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Jill Bright

From Countdown
Jill Bright in her debut game.

Jill Bright was a finalist in Series 38, and was a contestant in the 30th Birthday Championship.

Famously in her second game, she got two nine letter words in the first two rounds. She had a score of 81 going into the conundrum and could have surpassed Allan Saldanha and Stephen Balment's score of 83. However she failed to solve the conundrum and stayed on 81. 81 remains the highest score after 8 rounds of a 9-round game.

She returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to Series 28 quarter-finalist Chris Hawkins by a score of 95 – 51.

She made her CO-event debut at CoChest.

Away from Countdown, Bright is also a competitive Scrabble player.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
2270 27/05/1998 P Chris Smith 45 – 56 Jill Bright Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Merrill Thomas Mark Nyman 80
2271 28/05/1998 P Jill Bright 81 – 38 Wilma Anscombe Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Merrill Thomas Mark Nyman 94
2272 29/05/1998 P Jill Bright 61* – 51 Sam Essen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Merrill Thomas Mark Nyman 73
2273 1/06/1998 P Jill Bright 54 – 33 Stephen Fyffe Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Mark Nyman 74
2274 2/06/1998 P Jill Bright 56 – 53 Kathy Walker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Mark Nyman 74
2275 3/06/1998 P Jill Bright 59 – 49 Alasdair Dowling Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Mark Nyman 84
2276 4/06/1998 P Jill Bright 50 – 55 Kelvin Philpott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Mark Nyman 81
2287 19/06/1998 QF Jill Bright 51 – 56 Steve Fisher Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Susie Dent 73
5626 22/01/2013 30B1 Chris Hawkins 95 – 51 Jill Bright Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Margaret Mountford Susie Dent 123
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum