Michael Macdonald-Cooper

Michael MacDonald-Cooper will be a finalist in Series 58. He won 8 games and amassez 780 points. He won three close games before scoring 126 against Stewart Scott - the highest score of the series so far. He followed this up with 96, 100 and 103. In his 8th game he faced Garvin Loughrin and went into the conudrum trailing by 82 to 85, however it was Michael that got the conundrum in 2 seconds and became an Octochamp.

Away from Countdown, Michael used to be a crossword editor and is a former contestant on the BBC game show Mastermind.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4514	08/01/2008	P	Grant Watson	70 – 87	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Roger Cook	Alison Heard
4515	09/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	92 – 65	John Brewster	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Phil Hammond	Alison Heard
4516	10/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	84 – 73	Karyn Cook	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Phil Hammond	Alison Heard
4517	11/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	126 – 29	Stewart Scott	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Phil Hammond	Alison Heard
4518	14/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	96 – 49	Jason Meek	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Phil Hammond	Alison Heard
4519	15/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	103 – 88	William Bailey	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Phil Hammond	Alison Heard
4520	16/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	100 – 41	Howard Salinger	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alistair Stewart	Alison Heard
4521	17/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	92 – 85	Garvin Loughrin	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alistair Stewart	Alison Heard