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Olivia Lloyd-Potts
Olivia Lloyd-Potts, nee Olivia Lloyd was the runner-up of Series 6.
She first appeared on Countdown on 13 February 1985, beating Sheila Alder 52 – 35 in the 28th heat of Series 6. She went on to win four more games before being stopped by Helen Grayson. Lloyd-Potts' five wins were enough to see her return for the finals as #4 seed, where she beat Robert Healan narrowly in the quarter-finals on a crucial conundrum. Here, Healan buzzed in with the incorrect solution of SCHEDULES, leaving Lloyd-Potts to correctly offer SCHEDULED shortly after. She next beat Helen Grayson in the semi-finals, 'avenging' her earlier defeat in the heats. In the final against Darryl Francis, Lloyd-Potts put in a spirited display, but was overwhelmed by Francis' expert word knowledge, losing 37 – 69.
Lloyd-Potts' performances were enough to see her return for Championship of Champions II the following year, but she was beaten in the first round by eventual winner Clive Freedman.
Lloyd-Potts returned to Countdown one last time in 1996 for the Supreme Championship, but was beaten in the first round by the then-unbeaten Don Reid. In this game, she played reasonably well, but Reid offered several obscure words that beat hers, and she made a mistake in a numbers game. However, at the end she unravelled PROFAINOR to lose just 57 – 40.
Her sister, Pauline Latham, won 2 shows in Series 40, 14 years later. And in 2015, a special episode between the pair was broadcast, with Latham winning by just 3 points.
She appeared as a contestant on Tipping Point in 2013. She has also appeared on many other quiz shows, including Weakest Link and The Chase.
Preceded by Robert Violett |
Series runner-up Series 6 |
Followed by Julian Hough |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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262 | 13/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 52 – 35 | Sheila Alder | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Liz Fraser | Yvonne Warburton | 70 | |
263 | 14/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 36 – 16 | Oksana Last | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warburton | 69 | |
264 | 15/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 44 – 35 | Paul Cook | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warburton | 70 | |
265 | 18/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 57 – 42 | Philippa Spencer | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warburton | 72 | |
266 | 19/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 40 – 37 | Rodney Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warburton | 74 | |
267 | 20/02/1985 | P | Olivia Lloyd | 42 – 62 | Helen Grayson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Yvonne Warburton | 69 | |
285 | 18/03/1985 | QF | Olivia Lloyd | 57 – 54 | Robert Healan | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 71 | |
286 | 19/03/1985 | SF | Olivia Lloyd | 59 – 53 | Helen Grayson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Richard Stilgoe | Julia Swannell | 74 | |
288 | 21/03/1985 | GF | Olivia Lloyd | 37 – 69 | Darryl Francis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth, Richard Stilgoe |
Julia Swannell | 113 | |
399 | 1/04/1986 | CQF | Clive Freedman | 58 – 25 | Olivia Lloyd-Potts | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Cathy Hytner | Gyles Brandreth | Catherine Clarke | 73 | |
M12 | 19/06/1989-23/06/1989 | M | Jenny Haldane | 98 – 54 | Olivia Lloyd-Potts | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | none | Catherine Clarke | 145 | ||
M100 | 25/02/1991-29/02/1991 | M | Evan Simpson | 101 – 67 | Olivia Lloyd-Potts | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | none | Freda Thornton | ??? | ||
1855 | 9/10/1996 | aQF | Don Reid | 57 – 40 | Olivia Lloyd-Potts | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nigel Rees | Susie Dent | 74 | ||
S44 | 6/04/2015 | S | Olivia Lloyd-Potts | 64 – 67 | Pauline Latham | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gyles Brandreth | Susie Dent | 122 |