The Amazing Race 6

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox television season The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth season of the American reality competition show The Amazing Race. Hosted by Phil Keoghan, it featured eleven teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, competing in a race around the world. This season visited four continents and ten countries, traveling approximately Template:Convert over twelve legs. Filming took place between August 13 and September 12, 2004. Starting in Chicago, Illinois, racers traveled through Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Senegal, Germany, Hungary, France, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, and China before returning to the United States, traveling through Hawaii and finishing in Chicago. New twists introduced in this season include the double-length leg and limiting the number of Roadblocks that each team member could perform. The season premiered on CBS on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005. Engaged couple Freddy Holliday and Kendra Bentley were the winners of this season, while dating couple Jon Buehler and Kris Perkins finished in second place, and exes Adam Malis and Rebecca Cardon finished in third place.

Overview

Template:Multiple image Template:Further The Amazing Race is a reality television show created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri, and hosted by Phil Keoghan. The series follows teams of two competing in a race around the world.<ref name="Format">Template:Cite press release</ref> Each leg of the race requires teams to deduce clues, navigate foreign environments, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel on a limited budget provided by the show. At each stop during the leg, teams receive clues inside sealed envelopes, which fall into one of these categories:

  • Route Info: These are simple instructions that teams must follow before they can receive their next clue.
  • Detour: A Detour is a choice between two tasks. Teams may choose either task and switch tasks if they find one option too difficult. There is usually one Detour present on each leg.
  • Roadblock: A Roadblock is a task that only one team member can complete. Teams must choose which member will complete the task based on a brief clue they receive before fully learning the details of the task. There is usually one Roadblock present on each leg.
  • Fast Forward: A Fast Forward is a task that only one team may complete, which allows that team to skip all remaining tasks on the leg and go directly to the next Pit Stop. Teams may only claim one Fast Forward during the entire race.
  • Yield: The Yield allows one team to force another team to stop racing for a predetermined amount of time before they can continue the race. Teams may use the Yield only one time during the entire race.

Most teams who arrive last at the Pit Stop of each leg are progressively eliminated, while the first team to arrive at the finish line in the final episode wins the grand prize of US$1,000,000.<ref>Template:Harvp</ref>

Production

Development and filming

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Chicago's Buckingham Fountain was the starting line of The Amazing Race 6.

In May 2004, CBS ordered the sixth season of the show, despite the fact that The Amazing Race 5 had not yet aired. Early renewal was likely due to the success of the changes made in season 5.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> CBS also delayed the airing of season 6 until late in the fall and moved it out of its proposed Saturday timeslot in order to create a "cool down" period between races, hoping that this would help continue the newfound ratings success.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Amazing Race 6 spanned a total of Template:Convert over ten countries on four continents. The 30 days of filming began on August 13, 2004, and finished on September 12.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

This season was the first in which team members had to complete an equal number of Roadblock tasks. No team member was permitted to complete more than six Roadblocks on the entire race.<ref>Template:Harvp</ref> Throughout the season, host Phil Keoghan verbally stated this rule when introducing each leg's Roadblock. This season also reduced the number of times the Yield appeared to three, compared to the previous season, where the Yield had been featured in nearly every leg.

A task in the second leg marked the first time that teams were required to work with each other. The ten teams had to split themselves into two groups of five, each of which had to row a Viking boat across a fjord.<ref>Template:Harvp</ref>

According to Aaron Crumbaugh, the sixth leg was originally planned as two separate legs with the first part being a non-elimination point, where the losing team would have been stripped of their money. However, those planned legs were combined into one after producers realized that begging was illegal in Hungary.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

This season featured a visit to Sri Lanka, where filming occurred just a few months before the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The episodes aired four weeks after the earthquake had devastated the locations the teams had visited. A special message was inserted at the beginning of the episodes in Sri Lanka, dedicating them to the victims and to those helping with the recovery.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Contestants

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Victoria Fuller
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Rebecca Cardon

