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Series 92

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Series 92
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The prize presentation in the grand final of Series 92.
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Jase Cullen, the winner of Series 92.
Series information
First episode 30 June 2025
Last episode 19 December 2025
Highest score 146 (Jase Cullen)
Number of contestants 126
Number of episodes 125
Results
Winner Jase Cullen
Runner-up Brett Davids

Series 92 is the latest completed series of Countdown and the eighth to feature Colin Murray as presenter. It commenced on 30 June 2025 and concluded on 19 December 2025, with number one seed Jase Cullen defeating number two seed Brett Davids in the grand final.

Episode 8553 was broadcast five minutes earlier at 14:05 to accommodate the live practice of the 2025 British Grand Prix. This was also the first episode to use Teatime Teasers that vary in length, with the first consisting of nine letters whilst the second had eight. Since this episode, teasers have varied in length sporadically.

On 11 August 2025, 96-year-old Donald Elsom became the oldest contestant ever to appear on the show.

This series has had a change to the audition process mid-production. Telephone auditions have been scrapped in favour of casting via video conferencing such as Zoom. This change is said to have better filtered successful applicants.

For the second consecutive series, every Dictionary Corner guest appeared in the Monday to Friday week. For the first time in Countdown history, this made 2025 the first ever year of every Dictionary Corner guest appearing in the Monday to Friday week.

The Apterites that appeared in this series were David Holmes, Edward Ffitch, Brett Davids, Phil Stanton, Ben Hocking, Lju Lazarevic, Ciaran McCarthy, Mark Baker, Jyoti Madlani, Callum Bentley, Jase Cullen, Joel Lane-Smith, Chris Allum, Jon Stammers, Rita Mullen and Megel Barker.

Series 92 was dominated by returning contestants. 26 contestants returned to this series for a second go, more than any other series; combined with 14 from the previous series, 2025 also set a new record for the most returnees over a full year with 40. Series 92 also set a new record for the most returnees in the finals with 7: Mark Allen was the only newcomer in these finals; the finalists have won a total of 76 matches and 11 teapots between them – both also records, the latter being jointly held with Series 90. Furthermore, a record 64.8% of matches (81 out of 125) in Series 92 featured a returning contestant, compared to just 19.2% last series.

This was also the first series since Series 79 where the top seven seeds were octochamps and the No. 8 seed was a seven-time winner.

Seed table

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Jase Cullen 8 926
2 Brett Davids 8 916
3 Ben Hocking 8 862
4 Ciaran McCarthy 8 842
5 John Payne 8 834
6 Ricky Cohen 8 801
7 Mark Allen 8 722
8 Shemina Kirby 7 615**
NOTE: Due to the wrongful allowance of Kirby’s offering of CLOVERS in her seventh game, her total should have been 608 points.
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

