The Amazing Race 6

The Amazing Race 6 was the sixth installment of the popular reality television series The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005.

In this installment of the show, the rules were changed so that no individual may perform more than 6 roadblocks throughout the race. Also, only 3 legs have the Yield option available.

Filming began on August 13, 2004 and finished on September 12, 2004.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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Results

The following teams participated in the Race, listed in reverse finishing order:

		Position (by leg)
Team	Relationship	1	2	3	4	5	6*	7	8	9	10	11	12	Roadblocks Performed
Freddy & Kendra	Engaged Models	4th	8th+	6th	5th	1st	6th	2nd	4th<	3rd	2nd>	2nd	1st	Freddy 6, Kendra 6
Kris & Jon	Dating Long Distance	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	Kris 6, Jon 6
Adam & Rebecca	Formerly Dating	7th	6th	5th	6th	6th	5th	1st	5th>	4th	4th<	3rd	3rd	Adam 6, Rebecca 5
Hayden & Aaron	Dating Actors	1st	4th	1st	4th	3rd	4th	6th	1st	2nd	1st	4th***		Hayden 5, Aaron 6
Lori & Bolo	Married Pro Wrestlers	6th	5th	7th	3rd	7th	1st	3rd	2nd	5th				Lori 5, Bolo 3
Jonathan & Victoria	Married Entrepreneurs	5th	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	5th	6th					Jonathan 4, Victoria 4
Gus & Hera	Father / Daughter	10th	3rd	3rd	7th	5th	7th							Gus 3, Hera 3
Don & Mary Jean	Grandparents	9th	7th^	8th	8th	8th								Don 2, Mary Jean 2
Lena & Kristy	Sisters	3rd	9th	9th**										Lena 1, Kristy 1
Meredith & Maria	Best Friends	8th	10th											Meredith 0, Maria 1
Avi & Joe	High School Buddies	11th												Avi 0, Joe 0

Red means the team was eliminated.
Blue means the team was the last to arrive at a pit stop in a non-elimination leg of the race. This means that while the team was not eliminated, they were forced to give up all their money and did not receive any money at the beginning of the next leg.
Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
A yellow > means that team chose to use the Yield; < indicates the team who received it.
* The sixth leg was double-length, and broadcast over two episodes. The users of the Fast Forward received it just after the midpoint, and thus were only permitted to skip the second set of challenges.
+ Freddy & Kendra had arrived 6th, but they were asessed a 30 minute penalty for taking an extra clue.
^ 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 in Leg 3 after they were assessed a 30 minute penalty.
** Lena & Kristy did not finish the Roadblock.
*** Hayden & Aaron arrived 3rd, but since they quit the Roadblock without completing it, they were assessed a 4 hour penalty.

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Trivia

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Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland, the teams' first destination

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General

In total, the final three teams travelled across 4 continents, visited 24 cities, and logged over 40,000 miles.
The Race saw its first marriage proposal. During the finale episode, upon being eliminated at the halfway point, Aaron proposed to Hayden. She accepted.
This season featured many Olympic themed challenges such as water polo, track and field, swimming, and archery. The race also visited past Olympic cities including Oslo, Stockholm, and Berlin. This was due to the fact that the race was filmed during the same time as the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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Pre-Race

Models Freddy and Kendra knew other models from previous editions of the race: Derek and Drew from Season 3 and Kelly and Jon from Season 4. Freddy and Kendra actually used the same make of backpack used by Derek and Drew.
Don and Mary Jean were chosen for the race after an open casting call in San Diego.
Early Show hosts Harry Smith and Dave Price ran the first leg of the race (USA-Iceland) with the actual teams. This was for a special segment on their morning show.[1]

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In-Race

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Teams prepare to row Viking boats

Lena and Kristy were the first team to be eliminated by way of not being able to complete a roadblock (but not giving up); Phil told Lena and Kristy that the last team had checked in over 2 hours previous, and they still had not found the clue that was inside of a large group of haybales. Marshall and Lance quit at the roadblock in Season 5.
Aaron of Season 3 accidentally stumbled upon one of the Pit Stops while backpacking in Europe.
On the race, Jonathan and Victoria nicknamed themselves "Team Hollywood".
There were 36 hour pit stops in Stockholm, Sweden (after Lena & Kristy were eliminated at the farm on the night); Ethiopia and Xi'an, China.
Legs 6 and 7 were combined as one extended leg, after producers realized that begging was prohibited in Hungary.

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Post-Race

Post-game interviews suggested that Kris and Jon were less than a minute behind winners Freddy and Kendra before a train held them up at a railway crossing. At Fishbowl.com, Bolo suggested that Kris and Jon were only 30-40 seconds behind Freddy and Kendra to the finish. At RealityReel, Kristy said that "Right after Freddy and Kendra started running, literally within 30 seconds or a minute later the train came, and Kris and Jon arrived. Otherwise it would have come down to a neck to neck race."[2]
The trains that carried the teams in Sri Lanka, and the town of Galle which they visited, were heavily damaged by the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake.
Bickering couple Jonathan and Victoria appeared on a primetime Dr.Phil special for counselling. It aired on February 15 2005.
VH1 will film a new reality show pilot hosted by Jonathan and Victoria for Fall 2005.[3]