This season's cast included eleven teams.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Early Show hosts Harry Smith and Dave Price ran the season's first leg with the actual teams as part of a special segment on their morning show.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Contestants Age Relationship Hometown Status
Template:Sortname 32 High School Buddies Brooklyn, New York Eliminated 1st
(in Grindavík, Iceland)
Template:Sortname 32 Ventura, California
Template:Sortname 26 Best Friends Queens, New York Eliminated 2nd
(in Voss, Norway)
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Template:Sortname 23 Sisters Pleasant Grove, Utah Eliminated 3rd
(in Häggvik, Sweden)
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Template:Sortname 69 Grandparents Portola Valley, California Eliminated 4th
(in Berlin, Germany)
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Template:Sortname 50 Father & Daughter Gaithersburg, Maryland Eliminated 5th
(in Budapest, Hungary)
Template:Sortname 24 Los Angeles, California
Template:Sortname 42 Married Entrepreneurs Los Angeles, California Eliminated 6th
(in Lalibela, Ethiopia)
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Template:Sortname 33 Married Pro Wrestlers Molino, Florida Eliminated 7th
(in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka)
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Template:Sortname 25 Dating Actors Chicago, Illinois Eliminated 8th
(in Xi'an, China)
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Template:Sortname 27 Formerly Dating Los Angeles, California Third place
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Template:Sortname 30 Dating Long Distance Long Beach, California Runners-up
Template:Sortname 29 Scottsdale, Arizona
Template:Sortname 34 Engaged Models Miami, Florida Winners
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Future appearances

Jonathan and Victoria appeared on a special episode of Dr. Phil to try to improve their marriage.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jonathan and Victoria then competed on Battle of the Network Reality Stars.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Later, in a celebrity version of Fear Factor, Victoria attacked contestant Jon "Jonny Fairplay" Dalton (of Survivor: Pearl Islands), and Jonathan attacked host Joe Rogan, resulting in their expulsion from the show.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Aaron competed on the twelfth season of Food Network Star and on Cutthroat Kitchen.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Results

The following teams are listed with their placements in each leg. Placements are listed in finishing order.

  • A Template:Fontcolor placement with a dagger (Template:Dagger) indicates that the team was eliminated.
  • An Template:Fontcolor placement with a double-dagger (Template:Double-dagger) indicates that the team was the last to arrive at a Pit Stop in a non-elimination leg. As a penalty, they were stripped of all their money and were not given any at the start of the next leg.
  • An italicized placement identifies a team's placement at the midpoint of a double leg.
  • A green ƒ indicates that the team won the Fast Forward.
  • A Template:Fontcolor indicates that the team used the Yield and a Template:Fontcolor indicates the team on the receiving end of the Yield.
Team placement (by leg)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6aTemplate:Efn 6b 7 8 9 10 11 12
Freddy & Kendra 4th 7thTemplate:Efn 6th 5th 1st 1st 6th 2nd 4thTemplate:FontcolorTemplate:Efn 3rd 2ndTemplate:FontcolorTemplate:Efn 2nd 1st
Kris & Jon 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 4th 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd
Adam & Rebecca 7th 6th 5th 6th 6th 6th 5th 1stƒ 5thTemplate:FontcolorTemplate:Efn 4th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Double-daggerTemplate:FontcolorTemplate:Efn 3rd 3rd
Hayden & Aaron 1st 4th 1st 4th 3rd 4th 4th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Double-dagger 1st 2nd 1st Template:FontcolorTemplate:DaggerTemplate:Efn Template:Sort
Lori & Bolo 6th 5th 7th 3rd 7th 7th 1stƒ 3rd 2nd Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Jonathan & Victoria 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Gus & Hera 10th 3rd 3rd 7th 5th 2nd Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Don & Template:Nowrap 9th 8thTemplate:Efn 8th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Double-dagger Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Lena & Kristy 3rd 9th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Meredith & Maria 8th Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Avi & Joe Template:FontcolorTemplate:Dagger Template:Sort
Notes

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Race summary

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The route of The Amazing Race 6.

