Jon Marsh

Jon Marsh octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	478 (including 1 draw)
Conundrums solved	5 (out of 9)

Jon Marsh (born 1965 in Camberwell, London, but from Dulwich at the time of his appearances) was an octochamp and semi-finalist in Series 12, and a participant in Championship of Champions III.

He was a self-employed singer/songwriter, and in 1986 had founded the electronic dance music group, The Beloved, who went on to score several UK Top 40 hit singles in the 1990s. He beat Martin Loughran in his first appearance, and won a further seven games to become an octochamp and number one seed for the series. He beat Stephen Haggerty in the quarter-final, but lost to Stephen Balment in the semi-final.

Marsh returned for Championship of Champions III, but was soundly beaten by John Clarke in the first round.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
556	28/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	42 – 36	Martin Loughran	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	75
557	29/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	58 – 36	Gwen Gerds	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	75
558	30/04/1987	P	Jon Marsh	54 – 43	Alan Nash	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	73
559	01/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	65 – 35	Donald Kent	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	74
560	04/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	61 – 49	Tony Cook	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Nigel Rees	Della Thompson	73
561	05/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	37 – 22	Lewis Whetstone	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	70
562	06/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	51 – 32	John Bird	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	74
563	07/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	49 – 49	Phyllis Stevens	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	71
564	08/05/1987	P	Jon Marsh	61 – 43	Phyllis Stevens	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Freda Thornton	82
588	11/06/1987	QF	Jon Marsh	65 – 49	Stephen Haggerty	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Steve Jones	Julia Swannell	84
592	17/06/1987	SF	Stephen Balment	51 – 30	Jon Marsh	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Patrick Mower	Julia Swannell	70
598	25/06/1987	CQF	John Clarke	61 – 29	Jon Marsh	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Sally James	Della Thompson	86
M5	01/05/1989–05/05/1989	M	Jon Marsh	59 – 102	Steve Williams	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	135