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Junaid Mubeen

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Series 59 champion Junaid Mubeen in his 8th game.

Junaid Mubeen was the champion of Series 59 and also a contestant in Series 39. He first appeared in Series 39 at 14 years old, where he lost to Mike Jones on a crucial conundrum. He returned 10 years later after passing another audition, and reeled off 8 impressive wins, including 100 on his debut. After setting the highest score of the series (later surpassed by Charlie Reams) he scored under 100 in his final three games, but still became #1 seed with a points total of 790. This points total was also surpassed by Reams, who scored 820 and Martin Bishop who scored 809.

In the quarter-final, Mubeen gave one of the performances of the series, scoring 124 out of a possible 127 including the nine letter word NOTARISED. Mubeen scored all maximums at the numbers and conundrum and dropped just three points on the letters. Charlie Reams beat Kai Laddiman in the first semi-final, leaving Mubeen to face Martin Bishop in the second one. Mubeen took the lead with SPATIAL and ROMAINE but Bishop got back into the game when Mubeen had PRECASTED disallowed (the past participle of PRECAST is PRECAST). However, when Bishop had SOMAINE disallowed in the final letters game, Mubeen was beyond reach and topped off a good performance by taking the points from the final numbers and conundrum.

In the final #1 seed faced #3 seed, and the game was very close, first of all Reams missed STEMMED in the first round, but Mubeen had SLOPERS x disallowed in the next round. The players scored in the next two rounds, before Mubeen decided to pick six small numbers. Reams declared nothing while Mubeen declared 929 but had miscounted and got no points. In the second "half", Junaid took the lead with ORGANDIE and extended it when Reams had ALIENER disallowed. Mubeen held onto this lead until the final numbers, where Reams made a tactical choice of 4 large, but it didn't work because both players got the target and put their pens down after 20 seconds. Mubeen had a 14 point lead going into the conundrum, but it was Reams that solved ERACLOSES (CASSEROLE) and lost the final by just 4 points, 88 - 84.

Preceded by
David O'Donnell
Series winner
Series 59

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
2342 4/09/1998 P Mike Jones 51 – 40 Junaid Mubeen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Anna Eaton
4673 22/09/2008 P Julie Rees 42 – 100 Junaid Mubeen Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Andrew Sachs Susie Dent
4674 23/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 92 – 79 Hazel Jones Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Andrew Sachs Susie Dent
4675 24/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 121 – 67 David Williams Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent
4676 25/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 106 – 49 Darren Stibbs Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent
4677 26/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 106 – 72 Tony McCreadie Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent
4678 29/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 94 – 45 Gerard Doyle Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Keith Barron Susie Dent
4679 30/09/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 74 – 62 Jonathan Gilligan Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Susie Dent
4680 1/10/2008 P Junaid Mubeen 97 – 27 Margaret Batters Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Susie Dent
4728 08/12/2008 QF Neil MacKenzie 57 – 124 Junaid Mubeen Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Susie Dent
4731 11/12/2008 SF Junaid Mubeen 96 – 56 Martin Bishop Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Jo Brand Susie Dent
4732 12/12/2008 F Junaid Mubeen 88 – 84 Charlie Reams Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent
4734 13/01/2009 CP Junaid Mubeen 80 – 55 Tony Warren Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Andrew Sachs Susie Dent
4742 23/01/2009 CQF Junaid Mubeen 79 – 88 Charlie Reams Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Alastair Stewart Susie Dent