Jaymes & James

Jaymes Vaughan and James Davis are a team of Chippendales on The Amazing Race 21.

They came on the Race to help their parents, particularly Jaymes's dad, who was suffering from cancer. They proved to be surprisingly sweet and funny, managing to overcome the stigma that had plagued many recent Stunt Casting teams, on their way to becoming fan favorites. Though their racing skills were a bit lacking at first, they would vault to the front of the pack during all the flight snafus, and would never fall below 2nd after that. In the final leg, they would fall behind when they kept missing the boardwalk clue at Coney Island, then had their cab driver disappear while Jaymes was doing the Houdini Roadblock, and they were never quite able to catch up to Josh & Brent.

Profile

Retrieve from CBS.com^[1]

Jaymes

Age: 30
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Connection to your teammate: Chippendales/Best friend
Current occupation: Chippendales MC
Describe what you do: I am the host and singer for the Las Vegas show, Chippendales.
Favorite hobbies: Singing, making money and bargain shopping.
3 words to describe you: Motivated, bossy and resourceful.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Graduating from college with honors after changing my major six times.
What famous person reminds you of yourself? Ryan Seacrest, because he is also a hustler.
What famous person reminds you of your teammate? The Incredible Hulk.
What scares you most about traveling? Getting stuck next to smelly people or really big people (cause I'm super tall) on really long plane rides.
What excites you most about traveling? Seeing the world! It is so big and I want to see it all!
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: We don't have any, that's why we are going to win!
Pet peeve about your teammate: He has a very short fuse.
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? I want to see the pyramids in Egypt. I've wanted to go ever since I was a kid.
What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? We always complain that we don't get to hang out enough so we will finally get some quality time.

James

Age: 27
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev.
Connection to your teammate: Chippendales/Best friend
Current occupation: Chippendale Dancer
Describe what you do: I dance and play guitar for the #1 male review in the world.
Favorite hobbies: Playing guitar, weight training and reading.
3 words to describe you: Resourceful, creative and ambitious.
What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Beating out thousands of other potential lead dancers for Chippendales.
What famous person reminds you of yourself? Jim Morrison, because he is a party animal.
What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Paul Walker and Martha Stewart.
What scares you most about traveling? Being stuck in excessive turbulence. I'm a little bit of a nervous flyer.
What excites you most about traveling? Getting to explore a new place and meet interesting people.
Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Sometimes he can be a control freak.
Pet peeve about your teammate: It can be hard to get a word in a conversation when Jaymes is on a roll!
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Greece! There is beautiful architecture and tons of history.
What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I hope to take away some incredible memories from this experience, but let's be real, I want that fat stack of cash!

The Amazing Race 21

Race History

Jaymes & James's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → China	No Detour	James	10 of 11	^[1]
1	1	United States → China	No Detour	Jaymes	10 of 11	^[1]
2	2	China → Indonesia	Ice-by-the-Pound / Fish-by-the-Barrel	Jaymes	3 of 10
3	3	Indonesia	Lion's Head / Egg Head	Jaymes	3 of 9
4	4	Indonesia → Bangladesh	Pound the Metal / Pound the Cotton	James	6 of 8
5	5	Bangladesh	Straw Dogs / Bamboo Jungle	Jaymes	6 of 7
6	6	Bangladesh → Turkey	Simit / Scrub It	James	5 of 7
7	7	Turkey → Russia	Alphabetized / Synchronized	James	2 of 6
8	8	Russia	Movers / Shakers	Jaymes	1 of 6
9	9	Russia → Netherlands	Back in Time / Organ to Grind	James	2 of 5⊂
10	10	Netherlands → Spain	Spin It / Bull It	James	2 of 4
11	11	Spain → France	Chow / Plow	Jaymes	1 of 4
	12	France → United States	No Detour	Jaymes	2 of 3	^[2]
	12	France → United States	No Detour	James	2 of 3	^[2]
				Average	3.58
Legend: The team finished in first place The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg The team that won The Amazing Race The team that crossed the Finish Line second The team that crossed the Finish Line third ► The team used the Fast Forward pass ϵ The team used the Express Pass somewhere during the leg ⊂ The team used the U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn ⋐ The team that used the second slot of the "Double U-Turn" ⋑ Recipient of a second U-Turn due to the "Double U-Turn" twist
Notes: 1: Leg 1 had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one. 2: Leg 12 also had two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.

Post-Race

Jaymes is currently in a relationship with Jonathan Bennett, who would later appear on the second season of Big Brother's celebrity edition. They would become engaged on November 30, 2020.^[2]
Jaymes since became the host of Celebrity Page TV.^[3]

Trivia

External links

Internet Movie Database: IMDB.com/James

Interviews

Joyce Eng at TV Guide (12/11/2012): Amazing Race's Jaymes and James: We Had a Lot of Taxi Trouble"
Jim Halterman at New Now Next (12/11/2012): "Chippendales' Jaymes & James Talk Coming In 2nd On "The Amazing Race""
Daniel Fienburg at Uproxx (12/13/2012): "Interview: Jaymes & James talk 'The Amazing Race'"