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Dinos Sfyris

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Dinos Sfyris, 12 years after his first appearance in Series 80.

Konstadinos "Dinos" Sfyris was a contestant in Series 57 and an octochamp in 80. As of his 2nd appearance, he is a Maths Tutor from Rotherham.

The following year, Sfyris returned to the Countdown world for the unofficial COLIN 2008 tournament. He subsequently appeared at CoNot 2008, CoLei 2008, COLIN 2009, CoLei2, COLIN 2010, CoLei Summer Special, CoLei3, Co:Lon 2011, COLIN 2012 and was the winner of CoNot 2009.

On both 16 December 2009, during a semi-final, and 15 March 2010 during a special, Sfyris was seen on the show again, as the audience member who solved the conundrum when neither contestant could get it. He appeared in another special on 2 August 2010, where he beat Series 59 octochamp Kai Laddiman, this time appearing as Dinos, as opposed to Konstadinos.

Outside of Countdown, Sfyris also appeared on The Weakest Link in 2009, and The Krypton Factor on 2 February 2010. One year later, he appeared on The Chase and Pointless, and then in January 2015 appeared on Tipping Point, followed by an appearance on Two Tribes later that same year. His next TV apperance was The Boss on BBC One in 2018.

Sfyris reappeared on the show in 2019 in Series 80, hitting the ground running with a debut score of 117 points and defeating his rival David Ellis by close to a hundred points. He then followed this victory with 7 more sensational victories with 6 centuries and 2 scores in the 90s, garnering an aggregate score of 918 points. He also spotted impressive 9 letter words such as AMORTISES, DIAPERING, ERECTIONS, and PINAFORES. As a result of his impressive run, he became the second octochamp of Series 80, and will almost certainly return in June for the series finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4457 11/10/2007 P John Scott 57 – 99 Konstadinos Sfyris Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 121
4458 12/10/2007 P Konstadinos Sfyris 86 – 42 Georgina Parkinson Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent 115
4459 15/10/2007 P Konstadinos Sfyris 87 – 48 Marianne Rowntree Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Johnny Ball Susie Dent 122
4460 16/10/2007 P Konstadinos Sfyris 76 – 78 Dorian Lidell Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Johnny Ball Susie Dent 120
S28 2/08/2010 S Kai Laddiman 84 – 90 Dinos Sfyris Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gary Osborne Susie Dent 141
7017 22/02/2019 P David Ellis 23 – 117 Dinos Sfyris Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tanni Grey-Thompson Susie Dent 135
7018 25/02/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 92 – 25 Martin Rose Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tanni Grey-Thompson Susie Dent 132
7019 26/02/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 130 – 44 Dennis Miller Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Tanni Grey-Thompson Susie Dent 133
7020 27/02/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 137 – 75 Jamie Barron Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Whitehall Susie Dent 142
7021 28/02/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 98 – 56 Jake Pacifico Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Whitehall Susie Dent 143
7022 1/03/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 120 – 39 Darren Smith Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Whitehall Susie Dent 124
7023 4/03/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 119 – 18 Pauline Collard Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Whitehall Susie Dent 147
7024 5/03/2019 P Dinos Sfyris 105 – 32 Joe Harrington Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Michael Whitehall Susie Dent 135