Tyler & Korey

Mathew Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl are a team of Best Friends on and.

In Season 28, Tyler's fame, combined with Korey's charm, their constantly positive attitudes and quick wit, made them the faces of the social media season. However, their positivity and friendliness did nothing to hide their super competitive approach to the race, as they were a team that were willing to do anything to win, including using the U-Turn on their biggest threats and purposefully misdirecting other teams on several occasions, all of which mostly worked as, outside of two bad legs in Armenia and Georgia, they never left the top three and won the most legs of the season at five, including winning three legs in a row leading up to the finale. In the final leg, they got off to a bad start when they got to Angelus Plaza first, but ran right by the clue and walked up to the top of the nearby building, allowing both of the other teams to pass them and drop them into an early last place, falling behind even further when Tyler was the only racer who needed three tries to grab his clue at the Roadblock. Although they briefly caught up when they got a taxi before Sheri & Cole leaving Santa Barbara Harbor, their taxi driver did not speak English and couldn't understand the directions to Gibraltar Rock, causing them to fall back to last place, where they eventually crossed the Finish Line in 3rd.

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Tyler

 * Name: Tyler Oakley
 * Age: 26
 * Twitter: @tyleroakley
 * Instagram: tyleroakley
 * YouTube: www.youtube.com/tyleroakley
 * How many total followers do you have across all platforms? 21,505,520 followers
 * Hometown: Jackson, Mich.
 * Connection to your teammate: Best Friend and Co-Host of "Psychobabble!"
 * Current occupation: Online Video Personality, Author and Host
 * Describe what you do: Professional oversharer on the Internet.
 * 3 words to describe you: Passionate, hard-working and goofy.
 * Favorite hobbies: Pop divas, red wines and board games.
 * What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Raising more than $1,000,000 with my online audience for suicide prevention.
 * What scares you most about traveling? Unintentionally disrespecting other cultures.
 * What excites you most about traveling? Experiencing new cultures and challenging myself to get outside of my comfort zone.
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Dealing with challenges that are out of our control.
 * What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Any country in Africa - I think Americans have such a distorted view of African countries, and by traveling there, I hope to learn more and share the experience with my audience.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? My goal is to push my limits, to have a blast with my teammate and to learn more about the world.

Korey
Previous season:
 * Name: Korey Kuhl
 * Age: 30
 * Twitter: @koreykuhl
 * Instagram: koreykuhl
 * YouTube: www.YouTube.com/koreykuhl
 * Podcast: www.itunes.com/psychobabble
 * How many total followers do you have across all platforms? 400,000
 * Hometown: Jackson, Mich.
 * Connection to your teammate: Best Friend
 * Current occupation: Content Producer
 * Describe what you do: I help create and facilitate a wide range of social content across multiple digital platforms including, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as produce and co-host a weekly podcast called "Psychobabble."
 * 3 words to describe you: Funny, competitive and positive.
 * Favorite hobbies: Running, traveling and writing.
 * What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? I am most proud of the fact that I was able to come out of the closet and be true to myself confidently and whole-heartedly.
 * What scares you most about traveling? Accidentally being insensitive to someone else's culture or customs.
 * What excites you most about traveling? Getting to see new places and experience new cultures.
 * Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: We both think we're always right.
 * Pet peeve about your teammate: He's a terrible driver.
 * What country and place would you most like to visit and why? I'd love to go to New Zealand or Bora Bora.
 * What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? As a super fan of the show I just want to prove that I can run the race and run it well.
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Tyler Oakley
Age: 30

Hometown: Los Angeles

Current occupation: Video Blogger

Describe what you do: I share my life online by creating content—videos on YouTube, weekly pop culture podcasts with my teammate Korey, and I write essays, which you can find in my book, Binge.

Three words to describe you: Giggly, curious, and adventurous.

Favorite hobbies: Dancing, roller skating, and going to music festivals.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Every fun adventure that happened because I decided to make my first YouTube video 12 years ago.

What scares you most about traveling? Accidentally disrespecting cultures, or visiting places where my queer identity makes travel dangerous.

What excites you most about traveling? Seeing more of the world and learning more about myself.

What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Anywhere new! I still would love to explore countries in South America and Africa.

What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race with your partner (other than winning one million bucks)? New memories.

Who do you think will be your biggest competition: Racers, Houseguests, or Castaways? Racers! They know what to expect!

Korey Kuhl
Age: 33

Twitter and Instagram: @koreykuhl

Hometown: San Francisco

Current occupation: Podcast Host

Describe what you do: Co-host a weekly pop culture podcast called Psychobabble.

Three words to describe you: Witty, competitive, and funny.

Favorite hobbies: Travel, game nights, and movies.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Mastering the Georgian Ballet in Season 28.

What scares you most about traveling? Flight delays.

What excites you most about traveling? Seeing and experiencing new cultures/stepping out of my comfort zone.

What country and place would you most like to visit and why? I’ve always wanted to go to Japan. Would love to see Tokyo and experience the culture shock.

What do you hope to accomplish by running the Race with your partner (other than winning one million bucks)? Spend time together and unplug from our lives online.

Who do you think will be your biggest competition: Racers, Houseguests, or Castaways? Racers!
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Post-Race

 * Tyler & Korey appeared on a The Amazing Race edition of Primetime Special and were called on down, but they didn't have the chance to come up on stage.
 * Tyler participated in the second season of the YouTube Red reality series Escape the Night hosted by fellow YouTuber and former racer Joey Graceffa, and he eventually won the season alongside fellow YouTuber Andrea Russett.
 * Korey appeared in an episode of Geek and Sundry web series Escape! along fellow racers Burnie and Darius along with another celebrity Blaine Gibson. They all failed to escape the escape room when the 30 minutes had expired.

Trivia

 * First team with a member named "Tyler" to not win.