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Leg 1 (United States → Iceland)

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Teams finished the first leg in Iceland at the Blue Lagoon.
  • Episode 1: "The Game's Afoot" (November 16, 2004)
  • Prize: A vacation to Hawaii (awarded to Hayden and Aaron)
  • Eliminated: Avi and Joe
Locations
Episode summary
  • From Buckingham Fountain, teams had to race into downtown Chicago and travel by subway to O'Hare International Airport, where they had to fly to Reykjavík, Iceland. Once there, teams were instructed to drive to the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, where they found their next clue.
  • At the base of Vatnajökull, teams had to sign up for a shuttle bus to take them Template:Convert to their next clue at the glacier's edge. Teams then had to drive a snowmobile across the glacier to a camp, where they had to choose a tent and a departure time for the next morning. The next morning, teams took a shuttle bus back down the glacier, where they retrieved their next clue, instructing them to drive to Breiðamerkursandur in order to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This season's first Detour was a choice between Ice Climb or Ice Search. In Ice Climb, teams had to travel to the Hótel Skaftafell and climb the face of an ice wall to reach their next clue at the top. In Ice Search, teams had to travel to a nearby glacial lagoon and use a boat to search the lagoon with thousands of icebergs for an orange buoy with their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Blue Lagoon in Grindavík.

Leg 2 (Iceland → Norway)

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Once in Oslo, teams went to the Holmenkollen ski jump, where one team member had to ride a zipline.
  • Episode 2: "I'm Not His Wife, He Doesn't Need to Scream at Me" (November 23, 2004)
  • Prize: A seven-night cruise in Alaska (awarded to Kris and Jon)
  • Eliminated: Meredith and Maria
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Oslo, Norway. Once there, teams had to travel to the Holmenkollbakken to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to climb to the top of the ski jump and then ride a zipline to the bottom to receive their next clue.
  • After the Roadblock, teams had to travel to the Viking village at Brandbu, where the ten teams were split into two groups and each group had to row a Viking ship across a fjord to their next clue. Teams were instructed to travel by train to Voss and then drive to a specific bridge, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Endurance or Accuracy. In Endurance, teams had to roller ski down a Template:Convert course in order to receive their next clue. In Accuracy, teams had to complete three Viking games – kubbs, axe throwing, and archery – in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Nesheimstunet in Voss.

Leg 3 (Norway → Sweden)

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Teams checked in at the Pit Stop on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Episode 3: "Counting Bears Is Not Rocket Science" (November 30, 2004)
  • Prize: A seven-night cruise to the Mexican Riviera (awarded to Hayden and Aaron)
  • Eliminated: Lena and Kristy
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to return to Oslo by train and then travel by bus to Stockholm, Sweden. Once there, teams had to travel to the Ice Bar of the Nordic Sea Hotel, where each team member had to slide ice shot glasses across the bar. If either team member landed a glass on a target at the end, they could receive their next clue, which directed them to the IKEA store in Kungens Kurva. If both members missed, they had to go back to the end of the line before trying again.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Count It or Build It. In Count It, teams had to count the number of cooking pots, frying pans, and stuffed animals in three large bins and give the correct number to the supervisor in order to receive their next clue. In Build It, teams had to properly assemble a desk using all of the provided parts in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to travel by train to Häggvik and then ride a tandem bicycle Template:Convert to Bögs Gård Farm to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to unroll and search through 270 hay bales in order to find one of the 20 bales that contained their next clue.
  • After the Roadblock, teams had to ride their tandem bicycle back to the train station, travel by train back to Stockholm, and then check in at the Pit Stop aboard the af Chapman, moored at Skeppsholmen.
Additional notes
  • The hay bale task was later revisited in season 15 as a Switchback.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Lena spent over eight hours unrolling hay bales, but was never able to find a clue during the Roadblock. Two hours after all of the other teams had checked in at the Pit Stop, Phil came out to the farm to inform Lena and Kristy of their elimination.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Leg 4 (Sweden → Senegal)

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Teams finished this leg in Senegal on the streets of Gorée Island.
  • Episode 4: "What If It Isn't Sanitary" (December 7, 2004)
  • Prize: A seven-night cruise to the Western Caribbean (awarded to Kris and Jon)
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this episode, teams went to the Town Hall Tower in Stockholm, where they were instructed to fly to Dakar, Senegal. Once there, teams had to search outside the airport for their next clue, which included the poem "Femme noire",<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and instructions to find the author's grave. Teams had to figure out that the author was Léopold Sédar Senghor, the first President of Senegal, whose grave was at the Bel Aire Cemetery. There, the teams' next clue directed them to the Vieux Ngom Carpenter Shop.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Stack 'Em Up or Pull 'Em Up. In Stack 'Em Up, teams had to carry baskets of fish to a drying table and properly stack enough fish in order to cover the table and receive their next clue. In Pull 'Em Up, teams had to use traditional fishing gear to catch four fish and then bring the fish to the shore, where they received their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to travel to the Lac Rose, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to use the tools provided to harvest enough salt from the bed of the lake and fill a Template:Convert basket in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by ferry to Gorée Island and find the Pit Stop.
Additional note
  • This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 5 (Senegal → Germany)

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While in Berlin, teams visited the Broken Chain Sculpture, across the street from the partially destroyed Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, for a clue.
  • Episode 5: "Quit Following Us" (December 14, 2004)
  • Prize: A vacation to Mexico (awarded to Freddy and Kendra)
  • Eliminated: Don and Mary Jean
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams walked to the House of Slaves, where they learned about the history of the African slave trade on Gorée Island. Afterwards, each team laid a single rose at the historic archway known as the "Door of No Return" as a tribute to the victims before being given their next clue, which instructed teams to fly to Berlin, Germany. Once there, teams traveled to the East Side Gallery, where they searched a stretch of the former Berlin Wall for their next clue. From there, teams traveled to the Broken Chain Sculpture, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Beer or Brats. In Beer, teams traveled to the Brauhaus Spandau, where each team member had to search the tables at the bar for five coasters bearing their teams' names and pictures. They then had to trade two full beer steins to the patron in exchange for each coaster. Once both team members collected five coasters, they received their next clue. In Brats, teams traveled to the Zitadelle, where they had to use a hand-operated sausage maker to create one rope of five bratwursts in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to travel to Teufelsberg to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb to the top of Teufelsberg and complete a soap box derby course in 37 seconds or less in order to receive their next clue.
  • Teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Brandenburg Gate.

Leg 6 (Germany → Hungary)

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  • Episode 6: "They Should Probably Have Some Counseling" (December 21, 2004) & Episode 7: "One of You, I'm Gonna Break in Half" (January 4, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to Europe (awarded to Lori and Bolo)
  • Eliminated: Gus and Hera
Locations
Episode summary (Episode 6)
  • At the start of this leg, teams traveled to Checkpoint Charlie, where they received their next clue directing them to the Olympic Stadium.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member was strapped into a "hot rocket bungee" and launched Template:Convert into the air. After returning to the ground, they received their next clue.
  • After the first Roadblock, teams had to fly to Budapest, Hungary. Once there, teams had to drive a Trabant 601 to Eger Castle, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's first Detour was a choice between Catapult Crash or Cannonball Run. In Catapult Crash, teams would have used a catapult to hurl a watermelon onto a wooden target and retrieve the clue hidden within. In Cannonball Run, teams had to push a cannon up a hill to the castle courtyard, and then carry 55 cannonballs and stack them into a pyramid before receiving their next clue. All teams chose Cannonball Run.
  • After the first Detour, teams traveled by train back to Budapest and then traveled by taxi to the Net Klub Internet Kafé. Teams received their next clue via e-mail, which informed them that they were still racing.
Episode summary (Episode 7)
  • At the Heritage Rail Museum, teams had to ride a draisine at speeds up to Template:Convert down the tracks to their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue For this season's first Fast Forward, one team had to travel to Buda Castle, descend through a labyrinth, and drink a goblet of pig's blood. Lori and Bolo won the Fast Forward.
  • Teams who did not attempt the Fast Forward had to travel by taxi to the Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's second Detour was a choice between Swim or Paddle. In Swim, teams had to play a game of water polo and score one goal against a Hungarian water polo player before receiving their next clue. In Paddle, teams had to inflate a raft with a hand pump, paddle across the Danube River to a flag on the other side, and retrieve their next clue.
  • After the second Detour, teams had to travel to the Gundel Restaurant and find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to eat a Template:Convert bowl of a traditional Hungarian spicy soup to receive their next clue.
  • After the second Roadblock, teams had to travel to Point Zero, and then either take the funicular or walk to the Pit Stop: Fisherman's Bastion.
Additional note
  • Leg 6 was a double leg and aired over two separate episodes.

Leg 7 (Hungary → France)

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Teams finished this leg at L'Île-Rousse on the French island of Corsica.
  • Episode 8: "Tell My Mom I Love Her" (January 11, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to the Caribbean (awarded to Adam & Rebecca)
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams had to travel to the Promontor Borudvar winery and follow a path toward a large wine cask, where they found their next clue, which instructed them to fly to Corsica. Once there, teams had to travel to Napoleon's birthplace and find the room where he was born in order to receive their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue For this season's last Fast Forward, one team had to locate a harbor in Ajaccio, don old-style diving suits, and walk across the ocean floor to a lobster trap in order to retrieve the Fast Forward award. Adam and Rebecca won the Fast Forward.
  • Teams who did not attempt the Fast Forward had to drive to Camp Raffalli in Calvi in order to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Climb Up or Fly Behind. In Climb Up, teams had to use a mechanical ascender to climb a rock wall. Once at the top, teams had to find a French legionnaire officer, who gave them a medal, and then rappel back down to receive their next clue. In Fly Behind, teams had to choose a Zodiac boat and, with one member directing the pilot and the other trailing behind on a raft, search among 25 buoys for one with a clue attached.
  • After the Detour, teams were instructed to travel to the Domaine 'Alzipratu Winery in Zilia, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to stomp on Template:Convert of grapes in order to squeeze enough juice to fill five wine bottles, and then drink a glass of the squeezed juice, in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: La Pietra in L'Île-Rousse.
Additional note
  • This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 8 (France → Ethiopia)

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St. George's Church in Lalibela was the site of this leg's Roadblock.
  • Episode 9: "Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling?" (January 18, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to Mexico (awarded to Hayden and Aaron)
  • Eliminated: Jonathan and Victoria
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by ferry to Nice, and then travel to the city gardens, where they found their next clue at a bust of Albert I. Teams were instructed to fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Once there, teams had to sign up for one of two charter flights to Lalibela. There, teams found their next clue on vans outside the airport. Teams directed their drivers to take them to the overlook of Lewz Village.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Raise the Roof or Mud the Hut. In Raise the Roof, teams assisted a group of locals by carrying a roof Template:Convert and then placing it on top of a house. Once the roof was on, one team member had to place a jug on the roof in order to receive their next clue. In Mud the Hut, teams had to use a plaster made of dirt, water, and straw to cover an entire wall of a traditional Ethiopian house in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to take two donkeys and deliver them to a farmer Template:Convert away in order to receive their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to enter the Church of Saint George, where they received a pendant from the head priest. They then had to search among hundreds of worshipers outside of the church for the one wearing the same pendant. They could trade the pendant for their next clue, which directed them to the nearby Pit Stop.
Additional note

Leg 9 (Ethiopia → Sri Lanka)

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The Roadblock in Sri Lanka required one team member to climb the Lion Rock of Sigiriya and look for the Pit Stop.
  • Episode 10: "It Always Comes Down to Details" (January 25, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to Europe (awarded to Kris and Jon)
  • Eliminated: Lori and Bolo
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams returned to Lalibela Airport and signed up for one of two charter flights back to Addis Ababa. Once there, teams had to travel to the Addis Ababa Stadium, where they completed a four-man track relay with two local runners before receiving their next clue, which instructed them to fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Once there, teams had to travel by train to Galle and find their next clue at Fort Galle.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Tree Trunks or Elephant Trunks. In Tree Trunks, teams traveled by tuk-tuk to a coconut plantation. There, each person had to climb to the top of a Template:Convert tree and retrieve a jug filled with tree sap, which they had to pour into a container in order to receive their next clue. In Elephant Trunks, teams traveled by tuk-tuk to an elephant polo field, where each team member had to ride an elephant down the length of the field, hitting a polo ball around a large pole and scoring a goal in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to travel by bus to Kandy and then find the Kandyan Art Association, where they had to purchase an offering, which they could exchange at the nearby Temple of the Tooth for their next clue. Teams were instructed to travel by bus to Dambulla and then travel to Lion Rock in Sigiriya.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to ascend more than 1,000 steps to the top of Lion Rock. Once at the top, they had to use a pair of binoculars to look through the jungle for a flag near the pool at the Hotel Sigiriya. Once they located the hotel, teams had to proceed there and swim the length of the pool before checking in at the Pit Stop.

Leg 10 (Sri Lanka → China)

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After arriving in Shanghai, teams traveled to Yuyuan Gardens and searched for their next clue.
  • Episode 11: "You Deal with This Before I Hyperventilate" (February 1, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to Hawaii (awarded to Hayden and Aaron)
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Shanghai, China. Once there, teams had to search the grounds of Yuyuan Garden for their next clue. Teams were then directed to the Huaneng Union Tower, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to wash a window on the exterior of the HuaXia Bank Tower in order to reveal a hidden message. Once they could read the message, they had to lower themselves to the ground and repeat the message to the supervisor, who then handed them their next clue.
  • At the Monument to the People's Heroes at The Bund, teams had to find a group of tai chi performers and search for one of four masters, who had their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Bricks or Ice. In Bricks, teams had to use a traditional device to transport 300 clay bricks off a barge while balancing on a narrow wooden plank. From there, they had to stack the bricks on a wooden pallet in order to receive their clue. In Ice, teams had to load two blocks of ice onto the back of flatbed tricycles and deliver them to a fish market four blocks away. Once there, they had to break them into smaller pieces and place them into a tub in order to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to check in at the Pit Stop: the Peace Hotel South.
Additional notes
  • Template:TAR clue Freddy and Kendra chose to use the Yield on Adam and Rebecca.
  • This was a non-elimination leg.

Leg 11 (China)

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Teams visited the Terracotta Army in Xi'an on this leg.
  • Episode 12: "4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles" (February 8, 2005)
  • Prize: A vacation to the Caribbean (awarded to Kris & Jon)
  • Eliminated: Hayden & Aaron
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to travel by train to Xi'an and then find their next clue at the Drum Tower.
  • Template:TAR clue This leg's Detour was a choice between Spray or Scroll. In Spray, teams traveled to a car factory and spray painted the shell of a Chinese-made car in order to receive their next clue. In Scroll, teams traveled to a textile factory and searched through ten bolts of fabric with a light table. When teams found and cut out the two Chinese characters stamped within two of the ten bolts, they received their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams were instructed to travel to the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, where they had to find the viewing platform of the Terracotta Army to locate their next clue. Teams were directed to the base of Mount Hua, where they had to travel by shuttle bus and gondola to the North Peak.
  • Template:TAR clue In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to search among 3,000 padlocks for the one that they could unlock using a provided key in order to receive their next clue, which directed them to the Pit Stop: the South Gate of the Xi'an City Wall.

