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Rachel met James when they were studying together at Oriel College. They were dating four roughly four-and-a-half years before they split for nine months between December 2009 and August 2010. James proposed to her on her 25th birthday (11 January 2011) and her engagement was announced on the 14 February 2011 show. They married on 11 August 2012, then divorced in late November 2013. Since 2014, she has been dating [[Pasha Kovalev]], who made his first week of appearance on the show in [[Series 76]]. The couple proceeded to marry on 30th June 2019. On 15 December 2019, Riley gave birth to a daughter, Maven Aria. | Rachel met James when they were studying together at Oriel College. They were dating four roughly four-and-a-half years before they split for nine months between December 2009 and August 2010. James proposed to her on her 25th birthday (11 January 2011) and her engagement was announced on the 14 February 2011 show. They married on 11 August 2012, then divorced in late November 2013. Since 2014, she has been dating [[Pasha Kovalev]], who made his first week of appearance on the show in [[Series 76]]. The couple proceeded to marry on 30th June 2019. On 15 December 2019, Riley gave birth to a daughter, Maven Aria. | ||
− | Riley announced her second pregnancy in April 2021. She later announced that she will not be present for the [[Series 84]] finals as she will be on maternity leave. [[Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon]], who took part in the Black To Front edition of Countdown in September 2021, | + | Riley announced her second pregnancy in April 2021. She later announced that she will not be present for the [[Series 84]] finals as she will be on maternity leave. [[Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon]], who took part in the Black To Front edition of Countdown in September 2021, took her place for 60 episodes. |
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== |
Revision as of 21:30, 27 February 2022
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First appearance | 12 January 2009 |
Last appearance | incumbent |
Appearances | 3,681 |
Episodes with Rachel Riley |
Rachel Annabelle Riley, born 11 January 1986, is a presenter of Countdown. She took over from Carol Vorderman at the start of Championship of Champions XIII in January 2009, prior to Series 60.
Born in Rochford, Rachel graduated with an upper second class Master's Degree in Mathematics from Oriel College, Oxford, the Alma mater of such people as Jon Bentley and Sir Walter Raleigh. She was chosen from around 1,000 applicants when it was decided to cast a previously unknown arithmetician to replace Carol Vorderman. Countdown is her first television experience.
Her role is to put the letters and numbers up on the board, and also to work out any numbers solutions not solved by the contestants.
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Before Countdown
Rachel was born approximately 3 years and 3 months after the show was first broadcast (during the time of Series 8). She was brought up in Essex and attended Southend High School for Girls. She attended Oriel College at Oxford University where she received an upper second-class honours degree in mathematics. After graduating she started work as a data analyst for a London web design company.
Rise to fame
Rachel was chosen from a large pool of over 1,000 applicants for the job of hostess. The first stage was writing a 50-word paragraph on why she wanted the job, which according to an interview of August 2009 was centred mainly on her interest in the numbers game, and starting with 'I am one from the top'. The second part of the auditioning process was reportedly a screen test. She bought a short purple dress and recorded the clock music on her phone so she could practice. The news that she had passed came a few days later.
Outside Countdown
Outside Countdown she has been known to have presented at least one other television show, as in October 2010 she presented a tour of the Manchester United Carrington training ground on MUTV, as she is a keen supporter of Manchester United. She has reportedly been watching games at Old Trafford since the age of 10.
Following in Carol Vorderman's footsteps, she appeared on the 11th series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2013. Like Vorderman, however, she was rather terrible - a subject frequently referenced by Jimmy Carr - although she did stay with Pasha Kovalev romantically after they were paired up on the show.
Relationship with James Gilbert and Pasha Kovalev
Rachel met James when they were studying together at Oriel College. They were dating four roughly four-and-a-half years before they split for nine months between December 2009 and August 2010. James proposed to her on her 25th birthday (11 January 2011) and her engagement was announced on the 14 February 2011 show. They married on 11 August 2012, then divorced in late November 2013. Since 2014, she has been dating Pasha Kovalev, who made his first week of appearance on the show in Series 76. The couple proceeded to marry on 30th June 2019. On 15 December 2019, Riley gave birth to a daughter, Maven Aria.
Riley announced her second pregnancy in April 2021. She later announced that she will not be present for the Series 84 finals as she will be on maternity leave. Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, who took part in the Black To Front edition of Countdown in September 2021, took her place for 60 episodes.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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Cats2 | 24/08/2012 | S | Sean Lock, Rachel Riley & Clarke Carlisle |
50 – 41 | Jon Richardson & Joe Wilkinson |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | Joe Wilkinson | David O'Doherty | Susie Dent | 83 | |
Cats41 | 3/07/2015 | S | Rachel Riley, Roisin Conaty & Sean Lock |
44 – 22 | Sarah Millican, Rhod Gilbert & Susie Dent |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | David O'Doherty | Susie Dent | 71 | ||
Cats75 | 13/01/2017 | S | Stephen Mangan, Mark Murray & Sean Lock |
45 – 22* | Noel Fielding, Fay Ripley & Rachel Riley |
Jimmy Carr | Rachel Riley | The Brett Domino Trio | Susie Dent | 80 |
See also
- Rachel Riley on Wikipedia.
- Rachel Riley on the Internet Movie Database
- Rachel Riley profile from KBJ Management
- Rachel Riley fan site RachelRiley.org