David Kempshall

David Kempshall octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	8
Points total	732
Conundrums solved	6

David Kempshall in Series 82.

David Kempshall was an octochamp in Series 82. He's a Marketing Director from Stafford. He became an Apterite after recording his heat games.

Kempshall made his debut on 22 April 2020 against Hussain Mulla, winning with a score of 107. He followed this with seven more victories and another two centuries. Eventually, in the last episode before the 2020 COVID-19 hiatus, he wrapped his heat run with a total of 732 points.

Kempshall returned to Countdown for the series finals as the number 8 seed on 10 December 2020, against the number one seed Luke Johnson-Davies in the first quarter-final. Johnson-Davies pulled away early in the game, but Kempshall kept within his reach, although he discounted a potential nine letter word which wasn't in the dictionary. However both players found DETAILING for nine in the last letter round, and scored points in all four number rounds, before Luke emerged victorious with a max performance of 136 points, relegating Kempshall to his first defeat with 89 points. Kempshall amassed 821 points overall during his series run.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7311	22/04/2020	P	Hussain Mulla	83 – 107	David Kempshall	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	123
7312	23/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	90 – 71	Linda Vijeh	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	145
7313	24/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	75 – 56	Steve Moorhouse	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nicki Chapman	Susie Dent	165
7314	27/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	89 – 76	Andy Hewitt	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Fern Britton	Susie Dent	135
7315	28/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	75 – 64	Lee Price	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Fern Britton	Susie Dent	133
7316	29/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	115 – 30	'Pax' Paxton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Fern Britton	Susie Dent	135
7317	30/04/2020	P	David Kempshall	64 – 53	James Sealey	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Fern Britton	Susie Dent	133
7318	1/05/2020	P	David Kempshall	117 – 54	Dick Jones	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Fern Britton	Susie Dent	158
7407	10/12/2020	QF	Luke Johnson-Davies	136 – 89	David Kempshall	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	136