Shemina Kirby

Shemina Kirby, 18 years after her first appearance, in Series 92.

Shemina 'Shem' Kirby was a contestant in Series 57 and 92. At the time of both of her appearances, she was a biomedical scientist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford while also living in Oxfordshire.

In her first appearance, she rather unluckily ran into eventual octochamp and series champion Craig Beevers during his heat games; the latter ultimately defeated Kirby without too much trouble.

But upon her return almost 18 years later, she made a much greater mark, by securing her teapot thanks to a closely fought victory over Mel Smith in the first show of Series 92. She then followed it up with six further victories, before just losing out on octochampdom to Chas McLaughlin. With 615 points from seven appearances, time will only tell if that is enough for the end-of-series finals in December.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4472	01/11/2007	P	Craig Beevers	117 – 40	Shemina Kirby	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	129
8549	30/06/2025	P	Mel Smith	51 – 69	Shemina Kirby	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	125
8550	01/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	83 – 74	Aaron Daley	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	133
8551	02/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	75 – 51	Kevin Pollock	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	121
8552	03/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	86 – 70	Matt Brooks	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	133
8553	04/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	70 – 66	Mark Bevington	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Neil Delamere	Susie Dent	128
8554	07/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	83 – 32	Neve King	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Owain Wyn Evans	Susie Dent	119
8555	08/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	82 – 70	Karl Finnan	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Owain Wyn Evans	Susie Dent	134
8556	09/07/2025	P	Shemina Kirby	67 – 81	Chas McLaughlin	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Owain Wyn Evans	Susie Dent	142