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Championship of Champions VIII

From Countdown

Championship of Champions VIII ran from 30 September to 8 October 1996, and was won by Chris Rogers. This Championship of Champions also acted as "Group 0" for the Supreme Championship, in that its winner was granted automatic entry into the latter championship's quarter-finals.

This was the first Championship of Champions in which neither of the grand final's contestants were past series winners: Kenneth Michie and Chris Rogers had been beaten in their series grand finals by David Acton and Darren Shacklady respectively.

Notably, the contestants chose 6 small numbers on 11 out of 16 occasions during the tournament, which led to low scores and some impossible rounds, most notably in the second semi-final which only had a max of 66.

Progress

Alan Sinclair (32) vs Chris Rogers (29) Chris Rogers vs David Acton Chris Rogers
vs
Kenneth Michie
David Acton (31) vs Dennis Fearon (32)
Chris Colsmann (30) vs Kenneth Michie (31) Kenneth Michie vs Darren Shacklady
Darren Shacklady (29) vs Satbir Gupta (32)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.
The numbers refer to the series in which each contestant originally played in the finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1848 30/09/1996 CQF Alan Sinclair 32 – 60 Chris Rogers Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 83
1849 1/10/1996 CQF David Acton 61 – 13 Dennis Fearon Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 81
1850 2/10/1996 CQF Chris Colsmann 40 – 59 Kenneth Michie Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 72
1851 3/10/1996 CQF Darren Shacklady 45 – 34 Satbir Gupta Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 69
1852 4/10/1996 CSF Chris Rogers 47 – 41 David Acton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 83
1853 7/10/1996 CSF Kenneth Michie 46 – 40 Darren Shacklady Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 66
1854 8/10/1996 CGF Kenneth Michie 49 – 71 Chris Rogers Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Susie Dent 111

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