Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Deaf Contestant on Amazing Race

A deaf man is among the contestants on this season’s edition of The Amazing Race. The show will feature 11 teams, including Margie and Luke Adams from Denver, Colorado. Marge is 51-years-old and works as a clinical research associate. Her son, Luke has been deaf since the age of two and communicates by sign language. The 22-year-old will be the first deaf contestant on the CBS show. Over the 12 episodes, the teams will travel more than 40,000 miles in 22 days to nine countries, including Switzerland, India and Russia. Challenges will range from a bungee jumping to the cold of Siberia and the heat of India. The show premiers February 15th at 8pm, Eastern. MORE INFO