Ryan Shoulders
Hailing from Clarksville, Tenn., Shoulders is a 23-year-old produce clerk. He writes and records his own electronic and punk rock music, and he does not drink alcohol, saying, "Drinking is for the boring." His favorite flower is the dandelion.

Ryan Opray
Opray, an electrician, is 31 and lives in Los Gatos, Calif. His favorite snack foods are beef jerky and chocolate kisses, and he has a 20-year-old cat named Stanley.

Lillian Morris
Morris, 51, is a scout troop leader who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some people call her "Big Lill." The troop she leads (Troop 617) started with seven Boy Scouts; now she supervises more than 75 scouts. And among her favorite movies is the Indiana Jones series.

Darrah Johnson
A mortician, Johnson, 22, lives in Liberty, Miss. She says she'd love to be a coroner. At her community college, she was voted Most Beautiful. She likes to read romance novels, and her favorite colors are pink and green.

Andrew Savage
An attorney, Savage is 40 and lives in Chicago. He and his wife, Stephanie, have two daughters, Mackenzie, 5, and Skyleur, 3. He loves the smell of fresh-cut grass.

Nicole Delma
Delma, who turns 26 on Sept. 19, is a massage therapist from Hermosa Beach, Calif. One of her favorite scents is clean laundry. One of her favorite books is "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," and though she likes a good martini, ONE is her limit.

Osten Taylor
Taylor, 27, is an equity trade manager from Boston. He says his hero is his father, because he was able to put himself through college and graduate school (graduating magna cum laude) while supporting two children. He likes chocolate chip cookies.

Tijuana Bradley
Bradley, 27, is from St. Louis, Mo., and works in pharmaceutical sales. She describes herself as perky, emotional and genuine. In her hometown of Webster Groves, Mo., she was Miss Webster. She enjoys playing chess.