The Amazing Race/Season Nine/Contestant Information

Name: BJ AVERELL (Male) Occupation: Online Tutor Age: 26 Hometown: Los Angeles

Name: TYLER MACNIVEN Occupation: Filmmaker Age: 25 Hometown: San Francisco

Relationship: BEST FRIENDS

Name: SCOTT BRAGINTON-SMITH Occupation: Sales Age: 41 Hometown: West Harwich, Mass.

Name: JOHN LOWE Occupation: Wealth Manager Age: 38 Hometown: Dorchester, Mass.

Relationship: LIFE-LONG FRIENDS (ELIMINATED 2/28)

Name: YOLANDA BROWN-MOORE Occupation: Science Teacher Age: 27 Hometown: Chicago

Name: RAY WHITTY Occupation: Attorney Age: 31 Hometown: Chicago

Relationship: DATING

Name: MONICA CAYCE Occupation: Student Age: 23 Hometown: Fayetteville, Ark.

Name: JOSEPH MEADOWS Occupation: Homebuilder Age: 23 Hometown: Fort Smith, Ark.

Relationship: DATING

Name: DESIREE CIFRE Occupation: Writer Age: 24 Hometown: New York

Name: WANDA LOPEZ-ROCHFORD Occupation: Corporate Trainer Age: 44 Hometown: Smyrna, Ga.

Relationship: MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

Name: MICHELLE GARNER Occupation: Homemaker Age: 36 Hometown: Hattiesburg, Miss.

Name: LAKE GARNER Occupation: Dentist Age: 37 Hometown: Hattiesburg, Miss.

Relationship: MARRIED PARENTS

Name: JONI GLAZE Occupation: Children's Minister Age: 44 Hometown: Katy, Texas

Name: LISA HINDS Occupation: Realtor/Artist Age: 48 Hometown: Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.

Relationship: SISTERS

Name: BARRY LAZARUS Occupation: Retired Physician Age: 63 Hometown: Silverthorne, Colo.

Name: FRAN LAZARUS Occupation: Retired Accountant Age: 61 Hometown: Silverthorne, Colo.

Relationship: MARRIED 40 YEARS

Name: JEREMY RYAN Occupation: Valet Age: 26 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Name: ERIC SANCHEZ Occupation: Waiter Age: 27 Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Relationship: FRIENDS

Name: DAVID SPIKER Occupation: Musician Age: 30 Hometown: Manhattan, Kansas

Name: LORI WILLEMS Occupation: Pizza Hut Manager Age: 25 Hometown: Manhattan, Kansas

Relationship: DATING

Name: DANI TORCHIO Occupation: Recent College Graduate Age: 22 Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.

Name: DANIELLE TURNER Occupation: Recent College Graduate Age: 22 Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y.

Relationship: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS