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The Amazing Race 6 is the sixth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004 and ended on February 5, 2005 on CBS.

Synopsis[]

The next 11 teams ready to globe-trot the world are at the starting gate awaiting the official start of the sixth edition of the Emmy Award-winning THE AMAZING RACE .[1]

Production[]

In May 2004, CBS ordered the sixth installment 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.[2] CBS also delayed the airing of season 6 until late in the fall and moved it out of its proposed Saturday time-slot, to create a "cool down" period between races, in the hopes that this would help continue the newfound ratings success.[3]

Applications for The Amazing Race 6 were due on April 13, 2004. Semi-finalist interviews were held in May 2004 and final casting interviews were selected at Los Angeles in June 2004.

The sixth season of The Amazing Race was filmed between August and September 2004, for which they traveled 40,000 miles (64,000 km), spanning 10 different countries in four continents. The show moved to Tuesdays at 9 p.m., staying there for 2 more seasons.

American Airlines and Royal Caribbean International were the two official sponsors of the seasons and would provide the prizes awarded to first place teams on certain legs.

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 after the earthquake had devastated the island nation and all of the sights and locations the teams had visited. A special message was narrated by Phil Keoghan at the beginning of the episodes featuring Sri Lanka, dedicating them to the victims and to those helping the recovery.

Teams[]

Freddy & Kendra
 1st place 
Freddy & Kendra
Engaged Models
Kris & Jon
 2nd place 
Kris & Jon
Dating Long-Distance
Adam & Rebecca
 3rd place 
Adam & Rebecca
Formerly Dating
Hayden & Aaron
 4th place 
Hayden & Aaron
Dating Actors
Lori & Bolo
 5th place 
Lori & Bolo
Married Pro Wrestlers
Jonathan & Victoria
 6th place 
Jonathan & Victoria
Married Entrepreneurs
Gus & Hera
 7th place 
Gus & Hera
Father/Daughter
Don & Mary Jean
 8th place 
Don & Mary Jean
Grandparents
Lena & Kristy
 9th place 
Lena & Kristy
Sisters
Meredith & Maria
 10th place 
Meredith & Maria
Best Friends
Avi & Joe
 11th place 
Avi & Joe
High School Buddies

Episodes[]

Episode Air Date Leg Destination First Place Last Place Finish Viewership
(millions)[4]
Ratings/Share
(18-49)[4]
1 "The Game's Afoot" November 16, 2004 1 United States → Iceland Hayden & Aaron Avi & Joe 1st Eliminated
11th Place
11.80 5.0/12
2 "I'm Not His Wife, He Doesn't Need to Scream at Me" November 23, 2004 2 Iceland → Norway Kris & Jon Meredith & Maria 2nd Eliminated
10th Place
11.50 4.7/12
3 "Counting Bears Is Not Rocket Science" November 30, 2004 3 Norway → Sweden Hayden & Aaron Lena & Kristy 3rd Eliminated
9th Place
11.84 4.8/12
4 "What If It Isn't Sanitary" December 7, 2004 4 Sweden → Senegal Kris & Jon Don & Mary Jean Non-Elimination
Leg
11.72 4.6/12
5 "Quit Following Us" December 14, 2004 5 Senegal → Germany Freddy & Kendra Don & Mary Jean 4th Eliminated
8th Place
10.70 4.1/10
6 "They Should Probably Have Some Counseling" December 21, 2004 6 Germany → Hungary Freddy & Kendra Lori & Bolo Ordered to
Continue Racing
10.70 4.0/12
7 "Phil Is a Choo-Choo Charlie" December 28, 2004 None Recap Episode 10.10 3.8/10
8 "One of You, I'm Gonna Break in Half" January 4, 2005 6 Hungary Lori & Bolo Gus & Hera 5th Eliminated
7th Place
10.66 4.4/10
9 "Tell My Mom I Love Her" January 11, 2005 7 Hungary → France Adam & Rebecca Hayden & Aaron Non-Elimination
Leg
11.07 4.3/10
10 "Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling?" January 18, 2005 8 France → Ethiopia Hayden & Aaron Jonathan & Victoria 6th Eliminated
6th Place
10.61 4.1/9
11 "It Always Comes Down to Details" January 25, 2005 9 Ethiopia → Sri Lanka Kris & Jon Lori & Bolo 7th Eliminated
5th Place
12.03 4.7/11
12 "You Deal with This Before I Hyperventilate" February 1, 2005 10 Sri Lanka → China Hayden & Aaron Adam & Rebecca Non-Elimination
Leg
12.01 4.6/11
13 "4 Continents, 24 Cities, 40,000 Miles" February 8, 2005 11 China Kris & Jon Hayden & Aaron 8th Eliminated
4th Place
12.62 5.2/13
12 China → United States Freddy & Kendra Adam & Rebecca 3rd Place
Kris & Jon 2nd Place

Leaderboard[]

This chart shows each teams ranking per leg according to their official check in at the Pit Stop. However, time penalties issued before the start of the next leg due to improperly performed tasks are not reflected here.

