# Next Amazing Race cast announced.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323 "2015-11-11T20:50:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/1 "2015-11-11T20:50:11Z")
…and it’s Social Media-tastic. List is [here](http://tvline.com/2015/11/11/amazing-race-season-28-cast-youtube-vine-stars/). I only heard of Rooster Teeth (who I have watched) and Tyler Oakley (who I have heard of but never seen). Old folks start your grumbling 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/2 "2015-11-11T21:25:57Z")
Wow, I know none of these people… I’m just shocked. Which one’s playing The Great Leslie? No, wait, that was The Great Race. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/3 "2015-11-12T02:44:11Z")
Great. That’s just what the show needs, more stunt casting. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/4 "2015-11-12T03:01:18Z")
On the plus side, I’ve only ever heard of one of these people, so it’s not like it’s a celebrity stunt casting season to ME… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/5 "2015-11-12T03:44:20Z")
I only recognized one name, Kurt Gibson, until I realized the guy I remembered is [Kirk Gibson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Gibson). ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/6 "2015-11-12T04:02:04Z")
OK I’m officially old I guess because not only do I not know who any of them are, I’ve never even heard of their you tube or gaming sites. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/7 "2015-11-12T04:10:52Z")
Seems to smell of desperation. The current season is only halfway done. This announcement is months earlier than any other that I recall. They must be losing viewers in the desireable demo left and right. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/8 "2015-11-12T04:54:48Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > They must be losing viewers in the desireable demo left and right. Moving from Sundays (where it was propped up by the NFL) to Fridays pretty much cut the audience in half. This effect was immediate, and has remained consistent ever since. [‘Amazing Race’ ratings slow down after Friday move](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/27/amazing-race-shark-tank) > [@](#): > > The global race series had its 25th season premiere last night, having shifted from its longtime Sunday night NFL-assisted perch to the rough-and-tumble alleys of Friday night. Amazing Race returned to 5.5 million viewers and a mere 1.1 rating among adults 18-49. That’s down 45 percent from its Sunday premiere last season. [Ratings from last week](http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/11/03/friday-final-ratings-the-amazing-race-and-top-model-adjust-up/) show 5.94 million viewers, so it’s grown a bit but nothing like the numbers they did on Sundays. On the plus side, Friday shows don’t need to bring in tons of viewers to stay alive. On the downside, TAR isn’t even winning its timeslot, being beaten out by Last Man Standing, even in the good demo. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/9 "2015-11-12T05:16:06Z")
Yup, don’t recognize any of these guys. Unless Bernie Burns’ “Church” voice is his real voice, I might recognize that… Kinda lame that we’re getting another season that’s all just young, generally good-looking people. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/10 "2015-11-12T07:39:54Z")
Tyler Oakley has over 7.5 million subscribers and over 500 million views. He has raised a ton of money for gay youth crisis projects. He serves as a host at several different Hollywood events, especially greeting celebs as they go into the events. He has interviewed Michelle Obama, and appeared with a number of other YouTubers at the White House, where they were greeted by the President. His book _Binge_ has only been out for about three weeks, but it’s the 176th rated book on Amazon in all books. As of last week, it was number 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/11 "2015-11-12T08:05:30Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Seems to smell of desperation. The current season is only halfway done. This announcement is months earlier than any other that I recall. I was thinking the same thing. The real question is how do I get out in front of this process. I don’t want to know about the cast they’ve just finished putting together, I want to know about the one they’re about to put together so I can be in it. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/12 "2015-11-12T09:10:27Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was thinking the same thing. The real question is how do I get out in front of this process. I don’t want to know about the cast they’ve just finished putting together, I want to know about the one they’re about to put together so I can be in it. They don’t seem to cast “average” people any more. You have to be a celebrity or seem to have to be somewhat already notable to get on there in the last few years (or have something “interesting” or “notable” about you, like you’re doing it with a blind date you haven’t ever met before). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/13 "2015-11-12T09:44:50Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > They don’t seem to cast “average” people any more. You have to be a celebrity or seem to have to be somewhat already notable to get on there in the last few years (or have something “interesting” or “notable” about you, like you’re doing it with a blind date you haven’t ever met before). Fora chance to run the Race, I’d have done the blind date thing. I just wouldn’t have been proud of myself afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-amazing-race-cast-announced/737323/14 "2015-11-12T17:36:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tyler Oakley has over 7.5 million subscribers and over 500 million views. He has raised a ton of money for gay youth crisis projects. He serves as a host at several different Hollywood events, especially greeting celebs as they go into the events. He has interviewed Michelle Obama, and appeared with a number of other YouTubers at the White House, where they were greeted by the President. His book _Binge_ has only been out for about three weeks, but it’s the 176th rated book on Amazon in all books. As of last week, it was number 2 on the New York Times Best Seller List. Yeah I was going to say that casting him to people under 25 or so now is like casting, say, the Beatles in the 60s.