In Outriggers, teams had to drive to a canoe club and, with the help of a provided assistant, paddle an outrigger canoe down a course in order to receive their next clue. After completing the Detour, teams had to travel to Kamaka Air in order to receive their next clue. In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to tandem skydive with an instructor from and land on a sandbar in Kaneohe Bay, where they retrieved their next clue. Teams were then instructed to fly to Chicago, Illinois. Once in Chicago, teams had to travel by train to the Chicago Water Tower in order 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 directing 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. 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. Scott Pierce of Deseret News said that his immediate reaction after the season finished was "I'm never going to watch this show again." Reece Forward of Screen Rant ranked this season as the show's second-worst, writing that it "is actively unlikable at points," but the season "escapes the bottom slot due to at least having a few teams that are likable or interesting". Since its airing, this season was ranked 9th out of the first 27 seasons by the Rob Has a Podcast Amazing Race correspondents in 2016. In 2021, Val Barone of TheThings ranked this season as the show's 4th best season. In 2022, Rhenn Taguiam of Game Rant ranked this season as the seventh-best season. Controversy The fifth episode featured two of the more controversial moments in the show's history. 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." These comments were largely denounced as racist due to the equation of people in Africa as animals. 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