Place Team Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Leg 4 Leg 5 Leg 6 Leg 7 Leg 8 Leg 9 Leg 10 Leg 11 Leg 12 Average Roadblock
1st Half 2nd Half
1 Freddy & Kendra 4 8 6 5 1 1 6 2 4< 3 2> 2 1 3.67 6-6
2 Kris & Jon 2 1 2 1 4 5 2 4 3 1 3 1 2 2.17 6-6
3 Adam & Rebecca 7 6 5 6 6 6 5 1 5> 4 4< 3 3 4.58 6-5
4 Hayden & Aaron 1 4 1 4 3 4 4 6 1 2 1 4 2.82 5-6
5 Lori & Bolo 6 5 7 3 7 7 1 3 2 5 4.33 5-3
6 Jonathan & Victoria 5 2 4 2 2 3 3 5 6 3.63 4-4
7 Gus & Hera 10 3 3 7 5 2 7 5.83 3-3
8 Don & Mary Jean 9 7 8 8 8 8.00 2-2
9 Lena & Kristy 3 9 9 7.00 1-1
10 Meredith & Maria 8 10 9.00 0-1
11 Avi & Joe 11 11.00 0-0
Notes [1][2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Legend:
     The team finished in first place
     The team finished in last place and was eliminated from the race
     The team finished in last place in a non-elimination leg
     The team that won The Amazing Race
     The team that crossed the Finish Line second
     The team that crossed the Finish Line third
The team used the Fast Forward pass
> The team used the Yield
< Recipient of the Yield

Notes:
1: Freddy & Kendra initially arrived 6th, but they were issued a 30-minute penalty for taking an extra clue after the Viking ship task, stated to take only one clue from the cluebox per each team. Adam & Rebecca and Don & Mary Jean checked in during their penalty time, dropping them to 8th.
2: Don & Mary Jean had arrived in 7th place in Leg 2, but they mistakenly drove the car that belonged to Adam & Rebecca. They left in 8th place at the beginning of Leg 3 after they were issued a 30-minute penalty, while Freddy & Kendra now departed in 7th place.
3: Lena & Kristy failed to complete the Roadblock in Leg 3. After more than 2 hours passed since the last team checked in at the mat and over 10 hours of searching, Phil came out to the Roadblock location and eliminated them.
4: Leg 6 was double-length, with two Detours and two Roadblocks, shown over two episodes. The placements listed in the first column reflect the order teams arrived at the leg's halfway point. The leg's Fast Forward was offered after the halfway mark, and thus permitted Lori & Bolo to skip only the second set of challenges.
5: Adam & Rebecca initially arrived 2nd, but were not allowed to check in as they had not completed the additional task of swimming the length of the pool. As they swam the length of the pool, Hayden & Aaron and Freddy & Kendra checked in during this time, dropping Adam & Rebecca to 4th place.
6: Hayden & Aaron initially arrived 3rd, just ahead of Adam & Rebecca, but were issued a 4-hour penalty for quitting the Roadblock. Both Rebecca and Hayden almost had to quit the Roadblock because the last gondola down the mountain was about to leave; however, at the time Rebecca opened her lock and successfully completed the Roadblock, they checked in during the penalty time, thereby dropping Hayden & Aaron to last place; which resulted in their elimination.
7: The finishes in the first half of the superleg in Leg 6 are not counted as part of the average. Only the final finish in the leg is counted toward the average.

Trivia[]

Franchise Records[]

  • First time visits to Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Senegal, Hungary, Ethiopia, and Sri Lanka.
  • First season to have a superleg.
    • The superleg was created by accident as Leg 6 in Hungary was originally planned to be a Non-Elimination Leg, with the last team to arrive being stripped of their accumulated money. However, producers learned that begging is illegal in Hungary, which would have made it almost impossible to collect any money. To avoid this, they instead combined this leg with the intended Leg 7.
  • Least amount of all-male teams, 1 (tied with The Amazing Race 5, The Amazing Race 12, and The Amazing Race 29).
  • First season to have winning prizes on every leg.
  • Introduction of the Roadblock limit wherein each team member may not perform more than six Roadblocks.
  • This was the first time that the final eight teams were co-ed teams.
  • Second season (after Season 5) where all the final three teams are co-ed teams.
  • This season set a record that seven out of 11 teams were in "love relationships".

US Records[]

  • One of two standard-format seasons to have no teams returning in The Amazing Race: All-Stars (2007).
  • The first season with the most couples in love, 7 (tied with The Amazing Race 15).
  • Second season in which the race began and ended in the same city (after The Amazing Race 1).
    • First time that the race did not begin on either the West Coast or the East Coast.
  • First season that the Finish Line was located in a Midwestern state of the United States.

Reception[]

  • Korey Karnes at Chicago Tribune (12/03/2004): "Smart 'Race' continues to amaze"
  • Scott D. Pierce at Deseret News (02/15/2005): "Amazing couple seeks Phil's help"

External links[]

References[]

The Amazing Race Season Index
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Asia 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5
Australia 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7
Brazil 1
Canada 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
Central Europe Cancelled
China 1 · 2 · 3 · 4
China Rush 1 · 2 · 3
Finland 1 · 2
France 1
Israel 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8
Latin America 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Norway 1 · 2
Philippines 1 · 2
Ukraine 1
Vietnam 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
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