Steven Etherington

Steven Etherington in Series 85.

Steven Etherington was a quarter-finalist in Series 86. He was a Warehouse Operative from Skelmersdale, but originally from Liverpool.

Etherington appeared in the last six heats of Series 85 before it broke off for the finals and returned for his seventh game in the first edition of Series 86, which he also won, but missed out on becoming an octochamp the following day after a narrow defeat to Daren Barnes. With 7 wins under his belt, Etherington eventually qualified for the series finals as No. 7 seed in December 2022. Although his sixth game was pulled from broadcast shortly before airing, its score is known to be 88 – 57, thus giving him a total of 733 points in the heats.

In the second quarter-final match of the series on 16 December, Etherington was eliminated by No. 2 seed Edward Byrne, with Ed pulling out spots such as VERITY in Round 5 and ALLSPICE in Round 13, although Steven did take some points with WHALES in Round 10. This left Etherington with a total of 767 points, and meant that both of his losses were to Octochamps.

Etherington is the son of two-time contestant Peter Etherington, and both appeared on the first series of Fifteen to One; Steven also applied for another Anne Robinson-fronted quiz show, The Weakest Link, but did not get beyond the audition process.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7774	01/06/2022	P	Will Campion	72 – 92	Steven Etherington	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robert Hardman	Susie Dent	124
7775	02/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	109 – 35	Kieran Walsh	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tanni Grey-Thompson		none	146
7776	03/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	102 – 63	Andrew Nuttall	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tanni Grey-Thompson		none	133
7777	06/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	85 – 70	Nicholas Cooney	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tanni Grey-Thompson		none	143
7778	07/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	95 – 69	Richard Simpson	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tanni Grey-Thompson		none	134
7779	Unreleased	P	Steven Etherington	88 – 57	Loser of Episode 7779	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Tanni Grey-Thompson		none	XXX
7787	20/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	84 – 50	Andrew Western	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robert Rinder		none	131
7788	21/06/2022	P	Steven Etherington	78 – 84	Daren Barnes	Anne Robinson	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Robert Rinder		none	125
7916	16/12/2022	QF	Edward Byrne	105 – 34	Steven Etherington	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Vick Hope	Susie Dent	133