'The Amazing Race' Season 26 Cast Rumors, Update: New Kids on the Block Member and Boyfriend to Race
"The Amazing Race" Season 25 ended on Friday (Dec. 19) with its ultimate winners Maya and Amy, the science geeks whom viewers least expected to grab the million bucks prize.
With the 25th Season already closed, recent talks now pointed out to the purported 26th Season of the hit reality game show.
For one, there's the New Kids on the Block member, Jonathan Knight, and partner, Harley Rodriguez rumored to join among the list of 11 couples set to compete for the forthcoming CBS show installment.
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As revealed by People.com, the 46-year-old celebrity and his 41-year-old boyfriend has been traveling together for six years as a couple, an experience which is apparently their advantage over other competitors.
Rodriguez is Knight's personal trainer. Knight, on the other hand, is still actively doing tours with NKOTB.
More on "The Amazing Race" scoop, the media outlet further teased that Season 26 will be a different one and that fans should expect a big twist.
"For the first time in the show's 13 years on the air, five of the teams will be comprised of strangers who have been paired together by the show for the ultimate blind date," the site reported.
The Wrap meanwhile wrote that the franchise will kick off its new season premiere in Feb. 25, 2015.
Stay tuned for more "The Amazing Race Season 26" updates.