Jase Cullen (1) vs Shemina Kirby (8) Jase Cullen (1) vs John Payne (5) Jase Cullen (1)
vs
Brett Davids (2)
John Payne (5) vs Ciaran McCarthy (4)
Ben Hocking (3) vs Ricky Cohen (6) Ben Hocking (3) vs Brett Davids (2)
Mark Allen (7) vs Brett Davids (2)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8549 30/06/2025 P Mel Smith 51 – 69 Shemina Kirby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 125
8550 01/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 83 – 74 Aaron Daley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 133
8551 02/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 75 – 51 Kevin Pollock Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 121
8552 03/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 86 – 70 Matt Brooks Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 133
8553 04/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 70 – 66 Mark Bevington Colin Murray Rachel Riley Neil Delamere Susie Dent 128
8554 07/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 83 – 32 Neve King Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 119
8555 08/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 82 – 70 Karl Finnan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 134
8556 09/07/2025 P Shemina Kirby 67 – 81 Chas McLaughlin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 142
8557 10/07/2025 P Chas McLaughlin 93 – 41 Elizabeth Uwulaka Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 129
8558 11/07/2025 P Chas McLaughlin 64 – 89 John Payne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Owain Wyn Evans Susie Dent 131
8559 14/07/2025 P John Payne 100 – 90 David Holmes Colin Murray Rachel Riley Charlene White Susie Dent 125
8560 15/07/2025 P John Payne 109 – 65 Val Pilkington-Smith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Charlene White Susie Dent 122
8561 16/07/2025 P John Payne 99 – 52 Edward Ffitch Colin Murray Rachel Riley Charlene White Susie Dent 120
8562 17/07/2025 P John Payne 112 – 69 Richard Cook Colin Murray Rachel Riley Charlene White Susie Dent 143
8563 18/07/2025 P John Payne 92 – 61 Andrew Dickens Colin Murray Rachel Riley Charlene White Susie Dent 120
8564 21/07/2025 P John Payne 119 – 69 Frances McKissock Colin Murray Rachel Riley Claire Sweeney Susie Dent 131
8565 22/07/2025 P John Payne 114 – 94 Wayne Swan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Claire Sweeney Susie Dent 143
8566 23/07/2025 P Angus Faraday 100 – 77 Dave Potter Colin Murray Rachel Riley Claire Sweeney Susie Dent 122
8567 24/07/2025 P Angus Faraday 106 – 52 Chris MacKenzie-Thorpe Colin Murray Rachel Riley Claire Sweeney Susie Dent 127
8568 25/07/2025 P Angus Faraday 119 – 103 Colin Thomas Colin Murray Rachel Riley Claire Sweeney Susie Dent 153
8569 28/07/2025 P Angus Faraday 100 – 104 Brett Davids Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 121
8570 29/07/2025 P Brett Davids 138 – 54 Josie Scott-Fleming Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 155
8571 30/07/2025 P Brett Davids 119 – 80 Paul Hegarty Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 119
8572 31/07/2025 P Brett Davids 107 – 51 Jenny Dyer Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 149
8573 01/08/2025 P Brett Davids 119 – 70 Jim Langston Colin Murray Rachel Riley Jon Culshaw Susie Dent 137
8574 04/08/2025 P Brett Davids 108 – 78 John McGinnes Colin Murray Rachel Riley Steve Cram Susie Dent 133
8575 05/08/2025 P Brett Davids 113 – 52 Martin Larter Colin Murray Rachel Riley Steve Cram Susie Dent 143
8576 06/08/2025 P Brett Davids 108 – 66 Phil Stanton Colin Murray Rachel Riley Steve Cram Susie Dent 123
8577 07/08/2025 P Paul Costello 58 – 72 Helen Ross Colin Murray Rachel Riley Steve Cram Susie Dent 133
8578 08/08/2025 P Helen Ross 84 – 82 Ben Barlow-Davenport Colin Murray Rachel Riley Steve Cram Susie Dent 126
8579 11/08/2025 P Helen Ross 71 – 32 Donald Elsom Colin Murray Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 124
8580 12/08/2025 P Helen Ross 83 – 66 Jason Fleming Colin Murray Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 122
8581 13/08/2025 P Helen Ross 58 – 81 Rob Moss Colin Murray Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 121
8582 14/08/2025 P Rob Moss 106 – 67 Gill Hart Colin Murray Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 119
8583 15/08/2025 P Rob Moss 64 – 79 Paul Warriner Colin Murray Rachel Riley Dr Ranj Singh Susie Dent 135
8584 18/08/2025 P Paul Warriner 78 – 82 Abby Scott Colin Murray Rachel Riley Russell Watson Susie Dent 122
8585 19/08/2025 P Abby Scott 81 – 69 Steve Ord Colin Murray Rachel Riley Russell Watson Susie Dent 120
8586 20/08/2025 P Abby Scott 68 – 114 Ben Hocking Colin Murray Rachel Riley Russell Watson Susie Dent 116
8587 21/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 97 – 74 Colin Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Russell Watson Susie Dent 131
8588 22/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 110 – 60 Becky Kitchen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Russell Watson Susie Dent 124
8589 25/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 113 – 97 Peter Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pat Nevin Susie Dent 133
