The UB Interview: Glenda and Lumumba Roberts Talk ‘The Amazing Race’

After 21 years and 33 trips around the globe, the Emmy Award-winning and recently nominated “The Amazing Race” celebrates 400 episodes with 12 new teams who go on their journey of a lifetime , host Phil Keoghan kicked off the 34th edition last week.

The CBS Original series “The Amazing Race” airs tonight, Wednesday, September 28th at 9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+.

This season, for the first time, the 12 globe-trotting teams will begin the race outside of the United States, traveling to Munich, Germany for the starting line.

The show also visits the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan, where teams will ride a train and experience a scene reminiscent of the 1963 Oscar-winning film “Lawrence of Arabia,” perform a Jordanian folk dance and learn the Arabic alphabet. Also, for the first time in “The Amazing Race” history, there is no non-elimination legs.

Tishelle from UB spoke to contestants, Georgia-based newlywed couple, Glenda Roberts and Lumumba Roberts. They tell us why they wanted to be apart of “The Amazing Race” and how their occupations helped them throughout the journey.

Plus the newlyweds tell us all why we should tune in each week and what else is on the horizon for the Roberts.