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Series 90

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Series 90
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The prize presentation in the grand final of Series 90.
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Fiona Wood, the winner of Series 90.
Series information
First episode 1 July 2024
Last episode 20 December 2024
Highest score 126 (Rob Barkess)
Number of contestants 119
Number of episodes 118
Results
Winner Fiona Wood
Runner-up Chris Kirby

Series 90 is the most recently completed series of Countdown and the sixth to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It began on 1 July 2024 and concluded on 20 December 2024 with No. 2 seed Fiona Wood defeating No. 1 seed Chris Kirby in the final to become the first woman to win a series in 26 years with Kate Ogilvie being the last. This series also saw a number of items of note: it was the first where more than one person has made it to the finals twice thanks to being involved in a series years prior, the first instance since Series 83 when the No. 1 seed got defeated in the grand final and it was the first time since Series 84 when a female finalist made it to the grand final.

Apterites Jon Stitcher, Robin Lyster, Richard Barnett, Jamie Dutton, Caroline Hofman, Hiral Varia, Logan Skelton, Chris Kirby, and Jan Larsson appeared in this series.

Episode 8310 was broadcast five minutes earlier at 14:05 to accommodate the live practice of the 2024 British Grand Prix. Countdown was also off-air from 29 August to 6 September due to Channel 4's coverage of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Episode 8387 broadcast on 31 October, was given a Halloween makeover for both set and wardrobe for the first time ever.

Series 90 saw a significant overhaul made to Oxford Dictionaries Premium (ODP), in which over 95,000 predominantly obscure words imported from the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in 2015 were deleted from the site without announcement. This permanent change (that materialised on 16 July 2024) impacted the maxes available in letters games during the second half of the series, specifically those from 16 September. The changes meant that some Teatime Teasers – which are set before the recordings – used words removed in the cull before reverting from nine letters to eight on 7 October.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Chris Kirby 8 880
2 Fiona Wood 8 819
3 Rob Barkess 8 811
4 David Roe 8 809
5 Alex Call 8 755
6 Terence Newnham 8 730
7 Helen McGivern 8 704
8 Neil Holland 5 515
NOTE: James Swinnerton, with five wins and 523 points, had qualified for the finals as number eight seed but was unable to appear, as he had pre-booked a holiday for the filming dates of the finals, so Neil Holland took his place.
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 single-game score.

