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The Prize Presentation in the Grand Final of Series 81.

James Haughton holding the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy after winning Series 81.

Series 81 was the sixteenth series hosted by Nick Hewer. It began on 1 July 2019 and ended on 20 December 2019. It was won by Apterite and number one seed James Haughton, who defeated fellow Apterite and number two seed Jamie Wing in the Grand Final. This was the first series since Series 78 won by the number one seed.

No episode was shown on 12 July due to live coverage of the 2019 British Grand Prix practice sessions.

Series 81 is the first ever series in which nine contestants became octochamps. With only the top 8 players ranked by wins and then cumulative scores progressing to the quarter-finals, Corrina Attwood made dubious Countdown history by becoming the first octochamp to fail to qualify. Three of these octochamps joined the 800 club, but only Haughton accrued over 900 points. The Grand Final of this series was also the first since Series 77 not to feature a contestant who had previous runs on the show.

Series 23, 25, 45, 63, 68, 77, 81, and 82 are the only series in which the finals went completely true to the seedings (i.e. the higher seed always beat the lower seed, with no upsets).

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	James Haughton	8	958
2	Jamie Wing	8	899
3	Paul Nixon	8	893
4	Morgan Sauer	8	775
5	Andy Evans	8	750
6	John Osmond	8	711
7	Tom Silverlock	8	704
8	David Law	8	700

Since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Finals progress

James Haughton (1) vs David Law (8)	James Haughton (1) vs Morgan Sauer (4)	James Haughton (1) vs Jamie Wing (2)
Andy Evans (5) vs Morgan Sauer (4)
Paul Nixon (3) vs John Osmond (6)	Paul Nixon (3) vs Jamie Wing (2)
Tom Silverlock (7) vs Jamie Wing (2)

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Host	Arithmetician	Guest	Lex	Max
7108	1/07/2019	P	Imogen Gordon	75 – 82	Colin Beattie	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	137
7109	2/07/2019	P	Colin Beattie	86 – 79	Jamie Frier	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzi Perry	Susie Dent	138
7110	3/07/2019	P	Colin Beattie	71 – 83	Tom Silverlock	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzi Perry	Susie Dent	132
7111	4/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	75 – 63	Sam Digby	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzi Perry	Susie Dent	125
7112	5/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	78 – 77	Libby Fawcett	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzi Perry	Susie Dent	124
7113	8/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	84 – 64	Marwan Riach	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzi Perry	Susie Dent	126
7114	9/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	80 – 73	Trevor Coates	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Michaela Strachan	Susie Dent	127
7115	10/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	96 – 76	Aaron Samuel	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Michaela Strachan	Susie Dent	126
7116	11/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	111 – 22	Abby Ward	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Michaela Strachan	Susie Dent	155
7117	15/07/2019	P	Tom Silverlock	97 – 58	Amy McClemont	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Michaela Strachan	Susie Dent	153
7118	16/07/2019	P	James Haughton	118 – 41	Patrick Coombes	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Michaela Strachan	Susie Dent	158
7119	17/07/2019	P	James Haughton	103 – 50	Darren Rampton	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	120
7120	18/07/2019	P	James Haughton	133 – 31	Sonia Elston	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	156
7121	19/07/2019	P	James Haughton	125 – 20	Ryan Williams	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	144
7122	22/07/2019	P	James Haughton	134 – 30	Iain Sime	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	150
7123	23/07/2019	P	James Haughton	114 – 30	Rob Payne	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	143
7124	24/07/2019	P	James Haughton	118 – 51	Katrina Bond	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Rory Bremner	Susie Dent	133
7125	25/07/2019	P	James Haughton	113 – 16	Frank Coma	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	130
7126	26/07/2019	P	Gail Farnworth	48 – 73	Philip Catton	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	133
7127	29/07/2019	P	Philip Catton	40 – 93	Corrina Attwood	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	123
7128	30/07/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	77 – 66	Norman Grieve	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	134
7129	31/07/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	78 – 62	Patrick Holland	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Paul Sinha	Susie Dent	156
7130	1/08/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	80 – 70	Caroline Raby	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	121
7131	2/08/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	94 – 70	Gary Coney	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	137
7132	5/08/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	118 – 32	Malcolm Laurie	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	145
7133	6/08/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	73 – 49	Paul Robinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	131
7134	7/08/2019	P	Corrina Attwood	68 – 47	Chris Evans	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	John Inverdale	Susie Dent	136
7135	8/08/2019	P	Tom Ross	63 – 86	Colin Greenwood	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charlie Higson	Susie Dent	127
7136	9/08/2019	P	Colin Greenwood	70 – 47	Margaret Dickson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charlie Higson	Susie Dent	138
7137	12/08/2019	P	Colin Greenwood	78 – 81	Stephen Mellor	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charlie Higson	Susie Dent	134
7138	13/08/2019	P	Stephen Mellor	94 – 24	Julie Didlick	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charlie Higson	Susie Dent	137
7139	14/08/2019	P	Stephen Mellor	87 – 78	David Nixon	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Charlie Higson	Susie Dent	142
7140	15/08/2019	P	Stephen Mellor	103 – 63	Alan Taemur	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	133
7141	16/08/2019	P	Stephen Mellor	100 – 54	Martin Loader	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	134
7142	19/08/2019	P	Stephen Mellor	80 – 89	David Law	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	123
7143	20/08/2019	P	David Law	95 – 77	Nina Gunton	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	133
7144	21/08/2019	P	David Law	85 – 12	Robin Tomlinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Linda Papadopoulos	Susie Dent	124
7145	22/08/2019	P	David Law	84 – 79	Martin Garrett	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	156
7146	23/08/2019	P	David Law	96 – 35	Max McCabe	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	149
7147	26/08/2019	P	David Law	97 – 29	Steven Sutton	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	148
7148	27/08/2019	P	David Law	70 – 13	Anne Luxon	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	134
7149	28/08/2019	P	David Law	84 – 59	Roy Anderson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Raj Bisram	Susie Dent	125
7150	29/08/2019	P	Barbara Topping	55 – 43	Phil Hayman	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	135
7151	30/08/2019	P	Barbara Topping	52 – 98	Fiona King	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	136
7152	2/09/2019	P	Fiona King	53 – 84	Liam Bastick	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	133
7153	3/09/2019	P	Liam Bastick	77 – 72	Peter Tarry	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	126
7154	4/09/2019	P	Liam Bastick	82 – 57	James McLachlan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Martin Lewis	Susie Dent	134
7155	5/09/2019	P	Liam Bastick	84 – 68	Ken Baines	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	134
7156	6/09/2019	P	Liam Bastick	68 – 78	Sarah Delap	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	121
7157	9/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	79 – 51	Dave Beresford	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	138
7158	10/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	63 – 51	Joanna Colley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	128
7159	11/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	76 – 56	Hattie Wright	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Anneka Rice	Susie Dent	140
7160	12/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	73 – 72	Stuart Kilpatrick	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Len Goodman	Susie Dent	137
7161	13/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	74 – 45	Phil Mears	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Len Goodman	Susie Dent	135
7162	16/09/2019	P	Sarah Delap	74 – 84*	Matt Sykes	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Len Goodman	Susie Dent	126
7163	17/09/2019	P	Matt Sykes	65 – 100	Andy Evans	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Len Goodman	Susie Dent	127
7164	18/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	83* – 73	Gerry Gray	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Len Goodman	Susie Dent	145
7165	19/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	94 – 53	Steve Taylor	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Nina Hossain	Susie Dent	133
7166	20/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	114 – 61	Bekki Peckett	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Nina Hossain	Susie Dent	125
7167	23/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	80 – 58	Abbie Arrowsmith	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Nina Hossain	Susie Dent	118
7168	24/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	88 – 68	Daniel Smith	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Nina Hossain	Susie Dent	126
7169	25/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	112 – 50	David Lee	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Nina Hossain	Susie Dent	123
7170	26/09/2019	P	Andy Evans	89 – 74	Geoff Pinney	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	137
7171	27/09/2019	P	Simon Garside	47 – 82	Pauline Creer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	140
7172	30/09/2019	P	Pauline Creer	45 – 107	Paul Nixon	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	154
7173	1/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	93 – 48	Harry Robinson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	122
7174	2/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	107 – 44	Dave Richardson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Pam Ayres	Susie Dent	129
7175	3/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	126 – 45	Martyn Willmore	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	147
7176	4/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	136 – 45	Helen Millington	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	167
7177	7/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	109 – 32	Peter Williams	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	154
7178	8/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	112 – 58	Elliot Black	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	135
7179	9/10/2019	P	Paul Nixon	103 – 30	Lorraine Davis	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	124
7180	10/10/2019	P	Phil Galsworthy	55 – 71	Matt Rosenfeld	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	139
7181	11/10/2019	P	Matt Rosenfeld	104 – 87	Rob Phillips	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	146
7182	14/10/2019	P	Matt Rosenfeld	67 – 82	Pierse Walsh	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	135
7183	15/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	75 – 67	Phil O'Reilly	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	156
7184	16/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	80 – 49	Roqaya Ahmed	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jeremy Thompson	Susie Dent	145
7185	17/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	78 – 50	Tony Norris	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	130
7186	18/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	95 – 45	Linda Southgate	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	133
7187	21/10/2019	P	Pierse Walsh	77 – 82	John Osmond	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	148
7188	22/10/2019	P	John Osmond	68 – 65	Vamsi Pratapa	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	132
7189	23/10/2019	P	John Osmond	77 – 53	Colin Mason	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Gloria Hunniford	Susie Dent	146
7190	24/10/2019	P	John Osmond	109 – 24	Ben Pooley	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	143
7191	25/10/2019	P	John Osmond	119 – 22	Ann Wagstaff	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	135
7192	28/10/2019	P	John Osmond	78 – 44	Catherine Oliver	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	125
7193	29/10/2019	P	John Osmond	95 – 94	Mike Woodberry	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	164
7194	30/10/2019	P	John Osmond	83 – 62	Toby Pleming	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Levi Roots	Susie Dent	125
7195	31/10/2019	P	Sarah Buchanan	57 – 54	Russell Sullivan	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	145
7196	1/11/2019	P	Sarah Buchanan	80 – 46	Lawrence Chapman	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	135
7197	4/11/2019	P	Sarah Buchanan	30 – 81	Morgan Sauer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	119
7198	5/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	86 – 67	Susie Fytche	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	151
7199	6/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	102 – 67	Kay Goodsell	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	119
7200	7/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	115 – 53	Conor Sherry	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	136
7201	8/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	101 – 86	Alfie Webb	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	142
7202	11/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	93 – 24	Kurtis Lipman	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	144
7203	12/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	85 – 44	Jake Spencer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	134
7204	13/11/2019	P	Morgan Sauer	112 – 69	Lynne Scanlon	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jenny Eclair	Susie Dent	125
7205	14/11/2019	P	Ray Albrow	68 – 109	Paul Anderson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	133
7206	15/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	110 – 41	Jane Levingston	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	137
7207	18/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	111 – 93	Ewen Alexander	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	132
7208	19/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	124 – 52	Yvonne Wills	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	155
7209	20/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	95 – 61	Nick Parden	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	132
7210	21/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	98 – 72	Peter Rattle	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	140
7211	22/11/2019	P	Paul Anderson	90 – 100*	Jamie Wing	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	134
7212	25/11/2019	P	Jamie Wing	117 – 23	Sharif Dougramaji	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	126
7213	26/11/2019	P	Jamie Wing	114 – 53	Greg Folgate	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	135
7214	27/11/2019	P	Jamie Wing	120 – 62	Peter Jackson	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tanni Grey-Thompson	Susie Dent	147
7215	28/11/2019	P	Jamie Wing	118 – 68	Alan Jones	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Hannah Fry	Susie Dent	129
7216	29/11/2019	P	Jamie Wing	122 – 44	Barbara Wylde	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Hannah Fry	Susie Dent	132
7217	2/12/2019	P	Jamie Wing	96 – 53	Joseph Bennett	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Hannah Fry	Susie Dent	138
7218	3/12/2019	P	Jamie Wing	122 – 86	Alex Stuart	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Hannah Fry	Susie Dent	148
7219	4/12/2019	P	Anthony Scott	69 – 70	Zach Hart	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Hannah Fry	Susie Dent	135
7220	5/12/2019	P	Zach Hart	26 – 139	Luke Johnson-Davies	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	146
7221	6/12/2019	P	Luke Johnson-Davies	122 – 60	Janice Collins	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	144
7222	9/12/2019	P	Luke Johnson-Davies	113 – 58	Jim Torpey	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	143
7223	10/12/2019	P	Luke Johnson-Davies	124 – 28	John Lawlor	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	144
7224	11/12/2019	P	Luke Johnson-Davies	126 – 59	Stephen Rooney	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Suzannah Lipscomb	Susie Dent	133
7225	12/12/2019	QF	James Haughton	147 – 60	David Law	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	166
7226	13/12/2019	QF	Jamie Wing	121 – 78	Tom Silverlock	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	146
7227	16/12/2019	QF	Paul Nixon	117 – 102	John Osmond	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	158
7228	17/12/2019	QF	Morgan Sauer	78 – 77	Andy Evans	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	123
7229	18/12/2019	SF	James Haughton	113 – 79	Morgan Sauer	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	131
7230	19/12/2019	SF	Jamie Wing	91 – 77	Paul Nixon	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125
7231	20/12/2019	GF	James Haughton	110 – 95	Jamie Wing	{{{10}}}	{{{11}}}	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

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