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Johnson-Davies began attending [[Co-event|Co-events]] in 2018 and was the runner-up of only his second event, [[CoNuT 2019|CoNuT]], in 2019. | Johnson-Davies began attending [[Co-event|Co-events]] in 2018 and was the runner-up of only his second event, [[CoNuT 2019|CoNuT]], in 2019. | ||
− | == On-screen == | + | == On-screen == |
− | + | Luke 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. | |
− | + | Nearly 6 months later, he 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. His score broke [[Hamish Williamson]]'s 10-year-old record for the highest ever score set by a challenger against a champion by 5 points and [[Elliott Mellor]]'s 7-month-old [[Episode 7076|record debut score]] by 8 points. Luke earned four more victories, all with scores well over a century and at least one nine-letter word, before stepping aside for the finals of Series 81. | |
− | + | Luke soon returned to the programme on 2 January 2020 to carry over his unbeaten run in the first heat of Series 82, kicking off the new year in style with spots of the nine-letter words {{word|MONTICULE}} and {{word|ESTIMATOR}} to win his sixth game with 143 points, the fourth-highest ever achieved in the "new" 15-round format. In the third show of the series, he became the standout provisional number 1 seed and only the second octochamp to join the "1,000 club", setting the second-highest ever cumulative score of 1,024 points (an average of 128 per game) after Mellor himself in the process. | |
− | + | Luke is the first ever octochamp to declare a nine-letter word in every heat prior to the finals, and has declared more nine-letter words than any other contestant across eight heat games: 11. He will almost certainly return in June 2020 to compete in the series finals. | |
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− | Luke is the first ever octochamp to declare a nine-letter word in every heat prior to the finals, and has declared more nine-letter words than any other contestant across eight heat games: 11. He will return in June 2020 to compete in the series finals. | ||
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
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{{ep | 7232 | 2/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 143 - 51 |[[Gagan Singh Gill]]|[[Tim Vine]]|Susie Dent|145}} | {{ep | 7232 | 2/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 143 - 51 |[[Gagan Singh Gill]]|[[Tim Vine]]|Susie Dent|145}} | ||
{{ep | 7233 | 3/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 131 - 23 |[[Nathan Nicholson]]|Tim Vine|Susie Dent|135}} | {{ep | 7233 | 3/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 131 - 23 |[[Nathan Nicholson]]|Tim Vine|Susie Dent|135}} | ||
− | {{ep | 7234 | 6/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 126 - 36 |[[Carole Bramwell]]| | + | {{ep | 7234 | 6/01/2020 | P |Luke Johnson-Davies| 126 - 36 |[[Carole Bramwell]]|Tim Vine|Susie Dent|139}} |
{{episode table end}} | {{episode table end}} | ||
Revision as of 19:04, 20 January 2020
Luke Johnson-Davies was an octochamp in Series 82 who debuted in Series 81. He is an Apterite and a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge.
Johnson-Davies began attending Co-events in 2018 and was the runner-up of only his second event, CoNuT, in 2019.
On-screen
Luke 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, he 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. His score broke Hamish Williamson's 10-year-old record for the highest ever score set by a challenger against a champion by 5 points and Elliott Mellor's 7-month-old record debut score by 8 points. Luke earned four more victories, all with scores well over a century and at least one nine-letter word, before stepping aside for the finals of Series 81.
Luke soon returned to the programme on 2 January 2020 to carry over his unbeaten run in the first heat of Series 82, kicking off the new year in style with spots of the nine-letter words MONTICULE and ESTIMATOR to win his sixth game with 143 points, the fourth-highest ever achieved in the "new" 15-round format. In the third show of the series, he became the standout provisional number 1 seed and only the second octochamp to join the "1,000 club", setting the second-highest ever cumulative score of 1,024 points (an average of 128 per game) after Mellor himself in the process.
Luke is the first ever octochamp to declare a nine-letter word in every heat prior to the finals, and has declared more nine-letter words than any other contestant across eight heat games: 11. He will almost certainly return in June 2020 to compete in the series finals.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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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 | ||
7232 | 2/01/2020 | P | Luke Johnson-Davies | 143 – 51 | Gagan Singh Gill | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7233 | 3/01/2020 | P | Luke Johnson-Davies | 131 – 23 | Nathan Nicholson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7234 | 6/01/2020 | P | Luke Johnson-Davies | 126 – 36 | Carole Bramwell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 139 |