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'''Kirk Bevins''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series winner|champion]] of [[Series 60]], as well as the winner of the [[Episode S26|overall 2009 season]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', who made his début in [[Series 51]]. He was also a quarter-finalist in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
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'''Kirk Bevins''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series winners|champion]] of [[Series 60]], as well as the winner of the [[Episode S26|overall 2009 season]] of ''[[Countdown]]'', who made his début in [[Series 51]]. He was also a quarter-finalist in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
  
 
Bevins originally appeared on the show near the start of [[Series 51]] in 2004, at the age of 17. 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 {{word|shagman}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}.
 
Bevins originally appeared on the show near the start of [[Series 51]] in 2004, at the age of 17. 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 {{word|shagman}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}.

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

Kirk Bevins was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 60, as well as the winner of the overall 2009 season of Countdown, who made his début in Series 51. He was also a quarter-finalist in the 30th Birthday Championship.

Bevins originally appeared on the show near the start of Series 51 in 2004, at the age of 17. 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 and the Apterous Winter Closed 2009 Championship Flight. For some time, he was ranked #1 on Apterous with a top score of 155. In February 2010, he became #1 human player on there again, overtaking Craig Beevers's long-standing record.

Kirk has also attended every COLIN, CoBris, CoNot, Co:Lon, COHUD and CobliviLon event thus far, winning his first two COLIN 2010 and CoLei3 in the same year. He then held onto his title at COLIN 2011.

Kirk during the Series 60 final.

Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins reappeared on the show in Series 60. There he showed incredible performances in the letters rounds. 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 was 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 then second highest ever score of 140, a position that was held by Chris Davies with 139. However, in the event it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost 130 – 55.

Bevins' 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 107 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.

On 15 March 2010, Bevins took part in a special episode against the other 2009 series winner Chris Davies, to find the overall champion of that year. In a close game, with the leader changing places several times, Bevins finished victorious.

“The Kirkulator”, as he became known on the show, returned to Countdown in 2013 as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. After receiving a bye to the first round, he won his first match against the Series 38 champion John Ashmore by a score of 130 – 92, which was also his and the show's second televised max 15-rounder. He then played Series 61 semi-finalist Innis Carson in a phenomenal match, which Bevins won on a second conundrum, after both he and Carson incorrectly guessed the first one. He was finally defeated in the quarter-finals by Series 54 champion Conor Travers by a score of 119 – 94, in which Travers scored a perfect game, making Bevins the first person to score a perfect game and lose to a perfect game on television.

Outside of Countdown, Bevins is a keen darts player, and as of 2013, he is one of the 4 official match referees on the PDC circuit, and also appeared on the Channel 5 game shows Memory Bank and BrainTeaser in 2004, and on The Weakest Link in 2008. In 2016 he appeared with a friend on the new BBC show The Code which he lost in controversial circumstances.

Preceded by
Junaid Mubeen
Series winner
Series 60
Followed by
Chris Davies


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 111
4768 2/03/2009 P Ann Abel 54 – 127 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 130
4769 3/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 97 – 67 Fiona Shaw Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 116
4770 4/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 126 – 47 Ben Nicholas Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 126
4771 5/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 130 – 55 Peter Bennett Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 150
4772 6/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 111 – 39 Barrie Robinson Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 120
4773 9/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 53 Anne Adams Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 129
4774 16/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 106 – 71 Ian Payn Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 131
4775 17/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 31 Rosie Owen Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent 129
4837 11/06/2009 QF Kirk Bevins 115 – 90 Julie Russell Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent 117
4841 17/06/2009 SF Kirk Bevins 98 – 88 Neil Zussman Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 128
4843 19/06/2009 GF Jimmy Gough 59 – 102 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 115
S26 15/03/2010 S Chris Davies 77 – 81 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gary Osborne Susie Dent 120
5634 1/02/2013 30B1 John Ashmore 92 – 130 Kirk Bevins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 130
5645 18/02/2013 30B2 Innis Carson 102 – 112* Kirk Bevins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Phil Hammond Susie Dent 120
5650 25/02/2013 30BQF Conor Travers 119 – 94 Kirk Bevins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 119
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

External Links

Watch all Kirk's Series 60 episodes on YouTube