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CTV Orders Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA with Nationwide Casting Now Open

Following its triumphant return to television screens across the country, and culminating in an inspiring and emotional Season 8 finale, CTV announced today that it has renewed the nation’s most-watched summer series THE AMAZING RACE CANADA for Season 9, with casting now open. Beginning today, aspiring racers can apply for the adventure of a lifetime at CTV.ca/The-Amazing-Race-Canada-Casting.

Along with today’s casting announcement, customized and wholly integrated brand partnership opportunities are now available for Season 9 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA.

Fans and adrenaline-seekers from coast-to-coast-to-coast are invited to pair up with a teammate – a friend, sibling, parent, grandparent, partner, or anyone else they share a relationship with – and submit their audition for Canada’s favourite summertime adventure. The submission deadline for Season 9 is Friday, January 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT. For further casting details and updates, including instructions on how to submit an audition video, fans can visit CTV.ca/The-Amazing-Race-Canada-Casting, or follow the series on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Hosted by Olympic gold medallist Jon Montgomery, Season 8 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA was the Top Summer Program and Top Canadian Program for the 2021-22 broadcast year, with a season average of 1.6 million viewers.

Season 8 of THE AMAZING RACE CANADA joins previous seasons of the series available for streaming on CTV.ca, the CTV app, and Crave.

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA is produced by Insight Productions Ltd. (a Boat Rocker Company) in association with CTV. John Brunton is Executive Producer and Mark Lysakowski is Executive Producer and Showrunner. For Bell Media, Danielle Pearson is Senior Production Executive; Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Pat DiVittorio is Vice-President, CTV and Specialty Programming. Justin Stockman is Vice-President, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media. Karine Moses is Senior Vice-President, Content Development & News, Bell Media and Vice Chair, Québec, Bell.

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