Andrew Macleod

Andrew Macleod octochamp statistics
Final position	Runner-up
Seeding	3
Points total	809
Conundrums solved	4

Andrew Macleod in Series 75…

…and in Championship of Champions XV.

Andrew Macleod was an octochamp in and the runner-up of Series 75, and a participant in Championship of Champions XV. Originally from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, he was living and working in Edinburgh as a business analyst at the time of all his appearances. He is also an Apterite.

Appearances on the show

Heat games

Macleod scored 124 in his eighth heat game to confirm membership of the 800 club. He was confirmed as the No. 3 seed for the finals after John Shaw's octochampdom.

Finals

Macleod was in top form throughout his quarter- and semi-final, scoring centuries in both games and achieving victories by more than fifty points. His 2016 run concluded in the grand final, by a narrow defeat to Martin Hurst.

Macleod is one of a few (if not the first person) to have beaten two members of the same family on Countdown, having defeated Samantha Dorrough during the heats and then her father Stephen Fuller in his semi-final.

Championship of Champions XV

Macleod returned to the show in January 2019 for Championship of Champions XV.

He faced Bradley Horrocks in the seventh preliminary of the first round, putting in a very creditable effort (including the nine-letter word spot of OVERLINED) but ultimately fell at 128 – 104 to the Series 77 runner-up.

Preceded by Ann Dibben

Series runner-up Series 75

Followed by Moose Rosser

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
6443	11/10/2016	P	Jamie Smith	76 – 77	Andrew Macleod	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Williams	Susie Dent	119
6444	12/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	82 – 57	Charlie Walker	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Williams	Susie Dent	124
6445	13/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	95 – 63	Sam Gunning	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Williams	Susie Dent	121
6446	14/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	122 – 49	Adam Bevan	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Brendan Cole	Susie Dent	134
6447	17/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	106 – 51	Ruaraidh Macdonald	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Brendan Cole	Susie Dent	138
6448	18/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	109 – 28	Samantha Dorrough	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Brendan Cole	Susie Dent	158
6449	19/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	94 – 69	David Stirling	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Brendan Cole	Susie Dent	140
6450	20/10/2016	P	Andrew Macleod	124 – 83	Peter Andrews	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Brendan Cole	Susie Dent	165
6489	19/12/2016	QF	Andrew Macleod	114 – 56	Rik Anstee	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Carol Kirkwood	Susie Dent	121
6492	22/12/2016	SF	Andrew Macleod	111 – 60	Stephen Fuller	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Carol Kirkwood	Susie Dent	129
6493	23/12/2016	GF	Martin Hurst	96 – 85	Andrew Macleod	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Carol Kirkwood	Susie Dent	134
6986	10/01/2019	CP	Bradley Horrocks	128 – 104	Andrew Macleod	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	133

External Links

• Article on Andrew and his Series 75 achievements.