Mark Davies

Mark Davies octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	4
Points total	844
Conundrums solved	4

Mark Davies in the champion's chair.

Mark Davies was an octochamp in Series 71.

He was no relation to his opponent in his fourth game, Robbie Davies.

Davies' octochamp run began in the game following Tricia Pay's octochamp coronation. Davies began in terrific form, holding back his opponent Amy Trueman from scoring until round 6. Davies continued to march his way through the game, scoring in every round other than the conundrum, allowing him to emerge as victor with a very impressive debut score of 102. Davies played consistently throughout his following games, with brilliant spots such as RATIFIERS, NUMERALS and BANSURIS allowing Davies to achieve a further five centuries. Davies performance slipped slightly in his fifth game, against Bill Linton, as Davies failed to max a single numbers round, as well as being beaten by Linton's spot of VOICES. However, Davies still managed to trouble through, solving the crucial conundrum BREAKFAST in just two seconds. Davies' next game would prove to be the strongest of his run, spotting two niners REACTIONS and OUTSCORED, guiding him to an incredible score of 137 - one of the highest scores in the history of the show. Davies stormed through his remaining two games and finished his run with a total of 844 points, qualifying as seed #4 for the series finals.

Davies returned to our screens for the series finals as #4 seed, to face #5 seed George Ford in the quarter-finals. With just 12 points between the two seeds, the game was expected to be very close-fought, and it certainly was. Davies acquired a 7-point lead after Ford uncharacteristically blanked on a numbers round, however Ford instantly reversed this mistake by spotting the eight PASSIVES. Davies didn't give up here, and the lead changed once more when Davies spotted the eight LACINESS, to regain his 7-point lead. However, the following round saw Davies declare the invalid montaged ☓, allowing Ford to grab the lead once more. Davies then failed to score on the following two numbers rounds, and so despite solving the conundrum GHOSTLIKE in just eight seconds, Davies' remarkable Countdown run had come to an end.

His wife, Ann-Marie, was a contestant in Series 72, with Davies briefly reappearing the day before as the audience member who solved the conundrum. In 2015, he appeared on Fifteen-to-One. In 2019, he appeared on Pointless, winning the show on the first attempt, but not the jackpot. Later that year, he appeared on Only Connect as part of the "Gladiators" team, alongside his wife Ann-Marie, but they lost both their matches.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5970	8/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	102 – 52	Amy Trueman	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	122
5971	11/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	111 – 75	Julia Hayward	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	141
5972	12/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	107 – 73	John Cook	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	121
5973	13/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	101 – 50	Robbie Davies	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	118
5974	14/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	85 – 66	Bill Linton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gethin Jones	Susie Dent	132
5975	15/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	137 – 76	Keith Myers-Sleight	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Angellica Bell	Susie Dent	145
5976	18/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	103 – 47	Stella Beaumont	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Angellica Bell	Susie Dent	130
5977	19/08/2014	P	Mark Davies	98 – 86	Simon Bryan	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Angellica Bell	Susie Dent	121
6053	16/12/2014	QF	Mark Davies	78 – 90	George Ford	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	David Baddiel	Susie Dent	122