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[[File:Megel Barker.png|thumb|200px|right|Megel Barker in Series 92.]]
 
[[File:Megel Barker.png|thumb|200px|right|Megel Barker in Series 92.]]
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'''Megel Barker''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 92]] and [[Series 93|93]]. He was a teacher, originally from {{w|Saint Mary Parish in Jamaica}} but since of Thorpe, Surrey. He is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]], as well as a keen player of both dominoes and [[Scrabble]].
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'''Megel Barker''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 92]], and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 93]]. He was a teacher, originally from {{w|Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica}} but since of Thorpe, Surrey. He is also an [[Apterous|Apterite]], as well as a keen player of both dominoes and [[Scrabble]].
  
 
Barker has worked all over the globe in the education sector for over 30 years, obtaining a Doctorate in Education in 2020. At the time of his Countdown run, he was the Head of Middle School at {{w|TASIS England|The American School in England}}.
 
Barker has worked all over the globe in the education sector for over 30 years, obtaining a Doctorate in Education in 2020. At the time of his Countdown run, he was the Head of Middle School at {{w|TASIS England|The American School in England}}.
  
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Making his debut towards the end of [[Series 92]], Barker racked up four victories and 372 points, before being placed aside for the end-of-series-finals. He returned on January 5th to resume his run in the first preliminary of [[Series 93]], kicking off the new year with a century.
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Making his debut towards the end of [[Series 92]], Barker racked up four victories and 372 points, before being placed aside for the end-of-series-finals. He returned on January 5th to resume his run in the first preliminary of [[Series 93]], kicking off the new year with a century. He then capped off his octorun (throughout which he notably stuck to a four-large [[numbers]] pick each time) in the fourth episode of the new series with a personal best of 105 points.
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This also included his only nine-letter-word spot of {{word|UPLOADING}}, and he consequently become the first [[octochamp]] of the new series with an overall score of 769 points. This set "'''The Dominator'''" at the top of the seeding table for now, but with almost the whole series still to play out.  
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
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{{ep | 8674 | 05/01/2026 | P |Megel Barker|100 – 71|[[Izyan Bashiruddin]]|[[Debbie McGee]]|[[Susie Dent]]|122}}
 
{{ep | 8674 | 05/01/2026 | P |Megel Barker|100 – 71|[[Izyan Bashiruddin]]|[[Debbie McGee]]|[[Susie Dent]]|122}}
 
{{ep | 8675 | 06/01/2026 | P |Megal Barker|99 – 56|[[Barry Kimberley]]|Debbie McGee|Susie Dent|124}}
 
{{ep | 8675 | 06/01/2026 | P |Megal Barker|99 – 56|[[Barry Kimberley]]|Debbie McGee|Susie Dent|124}}
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{{ep | 8676 | 07/01/2026 | P |Megel Barker|93 – 63|[[Frazer McColl]]|Debbie McGee|Susie Dent|122}}
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{{ep | 8677 | 08/01/2026 | P |Megel Barker|105 – 60|[[Kev Strain]]|Debbie McGee|Susie Dent|135}}
 
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Latest revision as of 23:34, 9 January 2026

Megel Barker
octochamp statistics
Final position TBC
Seeding TBC
Points total 769
Conundrums solved 4
Megel Barker in Series 92.

Megel Barker was a contestant in Series 92, and an octochamp in Series 93. He was a teacher, originally from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica but since of Thorpe, Surrey. He is also an Apterite, as well as a keen player of both dominoes and Scrabble.

Barker has worked all over the globe in the education sector for over 30 years, obtaining a Doctorate in Education in 2020. At the time of his Countdown run, he was the Head of Middle School at The American School in England.

Heat games

Making his debut towards the end of Series 92, Barker racked up four victories and 372 points, before being placed aside for the end-of-series-finals. He returned on January 5th to resume his run in the first preliminary of Series 93, kicking off the new year with a century. He then capped off his octorun (throughout which he notably stuck to a four-large numbers pick each time) in the fourth episode of the new series with a personal best of 105 points.

This also included his only nine-letter-word spot of UPLOADING, and he consequently become the first octochamp of the new series with an overall score of 769 points. This set "The Dominator" at the top of the seeding table for now, but with almost the whole series still to play out.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
8663 05/12/2025 P Pete Dance 46 – 97 Megel Barker Colin Murray Rachel Riley Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Susie Dent 143
8664 08/12/2025 P Megel Barker 97 – 51 David Shattock Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 126
8665 09/12/2025 P Megel Barker 84 – 75 Tony Long Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 124
8666 10/12/2025 P Megel Barker 94 – 49 Louise Murphy Colin Murray Rachel Riley Nisha Katona Susie Dent 118
8674 05/01/2026 P Megel Barker 100 – 71 Izyan Bashiruddin Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 122
8675 06/01/2026 P Megal Barker 99 – 56 Barry Kimberley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 124
8676 07/01/2026 P Megel Barker 93 – 63 Frazer McColl Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 122
8677 08/01/2026 P Megel Barker 105 – 60 Kev Strain Colin Murray Rachel Riley Debbie McGee Susie Dent 135
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