Ari & Staella

Ari Bonias and Staella Gianakkos are a team of Best Friends on the 12th season of The Amazing Race.

Ari

 * Age: 21
 * Hometown: Long Beach, Caifornia

Staella

 * Age: 23
 * Hometown: Fountain Valley, Caifornia

CBS Biography
These fun-loving friends are all about having a good time. They hope that their carefree approach to the Race will result in the $1 million prize.

These Racers met eight years ago and have been best friends ever since. There is rarely a quiet moment when you put them together. Ari works as a server in a restaurant and currently lives with Staella’s family.

Ari is catty and not afraid to speak his mind, while Staella won’t hesitate to flirt her way to the front of the pack. Staella describes herself as honest, trustworthy and caring. She enjoys working out and dancing. Ari describes himself as mean, rude and hilarious and enjoys dancing and talking trash to people.

Look for these two Racers to possibly ruffle some feathers of their fellow competitors while racing around the world but one thing is for certain, they’ll have a blast doing it.

Season 12

 * Leg 1: 11th (Eliminated)

Memorable Moments

 * Eliminated when they had a terrible time getting their donkey to move.

Franchise

 * Youngest team to be the first team to be eliminated, 22 (tied with Liran & Elena).
 * Youngest team to finish in 11th place, 22.

Season 12

 * Youngest team, 22.
 * Lowest average placing team, 11.