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Phil Davies

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Phil Davies
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionSemi-finalist
Seeding4
Points total757
Conundrums solved4
Phil Davies in Series 78.

Phil Davies was an octochamp in Series 78 and a participant in Championship of Champions XV. He joined Apterous after recording his heats.

Appearances on the programme

Heat games

Davies started his run on 5 February, bottoming out at 75 points in his third game, but then climbing to a high of 114 in his seventh. On Valentine’s Day, he missed the conundrum on his final game which denied him a fourth consecutive century and provisional number one seed, but still achieved three centuries in his eight wins to become the second octochamp of the series.

Finals

Davies' 757 points netted him a place in the Series 78 finals as the #4 seed, and he returned in June to face former Series 32 finalist Paul Harper. Davies spotted the nine OUTRANGES early in the show and mounted a 42-point lead, but in the second and third "halves" Harper clawed back the deficit until he was nearly within striking distance. Only an evenly matched final numbers round prevented a crucial conundrum and assured Davies a place in the semis, where he was then matched against hotly favoured #1 seed Zarte Siempre. Davies held his own against the top seed, taking the lead in Round 1 when Siempre had disagreer ☓ called off and maintaining the lead through the difficult six-small selection in Round 9. Ultimately, however, Siempre's spots of MURIATES and NOTABLE meant that the outcome of the game was again decided after the final numbers round, with Davies this time suffering his first defeat.

Championship of Champions XV

Davies returned to Countdown in January 2019 for the Championship of Champions XV, where he faced Jonathan Wynn in the first preliminary round of the tournament. Here, he kept up very well with Wynn, maintaining a crucial margin, but the Series 73 champion ultimately broke away in the third "half" to prevail 103 – 68.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6756 5/02/2018 P David Shipley 47 – 78 Phil Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 123
6757 6/02/2018 P Phil Davies 96 – 28 Simon Block Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alexis Conran Susie Dent 122
6758 7/02/2018 P Phil Davies 75 – 61 Lisa Miller Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alexis Conran Susie Dent 133
6759 8/02/2018 P Phil Davies 98 – 86 Alyn McFetridge Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alexis Conran Susie Dent 124
6760 9/02/2018 P Phil Davies 100 – 77 John Owens Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alexis Conran Susie Dent 133
6761 12/02/2018 P Phil Davies 104 – 77 Ben Jenkins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alexis Conran Susie Dent 126
6762 13/02/2018 P Phil Davies 114 – 37 Mike O'Connell Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 147
6763 14/02/2018 P Phil Davies 92 – 43 Heather Blackley Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Alistair McGowan Susie Dent 122
6850 19/06/2018 QF Phil Davies 81 – 69 Paul Harper Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Helen Fospero Susie Dent 143
6851 20/06/2018 SF Zarte Siempre 112 – 88 Phil Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Helen Fospero Susie Dent 123
6980 2/01/2019 CP Jonathan Wynn 103 – 68 Phil Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Humble Susie Dent 116