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Series 78
From Countdown
Series 78 was the thirteenth series presented by Nick Hewer and it ran from 2 January 2018 to 22 June 2018. It was won by previous Series 69 contestant Zarte Siempre, who during his run achieved the then-highest cumulative score in a single series: 1,331. He started his second stint by beating Philip Aston and won the final by beating Aston again in an epic Grand Final.
The seed table finished up unusually, in that Aston qualified for the finals as number 7 seed despite equalling or bettering four other contestants' cumulative scores. Had the finalists been ranked by cumulative scores alone, regardless of wins (as was implied from Series 3 to 37), he would have been positioned four places higher, at number 3 seed, one above Chris Thorn only by a higher individual score. Additionally, Dougie Mackay finished 6th with the fourth-highest cumulative score of this series.
The series was off-air during the second week of January due to Channel 4's coverage of the BDO World Darts Championship. It was also interrupted by two live Formula 1 practice sessions.
Contents |
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Zarte Siempre | 8 | 967 |
2 | Toby McDonald | 8 | 882 |
3 | Chris Thorn | 8 | 760 |
4 | Phil Davies | 8 | 757 |
5 | Paul Harper | 8 | 739 |
6 | Dougie Mackay | 7 | 759 |
7 | Philip Aston | 6 | 760 |
8 | Jan Pask | 5 | 473 |
Finals progress
Zarte Siempre (1) vs Jan Pask (8) | Zarte Siempre (1) vs Phil Davies (4) | Zarte Siempre (1) vs Philip Aston (7) |
Paul Harper (5) vs Phil Davies (4) | ||
Chris Thorn (3) vs Dougie Mackay (6) | Dougie Mackay (6) vs Philip Aston (7) | |
Philip Aston (7) vs Toby McDonald (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6737 | 2/01/2018 | P | Roger Springthorpe | 33 – 91 | Jacob Coventry-Peters | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 133 |
6738 | 3/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 84 – 74 | Shelagh Addis | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 123 |
6739 | 4/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 70 – 29 | Anthony McLaughlin | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 118 |
6740 | 5/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 98 – 26 | Wendy Almond | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 135 |
6741 | 15/01/2018 | P | Jacob Coventry-Peters | 81 – 87 | Mary Bainbridge | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 123 |
6742 | 16/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 87 – 77 | Glen Burke | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 123 |
6743 | 17/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 91 – 53 | Graeme Dryburgh-Cook | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 125 |
6744 | 18/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 83 – 49 | Amit Amin | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 135 |
6745 | 19/01/2018 | P | Mary Bainbridge | 71 – 90 | Chris Thorn | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 175 |
6746 | 22/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 108 – 47 | Terry Kelly | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 135 |
6747 | 23/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 88 – 60 | Todd Goodman | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 119 |
6748 | 24/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 83 – 58 | Ann Duckworth | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 129 |
6749 | 25/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 92 – 72 | Robin McConnell | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 122 |
6750 | 26/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 93 – 77 | Sam Prouse | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 128 |
6751 | 29/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 87 – 65 | Paul McGhee | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 126 |
6752 | 30/01/2018 | P | Chris Thorn | 119 – 59 | Ryan Peteranna | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 134 |
6753 | 31/01/2018 | P | Mandy Wilson | 61 – 80 | Louise Regan | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 133 |
6754 | 1/02/2018 | P | Louise Regan | 64 – 78 | David Shipley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 133 |
6755 | 2/02/2018 | P | David Shipley | 79 – 48 | Lena Hamre | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 123 |
6756 | 5/02/2018 | P | David Shipley | 47 – 78 | Phil Davies | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 123 |
6757 | 6/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 96 – 28 | Simon Block | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 122 |
6758 | 7/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 75 – 61 | Lisa Miller | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 133 |
6759 | 8/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 98 – 86 | Alyn McFetridge | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 124 |
6760 | 9/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 100 – 77 | John Owens | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 133 |
6761 | 12/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 104 – 77 | Ben Jenkins | Alexis Conran | Susie Dent | 126 |
6762 | 13/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 114 – 37 | Mike O'Connell | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 147 |
6763 | 14/02/2018 | P | Phil Davies | 92 – 43 | Heather Blackley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 122 |
6764 | 15/02/2018 | P | Simon Baker | 72 – 48 | Tony Smith | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 126 |
6765 | 16/02/2018 | P | Simon Baker | 35 – 86 | Becky Taberner | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 124 |