Finals progress

Chris Kirby (1) vs Neil Holland (8) Chris Kirby (1) vs David Roe (4) Chris Kirby (1)
vs
Fiona Wood (2)
Alex Call (5) vs David Roe (4)
Rob Barkess (3) vs Terence Newnham (6) Terence Newnham (6) vs Fiona Wood (2)
Helen McGivern (7) vs Fiona Wood (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8306 01/07/2024 P Phil Campbell 101 – 25 Ben Bradley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ranvir Singh Susie Dent 135
8307 02/07/2024 P Phil Campbell 65 – 74 Stacey Burke Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ranvir Singh Susie Dent 135
8308 03/07/2024 P Stacey Burke 45 – 73 James Swinnerton Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ranvir Singh Susie Dent 126
8309 04/07/2024 P James Swinnerton 100 – 67 Elaine Call Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ranvir Singh Susie Dent 127
8310 05/07/2024 P James Swinnerton 93 – 27 Michael Arnold Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ranvir Singh Susie Dent 132
8311 08/07/2024 P James Swinnerton 97 – 39 Philip Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Myleene Klass Susie Dent 136
8312 09/07/2024 P James Swinnerton 86 – 49 Rachel Gallen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Myleene Klass Susie Dent 124
8313 10/07/2024 P James Swinnerton 74 – 108 Jon Stitcher Colin Murray Rachel Riley Myleene Klass Susie Dent 133
8314 11/07/2024 P Jon Stitcher 118 – 59 Hollie Kirkup Colin Murray Rachel Riley Myleene Klass Susie Dent 124
8315 12/07/2024 P Jon Stitcher 92 – 50 Robin Lyster Colin Murray Rachel Riley Myleene Klass Susie Dent 133
8316 15/07/2024 P Jon Stitcher 98 – 49 Mario Panayiotou Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 125
8317 16/07/2024 P Jon Stitcher 87 – 89 Fiona Wood Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 124
8318 17/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 96 – 50 James Train Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 146
8319 18/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 111 – 81 Janet Turville Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 123
8320 19/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 107 – 79 Omair Azam Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 144
8321 22/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 113 – 49 Dan Barby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 120
8322 23/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 104 – 62 Helen Bell Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 124
8323 24/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 91 – 45 Allan Turnbull Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 119
8324 25/07/2024 P Fiona Wood 108 – 72 Jules Quick Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 122
8325 26/07/2024 P Steven Woods 91 – 67 Zoe Roberts Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 141
8326 29/07/2024 P Steven Woods 83 – 76 Lianne Kennedy Colin Murray Rachel Riley Helen Lederer Susie Dent 131
8327 30/07/2024 P Steven Woods 85 – 76 Richard Barnett Colin Murray Rachel Riley Helen Lederer Susie Dent 121
8328 31/07/2024 P Steven Woods 82 – 88 Liam Critcher Colin Murray Rachel Riley Helen Lederer Susie Dent 125
8329 01/08/2024 P Liam Critcher 95 – 71 Anjelica Bent Colin Murray Rachel Riley Helen Lederer Susie Dent 157
8330 02/08/2024 P Liam Critcher 99 – 76 Ben Smith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Helen Lederer Susie Dent 135
8331 05/08/2024 P Liam Critcher 63 – 78 Jennifer Colford Colin Murray Rachel Riley Clara Amfo Susie Dent 125
8332 06/08/2024 P Jennifer Colford 73 – 78 Paul Johnson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Clara Amfo Susie Dent 125
8333 07/08/2024 P Paul Johnson 78 – 53 Jim Sales Colin Murray Rachel Riley Clara Amfo Susie Dent 119
8334 08/08/2024 P Paul Johnson 93 – 45 Kay Newman Colin Murray Rachel Riley Clara Amfo Susie Dent 145
8335 09/08/2024 P Paul Johnson 73 – 67 Dan O'Donohoe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Clara Amfo Susie Dent 124
8336 12/08/2024 P Paul Johnson 90 – 78 Donna Hurd Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 133
8337 13/08/2024 P Paul Johnson 54 – 105 Rob Barkess Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 123
8338 14/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 120 – 66 Steve Howells Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 145
8339 15/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 96 – 70 Julia Little Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 137
8340 16/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 97 – 53 Ali Dootson Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 134
8341 19/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 101 – 39 Kileon Bounden Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ria Lina Susie Dent 125
