Michael Macdonald-Cooper

Michael MacDonald-Cooper will be a finalist in Series 58. He won 8 games and amassed 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, 103 and 100 in 3 winning performances. 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	Alastair Stewart	Alison Heard
4521	17/01/2008	P	Michael MacDonald-Cooper	92 – 85	Garvin Loughrin	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Alastair Stewart	Alison Heard