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Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]]. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three 9-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carryover champion with 148 points–the third-highest score in ''Countdown'' history–against 5 game winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with 7 centuries and one score in the 90's. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am. | Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]]. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three 9-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carryover champion with 148 points–the third-highest score in ''Countdown'' history–against 5 game winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with 7 centuries and one score in the 90's. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am. | ||
− | Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness–sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt–returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman [[Roddie Bell]]. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first [[numbers game]], Harkness won several letters rounds to extend his lead–including a spot of {{word|LIONHEART}} for 9–and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target written on the side. Harkness then played against [[Florence Cappleman-Lynes]] in the semi-final. After Harkness had | + | Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness–sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt–returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman [[Roddie Bell]]. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first [[numbers game]], Harkness won several letters rounds to extend his lead–including a spot of {{word|LIONHEART}} for 9–and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target written on the side. Harkness then played against [[Florence Cappleman-Lynes]] in the semi-final. After Harkness had {{word|outaged {{x}}}} disallowed in the second letters round, Florence held the lead, although Harkness kept up very closely and reduced the game to a 7 point difference in the last letters round. Florence, however, solved a crucial conundrum to advance to the final, while Harkness bowed out with a second defeat. Harkness amassed an overall score of 1,095 points in his Series 84 run. With his [[Series 57]] appearance, his overall total of points is 1,158 points. |
He is also a competitive [[Scrabble]] player and qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2016. | He is also a competitive [[Scrabble]] player and qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2016. |
Revision as of 17:46, 22 December 2021
Stu Harkness octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | 2 |
Points total | 886 |
Conundrums solved | 5 |
Stu Harkness was a contestant in Series 57 and an octochamp in 84. He joined Apterous in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank.
Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to Jason Cullen. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three 9-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carryover champion with 148 points–the third-highest score in Countdown history–against 5 game winner Jack Millard. He continued a strong run with 7 centuries and one score in the 90's. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness–sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt–returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman Roddie Bell. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first numbers game, Harkness won several letters rounds to extend his lead–including a spot of LIONHEART for 9–and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target written on the side. Harkness then played against Florence Cappleman-Lynes in the semi-final. After Harkness had outaged ☓ disallowed in the second letters round, Florence held the lead, although Harkness kept up very closely and reduced the game to a 7 point difference in the last letters round. Florence, however, solved a crucial conundrum to advance to the final, while Harkness bowed out with a second defeat. Harkness amassed an overall score of 1,095 points in his Series 84 run. With his Series 57 appearance, his overall total of points is 1,158 points.
He is also a competitive Scrabble player and qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2016.
He has also appeared on Pointless on BBC One.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4499 | 10/12/2007 | P | Jason Cullen | 77 – 63 | Stu Harkness | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | 122 | ||
7645 | 24/11/2021 | P | Jack Millard | 53 – 148 | Stu Harkness | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
7646 | 25/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 104 – 38 | Matty Hurst | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
7647 | 26/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 96 – 46 | Chris Bickley | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7648 | 29/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 107 – 63 | Olly Walker | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7649 | 30/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 110 – 28 | Kate Sewell | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
7650 | 1/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 105 – 60 | Shane Corry | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7651 | 2/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 116 – 45 | David Danskin | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7652 | 8/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 100 – 53 | Sophie Wilcox | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
7661 | 16/12/2021 | QF | Stu Harkness | 112 – 82 | Roddie Bell | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Adrian Chiles | 137 | |||
7665 | 22/12/2021 | SF | Stu Harkness | 97 – 114 | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Richard Coles | Susie Dent | 122 |