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[[Image:DannyPledger.jpg|480px|thumb|Danny Pledger as they appeared in [[Series 62]].]] | [[Image:DannyPledger.jpg|480px|thumb|Danny Pledger as they appeared in [[Series 62]].]] | ||
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− | '''Danny Pledger''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 62]]. | + | '''Danny Pledger''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 62]]. His mother, [[Cheryl Cutler]], appeared as a contestant in [[Series 64]]. |
Pledger's total of 635 points was the lowest for an octochamp in the [[15-round format|15-round era]] until [[Steven Turnbull]] broke it with 619 in [[Series 80]]. Pledger returned for the finals as the No. 2 seed, but was ousted by No. 7-ranked [[Nicki Sellars]] in the second quarter-final – the first of four "upsets" to the seeding in the finals stages. | Pledger's total of 635 points was the lowest for an octochamp in the [[15-round format|15-round era]] until [[Steven Turnbull]] broke it with 619 in [[Series 80]]. Pledger returned for the finals as the No. 2 seed, but was ousted by No. 7-ranked [[Nicki Sellars]] in the second quarter-final – the first of four "upsets" to the seeding in the finals stages. |
Revision as of 15:10, 19 August 2022
Danny Pledger Octochamp Statistics | |
Final position | Quarter-finalist |
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Seeding | 2 |
Points total | 635 |
Conundrums solved | 2 |
Danny Pledger was an octochamp in Series 62. His mother, Cheryl Cutler, appeared as a contestant in Series 64.
Pledger's total of 635 points was the lowest for an octochamp in the 15-round era until Steven Turnbull broke it with 619 in Series 80. Pledger returned for the finals as the No. 2 seed, but was ousted by No. 7-ranked Nicki Sellars in the second quarter-final – the first of four "upsets" to the seeding in the finals stages.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5038 | 14/05/2010 | P | Steve Wilson | 89 – 92 | Danny Pledger | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Hilary Jones | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
5039 | 17/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 85 – 55 | Steven King | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
5040 | 18/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 74 – 53 | Sam Carpenter | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5041 | 19/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 76 – 51 | Paul Sweetman | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5042 | 20/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 96 – 64 | Derek Metson | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
5043 | 21/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 65 – 53 | Elaine Baig | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
5044 | 24/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 77 – 64 | Peter Joint | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
5045 | 25/05/2010 | P | Danny Pledger | 70 – 54 | Gaynor Edwards | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5058 | 11/06/2010 | QF | Danny Pledger | 60 – 100 | Nicki Sellars | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 124 |