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Episode 5654
Episode 5654 was broadcast on 1 March 2013, and was the grand final of the 30th Birthday Championship.
Jack Hurst played Conor Travers, with Conor Travers winning 146 – 111. The Dictionary Corner guest was Jenny Eclair, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.
Travers' score of 146 equalled the highest score ever achieved on Countdown (only three points of the games perfect score of 149) matching Julian Fell's effort in Series 48, and this is the highest score when a contestant has got 3 nines in a single game. It was also the first time that a contestant had got 3 nines in a row, referred to by Travers as an ambulance, which was a pun on the number one calls in the United Kingdom to arrange for one - 999.
The aggregate score of 257 points is the highest in the history of Countdown.
It was the first time in Countdown history that three consecutive games had a double century.
Rounds
Rnd | Selection | Jack Hurst | Score | Conor Travers | Others | Max. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CGNEAIHPT | CHEATING | 8 – 8 | CHEATING | NIGHTCAP, PATCHING, PEACHING, TEACHING* | 8 |
2 | LMGOEISRU | MOUSIER | 15 – 15 | MISRULE | GLORIES*, LOURIES*, LOUSIER, LURGIES*, MORGUES, REGULOS* | 15 |
3 | YTPOIANLS | SOAPILY | 15 – 33 | PONYTAILS | 33 | |
4 | DRSEIATEN | RESINATED | 33 – 51 | DETAINERS | DENTARIES* | 51 |
5 | 50 75 100 25 9 9 → 483 | 484
9 × 50 + 25 + 9 |
40 – 58 | 484
9 × 50 + 25 + 9 |
RR: 483 = (100 × 9 + 75 − 9) ÷ (50 ÷ 25) |
61 |
TTT | ICECLASH | These large cups have a religious connection. | CHALICES | |||
6 | LMZIEONAR | NORMALIZE | 58 – 76 | NORMALIZE | 79 | |
7 | GTSIEOFAI | FIESTA | 64 – 82 | AGEIST | EGOIST, FOGIES, SOFTIE*, STOGIE* | 85 |
8 | LHREOICTD | CHORTLED | 72 – 90 | CHLORITE | CHLORIDE*, CLOTHIER*, ELDRITCH* | 93 |
9 | VNWEAECSD | VENDACES | 80 – 98 | VENDACES | 101 | |
10 | 50 8 6 7 7 10 → 616 | 616
(7 × 10 + 7) × 8 |
90 – 108 | 616
(50 + 6) × (7 ÷ 7 + 10) |
|
111 |
TTT | HITSACES | Tell Charlie off about his neckwear, perhaps? | CHASTISE | |||
11 | BKMSIUIEO | IMBUES | 96 – 114 | IMBUES | BIKIES*, BIOMES*, KOMBIS*, SMOKIE* | 117 |
12 | RGDUAOXUA | GUARD | 101 – 119 | AGORA | AUGUR*, GOURA*, GOURD* | 122 |
13 | BDSMEAEOP | SOAPED | 101 – 126 | POMADES | OEDEMAS* | 129 |
14 | 100 10 6 8 7 10 → 945 | 945
(100 − 6) × 10 + 8 + 7 − 10 |
111 – 136 | 945
(100 − 6) × 10 + 8 + 7 − 10 |
|
139 |
15 | HEVALIANT | 111 – 146 | LEVIATHAN
(0.75 seconds) |
149 |