Jon Corby

Jon Corby in his last ever game, against Charlie Reams.

Jon Corby was a semi-finalist from Series 54. He won all eight of his heat games in impressive fashion, amassing an impressive 856 points and returning for the final rounds as #2 seed. He beat Christine Armstrong in the quarter-final, but lost to eventual runner-up Matthew Shore in the semi-final. As the competitiors for Championship of Champions XII had been decided before Jon's Octochamp run, he did not participate, but competed in the Championship of Champions XIII.

In his first round match, he beat Richard Brittain and held him to just 52 points. In the quarter-final, he faced Jonathan Coles and again won comfortably without facing a crucial conundrum. In the semi-final, he faced Charlie Reams. Reams put on a strong performance, scoring in every round apart from the conundrum, including five eight-letter words in a row - a Countdown record.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4092	28/04/2006	P	Helen Shutler	42 – 110	Jon Corby	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
4093	1/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	95 – 65	Margaret Hillman	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
4094	2/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	109 – 51	Andy Willets	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
4095	3/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	97 – 82	Jack Welsh	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
4096	4/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	118 – 57	Carol Parker	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
4097	5/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	128 – 61	Chris Bailiffe	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent
4098	8/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	102 – 44	Len Oakes	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent
4099	9/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	97 – 51	Terry Norman	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent
4107	19/05/2006	QF	Jon Corby	77 – 66	Christine Armstrong	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4111	25/05/2006	SF	Jon Corby	78 – 94	Matthew Shore	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4735	14/01/2009	CP	Jon Corby	92 – 52	Richard Brittain	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4743	26/01/2009	CQF	Jon Corby	96 – 62	Jonathan Coles	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
4746	29/01/2009	CSF	Charlie Reams	110 – 76	Jon Corby	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent