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[[File:Luke Johnson-Davies.png|thumb|200px|right|He's not hot. He's not cold. He's Lukewarm!]]
 
[[File:Luke Johnson-Davies.png|thumb|200px|right|He's not hot. He's not cold. He's Lukewarm!]]
 
[[File:Luke Johnson-Davies Audience.png|thumb|200px|right|Luke Johnson-Davies solving the conundrum in [[Episode 7102]].]]
 
[[File:Luke Johnson-Davies Audience.png|thumb|200px|right|Luke Johnson-Davies solving the conundrum in [[Episode 7102]].]]
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'''Luke Johnson-Davies''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 81]] and [[Series 82]]. He's a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge. He is also an [[Apterite]].
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'''Luke Johnson-Davies''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 82]] who debuted in [[Series 81]]. He is an [[Apterite]] and a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge.
  
 
Luke began attending [[Co-event|Co-events]] in 2018, and was the runner-up of only his second event, [[CoNuT 2019|CoNuT]], in 2019.
 
Luke began attending [[Co-event|Co-events]] in 2018, and was the runner-up of only his second event, [[CoNuT 2019|CoNuT]], in 2019.
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He first appeared on television in the [[Episode 7102|second quarter-final of Series 80]] as the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word|LOVECRISP}} with the answer {{word|COVERSLIP}}, which also had {{word|SLIPCOVER}} as a valid solution.
 
He first appeared on television in the [[Episode 7102|second quarter-final of Series 80]] as the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word|LOVECRISP}} with the answer {{word|COVERSLIP}}, which also had {{word|SLIPCOVER}} as a valid solution.
  
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Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019 against one game winner [[Zach Hart]]. Two nine-letter spots and scoring points in every round helped him catapult to 139 points, breaking [[Hamish Williamson]]’s 10-year-old record for the highest-ever debut score set by a challenger against a champion, while Hart scored in one letters round and two numbers rounds. Four more victories followed, all with scores well over a century and at least one 9-letter word spot, before his run was paused by the series finals. He will return to the programme on 2 January 2020 to continue his run in [[Series 82]].
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Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019 against one game winner [[Zach Hart]]. Two nine-letter words and scoring points in every round helped him beat Hart convincingly and catapult to 139 points, breaking [[Hamish Williamson]]'s 10-year-old record for the highest ever score set by a challenger against a champion. Johnson-Davies' 139 is also the highest ever set on a player's first appearance, bettering [[Elliott Mellor]]'s [[Episode 7076|debut score]] by 8. Four more victories followed, all with scores well over a century and at least one nine-letter word, before Johnson-Davies stepped aside for the series finals. He then returned to the programme on 2 January 2020 to carry over his unbeaten run in the first heat of Series 82.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 11:58, 1 January 2020

He's not hot. He's not cold. He's Lukewarm!
Luke Johnson-Davies solving the conundrum in Episode 7102.

Luke Johnson-Davies was a contestant in Series 82 who debuted in Series 81. He is an Apterite and a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge.

Luke began attending Co-events in 2018, and was the runner-up of only his second event, CoNuT, in 2019.

He first appeared on television in the second quarter-final of Series 80 as the audience member who solved the conundrum LOVECRISP with the answer COVERSLIP, which also had SLIPCOVER as a valid solution.

Nearly 6 months later, Johnson-Davies made his debut as a player on 5 December 2019 against one game winner Zach Hart. Two nine-letter words and scoring points in every round helped him beat Hart convincingly and catapult to 139 points, breaking Hamish Williamson's 10-year-old record for the highest ever score set by a challenger against a champion. Johnson-Davies' 139 is also the highest ever set on a player's first appearance, bettering Elliott Mellor's debut score by 8. Four more victories followed, all with scores well over a century and at least one nine-letter word, before Johnson-Davies stepped aside for the series finals. He then returned to the programme on 2 January 2020 to carry over his unbeaten run in the first heat of Series 82.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
7220 5/12/2019 P Zach Hart 26 – 139 Luke Johnson-Davies Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 146
7221 6/12/2019 P Luke Johnson-Davies 122 – 60 Janice Collins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 144
7222 9/12/2019 P Luke Johnson-Davies 113 – 58 Jim Torpey Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 143
7223 10/12/2019 P Luke Johnson-Davies 124 – 28 John Lawlor Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 144
7224 11/12/2019 P Luke Johnson-Davies 126 – 59 Stephen Rooney Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Suzannah Lipscomb Susie Dent 133
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