6766 | 19/02/2018 | P | Becky Taberner | 80 – 64 | Robert Zara | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 131 |
6767 | 20/02/2018 | P | Becky Taberner | 99 – 103 | Jill Thwaites | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 120 |
6768 | 21/02/2018 | P | Jill Thwaites | 27 – 107 | Philip Aston | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 151 |
6769 | 22/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 123 – 40 | Sylvia O'Brien | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 154 |
6770 | 23/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 110 – 41 | John Eadie | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 115 |
6771 | 26/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 94 – 75 | Mick Armstrong | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 135 |
6772 | 27/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 116 – 49 | Derek Matthews | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 137 |
6773 | 28/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 113 – 30 | Jenny Coote | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 126 |
6774 | 1/03/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 97 – 121 | Zarte Siempre | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 135 |
6775 | 2/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 111 – 64 | Keith Howkins | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 124 |
6776 | 5/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 118 – 70 | Donal Casey | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 124 |
6777 | 6/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 128 – 23 | Jonathan Stoneman | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 132 |
6778 | 7/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 130 – 62 | Patrick Gray | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 144 |
6779 | 8/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 130 – 39 | Dave Burch | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 145 |
6780 | 9/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 118 – 29 | Steve Shingleton | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 123 |
6781 | 12/03/2018 | P | Zarte Siempre | 111 – 65 | Anthony Jenkin | Liz Bonnin | Susie Dent | 125 |
6782 | 13/03/2018 | P | Patrick Murphy | 62 – 46 | Richard Anning | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 131 |
6783 | 14/03/2018 | P | Patrick Murphy | 58 – 67 | Ted Anscomb | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 124 |
6784 | 15/03/2018 | P | Ted Anscomb | 76 – 78 | Maria Frizelle | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 134 |
6785 | 16/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 65 – 64 | John Dickinson | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 144 |
6786 | 19/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 92 – 48 | James Barber | Suzi Perry | Susie Dent | 126 |
6787 | 20/03/2018 | P | Maria Frizelle | 62 – 89 | Mohsin Shabir | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 139 |
6788 | 21/03/2018 | P | Mohsin Shabir | 89 – 37 | Nicola Sibbick | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 123 |
6789 | 22/03/2018 | P | Mohsin Shabir | 71 – 82 | Ed Morrison | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 127 |
6790 | 23/03/2018 | P | Ed Morrison | 58 – 61 | Glen Jones | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 123 |
6791 | 26/03/2018 | P | Glen Jones | 67 – 38 | Kathy Smith | Len Goodman | Susie Dent | 134 |
6792 | 27/03/2018 | P | Glen Jones | 55 – 80 | John Cole | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 132 |
6793 | 28/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 89 – 78 | Marjory Humphreys | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 124 |
6794 | 29/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 87 – 58 | Riley Halson | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 122 |
6795 | 30/03/2018 | P | John Cole | 69 – 75 | George Armstrong | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 135 |
6796 | 2/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 78* – 68 | Noel Jongwe | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 146 |
6797 | 3/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 104 – 89 | Michael Stephenson | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 142 |
6798 | 4/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 95 – 69 | Danny Sarkissian | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 119 |
6799 | 5/04/2018 | P | George Armstrong | 87 – 90 | Luke O'Neill | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 148 |
6800 | 6/04/2018 | P | Luke O'Neill | 73 – 109 | Dougie Mackay | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 131 |
6801 | 9/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 78 – 70 | Darren Newton | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 131 |
6802 | 10/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 105 – 36 | Colin Broome | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 122 |
6803 | 11/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 102 – 59 | Sarah Farley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 130 |
6804 | 12/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 78 – 58 | Simon Clayton | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 123 |
6805 | 13/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 95 – 84 | Andy Christley | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 133 |
6806 | 16/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 101 – 53 | Gary Tanner | Jimmy Osmond | Susie Dent | 124 |
6807 | 17/04/2018 | P | Dougie Mackay | 91 – 93 | Mac Walker | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | 123 |
6808 | 18/04/2018 | P | Mac Walker | 87 – 80 | Masha Bell | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | 122 |
6809 | 19/04/2018 | P | Mac Walker | 109 – 69 | Amy Halloran | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | 123 |
6810 | 20/04/2018 | P | Mac Walker | 89 – 38 | Dan Wragg | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | 133 |
6811 | 23/04/2018 | P | Mac Walker | 69 – 90 | Jason Palmer | Pasha Kovalev | Susie Dent | 132 |
6812 | 24/04/2018 | P | Jason Palmer | 84 – 61 | Gavin O'Leary | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 156 |
6813 | 25/04/2018 | P | Jason Palmer | 95 – 24 | Maria Ryan | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 119 |
6814 | 26/04/2018 | P | Jason Palmer | 104 – 115 | Toby McDonald | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 135 |
6815 | 30/04/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 108 – 68 | Maxim Hall | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 123 |
6816 | 1/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 121 – 32 | Colin Beckwith | Chris Packham | Susie Dent | 126 |
6817 | 2/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 110 – 38 | Terry Monaghan | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 134 |
6818 | 3/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 111 – 10 | Alyssa Critchley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 125 |
6819 | 4/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 109 – 53 | Nilesh Pandya | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 124 |
6820 | 7/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 104 – 71 | Simon Cluskey | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 146 |
6821 | 8/05/2018 | P | Toby McDonald | 104 – 46 | Lee Padovani | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 128 |
6822 | 9/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 97 – 28 | James Forrest | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 123 |
6823 | 10/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 81 – 56 | Martyn Wingfield | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 125 |
6824 | 11/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 92 – 59 | Faye Battye | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 143 |
6825 | 14/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 77 – 75 | Curtis Thompson | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 133 |
6826 | 15/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 104 – 16 | Dickie Bird | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 124 |
6827 | 16/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 91 – 80 | Vincent Clark | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 122 |
6828 | 17/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 90 – 69 | Matthew Silk | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 132 |
6829 | 18/05/2018 | P | Paul Harper | 107 – 41 | Gerry Walsh | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 136 |
6830 | 21/05/2018 | P | Steve Middle | 90 – 69 | Funmi Adewale | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 121 |
6831 | 22/05/2018 | P | Steve Middle | 82 – 73 | Rosie Dale | Dr Linda Papadopoulos | Susie Dent | 122 |
6832 | 23/05/2018 | P | Steve Middle | 95 – 58 | Terry Hyde | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 122 |
6833 | 25/05/2018 | P | Steve Middle | 77 – 85 | Amy Benfield | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 133 |
6834 | 28/05/2018 | P | Amy Benfield | 60 – 34 | Anthony O'Sullivan | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 135 |
6835 | 29/05/2018 | P | Amy Benfield | 66 – 75 | Jan Pask | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 137 |
6836 | 30/05/2018 | P | Jan Pask | 91 – 49 | Greg Hollis | Barry McGuigan | Susie Dent | 165 |
6837 | 31/05/2018 | P | Jan Pask | 94 – 56 | Claire Gratton | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 135 |
6838 | 1/06/2018 | P | Jan Pask | 69 – 51 | David Sarin | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 123 |
6839 | 4/06/2018 | P | Jan Pask | 66 – 58 | Joy Main | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 123 |
6840 | 5/06/2018 | P | Jan Pask | 78 – 80 | Mick Purdie | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 121 |
6841 | 6/06/2018 | P | Mick Purdie | 91 – 80 | Katrina Corbett | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 142 |
6842 | 7/06/2018 | P | Mick Purdie | 81 – 75 | Chris Porter | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 121 |
6843 | 8/06/2018 | P | Mick Purdie | 40 – 86 | Darren Findlay | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 146 |
6844 | 11/06/2018 | P | Darren Findlay | 85 – 27 | Claire Conway | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 134 |
6845 | 12/06/2018 | P | Darren Findlay | 80 – 57 | Steve Harris | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 132 |
6846 | 13/06/2018 | P | Darren Findlay | 56 – 58 | Diane Cordery | Nina Hossain | Susie Dent | 128 |
6847 | 14/06/2018 | QF | Zarte Siempre | 124 – 19 | Jan Pask | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 133 |
6848 | 15/06/2018 | QF | Toby McDonald | 97 – 104 | Philip Aston | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 123 |
6849 | 18/06/2018 | QF | Chris Thorn | 68 – 97 | Dougie Mackay | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 128 |
6850 | 19/06/2018 | QF | Phil Davies | 81 – 69 | Paul Harper | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 143 |
6851 | 20/06/2018 | SF | Zarte Siempre | 112 – 88 | Phil Davies | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 123 |
6852 | 21/06/2018 | SF | Philip Aston | 98 – 76 | Dougie Mackay | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 132 |
6853 | 22/06/2018 | GF | Zarte Siempre | 128 – 118 | Philip Aston | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 136 |