The Amazing Race 6
| The Amazing Race 6 | |
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| Season Run | November 16, 2004 – February 8, 2005 |
| Filming dates | August 13 – September 12, 2004 |
| No. of Episodes | 12 (13 including recap) |
| Winning team | Freddy Holliday and Kendra Bentley |
| Season Stats | |
| Continents visited | 4 |
| Countries visited | 11 |
| Cities visited | 24 |
| No. of legs | 12 |
| Distance traveled | 40,000 mi (64,000 km) |
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The Amazing Race 6 was the sixth installment of the U.S. reality television series The Amazing Race. It premiered on November 16, 2004, and concluded on February 8, 2005. Season 6 featured 11 teams of two people, each with a pre-existing relationship, racing around the world.
Engaged couple Freddy Holliday and Kendra Bentley were the winners of this season.
A DVD for this season was released on April 24, 2012, via Amazon.com's CreateSpace program.
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. 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.
The Amazing Race 6 spanned a total of 40,000 miles (64,000 km) over ten countries on four continents. The 30 days of filming began on August 13, 2004, and finished on September 12, 2004. The race made its first trip to seven countries: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and Senegal.
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. Throughout the season, Phil Keoghan verbally stated this rule when introducing each leg's Roadblock. While the rule has remained in all subsequent seasons (except the Family Edition), Keoghan eventually stopped reciting it in each episode.
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, , and Berlin. This was likely a result of the 2004 Summer Olympics taking place in Athens, Greece, while the race was being filmed.
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