Gino Corr

Gino Corr

Corr gives Lindsay Denyer a crafty wink after defeating her in the semi-final.

Eugene Corr, known on Countdown as Gino Corr, was the runner-up of Series 19 and Championship of Champions V, as well as a participant in the Supreme Championship. He was a mature student from Aberdeen in Scotland who had previously worked in the oil industry but then worked in management.

He won four games towards the very end of the series, but lost the final heat game of the series to Duncan Dale-Emberton. Nonetheless, he returned for the final rounds as #5 seed, beating Maureen Harmer and Lindsay Denyer on his way to the final. He lost the final, however, to Michael Wareham.

Corr's performances, not to mention his near-legendary wit and personality, saw him return for Championship of Champions V. There, he beat Jonathan Anstey in the first round and went on to beat Lawrence Pearse in the semi-final, in the process making the most famous letters declaration never to be shown on Countdown, as can be seen here. In the final, Corr lost a close match to Irish wunderkind Tim Morrissey.

On 9 March 1995, the conundrum was GINOCORRD in reference to him.

Corr returned for the Supreme Championship in 1996. He was assigned to Group D and faced Steve Balment in the first round. Corr took a 15 – 0 lead after two rounds with the words CANAPES and DILUTION. However, he went on to choose an unusual selection of 3 large numbers and it backfired on him as Balment got closer to the target than he did. A crucial conundrum was necessary, but Corr could still win unless his opponent solved it. MENTALDIP was turned over and Corr buzzed after only one second, but got the answer wrong. Balment went on to correctly guess IMPLANTED, ending Corr's Countdown career.

Corr sadly passed away in 2014.

Preceded by Mandi Hale

Series runner-up Series 19

Followed by Derek Coombs

Preceded by Tony Vick

Champion of Champions runner-up Championship of Champions V

Followed by Chris Waddington

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
991	15/03/1990	P	Gino Corr	54 – 42	Iqbal Hussein	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	73
992	16/03/1990	P	Gino Corr	54 – 14	Jean Read	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	70
993	19/03/1990	P	Gino Corr	48 – 28	Michael Wilson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	75
994	20/03/1990	P	Gino Corr	43 – 37	Peter Morris	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Freda Thornton	70
995	21/03/1990	P	Duncan Dale-Emberton	48 – 33	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Simon Mason	66
999	27/03/1990	QF	Maureen Harmer	22 – 55	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees	Simon Mason	82
1000	28/03/1990	SF	Lindsay Denyer	20 – 56	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Bill Tidy	Simon Mason	68
1002	30/03/1990	GF	Michael Wareham	92 – 68	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Nigel Rees, Bill Tidy	Simon Mason	116
1069	1/01/1991	CQF	Gino Corr	57 – 47	Jonathan Anstey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	69
1073	7/01/1991	CSF	Gino Corr	61 – 34	Lawrence Pearse	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	72
1074	8/01/1991	CGF	Gino Corr	62 – 78	Tim Morrissey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Dinah Sheridan	Catherine Clarke	119
M94	14/01/1991-16/01/1991	M	Gino Corr	56 – 55	Billy Ward	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	???
1875	6/11/1996	dQF	Stephen Balment	52 – 44	Gino Corr	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent	72