Episode 4735

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"GAN...GANDI...SEEG?"

Episode 4735 was broadcast on 14 January 2009, and was the third preliminary of Championship of Champions XIII.

Jon Corby played Richard Brittain, with Jon Corby winning 92 – 52. The Dictionary Corner guest was Andrew Sachs, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

The episode is notable for being the first occurrence of the word "GANDISEEG", which later became an in-joke within the Countdown community, when Richard Brittain buzzed in for the conundrum immediately but could not work out what the answer was. He claims to have said it without the final G, but others have heard a final G, and it has become part of Countdown folklore nonetheless.

This episode marked the first occasion where Rachel Riley solved a numbers game where both contestants had failed to do so.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Jon Corby	Score	Richard Brittain	Others	Max.
1	DLBEIASIF	LADIFIES	8 – 0	DISABLE		8
2	EAOTQCGDL	LOCATED	15 – 7	GLOATED	GELCOAT	15
3	JLDOAOTNR	LARDOON	22 – 7	odontal ☓	DONATOR*, ODORANT*, ORTOLAN*, TANDOOR*, TORNADO*	22
4	EIEXPZNMG	PEEING	28 – 13	PIEMEN	PIGMEN*	28
5	25 9 6 7 5 1 → 333	333 (7 + 6) × 25 + 9 − 1	38 – 23	333 (7 + 6) × 25 + 9 − 1		38
TTT	TORTREST	Two men, but also four feet.			TROTTERS
6	IUAUUHCNS	CHAINS	44 – 29	CHAINS	ACINUS*, CHINAS*	44
7	BVPIAOGOT	PIVOT	49 – 29	biopot ☓	BIGOT*, BIOTA*, BOOAI*, PATIO*, TABOO*, TOPOI*	49
8	EIOSDPPEO	EPISODE	56 – 29	SIPPED	DOPPIES*, OPPOSED*	56
9	CSTAAOTAS	cassato ☓	56 – 35	COASTS	CASSATA	63
10	50 75 100 25 8 3 → 630	630 (75 − 50) × 25 + 8 − 3	66 – 45	630 8 × 75 + 25 + 3 + 100 ÷ 50		73
TTT	DIMEDUST	The dirtiest of all the Tiger Feet.			MUDDIEST
11	FOMMIIITY	MOTIF	71 – 45	ommit ☓		78
12	OIREHRRSS	HORSIER	78 – 52	SORRIER	HOSIERS*	85
13	LNNAUOSEE	LOANEES	85 – 52	saloneen ☓		92
14	10 1 8 4 5 9 → 653	652 ((4 + 9) × 5 + 1) × 10 − 8	92 – 52	973	RR: 653 = (9 × 10 + 4) × (8 − 1) − 5	102
15	ANDIESEGG		92 – 52	gandisee ☓ (0.5 seconds)	DISENGAGE	112

External Links

• Watch this episode on YouTube (part 1)
• GANDISEEG incident + Charlie Reams' conundrum joke: [1]