8342 20/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 126 – 53 Simon Cornwell Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ria Lina Susie Dent 146
8343 21/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 72 – 50 Gavin Hudson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ria Lina Susie Dent 123
8344 22/08/2024 P Rob Barkess 94 – 46 Anna Heath Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ria Lina Susie Dent 124
8345 23/08/2024 P Jill Taylor 94 – 74 David Homewood Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ria Lina Susie Dent 126
8346 26/08/2024 P Jill Taylor 91 – 73 Caroline Carpenter Colin Murray Rachel Riley Kadeena Cox Susie Dent 135
8347 27/08/2024 P Jill Taylor 71 – 90 Alex Call Colin Murray Rachel Riley Kadeena Cox Susie Dent 121
8348 28/08/2024 P Alex Call 103 – 42 Lorraine Graham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Kadeena Cox Susie Dent 135
8349 09/09/2024 P Alex Call 77 – 75 Margaret Long Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 133
8350 10/09/2024 P Alex Call 104 – 85 Chris Butterly Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 124
8351 11/09/2024 P Alex Call 116 – 45 Mark Summersmith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 136
8352 12/09/2024 P Alex Call 93 – 35 Clare Harris Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 135
8353 13/09/2024 P Alex Call 82 – 80 Paul Devine Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 129
8354 16/09/2024 P Alex Call 90 – 61 Sean Lincoln Colin Murray Rachel Riley Richard Osman Susie Dent 125
8355 17/09/2024 P David Burgess 88 – 67 Ethan Thrower Colin Murray Rachel Riley Richard Osman Susie Dent 134
8356 18/09/2024 P David Burgess 85 – 78 Joanne Horton-Hill Colin Murray Rachel Riley Richard Osman Susie Dent 123
8357 19/09/2024 P David Burgess 83 – 64 Laura Craig Colin Murray Rachel Riley Richard Osman Susie Dent 134
8358 20/09/2024 P David Burgess 72 – 64 Jamie Dutton Colin Murray Rachel Riley Richard Osman Susie Dent 120
8359 23/09/2024 P David Burgess 57 – 72 Ed Barker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 125
8360 24/09/2024 P Ed Barker 68 – 79 Tricia Dadd Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 143
8361 25/09/2024 P Tricia Dadd 111 – 49 Caroline Hofman Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 144
8362 26/09/2024 P Tricia Dadd 89 – 85 Paul Critchley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 134
8363 27/09/2024 P Tricia Dadd 75 – 84 Neil Massey Colin Murray Rachel Riley Bob Harris Susie Dent 120
8364 30/09/2024 P Neil Massey 60 – 79 Terence Newnham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 120
8365 01/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 100 – 66 Graeme McDonald Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 133
8366 02/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 77 – 66 Elizabeth O'Neill Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 123
8367 03/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 95 – 59 Dave Moran Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 124
8368 04/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 110 – 37 Greg Bond Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 123
8369 07/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 91 – 57 Melissa Flynn Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 125
8370 08/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 95 – 58 Kim Binks Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 122
8371 09/10/2024 P Terence Newnham 83 – 81 Tom Read Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 123
8372 10/10/2024 P Rhodri Tomos 65 – 45 James Martin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 122
8373 11/10/2024 P Rhodri Tomos 54 – 75 Elaine Sharpe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 125
8374 14/10/2024 P Elaine Sharpe 50 – 60 Laura Groves Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 122
8375 15/10/2024 P Laura Groves 72 – 92 Neil Holland Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 123
8376 16/10/2024 P Neil Holland 92 – 41 Samer Ullah Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 132
8377 17/10/2024 P Neil Holland 71 – 55 Anne Purdie Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 120
8378 18/10/2024 P Neil Holland 108 – 55 Mark Marriott Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 123
8379 21/10/2024 P Neil Holland 92 – 60 Vish Nehra Colin Murray Rachel Riley Linford Christie Susie Dent 124
8380 22/10/2024 P Neil Holland 60 – 71 Joanne Massiah Colin Murray Rachel Riley Linford Christie Susie Dent 121
8381 23/10/2024 P Joanne Massiah 54 – 88 Nigel Hutchinson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Linford Christie Susie Dent 123
8382 24/10/2024 P Nigel Hutchinson 74 – 70 Rob Baker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Linford Christie Susie Dent 134
