Jonathan & Ana

Jonathan Towns and Ana Rivera Towns are a Married team on The Amazing Race 37.

The previously separated parents proved to be one of the more tumultuous teams of the season. Though they performed very well in the first half of the race and won three legs, Jonathan's overly competitive nature often led him to repeatedly complain, argue, and blame his wife when things weren't going their way. Despite rough patches with navigation, frequent arguments in the second half, and a few close calls with elimination, the two made their way to the finale. Though they started with the lead in the final leg, they fell behind after getting lost on the second part of the Scramble challenge and dropped further when Ana was forced to perform a difficult Roadblock in the ocean. They were ultimately never able to catch up to the other two teams and finished the race in 3rd place.

Profile[]

Retrieved from parade.com

Relationship: Married parents
Age: 42 & 35
Occupation: Software developer & Stay-at-home mom
Current Town: Pomona, CA^[1]

The Amazing Race 37[]

Race History[]

Jonathan & Ana's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Hong Kong	Dance / Sing	Ana	2 of 7	^[1]
2	2	Hong Kong → Japan	Mochi / Mawashi	Jonathan	1 of 12
3	3	Japan	Fold It / Fling It	Jonathan	3 of 11	^[2]
4	4	Japan → Indonesia	Penjor / Pajegan	Ana	1 of 10ϵ	^[3]
5	5	Indonesia	Coconuts / Coral	Jonathan	8 of 9⋑
6	6	Indonesia → United Arab Emirates	No Detour	Ana	5 of 8
6	6	Indonesia → United Arab Emirates	No Detour	Jonathan	5 of 8
7	7	United Arab Emirates → Bulgaria	Haystack / Woodstack	Ana	3 of 7
8	8	Bulgaria	No Detour	Ana	3 of 6
9	9	Bulgaria → Italy	Mandolin / Mozzarella	Ana	1 of 5
10	10	Italy → Germany → France	Out to Dry / For the Birds	Jonathan	3 of 5
11	11	France → Germany → Portugal	No Detour	Jonathan	3 of 4
12	12	Portugal → United States	No Detour	Ana	3 of 3
				Average	3.00
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 ∇ The team that lost the Double Battle
Notes: 1: Leg 1 featured a Fork in the Road instead of a Detour. Jonathan & Ana checked-in 8th overall. 2: In Leg 3, Jonathan & Ana both individually completed the Roadblock in order to win the Express Pass. Since Jonathan elected to perform the Roadblock initially, only his performance is reflected in their total Roadblock count. 3: Jonathan & Ana used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock on Leg 4. Before using the Express Pass, Ana elected to perform the Roadblock, and this is reflected in the total Roadblock count.

Post-Race[]

Trivia[]

Jonathan and Ana previously appeared on the March 19, 2018 episode of The Price Is Right.
Jonathan is the second autistic contestant after Zev Glassenberg in The Amazing Race 15 and The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business; however, unlike Zev, he was diagnosed after competing on the Race.^[2]

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Interviews[]

Mike Bloom at Parade (05/17/2025): "'The Amazing Race 37's Jonathan and Ana Towns Reveal How His Worst Moments Led to Autism Diagnosis: 'I Was Wrong'"
Jessica Liese at Rob has a Website (05/17/2025): "The Amazing Race 37 Finale Exit Interviews"