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Luke Johnson-Davies
Luke Johnson-Davies was a contestant in Series 81. He's a Student at Durham University, from Cambridge. He is also an Apterite.
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 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. The following day, two more nine- letter spots helped Johnson-Davies to 122 points.
After winning his fifth game, which was the last heat game of the series, he retired for the series finals and will return to Countdown on January 2 2020 to continue his run in Series 82.
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 |