Leo & Jamal

Leo & Jamal
Team Profile
Hometown:	Los Angeles, California
Relation:	Cousins
Occupation:	Entrepreneur/Restaurateur (Leo) CEO/Owner of Zadran Investment Group (Jamal)
Legs Competed:	11
Placement:	4th
Legs Competed:	11
Placement:	4th

Leo & Jamal are a team of cousins on the 23rd season of The Amazing Race, and the second all-star season of The Amazing Race.

The "Afghanimals" were loudly enthusiastic and cutthroat racers in Season 23 who never missed an opportunity to ham it up for the cameras. Despite Leo being engaged, they were also known for flirting with female locals and fellow racers Ally & Ashley, with whom they formed an alliance. However they tried to gain any advantage that they could get over the other teams, mostly by blatantly lying about anything and everything, which caused the other teams to dislike them. They were also easily distracted and careless which caused issues for them, and they were eliminated in the penultimate leg after Leo struggled with the robot-building Roadblock.

Their constant scenery chewing got them invited back for All-Stars where they were more subtle with their lies and plotting, and ended up being part of the majority "Accidental Alliance" with Dave & Connor and Caroline & Jennifer, although they personally had nothing against Brendon & Rachel, the team that the alliance intended to target for elimination. Although they were in a good position to enter the final three, they got lost driving to both the Roadblock and the Detour, and never caught up to the other teams, falling just short of the Final 3 for the second time.

Team

Leo Temory

• Age: 26 (Season 23), 27 (All-Stars)
• Hometown: Los Angeles
• Connection to your teammate: Cousin
• Current occupation: Entrepreneur/Restaurateur
• Describe what you do: I own and operate a restaurant and recently opened a bar/lounge.
• 3 words to describe you: Smart, funny and friendly.
• Favorite hobbies: Hiking, traveling, tennis and cooking.
• What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Climbing Mt. Whitney, the highest summit in the contiguous United States, with no prior experience.
• What famous person reminds you of yourself? Bill Gates
• What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Kobe Bryant
• What scares you most about traveling? Missing my flight or a bad taxi.
• What excites you most about traveling? Meeting and interacting with different cultures.
• Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Sometimes my cousin doesn’t listen or take my advice or direction to heart. I want to show him that I mean well and have him listen and be patient with me.
• Pet peeve about your teammate: That he is very secretive and sometimes isn’t serious enough.
• What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Venezuela, because the women are beautiful in South America.
• What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? I hope to become closer to my cousin and show the entire world that Afghans are great, fun people and not just what we are portrayed in the media.

Jamal Zadran

• Age: 26 (Season 23), 26 (All-Stars)
• Hometown: Los Angeles
• Connection to your teammate: Cousin
• Current occupation: CEO/Owner of Z.I.G. (Zadran Investment Group)
• Describe what you do: I manage and operate Zadran Investment Group (Z.I.G.) where we own our own Independent Dealership to sell cars to the public. Z.I.G. also buys and flips homes in the Southern California area and operates as a Reality Firm to the Public. Part of my Investment Group also manages Equity Portfolios with trading of stocks, bonds and forex, and options.
• 3 words to describe you: Persistent, confident and energetic.
• Favorite hobbies: Jet skiing, paintball and boogie boarding.
• What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Working in Afghanistan for two years with the U.S. Military.
• What famous person reminds you of yourself? Kobe Bryant – competitor and champion.
• What famous person reminds you of your teammate? Albert Einstein – his ideas are efficient and usually right.
• What scares you most about traveling? A bird hitting the aircraft and the plane crashing.
• What excites you most about traveling? Seeing the different cultural customs people have and being able to try it out with them if allowed. To interact with and actually leave a life-lasting memory to somebody across the world would give me a feeling of making some type of difference in their life even if it’s only for a short time.
• Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: We need to trust one another more often and not be too stubborn. Sometimes we may need to agree to disagree and not bicker a lot.
• Pet peeve about your teammate: He’s very sensitive to things I may say to him or when I critique him.
• What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Kenya, because of the natural wildlife. I’m a big cat fanatic and love the characteristics. To see them in the wild would be nice.
• What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? To have more patience with one another and get through all challenges and obstacles with Leo. Though it will be difficult, the ultimate feeling should be worth it.