8383 25/10/2024 P Nigel Hutchinson 80 – 27 Tony Turner Colin Murray Rachel Riley Linford Christie Susie Dent 110
8384 28/10/2024 P Nigel Hutchinson 76 – 98 David Roe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 122
8385 29/10/2024 P David Roe 92 – 84 Anna Seemayer Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 123
8386 30/10/2024 P David Roe 95 – 60 Olivia Bryan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 117
8387 31/10/2024 P David Roe 95 – 53 Will Rogers Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 121
8388 01/11/2024 P David Roe 103 – 33 Charlotte Dunsterville Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 131
8389 04/11/2024 P David Roe 110 – 55 Barrie Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Carl Frampton Susie Dent 133
8390 05/11/2024 P David Roe 109 – 82 Hiral Varia Colin Murray Rachel Riley Carl Frampton Susie Dent 124
8391 06/11/2024 P David Roe 107 – 64 Tyler Selby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Carl Frampton Susie Dent 136
8392 07/11/2024 P Liz Davies 87 – 82 Pun Vaghela Colin Murray Rachel Riley Carl Frampton Susie Dent 146
8393 08/11/2024 P Liz Davies 100 – 46 Tracy Hallam Colin Murray Rachel Riley Carl Frampton Susie Dent 135
8394 11/11/2024 P Liz Davies 54 – 90 Logan Skelton Colin Murray Rachel Riley Angela Scanlon Susie Dent 136
8395 12/11/2024 P Logan Skelton 114 – 58 Steve Haggerty Colin Murray Rachel Riley Angela Scanlon Susie Dent 147
8396 13/11/2024 P Logan Skelton 106 – 49 Matt Parry Colin Murray Rachel Riley Angela Scanlon Susie Dent 122
8397 14/11/2024 P Logan Skelton 73 – 88 Nicky Wisson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Angela Scanlon Susie Dent 121
8398 15/11/2024 P Nicky Wisson 69 – 86 Helen McGivern Colin Murray Rachel Riley Angela Scanlon Susie Dent 135
8399 18/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 91 – 68 Julian Coupland Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 135
8400 19/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 83 – 55 Keith Sanders Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 165
8401 20/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 107 – 25 Mickey Haimes Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 143
8402 21/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 73 – 43 Sophie Pawson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 134
8403 22/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 79 – 65 Clare Rees Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 134
8404 25/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 98 – 34 Rachel McAdam Colin Murray Rachel Riley Sara Davies Susie Dent 123
8405 26/11/2024 P Helen McGivern 87 – 70 Darren Barnard Colin Murray Rachel Riley Sara Davies Susie Dent 156
8406 27/11/2024 P Jane Bates 8 – 121 Chris Kirby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Sara Davies Susie Dent 135
8407 28/11/2024 P Chris Kirby 96 – 54 Smriti Jain Colin Murray Rachel Riley Sara Davies Susie Dent 122
8408 29/11/2024 P Chris Kirby 116 – 52 George Kyriazi Colin Murray Rachel Riley Sara Davies Susie Dent 121
8409 02/12/2024 P Chris Kirby 113 – 60 Emma Etherington Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 123
8410 03/12/2024 P Chris Kirby 107 – 29 Jack Wheeler Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 125
8411 04/12/2024 P Chris Kirby 112 – 39 Grace Ellis Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 120
8412 05/12/2024 P Chris Kirby 121 – 75 Jan Larsson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 123
8413 06/12/2024 P Chris Kirby 94 – 77 Bethan Phillips Colin Murray Rachel Riley Justin Moorhouse Susie Dent 124
8414 09/12/2024 P Michael Kane 82 – 68 Gill Russell Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 123
8415 10/12/2024 P Michael Kane 98 – 62 Colin Peet Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 124
8416 11/12/2024 P Michael Kane 89 – 62 Paul Ellis Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 121
8417 12/12/2024 QF Chris Kirby 96 – 68 Neil Holland Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 133
8418 13/12/2024 QF Fiona Wood 107 – 83 Helen McGivern Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rory Bremner Susie Dent 132
8419 16/12/2024 QF Rob Barkess 87 – 100 Terence Newnham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 164
8420 17/12/2024 QF David Roe 97 – 67 Alex Call Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 135
8421 18/12/2024 SF Chris Kirby 101 – 82 David Roe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 132
8422 19/12/2024 SF Fiona Wood 111 – 76 Terence Newnham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 133
8423 20/12/2024 GF Chris Kirby 89 – 96 Fiona Wood Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 120

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