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− | In 2000, Volante qualified for the ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' Grand Final of Series 29 with 211 points, but was subsequently unable to appear in the Final because he | + | In 2000, Volante qualified for the ''{{w|Fifteen to One}}'' Grand Final of Series 29 with 211 points, but was subsequently unable to appear in the Final because he was travelling in Australia at the time of filming. He has also appeared on ''{{w|University Challenge}}'', ''{{w|Mastermind (TV series)|Mastermind}}'' and ''{{w|Only Connect}}''. On 31 May 2010, he appeared on ''{{w|A Question of Genius}}'' where he came 2nd out of 6 contestants, beaten only by the previous day's winner. In 2014, he appeared on the revived ''Fifteen to One'', reaching the heat final and eventually finishing 3rd. He made yet another quiz show appearance on ''The Switch'' on 29 November 2019. |
==CO-events== | ==CO-events== |
Revision as of 14:29, 6 December 2020
Ian Volante octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | 4 |
Points total | 826 |
Conundrums solved | 6 |
Ian Volante was a contestant in Series 56 and an octochamp in Series 82. He is a statistician and korfball player from Edinburgh, but originally from Yorkshire. As of his second appearance, he was living in Musselburgh. He has also been an Apterite since 2008, and is the first member of Apterous to have played at least one game on more than 4,000 different days. [1]
On Countdown
Volante first appeared on Countdown on 11 January 2007 against 11-year-old Bradley Cates, a future Series 69 semi-finalist, in which Volante won the game on a crucial conundrum. He then won two more games before losing his fourth to Amey Deshpande.
13 years later, Volante returned to Countdown as a contestant in Series 82 on 6 February 2020. On his "second début", he scored points in every round but the conundrum to outrun John Barlow by 48 points. The next day, a spot of the nine letter word RELATIONS helped Volante to 117 points. On his third episode, he scored a personal best 119 points after finding RELATIONS again! On the episode broadcast on Nick Hewer's birthday, Volante became the second octochamp of the series and amassed a total of 826 points, and has qualified to return for the series finals in December 2020 as the number 4 seed. He will play against number 5 seed Ryan Styles.
Appearances on quiz shows
In 2000, Volante qualified for the Fifteen to One Grand Final of Series 29 with 211 points, but was subsequently unable to appear in the Final because he was travelling in Australia at the time of filming. He has also appeared on University Challenge, Mastermind and Only Connect. On 31 May 2010, he appeared on A Question of Genius where he came 2nd out of 6 contestants, beaten only by the previous day's winner. In 2014, he appeared on the revived Fifteen to One, reaching the heat final and eventually finishing 3rd. He made yet another quiz show appearance on The Switch on 29 November 2019.
CO-events
Volante made his CO-event debut at CoNot 2011, followed in 2012 by an appearance at COEDI.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4270 | 11/01/2007 | P | Bradley Cates | 63 – 78 | Ian Volante | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
4271 | 12/01/2007 | P | Ian Volante | 94 – 64 | Lee Collingham | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Martin Jarvis | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
4272 | 15/01/2007 | P | Ian Volante | 102 – 93 | George Rhodes | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Cryer | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
4273 | 16/01/2007 | P | Ian Volante | 79 – 91 | Amey Deshpande | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Cryer | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
7257 | 6/02/2020 | P | John Barlow | 60 – 108 | Ian Volante | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7258 | 7/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 117 – 54 | Maria Chandler | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7259 | 10/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 119 – 66 | Josh Parmley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Prue Leith | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7260 | 11/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 101 – 30 | Angharad Smith | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7261 | 12/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 90 – 28 | Jack Austin | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7262 | 13/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 96 – 47 | Michael Haycock | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7263 | 14/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 93 – 38 | Robbie Walden | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7264 | 17/02/2020 | P | Ian Volante | 102 – 60 | Paul Silcock | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Sinha | Susie Dent | 124 |