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'''[[Graham Nash]]''' (born 25 December 1979) was an [[octochamp]] in and [[champion]] of [[Series 43]], and winner of [[Championship of Champions XI]]. Nash made his [[Countdown]] debut on July 20 2000, defeating two-times winner and [[Edinburgh Countdown Club]] member [[Melanie Beaumont]] by 60 points to 49. He demonstrated consistent scoring to polish off seven further wins, including a high score of 72 points against [[Roger Robinson]]. With an eight game total of 465 points, Nash qualified for the series finals as number 2 seed. Herein, he narrowly overcame [[Gordon Cusworth]] and [[Clare Wright]] to set up a grand final against number 5 seed [[Matthew Turner]]. In a nip and tuck game, the penultimate numbers round proved decisive as it gave Nash a 10 point advantage. He was able to hold onto until the crucial conundrum {{word|ANEWREBEL}}, which he in turn solved, to become Countdown's forty-third series champion.
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'''[[Martin Gardner]]''' was an [[octochamp]] and semi-finalist in [[Series 49]]. Before appearing as a contestant on the show, Gardner had a prominent presence in the online Countdown community; he organised Countdown Advance (the forerunner to [[Hypercountdown]] on the [[Gevincountdown]] web forum, served as a moderator on this website, and ran the now-defunct Countdown fan site [[Countdown Update UK]]. After finding the address to send off for an application form on [[Ben Wilson]]'s website, he applied for the televised show and was invited to an audition at the end of 2002.
  
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Nash returned in 2003 for [[Championship of Champions XI]]. Nash's first game of the tournament pitted him against [[Series 42]] semi-finalist [[David Ballheimer]]; words including {{word|VINTAGES}} and {{word|MICROBES}} helped Nash to a comfortable 103–70 victory. Against the hotly-tipped [[Julian Fell]], Nash had {{word|formica}} {{X}} disallowed as it is listed in the [[Oxford Dictionary of English|dictionary]] as a proper noun. Fell returned the favour by having {{word|gambiers}} {{X}} disallowed, giving Nash a one point advantage which he held until the conundrum. In less than two seconds, Nash unravelled {{word|MENDMEDOC}} to beat Fell by 11 points.
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Although he failed his audition, Gardner was invited to the studios as a replacement contestant after [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] became an [[octochamp]], leaving one seat vacated on [[Episode 3482|14 May 2003]]. In this opening game Gardner achieved his highest televised score of 107, with offerings including the eight-letter words {{word|ATOMISER}} and {{word|ACONITES}}; Martin found no nine-letter words during his appearances on the show. Seven more victories followed, including three further [[century|centuries]].
  
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Nash defeated [[Series 47]] finalist [[Tom Hargreaves]] in his semi-final to establish a grand final against Hargreaves' old adversary [[Chris Wills]]. Wills took the lead in round 4 with {{word|GAMBADE}} but Nash levelled the scores with {{word|PENSIVE}}. In round eight Wills had {{word|mistle}} {{X}} disallowed, gifting Nash a six point lead which he held until a crucial conundrum. After 30 seconds, neither player had been able to unravel {{word|OVERSPADE}} which gave Nash a seemingly unlikely Championship of Champions victory. He has since appeared on other television shows including ''Brainteaser'', ''Grand Slam'' and ''Divided''. ('''[[Graham Nash|more...]]''')
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Gardner returned to the series finals as #2 seed behind Davies, his forerunner in the heats. In his quarter-final, the eight letter word {{word|POTHEADS}} and conundrum {{word|SCOOPGREY}} helped Gardner to convincingly defeat [[Peter Jeffery]] by 101 points to 64. He faced [[David Wilson]] in the semi-final and went ahead after three rounds courtesy of the seven-letter word {{word|UPRATED}}. However, he was pegged back in the next round with {{word|MORGUES}}. Thereafter, David scored in every round apart from the conundrum and won the game 98-86. ('''[[Martin Gardner|more...]]''')
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Martin Gardner was an octochamp and semi-finalist in Series 49. Before appearing as a contestant on the show, Gardner had a prominent presence in the online Countdown community; he organised Countdown Advance (the forerunner to Hypercountdown on the Gevincountdown web forum, served as a moderator on this website, and ran the now-defunct Countdown fan site Countdown Update UK. After finding the address to send off for an application form on Ben Wilson's website, he applied for the televised show and was invited to an audition at the end of 2002.

Although he failed his audition, Gardner was invited to the studios as a replacement contestant after John Davies became an octochamp, leaving one seat vacated on 14 May 2003. In this opening game Gardner achieved his highest televised score of 107, with offerings including the eight-letter words ATOMISER and ACONITES; Martin found no nine-letter words during his appearances on the show. Seven more victories followed, including three further centuries.

Gardner returned to the series finals as #2 seed behind Davies, his forerunner in the heats. In his quarter-final, the eight letter word POTHEADS and conundrum SCOOPGREY helped Gardner to convincingly defeat Peter Jeffery by 101 points to 64. He faced David Wilson in the semi-final and went ahead after three rounds courtesy of the seven-letter word UPRATED. However, he was pegged back in the next round with MORGUES. Thereafter, David scored in every round apart from the conundrum and won the game 98-86. (more...)

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