Brett Davids

Brett Davids octochamp statistics
Final position	Runner-up
Seeding	2
Points total	916
Conundrums solved	5

Brett in Series 70...

...and 11 years later in Series 92.

Brett Davids was a contestant in Series 70, and an octochamp in and the runner-up of Series 92. He was a dentist, working in and around the East Midlands during his first stint. But as of his second set of appearances, he was living/working specifically in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, specialising in endodontics. He is also an Apterite.

Appearances

Series 70

Brett made his debut in 2014, where he notched up three victories before coming unstuck against eventual octochamp and series runner-up Andy Naylor, although he did turn PNICOTINE into INCEPTION to have the last word but his first run officially ended after that.

Series 92

Heat games

However, almost 11.5 years later, he returned and kicked off by unseating incumbent champ and fellow returnee Angus Faraday in a double-century game although Faraday did solve the conundrum in a flash. Davids then followed that up with seven further centuries, in which there were two notable achievements; the then highest score of the series with 138 and a max game in his third appearance, which was only the fifteenth-ever known occurrence in Countdown history. He managed to spot five nine-letter-words: MORALISED, FORNICATE, CREAKIEST, RECOATING and NECTARIES.

Additionally, despite picking one-large for most numbers selections, Dr. Davids showed skill with some four-large tricks when under pressure and in spite of some notably tricky opponents, he never faced a crucial conundrum throughout his heats. After dispatching fellow Apterite Phil Stanton in his last preliminary to secure octochampdom, Brett also joined the 900 club with a total of 916 and became the provisional No. 1 seed for the finals with just over four months of shows to still be broadcast; Colin Murray and Rachel Riley anointed him with his nickname "The Winking Goliath", as a final send-off.

Finals

Ultimately returning as the No. 2 seed, he was drawn into combat with No. 7 seed Mark Allen. But Davids showed that none of his cutting edge play had been lost by maxing 14 rounds in the process as well as qualification to the semis after an easy final numbers round. He finished with a flourish by quickly turning HERRDIARY into HAIRDRYER to rack up a final score of 116; his fourth-highest on the show to date.

Ben Hocking was waiting for Dr. Davids, and the match turned into an actual treat for anyone watching. Both of them traded blows early on with Hocking spotting the darrenic of FAINTEST, and Davids quickly striking back with UNPAIRED. A crucial moment came when Brett spotted LIONHEADS for nine which Ben missed, and an 18-point gap was thus held by Davids up until the final six-small numbers round. However, Hocking cracked it while Davids did not, to force the crucial conundrum of SUMENIGMAS. But after neither of them solved it as part of a very tense finish, Brett progressed to the grand final against No. 1 seed Jase Cullen.

Cullen turned out to be Davids’ hardest opponent to date, and Brett kept up with the pace early on. Unfortunately, mainly due to Davids only scoring on one numbers round with Jase getting something each time, and Cullen's spotting of the darrenic of MAJESTIC, it was game over for Brett before the conundrum. Cullen also rubber-stamped his triumph by quickly spotting UFOLOGIST from GUSTOFOIL, and officially consigned Dr. Davids to his second defeat and the runner-up position. Brett thus signed off with a series-low score of 76 (the smallest since his first defeat to Andy Naylor), and a total of 1,224 from his Series 92 appearances, to add to the 357 points earned in his Series 70 games.

Preceded by Tim James

Series runner-up Series 92

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5869	14/02/2014	P	Adrian Day	57 – 96	Brett Davids	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Richard Arnold	Susie Dent	123
5870	17/02/2014	P	Brett Davids	103 – 63	Christopher Jones	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jonathan Edwards	Susie Dent	137
5871	18/02/2014	P	Brett Davids	93 – 51	Jenny Bradley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jonathan Edwards	Susie Dent	124
5872	19/02/2014	P	Brett Davids	65 – 76	Andy Naylor	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jonathan Edwards	Susie Dent	146
8569	28/07/2025	P	Angus Faraday	100 – 104	Brett Davids	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	121
8570	29/07/2025	P	Brett Davids	138 – 54	Josie Scott-Fleming	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	155
8571	30/07/2025	P	Brett Davids	119 – 80	Paul Hegarty	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	119
8572	31/07/2025	P	Brett Davids	107 – 51	Jenny Dyer	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	149
8573	01/08/2025	P	Brett Davids	119 – 70	Jim Langston	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	137
8574	04/08/2025	P	Brett Davids	108 – 78	John McGinnes	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Steve Cram	Susie Dent	133
8575	05/08/2025	P	Brett Davids	113 – 52	Martin Larter	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Steve Cram	Susie Dent	143
8576	06/08/2025	P	Brett Davids	108 – 66	Phil Stanton	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Steve Cram	Susie Dent	123
8668	12/12/2025	QF	Brett Davids	116 – 91	Mark Allen	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Nisha Katona	Susie Dent	126
8672	18/12/2025	SF	Brett Davids	116 – 108	Ben Hocking	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Christopher Biggins	Susie Dent	145
8673	19/12/2025	GF	Jase Cullen	118 – 76	Brett Davids	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Christopher Biggins	Susie Dent	131