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[[Image:Mike Brown.jpg|thumb|right|125px|'''[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]]''' on the old beige set.]]
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'''[[Ben Wilson]]''' (22 March 1983-) first appeared on Countdown in [[Series 46]], his first programme being broadcast on 6 November 2001. He defeated namesake [[Peter Wilson (Series 46)|Peter Wilson]] 101-70 in his first show, before winning 5 more games and becoming one of only five [[Octochamp|viscounts]] in Countdown history.
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'''[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]]''' was a finalist in [[Series 48]]. He beat [[Joyce Dunkley]] in his first appearance with 112 points, following that up with 112 points again against [[David Cottee]]. He dipped below 100 in his next two games, but got 107 against [[Trish Staples]] in his 5th game. He lost his sixth game narrowly to [[Neil Evans]] by just 13 points. Despite losing a game, he averaged 97.33 points per game which was more than three of the six [[Octochamp]]s in that [[series]]. He returned to the series finals as #8 seed and faced the runaway #1 seed [[Julian Fell]]. The game was close until he had {{Word|SENTRIED X}} disallowed, and Fell had {{word|ORIENTED}}. When Fell spotted {{word|WOMANISER}} and {{word|DAIMYOS}} the game was effectivelty over, and he lost [[episode 3383|125 - 67]]. Fell scored in every round.
  
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He returned for the series finals as number 1 seed, beating fellow Lincoln resident [[Simon Cartwright]] 83-68 in the quarter-finals, and Scotland's [[Paul Ryan]] 101-80 in the semi-finals after a close and tense game. In the grand final  on Christmas Day against [[Steve Sandalls]], the scores were level until round 9, but Ben built up a lead of 17 points over the next two rounds with an excellent six-small numbers game, and the word {{word|BONNIES}}. A series of poor rounds, including offering {{word|MACE}} for four, missing {{word|GYRATED}} and making a mistake on the final numbers game put Wilson 1 point behind going into the conundrum, but, he was able to solve the conundrum in 5 seconds to become champion of the 46th series, and the first champion of the [[15 round format]]. Aged just 18 at the time, Ben also has the distinction of being the first ever series champion of Countdown to have been born after the show's debut on [[Channel 4]].
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Brown is one of the longest-serving and most committed contributors to the Countdown online community. He runs [[The Countdown Page]] which is the oldest and one of the most complete Countdown fansites on the web. The site also formed the template from which [[The Countdown Corral]], [[The Countdown Database]] and [[Countdown Wiki|The Countdown Wiki]] were formed. Brown has participated in many of the [[Countdown in Lincoln|COLIN]] and other Co-events, including winning four games out of six in [[COLIN 2008|2008]]. Of the seven players that finished ahead of him, four were Series champions ([[Conor Travers|Travers]], [[Chris Wills|Wills]], [[Mark Tournoff|Tournoff]] and [[Stewart Holden|Holden]]).<noinclude>[[Category:Countdown:Main Page|Featured article]]</noinclude>
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Wilson was invited back for [[Championship of Champions XI]] in January 2003, where he was paired against Northern Ireland's [[Geraldine Hylands]] in the first round. Wilson scraped through, winning [[episode 3394|94-91]], but was ultimately beaten in the quarter-finals of the tournament by [[Tom Hargreaves]], by a score of [[Episode 3400|131-98]]. At the time, this game set the record for highest aggregate score in a 15-round game (229), and 98 still remains one of the highest losing score of all time. Thr aggregate record was not broken until the following [[Championship of Champions XII|Championship of Champions]] tournament when [[Mark Tournoff]] beat [[Matthew Shore]] by 124 - 117.
 
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Wilson is notably the organiser of [[Countdown in Lincoln]] and won the first ever meeting of [[Countdown in Redhill]]. Wilson is also a tournament [[Scrabble]] player and won his first tournament ({{w|Peterborough}}) in 2008.
 
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Revision as of 12:53, 3 April 2009

Mike Brown on the old beige set.

Mike Brown was a finalist in Series 48. He beat Joyce Dunkley in his first appearance with 112 points, following that up with 112 points again against David Cottee. He dipped below 100 in his next two games, but got 107 against Trish Staples in his 5th game. He lost his sixth game narrowly to Neil Evans by just 13 points. Despite losing a game, he averaged 97.33 points per game which was more than three of the six Octochamps in that series. He returned to the series finals as #8 seed and faced the runaway #1 seed Julian Fell. The game was close until he had SENTRIED X disallowed, and Fell had ORIENTED. When Fell spotted WOMANISER and DAIMYOS the game was effectivelty over, and he lost 125 - 67. Fell scored in every round.

Brown is one of the longest-serving and most committed contributors to the Countdown online community. He runs The Countdown Page which is the oldest and one of the most complete Countdown fansites on the web. The site also formed the template from which The Countdown Corral, The Countdown Database and The Countdown Wiki were formed. Brown has participated in many of the COLIN and other Co-events, including winning four games out of six in 2008. Of the seven players that finished ahead of him, four were Series champions (Travers, Wills, Tournoff and Holden).

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