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==Episodes==
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{{ep | 3642 | 11/02/2004 | P | [[Richard Pay]] | 90 – 69 | Kirk Bevins | [[Michael Aspel]] | [[Susie Dent]] }}
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{{ep | 4768 | 2/03/2009 | P | [[Ann Abel]] | 54&nbsp;–&nbsp;127 | Kirk Bevins | [[Phil Hammond]] | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4769 | 3/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 97 – 67 |[[Fiona Shaw]]|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4770 | 4/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 126 – 47  |[[Ben Nicholas]]|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4771 | 5/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 130 – 55 |[[Peter Bennett]]|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4772 | 6/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 111 – 39 |[[Barrie Robinson]]|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4773 | 9/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 114 – 53 |[[Anne Adams]]|[[Colin Murray]]|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4774 | 16/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 106 – 71 |[[Ian Payn]]|Colin Murray|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4775 | 17/03/2009 | P |Kirk Bevins| 114 – 31 |[[Rosie Owen]]|Colin Murray|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4837 | 11/06/2009 | QF |Kirk Bevins| 115 – 90 |[[Julie Russell]]|[[John Stapleton]]|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4841 | 17/06/2009 | SF |Kirk Bevins| 98 – 88 |[[Neil Zussman]]|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4843 | 19/06/2009 | F |[[Jimmy Gough]]| 59 – 102 |Kirk Bevins|Phil Hammond|Susie Dent}}
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Revision as of 17:16, 19 January 2010

A 17-year old Kirk during his first appearance on Countdown.

Kirk Bevins is the champion of Series 60. He originally appeared on Countdown near the start of Series 51. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp Richard Pay. In one round he went blank as he could only see SHAGMAN, and comically guessed TURROTING for the conundrum instead of TORTURING.

He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever Goatdown Championship against Conor Travers. He has yet to win a COLIN, CoBris/CoNot or CoLei event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however until very recently he was ranked #1 on Apterous with a top score of 155.

Kirk during the Series 60 final

Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in Series 60. In his first show he set the record for the highest score for a challenger of 127, beating Jonathan Coles's earlier 124 record. His next show was not a century – he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers rounds correctly. His third show is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and at one point could potentially have beaten Julian Fell's record of 146. However, he missed BEHOVE, then his opponent Peter Bennett controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he now couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would have given him the second highest ever score of 140, a position currently held by Chris Davies with 139. However, in the event it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost 130 – 55.

Bevins's fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning that in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers round and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history. This record was eclipsed when Series 61 contestant Andrew Hulme amassed a total of 930 points in his octochamp run.

In Series 60 he had an average score of 115 when becoming an Octochamp. Throughout his whole time on Countdown, he has an average of over 109 per game.

Kirk Bevins down his local pub with his darts team.

On 10 November 2009 and 11 December 2009, Kirk was seen on the show again, on both occasions as the audience member who solved the conundrum when neither contestant could get it.

Outside of Countdown, Kirk is a keen darts player, and also appeared on Brainteaser, and on The Weakest Link in 2008.


Preceded by
Junaid Mubeen
Series winner
Series 60
Followed by
Chris Davies (Series 61)


Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3642 11/02/2004 P Richard Pay 90 – 69 Kirk Bevins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent
4768 2/03/2009 P Ann Abel 54 – 127 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4769 3/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 97 – 67 Fiona Shaw Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4770 4/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 126 – 47 Ben Nicholas Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4771 5/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 130 – 55 Peter Bennett Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4772 6/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 111 – 39 Barrie Robinson Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4773 9/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 53 Anne Adams Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent
4774 16/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 106 – 71 Ian Payn Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent
4775 17/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 31 Rosie Owen Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent
4837 11/06/2009 QF Kirk Bevins 115 – 90 Julie Russell Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent
4841 17/06/2009 SF Kirk Bevins 98 – 88 Neil Zussman Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4843 19/06/2009 F Jimmy Gough 59 – 102 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent

External links

Watch all Kirk's Series 60 episodes on YouTube