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− | Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His next show was not a [[century]] – he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers rounds correctly. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] was the first ever [[List of Countdown terminology|perfect game]] in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and at one point could potentially have beaten [[Julian Fell]]'s record of 146. However, he missed {{word|BEHOVE}}, then his opponent [[Peter Bennett]] controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he now couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would have given him the second highest ever score of 140, a position | + | Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His next show was not a [[century]] – he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers rounds correctly. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] was the first ever [[List of Countdown terminology|perfect game]] in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and at one point could potentially have beaten [[Julian Fell]]'s record of 146. However, he missed {{word|BEHOVE}}, then his opponent [[Peter Bennett]] controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he now couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would have given him the then second highest ever score of 140, a position that was held by [[Chris Davies (Series 61)|Chris Davies]] with 139. However, in the event it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost {{score|130|55|Episode 4771}}. |
Bevins' fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning that in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers round and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history. This record was eclipsed when [[Series 61]] contestant [[Andrew Hulme]] amassed a total of 930 points in his octochamp run. | Bevins' fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning that in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers round and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history. This record was eclipsed when [[Series 61]] contestant [[Andrew Hulme]] amassed a total of 930 points in his octochamp run. |
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Kirk Bevins is the champion of Series 60 and of the overall 2009 season of Countdown. He was also a quarter-finalist in the 30th Birthday Championship.
He originally appeared on Countdown near the start of Series 51. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp Richard Pay. In one round he went blank as he could only see shagman, and comically guessed TURROTING for the conundrum instead of TORTURING.
He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever Goatdown Championship against Conor Travers and the Apterous Winter Closed 2009 Championship Flight. For some time, he was ranked #1 on Apterous with a top score of 155. In February 2010, he became #1 human player on there again, overtaking Craig Beevers's long-standing record.
Kirk has also attended every COLIN, CoBris, CoNot, Co:Lon, COHUD and CobliviLon event thus far, winning his first two COLIN 2010 and CoLei3 in the same year. He then held onto his title at COLIN 2011.
Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in Series 60. In his first show he set the record for the highest score for a challenger of 127, beating Jonathan Coles's earlier 124 record. His next show was not a century – he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers rounds correctly. His third show was the first ever perfect game in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and at one point could potentially have beaten Julian Fell's record of 146. However, he missed BEHOVE, then his opponent Peter Bennett controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he now couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would have given him the then second highest ever score of 140, a position that was held by Chris Davies with 139. However, in the event it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost 130 – 55.
Bevins' fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning that in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers round and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history. This record was eclipsed when Series 61 contestant Andrew Hulme amassed a total of 930 points in his octochamp run.
In Series 60, he had an average score of 115 when becoming an Octochamp. Throughout his whole time on Countdown, he has an average of 107 per game.
On 10 November 2009 and 11 December 2009, Kirk was seen on the show again, on both occasions as the audience member who solved the conundrum when neither contestant could get it.
On 15 March 2010, Bevins took part in a special episode against the other 2009 series winner Chris Davies, to find the overall champion of that year. In a close game, with the leader changing places several times, Bevins finished victorious.
He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. After receiving a bye to the first round, he won his first match against the Series 38 champion John Ashmore by a score of 130 – 92, which was also his and the show's 2nd televised max game. He then played Series 61 semi-finalist Innis Carson in a phenomenal match, which Bevins won on a second conundrum, after both he and Carson incorrectly guessed the first one. He was finally defeated in the quarter-finals by Series 54 champion Conor Travers by a score of 119 – 94, in which Travers scored a perfect game, making Bevins the first person to score a perfect game and lose to a perfect game on television.
Outside of Countdown, Bevins is a keen darts player, and also appeared on the Channel 5 gameshows Memory Bank and BrainTeaser in 2004, and on The Weakest Link in 2008.
Preceded by Junaid Mubeen |
Series winner Series 60 |
Followed by Chris Davies |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3642 | 11/02/2004 | P | Richard Pay | 90 – 69 | Kirk Bevins | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Michael Aspel | Susie Dent | 111 | ||
4768 | 2/03/2009 | P | Ann Abel | 54 – 127 | Kirk Bevins | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
4769 | 3/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 97 – 67 | Fiona Shaw | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
4770 | 4/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 126 – 47 | Ben Nicholas | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
4771 | 5/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 130 – 55 | Peter Bennett | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 150 | ||
4772 | 6/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 111 – 39 | Barrie Robinson | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
4773 | 9/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 114 – 53 | Anne Adams | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
4774 | 16/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 106 – 71 | Ian Payn | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
4775 | 17/03/2009 | P | Kirk Bevins | 114 – 31 | Rosie Owen | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
4837 | 11/06/2009 | QF | Kirk Bevins | 115 – 90 | Julie Russell | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
4841 | 17/06/2009 | SF | Kirk Bevins | 98 – 88 | Neil Zussman | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
4843 | 19/06/2009 | GF | Jimmy Gough | 59 – 102 | Kirk Bevins | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
S26 | 15/03/2010 | S | Chris Davies | 77 – 81 | Kirk Bevins | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Gary Osborne | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5634 | 1/02/2013 | 30B1 | John Ashmore | 92 – 130 | Kirk Bevins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
5645 | 18/02/2013 | 30B2 | Innis Carson | 102 – 112* | Kirk Bevins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5650 | 25/02/2013 | 30BQF | Conor Travers | 119 – 94 | Kirk Bevins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 119 |
External Links
- Kirk is God, the Facebook group.
Watch all Kirk's Series 60 episodes on YouTube