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Maria Boyes

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Maria Boyes was the runner-up of Series 36. She beat Ian Brunton in her first game, and won a further seven to become an octochamp and #2 seed for the series. In the heats, she faced only one Crucial Conundrum, in her fifth game against Andrew Auger, which she won after neither player was able to unscramble the Conundrum.

Returning in the quarter finals as #2 seed, she saw off #7 seed Malcolm Fairy by 61 – 43 after spotting the Crucial Conundrum fractionally ahead of her opponent, and then faced #3 seed Simon Pryde in the semi finals. Simon led for most of the game, but Maria took a three point lead in the closing stages, and held on to win by 43 – 40 after neither player was able to unscramble the Conundrum, RUSTPROOF, thus advancing to the final against #4 seed Tony Baylis. The final was nip and tuck up until the penultimate round, when a botched numbers game solution from Maria sealed her defeat. Maria returned for Championship of Champions IX a few months later, and convincingly beat Amy Godel 54 – 37 in the first round to set up a rematch of her Series 36 semi-final before against Simon Pryde in the quarter-finals; unfortunately for Maria, this time, Simon would emerge as the winner by 41 – 33.

Maria is famous for making one of the most famous letters games spots in Countdown history – picking the niner JAPONICAS out of a seemingly terrible selection in the first round of one of her finals stage games.

Preceded by
Dag Griffiths
Series runner-up
Series 36
Followed by
Christine White

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
2050 16/07/1997 P Ian Brunton 29 – 56 Maria Boyes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2051 17/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 52 – 46 Arthur Singleton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2052 18/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 68 – 40 Ray Millar Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2053 21/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 49 – 11 Gwenda Sacks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2054 22/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 53 – 45 Andrew Auger Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2055 23/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 65 – 34 Keith Berrett Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
2056 24/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 49 – 35 Diane Sells Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent
2057 25/07/1997 P Maria Boyes 47 – 28 Brad Driver Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent
2097 19/09/1997 QF Maria Boyes 61 – 43 Malcolm Fairy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Hannah Robertson
2101 25/09/1997 SF Maria Boyes 43 – 40 Simon Pryde Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nicholas Parsons Hannah Robertson
2102 26/09/1997 GF Maria Boyes 52 – 66 Tony Baylis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nicholas Parsons Hannah Robertson
2166 1/01/1998 CP Maria Boyes 54 – 37 Amy Godel Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman
2171 8/01/1998 CQF Simon Pryde 41 – 33 Maria Boyes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman