11 'Amazing' New Teams

The Amazing Race is gearing up to kick off its new season next month with the first deaf contestant.  The twenty-two year old recent college grad teamed up with his mother for the Emmy-winning reality series' 14th season, and he told The AP that the show was more difficult than he had thought.  "I thought it would be easy because my mother and I have always communicated really well," the longtime Amazing Race fan, who doesn't speak or read lips, said through an interpreter. "In the airports, my mom had to do all of the work because she had to do all of the talking. It was kind of hard for me to depend on her to do all of that." Also onboard for the trip are stuntmen, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, former NFL cheerleaders, and college athletes. The new season of The Amazing Race will take teams over 40,000 miles in 22 days to nine countries, including — for the first time — Romania as well as Switzerland, India and Russia when it premieres February 15th on CBS.  Here's a closer look at the 11 teams:

Name: Mark Munoz
Hometown: Los Angeles
Age: 48
Occupation: Stuntman
Name: Michael Munoz
Hometown: Maui, Hawaii
Age: 51
Occupation: Stuntman
Relationship: Brothers
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Name: Tammy Jih
Hometown: San Francisco
Age: 26
Occupation: Lawyer
Name: Victor Jih
Hometown: Los Angeles
Age: 35
Occupation: Lawyer
Relationship: Siblings
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Name: LaKisha Hoffman
Hometown: New York
Age: 28
Occupation: Program Coordinator
Name: Jennifer Hoffman
Hometown: Louisville, Ky.
Age: 24
Occupation: Marketing Assistant
Relationship: Sisters
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Name: Christie Volkmer
Hometown: Choctaw, Okla.
Age: 37
Occupation: Flight Attendant
Name: Jodi Wincheski
Hometown: Houston
Age: 40
Occupation: Flight Attendant
Relationship: Flight Attendants
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Name: Cara Rosenthal
Hometown: Boca Raton, Fla.
Age: 26
Occupation: Law Student
Name: Jaime Edmondson
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Age: 29
Occupation: Former Police Officer
Relationship: Former NFL Cheerleaders
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Name: Brad Hunt
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Age: 52
Occupation: Distribution Dispatcher
Name: Victoria Hunt
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Age: 47
Occupation: Tax Manager
Relationship: Married
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Name: Mel White
Hometown: Lynchburg, Va.
Age: 68
Occupation: Clergyman
Name: Mike White
Hometown: Santa Monica, Calif.
Age: 38
Occupation: Actor-Writer
Relationship: Father and Son
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Name: Linda Cole
Hometown: Martinsville, Va.
Age: 52
Occupation: Customer Service Supervisor
Name: Steve Cole
Hometown: Martinsville, Va.
Age: 43
Occupation: Carpenter
Relationship: Married
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Name: Jennifer Hopka
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Age: 26
Occupation: Student
Name: Preston McCamy
Hometown: Columbia, S.C.
Age: 28
Occupation: Software Engineer
Relationship: Dating
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Name: Amanda Blackledge
Hometown: San Diego
Age: 23
Occupation: Student
Name: Kris Klicka
Hometown: San Diego
Age: 24
Occupation: Sales Representative
Relationship: Dating
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Name: Margie Adams
Hometown: Denver
Age: 51
Occupation: Clinical Research Associate
Name: Luke Adams
Hometown: Denver
Age: 23
Occupation: College Graduate
Relationship: Mother and Son

For more on the new season, visit cbs.com.