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'''Cool Dan McColm''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 64]], an [[octochamp]] in and the series champion of [[Series 71]], and is a planned participant in [[Championship of Champions XIV]]. He is an Apterite and a member of [[C4Countdown]]. | '''Cool Dan McColm''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 64]], an [[octochamp]] in and the series champion of [[Series 71]], and is a planned participant in [[Championship of Champions XIV]]. He is an Apterite and a member of [[C4Countdown]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:12, 26 November 2015
Cool Dan McColm was a contestant in Series 64, an octochamp in and the series champion of Series 71, and is a planned participant in Championship of Champions XIV. He is an Apterite and a member of C4Countdown.
His Countdown career began in Series 64, when he was defeated in a close contest against future quarter-finalist Ned Pendleton. However, this wasn't an entirely bad thing, as he was allowed to return in Series 71 (less than four years later), leaving his mark as one of the greatest octochamps in the show's entire history.
Cool Dan's incredible octorun started off with a relatively close game against one-time winner Gary Mehaffy. Cool Dan started off by finding SULCATE, giving him a 7 point lead. However, a tough battle between the two and Cool Dan offering the invalid word annatos ☓ saw Mehaffy equalise in round 7. Despite the close first half, the game was pretty one-sided from this point on, with Cool Dan ending his not-technically-a-début début with an extremely impressive 13 maxes and 113 points. He then went on to win a further 7 games, including 6 more centuries, offering words like NANOTUBE, TERATOMA, PERORATE and perhaps the greatest 9 spot in the history of Countdown - INAMORATO. Cool Dan also took advantage of this being the first ODO-dictionary series, offering modern words such as WHATEV and solving the conundrum PHOTOBOMB in just a second. Cool Dan's score of 137 in his 6th game is the highest ever for a game with only one nine available, and this along with his 4 nines and impeccable numbers and conundrum performance landed Cool Dan with an octototal of 942 - the sixth highest in the show's history.
After defeating Paul Worsley in the quarter-finals, he defeated the #5 seed, George Ford in the semi-final with a perfect game. Cool Dan then went on to face #2 seed Antoinette Ryan. In a close contest, in which Cool Dan dropped behind for the first time by two points, Cool Dan emerged the victor and series champion after solving the conundrum LETHALITY in just four seconds.
He made his CO-event debut at COLIN 2012, before finishing as the runner-up at both CO:REA in April and COHUD in June of the same year.
Preceded by Mark Murray |
Series winner Series 71 |
Followed by Tom Cappleman |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5212 | 24/02/2011 | P | Ned Pendleton | 89 – 66 | Cool Dan McColm | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
6007 | 8/10/2014 | P | Gary Mehaffy | 70 – 113 | Cool Dan McColm | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6008 | 9/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 92 – 70 | Ben Hodgson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
6009 | 10/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 112 – 37 | Daisy Stemple | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
6010 | 13/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 116 – 47 | John Vivian | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
6011 | 14/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 129 – 58 | Samantha Cooper | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6012 | 15/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 137 – 53 | Harry Jarrett | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
6013 | 16/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 126 – 44 | Antony Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
6014 | 20/10/2014 | P | Cool Dan McColm | 117 – 51 | Stephen Whieldon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6050 | 10/12/2014 | QF | Cool Dan McColm | 109 – 60 | Paul Worsley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Arlene Phillips | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF | Cool Dan McColm | 123 – 77 | George Ford | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | David Baddiel | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6056 | 19/12/2014 | GF | Cool Dan McColm | 117 – 87 | Antoinette Ryan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | David Baddiel | Susie Dent | 129 |