Season 23

• Leg 1: 7th
• Leg 2: 2nd
• Leg 3: 6th
• Leg 4: 4th
• Leg 5: 6th
  • 1st U-Turned by Tim & Danny; 2nd U-Turned Brandon & Adam
• Leg 6: 3rd
• Leg 7: 1st
• Leg 8: 4th
  • 1st U-Turned by Nicole & Travis
• Leg 9: 1st
• Leg 10: 4th (Non-Elimination)

Leo & Jamal were eliminated from the race in 4th place

• Leg 11: 4th (Eliminated)
• Elimination Interview

All-Stars (2014)

• Leg 1: 5th

  

  All Stars intro cap

• Leg 2: 7th

  

  Leo & Jamal were eliminated from the race in 4th place for the second time.

• Leg 3: 3rd
• Leg 4: 3rd
• Leg 5: 4th
• Leg 6: 1st
• Leg 7: 5th
• Leg 8: 3rd
  • 2nd U-Turned by Dave & Connor
• Leg 9: 3rd
• Leg 10: 3rd
  • 1st U-Turned Jet & Cord
• Leg 11: 4th (Eliminated)

Videos

Memorable Moments

Season 23

• Arrived in 1st on Leg 2, but could not be checked in as they didn't pay their cab fare. By the time they paid it and returned to the mat, Chester & Ephraim arrived, dropping them to 2nd place.
• Lied to the other teams about U-Turning Brandon & Adam.
• Survived being U-Turned twice. (1st U-Turned by Tim & Danny in Leg 5, 2nd U-Turned by Nicole & Travis in Leg 8)
• Not giving Nicole help in the Roadblock in leg 9 at Indonesia by destroying the traditional Indonesian Xylophone due to the fact that Nicole & Travis U-Turned them on Leg 8.
• An alliance with Ally & Ashley, whom they call their "race wives," and rivalry with Tim & Danny, eventual final three teams Jason & Amy, Tim & Marie and Nicole & Travis.
• Eliminated after Leo struggling on the Robot Roadblock in Japan despite they overcoming their Speed Bump.

All-Stars (2014)

• Beating out Jet & Cord in the footrace in leg 6 to win the leg.
• Receiving a third U-Turn from Dave & Connor.
• Alliance with Dave & Connor and Caroline & Jennifer to form The Accidental Alliance.
• Jamal injuring his knee in the Detour on Leg 10
• Eliminated after getting lost on the way to the Detour, then losing a race to the Pit Stop to Brendon & Rachel

Records

Franchise

• One of four teams to race in two consecutive seasons (with Dustin and Kandice , David and Mary, and Gary and Mallory .)
• One of five teams to finish in the same position in two seasons, 4th place (with Oswald & Danny, 4th, Kent & Vyxsin, 5th, Margie & Luke, 8th and Brendon & Rachel, 3rd)
• First team to be U-Turned 3 times overall.
• Most U-Turned team, 4 times.
• First team to survive being U-Turned 3 times.
• First team of Afghan descent.

American

• First male team of cousins.
• 2nd team to be U-Turned twice in the same season (after Joey & Meghan)
• First team to survive being U-Turned multiple times.

Season 23

• Last all-male team standing.
• Last same-gender team standing.
• Only team to survive U-Turn.

All-Stars (2014)

• Only team from Season 23.
• Last male team to be eliminated.
• One of three teams to finish the race in a same place as they did in their last season.

External links

• Leo & Jamal's Facebook: /leotemory

• Leo & Jamal's Twitter: @LeoTemory

• Leo & Jamal's Twitter: @JamalZadran

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