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Coral Heath

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Coral Heath
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionQuarter-finalist
Seeding5
Points total717
Conundrums solved5
Coral Heath in Series 83.

Coral Heath was an octochamp in Series 83. She's a Mail Sorter and Extra from Daventry, Northamptonshire. She is the first female octochamp to make the finals since Fiona Titcombe in 2019.

Starting her run on 19 February 2021, Heath debuted with a century and unseated Declan McGurk to end his run in his seventh game. Heath continued her unbeaten record which included a run of two scores in the 90's, followed by a solve on a crucial conundrum in her sixth game against Dave Bowley. Heath completed her run of eight straight preliminary victories on 2 March, finishing with a personal best of 106 points and garnering a total of 717 points with 5 conundrums solved.

Heath entered the finals as the No. 5 seed, squaring off against No. 4 seed Louis Ross. Heath fell behind early on, but levelled the scoreline in a successful 6-small gamble on her part, then took the lead with a spot of EMIGRATE for 8. But she soon lost the lead and found herself on the back foot in the final stages. She gambled on 6 small again in the last numbers round whilst 5 points behind, but this time she missed the target and Ross solved the numbers puzzle before the conundrum to end her run. If any consolation, she unravelled the conundrum and bowed out with a respectable series average of 88.89 per game. Heath's overall total of points in her run is 800 points.

Heath has since made her Co-event debut at Blackpool in 2021.

Outside of Countdown, Heath has also appeared in several TV shows, notably, Doctor Who.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
7448 19/02/2021 P Declan McGurk 66 – 100 Coral Heath Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jeremy Thompson Susie Dent 125
7449 22/02/2021 P Coral Heath 79 – 74 Claire Spinks Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jeremy Thompson Susie Dent 124
7450 23/02/2021 P Coral Heath 74 – 63 George Thomson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jeremy Thompson Susie Dent 134
7451 24/02/2021 P Coral Heath 97 – 28 Yvonne Parkes Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 131
7452 25/02/2021 P Coral Heath 90 – 35 Matthew Marko Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 146
7453 26/02/2021 P Coral Heath 88 – 86 Dave Bowley Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 122
7454 1/03/2021 P Coral Heath 83 – 54 Danny Webster Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 133
7455 2/03/2021 P Coral Heath 106 – 73 Neil McFarlane Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 126
7535 22/06/2021 QF Louis Ross 88 – 83 Coral Heath Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent 142