Mika & Canaan

Mika & Canaan
Team Profile
Hometown:	Nashville, Tennessee
Relation:	Newly Dating
Occupation:	Aspiring Singer (Mika) Professional Songwriter (Canaan)
Legs Competed:	6
Placement:	7th

Mika Combs and Canaan Smith are a Newly Dating team on The Amazing Race 15.

Profile

Retrieved from CBS.com

These southern sweethearts will charm you with their fresh faces and wide-eyed enthusiasm for life. They have only been dating for a few months, but admit to spending every waking hour together since they fell in love.

Mika grew up in Hazard, Ky. and moved to Nashville, Tenn. two years ago to pursue a career in country music. She claims to excel in high pressure situations, but admits to often breaking down in tears when she gets upset. Her favorite hobbies include singing, dancing and riding four-wheelers.

Canaan is a professional songwriter who is looking at the Race as an opportunity to grow his relationship with Mika. Mika believes that Canaan can be way too demanding, while he believes she can be too sensitive. He lists his favorite activities to do with Mika as writing songs and making out.

Neither one of them has traveled extensively outside of Canaan's mission trip to Mexico with his church, but they have no doubt that their love will take them to the finish line and the $1 million prize.

The Amazing Race 15

Race History

Mika & Canaan's Race History
Episode	Leg	Destination(s)	Detour Choice (underlined)	Roadblock Performer	Placement	Notes
1	1	United States → Japan	No Detour	Canaan	10 of 12	[1]
	2	Japan → Vietnam	No Detour	Mika	8 of 11
2	3	Vietnam	Child's Play / Word Play	Canaan	7 of 10
3	4	Vietnam → Cambodia	Cover / Wrap	Canaan	7 of 9
4	5	Cambodia → United Arab Emirates	Build a Snowman / Find a Snowman	Canaan	7 of 8
5	6	United Arab Emirates	Gold / Glass	Canaan	7 of 7	[2]
				Average	7.67
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 U-Turn ⊃ Recipient of the U-Turn
Notes: 1: Mika & Canaan arrived at the Pit Stop in 10th place, but had lost one of the tourists that they were required bring with them. They backtracked to find their missing tourist before checking in, again. This did not affect their placement. 2: Mika & Canaan did not finish the task at the Atlantis, The Palm resort due to Mika's fear of heights and swimming/water and incurred a 24-hour penalty for quitting the slide task. Already in last place, they proceeded to the Pit Stop where they checked in and were eliminated without the penalty being applied.

Post-Race

• Canaan broke up with Mika at the Elimination Station. Mika claimed that he didn't end their relationship because of the race.
• Canaan got engaged with Christy Hardesty in March 2014. Canaan married Hardesty in August 2014.
• Mika played Jackie on an episode of Still the King that first aired on August 16, 2016.

Trivia

• Mika & Canaan were referenced in a flashback during Leg 8 of The Amazing Race 28 when the Race revisited the Atlantis, The Palm in Dubai that led to their elimination.

External links

• Canaan's Wikipedia page: Canaan Smith

• Canaan's Website: http://canaansmith.com/

Interviews

• Amazing Race's Canaan: I Was Not Abusive Toward Mika on the Waterslide
• Exclusive: Mika Combs and Canaan Smith talks 'The Amazing Race'
• Mika and Canaan Survive Their Failed Leap

Social Media

• Mika's Facebook: /mika.combs

• Canaan's Facebook: /CanaanSmithMusic