Alison & Donny

Alison Irwin and Donny Patrick are a Dating team on the 5th season of The Amazing Race.

Profile
Alison & Donny are from Pennsylvania and have been dating on and off for three years. The two of them met as students at an athletic convention at the University of Pittsburgh, and then ran into each other at a bar a few weeks later. As Alison puts it, "He's been hooked ever since." Alison was runner-up on the CBS summer reality series, BIG BROTHER 4, where her relationship with Donny was often discussed, although he was not in the house with her.

Alison says that although she and Donny have hurt each other in the past, she loves him with all her heart and wouldn't ever want to hurt him again. She describes him as much calmer than herself, and she loves to be the center of attention, while he likes to just watch from the sidelines.

Donny is the first person in his family to graduate from college. He describes himself and Alison as "both good looking, outgoing and extremely competitive." He says his most exciting moment in his life was scoring a touchdown in front of 30,000 people.

Alison & Donny describe themselves as "the greatest example of new age young adults. We give 110% to everything we do and don't accept not getting our way." They are excited about competing in THE AMAZING RACE 5, as Alison says, "to see if we should really try to work out our differences from BIG BROTHER. The $1 million is secondary."

Race History

 * Leg 1: 1st
 * Leg 2: 10th (Eliminated)

Trivia

 * Alison was the first contestant to have previously been on a past reality show. Alison was the runner-up of Big Brother 4. Donny briefly appeared to talk about Alison's cheating.
 * Alison & Donny was the only team to win a leg and not be in the final 3.
 * However, this was because of Chip & Kim & Kami & Karli both missed the clue to the detour and was forced to correct the mistake.