Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl are a team of Best Friends on 28th season of The Amazing Race.
Profile
Retrieved by CBS.com[1]
Tyler
- Name: Tyler Oakley
- Age: 26
- Twitter: @tyleroakley
- Instagram: tyleroakley
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/tyleroakley
- How many total followers do you have across all platforms? 21,505,520 followers
- Hometown: Jackson, Mich.
- Connection to your teammate: Best Friend and Co-Host of "Psychobabble!"
- Current occupation: Online Video Personality, Author and Host
- Describe what you do: Professional oversharer on the Internet.
- 3 words to describe you: Passionate, hard-working and goofy.
- Favorite hobbies: Pop divas, red wines and board games.
- What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? Raising more than $1,000,000 with my online audience for suicide prevention.
- What scares you most about traveling? Unintentionally disrespecting other cultures.
- What excites you most about traveling? Experiencing new cultures and challenging myself to get outside of my comfort zone.
- Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: Dealing with challenges that are out of our control.
- What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Any country in Africa - I think Americans have such a distorted view of African countries, and by traveling there, I hope to learn more and share the experience with my audience.
- What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? My goal is to push my limits, to have a blast with my teammate and to learn more about the world.
Korey
- Name: Korey Kuhl
- Age: 30
- Twitter: @koreykuhl
- Instagram: koreykuhl
- YouTube: www.YouTube.com/koreykuhl
- Podcast: www.itunes.com/psychobabble
- How many total followers do you have across all platforms? 400,000
- Hometown: Jackson, Mich.
- Connection to your teammate: Best Friend
- Current occupation: Content Producer
- Describe what you do: I help create and facilitate a wide range of social content across multiple digital platforms including, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as well as produce and co-host a weekly podcast called "Psychobabble."
- 3 words to describe you: Funny, competitive and positive.
- Favorite hobbies: Running, traveling and writing.
- What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? I am most proud of the fact that I was able to come out of the closet and be true to myself confidently and whole-heartedly.
- What scares you most about traveling? Accidentally being insensitive to someone else's culture or customs.
- What excites you most about traveling? Getting to see new places and experience new cultures.
- Biggest challenge you and your teammate will face on The Race together: We both think we're always right.
- Pet peeve about your teammate: He's a terrible driver.
- What country and place would you most like to visit and why? I'd love to go to New Zealand or Bora Bora.
- What do you hope to accomplish by running The Race (other than winning one million bucks)? As a super fan of the show I just want to prove that I can run the race and run it well.
The Amazing Race 28
Race History
| Tyler & Korey's Race History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode | Leg | Destination(s) | Detour Choice (underlined) |
Roadblock Performer |
Placement | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | United States → Mexico | Mariachi Madness / Great Bulls of Fire | Tyler | 2 of 11 | |
| 2 | 2 | Mexico → Colombia | Pop-Up / Parrilla | Korey | 1 of 11 | |
| 3 | 3 | Colombia | Tickets / Tejo | Tyler | 2 of 10 | |
| 4 | 4 | Colombia → Switzerland → France | Work Bench / Bench Work | Korey | 2 of 9 | |
| 5 | 5 | France | Dynamite / Campsite | Korey | 1 of 8 | |
| 6 | 6 | France → Armenia | Thread / Bread | Tyler | 6 of 7 | |
| 7 | 7 | Armenia → Georgia | Clean / String | Korey | 6 of 7 | |
| 8 | 8 | Georgia → United Arab Emirates | Races / Oasis | Korey | 3 of 6 | |
| 9 | 9 | United Arab Emirates → Indonesia | No Detour | Tyler | 1 of 6 | [1] |
| Korey | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | Indonesia | Haul / Harvest | Tyler | 1 of 5⊂ | |
| 11 | 11 | Indonesia → China | Commuter Cycle / Master of Arts | Tyler | 1 of 4 | |
| 12 | 12 | China → United States | No Detour | Tyler | 3 of 3 | [2] |
| Korey | ||||||
| Average | 2.42 | |||||
Legend:
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Notes
1: Leg 9 featured two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.
2: Leg 12 feature two Roadblocks and no Detour. The team member who sat out the first Roadblock was required to perform the second one.
Post-Race Life
- Tyler & Korey was appeared on The Price is Right Amazing Race Special and they were called on down but they didn't have to chance to come up on stage.
Trivia
- First team with a member named "Tyler" to not win.
External links
Tyler's YouTube Channel: /tyleroakley
- Korey's YouTube Channel: /koreykuhl
Tyler's Twitter: @tyleroakley
Korey's Twitter: @koreykuhl
- Tyler's Instagram: /tyleroakley
- Korey's Instagram: /koreykuhl
- Tyler's Wikipedia page: Tyler_Oakley
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