Casting Decisions

Anyone who is a fan of the Amazing Race knows that there are certain demographics the casting crew tries to get in each season. Some trends that I have seen has been the following:

• Married couple.
• Parent/Child
• All female team
• All male team
• Famous person/team
• "Not Going to Get Along" team
• Minority team
• Differently Abled team
• Multi-racial couples
• Gays & Lesbians
• City or Country Folk
• Athletic
• Intellectual
• Young & Old

Also, regardless of your token-demographic, they look for people who have a personality, some character.

Lauren and I come from West & East Coast.
We are both Caucasian.
I am lesbian.
Both married.
We are both intellectual and athletic (despite me molding myself back in shape).

We both alone and together have great personalities, and we can be pretty strategic. We somehow see things from the same perspective.

I am banking on.. you know what I am banking on to get us on the show??
That I used to be her boss and now we are peers. (and she is taking control now)
In our written application I wrote "who is the boss now?"