Amy Godel

Amy Godel

Amy Godel was a semi-finalist from Series 35. She was a 37-year-old hypnotherapist, originally from Jersey but living in Wolvercote, Oxfordshire.

She first appeared toward the end of the series, beating Robert Jones in her first appearance by coming from behind to win by three points (52 – 49) when she spotted the crucial conundrum just ahead of her opponent, and racked up a further four wins before losing at the hands of Andy Stacey. She returned for the finals stage just over a week later as #5 seed, where she was awaited in the fourth and last quarter-final by #4 seed Robert Jones – a rematch of their earlier game in the heats; unlike their previous encounter, where Jones had led for the entire game only for Godel to pip him at the Conundrum, this time Godel dominated the game from the outset, winning comfortably by 60 – 12, before eventually losing to Dag Griffiths in the semi-final. Godelreturned for Championship of Champions IX, but lost to Maria Boyes in the first round.

Godel has appeared on many other game shows, with a great deal of success, including Pass the Buck, 100%, Weakest Link, Only Connect, where she captained the Cosmopolitans team to the final, and most notably, Fifteen to One, making six appearances between September 1997 and November 1998, including three wins and two grand final appearances, coming runner-up in the former in March 1998. She has also appeared on Rebound, Are You an Egghead?, Hive Minds, Very Hard Questions and Beat the Chasers. She was a standby panelist for the quiz show Eggheads, in case one of the regulars was unavailable, though her services were never required, and she appeared as a 'civilian' on 22 February 2019 and 1 April 2022. On 24 August and 7 September 2023, she appeared on Puzzling, on the later occasion facing (and losing against) Kirk Bevins.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2023	9/06/1997	P	Robert Jones	49 – 52	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Rob Scriven	71
2024	10/06/1997	P	Andrew Satterthwaite	32 – 36	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Rob Scriven	74
2025	11/06/1997	P	Caroline Senior	36 – 43	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Rob Scriven	83
2026	12/06/1997	P	Roger Graham	19 – 67	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Rob Scriven	77
2027	13/06/1997	P	Angela Sanderson	42 – 54	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Rob Scriven	83
2028	16/06/1997	P	Andy Stacey	54 – 33	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Rob Scriven	72
2034	24/06/1997	QF	Robert Jones	12 – 60	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Terry Wogan	Catherine Stokes	74
2035	25/06/1997	SF	Dag Griffiths	48 – 41	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ken Bruce	Catherine Stokes	69
2166	1/01/1998	CP	Maria Boyes	54 – 37	Amy Godel	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Denis Norden	Mark Nyman	74