Kevin Thurlow

Kevin Thurlow appeared in series 47, where he defeated Deanne Meeres in his first game, scoring 123 points in the process- a score that remains to this day the joint-highest ever debut score on Countdown. He became an octochamp and returned for the final rounds in summer 2002 as #6 seed. He pulled off a minor upset by defeating #3 seed Lee Hartley in the quarter-finals, but was defeated in the semi-finals by ultimate runner-up Tom Hargreaves.

Recently, Kevin has been involved in running the Countdown in Redhill tournament (or CoRed for short), which began in March 2007.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3176	28/01/2002	P	Deanne Meeres	72 – 123	Kevin Thurlow	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Phiona Stanley
3177	29/01/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	100 – 60	Shelagh Addis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Phiona Stanley
3178	30/01/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	113 – 64	Norman Schofield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Phiona Stanley
3179	31/01/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	75 – 57	Sheila Riley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Phiona Stanley
3180	1/02/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	78 – 68	Philip Jarvis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Phiona Stanley
3181	4/02/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	108 – 93	Peter Lee	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Richard Samson
3182	5/02/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	72 – 51	Jean Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Richard Samson
3183	6/02/2002	P	Kevin Thurlow	100 – 67	Tony Painter	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Richard Samson
3275	24/06/2002	QF	Kevin Thurlow	106 – 93	Lee Hartley	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Geoffrey Durham	Susie Dent
3278	27/06/2002	SF	Kevin Thurlow	93 – 109	Tom Hargreaves	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Damian Eadie