Leg 12 (China → United States)

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Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago was the finish line of The Amazing Race 6.
  • Episode 12: "4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles" (February 8, 2005)
  • Prize: US$1,000,000
  • Winners: Freddy and Kendra
  • Runners-up: Kris and Jon
  • Third place: Adam and Rebecca
Locations
Episode summary
  • At the start of this leg, teams were instructed to fly to Honolulu, Hawaii. Once there, teams drove themselves to Puu Ualakaa State Park, where they found their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue This season's final Detour was a choice between Outfits or Outriggers. In Outfits, teams had to drive to a tropical clothing distributor and search through racks filled with Aloha shirts for the match to one displayed on a mannequin in order to receive their next clue. In Outriggers, teams had to drive to a canoe club and, with the help of a provided assistant, paddle an outrigger canoe down a Template:Convert course to receive their next clue.
  • After the Detour, teams had to drive to Kamaka Air in order to find their next clue.
  • Template:TAR clue In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to tandem skydive with an instructor and land on a sandbar in Kaneohe Bay, where they retrieved their next clue.
  • After the Roadblock, teams were instructed to fly to Chicago, Illinois. Once there, teams had to travel by train to the Chicago Water Tower to find their next clue. They were directed to Gino's East pizzeria, where each team member had to eat two slices of deep dish pizza in order to receive their final clue, which directed them to the finish line at Ping Tom Memorial Park.
Additional notes
  • Legs 11 and 12 aired back-to-back as a special two-hour episode.
  • When Kris and Jon arrived at the park at the end of the leg, they were blocked by a moving train from continuing to the finish line. Jon estimated that the delay caused by the train lasted about ten minutes. Meanwhile, Freddy and Kendra were able to cross the finish line on the other side of the train.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Reception

Critical response

At the time it aired, The Amazing Race 6 received negative reviews. Linda Holmes of Television Without Pity called this season disappointing.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> Scott Pierce of Deseret News said that his immediate reaction after the season finished was, "I'm never going to watch this show again."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Reece Forward of Screen Rant ranked this season as the show's second-worst, writing that it was "actively unlikable at points," but the season "escapes the bottom slot due to at least having a few teams that are likable or interesting".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Since its airing, this season was ranked ninth out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite podcast</ref> In 2021, Val Barone of TheThings ranked this season as the show's fourth-best season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2022, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season as the seventh-best season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2024, Taguiam's ranking was updated with this season ranked 12th out of 36.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Controversy

In Dakar, Senegal, Kendra Bentley, who had previously decried being in "ghetto Africa", complained, "This city is wretched and disgusting. And they just keep breeding and breeding in this poverty. I can't take it."<ref>Template:Harvp</ref> These comments were largely denounced as racist due to the equation of people in Africa as animals.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bentley later claimed that her comments were taken out of context, saying, "I was actually talking about the government and how they put people in these situations. They don't give them opportunities for education or birth control."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Lesser outrage was also directed at Rebecca Cardon for similar insensitive comments. On the way to the House of Slaves on Gorée Island, Cardon commented, "I'd love to get out of Africa. I can see why so many people escaped."<ref>Template:Harvp</ref> Kevin McDonough of The Spokesman-Review wrote, "Now that's a novel way to look at the Middle Passage."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Later in the episode, Jonathan Baker shoved his wife, Victoria Fuller, who had picked up his bag, which he had dropped during a footrace to the Pit Stop at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. He was modestly rebuked by Phil Keoghan, who had seen Jonathan berating his wife, but had not witnessed the shove.<ref>Template:Harvp</ref> In response, critics and fans decried seeing possible domestic violence on television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Baker later stated that the "shove in Berlin was wrong. It was wrong and I should not have done it. I can't apologize any more because I really felt that it hurt."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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Works cited

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