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Tom Barnes

From Countdown
Tom Barnes
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionQuarter-finalist
Seeding3
Points total822
Conundrums solved5
Tom Barnes

Tom Barnes was an octochamp and finalist in Series 64, originally from Gloucester, but living in West Hampstead, London, at the time of recording.

Barnes first appeared on Countdown on 10 May 2011, toward the end of the series, and comfortably beat Cliff Barnes (no relation) on his debut. He proceeded to win seven further shows, achieving four centuries as well as octochamp and 800 club statuses. In his 5th match against Christine Buffrey, he set a new Countdown record by winning by a margin of 112 points. At the time, this was the highest in the entire history of the show, until Elliott Mellor won by 133 points in Episode 7080 in Series 80. Barnes was No. 3 seed for the quarter-finals, but came unstuck against Mary Adie on the unsolved crucial conundrum ONEUSERGO.

After Countdown, he made his Co-event debut at Co:Lon 2011.

In 2015, he appeared on The Chase, but was caught out early by Anne "The Governess" Hegerty.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
5260 10/05/2011 P Cliff Barnes 56 – 94 Tom Barnes Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 127
5261 11/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 110 – 43 Rebecca Harraway Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 117
5262 12/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 123 – 28 Stuart Pecksen Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 141
5263 13/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 89 – 60 Tracy Morris Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gloria Hunniford Susie Dent 118
5264 16/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 119 – 7 Christine Buffrey Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Delia Smith Susie Dent 129
5265 17/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 105 – 73 Sarah Martin Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Delia Smith Susie Dent 127
5266 18/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 86 – 44 Brian Gale Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Delia Smith Susie Dent 126
5267 19/05/2011 P Tom Barnes 96 – 42 Liz Dey Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Delia Smith Susie Dent 138
5274 30/05/2011 QF Tom Barnes 73 – 83 Mary Adie Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Gregg Wallace Susie Dent 128