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[[Image:Jason Cullen.JPG|right|thumb|Jason sits on the fence at [[CoNot 2008]].]]
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[[File:Jason Cullen.png|thumb|200px|right|Jase Cullen in [[Series 57]]...]]
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[[File:Jase Cullen.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 18 years later in [[Series 92]]!]]
 
'''Jason 'Jase' Cullen''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and [[Series 58|58]], and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 92]] from the Greater Manchester area. He will almost certainly be back for the end-of-series finals in December. 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.
 
'''Jason 'Jase' Cullen''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and [[Series 58|58]], and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 92]] from the Greater Manchester area. He will almost certainly be back for the end-of-series finals in December. 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.
  
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===[[Series 92]]===
 
===[[Series 92]]===
  
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Nearly 18 years later, Cullen came back for [[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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Nearly 18 years later, 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]]; by a singular point, only [[Ahmed Mohamed]] has a higher points total with that feature.
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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).
  
 
==Appearances on other Quiz shows==
 
==Appearances on other Quiz shows==

Latest revision as of 15:45, 11 October 2025

Jase Cullen
octochamp statistics
Final position TBC
Seeding TBC
Points total 926
Conundrums solved 5
Jase Cullen in Series 57...
...and 18 years later in Series 92!

Jason 'Jase' Cullen was a contestant in Series 57 and 58, and an octochamp in Series 92 from the Greater Manchester area. He will almost certainly be back for the end-of-series finals in December. 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.

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

Nearly 18 years later, 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).

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
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
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