8590 26/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 100 – 74 Charlotte Langham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pat Nevin Susie Dent 119
8591 27/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 111 – 83 Malcolm Major Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pat Nevin Susie Dent 120
8592 28/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 114 – 33 Paul Kramer Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pat Nevin Susie Dent 133
8593 29/08/2025 P Ben Hocking 103 – 47 Steve Thurlow Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pat Nevin Susie Dent 123
8594 01/09/2025 P Stevie Graham 53 – 78 Aryan Bashiruddin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 134
8595 02/09/2025 P Aryan Bashiruddin 80 – 56 Nicky Hall Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 120
8596 03/09/2025 P Aryan Bashiruddin 74 – 57 Steve Mabberley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 129
8597 04/09/2025 P Aryan Bashiruddin 75 – 62 Michael Blowers Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 129
8598 05/09/2025 P Aryan Bashiruddin 74 – 87 Jan Clark Colin Murray Rachel Riley Levi Roots Susie Dent 133
8599 08/09/2025 P Jan Clark 71 – 79 Lju Lazarevic Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 132
8600 09/09/2025 P Lju Lazarevic 90 – 75 John Griffiths Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 122
8601 10/09/2025 P Lju Lazarevic 39 – 96 Ciaran McCarthy Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 129
8602 11/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 87 – 67 Tom Sydenham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 135
8603 12/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 105 – 75 Mark Baker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Chris McCausland Susie Dent 124
8604 15/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 112 – 33 Martyn Smith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Shirley Ballas Susie Dent 145
8605 16/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 112 – 63 Kay Shrubb Colin Murray Rachel Riley Shirley Ballas Susie Dent 140
8606 17/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 99 – 65 Gaurav Kamath Colin Murray Rachel Riley Shirley Ballas Susie Dent 130
8607 18/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 107 – 37 Mick Jary Colin Murray Rachel Riley Shirley Ballas Susie Dent 143
8608 19/09/2025 P Ciaran McCarthy 124 – 57 Paul Bainbridge Colin Murray Rachel Riley Shirley Ballas Susie Dent 154
8609 22/09/2025 P Jason McNulty 78 – 95 Jyoti Madlani Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ainsley Harriott Susie Dent 157
8610 23/09/2025 P Jyoti Madlani 78 – 76 Darren Saunders Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ainsley Harriott Susie Dent 133
8611 24/09/2025 P Jyoti Madlani 67 – 112 John Pakenham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ainsley Harriott Susie Dent 124
8612 25/09/2025 P John Pakenham 97 – 76 Phil Whitman Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ainsley Harriott Susie Dent 136
8613 26/09/2025 P John Pakenham 119 – 55 Richard Corrigan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ainsley Harriott Susie Dent 134
8614 29/09/2025 P John Pakenham 100 – 66 Chris Harvey Colin Murray Rachel Riley Mark Radcliffe Susie Dent 125
8615 30/09/2025 P John Pakenham 71 – 66 Callum Bentley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Mark Radcliffe Susie Dent 133
8616 01/10/2025 P John Pakenham 95 – 109 Jase Cullen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Mark Radcliffe Susie Dent 126
8617 02/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 112 – 74 Denise Taylor Colin Murray Rachel Riley Mark Radcliffe Susie Dent 127
8618 03/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 109 – 20 David Wickenden Colin Murray Rachel Riley Mark Radcliffe Susie Dent 120
8619 06/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 111 – 72 Pete Breitenbach Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 129
8620 07/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 146 – 60 Sukhi Hawkins Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 157
8621 08/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 118 – 48 Richard McCulloch Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 123
8622 09/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 113 – 60 Neil Sneddon Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 134
8623 10/10/2025 P Jase Cullen 108 – 48 Guy Barry Colin Murray Rachel Riley Maggie Aderin-Pocock Susie Dent 119
8624 13/10/2025 P Laura Klyszcz 32 – 86 Darren Melling Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ade Adepitan Susie Dent 120
8625 14/10/2025 P Darren Melling 99 – 49 Dorothy Reidman Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ade Adepitan Susie Dent 122
8626 15/10/2025 P Darren Melling 84 – 53 David Phillpott-Walsh Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ade Adepitan Susie Dent 127
8627 16/10/2025 P Darren Melling 83 – 41 Jason Hook Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ade Adepitan Susie Dent 123
