Series 80

From Countdown

Series 80 is the eightieth and current series of Countdown, and the fifteenth series presented by Nick Hewer. It began on 23 January 2019, immediately following Championship of Champions XV and will tentatively end on 28 June 2019. Apterites who have appeared in the series include Brendan Whitehurst, Josh Jefferis, Dinos Sfyris, Edward Ashcroft, Charlie Kavanagh, Fiona Titcombe and Elliott Mellor.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Score
1	Elliott Mellor	8	1061
2	Dinos Sfyris	8	918
3	Brendan Whitehurst	8	821
4	Maggie Barlow	8	794
5	Fiona Titcombe	8	720
6	Steven Turnbull	8	619
7	Sandra Pilson	6	630
8	Mark Decouto	6	544

Since Series 64, players are sorted by number of wins then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums aren't counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Finals progress

Elliott Mellor (1) vs Mark Decouto (8)
Fiona Titcombe (5) vs Maggie Barlow (4)
Brendan Whitehurst (3) vs Steven Turnbull (6)
Sandra Pilson (7) vs Dinos Sfyris (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Guest	Lex	Max
2–22 January 2019: Championship of Champions XV
6995	23/01/2019	P	Brendan Whitehurst	104 – 62	Linda Nowotarski	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	127
6996	24/01/2019	P	Brendan Whitehurst	107 – 52	Laurence Dunkling	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	137
6997	25/01/2019	P	Brendan Whitehurst	112 – 62	Charlotte Aldworth	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	125
6998	28/01/2019	P	Brendan Whitehurst	96 – 44	Vittorio Angelone	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	126
6999	29/01/2019	P	Tomack Gilmore	57 – 98	Adam Davidson	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	132
7000	30/01/2019	P	Adam Davidson	69 – 74	Olwen Evans	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	124
7001	31/01/2019	P	Olwen Evans	68 – 80	Jimmy Page	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	125
7002	1/02/2019	P	Jimmy Page	78 – 109	Kerry Copland	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	122
7003	4/02/2019	P	Kerry Copland	78 – 64	Josh Jefferis	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	137
7004	5/02/2019	P	Kerry Copland	69 – 60	Ian Fraser	Jay Rayner	Susie Dent	135
7005	6/02/2019	P	Kerry Copland	82 – 72	George Needham	Shaun Wallace	Susie Dent	136
7006	7/02/2019	P	Kerry Copland	84 – 46	Nick Seymour	Shaun Wallace	Susie Dent	123
7007	8/02/2019	P	Kerry Copland	72 – 74	Misba Sheikh	Shaun Wallace	Susie Dent	146
7008	11/02/2019	P	Misba Sheikh	88 – 83	Caroline Birch	Shaun Wallace	Susie Dent	123
7009	12/02/2019	P	Misba Sheikh	81 – 61	Elaine Hunt	Shaun Wallace	Susie Dent	154
7010	13/02/2019	P	Misba Sheikh	85 – 51	Andrew Dandilly	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	134
7011	14/02/2019	P	Misba Sheikh	56 – 93	Dorcas Brown	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	124
7012	15/02/2019	P	Dorcas Brown	77 – 44	Arun Mathur	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	120
7013	18/02/2019	P	Dorcas Brown	92 – 83	Jon Pople	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	131
7014	19/02/2019	P	Dorcas Brown	71 – 40	Zak Saidani	Dave Myers	Susie Dent	132
7015	20/02/2019	P	Dorcas Brown	58 – 77	David Ellis	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	127
7016	21/02/2019	P	David Ellis	83 – 41	Angela Stewart	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	136
7017	22/02/2019	P	David Ellis	23 – 117	Dinos Sfyris	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	135
7018	25/02/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	92 – 25	Martin Rose	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	132
7019	26/02/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	130 – 44	Dennis Miller	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	133
7020	27/02/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	137 – 75	Jamie Barron	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	142
7021	28/02/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	98 – 56	Jake Pacifico	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	143
7022	1/03/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	120 – 39	Darren Smith	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	124
7023	4/03/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	119 – 18	Pauline Collard	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	147
7024	5/03/2019	P	Dinos Sfyris	105 – 32	Joe Harrington	Michael Whitehall	Susie Dent	135
7025	6/03/2019	P	Chris Krelle	67 – 86	John Ashcroft	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	121
7026	7/03/2019	P	John Ashcroft	71 – 73	Maggie Barlow	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	130
7027	8/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	103 – 45	Julia Wilkinson	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	134
7028	11/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	97 – 50	Daniel Corcoran	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	123
7029	12/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	106 – 51	Derek Harvey	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	119
7030	13/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	109 – 63	Wesley McCartney	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	140
7031	14/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	102 – 47	Gerry Buckley	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	131
7032	15/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	101 – 60	Stefan Williams	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	125
7033	18/03/2019	P	Maggie Barlow	103 – 13	Craig Stevenson	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	124
7034	19/03/2019	P	Joe Brown	59 – 76	Jane Basford	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	124
7035	20/03/2019	P	Jane Basford	80 – 72	Mike Fuller	Mark Pougatch	Susie Dent	117
7036	21/03/2019	P	Jane Basford	34 – 96	Steven Turnbull	Mark Pougatch	Susie Dent	125
7037	22/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	71 – 65	Alistair Thomas	Mark Pougatch	Susie Dent	131
7038	25/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	64 – 47	Alison Guirey	Mark Pougatch	Susie Dent	132
7039	26/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	77 – 36	David Elliott	Mark Pougatch	Susie Dent	124
7040	27/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	86 – 47	Carmel Richmond	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	124
7041	28/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	80* – 70	Alexander Stevenson	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	142
7042	29/03/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	72 – 68	Graeme Francis	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	134
7043	1/04/2019	P	Steven Turnbull	83 – 46	Les Edwards	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	123
7044	2/04/2019	P	David Wigley	41 – 67	Charlie Kavanagh	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	123
