Martin May

Martin May, 11 years after his first appearance in Series 79.

Martin May was a contestant in Series 56 and 57 who became an octochamp in Series 79. He is a Deputy Restaurant Manager from Adlington, Lancashire, and is also an Apterite.

He won two games unbeaten in Series 56, but had to retire for personal reasons without losing a game. The producers allowed him to continue his run in Series 57 where by chance he faced seven-time winner Mikey Lear. The game was close throughout, but May avoided a crucial conundrum by spotting DUSTIER in the last letters round. May went on to win three more games before losing to Steve Baines who would by coincidence also go on to win 7 games and lose the final 8th one.

In January 2010, May attended his first unofficial Countdown tournament, COLIN 2010 where he managed an impressive 5th place.

May re-appeared on the show in Series 79. He started his run against Paul Hollidge with a strong 96 points win. He then went on to achieve four consecutive centuries during his heat run, totalling six in total. He spotted impressive nine letter findings such as NORMALISE and RESHAPING. May rounded off his Series 79 run with a total of 839 points to become the number one seed of the series.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4282	29/01/2007	P	Leigh Brook	67 – 86	Martin May	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	129
4283	30/01/2007	P	Martin May	95 – 84	Daniel Giddings	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	141
4412	9/08/2007	P	Mikey Lear	70 – 97	Martin May	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	115
4413	10/08/2007	P	Martin May	90 – 81	Gina McDowell	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	131
4414	13/08/2007	P	Martin May	104 – 68	Patrick Durnall	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ann Widdecombe	Susie Dent	118
4415	14/08/2007	P	Martin May	101 – 79	Amanda Vickery	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ricky Tomlinson	Susie Dent	131
4416	15/08/2007	P	Martin May	73 – 77	Steve Baines	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ricky Tomlinson	Susie Dent	118
6932	17/10/2018	P	Paul Hollidge	52 – 96	Martin May	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Clive Anderson	Susie Dent	135
6933	18/10/2018	P	Martin May	117 – 52	Chris Stableford	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	124
6934	19/10/2018	P	Martin May	103 – 54	Seamus Bradley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	134
6935	22/10/2018	P	Martin May	108 – 59	Leanne Heath	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	145
6936	23/10/2018	P	Martin May	101 – 15	Vicki Griffiths	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	120
6937	24/10/2018	P	Martin May	89 – 42	Maria Michaels	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	129
6938	25/10/2018	P	Martin May	108 – 67	Alan Tubbert	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	155
6939	26/10/2018	P	Martin May	117 – 49	Dover Dubosarsky	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	137