8628 17/10/2025 P Darren Melling 86 – 96* Jack Dolan Colin Murray Rachel Riley Ade Adepitan Susie Dent 124
8629 20/10/2025 P Jack Dolan 85 – 70 Daniel Jones Colin Murray Rachel Riley Les Dennis Susie Dent 121
8630 21/10/2025 P Jack Dolan 93 – 65 Richard McNally Colin Murray Rachel Riley Les Dennis Susie Dent 131
8631 22/10/2025 P Jack Dolan 93 – 40 Rebecca Kenrick Colin Murray Rachel Riley Les Dennis Susie Dent 147
8632 23/10/2025 P Jack Dolan 80 – 94 Tim Root Colin Murray Rachel Riley Les Dennis Susie Dent 123
8633 24/10/2025 P Tim Root 90 – 84 Neil Sparham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Les Dennis Susie Dent 134
8634 27/10/2025 P Tim Root 84 – 85 Ryan Martin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Desiree Burch Susie Dent 134
8635 28/10/2025 P Ryan Martin 84 – 79 Sandra Veronique Colin Murray Rachel Riley Desiree Burch Susie Dent 134
8636 29/10/2025 P Ryan Martin 98 – 79 David Bathurst Colin Murray Rachel Riley Desiree Burch Susie Dent 133
8637 30/10/2025 P Ryan Martin 53 – 92 Joel Lane-Smith Colin Murray Rachel Riley Desiree Burch Susie Dent 119
8638 31/10/2025 P Joel Lane-Smith 97 – 43 Tony Radevsky Colin Murray Rachel Riley Desiree Burch Susie Dent 119
8639 03/11/2025 P Joel Lane-Smith 77 – 90 Mark Allen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rebecca Front Susie Dent 146
8640 04/11/2025 P Mark Allen 59 – 37 Linda Hardwick Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rebecca Front Susie Dent 122
8641 05/11/2025 P Mark Allen 99 – 43 Imran Bashiruddin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rebecca Front Susie Dent 123
8642 06/11/2025 P Mark Allen 106 – 60 Aidan Whiley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rebecca Front Susie Dent 132
8643 07/11/2025 P Mark Allen 92 – 67 Andrew Kirkham Colin Murray Rachel Riley Rebecca Front Susie Dent 133
8644 10/11/2025 P Mark Allen 86 – 55 Gill Baker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 121
8645 11/11/2025 P Mark Allen 97 – 54 Josh McKenna Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 124
8646 12/11/2025 P Mark Allen 93 – 75 Tony Mahoney Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 154
8647 13/11/2025 P Dave Hoare 72 – 82 Chris Allum Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 124
8648 14/11/2025 P Chris Allum 76 – 67 Tim Fisher Colin Murray Rachel Riley Katharine Merry Susie Dent 130
8649 17/11/2025 P Chris Allum 67 – 92 Kathy Danton Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 122
8650 18/11/2025 P Kathy Danton 87 – 52 James Mogg Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 122
8651 19/11/2025 P Kathy Danton 43 – 76 Jon Stammers Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 139
8652 20/11/2025 P Jon Stammers 87 – 108 Wayne Benson Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 156
8653 21/11/2025 P Wayne Benson 69 – 102 Ricky Cohen Colin Murray Rachel Riley John Thomson Susie Dent 147
8654 24/11/2025 P Ricky Cohen 112 – 79 Will Pratt Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 133
8655 25/11/2025 P Ricky Cohen 106 – 91 Ian Matthews Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 136
8656 26/11/2025 P Ricky Cohen 97 – 49 Stephen Harrison Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 128
8657 27/11/2025 P Ricky Cohen 83 – 70 Chris D'Andilly Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 132
8658 28/11/2025 P Ricky Cohen 95 – 44 Paul Deemer Colin Murray Rachel Riley Pam Ayres Susie Dent 145
8659 01/12/2025 P Ricky Cohen 95 – 63 Rita Mullen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 131
8660 02/12/2025 P Ricky Cohen 111 – 60 Steph Whitehead Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 134
8661 03/12/2025 P Hector Scott 76 – 81 Pete Dance Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 131
8662 04/12/2025 P Pete Dance 86 – 81 Ian Pratt Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 127
8663 05/12/2025 P Pete Dance 46 – 97 Megel Barker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 143
8664 08/12/2025 P Megel Barker 97 – 51 David Shattock Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 126
8665 09/12/2025 P Megel Barker 84 – 75 Tony Long Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 124
8666 10/12/2025 P Megel Barker 94 – 49 Louise Murphy Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 118
8667 11/12/2025 QF Jase Cullen 121 – 43 Shemina Kirby Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 126
8668 12/12/2025 QF Brett Davids 116 – 91 Mark Allen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 126
8669 15/12/2025 QF Ben Hocking 108 – 61 Ricky Cohen Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 120
8670 16/12/2025 QF Ciaran McCarthy 79 – 82 John Payne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 135
8671 17/12/2025 SF Jase Cullen 116 – 78 John Payne Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 130
8672 18/12/2025 SF Brett Davids 116 – 108 Ben Hocking Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 145
8673 19/12/2025 GF Jase Cullen 118 – 76 Brett Davids Colin Murray Rachel Riley Christopher Biggins Susie Dent 131

External links

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