7045	3/04/2019	P	Charlie Kavanagh	57 – 75	Geoff Markham	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	131
7046	4/04/2019	P	Geoff Markham	54 – 48	Helen Powell	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	138
7047	5/04/2019	P	Geoff Markham	37 – 53	Mark Decouto	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	118
7048	8/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	70 – 69	Alison Batchelor	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	124
7049	9/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	86 – 58	Tim Jenkins	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	118
7050	10/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	99 – 47	Lee Knight	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125
7051	11/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	77 – 30	India Owens	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	146
7052	12/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	81 – 52	Graeme Terry	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	132
7053	15/04/2019	P	Mark Decouto	78 – 81	Dave Butt	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	116
7054	16/04/2019	P	Dave Butt	65 – 71	Huw Davies	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	124
7055	17/04/2019	P	Huw Davies	75 – 38	Lauren Moseley	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	132
7056	18/04/2019	P	Huw Davies	70 – 90	Andy Myerson	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	134
7057	19/04/2019	P	Andy Myerson	68 – 82	Fiona Titcombe	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	128
7058	22/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	99 – 61	Tim Hunter	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	126
7059	23/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	82 – 74	Chris Parr	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	144
7060	24/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	90 – 47	Sue Corral	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	126
7061	25/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	69 – 63	Meera Murali	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	152
7062	26/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	109 – 54	Asset Beisembayev	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	141
7063	29/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	98 – 73	Sunita Rehan	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	156
7064	30/04/2019	P	Fiona Titcombe	91 – 71	Adrian Trudgeon	Al Murray	Susie Dent	123
7065	1/05/2019	P	Roy Noon	47 – 77	Katie Walvin	Al Murray	Susie Dent	123
7066	2/05/2019	P	Katie Walvin	106 – 62	Steven Mills	Al Murray	Susie Dent	154
7067	3/05/2019	P	Katie Walvin	88 – 41	Hannah Mohammed	Al Murray	Susie Dent	143
7068	6/05/2019	P	Katie Walvin	70 – 97	Sandra Pilson	Al Murray	Susie Dent	143
7069	7/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	107 – 47	Rowan Halstead	Brian Turner	Susie Dent	123
7070	8/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	79 – 49	Riz Mohammed	Brian Turner	Susie Dent	146
7071	9/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	91 – 70	Neil Crosthwaite	Brian Turner	Susie Dent	142
7072	10/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	98 – 55	Lesley Trotter	Brian Turner	Susie Dent	143
7073	13/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	76 – 60	Dan Parris	Brian Turner	Susie Dent	133
7074	14/05/2019	P	Sandra Pilson	82 – 92	Arran Cleminson	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	156
7075	15/05/2019	P	Arran Cleminson	97 – 74	Nicki Owen	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	124
7076	16/05/2019	P	Arran Cleminson	40 – 131	Elliott Mellor	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	133
7077	17/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	152 – 40	John Hadfield	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	154
7078	20/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	133 – 38	Dave Trotter	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	136
7079	21/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	118 – 16	Sam Ashworth	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	125
7080	22/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	143 – 10	Kieran Matley	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	145
7081	23/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	126 – 10	Monica Quadri	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	127
7082	24/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	125 – 11	Saul Rothwell	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	134
7083	27/05/2019	P	Elliott Mellor	133 – 42	Sam Hendry	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	134
7084	28/05/2019	P	Chris Smith	108 – 40	Conor Baker	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	145
7085	29/05/2019	P	Chris Smith	59 – 76	Clea Knight	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	118
7086	30/05/2019	P	Clea Knight	78 – 64	Wajid Hussain	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	143
7087	31/05/2019	P	Clea Knight	90 – 71	David Cowen	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	144
7088	3/06/2019	P	Clea Knight	51 – 92	Harry Clark	Janet Street-Porter	Susie Dent	146
7089	4/06/2019	P	Harry Clark	100 – 67	Mark Patton	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	124
7090	5/06/2019	P	Harry Clark	98 – 102	Kevin Sewell	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	146
7091	6/06/2019	P	Kevin Sewell	58 – 68	Adrian McDermott	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	126
7092	7/06/2019	P	Adrian McDermott	92 – 46	Derek Moncur	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	123
7093	10/06/2019	P	Adrian McDermott	51 – 58	Tony Lister	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	133
7094	11/06/2019	P	Tony Lister	53 – 86	Ray Greenall	Adrian Chiles	Susie Dent	124
7095	12/06/2019	P	Ray Greenall	53 – 81	Iain Cadogan	Adrian Chiles	Susie Dent	132
7096	13/06/2019	P	Iain Cadogan	99 – 80	Stephen Troop	Adrian Chiles	Susie Dent	122
7097	14/06/2019	P	Iain Cadogan	–	tba	Adrian Chiles	Susie Dent
7098	17/06/2019	P	tba	–	tba	Adrian Chiles	Susie Dent
7099	18/06/2019	P	tba	–	tba	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent
7100	19/06/2019	P	tba	–	tba	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent
7101	20/06/2019	QF	Elliott Mellor	–	Mark Decouto	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent
7102	21/06/2019	QF	Dinos Sfyris	–	Sandra Pilson	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent
7103	24/06/2019	QF	Brendan Whitehurst	–	Steven Turnbull	Rufus Hound	Susie Dent
7104	25/06/2019	QF	Maggie Barlow	–	Fiona Titcombe	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
7105	26/06/2019	SF	7101 Winner	–	7104 Winner	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
7106	27/06/2019	SF	7102 Winner	–	7103 Winner	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent
7107	28/06/2019	GF	7105 Winner	–	7106 Winner	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum