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Air Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on CBS
Episode Title: (#2407) "The Gladiators Are Here!"
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TEAMS RACE TO ITALY WHERE RACERS AND ROMAN GLADIATORS SQUARE OFF IN A MEDIEVAL DETOUR, ON "THE AMAZING RACE," SUNDAY, APRIL 13

"The Gladiators Are Here!" - Teams race to Rome, Italy, where Racers and Roman gladiators square off in a medieval Detour. Plus, three teams strike a deal in order to try to avoid elimination, on the All-Star edition of THE AMAZING RACE, Sunday, April 13 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.

Following are the 11 all-star teams, listed in no particular order:

Name: Leo Temory
Age: 27
Hometown: Torrance, Calif.
Current occupation: Entrepreneur/Restaurateur
Follow on Twitter: @LeoTemory

Name: Jamal Zadran
Age: 26
Hometown: Irvine, Calif.
Current occupation: Owner, Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)
Follow on Twitter: @JamalZadran

Connection: Cousins
Nickname: Afghanimals
Previous season: 4th place on season 23

Name: Brendon Villegas
Age: 33
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: PhD Student in Biomedical Physics at UCLA
Follow on Twitter: @brendonvbb12

Name: Rachel Reilly
Age: 30
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: TV Personality
Follow on Twitter: @RachelEReilly

Connection: Newlyweds
Nickname: Brenchel
Previous season: 3rd place on Season 20

Name: Jennifer Wayne
Age: 31
Hometown: Nashville, Tenn.
Current occupation: Songwriter
Follow on Twitter: @jenwayne

Name: Caroline Cutbirth
Age: 30
Hometown: Waca, Texas
Current occupation: Ramblin' Music Promoter
Follow on Twitter: @txsweetcaroline

Connection: Friends
Nickname: The Country Singers. Part of the band Stealing Angels.
Previous season: 4th place in Season 22

Name: Cord McCoy
Age: 33
Hometown: Tupelo, Okla.
Current occupation: Cowboy
Follow on Twitter: @cordmccoy

Name: Jet McCoy
Age: 34
Hometown: Ada, Okla.
Current occupation: Rancher

Connection: Brothers
Nickname: The Cowboys
Previous season: 2nd place in Season 16 and 6th place in Season 18

Name: David O'Leary
Age: 59
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Current occupation: Real Estate Investor
Follow on Twitter: @davidolearyslc

Name: Connor O'Leary
Age: 22
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Current occupation: Student and Professional Cyclist
Follow on Twitter: @coleary00

Connection: Father/Son Cancer Survivors
Previous season: 8th place Season 22

Name: Herbert "Flight Time" Lang
Age: 37
Hometown: Brinkley, Ark.
Current occupation: Harlem Globetrotter
Follow on Twitter: @datrotter4

Name: Nate "Big Easy" Lofton
Age: 32
Hometown: New Orleans, La.
Current occupation: Harlem Globetrotter

Connection: Friends
Nickname: The Globetrotters Previous seasons: 4th place Season 15 and 2nd place Season 18

Name: John Erck
Age: 28
Hometown: Mora, Minn.
Current occupation: iOS Developer
Follow on Twitter: @johnerck

Name: Jessica Hoel
Age: 27
Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minn.
Current occupation: Sales
Follow on Twitter: @jessicahoel

Connection: Engaged
Previous season: 9th place in Season 22

Name: Margie O'Donnell (Eliminated 3/23)
Age: 56
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Current occupation: RN and Sr. Clinical Research Associate

Name: Luke Adams
Age: 28
Hometown: Philadelphia, Penn.
Current occupation: Advancement Associate/Motivational Speaker
Follow on Twitter: @lukeadams14

Connection: Mother/Son Previous seasons: 3rd place in Season 14 and 8th place in Season 18

Name: Joseph "Joey" Graceffa (Eliminated 3/9)
Age: 22
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: YouTube Host http://www.youtube.com/user/JoeyGraceffa
Follow on Twitter: @joeygraceffa

Name: Meghan Camarena
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: YouTube Host http://www.youtube.com/user/Strawburry17
Follow on Twitter: @strawburry17

Connection: Best friends
Previous season: 5th place in Season 22

Name: Mark Jackson (Eliminated 3/2)
Age: 47
Hometown: Clay County, Ky.
Current occupation: Unemployed

Name: Mallory Ervin
Age: 28
Hometown: Morganfield, Ky.
Current occupation: Business Owner/Television Host/Public Speaker/Entrepreneur
Follow on Twitter: @malloryervin
Nickname: Team Kentucky Mark's previous Season: 5th place in Season 20 Mallory's previous season: 6th place in Season 17 and 3rd place in Season 18

Name: Natalie Anderson (Eliminated 2/23)
Age: 27
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: Student
Follow on Twitter: @natalieeand

Name: Nadiya Anderson
Age: 27
Hometown: Edgewater, N.J.
Current occupation: Studying to be a CrossFit Instructor
Follow on Twitter: @nadiyaaand

Connection: Twins
Nickname: Twinnies
Previous season: 4th place in Season 21

THE AMAZING RACE sends 11 teams on a trek around the world. Each Team is comprised of two people who have a pre-existing relationship with one another. At every destination, each Team competes in a series of challenges � some mental and some physical � and when the tasks have been completed, they learn their next destination. Teams who are farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning at least $1 million.

Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman, Elise Doganieri and Mark Vertullo are the executive producers for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with ABC Studios and Amazing Race Productions. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri.