Question:
Who played in the first season?
Answer:
There were eleven teams.
- Joe and Bill: These life partners alienated the audience and the other contestants with their matching outfits and wicked, wicked ways, but no one can deny their traveling skills. Your designated villains.
- Frank and Margarita: Separated parents of a young daughter. He's blustery and aggressive and she tends to roll her eyes at him a lot. They're good, solid players who rarely screw up.
- Matt and Ana: This married couple started the race by acting rude and seeming not to be overly bright, and they stayed that way -- right up until they departed at the end of the very first episode.
- Nancy and Emily: Mother and daughter. The show called them "Conservative Mother and Adventurous Daughter," but that dynamic seemed a little off. They're cute, and I think everyone who has a mother admires the fact that they get closer during the race, rather than growing to hate each other.
- Rob and Brennan: They're lawyers, but don't hold that against them. They're a trifle too pretty, but they play the game like Unstoppable Robots of Pure Efficiency, and it pays off big-time.
- Dave and Margaretta: Brought on as the token "older" people, Dave and Margaretta have been married 40 years. They're so nice, you'll want to bring them home.
- Lenny and Karyn: Yeah, they're the "Dating Couple." But by the end of the race, they were the "formerly Dating Couple." She yells a lot, and he lollygags a lot.
- Drew and Kevin: These former fraternity brothers are bald and pudgy and unquestionably the most entertaining people on the trip. They insult and adore each other. They are Captain One-Liner and His First Mate.
- Paul and Amie: This engaged couple has a serious bickering problem, but they're competent enough that they tend to get from one place to another without too much trouble.
- Kim and Leslie: This pair of teachers (I have no idea, and cannot imagine, what they teach) and roommates has a tendency to wander a bit aimlessly. Don't worry about them -- they'll catch up.
- Pat and Brenda: These "working moms" are good friends. They earned some affection from the crowd just by not being irritating.