Michael Bowden

Michael Bowden octochamp statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	6
Points total	739
Conundrums solved	2

Michael Bowden

Michael Bowden was a finalist in Series 54, making his debut on 25 January 2006.

Bowden was a model of consistency throughout his run, only twice scoring outside the 90s. His sole century came at the expense of Benjamin Bell, which completed his run as an octochamp. Bowden shares with Kai Laddiman the distinction of having sat in the champion's chair for all 8 of his heat games, due to the fact that he debuted the day after another octochamp.

739 points saw Bowden return as the #6 seed, where he met Matthew Shore. Bowden pushed Shore to a crucial conundrum, but Shore proved too good by unscrambling MOOCHYBEN into HONEYCOMB in 9 seconds.

His own record of his experience on the show can be read on The Countdown Page here.

The following year, Bowden returned to the Countdown world for the unofficial COLIN 2007 tournament.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4018	25/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	93 – 85	Gary Watton	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent	120
4019	26/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	93 – 84	Sheila Rudge	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	137
4020	27/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	91 – 32	Brian Oliver	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	123
4021	28/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	73 – 64	Christine Grant	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	142
4022	30/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	94 – 71	David Collier	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Garrett	Susie Dent	134
4023	31/01/2006	P	Michael Bowden	97 – 63	Linda Morton	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Norman	Susie Dent	127
4024	1/02/2006	P	Michael Bowden	92 – 56	Joan Soothill	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Norman	Susie Dent	132
4025	2/02/2006	P	Michael Bowden	106 – 59	Benjamin Bell	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Norman	Susie Dent	122
4108	22/05/2006	QF	Michael Bowden	69 – 88	Matthew Shore	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	112