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Gino Corr

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Gino Corr was the runner-up of series 19. He won four games towards the very end of the series, but lost the final heat game of the series to Duncan Dale-Emberton. Nonetheless, he returned for the final rounds as #5 seed, beating Maureen Harmer and Lindsay Denyer on his way to the final. He lost the final, however, to Michael Wareham. Gino's performances, not to mention his near-legendary wit and personality, saw him return for Championship of Champions V. There, he beat Jonathan Anstey in the first round and went on to beat Lawrence Pearse in the semi-final, in the process making the most famous letters declaration never to be shown on Countdown, as can be seen here. In the final, Gino lost a close match to Irish wunderkind Tim Morrissey. Gino returned for the supreme championship in 1996, but lost to Steve Balment in the first round.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
991 15/03/1990 P Iqbal Hussein 42 – 54 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sylvia Syms Freda Thornton
992 16/03/1990 P Gino Corr 54 – 14 Jean Read Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sylvia Syms Freda Thornton
993 19/03/1990 P Gino Corr 48 – 28 Michael Wilson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sylvia Syms Freda Thornton
994 20/03/1990 P Gino Corr 43 – 37 Peter Morris Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Sylvia Syms Freda Thornton
995 21/03/1990 P Duncan Dale-Emberton 48 – 33 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Simon Mason
999 27/03/1990 QF Maureen Harmer 22 – 55 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Simon Mason
1000 28/03/1990 SF Lindsay Denyer 20 – 56 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Bill Tidy Simon Mason
1002 30/03/1990 GF Michael Wareham 92 – 68 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees, Bill Tidy Simon Mason
1069 1/01/1991 CQF Gino Corr 57 – 47 Jonathan Anstey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
1073 7/01/1991 CSF Gino Corr 61 – 34 Lawrence Pearse Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Catherine Clarke
1074 08/01/1991 CGF Gino Corr 62 – 78 Tim Morrissey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Dinah Sheridan Catherine Clarke
1875 6/11/1996 dQF Stephen Balment 52 – 44 Gino Corr Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent