Gabriel Thallon
Gabriel Thallon was a contestant in Series 85. He was from Tunbridge Wells, and was about to start training as an Accountant at the time of his appearance. He is also an Apterite, a member of c4countdown, and has attended multiple Co-events since his show was filmed.
ZoomDown
Before his Countdown appearance, Gabriel appeared in ZoomDown Series 4, scoring 376 points, but missed out on tetrachampdom in his last game to Dave Ryan. However, he eventually qualified for the series finals as the number 6 seed, where he lost out on a place in the semi finals after a 97 – 56 defeat to Rachael Montgomery.
He reappeared on the revived fifth series in 2025, where this time, his tetrachampdom pursuit was successful, as he racked up 4 wins with 402 points. This was enough to earn the fifth seed, and he managed to reach the final after facing two crucial conundrums against Martyn Pegram and Steven Grady respectively. Unfortunately, mainly due to a mistake from Gabriel in the first numbers round, fellow ZoomDown finalist and eventual Series 92 champion Jase Cullen emerged victorious in that match to relegate the former to the runner-up position.
He came back once again for the special straight-knockout sixth series in 2026, where he kicked off with 140 points, and a max game against Matt Gould. This drew him, once again, against Steven Grady; the match was close to begin with, but after NUTRIFIED was spotted, it helped Gabriel take victory again before the conundrum, which he also spotted to finish strong. He then was drawn against Matt O'Connor in the Round-of-16, and neither player blinked for the entire game, with every round maxed until the crucial conundrum. But, with Mr. Thallon being fractionally quicker in spotting LETHARGIC, he scored another max game to proceed to the Quarter-Finals.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7690 | 3/02/2022 | P | Dan Byrom | 108 – 87 | Gabriel Thallon | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
