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| − | '''Jason 'Jase' Cullen''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] | + | [[File:Jason Cullen.png|thumb|200px|right|Jase Cullen in [[Series 57]]...]] |
| + | [[File:Jase Cullen.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 18 years later in [[Series 92]]!]] | ||
| + | [[File:S92 Champion.png|thumb|200px|right|Jase Cullen holding the [[Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy]] after winning Series 92.]] | ||
| + | '''Jason 'Jase' Cullen''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and [[Series 58|58]], and an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series winners|champion]] of [[Series 92]]. At the time of his first round of television appearances, he was a secondary school student from Bolton. But by the time of his return, he was a business development manager for the recruitment agency {{w|Reed (company)|Reed}} living in Salford. He joined [[Apterous]] in 2023. | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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===[[Series 57]] and [[Series 58|58]]=== | ===[[Series 57]] and [[Series 58|58]]=== | ||
| − | Cullen made his debut | + | Cullen made his debut at the tail-end of [[Series 57]] where he won 4 games including a victory against eventual [[Series 84]] [[octochamp]] and semi-finalist, [[Stu Harkness]]. That run was then stopped by the end-of-series finals where Jason temporarily stepped aside. He returned in the new year as the incumbent champion for the [[Episode 4509|first show of Series 58]] but lost by a sizable margin of 46 points to an impressive performance from [[Gayle Smith]], while just missing out on the end-of-series finals by virtue of being the eventual ninth seed. |
===[[Series 92]]=== | ===[[Series 92]]=== | ||
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| + | Nearly 18 years later, and now going by 'Jase', Cullen returned to the Countdown scene in [[Series 92]] where five-time winner and Dublinite [[John Pakenham]] was waiting as his first heat opponent. The latter kept pace with Cullen the entire game, right up until the extremely crucial [[conundrum]] of {{word|HIDEFACTS}}. Fortunately for Jase, he quickly unravelled the former into {{word|CATFISHED}} to secure his second teapot and put an end to John's run. He followed that up with seven further five-star performances, all of which were [[centuries]] to add to his first heat score of 109. The more interesting elements of his run came in his [[Episode 8620|fifth game]], where he racked up the highest score of the series due to the nine-letter-word spots of {{word|NEUROMAST}} and {{word|REDUCTASE}}. He also had two further nines from his heats, those being {{word|ELASTOMER}} and {{word|EPILATORS}}. | ||
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| + | After powering past his final preliminary opponent [[Guy Barry]], while maxing 13-rounds for the fourth time, Cullen secured [[octochamp]]dom and membership of the [[800 club|900 club]] with a final tally of 926. This was just enough to knock [[Brett Davids]] off the top spot and give Jase the No. 1 seed, at least for the time being. [[Colin Murray]] and [[Rachel Riley]] then christened him "'''Jase & Status'''", as a final send-off to mark his accomplishments to date, with his final tally also being the second-highest of all time where there was at least one crucial [[conundrum]] (only [[Ahmed Mohamed]] has a higher points total with that feature by a single point). | ||
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| + | ====Finals==== | ||
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| + | He did ultimately return as the No. 1 seed against fellow [[Series 57]] contestant and returnee [[Shemina Kirby]], and powered through to victory while scoring in every single round; he also racked up another [[century]] and his second highest ever score with 121 points to progress to the semi-finals. | ||
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| + | No. 5 seed [[John Payne (Series 71)|John Payne]] was waiting for him fresh off a seeding upset, and proved to be no walkover. That being said, Jase eventually built up a sizable lead thanks to spots like {{word|OPAQUER}}, {{word|EGOSURF}} and {{word|UNVEILS}} to officially put himself in the grand final before a very easy final four-large [[numbers]] round. He also scored in every single round for the second game running thanks to a very good [[conundrum]] solve, when he turned {{word|ROYALSPEC}} into {{word|COSPLAYER}} to get a final score of 116, which was one of his higher-scoring performances to date. | ||
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| + | A hotly anticipated [[Episode 8673|final]] awaited him against No. 2 seed Dr. [[Brett Davids]], and like so many of Cullen's opponents, Brett proved to be very difficult. But similar to his performance against [[John Payne]], Cullen quietly built up a decisive lead, in no small part due to Davids only scoring on one [[numbers]] round, while Jase got something each time. He also spotted the [[darrenic]] {{word|MAJESTIC}}, and all of this meant that Jase had won the game, and the whole series, before the [[conundrum]]. Cullen also put a final bit of polish on his performance by quickly spotting {{word|UFOLOGIST}} from {{word|GUSTOFOIL}}, to continue his finals streak of scoring in every round, having maxed 13 of them in the final alone. With a final score of 118, an impressive [[Xicount]] total of 1,281, and after the formal presentation was done, he then lifted the [[Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy]] as the final [[Countdown]] act of 2025. | ||
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| + | {{series winner|preceded_by=Rhys Jones|series=92}} | ||
==Appearances on other Quiz shows== | ==Appearances on other Quiz shows== | ||
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==ZoomDown== | ==ZoomDown== | ||
| − | Before making his return to the show in [[Series 92]], Cullen made his debut in 2025 as a contestant in [[ZoomDown Series 5]], racking up four victories and becoming a tetrachamp with 463 points | + | Before making his return to the show in [[Series 92]], Cullen made his debut in 2025 as a contestant in [[ZoomDown Series 5]], racking up four victories and becoming a tetrachamp with 463 points (never scoring below 111). Returning as the third seed, he worked his way past [[Matt Gould]] in his [[Episode ZD164|quarter-final]] before triumphing in a very close contest against [[MSR]] in the [[Episode ZD164|semi-final]] during the same episode; [[MSR]] did solve the [[conundrum]] to have the last word but Jase marched onto the grand final. The final was a close affair with Cullen taking the lead into a crucial [[conundrum]] after his opponent, [[Gabriel Thallon]], blanked on the first [[numbers]] round. But with neither player spotting {{word|FLEROVIUM}} and despite scoring his lowest [[ZoomDown]] total to date, Cullen took the well-earned series crown. |
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== | ||
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{{ep | 4509 | 2/01/2008 | P |Jason Cullen|64 - 110|[[Gayle Smith]]|[[Roger Cook]]|Alison Heard|139}} | {{ep | 4509 | 2/01/2008 | P |Jason Cullen|64 - 110|[[Gayle Smith]]|[[Roger Cook]]|Alison Heard|139}} | ||
{{ep | 8616 | 01/10/2025 | P |[[John Pakenham]]|95 – 109|Jase Cullen|[[Mark Radcliffe]]|[[Susie Dent]]|126}} | {{ep | 8616 | 01/10/2025 | P |[[John Pakenham]]|95 – 109|Jase Cullen|[[Mark Radcliffe]]|[[Susie Dent]]|126}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8617 | 02/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|112 – 74|[[Denise Taylor]]|Mark Radcliffe|Susie Dent|127}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8618 | 03/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|109 – 20|[[David Wickenden]]|Mark Radcliffe|Susie Dent|120}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8619 | 06/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|111 – 72|[[Pete Breitenbach]]|[[Maggie Aderin-Pocock]]|Susie Dent|129}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8620 | 07/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|146 – 60|[[Sukhi Hawkins]]|Maggie Aderin-Pocock|Susie Dent|157}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8621 | 08/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|118 – 48|[[Richard McCulloch]]|Maggie Aderin-Pocock|Susie Dent|123}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8622 | 09/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|113 – 60|[[Neil Sneddon]]|Maggie Aderin-Pocock|Susie Dent|134}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8623 | 10/10/2025 | P |Jase Cullen|108 – 48|[[Guy Barry]]|Maggie Aderin-Pocock|Susie Dent|119}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8667 | 11/12/2025 | QF |Jase Cullen|121 – 43|[[Shemina Kirby]]|[[Nisha Katona]]|Susie Dent|126}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8671 | 17/12/2025 | SF |Jase Cullen|116 – 78|[[John Payne (Series 71)|John Payne]]|[[Christopher Biggins]]|Susie Dent|130}} | ||
| + | {{ep | 8673 | 19/12/2025 | GF |Jase Cullen|118 – 76|[[Brett Davids]]|Christopher Biggins|Susie Dent|131}} | ||
{{episode table end}} | {{episode table end}} | ||
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[[Category:Teapot owners]] | [[Category:Teapot owners]] | ||
[[Category:Contestants on ZoomDown]] | [[Category:Contestants on ZoomDown]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Contestants with eight consecutive prelim centuries]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Finalists]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Series winners]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:58, 20 December 2025
| Jase Cullen octochamp statistics | |
|---|---|
| Final position | Champion |
| Seeding | 1 |
| Points total | 926 |
| Conundrums solved | 5 |
Jason 'Jase' Cullen was a contestant in Series 57 and 58, and an octochamp in and the champion of Series 92. At the time of his first round of television appearances, he was a secondary school student from Bolton. But by the time of his return, he was a business development manager for the recruitment agency Reed living in Salford. He joined Apterous in 2023.
Contents
Appearances
Series 57 and 58
Cullen made his debut at the tail-end of Series 57 where he won 4 games including a victory against eventual Series 84 octochamp and semi-finalist, Stu Harkness. That run was then stopped by the end-of-series finals where Jason temporarily stepped aside. He returned in the new year as the incumbent champion for the first show of Series 58 but lost by a sizable margin of 46 points to an impressive performance from Gayle Smith, while just missing out on the end-of-series finals by virtue of being the eventual ninth seed.
Series 92
Heat games
Nearly 18 years later, and now going by 'Jase', Cullen returned to the Countdown scene in Series 92 where five-time winner and Dublinite John Pakenham was waiting as his first heat opponent. The latter kept pace with Cullen the entire game, right up until the extremely crucial conundrum of HIDEFACTS. Fortunately for Jase, he quickly unravelled the former into CATFISHED to secure his second teapot and put an end to John's run. He followed that up with seven further five-star performances, all of which were centuries to add to his first heat score of 109. The more interesting elements of his run came in his fifth game, where he racked up the highest score of the series due to the nine-letter-word spots of NEUROMAST and REDUCTASE. He also had two further nines from his heats, those being ELASTOMER and EPILATORS.
After powering past his final preliminary opponent Guy Barry, while maxing 13-rounds for the fourth time, Cullen secured octochampdom and membership of the 900 club with a final tally of 926. This was just enough to knock Brett Davids off the top spot and give Jase the No. 1 seed, at least for the time being. Colin Murray and Rachel Riley then christened him "Jase & Status", as a final send-off to mark his accomplishments to date, with his final tally also being the second-highest of all time where there was at least one crucial conundrum (only Ahmed Mohamed has a higher points total with that feature by a single point).
Finals
He did ultimately return as the No. 1 seed against fellow Series 57 contestant and returnee Shemina Kirby, and powered through to victory while scoring in every single round; he also racked up another century and his second highest ever score with 121 points to progress to the semi-finals.
No. 5 seed John Payne was waiting for him fresh off a seeding upset, and proved to be no walkover. That being said, Jase eventually built up a sizable lead thanks to spots like OPAQUER, EGOSURF and UNVEILS to officially put himself in the grand final before a very easy final four-large numbers round. He also scored in every single round for the second game running thanks to a very good conundrum solve, when he turned ROYALSPEC into COSPLAYER to get a final score of 116, which was one of his higher-scoring performances to date.
A hotly anticipated final awaited him against No. 2 seed Dr. Brett Davids, and like so many of Cullen's opponents, Brett proved to be very difficult. But similar to his performance against John Payne, Cullen quietly built up a decisive lead, in no small part due to Davids only scoring on one numbers round, while Jase got something each time. He also spotted the darrenic MAJESTIC, and all of this meant that Jase had won the game, and the whole series, before the conundrum. Cullen also put a final bit of polish on his performance by quickly spotting UFOLOGIST from GUSTOFOIL, to continue his finals streak of scoring in every round, having maxed 13 of them in the final alone. With a final score of 118, an impressive Xicount total of 1,281, and after the formal presentation was done, he then lifted the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy as the final Countdown act of 2025.
| Preceded by Rhys Jones |
Series winner Series 92 |
Appearances on other Quiz shows
He has also been a jackpot winner on Pointless. And in 2008, he appeared at the unofficial CoNot 2008 tournament, having made appearances at multiple Co-events since then.
ZoomDown
Before making his return to the show in Series 92, Cullen made his debut in 2025 as a contestant in ZoomDown Series 5, racking up four victories and becoming a tetrachamp with 463 points (never scoring below 111). Returning as the third seed, he worked his way past Matt Gould in his quarter-final before triumphing in a very close contest against MSR in the semi-final during the same episode; MSR did solve the conundrum to have the last word but Jase marched onto the grand final. The final was a close affair with Cullen taking the lead into a crucial conundrum after his opponent, Gabriel Thallon, blanked on the first numbers round. But with neither player spotting FLEROVIUM and despite scoring his lowest ZoomDown total to date, Cullen took the well-earned series crown.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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| 4498 | 7/12/2007 | P | Nigel Fisher | 54 – 101 | Jason Cullen | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Michael Aspel | Alison Heard | 119 | ||
| 4499 | 10/12/2007 | P | Jason Cullen | 77 – 63 | Stu Harkness | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | 122 | ||
| 4500 | 11/12/2007 | P | Jason Cullen | 91 – 63 | Colin Lawton | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | 115 | ||
| 4501 | 12/12/2007 | P | Jason Cullen | 88 – 78 | Helen Sinclair | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | 128 | ||
| 4509 | 2/01/2008 | P | Jason Cullen | 64 – 110 | Gayle Smith | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Roger Cook | Alison Heard | 139 | ||
| 8616 | 01/10/2025 | P | John Pakenham | 95 – 109 | Jase Cullen | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Mark Radcliffe | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
| 8617 | 02/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 112 – 74 | Denise Taylor | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Mark Radcliffe | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
| 8618 | 03/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 109 – 20 | David Wickenden | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Mark Radcliffe | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 8619 | 06/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 111 – 72 | Pete Breitenbach | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
| 8620 | 07/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 146 – 60 | Sukhi Hawkins | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 157 | ||
| 8621 | 08/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 118 – 48 | Richard McCulloch | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
| 8622 | 09/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 113 – 60 | Neil Sneddon | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
| 8623 | 10/10/2025 | P | Jase Cullen | 108 – 48 | Guy Barry | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
| 8667 | 11/12/2025 | QF | Jase Cullen | 121 – 43 | Shemina Kirby | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Nisha Katona | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
| 8671 | 17/12/2025 | SF | Jase Cullen | 116 – 78 | John Payne | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Christopher Biggins | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
| 8673 | 19/12/2025 | GF | Jase Cullen | 118 – 76 | Brett Davids | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Christopher Biggins | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
