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Matthew Tassier
Matthew Tassier was an octochamp in and the runner-up of Series 73. Notably, he achieved 799 points in his run, the highest octochamp total of any non-800 club octochamp at that time until John Cowen from Series 77 tied him just under two years later. Tassier achieved five centuries in his octorun to set up a quarter final with No 4 seed John Hardie. In a high scoring game, Tassier prevailed 122-107 thanks to the nine ADDICTIVE. In the semi-finals, another nine, OUTBRAVES, swung the pendulum in his favour late on as Tassier defeated No 1 seed Thomas Carey to set up a final with Jonathan Wynn. The final went to a crucial conundrum, however neither player solved TTHESCORE and Tassier was defeated by 4 points.
Tassier returned to Countdown to participate in Championship of Champions XV in January 2019. He played Dougie Mackay in the third preliminary round of the tournament, breaking away to achieve a 96 – 78 thanks in part to his six-small prowess. In the Quarter finals he will take on Tom Chafer Cook
He is a numbers expert, some say the best Countdown numerist in the world. Obviously he practiced on Apterous, and holds the record for the extremely hard Spoilage numbers attack.
Preceded by Tracey Mills |
Series runner-up Series 73 |
Followed by Ann Dibben |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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6245 | 9/11/2015 | P | Keith Kan | 65 – 102 | Matthew Tassier | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michelle Collins | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
6246 | 10/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 98 – 24 | Tam O'Hare | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michelle Collins | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6247 | 11/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 77 – 65 | Romaine Boothe | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michelle Collins | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6248 | 12/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 110 – 26 | Bob Lowe | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6249 | 13/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 120 – 26 | Eoin Jardine | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6250 | 16/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 103 – 57 | Sarah Bladon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
6251 | 17/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 114 – 48 | Chris Kiely | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
6252 | 18/11/2015 | P | Matthew Tassier | 75 – 51 | Jim Anderson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Sherrie Hewson | Susie Dent | 112 | ||
6274 | 18/12/2015 | QF | John Hardie | 107 – 122 | Matthew Tassier | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
6275 | 21/12/2015 | SF | Thomas Carey | 94 – 104 | Matthew Tassier | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
6277 | 23/12/2015 | GF | Jonathan Wynn | 98 – 94 | Matthew Tassier | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
6982 | 4/01/2019 | CP | Matthew Tassier | 96 – 78 | Dougie Mackay | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Kate Humble | Susie Dent | 135 |