John Osmond

John Osmond Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Quarter-finals
Seeding	6
Points total	711
Conundrums solved	4

John Osmond in Series 81.

John Osmond was an octochamp in Series 81. He's a Retired Civil Servant from London.

Osmond first appeared on 21 October 2019 against Pierse Walsh and won with a tight 82 – 77 points. He followed this with several more close performance including two centuries. He wrapped his heat run with a total of 711 points to become an octochamp and returned for the finals in December 2019, as 6th seed to face number 3 seed Paul Nixon in the third quarter-final.

In his quarter-final against Nixon, Osmond fought hard, and at one point, maintained a two point lead. However, Nixon fought back and solved the conundrum, relegating Osmond to his first defeat. Osmond garnered an overall total of 813 points in his run.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7187	21/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	77 – 82	John Osmond	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	148
7188	22/10/2019	P	John Osmond	68 – 65	Vamsi Pratapa	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	132
7189	23/10/2019	P	John Osmond	77 – 53	Colin Mason	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	146
7190	24/10/2019	P	John Osmond	109 – 24	Ben Pooley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	143
7191	25/10/2019	P	John Osmond	119 – 22	Ann Wagstaff	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	135
7192	28/10/2019	P	John Osmond	78 – 44	Catherine Oliver	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	125
7193	29/10/2019	P	John Osmond	95 – 94	Mike Woodberry	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	164
7194	30/10/2019	P	John Osmond	83 – 62	Toby Pleming	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	125
7227	16/12/2019	QF	Paul Nixon	117 – 102	John Osmond	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	158