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| − | [[Image:Ben Wilson.jpg|right|thumb|'''Ben Wilson''' on the show.]]
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| − | [[Image:Ben_Wilson_2.jpg|right|thumb|frame|'''Ben Wilson''' organising a [[COLIN]] event.]]
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| − | '''Ben Wilson''' (22 March 1983-) first appeared on Countdown in [[Series 46]], his first programme being broadcast on 6 November 2001. He defeated namesake [[Peter Wilson (Series 46)|Peter Wilson]] {{score|101|70}} in his first show, before winning 5 more games and becoming one of only five [[Octochamp|viscounts]] in Countdown history, famously declaring {{word|SEXPOT}}
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| − | He returned for the series finals as number 1 seed, beating fellow Lincoln resident [[Simon Cartwright]] 83-68 in the quarter-finals, and Scotland's [[Paul Ryan]] {{score|101|80}} in the semi-finals after a close and tense game. In the grand final on Christmas Day against [[Steve Sandalls]], the scores were level until round 9, but Ben built up a lead of 17 points over the next two rounds with an excellent six-small numbers game, and the word {{word|BONNIES}}. A series of poor rounds, including offering {{word|MACE}} for four, missing {{word|GYRATED}} and making a mistake on the final numbers game put Wilson 1 point behind going into the conundrum, but, he was able to solve the conundrum in 5 seconds to become champion of the 46th series, and the first champion of the [[15 round format]]. Aged just 18 at the time, Ben also has the distinction of being the first ever series champion of Countdown to have been born after the show's debut on [[Channel 4]].
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| − | Wilson was invited back for [[Championship of Champions XI]] in January 2003, where he was paired against Northern Ireland's [[Geraldine Hylands]] in the first round. Wilson scraped through, winning {{score|94|91|Episode 3394}}, but was ultimately beaten in the quarter-finals of the tournament by [[Tom Hargreaves]], by a score of {{score|131|98|Episode 3400}}. At the time, this game set the record for highest aggregate score in a 15-round game (229), and 98 still remains one of the highest losing score of all time. Thr aggregate record was not broken until the following [[Championship of Champions XII|Championship of Champions]] tournament when [[Mark Tournoff]] beat [[Matthew Shore]] by {{score|124|117}}. His own record of his experience on the show can be read on [[The Countdown Page]] [http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-ben-wilson-1.htm here.]
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| − | ==After Countdown==
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| − | Since his appearances on Countdown, Wilson has gone on to become deeply involved in the world of online Countdown, being amongst the first to play Countdown over [[MSN Messenger]], and one of the original moderators of [[c4countdown]].
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| − | Wilson is organiser of [[COLIN]], the first annual Countdown tournament, as well as the two [[CoNot]] events. He also visited the [[Edinburgh Countdown Club]] in late 2003, [[CoBris 2005]], [[CoBris 2007]], [[CoLei 2008]], [[CoLei2]], [[Co:Lon]], the [[CoLei Summer Special]], and was the winner of the first ever [[CoRed]] tournament in March 2007.
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| − | Away from Countdown, Wilson took up [[Scrabble]] after his last Countdown appearance. He's an [[Association of British Scrabble Players]] member and won his first tournament, Peterborough, in March 2008.
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| − | {{series winner|preceded_by=John Rawnsley|series=46|followed_by=Chris Wills}}
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| − | ==Episodes==
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| − | {{episode table}}
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| − | {{ep | 3117 | 6/11/2001 | P | [[Peter Wilson (Series 46)|Peter Wilson]] | 70 - 101 | Ben Wilson | [[Vanessa Feltz]] | [[Clare Pemberton]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3118 | 7/11/2001 | P | Ben Wilson | 102 - 49 | [[Jeanette Littlejohn]] | Vanessa Feltz | Clare Pemberton }}
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| − | {{ep | 3119 | 8/11/2001 | P | Ben Wilson | 98 - 60 | [[Bob Bride]] | Vanessa Feltz | Clare Pemberton }}
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| − | {{ep | 3120 | 9/11/2001 | P | Ben Wilson | 90 - 80 | [[Mike Nicholson]] | Vanessa Feltz | Clare Pemberton }}
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| − | {{ep | 3121 | 12/11/2001 | P | Ben Wilson | 86 - 72 | [[Pearl Norman]] | [[Nigel Rees]] | [[Phiona Stanley]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3122 | 13/11/2001 | P | Ben Wilson | 93 - 76 | [[John Hadley]] | Nigel Rees | Phiona Stanley }}
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| − | {{ep | 3146 | 17/12/2001 | QF | Ben Wilson | 83 - 68 | [[Simon Cartwright]] | [[Denis Norden]] | [[Tania Styles]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3150 | 21/12/2001 | SF | [[Paul Ryan]] | 80 - 101 | Ben Wilson | Denis Norden | Tania Styles }}
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| − | {{ep | 3152 | 25/12/2001 | GF | [[Steve Sandalls]] | 75 - 84 | Ben Wilson | [[Geoffrey Durham]] | Clare Pemberton }}
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| − | {{ep | 3394 | 10/01/2003 | CP | Ben Wilson | 94 - 91 | [[Geraldine Hylands]] | [[Martin Jarvis]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
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| − | {{ep | 3400 | 20/01/2003 | CQF | [[Tom Hargreaves]] | 131 - 98 | Ben Wilson | [[Eric Knowles]] | Susie Dent }}
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| − | ==External Links== | |
| − | * [http://members.lycos.co.uk/nebagram/ Neb's Countdown site v2]
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| − | * [http://www.nebagram.co.uk/countdownindex.htm Neb's Countdown site V3]
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| − | [[Category:Series winners]]
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| − | [[Category:Viscounts]]
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| − | [[Category:Contestants in Series 46]]
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| − | [[category:Contestants in Championship of Champions XI]]
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