‘Amazing Race’ Season 14 teams announced — Romania and Siberia on map this year

CBS announced Monday the 11 new teams for the 14th edition of its Emmy Award-winning “The Amazing Race,” which will premiere at 8 p.m. Feb. 15.

The group features stuntmen brothers, flight attendants, a brother and sister who are Harvard-educated lawyers and a feature film writer/producer/actor and his father.

This season the contestants will travel 40,000 miles in just 22 days to earn the cool $1 million. And in a “TAR” first, teams will travel to Romania and Siberia.

Here’s the lineup:

Siblings Mark and Michael Munoz

Mark Munoz
Age: 48
Hometown: Los Angeles
Occupation: Stuntman/jockey

Michael Munoz
Age: 51
Hometown: Maui, Hawaii
Occupation: Stuntman/actor
Factoid: They are both 4 feet, 9 inches tall

Siblings Tammy and Victor Jih

Tammy Jih
Age: 26
Hometown: San Francisco
Occupation: Lawyer

Victor Jih
Age: 35
Hometown: Los Angeles
Occupation: Lawyer
Factoid: They both graduated from Harvard

Siblings LaKisha and Jennifer Hoffman

LaKisha Hoffman
Age: 28
Hometown: Bronx, New York
Occupation: Program coordinator

Jennifer Hoffman
Age: 24
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Occupation: Marketing assistant
Factoid: They were both Division I college athletes at the University of Louisville

Friends Christie Volkmer and Jodi Wincheski

Christie Volkmer
Age: 37
Hometown: Choctaw, Oklahoma
Occupation: Flight attendant

Jodie Wincheski
Age: 40
Hometown: Houston
Occupation: Flight attendant
Factoid: Became friends six years ago while working on a Southwest Airlines flight

Former NFL cheerleaders Cara Rosenthal and Jaime Edmondson

Cara Rosenthal
Age: 26
Hometown, Boca Raton, Florida
Occupation: Law student

Jaime Edmondson
Age: 29
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Occupation: Former police officer
Factoid: They met three years ago while cheerleading for the Miami Dolphins

Married couple Brad and Victoria Hunt

Brad Hunt
Age: 52
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Occupation: Distribution dispatcher

Victoria Hunt
Age: 47
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Occupation: Tax manager
Factoid: They have been married nine years; Victoria was told she could never run again after having major foot surgery. She’s out to prove that she has recovered and anything is possible.

Father and son Mel and Mike White

Mel White
Age: 68
Hometown: Lynchburg, Virginia
Occupation: Writer/clergyman

Mike White
Age: 38
Hometown: Santa Monica, California
Occupation: Writer, producer and/or actor on such films as “School of Rock” and “Nacho Libre”
Factoid: When Mike turned 11, Mel announced to the family that he was gay

Married couple Linda and Steve Cole

Linda Cole
Age: 52
Hometown: Martinsville, Virginia
Occupation: Customer service supervisor

Steve Cole
Age: 43
Hometown: Martinsville, Virginia
Occupation: Carpenter
Factoid: They have been married 17 years and both have children from previous marriages

Dating couple Jennifer Hopka and Preston McCamy

Jennifer Hopka
Age: 26
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina
Occupation: Student

Preston McCamy
Age: 28
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina
Occupation: Software engineer
Factoid: Dating a year, they have broken up and gotten back together several times

Dating couple Amanda Blackledge and Kris Klicka

Amanda Blackledge
Age: 23
Hometown: San Diego
Occupation: Student

Kris Klicka
Age: 24
Hometown: San Diego
Occupation: Sales representative
Factoid: They met more than three years ago and have never traveled extensively

Mother and son Margie and Luke Adams

Margie Adams
Age: 51
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Occupation: Clinical research associate

Luke Adams
Age: 23
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Status: College graduate
Factoid: Luke has been deaf since the age of 2 and communicates by sign language

– Susan King, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photos: CBS]

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