTHER PEOPLE.

WE ARE INTIMIDATING INSIDE THE

RING AND OUTSIDE THE RING.

BROOKE AND ROBBIE ARE ABOUT ONE

THING AND IT'S ABOUT WINNING.

KEITH AND WHITNEY ENGAGED

FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

KEITH AND I MET ON

"SURVIVOR."

IT WAS KIND OF -- LOVE AT FIRST

SIGHT BUT HE'S OBVIOUSLY PRETTY

HANDSOME.

THOUGHTS I HAD ABOUT YOU.

WE DIDN'T WIN "SURVIVOR" BUT

WE'RE GOING TO WIN THE RACE.

KYM AND ALLI COMPETITIVE

STREET CYCLISTS FROM NEW YORK

CITY.

ALLI AND I ARE ADRENALINE

JUNKIES.

THERE'S A CERTAIN BREED OF CRAZY

TO GO FLINGING YOURSELVES IN

FRONT OF CARS FOR FUN AT A RACE.

YOU'LL SEE FIVE GIRLS.

WE'RE NOT YOUR AVERAGE GIRLIE

GIRLS.

LISA AND MICHELLES,

SISTERS AND TOP REAL ESTATE

AGENTS FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA.

LAST YEAR WE SOLD MORE HOMES

IN MIAMI THAN ANY OTHER

REALTORS.

WE ARE NUMBER ONE IN MIAMI

FOR A REASON.

OUR LOOKS DO HELP US OUT IN

OUR PROFESSION.

I THINK IT WILL HELP US OUT IN

THE RACE.

WE'RE SO READY TO BRING OUR

12 POUNDS OF MAKEUP ON THIS RACE

AND WIN.

MICHAEL AND SCOTT,

FIREFIGHTERS FROM BOSTON,

MASSACHUSETTS.

WELL, THE DAY OF THE

MARATHON, I WAS CLOSE TO WHERE

THE SECOND EXPLOSION WENT.

I SAW THEM BOTH GO OFF.

TO ME, I KNEW IT HAD TO BE DONE

TO SAVE THOSE PEOPLE.

TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPENED TO SOME

GOOD PEOPLE BUT THEIR SPIRIT OF

SURVIVAL IS INSPIRATIONAL.

WE'RE STRONG INDIVIDUALLY.

WE'RE UNBEATABLE TOGETHER.

TIM AND TE JAY FROM

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

TIM AND I MET THE FIRST DAY

OF COLLEGE AND THE REST IS

HISTORY.

MY MOTHER, I'M STILL WAITING

FOR HER TO ACCEPT THE WHOLE GAY

RELATIONSHIP THING.

SHE STILL THINKS HE'S MY

ROOMMATE, NOT MY BOYFRIEND.

I'M NOT AFRAID.

IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO

TELL YOU, MOM.

SHELLY AND NICI MOTHER AND

DAUGHTER FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FROM

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

PEOPLE LOOK AT US ALL THE

TIME AND JUST AUTOMATICALLY

ASSUME THAT WE'RE SISTERS

BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY 17 YEARS

APART.

SOMETIMES I'M MORE MOM TO HER

THAN SHE WOULD LIKE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL

OF THE CHALLENGES AND THINGS

THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO

OVERCOME AS A TEAM CAN'T DO

ANYTHING BUT BRING US CLOSER.

GAME ON.

MISTI AND JIM, MARRIED

DENTISTS FROM COLUMBIA, SOUTH

CAROLINA.

I FEEL LIKE OUR LIVES HAVE

LED US TO BE PERFECT COMPETITORS

FOR THE RACE.

WE DON'T COMPARE OURSELFS TO THE

AVERAGE PERSON.

WE JUST VISUALIZED OUR DREAMS

COMING TO REALITY.

AND THEY ALL DO.

OUR GOAL IS TO BE THE MOST

DOMINANT TEAM THAT "THE AMAZING

RACE" HAS EVER SEEN.

WE'RE GOING TO WIN.

YEAH.

WELCOME TO TIMES SQUARE IN

THE HEART OF NEW YORK CITY.

THIS ICONIC ILL WILLIAM NATED

INTERSECTION IS KNOWN AS THE

CROSS ROADS OF THE WORLD.

TONIGHT, YOU ARE GOING TO BECOME

PART OF A HISTORIC MOMENT IN

AMAZING RACE HISTORY AS WE

CELEBRATE 25 SEASONS, OUR SILVER

ANNIVERSARY.

YOU SHOULD BE VERY HAPPY THAT A

WHOLE BUNCH OF AMAZING RACE FANS

HAVE TURNED UP TONIGHT!

SOME EX-AMAZING RACERS.

MORE THAN A DECADE AGO WE SET

OUT TO CREATE THE MOST DARING

KOCH TIGS EVER.

1 TEAMS OF TWO JOINED TOGETHER

BY LOVE, BY FAMILY, BY

FRIENDSHIP RACING AROUND THE

WORLD.

AND TONIGHT IT IS YOUR TURN TO

RACE AROUND THE WORLD.

WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE'RE GOING

TO AMP THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT

THIS SEASON.

IF YOU ARE TEAM NUMBER ONE AT

THE END OF THIS FIRST LEG, YOU

WILL WIN THE MOST POWERFUL

AMAZING RACE PRIZE EVER, THE

SAFE.

IF YOU HAVE THE SAFE AND YOU ARE

FACING ELIMINATION, ALL YOU HAVE

TO DO IS HAND OVER THE SAFE AND

KEEP RACING.

YOU CAN USE THE SAVE UP UNTIL

THE END OF THE NINTH LEG.