Steve Sandalls

Steve in the Series 46 final.

Steve Sandalls was the runner-up of Series 46.

He won 5 heat games before losing the final 6th game by just 4 points. He also racked up a score of 109, then the highest in the history of 15-round Countdown, surpassed a couple of weeks later by Simon Cartwright. He returned for the finals as #6 seed behind 5 Viscounts. He beat Loz Sands in the quarter-final on a crucial conundrum before beating Brian Capper who had beaten the #2 seed in his quarter-final. In the final itself he faced #1 seed Ben Wilson. The scores were tight, but Steve went ahead after Ben made a mistake on the 3rd numbers game. He was one point ahead on the conundrum, but it was Ben that solved ASSISTANT to win the Series. Rather controversially, Steve was not invited back to Championship of Champions XI, instead his place was given to Loz Sands, despite Steve eliminating her in their quarter-final.

Preceded by Geraldine Hylands

Series runner-up Series 46

Followed by Tom Hargreaves

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3094	4/10/2001	P	Ronald Holt	46 – 107	Steve Sandalls	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Graham	Susie Dent	130
3095	5/10/2001	P	Steve Sandalls	84 – 51	Ted Beddard	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Lesley Graham	Susie Dent	141
3096	8/10/2001	P	Steve Sandalls	109 – 70	Paul Gardener	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Tania Styles	118
3097	9/10/2001	P	Steve Sandalls	70 – 47	Pat Baxter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Tania Styles	128
3098	10/10/2001	P	Steve Sandalls	89 – 61	Bruce Dick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Tania Styles	132
3099	11/10/2001	P	Steve Sandalls	66 – 70	Diane Dootson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Keith Barron	Tania Styles	123
3148	19/12/2001	QF	Loz Sands	66 – 82	Steve Sandalls	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Denis Norden	Tania Styles	138
3151	24/12/2001	SF	Brian Capper	84 – 99	Steve Sandalls	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Clare Pemberton	142
3152	25/12/2001	GF	Steve Sandalls	75 – 84	Ben Wilson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Clare Pemberton	117