The third episode of this season's Amazing Race includes a deaf contestant. Luke and his mother, Margie arrived in 8th place. Best friends Zev & Justin took first place on the CBS show for this leg of the race while father and son Mike and Mel were eliminated. The teams journeyed to Japan where they dressed as warriors, shot bow and arrows, and searched in mud for frogs while being pelted by onlookers.
The writer for an Illinois newspaper is rooting against Luke and Margie, hoping they will be eliminated next because of Luke's "annoyance." You can read the column here.